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PAM COOPER’S PATHWAYS: Editorial from 1930 helped set the tone in Vero Beach Dr. William H. Humiston was a highly regarded • Blessed are they whose homes show exterior surgeon in Cleveland. In 1914, he purchased culture to the passerby. 160 acres in Vero Beach for growing citrus and • Blessed are they who appreciate God’s gifts of investment. He was a winter visitor until 1929 birds and flowers and encourage their growth when he became a permanent resident after his and increase. retirement. • Blessed are they who scatter flower seeds and keep The Humiston home once stood on the corner friends and neighbors from destroying wild flowers of 20th Street and Avalon/Cortez Avenue in along the roadside. Pam Cooper McAnsh Park. Today there are old banyan trees • Blessed are they who banish billboards from their waiting to be saved there and the area to be used as a park. property for they are protectors of roadside beauty. Although the Beautification movement started over a • Blessed are they who keep open grassy lawns, well decade earlier, Humiston became the first chair for Indian mowed, and green shrubbery, blending them with well River County in 1929. The Realty Board established the painted houses. first Thursday in December as “Dr. W. H. Humiston • Blessed are the citizens of Florida for their civic clubs. Beautification Day,” which became an annual event. Below If they will function along civic lines, then health, beauty is part of an editorial that was printed Dec. 2, 1930 in the and happiness will be theirs. Vero Beach Press Journal. – W. L. Floyd Here’s hoping this inspires you to “beautify” your place of BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO BEAUTIFY residence and our county this spring. THEIR HOMES, FARMS, ROAD • Blessed are they who plant trees and shrubs along our Pam Cooper is supervisor of the Archive Center & Genealogy Department at the highways – future generations will enjoy their thoughtfulness. Indian River County main library. Lemmon Drop Special 10% Off Coupon Expires December 31st,2016
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Hall of Shame” for a column I wrote while at the Press Journal. Actually, I think he bestowed that “honor” on me twice. That’s OK – he should have heard some of the names I called him and his publication, Vero Beach 32963. But that was then, and this is now. We met last week at Bob Evans for what was supposed to be a “Meet me at Table 51” interview. But with Gannett taking over ownership of the Press Journal, I called an audible and made it the lead item of this week’s column. As a business owner, I can’t help but tip my hat to Benjamin for what he has accomplished. We keep hearing the newspaper industry is near death, but 32963 is thriving. Since it began publishing in 2008, the weekly has had 33 consecutive quarters of growth in advertising revenue,
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he said. (We’re talking year-to-year quarterly growth.) That’s nothing short of phenomenal. Benjamin, who also publishes Vero News and the Sebastian River News, now has 25 full-time employees, including 13 reporters. Let’s be clear: 32963 has more than twice as many reporters based in Indian River County than the Russ Lemmon Press Journal. As he said, “32963 could be much more profitable if I didn’t keep adding reporters and editors.” Thanks in large part to the investment in personnel, 32963 – which had 104 pages in a recent issue – has become a must-read. Benjamin, 73, sees himself doing this for at least another 10 years – even though he works “14 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
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“I feel better today than I did when I was in my 50s,” he said.
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I’m most interested in knowing: Will Gannett keep the Press Journal’s name, or make it part of Florida Today? Benjamin predicts the name will be changed to Florida Today, while I lean toward Gannett sticking with the Press Journal. County Commissioner Tim Zorc and his family went to Iowa in December to campaign for Ted Cruz, who is battling Donald Trump for the Republican nomination for president. When asked if he would be going to any other states to help the Cruz campaign, Zorc said it was unlikely. After all, he and his wife, Laura, are both running for office (he’s running for reelection, and she’s running for School Board) and the August primary looms. Laura is still making calls on behalf of the Cruz campaign. Perhaps the biggest shock in recent weeks was my
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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 is a regular feature, Russ breaks bread with someone you may or may not know.
It’s called South Paw. She gives massages. Not to humans, though – she gives massages to dogs. I first crossed paths with Stacy at a business networking event at Florida Community Bank. Stacy Litzky graduated from Indian River State When she told the attendees what she does, she was College last year with a degree in criminal justice. peppered with questions. Stacy Litzky If things had gone according to plan, she’d now She currently has about a dozen clients. Most have be working for a local law enforcement agency. her over once a week to give their dogs a massage. But the neck and back injuries she suffered in a 2012 The biggest dog she deals with is a 212-pound English Mastiff. traffic accident on U.S. 1 derailed a possible career of Compare that to Stacy’s size – she is a half-inch shy of 5 wearing a badge. feet and weighs 100 pounds. Her original motivation for wanting to be a law “His paws are bigger than my hands,” she said. enforcement officer was to investigate animal-cruelty cases. Stacy, 26, is a graduate of the Chicago School of Canine “I was all about it until I got into reality,” she said between sips Massage. She moved to Chicago last summer to complete of coffee at C.J. Cannon’s. “It would have been too hard emotionally.” the 300-hour course. So, with a career in law enforcement no longer in the As she builds her canine massage therapy business picture, what did she decide to do? (www.SouthPawFlorida.com), she still works part-time as a She started her own business. server and bartender at two local restaurants.
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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. 266. “It’s My Life” (2000) Bon Jovi Memory: One of the great anthems from that era. 265. “Games People Play” (1975) The Spinners Memory: Few groups were better than The Spinners for songs that helped turn your frown upside down. 264. “Different Drum” (1967) The Stone Poneys (featuring Linda Ronstadt) Memory: Did you know Mike Nesmith (who made a name for himself with The Monkees) wrote this song? All the songs thus far in the countdown can be found on LemmonLines.com.
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Fun facts The warmest April on record in Vero Beach? It was 2015, with an average temperature of 76.9 degrees, followed by 1947 (75.4 degrees) and 1991 (75.3 degrees). The coolest April on record in Vero Beach? It was 1950, with an average temperature of 66.7 degrees, followed by 1986 (67.9 degrees) and 2005 (68.3 degrees). – Source: National Weather Service
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