T H U R S D A Y O C T O B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 1 V O L . 1 , I S S U E 3 0 Massive layoff s loom as Piper suspends jet programPage 3 22 CALENDAR 26 TO ADVERTISE CALL MARTINE FECTEAU 772.696.2004 MARK SCHUMANN 772.696.5233 Inside LETTERS ENTERTAINMENT Tripping the light fantastic The pairings are set for Dancing with Vero’s Stars to benefit the Healthy Start CoalitionPage 23 Frightening formals Guests raided closets for their most hideous formal wear at Heritage Center fundraiserPage 21 All for education The Education Foundation celebrates 20 years of helping studentsPage 18 12 In a choice that is deceptively simple, the Vero Beach electorate is being asked to al- low the City Council to lease the power plant property. Far from clear to many voters, though, are the full implications of approving the Nov. 8 referendum. Contrary to what many are leading the pub- lic to believe, the Vero Beach City Council already has authority to negotiate with Flor- ida Power and Light. This referendum is not necessary in order for the Council to pursue negotiations. What the City Council is not authorized to do without voter approval is to lease the pow- er plant property as part of a sale of the util- ity. That permission is what the Council now seeks, even though, with negotiations still in the early stages, important details of the lease and the sale are yet unknown. With increasing persuasiveness, some are making the case that a “no” vote on the Nov. 8 referendum is the only means voters have of paving the way for a second referendum, one that might be held in early 2012, when ne- gotiations between the City and FP&L have concluded. Voters will then be in a better po- sition to make a more informed and consid- ered decision. If the City Council is able through the Nov. 8 referendum to secure permission to lease the power plant site, that governing body, apart from Mayor Jay Kramer, appears determined to sell the city’s electric utility without ever coming back to voters for their consent to a fully and finally negotiated agreement. To date, the City Council has not been will- ing to pass even a non-binding resolution ex- pressing support for a second referendum. If they would take that simple step, many who now question the wisdom of this referendum would be more inclined to support it. With the Nov. 8 decision less than two weeks away, here are a few points to consider: EDITORIAL Power referendum is not a straw poll Voters should understand implications of approving referendum CONTINUES ON PAGE 11
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T H U R S D A Y O C T O B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 1 V O L . 1 , I S S U E 3 0
Massive layoff s loom as Piper suspends jet program Page 3
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LETTERS
ENTERTAINMENT
Tripping the light fantasticThe pairings are set for Dancing with Vero’s Stars to benefit the Healthy Start Coalition Page 23
Frightening formalsGuests raided closets for their most hideousformal wear at Heritage Center fundraiser Page 21
All for educationThe Education Foundation celebrates 20 years ofhelping students Page 18
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In a choice that is deceptively simple, the Vero Beach electorate is being asked to al-low the City Council to lease the power plant property. Far from clear to many voters, though, are the full implications of approving the Nov. 8 referendum.
Contrary to what many are leading the pub-lic to believe, the Vero Beach City Council already has authority to negotiate with Flor-ida Power and Light. This referendum is not necessary in order for the Council to pursue negotiations.
What the City Council is not authorized to do without voter approval is to lease the pow-er plant property as part of a sale of the util-ity. That permission is what the Council now seeks, even though, with negotiations still in the early stages, important details of the lease and the sale are yet unknown.
With increasing persuasiveness, some are making the case that a “no” vote on the Nov. 8 referendum is the only means voters have of
paving the way for a second referendum, one that might be held in early 2012, when ne-gotiations between the City and FP&L have concluded. Voters will then be in a better po-sition to make a more informed and consid-ered decision.
If the City Council is able through the Nov. 8 referendum to secure permission to lease the power plant site, that governing body, apart from Mayor Jay Kramer, appears determined to sell the city’s electric utility without ever coming back to voters for their consent to a fully and finally negotiated agreement.
To date, the City Council has not been will-ing to pass even a non-binding resolution ex-pressing support for a second referendum. If they would take that simple step, many who now question the wisdom of this referendum would be more inclined to support it.
With the Nov. 8 decision less than two weeks away, here are a few points to consider:
EDITORIALPower referendum is not a straw pollVoters should understand implications of approving referendum
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More than a year ago, the City Council asked FPL to pursue a potential purchase of the electric system in Vero Beach to help lower electric bills for residents. We’ve been working closely with the City to put together an agreement that is in the best interest of both Vero Beach and our current customers.
The referendum on November 8th will help move the negotiations forward.
The referendum is not to approve the full purchase and sale agreement. Instead, it simply gives the City approval to lease the land on the power plant site to FPL, removing a potential roadblock if the sale moves forward.
If you are one of the many residents who have voiced support for continuing to pursue a sale of the electric system in Vero Beach, you will want to make sure your voice is heard on November 8.
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VERO BEACH -- _e announce-ment by Piper Aircraft this week that it was suspending its jet program and eliminating over 200 jobs was anoth-er in a series of missteps the compa-ny has suffered through since being bought by Imprimis and the Brunei Ministry of Finance in 2009.
_at purchase came with much fanfare and expectations that, with the backing of the Sultan of Bru-nei, Piper would have the funding to bring to production what was then called the PiperJet and later re-branded the Altaire. However, in the interim there have been wholesale executive changes, a now-abandoned attempt to enter the Light Sport Air-craft market, the alienation of many
of the company’s long-time dealers with changes in their sales program and now the suspension of the jet program.
At one time, Piper officials said they had over 200 advance orders for the new jet, which was redesigned and renamed the Altaire last Octo-ber. _e first version of the PiperJet was slated to roll late this year, but that was pushed back to 2014 when the re-design took place.
_e company is now re-trenching and focusing on its core line of turbo-props and piston-engine aircraft.
“Going forward as a company, we will step up product improvements for our turboprop and piston-pow-ered product lines,” said Interim President and Chief Executive Of-ficer Simon Caldecott. “As a result,
Piper will increase the number of personnel dedicated to our sustain-ing engineering function,” he added.
Also left to be determined is the $32 million incentive package the state and county came up with to keep Piper in Vero Beach when it was considering where to build the Piper-Jet. _e company has invested in capital improvements related to the physical plant, but will fall far short of the hiring requirements that were part of that agreement.
When the layoffs are fully realized, the company will have about 650 em-ployees. When the agreement was first struck, Piper promised to have over 1,000 employees working at the factory.
Piper asked for an extension of the employment benchmarks when the
worldwide economic recession hit, but that extra time is set to run out on Dec. 31. By terms of the contract, Piper would be required refund some money to the state and county.
However, Piper is in talks with the state for another extension. County Administrator Joe Baird said if such a deal were struck, he would be in favor of granting Piper more time to weather the economic storm.
“If the state was agreeable, my rec-ommendation to the board would be that we amend the agreement to give them more time,” Baird said. “I do think it is in the best interest of the county.”
Baird noted that Piper has an an-nual payroll of $48 million and con-tributes in many ways to the local economy.
Piper abandons jet program, to miss employment quota
BY BARBARA YORESHVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
VERO BEACH – Three meet-ings within a week have under-scored questions which still lin-ger regarding the proposed Nov.8 referendum giving the VeroBeach City Council authority tolease the city ’s power plant siteto Florida Power & Light.
At a meeting this week broughtforward by the City Council,FP&L for the first time offeredinitial terms it would like to seein a lease. FP&L project managerRyan Fair said if the referendumis approved, the company is will-ing to pay the city $1 million peryear to lease the power plant siteif a sales contract agreement can
be reached.FP&L officials said they had
just put the proposal togetherthe night before and the city andits negotiating team had yet torespond to any of the details.
FP&L’s Letter of Intent offersto buy the city electric utilityfor up to $100 million in cash.Fair said that factoring in an ad-ditional $17 million in assumedcity employee pension obliga-tions as well as about $24.5 mil-lion in transmission upgrades tothe plant would bring the totalprice for the plant to about $130million.
He estimated that it would takebetween two to three years tomake the improvements which
would include FP&L paying ap-proximately $5-6 million to relo-cate a substation. The proposeddeal would ensure employmentfor current city electric utilityemployees for two years.
Although Fair said he could notcite definite dates for the plant’scommencement of upgrades andsubsequent decommission – atwhich time the property wouldbe returned to the city – he tar-geted completion for 2017.
“We have worked very well withthe city in structuring an overalldeal and we believe we can havea purchase and sale agreementby the end of the year, “Fair said.
Concurrently, the city and itstransactional attorneys as well
as FP&L officials are workingto help settle the city ’s contrac-tual obligations with its existingpower suppliers.
When asked if FP&L wouldwalk away from further negotia-tions with the city if the referen-dum is defeated, Fair was some-what evasive.
“I can’t say FP&L will walk awayand I can’t say it won’t. We’dview it as an obstacle we’d haveto assess and then re-assess withthe city on how we’d have to pro-ceed. We view the referendum asa necessary step,” Fair said.
Acting City Attorney WayneComent confirmed that if theNov. 8 referendum to give theCity Council the authority to ex-ecute a lease failed and yet thecity and FP&L came to terms ona sales contract, “we’d have to goback and do another referendumto nail down the lease.”
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One sticking point has beenthe referendum itself. A questionwhether it is “binding” or not hasled to voter confusion.
According to Coment, voter ap-proval of the referendum givesthe City Council the authority toenter into a lease arrangementwith FP&L as well as a sale of theutility if council believes it will beof benefit to the city.
The Special Call meeting wasconvened this week to give fur-ther clarification to questionsraised at last Thursday’s FloridaPower & Light Open House and a“town hall” sponsored by formerMayor Warren Winchester.
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woman Tracy Carroll althoughMayor Jay Kramer and Council-man Craig Fletcher voiced mis-givings.
Although initially intendedas a forum for the public to askquestions concerning electricutility matters, it also included apresentation by FP&L represent-atives who revealed their initialprovisions of a proposed lease.
Florida Statue prohibits use of public funds for political advertisement
Coment said he had contactedthe state’s Division of Electionsgeneral counsel to define theparameters Council Membersneeded to uphold in discussingthe referendum at a public meet-ing. Coment drafted a memo toCouncil outlining the need for“an abundance of caution.”
“The prohibition has to do withusing public funds to expresslyadvocate a position one way oranother. They need to policethemselves,” Coment said.
Section 106.113 of FloridaStatutes stipulates guidelines re-garding the expenditure of pub-lic funds on issues to be decidedby the electorate. Publicly con-ducted city council meetings areadvertised and incur additionalcosts.
A breach of Section 106.113 ofFlorida Statues by inadvertentlycreating a “political advertise-ment” or “electioneering com-munication” could result civilpenalties of up to $1,000 for eachviolation.
Winchester’s Town Hall session spurs controversy
Winchester ’s Town Hall ses-sion held last week was attend-ed by about 70 people includingKramer who, with Winchesterand city Utilities CommissionChairman Herb Whittall, an-
swered questions.Also in attendance were Vice
Mayor Turner, City Councilcandidates Dick Winger andKen Daige and County Com-missioner Gary Wheeler.
One key individual involvedin the city ’s negotiations withFP&L was missing, however.
City Manager Jim O’Connorwas invited to attend Winches-ter ’s meeting, but was advisedOct. 18 by a majority of coun-cil members not to go becausedoing so could be counter toCouncil’s previously adoptedpolicy to sell the city ’s electricutility.
Although O’Connor assuredCouncil Members he couldproperly conduct himself at themeeting, he agreed not to at-tend.
Although he was out of townfor the Special Call meeting,O’Connor was hooked into theproceedings via telephone.
Winchester has said he wouldsupport the sale of the utility“if the price is in the neighbor-hood it should be. The powerplant has served the commu-nity well, but it can no longercompete with the big compa-nies.”
He termed the Nov. 8 refer-endum “a bogus referendum”and predicted that if approvedby voters , “within three weekssomeone will go to court andfile against it .”
“We do not have a lease inhand. We do not have a salescontract in hand. To me, ablank piece of paper is not alease. We have nothing thatcomes close to a lease or a sale,”Winchester said.
Also last week, FP&L held anopen house which about 150people attended.
Citizens were able to meetwith FP&L officials about arange of issues and were pro-vided with information aboutthe utility, which has the low-est electric rates in the state.
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L O C A L N E W S D I G E S TPolice Chief Dappen asked by City Manager to retireVERO BEACH -- City Manager Jim O’Connor has asked Police Chief Don
Dappen to step down by Dec. 1 over what O’Connor characterized as differ-ences in management philosophy.
Dappen in an e-mail reply to O’Connor’s request said he was in the state’s Deferred Retirement Option Program and his retirement age under that pro-gram was not until 2014.
Dappen said O’Connor’s reply to him was that he would discuss changes “inthe command structure” upon O’Connor’s return from completing his movefrom his former home in Winchester, Va., to Vero Beach.
O’Connor has the authority to remove Dappen as police chief or from the de-partment itself, but said aursday he has not decided what action he will take.
Developers revive County Road 510/U.S. 1commercial-residential development
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- A group of local developers, backed by California investors, are rekindling a massive commercial-residential project in Wabasso that first failed when the recession hit in 2007.
Joe Paladin, manager of the Vero Beach-based Black Swan Consulting and Entitlements LLC, is steering the project through the various county and state requirements for Orchid Quay LLC, of Irvine, Calif. He said his clients have their financing in order to complete what he estimated would be 350 town houses and more than 250,000 square feet of commercial space, including restaurants and offices.
ae county in March 2006 approved the 113-acre Bristol Bay project, southeast of U.S. 1 and County Road 510, for 497 British Colonial-style town houses and 92,500 square feet of commercial space.
Paladin hopes to have the project started in eight months.
County Commission approves new district mapINDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- ae Indian River County Commission haveapproved new district maps, largely similar to the present boundaries, thatmaintains Sebastian and the barrier island divided by district lines.
State law requires all districts to be roughly equal in population and be adjustedfollowing every U.S. Census count. And in a 5-0 vote commissioners gave final ap-proval to a map that will govern County Commission elections for the next 10 years.
ae School Board is scheduled to address the new districts Oct. 25 since boardmembers are proposing to adopt the commission’s system of district numbers.
State law requires county commissioners and school board members to live indifferent districts so they can represent differing parts of the county.
City decides against additional stop signsin Live Oak Road neighborhood
VERO BEACH -- City officials have decided not to add stop signs as a trafficdeterrent in the neighborhood between Beachland Boulevard and Live OakRoad, west of State Road A1A, though it will continue to monitor traffic.
At a community meeting last month to address residents’ concerns about traf-fic, City Manager Jim O’Connor agreed to increase police enforcement in thatarea.
A group of residents along Live Oak Road came to the council earlier this yearsaying that motorists often speed down their road as a cut-through between S.R.A1A and the Barber Bridge. Some early proposals, including closing off Live OakRoad at S.R. A1A and prohibiting left turns from Live Oak Road onto S.R. A1A,were opposed by some other residents in the area who thought the actions wouldjust push traffic onto neighboring streets.
County Commission to contribute$40,000 for hiking-bicycling trail
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- ie Board of County Commissioners agreed to pay $40,000 toward a 17-mile hiking-bicycling trail connecting the Indian River Lagoon with the headwaters of the St. Johns River.
Fellsmere City Manager Jason Nunemaker last week told the commission he was seeking a $5.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation from its $527 million Transportation Investment-Generating Economic Recovery fund and asked for $100,000 toward a local match.
Phil Matson, director of the county Metropolitan Planning Organization’s staff, said he could justify $40,000 — or 40 percent of what Nunemaker asked for — because 40 percent of the 11-mile greenway extension would go through unincorporated portions of the county.
Indian River Medical Center names intensive care unitafter Champ and Debbie Sheridan
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- ie new intensive care unit at Indian River Medical Center will be named in recognition of philanthropists Champ and Debbie Sheridan, hospital executives announced.
ie couple became Indian River Medical Center Foundation’s first million-dollar donors to ie 21st Century Campaign in 2005, just as the campaign was getting off the ground.
ie 21st Century Campaign’s $50 million goal included capital improvementsand completion of the hospital’s new Emergency Room and ie Heart Center.
ie naming of the unit represents a total commitment of greater than $2.5 million made by the Sheridans over the past six years and into the future.
Last year, Vero Beach residents Lorne and Heidi Waxlax donated $1 million to the hospital to build a new post-anesthesia recovery room.
ie Sheridan Intensive Care Unit and Waxlax Recovery Room ground-breaking are slated for Nov. 9 at 2:30 p.m. ie newly constructed units will extend north on the 37th Street side of IRMC.
House bill designating‘Alma Lee Loy Bridge’ moves forward
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- A proposal by state Rep. Debbie Mayfield toname the 17th Street Bridge in recognition of former Indian River CountyCommissioner Alma Lee Loy has passed its first committee hurdle in Tallahassee.
Mayfield’s House Bill 15, which would designate the Vero Beach span as “AlmaLee Loy Bridge,” passed the House Transportation & Highway Safety Subcom-mittee unanimously.
ie Vero Beach Republican’s efforts to rename the bridge last legislative sessioncame up short. ie bill containing the Loy designation — and numerous otherroad designations — bounced back and forth from House to Senate in the ses-sion’s waning moments before running out of time.
Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, will push the bill in the Senate this session, whichstarts Jan. 10. Identical House and Senate bills need to pass by the 60-day session’send, and Gov. Rick Scott has to sign off to make the designation official.
Tammy Adams named GiMord YouthActivity Center director of development
GIFFORD — Tammy Adams has been appointed the new director ofdevelopment at the Gifford Youth Activity Center.Adams is a charter member and currently president-elect of the Rotary Club ofVero Beach Oceanside.
She served on the boards of the Mental Health Association (conceiving thehighly successful TurtleTrax fundraiser idea) and the American Red Cross
North Treasure Coast Chapter. She co-chaired the Ambassadors Committeefor the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce for two years and was amember of the fundraising committee for the Environmental Learning Center.
She also was responsible for distributing locally more than $80,000 in grantsand donations through the Wal-Mart Foundation.
Association of Fundraising Professionalsannounce award winners
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- ie Association of Fundraising ProfessionalsIndian River Chapter have named their National Philanthropy Day winners.Recipients include:
Outstanding Individual Philanthropists -- Barney and Hariot Greene, nomi-nated by Indian River State College Foundation.
Outstanding Corporate Philanthropist -- U.S. Trust, Bank of America PrivateWealth Management, nominated by Indian River Medical Center Foundation.
Outstanding Volunteer Fundraisers -- Karl M. Steene, nominated by ie SunUp Center.
Unsung Hero of the Year -- David M. Taylor, nominated by Indian River Habitatfor Humanity.
Additional individual honorees being recognized for their contributions in-clude: Mary P. Graves, Kip Jacoby, Dawn E. Michael, Donna Peters and Sue M.Tompkins, nominated by Education Foundation of Indian River County.
Additional corporate nominees being recognized include: Piper Aircraft, VeroUS 1 Nissan & Route 60 Hyundai and Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club.
ie National Philanthropy Day ceremonies will be held Nov. 15 at Riverside ieatre.
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Cheryl Conley is modest about being named the 2011 “Teacher of the Year” by the Florida Depart-ment of Education, and being chosen as one of four top finalists for the national title.
“A lot of it has to do with luck,” says the former fourth-grade teacher at Osceola Magnet School, who beat out 180,000 public school teachers in Florida last year for Macy’s annual award program.
What she means is that she was lucky people took notice of her love of teaching and passion for children, enabling her to win $10,000 and a year traveling the state as an ambassador for education.
However, she is not modest about her new role as a teacher-coach in the Indian River School dis-trict, where she affects the lives of many more stu-dents than the 22 that were enrolled in her fourth-grade classes.
Nor is she reticent about speaking up about the pros and cons of the new state mandated system of teachers’ evaluations.
“I’m optimistic about the new appraisal system,” says Conley, 39, referring to Governor Rick Scott’s initiative beginning to end tenure for new teachers and to implement a merit pay system. “ae trouble is its so darn complex.”
Conley is a straightforward Texas native who had been teaching in Indian River County only three years before she snagged the state title. She won by making learning fun and accessible, not by adhering to a 41-point teaching assessment tool devised by Dr. Robert Marzano and adopted by
lawmakers in Tallahassee. Marzano’s matrix charts teachers’ incremental
growth, development and evaluations with the goal of improving public education.
Currently, the new assessment is given to all teachers employed by the district and comprises 50 percent of their annual evaluation score.
“ae other 50 percent is based on test scores measuring where the students were when they came to a teacher and where they are now,” says Conley.Teachers with tenure can opt to be rewarded by higher test scores, or they can remain on their cur-rent pay structure by retaining their tenure. Cur-rently, Florida is ranked one of the lowest in the na-tions for teacher pay and for educational funding.According to Conley, principals used to conduct one or two formal assessments per semester of new teachers. Now, there are at least two formal assess-ments, plus an informal review and a walk-through during class hours using the Marzano teaching framework, which examines 41 specific skills. ae new law says that all teachers hired after July 1, 2014 will no longer earn tenure, but will work on an annual contract with the district.
Conley recognizes the value of new teachers en-thusiastic about entering the profession and she is excited about empowering them through this new system. In the past, she says, new teachers were the first to be let go in budget cuts and layoffs.
Now, if any teacher does not achieve satisfactory evaluations for three years, not only will they be terminated, but they can lose their license to teach in Florida.
In Conley’s new role as a teacher-coach, she helpsteachers not only save their jobs, but hopefully ex-ceed the new standards that have been set. Havingcompleted her year as a Christa McAuliffe ambas-sador for education this summer, she now coachesteachers at Storm Grove and Oslo middle schools byoffering support and guidance.
“I try to set a good example,” says Conley, one ofthree teacher-coaches in the district, whose easy-going personality provides teachers with a mentorto whom they can discuss their concerns. “I givesome advice and ask a lot of probing questions. I helpteachers become more reflective about their prac-tice,” she says.
Some of the teachers she coaches are new to theprofession, others are experienced teachers that arenew to the district, and still others have either re-quested coaching or it has been recommended thatthey receive it.
“I took this job to effect as many students as I canby helping more teachers, being more visible, gettinginto more classrooms,” explains Conley.
Conley was a middle school science teacher forseven years in Houston, Texas before moving to In-dian River County. After taking a brief hiatus to raiseher own children, she began substitute teaching atOsceola Magnet.
In 2007, she was poised to become the PTA presi-dent at Osceola when a teaching position becameavailable and she was hired.
A graduate of Sam Houston State Univer-sity in Huntsville, Texas, Conley holds a Bach-elor of Science degree in academic stud-
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ies and a specialization in life/earth science. AtOsceola, she was also the science coordinatorand the fourth- and fifth-grade science advisor.Known for her creativity, Conley would dress up asAlfred Einstein on Halloween to teach the conceptsof chemistry to her fourth-graders by examining dryice, glow-in-the-dark lighting, and slime.
For a biology lesson, she hung a gigantic cell fromthe ceiling showing the nucleus, organelles and vacu-oles using tarp, string, construction paper and bal-loons. She also wrote a rap song about cells to themusic of “I Got a Feeling,” by the Black-Eyed Peas,which she taught to her students.
In 2010, Conley was nominated by Osceola princi-pal, Susan Roberts, for the district title of teacher ofthe year. Ultimately, she was the second Indian RiverCounty teacher to receive the state honor, the first,Beachland Elementary teacher Margaret Myrick In-gram, was awarded the title in 1998.
Conley was the first district teacher tobe named a finalist for the national award.Last year, between travels, Conley began hosting“Classroom Connections,” a show broadcast on lo-cal Comcast Cable television highlighting differentschool programs throughout the district.
[is year, in addition to her coaching duties, shehosts both “Classroom Connections” and “Beyondthe Books,” which features educational personalitiesand community partnerships, including Mardy Fish,whose foundation supports after school programs,United Way, March of Dimes, and Dollars for Schol-ars.
“I have found that the majority of teachers cameinto this profession for the right reasons,” says Con-ley. “Teaching is not a job that turns off at the end ofthe day.”
She reminds people that teachers continue work-ing after school is over, sometimes late into the nightgrading homework, preparing lessons, and figuringout ways to reach a diverse group of students.
Sometimes, it is overwhelming and teachers canforget why they’re in the profession, she says.
[e new appraisal system “is a great way to identifyleader teaches,” says Conley. [e new law seeks toreward the most ambitious and competent teachers,while still providing job protection for teachers whomaintain the status quo.
Teachers in targeted subjects such as math and science also earn more.
Right now, the district is going through a learn-ing curve, says Conley. [ere is uproar about using test scores to evaluate teachers’ performances and she questions if an individual teacher’s scores are an accurate measure.
“When you look at an individual who has 22 stu-dents, some of the factors that can make an im-pact are outside of a teacher’s control, such as a
student’s discipline issues or absences,” she says. While recommended by the state, Marzano’s
assessment framework is not mandated. Other districts are using Charlotte Danielson’s rubric, which looks at four domains of teaching practices, and still others are using a hybrid of both.
“When schools build a team attitude, that may be a more reliable measure of overall success,” says Conley, who points out that a larger population is
a better gauge of outcome and a unified effort is always going to win in the long run.
During Conley’s year as ambassador and in the first months as a teacher-coach, she has been most impressed with the dedication of teachers to their students.
“It’s nice to see us all working together to benefit the kids,” she says. “But, it’s hard to be measured by something you don’t even understand.”
PHOTOS SUPPLIEDCheryl Conley was named 2011 Teacher of the Year by the Florida Department of Education.
Conley now works for the school district as a teacher-coach.
While some insist that the City Council race is a single-issue election, the choice facing voters is far more complex, and with ramifications that will for generations to come effect the level of city services and property taxes.
Clearly there exists a consensus for selling the electric utility. So, the question of whether or not to sell re-ally isn’t the issue. Some would have the public think otherwise, but one of the central questions in this election is more about how to negotiate in a way that will result in the best deal possible for the city.
Other important concerns have to do with the Council’s ability to guide the city through what will surely be difficult and even painful choices. Vero Beach’s government doesn’t just need to down size. It needs to right-size. Levels of services, staffing, and taxation will all have to be adjusted in the next few years.
Initiating change is one thing. Overseeing it is quite another. And this is why we have reservations about the two incumbents, first term coun-cil members Tracy Carroll and Brian Heady.
We applaud Heady and Carroll for sticking to their mandate to sell the electric utility. However, their zeal to
sell has overtaken their ability to get the best deal possible as negotiations go forward.
For evidence of this overzealous-ness, we need look no further than the bizarre public contempt shown for the work done by their own con-sultant. \at appraisal of the elec-tric utility has been criticized as too high, though the city’s transactional attorney, Richard Miller, called the appraisal a “very comprehensive job.” Miller said the report will be used as a starting point in negotiations. (Oct. 13 Press Journal).
And then there is the unfortu-nate muzzling of City Manager Jim O’Connor. Exercising his own good judgment, O’Connor had agreed to answer questions at a gathering of citizens who might be skeptical, or even opposed to the Council’s plans for the utility. Heady and Carroll di-rected O’Connor to rescind his offer to appear before the group.
Countermanding the city manager’s decision to help interested voters bet-ter understand the utility issue is an example of a contemptuousness of staffand of the public, and is an example of a troubling tendency to micromanage.
Fortunately there are two reasona-ble alternatives to Carroll and Heady.
Richard Winger, vice chairman of the city’s Finance Committee, is by far the most qualified. Not only does Winger have an impressive resume of business experience, he also has managed organizations in transition. He is conciliatory, deliberative, and yet determined.
Of the four candidates in the cur-rent field, if we could only have one to represent the city at the negotiat-ing table, we would choose Richard Winger. And if we had to rely on only one of them to steer a deliberate and steady course through the turbulent waters of change, we would again choose Richard Winger.
\e other candidate well suited to bring to the Council deliberativeness, patience, a listening ear, and an in-quiring mind, is former councilman Ken Daige. Some seem reluctant to endorse Daige because he was not returned to office in the last election. While we hear that concern, we also believe that defeat can be instructive. Daige is clearly wiser for the experi-ence. Given his dedication to serving the city, we would welcome seeing Ken Daige returned to office.
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No simple choices in City Council electionEDITORIAL
A yes vote is not necessaryfor negotiations to continue
Curiously, some civic leaders are telling us that Florida Power and Light will walk away from an opportunity to acquire more than 32,000 new customers, if the poorly timed, vaguely worded Nov. 8 referendum is rejected by voters.
bat claim does not square with the facts. For example, at the public information event held last week, members of the FP&L’s nego-tiating team were clear that they have NOT taken the position that the company will nec-essarily break off negotiation if the referen-dum does not pass.
FP&L’s negotiators may very well be able to appreciate that some who vote “no” on the referendum will be doing so, not in opposi-tion to a sale, but as the only means available to them of expressing their desire to vote on a fully and finally negotiated agreement.
This referendum is binding
Several City Council members, as well as a number of business and civic organizations, are all in one way or another saying this ref-erendum is non-binding. Whether doing so intentionally or otherwise, they are mislead-ing the public.
In characterizing this referendum as “non-binding,” proponents are gaining support from voters who might otherwise reserve their approval until the full and final details of the lease have been negotiated.
While passage of this referendum does not obligate the Council to lease the property, or to sell the power plant, it will, if approved, commit voters to accept the terms of a lease that has yet to be negotiated.
Some maintain that the city charter requires that a lease be approved by voters, and not just the concept of leasing this property for the purpose stated in the referendum. Even acting City Attorney Wayne Coment, citing case law, advised the City Council in its June 21 meeting that the prudent approach would
be to present to voters a negotiated lease. Co-ment said the courts have protected, “the vot-ers’ need to be informed.”
Section 5.05 of the city charter provides that the present site of the power plant “…may not be sold, leased, traded, or given away by the city unless such sale, lease, trade, or gift is ap-proved by a vote of the electors of the City of Vero Beach.” (Emphasis added.)
bis provision in the charter is the reason why the current referendum will likely be challenged in court.
This referendum is premature
Despite the fact that details of a leasehave yet to be negotiated, some argue thatthe Council is acting responsibly in bring-ing this question to the voters in the Nov.8 election. They point to the fact that thecity is saving the $25,000 it would cost tohold a special election after a lease is ne-gotiated with FP&L, presumably by early2012.
Given the multi-million dollar price tagfor the consultants and attorneys involvedin this transaction, $25,000 seems a rela-tively small price to pay to ensure compli-ance with both the letter and the spirit ofthe city charter.
Asking the voters to make a decisionwithout giving them an opportunity toconsider all the facts that would be avail-able once negotiations are concluded,simply to save $25,000, is penny-wise andpound-foolish, and is almost surely an in-vitation to a legal challenge.
The fact that this referendum is beingrushed to a vote now has nothing to dowith saving $25,000. Rather, it is a shrewdattempt to exclude the voting public fromparticipating in the final decision on thelease of the power plant land and on thesale of the city’s electric utility.
Process matters as much as results
A long and perhaps painful period of ad-justment for the city will surely follow thedivestment of its utilities. City leaders will
necessarily have to make difficult decisionsabout appropriate levels of service, staffingand taxation.
These hard choices are unavoidable if thecity is to cure itself of its addiction to theuse of utility transfers as a way of subsidiz-ing the general fund. As the city is right-sizing, it will be helpful if the majority ofcity voters can remind each other that theyagreed to make these changes.
Council members Brian Heady and TracyCarroll may well have been elected on theirpromise to get the city out of the powerbusiness.
While we support that agenda, we wouldat the same time suggest that Heady andCarroll do not have a mandate to violate ei-ther the “letter” or the “spirit and intent” ofthe city charter.
Vice Mayor Pilar Turner seems equallyinclined to let this referendum be the lastword voters will have on the lease of thepower plant property and the sale of theelectric system. None of the current councilmajority seems inclined to trust “the aver-age voter.”
And so, our concern is as much with theprocess as the outcome. By leading votersto believe that a “yes” vote is necessary inorder for negotiations to continue, and bydisingenuously claiming that that this refer-endum is non-binding, some are doing thepublic a disservice.
While it is almost surely a good idea to sellthe electric utility, it is simply not sufficientto suggest that the end justifies the means.bere has to be some higher value and wewould suggest that value is respect for theletter and the spirit and intent of the citycharter.
It seems perfectly reasonable to vote forthe Nov. 8 referendum, so long as one un-derstands the City Council will then be em-powered to negotiate the exact terms of alease on the power plant property. Votersshould be clear, though, that if the referen-dum passes there almost surely will be nosecond referendum. However you vote onNov. 8, just be clear about the choice youare making.
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Vote on power referendum will have consequencesEDITORIAL, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
(Editor’s Note: In extending to eachof the four City Council candidates aninvitation to write a Letter to the Edi-tor, our one request was that the lettersnot be written as an appeal for votes.We did not encourage or request thecandidates to write on any specific is-sue, but rather encouraged them to ex-plain their position on some matter ofimportance to voters.)
To the Editor:I have been asked to write an arti-
cle about an issue of importance toour community. Two previous articleshave been disallowed by the editors ofthis newspaper, one which discussedissues involved with my candidacy, thesecond on volunteerism in our com-munity.
le editors have suggested repeat-edly that I write about the referen-dum, but as there is a City Councilmeeting (Tuesday night) with repre-sentatives from Florida Power & Lightdiscussing potential lease stipulations,
anything I write about that may not beaccurate upon publishing. I have beentold repeatedly that a letter may NOTsupport my own candidacy… Perhapsthe third try will be the charmer.
Why are there only four individu-als running this year for City Council,when last year 11 volunteered?
Could the media and the mud fling-ing of ousted councilmen be to blame?Could the personal affronts and at-tacks on those volunteers giving theirtime as community servants be notdeemed on the balance of personalpriorities “worth it” to citizens? Doesthe full time workload of preparation,meetings and public events -- for part-time pay -- disallow most workingmembers of the community from tak-ing on the role? Yes, yes and yes.
Our City is made up of 11 squaremiles, with 15,200 residents (down2,500 from the 2000 census!) Of those,roughly 30 percent are over 65, but 50percent are considered workforce age
and the caregivers of the 20 percentunder 18. Our City is NOT made upsolely of rich retirees, but they are theones most vocal, most prolific in writ-ing to the media, most willing to opentheir wallets to candidates and whoregularly run for City Council!
Where are the working parents, thesmall business owners, the bank execu-tives, the Realtors and teachers – whyof course, they are working! WhenCouncil reconstituted many of theBoards and Commissions this year,some had very few applicants withthe vast majority being retirees. Whiletheir service is greatly appreciated, onewonders if the Board is then repre-sentative of the community in totality.Board, commission and Council meet-ings are usually in the day, to accom-modate City staff, yet that timing doestake way from increased involvementof the working public.
le recently reconstituted City Rec-reation Commission now includes
working moms with children using thefacilities, a 20-something member, apast recreation employee and a highschool referee, all volunteers ready toserve our City and all the residents, notjust complain and find fault but engageon the issues!
Many cities have instituted CitizenAcademies to inform, educate and in-volve citizens and youth on their city,its needs and projects, in an attempt tonot only educate but also to encourageparticipation. Other cities have changedBoard and Commission meetings toevenings, to early mornings, and allowflexible scheduling to meet the needsof the volunteers. lrough communityeducation, open-mindedness and a Cityfinally listening to its constituency, myhope is for a well-informed Council andit Boards representative of all of the resi-dents of Vero Beach.
Tracy CarrollTracy Carroll is seeking a second
term as a member of City Council
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To the Editor:With all the talk about what is wrong
with the current referendum on thelease of the power plant I thought Iwould take some time and reflect aboutwhat happened nearly 35 years ago. lequestion to sell to Florida Power & Lightwas asked back then but the process washandled differently.
It began on July 9th, 1974 with Councildirecting John Little and Fred Carlsento investigate the possibility of sellingthe Vero Beach electric system to FP&L.len on October 23, 1975 Councilstarted meeting with the Senior VicePresident and Assistant Treasurer ofFP&L to undertake negotiations. leresult was a contract to sell the VeroBeach electric system to FP&L for theprice of $42,606,000.
At that time the rate disparity per1000KWH was 32.4 percent exclusiveof City utility tax and County fran-chise fees. Following this, studies weredone by the City staff and the account-
ing firm Ernst and Ernst. Results indi-cated the City would have $10,500,000cash available for investment after thetransaction, at a time money could beinvested long term at 7½ percent trans-lating to $787,500 yearly. le impact onthe General Fund which would includeinvestment income and changes in Cityoperating structure was to be a posi-tive $156,500. Overall, a sale to FP&L in1976 would have resulted in lower taxesand lower utility rates. Needless to saywhen the referendum was put to thevoters the result was 2 to 1 in favor ofselling.
le referendum question in 1976was notably different than the ques-tion we are faced with today. When thequestion was asked in 1976 negotiationshad already been concluded and a fullpresentation of the terms of the sale in-cluding the lease and the total price hasbeen presented to the public. le votershad also been provided the full impactstatement by Ernst and Ernst as well as
other options besides the sale to FP&L.le referendum question presented onSept 7th, 1976 read as follows:
“Should the Charter of the City ofVero Beach be amended by the additionthereto of “Section 11(C)-1. Notwith-standing any provision to the contraryin Section 11(C) or in any other provi-sion of the Charter of the City of VeroBeach, or in any ordinance of the City ofVero Beach, the City of Vero Beach maysell, convey, transfer, encumber or leasethe municipally owned electric powerplant and system to Florida Power andLight Company substantially under theterms of its formal proposal dated May27, 1976 and addenda dated July 22,1976 and July 23, 1976.”
le referendum clearly recognizedthere was language in the Charterwhich presented challenges to the saleto FP&L. le action was to first removeand amend this language, then allowedthe Council options to sell the utilitysystem to FP&L according to specific
proposals. lese proposals were iden-tified in the referendum, available forpublic inspection, and had previouslybeen presented during Council meet-ings.
In the end though state and federalregulatory commissions would not al-low the sale and Vero Beach remainedas the sole provider of electric to estab-lished boundaries
Today we are faced with a situationwhere the public is being asked to an-swer a referendum question withoutany knowledge of terms, price and im-pact. Keep in mind, in the previous saleattempt to FP&L there was only onereferendum question, not two. It followsthen that we ought to keep a processthat did not end in legal challenges, onewhich gave the public clear informationon the impact of the sale. It would bemost wise to repeat that history. Per-haps a beneficial sale could follow.
Jay KramerJay Kramer is Mayor of Vero Beach
Why so few candidates for oCce this time around?
Historically, having all the facts helps a referendum
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To the Editor:I respectfully take this opportu-
nity to repeat that I am not against any possible sale to Florida Power & Light.
We need clear direction and solu-tions to financially strengthen Vero Beach to assure a positive, healthy lifestyle for our families and busi-nesses.
_e FP&L Letter of Intent is bind-ing till December, keeps the dialogue open with FP&L and prevents the city from being able to explore any other options except the possible sale to FP&L.
We should require an abundance of caution because the community has been divided by perceptions associ-ated with the proposed sale to FP&L.
_e residents of Vero Beach require an unbiased budget analysis of the cost of doing business as a munici-pality with and without our electric asset. _ere is no other way to know if we are getting the best possible terms for a financially beneficial deal for the financial health and future of the city and her residents. We need to know how our city services and lifestyle will be affected.
_e voter is asked to agree to a blank piece of paper. Our city char-ter requires an actual lease as with the 1976-77 utility referendum ballot question. We need a referendum on an actual lease.
Respect is due an intelligent and in-formed voter who needs and requires information. Uncertainty clouds the
process of negotiations over a pos-sible sale.
_e City Council as our elected representatives do not project con-fidence of thought for the process, procedure and detail necessary to assure a confident voter. Expecting us to give our rights away to allow Council to decide terms for us for a fair price for the whole electric sys-tem is disrespectful.
We need to ensure during the pro-cess of the proposed sale to FP&L that our best interests as city resi-dents are kept in mind and any deci-sion is based on supported facts and figures.
Vero has completed the due dili-gence of her assets, but not a busi-ness model explaining the costs to
operate the city without the electric fund. FP&L has not completed due diligence and states it needs more time. We are told negotiations are on-going or have not begun.
FP&L stated in July it would de-liver the data collected from theCity of Vero Beach that was used tothe draft their April 2011 Letter ofIntent and to date that has not hap-pened.
City residents deserve to know the terms of a possible lease to FP&L be-fore a vote.
A referendum is not needed to talk. _e city is already talking to FP&L.
Ken DaigeKen Daige is a candidate
for City Council
To the Editor:With every election season at-
tacks on incumbents are inevitable.This election season is no different.As an incumbent I am a recipient ofmuch of the criticism.
Council members have a manage-ment role. Council decisions are thehighest authority with respect tothe management of the city. Coun-cil exercises management authorityby setting policy for city staff. It isthe duty of staff to implement thosedirectives.
Council has been criticized fornot controlling speakers which begsthe question “which speakers needto be controlled?” Clear thinkingvoters know limiting the informa-tion the Council has on issues isnot in our collective best interest.Good decisions are made when allfacts and viewpoints are known. Aformer mayor suggest the behaviorof the 2010-2011 elected officialsdemonstrates they are ill prepared
to make appropriate evaluationsand the current Mayor should“crack the whip,” “turn loose” thedogs and limit the public debate! Asa public servant my job is to repre-sent and I can’t represent citizens ifI do not listen to them.
I have been criticized for notbuilding consensus and being a dis-senting vote. But we are not pre-cluded from making individual de-cisions. In fact that is exactly whatwe should do. After making ourown individual decisions we vote onthe issue and the majority decisionbecomes policy. When one mem-ber dissents the criticism is “whathappened to courtesy and listeningwith an open mind.” But when peo-ple are not guided by underpinningprinciples they make contradictorydecisions. Often being a dissentingvote is simply adherence to theseprinciples.
It is suggested that in November,voters of Vero Beach need to fire
incumbents. Allegations of incum-bents being sponsored by a specialinterest abound. But to suggest I ama special interest sponsored can-didate only demonstrates lack ofknowledge. We have all had enoughof “throw-enough-mud-and-some-will-stick” style of politics.
I have been told “Governmentshould run like a business.” I disa-gree. Government should run like agovernment. Let me explain:
Business tries to outdo and elimi-nate the competition. Governmentshould not be trying to outdo oreliminate other governments.
Business tries to maximize prof-its, get the most money for theirproduct or service. Governmentshould not be trying to get the mostmoney it possibly can from taxpay-ers.
Business tries to seek new mar-kets, new sources of income.Government should not be tryingto find new ways to tax us, new
sources of income.Business uses advertising to
market its products and convinceconsumers they can’t do withouta product or service. Governmentshould not be in our face with ads orpropaganda, but rather governmentshould be a silent partner there tosupport and protect us while pro-viding essential services.
Business seeks out top level man-agement offering huge salaries andbonuses while searching the bestmarkets for cheap labor. Govern-ment should not be offering out-landish salaries to top managementand should offer living wages to theworkers that keep things running.
I understand “government shouldrun like a business” is a popularbelief but I am convinced the factsprove government should run like agovernment.
Brian HeadyBrian Heady is seeking a second term as member of City Council
Government should be run like a government
City needs a business model with respect to FP&L sale
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By Milt thoMasI saw a long-time friend recently
and he said he’s been reading my columns. Naturally, I was then an-ticipating a response of approval or disapproval, but instead he remarked he never realized I was so liberal. I re-sponded that I didn’t think I was re-ally liberal, more of a moderate, but being a moderate today seems to be a vanishing species, kind of like the middle class.
I’m not consciously focusing my criticisms toward conservatives or liberals in this column, but merely trying to point out some of the more outrageous political views these days regardless of party, and I try to do it in a light-hearted way with my tongue firmly implanted in my cheek. If I seem to pick on conservatives, it is simply because today’s conserva-tives generate much more source ma-terial. In fact, they leave my tongue and cheek in a perpetual cramp.
From my vantage point as a self-
described centrist, it seems that if I look to the far, far left, I see pot smok-ing anarchists liv-ing in trees and eating bark. When I look to the far, far right, I see the cur-rent crop of presi-dential aspirants. Liberals think conservatives are fat cats trying to turn the clock back to 1776. Conservatives think liberals are anti-American communists. What-ever their views, I believe the con-tinuum of political discourse in our country is broad enough to include both liberals and conservatives. At least that’s how I interpret the United States Constitution.
Actually, today’s political extremes are far more tame than they were in the 1950s. `at’s when real commu-nism was a threat and anti-commu-nist paranoia was at its peak. Senator
Joseph McCarthy saw a communist conspiracy behind every use of the color “red.” At least the hysteria he created had some basis in reality since the Soviet Union’s leader had promised to bury us, at the same time stocking Cuba with nuclear missiles to keep that promise.
If you believe conservative radio commentators, the liberal “threat” to our existence today is at least as omi-nous as the communist threat was 60 years ago. I don’t blame the disc jockeys of doom for saying what they do, however. It is a free country and this is how they make a living. But if we are to remain a free society, we must, as listeners, be able to discern the difference between the threat of nuclear-armed communists and lat-te-sipping liberals.
Right now our country is in an eco-nomic funk that can be blamed on politicians at both ends of the contin-uum. It’s kind of like the story about two fellows who go tiger hunting.
One pitches a tent while the other decides to hunt for tigers. He comes face to face with two huge man-eaters and runs back to the tent with those tigers in hot pursuit. Just as they leap for the kill, he pulls back the tent flap and yells to his friend, “You skin these two! I’ll get a few more.”
George Bush certainly gave us the tigers and opened the tent flap, but Obama seems to feel if he can just regulate tiger behavior they won’t eat him. `is year’s crop of Republi-can presidential candidates blames Obama for failing to get the tigers out of the tent. So, the question is, if one of them becomes president, will he or she attract more tigers or simply try to repair the tent?
Milt Lomas 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.
By ReveRend scott alexandeR
It was one of those jarring moments that brings a saving truth about life into clear and helpful focus.
I was driving down a particularly grimy, industrial portion of the New Jersey Turnpike – you know, past all those oil refineries spewing their ugly flames and odors near New York City – when I spied this huge bill-board advertising a gambling casino in Atlantic City. `ere was a 12-foot likeness of the casino’s famous owner, grinning broadly, holding handfuls of green cash, and the accompanying quote read, “You’ve got to be present to win!”
I was instantly struck by the ab-surdity and emptiness of this adver-tising pitch. Now I’m sure it is true – on the surface of it -- that if you are looking to “win” money at a ca-sino gambling table you must indeed
be “present” at that business establish-ment.
But the larger and more useful spir-itual thought that came to me when I spied that billboard was that to “win” at the business of life, you must regularly be truly “present” to the place and the moment you are in – and a window-less, glitzy, noisy casino seems the last place on earth for such enriching, mindful connection with your exist-ence.
I am passionately persuaded that when it comes to our ordinary, dai-ly lives, we’ve got to be “present to win.” Every day we must each strive to be fully and mindfully engaged with
life right where it touches us, in all its subtly, intricacy, charm and grace.
`is can often be accomplished simply by reminding ourselves to tune our senses to the rich sights, sounds, smells, and sensations which are ever and always around us. It is all too easy – amidst all of life’s in-evitable distractions and diversions -- to essentially “sleepwalk” through our days, only marginally paying at-tention to the dance of life around us.
One way to combat this tendency toward stupor is to simply remind ourselves every morning when we arise to pay attention -- truly pay at-tention -- to the life that is at hand this day.
Whether you are eating your break-fast alone, talking a walk on the beach with your spouse, sharing a cup of coffee with an old friend, playing on the living room floor with a grand-
child, looking at the morning clouds through your bedroom window, or reading poetry before bedtime in your favorite armchair, you can easily call yourself to full and relaxed atten-tion.
Lifesaving mindfulness can come to us whenever we remind ourselves to focus on what is at hand, right where life touches us this moment.
So the larger-than-life casino mo-gul had it precisely right, although in a far different way than he ever im-agined. “You’ve got to be present to win,” if there is a greater truth in this life we share, I don’t know it.
Rev. Scott W. Alexander is the min-ister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, and has been a minister, author, and educator for almost 40 years. He is an avid cy-clist and outdoor enthusiast who loves living in Vero Beach.
Making room for liberals and conservatives
Perfect pitch: ’You’ve got to be present to win’
REVERENDSCOTT ALEXANDER
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BY CHRISTINA TASCONVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Barbecue just seems to tastebetter outdoors with a live bandplaying and the river in sight.
Enjoying the cooler autumnnight air and a golden sunset,members of the Coastal Con-servation Association gatheredfor their favorite cause on thedeck of the River House. Bono’scatered a tasty spread as theCrooked Creek entertained thefamily-friendly crowd and kidsplayed on the lawn.
Treasure Coast Chapter pres-ident, Lange Sykes, said thegroup’s main function is to “pro-tect Florida’s waters and to keeprecreational angler’s interests inWashington’s sight.
This is a billion dollar indus-try in Florida so it is a major as-set to our tourism.”
To that end, the CCA supportsfull-time paid lobbyists to pro-mote its causes in Washington,D.C.
“The reason people come toFlorida is because of the beau-tiful rivers and oceans and thelifestyle it offers,” said Caro-lyn Lange, a local Realtor withLange Sykes. “It is vital that wenot lose the integrity of our wa-terways.”
Conservation is serious busi-ness, but this event was a timeto kick back and enjoy somegreat friends, food and dreamabout taking home one of theMaverick and Hell’s Bay boatsthat were on display.
There was lots of fishing re-lated raffle prizes availableas well. Boys and their dadschecked out the rods and reelsdisplayed, each hoping theywould win a good one to take ontheir next big fishing trip.
Coastal Conservation members enjoy barbecue
Esther & Ed Tobey with Carolyn Lange
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA TASCONTyler and Zander Beane with Aiden & Alek Fettig get ready to check out the Jshing gear and boats
Dan Dougherty and Bob Vatland Rita Pierce and Janey Franklin Jll out their raKe cards
Kai Martin and Kerry Firth listen to the Crooked Creek Band The Crooked Creek Band entertains the crowd
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BY CHRISTINA TASCONVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Pe Cultural Council held its Sea-son Kickoff Party last week to reveal its can’t-do-without Event Planner at the brand new Osceola Bistro.
Guests noshed on Lobster Fritters with tarragon aioli , Tuna Ceviche on plantains and a wonderful array of delicious temptations at the council’s yearly season opener at the former Greenhouse Cafe.
Pe Cultural Council puts the planner together each year to help organizations set the best date for their fundraising or cultural event. It has become one of Vero’s key assets to knowing “Who, What, Where and When.”
Bev Paris, one of the top media fig-ures in Vero, said “the planner is an absolute go-to item for setting dates, but it is also a great place to get your events seen by so many at once.”
Chris Bireley, the owner of the Os-ceola Bistro, said that “visibility” was why he connected with the Cultural Council for the event as well. He said, “I wanted to let downtown and Vero know that we’re excited about the different organizations here and we’re willing to contribute in any way we can.”
Bireley, who was born and raised in Vero Beach, said that he felt his true American bistro with its fresh, local-ly grown products were going to be a hit. If the food offered at this event was any indication, diners better get their reservations in early.
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA TASCONKarl Steene, Quentin Walter, Martin Lavander, Marcia Littlejohn and George Paxton
Cultural Council kicks o; season at Osceola Bistro
Anita Kent, Barbara Schlitt Ford, Piper Vetromile and Trish Mitchell of Youth Guidance
George & Rita Ziegler, Sue & Hank Dinenno and Sharon Sandel
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PR Powerhouses Beverly Paris and Tammy Adams
Mark Wygonik and Dr. Bob Loewinger taste Lobster Fritters from server Amanda Stickles
Jim & Julia Keenan with Lorne Coyle
Rosalie Hakker, Christy Murphy, Sheila Clancy and Barbara Stewart
BY CHRISTINA TASCONVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Education Foundation supporters,with a proud history of giving Indi-an River County students, teachers,and school administrators a helpinghand, celebrated 20 years of successwith a “Going Platinum” dance.
Everyone attending had in somemeasure been a champion to seethat through education and guid-ance every child is able to achievethe skills they will need to be pro-ductive adults.
Cynthia Falardeau, the executivedirector, and Program CoordinatorMary Minor were praised by John
Campione, a past president andAdrian Smith, the current presi-dent. Campione said, “Our organi-zation is very fortunate to have suchgenerous donors and especially bothCynthia and Mary.”
Jay Hart, also a past president, said“Education is these kids’ ticket tosuccess and will give them opportu-nities in life like no other.”
Ye dining room at Quail ValleyRiver Club was decorated with re-cord albums of hit songs which hadeither gone platinum or had a schoolrelated title.
Buffet stations were set aroundthe room and on the outside deck
as board members and supporterswere enticed on the dance floor bythe Dee Dee Wilde Band playingjazz, R&B and classics.
Newest board member Brian El-well said he had worked as a CPAwith many of the non-profit agen-cies. “I think they are a strong boardand a very successful organizationand I just hope to be a part of con-tinuing their work,” he said.
The Education Foundation’s suc-cess is partly due to its independ-ent nature. The foundation sup-ports any student that needs helpwhether they are from a public,charter or private school. This al-
lows them to avoid the bureau-cracy and red tape that comesfrom traditional funding sources.Their newest program, “Vision forReading,” is an exciting new ven-ture. This program will purchaseelectronic gauges which can scanthe student’s vision easily to see ifthe may have visual issues whichmay be a hindrance to their abilityto read.
President Adrian Smith says this isjust one of the six current programswhich benefits the whole school sys-tem and has made the organizationsuch a benefit to the communityover the last twenty years.
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Education Foundation celebrates 20 years of success
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA TASCONJennifer Jones, Jeanine Harris and past President John Campione
Dale & Matilde Sorensen and Mary Beth & John McDonald Shelagh McCracken, past President Jay Hart and Exec. Dir. Cynthia Faladeau
Lynn Hall, Kathy Carlson, President Adrian Smith, Jennifer & Chip Watson
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Brian & Ginna O'Connor and Ladd & Elizabeth Bourne
Francine Devitt, Shirley Becker, Chris & Dave Smith
Toby, Tuny and Christopher Hill with Larry & Patrice Stowe
Glenda & Sean Grady with Robyn & Sam Jelmby
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BY CHRISTINA TASCONVERO BEACHNEWSWEEKLY
Heritage Center Director Re-becca Rickey said, “Let’s putthe ‘fun’ back in ‘fundraiser! ’”
While some dress up for Hal-loween as evil creatures , theHeritage Center ’s theme waseven more frightening – out-of -fashion formal wear!
Guests of the Frighten-ing Formals on 14th event dugout their wildest tuxedos anddresses from the dark recessesof their closet that were ei-ther thrust upon them for pastwedding party functions or instyle many years ago.
Duane Selby, a .k .a “Big Dad-dy,” was wearing an outlandishwhite suit and matching fedorathat he said he actually worefor his own wedding years ago.
Cathie Callery, came up withthe concept and organizedeverything .
She said she got the idea froma segment on Good MorningAmerica .
“I saw this show on womenwho put on a ‘Mom Prom’ thatwas unique and brought in alot of money and I thought ,I want to do something likethat .” She said it was a “no-brainer” to combine a Hallow-een costume party with fright-ening formals .
Rickey said “Joe Tessier vol-unteered his DJ services ; LucyChurch brought in her Zumbaf lash mob dancers and practi-cally everything else was do-nated. “
She added, “because of thegreat generosity of our spon-sors Bill Bryant , Seacoast Na-tional and Cruise One, and ourincredible hard working com-mittee, I think it was a successand we would love to make it aregular Halloween event .”
Heritage Center holds unique Halloween costume fundraiser
Gina & Larry Wattles with Kurt & MarilynWallach
Gloria Cutting, Susan Viviano, Cynthia Baita, Robin Votaw, Cathy Hart and Jackie Dungan
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Attendees Alled the dance @oor all night
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Lucy Church (front right) leads her Zumba class in a @ash mob dance of “Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Carnival Confections kills with this goulish cake donated for the event
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Every Friday: Farmer’s Market from 3-6 pm in downtown Vero at the corner of 14th Ave. & 21st St. Contact Susan Keiffer by email: [email protected] or call the Main Street office, 772-480-8353.
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.
Oct 28: Halloween All Night Party at ie Skate Factory, 485 27th Ave. SW. Glow skate, races, costume & dance contest. All night skating 7 pm -6 am, $17.50. Evening-only skating, 7-11 pm, $8. 772-794-3373.
Oct 28: Intrepid Gallery presents, “Artists at Work” with sculptor Caro-lina Rojas at the Richardson Center, Mueller Center, Indian River State College, $20, 772-462-7880.
Oct 28: “Phantasies & Phugues” American Guild of Organists, fundrais-er for the Student Scholarship Fund, 7 pm, Christ by the Sea, 3755 A1A, 772-469-2306, [email protected]
Oct 28-30: Pirate iemed Haunt-ed House, 5:30-9:30 pm, interactive games, spook tours, haunted ship-wreck. Riverside Children’s ieatre, 3280 Riverside Park Dr., 772-231-6990 for advance tickets. $5-$10. www.riversidetheatre.com.
Oct 28-31: Haunted House, Old Vatland Bldg., 1110 US1, 6 pm, $4-$6, to benefit Rebel Hogz with a Cauz 4H Club fundraiser. 772-473-6877.
Oct 29: Halloween Party at the Co-balt Room, 6-10 pm, $20, costume contest, buffet and DJ dance party. Vero Beach Hotel & Spa, 3500 Ocean Dr., 772-469-1062.
Oct 29: Fall Fest Family Fun, Food, face painting, dunk tank, prizes.
Oct 29: Brit Bash Car Show at Riv-erside Park, British autos and mo-torcycles by MG Car Club of Fla. Register 8:30-11 am. Free to visitors, exhibitors should contact Danica Perhacs, 772-770-0083 or email [email protected].
Oct 29: All American Mutt Show & Howl-o-ween at Humane Society, 6230 77th St., noon, $10 per vehi-cle, hayrides, bounce house, haunted barn & more. 772-388-3331 x19.
Oct 29: Halloween Parade & Cos-tume Contest by VB Recreation Dept., 10 am, from Freshman Learning Cent-er along 14th Ave. downtown to Com-munity Center, costume contest after parade (ages 0-17), 772-567-2144, ap-plications for floats at covb.org.
Oct 29: Halloween Costume Com-petition & Dance, Italian American
Civic Association, 1600 25th St., 7 pm, $10, music by Deja Vu. 772-778-1522, iacavb.com.
Oct 29: Oktoberfest at Pointe West, 1999 Pointe West Dr. by the Jr. League. Games, authentic German food & beer, $5, children under 3 free. 2-7 pm. 772-563-9287, JLIR.org.
Oct 29 & 30: Treat-or-Treat Hallow-een Costume Skate with candy givea-way at ie Skate Factory, 485 27th Ave. SW, 1-4 pm, $8, 772-794-3373.
Oct 29-30: “Our Town” at the Wax-lax Center for the Performing Arts, St. Edward’s, 7 pm Saturday, 2 & 7 pm Sunday. steds.org.
Oct 30: Art in the Park by Vero Beach Art Club, 3000 Ocean Dr. in front of Humiston Park, 10-4 pm. 25-30 Members’ art show. Pottery, paintings, jewelry and more. 772-231-0303, VeroBeachArtClub.org.
Nov 2 & 3: “Going Baroque” Fan-
fare Show, 7 pm, exhibits at 5:30 pm. Nov. 2nd, $15 performance only, Nov. 3rd, dinner and a show, $45. Baroque Music, Indian Dance, Royal Court Dancers, Italian Guitar. IR Charter High School, 6055 College Ln., 772-567-6600.
Nov 4: Downtown Gallery Stroll, 5-8 pm, along Historic Downtown Vero Beach on 14th Ave. and nearby streets. Free to the public, food and refreshments available. Call 772-562-5525 or 772-299-1234.
Nov 4: Darby’s Fine Art Opening Reception for Joel R. Johnson, Con-temporary Watercolorist, 5-8 pm. 1902 14th Ave., 772-480-0491, dar-byfineart.com.
Nov 4: “Building 429 Fall Tour” (Christian Rock Band) at Vero Beach High School’s Performing Arts Cent-er, 7 pm, 1707 16th St. Tickets $12-$25 at iTickets.com or 800-965-9324.
Nov 4, 11 & 18: Master of the King of the Hill Tennis Tournament, ie Boul-evard and Tennis Club, 1620 Boulevard Village Ln, $8, 5:00 and 6:30 pm. Ten-nis tournament, raffles, cash bar and dinner. Fundraiser for Youth Guid-ance. 772-770-5040, ircyouth.com
Nov 5: Children’s Art Fair, “Going Baroque” 10 am-3 pm, IR Charter High School, 6055 College Ln., 772-567-6600, fairytale craft fair, sand castle art, photo booth, royal cos-tumes. Food vendors, yo yo and hula demos, free to public. 772-567-6600.
Nov 5: Fighting Indian Football Boosters Annual golf tournament at Sandridge to benefit VBHS Football, $75 entry fees for golfers who pre-reg-ister, it is $10 extra to register late. Dave Morby, 772-571-7323, [email protected].
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There was a sense of anticipation and sometrepidation in the Crystal Room at Costa d’Estewith the introduction of the latest batch of“stars” for Healthy Start’s Dancing with Vero’sStars.
The celebrity dancers were given their in-structions and then offered a pep talk by lastyear’s winner Bobby Guttridge before beingintroduced to their new partners. Dancers in-cluded two past Chris Dale Dancers, DanielleZimmerman and Beth Shestak, plus last year’swinning dance partner, Karren Walter of IndianRiver Ballroom.
Then up to the stage came the nervousstars to meet their partners. Pairings will beCarl Fetzer with Danielle Zimmerman; Lau-ra Guttridge with Tom Isola; Stacey Millerwith Robert Scott ; Mark Rodolico with San-dra Redfield; Joey Schlitt with Beth Shestak;Melissa Shine with Barry Trammell; SusanneSweeny with Joe Wynes; Charlotte Terrywith Roger O’Brien; Dr. Glenn Tremml withKarren Walter and Buck Vocelle with AmyTrammell.
The event is a fundraiser for the HealthyStart Coalition and everyone agreed to par-ticipate because of their connection to thecause.
Laura Guttridge said she came to be amother late at 45 and because of her age wasincredibly nervous about the birth of herbaby. When she was at the hospital, volun-teers from Healthy Start were there to pre-pare her and reassure her all through theprocess.
She says, “They were there for me when Ineeded them most. How could I not be therefor them now?”
Stars are expected to raise funds and willlook to surpass the record $24,000 Judy VanSaun raised last year. She told the new stars,“Approach everyone to get those donations,but most of all remember to just have fun.”
Dancing with Vero’s Stars pairs dancers with local celebrities
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA TASCONStars and Dancers break the ice with a little fun posing for the camera
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Joey Schlitt and Beth Shestak were evenly paired height-wise as the tallest couple
Already dubbed the couple with the most person-ality, Mark Rodolico and Sandra RedDeld
Megan Raasveldt and Dr. Glenn Tremml
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Co-Chairs Brenda Lloyd and Joseph Robinson with Rebecca Emmons
Front: Charlotte Terry, Susanne Sweeny, Melissa Shine, Stacey Miller & Laura Guttridge Back: Dr. Glenn Tremml, Joey Schlitt, Mark Rodolico & Carl Fetzer
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Entertainment Calendar
I T ’ S H A P P E N I N G A T T H E
mersonCenter
1590 27th Avenue, Vero Beach(772)778-5249
www.TheEmersonCenter.org
January - April 2012
CelebratedSpeakers Series
COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIESCommunity Church1901 23rd Street772-469-2317communityconcertseries.orgNov 18: Atlantic Ringers, 7:30 pm, free with suggested $5-$15 donation
EMERSON CENTERat the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship1590 27th Avenue 772-778-5249TheEmersonCenter.orgOct 27: Paul Dosal, Ph.D., Florida’s Hispanic Heritage: Commemorating 500 Years - Florida Humanities Series, Free Admission. 7 pm Nov 6: Cellist Ian Maksin, $20. 4 pmNov 20: “An Afternoon with Basie, Ellington, & Friends,” Jazz on Sundays, $20 in advance/$25 at door/Students Free. 2:30 pm
INDIAN RIVER SYMPHONICASSOCIATIONCommunity Church1901 23rd Street772-469-2317irsavero.orgNov 20: Brevard Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 pm $50 each, season tickets $260-$290
OCEANSIDE BUSINESSASSOCIATIONBeach Concert SeriesOcean Drive in front of Humiston ParkVeroBeachOBA.comSecond Saturday of every monthFree concert, 6:30-9:30 pm, food & drink vendors. No coolers allowed, bring your own chair or blanket
RIVERSIDE THEATER3250 Riverside Park Drive772-231-6990riversidetheatre.comChildren’s Theatre:Oct 28-30: Pirate Themed Haunted House, $5-$10Stark Main Stage: Oct 27-Nov 13: Boeing-Boeing, 2 pm, 7:30 pm and 8 pm, $57-$73
SPACE COAST SYMPHONYTrinity Episcopal Church2365 Pine Avenue321-536-8580SpaceCoastSymphony.org
Nov 11&12: “Out of This World” 7 pm, $20-$25, free for students under 18
SUNRISE THEATRE116 South 2nd Street Fort Pierce772-461-4775sunrisetheatre.comOct 28: Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers, 8 pm, $39-$49Nov 3: Todd Rundgren’s Utopia, 7 pm, $39-$49Nov 4, 5 & 6: Late Nite Catechism, 8 pm, 3 & 8 pm and 3 & 7 pm, $35
TREASURE COAST SYMPHONYEmerson Center at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship1590 27th Avenue 772-778-5249TheEmersonCenter.orgNov 13: Featured solo by cellist Aziz Sapaev, 3 pm, $15-$20
VERO BEACH CHORAL SOCIETYTrinity Trinity Episcopal Church2365 Pine Avenue772-569-8165Nov 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,” at Dec 9 at 7:30 pm and Dec 11 at 3 pm
VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART3001 Riverside Park Drive772-231-0707verobeachmuseum.orgOct 27: “Warm Nights, Cool Music” Jazz Concert series in the park, James Archer Trio, $10, 5-7 pm
VERO BEACH OPERA GUILD772-569-6993Box Obce: 772-564-5537verobeachopera.orgOct 29: Live at the Met: Mozart’s Don Giovanni, noon, Majestic Theatre, 772-770-0774Nov 5: Live at the Met: Wagner’s Siegfried, noon, Majestic Theatre, 772-770-0774
VERO BEACH THEATRE GUILD772-562-83002020 San Juan Avenueverobeachtheatreguild.comNov 10-25: The 1940’s Radio Hour, $20-$22, Walton Jones 1940’s play about a radio broadcast.
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Todd Rundgren to play Sunrise Theatre Nov. 3
FORT PIERCE -- Songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, con-ceptualist, and, most recently, inter-active artist Todd Rundgren will be appearing at the Sunrise ^eatre on Nov. 3.
Rundgren has been in the music game going back to 1960’s, but it was his seminal “Something/Anything?,” on which he played all the instru-ments, sang all the vocal parts, and acted as his own producer, that cata-pulted his career. His recorded music includes, “^e Hermit of Mink Hol-low” and “A Wizard, A True Star,” as well as such hit singles as “I Saw ^e Light,” “Hello It’s Me,” “Can We Still Be Friends,” and “Bang ^e Drum.”
His latest studio album, “Todd Rundgren’s Johnson,” a collection of classic Robert Johnson songs, was re-leased this April.
Rundgren formed Utopia in 1974, and embarked on an entirely new ap-proach to the concept of interactive musicianship. Standout Utopia offer-ings included “Oops! Wrong Planet,” “Adventures in Utopia,” and “Oblivi-on.” Along the way, Utopia combined technical virtuosity and creative pas-sion to create music that, for millions, defined the term “progressive rock.”
In the studio he has helped produce albums by Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Meatloaf, XTC, Grand Funk Railroad, and Hall and Oates.
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Todd Rundgren’s latest studio album is a collection of classic Robert Johnson songs.
BY MARK JOSEPH
As you approach the French Quar-ter restaurant, you’re greeted by a beautiful flowered archway framing the main patio en-trance. A few steps more reveal a de-lightful garden set-ting that welcomes your arrival and
beckons you to dine al fresco. fough the outdoor seating was tempting, on this night we chose to dine inside.
When walking into the bar and main dining room, you notice the rich yellow-gold walls, awash in low lighting; carnival masks, beads and baubles quickly suggest a Mardi Gras theme. Framed canvases of vintage wines and tasteful artwork featuring musical instruments set an appropri-ate tone for this small but cozy res-taurant and wine-only bar.
Once seated, our waiter immedi-ately took our drink order; we chose a bottle of Alexander Valley, Caber-net, 2008, which promptly arrived. fe wine was pleasantly smooth. We sipped and chatted while anticipating the beginning of a great meal.
fe French Quarter’s name-sake includes authentic Cajun-inspired cuisine and since we chose to share several appetizers, our first choice was the Cajun Shrimp and Grits. fe other two selections were Lobster Stuffed Mushroom Caps and a Cae-sar salad.
fe French Quarter’s version of the classic Caesar salad is a bit differ-ent, yet so good it’s been a customer favorite in Vero Beach since the res-taurant opened its doors more than six years back. fe Caesar enjoyed this particular evening did not disap-point. Unfortunately the remaining two appetizers were less then what we had anticipated.
fe Cajun Shrimp and Grits con-sisted of shrimp in a simple brown sauce that was rich and tasty. Howev-er, the grits in this dish closely mim-icked that of grilled, pre-formed po-lenta, a close cousin to the southern style version. fe grits-polenta was not bad at all, just not what I expect-ed. fe shrimp themselves were the biggest disappointment - too chewy for my taste.
fe Lobster-stuffed Mushroom Caps topped with melted cheese looked tempting when brought to the table. However we soon discovered portions of the lobster to be nearly over-cooked and some mushroom caps seemed rubbery rather than tender.
Due to the initial long wait for the appetizers, once they finally arrived we immediately ordered our entrees hoping they would be delivered more promptly. Unfortunately it was an-other 20 minute wait before the ar-rival of our main courses.
Our entree selections were Jamba-laya and Shrimp Etouffee, both obvi-ous choices for a restaurant specializ-ing in authentic French-Cajun cuisine.
Instead of a traditional classic, the first entree was a confusing “decon-structed” Jambalaya served on a reg-ular dinner plate. fe dish consisted of a single piece of grouper, a few prawns, baby scallops that seemed both dry and “lonely” and yellow rice with a vegetable medley. Missing was any form of sauce to tie the dish to-gether other than a small amount of a bland red sauce that tasted of a canned variety.
fe Shrimp Etouffee arrived with mussels, some small scallops and the same yellow rice and vegetables. fis dish did feature a flavorful, rich brown sauce and though a bit tame for Cajun standards, the sauce was fine for my timid pallet. Unfortunate-ly the shrimp in this dish were again chewy.
Due to disappointment with both entrees, we did not finish either. Hop-ing to try to end our meal on a high-note, we opted for dessert and coffee.
fe dessert selections were mini-mal; however, as recommended by our waiter, we decided on the Choco-late Cheesecake with pecan crust and Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce. fankfully, coffee and desserts ar-rived a bit prompter than previous courses of the meal.
fe Cheesecake - topped withwhipped cream and a thin drizzle ofchocolate sauce - was thick and dense,but with a grainy rather than smoothtexture. It was accompanied by chunksof assorted seasonal melon.
fe Bread Pudding arrived in a large sundae dish with only a dollop of whipped cream; no rum sauce to be found. fe glass dish was suspi-ciously as warm as the pudding. Had everything been warmed together before arrival? fe Bread Pudding was satisfying but not enough to stand on its own.
Before our departure, we decided to visit the front bar for a final glass of house Cabernet. We were pleasantly surprised to find a friendly bartender who expressed thoughtful condo-lences and offered possible explana-
tions to our less than stellar experi-ence.
She included the fact that efforts were already being addressed for bet-ter staff training and said that she would bring our service issues to the management’s attention. fe bar-tender went further by buying our two glasses of wine which reflected the goodwill of this establishment.
fe original owner and brainchild of the French Quarter was Chef Ian Greenwood. fough we hear that Ian is now happily retired in a new home in Mexico, we miss his incredible at-tention to detail in creating a superb dining experience. We hope that cur-rent owner-Chef John Warren will address issues as reviewed. We look forward to our next visit.
French Quarter Restaurant1920 14th Avenue,
Vero Beach, FL 32960(772) 770-4870
Hours of operation:Closed on Mondays.
Tuesdays through fursdays 5-9PM; Friday and Saturday 5-10PM,
Sunday 5-9PM.
Reservations strongly suggested.Most major credit cards.
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3500 Ocean DriveVero Beach, FL 32963772.469.1060
LOYAL TO THE LOCALSMonday: Sweet Start, complimentary dessert of your choice with dinner entreeTuesday: Complimentary glass of Chardonnay or Cabernet with dinner entree
Wednesday: Free Corkage, bring in your own bottle of wine at no additional costThursday: Thirsty Thursday! Extended happy hour drinks until 8pm.
Friday: Frozen Friday! Complimentary frozen cocktail at Heaton’s Reef with any food itemSaturday: Early Bird Happy Hour. Vero’s greatest happy hour a half hour earlier, at 4PMSunday: Sunday Treat, complimentary mimosa with the purchase of a brunch entrée
Show your I.D. with a Vero Beach address and receive:
Monday: Extended Happy Hour Drinks until 7:30pmTuesday: Half off bottles of wineWednesday: Wine down with all house wine poursfor $5 all day
Thursday: Happy Hour at Heaton’s Reef from 6pm-close
Friday: Mr. Motown in the Cobalt Lounge,Curtis Hill at 7pm
Saturday: Live music at Heaton’s Reeffrom 1pm-4pm
Sunday: Bloody Mary Bar from 10am-2pm
Don’t Forget About Our Daily Happenings As Well
The French Quarter cozy, but misses the mark
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Vero swimmers set goal of advancing to state meetSports
BY MICHAEL BIELECKIFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
]e Vero Beach High School boys’ and girls’ swim teams head into the class 3A-District 7 Swim Meet at Ju-piter’s North County Aquatics Com-plex focused on sending most of their squad to regionals.
Coming off matching 4-3 seasons, the Fighting Indians boys and girls are led by 2010 all-area selection Colin Mackay, along with honorable mentions Austin Todd and Jessica Ri-chardson.
“Going into districts we feel very confident as a team,” Todd said. “Based on times that we have already
been swimming, we should have around 20 people moving on to re-gionals. All three boys’ relays, as well as the girl’s relays, should move on to regionals as well.”
Fifth-year coach Brian Ihnen has guided his team through the season with his trademark laid-back ap-proach, and he’s gotten some great results from the team.
“Swimming for Coach Ihnen has been a great experience,” Todd said. ”When we went to states in 200 freestyle and 200 medley re-lays in 2009, we could have easily gotten nervous and uptight. But the entire trip, Coach was keeping
us loose by making jokes and being himself.”
Todd is a member of the 200 free-style relay team, which has set a goal of advancing past districts and re-gionals and reaching the state meet. Teammates J.D. Seroski, Eric Behym-er and Mackay recently beat the St. Edward’s 200 freestyle relay team by over 11 seconds.
“J.D. Seroski and Eric Behymer both worked really hard this summer, swimming twice-a-day,” Todd said. “]at has been a big help to our re-lay teams. Colin Mackay and Jessica Richardson have legitimate shots to move on to states in the 50 freestyle
for boys’ and girls’ respectively.”Mackay, an excellent all-around
competitor, turned in a time of 56.96 in the 100 in last year’s regionals to just miss qualifying for the state meet. He was also part of last year’s 200 freestyle and 200 medley teams which placed fifth in regionals and also just missed qualifying for the state meet.
Richardson turned in meet-best times of 25.38 and 55.64 at St. Ed-ward’s last week in the 50 and 100 free-style. She was also part both the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays which beat the Pirates by almost five seconds and seven seconds respectively.
PHOTO BY TAMMY AUSTIN
Austin Todd took Mrst in the 100m butterLy with a time of 1:01.22 in last week’s meet at St. Edward’s.
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Indian River County Recreation DepartmentMen’s Fall Schedule 2011
Wednesday, November 2nd6:30 p.m.
Team Velocity vs. Select FloorsIndian River Dentistry vs. Florida Eye InstituteReal Living All Florida vs. Wal-Greens/BCM StorageMy Electrician vs. Orchid Island Construction
7:30 p.m.Perfection Paint & Body vs. Select FloorsCunningham’s vs. My ElectricianOrchid Island Construction vs. Florida Eye InstituteWal-Greens / BCM Storage vs. Indian River Dentistry
8:30 p.m.Clark Chiropractic vs. Perfection Paint & BodyStrickland Automotive vs. Cunningham’s
Monday, November 7th6:30 p.m.
1st Church / Xpress Mattress vs. Florida Eye InstituteIndian River Dentistry vs. My ElectricianStevi B’s vs. Cunningham’s1st Church/Don’s Imports vs. Lowther Funeral Home
7:30 p.m.Orchid Island Construction vs. 1st Church/Xpress MattressEdward Murphy MD Surgery vs. Precision Cuts ServicesJim Rott Home Improv. vs. 1st Church/Don’s ImportsLowther Funeral Home vs. State Farm
8:30 p.m.Clark Chiropractic vs. Team VelocityState Farm vs. Edward Murphy MD SurgeryPrecision Cuts Services vs. Jim Rott Home Improv.Strickland Automotive vs. Wal-Greens / BCM Storage
Wednesday, November 9th6:30 p.m.
Perfection Paint & Body vs. Team VelocityReal Living All Florida vs. Orchid Island ConstructionMy Electrician vs. Wal-Greens / BCM Storage
7:30 p.m.Select Floors vs. Perfection Paint & BodyStrickland Automotive vs. Real Living All FloridaStevi B’s vs. Florida Eye Institute
8:30 p.m.Select Floors vs. Clark Chiropractic Cunningham’s vs. Indian River Dentistry
Monday, November14th6:30 p.m.
Real Living All Florida vs. Stevi B’s Florida Eye Institute vs. My Electrician Edward Murphy MD Surgery vs. Lowther Funeral HomeTeam Velocity vs. Clark Chiropractic
7:30 p.m.1st Church / Xpress Mattress vs. Strickland AutomotiveJim Rott Home Improv. vs. Edward Murphy MD Surgery 1st Church / Don’s Imports vs. State FarmLowther Funeral Home vs. Precision Cuts Services
8:30 p.m.Stevi B’s vs. 1st Church / Xpress Mattress State Farm vs. Jim Rott Home Improv.Precision Cuts Services vs. 1st Church / Don’s ImportsIndian River Dentistry vs. Orchid Island Construction
Wednesday, November 16th6:30 p.m.
Select Floors vs. Clark ChiropracticReal Living All Florida vs. Indian River DentistryStevi B’s vs. My ElectricianFlorida Eye Institute vs. Strickland Automotive
7:30 p.m.Clark Chiropractic vs. Select FloorsTeam Velocity vs. Perfection Paint & BodyOrchid Island Construction vs. Real Living All FloridaWal-Greens / BCM Storage vs. Cunningham’s
Indian River County Recreation DepartmentCoed Fall Schedule
Tuesday, November 1st6:30pm
Tailgators vs. Indian River TaekwondoDiamond Cutters vs. Mulligan’s Beach HouseNew Vision Eye Center vs. Piper Aircraft
7:30 p.m.Tailgators vs. VOVNNew Vision Eye Center vs. Mulligan’s Beach HouseDiamond Cutters vs. Piper Aircraft *
Thursday, November 3rd6:30 p.m.
Piper Aircraft vs. Diamond CuttersAmerica’s Best Auto Body vs. Cal Builders
7:30 p.m.Cal Builders vs. VOVNIndian River Taekwondo vs. America’s Best Auto Body
Tuesday, November 8th6:30 p.m.
America’s Best Auto Body vs. TailgatorsNew Vision Eye Center vs. Diamond Cutters *Mulligan’s Beach House vs. Piper Aircraft *
7:30 p.m.Tailgators vs. Cal BuildersVOVN vs. Indian River TaekwondoNew Vision Eye Center vs. Mulligan’s Beach House *
Thursday, November 10th6:30 p.m.
Piper Aircraft vs. New Vision Eye Center
7:30 p.m.Tailgators vs. America’s Best Auto Body
COED A DIVISION PLAYOFFS
Tuesday, November 15th6:30 p.m.
Seed 5 vs. Seed 2 (Game 1)
7:30 p.m.Seed 4 vs. Seed 3 (Game 2)
Thursday, November 17th
6:30 p.m.Winner of Game 2 vs. Seed 1 (Game 3)
7:30 p.m.Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of (Game 3)
COED B DIVISION PLAYOFFS
Tuesday, November 15th6:30 p.m.
Seed 4 vs. Seed 1 (Game 1) Seed 3 vs. Seed 2 (Game 2)
7:30 p.m.Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
Indian River County Recreation DepartmentFootball Scores
FLAG FOOTBALL
Jr. Mighty Mites Results
October 20thVero Radiology Associates Razorbacks 12, Wells Fargo Irish 0Razorbacks scoring: TD Alexander Beare, TD Raines HolmesOutstanding Players: Collin Nance and John BiermanIrish Outstanding Players: Vance Mullanack and Jack Carpenter
Photography by Michael Siegel Buckeyes 13, Children’s Discovery Volunteers 6Buckeyes scoring: TD Major Croom, TD Steven SpanglerOutstanding Players: Jean Galbard and Jacob SmithVolunteer scoring: TD Andrew Klipstine. Outstanding Players: Chase Hill and Jason Mercuri
October 22ndBill Baysura with Dale Sorensen Real Estate Sparta 18, Children’s Discovery Volunteers 0 Spartans scoring: TD Blake Bales, TD Zachariah Sigmon, TD Liam BaysuraOutstanding Players: Zach Miller and Drew HurleyVolunteers Outstanding Players: Torrey Pursel and Trace Rahal
Vero Radiology Associates Razorbacks 16, Indian River Federal Credit Union Seminoles 0Razorbacks scoring: TD Alexander Beare, 2 PAT James HassellOutstanding Players: Aiden Fettig and Tyler BeareSeminoles Outstanding Players: Louis Brown and Chauncey Johnson
FloridaScapes Lawn Service Gators 16, Photography by Michael Siegel Buckeyes 6Gators scoring: TD Dylan Redmon, TD 2 PAT JJ King, 2 PAT Jacob JenkinsOutstanding Players: Joey DeLuke and Ethan CampbellBuckeyes scoring: TD Devin WillisOutstanding Players: Major Croom and Steven Spankle
Tot-Time Results
October 22ndGold Coast Turbine Inc. Saints 0, Atlantic Pool Cleaning Bears 0Saints Outstanding Players: Will Russell and Harrison ReebBears Outstanding Players: James Diskin and Anthowne “Deuce”Montgomery
Vero Beach Radiology Associates Titans 0, Indian River Federal Credit Union Browns 0Titans Outstanding Players: Miller Armstead and Will HoldermanBrowns Outstanding Players:Sage Morrow and Sean Connolley
AT&T Real Yellow Pages Eagles 0, Wells Fargo Chargers 0Eagles Outstanding Players: Tyrone Davis and Peirce GenoniChargers Outstanding Players: Ashton Wetmiller and Andrew Bikel
TACKLE FOOTBALL
Jr. Midgets Results
October 22ndAT&T Real Yellow Pages Chargers 0, Wells Fargo Lions 0Outstanding Players: Chargers, Hunter Parris; Lions: Robbie Sanders
Midgets Results
October 20thAce Plumbing Patriots 13, Play It Again Sports Packers 6Patriots: Landon Wilson 50 yd. TD, Tyler Burch 1 PAT, Drew MacFarlane 45 yd. TDPackers: Willie Mosley 7 yd. TD
Norris & Company Real Estate Vikings 12, Indian River Federal Credit Union Cardinals 6Vikings: Erin Payne 22 yd. TD, 45 yd. TDCardinals: DeMarcus Harris 8 yd. TD
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Thursday, October 27– Volleyball District Finals, 6:30 p.m.
at home
Friday, October 28– Football vs Wellington (homecoming),
7:30 p.m. at home
Friday, October 29– Girls Soccer vs Tallahassee, 11:00 a.m.
at Hobart Park
Monday, October, 31– Boys Soccer vs Jensen Beach, 4:30 p.m.
away
Vero Beach Sports CalendarTuesday, November 1– Boys and Girls Golf State Championships,
8:00 a.m. at Mission Inn Resort and Country Club, Howey-in-the-Hills
Wednesday, November 2– Boys and Girls Golf State Championships,
8:00 a.m. at Mission Inn Resort and Country Club, Howey-in-the-Hills
– Boys Soccer vs Jensen Beach, 6:30 p.m. away
– Volleyball Regional Quarter\nals (TBA)
Who: Vero Beach High School (6-1) vs #5 (8A) Wellington High School (1-6)
Where: ]e Citrus Bowl, 7:30 p.m.What they did last week: Vero Beach lost to St.
Lucie West Centennial, 17-14 at home. Wellington lost at Jupiter, 30-9.
What you should know: Vero Beach is coming off its worst game of the season, in which the Fighting Indians were shut out for nearly the last three quarters against St. Lucie West Centennial. ]e Fighting Indians defensive line surrendered over 200 yards for the third consecutive game last week, and face an Eagles squad which was beaten by three touch-downs by pass-happy Jupiter team.
Vero Beach quarterback Nick Madden has nearly 1,700 yards passing with 17 touchdowns and just one interception. All-State receiving can-didate Charlie Miller has 29 receptions for 761 yards and seven touch-downs receiving, and running back Dentist Hall has 457 yards rushing and six touchdowns. Wellington has scored just 84 points all year and has surrendered 197 points on defense. ]eir two quarterbacks, Grand Smallridge and Tyler Vanacore, have a combined 560 yards passing with four touchdowns and seven interceptions. Running backs Grant Small-ridge and Andy LeMay have run for a combined 327 yards on 97 carries with four touchdowns.
This week at Vero Beach High School
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PHOTO BY MIKE BIELECKI
Franklin Johnson carries the ball for the Indian River Federal Credit Union Sem-inoles against the Vero Radiology Associates Razorbacks in a junior mighty mites [ag football game.
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Indian River Soccer Association U13 player Joshua Knight scores a goal during a Saturday morning game.
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William JenkinsWilliam Elisha “Bud” Jenkins, 85,
died Oct. 12, 2011, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was a lifelong resident of Vero Beach. He owned the only racetrack in Indian River County, the Vero Beach Race-way, and was owner of a Florida State Championship race car team in 1967. He served in the Coast Guard during World War II. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Vero Beach.
Survivors include his sons, Greg Jenkins and Brian Jenkins, both of Vero Beach, and Doug Jenkins of Se-bastian; daughters, Debbie Bledsoe and Pat Mach, both of Vero Beach; sis-ter, Anna Marie Smith of Vero Beach; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Carl Curtis Jenkins; and daughter, Billie Marie Jenkins.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse Asso-ciation & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Donald BeyrandDonald John Beyrand, 79, died Oct.
12, 2011, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was born in Farrell, Pa., and lived in Vero Beach since the mid-1980s, coming from Detroit. Before retirement, he worked for Chrysler as a clay modeler. He was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Vero Beach, where he was a member of the choir and a cantor.
Survivors include his daughter, Michelle Gardner of Las Vegas; sons, Gary Beyrand of Houston, Craig Beyrand of Milford, Mich., and Chris-topher Beyrand of Pontiac, Mich.; sev-en grandchildren; and five great-grand-children. 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.
Mona Curley-SperryMona Curley-Sperry died Oct. 8,
2011, at Harbor Chase in Vero Beach. She was born in Sylvan Grove, Pa., and lived in Vero Beach for 24 years, coming from Canandaigua, N.Y. She had a career in the insurance indus-try and retired from Loomis & Co., where she was a commercial lines in-surance agent.
Survivors include her husband, Don-ald; daughter, Marla J. Curley; sons, Craig E. Curley and Donald E. “Gene” Curley Jr.; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to ie First Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 520 Royal Palm Blvd., Vero Beach, FL. 32960. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.
Philip B. RinerPhilip B. Riner, 83, died Oct. 10, 2011,
at Palm Garden of Vero Beach. He was born in South Bend, Ind., and moved to Vero Beach in 1984, coming from St. Louis, Mo. He was the advertising manager for Lincoln St. Louis. He was a member and former president of the Automotive Advertisers Council.
Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Lois A. Riner of Vero Beach; son, Todd Riner of Denver; daughter, Nancy Ber-telsmeier of Kansas City, Kan.; and three grandchildren. Memorial contri-butions may be made to the VNA/Hos-pice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is avail-able at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.
Norma Clinton MacomberNorma Clinton Macomber, 80, died
Oct. 8, 2011, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. She was born in Haverhill, Mass., and lived at the Isles of Vero. She retired from the Andover, Mass., school system after 32 years of teaching. She volunteered for the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization, the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, and was a mem-ber of American Legion Post 39 Auxil-iary and Vero Beach Veterans.
Survivors include her daughter, Kim McCabe-Kofman of York Har-bor, Maine; son, Mark Edward Mc-
Cabe; sister, Lorraine Menter of Zephyrhills; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, P.O. Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. Serv-ices: iere will be no services.
Irene S. MahlstedtIrene S. Mahlstedt, 90, died Oct.
8, 2011, at VNA Hospice House. She was born in Sugar Grove, W.Va., and lived in Vero Beach for 28 years, coming from Connecticut. Before retirement, she worked as a medical records administrator. She was of the Episcopal faith. Survivors include her son, iomas Mahlstedt, and daugh-ter, Jennifer Mahlstedt, both of Geor-getown, Mass., and one grandchild. A guestbook may be signed at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.
Henry Harvey ‘Skip’ Martin IIIHenry Harvey ‘Skip’ Martin III of
Vero Beach, died Oct. 13, 2011, at VNA Hospice House. He married Louise Larimer Martin, who survives in Vero Beach. Skip worked many years in the family business, Martin Motors in Mill Hall, Pa. attending auto auctions and selling cars. In 1981, Skip and his wife moved to Vero Beach. He retired in 2003 from the State of Florida as a Highway Engineer. I
He is survived by his wife, two sons, Henry Harvey (Buzzy) Martin IV of Vero Beach and daughter-in-law Tammy, and James Stephen Martin of Lighthouse Point and one daughter, Kathleen (Kai) Martin of Vero Beach. In addition he has one granddaughter, Francesca Martin Fox of Stamford, Conn., and two grandsons, Henry Harvey (Skippy) Martin V of Vero Beach and Zachary Taylor Martin of Lighthouse Point. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach or Vero Christian Church.
Elijah McCloudElijah McCloud, 73, died Oct. 5,
2011, in Vero Beach. He was born in
Garfield, Ga., and had lived in Indian River County for 60 years. Survivors include his wife, Viola McCloud; daughters, Diane M. Hurst and Anita C. Smith, both of Oslo, Shirley B. Hay-es of Miami, and Brenda J. Grimsley of Fort Myers; sons, Toney E. McCloud and Alan Tyrone McCloud, both of Oslo; brother, Wesley McCloud of Vero Beach; sister: Annie Spencer of Miami; and eight grandchildren.
Beverly Ingham MoyerBeverly Ingham Moyer, 85, died
Oct. 8, 2011, at Indian River Medi-cal Center in Vero Beach. She was born in Washington, D.C., and lived in Vero Beach for five years, coming from Palm City. She was an edito-rial researcher for Reader’s Digest for more than 20 years. She was a member of Living Lord Lutheran Church in Vero Beach and formerly a choir member at the Congregational Church, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.
Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Philip Moyer of Vero Beach; son, Jeffrey Moyer of Briarcliff Man-or; daughter, Kimberly Ingham En-sminger of Ringoes, N.J.; and seven grandchildren. Memorial contribu-tions may be made to Salvation Army, 2655 Fifth St. S.W., Vero Beach, FL 32962. An online guestbook is availa-ble at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Marcia K. SchubertMarcia K. Schubert, 82, died Sept.
20, 2011, at her home. She was born in Akron, Ohio, and lived in Vero Beach for 20 years, coming from Mi-ami. She was a member of St. Augus-tine Episcopal Church in Vero Beach. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority and the Red Hat Society.
Survivors include her husband, Kenneth A. Schubert of Vero Beach; daughters, Lisa Schubert of New York City, Carol Kuntz of Winter Park, Rob-in Sells of New Paltz, N.Y. and Wendy
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Hammarstrom of Houston; eight grandchildren; and one great-grand-child. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society , 3375 20th St., Suite 100, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.
Raymond SofrankoRaymond Sofranko, 87, died Oct.
8, 2011, at VNA Hospice House. He was born in Mount Pleasant, Pa., and lived in Vero Beach for 10 years, coming from Lorain, Ohio. He was a member of St. John of the Cross Catholic Church, Vero Beach. Sur-vivors include his wife of 65 years, Esther Urbanski Sofranko of Vero Beach; son, Larry Sofranko of Malta, Ill.; daughter, Kathy Polosky of Lo-rain; brothers, Bill Sofranko of Cleve-land, Ohio, Paul Sofranko of Califor-nia and Tom Sofranko of Avon, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to VNA Hospice of Indian River County, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guest book may be signed at www.lowtherfuneral-home.com.
Clifton WilliamsClifton Williams, 60, died Oct. 8,
2011. He was born in Denmark, S.C., and lived for 35 years in Vero Beach, coming from Bartow. Survivors in-clude his fiancé, Priscilla Hudson of Vero Beach; daughters Peggy Byron, Mary Williams-Taylor and Pearlie Williams, all of Bartow, and Keeyetta Hudson of Vero Beach; sons: Clifton Williams of Bartow, Tony Besler of Tampa and Euton Morris of Vero Beach; brothers, Paul Williams of Bamberg, S.C., McKinley Williams of Columbia, S.C., Joseph Williams of Long Island, N.Y., and Roger Williams of Crescent City; sisters, Elizabeth Bullet of Palatka, Kathryn Chisolm of Denmark, S.C., Alice Ingram, Anna Belle McMillian, Betty Wilkans and Monistine Washington, all of Cresent City, and Samella Williams of Palatka.
Nancy WinterNancy G. Winter, 70, died Oct. 10,
2011, at her home. She was born in Chicago and lived in Vero Beach for nine years, coming from her birth-place. She was a jewelry designer. She owned and operated Winter Designs of Vero Beach. She was a member of John’s Island Club, Indian River Shores. Survivors include her sons, David Schwartz of New York City and Alex Schwartz of Durham, N.C.; and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to Riverside geatre, 3250 Riv-erside Park Drive, Vero Beach, FL 32963-1877. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Jannie Pearl PearceJannie Pearl Cooper Pearce, 86, died
Oct. 5, 2011. She was born in East-man, Ga., and lived in Vero Beach. She was a homemaker. Survivors in-clude her husband, the Rev. Dr. Jim Brown Pearce Sr.; 16 children; broth-ers, Johnny and David Cooper; sister, Mattie Cooper Hanna; 57 grandchil-dren; 102 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great grandchildren.
Floyd Donald QueenFloyd Donald Queen, 68, died
Oct. 12, 2011, at his home. He was born in Harmony, N.C., and lived in Vero Beach since 1972, coming from North Carolina. He worked for Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach and later re-tired after working 18 years with In-dian River County.
Survivors include his son, David Queen of Vero Beach; daughter, Rockette Haberlack of Long Beach, N.Y.; brothers, James Queen of Vero Beach and Wayne Queen of States-ville, N.C.; sisters, Carolyn Widner of Sebastian and Lynda Ford of Vero Beach; and six grandchildren. Me-morial contributions may be made to VNA & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.
Linda BigglesLinda Lorraine Biggles, 66, died
Oct. 17, 2011 at Sebastian River
Medical Center. She was born in New Port, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach for 48 years, coming from Melbourne. Before retirement, she was employed with the state of Florida as a park ranger for 10 years.
Survivors include her sons, Kenny Willoughby and William Willough-by, both of Melbourne; daughters, Kimberly Gehrke of Vero Beach and Lorraine Aiken of Melbourne; broth-ers, Sonny LaTulipe of Richmond, Va., Louis Butch LaTulippe of Palm Bay and Ronald LaTulippe of Home-wood, Ala.; sister, Esther LaTulippe of Melbourne; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. A guest book may be signed at www.strunkfuner-alhome.com.
John ClaytonJohn Oscar Clayton, 54, died Oct.
12, 2011, at his home. He was born in Fellsmere and lived in Vero Beach for six years, coming from Fort Pierce. He was employed as an electrician with the construction industry. He was a member of Mount Olive Mis-sionary Baptist Church in Fellsmere.
Survivors include his wife, Janelle Yearby Clayton of Vero Beach; sons, John Clayton Jr. of Vero Beach; stepson, Javerious Yearby of Oslo; daughters, Yolanda Woods, Lash-ounda Judon, Jada Clayton and Jan-evea Clayton, all of Vero Beach, and Kachina Judon of Orlando; brothers, Henry Clayton of Fort Pierce and geodore Clayton of Palm Bay; and sister, Cynthia Stamps of Lakewood. A guestbook is available at www.sa-rahsmemorial.com.
Lois Marie DanielsLois Marie Daniels, 90, died Oct.
15, 2011, at the Indian River Medi-cal Center, Vero Beach. She was born in Indianapolis and moved to Vero Beach in 1944 from Tallahas-see. She was the office manager and bookkeeper for Golden River Fruit Co. before her retirement. She was a member of King’s Baptist Church, Vero Beach. She served as an officer in the VFW auxiliary.
Survivors include her daughters, Sandra Daniel of White City, and
Penny Crowe of Vero Beach; sons, Gene Daniels Jr. and Richard Daniels, both of Okeechobee; brother, David Harlan of Crawfordville; eight grand-children; and 10 great-grandchildren. Condolences may be sent through www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.
Dean EstepDean Allen Estep, 57, died Oct. 14,
2011, at Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach. He was born in Altoo-na, Pa., and lived in Vero Beach for many years, coming from Pennsyl-vania. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. He was employed by Jim Baird Cabinetry. Survivors include his daughter, Deanna Cangi-alosi of Vero Beach; mother, Martha Cherry of Tipton, Pa.; and brother, Mike Estep of Pennsylvania.
Walter JonesWalter H. Jones, 87, died Oct. 19,
2011, at his home. He was born in Chicago, wintered in Vero Beach since 1983 before moving permanently to Vero Beach in 2004, coming from Union, Maine and Willsboro, N.Y.He ran his own marketing consulting business until his retirement. He was a member of St. Augustine of Canter-bury Episcopal Church, Vero Beach.
Survivors include his wife, Patti Sherman Jones of Vero Beach; sons, W. Steven Jones of Rio Verdi, Ariz., and Scott D. Jones of Valley Village, Calif.; daughter, Kathleen Jones Dyer of Flanders, N.J.; stepson, William Mallia of Plymouth, Mass.; sisters, Dolores Nejedly and Margaret John-son, both of California; five grand-children; and two great-grandchil-dren. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Asso-ciation , P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
John Paul Kistler, Sr.John Paul Kistler, Sr., 75, died Oct.
14, 2011 following a brief illness in Johnson City, Tenn. He was born June 25, 1936 in Pittsburgh. He graduated from Duquesne University in Pitts-burgh and shortly thereafter moved to Vero Beach, the place he would
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call home for the next 45 years. Paul was a devout Catholic, a member of St. Helen Church in Vero Beach and a loving husband, father and friend to many. He was a realtor in Vero for over 30 years, finding joy in helping other put roots down in the town he had come to grow so fond of. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the charity of one’s choice or simply help someone in need during these difficult economic times in memory of him. Condolences may be sent at www.coxgifford seawinds.com.
Gary KohlstonGary L. Kohlston, 56, died Oct. 15,
2011, in Vero Beach. He was born in Jersey City, N.J., and lived in Vero Beach for 48 years, coming from New Jersey. He worked as a mason.
Survivors include his daughter, Rachel Kohlston of Vero Beach; and sister, Jean Whitson of Cocoa Beach. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.
William Ahrens LakeWilliam Ahrens Lake, 93, of Vero
Beach, passed away Oct. 9, 2011 at VNA Hospice House. He was born in New York City on April 12, 1918. In 1999, he moved to Vero Beach, where he continued his work as a Hospice volunteer. He was also a member of the Vero Beach Country Club and St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed playing the game until the age of 92.
Survivors include: his loving wife of 12 years, Betty Jane Lake; his son, Wil-liam A. Lake Jr. and his wife, Virginia, of Austin, Texas; his daughter, Debra L. Lusk and her husband, Michael, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; his grand-daughter, Whitney Lake Harlan of Austin, Texas; his grandson, Wil-liam A. Lake III of Austin, Texas; his granddaughter, Danielle M. Count of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania; his great-grandchildren, Jamison, Rei-na, and Vivian of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania and Ainsley of Austin, Texas. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association at P.O. Box 11454, Alex-
andria, VA 22312 or www.diabetes.org. A guestbook may be signed at www. lowtherfuneralhome.com.
Marie McGovernMarie Ann McGovern, 73, died Oct.
19, 2011, at her home. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach for 15 years, coming from New Windsor, N.Y. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Vero Beach. She was a former member of fe Moorings Club, Vero Beach.
Survivors include her sons, Michael McGovern of Circleville, N.Y., Mark McGovern of Darien, Conn., and Patrick McGovern of Rye Brook, N.Y.; daughter, Deirdre Barnes of Fair Hope, Ala.; brothers, James Haigney of Vero Beach, William Haigney of Hunting-ton, N.Y., and Stephen Haigney of Syracuse, N.Y.; sister, Margaret Taylor of Lynbrook, N.Y.; and nine grandchil-dren. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Donald J. MurrayDr. Donald J. Murray, 76, died Oct.
16, 2011. He was born in Coral Gables and lived in Vero Beach. He was on the board of directors for the Home-less Family Center, Vero Beach, for several years. He was vice mayor of In-dian River Shores from 1999 to 2003.
Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Ann Cossaart; daughter, Peggy Davis of Alexandria, Va.; sons, Jim Murray of Greenville, S.C., and Michael Mur-ray of Orlando; brother, John Murray of Coral Gables; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Homeless Family Center, P.O. Box 650855, Vero Beach, FL 32965-0855. An online guest book may be signed at www.lowtherfuneralhome.
Jack O’NeilJack W. O’Neil, 85, died Oct. 19,
2011 at Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach. He was born in Mil-waukee and lived in Vero Beach for 18 years, coming from Chicago. He was a member of St. Helen Catholic Church in Vero Beach. Survivors include his daughters, Connie O’Neil Ambrose of Louisville, Ky., and Eileen O’Neil Grigutis of New Albany, Ind.; com-
panion, Pat Cannon of Vero Beach; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Memorial contributions may be made to Humane Society of Vero Beach, P.O. Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. A guest book may be signed at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
Annie M. PotanovichAnnie M. Potanovich, 83, died Oct.
15, 2011, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. She was born in Bluefield, W.Va., and lived in Vero Beach for 23 years, coming from Bridgeport, Conn. She was a member of the Red Hat Society in Vero Beach and the Asbury United Methodist Church in Vero Beach.
Survivors include her husband of 33 years, George of Vero Beach; and one grandchild. 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.lowtherfuneralhome.com.
Burton Leroy RhodesBurton Leroy Rhodes, 88, died Aug.
8, 2011, at Indian River Medical Cent-er, Vero Beach. He was born in Hunt-ington Woods, Mich., and lived in Vero Beach for 19 years, coming from Fort Lauderdale where he moved in 1942. He was a member of First Unit-ed Methodist Church of Vero Beach, a Master Mason and member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Lake Worth and the Hi-12 Club of Vero Beach.
Survivors include three grandchil-dren; and five great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice. A guestbook is available at www.coxgif-fordseawinds.com.
Marie Ann McGovernMarie Ann McGovern, 73, died Oct.
19, 2011 at her home in Vero Beach. She was born in Brooklyn, NY and lived in Vero Beach for 15 years com-ing from New Windsor, NY. Mrs. In Vero Beach, Marie was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, a mem-ber and avid tennis player at the Moor-ings Club. Survivors include her sons, Michael McGovern of Circleville, NY,
Mark McGovern (Deirdre) of Darien, Ct. and Patrick McGovern (Christine) of Rye Brook, NY; daughter, Deirdre Barnes (Tim) of Fair Hope, AL; broth-ers, James Haigney (Timothy Sanchez) of Vero Beach, Bill Haigney (Ellen) of Huntington St., NY and Steve Haigney (Teresa) of Syracuse, NY; and sister, Margaret Taylor (Frank) of Lynbrook, NY and 9 grandchildren. An online guestbook is available at www.strunk funeralhome.com
Vaddere StinsonVaddere Martin Stinson, 80, died
Oct. 19, 2011, at Consulate Health Care in Vero Beach. She was born in Vernon and was a lifetime resi-dent of Wabasso. Before retirement, she worked as a registered nurse at Indian River Medical Hospital. She was a lifetime member of the Allen Chapel AME Church in Wabasso and a member of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her sons, Robert L. Stinson of Coconut Creek, Luther G. Stinson Jr. of Cocoa Beach, Ken-neth T. Stinson of Palm Bay and Ker-ry L. Stinson of Wabasso; daughters, Ellen J. Stinson of Melbourne, Teresa Dawkins of Vero Beach and Sheila J. Smith of Vero Beach; sister, Willie Mae Green of Vero Beach; 27 grand-children; and 30 great-grandchildren. An online guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.
Alfred BagshawAlfred Allen Bagshaw, 83, died Oct.
21, 2011, at VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. He was born in Henry-ville, Ind., and lived in Wabasso for 52 years, coming from Henryville. He worked as a machinist for Piper Air-craft for 28 years before retirement. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Fellsmere.
Survivors include his stepdaugh-ter, Joyce Edwards of Vero Beach; brother, Donald Bagshaw of Taylors-ville, Ky.; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Memo-rial contributions may be made to Humane Society of Vero Beach, P.O. Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. An online guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.
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BY CHRISTINA TASCONVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY
Education Foundation supporters,with a proud history of giving Indi-an River County students, teachers,and school administrators a helpinghand, celebrated 20 years of successwith a “Going Platinum” dance.
Everyone attending had in somemeasure been a champion to seethat through education and guid-ance every child is able to achievethe skills they will need to be pro-ductive adults.
Cynthia Falardeau, the executivedirector, and Program CoordinatorMary Minor were praised by John
Campione, a past president andAdrian Smith, the current presi-dent. Campione said, “Our organi-zation is very fortunate to have suchgenerous donors and especially bothCynthia and Mary.”
Jay Hart, also a past president, said“Education is these kids’ ticket tosuccess and will give them opportu-nities in life like no other.”
Ye dining room at Quail ValleyRiver Club was decorated with re-cord albums of hit songs which hadeither gone platinum or had a schoolrelated title.
Buffet stations were set aroundthe room and on the outside deck
as board members and supporterswere enticed on the dance floor bythe Dee Dee Wilde Band playingjazz, R&B and classics.
Newest board member Brian El-well said he had worked as a CPAwith many of the non-profit agen-cies. “I think they are a strong boardand a very successful organizationand I just hope to be a part of con-tinuing their work,” he said.
The Education Foundation’s suc-cess is partly due to its independ-ent nature. The foundation sup-ports any student that needs helpwhether they are from a public,charter or private school. This al-
lows them to avoid the bureau-cracy and red tape that comesfrom traditional funding sources.Their newest program, “Vision forReading,” is an exciting new ven-ture. This program will purchaseelectronic gauges which can scanthe student’s vision easily to see ifthe may have visual issues whichmay be a hindrance to their abilityto read.
President Adrian Smith says this isjust one of the six current programswhich benefits the whole school sys-tem and has made the organizationsuch a benefit to the communityover the last twenty years.
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Education Foundation celebrates 20 years of success
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA TASCONJennifer Jones, Jeanine Harris and past President John Campione
Dale & Matilde Sorensen and Mary Beth & John McDonald Shelagh McCracken, past President Jay Hart and Exec. Dir. Cynthia Faladeau
Lynn Hall, Kathy Carlson, President Adrian Smith, Jennifer & Chip Watson
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Indian River County Recreation DepartmentMen’s Fall Schedule 2011
Wednesday, November 2nd6:30 p.m.
Team Velocity vs. Select FloorsIndian River Dentistry vs. Florida Eye Institute Real Living All Florida vs. Wal-Greens/BCM StorageMy Electrician vs. Orchid Island Construction
7:30 p.m.Perfection Paint & Body vs. Select FloorsCunningham’s vs. My ElectricianOrchid Island Construction vs. Florida Eye InstituteWal-Greens / BCM Storage vs. Indian River Dentistry
8:30 p.m.Clark Chiropractic vs. Perfection Paint & BodyStrickland Automotive vs. Cunningham’s
Monday, November 7th6:30 p.m.
1st Church / Xpress Mattress vs. Florida Eye InstituteIndian River Dentistry vs. My ElectricianStevi B’s vs. Cunningham’s1st Church/Don’s Imports vs. Lowther Funeral Home
7:30 p.m.Orchid Island Construction vs. 1st Church/Xpress MattressEdward Murphy MD Surgery vs. Precision Cuts ServicesJim Rott Home Improv. vs. 1st Church/Don’s ImportsLowther Funeral Home vs. State Farm
8:30 p.m.Clark Chiropractic vs. Team Velocity State Farm vs. Edward Murphy MD SurgeryPrecision Cuts Services vs. Jim Rott Home Improv.Strickland Automotive vs. Wal-Greens / BCM Storage
Wednesday, November 9th6:30 p.m.
Perfection Paint & Body vs. Team VelocityReal Living All Florida vs. Orchid Island ConstructionMy Electrician vs. Wal-Greens / BCM Storage
7:30 p.m.Select Floors vs. Perfection Paint & BodyStrickland Automotive vs. Real Living All FloridaStevi B’s vs. Florida Eye Institute
8:30 p.m.Select Floors vs. Clark Chiropractic Cunningham’s vs. Indian River Dentistry
Monday, November14th6:30 p.m.
Real Living All Florida vs. Stevi B’s Florida Eye Institute vs. My Electrician Edward Murphy MD Surgery vs. Lowther Funeral HomeTeam Velocity vs. Clark Chiropractic
7:30 p.m.1st Church / Xpress Mattress vs. Strickland AutomotiveJim Rott Home Improv. vs. Edward Murphy MD Surgery 1st Church / Don’s Imports vs. State Farm Lowther Funeral Home vs. Precision Cuts Services
8:30 p.m.Stevi B’s vs. 1st Church / Xpress Mattress State Farm vs. Jim Rott Home Improv.Precision Cuts Services vs. 1st Church / Don’s ImportsIndian River Dentistry vs. Orchid Island Construction
Wednesday, November 16th6:30 p.m.
Select Floors vs. Clark Chiropractic Real Living All Florida vs. Indian River DentistryStevi B’s vs. My ElectricianFlorida Eye Institute vs. Strickland Automotive
7:30 p.m.Clark Chiropractic vs. Select Floors Team Velocity vs. Perfection Paint & BodyOrchid Island Construction vs. Real Living All FloridaWal-Greens / BCM Storage vs. Cunningham’s
Indian River County Recreation DepartmentCoed Fall Schedule
Tuesday, November 1st6:30pm
Tailgators vs. Indian River TaekwondoDiamond Cutters vs. Mulligan’s Beach House New Vision Eye Center vs. Piper Aircraft
7:30 p.m.Tailgators vs. VOVN New Vision Eye Center vs. Mulligan’s Beach HouseDiamond Cutters vs. Piper Aircraft *
Thursday, November 3rd6:30 p.m.
Piper Aircraft vs. Diamond Cutters America’s Best Auto Body vs. Cal Builders
7:30 p.m.Cal Builders vs. VOVN Indian River Taekwondo vs. America’s Best Auto Body
Tuesday, November 8th6:30 p.m.
America’s Best Auto Body vs. TailgatorsNew Vision Eye Center vs. Diamond Cutters *Mulligan’s Beach House vs. Piper Aircraft *
7:30 p.m.Tailgators vs. Cal BuildersVOVN vs. Indian River Taekwondo New Vision Eye Center vs. Mulligan’s Beach House *
Thursday, November 10th6:30 p.m.
Piper Aircraft vs. New Vision Eye Center
7:30 p.m.Tailgators vs. America’s Best Auto Body
COED A DIVISION PLAYOFFS
Tuesday, November 15th6:30 p.m.
Seed 5 vs. Seed 2 (Game 1)
7:30 p.m.Seed 4 vs. Seed 3 (Game 2)
Thursday, November 17th
6:30 p.m.Winner of Game 2 vs. Seed 1 (Game 3)
7:30 p.m.Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of (Game 3)
COED B DIVISION PLAYOFFS
Tuesday, November 15th6:30 p.m.
Seed 4 vs. Seed 1 (Game 1) Seed 3 vs. Seed 2 (Game 2)
7:30 p.m.Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
Indian River County Recreation DepartmentFootball Scores
FLAG FOOTBALL
Jr. Mighty Mites Results
October 20thVero Radiology Associates Razorbacks 12, Wells Fargo Irish 0Razorbacks scoring: TD Alexander Beare, TD Raines HolmesOutstanding Players: Collin Nance and John BiermanIrish Outstanding Players: Vance Mullanack and Jack Carpenter
Photography by Michael Siegel Buckeyes 13, Children’s Discovery Volunteers 6Buckeyes scoring: TD Major Croom, TD Steven SpanglerOutstanding Players: Jean Galbard and Jacob SmithVolunteer scoring: TD Andrew Klipstine. Outstanding Players: Chase Hill and Jason Mercuri
October 22ndBill Baysura with Dale Sorensen Real Estate Sparta 18, Children’sDiscovery Volunteers 0 Spartans scoring: TD Blake Bales, TD Zachariah Sigmon, TD Liam BaysuraOutstanding Players: Zach Miller and Drew HurleyVolunteers Outstanding Players: Torrey Pursel and Trace Rahal
Vero Radiology Associates Razorbacks 16, Indian River Federal Credit Union Seminoles 0Razorbacks scoring: TD Alexander Beare, 2 PAT James HassellOutstanding Players: Aiden Fettig and Tyler BeareSeminoles Outstanding Players: Louis Brown and Chauncey Johnson
FloridaScapes Lawn Service Gators 16, Photography by Michael Siegel Buckeyes 6Gators scoring: TD Dylan Redmon, TD 2 PAT JJ King, 2 PAT Jacob JenkinsOutstanding Players: Joey DeLuke and Ethan CampbellBuckeyes scoring: TD Devin WillisOutstanding Players: Major Croom and Steven Spankle
Tot-Time Results
October 22ndGold Coast Turbine Inc. Saints 0, Atlantic Pool Cleaning Bears 0Saints Outstanding Players: Will Russell and Harrison ReebBears Outstanding Players: James Diskin and Anthowne “Deuce”Montgomery
Vero Beach Radiology Associates Titans 0, Indian River Federal Credit Union Browns 0Titans Outstanding Players: Miller Armstead and Will HoldermanBrowns Outstanding Players:Sage Morrow and Sean Connolley
AT&T Real Yellow Pages Eagles 0, Wells Fargo Chargers 0Eagles Outstanding Players: Tyrone Davis and Peirce GenoniChargers Outstanding Players: Ashton Wetmiller and Andrew Bikel
TACKLE FOOTBALL
Jr. Midgets Results
October 22ndAT&T Real Yellow Pages Chargers 0, Wells Fargo Lions 0Outstanding Players: Chargers, Hunter Parris; Lions: Robbie Sanders
Midgets Results
October 20thAce Plumbing Patriots 13, Play It Again Sports Packers 6Patriots: Landon Wilson 50 yd. TD, Tyler Burch 1 PAT, Drew MacFarlane 45 yd. TDPackers: Willie Mosley 7 yd. TD
Norris & Company Real Estate Vikings 12, Indian River Federal Credit Union Cardinals 6Vikings: Erin Payne 22 yd. TD, 45 yd. TDCardinals: DeMarcus Harris 8 yd. TD
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