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PAM COOPER’S PATHWAYS: Where, or who, is Spratt and Fritz? Places in the Lagoon: Spratt Point and Creek and animals of the Indian River. They were all his are in Sebastian. Fritz Island can be seen by friends. The panthers knew his voice and answered driving or walking over the Barber Bridge and him from the wilderness, and the owls came from looking north. their hiding places and flew about him to his call and Fritz Ulrich came from Germany to Indian the little lizards fed from his hand.” River about 1883. He filed his naturalization He was unmarried until 1902. He married a papers in 1884 and in 1885 he was living near widower in Georgiana, Brevard County. In 1909, Pam Cooper Robert Spratt. He is listed as a civil engineer. By it was obvious that Mr. and Mrs. Ulrich were the 1890s, he had made a name for himself. socially the hit of the community when they bought a new The American Angler (1894) reports Fritz Ulrich had a phonograph (a Victor). They also discovered the records yacht called “Ella” and it was “twenty-five feet in length and broke easily in the mail. In addition, he was an officer in the ten-foot breadth of beam. Fritz was for hire for two dollars Rockford Automobile Club. per day or for three dollars if two passengers are aboard. He Fritz Ulrich died 1925 and is buried in Georgiana. The was a good cook and an intelligent person. One can live well island is not available to the public. aboard this boat as at the average hotel.” More about Spratt another time. The Scientific American (1896) states “Mr. Fritz Ulrich, is a German of more than ordinary intelligence, who has spent Pam Cooper is supervisor of the Archive Center & Genealogy Department at the the last fifteen years dreaming his life away among the birds Indian River County main library.
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LEMMON DROPS: U.S. Postal Service looking at 8x increase in rent at main post office Seven bite-size Lemmon Drops to nibble on while waiting for March Madness to commence:
• It looks like Vero Beach’s main post office is going to
remain downtown. There had been rumblings the main post office would be moved to the K-Mart plaza, in the 1500 block of U.S. 1, when the lease for the downtown building expires on Sept. 30. However, City Manager Jim O’Connor believes an agreement has been reached for the main post office to stay on 13th Avenue. But it’s not without some “sticker shock” for the U.S. Postal Service. The proposed agreement, which O’Connor hopes to present to City Council in April, has the annual rent going from $15,301 annually to $120,744. “We don’t want to be a landlord,” O’Connor said he told negotiators for the post office. “We have been a landlord at
the diesel plant, and it’s a fiasco.” If the agreement falls through, and the postal service vacates the building, O’Connor said the city will try to sell it. Some preliminary work was done in that regard, just in case. “There appeared to be a market for the purchase of the building,” he said. After working with the state for Russ Lemmon years, trying to make it happen, Ruth Stanbridge experienced a sense of satisfaction last week when the marker for Fort Vinton – which, for years, had been on eastbound State Road 60 just east of 66th Avenue – was moved closer to the actual site of the fort, about 122nd Avenue. (There’s a photo on LemmonLines.com.) Reader Tom Harmody sent an email several weeks ago asking if I knew the story behind a large object in the vicinity of 82nd Avenue and 42nd Street. After coming
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up empty in my inquiries, Richard Granata volunteered to investigate. I did a double-take when I saw Granata’s photo – it looks like a giant bowling pin. Turns out it’s a transponder for the Vero Beach airport. “Let me know if you have any other undercover assignments,” Granata quipped. Attention, nature lovers: Check out veroscreecher.com and get a live stream of what’s happening inside the nest of screech owls. John Mapel, who monitors the webcam, reports the only activity going on now is from 7:30 to 8 p.m., when a male enters the box and calls in an attempt to attract his girlfriend. In a typical year, eggs will hatch in the nest in late April or early May. It’s like Reality TV, only without the drama. Two weeks ago, the “Just Wondering” list on page 3, indicated Florida Power & Light had the highest taxable value of property in the county – more than $104 million. Jan White wondered why we included a photo of the Vero
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Beach power plant, as it’s owned by the city. Um … good catch, Jan! There’s a new No. 2 on the list of most-attended shows ever at Riverside Theatre. “West Side Story,” which ended its run on Sunday, moved past “South Pacific” (2013-14 season) and now is second behind “42nd Street” (2009-10 season), according to Oscar Sales, Riverside Theatre’s marketing director. Sales said if season-ticket sales for next season are any indication, then “A Chorus Line” could easily crack the Top 5. So I’m having lunch with Rosie Livings at the Smokehouse BBQ Grill on Tuesday, and we each ask server Holly Tuinman for the check. We’re both insistent, which makes it tough on Holly. Holly decides to give the check to Rosie. Perplexed, I asked Holly why I lost the tie-breaker. “Have you ever had Rosie mad at you?” she said. “Ah, OK,” I said with a laugh. “I get it now.”
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Top 500 countdown Russ Lemmon, who loves music (and lists), spent a lot of time putting together his Top 500 favorite songs of all-time. For the next few years, Lemmon Lines will be counting ‘em down.
434. “Go All the Way”
(1972) The Raspberries Memory: As a freshman in high school, I found myself singing along without really grasping the meaning of the lyrics.
Fun facts In 2014, the 15-member Indian River County Sheriff’s Office SWAT (Special Weapons and Tatics) team served 21 high-risk search warrants, handled three dignitary protection details and two high-risk prisoner escort details. – Source: Indian River County Sheriff’s Office
433. “You and Me”
(1977) Alice Cooper Memory: I was never a big fan of Mr. Cooper’s boaconstrictor schtick, but this ballad was a good fit for his voice.
432. “Eve of Destruction”
(1965) Barry McGuire Memory: This song with such powerful lyrics helps keep things in perspective. That is, the world has been “on the brink” for 50 years. All the songs thus far in the countdown can be found on LemmonLines.com.
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