Vero Beach Magazine April 2022

SEA TURTLE NESTING • SCULPTOR ROSS POWER • A CALLING TO STUDY BIRDS • STORMWATER SANCTUARIES • IBEROPHILE KELLY CONWAY VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 4

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Features

On the Cover: For Tripp Hernandez and his son Noah, surfing is a family affair See the story on page 118 Photograph by Bill Davis

118 Board Meetings

Many local professionals get stoked about carrying their passion out of the office and onto the waves

By Amy Robinson

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By Land & By Sea

Sculptor Ross Power, a member of Vero Beach’s new Art Village, creates pieces for a variety of environments

By Chris Fasolino

136 After the Storms

Stormwater management not only protects the lagoon, it can create wonderful wildlife habitats

By Chris Fasolino

146 Wing Man

Birds are nature’s voice, and John Fitzpatrick has spent his career showing us how to tune in to their message

By Amy Robinson

152 Hatching Plans

For Indian River County biologists, studying sea turtle nesting habits is a day at the beach

By Renáe Tesauro

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164 Savoring Spain

For software developer, author, art collector, and Iberophile Kelly Conway, life is full of new adventures

By Julia Douglas

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Changes in the Thwaites Glacier bring to mind Florida’s free-floating islands

By Evelyn Wilde Mayerson

30 New & Noteworthy April’s abundance of good news & fresh products put a spring in our step

70 Previews Entertaining, educational, and edifying nonprofit events abound

88 Indian River Insights Spread the word: Reading is a golden ticket to a happy, healthy, and prosperous future

By Jeffrey R. Pickering

92 Living Well Pinpointing pain: The ancient practice of acupuncture may offer benefits for modernday patients

By Renáe Tesauro

102 Local Flavor Chefs Anthony and Lisa Damiano of Counter Culture share whole-food, plant-based recipes VERO BEACH MAGAZINE APRIL 2022

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106 Classic Cars 1963 Volkswagen Type 2

By Patrick Merrell

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Departments 112 True Tails

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What does a dog remember? More than we know

By Amy Robinson

172 Weddings Samantha Diane Seitz & Raymond Joseph de Cuba II Tara Elizabeth Sones & Connor Wayne Hamburg

176 The Scene Fundraisers and cultural events advance the work of local nonprofits

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186 Gallery Guide Local galleries brighten our days with art from near and far

196 Calendar It’s all about April! Don’t miss a moment of fun and inspiring events

202 Business Directory Thank you for supporting our local businesses

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208 Double Take Test your powers of perception

By Heather Botto

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The Color of Spring

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pril is our green issue, so I’ve been listening to “It’s Not Easy Being Green,” Kermit the Frog’s signature tune ever since Jim Henson put the

words in his mouth in the early ’70s. Since then, the song has been performed by Van Morrison (who knew?), Della Reese, Ray Charles, the Boston Pops, Don Henley, Cee Lo Green, and dozens of other artists. I’ve been having fun procrastinating—I mean doing research—by listening to as many of them as I can find. Kermit’s lament turns into a celebration in the third verse: “But green’s the color of spring, and green can be cool and friendly-like....”

I can’t imagine two more “cool and friendly-like” people than artist Ross Power and retired director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology John Fitzpatrick. Power’s commitment to the environment inspires him to push the boundaries of sculpture, while his commitment to Vero Beach motivated him to move his home and studio into our evolving art district. Fitzpatrick’s contributions to conservation are immense, and we are fortunate to count him among our flock.

“And green can be big like an ocean,” which is where we found inspiration for our next story. We splashed around with a number of local executives who spend their free time riding the waves and learned a bit about how surfers unite to protect their favorite playground. Then we talked with Kelly Conway, a retired technology entrepreneur and Iberophile. His home is in Vero Beach, but his heart lives on the other side of the ocean.

While it may not be easy being green, county employees are showing us that it’s possible. Creative engineers are establishing parks to handle runoff. In addition to protecting the lagoon and providing beautiful open spaces where residents can enjoy nature, these stormwater parks also create natural habitats for a broad array of species.

County environmental specialist Quintin Bergman is likewise busy every day working to protect a beloved part of our ecosystem. For him—and our sea turtles—“green is all there is to be.”

With that, I invite you to enjoy our April issue. “Green’s the color of spring,” after all, and we hope you’ll agree with us (and Kermit!) that “it’s beautiful, and what I want to be.” See you next month!

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Heather O’Shea editor@verobeachmagazine.com

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Meet Baron

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id you know that April 10 is National Hug Your Dog Day and April 11 is National Pet Day? So I thought the April issue would be the perfect time to introduce you to my best friend.

When we first met Baron, a Belgian Malinois, at 8 weeks old, he was a terror.

If you’re familiar with the breed, you know what I am talking about. We originally got Baron to help around our family ranch, herd cattle, and protect us. And he loved all of it. Little did we know that soon after bringing him home, we would fall in love with the Vero Beach area and move here full time.

Now Baron has a new job as our neighborhood dog; he’s a little hyper and overly excited at times, but very entertaining. I thought he would settle down once he turned 5, but boy was I wrong. Eventually everyone did grow to love him. Well, mostly everyone, I think! As for me, I know that every day when I get home he’s waiting for me, excited as can be, and he puts the biggest smile on my face.

I’m sure your furry friends bring similar smiles. Shouldn’t every day be Hug Your Pet Day? I certainly give my boy hugs and kisses every day!

So, as we enjoy a beautiful spring in Vero Beach, hug your pets, and keep on reading Vero Beach Magazine. I want to thank everyone for your continuing support. Without you, Vero Beach wouldn’t be the same.

Teri Amey-Arnold, Publisher publisher@verobeachmagazine.com

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ero Beach Magazine is the first magazine in history to be dedicated exclusively to Vero Beach and remains the only local magazine with verified circulation. A minimum of 10,000 magazines are distributed monthly, to at least 30,000 readers in almost every state, including Alaska and Hawaii.

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Scientists are concerned the Antarctic Thwaites Glacier could collapse and create a global rise in sea level that would ultimately affect Florida.

Setting Sail CHANGES IN THE THWAITES GLACIER BRING TO MIND FLORIDA’S FREE-FLOATING ISLANDS

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BY EVELYN WILDE MAYERSON

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ith every-

have thought to reference

The source of the Geo-

thing else

the state of Florida. More

physical Union’s anxiety is

that’s going

than a handy comparative,

new satellite imagery of the

on, including hiding out

it is a searchlight into

Thwaites Glacier, named

from a highly contagious

their subconscious. When

after geologist Fredrik T.

invisible microbe that

they’re thinking of inevi-

Thwaites, also called the

resembles a nosegay,

table inundation, they’re

Doomsday Glacier because

scientists of the American

thinking of Florida. I

of threatening cracks on its

Geophysical Union now

would rather we didn’t

surface. Fractures, etched

warn that an Antarctic

come to mind at all. I would

longer and more deeply

glacier the size of Florida

rather they had found a way

with each new image, allow

is on the verge of collapse.

to reference Rio or Shang-

warming seawater, welling

What worries me more than

hai, which, while not the

up in three directions, to

a disintegrating mountain

same size, are just as much

speed the glacier on its

of ice is that the scientists

at risk.

way to shattering like a

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windshield and splintering into hundreds of icebergs.

The good news is that it could be worse. The

slushy from which there’s

rounded-point shovel with

no escape.

a D grip. Florida is an old

The warming sea-

Thwaites Glacier is only

More troublesome than

water is also expected to

the height of Tennessee’s

a wobbly glacier are the

lines with several distinct

loosen the glacier from

Chimney Tops mountain,

seven nations that claim

scallopings of underwater

its moorings, increasing

small as mountains go. It is

sovereignty over it, a com-

sea terraces to prove it. It’s

its risk of collapse and a

not, as the Snowball Earth

munal management under

the free-floating part, the

sudden global sea rise of

hypothesis suggests, part

the rule of res communis,

idea of a melting battering

at least 2 feet that could

of an Earth that was once

common heritage of man-

ram without a rudder that

shrink the Florida Keys. If

frozen end to end like a

kind. I don’t know about

gets my attention.

it triggers a cascade and

Popsicle, when trilobites,

anyone else, but I prefer a

draws the surrounding

whose closest living rela-

team with a quarterback.

meringues in custard

glaciers with it, the ante

tive today is the horseshoe

In any case, I’m not as wor-

sauce, most free-floating

is upped to 10 feet, which

crab, were the dominant

ried about rising sea levels.

anythings portend trouble,

might trigger my own move

species and a sudden melt

I’m an old hand at filling

like specks in your eye, or

to Pahokee.

would mean a worldwide

sandbags with a No. 2

the Mobro 4000 garbage

SO

When

hand at fluctuating shore-

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The vegetation that can form floating islands is evident in this area near Lake Apopka’s north shore.

scow sent out to sea a few

in dense patches of seaweed

wind conditions, careen

and Florida is full of them,

years back from Islip, New

from the Sargasso Sea, and

about Florida’s lakes like

floating forests of trees up

York with 6 million pounds

coconuts from as far away

pinballs. Roman historian

to 50 feet tall, such as the

of trash, doomed like the

as the Malay Archipelago.

Pliny the Younger might

islands in lakes Marion,

Flying Dutchman to roam

Less benign is what floats

have been describing them

Apopka, and Pierce, or,

the seas until it returned—

off Florida’s west coast,

when he wrote of colliding

in Lake Kissimmee, the

fully ripened—five months

toxic dinoflagellates

floating islands off the

masses of spongy cattails

later, or the giant floating

known as the red tide,

banks of the Tiber: “Often

tied beneath the surface

mat of plastic trash dubbed

marked by patchy blooms,

a large island sails along

of the water with the roots

the Great Pacific Garbage

fish kills, and a murky

with a small island joined

of primrose willow, dense

Patch that is turning

smell lurking over the

to it like a ship with its

colonies of pennywort,

surrounding waters into a

shore like the malevolent

tender.…”

duckweed, and water

cloudy soup.

seagulls in The Birds.

Florida is besieged

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Florida’s coasts are not

Unlike man-made

lettuce on which water

floating islands like those

collects in opal beads.

by things that float. Our

its only provinces under

constructed in Peru by the

Atlantic coast is ribboned

siege. Our interior is sub-

Uros tribe of Lake Titicaca,

floating islands navigate

with massive rafts of sea

ject to buffeting of another

the ones I’m talking about

Florida’s lakes, often

wrack that wash up on our

kind. It comes from float-

just happen, collectives of

finding their way into

beaches, made up of fishing

ing islands, sometimes

soil and vegetation, some

rivers and canals, some-

gear, plastic flip-flops,

called tussocks, which are

rising from lake bottoms

times stalling and causing

empty bottles of suntan oil,

rafts of plant, mud, and

like apparitions. They

all kinds of problems.

egg casings, violet Portu-

peat with sometimes a tree

range in size from a few

Some are enormous, like

guese man-of-war hidden

or two that, under the right

feet to hundreds of acres,

the floating island 15

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Using trees as sails,

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miles long and several

curiosity. Given the right

often smash into docks

clogged the Peace River,

hundred feet wide in Lake

conditions, they can act

and seawalls, threaten

which flows south into the

Okeechobee, the nation’s

like bumper cars, jostling

bridge pilings, and are

Charlotte Harbor estuary

fourth-largest lake, or the

one another, blocking

drawn into intake valves of

at Punta Gorda.

turkey’s eye, if you learned

marine navigation and

power generation systems.

to draw the map of Florida,

stranding fishermen. They

Sometimes they damage

you can tip the table, it’s

like I did, as the head of an

interfere with fish and

flood control structures,

hard to get floating islands

upside-down turkey.

wildlife, careen against

as when a raft of cattails

to go where you want them

shorelines, where they

in Bartow’s Lake Hancock

to go. Fish and Wildlife

Florida’s most famous

Unlike pinball, where

island-bearing lake is Orange Lake, just south of Gainesville, where the slow-moving Cross Creek, made famous by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling, flows into it as a tributary. Orange Lake became a tourist destination after its regatta of floating vegetation was promoted as “The Lake of 1,000 Islands” and later published in Ripley’s Believe It or Not. It is also numbered among famous floating islands of the world, along with India’s Loktak Lake, speckled with matting as spongy as a trampoline, and the great floating islands of papyrus in the lakes of Zaire’s Upemba Basin.

The problem is that Florida has over 30,000 lakes, some that disappear and pop up again like Lake Jackson near Tallahassee, each with an alligator and all with the potential for a floating island or two.

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According to Florida’s Fish and Wildlife experts, these

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cruising mats of vegetation are more hazard than

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Florida has over 30,000 lakes, including Lake Apopka, home to many floating islands.

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management, mindful of

Dionne Warwick once sang,

trees to a conveyor belt

are still out there, inching

a delicate balance between

“always something there to

that empties at a shoreline

along with the breeze,

protection and conserva-

remind me.”

disposal site. For trees too

mobile rentals like Air-

tion, have a few strategies.

This puts the diligent

tall for harvesters and too

stream Basecamps, offering

Their first line of defense

Florida Fish and Wildlife

thick for shredders, there

a habitat to marsh rabbits

after nipping floating

people between a rock and a

are draglines and track

and alligators and wood

islands in the bud are

hard place. Their next step,

hoes with rotating cabs that

storks looking for rooker-

herbicides delivered from

which is to dismantle the

grapple debris from shore.

ies. And that’s the floating

airboats or helicopters.

islands as they have done on

Whatever the remedy,

islands’ saving grace, that

Besides presenting a poten-

Lake Apopka, involves the

there is always, according

and their admirable

tial environmental hazard

high cost of special machin-

to Fish and Wildlife’s blog,

derring-do, like the Scarlet

of their own, herbicides

ery such as shredders with

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April’s Abundance GOOD NEWS & FRESH PRODUCTS PUT A SPRING IN OUR STEP

PICK-A-CHICK APRIL 8–9: EASTER EVENT AT LYRA Tell all your “peeps” that Lyra Home will be hosting its annual “Pick-A-Chick” Easter event on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9. Sip and shop while you browse for the perfect Easter items to give your home a fresh new look featuring spring colors and collections. At checkout, “Pick-A-Chick” for a 10 to 30 percent discount on your purchase (certain items excluded).

LYRA HOME

3355 Ocean Drive 772-257-4777 lyrahome.com

SPRINGTIME SAVINGS MARCH 28–APRIL 9: SALE AT LEIGH Leigh Jewelers’ annual sale will run through April 9. Enjoy storewide savings from 10 to 50 percent off hundreds of beautiful, one-of-a-kind pieces of designer jewelry and classic favorites.

Don’t miss this sale—it happens just once a year!

LEIGH JEWELERS

3401 Ocean Drive 772-234-8522 leighjewelers.com

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TREASURE HUNTS APRIL 14–15: ELIZABETH LOCKE TRUNK SHOW Elizabeth Locke travels the globe in search of one-of-a-kind bits of history to incorporate in her creations. Each piece is meticulously handcrafted in 19-karat gold by skilled artisans using centuriesold techniques. Venetian glass and jewels are interwoven into all of Locke’s pieces, drawing upon inspiration from her years spent in Italy.

APRIL 16: EASTER EGG SALE Vero Beach’s favorite egg-inspired tradition is back. Come hunt for sweet discounts at Veranda’s Easter Egg sale.

VERANDA

3325 Ocean Drive 772-234-3404 verandajewelry.com

AESTHETIC AMBITIONS NEW SYSTEM AT ICONIC DERMATOLOGY The Fotona 4D Facelift is one of many new treatments Drs. Divya and Anand Haryani will be bringing to the table with their new Fotona SP Dynamis laser system. The 4D Facelift is a noninvasive treatment used to combat aging by combining different procedures to reduce pores, soften wrinkles, plump and tighten skin, and improve overall texture and tone. With the benefit of no downtime, along with its ability to target hair removal, fat sculpting, and fat reduction, the Fotona addresses numerous aesthetic skin care needs at once.

ICONIC DERMATOLOGY

BUILDING BRIDGES DECKMASTERS COMPLETES MAJOR PROJECT When John’s Island rebuilt its golf courses recently, Deckmasters played an important role.

The South Course was rebuilt in 2018 and the North Course just last summer. In close consultation with golf course architect Craig Schneider and golf course maintenance director Greg Pheneger, Deckmasters replaced all seawalls and bridges on both courses. Each project began in April and extended through the entire summer. As the first contractor to begin the project, Deckmasters had to stay ahead of the other teams in order to keep the whole project moving.

8745 U.S. Hwy. 1, Sebastian 772-758-1310 iconicderm.com

DECKMASTERS

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HUE KNEW? NEW ABSTRACTS AT MEGHAN CANDLER GALLERY Theresa Girard’s highly anticipated new collection of abstract paintings has arrived at Meghan Candler Gallery. Described as “intuitive” and “confident,” the works of the “Penny Candy Series” reflect the color and design expertise of this career artist. Girard’s paintings can be viewed at the gallery or on its website.

MEGHAN CANDLER GALLERY

6160 Hwy. A1A Village Shops 772-234-8811 meghancandlergallery.com

Chunky by Theresa Girard, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

WALL-TO-WALL LEARNING LED CAPSTONE INVITES OODLES OF WALLPAPER TO DESIGN COURSE While continuing its participation in helping to educate the next generation of designers at Indian River State College, LED Capstone invited Elizabeth Read Pusser, owner of Oodles of Wallpaper, to speak in the February design class. For the discussion topic, Pusser referenced her 35 years of experience in the design industry and chose a question she receives consistently: “Is wallpaper making a comeback?” The course elaborated on different wallpaper types and styles as well as the history of wallpaper, with Pusser providing vast varieties of wallpaper for the class to experience.

LED CAPSTONE

4005 U.S. Hwy. 1 772-205-2529 ledcapstone.com

Melissa Medlock and Andrea Berry with Peyton, Jase, Jillian, and Kassidy

NICE WORK! HEALTHY START COALITION PRESENTS AWARD Indian River Healthy Start Coalition has presented its 2021 Family Friendly Workplace Award to Melissa M. Medlock, CPA. The mother of four children aged 3 to 10 founded her company in 2013. She now has five employees, to whom she extends the same accommodations that have helped her balance career and motherhood: a flexible schedule, the ability to work remotely, and the option to bring children to work when necessary. Healthy Start recognizes employers whose policies reflect the value that family is important.

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IRC HEALTHY START COALITION

Professor Ann Roccon, Elizabeth Read Pusser, Stephanie Gallagher, and Florence Howe

1555 Indian River Blvd., Suite B241 772-563-9118 irchealthystartcoalition.org

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VIBRANT VISTAS NEW ASOMA WORK AT FINDLAY Findlay Galleries presents a newly acquired painting

by Tadashi Asoma, an artist known for both abstract landscape and figurative paintings. Born in Japan in 1923, Asoma studied in Paris and New York, where he became a member of the Art Students League. His relationship with Findlay Galleries began in 1965. Asoma’s figurative work is characterized by bold, vivid colors that form a puzzle-like composition depicting an intriguing natural and personal moment.

FINDLAY GALLERIES

165 Worth Ave., Palm Beach 561-655-2090 findlaygalleries.com

Glory of Fall by Tadashi Asoma, oil on canvas, 18 x 21.25 inches

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PARADISE AWAITS NEW FURNITURE COLLECTION AT BAER’S Baer’s is pleased to present the brand-new Tommy Bahama Home collection Palm Desert. Blending casual contemporary design with clean architectural lines and a touch of Mid-Century Modern, the Palm Desert collection combines the best of luxury with a relaxed and understated look. Accent materials include raffia, lampakanai, pencil rattan, Anticato marble, gold-finished silver leaf, white Cordova stone, and Capiz shell. With many styles available for customization, plan to create your personal paradise.

BAER’S

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SOLE SEARCHING ICONIC SANDAL STORE OPEN ON OCEAN DRIVE Palm Beach Sandals has come to Vero Beach to adorn your feet in luxurious and comfortable leather sandals. The collections feature classic and wedge styles in bright, colorful combinations with distinctive tropical images and custom monograms. If you’re seeking an elegant, quality shoe style, step into Palm Beach Sandals.

PALM BEACH SANDALS

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LESS IS MORE NEW TREATMENT AT NEW VISION Dr. Robert Reinauer of New Vision Eye Center is now using the monoclonal antibody injection treatment Vabysmo to help patients with macular degeneration maintain their vision. Recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, Vabysmo is used to treat agerelated macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease.

With a 16-week interval between treatments, Vabysmo reduces the number of injections needed by patients annually.

NEW VISION EYE CENTER

1055 37th Place 772-257-8700 newvisioneyecenter.com

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LUXURY WATERFRONT HOMES • CONDOMINIUMS • HOMESITES

772.231.5131 | TheMoorings.com

Mid-Century Modern Style 4116 SHORELAND DRIVE • $1,800,000 • 4 BDRM • 3.5 BATH • 3,650 SF Nestled among the oaks in Central Beach, this fantastic mid-century modern home is a rare find. Approximately 3600 SF with 12 FT vaulted ceilings, SS appliances, Butler’s pantry, a “craft” room, and more. Beautiful tropical landscaping with exotic trees as well as fruit trees. Enjoy a large private patio! Great location on a quiet street. New A/C 2018, new roof 2016. A must-see beachside home!

Come Find Your Place in the Sun! The Moorings Realty Sales Co. 2125 Windward Way, Vero Beach, Fl 32963

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MARSHA SHERRY, BROKER . JUDY HARGARTEN . SUSIE SMITH . TERRI MCCONNELL . ERIKA ROSS .

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LAMP REVAMP REDESIGN OPPORTUNITY AT JENNIFER ELMORE Jennifer Elmore Interior Design announces a service that gives an older lamp a new look by replacing an out-of-date brass or wood base with a new Lucite base and then topping it off with a more modern lampshade. Before you discard a treasured lamp, visit the showroom to discuss transforming your existing illuminant into something fresh, current, and beautiful.

JENNIFER ELMORE INTERIOR DESIGN

1105 22nd St. 772-569-5522 elmoreinteriors.com

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Christine R. McLaughlin, Lic. Broker BEACHSIDE SPECIALIST

Sales • All Property Types • All Price Ranges 3201 Cardinal Drive, #7 • Vero Beach, FL 32963

Cell: 772-538-0683

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HEAD TO TOE NEW FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR DANCERS In partnership with Indian River State College and The Learning Alliance, Ballet Vero Beach will offer a new two-year fellowship program beginning in the fall 2022 semester. The fellowship will provide qualified applicants the opportunity to earn an associate degree at IRSC, perform with BVB, and receive training in arts literacy and arts integration techniques through The Learning Alliance, all at no cost.

BALLET VERO BEACH

772-905-2651 balletverobeach.org

FLOORED WITH OPTIONS NEW FLOORING AT DESIGNER’S TOUCH Designer’s Touch Flooring now carries a new line of engineered hardwood flooring from Chesapeake. The Venti collection offers an array of colors and visual effects created by utilizing a variable brush finish technique that results in beautiful and distinctive floors. Engineered hardwood, real wood fashioned in layers that are bonded together, can be made in varied widths and lengths to provide the precise look you desire.

DESIGNER’S TOUCH FLOORING

1715 Old Dixie Hwy. 772-978-9111 designerstouchflooring.com

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WEB ALL ABOUT IT NEW WEBSITE FOR OCEAN DRIVE GALLERY Ocean Drive Gallery has launched its new website.

The now-live site features an abundance of details, including artist bios and recent works by each of the three women of the gallery: Elise Geary, Gail Fayerweather, and Andrea Lazar. Visit online to see what’s happening.

OCEAN DRIVE GALLERY

3349 Ocean Drive, Suite 8 Second floor Elevator located in alcove behind Lyra Home 772-579-7667 oceandrivegalleryverobeach.com

DILIGENT DENTISTRY UPGRADED EQUIPMENT AT VERO ELITE DENTISTRY Vero Elite Dentistry has settled into its new workspace and the office is ready to help with your dental needs. With all-new equipment, including state-of-the-art machines and technology, the practice can provide patients with even greater ease and comfort.

Contact the office to schedule an appointment.

VERO ELITE DENTISTRY

1355 37th St., Suite 401 772-617-2869 veroelitedentistry.com

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DRIVE WITH PURPOSE LINUS PRESENTS 2022 BUICK ENVISION The 2022 Buick Envision is now available at Linus. The details of the vehicle connect style, power, and technology to make every ride an occasion. Both large and small elements are presented in a striking, modern style and make for a refined driving experience. Stop in for a better look at the lot.

LINUS CADILLAC BUICK GMC

1401 U.S. Hwy. 1 772-562-1700 linusautomotive.co linuscadillac.com

KITH & KILN INDIAN RIVER CLAY The potters of Indian River Clay are proud to announce that they have purchased the 4,000-square-foot building their group has occupied since March 2020, accomplishing in three years a goal that had been allotted five. The nonprofit clay cooperative, founded in 2018, is home to 60 dues-paying potters, with 50 more waiting in the wings. Charter members Maria Sparsis and Susan Scarola, board chair and treasurer respectively, have signed the mortgage papers on the Sixteenth Street studio, a milestone made possible by Indian River Clay’s members, students, teachers, and staff as well as art lovers from the surrounding community. “We share our passion for clay because we believe that creativity is a critical force for good,” says Sparsis.

INDIAN RIVER CLAY

1239 16th St. 772-202-8598 indianriverclay.org

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3401 OCEAN DRIVE  VERO BEACH  772.234.8522  WWW.LEIGHJEWELERS.COM GRADUATE GEMOLOGISTS  CUSTOM DESIGN  JEWELRY & WATCH REPAIR

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HOLD ME TIGHT NEW ITALIAN BAGS AT ROYAL PALM JEWEL Royal Palm Jewel now carries an elegant collection of genuine calfskin leather handbags with distinctive silver-plated embellishments. The small flap-style bag features a fork as a handle, and the clutch’s closure pin is a sleek arrow. Both bags include a removable shoulder strap.

Monogramming is included with purchase; stop in to customize the perfect Mother’s Day gift.

ROYAL PALM JEWEL

53 Royal Palm Point 312-399-7779 royalpalmjewel.com

WRAPPED IN STYLE VERO BEACH-INSPIRED BELTS AVAILABLE AT VERNON SCOTT Vernon Scott resort wear has two new needlepoint belts that pay homage to Vero Beach. Both include details that represent Vero in a classic yet trendy way. Stop by the store to select your style.

VERNON SCOTT

818 Beachland Blvd.

772-231-3733 vernonscott32963.com

A PLACE AT THE TABLE CUSTOMIZABLE PLACE MATS AT TRIMMINGS Trimmings Home Garden and Gifts introduces a new take on paper place mats: personalized place mat pads. Available in a choice of 12 colorful patterns, the place mats can be customized with a name or monogram and come in pads of 24 or 50 mats. These custom place mats make a wonderful gift to yourself or to another host. Call or visit Trimmings for more information or to order.

TRIMMINGS HOME GARDEN AND GIFTS

3201 Cardinal Drive 772-213-8069 shoptrimmingsvb.com

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SUN IN STYLE SUN PROTECTION LINE AT PREPPY PALMS Pop in to Preppy Palms to explore apparel full of color and style. The shop features the brand Cabana Life, which simultaneously highlights fashion and function. The lifestyle brand designs clothing using the highest-rated UPF (ultraviolet protection factor) material, so you have an additional layer of protection while you enjoy some sunshine. Shop the looks online or visit the store.

PREPPY PALMS

974 14th Lane 772-492-3770 shoppreppypalms.com

HAIR TO HELP HAIR REGROWTH TREATMENTS AT SALON DEL MAR Hair loss specialist Anthony Martinez is available to assist with hair regrowth needs. Specifically, for those who have experienced hair loss due to COVID-19, Martinez offers multiple therapeutic services that will help regrow your hair. Contact the salon to schedule your hair recovery consultation.

SALON DEL MAR

6130 Hwy. A1A Village Shops 772-234-1499

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PASSING THROUGH BYPASS DOOR INSTALLATION AVAILABLE Vero Millwork presents a door selection that may be used when there is insufficient space on either side of a wall for a door to swing open. The bypass door arrangement is available in either a double or quadruple option and utilizes a system that allows the doors to roll in front of and behind one another. Contact Vero Millwork to help you roll out your best design plan.

VERO MILLWORK

4900 42nd Place 772-569-7155 veromillwork.com

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FIXED ON THE FINISH NEW FAUCETS AT EUROPEAN KITCHEN & BATH European Kitchen & Bath presents the latest and greatest in Hansgrohe Talis E faucets. Available in a new finish, brushed bronze, this fixture offers a stylish and sleek appearance. Visit the showroom for many other styles to choose from as well.

EUROPEAN KITCHEN & BATH

4003 U.S. Hwy. 1 772-770-9970 europeansink.com

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DRIFT IN LOCALLY CRAFTED FURNITURE AT FANTASTIC FINDS Fantastic Finds carries numerous furniture items laboriously crafted by a Sebastian artisan from white mangrove driftwood sourced from the Indian River Lagoon.

One example is the one-of-a-kind dining pedestal base shown here. It measures approximately 30 inches high, 35 inches long, and 33 inches wide. Visit the store to explore the selections.

FANTASTIC FINDS

4300 U.S. Hwy. 1 772-794-7574 fantastic-finds.com

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HAVE BAG, WILL TRAVEL FRESH CARRYALLS AT SASSY Sassy Boutique has a new line of BTB Los Angeles bags that are perfect for the travel and jet-setting lifestyle. Designed for a boho chic style, these carryalls provide an effortless and confident way to tote what you need while you explore the world. Stop by Sassy to select your style.

SASSY BOUTIQUE

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SAIL IN STYLE YACHT RENTAL SERVICE Plan an outing with a private group to cruise the Indian River Lagoon, Intracoastal Waterway, or the ocean aboard a 41-foot Chris-Craft motor yacht. Whether you would like to take a two-hour sunset martini cruise or a three-week Intracoastal adventure to the Florida Keys or Bahama Islands, your highly experienced captain, steward, and chef will strive to ensure a pleasant experience in exceptional comfort and safety.

CLUB AERONAUTIQUE

2046 Treasure Coast Plaza, Suite 185 215-518-9173 club-aeronautique.com

SUNNY SOPHISTICATION EXPRESS YOURSELF NEW ARTWORK AT VINTAGE VERO Vintage Vero is delighted to announce the addition of artworks by abstract expressionist Suzanne Clune. This lifelong New Yorker has recently arrived in Vero Beach and is showcasing some of her large-scale canvases at Vintage Vero. Clune is a member of the National Association of Women Artists and has works in the archives of The Museum of Modern Art, The Guggenheim, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney, and other prestigious museums. And her involvement in the arts does not end there; she is also an opera singer and music professor.

VINTAGE VERO

2004 14th Ave. 772-501-2369

NEW RESORT WEAR AT MARKET Market is proud to add resort wear from Walker & Wade to its inventory. The “beach-to-table” resort line, which features fabulous patterns and bold colors, is suitable for the beach, poolside, and resort-club lifestyle. Walker & Wade is a woman-owned company that partners with women artisans in Bali, Indonesia, who perform the custom hand-beading at home and are empowered to provide a better life for their children. Shop the gorgeous new arrivals in person or shop Market’s website and have your selections shipped.

MARKET

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A FINTASTIC IDEA FAU HARBOR BRANCH ANNOUNCES CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute invites the public to join Dolphin Spotter, a new land-based citizen science project that provides a platform for the community to assist in the monitoring of Florida’s dolphins while creating opportunities for education and environmental stewardship. Participants will be asked to submit photos and information such as times, dates, and locations of dolphin sightings as well as observations about weather conditions and dolphin behavior. See Harbor Branch’s website for information on getting involved in the Dolphin Spotter project.

FAU HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE

772-242-2400 fau.edu/hboi

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WHAT’S COOKING NEW MENU FOR DIGNITY CATERING The Source announces that Dignity Catering has expanded its menu under the direction of Culinary Director Peter DeBenedet.

The organization, which offers training to help people move from unemployment to satisfying careers in culinary services, offers a wide array of choices and can tailor a menu to suit special events. The Source is also celebrating its recognition as an American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Approved Program following a recent evaluation.

ROYAL PALM JEWEL

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1015 Commerce Ave. 772-564-0202 iamthesource.org

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YOU’VE GOT OPTIONS NEW PROCEDURE AT OCEAN DRIVE PLASTIC SURGERY In addition to traditional rhinoplasty surgery, ODPS is excited to share that a new nonsurgical procedure is available at the practice. This technique utilizes fillers and toxins instead of surgery. Call the office to schedule a consultation with Dr. Durkin or Dr. Chim.

OCEAN DRIVE PLASTIC SURGERY

5070 Hwy. A1A, Suites A–E 772-234-3700 oceandriveplasticsurgery.com

THROW SOME STYLE OVER IT NEW BLANKETS AT VB HOME VB Home presents new Johanna Howard throw blankets. With bold patterns and soft texture, these throws will bring functionality and beauty to your space. Visit VB Home to see and feel these unique cover options.

VB HOME

615 Beachland Blvd.

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NEW KILIM ARRIVES AT FALASIRI Falasiri Oriental Rugs is happy to add a new kilim (or kelim) to its Florida Collection.

Called “Water’s Edge,” this 4-by-6-foot rug, woven of wool and cotton, brings the beach and ocean into your home with soothing blue and sand hues. Custom sizes are available for order.

FALASIRI ORIENTAL RUGS

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WELL, WELL, WELL THE PHENOMENON OF WELLNESS REAL ESTATE Cassy West, an agent with One Sotheby’s International Realty in Vero Beach, explores new frontiers in the real estate industry with her consulting firm, Wellness by Dezign. West, who has earned the National Association of Realtors’ Green Designation, probes the globe for the latest ideas on building and designing the most healthful environments in both residential and commercial real estate. She is a frequent contributor to the online magazine WellnessRE. WELLNESS BY DEZIGN

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GROWING GARDEN ROCK CITY GARDENS EXPANDS OWNERSHIP Rhonda and Tom Lowe have new partners at Rock City Gardens: Anna and Stan Tassev. Prior to joining the Rock City team, Anna and Stan lived in Manhattan, where they raised two children. They love Florida’s natural beauty and have been spending at least a month per year in the Sunshine State since 2007. It took one meeting to seal their commitment to upholding the Lowe’s legacy. The Tassevs are thrilled to work with the knowledgeable and experienced staff at Rock City Gardens to serve the local community.

ROCK CITY GARDENS

9080 N. U.S. Hwy. 1, Sebastian 772-589-5835 rockcitygardens.com

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Welcome Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital has welcomed four doctors to its staff: Haane Massarotti, MD; Charles Salzberg, MD; Crystal Taylor, MD; and Sanjiv Tewari, MD. Dr. Massarotti is a board-certified colon and rectal surgeon specializing in complex laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery.

She obtained her medical degree at the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine and served her residency at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Prior to settling in Vero Beach, Dr. Massarotti was part of AdventHealth Medical Group in Tampa. She is accepting new patients at CCIRH’s Health and Wellness Center.

Dr. Salzberg, a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, is renowned in his field. He is the pioneer of “one-step” breast reconstruction and will be part of the comprehensive breast cancer program at CCIRH’s Scully-Welsh Cancer Center. Dr. Salzberg obtained his medical degree from the University of Florida and completed residencies in both general and plastic/ reconstructive surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. His most recent post prior to arriving in Vero Beach was as the system chief of plastic surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he directed a large program including eight hospitals and a residency program. He is accepting new patients.

Dr. Taylor is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist who earned both her undergraduate and medical degrees at Florida State University and completed her residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She is a member of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Taylor is accepting patients at CCIRH’s Partners in Women’s Health office.

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Dr. Tewari, a board-certified pulmonologist and critical care specialist, will serve as CCIRH’s medical director of critical care. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Alberta in Canada. He completed his residency at Summa Health and his fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, both in Ohio. He served for many years as the department chair of internal medicine at Cleveland Clinic Akron General. Dr. Tewari is seeing patients on a referral basis at CCIRH.

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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty is pleased to welcome three new team members: Cynthia Palmer, Jade Ybanez, and Danielle Putis. Palmer brings over 20 years of experience in real estate, including work as a real estate investor, landlord, property manager, mortgage broker, and insurance adjuster. She graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in business administration and finance. Ybanez, a graduate of Texas Tech University, holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She is a volunteer with Helping Hands Ministry and is also a coach at Vero Elite Volleyball Academy.

Putis has more than 25 years of sales experience in corporate technology and residential real estate, with a strong background in negotiation, relationship building, technology, and real estate development.

John’s Island Real Estate Company is pleased to announce the addition of Luke Webb to its sales team. He has extensive experience in luxury sales in Vero Beach and a comprehensive understanding of the real estate market here.

Trevor Loomis has joined Indian River Habitat for Humanity as its new president and CEO. He comes to Vero Beach with his wife, Martha, and their three young sons from Louisville, Kentucky, where he served as director of homebuyer services at Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville. He has also been on staff with the Louisville metro government’s housing department and the Louisville Coalition for the Homeless. Loomis holds an MA degree in anthropology from the University of Louisville and an MBA from Bellarmine University. A U.S. Army veteran, he has served three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Gould Cooksey Fennell is excited to announce the addition of three new partners to the firm: Dane Ullian (personal injury and wrongful death), Justin Larson (estate planning and tax), and Dillon Roberts (estate planning and tax). “Dillon, Dane, and Justin are highly professional, motivated, experienced, and they excel in their areas of practice,” says Todd Fennell, GCF’s managing partner. “More importantly, they genuinely care about their clients, and they have embraced our firm culture of integrity, excellence, collegiality, and support for all members of our firm. We welcome them as our newest partners and anticipate them helping us continue to provide focused, high-quality services to our clients and our community.”

Roth Interiors invites you to come in and meet Debbie O’Brien, the new fabric buyer. She has a lengthy history in design and art and looks forward to assisting you in finding the perfect fabric and/or wallcovering to bring your vision to life for window treatments, upholstery, bedding, marine needs, and more. She welcomes you to stop by and shop samples of fabric from many international vendors including Kravet, Schumacher, Brunschwig & Fils, Clarke & Clarke, Manuel Canovas, Norbar, Perennials, Scalamandré, and Thibaut.

The members and partners of Rossway Swan are pleased to announce that David J. Reimel has joined the firm after serving as a law clerk for Justice Thomas G. Saylor of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reimel graduated magna cum laude from Penn State Law in May 2020. While in law school, he gained experience in litigation by working as a certified intern for the Colorado Public Defender’s Office. He also externed for Magistrate Judge William Arbuckle at the United States District Court in Pennsylvania and Judge Pamela Oliver at the Centre County Court of Common Pleas. Additionally, Reimel served as president of the Public Interest Law Fund and as a member the editorial board of the Penn State Law Review as comments editor. A native of Central Florida, Reimel is delighted to return to the state to serve the Space Coast and Treasure Coast communities.

Coastal Interiors is excited to welcome three new team members to its design family. Lead Designer Darlene Bell, Office Manager Merissa Szpaichler, and Design Assistant Leah Cortez have joined the firm and are eager to assist with your project needs. They are shown here with Senior Designer Crystal Crosby and Principal Designer Gregory Allan Ness.

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Local artist Barbara Krupp brought home a Bronze Award for her painting Mr. Toad Goes to Work, which was entered in a competition held by the Camelback Gallery, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based virtual art gallery. Artists from more than a dozen countries submitted works for the award exhibition “Shades of Blue,” and three jurors evaluated them based on several criteria, including originality and quality of work.

United Way of Indian River County would like to recognize Cary Allen for his dedication. Allen has been a volunteer financial analyst for the organization’s Citizens’ Review Process for the past seven years. Annually, CRP volunteers review grant applications, conduct nonprofit agency site visits, and evaluate and recommend programming to aid in funding decisions.

Applying his many years of banking experience, Allen reviews nonprofit financials in depth and provides detailed reports to the review panels. His work helps “direct local donor funds to fill the biggest gaps in our community,” says Nate Bruckner, UWIRC’s director of community impact. `

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Show & Tell ENTERTAINING , EDUCATIONAL, AND EDIFYING NONPROFIT EVENTS ABOUND

AS EVENT PLANNERS CONTINUE TO MAKE SAFETY A PRIORITY, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CALL AHEAD OR CHECK WEBSITES BEFORE FINALIZING YOUR PLANS.

KENNY G APRIL 9 Sunrise Theatre presents “An Evening with the Iconic Kenny G.” The smooth-jazz saxophonist is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, particularly among instrumentalists. In his 40-year solo career, he has become a mainstay of adult contemporary music. His major hits include “Songbird,” “Silhouette,” and “Forever in Love.”

SUNRISE THEATRE

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ZACH WILLIAMS APRIL 13 Grammy Award-winner Zach Williams and special guest Anne Wilson, both Christian musicians and songwriters, will appear at the Sunrise Theatre for an inspiring evening of music and ministry. Williams’s style is a blend of Southern rock and country, and his songs reflect his long struggle to reconcile his music career with life as a faithful Christian.

Wilson is a rising star in the Christian country genre.

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‘FRONT TOWARD ENEMY’ APRIL 14 The IRSC Foundation’s Fielden Institute for Lifelong Learning wraps up this season’s Distinguished Lecture Series with Daniel R. Green, who will present “Front Toward Enemy: War, Veterans, and the Homefront.”

Green served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and is a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He has a PhD in political science from George Washington University and has worked in the Department of Defense. He will use philosophical, literary, cultural, historical, and political perspectives in discussing veterans’ experiences in war and in returning to civilian life.

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DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH

at McAlpin Fine Arts Center IRSC Massey Campus 3209 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce 10 a.m.–noon, $35 772-462-7880 irscfoundation.org

APRIL 14 Camp Haven, a local homeless shelter for men, will hold its annual fundraising gala, Diamonds in the Rough. Dinner will be provided by Bent Pine, with music by DJ Jay Barwick. Guests will also enjoy silent and live auctions. All proceeds support the general operations of Camp Haven, which provides programs to help residents rebuild their lives.

CAMP HAVEN

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TOUCH & GO APRIL 14 Touch & Go is a five-piece band that performs a tribute concert spanning the catalog of The Cars, a Boston new wave band that had numerous hits in the 1970s and ’80s.

Enjoy “Just What I Needed,” “Good Times Roll,” “You Might Think,” “Drive,” and more, rendered with precision by lead singer Gene Minix and Touch & Go. MUSICWORKS

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JAZZ CONCERT APRIL 16 The Treasure Coast Jazz Society presents “Memories of Louis Armstrong,” a concert that will be led by jazz musician John Skillman, who will also play the clarinet. He will be joined by Charlie Bertini on trumpet, Randy Morris on piano, and other musicians. TCJS is a nonprofit organization founded in 1985 to promote jazz as a distinctly American art form and to provide scholarships to local high school music students. TCJS hosts several nationally known jazz acts each season, presented in conjunction with buffet luncheons at Vero Beach Yacht Club.

TREASURE COAST JAZZ SOCIETY

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at Vero Beach Yacht Club 2601 Rio Vista Blvd.

Lunch 11:30 a.m., $20; concert 12:30 p.m., $40–45 772-234-4600 tcjazz.org

APRIL 15 Florida resident Greg Vadimsky and his four bandmates, aka Greggie and the Jets, will take the stage at Sunrise Theatre for a tribute to Elton John. The show includes selections from the superstar’s many hits, such as “Your Song,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Rocket Man,” and “Daniel,” as well as deeper cuts from his gold and platinum albums.

SUNRISE THEATRE

117 S. 2nd St., Fort Pierce 8 p.m., $38 and up 772-461-4775 sunrisetheatre.com

BRIDGE TOURNAMENT APRIL 22 The Boys & Girls Clubs of Indian River County will hold its ninth annual Duplicate and Party Bridge Tournament, which has become a signature spring fundraiser. Participants will enjoy breakfast, bridge, a raffle, awards, lunch, and a special presentation by the children of BGCIRC, which has clubs in Vero Beach, Sebastian, and Fellsmere.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF IRC

at Quail Valley River Club 2345 Hwy. A1A 8:30 a.m., $85 772-299-7449 bgcirc.org

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CHARITY FUNDRAISER WEEKEND APRIL 22–23 Wheels & Keels Foundation will hold its eleventh annual Charity Fundraiser Weekend benefiting seven local charities.

The event will get underway Friday evening with a cocktail reception, dinner, and an extravagant auction to include such items as private yacht cruises and bottles of rare vintage spirits. On Saturday, car and boat aficionados won’t want to miss the concours-style show featuring exotic and antique cars and boats. The weekend will close with best-in-class car and boat awards and the parade of winners. The reservation deadline for Friday night’s events is April 15.

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at The Moorings Yacht & Country Club 100 Harbour Drive Friday 5:30 p.m., $250; Saturday 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m., $10 suggested spectator donation, $20 buffet lunch 772-559-9758 wkvero.com

‘ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN’ APRIL 30 Sunrise Theatre presents “One Night of Queen,” a tribute to the band behind such ’70s and ’80s hits as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions” and “Another One Bites the Dust.” The show is performed by Gary Mullen and the Works, a U.K. group led by Scotsman Mullen, who has been impersonating late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury for over 20 years.

SUNRISE THEATRE

117 S. 2nd St., Fort Pierce 8 p.m., $42 and up 772-461-4775 sunrisetheatre.com

BALLET UNDER THE STARS APRIL 22 Ballet Vero Beach is planning its inaugural Ballet Under the Stars, a new signature fundraiser to benefit the company’s education and community engagement programs. The beautiful Tree House will host the casually elegant evening, which will include a live auction, sumptuous food and drink, dancing to the sounds of the Dave Capp Project, and an exclusive performance by the BVB company.

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at Tree House 8010 43rd Ave. 6 p.m., $150 772-905-2651 balletverobeach.org

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VERO BEACH AIR SHOW APRIL 30–MAY 1 The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels are returning to Vero Beach! The biennial Air Show also includes a variety of other performers of aerobatics as well as fascinating static aircraft displays. After Saturday’s airport events come to a close, the festivities will shift to Riverside Park for a free community event featuring 30 food trucks, children’s attractions, and live music.

The Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team will be in attendance and available for photos and autographs.

The Vero Beach Air Show is a nonprofit organization whose proceeds benefit services for veterans and the prevention of child abuse.

VERO BEACH AIR SHOW

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LAGOON FEST MAY 7 The Environmental Learning Center’s Lagoon Fest will afford guests an excellent opportunity to experience the facility’s many improvements, including new roofs and decking, new estuary art flooring in the Discovery Station, and the newly unveiled Thomas R. Schidel Education and Entertainment Pavilion. Lagoon Fest also offers vendor booths, quick canoe trips, fishing, a scavenger hunt, ecotalks, workshops, entertainment, and food trucks.

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER

255 Live Oak Drive 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; $10 adult, $5 child 772-589-5050 discoverelc.org

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ALMOST HEAVEN MAY 10–29 Almost Heaven celebrates the life, times and music of late folk singer and songwriter John Denver, who has been considered “among the most beloved entertainers of his era.” The cast tells Denver’s story with more than 25 of his hits, including “Rocky Mountain High,” “Sunshine on My Shoulders,” “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” “Annie’s Song,” and “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

RIVERSIDE THEATRE

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NATIVE GARDENS MAY 11–22 Patti Hall will direct the Vero Beach Theatre Guild’s production of Native Gardens, a play by Karen Zacarias. A comedy that touches on some serious topics, Native Gardens is the story of highpowered lawyer Pablo and his pregnant wife, Tania, a doctoral candidate, who purchase a suburban home next door to longtime residents Frank and Virginia. Neighborly feelings quickly fall by the wayside as a heated conflict develops over property lines.

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‘BEST OF THE WEST’ MAY 14 The Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation’s eleventh annual Poetry and Barbecue event, themed “Best of the West,” will feature local and Western poets and Southern-style barbecue at the historic Jackson house on Indian River State College’s Mueller Campus here in Vero Beach. Three visiting poets will present their work: Jerry Brooks of Prescott, Arizona; Shadd Piehl of Mandan, North Dakota; and Andy Wilkinson of Lubbock, Texas. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m.

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The Learning Alliance’s Moonshot Moment Reading Rocket travels throughout Indian River County.

Spread the Word READING IS A GOLDEN TICKET TO A HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE

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he summer of 2019 could not have arrived soon enough for the Pickering family. Our older son, Colin, had just finished his freshman year of high school and was headed west for a rite of passage— farming table grapes and practicing his Spanish in the California sun. Our daughter, Olivia, had just graduated eighth grade and was headed for high school.

Our younger son, Grant,

was finally finished with preschool and ready for kindergarten. For Stephanie and me, this meant a parenting dream would finally become a reality: Come fall, thank goodness, all three children would be on the same school schedule.

Summer plans for our family included a “staycation” in Vero Beach hosting various friends and family members, a surfing trip for me, a girls’ trip for Stephanie, and an end-of-

summer cousin-palooza in Chicago. In between these planned activities, we looked forward to the unscheduled ebb and flow that comes to the barrier island in summertime, including spontaneous visits to the uncrowded beaches.

As a preemptive measure against the “summer slide”—what teachers tell me is the tendency for students to lose some of the gains they achieved during

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the previous school year— our summer 2019 began with a trip to Vero Beach Book Center followed by the promised orange slushie and vanilla ice cream treat from Countryside Citrus on Ocean Drive. On the day of our bookstore visit, our housekeeper’s son, Miguel, was spending the afternoon swimming with my children, so I invited him to join us. It was a particularly celebratory affair, considering that just six months earlier, halfway through his third-grade year, Miguel could not read.

Miguel’s mother began working for our family in the summer of 2015, shortly after our arrival in Vero Beach from Bakersfield, California. Over the years, most of my interactions with Miguel had taken the form of brief exchanges every so often when my return home from the office coincided with the tail end of an afternoon playdate with my son while his mother worked.

Between Miguel’s developing English vocabulary and my sparse Portuguese, the extent of our encounters usually consisted of a high five, a smile, or some exchange of silliness on his way out the door. Miguel was kind and loving to my own little boy, however, and that was all that mattered to me.

My Christmas gift to Miguel that year included some sporting equipment and a ridiculous assortment

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Marie O’Brien shares the story Thank You, Omu! as part of an international literacy event.

of candy that paired with various characters in a new copy of Roald Dahl’s wonderful story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A candy bar for Charlie Bucket and Grandpa Joe. Chocolate sauce for Augustus Gloop. Sourpatch Kids for Veruca Salt. Bubble gum for Violet Beauregarde.

While I expected that this act of sugar-coated overindulgence would not make his mother happy, it was the look on her face when he tore the wrapping paper from the book that prompted a different level of concern. Stephanie asked what was wrong, and, with eyes tearing up, she told us that he could not read.

Now, I was fully aware from Indian River Community Foundation’s involvement in the community’s literacy initiative, the Moonshot Moment, that third-grade reading

Alexander and Hector read during a Moonshot Community Action Network summer program.

proficiency scores for Indian River County school children were a problem. I also knew that there was an army of community-based organizations working to improve these conditions.

What I was unaware of

until that afternoon was just how close to home this problem hit. Miguel was not a statistic. His mother was not an absentee parent.

These were two people who were very important to our family, whom we loved, who

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had fallen behind. It was all Stephanie needed to hear to shift into “super-mom” mode.

With Miguel’s mother’s permission, Stephanie and I contacted the principal of Miguel’s school to share our concern and ask what we could do to help. From my involvement with the Moonshot Moment, I was aware of the principal’s recent efforts to raise the school’s grade from a C to an A, due in large part to participation in innovative programs designed to help students learn to read. To her credit, rather than perceiving our involvement negatively, she listened to our questions and welcomed our intervention on Miguel’s behalf.

Yes, Miguel was behind, she confirmed. Not surprisingly, she also confirmed several contributing factors that included limited English proficiency in the home and some behavioral challenges not uncommon to boys in his age group.

However, none of these factors was a good reason for him falling behind.

The principal acknowledged that the school was failing him and that their team needed to do more to prevent him from falling further behind. She also explained that it would be important for Miguel’s parents to participate in this intervention by ensuring that he attend an after-school program called

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Moonshot Academy, which provides students with extended learning opportunities focused specifically on reading.

Finally, while not an option available to every student, the principal welcomed my family’s offer to pay for three months’ expenses for a private tutor to ensure for Miguel an opportunity to move beyond a third-grade reading level in time for the next school year. Fortunately, everyone cooperated and Miguel was on his way to academic success.

According to the Florida Department of Education, in 2020 just 60 percent of Indian River County’s third-grade students were proficient in reading. While this data shows a significant improvement when compared to a decade earlier, there is still work to be done.

Fortunately, in Indian River County, there is a wellorganized collaboration of more than 50 local organizations called the Moonshot Community Action Network working to ensure that all children in our community have the same opportunity as our friend Miguel to learn to read.

One of the organizations that is leading the way in this effort is The Learning Alliance. CEO Barbara Hammond, together with co-founder Liz Remington and philanthropist Ray Oglethorpe, launched this

A youngster stays on track during the pandemic with a learning kit from The Learning Alliance’s Kindergarten Readiness Collaborative.

social enterprise to ensure that 90 percent of all Indian River County students read at grade level by third grade. The organization’s business model is fueled by philanthropy and focuses on developing and operating literacy programs that promote excellence in teaching, provide extended learning for students, empower families, and engage community leaders.

Together with our clients, Indian River Community Foundation has awarded The Learning Alliance more than $1 million in grants for proven programs like the Moonshot Academies that currently operate in six out of the thirteen public elementary schools. We also participate

in funding promising practices to promote excellence in teaching and learning, thus advancing education in our community. In addition, The Learning Alliance is a participant in the Community Foundation’s Endowment Partners Program, which helps strengthen and sustain these important programs for generations to come.

Visit thelearningalliance. org for information on how you can support The Learning Alliance by making a charitable contribution or a planned gift from your estate. Your generosity will help our community’s children learn to read, so that they can read to learn and live healthier, more prosperous lives. ❀

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Pinpointing Pain THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF ACUPUNCTURE MAY OFFER BENEFITS FOR MODERN-DAY PATIENTS

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cupuncture might not be for everyone; but those who’ve tried it tend to “stick” with it.

Lee Dinenberg is one of them. Years of playing sports, including college football and lacrosse, and working in the roofing industry have taken a toll on Dinenberg’s 47-year-old body. When he sought medical attention for extreme pain and weakness in his right elbow, an orthopedic surgeon recommended surgery. Rather than rush to the operating table, Dinenberg decided to try

acupuncture at the suggestion of another orthopedic surgeon, who also happens to be a childhood friend.

“I routinely recommend alternative treatments and nonoperative modalities prior to surgery in cases that are not life- or limb-threatening,” explains Dr. Jonathan Schiller, associate professor of orthopedic surgery and director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Hip Service at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. “Acupuncture is one of many nonoperative treatments I support

because it’s been shown to be effective. If it doesn’t hurt you and it’s alleviating your symptoms, acupuncture can be a low risk-high reward alternative to surgery.”

“I have an open mind,” says Dinenberg. “I’d never had acupuncture, but I thought I’d give it a try based on Jonathan’s recommendation.”

A Google search of Vero Beach-based acupuncturists led Dinenberg to Kate Hoffmann, nationally certified acupuncturist and owner of Vero Acupuncture. “Kate treated my

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elbow twice a week for four weeks, then once a week for three weeks,” explains Dinenberg. “I went from not being able to hold an empty paper cup to having total function of my elbow.

That was a year ago, and I’ve had no pain since then.

I can hold a roofing gun and go to the gym and do pushups and pull-ups with no problem.”

Following his favorable outcome, Dinenberg returned to Hoffmann for treatment of shoulder, hip, and general joint pain. “I was told I needed a hip replacement because I had minimal cartilage and the ball of my hip joint was completely flat,” he says.

“It hurt so much to walk; I’d use the Publix shopping cart as if it were a walker when grocery shopping.

After acupuncture treatment every two weeks, I’ve never had anything close to that kind of pain again. It’s amazing. My body’s taken more abuse than the average person’s,

and acupuncture keeps me upright.”

Seventy-six-year-old Jack Craven of Vero Beach has also become a proponent of acupuncture after just two treatments with Hoffmann for back pain.

“I’ve always been proactive about my health,” says Craven, an avid pickleball player.

In addition to ice, heat, physical therapy, massage, and an occasional cortisone shot, Craven considers acupuncture to be another viable avenue to explore when it comes to maintaining an active, healthy lifestyle. “If my pain resurfaces, I wouldn’t hesitate to go back for treatment,” he says. “I had a positive experience.”

Originating in China more than 3,000 years ago, acupuncture is one of the oldest and most-used procedures in the world; it has been embraced by many who want to alleviate symptoms of arthritis, migraines, chemotherapy

DID YOU KNOW? There are an estimated 33,000 licensed or certified acupuncturists in the United States.

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“I went from not being able to hold an empty paper cup to having total function of my elbow.”

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treatment, and a variety of other conditions, including stress and addiction.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture balances the flow of chi, or life energy, circulating through pathways called meridians in the body. Meridians feed vital energy to the body’s cells, tissues, muscles, organs, and glands. Physical and psychological stressors affect those meridians and organ systems, disrupting the flow of energy and weakening the body’s self-healing abilities. Over time, the body becomes more susceptible to pain, disease, stress, anxiety, and poor health because of this disruption. By stimulating specific points along the meridians, acupuncture practitioners believe they can rebalance the flow of chi and facilitate the body’s natural ability to heal.

“Imagine a kink in a garden hose,” says Hoffmann, who has practiced acupuncture and holistic medicine modalities for over 20 years. “If the water flow is disrupted, it cannot provide adequate water supply to a plant and the plant will not thrive. Acupuncture helps open the kinks in

the body’s energy pathways.

I am not the healer,” she is quick to point out. “I give you back the ability to heal yourself.”

Conversely, many Western practitioners understand acupuncture points in terms of their relationship to nerves, muscles, and connective tissue. Some believe that stimulation at certain locations causes the brain to release endorphins (the body’s natural painkillers), which make people feel better physically and emotionally.

Despite numerous studies, the full picture of acupuncture’s effectiveness can be challenging to assess. It does indeed seem to yield positive results in patients suffering from chronic pain of various types, but the role of mental expectation in these situations, one might say the “placebo effect,” is difficult to quantify.

Hoffmann refutes the notion that the benefits of acupuncture are attributable to the placebo effect, citing acupuncture’s ability to treat animals. “Dogs, cats, and horses don’t think putting needles in them is a good idea, but it is proven

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to help them,” she points out. “Show me anything that’s been around for 3,000 years that doesn’t work!”

Because acupuncture brings with it relatively few risks or potential complications when performed by a qualified practitioner, even conventional medical providers often consider it to be “worth a try.” In recent years, many hospitals have begun integrating acupuncture and other alternative medicine modalities as complementary therapies

alongside conventional treatments.

As acupuncture becomes more integrated into mainstream medicine, health insurers are becoming increasingly amenable to covering it as a treatment for chronic pain and other symptoms. In 2020, Medicare began to cover acupuncture for chronic lower back pain.

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Give Yourself The Gift Of A Lift the acupuncturist will typically gather information about your medical history, present health, lifestyle, and emotional state. During the visit, he or she will assess your general appearance and may examine the color, shape, and size of your tongue, which can provide vital clues about your internal health. The acupuncturist will palpate specific acupuncture points to evaluate imbalances and check the strength and rhythm of the pulse in your wrist.

Acupuncture treatments involve the insertion of fine, sterile stainless steel needles of varying lengths into specific areas of the skin. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved acupuncture needles for use by licensed practitioners and requires all acupuncturists to follow strict safety guidelines.

If getting a vaccination makes you queasy, take heart! The average diameter of an acupuncture needle is about 10 times smaller than an average hypodermic needle and just twice the diameter of a human hair. Insertion causes little discomfort and is often not felt at all.

Once the needles are inserted, some patients may feel a mild tingling or a dull ache. Others may experience the sensation of energy moving around the needle, along with a sense of relaxation. Depending upon the

condition being treated, the acupuncturist may insert as few as three needles or as many as 20 in various areas of the body—typically arms, legs, hands, feet, or ears.

Acupuncture points are situated in many parts of the body, and in some cases the point of treatment is far removed from the location of the pain. Some practitioners might twirl, heat, or electrically stimulate the needles to intensify the healing effect.

Patients lie on a padded table during the treatment, wearing their own clothing or a gown, and listen to soothing music to facilitate relaxation. People often fall asleep. Sessions generally last 45 to 60 minutes, during which the acupuncturist may also apply acupressure with the hands or heat to specific areas.

While some conditions might be alleviated with only a few treatments, others may require weekly or monthly visits as well as a seasonal tune-up.

Side effects are rare, but can include soreness, minor bruising, or bleeding where the needles were inserted.

Single-use disposable needles are standard practice, so infection is highly unlikely. You could be at risk for complications, however, if you are pregnant, have a pacemaker, have a bleeding disorder, or take blood thinners.

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Lee Dinenberg is being treated by Kate Hoffmann for chronic hip pain. The needles for this treatment are placed in his left hand and ear, as well as his right foot. The goal of his treatment is to keep him from hip replacement surgery for as long as possible.

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acupuncture,” observes Patta Conboy, former manager of BG Equestrian and longtime advocate of homeopathic medicine and, more recently, acupuncture.

Ten years ago, she was told she needed surgery to correct a shoulder impingement that prevented her from lifting hay bales or saddling a horse. After just a few acupuncture treatments with Dr. Danny Quaranto, founder of Alternative Medicine Family Care Center in Vero Beach, she hasn’t had a problem since.

“There is a high level of awareness in Vero Beach that alternative medicine is a viable option for health care,” suggests Quaranto, who holds a medical degree from the University of

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Science, Arts and Technology on the island of Montserrat in the British West Indies. He also received training in China and has been practicing traditional Chinese medicine, classical homeopathy, and acupuncture since 1986.

He adds, “Over the years many people have asked me, ‘When I’m having a problem, how do I know if I need to see you or my conventional doctor?’ Always explore the least invasive form of medicine first. If your condition warrants more heroic measures, you will be referred to an appropriate health care provider.” According to his medical philosophy, “If you don’t have to call 911, then call us.” ❀

BEFORE YOU “STICK IT” TO PAIN: Ask your health care provider, trusted friends, or family members if they can recommend an acupuncturist near you.

Look at the practitioner’s credentials.

Most states, including Florida, require a license to practice acupuncture. Refer to the Florida Board of Acupuncture, floridasacupuncture.gov, for licensing requirements.

Interview the acupuncturist. Ask about the treatment plan, the cost, and the likelihood it will help your condition.

Find out if your insurance provider covers the treatment.

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veryone should be able to come and break bread.” That’s the philosophy at Counter Culture, where chefs Anthony and Lisa Damiano have created a menu that allows vegetarians and meat-lovers alike to savor delicious meals around the same table.

The two chefs have been cooking together for more than 30 years, including stints at New York’s Russian Tea Room, where Anthony worked as executive chef and Lisa as assistant pastry chef, and Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Anthony’s many honors include serving as presenting chef at the James Beard House in New York on three occasions, while Lisa’s many claims to fame include a run as restaurant pastry chef at the renowned Breakers resort in Palm Beach.

Having owned numerous Florida restaurants over the years, the pair now focuses entirely on running Counter Culture and giving back to the Vero Beach community. Those efforts include teaching cooking classes and nurturing up-and-coming chefs in the restaurant’s kitchen; supporting local farmers, who supply the bulk of the restaurant’s produce; and sponsoring local nonprofit organizations such as Youth Guidance Mentoring Academy.

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Lisa and Anthony Damiano are the owners and chefs of Vero Beach’s Counter Culture, located at Boulevard Tennis Club and open to the public.

While offering choices to their customers, the two chefs are enthusiastic advocates of a whole-food, plant-based diet, which they have been following themselves for the past five years.

They are certain that, beyond being more sustainable for the planet, it has transformed their health.

Their advice to home chefs?

“Walk around the farmers market with an open bag,” Lisa says, “and throw in everything colorful.” And when you are preparing food? She adds, “Throw a handful of fresh greens on top of everything you make.”

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Wild Mushroom Pizza with Arugula and Truffle Oil SERVES 4 This dish, with its grilled crust and San Marzano tomatoes, takes Anthony Damiano back to his family’s roots in Salerno.

Pizza:

Sauce: 1 22-oz. can San Marzano tomatoes (pulsed in blender to smooth consistency)

3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1 cup trimmed and sliced mixed fresh wild mushrooms, such as hen of the woods, shiitake, and cremini 1 ball of pizza dough for crust (fresh pizza dough sheets available at Publix)

3 tbsp. basil pesto 1 oz. olive oil 3 tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper to taste

8 oz. San Marzano pizza sauce 2 cloves garlic, sliced very thin 4 oz. fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced and torn into 1/2-inch pieces 2 cups loosely packed arugula 1/4 cup kalamata olives 1/4 cup roasted red pepper strips 1 tbsp. white truffle oil 1/4 tsp. pink Himalayan salt 3 tbsp. shaved pecorino

Place a pizza stone or large rimless baking sheet on the bottom rack and preheat oven to the highest temperature, preferably 500 degrees Fahrenheit, for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat 2 tbsp. olive oil over medium heat.

Cook mushrooms, stirring occasionally, until beginning to brown, about 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and set aside.

On a floured surface, roll dough into a 14-inch circle. Transfer to a floured pizza peel (or rimless baking sheet). Combine all pizza sauce ingredients and ladle sauce over the surface of the crust. Scatter garlic over the dough, then sprinkle with mozzarella and half of the mushrooms (reserve the remaining mushrooms). Drizzle the remaining 1 tbsp. olive oil over the pizza. Carefully slide pizza onto preheated stone or baking sheet. Bake until browned, 10–15 minutes.

Transfer to a cutting board and cut into 4 pieces.

Toss arugula, kalamata olives, and roasted red pepper strips with drizzle of white truffle oil and salt. Top pizza with the arugula mixture, reserved mushrooms, and pecorino.

Serve immediately.

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Kung Pao SERVES 2 Anthony Damiano describes this dish as “inspired by research” into Asian cuisine. He loves the way the textures of the beets, sweet potatoes, and ancient grains play off one another.

3 sweet potatoes (about 6 oz.)

3 beets (about 6 oz.)

10 oz. firm tofu 3 tbsp. cornstarch Salt and pepper to taste 1 tsp. harissa

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Coconut oil, for frying (or vegetable stock for reduced fat) 1/4 cup red onions, diced 1/4 cup shiitake mushrooms

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3 cloves garlic 2 tbsp. tamari 1 tsp. sesame oil (or tamari for gluten-free) 5 tbsp. orange juice 1 tbsp. rice vinegar 1 1/2 tbsp. maple syrup 2 cups mixed kale and spinach Black and white sesame seeds, for garnish

Roast sweet potatoes and beets at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until tender. Peel and cut into bite-size pieces. Set aside.

Press tofu to remove excess liquid, and dice into 1-inch cubes. In a mixing bowl, combine cornstarch with generous pinches of salt and pepper. Add harissa and tofu cubes and toss with your hands until fully coated.

Set wok on medium-high heat and add a spoonful of coconut oil.

Once melted, add the tofu and fry for 10–15 minutes, turning occasionally, until golden on all sides (adding more oil if needed).

Transfer to a bowl and set aside.

Wipe out wok and add 1 tsp. of coconut oil; add onions and mushrooms and fry for 3 minutes. Add all the remaining ingredients to the wok. You’ll know it’s ready when you run a wooden spoon through the sauce and it doesn’t immediately combine back together.

Garnish with black and white sesame seeds and serve with 8 oz. ancient grains (e.g. wheat berries, red rice, quinoa), cooked in a rice cooker.

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Almond & Coconut-Crusted Chocolate Ganache Tart SERVES 12 This delicious almond-crusted treat can be found with other plant-based desserts on the “Good” side of Lisa Damiano’s “Good & Evil” dessert menu. The surprisingly less popular “Evil” choices include traditionally prepared items, made with sugar, butter, cream, and eggs.

Crust:

Set oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and toast almonds for 5 minutes. Set aside.

1 1/2 cups shredded coconut

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1/3 cup almonds, sliced and toasted 1 tbsp. pure maple syrup Dash of vanilla extract or almond extract

In a saucepan, add the plant milk and cocoa and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add the chocolate. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit 1 minute. Remove plastic and stir until all is combined and chocolate is melted. Pour into the crust. Place in refrigerator to cool and set. Top can be decorated with toasted almonds or cacao nibs. Serve with fresh berries. `

Ganache tart: 1 1/2 cup plant milk (e.g. soy, almond, oat, coconut) 4 tbsp. cocoa 12 oz. vegan (non-dairy) dark chocolate

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ate in the afternoon on the first Tuesday of each month, the front parking lot at Walking Tree Brewery begins to fill up with Volkswagens. The gathering herd includes vintage Beetles as well as a few newer ones, plus an impressive assortment of Buses, anything from an unrestored 23-window Samba to a double-cab pickup to the 1963 beauty shown on these pages.

The VW Bus dates back to 1946, when Ben Pon, a Dutch importer of VW Beetles, visited Volkswagen’s factory in Wolfsburg, Germany. While there, he noticed workers using an improvised flatbed parts hauler, dubbed the Plattenwagen. The vehicle was nothing more than a large, flat

surface on four wheels with an operator’s seat and engine at the back.

Inspired by its simplicity and usefulness, Pon drew up a rough pencil sketch in 1947 that looked remarkably like the Bus we know today. He kept the rear-mounted engine of the Plattenwagen, but positioned the driver up front and encased the whole contraption in a rectangular shell with rounded corners. In early 1950, the end result of Pon’s idea began rolling off the Wolfsburg assembly line.

Since the VW Beetle was referred to as Type 1, the new vehicle was given the factory designation Type 2. The official German-language model names were the Transporter and the Kombi, short for Kombinationskraftwagen (combined-use vehicle). U.S. ads used

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The front safari windows can be opened fully to provide ventilation.

“Splitty” is a nickname used for the first-generation models, 1950–1967, because of the splitwindshield design.

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the term VW Station Wagon, but people commonly called it the VW Bus. As the vehicle’s popularity grew in other countries, so too did nicknames for it. Two of the most colorful were the “Bread Loaf” in Portugal and the “Murdering Combi” in Peru. The latter came about because the vehicle was used as a taxicab in Lima, and the reckless drivers would sometimes run over prospective passengers in their competitive zeal to get to them first.

The versatile vehicle was also used by police departments, post offices, airports and hospitals, and as delivery vehicles for a wide variety of businesses. In one public transportation configuration, 12 people could fit on four bench seats.

Camping was another activity for which the Type 2 was well suited.

People started installing beds, stoves, sinks, tables, and even airconditioning. In 1956, Volkswagen contracted with Westfalia to make camper conversion kits, including a

A church key opens the engine lid, located below the rear cargo hatch, and the gas door on the side.

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The original engine produced a whopping 50 horsepower and a top speed of about 65 mph. This 1,776-cc, dual-carburetor flat-four does a bit better.

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pop-up top option. “Westy” camper vans were produced from the early ’50s to 2003, many for the U.S. market.

The most iconic use for the VW Bus, however, was as a counterculture “hippie van.” The vehicle—simple, cheap, and communal—represented everything that the Establishment and Detroit weren’t. The circular VW logo on the front was often swapped out for a peace symbol, and the exterior was painted with flowers, rainbows, and bright colors. It was the transport of choice for attending protests and rock concerts alike, often serving double duty as a motel room for the night.

When Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead died in 1995, Volkswagen ran a fullpage ad with a simple line drawing of a VW Bus shedding a single tear. `

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had not seen Nero in seven years.

My friend and colleague John Martino used to bring the big Rottweiler over to my training school in Chicago about once a month, and we would walk our dogs together. John later moved to Florida with Nero, and I drove to Wellington for a visit, wondering if an aging Nero would remember me. As I exited the car, Nero proceeded

to sniff my pant leg for a full minute. Suddenly, he became quite animated, licking my hand fervently and wagging his entire backside. What happened next was a surprise: Nero tore back into the house and soon returned with his black rubber Kong toy, dropping it on my shoe.

On just a few occasions when he was young, I had flipped the Kong to him off of my shoe and he would chomp it midair. Not only

did Nero remember me, but he recalled our specific interactions in a wholly different place.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, memory is “the power or process of remembering what is learned.” Dogs can certainly do that, as evidenced by the wide variety of skills they retain when trained for obedience, the military, guiding the blind, and other pursuits. What happened when I reunited

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“There is no question that dogs remember things.”

– ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ

with Nero is termed “associative memory,” which suggests the dog associates my appearance and unique smell with our past playtime and makes a positive association in his mind.

Smells like Amy, looks like Amy, and Amy plays with me. The association links with an emotion—happiness in Nero’s case. The amount of time that passed means the association is very strong.

Negative associations can be even stronger. Most of us know a shy dog that is wary of certain people or situations, and we assume this behavior is a holdover from a past encounter.

The study of dog cognition is a new area of interest, deservedly so since dogs share nearly every aspect of our everyday lives.

Up until the 1970s, many scientists did not acknowledge animal sentience, or the capacity for emotion, so it should not be a surprise that assumptions about animal memories may not have caught up to the present.

Human beings are credited with the ability to code, store, and retrieve information from their memories, but it is still widely believed that animals have very short-term memories and do not possess episodic memory, defined as recalling past events and their circumstances. In Nero’s case, remembering me can be put down to his association with my appearance and smell, but his attempt to instigate a game we played only a few times invites further thought.

The game was an episode in his past, which he appeared to remember clearly.

The perception that dogs and other animals have only one type of memory is now being challenged. A new study taught a group of participant dogs how to follow a trainer’s actions and mimic those actions when the trainer said “Do it.” One exercise had a trainer step up onto a low platform, then step off and urge the dog to “do it.” The dog was rewarded

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for hopping up onto the platform. The exercise then switched to having the dogs simply lie down when the trainer performed an action. An hour later, trainers merely asked dogs to “do it.” Most of the participant dogs immediately popped up onto the platform, even though they had just been taught to ignore it, suggesting that they remembered the earlier episode of getting onto the platform.

Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, thinks the assumption that dogs possess only associative memory could be too simplistic. “There are many examples of dogs having episodic memory, such as remembering where their friends and foes live, where they are fed, and where they’ve cached food and other objects.” A neighbor of his noted that her dog, after watching Bekoff’s dogs stash food, could go to those spots hours later.

I decided to set up a simple memory test outside in the grass with a tennis ball-obsessed golden retriever named Sunny. I tossed the ball for her several times, and each time she hunted it down and brought it back for more.

I then put her inside the house and hid the ball next to a hedge. When she was released back into the yard, she sniffed around carefully

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Dogs are able to remember where friends live, where they’re fed, and where they hide their toys. This type of memory can contribute to their overall intelligence.

before she located the ball and pranced proudly with it back to me.

I took her inside again and hid it in a different spot, near a potted plant.

This time, she ran immediately to the first spot near the hedge, and only when she did not find the ball there did she begin using her nose to find the new spot. To me, this looked like episodic memory;

Sunny remembered finding the ball in a specific place in the recent past.

“There is no question that dogs remember things,” says Alexandra Horowitz, who has a PhD in cognitive science and is an associate professor and dog cognition research specialist at Barnard College. “The question of episodic memory is really whether they remember things in the way

that we do: reflecting on something that happened to them at a certain place or time in the past.” Horowitz acknowledges the difficulty in “seeing” episodic memory, since we can’t merely ask dogs what they remember. “As I sit here right now, I remember seeing my grandmother slice tomatoes. This is an episodic memory, but there’s no behavior that I’m doing

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– Sylvia in Vero Beach Dogs have a reason for everything they do, and the zoomies are no exception. This phenomenon is also called the “puppy whirlies,” for obvious reasons. Since your dog prefers the grass under her feet for this speedy maneuver, it may be the sun warming her body or the grass tickling her tummy that makes her want to express joy. She has a burst of positive energy so intense that it has to trail behind her small body like a contrail into the very air around her. Some dogs have the zoomies indoors on the carpeting, making sharp turns on the wall-to-wall just for the fun of it. You can encourage her with some hand clapping and a well-timed “Wheeee!” because momentarily sharing your dog’s rosy view of the world is part of the fun.

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Since “Stay” is a more precise command than “Wait,” you would be asking your dog not to move from a stationary position in that exact spot until you return, which likely won’t happen. Using either of these commands as you leave the house may cause the dog to feel let down, as he would associate the command with your leaving him home alone.

Practice a cheerful, “Back up!” instead as you toss a few tasty treats on the floor behind him. Do this several times when you are not leaving, so your dog learns to expect it when you head out. Instead of trying to shoulder you aside, he will scoop up the goodies as you make a graceful exit.

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that gives others evidence of it apart from telling you about it. So, while a dog might do a behavior that indicates that they remember something that happened in the past, it’s hard to say for sure if this is episodic memory.”

Memory in dogs likely contributes to their overall intelligence. “In the way that humans think of intelligence, memory is an integral part of it,” says Horowitz. “It’s less about general intelligence than

about the ability to learn, respond to the world appropriately, be flexible, plan, and predict.” Dogs that wait by the front door an hour before their neighborhood walk, jump up immediately when they hear car keys jingling, or are compliant at the veterinarian’s office may indeed be demonstrating those traits, possibly with more consistency than their human companions.

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Dogs show the ability to learn when they exhibit behavior like waiting by the door at the same time every day for a walk.

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Tripp Hernandez and his son Noah enjoy a surf day at the Fort Pierce Inlet.

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efore the eastern horizon lightens, the Dawn Patrol is on alert. An assortment of like-minded people check the conditions and quickly load cars with their surfboards. These aren’t college kids or beach bums, but a group of local professionals engaged in highly skilled jobs who seek their opportunities both in the water and at work.

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he approaches his work. “Know before you go,” he states.

“Check the waves and weather, scan the horizon for opportunity or a potential problem and plan accordingly,” he says.

The Community Foundation provides the services that a private foundation would, but makes it easier for clients, who can advise their own accounts. “In philanthropy, it is not about getting a client to set up the biggest account or give away the biggest grant, but when you can make a difference in the community,” says Pickering.

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“It is impossible to describe unless you’ve ridden the perfect wave.”

– JEFF PICKERING

Smyrna Beach with his family. “I screwed up enough courage to approach the little hut with my $5 bill and rent a well-used board,” he recalls. “I spent the next 60 minutes frothing in the afternoon surf, but once I caught a wave, I was all in.”

Now, Pickering is on the Dawn Patrol text list, run by avid surfer Tripp Hernandez, a Realtor with Dale Sorensen Real Estate. “Paddling out just before dawn is when the magic happens,” says Hernandez. “As the sun comes up, the

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“The paddle-out is comparable to a business environment; it takes a lot of work to get into the lineup,” he adds.

“A lot of times the opportunities we pursue in my business take patience and timing. In surfing, too, the best rides come when you are in the right place at the right time. It is impossible to describe unless you’ve ridden the perfect wave, coasted off on the shoulder and could shout and hoot for joy.”

Pickering began surfing at the age of 10 while at New

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Hernandez is part of a group of local professionals who find time around their workdays to take advantage of optimal surf conditions.

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“Surfing is essential for me.”

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sky changes into amazing colors. You smile at your friends and realize you’re experiencing something very special.”

Hernandez notes the diversity of the group: “We have doctors, ex-NFL players, scientists, first responders and retirees.” Sometimes the call of a good wave will draw people from the office to take a long lunch hour. Pickering recalls one meeting that didn’t happen as planned. “I had a lunch scheduled with the son of a client, a college student who was in town on a semester break. Around 11 o’clock I got a message saying he had canceled.” Pickering checked the surf report and thought he would spend the lunch hour on his surfboard. “There was my client’s son, at the beach with some friends and their boards. Busted! We still laugh about that.”

Like many sports, surfing was male-dominated until women and girls began claiming their spots in the lineup.

Marie O’Brien, manager of digital media and community outreach for The Learning Alliance, grew up in Pittsburgh and moved to Florida in her early 20s. “When I began surfing, the lineup was probably 90 percent male,” she recalls.

That dynamic was not new to O’Brien, since she worked in tech marketing at AOL. Once she tried surfing here in Vero Beach, she was

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Below the Surface It’s not surprising that surfers’ love for the ocean often prompts them to take leading roles in conservation. For example, the Surfrider Foundation, established in 1984 by a group of surfers from Malibu, California, has grown to 176 chapters and student clubs, including the Treasure Coast Chapter (treasurecoast.surfrider.org). Touting the motto “Protecting your oceans, beaches and waves,” the group is passionate about water quality, plastic reduction, and beach cleanup. quickly enamored of the sport. “I had a great teacher and caught a wave the first time I stood up,” she says. That teacher was John O’Brien, an avid surfer and kiteboarder who became her husband. He helped Marie hone her skills when they were dating. “I joke that I married my surfing instructor,” she laughs. The couple’s two daughters both love surfing, too. “It is much more than a sport for us.

Our connection with surfing shapes our actions and life decisions,” she says. When AOL closed its Vero Beach office, O’Brien was offered a plum position but would need to move to a landlocked city. “I decided to stay in Vero Beach and keep surfing,” she says.

Water sports are often family affairs. Ronnie Lawn was just 4 years old when he piloted his first sailing craft by himself, a 7-foot pram sailing dinghy with a 3-foot, 8-inch beam. “We were a sailing family,” says Lawn. “We lived on a small lake in Miami at the time, and there were always boats around. My father had an intercom system with a speaker mounted on the roof of the house. During my first solo sail, he broadcasted my instructions.”

Lawn, a tax attorney and partner at Lawn & LeBlanc Law Group, considers surfing and sailing his long-term recreational loves. “Surfing felt to me like an extension of

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Numerous other surfer-driven conservation organizations exist nationally and internationally, including the Save the Waves Coalition, 4Ocean, and Surfing for Change.

One of Florida’s innovative ways of supporting conservationminded surfers is the sale of the “Endless Summer” specialty license plate. In 2020, nearly 94,000 drivers opted for this plate, making it the top-selling specialty plate in the state. Proceeds fund an organization called Surfing’s Evolution & Preservation Foundation (perservesurfingbeaches.org), which is engaged in public education about surfing and conservation, preservation of shoreline ecosystems, and beach cleanup efforts.

Local residents, surfers or not, who are interested in helping our oceans and waterways can contact Coastal Connections (coastalconnections.org) and learn about the nonprofit group’s quarterly cleanups at coastal parks in Indian River County—during which about

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Tax attorney Ronnie Lawn has been surfing since he was 12 years old.

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sailing,” he explains. “When you start out in a larger sailboat, you generally turn the motor on and get out of the marina into open water, point the boat into the wind, and raise the sails while simultaneously turning off the motor.

When you fall off the wind, the sails fill and the feeling of that mass continuing to move almost silently, picking up speed, is extraordinary.”

Lawn experiences the same feeling when surfing. “You paddle like mad and there is a moment when you feel the wave energy take over and you are gliding; it’s that same sensation.” Lawn was a rakish 12-year-old when his father took him to a surf shop for his first board. “I was eyeing some Hobie surfboards, and the owner of the shop came up and said, ‘Stop looking; there is only one board for you.’ It was the shortest he had at 9 feet, 2 inches—still a bit big for me,” he laughs. “My nickname at the time was ‘Jockey.’”

Occasionally, when conditions are good, the Riomar break affords the longest rides in Vero Beach. Lundy Fields has been surfing for 50 years and knows the nuances of his favorite spots. “Just off the Riomar golf course, there are four rows of reefs going out,” he says. “When swells are

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large enough, you get carried over all four reefs for a nice long ride.”

Offshore hurricanes attract locals awaiting some special conditions. “When Hurricane Larry went by last summer, it was a thousand miles away, but it still pushed in those waves,” Fields explains. “The locals all turned out at Riomar and got great rides over those reefs.”

Fields is president and CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of the Treasure Coast. His connection to surfing helped him cope with the never-before-seen challenges caused by the pandemic. “Surfing is essential for me,” he declares.

“Rest means different things to different people, and for me,

surfing provides the rest I need. It gives me a way to regenerate and gain strength.”

Fields may view surfing as restful, but watching him fly over the water using a wind foil on a special board looks more like an adrenaline rush than a relaxing ride. Wingfoiling is an emerging sport that mirrors the speed and excitement of windsurfing. The rider holds a wing, which is not attached to the board, like a sail. Mounted below the board, a 2-to-3-foot mast extends into the water at a 90-degree angle and connects to the hydrofoil, a glidershaped wing. “When the wind fills your wing, the foil under the board actually lifts it up out of the water as you ride,”

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Marie O’Brien and her husband, John, flank daughters Kirra and Kelly as they emerge from the ocean onto Jacksonville Beach during a family surfing excursion.

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“[Surfing] keeps me in shape mentally and physically.”

– FRANCINE GRIFFIN

explains Fields. “It feels almost like flying an airplane with your feet.”

Francine Griffin moved her three young children back to Vero Beach from Washington state in 2013, and the first thing they did was hit the beach. “I ran into an old flame at the North Jetty in Fort Pierce,” Griffin recalls. “We started spending every possible hour getting my kids comfortable in the water.” She was a bit nervous watching her children and decided that if they were going to do it, she would, too.

“Learning to surf at almost 40 years old wasn’t easy,” she laughs. “Some days it’s like I’m starting all over, especially after sitting in a chair staring at a computer for nine hours a day.” Griffin is the controller at RedStick Golf Club. “Even when my body does not want to respond to the demands of surfing, I love it regardless. It keeps me in shape mentally and physically.”

There are days at work when Griffin will sneak a peek at live cameras showing surf conditions. “Occasionally, the

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Francine Griffin took up surfing later in life when her three sons took to their boards. The Fort Pierce Inlet is a favorite local spot for her family.

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Ryan Cobb shares his love of the water with his niece Renee, nephew Andres, son Charlie, and nephew Liam. Cobb’s family likes gathering near the Sebastian Inlet and enjoying the waves.

waves are firing but I have a real board meeting as opposed to the kind of board meeting I’d rather be at.” Griffin tries to surf as much as she can after work with her children. “It’s definitely difficult because nonsurfers really don’t understand that when the conditions are good, we just don’t know when it is going to be like that again,” she explains. “If it is raining on the golf course, there is always tomorrow.”

The many hours of family time in the water worked magic on her boys. “Gabe and Jake have been competing in various surf contests all over the east coast of Florida,” she says. “Last September, we spent a week in Nag’s Head, North Carolina for the Eastern Surfing Association East Coast Championships, where Gabe finished fourth in the Junior Men Under 18 Shortboard Division.”

For many, surfing brings back memories of carefree youth. Ryan Cobb, a CPA and wealth strategist at Northern Trust, recalls a very steep learning curve starting at age 15 when he and a tight group of friends first waded into the water with their boards. “Surfing is a very humbling sport,”

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he says. “It took me almost three years before I could get to my feet consistently and truly experience the joy of riding a wave. That feeling is one I am happy to chase for the rest of my life.”

Work obligations mean that squeezing in an hour for surfing is more special than ever, and one of the few times Cobb is not multitasking. “Surfing keeps me 100 percent in the moment,” he says. Like most surfers, he’ll check conditions online, but it is not the same as being there. “Now, when I look out over the dune and see ideal surf conditions, I practically skip back to the car for my board,” he laughs. “I can’t get in the water fast enough.”

The stoke that surfers talk about is hard to define, but the euphoria described is universal among the tribe of people who paddle out to grab a ride. Even if time spent surfing has to be sandwiched in between meetings and phone calls, the prospect of slowing to the ocean’s pace and marveling at swells traveling thousands of miles to affect our shores is the very definition of quality time. `

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Artist Ross Power plans to turn the area underneath the lychee tree at his Edgewood neighborhood home in the Vero Beach Art Village into a venue for artistic expression.

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By Land & By Sea SCULPTOR ROSS POWER, A MEMBER OF VERO BEACH’S NEW ART VILLAGE, CREATES PIECES FOR A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTS

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rom the ocean’s floor to university campuses, the artwork of Ross Power shows up in a wide spectrum of locations; and from marine ecology to the welfare of veterans, it addresses a wide spectrum of themes. Now, Power is pioneering the Vero Beach Art Village, a project designed to mold the cultural life of the community—and to make sure that Vero Beach is known for artistic flair.

Perhaps the best place to begin an exploration of Power’s work is the most extraordinary—the ocean floor. One of his latest works, Focus, is destined to rest upon the seabed 3 miles off the coast of Miami Beach. Power is well aware that the bottom of the sea is an unexpected place for a sculpture. That is part of the appeal, and part of his plan, for several reasons. For one thing, he describes himself as a “message-oriented artist,” and one of his key messages is the importance of marine conservation. “The ocean is our largest ecosystem,” he notes.

Focus is a stainless steel sculpture 8 feet high and 14 feet in diameter.

When Power constructed it on land, its geometric design appeared futuristic, purposely reminiscent of a starship out of science fiction. However, once it is submerged, an event expected to take place in a year or so, its appearance will begin to change. As the stainless steel acquires a unique patina from its immersion in salt water, and barnacles grow upon its surface, the work of art will undergo a literal sea change. Its geometric form will remain, yet its appearance will metamorphose from that of a starship to that of a starfish.

Focus will not be Power’s first underwater artwork. In the mid-1980s, his sculptures No Turning Back and Future Wave were submerged off the coast of Florida. Like Focus, they carried a message of marine conservation. Unlike Focus, which is intended to be permanent, No Turning Back and Future Wave

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For now, Ross Power’s Focus stands on the Biscayne Bay campus of Florida International University; it is destined for the ocean floor.

A rendering shows what the sculptor envisioned when designing Focus to rest on the seabed off the coast of Miami Beach.

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“The work of art becomes a living ecosystem.”

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each spent just one year in the ocean.

Both are now on exhibit at Florida International University.

The unconventional nature of such projects helps generate public interest, thereby giving Power’s environmental message a wider echo.

Furthermore, Power is fascinated by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

This goes hand in hand with his interest in conservation, as he sees Atlantis

the ocean is an intriguing reference to the Atlantis story.

And then there are the aesthetic aspects. Power is an avid diver as well as an artist, and he became interested in what a sculpture would look like if it were submerged and left underwater for a period of time. He reasoned that if he left it there for a year, he might return and find it looking as if it had aged a thousand years. Stainless steel

at the Florida Institute of Technology, to meet the needed engineering specifications. This pairing added another facet to the meaning of the work, since it could now be seen as representing the potential cooperation of science and art in promoting conservation.

At first glance, it might seem contradictory to place a large man-made object at the bottom of the ocean in order to promote conservation. The

as “a metaphor for our society.” Since Atlantis is often portrayed as a highly advanced civilization that collapsed and disappeared, Power reads it as a fable for modern times, as the technological advancement of humanity goes hand in hand with the imperiled state of planetary ecosystems. For him, placing a sculpture at the bottom of

would acquire a special kind of patina from immersion in salt water—an effect Power calls “Atlantean patina.”

However, the idea evolved from there, and he became intrigued by the idea of leaving a sculpture on the ocean floor permanently.

For Focus, he worked with Lee Harris, a professor of ocean engineering

artifact is not part of nature, after all.

Or is it? Pondering these questions, Power designed his sculpture to serve as a habitat for marine creatures.

“There are many little, colorful tropical fish that will live in the legs of the sculpture,” including the neon goby, distinguished by its electric blue stripe. “Larger fish will live in the cave part of the sculpture.” Is this a work of art or a habitat? The point is for it to be both. “The work of art becomes a living ecosystem.” It is a thoughtprovoking idea, and one that harmonizes with Power’s interest in the ocean environment.

More familiar to Vero Beach residents is Power’s Words From War, which stands in Riverside Park. Commissioned by Next Generation Veterans, the sculpture is dedicated to veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Like his other works, it utilizes a geometric design; however, this piece is also “word art.”

The words that appear on the surface of the sculpture are integral to its design and meaning: “Valor,” “Hope,” “Combat,” “Duty,” “Pain,” “Survive,” “Defense,” and “Honor.” All are words that struck and inspired Power as he conversed with U.S. combat veterans while designing the sculpture. The words that were finally chosen convey not only concepts but emotions; they are meant to evoke the human stories that exist behind every war memorial.

Power’s sculpture Words From War stands near the entrance to Veterans Memorial Island.

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The beginning of Power’s new word art series has taken root at his new home, where panels will be made and hung throughout his yard.

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Furthermore, the surface of the sculpture is marked with bullet holes, intensifying the memorial’s sense of immediacy. And there is more to these bullet holes than meets the untrained eye. Power carefully selected the type of bullets that the veterans of these modern wars would have used during their military training. Therefore, the bullet holes on the sculpture not only evoke the peril and sacrifice of war, but they give a visceral sense of proximity; complementing the prominent and powerful words, the tiny bullet holes suggest human stories and human experience.

It is a characteristic of Power’s work that clear, deliberate themes are combined with subtle details. He says that half of what he does is “subliminal,” adding with a touch of irony, “I try to figure it out as I go along—which is like life, anyway.”

Reflective Man, another monumental work by Power, is an 11-piece sculptural installation made from burnished stainless steel. Despite its size, it has traveled widely; now,

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however, it has been brought to Vero Beach. Reflective Man features stylized figures that suggest both human and avian forms. Made decades ago, it had been displayed at various locations in California before being moved across the country to Florida. Before coming to Vero Beach, it was exhibited in the Keys and in Miami. For the Miami display, it was so close to the ocean that it was washed by the waves, giving it something of the Atlantean patina that Power finds so intriguing: “The stainless steel now looks like bronze,” he says.

Aside from its aesthetic value, the nature-induced change to the artwork fits in beautifully with the sculptor’s interest in the ocean and the theme of marine conservation. Nevertheless, Reflective Man is now on somewhat higher ground. In January 2022, it was installed on the lawn of Power’s new home—in the midst of what is becoming the Vero Beach Art Village. Thus, a sculptural project from early in his career is becoming a part of his newest endeavor.

The Art Village is an area from Fourteenth Avenue to Twentieth Avenue and from Eighteenth Street to Twentieth Street. Historically known as the Edgewood neighborhood, it is being developed as an artistic community. That means studios, galleries,

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Ross Power installed Reflective Man, created in 1982, in the yard of his Vero Beach home. The sculpture has been on display throughout the country for decades.

“I believe Vero has a lot of hidden creativity, and I want to bring it to the forefront.”

– ROSS POWER

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The “Art V,” an RV painted by Ross Power’s son Pablo, sits in the backyard of Power’s Edgewood home. He’s planning to use the Art V as the backstage space for the lychee tree events.

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The Vero Beach Art Village is taking shape in the area of town historically known as the Edgewood neighborhood.

Spots of color, little free libraries, and murals can be seen on a short walk through the Vero Beach Art Village east of Twentieth Avenue.

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and community events, as well as cafés, restaurants, and bed-andbreakfasts. The leadership team for the project includes approximately 50 people. In particular, Power notes that he has worked for years with Barbara Hoffman, a longtime president of the Cultural Council of Indian River County, in order to bring the project to fruition.

Part of the aim of the Art Village is to play off Vero Beach’s existing First Friday Gallery Stroll. “I’m hoping that with the art walks, we will get people walking down to visit the neighborhood,” Power says. He reports that increasing numbers of artists are joining the Art Village by purchasing homes and studio spaces in the area.

It is also his intention that collectors be residents of the village, as their presence in the community would undoubtedly be symbiotic.

And then there’s the lychee tree, which Power hopes will become a landmark. It is on the property that he has purchased in the neighborhood— property that also includes expansive lawns and a brick house that dates to 1925. The house, he notes, “has very interesting architectural details.”

He was intrigued by the use of brick, which is unusual for Florida.

Inside, a hallway will become a “tiny gallery with small-scale works,” open by invitation; outside on the

lawn, the monumental Reflective Man will stand, a work of art at the other end of the spectrum in terms of scale.

The lychee tree, with its 60-foot canopy, will be a focal point for “a series of poetry readings, musical performances, and artists’ presentations.”

This series will bear the memorable title “Under the Lychee Tree,” which evokes a tropical environment and a sense of the exotic, along with an appreciation for nature.

The Vero Beach Art Village will “bring the intimacy and the isolation of an artists’ colony into the mainstream,” Power says. It is intended to have all the traditional characteristics of an artists’ colony without actually being isolated. The team behind the Art Village aims to take the ambience and creative flair of an artists’ colony and make it part of Vero Beach. “I believe Vero has a lot of hidden creativity,” Power says, “and I want to bring it to the forefront.”

The Vero Beach Art Village is about collaboration and complementary talents. And, in a sense, it is even about designing a new habitat—a human habitat, this time. “For me, the concept of collaboration is the highest form of human interaction,” declares Power. That viewpoint is inherent to the idea of the Art Village. And it is reflected in Power’s own works of art— be they under the sea or on dry land. `

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Stormwater parks were created to manage and clean rainwater and runoff; the resulting wildlife habitats are a bonus. Here, a great egret finds refuge at the Sebastian Stormwater Park.

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After the Storms STORMWATER MANAGEMENT NOT ONLY PROTECTS THE LAGOON, IT CAN CREATE WONDERFUL WILDLIFE HABITATS

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Egret Marsh contains a series of ponds that clean and "polish" water before it’s released back into canals.

The processes set up to protect the environment can be beautiful in themselves, as is the case at Egret Marsh.

Algae grown atop a concrete mat at Egret Marsh help purify the water and are then harvested and taken to the landfill.

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iving in Florida, we all know about preparing for storms. Whether we are stocking the pantry, putting up hurricane shutters, or just postponing a trip to the beach, keeping an eye on the weather and “battening down the hatches” when necessary are all part of life here. Yet, unless a storm does obvious damage, we seldom think much about its aftereffects. A summer thunderstorm can arrive and depart, leaving behind cooler air and distant glimpses of lightning, without our giving it a second thought as the clouds disperse.

Nevertheless, the water left behind by such storms does have effects, and for the well-being of the environment, especially the Indian River Lagoon, stormwater management is an important issue. It begins with two questions: After a storm, where does all the rainwater go? And what does it carry with it?

Dave Fuss, the director of land stewardship for the Indian River Land Trust, has a sense of perspective on these questions that is born from experience. The Land Trust’s mission is directly related to preserving the lagoon, a cause in which proper stormwater management is essential. In addition, Fuss spent nine years with a county stormwater department in South Carolina before relocating to Florida.

As to why stormwater management is important, he explains, “Rain carries whatever it picks up from your yard into the street gutter. That includes fertilizers on lawns, oil and chemicals from cars, and organic debris as well.” As your lawn dries off, the water may be out of sight and out of mind, but it could end up in a stream, on a beach, and ultimately in the lagoon, still carrying pollutants with it.

This kind of “nonpoint-source pollution” can be contrasted with “point-source pollution,” such as a pipe dumping industrial waste. With point-source pollution, the enemy tends to be large, grounded in a specific location, and easy to identify. Nonpoint-source pollution, on the other hand, involves small amounts of contaminants coming from all over and adding up to serious harm.

Fighting nonpoint-source pollution can be likened to Gulliver fighting Lilliputians.

The canals and drainage ditches that crisscross Indian River County, and into which considerable stormwater flows, are a related issue. Many of them were dug during past efforts to drain portions of the St. Johns River in order to free up land for agriculture, Fuss notes.

“That led to an increase in the volume of fresh water going into the Indian River Lagoon, changing the

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harvested and disposed of, after having done their job of helping to cleanse the water.

A strategy known as the “treatment train” is increasingly popular; this whimsically named technique involves channeling the water along sand and native vegetation as it flows into the pond. That way, the cleansing process begins as the water is still flowing.

The engineering behind all these efforts helps to protect the environment and can also lead to the establishment of special areas of beauty and preservation. Stormwater parks can serve as havens for wildlife; some of them welcome human visitors as well, and they can be delightful areas for hiking and bird-watching.

Stormwater Park in Sebastian, with its entrance on Englar Drive, features nature trails that wind among oak hammocks, pine flatwoods, scrub and wetlands. Osprey Acres

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balance of fresh versus salt water,” along with the pollution problem.

As an example, Fuss gives a typical pattern of land usage in Florida: “A citrus grove turns into a cattle pasture, which turns into a housing development.” Throughout this time, stormwater is being discharged into the canal, and with increasing development come increasing amounts of pesticides and other contaminants.

“The wisdom of the past was, ‘Let’s just get this water out of here so we can develop agricultural fields, or so we can put houses here.’ And that was fine when the population was relatively sparse,” Fuss explains. As with most environmental issues, stormwater becomes a more serious problem with increasing population. “Now, it causes unintended consequences,” contributing to algae blooms, fish die-offs and casualties among manatees. “Stormwater is not the only reason for these problems endangering the lagoon; but without controlling stormwater, the problems cannot be solved.”

How, then, can stormwater be controlled? Engineers and environmentalists are employing a wide variety of strategies, but often, a first step is the capture of stormwater.

Water can be removed from canals or the canals themselves can be redirected. Such techniques have led to the trend of “stormwater parks” where the waters can be contained and treated. But how is the treatment accomplished?

Treatment often relies on the amazing ability of natural systems to cleanse themselves once pollutants are no longer being added. For example, algae growing in a stormwater pond can absorb contaminants; then the algae themselves can be collected and disposed of. Native herbaceous wetland plants can be cultivated for the same purpose; they can then be

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The Sebastian Stormwater Park has several types of habitats: oak hammocks, pine flatwoods, scrub, and wetlands.

The Sebastian Stormwater Park’s 163 acres provide walking trails for people and their leashed pets.

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Stormwater Park and Nature Preserve on Fifth Street Southwest in Vero Beach is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day except Tuesdays. It encompasses an area that was slated for the construction of 400 houses but was purchased by Indian River County for the sake of preservation as well as stormwater management.

Another Vero Beach project is the Egret Marsh Stormwater Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, which is not open to the public but which does welcome school groups and other prescheduled tours. As the name implies, it is not only a place where stormwater is treated; it is a beautiful home for amazing bird life.

The principle of growing algae in stormwater to provide natural cleansing is used on a large scale at Egret Marsh. In fact, 10 million gallons of stormwater can be filtered there each day. The specific method is known as an “algal turf scrubber,” an adaptation of a process used to keep aquariums clean. “This facility was the first of its kind in the world to use the technique on this scale,” says Alexis Peralta, the official stormwater educator for Indian River County.

Where do the algae come from?

The stormwater itself carries the algae seeds, so nothing needs to be added. The water is simply piped onto an enormous concrete surface, and then the algae are allowed to grow naturally. After the algae population becomes luxuriant, it is harvested with tractors and disposed of.

Meanwhile, the water goes on through “polishing ponds” in a treatment train system. As for the algae, “We were trying to compost it and make it into organic fertilizer,” Peralta says, “but the stormwater has many seeds from weeds in it. Nobody wants fertilizer with weed seeds!” Thus, the mass of algae—an organic material—is

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Art & Ecology A storm drain seems like an unusual place for an art project. However, Indian River County is using a creative approach to engage young people, as well as the rest of the community, with the environmental importance of stormwater management.

At several locations in Vero Beach, you may notice storm drains that have been adorned with colorful artwork. Alexis Peralta initiated the project, and she has been grateful for the support it has received, especially from Crystal Ploszay of the local decorative concrete business Unicorn Epoxy, who volunteers her time and even provides the specialized paint for the artists.

The first storm drain in the project was painted by local artist and biologist Deanna Derosia, whose creation features a brilliantly plumed roseate spoonbill and proclaims the project’s theme: “Only Rain Down the Drain!”

Another storm drain, painted by Gifford Middle School students, depicts a leaping dolphin.

Other images include sea turtle hatchlings, gentle manatees, and a cheerful cephalopod that looks as if it swam right out of the Beatles’ song “Octopus’s Garden.”

Why is this theme of “Only Rain Down the Drain” so important? Peralta explains: “Many people think that the storm drains are connected to the sewer, but in our area, they are separated systems. Storm drains are here to protect us from flooding, but in turn, we must protect the storm drains from pollution.” It is the same fundamental concern that underlies all stormwater management in our area: Whatever ends up in a storm drain can eventually end up in the lagoon. The painted storm drains are a creative way to send this message.

The first storm drain painting, created by Deanna Derosia, features a roseate spoonbill.

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simply transported to the nearby landfill.

Ingenious though the process is, the beauty of Egret Marsh lies in the fact that it “not only filters the stormwater but creates a wildlife habitat,” as Peralta puts it. In fact, she explains, when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection inspected the facility, the authorities concluded that “they would not want the place shut down even if it could no longer process stormwater.”

Egret Marsh has proved its value as a wildlife sanctuary, especially when it comes to the only species of stork that breeds in North America.

With their carefully timed migrations, tender parenting, their ungainly yet dignified faces and beaks, the storks of the Old World fascinated ancient civilizations. Here, this bird family is represented by the wood stork. Standing 3 1/2 feet tall, with a 5-foot wing span, this black-and-white bird with its long, curved bill is a distinctive presence even when it stands alone. Now picture seeing 150 of them gathered in a single area! Such are the numbers that have been spotted at Egret Marsh.

Why is the sanctuary so popular with wood storks? It is not by chance.

Egret Marsh features a specially designed “wood stork habitat” landscaped with undulating ridges. Peralta explains why wood storks are drawn to the ridges: In the past, these birds had been in peril “both for their feathers and because they are super picky eaters.” The establishment of Pelican Island Wildlife Refuge, followed eventually by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, provided protection from plumage hunters, benefiting many species.

However, the problem of finicky eating habits was distinct to wood storks. These birds forage in the water for fish as well as crabs, frogs, and

Annie Wettlaufer creates awareness with bold colors and adorable turtle hatchlings.

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“This facility was the first of its kind in the world to use the technique on this scale.”

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In the shallow water of the algal turf scrubber at Egret Marsh, sandhill cranes gather in groups, along with wood storks and roseate spoonbills.

temperature can mean cooling them instead of warming them, so the parents will soak their belly feathers in water before sitting on the nest.

The hatchlings are downy creatures that can leave the nest within an hour or two, walking tentatively during their first day as they learn to use those long legs. At the time of our interview, Peralta notes that Egret Marsh is currently home to 28 blacknecked stilts, including 16 babies and juveniles.

Endearing nestlings, congregating wood storks, and green herons with green eggs might all seem far removed from the engineering techniques of stormwater management. Yet these wonders are all to be found in a place that was originally designed to address the problem of stormwater management in Vero Beach. Places like Egret Marsh can simultaneously help preserve the lagoon and become rich habitats in their own right. And it all begins with a single question: After a storm, where does the water go? `

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insects. However, they prefer water that is at a precise level—between 6 and 8 inches in depth. The ridges in the landscaping at Egret Marsh are cleverly designed to accommodate them. “Whatever the water table is at, there is a comfortable level for the wood storks.” It was the wood stork habitat in particular that impressed the FDEP. Along with its value to storks, the habitat abounds with a variety of bird life. A summer afternoon’s visit reveals a green heron nest with its mint green eggs and the mother heron watching over them protectively.

Purple gallinules, with their royally colored, iridescent plumage, are tending to their young ones. Tricolored herons—graceful creatures that John James Audubon called “the Lady of the Waters”—further adorn this wetland environment. Unusually, the song of an Eastern meadowlark, faint but melodious, echoes through the air.

Egret Marsh has some other surprises in store. The concrete mat that forms the algal turf scrubber might seem to be a purely technical feature; however, it too has proved to be a favored habitat for birds. As water and algae accumulate there, various species of birds are attracted. Amazingly, up to 200 sandhill cranes have been seen there at once, and roseate spoonbills, up to 40 at a time, have also been sighted. And then there is the blacknecked stilt.

A black-and-white bird with very long, spindly red legs, this species is not commonly seen in the Vero Beach area. However, black-necked stilts have actually taken to nesting on the concrete mat of the algal turf scrubber.

They construct their nests by forming the algae into shapes Peralta likens to “little volcanoes.” Then both parents take turns incubating the eggs. In hot weather, keeping the eggs at the right

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Wood storks look for a meal in the Egret Marsh ponds.

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Wing Man BIRDS ARE NATURE’S VOICE, AND JOHN FITZPATRICK HAS SPENT HIS CAREER SHOWING US HOW TO TUNE IN TO THEIR MESSAGE

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hose with a calling to their life’s work are lucky. Sometimes we are the lucky ones, to know their accomplishments. After 26 years spent transforming the Cornell Lab of Ornithology into the world’s leader in the study of birds, John Fitzpatrick retired last July as the lab’s director. His long-held belief that birds can save the world has shaped his entire career. “Birds grab our hearts, sing to us, encourage wonder,” he says. “You don’t have to know anything about them to appreciate them.”

As a young man in rural Minnesota, living at the edge of the woods next to a large, serene pond, Fitzpatrick was granted a view of the natural world and the birds within. “I took part in my first Christmas Bird Count at age 6,” laughs the man affectionately known to everyone as Fitz. “The bird life back then was fantastic.”

Young Fitz was in heaven when he was outside where he could explore to his heart’s content. His neighbor was the well-known wildlife painter Francis Lee Jaques, who had retired to the house across the pond and continued to paint.

“Mr. Jaques showed me how to envision the structure of the bird and to think about painting them from the inside out,” he recalls.

“One of his last paintings, from a year before he died, was a canvas of sandhill cranes in the foreground with several flying in the background. I watched him work on that painting and noted his juxtaposition of lines, which he emphasized.”

The artist’s influence would stay with Fitz long after he left Minnesota. “When I walked into Cornell for my first interview in 1994, I came face to face with that very painting. After I got the job, I put it in a place where I would see it every day.”

Fitz accepted the director’s job at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology only after Cornell University and the lab’s board agreed to support his quest to make it a world-class facility. When he arrived in 1995, the original lab’s building was overcrowded and staff was spread out among 13 trailers and outbuildings.

He immediately set to fundraising to build a unified center, attract student and faculty talent to enable top-tier science, and get the public involved like never before. Miyoko Chu, the lab’s communications director, was struck by Fitz’s ability to inspire people, even those he has never met. “We get thank-you letters from people who were motivated to participate in bird counts, take courses, and

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John “Fitz” and Molly Fitzpatrick make the Riomar area their Vero Beach home.

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Fitzpatrick first visited Peru while he was attending Princeton University. He returned several years later with other researchers to study the bird population.

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volunteer,” says Chu. “We have a Young Birders program at Cornell where high school kids come to the lab and Fitz will take them on bird walks and talk with them about biology and career paths. He opens up possibilities for them and shows confidence in what young people can do.”

Chu recalls his leadership style at Cornell as fostering ideas first.

“Instead of focusing on the constraints of a new project or idea for the lab, he wanted to hear the idea first, then help articulate it. Fitz would ask, ‘What would we do if there were no obstacles?’”

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citizen science. He led the creation of eBird, the largest database of bird observations in the world. “This rapidly growing program is an example of how to harness the widely distributed sensors that we call human beings to get data and then organize it through technology,” he says.

The eBird database was born in part from the success of Project Feederwatch, which collected bird observations people mailed in on note cards. The first Great Backyard Bird Count followed, encouraging people to log observations on the lab’s website. So many sightings were logged during one weekend in February that the server crashed. The response

proved that people would participate, but would they do so on a large scale?

What would the interface look like?

These questions led to today’s eBird success; it has amassed 700,000 individual contributors and more than a billion observations.

It takes about 60 people working on eBird daily at the lab, including support staff for users, programmers, database managers, analysts, statisticians, and those who work with lab partners seeking to use the data to pursue bird conservation. “Hopefully, eBird inspires curiosity, observation, and knowledge,” says Fitz. “People want to save what they understand. We want them to open their eyes to the terrific wonders of curiosity. Birds are very good at that.”

Fitz envisioned more than public engagement. The lab is currently investing in visualization to tell the story behind the data. Interactive maps can help landowners understand how their practices affect bird trends on their acreage. In the public sector, the data can influence policy decisions. “If there is one thing the lab stands for, it is the idea that we have an opportunity to make a difference,” says Fitz. “To show how human cultures can grow side by side with intact natural systems. That concept has to be valued.”

That same curiosity about birds blossomed in Fitz during his college years. He dreamed of seeing the family of birds he studied, tiny South American flycatchers, in their natural environment. “At Princeton, I met my graduate school professor, John Terborgh, who invited me to spend the summer of 1974 with four other researchers in a remote, bird-rich outpost in the Peruvian Amazon, near the base of the Andes Mountains,” he recalls. “That entire untouched area was like a candy store to me. There are

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Fitzpatrick watched his childhood neighbor, wildlife painter Francis Lee Jaques, create this 1968 image of sandhill cranes. He would encounter this very painting at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in 1994 when he interviewed for the job of director, a position he held for 26 years.

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more species of birds in southeastern Peru than anywhere in the world.”

The researchers cut the first trails and stayed in a primitive camp. “By the end of the summer, we had run out of everything but lentils,” Fitz laughs. “It was almost 20 years before I could eat them again.”

On that first trip to Peru, Terborgh gave Fitz some advice. “He told me not to worry about writing a paper now, just go out and be curious,” he recalls. “Science is about measuring things, comparing and contrasting, understanding change.” He returned with colleagues to northern Peru the following year, and the country’s bird life continued to dazzle them. The researchers set up ultra-fine, lightweight netting known as mist nets to

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Fitz and Tilden record information after finding a gopher tortoise at Archbold.

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safely catch birds flying low through the forest. That first day, Fitz discovered a wren previously unknown to science. He named it the bar-winged wood wren and, remembering what Jacques had taught him, drew the bird expertly.

Fitz’s connection with Florida and the diverse bird life here began during his sophomore year of college. “I was looking for an internship so I didn’t have to mow lawns again all summer,” he explains. He applied to Archbold Biological Station in Venus, Florida in 1972, during the early stages of a study of Florida scrub-jays. That study grew into one of the most intensive studies of one bird population in the world.

Sixteen years later, Fitz became Archbold’s director, and along with his wife, Molly, whom he met on a trip to the Galapagos Islands, raised their two children at Archbold. Most days, Fitz could be found there standing in the bed of a pickup truck making the distinctive “pish, pish” call to attract the scrub-jays. Through many hundreds of hours of observations, he drew very detailed territory maps.

“I know every square meter of that place,” he says.

In 1991, Fitz hired Reed Bowman, now Archbold’s director of avian ecology, and the two remain close.

“It was late in my PhD work that Fitz convinced me to come down and help with a few things. That was 30 years ago,” laughs Bowman. “One of the most remarkable things about Fitz is that he has all the characteristics that would make him good at anything, but he happens to have a passion for birds.

He will take the time to talk at length with anyone of any age about science and about birds.”

Even after he became director of Cornell’s Lab of Ornithology, Fitz has returned to Archbold each year during peak breeding season. Chu visited

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Fitzpatrick applied the training he received from artist Francis Lee Jaques to draw the bar-winged wood wren, a bird Fitz discovered himself in northern Peru.

with her son Tilden, who was 11 at the time, and they experienced the scrub habitat through Fitz’s eyes. “He spent the whole morning explaining to my son the importance of fire in scrub habitat to maintain healthy populations of wildlife and hiked with us to find scrub-jays using the territory map,” recalls Chu. “We came across a tortoise and Fitz and Tilden examined it together. The tortoise was marked and they recorded their observations about it on paper,” she adds. “Tilden

was having a ball. Fitz invites everyone to be an explorer, and I saw this play out with my son.” He invited the boy to do an internship when he was old enough, which affected Tilden’s view of the natural world. “He is now at Yale studying environmental policy,” says Chu. Fitz helped many students achieve their objectives and career goals as scientists, including his own children. “Dylan is a math whiz.

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calls migratory birds, keeping a watchful eye on the abundant and varied bird life that enriches our area.

Coworkers and friends laugh about Fitz’s retirement in a tribute video posted on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s website, agreeing that he is unlikely to dwell on a porch swing. All believe he will not stop championing his credo that birds can save the world.

“When you look into the eyes of a bird, it is very easy to suddenly recognize a living, conscious being,” says Fitz.

“The way birds interact with food, their environment, and each other gives observers a microscope into how nature works,” he adds. “There is nothing that is more beautiful and fulfilling than simply observing nature.

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science at Carnegie Mellon and now works at the Urban Labs in Chicago,” says Fitz. “Sarah received a National Science Foundation grant for her work as an evolutionary geneticist and is leading a project now at Archbold Biological Station.”

Sarah feels lucky to have had a dream childhood, growing up at Archbold, playing at the edges of wetlands and following their father on bird counts. “My dad’s passion and commitment to fostering biodiversity appreciation and conservation definitely rubbed off on my brother and me,” she says. “His love of the natural world, especially birds, is contagious and has certainly shaped the person I am today.”

Back when Molly was pregnant with Sarah, Fitz made his last major expedition to the Pantiacolla mountain range in Peru. He vowed then that he would bring the child she carried back to that very spot, one he called a genuine paradise. They fulfilled the promise in 2016 when Sarah turned 30. “What surprised me was how specific his memories were about various locations and routes and, of course, his ability to recall bird songs and identifications,” she says. “I knew he was good, but that impressed me.”

Expect to see more of Fitz and Molly in Vero Beach in coming years.

As newlyweds, the couple often visited Molly’s parents, who moved here in the 1980s, and got to know the area through them. The proximity to Archbold was not lost on Fitz. “Vero Beach is perfectly situated on the coast to still have good proximity to the deep interior of the state, the real Old Florida experience,” he says. “What birders call ‘branch country.’”

Molly and Fitz own a home in Riomar and for many years have spent most of winter and spring here. The couple will continue to be what Fitz

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Fitzpatrick has observed Florida scrub-jays extensively at Archbold Biological Station.

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Indian River County is home to three types of sea turtles, all of which nest on local beaches: loggerhead, green (pictured here), and leatherback.

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Hatching Plans FOR INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BIOLOGISTS, STUDYING SEA TURTLE NESTING HABITS IS A DAY AT THE BEACH

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t’s 7 a.m. on a warm, sunny August day, and Quintin Bergman, Indian River County’s sea turtle environmental specialist, is already up to his armpits in work. He’s lying face down on the beach at Tracking Station Park with his entire arm submerged in a recently hatched sea turtle nest. Next to him are assorted “office supplies”—an ATV, a clipboard, a rectangular sieve, and bug spray.

Bergman, a biologist with special training in sea turtle conservation, heads the county’s Sea Turtle Conservation Program. The program coordinates a countywide database of sea turtle nesting data, manages a beachfront lighting and predator control program, and educates the public through ongoing outreach. Every day during nesting season–March through October–Bergman and other conservation biologists monitor 22.4 miles of shoreline from Sebastian Inlet to Round Island Park for nesting and hatching activity as well as impacts from animal or human predators. Nests are marked at regular intervals to allow the team to gather vital data about turtle behavior and habitat.

On this particular morning, Bergman is conducting a hatch success evaluation and inventory of a marked loggerhead nest by delicately counting and recording how many eggs hatched and how many did not. Only 28 percent hatched here, he reports— well below average. A few yards away, a green turtle nest yields more promising results: Of the 124 eggs excavated, 118 have hatched. Bergman reburies all the eggs he just excavated, as they add valuable nutrients for dune vegetation.

“So many factors impact a turtle embryo’s development,” explains Bergman, “from the slightest movement of the egg, to rising tides, animal predators, and sand temperatures.”

Although incubation generally takes 60 days, the temperature

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Emerging from the ocean at night, a pregnant sea turtle slowly crawls to a dry area on the beach above the high-water line. Using her powerful flippers as shovels, she digs a nest in the sand and deposits anywhere from 80 to 120 eggs, depending upon her species.

When finished depositing her eggs, she uses her flippers to replace the sand, carefully concealing the nest from predators before crawling back into the ocean. The entire process takes more than an hour.

“The selection of a nesting site is still a bit of a mystery,” says Bergman,

Quintin Bergman is an Indian River County environmental specialist whose job includes patrolling beaches on an ATV, monitoring sea turtle nests, and excavating hatched nests for research.

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of the sand determines the speed at which embryos develop as well as the sex of the hatchling. “Think cool dudes and hot chicks,” he quips.

“Cooler sand tends to produce more males, while warmer sand is conducive to producing females.”

Emerging unscathed from an egg the size of a Ping-Pong ball is just one of many hurdles hatchlings face in their young lives. After breaking out of their shells and climbing out of their 2-foot-deep nest in unison, they must make their way to the ocean— usually at night—using the reflection of the stars and moon off the water as their compass. An artificial light on the beach could cause them to go in the wrong direction. If they don’t reach the ocean quickly, they could die of dehydration or get eaten by a crab or bird.

Once they are in the water and several miles offshore, the odds of survival are still against them. Oftentimes, they are eaten by larger fish or circling birds. Increasingly, they fall victim to fishing nets or succumb to accidental ingestion of garbage, such as plastic bags, balloons, or straws.

Only one in a thousand baby turtles typically survive to adulthood—a statistic that explains why sea turtles, which can live 30 to 50 years, don’t put all their eggs in one basket.

Female sea turtles opt for the home-field advantage by loyally returning to nest three to seven times each year on the same beach where they were born. In fact, they often deposit eggs within a few hundred yards of their previous nest. Why? Because, as hatchlings, they are imprinted with their home beach during their very first crawl to the ocean.

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Meet Indian River County’s Sea Turtles

LOGGERHEAD Shell length 2–3 feet Weight 155–375 pounds Diet Crabs, mollusks, and sea pens (soft marine invertebrates related to coral)

GREEN Shell length 3–4 feet Weight 250–450 pounds Diet Sea grass and algae

LEATHERBACK Shell length 4–6 feet Weight 660–1,000 pounds Diet Jellyfish A female leatherback made history when she came ashore and laid her eggs on February 22, 2022—the earliest known kickoff to Indian River County’s sea turtle nesting season.

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Bergman excavates some turtle nests after the hatchlings have left, counting the number of empty eggs and determining what percentage failed to hatch. Unhatched eggs can be attributed to ghost crabs, ants, root and water intrusion into the nest, or a problem with the nesting female.

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Bergman reports that during sea turtle nesting season, March through October, there is a biologist on Indian River County beaches every day monitoring turtle activity, marking nests, and educating the public.

citing that some nests are lower on the beach while others are higher on the dunes. He is quick to debunk the common myth that nesting activity higher on the beach portends a hurricane.

There are seven species of sea turtles, five of which are found in Florida: green, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhead, and Kemp’s ridley. “The beaches of Indian River County and Brevard County are a critically important nesting habitat for sea turtles,” says Bergman. “They are home to the highest concentration of loggerhead turtle nests in the world as well as the

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highest concentrations of green and leatherback turtles in the state.”

“Last season, more than 7,100 sea turtle nests were laid on Indian River County beaches—slightly lower than the 2020 and 2019 seasons, but higher than 2018,” reports Bergman.

“Loggerheads laid 5,629 nests in 2021, lower than the previous five-year average of 6,257. Green turtles laid 1,514 nests, just above the previous five-year average of 1,333. Leatherbacks were also low with only 24 nests compared to their five-year average of 45 nests.” Despite these

below-average numbers, Bergman says nesting activity, particularly among loggerheads and greens, is on the rise since the county’s monitoring program began in the 2000s.

Sea turtles are among the world’s oldest living creatures. They have roamed the Earth’s oceans for 110 million years, virtually unchanged, while the world they inhabit increasingly jeopardizes their very existence.

Pollution, coastal development, boat strikes, and bycatch from fisheries are just some of the human activities threatening their long-term survival.

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Green sea turtles can be found nesting along Indian River County beaches. Their diet includes seagrasses and algae.

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The federal Endangered Species Act lists all five Florida sea turtle species as endangered (green, leatherback, hawksbill, and Kemp’s ridley) or threatened (loggerhead). This designation makes it illegal to harm, harass, or kill any sea turtles, hatchlings, or eggs. It is also illegal to import, sell, or transport turtles or their products.

Sea turtles are unique in that they play a vital role in the survival of two ecosystems—beach/dune and marine— that are also critically important to humans. Turtle eggs, both hatched

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and unhatched, provide important nutrients for dune vegetation, which in turn helps stabilize dunes, which are a first line of defense against storms.

They naturally erode and accrete with the fluctuation of waves and wind.

According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, 70 percent of Indian River County’s 22.4 miles of barrier island beach is considered “critically eroded,” meaning that both the turtles’ nesting habitat and our own beachfront interests are threatened.

“Unfortunately, when beaches erode, it prompts beachfront homeowners to erect seawalls,” says Bergman. “Seawalls only expedite the erosion process, and without a beach, turtles don’t have a place to nest.”

Humans also don’t have a place to walk, fish, swim, surf, and otherwise enjoy the oceanfront.

“Because seawalls are permanent, unmovable structures, they prevent sand from being added to beaches and recovering from storms,” Bergman explains. They deflect the energy from

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ocean waves back onto the beach in front of and along the sides of the wall, further eroding and lowering the beach at the seawall. Seawalls prevent turtles from reaching the uppermost areas of the beach, forcing them to nest in areas that are frequently under water. Studies show that fewer turtles nest on beaches with seawalls.

Indian River County’s Beach Preservation Plan addresses the beach erosion problem with a strategy that includes adding beach-quality sand as well as planting vegetation to stabilize dunes. Each beach restoration project incorporates a biological monitoring plan to ensure that renourishment efforts consider every aspect of the sea

turtles’ habitat. That’s why, for example, beach renourishment projects are performed outside the prime turtle nesting season.

“Beaches are a vital resource to our coastline residents and visitors,” explains Eric Charest, Indian River County’s natural resources manager.

“While beaches are known to offer economic and recreational value, they also serve as a protection mechanism against hurricanes and major storms and provide a critical environmental habitat, especially for sea turtles.

The county works with partners at the federal, state, and local levels on cost-effective and efficient beach renourishment projects to mitigate

Bergman introduces Turtsiops, a juvenile green turtle he found while patrolling near South Beach in April 2021. With the help of Coastal Connections, he released the turtle at South Beach June 16, 2021, after a period of recovery at Brevard Zoo.

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Report dead, sick, or injured sea turtles to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: 888-404-3922

Use flashlights or cell phone cameras on the beach during nesting season

Plant native dune vegetation instead of building seawalls or other structures on your beachfront property

Touch or disturb a sea turtle when she is laying her eggs

Use turtle-friendly lighting if you have a beachfront home

Disturb sea turtle tracks, which provide useful information to biologists

Use caution when boating

Handle eggs or disturb sea turtle nests

Reduce your use of plastics

Pick up an errant hatchling, even to “help”

Purchase a “Helping Sea Turtles Survive” Florida specialty license plate

Leave fishing line behind Feed sea turtles

Stay off the dunes Leave litter or beach furniture on the beach Join a beach cleanup day Opt for sustainably caught seafood

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Biologists mark between 5 and 15 percent of the sea turtle nests found on Indian River County beaches, which they monitor throughout the nesting season.

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It takes about 60 days for a sea turtle to emerge from its nest. This green hatchling can live upwards of 50 years, and if it reaches adulthood, can weigh up to 450 pounds.

storm damage and build a more resilient coastline.”

The prospect of healthy beaches harboring future generations of sea turtles is heartening to Bergman, Charest and many others who value the delicate habitat we share with our ocean’s ancient mariners. With nearly 14,500 people moving to Indian River County within the last four years, it seems more important than ever to continue educating the public about the seasonal reptiles that share the

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ocean, lagoon, and beaches with us.

The county’s coordination with Ecological Associates, Disney Conservation, Sebastian Inlet State Park, Sebastian Inlet District, Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, and Coastal Connections helps ensure that visitors and residents understand the importance of maintaining a healthy habitat for sea turtles. These organizations, all of whom hold Florida Fish and Wildlife marine turtle permits, are reliable sources of information

and host regular public turtle walks, hatch success evaluations, hatchling releases, and coastal cleanup days.

Public outreach can go a long way toward protecting sea turtles, says Bergman. “I know I’m making an impact when I see the look on a child’s face after they’ve seen a sea turtle for the very first time. It really makes my day.”

Visit myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/ wildlife/sea-turtle for more information. `

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Savoring Spain FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, AUTHOR, ART COLLECTOR, AND IBEROPHILE KELLY CONWAY, LIFE IS FULL OF NEW ADVENTURES

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n the midst of a tranquil Vero Beach community set amongst Anglo-Caribbean architecture, lush tropical landscapes, and ponds swarming with white pelicans dwell many accomplished people, including a twentyfirst-century Renaissance man.

This Windsor resident possesses expertise in many aspects of Spanish culture, its geographical regions and historic sites, such as the famous old pilgrimage route Camino de Santiago. He is also well versed in English literature, artificial intelligence, and computer software.

Kelly Conway moves comfortably in several different worlds. He lives in a charming house, which he has named “Son Floretes,” with his Spanish water dog, Xavi, named after the protagonist in Holy Ghost, a novel he published recently. Full of energy, Conway embodies the proverb written by Miguel de Cervantes: “There is still sunshine on the wall.”

Conway is an innovator in artificial intelligence and the holder of some 20 software patents relating to the analysis and interpretation of patterns in human language for his former company, the Mattersight Corporation of Chicago, Illinois.

Based on word choice, grammar, intonation, and other factors, this software identifies people’s personalities to predict future behaviors. Conway, the former CEO and president of Mattersight, explained in 2019, “The inventions covered by these new patents have given our clients the ability to dramatically improve their customer interactions and their business outcomes.”

In the fall of 2018, after 12 years with Mattersight, Conway sold his business.

Encouraged by a Windsor friend, a journalist, he resolved to begin a new career as

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The French Pyrenees mountains straddle the border of France and Spain and are visible from the Camino de Santiago.

a writer of fiction. He had previously published well-received essays for Forbes and Fortune, but the concept of writing a novel presented an exciting new challenge.

Since his college days, Conway had admired the work of two eminent English authors, Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh. Over the past few years he has hosted lectures on esteemed books and movies for a small group of friends. In 2018, they focused on the novel and coordinated film of Brideshead Revisited by Waugh. Subsequently, they delved into the grim story of the Spanish Civil War, guided by the Spanish novel The Cypresses Believe in God

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“I frequently give a wonderful little book of sayings by Cervantes, The Proverbs of Sancho Panza, as a gift.”

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“Aún hay en sol las bardas.”

“There is still sunshine on the wall.”

– MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

Portrait of a Woman by Menchu Gal, 18 x 15 inches

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by José María Gironella. This year, the group is set to study Greene’s books and related movies.

An aficionado of Spanish culture, this modern-day Man of La Mancha has been traveling throughout Spain for 40 years, learning the language and immersing himself in the country’s food, art, and history. Scattered throughout his Windsor house, one can find books on various Spanish artists whom he admires and whose works he frequently views at museums in Madrid: El Greco, Joaquín Sorolla, and Diego Velázquez.

After reading Cervantes’s

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Beach at San Sebastian by Menchu Gal, 12 x 17 inches

masterpiece Don Quixote, Conway was drawn to the author’s proverbs, characterized as “short sentences drawn from long experience.”

Conway says, “I frequently give a wonderful little book of sayings

by Cervantes, The Proverbs of Sancho Panza, as a gift. It is truly amazing how many phrases the great man coined that we still use every day.”

The inspiration to write a historical novel on the Spanish Civil War came from Conway’s growing knowledge as he traveled and studied Spanish history as well as his recognition of the gruesome violence and

interpersonal hatreds and complications of the conflict. He wanted to showcase the pivotal event from a neutral point of view while conveying the horrors of the war and the similarities to many of our own American problems in the early twenty-first century.

Several prominent book critics have praised the resulting historical novel, Holy Ghost.

Cheryl Hurley, president ex officio of the Library of America, made this statement: “Kelly Conway’s long love affair with Spain and knowledge of Spanish history informs this comingof-age novel set before and during the

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Spanish Civil War. Through the lives of four young people who span the extremes of the political spectrum, the novel delivers a nuanced view of the war and the ‘dueling fanatics,’ as one character calls the opposing forces, that tore Spain apart.”

Stanley Payne, a noted historian on Spain, writes: “Unique among Spanish Civil War novels, in [portraying] the war’s background and [offering] a panorama of diverse aspects. The fact that its main protagonist is a priest operating in a secular world opens to the reader a major dimension of Spanish life that is often overlooked and reveals unusual dimensions.”

Conway is pleased with the reception Holy Ghost has received, and he is working on a sequel titled The War Continues. “Trying to write fiction teaches humility,” he says. “It is hard work, and I have an increased admiration for those who do it really well.”

Conway’s deep love of Spanish art has led him to one of the most prominent and esteemed female Spanish artists, Menchu Gal. She was born in Irun, a Basque city on the Bay of Biscay, in 1919. As a young teen, she relocated to Paris, where she enrolled in the academy of the Cubist painter Amédée Ozenfant. Later she studied painting with Aurelio Arteta and Daniel Vázquez Díaz at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid. In 1959 she became the first woman to be awarded the Spanish National Painting Prize.

Gal is known for her skillful use of color and vivid light. Three times her work was selected to represent Spain in the famed Venice Biennale exhibition. In the final years of her life, she returned to the Basque Country, where she lent her support to the younger generation of painters. She died in San Sebastian in 2008, at the age of 89.

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Etxebarri is a favorite restaurant of Conway’s when he is in the Basque Country of Spain.

Conway shares a view from the Camino de Santiago near Finisterre.

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In 2021, Conway was able to make a trip to Spain after travel restrictions were lifted. One of the places he visited was the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

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Conway enjoys the company of chefs, including Elena Arzak (center), during the Tamborrada Festival in San Sebastian, Spain.

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visits to the 1912 Belle Époque Hotel Maria Cristiana in the beautiful Basque city of San Sebastian, Conway discovered a portfolio of Gal’s paintings in the hotel library. It was love at first sight. Over the past few years, he has been slowly building a collection of oils and watercolors by Gal to adorn the walls of his home.

Food is another of Conway’s passions. Some 10 years ago, he befriended two of Spain’s most honored and decorated chefs: Elena Arzak and Victor Arguinzoniz. Named best female chef in the world in 2012, Arzak shares ownership with her father of the famed three-star restaurant Arzak, and Arguinzoniz is chef and owner of Asador Etxebarri, a grill house located in Axpe Achondo in

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“Quien canta sus males espanta.”

“He who sings frightens his ills away.”

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wonderful. So what were my impressions of Spain in the time of COVID? “There were few tourists and hardly any Americans. The economic situation in the country is bad, as it heavily relies on tourism. My friends were upset with the government, a bit discouraged and worried about what the future will bring. Yet, despite it

Conway relaxes at his home in Windsor with his Spanish water dog, Xavi, named after a character in his recently published book.

all, Spanish life goes on, for it is family and friends that matter most there.

Spaniards in general are a happy lot, and they are able to eat and drink together, more or less, as before. And, as always, Cervantes has a splendid proverb for our time: ‘Quien canta sus males espanta. He who sings frightens his ills away.’” `

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the Basque Mountains. Etxebarri was named the third best restaurant in the world and was a special favorite of late food critic Anthony Bourdain.

Conway’s yearly visits to their restaurants in and around San Sebastian led to his deep personal friendships with the chefs. On a recent trip, he dined with the Arzak family in their private restaurant quarters.

After selling Mattersight, Conway began to cook seriously on his own.

“I love Spanish food and much of it is easy to prepare,” he says. The cuisine of Spain is very regional and based on local, fresh products. “The following are some of my favorite dishes from different regions of Spain: from the Basque Country, clams with rice and parsley; from Galicia, razor clams in olive oil with a squeeze of lemon; from Catalonia, pa amb oli or bread with oil; from Andalusia, gazpacho; and from Madrid and indeed all over Spain, tortilla potata.”

Conway makes a mean vermouth cocktail for the renowned “hora de vermut” or vermouth hour that he likes to celebrate at his home. He comments that this joyful event can take place pretty much anytime after noon.

In the summer of 2021, Conway returned to his beloved Spain. He explains, “Spain opened up for travel in June 2021, and I was fortunate to be able to travel there for five weeks in July and August. I literally visited all corners of the country: Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastian, Santiago de Compostela, and Cadiz. I walked 110 kilometers of the Camino de Santiago and ate at my favorite places: Etxebarri in the Basque Country, Elkano in Getaria, Arzak in San Sebastian, and La Monteria in Madrid. It was

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ebastian natives Samantha Diane Seitz and Raymond Joseph “R.J.” de Cuba II were wed on September 4, 2021. Raymond is the son of Sherry and Raymond de Cuba of Sebastian.

The bride, who received her dentistry degree at LECOM School of Dental Medicine in Bradenton, and a master’s in orthodontics at Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, currently works as an orthodontist. The groom, who completed a master’s in public health, a medical degree, and a sports fellowship at the University of South Florida, works as a sports medicine physician.

The wedding, postponed twice due to the pandemic, was worth the wait.

Samantha arrived in a horse-drawn carriage to the ceremony, held at a beautifully rustic venue, The Star Barn Village in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

The wedding was attended by 100 family members and friends who arrived from all over the United States and several foreign countries. After the ceremony, guests enjoyed cocktails and appetizers while the wedding party posed for photos. A family-style dinner followed, capped off by a dessert of sumptuous gourmet cupcakes.

Guests also had fun posing in a photo booth, visiting alpacas on the property, and taking home cookies created to memorialize the couples’ beloved dogs.

Raymond and Samantha honeymooned in St. Lucia, where they spent six luxurious days hiking, sailing, and spending time on the beach. They now reside in Greensboro, North Carolina.

After a ceremony in front of 100 guests, the bride and groom celebrate with smiles as they walk back down the aisle.

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Standing: Taylor Minkus, Sergio Abril, Jamie Bruno, Raymond de Cuba, Jose Manzo, the groom, the bride, Christina Williams, Lauren Green, Brendan Perry, Brandon Oakes, Jimmy Cilli, and Conray de Cuba; front: Shaila Tamayo, Megan Seitz, and Lindsey McCabe

A horse-drawn carriage enhances the rustic feel of the day’s events.

Specialty cookies commemorate the couple’s two dogs.

The bride’s nephew Hudson and the groom’s niece Matokie add to the joy of the event.

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ara Elizabeth Sones and Connor Wayne Hamburg were married October 1, 2021; both the ceremony and the reception took place at The Moorings Yacht & Country Club.

The bride is the daughter of Karen and Randy Sones of Vero Beach. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising from Virginia Tech and now works in the fitness and health field.

The groom is the son of Robin and Rich Hamburg of Lewes, Delaware. He works in government affairs, having earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

In an interesting twist, the couple had no wedding party, because they wanted all their friends and family members to enjoy the day without the stress of being in a wedding! The bride’s brother performed the ceremony, her sister did a reading, and everyone had a wonderful time.

Both fathers addressed the gathered family and friends at the reception, and two specialty cocktails were served: an old fashioned named “The Burger” after the groom’s surname and an Aperol spritz named “The Coco” after the bride’s dog.

Tara and Connor are planning a Maui honeymoon with lots of fun excursions, including whale-watching, snorkeling, hiking, and a lot of relaxing. They reside in Annapolis, Maryland. `

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The bride and groom share a quiet moment together on the grounds of The Moorings Yacht & Country Club, a lovely backdrop for the ceremony and reception.

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GOLD STAR WALK-A-THON AMERICAN GOLD STAR MOTHERS OF IRC The American Gold Star Mothers of Indian River County held their third annual Walk-A-Thon for Military Suicide Awareness at Riverside Park in November. The 2.2-mile event, which passes through Veterans Memorial Island Sanctuary, calls to mind the heartbreaking statistic of 22 veterans and active service members who die by suicide each day. Proceeds from the Walk-A-Thon help fund PTSD groups at Dogs for Life and the Mental Health Association in Indian River County and support the work of Next Generation Veterans of Indian River County.

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The Wall of Valor represents local Gold Star Mothers’ sons and daughters who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces.

Doug Klock, Chuck Gerrald, Amy Wagner, Angela Guzenski, Michelle Dale, Shelly Ferger, and Cynthia Ryan attend the check presentation.

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LA BOHEME VERO BEACH OPERA A fully staged performance of Puccini’s La Boheme at Vero Beach High School’s Performing Arts Center kicked off Vero Beach Opera’s 2022 season.

Afterward, nearly 90 opera lovers enjoyed one of the many perks of their VBO membership: a “Meet the Artists” dinner. They gathered for a festive evening of wine and dinner at The Moorings Yacht & Country Club, where they were also regaled with song by members of the La Boheme cast. The evening concluded with a thrilling performance of “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici,” the well-known “drinking song” from Verdi’s La Traviata.

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HOLIDAY PARTY YOUTH GUIDANCE MENTORING ACADEMY In December, more than 50 children received gifts, met Santa Claus, and enjoyed food and festivities as Youth Guidance held its annual Christmas party. The event, which took place on YGMA’s grounds, was made possible through the organization’s partnerships with a number of businesses and individuals in Vero Beach and Indian River County.

The children and their families were treated to Christmas cookies and a delicious lunch donated by Jersey Mike’s Subs. Gifts were donated

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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER DANCE PARTY GIFFORD YOUTH ACHIEVEMENT CENTER DJs Joe and Shari Tessier of Swingsation had guests movin’ and groovin’ at GYAC’s Saturday Night Fever Dance Party fundraiser in January. The twist is that an observer at the event would have heard no music! The “silent disco” concept allows guests to don lighted headphones and select from three music channels, each indicated by a particular color. Those displaying matching headphone colors can then dance together. GYAC’s fifth graders stole the show with their choreographed rendition of Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September.” Also, dancers from Power Entertainment Productions dazzled the crowd with their groovy ’70s moves. Proceeds benefit GYAC’s educational programs serving more than 300 students from kindergarten through twelfth grade, as well as the center’s adult and senior activities.

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‘THE MANY FACES OF BEETHOVEN’ MUSIC ANGELS EDUCATION FUND First Presbyterian Church of Vero Beach was the setting for “The Many Faces of Beethoven,” a multimedia musical event, in January. The concert featured pianist Leslie Amper and the local group Tempo by Four. Founded

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‘SOUTHERN LIGHT’ APRIL 1–29 Reed Dixon is making his debut as a Gallery 14 artist with “Southern Light: Watercolors by Reed Dixon.” The exhibition will include a variety of his works, but it will particularly showcase his colorful and endearing birds. The Pittsburgh native currently lives in Boynton Beach, where he works as a fine artist. His background includes having been employed as an illustrator for Hallmark cards. He is known for his nontraditional style, vibrant color palette, unusual assortment of subject matter, and sense of humor. Meet the artist at the opening reception during the First Friday Gallery Stroll April 1 from 5 to 8 p.m.

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Birds of Paradise by Reed Dixon, watercolor, 24 x 24 inches

‘MASTERWORKS—THEN & NOW’ APRIL 1–MAY 31 J.M. Stringer Gallery continues “Masterworks—Then & Now,” an exhibition of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century antique painters, plus recent works by John Phillip Osborne and John C. Traynor, with the spotlight this month on George Henry Boughton (1833–1905). The Anglo-American genre and portrait artist specialized in landscapes with figures, often peasants at work. In addition to his oil paintings, he also created works in watercolors and pastels as well as numerous book illustrations.

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News from America by George H. Boughton, oil on canvas, 42 x 55 inches

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HENRIK SIMONSEN OPENING APRIL 4 Findlay Galleries presents an exhibition of recent works by Danish artist Henrik Simonsen. Inspired by traditional Scandinavian art and design, Simonsen uses bold shapes and vivid colors to offer the viewer a surreal vision of a natural landscape.

Though Simonsen is a painter, he believes that drawing is central to the beauty of his works. He hand-draws each element and then gradually builds up layers of pigment, lending a depth and dynamism to his paintings.

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Blue-Green by Henrik Simonsen, oil on canvas, 19.69 x 19.69 inches

SPRING EXHIBITION APRIL 24–JUNE 30 The Galleries at First Pres launches its latest seasonal exhibition, which features three local artists: Richard Gillmor, Salvador Lorenzo, and Theresa Prokop. Gillmor is a Sebastian resident who enjoys painting water. Lorenzo’s colorful works include both figurative and abstract pieces.

Prokop, primarily a folk artist, resides in Sebastian and East Lyme, Connecticut. An opening reception will be held April 24 from 2 to 4 p.m.

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Reflections by Richard Gillmor, acrylic on canvas, 32 inches in diameter

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Morning Bloom by Richard Gillmor, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 16 inches

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‘FLORIDA WILD’ The Vero Beach Art Club Annex & Gallery is showing “Florida Wild,” an exhibition that is distinctive for including works by both adult and junior members.

‘ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE’ In Art at the Emerson’s latest exhibition, artists Susan Miiller, Glen Bottalico, Iris Peters, and Karen Green express their visions of paradise.

VERO COLLECTS Vero Beach Museum of Art celebrates the penchant local residents have for collecting art with “Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed.”

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ART AT THE EMERSON The Emerson Center 1590 27th Ave. 772-538-2338 artattheemerson.com

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ART AT THE EMERSON The Emerson Center’s art gallery features the work of local artists in six themed twomonth exhibitions per year.

1590 27th Ave. 772-778-5880 artattheemerson.com ARTISTS GUILD GALLERY Celebrating 30-plus years of sharing art with Vero Beach, this cooperative fine art gallery features the work of artist-owners Sue Dinenno, Barbara Glover, Chuck Haaland, Sherry Haaland, Judy Mercer, Dawn Mill, Patricia Padoll, Judy Rixom, Fran San Miguel, and Rita Ziegler. In addition to paintings in various media, the gallery’s 12 rooms present works of sculpture, pottery, jewelry, ceramics, and glass. Art classes, commissioned works, and private showings are also offered.

1974 14th Ave. 772-299-1234 artistsguildgalleryofvero beach.com ART WORKS Art Works is a fine art gallery and art school founded by educators Betsy Nelson and Mary Partow. The gallery features works by artists from various parts of the U.S., particularly the East Coast, representing a range of styles.

Classes for all ages and skill levels, as well as art parties, team-building events, and children’s art clubs and camps are available.

The Cycle of Sand & Glass by Charlie Bluett, oil on canvas, 48 x 72 inches at Meghan Candler Gallery

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER The ELC’s Lagoon Room and Tidal Room are dedicated spaces for the exhibition of nature-related art in the form of paintings, photography, sculpture, and more.

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BARBARA KRUPP FINE ART STUDIO/GALLERY The gallery and studio presents the work of international artist Barbara Krupp, whose several collections feature abstract paintings in acrylic. Visitors are welcome by appointment.

FINDLAY GALLERIES Findlay Galleries is celebrating 150 years in the art business.

Renowned globally for its distinguished roster of exciting contemporary and abstract artists, the gallery continues to specialize in nineteenthand twentieth-century Impressionism, European Modernism, l’Ecole de Rouen, l’Ecole de Paris and twentiethcentury American art. Visit the galleries’ biweekly changing exhibitions on two spacious floors encompassing three centuries of art under one roof on Worth Avenue.

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THE GALLERIES AT FIRST PRES The campus of First Presbyterian Church is home to The Galleries at First Pres, a venue displaying the work of local artists in various media.

Installments are rotated on a quarterly basis, with three artists featured each season.

Indian River County artists are invited to apply to be part of the galleries’ ever-changing lineup.

First Presbyterian Church 520 Royal Palm Blvd.

772-562-9088 firstpresvero.org GALLERY 14 The gallery features a diverse array of works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, collage, sculpture, ceramic, jewelry, pastel, and photography

by Gallery 14 owner-artists Edgardo Abello, Lila Blakeslee, Barbara du Pont, Mary Ann Hall, Barbara Landry, George Pillorgé, Deborah Morrell Polackwich, and Dorothy Napp Schindel. Other artists include Walford Campbell, Joan Earnhart, Terry Green, Viola

Pace Knudsen, Mia Lindberg, Francis Mesaros, Michael Robinson, Carol Staub, and sales associate-artist Jo Zaza along with monthly rotation exhibits by guests.

1911 14th Ave. 772-562-5525 gallery14verobeach.com THE GALLERY AT WINDSOR Founded in 2002, The Gallery at Windsor is an independent art space at the heart of the Windsor community. The gallery annually invites curators to respond to the space with museum-quality shows of contemporary art. The gallery has exhibited works by leading contemporary artists including Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Ed Ruscha, Bruce Weber, Peter Doig, Alex Katz, Per Kirkeby, Christopher Le Brun, Beatriz Milhazes, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Jasper Johns, Grayson Perry, Sir Michael Craig-Martin, and Rose Wylie.

3125 Windsor Blvd.

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J.M. STRINGER GALLERY OF FINE ART The gallery offers worldwide collections of original paintings, objets d’art, sculptures, and select antique furnishings.

3465 Ocean Drive 772-231-3900 jmstringergallery.com THE LAUGHING DOG GALLERY The gallery features a sophisticated collection from more than 350 contemporary American craftsmen. The Treasure Coast’s largest collection of art glass, along with ceramics, sculpture, furniture, and an extensive collection of fine art jewelry is represented in its friendly, 4,000-square-foot showroom. The collection is also viewable on the website.

2910 Cardinal Drive 772-234-6711 thelaughingdoggallery.com MAIN STREET VERO BEACH STUDIOS AND GALLERY The studios and gallery showcase the handcrafted jewelry of Clair Brunetti, the Haitian oil drum lid art of Bernadette Flanagan, and the beach-related creations of Carmen Correa: poured

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2036 14th Ave. 772-643-6782 mainstreetverobeach.org MEGHAN CANDLER GALLERY The gallery has a beautifully curated collection of paintings by select local, national, and international artists and represents more than 40 contemporary emerging and established artists working in abstract, impressionist, and realistic styles. The gallery presents an uplifting, friendly and sophisticated environment that currently features new paintings from the studios of its New York, California, Atlanta, and Cape Cod artists.

Works are also viewable on the website.

6160 Hwy. A1A Village Shops 772-234-8811 meghancandlergallery.com OCEAN DRIVE GALLERY This studio and gallery features contemporary abstracts by Elise Geary, acrylic animal paintings by Andrea Lazar, and acrylic seascapes by Gail Fayerweather.

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Star & Stone by Andrew Madvin, blown and hot-sculpted glass and petrified wood, 18.5 inches high at The Laughing Dog Gallery

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PALM HOUSE STUDIO AND GALLERY The studio and gallery features original artwork by awardwinning artists Wendy Douglas, Dede Gilbert, Rick Kelly, Kathy Kemp, Madeline Long, Suzy Mellott, Lee Moore, Jack Staley, Emily Tremml, and Janet Kipp Tribus. Their work includes landscapes, marine scenes, contemporary realism, portraiture, narrative imagery, and original jewelry designs by Faith & Family. Commissions are welcomed. See the gallery’s website, Facebook, and Twitter to view current available artwork, works in

progress, teaching videos, and biographies of the artists. Open by chance or appointment.

3227 Ocean Drive, 2nd floor 772-231-6816 RAW SPACE A vibrant, innovative, and alternative cultural venue located in the heart of downtown Vero Beach, Raw Space provides a platform that promotes a spectrum of artistic disciplines and events with a distinct focus on community engagement. Its program includes exhibits from local and international artists, workshops, lectures, black box theater, film screenings, music, dance, and anything that promotes “out of the box’’ ideas.

1795 Old Dixie Hwy. 305-213-9411 artconceptalternative.org THE ROWE GALLERY The Rowe Gallery features the work of artist Lori Rowe; it also serves as her studio.

Rowe is a self-taught artist who experiments with various methods of applying paint to canvas, such as brushwork, palette knife, and finger painting. Using bold strokes and vivid colors, she explores many facets of the human experience.

46 Royal Palm Pointe 302-521-4175 therowegallery.com SEBASTIAN RIVER ART CLUB The club offers art, web design, and photography classes, demonstrations, workshops, and art shows inside the clubhouse and at Riverview Park. The club’s exhibit space features works in an array of media: pottery, sculpture, woodworking, jewelry, mixed media, photography, and glass.

1245 Main St., Sebastian 772-321-9333 sebastianriverartclub.com VERO BEACH ART CLUB The Art Club is an independent, nonprofit organization serving 450 members and the art community through education,

exhibitions, social events, and monthly meetings with special programs and guest artists. In addition to its presence at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, the Art Club holds activities at its Annex, which also houses the Jeanette Beach Gallery, named in honor of the club’s founder.

3001 Riverside Park Drive 772-231-0303 1903 14th Ave. 772-217-3345 verobeachartclub.org VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART The museum is the largest accredited art facility on Florida’s Treasure Coast, presenting changing international exhibitions from lenders and its permanent collection of more than 950 objects of American and international art. It features sculpture parks, five galleries, docent tours, art classes, public programs from lectures to film studies, jazz concerts, an annual children’s art festival, Museum Stories and Studios, Museum Babies, an interactive children’s Art Zone, and a museum store. Admission fees apply.

Admission is free on the last Saturday of each month.

3001 Riverside Park Drive 772-231-0707 vbmuseum.org THE VINER SERIES FOR THE VISUAL ARTS AT COMMUNITY CHURCH The Viner Series was established in 2020 to showcase the work of area artists, with a new artist featured every three months in the sanctuary narthex.

The series is named for Teryl Townsend Viner, who served Community Church as a deacon and as a member of the church’s board of music and fine arts.

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All About April DON’T MISS A MOMENT OF FUN, EDUCATIONAL, AND INSPIRING EVENTS!

AS EVENT PLANNERS CONTINUE TO MAKE SAFETY A PRIORITY, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU CALL AHEAD OR CHECK WEBSITES BEFORE FINALIZING YOUR PLANS.

d’ouevres, dinner, cash bar, music and dancing, and a “win-win” auction. 6–10 p.m., $150 INDIAN RIVER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

at Grand Harbor Beach Club 8500 Hwy. A1A 772-562-9860 irhabitat.org

APRIL 1 Friday

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY STROLL Enjoy a pleasant evening walk while checking out the art scene in downtown Vero Beach.

MAIN STREET VERO BEACH

Along 14th Avenue downtown 772-643-6782 mainstreetverobeach.org

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REED DIXON RECEPTION Gallery 14 invites everyone to pop in and meet Reed Dixon, an artist who is debuting at the gallery with “Southern Light,” a collection of his watercolors.

5–8 p.m.

GALLERY 14

1911 14th Ave. 772-562-5525 gallery14verobeach.com

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‘FROM STAGE TO SCREEN’ Indian River State College Performing Arts presents two modern-day one-act morality plays in two formats, film and stage, performed by the same cast, who will then discuss the two versions with the audience.

April 1–2; Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 2 and 7 p.m.; $15

PIRATE BALL Saint Edward’s School will hold its annual Pirate Ball in support of its students, faculty, and programs. This year’s event will have a James Bond theme.

6:30–10 p.m.

APRIL 3 Sunday

SERGEY BELYAVSKY First Presbyterian Church is delighted to welcome back Russian piano virtuoso Sergey Belyavsky for a solo performance that will provide an exciting end to this season’s Chamber Concert Series. 4 p.m., free ($10 suggested donation) FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

520 Royal Palm Blvd.

772-562-9088 firstpresvero.org

SAINT EDWARD’S SCHOOL

at Oak Harbor Club 4755 S. Harbor Drive 772-231-4136 steds.org

MCALPIN FINE ARTS CENTER

IRSC Massey Campus 3209 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce 772-462-4750 irsc.edu

APRIL 2 Saturday

ISLAND GALA Guests are invited to don their favorite “island chic” attire for Indian River Habitat for Humanity’s tropical islandthemed fundraiser, which will include cocktails and hors

THE ZOMBIES Sunrise Theatre welcomes British rock band The Zombies, featuring original members Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone.

8 p.m., $42.50 and up SUNRISE THEATRE

117 S. 2nd St., Fort Pierce 772-461-4775 sunrisetheatre.com

‘YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE’ Michael Carter and the Treasure Coast Chorale are planning the first of two concerts for 2022, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”

All TCC performances are free, although donations are requested and appreciated.

TREASURE COAST CHORALE

at First Baptist Church 2206 16th Ave. 772-231-3498 treasurecoastchorale.org

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Ongoing Events APRIL 6

Wednesday HARBOR BRANCH LECTURE “Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute: Where We Are and What’s Next” will be delivered

by Jim Sullivan, the research facility’s executive director.

7 p.m., free FAU HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE

60 years. April 7–9; Thursday– Friday 7 p.m., Saturday 2 and 7 p.m.; $15 MCALPIN FINE ARTS CENTER

IRSC Massey Campus 3209 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce 772-462-4750 irsc.edu

APRIL 8 Friday

5600 N. U.S. Hwy. 1, Fort Pierce 772-242-2400 fau.edu/hboi

Through April 8

Through May 3

‘FLORIDA WILD’ The Vero Beach Art Club Annex & Gallery is showing “Florida Wild,” an exhibition that is distinctive for including works by both adult and junior members.

‘ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE’ In Art at the Emerson’s latest exhibition, artists Susan Miiller, Glen Bottalico, Iris Peters, and Karen Green express their visions of paradise.

VERO BEACH ART CLUB ANNEX & GALLERY

1903 14th Ave. 772-217-3345 verobeachartclub.org

Through April 9

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Thursday

JEWELRY SALE Leigh Jewelers’ annual sale, offering 10 to 50 percent off on hundreds of beautiful pieces, is underway.

LEIGH JEWELERS

MAH-JONGG FUNDRAISER Join the Vero Beach Chapter of the AAUW for a day of mah-jongg, including lunch.

10:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., $60 EYES ON HIBISCUS The theme of this year’s Hibiscus Children’s Center Blue Ribbon Luncheon & Fashion Show is “Eyes on Hibiscus.” The event will feature professional models displaying the latest fashions from local boutiques, a gourmet lunch, and a silent auction. 11 a.m.

AAUW VERO BEACH

at Bent Pine Golf Club 6001 Clubhouse Drive aauwverobeach.org

HIBISCUS CHILDREN’S CENTER

at Oak Harbor Club 4755 S. Harbor Drive 772-299-6011, ext. 313 hibiscuschildrenscenter.org

‘ONE NIGHT IN MEMPHIS’ Created and directed by John Mueller, “One Night in Memphis” is a tribute to Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash. 7 p.m., $35–$80 MUSICWORKS

at The Emerson Center 1590 27th Ave. 800-595-4849 musicworksconcerts.com ‘FROM CLASSICAL TO CONTEMPORARY’ The Indian River State College Wind Ensemble will perform selections spanning more than

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3401 Ocean Drive 772-234-8522 leighjewelers.com

Through April 30 STAY AT HOME FUNDRAISER The Indian River Land Trust has once again partnered with Chelsea’s on Cardinal for the Stay at Home Fundraiser, which invites supporters to enjoy a dinner and dessert for two, complete with a bottle of wine, from Chelsea’s.

INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST

80 Royal Palm Pointe, Suite 301 772-794-0701 irlt.org

ART AT THE EMERSON

The Emerson Center 1590 27th Ave. 772-538-2338 artattheemerson.com

Through May 15 ‘VERO COLLECTS’ Vero Beach Museum of Art celebrates the art collections of local residents with “Vero Collects: Hidden Treasures Revealed.”

VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART

3001 Riverside Park Drive 772-231-0707 vbmuseum.org

Through May 31 ‘MASTERWORKS—THEN & NOW’ J.M. Stringer Gallery continues its exhibition of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century antique painters plus recent works of John Phillip Osborne and John Traynor.

J.M. STRINGER GALLERY OF FINE ART

3465 Ocean Drive 772-231-3900 jmstringergallery.com

Through May 1 ‘ROMAN HOLIDAY’ Pianist Joyce Yang will join the Brevard Symphony Orchestra for the program “Roman Holiday.”

7:30 p.m., $60 INDIAN RIVER SYMPHONIC ASSOCIATION

at Community Church of Vero Beach 1901 23rd St. 772-778-1070 irsymphonic.org

‘DINOSAURS AROUND THE WORLD: THE GREAT OUTDOORS’ This outdoor animatronic exhibit immerses visitors in the Age of Reptiles. Tuesday– Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sunday noon–5 p.m.; regular admission fees apply MCKEE BOTANICAL GARDEN

350 U.S. Hwy. 1 772-794-0601 mckeegarden.org

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APRIL 9 Saturday

KENNY G Sunrise Theatre presents “An Evening with the Iconic Kenny G.” The smooth-jazz saxophonist is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, particularly among instrumentalists. 8 p.m., $68.50 and up SUNRISE THEATRE

117 S. 2nd St., Fort Pierce 772-461-4775 sunrisetheatre.com ‘IT STARTS TONIGHT’ Sunrise Theatre presents “Terry Fator: It Starts Tonight,” a show that will appeal to audience members of all ages. Fator is a ventriloquist, singer, comedian, and impressionist who can impersonate more than 100 celebrity voices. 8 p.m., $62.50 and up

APRIL 10 Sunday

SUNRISE THEATRE

LYRA HOME

3355 Ocean Drive 772-257-4777 lyrahome.com

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117 S. 2nd St., Fort Pierce 772-461-4775 sunrisetheatre.com

Thursday

‘FRONT TOWARD ENEMY’ The IRSC Foundation’s Fielden Institute for Lifelong Learning wraps up this season’s Distinguished Lecture Series with Daniel R. Green, who will present “Front Toward Enemy: War, Veterans, and the Homefront.”

Green has a PhD in political science from George Washington University and is a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve.

10 a.m.–noon, $35

at Humiston Park 3000 Ocean Drive 772-231-0303 verobeachartclub.org

CASSIS TRUNK SHOW The Village Shops location of Belle Cose invites you to experience the latest jewelry designs from Cassis. April 13–14

DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH Camp Haven, a local homeless shelter for men, will hold its annual fundraising gala, Diamonds in the Rough. Dinner will be provided by Bent Pine, with music by DJ Jay Barwick.

Guests will also enjoy silent and live auctions. 6–9 p.m., $195

BELLE COSE

CAMP HAVEN

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ZACH WILLIAMS Grammy Award-winner Zach Williams and special guest Anne Wilson, both Christian musicians

VERANDA

3325 Ocean Drive 772-234-3404 verandajewelry.com

Friday

at Bent Pine Golf Club 6001 Clubhouse Drive 772-999-3625 camphaven.net

BALLET VERO BEACH

at VBHS Performing Arts Center 1707 16th St. 772-905-2651 balletverobeach.org

LOCKE TRUNK SHOW See the latest looks from jewelry designer Elizabeth Locke. April 14–15

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VERO BEACH ART CLUB

6240 Hwy. A1A Village Shops 772-231-1554 bellecose.com

at The Emerson Center 1590 27th Ave. 800-595-4849 musicworksconcerts.com

APRIL 14

ART IN THE PARK The Vero Beach Art Club invites everyone to come out for Art in the Park, a recurring Sunday fine art & craft show. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Wednesday

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at McAlpin Fine Arts Center, Massey Campus 3209 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce 772-462-7880 irscfoundation.org

APRIL 13

‘STUDIO TO STAGE’ Ballet Vero Beach concludes its season with “Studio to Stage.”

The Accessible/Family Friendly version of the show will be staged on the final day. April 8–10; Friday 7:30 p.m., Saturday 2 and 7:30 p.m., $10–$70; Sunday 2 p.m., $10

The Cars, a Boston new wave band that had numerous hits in the 1970s and ’80s. 7 p.m., $30–$70

IRSC FOUNDATION

117 S. 2nd St., Fort Pierce 772-461-4775 sunrisetheatre.com PICK-A-CHICK At Lyra Home’s annual Pick-AChick Easter event, customers will enjoy discounts as they sip and shop. April 8–9, 10 a.m.– 5 p.m.

and songwriters, will appear at the Sunrise Theatre for an inspiring evening of music and ministry. 7 p.m., $32.75 and up

TOUCH & GO Touch & Go is a five-piece band that performs a tribute concert spanning the catalog of

CASSIS TRUNK SHOW Belle Cose’s Ocean Drive location will showcase new jewelry collections from Cassis.

April 15–16 BELLE COSE

3375 Ocean Drive 772-231-1558 bellecose.com ELTON JOHN TRIBUTE Florida resident Greg Vadimsky and his four bandmates, aka Greggie and the Jets, will take the stage at Sunrise Theatre for a tribute to Elton John. 8 p.m., $38 and up SUNRISE THEATRE

117 S. 2nd St., Fort Pierce 772-461-4775 sunrisetheatre.com

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APRIL 22

EASTER EGG SALE Stop by and hunt for sweet discounts at Veranda’s annual Easter Egg Sale.

BRIDGE TOURNAMENT The Boys & Girls Clubs of Indian River County will hold its ninth annual Duplicate and Party Bridge Tournament, which has become a signature spring fundraiser. Participants will enjoy breakfast, bridge, a raffle, awards, lunch, and a special presentation by the children of BGCIRC. 8:30 a.m., $85

Saturday

VERANDA

3325 Ocean Drive 772-234-3404 verandajewelry.com

April 22–23; Friday 5:30 p.m., $250; Saturday 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m., $10 suggested spectator donation, $20 buffet lunch

Friday

WHEELS & KEELS OF VERO BEACH

at The Moorings Yacht & Country Club 100 Harbour Drive 772-559-9758 wkvero.com

APRIL 24 Sunday

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF IRC

at Quail Valley River Club 2345 Hwy. A1A 772-299-7449 bgcirc.org

SPRING EXHIBITION RECEPTION The Galleries at First Pres will open the Spring Exhibition with a reception for local artists Richard Gillmor, Salvador Lorenzo, and Theresa Prokop. 2–4 p.m.

THE GALLERIES AT FIRST PRES

TREASURE COAST JAZZ SOCIETY

at Vero Beach Yacht Club 2601 Rio Vista Blvd.

772-234-4600 tcjazz.org

APRIL 20

Wednesday MASTERWORKS IV The Atlantic Classical Orchestra’s fourth Masterworks performance, “Italian Postcards,” will include Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade, Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 “Italian.” 7:30 p.m., $30–$65 ATLANTIC CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA

at Community Church of Vero Beach 1901 23rd St. 772-460-0851 atlanticclassicalorchestra.com

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JAZZ CONCERT The Treasure Coast Jazz Society presents “Memories of Louis Armstrong,” a concert that will be led by jazz musician John Skillman, who will also play the clarinet. He will be joined

by Charlie Bertini on trumpet, Randy Morris on piano, and other musicians. Lunch 11:30 a.m., $20; concert 12:30 p.m., $40–45

BALLET UNDER THE STARS Ballet Vero Beach is planning its inaugural Ballet Under the Stars, a new signature fundraiser. The beautiful Tree House will host the casually elegant evening, which will include a live auction, sumptuous food and drink, dancing to the sounds of the Dave Capp Project, and an exclusive performance by the BVB company. 6 p.m., $150 BALLET VERO BEACH

at Tree House 8010 43rd Ave. 772-905-2651 balletverobeach.org

CHARITY FUNDRAISER WEEKEND Wheels & Keels Foundation’s Charity Fundraiser Weekend will get underway Friday evening with a cocktail reception, dinner, and an extravagant auction. On Saturday, the concours-style show will feature exotic and antique cars and boats. April 15 is the reservation deadline for Friday night’s events.

First Presbyterian Church 520 Royal Palm Blvd.

772-562-9088 firstpresvero.org

‘A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC’ Under the direction of Jacob Craig, the Vero Beach Choral Society presents “A Little Night Music,” a presentation of pieces that relate to darkness and the soul’s transcendence to light.

4 p.m., $25 VERO BEACH CHORAL SOCIETY

at First Presbyterian Church 520 Royal Palm Blvd.

772-562-9088 firstpresvero.org

THE CHICAGO GYPSIES Vero Beach Theatre Guild presents The Chicago Gypsies, a heartwarming tale of “the migratory life of a show business kid during the Great Depression.” Sundays April 24– June 26, 7:30 p.m., $30 VERO BEACH THEATRE GUILD

2020 San Juan Ave. 772-562-8300 verobeachtheatreguild.com

APRIL 30 Saturday

‘COAST TO COAST’ Space Coast Symphony Orchestra’s program “Coast to Coast” will celebrate the beauty, power, and mystery of nature and will include the world premiere of A Florida Story, “A Celebration of Vero Beach.”

SCSO offers flexible ticket pricing. 3 p.m.

SPACE COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

at The Waxlax Center for the Performing Arts Saint Edward’s School 1895 Saint Edward’s Drive 855-252-7276 spacecoastsymphony.org

CHILDREN’S ART FESTIVAL Vero Beach Museum of Art invites everyone to enjoy tours of the current exhibition, creative activities, an art hunt, and music and dance performances at the Children’s Art Festival. 10 a.m.– 3 p.m., free VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART

3001 Riverside Park Drive 772-231-0707 vbmuseum.org

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‘ONCE UPON AN ORCHESTRA’ Conductor Aaron Collins will narrate as the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra presents a 45-minute story time for preschool- and kindergartenaged children. Instruments of the clarinet family will be featured.

12:30 and 1:30 p.m., free

airport events, Riverside Park will host a free community event featuring food trucks and entertainment. The Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team will be available for photos and autographs. April 30–May 1, Saturday–Sunday 9 a.m.–5 p.m., $10–$125

SPACE COAST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

at Vero Beach Regional Airport 3400 Cherokee Drive veroairshow.com

at Vero Beach Museum of Art 3001 Riverside Park Drive 855-252-7276 spacecoastsymphony.org

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BUGGY BUNCH 5K The streets of downtown Vero Beach will be the site of a 5K race put on by The Buggy Bunch, which supports Indian River County moms and families. A fun run for children will kick off the day. 7 a.m., $30–$35 THE BUGGY BUNCH

1450 21st St. 772-226-0066 thebuggybunch.com

at Windsor 3125 Windsor Blvd.

772-226-4957 irhf.org

MAY 6 Friday

117 S. 2nd St., Fort Pierce 772-461-4775 sunrisetheatre.com

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY STROLL Enjoy a pleasant spring evening walk while checking out the art scene in downtown Vero Beach.

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VERO BEACH AIR SHOW The U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels will headline the biennial Air Show, joined by a variety of aerobatic performers and static aircraft displays. After Saturday’s

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ALMOST HEAVEN Almost Heaven celebrates the life, times, and music of late folk singer and songwriter John Denver. The cast tells Denver’s story with more than 25 of his hits, including “Rocky Mountain High,” “Sunshine on My Shoulders,” “Thank God I’m a Country Boy,” “Annie’s Song,” and “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” May 10–29, times vary, $45–$95 RIVERSIDE THEATRE

3250 Riverside Park Drive 772-231-6990 riversidetheatre.com

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MAY POPS After a two-year pandemicinduced hiatus, the Cleveland Clinic Indian River Foundation is delighted to be planning its annual May Pops event with the Brevard Symphony Orchestra.

Mark the date on your calendar and stay tuned for more details.

‘ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN’ Sunrise Theatre presents “One Night of Queen,” a tribute to the band behind such ’70s and ’80s hits as “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Will Rock You,” and “We Are the Champions.” 8 p.m., $42 and up

MAY 10

MAIN STREET VERO BEACH

Along 14th Avenue downtown 772-643-6782 mainstreetverobeach.org

LAGOON FEST The Environmental Learning Center’s Lagoon Fest will afford guests an opportunity to experience the facility’s many improvements, including the newly unveiled Thomas R. Schidel Education and Entertainment Pavilion. The event also offers vendor booths, quick canoe trips, fishing, a scavenger hunt, eco-talks, workshops, entertainment, and food trucks. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; $10 adult, $5 child ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER

255 Live Oak Drive 772-589-5050 discoverelc.org

MAY 12

Thursday ‘NATURE’S PALETTE’ Art at the Emerson will hold a reception to kick off its new exhibition, which features the work of Lou Lower. “Nature’s Palette: Animals in the Wild” will run through July 12. 5:30–7 p.m.

ART AT THE EMERSON

The Emerson Center 1590 27th Ave. 772-778-5880 artattheemerson.com

‘COWBOY TALK IN POEMS’ North Dakota poet Shadd Piehl and local poet Sean Sexton present “Cowboy Talk in Poems,” an event sponsored by the Center for Spiritual Care. The

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reading will kick off several days of events surrounding the Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation’s Poetry and Barbecue event.

7 p.m., free LAURA (RIDING) JACKSON FOUNDATION

at Garden Club of Indian River County 2526 17th Ave. 772-569-6718 lauraridingjackson.org

MAY 13 Friday

WRITERS WORKSHOP The Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation presents an Adult Writers Workshop titled “Creating Image—the Modern Haiku.” It will be presented by visiting poet Shadd Piehl at the historic Jackson house’s pole barn. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., $45 LAURA (RIDING) JACKSON FOUNDATION

IRSC Mueller Campus 6155 College Lane 772-569-6718 lauraridingjackson.org

May 14

Saturday ‘BEST OF THE WEST’ The Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation’s eleventh annual Poetry and Barbecue event, themed “Best of the West,” will feature local and Western poets and Southern-style barbecue.

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JAZZ VESPERS Rev. Anna Copeland will lead Jazz Vespers, together with visiting Western poets, a threepiece jazz ensemble, and vocalist Leti Metcalf. 6 p.m., free LAURA (RIDING) JACKSON FOUNDATION

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at Community Church of Vero Beach 1901 23rd. St. 772-569-6718 lauraridingjackson.org

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Installation, repair, and maintenance of ‘AMERICA SONG’ The Community Church Concert Series welcomes the three Western poets in town for Laura (Riding) Jackson Foundation events. Jerry Brooks, Shadd Piehl, and Andy Wilkinson will join organist Andrew Galuska for “America Song—The West.”

7 p.m., free COMMUNITY CHURCH OF VERO BEACH

1901 23rd St. 772-562-3633 ccovb.org

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DECKMASTERS LLC

VERO GLASS

772-231-4300 mmaisonvero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

772-559-8629 deckmastersmarine.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

772-567-3123 veroglass.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

VERANDA

DESIGNER’S TOUCH FLOORING

VERO MILLWORK INC.

772-978-9111 designerstouchflooring.com . . . . . . . . . . . 41

772-569-7155 veromillwork.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

HBS GLASS

WESTMARK CONSTRUCTION

772-567-7461 hbsglass.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

772-234-2978 westmarkconstructioncompany.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

772-234-3404 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

CATERING & GOURMET MARKETS ALIMENTARI GOURMET MARKET 772-999-5483 alimentarigm.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

THE HILL GROUP

ELIZABETH D. KENNEDY & COMPANY INC.

772-567-9154 thehillgroup.biz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

COUNTY SERVICES

772-563-0646 elizabethkennedycatering.com . . . . . . . 181

HURYN CONSTRUCTION

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL DISTRICT

COMPUTERS & AUDIOVISUAL CONSULTING AUTOBAHN COMMUNICATIONS INC. 772-234-1555 autobahnco.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING SERVICES CROOM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 772-562-7474 croomconstruction.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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772-234-4130 hurynconstruction.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

RCL DEVELOPMENT 772-234-0140 rcldev.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

REILLY CONSTRUCTION 772-794-9799 building2last.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

VERO BEACH ROOFING INC. 772-770-3782 verobeachroofing.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

772-226-3212 ircrecycles.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

FASHION & ACCESSORIES BELLE COSE 772-231-1554 bellecose.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

COOPER & CO. 772-231-9889 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

G.T. RHODES MENSWEAR 772-231-6424 gtrhodes.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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KEMP’S SHOE SALON AND BOUTIQUE

DECOR ENVY

VB HOME

772-231-2771 kempsshoesalon.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

772-492-6518 shopdecorenvy.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

772-492-9348 vbhome.us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

LOGGIA ON THE BEACH

EUROPEAN KITCHEN & BATH

VINTAGE VERO

772-231-2901 loggiahomeandgarden.com . . . . . . . . . . . 36

772-770-9970 europeansink.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

772-501-2369 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

M. MAISON

FALASIRI ORIENTAL RUGS

772-231-4300 mmaisonvero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

772-562-0150 falasiriorientalrugs.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

MARKET

FANTASTIC FINDS

772-492-6361 marketverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

772-794-7574 fantastic-finds.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

PALM BEACH SANDALS

HAZEL HOUSE

772-226-5998 palmbeachsandals.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

772-213-3024 hazelhousevero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

PREPPY PALMS

ISLAND INTERIORS AT OCEAN REEF

772-492-3770 shoppreppypalms.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

772-770-6007 islandinteriors.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

SASSY BOUTIQUE

THE LAUGHING DOG GALLERY

772-234-3998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

VERNON SCOTT MENSWEAR 772-231-3733 vernonscott32963.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

VILLAGE SHOPS 772-231-1066 villageshopsverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . 61

FLOORING DESIGNER’S TOUCH FLOORING 772-978-9111 designerstouchflooring.com . . . . . . . . . . . 41

FLORIDA FLOOR FASHIONS 772-589-4994 floridafloorfashions.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

LOGGIA ON THE BEACH

HAZEL HOUSE 772-213-3024 hazelhousevero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

THE LAUGHING DOG GALLERY 772-234-6711 thelaughingdoggallery.com . . . . . . . . . . . 16

LOGGIA ON THE BEACH 772-231-2901 loggiahomeandgarden.com . . . . . . . . . . . 36

M. MAISON 772-231-4300 mmaisonvero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

MARKET 772-492-6361 marketverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

772-231-2901 loggiahomeandgarden.com . . . . . . . . . . . 36

NOTEWORTHY BY DESIGN

LYRA HOME

TRIMMINGS HOME GARDEN & GIFTS

772-257-4777 lyrahome.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

M. MAISON 772-231-4300 mmaisonvero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

MARKET

772-231-0085 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

772-213-8069 shoptrimmingsvb.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

VERANDA 772-234-3404 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

VILLAGE SHOPS 772-231-1066 villageshopsverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . 61

772-978-1212 tilemarketverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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HOME PRODUCTS & SERVICES

772-492-9220 page2design.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

ABCO GARAGE DOOR COMPANY

321-872-2377 baers.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3

COASTAL COMFORTS

204

772-205-2529 ledcapstone.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

772-226-7808 coastal-comforts.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

772-492-6361 marketverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

BAER’S FURNITURE

APRIL 2022

LED CAPSTONE

COASTAL COMFORTS

TILE MARKET & DESIGN CENTER OF VERO BEACH

FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES

VERO BEACH MAGAZINE

772-234-6711 thelaughingdoggallery.com . . . . . . . . . . . 16

GIFTS, STATIONERY, & KEEPSAKES

772-226-7808 coastal-comforts.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

CONSIGNMENT GALLERY 772-778-8919 consignmentgalleryverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

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ROTH INTERIORS 772-567-1210 rothinteriorswindowfashions.net . . . . . . 194

SUNSHINE FURNITURE 772-569-0460 sunshinefurniturecasual.com . . . . . . . . . . . 11

TRIMMINGS HOME GARDEN & GIFTS 772-213-8069 shoptrimmingsvb.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

772-567-9098 abcogaragedoors.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

BARKER AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING 772-562-2103 barkerac.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

DAN’S FAN CITY 772-569-8917 dansfancity.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

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DECKMASTERS LLC

INTERIOR DESIGN SERVICES

VB HOME

772-559-8629 deckmastersmarine.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

BAER’S FURNITURE

772-492-9348 vbhome.us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

EUROPEAN KITCHEN & BATH

321-872-2377 baers.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3

772-770-9970 europeansink.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

COASTAL COMFORTS

FLORIDA SHUTTERS

772-226-7808 coastal-comforts.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

772-569-2200 floridashuttersinc.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

COASTAL INTERIORS

HBS GLASS

772-492-6881 coastal.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

772-567-7461 hbsglass.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

DECOR ENVY

THE HOUSE OF LIGHTS & HOME ACCENTS 800-541-3048 thehouseoflights.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

LED CAPSTONE 772-205-2529 ledcapstone.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

MEEKS PLUMBING 772-569-2285 meeksplumbing.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

NEW ENGLAND GRANITE & MARBLE 772-217-2721 newenglandgranite.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

OODLES OF WALLPAPER 772-213-3923 oodlesofwallpaper.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

772-492-6518 shopdecorenvy.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

HAZEL HOUSE 772-213-3024 hazelhousevero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

ISLAND INTERIORS AT OCEAN REEF 772-770-6007 islandinteriors.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

JENNIFER ELMORE INTERIOR DESIGN 772-569-5522 elmoreinteriors.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

LEAH MULLER INTERIORS 772-234-6411 leahmullerinteriors.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

L.K. DEFRANCES & ASSOCIATES INTERIOR DESIGN

ORC SERVICES INC.

772-234-0078 lkdefrancesandassociates.com . . . . . . . 33

772-589-8026 orc-services.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

LYRA HOME

R.E.B. ENTERPRISES LLC

772-257-4777 lyrahome.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

772-633-0339 pavertech.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

MARKET

SNOW CUSTOM CABINETRY

772-492-6361 marketverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

772-794-4430 snowcabinetry.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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VERO BEACH ROOFING INC.

772-492-9220 page2design.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

772-770-3782 verobeachroofing.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

ROTH INTERIORS

VERO GLASS

772-567-1210 rothinteriorswindowfashions.net . . . . . . 194

772-567-3123 veroglass.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

SPECTRUM INTERIOR DESIGN

VERO MILLWORK INC. 772-569-7155 veromillwork.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

772-234-4427 spectrumvero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

TILE MARKET & DESIGN CENTER OF VERO BEACH 772-978-1212 tilemarketverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

WELLNESS BY DEZIGN 772-643-4460 wellnessbydezign.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

JEWELRY 6TH AVENUE JEWELERS 772-217-8985 6thavenuejewelers.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

BELLE COSE 772-231-1554 bellecose.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

THE LAUGHING DOG GALLERY 772-234-6711 thelaughingdoggallery.com . . . . . . . . . . . 16

LEIGH JEWELERS 772-234-8522 leighjewelers.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 51, 189

LOGGIA ON THE BEACH 772-231-2901 loggiahomeandgarden.com . . . . . . . . . . . 36

M. MAISON 772-231-4300 mmaisonvero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

OCEAN DRIVE JEWELERS 772-234-1225 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

ROYAL PALM JEWEL 312-399-7779 royalpalmjewel.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

VERANDA 772-234-3404 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

LANDSCAPING & NURSERIES ROCK CITY GARDENS 772-589-5835 rockcitygardens.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

MEDICAL SERVICES: DENTISTRY DELLA PORTA COSMETIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE DENTISTRY 772-567-1025 drdellaporta.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

VERO ELITE DENTISTRY 772-617-2869 veroelitedentistry.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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MEDICAL SERVICES: DERMATOLOGY ICONIC DERMATOLOGY AND COSMETIC SURGERY 772-758-1310 iconicderm.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

SELECT SKIN MD 772-567-1164 selectskinmd.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

MEDICAL SERVICES: EYE CARE NEW VISION EYE CENTER 772-257-8700 newvisioneyecenter.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

MEDICAL SERVICES: HOSPITALS CLEVELAND CLINIC INDIAN RIVER HOSPITAL 772-567-4311 ccirh.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

MEDICAL SERVICES: SURGERY OCEAN DRIVE PLASTIC SURGERY

772-388-3331 hsvb.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST

772-489-3034 stophunger.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

UNITED WAY FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY 772-567-8900 unitedwayirc.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART 772-231-0707 vbmuseum.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION & HOSPICE FOUNDATION

772-202-8570 vnatc.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

772-231-6931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

REAL ESTATE

772-231-0021 pakmailbeachside.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

WHITE GLOVE MOVING, STORAGE & DELIVERY 772-778-4750 whitegloveusa.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 561-575-3399 buschwildlife.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

FAU HARBOR BRANCH OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE 772-242-2400 fau.edu/hboi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

APRIL 2022

772-538-1614

grandharborproperties.com . . . . . . . . . . . 111

772-562-5859 rosatoplasticsurgery.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

PAK MAIL BEACHSIDE

DIANE DEFRANCISCI

TREASURE COAST FOOD BANK

ROSATO PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER

772-569-6683 coastalvanlines.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

772-231-9938 daleyandcompany.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

BRENDA MONTGOMERY

PHARMACY

COASTAL VAN LINES

DALEY AND COMPANY REAL ESTATE

772-794-0701 irlt.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

772-234-3700 oceandriveplasticsurgery.com . . . . . . . . 93

MOVING, STORAGE, & SHIPPING

VERO BEACH MAGAZINE

HUMANE SOCIETY OF VERO BEACH & INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

COREY’S PHARMACY

ALEX MACWILLIAM REAL ESTATE 772-231-6509 alexmacwilliam.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

772-532-4170

AT ALEX MACWILLIAM REAL ESTATE JOHN’S ISLAND REAL ESTATE COMPANY 772-231-0900 johnsislandrealestate.com . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19

THE MOORINGS REALTY SALES CO. 772-231-5131 themoorings.com . . 43, inside back cover

ONE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY 772-222-5215 onesothebysrealty.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

SHERRY BROWN AT ONE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY 772-633-1472 verobeachislandrealtor.com . . . . . . . . . . . 28

TARA LAYNE AT ONE SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY 772-321-4303 taralayne.onesothebysrealty.com . . . . . 23

WINDSOR

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES FLORIDA REALTY

772-388-8400 windsorflorida.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

772-231-1270 bhhsfloridarealty.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside front cover

RESTAURANTS

CARDINAL OCEAN DEVELOPMENT LLC 772-321-9590 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

VERO PRIME 772-226-7870 veroprime.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

CATHY CURLEY AT DALE SORENSEN REAL ESTATE

SHUTTERS & AWNINGS

772-559-1359 cathycurleyrealestate.com . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

FLORIDA SHUTTERS INC.

CHARLOTTE TERRY GROUP OF ALEX MACWILLIAM REAL ESTATE 772-234-8500 charlotteterry.com . . . . . . . . 24, back cover

CHRISTINE R. MCLAUGHLIN AT SHAMROCK REAL ESTATE 772-538-0683 propertyinvero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 189

772-569-2200 floridashuttersinc.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

PALM COAST SHUTTERS & ALUMINUM PRODUCTS 772-299-1955 pcshuttersusa.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

ROTH INTERIORS 772-567-1210 rothinteriorswindowfashions.net . . . . . . 194

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SUNSHINE FURNITURE

MACATA STONE

WINE & SPIRITS

772-569-0460 sunshinefurniturecasual.com . . . . . . . . . . . 11

772-778-3210 macatastone.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

ALIMENTARI GOURMET MARKET

SPORTS & FITNESS LIFT VERO 772-778-7867 liftvero.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

NEW ENGLAND GRANITE & MARBLE

772-999-5483 alimentarigm.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

772-217-2721 newenglandgranite.net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

MARKET

TILE MARKET & DESIGN CENTER OF VERO BEACH

772-492-6361 marketverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 ❀

772-978-1212 tilemarketverobeach.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

TILE & STONE CERAMIC MATRIX 772-778-7784 ceramicmatrix.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Contributing Advertising Agencies THE AD AGENCY

NICOLACE MARKETING

E. Fred Augenstein 772-538-3923, augy@comcast.net Ad design and production, all media, full service

Maureen Nicolace 772-299-4889, maureen@nicolacemarketing.com Public relations, marketing plans, media placement, graphic design, marketing and staff development

ADAMS MEDIA GROUP Carrie Adams 772-492-6570, adamsmediagroup.com Marketing, public relations and website design

THE ALEXIS AGENCY Ginger Atwood 772-231-5999, thealexisagency.net International, award-winning integrated advertising and public relations programs

SQUARED STUDIOS Amanda Robinson 772-713-6884, squared-studios.com Marketing, advertising and graphic design from concept through production

VERO MARKETING Lindsay Candler 772-473-0654, veromarketing.com Creative graphic design, print marketing and website design

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Test your powers of perception TEN THINGS ARE DIFFERENT IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS – CAN YOU FIND THEM ALL?

BY HEATHER BOTTO KELLY ROGERS

Quintin Bergman, environmental specialist with Indian River County, records observations from a hatched sea turtle nest.

Read more about nesting season on page 152.

10. Changed the yellow color on the wood sticks to purple 9. Added flowers in the bushes 8. Added a sanderling on the toolbox 7. Removed logo from toolbox 6. Highlighted additional lines on clipboard 5. Added a shovel 1. Changed number on turtle sign from 31 to 13

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2. Changed blue hat to red

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3. Removed one yellow stick

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4. Removed number from vehicle

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LUXURY WATERFRONT HOMES • CONDOMINIUMS • HOMESITES

772.231.5131 | TheMoorings.com

119 Springline Drive • The Anchor • $3,150,000 • Waterfront • 3 Bdrm + Den • 3 Car Garage • Private Deep Water Dock • Sunny Southern Exposure • Open Concept Floorplan

401 Spyglass Lane

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1870 Bay Rd, #G114

Riverfront 2 Bdrm/2 Bath, 2 Boat Slips, Sunset & River Views

Direct Oceanfront! Updated 2 Bdrm/2.5 Bath Spectacular Ocean & Surf Views!

Southern Light & River Views 2 Bdrm/2 Bath on the Water

$789,000

$975,000

$750,000

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