Issue 75 • March 15-21, 2016
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Acclaimed Russian Pianist to play at The Emerson Center. The Concert is free to the public. Thursday Evening, March 24 at 7pm
Pianist Sergey Belyavskiy will perform 90-minutes of short concert pieces by classical and modern composers including – Chopin, Mozart, Debussy, Liszt, Kapustin, and Gershwin.
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If you’ve seen the land that has been cleared for both Bent Pine Preserve and Harmony Reserve, you realize some big changes are coming to 58th Avenue. Bent Pine Preserve (just north of Vero Lago) and Harmony Reserve (off of 33rd Street) will be building hundreds of houses in the coming years. Did I mention Waterway Village is only about a third of the way to its 1,540 units? Phil Matson, staff director of the county’s Metropolitan Planning Organization, says there are no plans currently to make 58th Avenue four lanes. He’s not concerned about the road becoming too congested. “Eventually, traffic seeks an equilibrium,” he said. He gave U.S. 1 as an example. He said even though the county’s population has tripled since the 1970s, the same can’t be said for the amount of traffic on U.S. 1. That’s
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Meet me at Table 51 Some trivia: Whether at Bob Evans or C.J. Cannon’s, Russ and his wife usually eat breakfast at Table 51. In what will be an occasional feature, Russ breaks bread with someone you may or may not know.
“For whatever mood I’m in,” he said. Happy, sad or somewhere in between, the playlists have him covered. Scott’s wife, Sue, prefers classical music. In 1994, Scott and Sue were in their 40s when they moved here from Ohio and bought a gas station in With Donald Trump and the presidential race Lakewood Park. In ’98, they built a gas station at the seemingly dominating most conversations these days, it was a nice change of pace to talk with Scott Cameron corner of Fourth Street and Old Dixie Highway. They were owner-operators of the stations. That is, Scott Cameron about his music collection. oftentimes Sue worked at one location and Scott worked at He has 14,500 songs stored on his computer. the other. “The answer is ‘no’ – I have not listened to all of them “We liked the idea of working for ourselves and not yet,” he said. He estimates half of his collection is classic rock. About someone else,” he said. “And, fortunately, we were able to make a go of it.” a quarter is blues and the remaining quarter is “other” Scott says he’s following the Top 500 countdown on the (including classical, new age, jazz and the big-band era). next page. He has more than 5,000 songs stored on two portable “You gave me pause,” he said. “Who would be in my devices, so he always has access to the music he has Top 500? collected over the past 30 years. “I don’t know.” One portable device has 75 playlists.
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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. 278. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” (1987) U2 Memory: The video, featuring band members walking around the crowded streets of Las Vegas, is a classic. 277. “Tonight’s the Night” (1976) Rod Stewart Memory: Having a woman speak French, and sounding very sexy, really added to this song. 276. “No One is to Blame” (1986) Howard Jones Memory: Not a glamorous name for singer, but solid song. All the songs thus far in the countdown can be found on LemmonLines.com.
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Fun facts What are our most popular libraries? There were 342,882 visits to the Main Library during the 2014-15 fiscal year. That was more than the other branches combined. There were 161,407 visits to the North County Library in Sebastian and 82,583 visits to the Brackett Library on the Indian River State College campus. – Source: Indian River County
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