PHOTO BY JANICE REYNOLDS Morning Palette part of Gallery of Hope Breast Cancer Awareness Month exhibit. See page 4 for more information Are city workers out of bounds? T H U R S D A Y O C T O B E R 1 3 , 2 0 1 1 V O L . 1 , I S S U E 2 8 Fighting Indians support All-Pro Dads at Rosewood Page 23 15 CALENDAR 18 TO ADVERTISE CALL MARTINE FECTEAU 772.696.2004 MARK SCHUMANN 772.696.5233 Inside FORUM ENTERTAINMENT Autumn arrivals Not only are the snow birds starting to return, so are the fall fashion showsPage 20 Disco fever Guests put on dancing shoes at Crazy 80s dance party and fund-raiser for United WayPage 13 employees’ residency Page 3 Art Stroll soggy, but a success Hundreds come out for first Downtown Dine and Design of the seasonPage 14 9 Questions arise regarding
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PHOTO BY JANICE REYNOLDSMorning Palette part of Gallery of Hope Breast Cancer Awareness Month exhibit. See page 4 for more information
Are city workers out of bounds?
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BY BARBARA YORESHVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
While much ado has been made re-cently concerning where city workerslive and cash their paychecks, forcingall employees to move to Vero Beachwould be unlikely on existing legal aswell as practical grounds, according toCity Manager Jim O’Connor.
“It’s very difficult to require and thecity charter doesn’t mandate it,” he said.“To suggest residency would be a pro-tocol but there’s no way you can leg-islate it (as per the city’s charter). Youcan’t overburden the requirements (forhiring). Zey have to relate to a nexussuch as response times. It’s very thinline you can walk.
“In my career, I’ve always lived in thecity I managed. It’s a basic thing for me,
but it’s not unusual for a city managerto live in one city and work in anotheralthough at the beginning of my career,it was pretty much a requirement.”
Zere are obvious good reasons forcity employees – especially managersand department heads -- to live in thecity where they are employed. How-ever, city workers face the same issuesas those in the private sector in takinginto account their quality of life andcost of living and other family consid-erations.
O’Connor, whose previous post wasin Winchester, Va., will be purchasing ahome in Vero Beach. But before he cando that he must sell his Virginia home.In the meantime, he said he and hiswife will lease a place within the VeroBeach city limits and plan to purchase
a city property once their Virginiahome is sold.
Other municipalities have other re-quirements. Fellsmere City ManagerJason Nunemaker said he is not re-quired to live in Fellsmere, but he mustlive in Indian River County.
“In my case, there was nothing in the(city) code but I do have a county resi-dency requirement in my contract andin the case of the police who take homecars, that’s based on a 30-mile radius.Ze rub is if they want to change (resi-dency requirements) midstream.
“It’s funny that there’s more attentionto live in the city now when it’s so hardto sell a house. Cities have been trend-ing away (from employee residency re-quirements) because the housing mar-ket is insane. Besides, how much more
invested are you than in your job?”Nunemaker said.
Ze City of Sebastian’s charter offic-ers – its city manager and city clerk –are contractually required to live with-in municipal boundaries, according toCity Manager Al Minner. However, noother employees including departmentheads are bound by that requirement.
“We’ve not had that discussion (con-cerning employee residency) and Idon’t anticipate that it will brought upby the city of Sebastian,” Minner said.
Lynn Tipton, director of membershipdevelopment for Ze Florida League ofCities – a Tallashasee-based organiza-tion of more than 400 of the state’s mu-nicipalities – said that city employeeresidency requirements are sometimes
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Residency not a requirement even for city managerJust the same City Manager Jim O’Connor plans to make his home in Vero Beach
mandated “by city ordinance or someother policy.”
She noted that about 25 – 33 percentof these instances involve a city’s charterofficer such as a city manager, city clerkor other department head position.
“Occasionally, residency require-ments may also apply to a police or firechief,” she said.
Tipton said that the present difficulthousing market “can make it tough” forthose applicants seeking a city job witha residency requirement, but that mostmunicipalities have afforded flexibilityto a successful applicant and will allowdeferment of residency until it can bepractically accomplished.
Colin Baenziger, principal of Wel-lington-based Colin Baenziger & As-sociates, is an executive recruiter andmunicipal consultant who works withcities, governmental agencies and busi-nesses on recruitment, management,
operational and organizationalissues.
His firm com-pleted city man-ager recruit-ment for West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens and Riviera Beach in Palm Beach County as well as for Palm Bay and Marathon. He also recruited county administrators for several Florida counties.
He noted that most of his munici-pal clients would prefer to hire a city manager who is willing to live within city limits.
About half of those municipalities actually require a city manager to live within municipal boundaries making the residency requirement a moot point, Baenziger said. An additional 30 percent of the clients he serves
would prefer that a newly-hired city manager live within the city he or she will manage.
“Probably 80 – 90 percent of the cities I work with want a city man-ager to live in the city unless it’s in a place with extremely expensive prop-erty values. Yet residency require-ments vary. In some cases it’s a char-ter requirement and mandated. But unless it is, I don’t think there is any real sound reason a manager has to live in a community. It’s a preference,” Baenziger said.
And there are cases, Baenziger said,of cities willing to overlook residency to get the right person for the job.
He pointed to present City Man-ager Paul Schofield of Wellington (population 55,000) who lives in the adjacent municipality of Royal Palm Beach (population 32,000). Similarly, until his death in 2010, Royal Palm Beach Village Manager David Farber
was a resident of Wellington and the village’s assistant finance director is a Hobe Sound resident.
“I rarely see any department head positions with a requirement of resi-dency but if a city manager has to move to accept a job, my attitude is why not pick a home in that city?” Baenziger said.
Baenziger said that in those in-stances where employment is predi-cated on city residency, the pool of talented applicants could be some-what constrained, although as a re-cruiter, Baenziger seeks applicants who fit the bill.
“It’s whatever they (municipal cli-ents) feel most comfortable with. My role is to find the person they want. My experience is the population gen-erally likes to have the person man-aging the city, live in the city, and they are willing to pay that person’s moving expenses,” Baenziger said.
Gallery of Hope is sponsoring a photographic art exhibit entitled “Pink.” The show runs through the end of the month.Gallery director J. Scott Kelly put the show together as part of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Gallery of Hope is located in the Historic Theatre Plaza building at 2036 14th Avenue,Suite 101, in Downtown Vero Beach.
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Bill Penney, president of Marine Bank& Trust, has been elected Chairman ofthe 2012 Indian River County Cham-ber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Elected to serve as Vice Presidentwas Cathy McKenzie, from AT&T andJeff Schlitt from Schlitt Services hasbeen named Treasurer.
ge 2011 Chairman of the Board Lin-da Schlitt Gonzalez, Coldwell Banker –
Ed Schlitt Realtors will serve as Im-mediate Past Chairman. ge new Boardwill take over on October 1, 2011 andserves for one year.
Newly elected to the Board for 3-yearterms were Dr. Paul Minotty, New Vi-sion Eye Center and David King, IN-EOS New Planet BioEnergy. Also, newto the Board serving 1-year terms willbeJamie Laviolette, Publix Super Mar-ket and Amy Brunjes, FPL.
Re-elected to the Board were TonyDonadio, Donadio & Associates;Linda Schlitt Gonzalez; Geoff Berger,Piper Aircraft, Inc.; and Todd Westo-ver, Treasure Coast Refuse/RepublicServices.
Returning to the Chamber BoardofDirectors were: Andy Beindorf,Center State Bank; Jim Davis, Treas-ure & Space Coast Radio; Tatiana Dyer,Dyer Chevrolet; Jay Hart, Wells Fargo;Andrew Kennedy, Proctor Construc-tion; Chad Morrison, Florida FloorFashions; Maureen Nicolace, NicolaceMarketing; Robert Paugh, Bill Bryant &Associates; Keith Pelan, Kimley-Horn& Associates; Peter Robinson, LaurelAgency; Monica Smiley, Costa d’EsteBeach Resort; David Sullivan, IndianRiver State College; and Jeff gomp-son, Vero Millwork, Inc.
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Vero Beach was hit with record rainfall over the weekend, includ-ing a whopping 8.30 inches on Sat-urday that flooded streets, downed power lines and shut down activity throughout the county.
Vero Beach set daily rainfall records on both Friday and Saturday: 2.23 inches and 8.30 inches, respectively, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
Beaches in Indian River County ex-perienced “moderate dune and berm erosion,” said James Gray, Indian Riv-er County coastal engineer. Ye hard-est hit beaches being those at Wabas-so Beach, the beach at Disney Resort and Conn Beach in the city limits of Vero Beach, he said. However the damages were not so severe that any beaches had to be closed.
Constant rain and high winds kept law enforcement and utility repair
crews running Saturday. Yere were numerous false alarms with fire and security systems; traffic lights tripped off; sparking electrical lines; and power knocked out by windblown tree branches. A high voltage line fell across State Road A1A near Jaycee Beach Park Saturday evening closing that road temporarily. Repair crews had to cut power to homes around Bethel Creek to repair it, said Randall McCamish, Vero Beach director of transmission and distribution.
Yere were widespread reports of flooded streets, but most main arter-ies stayed open to traffic. Near Vero Beach, traffic was reduced to one lane in both directions on U.S. 1 just north of Fourth Street, where cars rolled slowly through standing water.
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L O C A L N E W S D I G E S TSt. Peter’s Academy cited by auditors
for deEciencies in general ledger accountINDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- Auditors performing an annual examination
of St. Peter’s Academy’s books found the charter school failed to conduct timely reviews in its general ledger leading to a significant deficiency. In addi-tion, the school’s food services went over budget by $36,447 and expenditures were over budget by $209,196.
St. Peter’s Academy Administrator Ruth Jefferson told auditors in a Sept. 16 letter their recommendations would be implemented and the ledgers would be reviewed.
Charter schools are public schools operated by a private business or group of individuals. While they fall under the district’s umbrella, they operate in-dependently and can set their own curriculum as long as it adheres to state statute and enrollment guidelines. Charter schools get state money for each student enrolled, just as district public schools do.
Charter schools are required to submit audits to the district each September. In July, the district hired a firm to conduct a financial audit of the five charter schools for the first time.
School Board Chairman Matt McCain said the audits showed nothing major to be concerned about. McCain said the findings only become significant if schools do not act on them and make changes.
“Audits are a tool businesses use to find weaknesses,” McCain said. “In es-sence, they are a good thing.”
City to look at staFng levels of other communitiesas it considers future if electric system is sold
VERO BEACH -- City Manager Jim O’Connor and City Finance Director Cin-dy Lawson have presented the city council a report which considered possible reductions in the city’s general fund budget if the electric system was sold.
dat analysis estimated that the city could reduce the workforce paid by the city’s general fund from 213 to 205 full-time employees and eliminate three part-time cashier positions. de departments supported by the general fund include the city administration, human resources, finance, police, public works, planning and development, information technology, purchasing, the city’s warehouse, and to a large extent, the city’s recreation department.
de analysis estimated the city could save $557,934 through the job reduc-tions and other expenses if the city’s electric system was sold to Florida Power & Light and those associated support services were no longer needed. dat amount is less than a third of what the electric fund currently pays to the gen-eral fund for the various services. de electric system also transfers another $5.76 million into the city’s $20.7 million general fund. Property tax revenue provides less than $4.2 million to the general fund.
O’Connor said he, Lawson, Human Resources Director Robert Anderson and Vice Mayor Pilar Turner have had an initial meeting to discuss compari-sons with other cities to consider further reductions. He did not know when the report would be completed.
O’Connor told the City Council officials will be doing department-by-depart-ment comparisons. One city, for example, may share similar characteristics with Vero Beach in terms of crime rate, population and the number of visitors it gets, making it a good candidate for comparing police departments. dat city, how-ever, may farm out a lot of its financial work and it may not be a good candidate when it comes to comparing finance departments. It also may not have as much public land to take care of or have a comparable public works department.
City sets date for Halloween Parade
VERO BEACH -- de Vero Beach Recreation Department will hold its 53rd Annual Halloween Parade & Costume Contest on Oct. 29.
Lineup begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Freshman Learning Center at 1507 19th St. de parade starts at 10 a.m. and travels north along 14th Avenue to the Vero Beach Community Center at 2266 14th Ave. and to Pocahontas Park.
A costume contest for children to age 17 will begin immediately inside the Community Center following the parade. Prizes will be awarded to the most
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outstanding costumes.Treasure Coast Women’s Club members will stroll the parade route with a
decorated shopping cart, collecting canned and dry food products that will be donated to local food banks.
To participate in the parade, just show up in costume at the Freshman Learning Center. To enter a float, walking group or a vehicle, pick up a parade application at the Vero Beach Community Center or visit www.covb.org and the Recreation page. cere is no entry fee.
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Fellsmere may cut $20,000 from moneycounty owes over Rre hydrant maintenance
FELLSMERE — ce Fellsmere City Council is expected to hear a recom-mendation from City Manager Jason Nunemaker to reduce by $20,000 the money the county owes the city over maintenance of fire hydrants.
ce county has been fighting Fellsmere for two years over who should pay for making sure fire hydrants are maintained. In a unanimous vote, the County Commission agreed to pay the hydrant upkeep fees to the city, plus attorney’s fees, after the 4th District Court of Appeal last month upheld a finding by circuit judges that the county owed the city for three years of maintaining fire hydrants.
With nowhere else to appeal, County Attorney Alan Polackwich recom-
mended commissioners pay $65,081 to the city — but not $20,000 from a $30 daily fine that had been imposed and accrued as the case worked its way through the court system.
“I’d hope that under the circumstances, Fellsmere could see a way to abate-ment,” Polackwich said.
Nunemaker said he’ll make that recommendation to the council at its Oct. 20 meeting.
“We want to try and work together,” Nunemaker said.Fellsmere originally billed the county for $25,200 in February 2009, based on the
city’s charge of $225 per hydrant. ce county paid $12,329, using a lower rate, but declined to pay the remainder. ce county appealed a Special Master’s ruling all the way to the 4th District Court of Appeal, leading to $52,210 in attorney’s fees and interest tacked onto the original disputed amount, Polackwich calculated.
Harvest Festival tickets go on sale next week
Indian River COUNTY — Pre-sale discount ride tickets go on sale next week for the 2011 St. Helen Harvest Festival slated for Nov. 17-20 at Vero Beach Sports Village in Vero Beach.
cis year marks the 47th anniversary of the festival and 92nd anniversary of St. Helen Catholic Church. Deggeller Attractions of Stuart will again provide about 20 amusement rides for the midway at this year’s festival.
St. Helen will be selling the pre-sale ride tickets at a discount to help raise money for the school. ce pre-sale tickets, which go on sale Oct. 17, are 75 cents each if
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Former Mayor Winchester holdingTown Hall to discuss FP&L deal
VERO BEACH -- Former Mayor Warren Winchester will conduct a Town Hall meeting October 20 to discuss the proposed sale of the Vero Beach elec-tric utility to Florida Power & Light.
Winchester said the purpose of the meeting is to provide clarity on issues facing voters, not only ahead of the Nov. 8 referendum on the matter, but also if the sale is completed.
FPL is hosting an open house for electrical users on the same date at Holy Cross Catholic Church from 4 to 7 p.m. Winchester’s meeting will run from 7 to 9 p.m. at the River House, 305 Acacia Road.
Guests will be asked to write questions on cards at the door, and questions will be answered by panelists as they are retrieved from a container. Mayor Jay Kramer, City Manager Jim O’Connor have been invited as have members
of the City Utilities and Finance Committee. For more information call 772-633-4360.
Ex-wife of Ira Hatch sells barrier island home for $1.055 million
VERO BEACH — he former wife of convicted embezzler Ira Hatch has sold the riverfront home she once shared with him and their two children at 905 Winding River Road for $1.055 million.
Indian River County Court records filed Wednesday show Margaret “Marjo-rie” Hatch, who divorced her husband in December 2010 after a 29-year mar-riage, paid off the $545,000 mortgage on the property to PNC Bank on Sept. 26.
he home in Castaway Cove Wave II was purchased by a Florida corpora-tion registered to a residential address on Shawanaga Trail at the ritzy Missis-sauga Golf Club neighborhood in Ontario, Canada.
Former Vero Beach attorney-businessman Ira Hatch was arrested in January 2008 and charged with stealing $4 million from his Vero Beach law firm, Hatch & Doty and his company, Coastal Escrow Services which he shuttered in September 2007.
In August 2010, Indian River County Judge James Midelis ordered Hatch to pay back $4 million in restitution to his victims and serve a 30-year prison sentence on a racketeering charge.
Hatch’s Brevard County trial attorney Gregory Eisenmenger filed papers to appeal his sentence on Aug. 30, 2010. Since Hatch was declared indigent by the courts, West Palm Beach-based public defender Alan Lipson was ap-pointed to represent Hatch in the appeal, according to the 4th District Court of Appeal. Court records don’t show any recent activity on the appeal.
Ira Hatch’s current release date is Sept. 4, 2037, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
City Council to consider doubling parkingQnes downtown, on barrier island
VERO BEACH -- he City Council meeting set for Oct. 18 will include a public hearing and final vote on increasing various parking fines, including parking longer than the time limit allowed in the two retail/commercial dis-tricts downtown and on the barrier island.
he fine for overtime parking could go from $10 to $20 while the fine for in-terference with overtime parking enforcement will increase from $50 to $100. he time limits for on-street parking in front of businesses in the Ocean Drive area is two hours during the day. he limit downtown is three hours.
he Oceanside Business Association last week supported the increases for their area.
Association President Al Benkert said the two-hour time limits are just for on-street parking in front of the shops and services in the district. He said as-sociation members think that two hours is plenty of time for people to do their shopping and there is other parking available for those going to the beach.
Benkert said that with the expansion of professional office space in the dis-trict, there has been an increase in the number of people parking at the spaces in front of the shops all day. he $10 fine, he said, does not seem to be a deter-rent to those motorists.
According to Police Chief Don Dappen, it has been nearly 20 years since the city made a change in fines for parking violations. Interference with overtime parking enforcement can include rubbing out the chalk mark that the city’s parking enforcement officer uses in determining how long a motorist has been parked in a space, said Dappen.Visit www.FPL.com/verobeach for more information.
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tory of leadership by example and hard work that I respect. I will pro-vide that kind of leadership.
Vero Beach is innovative and grew by intentional design: road systems, town layout and utilities. Beatifica-tion Days promoted community involvement and enjoyment of our parks and beaches. Downtown Main Street was the place to be.
Increased demand for Vero’s util-ity services grew as the community developed ranching, citrus and farm-ing just outside Vero’s borders. Vero Beach never required annexation in order for the surrounding communi-ty to use and enjoy the benefits such as Riverside Yeatre, the Museum and other cultural events.
Community leaders consider Vero Beach their City and surrounding residents have come to rely on Vero to provide other services as well: Po-lice, Crime Watch, recreation, parks, lifeguards, beaches and safe streets. No one wants to be treated as an outsider and pay separately for these services.
Ye School Board, County Com-mission Administration Complex, the Main Library, Courthouse, and
Hospital (just outside the city lim-its) are centrally located in Vero be-cause Vero Beach is the County Seat. Churches became hubs of activity. At this time according to our City Code, Churches and government entities are exempt from utility tax however that could change if a sale ensues.
Owning the utilities enabled Vero to grow into the community we have today. Any change in city owned as-sets has to address unintended con-sequences to: Police, Neighborhood Crime Watch, parks and recreation, beaches and lifeguards, street main-tenance and drainage.
If we sell our assets we need to be certain City Services will remain as we expect them to be. We need to do so at the lowest tax rate possible. And we need to do so without expecting city taxpayers to pay for more than their fair share for others who enjoy and work in our City.
We need to insist on terms of a fair for our electric utility and that the sale does not negatively affect our current city services: Police and Crime watch, parks and recreation, beaches and lifeguards, a friendly business atmosphere.
We anticipate a study to be done to show us our financial future. Vero is
waiting for the results with assurance that the Vero Electric sale to FP&L is a fair deal. A fair deal should be based on expert data relative to the sale not data based in campaign promises or activists’ financial assumption mod-els. To date no data has been submit-ted to Vero.
We should not base our vote on today’s rates because we don’t know where our rates are going in the fu-ture. After all FP&L is under a rate freeze at this time.
And FP&L has been unclear as to how long they intend to operate the power plant other than for an indefi-nite period of time.
I respectfully encourage you to vote NO on the referendum that gives your rights away to a city council who does
not know the financial outcome of a possible sale to FP&L or the ‘indefi-nite period of time’ needed by FP&L to commercially lease the parkland property nor the dollar amount for a lease.
For Vero Beach to make this impor-tant decision we need all information on the table, all facts known and all impacts understood.
I would encourage voters to seek the facts and know the impacts be-fore forming an opinion.
Let’s work together to ensure the process moves in a more positive, productive and beneficial direction for all of us.
Ken DaigeKen Daige is running for Vero Beach City Council
Seek the facts and vote in your best interest
Where should city workers call home?lies are outside the city’s limits.
Rather than building multi-million dollar spec homes in Old Riomar, perhaps Carroll would be willing to create more quality, affordable hous-ing within the city limits. Seriously, city employees should be free to live where there choose.
It was reported recently that some 85 percent of city employees live out-side the city’s limits. At least that’s the number Councilwoman Tracey Carroll cited in her recent criticism of city workers who have apparently found that the best homes they can afford for themselves and their fami-
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BY REVEREND SCOTT ALEXANDERfe latest U.S. Census – not to
mention even a cursory examina-tion of our community -- reveals that there are very few industrial or man-ufacturing jobs here on the Treasure Coast. fis means that here in Indian River County, ours is overwhelmingly a “service” economy.
fis is certainly true for me as I move through my life in this wonder-ful part of the world. Almost every-where I go, and no matter what I am about, my needs are being served by others. Whether it is the checkout person at my favorite grocery store, the city worker cutting the grass along Indian River Boulevard, the wait-staffperson pouring water for me at the restaurant, the landscaper trimming the hedges at my condo complex, or the hardware store guy helping me find the right sized bolt – all day long my needs are being served by other workers. fe truth is that many of
these good folks serving me in so many significant ways are being paid wages far below what I consider ad-equate for a com-fortable life.
In my 1999 book “Everyday Spir-itual Practice: Sim-ple Pathways for Enriching Your Life,” I point out that there are countless, “small” spiritual practices which can bring us into much more meaningful relationship with persons and life around us. One such simple spiritual practice is regu-larly taking the time to purposefully greet, acknowledge, and affirm those who are serving us as we make our daily rounds. Let me just give a few of examples of what this might look like.
When my turn comes to check out my food selections at the gro-
cery store, I make a point to look the checkout person straight in the eye, and greet them with a sincere, “Hi, how are you doing?” and main-tain the eye contact until they have a chance to respond to me. Having taken the trouble to make a simple-but-real human connection almost always makes this transaction much more satisfying for both me and the person serving me. Brief but pleas-ant conversation frequently ensues, and, and we usually part wishing one another a good day.
Similarly, whenever I am out cycling or walking, I make a point to look at and wave at every landscaper, city or utility worker I pass. It’s my way of letting them know I am aware of (and grateful for) the maintenance work they are doing on my behalf. fey al-most always return my greeting, some-what surprised that I have taken a mo-ment to acknowledge and affirm them.
And whenever I dine out, I make
a point to greet and acknowledge the person who fills my water glass. Again, they often seem startled that, as a customer, I take a moment to note them and their service, as if such basic human recognition is not a common occurrence in their job.
So, as you make your daily rounds here on the Treasure Coast, consid-er adopting a new, regular spiritual practice in your life of simply taking a moment to acknowledge and greet everyone who serves you. fis prac-tice will not only brighten the day of those who are tending to our needs, it further strengthens the bonds of community and caring between all of us who share existence in this beauti-ful part of the world.
Rev. Scott W. Alexander is the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, and has been a minister, author, and educator for almost 40 years. He is an avid cyclist and outdoor enthu-siast who loves living in Vero Beach.
MILT THOMAS
How can we forget all the loveable el-ephants from our youth: Babar, Dumbo, Horton, Colonel Hathi, Rosie, Horatio, Stampy, Mr. Snuffleupagus? I’m sure everyone was delighted when news broke that we would have a National Elephant Center right here in Fellsmere.
However, real life elephants are in no way to be confused with the el-ephants of movies, TV and our youth. First of all, real elephants are big. Very big. Like up to four tons big. Elephants are the largest land animals on earth.
Everything about them is large. fey eat 300-400 pounds of food a day. Pub-lix would need a distribution center on the premises just for them. Actually, the plan is to put them in an abandoned or-ange grove on land that was once part of Fellsmere Farms. Elephants prefer to eat tree leaves, but they will settle for branches. Branches are rich in fiber. As a result of eating 3-400 pounds a day of
leaves and branches, the “end” product of their consumption is also rather large. Africa would be lit-tered with elephant feces if it weren’t for dung beetles. fey forage through the piles of waste mat-ter looking for any undigested vegetation left behind (no pun intended). And African tribes use dung for their homes, much like we use stucco. You thought fish smelled bad?
If you have ever visited Africa, es-pecially places like Zimbabwe where 45,000 elephants make their home, you have probably seen how destruc-tive they are. Aside from the torn down and stripped trees and afore-mentioned dung, they use their tusks to dig for water during dry seasons. fey destroy forests and create grass-
lands. fey do to Africa what teenag-ers do to their bedrooms.
Elephants like to get exercise. In the wild, they walk 30-50 miles a day. fat’s why the best known elephant sanctu-ary in Hohenwald, Tennessee is 2,700 acres. Right now 14 elephants live there. fey say there’s room for anoth-er 50. fat is potentially 64 elephants on 2,700 acres. fe elephant center in Fellsmere is 225 acres. If they ever broke out of their 225 acre home, 30-50 miles a day would put them in Fort Pierce or Melbourne by dinner time.
At the Tennessee facility, they esti-mate it costs about $125,000 a year to provide sanctuary – for ONE elephant. fat includes $1,000 per month to feed each elephant and a staff of 24 to keep them happy. fey have only had one fa-tality since the facility opened in 1995, but with 24 humans on 2,700 acres, I’m sure everyone keeps their distance.
Environmentalists say there are only
about 600,000 elephants left in the wild. Only 600,000? fat’s the popula-tion of Detroit. I can understand hav-ing a sanctuary for endangered spe-cies like bald eagles or Ahi tuna, but elephants? Okay, we should do some-thing about circus elephants, which are horribly mistreated, but how many circuses are there? Couldn’t that facil-ity in Tennessee take care of them?
So, referring to elephants as noth-ing but “big cows” is a little mis-leading. It’s kind of like referring to a bulldozer as a sports car. And big cows would presumably produce lots of milk. Big elephants only produce, well, you know what.
Milt Romas is a Vero Beach resident and an experienced freelance writer/author with a 20-year background in the music industry. He currently writes biographies, blogs, lectures, travels ex-tensively and is an active member of the National Press Club.
Honoring and acknowledging those who serve you
Let’s talk about the elephant in the neighborhood
REVERENDSCOTT ALEXANDER
MILT THOMAS
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Ve blogosphere heated up last week as Milton Benjamin, the publisher of a barrier island weekly, and Barry Mo-line, Executive Director of the Florida Municipal Electric Association wrote multiple entries to a local blog, “Bea-isms,” published by civic activist Bea Gardner. Benjamin and Moline trad-ed barbs like school children who had found unsupervised ground.
When the dialogue between a news-paper publisher and the executive di-rector of a major trade association is reduced to blog postings, one has to wonder if the Internet is enhancing or diminishing communication skills. What has become of polite, civil dis-course? Ve “tone of voice” expressed in many blog exchanges today is hardly an example for our youth to emulate.
Benjamin and Moline disputed the other’s characterization of what Moline maintains was a solicitation for advertising from Benjamin. Ben-jamin’s newspaper has consistently been critical of FMEA, and has urged the city to withdraw its membership from the organization.
Ve story which set off the cyber-space bout included a number of di-rect quotes from Moline, who was critical of the island weekly’s cover-age of FMEA, and specifically report-ing by Liza Zahner.
“I told her (Zahner) our legislative budget is $214,000 for 7 registered lobbyists. She then combined that with our budget for our entire staffof 8 full time-time people, including magazine writers, IT professionals, conference planners, and trainers to claim we paid our lobbyists nearly one million dollars. gis is loony toons,” says Moline.“
Responding to Gardner’s story, Benjamin wrote:
To set the record straight, I never solicited advertising from FMEA for 32963.
Countering Benjamin’s denial that he sought advertising from FMEA,
Moline wrote:Milton Benjamin is having some
real problems with the truth. He is denying that his unsolicited email to me with the SUBJECT LINE “Ad-vertising” is NOT a solicitation for advertising!
Would the publisher of the news-paper that twists facts around until they are unrecognizable really try to solicit FMEA for advertising? See for yourself if Milton’s email is about ad-vertising or just a… uh, uh, what else could it be about? Milton, at a mini-mum, you provide some good laughs.
Included in Moline’s blog posts were two emails he said Benjamin sent him on September 15 and Sep-tember 16 regarding advertising in the beachside weekly.
Moline explained that he was sharing the correspondence in or-der to enable readers to decide for themselves if the emails constituted a solicitation from the publisher of beachside weekly.
Ve following are excerpts from
emails Moline said he received from Benjamin on September 15 and 16.
September 15, 2011Hi Barry:I am the publisher of Vero
Beach 32963, the weekly newspa-per that is mailed to every home on the Vero Beach barrier island.We are trying to figure out whether we are going to need space to accommo-date more political advertising than usual ahead of the November elec-tricity referendum, and wondered if your organization was hoping to run print ads with us during this period.
If so, it would be very helpful if you could give us a heads up as to the ad sizes and dates you are thinking of running. Between now and election day, we have issues that will appear in mailboxes here on Sept. 22nd, Sept. 29th, Oct. 6th, Oct. 13th, Oct. 20th, Oct 27th, and Nov. 3rd.
ganks,Milton R. Benjamin, PublisherVero Beach 32963
September 16, 2011 Hi Barry:As to the value of trying to make
your case to our readers, I would only note that in last November’s municipal election, Vero elected all four of the City Council candidates we endorsed (which was not the case, I might add, with the Scripps daily).
If you decide to run an ad or two, let me know what size you have in mind so I can find a good position for it in the paper.
best,Milton R. Benjamin,PublisherVero Beach 32963
Benjamin and Moline ended their contentious exchange with each charg-ing the other of being less than honest.In the final two jabs thrown in the blog bout between them, Benjamin wrote:
Given that Barry seems incapa-ble of reporting accurately on my exchange with him, I think choos-ing whether to believe his version or Lisa Zahner’s version of their con-versation is a “no brainer.”
To which Moline countered:Milton,Clearly, you’re the one who doesn’t
tell the whole truth, and it is obvi-ous from our full email exchange, which I posted here for everyone to see. I think most people, except maybe you, would agree your unso-licited email to me was asking me to advertise in 32963.
Local blog becomes virtual boxing ringBeachside weekly publisher and FMEA director spar on line
THOUGHT TO CONSIDER
A grateful person is appreciative always.
A complainer grumbles even in paradise.
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Featured artists Kevin Cole and Frank Hermann with Darby’s Fine Arts owners Linda and George O’Malley
BY CHRISTINA TASCONFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
What used to be a quiet gallerystroll with a few art lovers has be-come the social event to see and beseen at these days.
Although the weather was a bitsoggy to start, the rain did notdamper the crowds and hundredscame out for the first DowntownDine and Design of the season.
Each gallery has begun to enrichthe evening with a featured artistor a themed showing to lure thecrowds.
Gallery 14 offered the lush worksof Colleen Nash Becht; LighthouseGallery hosted realist KathleenJohnson; Artist Guild Gallery fea-tured well known artist Judy Bur-garella and Tiger Lilly welcomedlocal legend Sean Sexton, just toname a few.
All of the artists create a moodand have their own followers whospecifically come to see their workand sometimes buy their pieces fortheir collections.
Lee Orre, the owner of TropicArt & Frame who hosted water-colorist Joan Delozier, said thatDelozier brought in many people,but perhaps because of the sheervolume of 3D visitors buyers wereout in force.
Lila Blakeslee of Gallery 14 saidthat they had also been happilyplacing little sold dots all over thegallery as well.
Mark Wygonik, an artist himself,said he always attends the eventand Gallery 14 is his first stop. Hesaid the constant flow of beauti-ful work at the Gallery makes himenvious of the local artists and ad-mires their perseverance keeping
their art in the forefront.This month they added a wine
tasting at Gallery 14 called “It’sTime to Un-Wined” to acknowl-edge Becht’s recent selection byAnheuser- Busch to design thenew wine label going on their firstvineyard’s bottles.
All the galleries bring somethingnew and fresh to entice art buyerseach month but none succeeded aswell as Darby’s Fine Art, the new-est to open in the Downtown ArtDistrict.
George and Linda O’Malleyhave brought a modern and stun-ning group of artists to their spacewhich reflects the look and feel ofan intimate and posh New Yorkgallery.
At one point, a local who’s who ofguests was waiting to meet the art-ists, Kevin Cole, Frank Hermannand Chris Pekoc.
They were showing their moderncontemporary style work whichwas uniquely fresh and visuallystunning.
What is most apparent as visitorswalk around downtown is that thequality of work being displayed ismuch higher than ever before andmany believe it is because of theseart strolls.
With the concentration of somany galleries, which also in-cludes J. Scott Kelly’s Photo-graphic Gallery of Hope, Flame-tree Clay Gallery and the MainStreet Studio, there is somethingfor everyone who loves and ap-preciates art.
The Downtown Dine & DesignArt Strolls occur on the first Fridayof every month along 14th Avenueand bordering streets.
First Art Stroll of the season goeson despite stormy weather
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA TASCONArtist Colleen Nash Becht with her husband Fort Pierce Commissioner EddieBecht and Lila Blakeslee
Judith Ragusa, Carol Amaru, featured artist Judy Burgarella and Judy Kane at Artist Guild Gallery
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BY CHRISTINA TASCON FOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
If you did not attend the Crazy 80s Dance Party on October 5, you missed a great time. _e party was a fund raiser to benefit the educational services of United Way of Indian River County and held at _e Plaza, 884 17th Street.
_e event was sponsored by Sabrina K. Carpenter, owner of Perfected Pen and host of “Sabrina Un-scripted,” which airs Tuesdays on 107.9 FM and 1370 AM radio. DJ Ed Meade of Class Act Productions provided the music and Glenn and Dorothy Strunk provided the location. Culinary Capers catered the affair and Lara’s _eme provided the table décor. Two photography agencies, Dragonfly Portraits and Mr. J’s Media Productions also donated their services as well as many volunteers. Carpenter’s own Perfected Pen donated raffle prizes.
Attendees enjoyed great 80s music and disco light-ing donated by Ed Meade. _e party was scheduled to end at 9:30 but went on for another two hours.
Carpenter said, “Philanthropy is a very important part of my life. While it took a diagnosis of cancer back in 1999 to make me see how important giving back can be, it was a very real lesson.” She finished by saying, “_is community never ceases to amaze me with their giving spirit.”
United Way funds other non-profits such as CAS-TLE, the Homeless Family Center and many more.
United Way Holds Crazy 80’s Dance at The Plaza
United Way's Sabrina Carpenter, Dorothy Strunk (who donated the Plaza Hall) and Haley Meade
JeP CliPord with Curt Lienemann of Culinary Capers catered the event right down to the Jello shootersDJ Ed Meade with Jodi Tomberg and Joe Chiarella
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CRAZY 80s FROM PAGE 13
Kate HoGman and Curtis Carpenter Mr. J's Media Production's Jamal & Simmone Hayes donated their photo ser-vices and took photos of the guests all night
Donna Peters, Patricia Cappello, Sabrina Carpenter, Susan Ryan, Haley Meade, Marilyn Angel and Anna Valencia surround Frank Zorc
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Every Saturday: Oceanside Busi-ness Association’s Farmer’s Market, 8 am-noon. Located in the parking lot just south of Humiston Park on Ocean Dr. www.VeroBeachOBA.com, 772-532-2455.
Every Sunday: Farmer’s Market from 9 am-2 pm in downtown Vero at the corner of 14th Ave. & 21st St. Contact Eric Hessler by email: [email protected] or call the Main Street office, 772-480-8353.
Oct 13: Youth Guidance Open House, 1028 20th Pl., 5:30-6:30 pm, hors d’oeuvres will be served. Learn about their programs and meet the staff. Please RSVP to Barbara Schlitt Ford at 772-770-5040, [email protected].
Oct 13: Ladies Night Out, 3406 Aviation Blvd., to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation. 5:30-8:30 pm. A night of fashion, beauty, wine and prizes. 772-569-3645.
Oct 14: “Shop for a Cure” retail businesses along Ocean and Cardinal Drives will offer a percentage of sales all day to go to the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides for a Cure campaign. www.VeroBeachOBA.com.
Oct 14: “Break for Breast Cancer Breakfast-On-le-Go,” Indian River Medical Center, 7-9 am. le first 250 people to drive through entrance loop of the Cancer Center at IRMC will receive a free continental break-fast to go and more. 772-567-4311 x1602.
Oct 15: Camp Chrysalis, VNA Hospice’s children’s bereavement day of support. Application deadline, Oct 7th. LaPorte Farms, 7700 129th St., Sebastian. Pony rides, arts & crafts. Free to kids 7-12. 772-978-5553.
Oct 15: “Crown Jewel Marching Band Festival” 10 am preliminary and
6:30 pm finals. Tickets $12 for both, finals $10, only available at Stadium entrance. Held at the Vero Beach High School’s Citrus Bowl Stadium, 1707 16th St., 772-564-5537 or go to www.crownjewel.vero-beach.fl.us.
Oct 15: Healthy Start Coalition Benefit Half Marathon 10K run, health expo and pancake breakfast at Riverside Park, 3001 Riverside Park Dr., 5:30 am. Benefits Healthy Start Coalition. 772-563-9118. www.beachsidehalfmarathon.com.
Oct 16: Treasure Coast Bridal Show & Expo, Heritage Center, 2140 14th Ave., 1-4 pm, $8 per person. Fash-ion Show will be held at Executive Courthouse Center across the street at 3 pm. For info call Gina Wattles at 772-321-6680.
Oct 18: Youth Guidance Open House, 1028 20th Pl., noon-1 pm, lunch will be served. Learn about
their programs and meet the staff. Please RSVP to Barbara Schlitt Ford at 772-770-5040, [email protected].
Oct 20: Senior Resource Association Annual Activities Fair 2-5 pm. Info and sign up for the many classes, programs and groups available to those age 50+ community. Vendors and refresh-ments. Schumann Hall, 686 14th St. Call Kelly de Long, 772-469-2062 or e-mail: [email protected].
Oct 21: “Fashion’s Night Outlet” - Vero Beach Fashion Outlets - 6-9 pm. Exclusive shopping, live entertainment, food & special sales. 1st 200 guests at community room receive free gift bag. www.verobeachoutlets.com.
Oct 21: Speaker Art Ciasca from SafeSpace & luncheon at CJ Can-nons, noon, register at 11:45 am, $17 in advance, $20 at door. Indian River NOW. Reservations required, call by Oct 19, 772-473-3037.
Oct 21: Coastal Conservancy Asso-ciation BBQ, 6 pm, Riverhouse, 305 Acacia Rd., $45 per person/$70 per couple. Includes BBQ, beer and wine and a year’s membership in the CCA. Raffle, silent auction, fly casting con-test and boat builders showcase. 772-473-7983, www.ccaflorida.org.
Oct 21&22: Oktoberfest by Knights of Columbus at St. John of the Cross, 2355 82nd Ave. Authentic German food, beer, wine and vendor booths. $5 admittance, children under 12 free entry. “Raving Polka Band” Advance tickets at 1st United Bank. 5-11 pm Friday & 11 am-11 pm Saturday.
Oct 22: Frightening Formals on 14th - Heritage Center Fundraiser. Halloween dance party. Dress up in your most outlandish formal outfit with door prizes, dancing and light snacks. $25, 7:30-11:30 pm. Cash bar. Reservations required 772-770-6623. Heritage Center, 2140 14th Ave. www.veroheritage.org.
Oct 22: Energy and Technology Expo at the Indian River Mall, 6200 20th St. (SR 60), 10 am-4 pm. IRC Chamber of Commerce event. 772-567-3491.
Oct 22: “Howl-O-Ween Pawrade” by Dogs for Life, Inc. dog costume parade and pet expo, 3-5 pm at 12th St. & 16th Ave. Dog Park. Call Shelly Ferger, 772-567-8969.
Oct 22: Riverside Children’s lea-tre Pirate lemed Haunted House, 5:30-9:30 pm, interactive games, spook tours, haunted shipwreck and more. 3280 Riverside Park Dr., 772-231-6990 for advance tickets. $5, $8 & $10. Additional shows Oct 28 - 30. www.riversidetheatre.com
PHOTO BY SAM WOLFE
If you’d like to see one of your photographs published in Vero Beach News-weekly, please send them to us at [email protected]. Photos need to be at least 200 dpi and in jpeg format.
Emerson Center will host speakers, performers at no charge to publicBY BARBARA YORESHFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Building on four previously success-ful seasons of its Florida Humanities Series, the Emerson Center recently announced the 2011-2012 speakers and performers. eanks to enthusi-astic community support, compelling programs and grants from the Florida Humanities Council, the latest series of six programs kicks off Oct. 27 and will continue through April 19, 2012.
ee programs, which begin at 7 p.m. on eursdays, are free and open
to the public and presented at the Emerson Center located at 1590 27th Avenue at the corner of 16th Street and 27th Avenue in Vero Beach. ee series is sponsored in part by Marine Bank & Trust.
Perfectly timed to coincide with National Humanities Month, the premier speaker in this year’s series is Paul Dosal, Ph.D. who will speak Oct. 27 to discuss Florida’s Hispan-ic Heritage: Commemorating 500 years of Florida’s Connections with Latin America and the Caribbean. A fourth-generation Floridian whose Cuban forbearers settled in Ybor City in 1889, Dosal is the vice-provost for student success and professor of Lat-in American History at the Univer-sity of South Florida. His course em-phasis is the modern history of Cuba
and the Caribbean region.On eursday, Dec. 8, the six-piece
musical group, ee Ashley Gang, will present Telling Tall Tales, Having Fun: with Florida Songs and Stories. Combining thought-provoking lyr-ics, well-blended harmonies and fun-filled stage antics, the group has per-formed for more than a decade. eis special holiday time presentation will feature refreshments following the performance.
Ringing in the New Year on Jan. 26, 2012 will be veteran Florida journalist Cynthia Barnett who will present Blue is the New Green: Water Sustainabil-ity and the future of Florida. Barnett is the author of an acclaimed new book Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis which urges the estab-lishment of a national water policy and ethic and offers insights on water and community in America.
Immigration expert Alex Stepick, Ph.D. will address Immigration’s Im-pact on Florida and the United States on Feb. 16, 2012. For three decades, Stepick has studied the impact of immigration on Miami. He has pub-lished nine books and numerous ar-
ticles and is the director of the Im-migration and Ethnicity Institute, professor of Global and Socio-cul-tural Studies at Florida International University. His article on U.S. refu-gee law is widely referenced by law schools.
Take a ride on the rails with Seth Bramson on March 22 as he presents ee Florida East Coast Railway: For More than 110 years America’s Speedway to Sunshine. Nationally renowned as one of the country’s leading authorities on the history of transportation to, from and within Florida, Branson is one of only two people in the nation with the official title of company historian with an American railroad. A prolific author of 22 books on Florida transportation history, his book by the same title of his Emerson Center presentation is the official history of the state’s fa-mous rail line.
ee melding of diverse cultures is featured at the series’ conclud-ing presentation on April 19 ent-iteld Florida Stories with Latino Sabor (flavor) by Carrie Sue Ayvar. Descended from Eastern European Jews, Ayvar was raised in Pitts-burgh amid the stories of her fam-ily culture. She moved to Mexico in her teens where she subsequently met her husband, discovering in the process an entirely new world of sto-ries from new family members and friends. ee result is a delightful repertoire of bilingual, cultural, folk and historical tales presented by an artful storyteller.
ee Emerson Center’s Florida Hu-manities Series received a $4,800 grant from the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the Nation-al Endowment for the Humanities to help fund two years of speakers.
ee series is offered free to the pub-lic on a first-come basis for seating and no tickets are required. For more information, call (772) 778-5249.
Florida Humanities Series kicks o8 October 27
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BY BARBARA YORESHFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
ge late Andrew Wyeth remains as one of America’s most iconic art-ists whose sublimely composed and executed tempera and watercolor works are technical marvels while at the same time imbued with the art-ist’s deepest emotions and personal connections to his subject matter.
ge realism and relationships that Wyeth and other contempo-rary master watercolorists convey through their works is presently be-ing showcased through Jan. 15, 2012 in a uniquely important exhibit at the Holmes Gallery of the Vero Beach Museum of Art entitled “IN THE TRADITION OF WYETH: Contem-porary Watercolor Masters.
Five Andrew Wyeth watercolors are featured in the exhibit plus 21 additional works by American water-color masters that were selected by the museum’s Curator of Exhibitions and Collections, Jay Williams, to il-lustrate Wyeth’s influence and the interplay between artistic technique and the artist’s emotional reaction to the subject matter.
ge fact that such a world-class ex-hibit is being shown in Vero Beach is unquestionably serendipitous for area art lovers and thanks, in great-est part, to the outstanding generos-ity and philanthropy of the museum’s top supporters.
ge exhibition is built around two Wyeth paintings from the museum’s permanent collection, ge Wales Farm and Melting Snow on the Bran-dywine. ge former was purchased in the spring through funds donated by the museum’s (major donor) Athena Society and the latter was recently donated to the museum by barrier island resident Douglas F. Barnard. gree additional Wyeth works form-ing the core of the exhibit include ge Steering Oar, on loan from beachside residents Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. McLaughlin; ge Stump at Kuern-er’s, on loan from Dr. and Mrs. Frank Bonner; and Shooting the River, on
loan from barrier island resident Sal-ly M. Edwards.
Also on exhibit are watercolor mas-terworks by Stephen Scott Young, Ray Ellis, Dean Mitchell, William Matthews, Alan Shuptrine, Hubert Shuptrine, Duncan Simmons, Leslie Frontz, gomas J. Owen and Kathy Caudill. Working in what is regard-ed as a difficult medium, the artists’ paintings display a variety of tech-niques from dry brush to wetter, lay-ered washes as well as styles of real-ism and representational abstraction.
Assembling such distinguished works by renowned watercolor mas-ters began with a fortuitous chain of events, according to Williams.
“When I arrived at the museum six months ago, I was told about plans for a meeting of the Athena Society at which time they would decide how to make purchases for the (museum’s permanent) collection.
“gere was not a bad choice in the bunch under consideration, but once they saw the Andrew Wyeth, they chose ge Wales Farm hands down. It was the clear favorite,” Williams said.
Since a major exhibit for the Hol-mes Gallery had not yet been select-ed, Williams said museum officials and donors agreed that based on the new Wyeth acquisition, “it seemed natural to build a fall show around the Wyeth because he put watercolor on the map for many people and it would be a great way to feature wa-tercolor as a medium.”
An Athena Society dinner led to another major surprise.
“Suddenly there were two Wyeths when Mr. Douglas Barnard donated Wyeth’s Melting Snow on the Brand-wine to the museum and three other Wyeths were loaned for this exhibit. And then, by golly, we got loans for Ray Ellis and Stephen Scott Young (watercolors). It was a wonderful ex-perience,” Williams said with enthu-siasm.
Wyeth’s precise technique as evi-denced by his iconic tempera paint-ing, Christina’s World, was an exer-cise in artistic discipline.
“…gose minute strokes put a brake on my real nature – messiness. My wild side that’s really me comes out in my watercolors,” Wyeth once said.
Additional watercolors by 10 con-temporary masters were added to the exhibit to showcase a full range of the medium’s techniques from “dry brush and very tight to very loose and very wet,” Williams said.
Watercolor as a serious painting medium emerged during the early to mid-eighteenth century – particu-larly in England. ge medium began to be seen as not necessarily second-ary to oils and while watercolor could achieve detailed realism, it grew to include a means of expressing emo-tional impact through subject matter and varying techniques.
“What was important about Wyeth is he was a master at working in all these ways,” Williams said.
Admission to the exhibit is $5 per adult. Museum members and those under age 17 are admitted free.
ge Vero Beach Museum of Art is located at 3001 Riverside Park Drive in Vero Beach. Museum hours are Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays 1 to 4:30 p.m.
For more information, call (772) 231-0707 or visit www.verobeach-museum.org.
Contemporary watercolors on display at Museum of Art
PHOTO SUPPLIED“Bayfront Eleuthera” by Stephen Scott Young is one of the featured watercolors.
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Gatlin Brothers coming to Sunrise Theatre
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Children’s Theatre:Oct 22 & 28-30: Pirate Themed Haunted House, $5 - $10. Anne Morton Stage:Dec 9 - 18: Nutcracker in Swingtime! 7:30 & 1 pm, $12-$18.Waxlax Black Stage:Oct 14 & 15: Comedy Zone, Frankie Paul and Lisa Corrao, 7:30 & 9 pm, $15.Stark Main Stage: Oct 27 - Nov 13: Boeing-Boeing, 2 pm, 7:30 pm and 8 pm, $57 - $73. Hilarious comedy about a bachelor pilot and his
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Oct 15: BK Jackson, An Evening of Smooth Jazz, 8 pm, $35, Black Box StageOct 28: Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, 8 pm, $39-$49
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Nov 3 - 5: “Better Music Reading in Three Days” $15 Varied time over 3 days.Dec 9 & Dec 11: Winter 2011 Concert, “Tidings of Joy: Sounds of the Season,”Dec 9 at 7:30 pm and Dec 11 at 3 pm
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Nov 10 - 25: The 1940’s Radio Hour, $20-$22, Walton Jones 1940’s musical, dancing and sound egects as a radio manager tries to record a radio broadcast for the troops in at war in 1942 for Christmas.
FORT PIERCE -- Grammy Award winner Larry Gatlin, who has gar-nered 17 top 10 singles in his career dating back to 1973, will be appearing at the Sunrise Ueatre on October 28 with brothers Rudy and Steve.
Gatlin has distinguished himself as both a talented singer and song-writer. Of his 42 songs that made the record charts between 1973 and 1990, including 17 Top 10s and the Grammy-winning “Broken Lady,” he wrote every one, an achievement un-matched by any other artist in popu-
lar music. His smash “All the Gold in California” stands as a country crossover classic.
Admitting that his “feelings were hurt” by the shifting tastes in country music during the early 1990s, Gatlin moved from Nashville to Austin in 1992, declaring that he and his broth-ers would no longer tour or concen-trate on recording. Uat same year he won the lead role in the Broadway production of Ue Will Rogers Follies and earned critical acclaim through-out the play’s nine-month run.
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REVIEWED BY MARK BUICEFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
It was a stormy night and with a fridge bare of food, we had to get out, either to a grocer or restaurant. After hearing that a new chef had arrived at Costa d’ Este, our favorite local resort on Ocean Drive, we made the obvi-ous choice for our dinner time des-tination.
Michael Amarel has taken over the kitchen from Raymond Mumford, who left for cooking school in Spain. He has spent most of his career in the luxury resort industry, most recently as a head chef at the Waldorf Asto-ria Orlando. His father was a culinary instructor in South Boston near Cape Cod whose student, Emeril Lagasse, invited Amarel to join him as he forged his claim to fame at fe Com-mander’s Palace in New Orleans.
Amarel left Emeril’s side to work at the Rattlesnake Club in Denver, Turnberry Isle in Miami and the Four Seasons in Palm Beach.
While the restaurant is no longer strictly Cuban, fe Wave focuses on Florida Caribbean food (Vero-ribbe-an, Amarel calls it). And although he only recently arrived and has not had time to change the menu, he is tweak-ing the dishes with small touches and amazing presentations, i.e. a salad that looks like a large California roll, compressed and wrapped in a single leaf, until it is pulled apart by the pa-tron’s fork.
fe dishes at fe Wave will contin-ue to be indigenous to the area and organic whenever possible.
Upon our arrival, we were greeted by a cheerful hostess who quickly seated us at a table by the window and away from the crowd. fe res-taurant’s South Beach décor reflects the same ambiance found through-out the famed Costa d’ Este resort.
We were presented with a wine list and although adequate, the choices seemed less than one would expect
in an establishment of this caliber. Unfortunately, after selecting a fa-miliar vineyard and then waiting for quite some time, our server finally returned with news that the wine we chose was not in stock. So we select-ed a Cabernet Spanish Red, Apalta, 2008, Colchagua, Chile, hoping to compliment the Latin inspired dishes that we were anticipating. We chose wisely, as the Chilean Cabernet was smooth, fruity and full bodied.
To begin our meal, we ordered two appetizers from the menu. Our selec-tions were the restaurant’s popular “starters” of Tuna Tartar and a Lob-ster and Crab Ceviche.
After another long wait our appe-tizers finally arrived. fe Tuna Tartar was well seasoned, enhanced with ca-pers and pleasing to the palate. fe dish was accompanied by paper-thin but crispy plantains, which compli-mented the tender fish. It should be noted that plantains seemed to be a consistent thread of the evening.
When the Lobster and Crab Cevi-che arrived, it was displayed on a tray of opposite dishes, crab on one end,
lobster on the other and garnished in the middle with a ‘mound’ of more plantain curls. fe first bite posed a question: Did we mistakenly order from the dessert menu? Rather than a light flavorful dressing, both crab and lobster were heavy laden with a very sugary coconut sauce, far too sweet for what should have been a subtle enhancement of two popular crustaceans.
fe Catch of the Day included sev-eral choices of fresh fish and per our server’s recommendation, we select-ed pan-seared Alaskan halibut with a medley of vegetables accompanied by fresh mango salsa, and blackened pompano with the same vegetable medley but with a sauce of tomatoes, onion and garlic. fe hearty portions of fish were fresh, flavorful and with just the right spices. Each dish was again accompanied by more plantain chips.
One particular highlight of the meal was a side order of creamed spinach blended with parmesan cheese and served in a little boat. fe portion was large enough to share and it was heavenly.
We thought the dessert selec-tions were limited and though the cheesecake with guava sauce imme-
diately caught my eye, we were told it was not available. I then opted for the “Bombon Cubano” - a flourless chocolate cake with liquid ganache with a side of Tres Leches ice cream. fe cake was moist and the ice cream satisfying.
My dinner companion chose rice pudding, billed as “Arroz con Leche”. Unfortunately the rice pudding ar-rived very dry, garnished with only a few dry vanilla wafers, no cream or sauce. It was a major disappointment.
fe tab of $184.04 before tip seemed pricey, considering the una-vailability of first choice selections, plus inconsistencies throughout the meal. fe bottle of wine was $36. However, we understand the kitchen is going through changes and we will certainly be back to try the new menu once Chef Amarel has had a chance to fully implement his changes.
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LOYAL TO THE LOCALSMonday: Sweet Start, complimentary dessert of your choice with dinner entreeTuesday: Complimentary glass of Chardonnay or Cabernet with dinner entree
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The Wave Restaurant, new chef bringing some new ideas
Chef Michael Amarel
BY LISA RYMERVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Ue recent spate of stormy weather and mod-erate temperatures has certainly punctuated au-tumn’s arrival, bringing with it a trickle of seasonal residents and a shower of fall colors.
In honor of breast cancer awareness month, Blondies on Ocean held a well attended fashion preview last week at Costa d’Este Beach Resort. Usually Blondies’ owner, Trish Hickey-Reid, holds her fashion shows around the hotel pool. Howev-er, due to high winds and pelting rain, the bevy of beauties modeled recent arrivals in the lobby and
dining area.“Uis season’s styles are a little less revealing
than what people wear in the warmer months,” says Hickey-Reid, who opened her store on Ocean Drive almost four years ago. After a record dry spell and an endless heat wave, the suggestiveness of a flash of skin -- be it one bare shoulder, a slit along the sleeve or a shorter hem paired with high boots – offers a welcome reprieve while still re-maining ultra feminine.
Ue one shoulder dress continues to be a popu-lar fashion commodity at Blondies, first making an appearance in ancient Egypt and later in designer
collections, as seen on the First Lady at President Obama’s inaugural ball in 2008.
But while the one shoulder dresses of summer trended to bright pastels, the offerings by Body Language of Paris this season are elegant in egg-plant, anything-but-bashful in black, and zazzy – that’s snazzy with extra zest -- in a zebra print.
One shoulder dresses are also available in the Analili brand. “Blondies was the first store in Vero Beach to carry the Miami-based designer,” says Hickey-Reid.
Analili’s fetching style and brightly patterned fabrics have garnered a national following after be-
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PHOTOS BY LISA RYMERCindy Goetz
Fall fashion show heralds arrival of early snowbirds
Bobby and Celeste Guttridge Dawn Brooks, Donna Leemon
Denise McCabe, Jackie Humphrey, Jill Shevlin
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ing on the market only a few years. A form-fitting black and white frock worn by a model at the fash-ion show was particularly striking, drawing gasps from both genders of the Costa crowd.
Hickey-Reid also dressed a few of the models in Tata Jolie, another Miami-based designer new to Blondies, in order to gauge her clientele’s response. With the look of Hervé Léger, but a price point much more user friendly, the skin-tight dresses in cherry red were sold out by the evening’s end.
“What’s nice about the material is that it’s stretchy, so it holds you in a little bit,” says Hickey
Reid, who is currently taking customer orders in a variety of styles and colors.
Wis year’s Eva Franco collection featured classic designs that are “sweet, fun and a little different,” says Hickey-Reid. A lace top in a creamy white can be worn with a bow around the neck or not, and the dresses were cut fuller than some other lines at the show.
Proceeds from a raffle benefitted the local chap-ter of the American Cancer Society, flooding fash-ionistas with a slew of prizes from area merchants.
Lindsay Naffziger, a freelance hairstylist, brought
a selection of pink feathers – the latest fad in fash-ion accessories -- for patrons to place in their hair. Like extensions, the feathers add volume, length, color and fun to a woman’s tresses.
Parking spaces are still available on Ocean Drive during business hours indicating the season has not yet officially begun. Nonetheless, the stores have their fall inventories on display and report seeing a slight increase in sales from northerners on vacation and residents stopping in for a week or two to take down their hurricane shutters… as we approach the end of that season.
Laura Guttridge Page Curtis Lara Drondoski Cherie Thompson
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Trish Hickey-Reid with Crystal Lemley and Page Curtis Tonia Abraham, Mica Hyman, Sonya Gates
Laura Guttridge, Page Curtis, Cherie Thompson, Cindy Goetz, Jan Fleischer, Trish Hickey-Reid, Tina Amundson, Lara Drondoski, Lisa Green
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Visit Rosewood Magnet School to support program promoting fatherhoodBY MICHAEL BIELECKIFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Rosewood Magnet School was one of over 900 public schools in nine countries last Friday to pack its caf-eteria full of fathers and their chil-dren as part of All Pro Dad’s Day.
All Pro Dad is a football-themed fatherhood program of Family First, a national non-profit organization founded in part by former Indiana-polis Colts and Tampa Bay Bucca-neers coach Tony Dungy.
“[e central theme of All Pro Dad is to create better dads and foster better relationships between dads and their children,” said Rosewood All Pro Dad coordinator Steve Leatherman. “Dads usually aren’t in elementary schools and this is a way to bring them together in a kind of ministry for them to participate. [e kids go absolutely nuts over it, and the dads do too.
“At Rosewood we don’t have any male teachers,” Leatherman added. “Over breakfast is a good time to bring everyone together to build re-lationships and create unity with the school.”
[e subject of humility was a ma-jor theme at the breakfast, where the importance of honoring self and one’s opponent was discussed at length. Leatherman and fel-low Rosewood dad Jason Redmon showed several touchdown celebra-tions from NFL games on a projec-tions screen as examples of how not to act in either everyday life or dur-ing a game.
“We were trying for 100 dads and I know we’ve come close,” Rosewood principal Deborah Dillon said. “[is
has been a wonderful addition to our school. I just love watching the dads come in here and interact with their children. All Pro Dad has gotten better and better every year.”
New Indian River Schools Super-intendent Fran Adams has already requested to be a guest at a future All Pro Dad’s Day and Rosewood re-cently observed International Walk to School Day with their All Pro Dads.
Appropriate to this particular day were guests of honor from Vero Beach High School’s football team including seniors Forrest Gaines, Zach Hollers, Travis Espich, and Charlie Miller—who all attended Rosewood.
“What could be better than to have football players who were former students come in and tell us how special dads really are and what’s important to them as far as being a good dad,” Dillon said. “[ey also shared their experience with the
fifth-grade classes about transition-ing from elementary school to mid-dle school after the group breakfast.”
Also on hand were Vero Beach High School Football head coach Lenny Jankowski and assistant coach Peter Deluke—both of whom have children who attend Rosewood.
“I think it’s great for Rosewood to adopt this program,” Jankowski said. “Everything Tony Dungy does
is first-class and I’ve heard about the program from several different sources. Just being a Rosewood dad myself, it is a pretty neat deal to have an opportunity to come have break-fast with the kids and listen to some positive role models speak.
“It’s a great start to their day, and it is great to see the participation of all these fathers here in the community. I’m just happy to be here.”
Jankowski, VBHS players take part in All Pro Dad’s Day
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Vero Beach High School football players Charlie Miller (1), Forrest Gaines (11), Travis Espich (69), Zach Hollers (76) stand at attention in front of Jason Redmon as he draws names for prizes at Rosewood Magnet School during All-Pro Dad’s Day.
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BY MICHAEL BIELECKIFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Pirates’ Cortez Brown makes eve-rything look easy on the football field.
Coming off St. Edward’s first victo-ry of 2011 — and his second-straight 100-yard rushing game — Brown is showing the skills that made him In-dian River County’s leader in rushing yards (844), yards per carry (8.7), and rushing touchdowns (14) last season.
Whether he is making a defender miss when running the football or sacking an opposing quarterback, the Pirates’ senior moves with form, velocity, and grace. de game looks easy to him out on the field, where teammates gravitate toward him as a leader.
“Everyone on the team respects him and he sets a good example for the underclassmen to try and follow,” said teammate Anderson Proctor. “He’s not only a great player on the field, but he’s also a great guy off of it.”
Before learning how to lead the Pi-rates, though, Brown had to sit out an entire year. Upon transferring from Indian River Charter High School to St. Edward’s in 2009 he did just that in accordance with Florida High School Athletic Association rules.
“Cortez came in as a sophomore, and even though he couldn’t play (in the games) he never missed a prac-tice—that said a lot about his charac-ter,” said St. Edward’s football coach Bill Motta. “He has always been a dedicated guy.”
Brown was relegated to scout team duty his first season, where he would line up and role play as the oppo-nent’s best running back or wide re-ceiver in practice. He would put in all of the hard work his teammates did all week in practice, but not get to dress for football games.
“Not getting to play was definitely frustrating, but that year the team be-came family to me,” Brown said. “You never know what’s going to happen, but if you love a sport, you have to see things all the way through.”
While Brown understood he would
have to sit out of the action on the football field that fall, he wasn’t ready for the academic challenge his new school would present to him. His 3.9 grade point average at Indian River Charter High School quickly turned into a 2.6 average at St. Edward’s.
“Oh my goodness, a lot was expect-ed of me as a student at St. Edward’s,” Brown said. “I had to study a lot more than I ever had before my first semes-ter here. Learning how to budget my time has helped me bring my grades back up to a 3.3 grade point average.”
Brown is looking forward to mak-
ing the A-B honor roll for the first time this semester and is eyeing in-ternational business and internation-al medicine curriculums for next year when he goes off to college. Like most every kid at St. Edward’s, Brown took the Scholastic Aptitude Test very se-riously and put in an extra effort to insure good scores (which he will get back by the end of the month).
While Brown has heard from the football programs at Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern, Florida Institute of Technology, Lehigh, Wesleyan, Lafayette, and Georgetown, he won’t
get any scholarship offers until he gets his test scores back. If he scores as he thinks he should, Brown sees himself in Washington, D.C. at this time next fall.
“I can really see myself playing at Georgetown,” Brown said. “I went up there a year ago and fell in love with the coaches, campus and team. It feels like St. Edward’s; like a family. People I didn’t know would come up and talk to me, asking how I liked the campus. Coach (Kevin) Kelly came up and talked to me and I was really impressed with him.”
Cortez Brown had to sit before becoming St. Ed’s star
PHOTO BY SAM WOLFE
Cortez Brown has become on of the leaders on the St. Edward’s football team.
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BY MICHAEL BIELECKIFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Over 100 riders braved a driving rain on Sunday, peddling from the River House near the Barber Bridge, through the streets of Vero Beach to North Brevard County in the second Tour de Vero.
_e cyclists participated to bring awareness to coronary arterial dis-ease and raise funds for the Vero Beach Firefighters Association.
Participants had a choice of three different courses — of 34, 54 and 100 miles — which took riders through parts of Vero Beach, Winter Beach, Wabasso Beach, Sebastian, Roseland, Micco, Grant, Valkaria and Malabar.
_e ride was also organized to hon-or the fallen Indian River County fire chief and veteran cyclist Brian Nolan. At just 55, Nolan died of a heart attack after discounting some warning signs — including chest pains -- brought on by coronary arterial disease.
“Brian was in his fifties like a lot of us,” said race co-organizer Dr. Jim Shafer. “He was a cyclist for many years—very athletic and very active within the community. Last year while he was up in Orlando he devel-oped some symptoms of discomfort in his chest. He felt that it was pretty much benign but ended up dying in a model train store in Orlando (No-
lan was a nationally-acclaimed model train builder) from a heart attack.”
Some 250 riders participated in 2007’s inaugural event, which raised more than $2,000 for need-based col-lege scholarships in the name of the Vero Beach Firefighters Association. _is year’s event came after a three-year hiatus and drew roughly 140 rid-ers, each of whom paid a $45 entry fee.
“_e people who showed up today are hardcore—we probably would have had over 200 riders today, but the weather just didn’t cooperate,” Shafer said. “We tried to hang in there as long as we could because we didn’t want to cancel it. Some are here because they love to ride and some are here to honor Brian. Both are the right reasons to be here.
“John O’Connor is the race director, and he’s done the lion’s share of the lo-gistics and all of the other work,” Shafer added. “He deserves a lot of credit for getting us through today as do all of the other volunteers that are here today.”
_e entry fee included stops for food and SAG (supplies and gear) wagons to provide mechanical sup-port for the riders if they needed it. Also included was lunch back at the River House.
“We wanted everybody to stay safe and we supported them the best we could,” O’Connor said. “I tried to give
the riders the best instruction I could in terms of marking the course. Once they leave here, though, they were on their own. _ey had to obey all traffic laws and they had to wear a helmet—they’re at their own risk.
Scott Brinker, the owner of the Ital-ian Grill, helped to provide lunch for the bikers.
“A lot of people pitched in to make this a great event worthy of honoring Brian Nolan,” O’Connor said.
Tour de Vero riders raise money for charity
PHOTOS BY SCOTT BOILEAUDespite the rain more than 100 riders took part in the Tour de Vero bike race.
From front to back, Vinnie Burke, JeN Maher, Ronaldo Tavares and Randy Walker.
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BY SIOBHAN FITZPATRICKFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
On Palm Sunday 2009, Dr. Tim Womack, pastor of the First Presby-terian church in Vero, announced a bold goal to his congregation: expand the church’s facilities to the tune of approximately $7 million. At the height of the recession, the date of Womack’s declaration was particu-larly inauspicious as it coincided with the lowest rating of consumer confi-dence since the Great Depression.
But this didn’t deter an enthusiastic response from his congregants. “We were very proud of the support we received from our membership,” said
Dr. Womack, speaking on behalf of himself, the elders of the church and the associate pastor all of whom were spearheading the project together.
Womack said they were deter-mined to build a virtually new “cam-pus,” as he calls the church property and its buildings, despite the fright-ening economy for two reasons.
First, the church had been hit hard by hurricanes Frances and Jeanne. Ye eight buildings on the campus were flooded with two to four feet of water causing mold to grow after the wa-ter was gone. Despite many attempts by professional mold removers, they have not been successful in removing
the growth. Yankfully, these infected buildings will be torn down and re-placed by the new healthier, larger and more modern buildings.
Ye second reason Womack and his entourage were committed to the new project during a bad recession was the increase in church member-ship. “We are growing with many young families and our need for ed-ucation and fellowship space is cru-cial,” said Womack.
It is no secret that for many years since its founding more than 60 years ago, some local Presbyterian fami-lies opted to attend other Christian churches in the environs because
they found them more family-friend-ly. Womack acknowledged there was some truth to this, but made it clear that the situation has changed since he came on board 12 years ago.
“Yere was a time many years ago when we sorely lacked young fami-lies and a strong ministry to those families. Over the last 11 years that certainly has changed and we have many great young Christian families to serve in our congregation,” said Womack.
Ye first step to realize the dream of new surroundings, of course, was raising money. Dr. Womack and his core group contracted RSI, a leading
As congregation grows, so does First Presbyterian
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Senior Pastor Tim Womack points to an artist’s renderings of one of the new buildings.
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Christian stewardship organization, to help guide them through a capital campaign. Based on their research, RSI said Womack could expect to raise a maximum of $6.5 million – seven hundred thousand dollars short of the projected cost.
But Womack disagreed. “RSI does not know the First Presbyterian Church family – I do, and I firmly believe we will exceed that amount,” said Womack according to the church website
To date, the congregants have raised more than $6 million – RSI’s prediction – but Womack is con-fident they will be able to raise the
remaining funds this fall and expects the building to be completed right on time – Easter 2012.
Located in Vero’s Royal Palm area, many of the church’s neighbors – some of them members of the church and many of them not – were instru-mental in helping the project to move forward by supporting the closure of Broadway, a street that intersected the property.
“We will be able to establish a cul-de-sac and a walk-through that is beneficial for both the church and the neighborhood. It is very impor-tant for us to have the support of our neighbors and also to have the neigh-
Once the work is completed, plen-ty of room will be dedicated to the church’s youth groups –providing much more room than the current space allows. “We will be able to pro-vide the ministry what they need to be most effective for our youth,” said the church’s youth director, Margaret Dickey.
Zis will allow current programs, like Quest Kids Club, to accommo-date more children. Quest is an af-ter school program for children K through 5th grades, which meets
weekly and follows the Indian River County School calendar.
Ze kids are picked up at school and arrive “on campus” to enjoy a snack and fellowship with their friends. Ze smaller children participate in “Little Kidmo” – an interactive, me-dia-based program that reinforces Bible-themed messages in innovative ways. Ze older children participate in “Faith In Motion.”
Junior high and senior high stu-dents will have their own rooms, too. “Everything up there will be top notch and useful to their growth in Christ and for them to grow as indi-viduals,” said Dickey.
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The new church is slated to be ready by Easter 2012.
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Harold ‘Sarge Martin’ BarrettHarold “Sarge Martin” Barrett, 86,
died Oct. 4, 2011, at VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach. He was an owner/operator in trucking, hauling Indian River citrus and Florida produce. Survivors in-clude his son, Richard Barrett; and sister, Cecelia Golieri of Vero Beach.. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.
Brian CousensBrian Cousens, 59, died Sept. 30,
2011, at the VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. He was born in Rock-land, Maine, and lived in Vero Beach for more than 15 years, coming from Lakeland. He worked as a medical supply specialist for Perkins Medi-cal Supply and Osceola Home Health Care for many years. Survivors include his daughter, Kelly Chapman and son, Jason Cousens, both of Florida; nu-merous siblings; and three grandchil-dren. Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA/Hospice Foun-dation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.
David A. CrowleyDavid A. Crowley, 68, died Sept.
26, 2011, at his home. He was born in Fitchburg, Mass., and lived in Vero Beach for 41 years, coming from his birthplace. He served in the Navy. He was author of “Legend of Santa and his Friends.” Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Joan Crowley of Vero Beach; sons, Edward Arthur Crowley of Fort Lauderdale and Arthur Edward Crow-ley of Cocoa; daughter, Joanne Harvey of West Palm Beach; sister, Dorothy Hoagland of Lowell, Mass.; brother, James O. Crowley of Gardner, Mass.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A guestbook is avail-able at www.struckfuneralhome.com.
James E. Daly Jr.James E. Daly Jr., 79, died Oct. 1,
2011, at the VNA Hospice House. He
was born in Providence, R.I., and lived in Vero Beach since 2007, coming from Sebastian. He earned a certifi-cate as a CNA and medical assistant from Indian River State College. He was a lieutenant in the Coast Guard Reserves, which coincided with a gov-ernment career that included service in the Social Security Administra-tion, the National Bureau of Stand-ards and the Department of the Navy and Treasury Department. He was a volunteer for the Sebastian Police De-partment, Vero Beach heatre Guild, Youth Sailing Foundation and VNA Hospice in Vero Beach. He was a past president of the Walker’s Glen Home Owners Association in Vero Beach. He was a member of Unitarian Uni-versalist Fellowship of Vero Beach. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn of 58 years; son, Jim Daly of Vero Beach; and sister, Patricia A. Cotter of War-wick, R.I. . Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Soci-ety of Vero Beach and Indian River County, 6230 77th St., Vero Beach, FL 32967. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.
Lillian HastingsLillian Hastings, 82, died Sept. 30,
2011, at Atlantic Healthcare Center, Vero Beach. She was born in Hazard-ville, Conn., and lived in Vero Beach for more than 50 years, coming from her birthplace. She was a teacher in the Indian River County School Sys-tem for 16 years, retiring in 1987. She was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church. Survivors include her sister, Patricia Poehaert of Daytona Beach; and niece, Deborah White of En-field, Conn. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Soci-ety of Vero Beach and Indian River County, P.O. Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Alice E. HighAlice E. High, 90, died Oct. 3, 2011,
at Royal Palm Convalescent Center in Vero Beach. She was born in Des
Moines, Iowa, and lived in Vero Beach for 27 years, coming from Rockford, Ill. She was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church. Survivors include her son, Patrick E. High of West Palm Beach; daughter, Heidi Pederson of Vero Beach; and four grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1850 Sixth Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guest book may be signed at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Vernita JonesVernita Jones, 59, died Sept. 29,
2011. She was born in Vero Beach and lived in Wabasso for 40 years. Survivors include her husband, Rev. Sylvester Jones Jr. of Wabasso; son, Mervin Jones of Wabasso; broth-ers, Joseph Simmons of Gifford and Freddie Horne and Alfred Horne, both of Santiago, Calif.; sisters, Mil-dred Horne of Santiago, Lucille Bartee of Orlando and Johnnie Sim-mons, Clinetta Stuckey, Jackie Austin and Freddie Mae Joseph, all of Vero Beach; and 10 grandchildren.
Audley G. ‘Jake’ NorwoodAudley G. ‘Jake’ Norwood, 85, of
Vero Beach, FL, died Oct. 2, 2011 at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. Born in Oxford, Miss., he had been a resident of Vero Beach for 31 years coming from Williamstown, N.J. He retired from the Vero Beach Press Jour-nal. He was a volunteer Ambulance Driver in Indian River County. He was a Parishioner at Saint John of the Cross Catholic Church in Vero Beach, as well as a member of the Knights of Colum-bus, St. Helen Council in Vero Beach. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Helen P. Norwood of Vero Beach; three sons, Joseph C. Desmond (Jama) of Vero Beach, Michael J. Desmond (Maryellen) of Philadelphia,, and Phil-lip M. Norwood ( Linda ) of Lancaster, Ohio; two daughters, Dorothy Smith (Smitty) of Cave City, Ken., and Dir-inda Starr Collins ( Randy ) of Port Or-ange; one sister and six grandchildren. Contributions may be made to Visiting
Nurse Association and Hospice Foun-dation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. An Online Guestbook is avail-able at www. strunkfuneralhome.
Donald Beach LocklinDonald Beach Locklin, 55, died
Sept. 29, 2011, at VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. He was born in Long Branch, N.J., and moved to Vero Beach in 1975 from Little Silver, N.J. Most recently, he was a part-time resi-dent of Vero, coming from Ghent, N.Y. While living in Vero Beach he worked at Indian River Memorial Hospital and at the Mecca Nursing Home. Survivors include his mother, Susan Beach Locklin Manson of Vero Beach; brother, Bill Manson; sister, Dana Powers of Ridgefield, Conn.; and com-panion of 20 years, Gloria Lavinsky of Ghent, N.Y. Memorial contributions may be made to Visiting Nurse Asso-ciation & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. An online guest book is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Rita Marion G. PearceRita Marion G. Pearce, 92, died
Sept. 28, 2011, at Indian River Es-tates Medical Center. She was born in East Greenville, Pa., and lived in Vero Beach for 29 years, coming from Barto, Pa. She was a member of Vero Beach Duplicate Bridge Club. She volunteered at the Humane So-ciety of Vero Beach and Indian River County and was an associate mem-ber of Community Church of Vero Beach. Survivors include her daugh-ter, Candace Pearce of Tallahassee; and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, 230 77th St., P.O. Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Lyle Ira ReedLyle Ira Reed, 76, died Sept. 30,
2011, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, West Palm Beach.
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He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., and moved to Vero Beach in the early 1970s, coming from Michigan. He was in the music industry. He was a mem-ber of the VFW Post 3918, American Legion Post 39 and Order of the Ea-gles. Survivors include his son, Lyle Reed II of Vero Beach; and one grand-child. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.
Terry RichmondTerry Richmond, 61, died Oct. 2,
2011, at his home. He was born in Gas-tonia, N.C., and lived in Vero Beach for 51 years, coming from his birth-place. Before retirement in 2003, he was employed by the U.S. Postal Serv-ice in Vero Beach, main branch. He attended Central Assembly of God in Vero Beach. He attended Indian River Community College. Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Janice Richmond of Vero Beach; daughters, Joyce Shor and Angie Owl, both of Vero Beach; and seven grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice Founda-tion, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guest book may be signed at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Fay Arnold ScentFay Arnold Scent, 80, died Oct. 2,
2011, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. She was born in Fort Pierce and was a lifelong resident of Vero Beach. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Vero Beach. She was a graduate of Vero Beach High School Class of 1949 and also attended Florida Southern in Lakeland. Survivors include her daughter, Laura S. McCoy of Vero Beach; sons, Clyde R. Scent and Scott Lee Scent, both of Vero Beach; six grandchildren; and 20 great-grand-children. Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse Asso-ciation & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guest book may be signed at www.coxgiffordseawinds/obituaries.php.
Eugenia Ring SchrickerEugenia Ring Schricker, 85, died
Oct. 5, 2011 at her home in Indian
River Estates West in Vero Beach. In 1986 she and husband Otto moved to Fort Pierce and became an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Vero Beach where she sang in the choir and participated in the women’s circle ministry. Genie and her husband moved into Indian River Estates in 2001 and continued to enjoy an active retirement lifestyle. An avid traveler, Genie and her hus-band lived for short periods in Iran, Sri Lanka and Venezuela. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested do-nations to Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960.
Joseph A. PelletierJoseph A. Pelletier, 71, died Oct. 4,
2011, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was born in Water-bury, Conn., and lived in Vero Beach for 12 years, coming from Plantsville, Conn. He was a veteran of the Navy. Before retirement, he was a truck driver for New Penn in Connecticut for 35 years. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Louise Pelletier of Vero Beach; sisters, Emma Mezza-notte of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, and Teresa Corcorane of Waterbury; and brothers, Larry Pelletier and Robert Pelletier, both of Southing-ton, Conn. A guestbook is available at www.aycock-hillcrest.com.
Andrew StoneAndrew Stone, 72, died Sept. 17,
2011, at VNA Hospice, Vero Beach. He was born in Jamaica, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach for seven years, coming from Buffalo, N.Y. He was an Army veteran. Before retirement, he worked for the IRS. Survivors in-clude his wife, Rosemarie Stone of Vero Beach; son, Jonathan Stone; daughters, Kathleen Stone, Jennifer Stone and Elizabeth Stone; and sister, Eleanor Breckenridge. A guestbook is available at www.aycock-hillcrest.com.
Charlotte FalkCharlotte “Chaddie” Falk, 91, died
Sept. 23, 2011. She was a resident of Milwaukee, Wis., and Vero Beach.
She was of the Catholic faith. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Sands Gordon Falk; and sib-lings, Francis Graner, Margaret Schu-maker and Robert Graner. Survivors include her sons, Gordon Falk, Rob-ert Falk and Michael Falk; daughters, Kathleen Fisher, Mary Mehan, Bar-bara Falk and Elizabeth Sather; sister, Mary Ann Ricker; 32 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren. Memo-rial contributions may be made to Rose-moor Foundation, 243 Lexing-ton Ave., New York, NY 10016.
Jeanette GrandageJeanette Grandage, 88, died Oct. 6,
2011, at her home. She was born in Crete, Neb., and lived in Vero Beach for 32 years, coming from Hudson, Ohio. She was a graduate of Crete High School and attended the Univer-sity of Nebraska. During World War II, she worked as chief clerk and sec-retary at the Lincoln Air Force Base. She was a member of St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church, Vero Beach. Survivors include her sons, Brad and John Grandage; daughters, Kimberly Nadel and Lisa Grandage; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial contribu-tions may be made to St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church, 475 43rd Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32968. An online guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Leonard KurganLeonard S. Kurgan, 78, died Oct.
7, 2011, at the VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. He was born in Boston, Mass., and lived in Vero Beach for six years, coming from Jensen Beach. He served overseas in the Army. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a branch manager in Philadelphia for Fruehauf Tractor Trailer for many years. Survi-vors include his wife of 58 years, San-dra; son, Eric Kurgan of Pennsauken, N.J.; daughter, Jacquie Youngs of Sat-ellite Beach; and one grandchild. Me-morial contributions may be made to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Soci-ety, 4360 Northlake Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, in honor of Craig Alan Kurgan. An online
guestbook is available at www.coxgif-fordseawinds.com.
Beatrice HillBeatrice A. Hill, 93, died Oct. 8,
2011, at the VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. She was born in Buffalo, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach for 11 years, coming from St. Petersburg. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Harrison Hill of Murrells In-let, S.C.; daughters, Nola Hill Reisch of Vero Beach and Jackie Rydman of Westport, Wash.; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband of 38 years, Clarence Hill. Services: No services are planned at this time. An online guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.
Arthur McNeesArthur Richard McNees, 87, died
Oct. 6, 2011, at Indian River Medi-cal Center, Vero Beach. He was born in Chadron, Neb., and lived in Vero Beach for 29 years, coming from Salt Lake City, Utah. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife of 67 years, June W. McNees of Vero Beach; sons, Timo-thy R. McNees of Salt Lake City and Brandon C. McNees of Port St. Lucie; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Humane Soci-ety of Vero Beach, P.O. Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. An online guest-book is available at www.strunkfu-neralhome.com.
Lisa ReynoldsLisa Marie Reynolds, 50, died Oct.
5, 2011, at her home. She was born in Troy, Ohio, and lived in Vero Beach since 1996. She worked as office man-ager at Raymond James. She was a member of the National Rifle Associ-ation. Survivors include her husband of eight years, Timothy Reynolds; sons, Rick Posey of Georgia and Ken-neth Posey of Alabama; sisters, Tonya Hutchinson and Sue Maxwell; broth-er, Christopher Hutchinson; and five grandchildren. Condolences may be sent through www.coxgifford-seawinds.com.
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Address Subdivision List Date List Price Sell Date Sell Price Listing Broker/Agent Selling Broker/Agent840 Island Club Sq. Island Club of Vero 3/10/2009 $369,000 9/30/2011 $355,000 Norris & Company/Debbie Bell Norris & Company/Debbie Bell1136 Governors Way Bermuda Club 8/24/2010 $395,000 9/29/2011 $337,000 David Walsh & Associates RE/Opey Angelone Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Sally Baskin611 Honeysuckle Lane River Oaks Estate 2/25/2011 $275,000 10/3/2011 $240,000 Alex MacWilliam, Inc./Craig Von Kohorn Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Walter Davis219 Park Shores Cir. 219B Park Shores 7/4/2011 $155,000 10/3/2011 $142,000 Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Ann Darling Coldwell Banker Ed Schlitt/Kathy Nystrom5400 Highway A1A Vista del Mar 6/5/2011 $79,900 9/30/2011 $70,632 Ron Rennick Auctions, REALTORS/Ron Rennick Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Dick Davis
Barrier Island Real Estate Sales – September 29-October 5131 Anchor Dr.Anchor the Moorings8/31/2010$1,675,00010/3/2011$1,480,000The Moorings Realty Sales Co.Erika RossDale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc.Sally Woods
