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Nana's 'crow helps give children a loving home

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BY LINDA WIGGINS

There could not be a better time to name Nana's House as the charity to benefit from the Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival this month. The faith-based charity takes in children as an alternative to placement in the state foster care system.

The virtually all-vounteer effort is in the middle of construction of an eighthome community with a shared multipurpose building in West Melbourne to expand capacity to 40 children, and a number of the structures are being built by custom home builders who are part of building boom of homes and businesses in Viera.

Also, the Nana's House mission is a favorite among donors, volunteers and church missions across the Viera/Suntree area.

“We really want to blow the lid off anything we have done before to benefit the community,” said Jill BlueGaines, founder and CEO of the expo, marketing and media firm Bluewater Creative Group that publishes Viera Voice, sister newspaper Senior Life and its annual Boomer Guide.

“We want people to enjoy coming around to all 36 artistic, creative scarecrows and schoolcrows on the mapped route, and ultimately we want people to buy these scarecrows for

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Molly Doroban of Suntree with daughters Sadie, 1, and Harper, 3, get a sneak peek at Nana Likes to Crow with Nana's House founder Kim Frodge, left, and scarecrow designer Melanie Delman.The creation will be among 36 artistic, creative scarecrows along a route across the greater Viera/Suntree area Oct. 6 through 20 and then moved to the Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival Oct. 22 at The Avenue Viera.

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as much money as possible in the silent auction because every dollar goes to give these children a safe, healthy home.” Proceeds from schoolcrows go to benefit their schools.

The event is in two parts. The first part is the Scarecrow Stroll across the Viera/Suntree community from Oct. 6 to 20. Attendees take a ballot map, which is inserted in this month's Viera Voice and at locations along the stroll, and check out each 'crow. They must prove the in-person visit by jotting down a secret code on the ballot posted at each 'crow location.

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The second part of the event is the Harvest Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 22 at The Avenue Viera, to which the scarecrows will be moved for display and put up for auction at the end of the event.

The Nana's House scarecrow, named Nana Likes to Crow, tells the story of the charity's mission in more ways than one.

First, it depicts a “Nana” scarecrow sitting in a chair with a child sitting on her lap in a loving embrace.

“That's what makes this work, that our houseparents love these children and are totally committed volunteers with a passion to heal the children in their care,” said Kim Frodge, Nana's house founder and volunteer executive director. “We are so excited to be able to illustrate our mission personally to so many families on the Scarecrow Stroll and really excited to benefit our children with the proceeds of the scarecrow auction.”

Second, all of the materials used to make the completely-from-scratch creation were obtained at the Nana's House thrift cottages, located at 2540 Malabar Road and 2715 Garden Street in Malabar.

“I didn't want to just illustrate the mission of Nana's House,” said Nana's House volunteer Melanie Delman, the artist who designed the Nana-andchild 'crow, ”but also promote the great thrift stores that help us to run the operations with no government assistance of any kind.”

Third, the location of the Nana 'crow shines a light on the first builder to step forward and build one of the homes as a donation, Christopher Burton Luxury Homes, a popular builder of homes across Viera. The 'crow will be hosted at a Burton new home model in the Wyndham community in west Viera.

Other donor builders of the nine structures, whose foundations are now being poured, include Stanley Homes, D&M Enterprise, LifeStyle Homes, MH Williams Construction and George Construction (three homes) and Beachland Construction. VV For more information on the Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival, go to VieraVoice. com/scarecrow-stroll or call 321-242-1235.

For more information on Nana's House, go to nanaschildrenshome.com or call 321-724-5111.

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Viera to complain about the proposed interchange. About two dozen spoke out against the plan, citing concerns about increased traffic, accidents and noise.

The interchange, a $14 million joint project between the state and The Viera Co., is meant to ease traffic tieups at the Fiske Boulevard and I-95 interchange to the north and the Wickham Road interchange to the south, FDOT planners say.

Work could start in fall 2017 and the project, currently in its design stage, could wrap up 14 to 16 months later, Owen said. The Viera Co. is providing right-of-way for the project.

The project also would

widen Viera Boulevard from two lanes to four lanes west of Tavistock Drive to west of Porada Drive and from east of Herons’ Landing to U.S. 1.

The interchange would be the second built in Florida.

Another Diverging Diamond Interchange is under construction at Interstate 75 and University Parkway in Sarasota, according to the website divergingdiamond. com. Others are planned in Fort Myers, Naples, Miami and Jacksonville.

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VanDeMark, noting that Wuesthoff Medical Center -Rockledge recently hosted a similar event. “This gives children an opportunity in a nonclinical setting to see what an examination would be like at a doctor’s office.”

Dr. Jamie Burrows will be among the Wuesthoff physicians participating in the clinic. She’s hoping for a big turnout, thanks in part to the popularity of the Disney Junior show “Doc McStuffins,” in which 6-year-old Dottie “Doc” McStuffins cares for stuffed animals and toys in her playhouse clinic.

“It should be an exciting and fun event,” Burrows said.

The clinic is one of several free events that families can enjoy at the Harvest Festival.

There is also the Zucchini 500 Race, live music by the Penny Creek Band and a children’s Mini-crow contest with prizes.

Scarecrows from Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll will be on display and available for bidding to benefit the Nana’s House charity. VV For more event or vendor information, call 321-242-1235.

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Dr. Jamie Burrows of Wuesthoff Health System will give kids' plush animals and toys a checkup at a stuffed animal clinic during the Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival Oct. 22 at The Avenue Viera.

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At the Wuesthoff Health System tent, a physician will give stuffed animals a physical exam, said Diana Solis VanDeMark, Wuesthoff's director of marketing and communcations.

“We’re going to check their heartbeats, check their ears, their reflexes just the way you would at a physical,” VanDeMark said.

Kids will get a wellness card for their plush animal after the checkup, she said.

The clinic gives doctors a chance to have a little fun and might even help calm kids’ fears of physicians and exams, VanDeMark said.

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Mini-Crows are a hit at the Harvest Festival

BY LINDA WIGGINS

The Mini-Crow division added last year to the Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival was a huge hit and this year promises to provide even more creative entertainment. Children who wish to build a scarecrow of their own and bring it at the start of the festival can win $100 in cash prizes. There is no entry fee.

While traditional ’crows will be posted across the greater Viera/Suntree area from Oct. 6 through 20 and moved to the Harvest Festival, the Mini-Crows will be on display only at the Saturday, Oct. 22 event held at The

Avenue Viera’s Central Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Unlike the traditional scarecrows in the event, the Mini-Crows will not be auctioned for charity but remain the child's property.

The Mini-Crow division was created to give children a chance to partake, Viera Voice publisher Jill Blue-Gaines said. Many of the children who took part are hard at work on this year's entry.

“It was a lot of fun getting to go to the craft store and get a bunch of stuff to build it, and it was really exciting to win,” said Hailey Scalia, a student at Ralph Williams Elementary school in Viera East. Hailey won for her Star

Wars-themed Leia Crow, and this year she is working on a Harry Potter Crow.

It was family fun that kept on giving, said Hailey's mom, Amy. “It was like at Christmas, you keep finding pine needles for months. We kept finding straw all over the place. But it brought back great memories and it was totally worth it. I feel really fortunate to live in a community that provides so many opportunities for the kids to become engaged and participate.” VV Rules and a registration form can be found online at vieravoice.com/scarecrowstroll. For more information, call 321-242-1235.

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Last year's addition of the Mini-Crow division was a hit and promises even more creative entertainment at the Oct. 22 Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival at The Avenue Viera.

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Viera cross country teams have reasons for optimism

HOLY TRINITY CROSS COUNTRY Oct. 1 – at Great American Cross Country Festival in Cary, N.C. Oct. 8 – at FSU Invitational (prestate meet) at FSU Oct. 22 – Class 1A, District 11 meet (girls 8 a.m., boys 8:30 a.m.)

Oct. 29 – Class 2A, Region 3 meet (girls 8 a.m., boys 8:30 a.m.)

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Oct. 26 – Class 1A, District 5 at N. County Aquatic Center, 3 p.m.

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Oct. 20 – Class 5A, District 7 Tournament finals at Cocoa, 7 p.m.

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VIERA VOICE Courtesy Jon Campbell

The Viera boys cross country team could be on the verge of another strong season, especially considering the top five runners are all running within 30 seconds of each other.

BY CARL KOTALA

While the Viera girls cross country team is working hard to take care of a little unfinished business this season, the boys team is looking to maintain its recent success with a new coach … who was one of them not that long ago.

Jon Campbell, who graduated from Viera in 2012, is the new boys coach, replacing Ron Abel, who had to leave because of a job transfer.

“He did a very good job of building up the Viera boys cross country program,” Campbell said, “It’s definitely changed … as far as the caliber of athletes that we have. I’m very happy to carry the torch for him.”

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The Viera High girls team has a lot of young runners who are continuing to improve throughout the year as they prepare for the postseason.

The Hawks, who finished 11th in the state Class 3A meet last season, have a realistic chance at winning the district and regional titles this season thanks to a group of runners that run very close together.

Viera’s top five of seniors Josh Dean, Alex Krestan and Colin Quigley, junior Jack Gillespie and sophomore Andy Martinez are running times that are within 30 seconds of each other, which can be very advantageous.

“The team’s doing really well,” Krestan said. “We’re all dropping our times steadily. I feel like we can get to states.”

Viera’s girls team would love to join the boys at the state meet, especially after coming so close last season.

“Last year, we fell on some

late-season injuries and illnesses that kind of came back to haunt us,” Viera girls coach Kate Howick said. “We didn’t finish as well as we would have liked last year.

“Our goal this year hasn’t changed. We’re eying a district runner-up spot (behind Merritt Island). We keep improving every year at regionals and last year we were within three spots of advancing to states. That was tough because those three spots were so close together.”

The good thing for the Hawks is that top runner Abbi Liddle has gotten off to a strong start, even posting a new personal best.

“I’m about where I was last year when we finished, but I’m trying to get to the 19’s,” Liddle said. “I’m at 21:23

possible — you might think the Viera High boys and girls golf teams might be in more of a rebuilding mode this season.

Think again.

If anything, the Hawks are making plans to be back in Howie-in-the-Hills to play at the Mission Inn and Resort Oct. 25 and 26 in the Class 3A state tournament.

“Our team is young this year, but we show a lot of potential,” Viera senior Samantha Brimhall said. “I think our girls definitely have some strong capabilities and I think we can possibly go all the way this year and win states, but we’ll definitely have to work hard.”

Brimhall, who won a state title with Viera in 2014, isn’t

the only one who thinks the Hawks can be special this season.

With returner Trinity Falzone and newcomers like Mary Kate Smith, Manon Donche-Gay and Briana Gabe, plus Dianna Johnson, Madison Whitlock and Melissa Luciani in the mix, the Hawks expect to be quite formidable once again.

“I’m excited,” Viera girls coach Greg Ford said. “I think we can achieve great things. Our goals haven’t changed. It’s still to get to the state tournament.

It’s always been my belief that you can’t win it unless you’re there.

“We’ve won eight district (titles) in a row. We’d like to continue that streak and then get through the

right now.”

If the Hawks are going to make it to the state meet, the rest of their runners are going to have to close the gap between Liddle and the rest of her teammates.

Fortunately, the Hawks are already seeing improvement from sophomore Sammie Pippett, junior Taylor Seely, senior Raena Karl and junior Claire Mitchell.

Liddle, Karl and junior Melinda Schmitz are co-captains.

If everything goes right for the girls, there could be two Viera teams at the state meet this season. VV For separate stories on the Viera boys and girls cross country teams, go to vieravoice.com

Newcomers, experienced returners have Viera golf teams thinking big

VIERA VOICE Carl Kotala

Viera High junior Calvin Sierota has placed fifth and 12th individually in his last two trips to the state tournament. This year, he and the Hawks are hoping for another strong finish.

BY CARL KOTALA

After each team lost five seniors — ­ including key players who helped make a trip to the state tournament

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Viera High senior Tyler Greek and the Hawks are hoping to erase the memory of a disappointing state tournament last year with a strong finish in 2016.

regionals and get back to the state tournament and see what can happen.”

Boys coach Paul Bentley,

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Suntree CC tennis pro finds coaching success at U.S. Open

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works out with mixed doubles, sometimes they get delayed,” Davis said. “So it ended up being we spent several days on the practice courts.

I got to spend time with Laura on the court and we connected while we were out there working on stuff for their mixed matches.

“At the end of the event, she (said) she was looking VIERA VOICE Courtesy Paul Davis for someone Suntree Country Club tennis pro Paul Davis, left, to attend some posed for a photo with Laura Siegemund and Mate events with her, Pavic on center court just before their victory in the U.S. Open Mixed Doubles final. Davis recently to come work started coaching Siegemund. with her this last portion of the

BY CARL KOTALA year.”

The first event Davis went When Laura Siegemund to with Siegemund was in and Mate Pavic won the Bastad, Sweden where she mixed doubles championship would go on to win her first at last month’s U.S. Open, WTA singles title.

Paul Davis wasn’t just Davis was already watching every point.

He was living through them scheduled to be at the U.S. Open with Sitak, who was vicariously. playing in the men’s doubles That’s because the Suntree Country Club tennis event. Siegemund and Pavic, meanwhile, paired for mixed pro has been coaching doubles minutes before the Siegemund, a 28-year-old entry deadline.

German, since July.

They had never played Davis and Siegemund met together, but ended up not at Wimbledon, where she was losing a set and beat CoCo paired with another player he Vandeweghe and Rajeev Ram was coaching, Artem Sitak, in 6-4, 6-4 in the finals. the mixed doubles event.

“It was amazing,” Davis said.

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In the meantime, the 45-year-old Davis will continue to balance coaching Siegemund and Sitak with his job as the Suntree Country Club pro and the owner of two Nature’s Table restaurants, including one in Suntree.

“As my friends have told me, I’ve done this backwards,” Davis said. “Most people come right off of playing and go out and start coaching players. I did (the) reverse. I got myself established, got a couple of restaurants, became the head pro at Suntree and created a

good team there.

“Then, obviously by fortune, I was contacted by my buddy who was the main coach for Artem. When (Artem) went full-time doubles (in Jan. 2015), he called me to come in and be the doubles specialist on the team.

“And of course, once you’re out there, you’re out there.

It’s wonderful. I love it. It’s nice to throw a change into something you already enjoy.

I’ve been blessed enough to be able to teach. Now you’re able to teach at that level and with that level of player. It creates all kinds of things I can bring home to the club.

It’s really a great thing.” VV

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Oct. 13 – Class 3A, District 16 Tournament at Duran Oct. 17 – Class 3A, Region 6 Tournament at Royal St. Cloud, 8 a.m.

Oct. 25-26 – Class 3A Region 6 Tournament and Mission Inn and Resort, Howie-in-the-Hills VARSITY SWIMMING Oct. 6 – Cape Coast Conference Diving at Cocoa Beach Aquatic Center Oct. 7 – Cape Coast Conference Swimming at Cocoa Beach Aquatic Center Oct. 8 – Space Coast Invitational at Cocoa Beat Aquatic Center Oct. 13 – Green vs. Gold (Senior Night) at Sherwood Pool, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 19 – Class 3A, District 5 Meet at Indian River Aquatics Center, 10 a.m.

Oct. 28-29 – Class 3A, Region 2 Meet at Simpson Park (diving) and Ed Gandy Pool in Lakeland

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Holy Trinity cross country has promising future

Sports schedules Continued from page 9 VARSITY VOLLEYBALL All matches at 7:15 p.m. unless noted * District match Oct. 5 – Hagerty* Oct. 6 – Bayside (Senior Night) Oct. 7-8 – at Dig Pink Tournament Oct. 13 – at Holy Trinity (Pink Game) Oct. 17 – Class 8A, District 6 Quarterfinals, TBA Oct. 18 – Class 8A, District 6 Semifinals at Harmony, 5:30/7 Oct. 20 – Class 8A, District 6 Championship at Harmony, 7 p.m.

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While the Holy Trinity boys cross country team is in a rebuilding mode, the girls should be ready to make another run to the state meet.

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One team has the state’s top-ranked runner and a legitimate shot at a top-five finish at the state meet.

The other has a lot of young runners who could be capable of pulling off something big in the years to come.

So in summing up the Holy Trinity cross country program right now, you could say the Tigers have not only an exciting present, but also a bright future.

The top runner in the program, by far, is senior

Samantha Folio. Not only is she ranked No. 1 in Class 1A, she has also been a team captain since her freshman year, so she knows how to lead a team.

The Tigers, ranked eighth in the state, lost three of their top four runners from last season, but have eight runners with some varsity experience.

Joining Folio are eighthgraders Brooke Sibiter and Alexa Baker, freshman Amelia Anello, sophomore Sasha Wiechecki Vergara and seniors Abby McHenry, Mackenzie Wills and Claire Layton.

“I think we’re capable of a lot more than we’ve shown,” Folio said. “We just need to get into the groove and then we’ll be getting better. “… I think we’ll place pretty good at state. We’re definitely going to make it and we’re going to show that we’re still good.”

The boys, meanwhile, are trying to work their way back after losing 27 of 30 runners following the dismissal of then-coach Doug Butler two years ago.

Now, coach Scott Baker has a lot of young talent to work with that could have

the Tigers back among the state’s elite one day.

“It’s going to take them a year or two, but they’re going to do really well in the future,” Baker said. “I’m optimistic about the boys.

They’re already as good or better than they were last year, and it’s the beginning of the season.”

Led by Bryan Baker, a freshman running cross country for the first time, the Tigers aren’t kidding when they say they have a young team.

Cole Hewett and Mark Adams are seventh graders, while Walker Johnson and Jack Sattile are in the eighth grade. Chris Selby is a freshman and Josh Knight is a junior.

“They’re not just young, they actually have the ability to run,” Scott Baker said. “It’s just a matter of time.”

The key right now, Baker said, is making sure the young runners enjoy themselves this season.

Bryan Baker said the team has already formed a bond.

“We’ve got a really young team,” he said. “We feel as the years go on, we’ll get closer and closer and that will lead toward more success.” VV For separate stories on the Holy Trinity boys and girls cross country teams, go to vieravoice.com

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Holy Trinity golf teams eyeing district tournament

BY CARL KOTALA

The boys team will be looking to end a two-year district title drought, while the girls and their new coaching staff are hoping to play well enough in the district tournament to move

The Holy Trinity boys and girls golf teams both have their sights set squarely on their respective district tournaments.

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Of course, a trip to the state isn’t out of the question, either.

“In order for us to make it to state, our kids are going to have to play their ‘A’ game, every one of them, which they’re capable of doing,” Holy Trinity boys coach Ron Benfield said. “I’ve got four kids who are capable of shooting in the 70s.”

Chief among them are top players Brandon Schwab and Tom Baez, who have both shown a lot of improvement since last season.

“I would say my long game has definitely been a lot better,” said Baez, a senior.

“I’m starting to drive the ball over 300 yards, which is a huge improvement.

I’m starting to consistently shoot lower scores.”

Other top players on the boys team are sophomore Daniel Muniz and Ludovico Martinenghi, a junior foreign exchange student from Spain who has been among the Tigers' most consistent players.

Junior Carter Thomas has been playing No. 5 for Holy Trinity while seventh-grader Cody Royston is loaded with potential.

The Tigers will host the district and regional tournament at Suntree Country Club this year, which should help Holy Trinity.

“This is going to be a completely different environment (which should give us an) advantage, for sure, knowing the layout of the course,” Baez said. “Most of the time, when we go to Orlando (for regionals), we have no idea the roll of the green, or how fast the fairways are.”

On the girls side, Chuck Goldfarb and Ben Rotgers, a teaching pro at the U.S. 1 Golf Center in Rockledge, have taken over the program and made an immediate impact.

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As the only senior on this year's Holy Trinity boys golf team, Tom Baez is hoping to go out with a trip to the state tournament.

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Holy Trinity senior Enya Torsney is a big reason why the Tigers hope they can advance out of their district to regionals and possibly even the state tournament.

practicing a lot more,” said No. 1 player Enya Torsney.

“We’re a lot more dedicated.

Our team is a lot closer together.”

Joining Torsney in what she called a “pretty strong lineup” are sophomores Grace Dance and Hannah Gunderson, senior Lela Gunderson, sophomore Soi Choi, eighth-grader Ellen Choi, seniors Sabrina Webb, Cindy Hall and Annika Schliesman, eighth-grader Avery Kenney, seventhgrader Emily Rotgers and junior Emily Sheahan.

Goldfarb, a legendary Hall of Fame baseball coach and athletic administrator, is enjoying his new gig.

“I’m just having a blast,” he said. “These girls are so nice, they’re coachable, so much fun and they’ve got great personalities. The whole situation for me, being retired and doing this is just perfect.” VV

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Holy Trinity sophomore Grace Dance is a key player for the Tigers this season.

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VIERA VOICE Carl Kotala

As the only member of the Viera girls golf team who has won a state championship, senior Samantha Brimhall has the experience and the knowledge to help the Hawks get back there.

meanwhile, believes he has the best 1-2 combination in the state in junior Calvin Sierota and senior Tyler Greek.

Add talented sophomores Jordan Emmons and Joe Malatino to the mix in the No. 3 and 4 spots and freshman Jordan Melbs at

No. 5 and the Hawks have quite a talented group to challenge the state’s best.

Of course, a big key to booking a trip back to Howie-in-the-Hills will be the younger players, who will need to grow up quickly in the time between now and the start of the postseason, where Viera’s main competition is expected to come from Vero Beach.

However, in Sierota and Greek, they have the perfect example of talented, hardworking players who know what it takes to succeed.

Both players played in a number of tournaments during the summer — including the state junior amateur — but Sierota also qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur, which took place in July in Ooltewah, Tenn.

“Calvin and Tyler, they know they’re the anchors now,” Bentley said. “They’ve got to pick up the slack of the younger people. They’re the leaders now.” VV For separate stories on the Viera boys and girls golf teams, go to vieravoice.com

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As we enter the final stretch of the political election season, one of our members was a long-time Washington D.C. insider.

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Derek Perdomo is a member of The Academy for Communication, Art + Design at Viera High School.

But on this day, it was Perdomo who was doing the teaching.

And his student was a 64-year-old man from Satellite Beach who was learning how to move the icons around on his iPhone.

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“They’re getting more personalized service, but they’re (also) getting a chance to talk to kids and the kids are getting a chance to talk to the seniors.

“It’s been really great because I think it gives them a chance to see a side of the students and the students a chance to see a side of the seniors that they might not know.”

There are 5,000 Legacy Club members in Brevard and the Tech Talk classes are among the most popular.

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“I think it actually does help out with the older population who aren’t as used to this as we are,” Perdomo said. “We were born with these phones.

We’ve basically lived with these. … It makes me feel really good to help people out.”

Commons has used his membership largely to get into sporting events — including many games in which the Viera Hawks are playing.

“We think it’s the best kept secret for entertainment in Brevard,” he said. “It’s so inexpensive, whether you pay $2 or whether it’s free.”

Now he’s got something else to look forward to “I plan on coming back, because I really need help,” he said. “And these kids are so smart.” VV For more information on the Legacy Club, contact Blair at 321-633-1000 ext. 644 or go to brevardschools.org

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Holy Trinity looking for ‘right fit’ for school president

BY CARL KOTALA

From establishing an academic merit scholarship program to bringing in academic coaches for students in need and even adding more classes on both campuses for those who are “math precocious,” James Landi has accomplished a lot in his first year as the Headmaster at Holy Trinity.

Now, Landi and the school’s Board of Trustees plan to add something else: A succession plan for the school’s leadership that will keep Holy Trinity “strong and vibrant” for years to come. To that end, the search has begun to hire a school president.

“We’re hoping to find someone who knows the school really well and who has strong relationships not only in the school community, but also Brevard County … a well-respected individual who can advance the cause of the school to a wider group of people in the county,” Landi said.

Though he has enjoyed a great deal of success in his short time at Holy Trinity, Landi has told the board he cannot commit to decades of service. He will turn 71 next month.

In addition to taking over some of the school’s fundraising efforts, the president would handle more of the everyday operational tasks while Landi would continue to concentrate on overseeing the academic program. Landi would report to the president.

There is no timetable to fill the position.

“The board has appointed a search committee and as (board chair) Dana Kilborne says, we have the luxury of time,” Landi said. “I’m not going anywhere. It may take

months. It may take a year.

We don’t know.

“But it’s an attractive position for somebody who fits (what we’re looking for).

It’s got to be a good fit both for the school and for the individual.”

While the search goes on, Landi will continue making improvements on the academic side.

The school’s Academic Merit Scholarship program added 12 students who might not have otherwise been able to afford to attend Holy Trinity.

Academic coaches have been brought in throughout the entire system to help students who are having minor struggles. Additional math classes have been added on both campuses for students who have shown a natural aptitude for the subject.

Plans for this year include adding additional staff in advanced math at both the upper and lower school and extending the contact hours in the STEAM program on the lower campus.

The upper school will add academic coaches in English and Social Sciences with an emphasis on writing.

“It’s an aggressive and ambitious program,” Landi said. “It will be paid for by additional fundraising. Last year, we surprised everybody by raising $640,000. This year, (we hope to) raise a million.”

So while the search goes on to find a president, Landi will continue to serve as the stabilizing force behind the school. While he may not be able to commit to decades of service, he’s still having fun.

“The idea is as long as I have an important role to play at the school, I’m going to be here,” Landi said. VV

He's back and he loves to quack

BY LINDA WIGGINS

He's back. And his favorite word rhymes with back — as in quack.

Sergio the duck returned to Jana Gabrielski's sixth-grade class at Suntree Elementary School. The duck who thinks he is a student — or that his fellow classmates are ducks — spent the summer at a favorite graduating student's home and returned to greet the new members of Sergio's Squad, the team name for students who volunteer to come early and stay late seeing to their feathered friend's care.

“He's kind of bitey, but it doesn't really hurt,” sixthgrader Ryan Rinconnes said. Nibbling is Sergio's way of expressing affection, Gabrielski said, smoothing out his loved one's feathers that just happen to be in the form of a shirt.

“He's like the mayor, strutting and bobbing and checking everyone out, saying hello,” Gabrielski said.

One of the reasons Sergio captured the hearts of children and the imagination of the media is that he roams the classroom and sometimes the outside corridors as he pleases,

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Among the new members of the Sergio Squad volunteering their time to care for the fowl made famous last year are Suntree Elementary School teacher Jana Gabrielski's class members Ryan Rinconnes, with Sergio, Kadie Zulon and Andy Scheinbart.

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“He grew over the summer so we've got a larger one on order,” Gabrielski said.

Other times, he hangs out in a specially made outdoor pen with two kiddie pools that the Squad keeps clean.

Part of the reason for Sergio's unusual bond — he likes to be held, loves to be hugged and adores being scratched — is that he was the only one of 40 eggs to hatch in a spring class project. With no actual mother duck, he imprinted on Gabrielski and will follow her everywhere. With no other feathered siblings, he believes the students are his fellow hatchlings.

Why is it noteworthy that a duck would quack? He barely made a sound through the end of the last school year, making it impossible to tell whether Sergio was actually a male or a female. Females have a higher pitched voice and only the males give a throaty croak. Once he matured during the summer, Sergio's voice matured as well, and he grew a tell-tale curly drake feather on his behind.

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How would you like a job where every day was Friday? You work one day and you have the next two days off? Sound like a dream?

Then you might want to become a firefighter paramedic like the ones who work in stations 47, 48 and 80 in Viera and Suntree.

Of course, there's always that whole risking your life thing to consider. Maybe there's a reason you get two days off after one day on.

You can meet your firefighters from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 8 at the station closest to you, as the three stations host a fun fest with free refreshments, bounce house, face painting and more. You can tour the station house, check out huge fire engine rigs, and children can spray a massive water hose of great force. The educational events mark Fire Prevention Week and this year's focus is on updating household fire and smoke alarms.

Consider the fact that one day is not eight hours, but 24. There's a reason it is called a fire house. It's a place VIERA VOICE Linda Wiggins Allen Webb of Station 48 C Shift trains on where firefighters the 100-foot bucket truck newly moved live for an entire day, including a night's sleep to the station. if you can get it.

“We thought this would be a great opportunity for the public to learn about what life is like on the job, as well as an opportunity to share education about staying safe,” said Tom Neidert, district chief for Brevard County Fire Rescue District 45 and organizer of the events.

Like the firefighters, district chiefs work the A, B or C shift that spans 24 hours. The local DC works out of Station 47 in Viera East, and covers the Viera/Suntree stations and beyond. They coordinate the responses to emergencies, especially when multiple stations and specialty equipment or specifically trained staff is required.

While the three stations are assigned to the The October 8 event Suntree/Viera area, they at each station is are all part of Brevard County services and “an opportunity to share may be dispatched education about where needed in staying safe.” unincorporated Brevard or to a —District Chief municipality to assist its Tom Neidert fire rescue efforts.

The Suntree/Viera area is typically seen as a great area to work in public service. The resources are good, crime is low, facilities tend to be state of the art, families are middle to upper income and education is prized. However, the sentiment is not so in fire service. A growing number of nursing homes in the Viera/Suntree area virtually guarantee you won't sleep through a night. Rookies are common, and firefighters with time on the job are rare in these parts.

This is beyond the fact that gray hair is rare in the profession in general. Firefighters must remain fit and pass regular fitness tests that include the ability to carry a human body from peril. Many of those who stay on the job longer

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Station 47 is one of the busiest, answering 3,000 calls a year. Many calls are to nursing homes, but also to crashes on Interstate 95.

It was the first station built in Viera.

Station 49 will be the newest, planned for west Viera in the coming years.

Station 48 is known for its specialization in hazardous materials and special operations like high-rise rope rescues, trench and confined space rescues and training of other stations' staff on all of the above.

Staff was reduced from nine to six members per shift in the past two years despite growth in west Viera.

Station 80 is also extremely busy, while at the same time dealing with a reduction in force starting this month from nine to five members per shift. Along with the staff, they also lost a popular rig, nicknamed The Tiller, capable of accessing small spaces and tall places.

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than a few years begin to look toward the mental finish line of 25 years of service for a pension. If you do see a wrinkle or two, it is likely on a lieutenant, one per station per shift.

While no firefighter will say it on record, the pay is low when the risk and lifestyle inconvenience is factored in. They frequently count on a spouse to pitch in enough income to afford a home and to raise a family. It's tough for them to help out with child care or transportation to school or extracurricular activities because they literally are out of pocket for entire 24-hour periods and cannot leave the job, even in a pinch, as with most mortals. They can never count on a particular day off, holidays included. They work every third day into infinity, except if they have put in for a shift trade, and only if it has been approved.

During this 24 hours, they truly live with a second family.

They work from 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. the next day, always with the same coworkers who share that shift. Anything that

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Cole Steele, Olivia Bagley and Todd Hiller of Station 47 C shift receive instructions from Lt. Joshua Madsen.

would be found in a home is at the station. A kitchen, big family-size table, workout gear, big screen TV surrounded by recliners for each person, and a large common bedroom, the beds partitioned off with closets. They take turns planning menus and cooking, and the humor is nonstop, the bluer the language the better, often at the good-natured expense of one another. It truly is a family, after all.

If typical family members would figuratively lay down their life for a brother or sister, in the case of the firefighter paramedics of stations 47, 48 and 80, it is literally a day in the life.

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William Helton, John Kassabian, Lt. Gavin Bowen and Garrett Carroll of Station 80 C shift check their rig.

Station 47 is at 4225 Murrell Road in Viera East, just north of Wickham Road. Station 48 is at 5550 Porada Drive, a side street to the west off Stadium Parkway just south of Viera Bolulevard. Station 80 is at 400 Pineda Court, just east of Suntree Boulevard and north of Wickham Road. For more information, call 321-604-2888.VV

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Confidence workshop fights bullying at its roots

BY LINDA WIGGINS

She founded Marty Ward of Viera had a Confidence light bulb moment in 2011 Eliminates when she read about a Bullying, a 10-year-old girl who chose nonprofit to end her life rather than go 501(c)(3) to school one more day to tax-exempt confront a bully. organization “I said, 'Enough! Not through another bright light of a VIERA VOICE photo which she child needs to be snuffed Marty Ward has not out!" only made

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member Judy DeAngelis.

Swing for Charity is scramble format that begins at 11 a.m. with registration and a 12:30 shotgun start.

Prizes include a golf cart for VIERA VOICE photo a hole-in-one, Jeanne Decker, center, who won the $1,000 $1,000 in a helicopter ball drop last year, is congratulated golf ball drop by event organizers Eloise Lynagh, left, and Judy DeAngelis, right, at the Viera Woman's Club Swing and goodies for Charity Golf Tournament and Par TEE, slated for putting this year for Nov. 4 at Duran Golf Club. and chipping contests. The dinner is

BY LINDA WIGGINS provided at the Par TEE from 5 to 8 p.m. at Tradewinds Chicken parmigiana is on restaurant at Duran. the menu and fun is on the Other attractions include agenda for the “Par TEE” live music by DJ Al, gift after the Viera Woman's baskets for auction, door Club Swing for Charity Golf prizes and a 50/50 drawing.

Tournament Friday, Nov. 4 at Proceeds benefit three Duran Golf Club in Viera. charities: The Children's The dual event is poignant Hunger Project; Hacienda as the amount of money Girls' Ranch; and National raised for charity by the civic Veterans Homeless Support. group tops a half million “The success of this benefit dollars and marks the depends on the generosity of group's 12th anniversary. our community,” DeAngelis “It's great that so much said. VV good can be done just For more information by getting together to do or to register, go to what we love and having gfwcvierawomansclub.com or a good time,” said Eloise call Duran at 321-504-7776.

Lynagh, who organizes the event each year with fellow

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She will lead a fiveweek Empowered Parent/ Grandparent Workshop from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sundays Oct. 9 through Nov. 6 at Unity Church, 2401 N. Harbor City Blvd. in Melbourne. Child care

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The course has generated positive comments.

“Ward's parenting workshop was powerful,” said mom and businesswoman Shannon Gronich. “It helps parents find effective ways to communicate and gain cooperation, by far the most effective I have ever heard. Every parent/teacher would benefit.”

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become a “Confidence Booster” to build up a child rather than a “Fault Finder,” which tears a child down.

“You get more cooperation and time for fun both at school and at home,” Ward said. VV For more information or to register, go to createconfidentkids.com/ events or contact Ward at 321-848-4997 or marty@ createconfidentkids.com.

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Lizi Huy “Chocolate anything — to the point I take from my kids' candy haul. My favorite costume was a witch, I spent many a year as a witch.”

Stephanie Maynor “Fun-size peanut M&M’s, great for snacking. And my favorite Halloween costume was a cat. It was quick, easy, inexpensive and could be made at the last minute.”

Ron Buford “Candy corn and the little Snickers squares, not the bars, easier to keep more in your pocket. The costume was a “'70s Pimp” the one you have to ask “where does the battery go?”

Lourie Koenigbass “Caramel or anything with it. Nice and chewy. My favorite costume was the Swiss Miss girl. I even had a basket of marshmallows that I would throw at people for “Trick or Treat.”

Jon Loa “The old school Superman, you know blue tights and red shorts with belt. And for candy, the Nestlé Crunch bars, not Hershey versions.”

Halloween horror extended to November From the original superstitious rituals to a community-based celebration, Halloween marks the transition between brighter summer days to dark, cold winter nights. Even though there was a change in tone, scary and sometimes grotesque are still part of the celebration making up the many Halloween Horror parties around us. This year, the horror of Halloween is sneaking into November and making it onto the ballot.

Among the horrors that we will find printed on the ballot, one is in the form of a ballot measure that the Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente described as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” in her dissenting opinion. That measure is Amendment 1, entitled Rights of Electricity Consumers Regarding Solar Energy Choice, considered “misleading not because of what it says, but what it fails to say.” Justice Pariente identified Amendment 1 as a “pro-utility amendment” and concluded that “clearly, this is an amendment geared to ensure nothing changes with respect to the use of solar energy in Florida — it is not a ‘pro-solar’ amendment.”

If Amendment 1 is not a pro-solar amendment, what is it then?

Simply put, it is an anti-freemarket proposal that “allows state and local government to impose all manner of fees and regulations on solar users” while preventing the use of “decentralized rooftop solar electricity [which would] provide net benefits by reducing the stress on the grid during the daytime, cutting

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expenditures on fossil fuels, and making privately funded clean energy available to all” (Neville Williams). In Florida, only electric utilities can sell electricity so “you can't arrange to buy power from a third-party solar contractor” (motherjones. com) and utility companies want to keep it that way.

Amendment 1 pretends to be a pro-solar amendment, when in fact it is not even a ghost of one.

Amendment 1 also pretends to be about protecting consumer rights to own or lease solar equipment, when in reality consumers already have that right afforded through the Florida Constitution and other statutes and regulations.

Amendment 1 claims to better protect consumer rights but, according to Stephen A. Smith, the executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, “the only people [Amendment 1] would protect are utility shareholders” by preventing non-utility companies from providing solar-generated electricity directly to customers (cleanenergy.org).

As you can see, the language that will be on the ballot is scarily misleading: “This amendment establishes a right under Florida's constitution for consumers to own or lease solar equipment installed on their property to generate

electricity for their own use.

State and local governments shall retain their abilities to protect consumer rights and public health, safety and welfare, and to ensure that consumers who do not choose to install solar are not required to subsidize the costs of backup power and electric grid access to those who do.”

So whose idea was it to put forth such wicked amendment?

Amendment 1 is sponsored

by Consumers for Smart Solar, Inc. and the list of its proponents includes the Florida Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc.; Florida Power & Light Company; Tampa Electric Company; Duke Energy Florida; and Gulf Power Company.

Opponents of the amendment include Floridians for Solar Choice, Inc.; Environment Florida, Inc.; The Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida, Inc.; Florida Solar Energy Industries Association; and Florida Energy Freedom, Inc. With the support for good solar policy displayed by 73 percent of voters in this past primary election, Pamela Goodman, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida, warns that “in November, the utilities are hoping to ride on this wave of solar support — but they are also counting on voters to ignore the fine print” and fall under their spell.

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Disney has once again donated four one-day parkhopper tickets. The value is $620. Sea World has donated four tickets to the Sea World Park and four tickets to Aquatica Sea World Waterpark. The Disney passes and Sea World tickets will be featured in the silent auction.

Of course, all the traditional features will be part of the bazaar. A total of 20 vendors return and there will be 14 new vendors. All local artists will be featured in the showcase displaying their unique and one-of-a-kind products with holiday gift ideas and ornaments, handpainted porcelain, sculptors, jewelry, paintings, spiritual

The Suntree United Methodist Church annual Christmas Bazaar is a wellknown and anticipated event in Brevard County.

The bazaar is an arts and crafts show with a wide range of activities and bargain opportunities for the whole family. The bazaar has earned an excellent reputation for its variety of high quality products and specialty items of good style.

This year's 28th annual bazaar will be hosted by the Suntree United Methodist Church from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7400 N. Wickham Road in Suntree.

and inspiring books offered by the author, and more all at bargain prices.

Numerous local businesses have donated gift certificates totaling $5,600, which will be featured in the silent auction.

These donations will be sold at the silent auction, giving everyone the opportunity to name their price and see what happens.

Of course, the Book Nook, Unique Boutique and Attic Treasures will offer exceptional bargains. The bake sale offers delicious home-made bakery goods.

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lunch plate will be offered at 10:30 for early shoppers. The new feature this year is the Children’s Boutique, along with Santa photos and activities for the children.

This is one of the toprated Christmas bazaars in the area, so mark your calendar now. Funds VIERA VOICE photo raised from the bazaar will be used to support Tom and Nancy Short work the SUMC Christmas Bazaar auction table that this local charities and the year will include ticket options for several Church. VV theme parks.

For more information, contact Suntree UMC Church at 321-242-2585.

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Suntree Elementary School lost a sweet teacher when Maxine Lauer retired, a reputation that surely had more to do with being loved by students and parents rather than her penchant for preparing treats.

Lauer has since turned her hobby into a sweet new home-based business.

A baking enthusiast since childhood, Lauer launched Chips Galore Cookies and More from her Lake Washington-area residence about 18 months ago. And she’s watched her customer list grow since then.

“I was always the Cookie Mom,” said Lauer, who taught for 34 years, including the past 23 years at Suntree.

“I provided cookies for the college dorm and the apartments.”

After receiving encouragement and prodding from her son and daughter-inlaw, Lauer decided to turn her hobby into a cottage industry.

Today, she makes custommade cookies, cakes, cupcakes and other desserts for all occasions. ”Everything is freshly made to order from scratch,” said Lauer, who takes orders by phone or at her website and Facebook page.

Her signature Chips Galore cookie is a chocoholics’s dream, with milk chocolate, semisweet chocolate and butterscotch chips crammed into each regular-sized cookie.

Lauer also prepares 14-inch-wide cookie cakes and such treats as macaroons, shortbread, Sugar Cookie Cut Outs, Dipped Oreos covered

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Retired teacher Maxine Lauer launched Chips Galore Cookies and More about 18 months ago and now caters to a growing number of customers.

in sprinkles or drizzle, and Teenies — cookies sold at a minimum of two dozen a box.

Customers also can find some gluten-free and sugar-free items on Lauer’s menu.

Lauer’s cookie cakes and iced sugar cookies are her biggest sellers, but she’s also in demand for her weddingthemed treats.

“I’ll take cupcakes and I turn them into an engagement ring or shape them into a wedding gown,” she said.

Lauer usually requires about a week’s advance notice to prepare a special order, but she can do a quick cookie cake in a pinch. Customers can pick up their orders at her house, or have them delivered for a fee.

Business is good, but not overwhelming. And that’s how

Lauer likes it.

“I want to be busy but I don’t want to get so busy,” said Lauer, who wants to have free time to spend with her five grandchildren, the newest of which arrived Aug. 20. “If I had to live off my earnings, I would not be living.

Fortunately, my husband is not retired.

“My name is getting out there because I’m getting more new customers. But I’m also getting a lot of repeat customers, which is just as good because it tells me they’re happy with the product.” VV To order by phone, call 321259-2897. To order online, go to chipsgalorecookies.com or visit Chips Galore Cookies and More LLC on Facebook.

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Rotary Great Tastes at Suntree event helps at-risk and homeless children, promotes learning

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Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, left, was the keynote speaker at the Great Tastes at Suntree kickoff by Suntree Rotary to benefit Taking Stock in Children, represented by Janice Kershaw; Irma Jolly, Gabrielle Place; and Richard Yount who represented the Boys and Girls Club in Melbourne.

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The Suntree Rotary Club has added a new charity to its fold, but the mission is one they have supported for years.

Proceeds from the annual Great Tastes at Suntree from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 at Suntree Country Club will be split three ways.

Gabrielle Place is the new name of the Space Coast Center for Mothers with Children. Located in the Suntree area west of U.S. 1, north of Pineda Causeway, the charity helps homeless women with children become stable and productive, and seeks to break the cycle of homelessness by teaching children healthy life skills.

Dozens of restaurants will vie for People’s Choice bragging rights and bring their top dishes for attendees to sample while listening to live music and taking part in a variety of games and activities geared to both adults and youngsters.

Take Stock in Children is the second charity to benefit. Run

by Brevard School District's Brevard Schools Foundation, the nonprofit helps students earn scholarships for higher education, especially those in need.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Florida north Melbourne Temple Terrace location is the third charity.

The club gives children a safe place away from home to hang out in a positive environment, and physical activities to challenge their minds and bodies.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey was keynote speaker at an event kickoff breakfast Sept. 16 at Suntree Coluntry Club.

“Investing in children is one of the greatest ways to grow a great adult,” Ivey said. “If you don't, the reverse will result.”

VV Suntree Rotary is seeking businesses to sponsor Great Tastes for $500, which includes 10 tickets to the event. Tickets are $30 each. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 321-890-4301.

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p o o c BUSINESSS Eye Clinic and Laser Institute moves into Brevard Medical City

BY GEORGE WHITE

Eye Clinic and Laser Institute has expanded again, this time into the Brevard Medical City, taking advantage of the visibility along Wickham Road and new developments in the area.

The new location, 6559 N. Wickham Road, Suite 101C, opened Aug. 22, replacing its former location at 8095 Spyglass Hill Road Other current locations of the practice include: • The original office, the only location with a full surgical center, at 1045 N. Courtenay Parkway., Merritt Island.

• 1832 S. Garden Street, Titusville.

• 230 S. Wickham Road, West Melbourne.

Eye Clinic and Laser Institute was founded in 1980 by ophthalmologist Mukesh C. Aggarwal, M.D. Dr. Aggarwal specializes in general ophthalmology as well as cataract, Lasik, and glaucoma surgery with a special interest in medical retina treatments for diabetes and macular degeneration.

Other ophthalmologists in the practice include Dr. Nicholas Pefkaros and Dr. Omar M. Kazi.

The visibility of the new location and the concentration of medical services in the area made it a perfect place to expand the practice, said Tom Bartkowski, facilities manager for Eye Clinic and Laser Institute for the past five years.

“We moved here because of the location right off Wickham Road. We’re always

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Bridgewater at Viera offers several new homes styles in west Viera

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VIERA VOICE George White

Tom Bartkowski is the facilities manager at Eye Clinic and Laser Institute at the new Suntree location.

looking to expand. We may go farther into southern Brevard County and at one point we had an office in Edgewater so we’re all over the place,’’ he said.

The new location of Eye Clinic and Laser Institute is built adjacent to Neo Laser Medical Spa, a parallel business also located alongside offices on Merritt Island and Titusville. Services include cosmeceuticals, laser skin rejuvenation and laser tattoo removal, he said.

Aggarwal has an established reputation and practice where patient care and safety always comes first and is trained in aesthetic analysis. As a board certified cosmetic surgeon, he only performs procedures that are proven to deliver the best results. The practice can provide a full range of treatments to obtain true rejuvenation, according to the website. VV For more information about Eye Clinic and Laser Institute or Neo Laser Medical Spa call 321 723-3937 or go to Youreyeclinic.com

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There is soon to be a new residential community in West Viera with the creation of Bridgewater at Viera.

Developed by WCI Communities Inc., headquartered in Bonita Springs, the gated 55 and older community will feature a variety of about 870 homes located on 408 acres just south of Addison Village and will connect down to Pineda.

Model homes are slated to begin construction in the first quarter of 2017, with a community grand opening planned for the second quarter of 2017.

“WCI is very excited to be developing this destination resort community in Viera. We feel that blend of lifestyle amenities and variety of home designs will be a great addition to this very special community,’’ said Jon Rapaport, president, east region, WCI Communities.

Bridgewater at Viera will offer a variety of singlefamily home designs ranging from 1,557 to approximately 2,800 square feet of airconditioned living area. Each neighborhood will offer a distinct collection of homes designed for today’s varied active lifestyle. Base prices for homes at Bridgewater will range from $200,000 to upward of $400,000.

Housing options: • Cottages — Attached villa homes offer two bedrooms, plus a den and an expansive great room designed for

entertaining. The Areca plan offers approximately 1,557 square feet of airconditioned living space, with the option for a great room extension that increases living area to 1,713 square feet.

• Villas — Villas at Bridgewater are a series of two-bedroom singlefamily homes with dens.

The Villas are open floor plans with flex rooms and dens, offering the opportunity to further personalize living spaces.

Four home designs will be offered with living areas ranging from 1,593 to 1,916 square feet of living area.

• Grand Villa — The Grand Villa series of homes are two- and three-bedroom homes are characterized by spacious, open great room designs. Grand Villa homes feature dens and spacious island kitchens and range from 1,822 to 2,389 square feet of living area.

• Classic Series — The Classic Series offers three- and four-bedroom designs with two to four baths and 2,434 to more than 2,700 square feet

of air-conditioned living area with a great room, den/library and kitchen equipped with pantries and freestanding islands/ breakfast bars.

• Estate Series — The Estate Series provides two- to four-bedroom plans with living spaces ranging from 2,284 to 2,800 square feet with expansive great rooms, and gourmet kitchens.

Community amenities include a private clubhouse campus with a resort-style pool with beach entry and lap lanes, pickle ball, tennis and bocce courts and an event lawn. The clubhouse will encompass more than 23,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor entertainment and recreational spaces, including a fitness center and aerobics room, theatre, coffee lounge, plus club and card rooms and event spaces.

Beginning in October, interested homebuyers can register at wcicommunities. com to be the first to get updates on the community and invitations to special events. VV For more information, visit the web site www. wcicommunities.com

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The Sept. 8 Viera Means Business meeting was held at Heritage Isle Clubhouse with speaker Elaine Larsen.

The Viera Means Business networking group meets at 7:55 a.m. the second Thursday of each month at member business locations.

For an invitation to the Oct. 13, VMB meeting, email RSVP@vieravoice.com or call 321-242-1235.

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Delta Life Fitness gives women a workout worthy of a Marine

BY MIKE GAFFEY

Delta Life Fitness, a health club franchise that gives women a calorie-clobbering, Marine Corps-style workout, has opened in Viera.

The 4,000-square-foot facility at 6729 Colonnade Ave., Suite 119, had a soft opening Sept. 6, welcoming more than 80 members who signed up during a preopening campaign, owneroperator-instructor Erin Roche said.

“Delta Life Fitness is designed for empowering women for lifelong change,” said Roche, a Viera resident whose husband, Ryan, is a combat-disabled Marine veteran. “We believe women are the matriarch of the family and the matriarch of the world. We believe everything great starts with them, so any facility that empowers women where the catalyst is health and fitness is awesome.”

Instructors guide clients though a 30-minute workout class that combines bodytoning resistance and fatburning cardio exercises, Roche said.

The new-to-Brevard franchise’s trademark “Tone and Torch” exercise program

is scientifically adapted for women from Marine Corpsstyle group fitness training, Roche said. Women of all fitness levels can participate in the same group workout, where they can control their own intensity level, she added.

“We’re seeing results that are blasting 400 to well over 1,000 calories from a 30-minute workout,” Roche said. ”And the burn continues on for hours and hours after the workout.”

All classes involve interval training and multiple stations, and clients use a variety of exercise equipment such as kettlebells and weight bars, Roche said.

“It’s like circuit training that changes every day,” she said. “You never see the same workout more than once in six months.”

Classes are at 5:15, 6:15, 8 and 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 8 and 9 a.m. Saturday, general manager Jen Helms said.

Wednesdays and Sundays are reserved for consultations and appointments, she said.

There is also a supervised area for children during the 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. weekday classes and

Saturday morning classes, Helms said.

Delta Life doesn’t charge a client who misses a class, Roche said.

“We all understand life,” she said, “and this is all about empowering women for life, not punishing them because life gets in the way.”

The franchise started out in Texas in 2009 as a workoutin-the-park program, then evolved into Delta Life Fitness when it became a concept for women only. Today, locations stretch from Florida to California. The closest Delta Fitness to the Viera franchise is in Daytona Beach, Roche said.

The franchise's name is derived from the Greek letter "Delta," which means “change,” Helms explained.

“It’s change-your-life fitness,” Helms said. “It’s not a workout to get to a scale on Monday. It’s not just to get fit for weekend sports.

This is a life change and empowerment program in which fitness becomes the catalyst for good health along with the environment of positivity that you see here.”

VV For more information, go to deltalifefitnessviera.com or call 321-750-7113.

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Charlie’s space art lives on at planetarium exhibit

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The last exhibit of Charlie Conrader makes his vision of space come alive in paintings from his imagination inspired by images from the Hubble Space Telescope and as a cheerleader for the U.S. Space Program.

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A sign painter and home contractor by trade, Conrader returned to painting after a long hiatus as a way to celebrate and generate interest in the U.S. Space Program, she said.

“Back in the '90s he had done Florida nature and beach scenes, but he just quit. He used to say he couldn’t decide between painting space or painting fish. I’m glad he chose space,’’ she said.

Coming back to the ‘Wet on Wet’ style of oil painting, partially inspired by the images from the Hubble, was Conrader's way of doing his part to generate interest and enthusiasm in the space program, she said.

“He really felt that the space program and NASA have lost a little bit of its ‘pow’ and he was sorry that was happening, but then there was interest with all these Hubble’s photographs and he was grateful for that.

“His paintings were inspired by the Hubble but they were from his imagination. He didn’t want to immolate any particular planet or a particular place because if somebody knew about it they could criticize that it wasn’t quite right.

That’s why he did most of it from his imagination but based it on visual. He would see something in the gases from the Hubble, and he would be inspired to see if he could create it and he usually did. He would take some of those techniques and he would combine them for his own interpretation,’’ she said.

And that interpretation of space was both detailed and ‘realistic,’ although created from fantasy.

“People would ask them when they came up: ‘Did you take that picture?’ and he would sit there and tell them, it’s not a picture, it’s an oil painting but it’s kind of hard to get out there.

“When the kids came by — he loved the kids, especially those that expressed an interested in space — he would tell them that he left his spaceship parked around the back,’’ Robin Conrader said.

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Charlie Conrader's paintings offer different views of space.

“Charlie was a very unique and fun individual. Even after being diagnosed… he was still determined to move ahead with his (2016) exhibition plans. The passion for his artwork could be felt while speaking to him on the phone,” said Lynne Brezina, art services manager for Brevard Cultural Alliance, who had worked with Conrader on a 2012 exhibit.

“Every artist has their own style especially when it comes to portraying the universe. Charlie’s work was as realistic as space art can be,’’ she said.

Charlie may have left this Earth, but thank goodness he left other worlds for us to enjoy forever, Robin Conrader said.

“I was always amazed at one he did, he was so talented in just about everything he picked up.

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Located nearly worldwide but not in New Zealand, peregrine land habitats span from the Arctic tundra to the tropics and increasingly to urban areas.

According to size, the female is bigger. A male, female and chick are called a tiercel, falcon and eyas, respectively. Mating occurs for life and in the same territory yearly. One unique mating ritual encounters the male passing prey with its talons to the female when she is flying upside down. Nests are often scraped depressions on cliff ledges, but tall buildings and bridges are adequate. Lifespan is around 15.5 years.

Seemingly, the fastest animal on earth is the peregrine. True, the cheetah, the fastest land animal, runs 70 to 75 miles per hour for short distances, and the peregrine flies slower at 65 to 70 miles per hour. However, the peregrine executes a dive (a hunting stoop) at more than 200 miles per hour.

Diurnal, the peregrine hunts during daytime; quarries include many birds, especially pigeons and doves.

Large eyes provide excellent vision and can keep track of three moving objects simultaneously. Long wings which are thin and tapered enable high speed and rapid change of direction. To attain height to circle and survey prey below, it utilizes wing power instead of soaring in air currents like some species. When diving, it kills or stuns in midair with action from clenched talons and a notched beak which is capable of breaking necks.

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Sometimes, falcons are confused with hawks. Hawks are generally larger, slower and mainly use their talons to kill. Historically, the peregrine was called the duck hawk.

Actually, falcons are related to hawks and eagles, but closest to parrots.

Falconry is hunting with trained birds of prey (instinctive hunters), such as falcons and hawks. The peregrine is extremely desirable. It is eager, captures in midair and easily trained. It has been used in hunting for more than 3,000 years, although falconry has declined with the popularity of firearms. In the Middle Ages, kings selected gyrfalcons, the largest falcon, and princes handled the peregrine. Even Shakespeare was a falconer and mentioned it in his plays. Today, captive breeding produces hardy, skilled hybrids for falconry; fortunately, wild falcons are sought mostly for genetic diversity.

Besides hunting, the peregrine is utilized to scare birds away to avoid birdplane strikes. During World War II, it intercepted homing pigeons.

National conservation efforts (also worldwide) rescued the declining peregrine. Banning pesticides, captive breeding, reintroduction efforts and nesting protection during the breeding season influenced this rebound. During fall migration, the peregrine graces the Florida sky again!

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Never underestimate the power of cute.

The Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival promises to blow up Facebook once again from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at The Avenue Viera.

Harmony Farms donated actual saddles for the hay bales, which make for even more totes adorbs photos of cute kids riding horsey hay bales. The attraction is an unexplainable thrill to children in light of the fact it does not have a screen or require Wi-Fi. Perhaps topping the totes adorbs chart is the medical clinic for dollies and teddy bears staffed by real medical professionals of presenting sponsor Wuesthoff Health System, see page 5. So sweet it will make your teeth hurt.

And speaking of sweets, dress up the kids for trick or treating and participating stores will give a treat, sponsored by event presenting sponsor The Avenue Viera. Wear a costume and you could win a prize for best dressed at the festival.

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Face painting, giveaways and more are in store.

The event provides an intentional mix of things to see and do, the perfect combination to compete against Xbox One. “We think it is really important to give families something to do together to make memories,” said Jill Blue-Gaines, publisher of Viera Voice and herself a mom to a tech-loving child.

“So you'll see lots of color, lots of exciting things you'll want to snap with your smart phone and post on social media. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. But have fun experiencing activities and the great outdoors while you're at it.”

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One of Dr. John Baggett’s last books explored the mystery of faith. His new novel is simply an oldfashioned mystery.

The Viera resident and retired Methodist pastor’s latest work, “Desperate Amends,” tells the story of a pastor drummed out of his church for alcoholism.

The fallen pastor becomes a chaplain at a prison in Raleigh, N.C., and starts counseling a death row inmate.

“The plot has him helping the prisoner prepare for execution, and the prisoner is trying to manipulate the chaplain to avoid his execution,” Baggett said of his 374-page paperback.

“Running through it is the question of whether this guy is really guilty of what he’s convicted for or not. So there’s a plot there as well.”

It’s the fourth book for Baggett, who is also a facilitator at a grief support group that meets at Suntree United Methodist Church, 7400 N. Wickham Road. His wife, Diane, also works with the group.

Baggett’s previous work, “Finding the Good in Grief: Rediscovering Joy After a Lifechanging Loss,” is often used by support group members.

That book came out in 2013 and is Baggett’s most popular work, he said.

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The Avenue Viera — 2261 CenterDevereux, Ave., #113 at Reeling Park (near Quest) Town Builder

Host: Viera Builders Model Home, 7883 Desmond Ave.

Market Street — 6845 Murrell Rd. Viera 32940

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SkyZone — 6245 N. Barnes Blvd. Rockledge 32955

Joyal Homes, 8202 Barrosa Circle, Viera Swanky Sole — 6395 N. Wickham Rd., #B106 In Seville (near Suntree Quest Elementary)

Nana to#113 Crow Town Center Blvd.,Likes The Avenues Xxx Expedia Cruise Center, 6375 N. Wickham Rd. #103Pizza Gallery — 225026 Builder Nana's House Suntree Host:Rd., Christopher Burton Luxury Homes Fresh Market — 6385 N. Wickham Suntree 32940 7 Scary Chef Crow

Model Home, 3159 Wyndham Way, Wyndham at Duran 9 Spa Crow Wayne Anthony — 7331 Office Park Pl Suite 500, Viera 8 Xxx Hand & Stone, 6375 N. Wickham Rd. #105 Suntree 27 Colonel Bogey Supercuts – 6395 N. Wickham Rd., #B102 Suntree 9 Hair Crow

Duran Golf Club, 7032 Stadium Pkwy., Viera 10 Expedia The Tooth Fairy Expedia — 6375 N. Wickham Rd., #103 Suntree 32940 CruiseCrow 10 Valderrama

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Sport Clips, 6729 Colonnade #116 Viera 6

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Brevard Alzheimer's Foundation 13 Xxx 4676 N. Wickham Rd., Melbourne

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Tequila Azul — 6630 Colonnade Dr. VieraUnlimited, 32940 GolfCarts 6729 Colonnade Ave.

Suite 113, Viera

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Market Street, 6845 Murrell Rd., Viera

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