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STAFF PHOTOLinen, cotton and silk clothing in spring’s buttermint colors adorn the audience at May Pops, the benefi t concert at Windsor Polo Grounds. Story, Social | Lifestyle
PADDLEBOARDING IS SIMPLER THAN SURFING BUT STILL PROVIDES A STRONG WORKOUT ACTIVE LIFE
KIDS LOVE ART, AND HUNDREDS FLOCK TO MUSEUM FOR ANNUAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL ARTS
CITY POWER & WATER FOR SALE COUNCIL DEALS WITH FPL, COUNTY INSIDE
REALTORS SEE OPPORTUNITIES ON MAINLAND BUSINESS FORUM 21CALENDAR
T H U R S D A Y M A Y 5 , 2 0 1 1 V O L . 1 , I S S U E 5
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Now that Vero Beach has agreed towork toward the sale of its water works toIndian River County, all eyes are on ourmonthly water and sewer bills.
It’s hard to imagine a scenario, save per-haps a natural disaster, that would focusVero Beach and much of Indian RiverCounty more intently on drinking waterand the treatment and disposal of sewage.
Although the sale of Vero Beach’s water-sewer system to the county for about $25million – not coincidentally, the amountof debt the city is carrying on the utility– is fraught with complexity, there is onesimple issue at the core: lower monthlyrates. It’s the county’s best selling point.
If your water-sewer bill adds up to, say,$100 a month now, picture a 20 percent
reduction, saving you about $240 a year.County Commission Chairman Bob
Solari, quoting data he’s viewed, said thecity’s overall rates could increase by 100
percent over 10 years if the city continuesto operate its own system at a deficit.
A consultant proposed dramatic in-creases in the city’s water and sewer rates
over a five-year period to fix the deficitproblem and pay for much needed capi-tal improvements. However, most of theincreases were put off after an uproar byrate payers.
Lower rates from the countyProponents of the merger contend the
vast majority of city customers would re-ceive lower, more predictable rates—per-haps 20 percent lower, or more, thoughresidents who use a lot of water could paymore than they do now, given the coun-ty’s conservation-oriented rate structure.Use more water, pay more per gallon, isthe rule.
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STAFF PHOTOSVero Beach Mayor Jay Kramer
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City Council members voted in favor ofmoving forward negotiations.
Vero Beach Mayor Jay Kramer wasthe lone vote in opposition. Kramer saidthe merger could result in a 22.5 percentincrease in municipal taxes for city resi-dents to make up for the loss of $860,000that is transferred annually into the city’sgeneral fund from the water and sewerdivision.
Indian River Shores customersbe vote came a day after a somewhat
ominous message sent collectively fromIndian River Shores council members tothe city of Vero Beach, which provideswater and sewer service to 3,400 custom-ers there.
be Shores council was very close tonotifying Vero Beach that it will take itscustomers to Indian River County for wa-ter and sewer service. Erik Olson, countyutilities director, told the Shores council
that the county has plenty of capacity –especially for treated wastewater that issuitable for irrigation, a strong concernfor residents with lots of thirsty landscap-ing-- and can afford to build pipelines tohook up to the Shores system.
“be city is watching,” said CouncilmanRichard F. Haverland, after the councildecided to await the outcome of city-
county talks before deciding which waythe Shores will turn. “bey understandthe consequences long-term are severe.”
be most serious consequence if VeroBeach loses its Indian River Shores cus-tomers could be water-sewer rate increas-es.
For now, the point may be moot. Itlooks like Indian River County will servethe water and sewer needs of the barrierisland and the city of Vero Beach, andVero’s customers who live outside the citylimits, if negotiations bear fruit in a sale.
Under the proposal from the county,the county would take care of about $25million in city utility debt and wouldcover the $28 million cost to connect thecity’s system to the county system.
Employee layoffsIndian River County Administrator Joe
Baird said the county utility system mayhave to take on additional debt to pay forthe acquisition and hook-up costs, butcounty officials do not anticipate havingto raise the rates. He pointed out that thecounty’s 6 percent “franchise fee” on eve-ry water bill will provide revenue to coverexpansion costs.
bat fee brings in produced from thefee imposed on residents in Vero Beachand Indian River Shores would flow intothe county’s general fund.
Olson said “it does seem like magic”that the county would be able to take onthese extra costs without having to in-crease rates but he cited “economies ofscale,” the principle that a larger entityproviding services can often do so cheap-er than a small entity.
In layman’s language, that means lay-offs. be city has 74 water and seweremployees. At least half of them wouldbe redundant in the county water-sewersystem. Probably no engineers or manag-ers from the city could secure county jobs.
“You would lose about 50 percent (ofthese employees),” Baird said. He de-scribed his prospective on layoffs in toughlanguage: “Our job is not to serve employ-ees, it is to serve the customers,” he added.Smaller government and lower rates arewhat customers want, he said.
Unanswered questionsbe action on water and sewer, like the
Vero Beach council’s action on launch-ing negotiations to sell it’s power plant,has folks dreaming about the decommis-sioning of the water-sewer plant and itsremoval from the riverside.
“You’ve got the toilet on lagoon,” Solarisaid. “You need to take the toilet off thelagoon.”
Removing giant utility buildings, tanksand pipelines almost inevitably leavesbehind waste, sometimes toxic, to becleaned up. It seems most likely thatwhichever side gets to keep the land un-der the water-sewer plant – potentiallyquite valuable real estate if put to a com-mercial use like a riverfront marketplace– would get stuck with the cleanup bill.Would that be a good deal?
It’s only one of a truckload of unan-swered questions to be worked throughby the city and the county. Clearly,though, the momentum has lurchedforward toward lower monthly utilitybills.
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BY MICHAEL CROOKVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
One comes from the world of busi-ness, and two from government. Two hail from Florida, the other from Vir-ginia.
All of them were still enthusiastic about the prospect of becoming Vero Beach’s next city manager, even after two days of contentious public debate and momentous votes.
And one of them, or a fourth can-didate to be interviewed in public, could be chosen Friday to lead the city government through what could be its most tumultuous coming years.
Kevin J. SullivanHe introduced himself as “the one
from the private sector,” the candidate who is not currently a city manager or a civil servant. A Winter Springs resident, Sullivan is the director of finance and business operations with Lockheed Martin Global Training and Logistics.
Asked by Mayor Jay Kramer what Sullivan foresees as different about government work, Sullivan said, “Ve challenges and the problems, a lot of them are very much the same.”
Jim O’ConnorVe city manager of Winchester,
Va., O’Connor has also been city manager of Oak Ridge, Tenn. Council member Pilar Turner pointed out that O’Connor is the only certified city manager among the clients.
Steven CrowellWhile city manager of North Port
on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Crowell ap-plied for another job, he said, and the city council got worried about whether Crowell would be staying, so he resigned. He has previously been a candidate for Vero’s city manager.
“I think Vero Beach has an excellent value system about quality of life,” Crowell said.
Kenneth Griffi nGriffin is assistant county admin-
istrator for Hillsborough County. He
is scheduled to be interviewed Fri-day. Vero Beach Public Works Direc-tor Monte Falls, who is interim city manager, took himself out of the run-ning for the city manager position on Tuesday.
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BY MICHAEL CROOKVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
In a unanimous decision that will ei-ther cap three decades of debate over the city’s electric utility, or continue the conflict for years to come, Vero Beach City Council members told Florida
Power & Light they are ready to sell the plant.
If the terms are mutually agreeable, of course.
And therein lies the potential for more arguments, recriminations and voter disgust. All five council members have publicly expressed a willingness
to sell the power plant. But it’s already taken five months
since four newly elected members joined the council, having campaigned on themes of change in government, to reach this point with FP&L, which has offered as much as $100 million for the utility and its customer base.
And it took some strong pushback by council members against city staffto get to a decision on Tuesday. Acting City Attorney Wayne Coment and In-terim City Manager Monte Falls asked for more time to work out how the deal will be negotiated – technically, the wording of a Letter of Intent to sell the utility.
Rather than wait a few more days or a few more weeks – Council member Pilar Turner was particularly piqued at how long it takes city staff to respond to requests for information, conduct negotiations or generate reports – the City Council acted in unison to express their intent to work out a sale to FP&L.
Along the way, they wrestled conces-sions out of the big power corporation, like the removal of the $100 million price tag from the initial deal docu-ment, so it’s not seen as a “cap” on what FP&L will pay.
ae most important number to eve-ryone, ultimately, is the price of elec-tricity each month as reflected on one’s bill. Florida Power & Light rates are consistently among the lowest in the state. Savings for current Vero Beach power customers have been estimated at up to 15 percent with FP&L.
Show of supportaeir decision came after a public
meeting that was rare in that it was filled to capacity with residents of the city and the county, but all of them customers of the city’s electric utility. aere were familiar faces in this de-bate, like Dr. Stephen Faherty and CPA Glenn Heran, who have influenced the course of events by carefully, exhaus-tively, examining the numbers behind the big blue building on the lagoon.
And there was Bill Curtis, a county
resident and city electric customer, who described how his sleep apnea, an ailment that is treated by a special mask and air pump worn while sleeping, re-quires him to have electric power.
When the power goes out, he wakes up gasping for air.
“I would like greater reliability,” Cur-tis said, which was one of FP&L’s key talking points.. “I would strongly urge you to go ahead with this negotiation. It’s the first important step. I’ll feel a lot better and sleep a lot more soundly.”
Said Rock Ridge resident Phil Car-penter: “ae city of Vero Beach has the opportunity to get rid of two monsters: the power plant and the water-sewer plant.”
Applause grew louder at the end of each advocate’s speech. Opposition was faint in the audience of about 90 people.
“I’m happy to pay a little more and have much better service,” said Jim Gil-len of Granada Towers, likening the city electric service to the Ocean Grill, while FP&L is more like a 7-11.
County Commissioner Gary Wheel-er identified himself simply as “a coun-ty resident and a city customer.” He said he understands the city council’s desire to be certain of success before commit-ting itself to selling its power plant.
“It would be arrogant not to get the final numbers and find out if this is a good deal for the city or not,” Wheeler said.
By the numbersae utility has about $66 million in
debt and about $50 million in assets, according to calculations by Heran that he has presented to the City Council to show the sale of the utility is the way to go. aat would leave $16 million in un-covered debt for which part of the $100 million FP&L has offered could be used to pay down.
ae remaining $84 million could be converted into bonds or yield-paying instruments that return approximately 4.1 percent annually, on average. aat would produce $3.4 million a year that
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Vero Beach to negotiate sale of power plant
could be used to offset the $5.6 mil-lion the city now pays into the general fund from selling electricity. _ose calculations would leave a $2.1 mil-lion shortfall. Heran estimates that if no other attempts were made to adjust the budget by reducing the size of city government, the city would raise the property tax rate from $1.94 per $1,000 of assessed value to $2.90 per $1,000 – almost a 50 percent increase.
But, Heran points out, that does not mean a $3,000 tax bill a city resident might pay would increase by $1,500. _e city property tax represents about 10 percent or $300 of the total $3,000 tax bill. _at portion of the tax would go up $150 annually.
In Heran’s model that $150 differ-ence -- and he does not concede that a tax increase is even a necessity if other budget cuts were instituted -- is a far better outcome against the savings util-ity customers would realize with FP&L.
Bedeviled by the details One thing is certain: A deal that is
beneficial to the city and acceptable to FP&L won’t happen as soon as many would like it.
_ere are federal approvals to be obtained. Lawyers will be working on leases, and property ownership – along streets, for example, and where trans-mission lines run.
_ere are questions about respon-sibility for environmental cleanup.
Everyone’s goal seems to be the even-tual dismantling of a near-eyesore of a power plant that sits on potentially quite valuable waterfront land. But the dismantling of power plants are all too often complicated by soil and water contamination on their sites.
One item FP&L did make clear is thatthe city would be responsible for the upto $50 million penalty it may have to payto get out of the its current contract withthe Orlando Utility Commission. Heranplaces the figure at more like $20 mil-lion and could be even lower dependingon how the escape clause is interpreted.Whatever that amount turns out to be,it will likely come out of the FP&L cashpayment.
_ere may also be an issue with thecity’s part ownership of other powerplants it acquired when it belonged tothe Florida Municipal Power Authority._e city has a contractual obligation topurchase electricity from those plants.
_ere were promises on all sides thisweek to do this deal in the open, withtransparency for the public. Certainlya campaign of sorts has begun fromFP&L, which launched a website fo-cused on the deal for Vero Beach, atwww.fpl.com/verobeach.
“After several months of analysis,Florida Power & Light Company haspresented the City of Vero Beach witha Letter of Intent to purchase its elec-tric system,” the site says. “_e offer isdesigned to fairly compensate the City
while also ensuring that FPL’s existing4.5 million customers do not subsidizethe acquisition. Most importantly, thisoffer allows the customers in Vero Beachto enjoy the same low electric rates thatFPL customers currently receive.
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STAFF PHOTOFlorida Power & Light spokeswoman Amy Brunjes takes questions from Vero Beach City Council members and explains aspects of FP&L’s oCer for the city’s power plant.
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STAFF PHOTONathan Kovatch, Dustin Hawkins, Marie Rakowsky Forrest, David DangerGeld and Lonnie Chandler in the kitchen at Fire Station 2.
BY IAN LOVEVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
County Commissioners were told thisweek that just less than two thirds of theexpected 280,206 cubic yards of sand forthe county’s biggest ongoing beach resto-ration project were delivered before workwas stopped April 30.
Ranger Construction was required bythe state to stop trucking sand with about6,500 linear feet of the project area (Seav-iew south to Treasure Shores Park) leftbarren. ee Sector 3 project, started lastyear, and was to cover 14,000 linear feet ofbeach from John’s Island to Archie CarrNational Wildlife Refuge.
Phase 1 of the project was stopped inMay of last year, placing 267,182 cubicyards of sand over 3.8 miles of beach fromJohn’s Island to Orchid Island Golf andBeach Club.
ee Commission must now decide if itwishes to extend the project into a third
year. One question that remains unre-solved is if the state will even allow the thecounty permits for a third year of work.
As a preemptive move, County Attor-ney Alan Polackwich sent a letter to Rang-er Construction stating the county washolding Ranger to its obligations to deliverall of 280,206 yards of sand as stipulated intheir contract. Ranger was able to deliverjust 180,000 cubic yards this year.
In a letter dated March 2 to RangerConstruction, the Polackwich said:
“ee purpose of this letter is twofold:first, to make clear in writing the countywill not consent or agree to any reductionin Ranger’s obligations under the Agree-ment. ee County will expect full andtimely performance of the Agreement;and second, to advise that the statementsof your representatives have left the coun-ty with no choice but to place the suretyon your performance bond on notice of apossible claim.”
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BY IAN LOVEVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Lawyers for the City of VeroBeach and Indian River Countyhave settled the last remaining de-tails this week to clear the way forthe Dodgertown land swap that Mi-nor League Baseball says is crucialto its survival.
The Vero Beach City Council andthe County Commission agreed ata joint session last January to ap-prove the swap, but issues with en-vironmental concerns, access rightsand clear title to all the propertiesinvolved held up completion of thedeal until this week.
The two governing bodies agreedby 5-0 votes at their scheduledmeetings on Tuesday to accept thelawyers’ recommendations to com-plete the deal.
With the exchange the city willdeed about 12 acres of land southof Holman Stadium to the county,while obtaining about 11 acres ofland to the north and west of Hol-man Stadium along 26th Street and43rd Avenue.
Minor League Baseball, which isrenting the old Dodgertown facilityfrom the county and running it asthe Vero Beach Sports Village, willbuild a cloverleaf of youth baseballand softball fields it has sought aspart of its plan to operate as a year-round sports destination.
Minor League Baseball is alsolighting two fields and expects toadd a soccer field at the complex asit seeks to attract teams and athletesfrom around the country to train atthe former spring training home ofthe Los Angeles Dodgers.
City, County agree on termsto complete Dodgertown swap
VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLYLast week, Marie Rakowsky Forrest
was doing some shopping in CVS when she bumped into a few firefighters in the food section. “We started to talk recipes,” said Forrest, “because they like to cook. I told them that I cook Hun-garian food, and they asked if I would bring a dish over sometime.”
Forrest said that it would be an honor to make something for the men. “I told them ‘you give to the community and the community needs to give back’,” she said..
When Forrest delivered her dish, the local firefighters were thrilled. She brought lunch Tuesday to Fire Station 2 on the barrier island, providing a de-licious Hungarian casserole and some buns to help sop up the tasty sauce. “It
really means a lot to us,” said firefighter, David Dangerfield.
Forrest splits her time between Vero Beach and York, Maine, where she of-ten works as a guest chef at the popular Stonewall Cooking School which is af-filiated with the Stonewall Kitchen spe-cialty foods store. She also has worked as a Realtor in Maine, but because busi-ness has been down the past few years, she said she has been spending more time in Vero with her parents, who have lived on John’s Island since 1973.
Inspired by her recent positive ex-perience with the firefighters, Forrest plans to work on perfecting her Hun-garian cooking skills, and is consider-ing starting catering business in Vero next year.
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BY SIOBHAN FITZPATRICKVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Author Candace Bushnell, whosefamous column in the 1990s in-spired HBO’s hit tv series “Sex andthe City,” read from her newest nov-el, “Summer and the City,” Mondaynight at the Vero Beach Book Cent-er.
“Summer in the City” Is Bush-nell’s fourth novel, and is a prequelto “Sex and the City,” when CarrieBradshaw first moves to Manhat-tan from the suburbs. It is there shemeets Samantha Jones and MirandaHobbes, who become some of themost well-known friends in popculture.
“It’s so much fun to go back intotheir world,” said Bushnell, speakingof her newest oeuvre. “It gave merenewed affection for the charactersand made me fall in love with themall over again.”
Bushnell started writing “Sex andthe City” for the New York Observerin 1994 loosely as a column abouther own life as a woman living inManhattan. “I didn’t censor it, “saidBushnell, 52, now married and liv-ing in Manhattan. “it was not senti-mentalized at all. I was not writingfor a mass audience...It was an un-varnished look at maturing and dat-ing rituals of certain segment of thepopulation and it was dark.”
While her column was looselybased on her life, she admitted thatthe dashing, sometimes narcissisticand yet disarming character, “Mr.Big,” was based on a real boyfriendshe had.
Like the character on the HBO se-ries (and later, the movies), her realMr. Big ended up “dumping” her,and got married soon afterward.
Bushnell said that when this bit oflife was repeated in the art of televi-sion at the end of its second sea-son, she thought the show was over.But by then, the public couldn’t getenough of her televised self, the
character “Carrie,” played by Sa-rah Jessica Parker, and “Mr. Big,”played by Chris Noth. “Sara Jessicaand Chris had real chemistry,” shesaid.”They were so popular. Peoplewanted them to get back together.”
So another season was born, andas the show developed, Bushnellsaid that the writing, handled by ateam of television writers (Bushnellprefers writing novels) became lessdark. “As the show became morepopular they wanted to make it moreaccessible to the public,” she said.
During the question and answersession at the Book Center, a womanin the audience asked what the ‘Sexand the City’ guru’s advice would befor single women seeking a mate;was there any specific location in theUS that she could recommend whereunattached men were plentiful?
Bushnell prefaced her response bynoting that being single is “fine,” butif a woman was serious about get-ting a boyfriend, she should put onher ski gear and move to Aspen “aslong as you don’t mind meeting a skibum, because...there is one womento every ten guys there.”
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Ann Taylor, Doug and Keri Bruce, Diane Williamson, Dave Bishop
BY MICHAEL CROOKVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Uere were no thundering hoofs nor divots at Windsor’s polo field on a fine, breezy Sunday afternoon. Instead, hun-dreds of music lovers came to enjoy a gentler pastime: May Pops, featuring the Brevard Symphony Orchestra.
A steady breeze out of the east kept
the sun from becoming oppressive in the mid-afternoon as a VIP reception began, and those invited mingled while enjoying cold drinks and chilled finger foods. Presenting sponsors Helen and Dick Post beamed as Mrs. Post looked at notes on a sheet of paper.
“I have so many people to thank,” she said.
Under the food tent were the Gar-den Station, accentuated by selections of hummus, mushroom-filled mini-tortellini and fresh mozzarella; the Land Station, featuring thin cuts of New York Strip with a creole mustard and red wine onion marmalade, grilled chicken, smoked ham and more.
Ue dessert table was especially pop-
ular for its Plant City strawberries and whipped cream.
Proceeds from May Pops are direct-ed towards the capital needs of Indian River Medical Center and the support of ongoing special programs such as the Patient Advocate Program in the Emergency Department and its nurse education program.
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BY SIOBHAN FITZPATRICKVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
St. Edward’s school’s annual gala ben-efit took place last Friday evening at the Moorings.
Ye rubric for the evening was “Abra-cadabra! Ye Magic of One!”
Welcoming guests were Head Mas-ter of St. Edward’s, Mike Mersky, and his wife, Karen. Also present were fac-ulty, including Head of Upper School, Bruce Wachter, and his wife, Joanie, in addition to several parents of children attending St. Edward’s and corporate sponsors including representatives from the George E. Warren corpora-tion, Scripps Newspapers and Vero
Beach Magazine, and more. Margaret Anne Evans and Karan
Morein co-chaired the eventIn the spirit of the “magical” evening,
there were, indeed, magicians present who entertained the crowd over cock-tails with their card tricks, while allow-ing ample time for guests to peruse the many goodies of the silent auction.
Included in the auction was a sev-en-night stay at the Ritz Carlton in St. Yomas, a condo in Deer Valley, a swanky long weekend in New York City (your choice to stay at the Carlyle or the Plaza), and an underwater magical wonderland in an oxygenated “space-ship” sponsored by Triton Submarines.
St. Ed’s annual gala bene=t is a ‘magical’ evening
STAFF PHOTOSFaith and William Begley and Robert and Beth Giannone enjoy the evening’s festivities.
Denise & Joe Corr and Mark Morein take time to pose for the camera.
Susan Temple, and John and Linda Schwerer delighting in the “magical” night.
Co-Chairs Karen Morein and Margaret Anne Evans smile proudly for the camera.
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The Treasure Coast GatorClub hosted its fourth scholar-ship fundraiser Tuesday even-ing at the Moorings Club withfeatured guest and Floridafootball favorite Riley Cooperin attendance.
Cooper, who spent his rookieseason last year as a wide re-ceiver with the PhiladelphiaEagles, spoke to the crowd andsigned autographs for fans,most of whom remember himas a member of two nationalchampionship teams for theGators.
Also in attendance for thesit-down dining affair wasFlorida grad Andy Fletcher,former head of advertisingpowerhouse, Fletcher Martin.He is currently associate vicepresident for Public Affairsat Florida and was responsi-ble for conceiving the recentaward-winning “So When DidYou Become a Gator?” ad cam-paign.
During the event, which at-tracted hundreds of Gatoralumni, members of the GatorClub distributed $27,000 inscholarships to deserving areastudents, which is the alumniclub’s core mission.
All proceeds from the galawill benefit the Gator Club’sscholarship fund for studentsthroughout the TreasureCoast. The fundraiser also in-cluded a raffle for two ticketsto the 2012 clash between SECrivals Florida and Alabama.
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BIRTHDAYSLaila Barot, daughter of Trisha
Chung and Neil Barot of Vero Beach, celebrated her first birthday May 5.
Merle Jackson of Vero Beach cel-ebrated his 100th birthday May 7 with his children, grand-children, great-grandchildren, sister and close friends at a party at the Vero Beach Hotel. Jack-son was born May 7, 1911, in Bradley, Maine. A widower, he was married to Eleanor Marland of Ware, Mass., and subsequently to the Anne Davies Morrissey of Quincy, Mass. Children include Linda Jackson of Woburn, Mass., and Vero Beach. He moved to the Treasure Coast in 1970 where he enjoyed sports, especially shuffleboard, and played in many tournaments as a Florida state pro. He said he attributes his long life to eating healthy foods and staying away from doctors as much as possible.
ENGAGEMENTSErin Russell of Vero Beach, daughter
of Joseph and Sheila Holzman of Glen Burnie, Md., is engaged to Russell Bevard Jr. ofVero Beach. Bevard is the son of Rus-sell Sr. andSandy Bev-
ard of Vero Beach. Russell graduated
from Old Miller Senior High in Mill-ersville, Md., in 2001 and from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., in 2005 with a degree in engineering. She is employed by Vero Beach High School as a math teacher. Bevard graduated from Vero Beach High School in 1997 and from the University of Florida in Gainesville in 2002. He is employed by Mid Coast Tire as manager. ee couple plan to marry June 25.
ANNIVERSARIESMr. and Mrs. Eugene O’Neill
50th anniversaryEu g e n e
J. and Car-ol O’Neillof Vero Beach cel-e b r a t e dtheir 50th w e d -ding an-niversary April 22.ee couple were married at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.Children include Jennifer (James) Ro-mano of Wayside, N.J., Catherine (Ste-ven) Koeppen of Point Pleasant Beach and Michael O’Neill of Brick, N.J.eey have five grandchildren.
WEDDINGSJennifer Lorefice of Vero Beach,
daughter of Michele Okamoto of San Diego, was married to Jason Kuehl ofVero Beach on April 16 in the Cham-bers room aboard the Carnival Dream
cruise ship in Port Canav-eral, with Lisa Moore offi ci-ating. Kuehl is the son of Stephen and Nancy Kuehl of Westford,
Mass. Melissa Richard of Fellsmere was maid of honor, with Kimberly Tap-pen, Amy Kuehl, LillyAnna Kuehl and Emily Richard as bridesmaids. Hannah Richard was flower girl. J.P. Judson of Guildford, England, was best man, with Kyle Okamoto, Brian Scherrer, Kevin Helms and Justin Richard as ushers. Evan Lorefice was ring bearer. A recep-tion at the Burgundy Lounge aboard the Carnival Dream in Port Canav-eral followed the ceremony. ee bride graduated from High School of the En-vironmental Studies in New York, N.Y., in 2002 and from Indian River State College in 2009 with a nursing degree.She is employed by Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee as a registered nurse. ee groom graduated from Lycee In-ternational de St. Germain-en-Laye in Paris, France, in 1998 and from Florida Institute of Technology in 2002 as an aerospace engineer. He is employed by United Space Alliance in Titusville as an engineer. After a wedding trip to Cozumel, Belize, Isla Roatan and Costa Maya, the couple reside in Vero Beach.
Natalie Hamilton of Vero Beach, daughter of Duane and Cindy Ham-ilton of Fort Pierce, was married to A d a mD u p u i sof Ken-n e s a w ,Ga., on April 16 at Tab-e r n a c l eM i n i s -tries in Vero Beach, with Larry Boan officiat-ing. Dupuis is the son of James Cheeks of Hiram, Ga., and Julie Dupuis of Kennesaw. Carolyn Chambley of Vero Beach was maid of honor, with Dan-ielle Rustay as flower girl. John Dupuis of Kennesaw was best man, with Sean
Rustay and James Chambley Jr. as ush-ers. Trevor Rosado was ring bearer. ee bride graduated from Vero Beach High in 2009. ee groom graduated from Carlton J. Kell High, Kennesaw. He is serving in the United States Marine Corps. ee couple will reside in Ken-nesaw.
Estee Rose of Vero Beach, daughter of Mike and Deena Rose of Vero Beach, was married to Zachary Hazelip ofFisher v i l le ,Ky., on March 5 at the Dun-can Memo-rial Chapel in Crestwood.Hazelip is the son of Robert andCindy Hazelip of Fisherville. Jean Rose of Vero Beach was maid of honor, with Coco Miner and Meredith Moore as bridesmaids. Erica Ferrante and Alex-andra Ferrante were flower girls. Justin Slaughter was best man, with Rob-ert Hazelip Jr. and Connor Forrest as groomsmen. Samuel Hazelip and Noah Hazelip were ring bearers. A reception at Springhurst Club House in Louis-ville, Ky., followed the ceremony. ee bride graduated from Vero Beach High School and attended Indian River State College. She is serving in the United States Navy as a sonar technician aboard the USS Fitzgerald stationed in Yokosuka-shi, Japan. ee groom gradu-ated from Spencer County High School and is serving in the United States Navy as a sonar technician aboard the USS Nitze stationed in Norfolk, Va.
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STAFF PHOTOSSerious young artists at work: Marina Arnold, Sierra Arnold and Eliana Jones.
Arts|Entertainment
[e Vero Beach Museum of Art hosted its annual Chil-dren’s Art Festival on Saturday.
From 10 to 4, the museum was filled with children im-mersed in painting, drawing and enjoying a live perfor-mance of “Jack and the Beanstalk” by internationally known visiting artist, “Bits ‘N Pieces Puppet [eatre” director, Jer-ry Bickel.
In addition, the Vero Classical Ballet, Christi’s Serendip-ity Dance, Cheer/Gymnastics, and students from Osceola Magnet School performed for the audiences. Also per-forming for the young artists were Riverside Children’s [eatre Star Troupe and St. Edward’s Upper School.
[e purpose of the free day-long event was to show “the important role the arts play in the lives of children,” accord-ing to the museum’s website. In addition to the activities of-fered, families were welcome to visit all three of the muse-um’s beautiful gallery exhibitions: “American Masterworks: 150 Years of Painting from the Butler Institute of American Art,” “Impressions: Selections from the Manoogian Collec-tion,” and “Vero Promises: Sculpture from the Permanent Collection.”
In years past, the museum included outdoor games on the grounds of Riverside Park for the children, but the staffdecided to keep all activities indoors this year as part of its effort to celebrate the museum’s 25th anniversary.
Art brings children out for annual festival at museum
Mom Ann Taylor helping her daughters Charlotte, Caroline and Dabot during the arts festival.Creating mini masterpieces.
BY SIOBHAN FITZPATRICKVero Beach Newsweekly
Xe women who own the Tiger Lilly Gallery inVero Beach launched their annual show back inMarch entitled “Six in the City” in the spirit of theirlocation in downtown Vero, the number of womenin their group (six), and of course a play on authorCandace Bushnell’s “Sex in the City.”
Xe gallery exclusively features the art work of itsowners Chris Adams Johnson, Julia Carter, Shot-si Cain Lajoie, Linda Proctor, Sharon Sexton andGlenda Taylor, who were thrilled to learn that oneof their main inspirations for their show, CandaceBushnell, would be visiting the Book Center to givea reading from her newest book, “Summer In theCity.”
“She should stop by our gallery,’ Sexton said.Although six women now, the group started
out as just two people over 20 years ago, whenSexton and Taylor met in an art class at the Vero
Beach Museum of Art. They decided to rent astudio together. It wasn’t until a few years later,in 1992, that the women and a few others decid-ed to open a gallery together.
Their mission was--and is--to “create and sup-port each artist’s unique process,” said Lajoie. ButSexton noted that while all the women’s workis distinct, after so many years of working sideby side, they do influence one another’s palette,imbuing a certain strain of similarity throughout
their art.You can see this familiarity in the artists’ use of
bright colors in their paintings and even photo-graphs. Linda Proctor focuses primarily on pho-tography; she’s got a beautiful set of pictures fromher recent trip to Africa.
The gallery, located in what used to be a churchat 1903 14th Ave., is currently open by appointmentonly for the summer. If you are interested in visit-ing, call 772-778-3443.
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STAFF PHOTOco-founder of Tiger lilly Gallery, sharon sexton, at work in her studio.
accomplished artists: TiKany Tran, hannha elberson and sydney Tran. Billy wade: an artist at work.
‘Six in the City’features galleryowners’ work
BY SIOBHAN FITZPATRICKVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
If you happen to be in St. Edward’s upper school’s parking lot on any given school day morning at 6:45 a.m., it’s empty, save one white H3. ce sports utility vehicle belongs to Rick Hartley, Dean of St. Ed’s up-per school. For him, the work day begins at dawn and usually ends long after the sun has set.
It’s not ego that fuels the humble Hartley, it’s pas-sion for his work, the school and the students.
“I absolutely love what I do and look forward to go-ing to work every day. I am at St. Edward’s because of the students-they are just exceptional kids-- and also because of the administrative support,” Hartley says.
Hartley took over as dean two years ago, at the same time St. Ed’s welcomed a new head master, Mike Mersky. Working closely with one another over the past few years, Mersky, who has spearheaded a stellar fundraising drive for St. Ed’s that has essen-tially saved it —maintaining the school’s position as a top U.S. independent school with impressive test scores. ce class of 2011 scored 25 percent higher than the national average and 11 percent of the class scored better than 99 percent of college-bound sen-iors-has nothing but accolades for his dean.
“Rick is invaluable, and he’s triple threat: coach, teacher and dean. He does the work of two or three people” says Mersky. “And he sees the school as one school. He videotapes sports and events for the low-er, middle and upper school.”
Head of upper school Bruce Wachter, who has been with St. Ed’s for 38 years and is beloved by students, parents and faculty, shares Mersky’s sentiments.
“Rick is just an absolute gem of a student leader. He’s always helping the students become better peo-ple and he makes the school a better replace,” says Wachter.
Hartley’s students like him, too, including Jun-ior Class President Sarah Brown. As adviser to the student council, Hartley has counseled Brown on a number of school issues.
“I’ve been working with Mr. Hartley for three years now and he is very good at what he does,” Brown says. “Our prom would not have been put together so smoothly if not for him.”
18 years at St. Ed’sHartley started his career in independent schools
27 years ago, first teaching at the Elmwood Franklin
School in Buffalo, New York. He joined St. Edward’s 18 years ago and has been the director of admission, director of outdoor education, and has taught many courses including Algebra, Anatomy and Physiology, AP Biology and Environmental Science. Currently, in addition to his responsibilities as dean, he is the director of activities, yearbook advisor, biology in-structor, Varsity boys’ golf coach (which he led to a district championship last fall), and the director of the summer water camp.
Like most deans, Hartley is the go-to person for all things disciplinary, a job that he handles with acu-men, compassion and grace, according to Mersky and Wachter.
“It is very important to me that even when a stu-dent makes a poor decision, that he or she gains from the experience so that they not only make the right choice the next time, but in fact influence others to do the same,” says Hartley.
His other responsibilities include evaluating at-tendance records and overseeing the student gov-ernment. He also assists the students through an
extensive advocacy program. While Hartley notes that these added jobs mean more hours, he relishes the opportunities they offer to keep him in direct contact with his students, not simply as a dean (aka disciplinarian), but as a teacher, coach and mentor.
“It’s important that the kids can relate to me as more than someone they come to just when they get in trouble. ce know me from class or sports or a student activity. cis builds trust,” says Hartley.
One of the major initiatives that Hartley launched this year was educating the community about bul-lying.
While Hartley notes that while bullying has not been a serious issue at St. Edward’s, he thought it would be a good idea to take preventative measures. For example, he offered an anonymous, online sur-vey to upper school students about their personal experiences with bullying, and was pleased by their answers.
“When the results were sent to me, I could not have been more proud of the students and the posi-tive atmosphere that we have here at St. Edward’s.”
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STAFF PHOTORick Hartley, Dean of St. Edward’s, and Sarah Brown, Junior Class President, dust oL the crown and tiara that will be awarded to the lucky prom king and queen next week.
St. Edward’s upper school in good hands with Hartley
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BY IAN LOVEVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
With the local real estate market show-ing signs a rebound may be underway,many Realtors say there is a potential forgrowth beyond the high-end barrier islandhomes that captivate so much attention.
To be sure, the allure of beachfront prop-erty and the exclusivity and luxury the is-land communities offer make that segmentof the market the most visible to buyersand a benchmark for the health of the lo-cal real estate market. However, it is not theonly benchmark for companies seeking tobolster their bottom line. With island de-velopment near capacity, future growthwill necessarily come from the mainland.
“`e island is pretty much built-out,” saidLinda Schlitt Gonzalez of Coldwell BankerEd Schlitt Realtors. “You have redevelop-ment of island of homes, but not a lot ofspace for new housing, where on the main-land there is considerable room for newhousing.”
In fact, Schlitt Gonzalez says mainlandprices have been holding steady of late andshe sees an upside potential for sellers.
“`e mainland is a very stable market,it has always been less volatile,” she said.“Right now it is performing pretty well,prices are about the same as last year andvolume is up compared to last year. It is astable market. `e stability we see nowgenerally precedes increases in values and
I think that is what we will see this time.”Dale Sorensen, Jr. of Dale Sorensen Real
Estate, also views the mainland as a salesdriver for his company. In an effort to ex-pand its reach west of the bridges, DaleSorensen Real Estate merged with CoastalSignature Properties last fall and set up anoffice in downtown Vero Beach off 14thStreet and Route 60.
“Indian River County is not a huge placeand as a company we want to be the No. 1in all aspects of the market,” Sorensen said.“`ere are companies that focus on onespecific aspect of the market, riverfrontproperties or beachfront properties or justcertain communities; our focus is to be No.
1 in all areas of Indian River County andVero Beach.”
`e downtown office is Sorensen’s firstforay onto the mainland and he says animproving trend in mainland inventoryfigures prompted the move.
“At the current rate of absorption there is5.7 months of inventory on the mainland,”he said. “And in five of the last six monthsthere has been under a year’s worth of in-ventory. ̀ at is a pretty healthy market.”
He also noted that since the merger So-rensen Real Estate has improved its main-land market share in terms of sales figuresyear-to-date from just over 16 percent to20 percent -- a 30 percent increase in mar-ket share.
“`e market has somewhat stabilized,we are not seeing a big drop in prices likewe have,” said Bobbie Holt, who runs theSorensen mainland office. “But the marketis still down and to have this kind of salesincrease, shows the strength of Dale So-rensen Real Estate’s ability to market theirproperties.”
Holt said that the falling prices haveopened up the barrier island to morebuyers, but that the mainland will alwayshold an attraction to a certain segmentof buyers.
“We sell a lot of properties to people
that could afford to live on the island, butchoose to live on the mainland,” she said. “Itused to be people that could only afford Se-bastian or could only afford the mainland,but nowadays it is often a lifestyle decisionthat has to do with a lot of different ele-ments such as the community you want tolive in or insurance issues or being close tocertain activities.”
Michael `orpe of Treasure Coast So-theby’s says mainland properties play animportant role in providing a full range ofreal estate options for his clients.
“Absolutely, we are doing businessthere,” he said. “But we try to be selectiveand specialize as opposed to being gener-alists.”
He also noted that his typical buyerstarts out interested in the barrier island,but in this new environment will often askfor other options to see how far they mightbe able to stretch their real estate dollars.
“Most of the clients we talk to initiallywill talk about the barrier island, but thensome will ask, ‘What else can I get? Whatare my other buying opportunities?’” hesaid. “It is an easy transition to at leastget them to consider the mainland. Wedo have more and more people lookingfor acreage, they have kids and they wantroom for ATVs and things like that.”
PHOTO PROVIDED TO VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLYThis Grand Harbor home with an asking price of $1,899,000 features 100 feet of river frontage and a two-story library accessible from both Ooors.
Realtors see opportunities in mainland real estate
BY SIOBHAN FITZPATRICKVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Only in the past few years had stand-up paddle-boarding become popular, but the water sport is far from new as its roots are an ancient form of surfing.
But this is not surfing; the paddle boards are wider and longer than surfboards and used in a different way.
Phenomenal workoutStill, many surfers, including guru Laird Hamilton,
practice on stand-up paddle boards because they are so great for the body.
“`e workout is phenomenal. It’s low impact, full body, and works the abs, back, shoulder and torso,” says Malcolm Allen, owner of Orchid Island Bikes & Kayaks in Vero Beach.
Kevin O’Dare, proprietor of Osceola Organic Farm in Vero Beach, agrees. An avid surfer, O’Dare works out on his stand-up paddle board to increase his en-durance for surfing.
“I get an amazing work-out with the stand-up pad-dle board,” says O’Dare.
Allen, who has sold kayaks for nearly two decades, started selling stand-up paddle boards just three years ago, when the sport was slowly taking off, but the expense of the boards (approximately $2,000 plus the paddle) in tough economic times was not condu-cive to sales. He stopped selling them until about six months ago.
In the past three years, prices have come down and the quality of the boards has improved, making the sport more affordable and popular. Today, you can buy a decent board by spending $1,000 to $1,400, sig-nificantly less expensive than the $2,000 three years ago. One particularly good make is Doyle, says Allen, which was built by--and named after--the champion surfer Mike Doyle. `ese boards, Allen says, are sell-ing well, while also noting that his kayaks still out-sell paddleboards significantly.
`ere are also stand-up paddle boards that manu-facturers like Mark Castlow of Dragonfly Boatworks in Vero Beach sell, from $1,700 to $1,900. `e reason for the relatively hefty price tag, Castlow says, is be-cause these are specialty boards. He attributes this to his engineers’ unique design.
“`ere is no one out there who has boards like ours,” says Castlow. “Our process is different. `e
boards are unique in that the design makes it easy to get right on them and have fun,” he says, noting that sales have been “great.”
Jimmy Buffett’s a customerMost of Castlow’s clients are individuals, including
singer Jimmy Buffet, to whom he has sold four boards.Currently he does not sell to other stores, although thatmay change in the future.
Castlow lets people who might be interested in buy-ing a board to demo them free of charge. Allen of Or-chid Island Kayaks and Bikes also lets customers demothe boards and paddle, renting them at $40 for a half dayand $65 for a full day (the same rate as renting a kayak),In addition, Allen offers private lessons ($65 hour in-cluding board and paddle.)
“`is is a good way for people to get their feet wet,decide if they enjoy the sport enough to buy a board,”says Allen.
For newbies, the best place to try out the sport is incalm waters, like the river. For the more advanced pad-dler, who wants the waves, then the ocean is the desti-nation.
Mark Castlow prefers the former. “It’s a great work-out and I just enjoy being on the water. Also, I like tofish off of them.”
And according to Castlow, his boards are so user-friendly that a beginner can immediately establish andmaintain their balance on them--and enjoy themselves.
One of his clients, a yoga instructor, even teachesclasses on them.
“Even if you’re not a water-oriented person, you geton them and will be amazed by what you can do withthem,” Castlow said.
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Even novices can enjoy stand-up paddleboarding
PHOTO COURTESTY OF BRYAN GOULARTHappy family outing on the stand up paddleboard.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHARLIE MCLEANJimbo Meador enjoying Eshing oF of his stand up paddleboard.
Today we’re going to talk about the techniqueof “shocking” your food, and along the way, we’regoing to end up with a Salade Nicoise, the famouscold dish from the sunny south of France, con-sisting of rare yellow fin tuna, potatoes, boiledeggs, olives, green beans and lettuce, all coatedin a dressing that I will describe at the end tomake sure I don’t lose the squeamish among you(relax, the dressing is optional).
So, shocking could not be easier. You just needa pot of salted, boiling water on the stove, and abig bowl of ice water in the sink. This methodcan be used for lots of different items (veggies,shrimp, soba noodles), but today, we’re going tostart by playing with simple green beans, or, ifyou wish, haricot vert, which, in French, means“green beans.”
Take your beans, trim off the ends, and tossthem in the boiling water. Then wait maybe 45seconds. Then fish them out and chuck them inthe ice water immediately to stop the cookingand preserve the deep, green color. Take themout of the ice water and hold them in the fridge.
Now, we’re going to make perfect hard boiledeggs the Nick way – by cheating. Bring yoursalted water back to the boil, and refresh theice in the sink if need be. Then take a dozeneggs, preferably at room temperature, and setone aside (foreshadowing?). Take the remainingeleven eggs and gently lower them, one at a time,
into the boiling water.Then cut off the heatcompletely and put alid on the pot.
After twelve min-utes, fish out one eggand hack it in half,shell and all. What doyou see? You’re look-ing for a yolk that isnot quite fully set (stilla bit liquidy in the verymiddle), and definitelyno green discolorationwhere the yolk meets the white. If the yolk isstill too liquid, wait a minute and test anotheregg.
When the yolks are almost set, you guessed it –fish out the eggs and shock them in the ice bath,leaving them in the ice for a couple of minutes tomake sure they are fully chilled.
Now we’re on to cooking the smallest red po-tatoes you can find. And you can cook them anyway you like. But consider trying this adven-turous method – send your kid, your husband,whomever to the beach and tell them to bringyou a small bucket of ocean water. Boil the pota-toes in that. When I tried it, the potatoes turnedout velvety and perfectly salted, though the seawater itself turned a funny gray-black color. But
no matter. I’m still alive.Finally, cook a small, perhaps four-ounce, piece
of fresh tuna for each person you are serving. Itdoesn’t matter how you do it (sauteé, broil, grill),but try to get a sear on the outside, while leavingthe inside rare.
When you’re done with the tuna, you’re donecooking, and everything should be chilling in thefridge.
Now it’s time to compose the salad, and thatmeans making the traditional dressing. As I saidat the outset, this is optional, and you will do justfine with any vinaigrette you happen to like. Butfor the real deal, quickly, you mash an anchovyfilet with garlic and coarse salt, whisk in a rawegg, hit that with lemon juice and Dijon mustard,then whisk in olive oil to form an emulsion. Gotthat?
To put the salad together, take greens, scal-lions, herbs, tomatoes, tiny nicoise olives (watchthe pits), capers. Dress that and plate it as a base.Then gently dress the beans and quartered pota-toes, and place them artfully atop. Then crownthe plate with your quartered eggs and the tuna,broken into chunks to show off the rosy center.
Drink rosé wine with this. And chill.
Nick Thomas is a lawyer and certified familymediator. Reach him at [email protected].
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Spike’s fist striking the side of Glenn’s head made a sharp cracking sound. Glenn’s head jerked violently to one side. As his attacker drew back for another punch, I could see a cut on Glenn’s forehead, just above the tem-ple. He stumbled backward, dazed.
In what seemed like no more than a fraction of a second, Spike landed a flurry of punches. Glenn made a brave attempt to stand his ground, but he was no match for this angry street fighter who had recently moved to Vero Beach.
Bleeding from his mouth, his nose, and from the cut on his forehead, Glenn went down hard, with all the rest of us standing by doing nothing, either out of fear, or because we believed we shouldn’t get involved in someone else’s fight, or for whatever other reasons we may have had for staying out of it.
Often it is for convoluted reasons that we do what we do, and for just as complex reasons we sometimes do nothing. I’ll never know why my feet kept me safely on the sidelines that day.
Spike had moved to Vero Beach and enrolled in 9th grade only a month be-
fore he used his street fighting skills to bring Glenn down. I didn’t know ex-actly where Spike moved from, but I remember thinking that he must have come from a rough neighborhood. Spike seemed always to be angry, pick-ing fights, starting arguments, con-stantly finding ways to be disagreeable.
As Coach dragged Spike away, he
shouted to the rest of us to go back in the gym. When he returned from the office, Coach was about as angry as I had ever seen him. How could we all, he asked, have stood by while one of our friends was beat to a pulp by a vir-tual stranger? It was beyond Coach’s understanding how not one of Glenn’s friends stood up for him that day.
I didn’t so much as move a muscle to help Glenn defend himself, and when-
ever I have occasion to remember that January day in 9th grade gym class, I think of the ways we as adults some-times face similar choices to speak out, or to remain silent.
It occurs to me now that Spike used his sharp elbows and lightning quick fists much the same way some adults employ their command of the lan-
guage, punching hard, and fast, with jabs, barbs, and innuendos, harsh in-sults seemingly coming from nowhere, and sometimes drawing blood. Re kind of mean-spirited attacks I am al-luding to have even appeared in print locally, and with some frequency in one island publication.
Ris brand of attack-dog journalism may be a titillating distraction, but it does nothing to forward a conversation
about building a better community. As much as it is our duty to inform, it is also our responsibility to employ a tone of voice that promotes civil discourse. Wiser decisions, both public and pri-vate, tend to be formulated in an at-mosphere of trust and respect.
Now just a month into this effort to provide the Vero Beach community an alternative newspaper voice, I am par-ticularly mindful of the responsibility we all have to choose our words care-fully, wisely, and, yes, even compas-sionately. Particularly for those whose words are widely disseminated, either through the Internet, or in print, there is, it seems to me, a responsibility to check our motives, and to consider the consequences of what we say, and of how we choose to say it.
Spike may have come from a rough neighborhood where street fighting was the way to survive. I only wish for his sake that when he moved to Vero Beach he could have settled in to an-other way of being. Regardless of how some might choose to cast it, Vero Beach is not a dangerous place, and there are no naked emperors running around town.
Remembering a schoolyard lesson
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Through May 14: Juried Student Photography Show at IRCHS VAPA Campus’ Fine Art Gallery. 772-567-6600.
Through May 22: ke Vero Beach Museum of Art presents “American Masterworks: 150 Years of Painting” from the Butler Institute of Art. Also on exhibit through May 22 is “Impressions: Selections from the Manoogian Collec-tion.” (Admission to general exhibitions and education wing exhibitions is free. For some special exhibitions, a variable admission fee will apply. Members and young people 17 years of age and under attend all exhibitions free of charge. Do-nations are welcome). 772-231-0707.
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May 6-7: ke Comedy Zone at Riv-erside keatre features “Mutzie.” Ac-cording to its website, “Mutzie’s career path runs through virtually every area of entertainment, including television, radio and even the music industry. He has consistently performed as many as 200 comedy shows a year, making him one of today’s most successful comedy stars.” ke evening also features Tom Tran After serving a 12-month com-bat tour in Iraq, Tom was medically released from the Army in 2005 when a combat wound forced him to return
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May 7: Women Build Mother-Daughter Habitat Event: Female construction crews will volunteer their time and talent and help with Habitat for Humanity construction sites in Indian River County and across the country in recognition of National Women Build Week. For information on how to participate in the May 7 event, call Habitat’s Volunteer Coordinator Jessica Schmitt at 772-562-9860 x212, or Croom at 772-388-1389 or email [email protected].
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May 9: Big Band Lunch at the Flori-da Irish American Society, Vero, 1316 20th Street.
May 10: Fertilize Your Family Tree at the the Indian River Genealogy Society at IRC Main library, 1600 21st Street. 772-770-5060.
May 10: Heritage Blue-Grass Band at the Heritage Center, 7:30 p.m. 2140 14th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL. 772-770-2263.
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Marjorie MyersMarjorie L. Myers, 94, died April
25, 2011, at Indian River Medi-cal Center in Vero Beach. She was born in Morganfield, Ky., and lived on the Treasure Coast for 31 years, coming from Richton Park, Ill. She was a homemaker. She was a mem-ber of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Hobe Sound, the Elks Lodge in Stuart and the Vero Beach High-lands Koffee Klatsche. Survivors include her son, Brian Kolb of Vero Beach; brother, James Hopgood of Owensboro, Ky.; one granddaugh-ter; and two great-granddaughters. Arrangements are with Aycock Fu-neral Home in Fort Pierce.
Robert Bohn Robert Gerald Bohn, 86, died
April 23, 2011, at Lawnwood Re-gional Medical Center & Heart Institute in Fort Pierce. He was born in Port Washington, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach for 32 years, coming from Redding, Conn. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in naval aviation. Before retirement, he was CEO and chairman of Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corp. in Danbury, Conn. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Sebastian. He was a founder of the Redding Country Club in Connecticut and a member of the Bent Pine Golf Club and the Moorings Club in Vero Beach. He received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Jackie Bohn of Vero Beach; daughters, Jocelyn Whyte of Bridgewater, N.H., Vicki-Lee Felis of Stowe, Vt., and Cynthia B. Rob-ertson of Newton, Conn.; son David G. Bohn of Redding; 19 grandchil-dren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 123 Thunderbird Drive, Sebas-tian, FL 32958. Arrangements are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral
Home in Vero Beach.
Glenna CampbellGlenna V. Campbell, 82, died
April 19, 2011, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. She was born in Pecos, Texas, and lived in Vero Beach since 1961, coming from Miami. Before retirement, she was co-owner and bookkeeper of Camp-bell Brothers Aluminum Products in Vero Beach. She was a member of Vero Beach Christian Alliance Church. Survivors include her sons, Allen and Vick Campbell, both of Vero Beach; daughters, Nita Jo Jobe and Sara Ann Vasquez, both of Vero Beach; sister, Jo Badura of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.; 11 grandchil-dren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Allan Ace Campbell. Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Vero Beach Christian Alliance Church, 1701 43rd Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32960. A memorial service will be at 6 p.m. May 7 at the Vero Beach Christian Alliance Church with the Rev. Tom Haar officiating. Arrangements are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home & Crematory in Vero Beach.
Theresa DuffanyTheresa Yvonne Duffany, 84, died
April 19, 2011, in Vero Beach. She was born in Attleboro, Mass., and lived in Vero Beach since 1995, coming from Ocala. She was a mem-ber of St. Mark’s Catholic Church. Survivors include her sons, Mark Duffany of Sebastian, Larry Duf-fany and Richard Duffany, both of Stuart, and Edward Duffany of Flor-ida; daughter, Linda Duffany of Fort Pierce; brother, Paul Goulet; sisters, Jackie Rocheleau and Anita Pellisey; 10 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edward Duffany; and sons, Charles Edward Duffany
Jr., Kevin Duffany and Donald Duf-fany. Arrangements are by Haisley Funeral and Cremation Service.
Barbara GoldeyBarbara L. Goldey, 77, died April
24, 2011, at VNA Hospice House. She was born in Miami and lived in Vero Beach for 24 years, coming from New Jersey. She was a mem-ber of Christ Church in Vero Beach. Survivors include her daughters, Lisa Kronebusch of Melbourne, Victoria Burke of Palm Bay, and Eileen Johnson of Melbourne; sev-en grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Gerry Goldey, in 2004. Memorial contributions may be made to VNA Hospice of Indian River County, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. Arrangements are by Tho-mas S. Lowther Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach.
Nancy HoffmanNancy Moyers Hoffman, 90, died
April 12, 2011, at Palm Gardens of Vero Beach. She was born in Weyers Cave, Va., and lived in Vero Beach since 1946. Before retirement, she worked for Piper Aircraft. Survivors include her nieces, Martha M. Hur-witz of Vero Beach, Rosa M. Camp-bell of Mount Crawford, Va., and Millie M. Knicely of Harrisonburg, Va.; and nephews, Leonard McDan-iel Jr. of Richmond, Va., and John David Moyers of Harrisonburg. She was preceded in death by her hus-band, Archie F. Hoffman in 1974; brother, John Paul Moyers of Har-risonburg; sister, Constance Moy-ers McDaniel of Weyers Cave; and nephew, Charles R. McDaniel of Vero Beach. Arrangements are by Thomas S. Lowther Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach.
Ida PiperIda “MeMee” Piper, 103, died
April 19, 2011, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. She was born in Orwigsburg, Pa., and lived in Vero Beach for 22 years, coming from Reading, Pa. She was a member of the Reading Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than 50 years. Survivors include her daughter, Susan P. Ber-tolette of Vero Beach; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband, William G. Piper; sisters, Eleanor Beaumont and Irma Dengler; and brother, Walter Greenawalt. Memo-rial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, 6230 77th St., Vero Beach, FL 32967. Arrange-ments are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach.
Gary Todd Jr.Gary Thomas Todd Jr., 59, died
April 23, 2011, at his home. He was born in Baltimore, Md., and lived in Vero Beach since 1992, coming from his birthplace. He was a sales representative for Vero Industry Supplies for 10 years. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1978, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Survivors include his daughter, Megan Todd of Daytona Beach; and sister, Rob-in English of Rehoboth Beach, Del. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foun-dation, 30 E. 33rd St., New York, NY 10016. Arrangements are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home in Vero Beach.
Charlotte WellsCharlotte “Rose” Locke Wells, 64,
died April 21, 2011, in Fort Pierce. She was born in Bowling Green and lived in Vero Beach since 1997, coming from her birthplace. She was of the Methodist faith. She was a clerk for the Southland Corp.
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Survivors include her son, Rob-ert C. Cotton of Lakeland; moth-er, Myrtle R. Clark of Vero Beach; brothers, Albert D. Clark of Vero Beach, Kenneth A. Clark of Vien-na, Va., and David P. Clark of Fort Pierce; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was pre-ceded in death by her son, James Thomas Froehlich; and father, John Maxwell Locke. Ponger-Kays-Grady Funeral Home, Wauchula.
Cynthia Sue BrooksCynthia Sue Brooks, 49, of Vero
Beach, FL died Sunday, April 17, 2011 at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. Mrs. Brooks was born June 12, 1961 in Riviera Beach, FL and moved to Vero Beach 29 years ago from West Palm Beach, FL. She had been a member of the Church of Christ in Vero Beach. Survivors include her daughters Stephanie F. Estes of Vero Beach and Tiffany Ann Brooks of Clewiston, FL; son Steven T. Brooks of Hawaii; mother Opal Powell of Vero Beach; sister Steph-anie Ann Boultinghouse of Denver, CO; brother Michael D. Powell of Vero Beach; and four grandchil-dren. Arrangements are under the direction Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home & Crematory, Vero Beach, FL.
Linda KelseyLinda Kelsey, 64, of Vero Beach,
FL, died April 22, 2011 at Lau-rel Pointe Health and Rehabili-tation Center, Ft. Pierce. Born in Cincinnati, OH, she had lived in Vero Beach for twenty years,coming from Venice, FL. Prior to retirement, she was employed by Indian River Medical Centeras a Certified Nursing Assistant in their Labor and Delivery Depart-ment. Survivors include her hus-band of nine years, Howard D. Kel-sey of Vero Beach; two daughters, Wendy Walling of Saint Cloud, FL, and Alicia Franz of Vero Beach; one step-daughter, Diana Kelsey of Frankfort, NY; two step-sons, Dean Kelsey of Chicago, IL, and Sean Kel-sey of Syracuse, NY; one sister, Nan-
cy Clark of Cincinnati, OH; eight grandchildren; and ten great-grand-children. Strunk Funeral Home & Crematory, Vero Beach.
Victor G. PetersonVictor G. Peterson, 93, of Vero
Beach, FL died Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Palm Garden of Vero Beach. Mr. Peterson was born September 2, 1917 in St. Paul, MN. He had been a seasonal resident of Vero Beach since 1926, moving here permanent-ly in 1954. He was a graduate of Vero Beach High School, Class of 1936, and had been a carpenter, build-ing and selling homes for 40 years. He was of the Lutheran faith and an artist. Mr. Peterson was a veteran of WW II, serving in the US Army Air Force. Survivors include his cousins Dr. Jeri Nelson of Wisconsin, Rob-ert Peterson of Alaska, and Kersten Lindell of Sweden. Memorial con-tributions may be made to Shiloh Youth Ranch, 10655 Roseland Road, Sebastian, FL 32958. Arrangements are under the direction Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home & Crema-tory, Vero Beach, FL.
Theresa Yvonne DuffanyTheresa Yvonne Duffany, 84, died
April 19, 2011 in Vero Beach, Flor-ida. Mrs. Duffany was born in At-tleboro, Massachusetts and moved to Vero Beach in 1995 coming from Ocala, Florida. She was a member of St. Mark’s Catholic Church. Survi-vors include her sons, Mark Duffany of Sebastian, FL, Larry Duffany of Stuart, FL, Richard Duffany of Stu-art, FL and Edward Duffany of Flor-ida; daughter, Linda Duffany of Ft. Pierce, FL; brother, Paul Goulet; sis-ters, Jackie Rocheleau and Anita Pel-lisey; 10 grandchildren and numer-ous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Edward Duffany and sons, Charles Edward Duffany, Jr., Kevin Duffany and Donald Duffany. Visita-tion will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 10-11 a.m. at Haisley Funeral Home. Arrangements are under the direction of Haisley Fu-neral& Cremation Service.
Betty Bain Betty Jane Bain, 76, died April 26,
2011, in Vero Beach. She was born in Winchester, Ky., and lived in Vero Beach, coming from Corbin, Ky. She was a homemaker. Survivors in-clude her daughter, Rosalie Walker of Vero Beach; son, Tilman Bain of Corbin; brothers, Bob, Paul and Jack Griggs; sister, Ruth Scheven; and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tilman R. Bain Jr.; and brothers, Wayne Griggs and Jim Griggs. Van-kirk-Grisell Funeral Home, Corbin.
Rosemary GinterRosemary Ginter, 54, died April
27, 2011, at VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. She was born in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach since 2006, coming from New York. She was a member of Ridgeway Alliance Church in White Plains, N.Y. She was employed with the Gerber Life Insurance Co. for 33 years. Survivors include her husband of 30 years, Donal “Skip”; parents, Louis and Rose Seminara of Fort Pierce; and sister, Camille Seminara of Vero Beach. Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA Hospice House, 1110 35th St., Vero Beach, FL 32960. Cox Gifford Seawinds Funeral Home in Vero Beach.
Beverly MutchBeverly Mutch, 78, died April 22,
2011, in Vero Beach. She was born in Queens, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach since 2007, coming from Inverness. She ran her husband’s business. Survi-vors include her sons, Scott D’Amato of Fort Pierce, Douglas D’Amato of Kentucky and Nelson D’Amato of New York; and two grandchildren. No services are scheduled. Arrange-ments are by Haisley Funeral & Cre-mation Service.
Gynelle PiersonGynelle “Nell” Pierson, 91, died
April 9, 2011, at Indian River Medi-cal Center, Vero Beach. Arrange-ments are by Strunk Funeral Home, Vero Beach.
Corliss RobertsCorliss Felicia Ross Roberts, 51,
died April 22, 2011, at Hospice. She was born in Vero Beach, and was a lifetime resident of Indian River County. She was employed with Dodgertown as a house attendant. She attended the public schools of Indian River County and was a graduate of Vero Beach High School Class of 1977. She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Survi-vors include her son, Roy A. Wil-liam Jr. of Vero Beach; father, Oscar Ross Sr. of Vero Beach; brothers, Oscar Ross Jr. and Jonathan Ross, both of Vero Beach, Derek Ross of Stone Mountain, Ga., and Kenneth Martin of Stuart; sisters, Jeanette LaSane of New York, N.Y., Cynthia Carter of Tallahassee, Sherry Ross of Houston, Leslie Ross of Fort Pierce, Mickaolya Morgan of Palm Bay and Kim Sanders Jones of Port St. Lucie; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Stalin Flowers III; mother, Rebecca Mae Williams Ross; and a sister, Pa-tricia Ann Ross. Stone Brothers Fu-neral Chapel in Gifford.
Bobbie SmithBobbie Dell Smith, 69, died
April 23, 2011, in Vero Beach. He was born in Caledonia, Miss., and moved to Vero Beach in 1952, com-ing from his birthplace. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Smith of Vero Beach; sons, Anthony Mills of Vero Beach and Terrance Welch of Cocoa; daughters, Barbara Ri-ley, Willie Dean Smith and Jac-queline Smith, all of Vero Beach; sisters, Edder Sue Commers of Rus-sellville, Ala., and Roxie Cross of Vero Beach; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Hortense/Mills Funeral Home in Vero Beach.
K.B. SmithK.B. Smith, 84, died April 20, 2011.
He was born in Windfield, Ala., and lived in Indian River County for 57 years, coming from his birthplace. Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Smith of Vero Beach; sons, K.D.
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Smith, Lonnie Smith, Henry Smith, Johnny Smith and Gerry Smith, all from Vero Beach; daughters, Shirley Smith, Clara Woulard, Linda Cross and Betty Smith, all of Vero Beach, and Myrtle Smith of Cocoa; sis-ters, Edder Sue Commer of Russel-lville, Ala., and Roxie Cross of Vero Beach. He was preceded in death by his sister, Margie Smith. Hortense/Mills Funeral in Vero Beach.
Susan MatthewsSusan Winkler Matthews, 85,
died April 22, 2011, at her home. She was born in Vincennes, Ind., and lived in Vero Beach. She grad-uated from Stephens College and DePauw University. She and her husband were co-founders of the Frankfurt International School, one of the largest International Schools in Europe. She was a do-cent, fundraiser and loyal support-er of The Seeing Eye. She co-owned Interiors By Papillion and contin-ued her interior design business
in New Jersey and New York. She traveled abroad with International Executive Service Corps volun-teering to help stabilize economies in Latvia and Russia. She was an avid painter, displaying her works at the Riomar Country Club Art Show. She was a member of a local Bridge Club, former member of the Riomar Country Club and Riomar Yacht Club, and a supporter and contributor of Indian River Medi-cal Center. Survivors include her daughters, Claudia Kilvert of Bar-rington, R.I., and Lindsley Roys-ter of Gordonsville, Va.; and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Richard Matthews; sister, Helen Davis; and brothers, Howard Win-kler and Claude Winkler. Memorial contributions may be made to Indi-an River Medical Center, 1000 36th St., Vero Beach FL 32960. Arrange-ments are by Thomas S. Lowther Funeral Home & Crematory, Vero Beach.
Ronald PortnoyRonald J. Portnoy, 72, died May
2, 2011, at his home. He was born in New York City and lived in Vero Beach for five years, coming from Palm City. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Linda R. Portnoy of Vero Beach; son, Jonathan Portnoy of Port St. Lucie; daughter, Bonnie B. Kass of Lake Worth; brother, Norman Portnoy of White Plains, N.Y.; sister, Diane Shapiro-Smith of Upland, Cal-if.; and two grandchildren. Arrange-ments are by Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory Vero Beach.
Arden NelsonArden John Nelson, 86, of Vero
Beach, died Friday, April 29, 2011 at Indian River Medical Center.
Mr. Nelson was born January 11, 1925 in Brained, MN. He had been a resident of Vero Beach since 2010, coming from Huntington, NY. He worked as a school teacher for 33 years in the Bellmore-Merrick School District in New York. Survivors in-
clude his wife of 63 years, Rosemary; son, Jeffrey Nelson of Vero Beach. A service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on May 5, 2011 at Cox Gifford Seawinds. Interment will follow at South Florida National Cemetery in Lake Worth. Arrangements are under the care of Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home & Crematory.
Marie BenzingMarie A. Benzing, 83, of Vero
Beach, Florida, died Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Indian River Medical Center. She was born July 4, 1927 in Jersey City, New Jersey and had been a resident of Vero Beach since 1992, coming from New Jersey. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Louis H. Benzing of Vero Beach; daughter Mary Ann Benz-ing of Vero Beach and 2 grandchil-dren. Donations may be made to the Humane Society of Vero Beach, PO Box 644, Vero Beach, FL. Thomas S. Lowther Funeral Home & Crema-tory, Vero Beach.
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