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PAM COOPER’S PATHWAYS: Hurricanes have been known to hit county with 1-2 punch
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Some of the worst hurricanes in Indian River people were displaced and hundreds drowned. County history seemed to have arrived in pairs Many homes from Vero Beach to Sebastian were within a few weeks or months of each other. The severely damaged. On the front pages of the Vero Beach Press Journal, personal experiences were most recent example was 2004 with Frances (Sept. expressed in every issue for over a month. 5) and Jeanne (Sept. 25). Local families traveled south to rescue relatives Ninety years ago, on July 24, 1926 a devastating hurricane hit the east coast. This severely and reported the devastation. People from Miami Pam Cooper and Fort Lauderdale arrived seeking help. weaken structures along the Treasure Coast. The On Aug. 7, 1928, the first hurricane of the season came headline in Vero Beach: “East Coast Gripped by Tropical Hurricane: Fruit Crop of County Hard Hit by Worst Storm ashore in Fort Pierce. On Sept. 17, one of the worst losses of life ever recorded by a hurricane was in Okeechobee. to Visit Here in Years.” Then, a Category 4 hurricane hit south Florida on Sept. More than 2,500 lives were lost. 18, 1926. The Everglade News headline: “Day of Death In 1933, on July 30 and Sept. 4, two hurricanes struck Follows Night of Horror When Hurricane Driven Water Fort Pierce and Jupiter. The second one was a Category 4. Indian River County citrus growers received the worst Breaks Frail Dike on Moore Haven Lake Front.” This was damage. commonly called the “Great Miami” hurricane. As it traversed across the state, most of the deaths were Pam Cooper is supervisor of the Archive Center & Genealogy Department at the near Lake Okeechobee when the dikes broke. About 6,000 Indian River County main library.
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JUST WONDERING: What businesses have property with the highest taxable value? Businesses with the highest taxable value of property in 2015: INDIAN RIVER COUNTY 1. Florida Power & Light, $112,933,476 2. Disney Vacation Development Inc., $77,340,700 3. Windsor Properties, $40,149,993 4. John’s Island Club Inc., $39,786,080 VERO BEACH 1. New Piper Aircraft, $23,376,342 2. 2700 Ocean Drive, $21,488,390 3. IRT Partners, $9,691,330 4. Ocean Drive at Vero Beach LLC, $9,565,860
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SEBASTIAN 1. Florida Power & Light, $17,335,289 2. Wal-Mart Stores, $8,599,800 3. Comcast of Florida, $7,406,973 4. Park Place Community LLC, $6,883,417 – Source: Indian River County Property Appraiser’s Office
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LEMMON DROPS: Believe it or not, another one headed our way Eight bite-size Lemmon Drops to nibble on while waiting for the dog days of summer to commence:
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Old Dixie Highway was cleared of vegetation last week. Out of curiosity, I stopped by the County Administration Building to find out what’s going to be built at that hightraffic intersection. You won’t believe it. The land was cleared for another Dollar General store. It’ll be the 13th “dollar” store in Indian River County. (Dollar General will have five, while Dollar Tree and Family Dollar will have four apiece.) What makes this location so puzzling is that it’ll be maybe 2 miles from another Dollar General store – the one that’s still under construction just west of Velde Ford. We had a wave of drug stores built more than a decade ago, and now there’s a wave of “dollar” stores.
Please make it stop.
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second restaurant – called Eggsby’s – have been put on hold. Eggsby’s was to replace an existing restaurant on the mainland. Even though the parties had agreed on the purchase price, Chuck Cannon said he backed out because there was “an unexpected Russ Lemmon increase in rent” by the landlord. So, is a second restaurant still in the future for C.J. Cannon’s? “We’re not actively looking,” Chuck Cannon said. “We’ve tucked our wings in, for now.” Several years ago, the Cannon family operated four restaurants simultaneously. “That doesn’t mean you make four times the money,” he said. “You just have four times the headaches.” A suggestion for a first-time candidate for State
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COMMISSIONER TIM ZORC IS WORKING HARD … TO PROTECT OUR L AGOON, QUALIT Y OF LIFE, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES. “I have called Indian River County home all my life. I understand that our Lagoon is not only a beautiful place for families to explore, but it is also a very important economic resource. Shortly into office, I started to push for solutions and because of my unified efforts we now have the Fertilizer Ordinance and expansion of stormwater projects that are benefiting our Indian River Lagoon today. We have slowed the decline but we still have much work to do” – Tim Zorc
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Representative: Pick a name, and stick with it. I don’t recall ever seeing a candidate use three variations of a name on campaign signs – Greg MacKay, Gregory MacKay, and Dr. Greg MacKay. I keep waiting for the campaign signs that have been placed on the grounds of Vero Beach High School to be removed. It’s been a long wait. Gotta love the name Taco Dive, a restaurant that opened last week in downtown Vero Beach. That location is developing a reputation for “cool” names – the previous restaurant there was Counter Culture. Jake Owen’s inaugural Beach Town Music Festival is scheduled for Oct. 7-8 at the Indian River County Fairgrounds. I must admit, the lineup is better than expected – it includes the Gin Blossoms and Edwin McCain. The full lineup can be found on the festival’s website. Don’t know how long it’s going to last, but I’m loving the gas prices at the new Cumberland Farms at U.S. 1 and 17th
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Overlooked cinematic gems becoming one of Krank’s victims. Loaded with gorgeously surreal imagery, this is an absolute masterpiece of a film that should not be missed. French language with subtitles. • Color Me Kubrick (2005, NR, directed by • A Dog’s Breakfast (2007, NR, directed by Brian Cook). Loosely based on a true story, John David Hewlett). Patrick (David Hewlett) lives Malkovich portrays Alan Conoway. A wouldalone with his dog Mars. Probably a good thing, be con man that is able to convince people he is as Patrick is a bit of a nut job (he separates his Stanley Kubrick in order to improve his social life Fruit Loops into separate bowls by color before Mike Bushman (and feed his ego). Never mind the fact that he eating them). So when his sister arrives for a visit looks nothing at all like the famous director. Just with her unannounced fiancé in tow, Patrick’s how far can he take it? How long will he get away with it? carefully structured life begins to unravel (with hilarious You’ll have to watch the movie to find out. results). Fans of the Stargate TV series will no doubt • The City of Lost Children (1995, R, directed by Jeanrecognize Hewlett and many of the stars from Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro). Krank (Daniel Emilfork) that program. cannot dream. So he hatches a nefarious scheme to kidnap children in order to steal their dreams. It is up to One Mike Bushman is owner/operator of Recycled DVDs, located at 937 Seventh Ave. (behind Chili’s restaurant) in Vero Beach. (Ron Pearlman) to save his little friend Miette from As owner of a used DVD shop, I occasionally find fairly obscure movies that turn out to be quite good. Here are three of them:
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