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BY MIKE GAFFEY Fifty years ago this month, actress Barbara Eden emerged in a puff of smoke from a bottle and helped turn the quiet oceanfront town of Cocoa Beach into a pop-culture landmark. Eden, 84, rose to fame as a mischievous, 2,000-year-old genie freed by stranded astronaut Larry Hagman in the NBC television sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie,” which premiered on Sept. 18, 1965. Set in Cocoa Beach but filmed in California, the hit show ran for five years and 139 episodes, and has been airing on cable and in syndication in the U.S. and abroad for decades. “It’s never been off the air,” Eden said of the show in an Aug. 18 phone interview with Senior Life from Beverly Hills, Calif. “I just got back from Ireland and I was shocked that people knew me there. I get fan mail
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Barbara Eden played a genie living on Cocoa Beach with astronaut Larry Hagman in the hit television show “I Dream of Jeannie,” which premiered 50 years ago this month.
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You want to mystify, impress and possibly frighten your adult children? Get on Facebook, if you aren’t already. The perfect place to start is Senior Life sister paper’s Viera Voice Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 17 at The Avenue Viera. There is a very cute event to take your grandchildren to that will make memories for life, the kids’ Mini-Crow contest, where children ages 6 to 9 and 10 to 15 can make a miniature scarecrow and win a $50 gift certificate in each age division. The fun event is part of a day long festival geared for all generations. Plan now to help your grandchild dream up and create an entry, and be there to take his or her photo during the 2 p.m. Mini-Crow parade across the stage. This photo is guaranteed to “go viral” and be shared and shared, eventually winding up on your adult child’s Facebook page newsfeed. How’s that for impressing them that you are now with the Facebook generation, mystifying them that you know how to do this when you may not even have mastered email, and frightening them because you’ll be eavesdropping by “friending” them to see everything they post on their page. Another fun aspect of this great, free event is the lead up to the actual Harvest Festival, the community Scarecrow Stroll across the greater Viera/Suntree from Oct. 1 to 15. You’ll follow a map, see creative, artistic ’crows posted at businesses, record your People’s Choice vote and submit your map/ballot for a chance at great prizes, winners to be announced at the Harvest Festival. This is a run-up to a super great event Friday, Nov. 6 geared more for boomers and seniors, thusly named the Senior Life Boomer Bash & Senior Expo with Veterans Salute. It will be at Exploration Tower at Port Canaveral. Have you experienced this great place yet? Many of us know it is a great place for a festival, but fewer have actually explored the seven stories of Exploration Towers. We’ll have free admission to the tower for ages 55 and up, and reduced price for those younger. Parking and the outside events, car show, art show, live music, are all free. Hope to see you there!
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Chefs from senior communities across Brevard will battle for Best Barbecue honors Friday, Aug. 14 at the Senior Life celebration to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, “Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive.” A video premiere with live music will accompany the barbecue tasting from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Space Coast Convention Center in Cocoa.
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OCTOBER 1 - 15 Scarecrow Stroll
Tour the town, view all the crows, vote for your favorite.
Saturday, October 17 Harvest Festival The Avenue Viera
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Your Memory: Prevention and Cures for Tomorrow 10 - 11:30 a.m. Dr. Cajol will discuss memory loss, aging and research and treatments. One Senior Place RSVP 321-751-6771
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8 a.m. Shotgun Supports Folds of Honor Foundation. Duran Golf Club 7032 Stadium Pkwy, Viera 321-504-7776, ext. 7340
Free admission to State Parks with a library card, a book checked out or a family friendly book brought to donate to a State Park.
National Kidney Foundation Super Senior Luncheons 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ProAm Surf Festival
Sunday Brunch
Space Coast Gator Club Open Club Monthly Mtg. Brevard Users Group (BUG) 5:30 p.m.
10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays Tradewinds Restaurant Duran Golf Club 7032 Stadium Pkwy, Viera 321-504-7776, ext. 2
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Grandparents Day Sunday Brunch 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays All you can eat. Pizza Gallery & Grill 2250 Town Center Ave. 321-633-0397
9 a.m. - 4 p.m., free Watch top surfers compete. Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier 401 Meade Ave. Cocoa Beach, nkfsurf.com
Lunch & speakers. First Baptist Church Gym 140 Magnolia Ave., MI 321-453-2144
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Women’s Self Defense Class Field Trip for Adults to Navy Seal Museum 7 - 8 p.m., $30 for 4-week session on Mondays Wickham Park Community Ctr. 2815 Leisure Way Melbourne, 321-608-7490
8:15 a.m., $80. Tour leaves Kiwanis Island Park and returns 5 p.m. Trip to museum in Fort Pierce, Community Band Brevard Investment Business Daily seaside horseback ride. Pre-registration is required. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. “A 30th Anniversary Rotary Park Nature Center Stock market club. Celebration!” 321-455-1385 Suntree/Viera Library 3 p.m. Musical favorites including 321-255-4404 Caregiver Class pieces from the first season. Books are Always Better 2 - 3:30 p.m. Merritt Island High School Than Movies Book Club 3-week class Tues. & Thurs. Auditorium 6:30 - 7:45 p.m., 2nd Mon. through Oct. 1 10 Mustang Way Discussing “Olive Kitteridge” St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church Merritt Island Suntree/Viera Library 414 Pine Street, Titusville 321-338-6210 321-255-4404 321-269-4240, ext. 3452
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2 - 4 p.m., free BSO, area art groups, performances, Instrument ‘Petting Zoo,’ food trucks King Center 3865 N. Wickham Rd. culturalartsshowcase.com
9:30 a.m., $3/$5, Music movement class for 50+. Freedom 7 Senior Center 5000 Tom Warriner Blvd. Cocoa Beach, 321-783-9505
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World Alzheimer’s Day
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Sit-n-Stitch
1 - 3 p.m., Crochet, knit, stitch. Beginners welcome. Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404
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Taste of the Avenue
3 p.m., $10 donation Central Brevard Library 308 Forrest Avenue, Cocoa
Luncheon & Fashion Show Space Coast Lure Chase 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Benefits (Dogs) Women’s Center of Brevard. Hilton Rialto Place 200 Rialto Place, Melbourne 321-253-9355
9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Chase sport exercise for your dog, entertainment for you. Outside Space Coast AVET Project 9/11 Luncheon Stadium. 321-608-0603. Also 9/26. See rules at 11:30 a.m. SpaceCoastLureChase.com To honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. Icons: Mancini & Hamlisch The Tides Club Space Coast Symphony Orchestra 1001 S. A1A, Patrick AFB 7 p.m., $20, students free RSVP 321-373-7046 The Scott Center 5625 Holy Trinity Dr. POW/MIA Talk Like a RECOGNITION Pirate Day DAY
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6 - 9 p.m., Wednesdays 55+ Club David Schechter Comm. Ctr. 1089 S. Patrick Drive Sat. Beach, 321-773-2080
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My Brevard Yard Workshop TGIF Seaside Piecemakers Fallout Garage Sale
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5 p.m. Live music, food samples from The Avenue restaurants. Melbourne Community The Avenue Viera, Central Park Orchestra “Once Upon a Tickets $25, $22 advanced Time Musical Storytelling” purchase, available at the 7:30 p.m., Music of Harry Cocoa Beach Regional Potter and more. Chamber - Viera office in Melbourne Auditorium The Avenue. 625 Hibiscus Blvd. 321-459-2200 321-285-6724
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Mondays N. Brevard Senior Center 909 Lane Ave., Titusville 321-268-2333
Watercolor Art Class
8 p.m., $15/$10 students 50th anniversary tour. The Scott Center 5625 Holy Trinity Dr. thescottcenter.org
Sept. 5 - 7 Celebrate the world of cold-blooded animals. Brevard Zoo brevardzoo.org
8 a.m. - 12 p.m., free to public. Tables for $21.30. Viera Community Center 321-433-4891
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9 a.m. - 1 p.m. 2nd & 4th Fridays, Quilting Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404
2 - 5 p.m. Elks Lodge #1532 315 Florida Ave., Cocoa 866-455-2322
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5:30 p.m. Jazz music and art exhibits. Foosaner Art Museum 1463 Highland Ave., Melbourne 321-674-8916
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Learn how to grow a healthy landscape. Viera Community Center 2300 J. Fran Jamieson Way
8:30 - 10 a.m., Tuesdays Open House GO Travel 7777 N. Wickham Rd. 321-622-5955
Art & Painting Workshop
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8 - 10 a.m., 1st Sat. & Thu. Volunteers pick up litter. Coconut Point Park 3535 S. A1A, Melb. Beach 321-676-1701
6 - 8 p.m., 2nd Wednesdays Topic “Florida Conservation Trends” Tradewinds Restaurant Duran Golf Club 7032 Stadium Pkwy., Viera 321-504-7776 411.fit.edu/sciencecafe
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8 - 11:30 a.m. Billiards A.M. 11:30 - 3:30 Billiards P.M. 12 - 3:30 p.m. Mah Jongg 1 - 3 p.m. Euchre 6 - 10 p.m. Dominoes Palm Bay Senior Center 1275 Culver Dr., NE 321-724-1338
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6 p.m. Presented by “Men Against Domestic Violence” to benefit the Women’s Center. Radisson Resort at the Port 321-242-3110
Brevard County TRIAD Senior Fest 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Free Health fair. Flu shots, Vendors, Lunch. Melbourne Auditorium
Walk to End Alzheimer’s
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9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Volunteer 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Plant sale 10 - 11 a.m. Guided hike Volunteer workday in the grounds of the Enchanted Forest Sanctuary, Titusville 321-264-5185
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from all over the world, but I never really received any from Ireland. But they know Jeannie.” A Tucson, Ariz., native and former Miss San Francisco, Eden had made numerous film and television appearances — including one as Elvis Presley’s leading lady in the 1960 movie “Flaming Star” — when producer Sidney Sheldon, later a hugely successful novelist, cast her as Jeannie. Sheldon, looking for a show to compete against rival network ABC’s successful supernatural comedy “Bewitched,” had seen Eden in the 1964 film “The Brass Bottle,” which starred Burl Ives as a genie, and came up with the idea for a female genie. In the show, Hagman played Air Force Captain — later Major — Tony Nelson, an astronaut who wound up on a desert island after his space flight was aborted. He found a bottle on the beach and unwittingly released blondhaired Jeannie who fell in love with him and used her powers of granting his every wish to have him rescued by helicopter. She re-entered her bottle, stowed away in Nelson’s gear during the rescue and returned with him to Cocoa Beach. The pair lived at the fictional address of 1020 Palm Drive. Only Nelson’s friend and fellow astronaut, Army Maj. Roger Healy, played by Bill Daily, knew that Jeannie was a genie. The show made numerous references Page 1 of 1 to Cocoa Beach, once mentioning Bernard’s Surf, a now-closed restaurant
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that was a favorite hangout of space which Nelson married Jeannie. workers and astronauts. MountainDuring her first visit, Eden stopped dotted exterior shots filmed at Edwards by a motel where reporters were Air Force Base in California substituted interviewing Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Book Now for these for landmarks at Kennedy Space Center Aldrin, who was just days away from featured Adventures and Patrick Air Force Base. becoming the second man to walk on Eden visited Cocoa Beach twice the moon. 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For decades, we’ve all screamed for Del’s Freez ice cream BY MIKE GAFFEY In summer, a Brevardian’s fancy turns to thoughts of Del’s Freez. Or at any other time of the year, it seems. Located at a bend in the road that overlooks the Indian River Lagoon, the 59-year-old ice cream shop and hot dog stand at 402 N. Harbor City Blvd. in Melbourne is a required stop for locals and tourists alike. Day or night, seven days a week, customers hungry for generous servings of inexpensive softserve ice cream, banana splits, snow cones and Del’s popular Boston Shakes form long lines that often extend from the small shop’s two serving windows nearly to the highway. “It’s a good family place and the prices are good, too,” said customer Sharon Tweedy of Melbourne. The business originally was a Tastee-Freez ice cream shop when it opened in 1956 at its current location. Indiana transplants Delbert and Dolores Schmadel bought the shop in 1968, turning it into one of the chain’s top franchises. In 1985, the TasteeFreez was renamed Del’s Freez after the owner who became known as “The Ice Cream Man” and “The Sweetest Man in Town.” “He was like a second father to us,” said Del’s co-owner Alvin Pope, whose wife, Lisa, has worked at the shop for 35 years and purchased the business about eight months before Del Schmadel died in 2009 at age 92. “Del was an absolutely fantastic man, a great businessman.” Del’s offers a wide variety of treats. Its most popular items are cones and banana splits, said Pope, a regular customer since 1970 before leaving a job at the Cape to become co-owner. “Our Del’s Freez is also very, very
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Del’s Freez in Melbourne has been serving ice cream and hot dogs to generations of hungry fans like the Tweedy family for decades. popular,” he added. “It’s ice cream with different kinds of candy inside of it.” Del’s has changed little in appearance over the years, even after a 2011 remodeling that closed the business for several months. A vanilla cone sign above Del’s still entices customers to stop by. Visitors eat their treats at covered picnic tables. Parking can be tricky. And Del’s still only accepts cash.
“It’s been this way since Day One,” Pope said. “We will not take debit or credit. I can’t count how many times we’ve been asked over the years. Banks get in touch with us, but I won’t do it.” Del’s has survived recessions, space center layoffs, hurricanes, the closing of the nearby Palms Theater and Brevard Drive-In and a competing Dairy Queen on nearby Babcock Street.
Pope has a simple explanation for the shop’s unusual longevity. “Keeping things simple, loyal customers and selling a good product at a reasonable price,” he said. “People keep coming back.” Del’s hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 321-254-8381. SL
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Supporting the space port is a command performance common with military families, children may bloom where they have been planted along the way. Kristin Chandler and her husband, Asa, and children Xander and Davi Kay live in Chugiak, Alaska, and Davy Hummel lives in Anchorage. The only child left at home has fur, a spoiled Lhasa Apso, named Zoey. Working for famous astronaut USAF Lt. Gen. Susan J. Helms and learning about the International Space Center from someone who’s been there, done that, getting to stick her head inside space shuttle Atlantis before its final launch, and getting to serve temporary duty at points around the globe are some of the highlights so far. But one thing in her 10-general-career trumps that. “They have all touched my life in many ways, and by watching and learning from them they have taught me many things,” McEachern said. “Many became life-long friends.” SL
BY LINDA WIGGINS She’s seen more stars than a Hollywood agent. These stars are not on a walk of fame, but on the epaulets adorning the shoulders of her bosses during the past 16 years. Kim McEachern is the secretary to the 45th Space Wing Commander, with Brigadier Gen. Wayne R. Monteith clocking in Aug. 4 as No. 10 during her tenure. Her first space launch commander was the aptly named Gen. Randy Starbuck, who hired her away from the 45th Operations Group Commander after only four months on the job at Patrick Air Force Base. “From Brig. Gen. Starbuck to Brig. Gen. Monteith, there have been 10 different personalities, commanding styles and relationships,” McEachern said. “Since the commanders are so fluid, having an ‘anchor’ in the front office can ease in administering his decisions more efficiently to the wing. The civilian position provides the history, knowledge, continuity and stability you don’t get with an all-military office that transitions in and out in some cases every year. “Civilian employees can usually be expected to know ‘the ropes’ — where to go and who to see to get a job done most efficiently and minimizing trial and error. We know the local community and can provide background, directions and contacts to help our new commanders ease into their new environment. However, each and every commander and every new military member brings fresh ideas and experiences from all over the world that also keep the wing connected, effective and vital, less stagnant.” Starbuck was in town for the change of command ceremony to install Monteith, and had much to say about the value of someone who knows the community, knows the base.
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Then and now: Brig. Gen. Randy Starbuck and secretary Kim McEachern dressed in ’50s attire for his themed departure party in 1999, and more formally for the Aug. 4 change of command ceremony.
“Kim is magnificent. She’s the enduring force; the glue that makes the transition from one general to another appear seamless,” Starbuck said. Immersion in all things military does not end at the office. She is also a military wife to USAF Lt. Col. Aubrey B. McEachern III, now retired. She started her civil service career right out of high school and is now a GS-8 civil servant. When McEachern made the 180 degree weather change from Alaska to Florida, her children did not. As is
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Senior Life Travels with Grandma hits zenith with excursion to New York BY MARIA SONNENBERG Some grandkids have all the fun, thanks to grandparents such as June Mikell. When it comes to travel with grandson Phoenix, the Rockledge resident definitely has earned an “A” for her efforts. “My husband Phil and I lost our son when our grandson was less than 1 year old, so Phoenix became the center of our love and attention,” Mikell said. For a few years, Phoenix and his mom lived with the Mikells before moving to Puerto Rico after his mom remarried. “We started flying Phoenix back and forth from Puerto Rico to Florida in summer and holidays,” Mikell said. “If he wasn’t flying, we were flying over there. We always wanted to maintain that closeness.” Their first jaunt together was a cruise to the Bahamas.
“He was hooked on cruises,” Mikell said. “We did the Eastern, Western and Southern Caribbean at different times.” On another trip, the Mikells rented a cabin and a pontoon boat on the St. Johns River to spend five magical days fishing, cruising and just lounging. “We went to Blue Springs where the water is a constant 72 degrees and we swam until we turned blue,” Mikell said. At River Ranch, the western-themed resort just south of Brevard, Phoenix and his grandparents rode horses, took an airboat ride, cooked out, swam and saw a rodeo. “We rented a golf cart and he convinced me that it was OK for him to drive it,” Mikell said. There were trips to St. Augustine and to Savannah, where the family stayed in a converted cotton mill on the river and gobbled up beignets while listening to ghost stories. After her husband passed away
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Grand Villa’s chefs Jim Missale and Larry Abell took first-place Judge’s Choice and second-place People’s Choice.
Chefs from senior communities across Brevard racked up fan raves in the Battle for Best Barbecue at an Aug. 14 event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Senior Life was the Space Coast host of “Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive,” a national campaign that inspired many different kinds of events across the nation. The local event at Space Coast Convention Center in Cocoa drew more than 600 attendees that included WWII veterans, women and children who remember the day first-hand and veterans and members of the community of all ages. Grand Villa Senior Living Community’s chef Jim Missale took first-place Judge’s Choice and second-place People’s Choice for his fall-off-the-bone tender ribs. “What a great event. Everyone was so happy,” Missale said. “Everyone just kept saying such nice things about our dish, so appreciative. That’s what you hope for as a chef — to please — and it feels really good.” Brookdale Senior Living took first-place People’s Choice for its pulled-pork slider. “People said they really liked that you had the flavor of the barbecue that at the same time allowed the flavor of the pork to come through,” Brookdale chef Al DeLeo said. Palm Cottages in Rockledge duo Thomas Gurley and Monica Lucier took a thirdplace People’s Choice award and drew raves from fans for presentation. Gurley’s artistic German culinary background and Lucier’s love for variety and flair helped win the award, the pair agreed. “Great tasting food is important, and we loved all the fantastic comments from attendees, but it’s also an important part of the dining experience to please the eye, which provides a good ambiance,” Gurley said. “The saying goes, ‘We eat with our eyes, first.’ ” Buena Vida Estates won second-place Judges’ Choice and third-place People’s Choice. “It made me feel so good to be so well received. We had a lot of fun,” Buena Vida chef John Delaney said. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”
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Viera Manor chefs Don Saltsman, left, and Brandy Nahass.
Brookdale’s team Jon Knestrick, Chef Al DeLeo, Pamela Pistor and Gwen Shick won the first-place People’s Choice award.
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Viera Manor veterans retirement community in Viera generated comments from attendees on its combination of spices of its smoked meats. “Barbecue is right up our alley because our residents love very traditional America food,” chef Brandy Nahass said as she dished up a sample. Fans commented on the authentic taste of the offerings of The Town Square Wuesthoff Assisted Living in Viera. It’s not surprising since chef Darren Greenup is a barbecue veteran and teammate Trevor Delaney is a soul food-expert, both favoring dishes with Down South appeal. “We got a lot of comments that our barbecue brought back sweet memories of down home,” Greenup said. For Victoria Landing Waterfront Resort Assisted Living chef Jon Bradford, raves from attendees was a side dish. “It was all about the veterans, treating them and honoring for the sacrifices they have made,” he said. The event’s starring attraction was the “Spirit of ’45” video created by Senior Life, showcasing a sampling of 50 Space Coast residents interviewed about their first-hand experience of the day they heard that World War II was over. “I am so thankful to Senior Life for creating this video for current and future generations to know what we went through, experiences many of us have kept to ourselves and not even shared with our children, because, well, that’s just our way,” said Margaret Bayer, who at 85 was a high school sophomore and
like all families ate at the mercy of ration books and did without personal items that today’s youths may take for granted. In addition to the lunch provided by senior communities: • Dessert was provided by Consulate Health Care of Melbourne. • Senior Life’s veterans publication Stripes sponsored live music of the era from Hot Cocoa. • Souvenir photos against a back-intime green screen was sponsored by National Cremation Society. • Simplifying Senior Living provided bottled water. • Event sponsors included Indian River Colony Club, Wuesthoff Health System, Victory Florida, Health First Health Plans and Florida Institute of Technology. Funds raised at the totally free event allowed the all-volunteer Space Coast Honor Flight to send World War II veterans on a trip to see their battle memorials in Washington, D.C. For information on the upcoming Senior Life Boomer Bash & Senior Expo with Veterans Salute Nov. 6, call 321-242-1235. SL
Pin-ups for Patriots Corinna Vondoe, left, Ashley Dolin and Jeni Bates escorted in WWII veterans.
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A surprised Robert Welo, next to wife Mardi to the right, learns he is the winning “Rosie.” BY LINDA WIGGINS The winner of the “Keep the Spirit of ‘45 Alive” Rosie the Riveter lookalike contest is … a guy? The boomer-age Cocoa Beach resident simply wanted to honor his father by wearing his World War II uniform to the event, which marked the 70th anniversary of the happy day the war ended. “I was clearing out a closet after my parents passed away and I came upon this uniform that my mom had cleaned and pressed in perfect condition, as if it was ready for my dad to step into it and walk out the door,” Robert Welo said, taking the microphone on the stage after he recovered from the surprise win. The contest was designed to attract more people to come in costume to the Aug. 14 Senior Life event at Space Coast Convention Center in Cocoa reflecting the WWII era. The event debuted a video portraying a sampling of 50 Space Coast residents interviewed on their first-hand accounts of the day they heard World War II was over. Bios and photos of those who were not included are featured on these pages to mark the Sept. 2, 1945 official V-J Day when Japan signed surrender papers, or were featured last month to mark the Aug. 14 initial surrender announcement. “The costumes, the exhibits, the video, it’s just like day I experienced, all the joy, all the relief, all the celebrating, all the promise that all we had suffered through was now over,” said Margaret Bayer, who shared her emotions spurred by the video immediately after it aired. It was just what Jill Blue-Gaines wanted to hear. CEO of the marketing and events firm Bluewater Creative
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They were there … here is what they told us Robert Bryce
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Bob Bryce was on convalescent leave, walking the boardwalk in Ocean City, N.J. with his mother, when he started hearing chaotic rumblings around him. “There were crowds of people and we started hearing rumors of Japan’s surrender,” Bryce said. “Then, we heard that Japan had not surrendered. Somebody confirmed it and we knew the war had ended. I was in uniform and people started trying to kiss me.” Seventy years later, the emotional response from that excitement is still strong for Bryce, who said he just wanted to go home. Bryce had been involved in the invasion on Iwo Jima. He received a Purple Heart and a medical discharge after three years of service in the Coast Guard. “When I returned home, I thanked the Lord for getting me home safely,” he said. “My brother wanted me to go with him to Atlantic City the day after the war ended, but I’d had enough excitement. I just wanted to straight to bed and say a prayer for the boys who wouldn’t be coming home.”
Jack Aragona
Serving his country in a Navy shipyard, Jack Aragona was walking down the street in Washington D.C. when he heard the news. “Before you know it, cars were honking and people were running up to you and if you had on a uniform they gave you liquor and congratulated you.” He was married a month before, so that’s the 70th anniversary he remembers much more poignantly. He couldn’t wait to get home to her
Richard Waddel was on a picnic with his mom and dad and other family members when they heard the news of the U.S. victory. “We were thrilled. I had several cousins in the war and I was so proud of them.”
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Retired bombardier USAF Capt. Caspar “Jack” Speciale was trained and ready to go to Japan when he heard the war was over. “I was elated, because I lost some close buddies, some from birth, so I was glad to know the rest of my friends were safe, but I was a little disappointed I didn’t get to go do what I was preparing for. And no, I didn’t get to kiss a nurse, or anybody else for that matter.”
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As a member of the Army Signal Corps, Lew Ostroff intercepted messages by following closely behind the infantry. He was in Germany on Aug. 15, 1945 when he heard Japan had surrendered. “I was happy it was over.” Born near Kiev, Ukraine in 1913, Ostroff, who attributes his age to, “my lovely wife, Annie,” said he was discharged from the Army on a Friday and went to work for the Department of Defense the following Monday. Benjamin Rouleau was a boy of 13 sitting in class. “It was all over. Everyone was talking about it. There was no way anyone was going to focus on their studies that day. I was really glad because close family members would be coming home from war,” Rouleau said. “It was an incredible day.”
Bernadette Rose Bernadette Walsh Rose remembers most poignantly the WWII European Theater war. In a small town in Essex, England immediately northeast of London, she was among the Britons who practically starved as German U-boats efficiently sunk ships carrying food and supplies to the island nation. Strict rationing meant shops opened briefly only once a day to once a month. Windows blacked out to hide from nighttime bombing, her family slept in an air raid shelter.
Robert was only 2 years old when the war ended, but what many people don’t realize is that the war wasn’t immediately over for many soldiers. Some had to stay for months to years helping to establish order in former enemy or occupied lands. “I remember always doing things with my mom, but then the day came when I met my father and suddenly he was an everyday part of my life from then on. That was great.”
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“We were on vacation in Liberty, N.Y, the Catskills, which was called the Irish Riviera or the Jewish Alps, because it was a very popular destination in those days. Our Jewish neighbors were banging pots and pans and I asked what was going on, and someone said “The Japanese have surrendered! The war is over!” I ran back to our little cabin and told my mother the news. She was so relieved because my brother was in Germany and if the war had not ended, there was talk of sending him to invade Japan. So even though the war had been over in Europe, it really wasn’t over until Aug. 14, 1945.”
When she heard the war was over, Helen Truesdale married her sweetheart, who’d just come home from the war. They had three children together, like many of her contemporaries in the Greatest Generation who gave birth to the most populace generation. “In those days, we were just glad to get along.”
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Bill Edwards was happy to hear the war was over, but there would be no celebration. He was among the troops that spent months to years in Europe “mopping up,” and establishing order in a new world. When he finally boarded a packed troop ship to return home, he took his blanket and slept on deck, the first good sleep in a long time. He enjoyed American food served aboard ship for the first time in years, and when he finally set foot on U.S. soil, he drank his fill of milk. “I’ll never forget how good that tasted.”
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James Hadjin James “Jim” Hadjin was on an LST Navy landing craft with a lot of Marines on board. He had been in on the invasion of Okinawa, Japan Easter Sunday April 1. Many of the troops he unloaded were killed by the Japanese via ambush. He read directly from notes he took in a diary he keeps to this day, with a photo from the era of him and a buddy from World War II as a bookmark. Interspersed were details on the path to the 1945 World Series as “the Yankees dropped a second straight double-header to Detroit and even Chicago bypassed them.” When he heard that the use of atomic bombs was likely going to curtail the war, he was relieved, because he was on his way to drop off more soldiers for the planned full invasion of Japan. It never received the final green light, and on Aug. 15 in that time zone word finally came across the ship’s PA system of President Harry S Truman announcing Japan’s surrender. The LST remained in the area with 250 Allied war ships as Emperor Hirohito’s Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen.Yoshijiro Umezuc signed surrender papers inside the USS Missouri before Supreme Commander Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Sept. 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay.
Leslie Flato was among 50 people taken aboard a hospital ship for transport from the South Pacific toward San Francisco. With Flato stationed at the ship’s sole gun port, a Japanese sub surfaced and he swung the cannon around and fired, eventually sinking the sub, but not before getting his leg blown off. The war ended during the nearly four years he spent recuperating in a hospital, undergoing experimental surgical procedures that were precursors to today’s treatments.
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Retired USAF Lt. Gen. Bud O’Connor was at what is now Edwards Air Force Base, a B-24 training base, having flown 50 B-24 combat missions over Germany and Austria. “I’m a religious man, so when I heard, I said, ‘Thank God, it’s over. No more of us killed.’ Harry Truman was an idol of mine. A brave man. He made the right decision. It ended the war and saved a lot of lives.”
Michael McGuire Born in Ireland, Michael Francis McGuire served in the Army 87th Infantry Division under Gen. George S. “Blood and Guts” Patton and his Third Army. The injured Battle of the Bulge veteran was in Germany assigned to the Second French Colonial Army of officers over a rag-tag bunch of toughs from North African countries when he heard the news of Japan’s surrender. Because his job was long-distance telephone communications courtesy of his sole high school French class, he was the first to hear and relay the news. “We breathed a sigh of relief, but there was no real celebration. The French didn’t even acknowledge it or say a word about it other than that perhaps they would be going home. The Algerians and the Tunisians didn’t want to go home, I don’t think. Me and the rest of my seven-member U.S. crew were happy, but mostly we sat around wondering when the hell we were gonna get out, and what were we gonna do when we got out. Turns out I was in a job that wouldn’t let me get out in a hurry.” He helped establish an American town in Germany.
Lou Dorsey Lou Dorsey was known as the Morse Code Kid until he became a radioman for the Navy. He was 20 years old when his ship, a troop carrier, pulled in to Pearl Harbor. “The day we landed, we heard guns and whistles and sirens. The war had just ended. They told us not to go downtown and it’s a good thing we didn’t. Five kids got killed the day after the war was over. The town was full of drunks and drugs, but we were smart and went to get a big banana split. It was crazy.”
Ruth Sheridan Ruth P. Sheridan was a few weeks shy of her 18th birthday and already teaching first- and second-graders when she heard the news. She was tapped to teach American children of U.S. soldiers establishing order in occupied Germany. She met her husband and was the woman behind the man who became a two-star general. Their two sons live locally.
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Humor, precision, mark PAFB’s 45th Space Wing change of command BY LINDA WIGGINS The incoming commander of the 45th Space Wing at Patrick Air Force Base set the tone for his expected 730 days on the job that blended high expectations with pop culture. Brig. Gen. Wayne R. Monteith addressed a standing-room-only audience in the PAFB theater filled with about 1,000 military dignitaries from all over the world and local community leaders during the Aug. 4 change of command ceremony. “My approach to life and leadership is borrowed from a great philosopher: ‘Do, or do not, there is no try.’ Jedi Master Yoda,” Monteith said with a smile. The change of command was presided over by Monteith’s boss, Lt. Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command, and commander of the Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command, Vandenberg AFB, Calif. “It is a great honor to lead this command of the premier launch operations in the nation and the world. I tried my whole career to get posted at the 45th and never made the cut,” Raymond joked. In addition to commanding the 45th, Monteith is the director of the Eastern Range. He leads more than 13,700 military, Department of Defense civilian and contractor personnel responsible for the processing and launching of U.S. and commercial satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The Eastern Range is a 15-millionsquare-mile area that supports an average of 15 launches per year aboard Delta, Atlas, Falcon Navy and emerging launch vehicles. Monteith also manages wing launch and range infrastructure supporting NASA, commercial and missile test missions. He and outgoing commander Brig. Gen. Nina Armagno share a rare honor: command of two space wings in their biography. Prior to 45th command, Armagno served as commander of the 30th Space Wing, Vandenberg AFB. Armagno, who has been selected and approved for her second star, will now assume her new duties as director of Strategic Plans and Requirements, Air Force Space Command at Peterson AFB, Colo. Before his most recent assignment as senior military assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, Monteith commanded the 50th Space Wing at Schriever AFB, Colo. from 2009 to 2011. Monteith likened the honor of commanding a second space wing to “lightning striking twice.” Armagno gave Monteith a preview of what it is like leading the “Gateway to Space.” “I have never seen a community so supportive of their Wing. This is a community that changed their area code to 3-2-1,” Armagno said. Her last words in closing remarks to 45th service personnel, known as “Sharks,” drew a long standing ovation. “Shark 1, signing off.” SL
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Lt. Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, left, transfers 45th Space Wing command from Brig. Gen. Nina Armagno, right, to Brig. Gen. Wayne R. Monteith as Chief Master Sergeant Craig Neri, 45th Space Wing Command Chief, keeps watch.
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through military service are given the distinction of being “Gold Star” ones. This moniker dates back to World War I, when American families of servicemen began hanging Service Flags in the front window of their homes. Those flags had stars representing family members in the U.S. Armed Forces. Living servicemen were represented by a blue star, and those who had lost their lives were represented by a gold star. That tradition still continues today and also extends to the families of any women who are actively serving or who have lost their lives through military service. In Brevard, there are many “Gold Star” parents but there has not been an official chapter of the national Gold Star Mothers Inc. in the county since the Vietnam War. Jeanne Weaver hopes to change that, starting with a Gold Star Mother’s Day luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on September 27 at the Veteran’s Memorial Center, 400 South
BY LINDA WIGGINS Suntree resident Malcolm “Mal” Roberts received the Governor’s Veterans Service Award at a ceremony in Miami July 27. “Honoring Those Who Served,” Roberts read, his thumb tracing the outline of the words on the back of the golden medal as he reflected on the honor. “What a great day. I felt very proud.” said Roberts, who nearly died on the battlefield and spent more than a year recovering in a hospital before being honorably discharged for medical reasons. The World War II rifleman served in the 399th Infantry Division on the front lines of France. He received the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur three years ago, France’s highest honor. After a long delay — a fire in a U.S. military records department destroyed his data — he finally received his medals earned from his military service. Among them awarded at an Indian River Colony Club ceremony 12 years ago were the Bronze Star, the Good Conduct Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, Combat Infantry Badge and Marksman Badge, to name just a few. SL
out to others who care.” She lost her own son 1st Lt. Todd William Weaver who died on Sept. 9, 2010. He was killed leading his platoon in combat in the Arghandab Valley of Southern Afghanistan. “Due to privacy restrictions, I’m not given names of these Gold SENIOR LIFE Photo Courtesy of Jeanne Weaver Star families, so I want Donn Weaver, Jeanne Weaver, 1st Lt. Todd Weaver to get the word out to and Emma Wright gathered together during a invite them to this event,” happier time. Weaver said. “We are part of a sisterhood we Sykes Creek Parkway, Merritt Island. do not want to belong to, but we do. “This first meeting is not meant to I’m not trying to cause additional grief, be an official launching of a Gold Star but only to honor the ultimate sacrifice Mothers chapter, but rather a time for made by their sons and daughters.” us mothers and community leaders To RSVP for the event or find out to make connections to honor such a more information about forming a Gold unique sacrifice on that special date Star Mothers group in Brevard County, here in Brevard,” Weaver said. email Weaver at jdweaver@cfl.rr.com. “If enough moms want to move forward to form a chapter in the future, SL
World War II vet celebrates 100th birthday BY KATIE PARSONS
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World War II vet Henry Thomas recently celebrated his 100th birthday.
Henry Thomas has always loved music. He joined a country music band at the age of 12, playing the banjo and guitar. Now over a century old, Thomas still tries to find ways to listen to live music and dance whenever he gets the chance. “It’s better than sitting here and watching my toenails grow,” he said. Thomas celebrated his 100th birthday on August 28 and fully admits that he has lived those decades well. At the age of 26 he left his job at a manufacturing plant in Hall County, Georgia to join the Third Armored Division to fight in World War II. By Thomas’ account, he didn’t do “anything special” but he admits he was involved in five battles, including the infamous Battle of the Bulge. He was also part of a team that liberated a concentration camp in Germany, though at the time he did not realize the true significance of the act. “No one knew what had really happened in those concentration camps, not at the time we were liberating them,” Thomas said. “It wasn’t until
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later that we all learned how many people had died and the other horrors that took place there.” Thomas arrived back in the United States just before Thanksgiving in 1945 and was greeted by wife Mary. Their union lasted 73 years until she died in 2006. The couple moved to Brevard County in 1957 and Henry Thomas spent more than a decade working in maintenance at Kennedy Space Center. He retired at age 60 and along with his wife did a lot of traveling. One of their favorite places to visit was Gatlinburg, Tenn. “I’ve been retired almost as long as I worked. It’s been fun,” Thomas said. After the loss of his wife, a friend of Thomas’ suggested he look into the retirement apartments at Westminster Asbury in Cocoa. After taking a look around, Thomas was sold on the idea. He credits his new address with keeping him youthful. “Moving here has been the best thing, really,” he said. “There is something to do all the time. They keep us all very busy.” SL
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Brevard County remembers Sept. 11 with free event BY KATIE PARSONS Though 14 years have already passed since the events of September 11, 2001 shook the nation, for many the memory remains vivid and the resolution to remember is stronger than ever. Throughout the nation, many will pause to remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost on that fateful day and Brevard County will be no different. At 5:30 p.m. Sept. 11, retired and active law enforcement officers will bring the community together at the Port Canaveral Exploration Tower to honor the September 11 victims. The event is being hosted by the 10-13 Club of Brevard County, an organization with 250 members. In past years, the event was held at Wickham Park and this is the first year it will be at its new location. Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey will be the keynote speaker. Nationallyrenowned singer Tim Gidley will sing the National Anthem and “God Bless America.” Fire and police department survivors from September 11 will speak, the Brevard Police & Fire Pipes & Drums will lead the procession of colors and a display of emergency service equipment will be on hand for the public to see. A new 3-D model of the Twin Towers that was designed by artist and retired Sgt. Dave Norman will debut at the event. Al Boettjer is the president of Brevard 10-13 and a retired New York City Police detective who is helping to organize this year’s event. He had already moved from Brooklyn to Florida when the 9/11 attacks took place but his heart was with all of those suffering, particularly in New York City. While watching his television after the airplanes hit the Twin Towers, Boettjer saw a familiar face: N.Y. Fire Chief Pete Ganci Jr. who was running
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Artist and retired Sgt. Dave Norman, Express Signs owner Dina Smith, retired NYPD detective and president of the 10-13 Club of Brevard County Al Boettjer, and former NYPD Lt. Bobby Sullivan, who just retired from the Indian Harbor Beach Police Department, are part of a group that will honor victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. back into a burning building. Ganci never emerged. “I knew him very well from my days in New York and it really hit home when his life was lost,” Boettjer said. “I knew others there who also died that day.” Boettjer and his fellow law enforcement officers and firefighters
can’t bring back those who were lost, but they hope to at least honor those lives in the best way possible. “We want people to know that we will never forget and we remain committed to their safety,” Boettjer said. The event is free and open to the public and there is parking on site. SL
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You are what you eat, so eat organic BY JESSICA JOHNS Navigating the produce aisle at the grocery store can be an overwhelming experience for the conscious customer. What are the healthiest choices? Which fruits and vegetables are in season? Which are the most cost effective? And, in the past decade, another question has been added into the evergrowing mix: What is “organic”? The organic food movement has been taking the country by storm, sparking health-food shops, farmers markets and even regular grocery stores to offer a plethora of organic options. However, many shoppers have little knowledge of what an “organic” label on their food actually means or the many supposed benefits that claim to make the extra cost worthwhile. The USDA defines food that is produced without using most conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, bioengineering or ionizing radiation as “organic.” Before a product can boast the organic label, a government-approved certifier inspects the farm where the food is grown to make sure the farmer is following all the rules necessary to meet USDA organic standards. It is a very timeconsuming, costly process. Terra Brownbeck, farmer and cofounder of the certified organic Spiral Path Farms in Loysville, Pa., said that she and her husband broke into organic farming because of a desire to be good to the environment. They believe that the toxin-free practices of organic farming are “soil conserving, money saving, beneficial to the planet and less harmful to farmers and consumers” than similar, non-organic practices. Although a huge motivation, a desire to conserve and be good to our earth is not the only driving force for many organic farmers. Many people also believe that organic farming produces more healthful and bettertasting crops. Susan Johns, both a patron of Spiral Path and an avid organic-foods
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The organic food movement has become popular enough that regular grocery stores offer many organic options. supporter, feels very strongly about the quality of organic produce. “The taste of organic fruits and vegetables can’t even be compared to what you find in the imported or nonorganic options at the grocery store,” she said. “I believe organic crops are sweeter, crisper and have a much fuller flavor. I’ll never go back to my old way of shopping or eating.” Because of the techniques utilized in organic farming, the fruits and vegetables are grown in a very nutrientdense soil. This soil is purposely cultivated and nurtured by the farmers. For example, Brownbeck at Spiral Path employs “cover crops” throughout the off-season farming months to help draw nutrients to the surface of the soil before new produce is planted. Cover crops are planted to help stave off erosion and are never harvested. In the spring, they are tilled into the soil when it is aerated. All of the nutrients contained within these plants are redistributed into the land as well. They then serve as “green” or environmentally friendly manure. Michelle Wohlfarth of Healthy Living Kitchen and the Hershey Farmers Market is not only an organic
eater, but has also made a living out of educating others about the practice. Wohlfarth believes that organic farming, and in turn eating, can have benefits outside of the kitchen as well. While the idea of organic food having the ability to cure or heal illness is still a very controversial topic, Wohlfarth explains how switching your eating habits can help lead to a more accurate diagnosis, and therefore, quicker and easier healing of possible ailments. “While non-organic food may not be imminently detrimental to your health,” she said, “some people may react to some of the pesticides or herbicides differently. Cutting them out of your diet allows you to see which symptoms were related to your consumption of the chemicals versus the symptoms actually associated with your real health concern.” This knowledge can lead to a more accurate diagnosis, a proper treatment plan and more effective healing. If transitioning to organic food looks intriguing, but the process feels overwhelming, there are many ways to integrate organic foods into your lifestyle without breaking the bank or having to ditch your grocery store.
The first is wisely choosing which organic foods to invest in. Certain foods are more susceptible to holding onto pesticide residue after harvesting. Experts collaborate on a yearly list of the “dirty dozen,” or the 12 foods most improved by organic practices. This year, the list includes foods such as peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, pears, grapes (imported), spinach, lettuces and potatoes. Wohlfarth recommends leafy greens as another great place to start. “You get more bang for your buck with leafy greens,” she said. “They are also super versatile. Kale can be incorporated in a salad, stew, smoothies or even your morning omelet.” Secondly, both Brownbeck and Wohlfarth spoke to the economic and health benefits of seasonal living as an active part of organic eating. Eating “seasonally” is merely the process of purchasing, cooking and eating foods that are currently in season. An example of a seasonal purchase would be berries and melons in the summer or squash and apples in the fall. Buying produce during its peak season lowers the cost and heightens the flavor. This practice can help offset the increased price of buying organic foods. Canning and freezing are both great options for storing food that is purchased at its seasonal peak. Preserving food this way takes advantage of the seasonal benefits, while maintaining the ability to enjoy the fruit or vegetable year round. Whether you already buy organic produce, pick and try a few organic options, or decide organic eating isn’t for you, a diet rich in plenty of fruits and vegetables is a universally beneficial decision. Wohlfarth and Brownbeck, as well as physicians from around the world, agree that any produce, organic or not, is important for optimum physical health. The old adage still rings true: “You are what you eat.” SL
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ever return to the U.S. and try to sign up for it. The penalty applies for as long as you are enrolled in Medicare. This can be a significant disadvantage to not enrolling in Medicare Part B. If you become ill and return to the U.S. for medical care and have not signed up for Medicare Part B, you would have to pay the full cost to the physicians and other outpatient facilities such as laboratories and diagnostic facilities that provide medical care to you. This could be a major expense and could be another disadvantage of not being enrolled in Part B. If you require hospitalization in the U.S, this would be covered by Part A. Should you return to the U.S. and decide to enroll in Medicare Part B, you will only be able to do so during the General Enrollment Period from January 1 to March 31, and the higher premium for late enrollment discussed above may apply. Your coverage would become effective on July 1. Put simply, you cannot return to the U.S., sign up for Part B whenever you decide to do so, and be covered immediately. Another downside. I encourage you to contact a SHINE counselor who can answer any further questions you may have. To contact a SHINE counselor for assistance, call the Elder Helpline toll-free at 1-800-963-5337 or 321-7528080 locally. SHINE has 12 locations throughout Brevard County. SHINE counselors can assist you by telephone or in person at one of the sites. To find a SHINE counseling site near you, go to floridashine.org or call the telephone numbers listed above. SL If you have a question you would like the “Ask Lance” column to answer, send an email to jill@myseniorlife.com or call 321-242-1235. About SHINE SHINE is an award-winning statewide volunteer program that provides free, unbiased and confidential counseling and information for people on Medicare, their families and caregivers. SHINE is a program of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and is administered in partnership with the state’s 11 Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs). In Brevard County, our ADRC is the Senior Resource Alliance located in Orlando.
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DEFINITION Stress
Stress is mental or emotional tension resulting from demanding circumstances that can have physical manifestations that may lead to chronic illness.
Stress
What exactly is stress? Distress is bad but eustress is good. Both can come from the same source. A kiss from someone you love creates eustress but that same kiss from a stranger might cause a different reaction. Acute stress is the fight or flight kind of stress that makes a person choose to stay and deal with a situation or run away. The body metabolism returns to normal about 90 minutes after the emergency. Chronic stress is the kind we tend to ignore or push down because we deal with it every day — bills, jobs, relationships. Left uncontrolled, chronic stress can affect your body and your immune system. Caregiving, like any major life event, can be stressful. How you respond to that stress will determine if you walk away feeling as if you’ve had the adventure of a lifetime or if you’re grateful to have survived. It is difficult to define stress since each person approaches each situation differently, with unique coping skills and a singular perspective.
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Learn to recognize and identify your stressors and your stress limits. Find alternative ways to cope with stress before it becomes critical. • Find at least one person you can trust with anything you say. • Realize you may need different people for different stresses. • Make time for friends and family. It will make all the difference. • Take advantage of technology to stay connected with loved ones. • Connect with people who like the things you like. You can find many common interests in the Boomer Guide. • Consider joining a support group to meet others who are dealing with similar challenges. You can also find these groups in the current issue of the Boomer Guide. • Psychologists can help develop stress-management strategies if these tips don’t work.
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Turkey Creek Sanctuary Touring the Town John Trieste
Let me introduce you and your family to an outstanding nature park and interpretive center in Palm Bay. The Turkey Creek Sanctuary has more than 130 acres of unspoiled natural resources and is part of the East Florida section of the Great Florida Birding Trail. The Great Florida Birding Trail is part of a 2,000mile long collection of more than 500 locations in the United States to promote and protect bird watching, environmental education and ecotourism. Start your visit to Turkey Creek at the inviting Margaret Hames Nature Center. Here you will be introduced to interpretive exhibits of the sanctuary and learn about the many highly-informative environmental education programs that are offered. The center also offers a well-attended children’s nature day camp, guided tours of Turkey Creek Sanctuary, an informative nature library, plus a wellstocked gift store. There is an accommodating twomile, easy-walking boardwalk that will take you back in time as you view the wild vegetation, hammocks and sand pine trees of the wonderful world of
undeveloped Florida of yesteryear. The Turkey Creek Sanctuary is an opportunity to experience Florida as the early inhabitants did. You have a good chance of seeing all types of wildlife as you walk along the boardwalk. The Sanctuary is home to manatees, alligators, turtles, otters, raccoons, tortoise and many fish. Turkey Creek is the breeding ground for many varieties of Florida’s salt and freshwater fish. All types of birds are abundant. Ospreys, owls, herons, egrets, cranes, wading birds, warblers and woodpeckers flourish. There is a picnic area along the boardwalk and a butterfly garden at the entrance. In addition, the Sanctuary offers almost two miles of easy jogging trails. The trails will take you through this beautiful native forest to the waters of Turkey Creek. Turkey Creek Sanctuary is at 1502 Port Malabar Blvd. NE in Palm Bay. The site manager, Oli Johnson, can be reached at 321-676–6690. It is open every day. There is no admission charge. Trails are open 7 a.m. to sunset daily. The Nature Center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The Palm Bay Library and the Palm Bay Community Center are also located here. Your visit to the Turkey Creek Sanctuary more than meets my requirements that your trip be educational, inexpensive and a memorable experience for the entire family. SL
Rehabilitation Challenges of Living to Age 100 Ed Baranowski Slip, fall and snap. An enjoyable trip to Wisconsin to visit family turned into a medical emergency. My wife slipped on the kitchen floor in our son’s house, resulting in a three-bone fracture in her right leg. After an ambulance trip to the hospital in Portage, surgery was performed that included plates, screws and stapled incisions. After a few days in the hospital, recovery began at the Tivoli Rehab Center in a rural community surrounded by cornfields and winter wheat. A most pleasant professional staff made the challenges of getting mobile an easier task. With directions that the surgically fixed leg “cannot be weight bearing,” the staff focused on a care plan. Nursing care personnel reflected the Divine Savior Healthcare “divine” service objective. Each shift change, transition and collaboration was orchestrated seamlessly. Teamwork and experience were matched with unending care for others. Comfort was matched with a medication protocol linked to a pain meter (smiley faces from one to ten). Oxycodone and Percocet and their side effects were tracked. All bodily functions were monitored, recorded, charted, checked and analyzed against the norm. With many drugs being
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administered, the “regularity” function was a big challenge. “Have you gone yet?” was a daily question. Scheduled daily physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) sessions were designed to get and keep body parts functioning. Using a wheelchair for mobility was a whole new skill set to be mastered. Learning the use of equipment, tools, walkers, handicapped-access bathrooms and easy-access showers were a new experience. Meals were tasty and hospital defined. Some menu choices were available with portion control matched to the health challenge. Special events and activities planned each day created a cruise ship atmosphere. As an observer and participant with my spouse for 10 or more hours each day for three weeks, I noticed the variety of challenges faced by the residents. There was the joy and triumph of accomplishing tasks in preparation to go home. Sad moments came when those struggling to function found they could not go home due to diminished capacity and need for continued assistance. Money challenges impacted some who had limited resources and insurance. An old farmer struggled after knee replacement surgery to find a way to go to assisted living. Back home again, a whole new set of challenges begin for patient and caregiver. SL
Ah, can you hear it? It’s the sound of sanity as it rushes in to greet me. The children have gone back to school. God bless that socialized child care. Those who know me and my traditional conservative leanings know the irony in those words. As a member of the Sandwich Generation — those of us who are concerned with giving our aging parents a great life while trying to do the same for our children, and snacking on the leftovers of life actualization for ourselves — I am utterly thankful for any help I can get. I am so thankful that both my son and daughter are into school. My daughter went out for and won a slot on the school swim team, her first athletic endeavor after many years and accolades for art, chorus, writing. My son has been into sports, and will continue his academic excellence with after-school club pursuits. I just love how serious he is about making sure I give him breakfast and walk out to the street so he can ride his bike past me to school early for his job as a safety patrol. I feel like I’m the Wilma to his Fred as well as his Fred Sr.
We treat school as though it is their career, and they go off to work just as I do, and just as Daddy does. Grandma pitches in her part by fawning over their good grades, and offering up small gifts as rewards for their efforts. If it sounds like I am bragging about my kids, I am. Oh, but I am also making a practical point. The reality is that having young children as a boomer means that both parents likely must continue to work, hard, to earn what it takes to make a family run, and help out with the needs of aging parents. (I can’t even begin to know how a single parent does this, but they are out there in the Sandwich Generation.) I am thankful that as we must work, so too do my children busy themselves positively and we all come together at dinner time or some proximity thereof to share highlights from our day’s work. Lastly, I wish to close with a shout out to my lovely caller and fan Ruth Morrison, a part of this equation as the top slice in her Sandwich. I can think of no better compliment than to hear that my lifescapades make her better appreciate the efforts of her own daughter. SL Linda Wiggins is a member of the Sandwich Generation, which refers to persons who must oversee or provide care for an aging parent, while at the same time caring for young children or continuously keeping adult children from returning to the nest. Sometimes all three. Contact her with comments or questions at LindaWiggins123@aol.com.
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It is with good reason that Space Coast Cancer Foundation president Tina Norman calls 9-year-old Evie Hanes “a little girl with a big heart.” The child recently walked into the organization’s Titusville office and donated $30. Evie raised the money selling lemonade from a curbside stand, built by her father. She was inspired by her grandmother, who underwent cancer treatment as a patient of Dr. Ashish Dalal, at the Space Coast Cancer Center. She’ll do a repeat sale Oct. 3. The donation will aid the foundation with its stated mission, “To help Brevard County cancer patients in treatment with the financial and emotional burdens that accompany a cancer diagnosis. The Foundation underwrites transportation, anti-nausea medications and pain medications. It also helps with groceries, utilities and other specific living expenses.” Diane Petrocelli, marketing and communication specialist at Space Coast Cancer, was amazed by “Evie’s pure and adorable heart.” SENIOR LIFE Photo courtesy of the Hanes family “How can one little girl be so conscious of cancer Evie Hanes donated the proceeds from her lemonade stand to patients’ needs?” Petrocelli said. “Instead of buying herself the Space Coast Cancer Foundation to aid in its mission of something, she unselfishly thought of people in need.” helping all who need a helping hand in the fight against cancer. Petrocelli spoke of the good that can come from $30. “It can help pay someone’s water bill, cell phone bill, bathtub race and a pink ribbon challenge course. put food in their refrigerator or gas in their car for a doctor The Saturday, Oct. 3 event will start with the 5K at 8 a.m. appointment. For someone who has nothing, $30 can make a and the walk at 9 a.m. Tickets are $25. huge difference. It can change the world.” Look for Evie’s stand at the Exploration Tower. She Evie will offer her lemonade for sale during the Pink invites everyone to come and have a glass of lemonade for a Ribbon Walk and Exploration Tower 5K, presented by The great cause. Cove in Port Canaveral, to benefit the Space Coast Cancer For information about the event, go to visitportcanaveral. Foundation. Other activities during this family- oriented event include com. For information about the Space Coast Cancer Foundation, go to spacecoastcancerfoundation.org. SL music and vendors, a shrimp eating contest, a bed and
Mims-Scottsmoor Public Library 3615 Lionel Rd., Mims 321-264-5080 Every month Basic Computer/Intro classes Call 321-264-5080 for details. Registration required. $20 per class. Thursday, Sept. 3 • 1:30 p.m. Library Book Club will discuss “Tapestry of Fortunes” by Elizabeth Berg. Copies of the book are available at the reference desk. Thursday, Sept. 10 • 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Friends of the Mims-Scottsmoor Library Book & Bake Sale opens 1 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 10 and continues 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 11.
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6500 Carole Ave., Port St. John 321-633-1867
Every Tuesday • Noon - 3 p.m. SHINE - Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders Counselors assist with Medicare and Medicaid questions. 321-222-7981 Every Tuesday • 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Senior Games
A prescription for good eating BY FLORA REIGADA The flavor of New Orleans is coming to Titusville and one can almost hear a jazz band playing in celebration. It will be official when Orleans by the River, a Cajun restaurant, bar and bistro, opens its doors at 2204 S. Washington Ave. Its windows and bar area offer scenic views of the Indian River, just across the street. General manager Sean Truesdale said the projected opening date is Sept. 2. Dr. Sachin R. Shenoy, a Titusville neurologist, owns the business. Its
artwork and color will reflect the New Orleans atmosphere. Also a manager, Liz Rosales said she likes Cajun food for the “excitement of flavors.” This excitement will be brought to its peak by the expert hands of chef Rocky Intindola, who studied at the Culinary Institute of America and cooked at the Marriott in New Orleans. Dishes he plans for the new restaurant’s menu include jambalaya, gumbo, black fish, red fish, shrimp, crawfish, oysters and gator tail with Creole sauce. He cites jambalaya and shrimp alfredo as personal favorites. A montage of cultures has contributed to the fare, which originated
in Louisiana. According to Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, Cajun cuisine “blends French, Spanish, West African, German, Italian and Irish influences as well as those from the general cuisine of the southern United States.” Entertainment is on the agenda with performances by local bands and comedians. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, call 321-5677567 or go to orleansbytheriver.com. SL
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VIERA VOICE Events
OCTOBER 1 - 15 Scarecrow Stroll
Tour the town, view all the crows, vote for your favorite.
Saturday, October 17 Harvest Festival The Avenue Viera
Festival fun, music, Zucchini 500, face painting, vendors
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Titusville Food & Craft Festival
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Gourmet homemade food and local art & crafts. Searstown Mall 321-615-8183
Brevard Caribbean Fest
Caribbean island music, entertainment and food. Cocoa Village Riverfront Park, 401 Riveredge Blvd. brevardcaribbeanfest.com
Sunday Brunch
10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays Tradewinds Restaurant Duran Golf Club 7032 Stadium Pkwy, Viera 321-504-7776, ext. 2
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$3 Tuesdays at the Zoo
Brevard Zoo is offering $3 admission to all guests on Tuesdays in September. 321-254-WILD
Indoor Walking Group
8 - 10 a.m., Tues., 55+ Club David Schechter Comm. Ctr. 1089 S. Patrick Drive Sat. Beach, 321-773-2080
Your Memory: Prevention and Cures for Tomorrow 10 - 11:30 a.m. Dr. Cajol will discuss memory loss, aging and research and treatments. One Senior Place RSVP 321-751-6771
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8 a.m. Shotgun Supports Folds of Honor Foundation. Duran Golf Club 7032 Stadium Pkwy, Viera 321-504-7776, ext. 7340
Free admission to State Parks with a library card, a book checked out or a family friendly book brought to donate to a State Park.
National Kidney Foundation Super Senior Luncheons 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ProAm Surf Festival 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., free Watch top surfers compete. Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier 401 Meade Ave. Cocoa Beach, nkfsurf.com
Lunch & speakers. First Baptist Church Gym 140 Magnolia Ave., MI 321-453-2144
Space Coast Gator Club
Open Club Monthly Mtg.
Brevard Users Group (BUG) 5:30 p.m. 7 - 8 p.m., first Mondays Windows basics. One Senior Place 8085 Spyglass Hill Rd, Viera
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11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays All you can eat. Pizza Gallery & Grill 2250 Town Center Ave. 321-633-0397
session on Mondays Wickham Park Community Ctr. 2815 Leisure Way Melbourne, 321-608-7490
ROSH HASHANAH
Open to all Gator fans. Palm Shores Bistro 5060 U.S. Highway 1 Palm Shores
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Women’s Self Defense Class Field Trip for Adults to 7 - 8 p.m., $30 for 4-week Navy Seal Museum
8:15 a.m., $80. Tour leaves Kiwanis Island Park and returns 5 p.m. Trip to museum in Fort Pierce, Community Band Brevard Investment Business Daily seaside horseback ride. Pre-registration is required. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. “A 30th Anniversary Rotary Park Nature Center Stock market club. Celebration!” 321-455-1385 Suntree/Viera Library 3 p.m. 321-255-4404 Musical favorites including Caregiver Class pieces from the first season. Books are Always Better 2 - 3:30 p.m. Merritt Island High School Than Movies Book Club 3-week class Tues. & Thurs. Auditorium 6:30 - 7:45 p.m., 2nd Mon. through Oct. 1 10 Mustang Way Discussing “Olive Kitteridge” St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church Merritt Island Suntree/Viera Library 414 Pine Street, Titusville 321-338-6210 321-255-4404 321-269-4240, ext. 3452
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2 - 4 p.m., free BSO, area art groups, performances, Instrument ‘Petting Zoo,’ food trucks King Center 3865 N. Wickham Rd. culturalartsshowcase.com
9:30 a.m., $3/$5, Music movement class for 50+. Freedom 7 Senior Center 5000 Tom Warriner Blvd. Cocoa Beach, 321-783-9505
World Alzheimer’s Day
Cultural Arts Showcase
Jeriatric Jazz Group Concert
2 - 3 p.m., Free Central Brevard Library 308 Forrest Ave., Cocoa 321-321-635-7845
Zumba Gold
China Painting
9:30 - 11:15 a.m., $8 Wickham Park Senior Center 2815 Leisure Way Melbourne, 321-255-4496
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2 - 5 p.m. Elks Lodge #1532 315 Florida Ave., Cocoa 866-455-2322
9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Mondays N. Brevard Senior Center 909 Lane Ave., Titusville 321-268-2333
Square Dancing
2 - 4 p.m. Wickham Park Senior Ctr. 2815 Leisure Way Melbourne 321-608-7490
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Travel Talk A Cup of Joe with GO
8:30 - 10 a.m., Tuesdays Open House GO Travel 7777 N. Wickham Rd. 321-622-5955
Wii Bowling
10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Palm Bay Senior Center 1275 Culver Drive, NE “Staying Fit” Exercise Class 321-724-1338 11 a.m., Mondays & Fridays Mah Jongg Lessons Sunflower House 12:30 - 3:30 p.m., $2/$3 Merritt Square Mall N. Brevard Senior Center (next to JC Penney) 909 Lane Ave., Titusville 321-452-4341 321-268-2333
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Par 3 Golf Group
8 a.m., Group from Palm Bay Senior Center. Joe Daddy’s Golf Course 33255 Jupiter Blvd. SE Palm Bay, 321-724-1338
Ask a Stupid Question Day
Canasta
Holiday Inn - Viera 8298 N. Wickham Rd. 321-727-1212
Sit-n-Stitch
1 - 3 p.m., Crochet, knit, stitch. Beginners welcome. Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404
Watercolor Art Class
1 p.m., Mondays Advent Lutheran Church 7550 N. Wickham Rd. 321-259-8515
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6 - 10 p.m., 1st Fridays Live music, food trucks. U.S. 1 & Palm Bay Rd. Palm Bay, 321-951-9998
Handbags for Habitat
at Brevard Manatees Rivalry Night, 6:35 p.m. Space Coast Stadium brevardseminoleclub@ gmail.com
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First Friday at the Bay
Jazz Friday
5:30 p.m. Jazz music and art exhibits. Foosaner Art Museum 1463 Highland Ave., Melbourne 321-674-8916
Up with People – The Journey
8 p.m., $15/$10 students 50th anniversary tour. The Scott Center 5625 Holy Trinity Dr. thescottcenter.org
Be Late for Something Day Beach Cleanups
8 - 10 a.m., 1st Sat. & Thu. Volunteers pick up litter. Coconut Point Park 3535 S. A1A, Melb. Beach 321-676-1701
Cold Blooded Weekend Sept. 5 - 7 Celebrate the world of cold-blooded animals. Brevard Zoo brevardzoo.org
Space Coast Symphony Orchestra “Inside the Music”
3 p.m., $10 donation Central Brevard Library 308 Forrest Avenue, Cocoa
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6 - 8 p.m., 2nd Wednesdays Topic “Florida Conservation Trends” Tradewinds Restaurant Duran Golf Club 7032 Stadium Pkwy., Viera 321-504-7776 411.fit.edu/sciencecafe
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Learn how to grow a healthy landscape. Viera Community Center 2300 J. Fran Jamieson Way
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. 2nd & 4th Fridays, Quilting Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404
8 a.m. - 12 p.m., free to public. Tables for $21.30. Viera Community Center 321-433-4891
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Scarecrow Builder deadline
Deadline to register to build a scarecrow for the fourth annual Scarecrow Stroll. 321-242-1235 Scarecrow Stroll Oct. 1 - 15 Harvest Festival Sat., Oct. 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Lunch with Nature
A Discussion on Sharks Bring a packed lunch and enjoy a discussion on sharks with Joe Zayas. The Enchanted Forest Sanctuary 444 Columbia Blvd. Titusville, 321-264-5815
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9/11 REMEMBRANCE
My Brevard Yard Workshop TGIF Seaside Piecemakers Fallout Garage Sale
Taste of the Avenue
Luncheon & Fashion Show Space Coast Lure Chase 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Benefits (Dogs)
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10 a.m. - 12 p.m. One Senior Place 8085 Spyglass Hill Rd. Viera, RSVP 321-751-6771
5:30 - 8:30 p.m., 3rd Fri. Orlando Food Truck Bazaar Eau Gallie Arts District Highland Ave., south end 321-574-2737
5 p.m. Live music, food samples from The Avenue restaurants. Melbourne Community The Avenue Viera, Central Park Orchestra “Once Upon a Tickets $25, $22 advanced Time Musical Storytelling” purchase, available at the 7:30 p.m., Music of Harry Cocoa Beach Regional Potter and more. Chamber - Viera office in Melbourne Auditorium The Avenue. 625 Hibiscus Blvd. 321-459-2200 321-285-6724
Writing Your First Novel
Oasis Women’s Ministry
9 - 11:30 a.m., 9/17 - 9/19 Suntree United Methodist Church Registration required. 7400 N. Wickham Rd. 321-242-2585 suntreeunitedmethodist.org
Senior Law Seminar
1 p.m., free, 3rd Thursdays Wickham Park Senior Center 2785 Leisure Way Melbourne, 321-255-4494
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Women’s Center of Brevard. Hilton Rialto Place 200 Rialto Place, Melbourne 321-253-9355
9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Chase sport exercise for your dog, entertainment for you. Outside Space Coast AVET Project 9/11 Luncheon Stadium. 321-608-0603. Also 9/26. See rules at 11:30 a.m. SpaceCoastLureChase.com To honor those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. Icons: Mancini & Hamlisch The Tides Club Space Coast Symphony Orchestra 1001 S. A1A, Patrick AFB 7 p.m., $20, students free RSVP 321-373-7046 The Scott Center 5625 Holy Trinity Dr. POW/MIA Talk Like a RECOGNITION Pirate Day DAY
EGAD Eats
Art for Animals
6 p.m. Art exhibit & silent auction. Proceeds to build a no-kill animal shelter in Brevard. Eau Gallie Civic Center 1551 Highland Ave. 321-259-9627
Navy Wives’ Club
11:30 a.m., Speaker Capt. John Sagar, USN, Commanding Officer of NOTU. RSVP 321-213-6012
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Fall Fashion Show
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 10 - 11:30 a.m., 4th Weds. 8 - 11:30 a.m. Billiards A.M. Reserve your seat today Discuss “The Same Sky” by 11:30 - 3:30 Billiards P.M. for a “lil’ hallabaloo!” Amanda Ward. 12 - 3:30 p.m. Mah Jongg Courtenay Springs Village 1200 S. Courtenay Pkwy. Suntree/Viera Library 1 - 3 p.m. Euchre Merritt Island 321-255-4404 6 - 10 p.m. Dominoes 321-452-1233 Palm Bay Senior Center Zumba with the 1275 Culver Dr., NE M &M show 321-724-1338 Friday Night Out Mon., Wed., Fri.: 6:45 p.m. 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Pickleball (All Ages) Sat.: 9:30 a.m. Tradewinds Restaurant 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., Tuesdays, Duran Golf Club All ages. $5 Thursdays & Saturdays Latin-inspired workout. 7032 Stadium Pkwy, Viera Wickham Park Community Ctr. $21/year or $1/day 321-504-7776, ext. 2 Wickham Park Community Ctr. 2815 Leisure Way, 2815 Leisure Way Melbourne Melbourne 321-608-7490 321-608-7490
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9 a.m. - 12 p.m., Tuesdays Martin Andersen Senior Ctr. 1025 S. Florida Ave. Rockledge 321-631-7549
6 - 9 p.m., Wednesdays 55+ Club David Schechter Comm. Ctr. 1089 S. Patrick Drive Sat. Beach, 321-773-2080
History Book Club
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Brevard Federated Republican Women Lunch Seminole Club Kickoff 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., 1st Weds.
Labor Day 2-Person Scramble International Literacy Day Science Cafe
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Cards & Games
Bingo
Caregiver Class
SHINE Counselor
4:30 - 6 p.m., 3-week class 6 - 7:30 p.m., last Tuesdays Weds. & Fri. through Oct. 16 Suntree/Viera Library Hospice of St. Francis 321-255-4404 4875 N. Wickham Rd., #104 Melbourne 321-269-4240, ext. 3452
10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Thurs. N. Brevard Senior Center 909 Lane Ave., Titusville 321-268-2333 9:30 - 12:30, Thursdays Martin Andersen Senior Ctr. 1025 S. Florida Ave. Rockledge 321-631-7549
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6 p.m. Presented by “Men Against Domestic Violence” to benefit the Women’s Center. Radisson Resort at the Port 321-242-3110
Brevard County TRIAD Senior Fest 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Free Health fair. Flu shots, Vendors, Lunch. Melbourne Auditorium
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7:30 a.m. Activities 8:30 a.m. Walk Space Coast Stadium 5800 Stadium Parkway Viera, 407-481-6309
Wine & Cheese Event Suntree Internal Medicine 2 - 5 p.m. Meet the new physician Dr. Gary Hardoon. 6619 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne 321-255-4404
Downtown Melbourne Art Walk
5 - 8 p.m., 3rd Saturdays Art, Exhibits. 321-724-1741
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Walk to End Alzheimer’s
8 a.m. Registration 9:30 a.m. Walk Riverfront Park Cocoa Village 407-951-7992, act.alz.org
National Public Lands Day
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Volunteer 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Plant sale 10 - 11 a.m. Guided hike Volunteer workday in the grounds of the Enchanted Forest Sanctuary, Titusville 321-264-5185
Senior Stroll
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Stroll vendors & speakers specializing in aging topics.
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Do you have an event you would like on this calendar? Email your event before the 15th of the month prior to: media@bluewatercreativegroup.com Please include the name of the event, time, address and a contact phone number. Or call 321-242-1235 or mail your information to: Senior Life, 7630 N. Wickham Rd., Suite 105, Viera, FL 32940
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United Way hosts major gifts campaign BY KATIE PARSONS As nonprofit organizations well know, raising the dollars to reach financial goals takes a lot of work. Though small donations certainly add up, launching major gifts campaigns can mean the difference between meeting annual goals or falling short. The United Way works with 44 agencies in the county that depend on successful major gifts campaigns to function. The United Way hopes to give
that needed component a lift at its first Major Gifts Ramp-Up event, a two-day seminar that will be held on the campus of Eastern Florida State College on September 29 and 30. Sessions on the event agenda include discussions on why donors give, how to best support campaigns, and ways to get organized. There is also a roleplaying and practice portion at the end of the second day. The event will be hosted by Jimmy LaRose of the National Development
Institute, a 501(c)(3) public benefit charity that serves the human welfare, education, health care, arts and environment interests. Rob Rains, president of United Way of Brevard, attended a similar event in St. Lucie County earlier this year hosted by LaRose and realized the impact it could have here. “This conference will bring a lot of value to the agencies we work with, and many others in Brevard,� Rains said. “I’m looking forward to the impact it has.� Attendees are asked to bring their own laptops to the event in order to get online and really have an interactive experience.
“For our local nonprofit organizations, seeking major gifts is becoming increasingly important. The ability to solicit a single major gift allows our local agencies to stay focused on serving the needs of the community as opposed to time consuming special events or other methods. Major gifts have a much better return on investment,� Rains said. To register for the event, go to nonprofitconferences.org/ event-registration or call the offices of the National Development Institute at 800-257-6670. For more information on United Way of Brevard, go to uwbrevard.org or call 321-631-2740. SL
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United Way of Brevard’s president Rob Rains, center, stands with Carolyn Wisniewski, vice president of resource development, left, and Liz Lee, vice president of community impact.
Golf sweetens walk’s take to combat Alzheimer’s BY LINDA WIGGINS It may have been a crazy idea, but the result is future lives and families spared of a devastating disease rapidly gaining ground worldwide as the Greatest Generation and their baby boomers age. InspiredLiving at Palm Bay Validus Memory Care Community has raised $20,000 in just more than a year through its signature annual golf tournament, the most recent one Aug. 21 with more SENIOR LIFE PHOTO than 100 in attendance at the InspiredLiving golf tournament event co-chair Turtle Creek Golf Club in Mary Jo Allen of Home Health Care of Florida Rockledge. and James Brassard of InspiredLiving celebrate “I was laying in bed a successful event Aug. 21. thinking what can we as a community do to combat Alzheimer’s disease,� said InspiredLiving community relations director James Brassard. “I’m an avid golfer, so a golf tournament was the likely conclusion. People told me it was a crazy idea because it is so expensive and difficult to make money for charity when all is tolled, but we did it anyway and it’s been great.� Brassard will present a check to the Alzheimer’s Association at its Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday, Sept. 26 at Cocoa Village Riverfront Park, 401 Riveredge Blvd. Registration is at 8 a.m., ceremony at 9 a.m. and the walk starts at 9:30 a.m. “We are just getting some shocking updated statistics. More than 47 million people currently diagnosed, up from 35 million in 2009, an average of 7.7 million new cases of dementia a year,� Brassard said. “Any more, there isn’t anyone who hasn’t been either directly affected with a close family member or knows of someone, and is aware how destructive it can be for individuals and their families.� His plan is to bring businesses together to support the Alzheimer’s Association and also Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation and other charities that combat the disease. “The cost is also a huge factor, expected to reach a trillion dollars a year soon,� Brassard said. “But that figure is nothing compared to the effect on the person and the family.� To contribute toward Brassard’s team, go to act.alz.org, select zip code 32922 and for Team, type in “Inspired Living at Palm Bay,� or call 321-574-6290. SL
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travel The uniquely gorgeous gorge STORY BY ANDREA GROSS; PHOTOS BY IRV GREEN I’m standing on a narrow footbridge, surrounded by moss-laden trees and listening to the rumbling sounds of Oregon’s Multnomah Falls. Looking up, I peer through the mist to see more than a thousand gallons of water per second cascading down the 620-foot falls that many consider to be the most beautiful spot in the entire 80mile Columbia River Gorge. Officially the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, which parallels the river from The Dalles in the east to the outskirts of Portland in the west, consists of 292,500 acres in southern Washington and northern Oregon. It’s possible to speed through it in an afternoon — a quick look here, a photo stop there — but it’s better to explore it more leisurely, whether cruising on a paddlewheeler like those that plied the Columbia River 150 years ago, or by driving along the aptly-named Historic Columbia River Highway. From either vantage point, water or road, the views are magnificent — 4,000-foot-tall cliffs, towering mountains, abundant vegetation and more waterfalls than in any similarly sized area of North America. Why, there are more than 70 waterfalls just on the Oregon side of the river. My husband and I stand on the bridge and consider our options. Do we want to see more waterfalls? If so, we have our choice of at least 10 trails that will lead us through forests dotted with falls. Or do we want breathtaking views, in which case we can undertake the seven-mile trek to the top of Larch Mountain? A woman at the visitor center suggests we drive. “That way you can see the views, hike around the mountain top and drive back down,” she said. This strikes us as a brilliant solution and is exactly what we do. It’s a clear day and, as the song goes, we can see forever. There, across the river, are the two highest mountains in Washington, Mount Rainier and Mount Adams. Here, on this side of the river, we can see Oregon’s two tallest peaks, Mount Hood and Mount Jefferson, as well as Mount St. Helens, which is easily recognizable because it has no peak at all. St. Helens quite literally blew its stack in the spring of 1980 when a massive eruption sent 1,300 feet of mountaintop into the valley below. More than 200 square miles of vegetation were scorched, turning once lush forest into a barren moonscape. Today, thanks to extensive salvage and recovery efforts, green again covers the hills. While all of these mountains are active volcanoes, it’s been 150 years since Mount Hood erupted, and the U.S. Geological Survey says an explosion is not imminent. Thus reassured, we cross our fingers and rent a rowboat so we can enjoy one of the mountain’s fish-filled lakes. We return in late afternoon, wet, sun-burned and without a single fish.
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Mount St. Helens has undergone an extensive program of reforestation.
Booneville Lock and Dam spans the Columbia to connect Oregon and Washington. Multnomah Falls is one of the highest year-round waterfalls in the United States. To see fish, we go to Bonneville Lock and Dam, a complex that includes a fish hatchery and fish ladder as well as a spillway dam, powerhouse and navigation lock. Taken together, the center improves navigation along the Columbia, provides electricity to the Northwest and supports a fish production program that helps maintain the population of fish that would have otherwise been reduced by the construction of the dam. But Mount Hood does more than provide recreational opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts. It also creates a protected environment for agriculture, blocking much of the rain that would
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otherwise destroy the fruits that make the nearby area one of Oregon’s most fertile regions. We stop in The Dalles, which is a major producer of the Royal Anne Cherries that are transformed into maraschinos. Try as we might, we can’t find a sweet shop that will make us an old-fashioned sundae topped with a bright red, decadently sweet cherry. Therefore, we head over to the tasting room of Barnard Griffin Winery. There is more than one way to enjoy the fruits of the Gorge’s agricultural region. We intersperse our outdoor activities with visits to the numerous museums and interpretative centers that line the Gorge. We learn about Gorge geology and step inside a mock volcano at the Mount St. Helens Visitor Center, see Indian artifacts and a raptor show at the Columbia River Gorge Discovery Center, learn about Oregon
Trail pioneers at the Wasco County Historical Museum and visit a Lewis and Clark outpost at Fort Clatsop. We had come to the Gorge because we’d heard it was beautiful, and it is. But we left having learned that it offers much more than a place to ogle and hike. It’s a place where we could glimpse at the geologic forces and historic events that have made the Northwest what it is today. That’s a lot to accomplish in only 80 miles. For more information, go to traveloregon.com. American Cruise Line offers eight-day trips through the Gorge on their 120-passenger paddlewheeler, Queen of the West. For information on their new, updated riverboat scheduled to debut next year, go to americancruiselines.com. SL
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I chose Phyllis Rose’s “The Shelf,” bemused that I would be reviewing a book that is filled with book reviews. Rose, a highly acclaimed national literary critic and educator, has published nearly a dozen books and essays with “The Shelf” her most recent, written in 2014. She chose a random shelf of fictional works in the members-only New York Society Library, partly for its convenience and partly for its historical significance. George Washington, Henry David Thoreau, James Audubon and Truman Capote were among the library’s notable members. After setting forth specific guidelines for herself, including the luxury of online research as a supplement to her reading, Rose visited the library to select her shelf. She reviewed thousands of titles on hundreds of shelves on the first floor before she settled on the shelf holding authors whose names ranged from LEQ to LES. She said she, “wanted to sample, more democratically, the actual ground of literature.” Her adventure led her to 30 books by a variety of authors with assorted styles. Like most readers, she found some books that didn’t quite suit, books she trudged through and books
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that were sheer joys to read and led her to search for other books by the authors and, in some cases, to personally meet the local authors. I found Rose’s book inspirational on a personal level. It challenged me to step away from my favorite genres to see what else may be available. Unlike Rose, I’m not likely to fight a book that isn’t appealing to me just to find the end is as disappointing as the beginning, which is why I support local libraries. Even though I found her style entertaining and inspirational, I easily returned “The Shelf” to the library, reserving my book-buying budget for other books. If “The Shelf” were in my personal library, I would relegate it to the bottom shelf or place it among my reference books. SL
I think whoever nicknamed Las Vegas the “City of Lights” was probably misunderstood and actually said the “City of Lines.” If you have ever been to Vegas in the summertime, my first question to you would be “Why?” Isn’t it hot enough here? You had to leave 97 degrees to go to 109? This is the question I’m asking myself after just returning from Vegas. Actually, Vegas and Orlando have a lot more in common than just heat. Start with the airport. As soon as you get out of the car at the airport, you get in a line to check your bags. Then, you get in another line to get through security. If the alarm goes off, you meet Pat. That’s my nickname because of what that person does to you. Then, you’re in another line to wait for the tram to the terminal.
Up next, another line to board the plane. Whew. You find your seat and finally you get your own spot for the next few hours. When you arrive, you stand in line to get off the plane, then another to retrieve your checked bags. Uh oh, you notice a long line to get a cab so you decide instead to rent a car. So what do you encounter when you get to the car rental site? More lines. Bigger lines with lots of people wearing the same look you have. After an hour or so, you’re finally on your own in your rental. Relief. You arrive at your luxury hotel, walk into a very impressive lobby entrance only to find – wait for it — the longest line yet of people waiting to check in. After another hour or so, you get into your room and fall into the bed to relax. After a brief rest, you get the guide to decide what to do. So what’s going to happen when you leave that room? Want to go to the dinner buffet? Lines. A show? Lines. Don’t all these people have anything better to do than stand in front of me? The bottom line (no pun intended) is if they want to be honest in the ads, they should say: Come to La Vegas, The City of Lines. SL
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Back to school brings about mixed feelings to me. It is a sign that summer is really over, that we need to turn alarms and reminders back on, and the confirmation that my daughter is not as little as she was the year before — gosh, they do grow up fast. As any parent, I wish all the best for her and I want to squeeze all teachable moments that I can to help her get prepared to be a successful citizen of the world. Being a citizen of the world, or cosmopolitan, means accepting that “we’re all responsible for the human community” despite boundaries and differences in culture. The concerns go beyond oneself and solutions take into account their impact on humanity as a whole, not only one person. Many concerns are common to the world and we should learn from each other. That kind of attitude needs practice and practice needs to be started young. It is encouraging to see that it is happening and kids are taking stands on issues that affect not only themselves, but others and also the environment. An example of that is Mikaela Gillooley, a seventh grader from Schalmont Middle in New York, who finished first in The Daily Gazette’s competition called The Student Gazette. She wrote an essay questioning the
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They grow up so fast: Melissa Booth heading off to start the new school year. eliminating Styrofoam from Brevard schools, especially from our cafeterias? Unfortunately, I didn’t get an answer. When BPS was looking to hire a new superintendent, I sent a request to the board to consider a superintendent willing to make changes that would benefit the environment as well as the health and well-being of our kids and families. Dr. Desmond Blackburn got the job and I can only hope he is up to leading positive changes of that nature. Every year, like many other parents, I have the back to school blues: “Where
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