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Brevard’s Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive BBQ & Video Celebration Celebrate 70 years since WWII peace declared

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‘Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive’ will make memories thrive

I can’t wait to see the finished product.

It’s been my absolute yet humbling honor to hear the first-hand stories of children, wives and sweethearts, service men and women and in some cases parents who recalled the fateful day when World War II was declared a victory on August 14, 1945.

The amazing local actor Alex Edwards is still in production piecing together the video interviews into the cohesive whole that will premiere Aug. 14 at the “Keep the Spirit of ‘45 Alive” celebration hosted by Senior Life to mark 70 years since peace ended world-wide turmoil.

This “kid” — as he would hate to be called, but heck, with that sweet baby face he looks even younger than his 20 years — is one of those young people whom older people just adore because he makes them feel like they are walking on air. I can’t wait for you to meet him in person, so find out more about this event and video on page 20 and call for free tickets. If you miss it, we’ll put the video up on YouTube so these precious memories will be preserved forever and can be readily accessed by current and future generations.

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Does barbecue guru Darran Greenup, who will be cooking with workmate and soul food expert Trevor Delaney from Wuesthoff The Town Square in Viera, think his team will have it all but sewn up? He once had a company that toured the BBQ HQ region of Louisiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

“As long as they bring their A game, they’ll be all right,” Greenup said with a sideways smile.

Chefs from the seven senior resort communities share what made them pursue cooking from the heart.

Brookdale 2680 Croton Rd., Melbourne

Chef Al DeLeo, dining services manager at Brookdale Eau Gallie, comes at culinary arts as a family tradition from restaurants but after a variety of experience enjoys cooking for seniors.

“I’m originally from Central California and started working for my father at age 14. He had a couple of restaurants. I love culinary. I’ve done it all my life,’’ he said.

He worked in retail, for Hilton and in country clubs and resorts, a total of 15 years in the business, before attending the Monterey Culinary Academy in California.

But it was after a few more years in restaurants that he got into the senior living end of the industry preparing food for both independent and assisted living residents for the past 10 years.

And the experience has been an eyeopener in developing friendships with the residents, he said.

“I love interacting with residents.

They have so many stories. We still have World War II veterans and people who have seen a lot of things. From a food standpoint, DeLeo is one of many chefs transitioning to senior facilities.

“A lot of people who were in resorts and hotels are now in this industry because you don’t get that 3 a.m. call when the dish washer isn’t there,’’ he said. And it’s not the same old fare in senior facilities, he said.

“It used to be the old metal tray, ‘here’s your one choice,’ but it’s very much gone to restaurant style, multiple choices. The quality of the food has improved tremendously and I really think the residents appreciate it,’’ he said.

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2129 W. New Haven Ave., Melbourne John Delaney, executive chef and food service director at Buena Vida Estates in Melbourne, has worked in some big restaurants but is glad to be back in Brevard County in the culinary arts.

Originally from Long Island, N.Y., Delaney moved to Melbourne as a child with his parents and nine siblings. After attending a prestigious culinary school and working in several locations, he returned and has worked for the past eight years at the continuing care retirement community which incorporates all levels of care for seniors so they never have to move.

Childhood gave him his first glimpse into food service which he later would pursue in a big way.

“I guess I was influenced by my father. I grew up in Melbourne. He worked in the restaurant business and he just always cooked so I got interested in it,’’ he said.

He attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. and earned an associate of occupational studies in culinary arts.

“Right now, I’m big into grilling and using a smoker. I get some ideas from that or I get some ideas and try something at work and try it at home.

I’ve met some really great people here.

It’s fun time providing their food for them. It’s a fun time. I just love coming to work. It’s always something different that we do. It’s basically a six-course meal,’’ he said.

“There’s always something different each day,’’ he said.

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Executive chef Jim Missale earned a wrestling scholarship to college, but chose to go to cooking school instead, graduating from the New York Institute of Technology in 1995 and adding a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hospitality Management.

The career move paid off, launching an exciting career. He came to Florida in 1997 and, as an instructor, helped start the local Keiser University’s Center for Culinary Arts in Melbourne.

He served aboard the USS Liberty Star cooking for 25 crew members and dignitaries as the ship pursued and retrieved shuttle rocket boosters. The view of a launch was unparalleled as it arched over the bow, but the days of trying to boil water and keep a cake right-side up in waves sometimes 20 feet tall are best behind him.

The former Indian River Colony Club caterer has a neat trick to adding variety to the meal plan so the same dish is never repeated in the same week. With cooking staff from all over the world, they rotate who chooses a favorite dish to prepare.

“I decided it would be a really good thing to bring my skills to assisted living. I love to put a smile on the faces of our residents with 5 Star restaurant food for their enjoyment.”

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Palm Cottages 3821 Sunnyside Ct., Rockledge

Two chefs with a long history in culinary arts — one as a result of family tradition, the other coming through the ranks from catering and as a private chef — make up the team from Palm Cottages in Rockledge.

Now both work together on a varied menu for the residents in cottages and at the dining hall with special events such as a shrimp boil.

Thomas Gurley, originally of Germany, owned and ran a Merritt Island restaurant called Kaiser’s and often gets a chance to share his family’s favorite recipes.

“Two of my brothers and my uncle are all executive chefs. I think it’s just in the family blood,’’ he said.

“Because I’m German, my favorite type of food to cook is German: homemade noodles, schnitzel and sauerbraten. I could have also said Chinese and Japanese. Those are my other favorites,’’ he said.

Monica Lucier comes at culinary arts starting as a catering manager of a restaurant, catering for organizations like the Junior League.

She took those skills, learned as much as she could about the business and cooking, and later served as a private chef in the home.

“I like cooking Mexican and American as well. My motto used to be ‘from blue jeans to black tie,’ as a way to describe what I could do” she said.

Viera Manor 3325 Breslay Dr., Viera

While many senior communities are plucking top chefs from upscale restaurants to attract residents to resort-themed dining rooms, Viera Manor’s executive chef Brandy Nahass says she knows her “family.”

“I’m not hoity-toity at all, I’m more down to earth. I bring home to the table. I cook like I would for my family because they are my family. They love meat and potatoes,” Nahass said of her residents, 95 percent of whom are former U.S. service personnel because Viera Manor is designated for veterans.

“They are not big vegetable fans, so lots of meatloaf, roast beef, pot roast.

I’m from the North so I love making comfort food. My New England clam chowder is a big favorite.”

Barbecue ribs are a specialty, so other Spirit chefs had better take notice.

Nahass developed a love for cooking because her brother and father were food fans.

“They were always hungry,” she added. So did the 1996 Windham Regional Vocational Technical School grad have a Suzy Homemaker Easy Bake Oven as a little girl? Here’s a hint: breaking a nail is not a big concern for her and she’s often found out back by the pond helping residents catch fish and safely release them.

“Heck no, I used the real thing!”

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1279 Houston St., Melbourne Cape Cod native Jon Bradford, executive chef and director of culinary services at Victoria Landing in Melbourne, has spent his entire life in the kitchen and has topnotch training in the field. But when it comes down to it, he said he actually prefers being outdoors grilling.

“I just loved to watch my mother and grandmother cook. I needed a job so I started as a dishwasher and worked my way through the ranks. I loved watching the cooks cook,’’ he said.

He received formal training in the business at Johnson and Wales University College of Culinary Arts in Providence, R.I. Bradford got into health care in 2003 during the transition to preparing real cuisine for assisted living facilities. That trend has continued, with varied menus and special events highlighting the more fine dining-like meals for seniors.

Bradford knows how to cook in many different styles but definitely has a favorite.

“I can cook anything, but I love grilling. I’d rather be outside standing next to a grill and I bring those recipes. You can take something that terrible and make it delicious just by seasonings and cooking it right,’’ he said.

Darran Greenup and Trevor Delaney are brothers in spirit, as in the Spirit of the South.

Prep chef Delaney learned the secrets of soul food cooking at his mother’s knee. She ran a mom-and-pop restaurant that was a community focal point. His shrimp and andouille sausage alfredo is both a hit at Wuesthoff’s The Town Square and a homage to Momma.

“I saw her joy at having people sit around and eat and conversate,” said the Buford High School graduate who, like Greenup, earned a certification from the Morrison Health Care culinary program.

“Eating is more than just about the food, it’s a social experience that also fills you up inside on another level.

That’s what I try to make happen for our residents.”

Night chef Greenup worked at a company for 13 years before it closed down, so he decided to sell barbecue.

He built his own grill, packed it onto a truck and hit the road, working festivals, fairs and shows all over the country, especially the barbecue triangle of Louisiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.

“There’s definitely something to be said for the authentic flavors of the South. You take your time to get it right. There is an immense amount of pride in that.”

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BY KATIE PARSONS For terminal patients, wondering what will happen to their beloved pets after their passing can be a great source of stress. This anxiety is even higher for people who do not have family members or friends who can take on the animals.

Earlier this year, Hospice of St. Francis and Friends for Animals Sanctuary set out to change that by forming the Pet Pledge Program. The two non-profit organizations work together to find foster and adoptive families for pets of Hospice patients when they pass away.

“It is hard enough for people to cope with their own deaths, and wondering what will happen to their animals can be a great source of worry too,” said Mary Larson, coordinator of volunteer services at Hospice of St. Francis.

In the past, Hospice staff and volunteers tried to find homes for pets themselves if there were no family members available to take the animals.

Partnering with Friends for Animals, a no-kill organization, gives the pet placement task an official process.

“The great thing about this program is that the owners get to participate in the process of finding a new home for their pets,” said Katherine Johnson, founder of Friends for Animals. “In some cases, they get to meet the future owners and it brings a lot of comfort.”

Friends for Animals is different from a traditional animal shelter because it commits to allowing pets to live out their natural lives. The organization also never takes owner surrenders but instead fosters animals already in shelters, or in this case, animals that lose their owners to death until a permanent home is found.

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Friends for Animals Sanctuary founder Katherine Johnson, above, stands with Hospice of St. Francis president and CEO Joseph Killian and dog Faith.

Hospice volunteer Annette Parker, right, adopted Marmalade from a patient who had no family to take the cat. for and not forgotten after their deaths lifts a great burden off the shoulders of terminally ill patients.

“It’s important to have this conversation with people when they can do something about it because it brings people peace of mind to know what will happen with their animals,” Larson said.

The Pet Pledge Program is looking for foster families to take in animals as permanent homes are sought out.

To learn more or volunteer for the program, contact either Mary Larson at mlarson@hospiceofstfrancis.com or Katherine Johnson at katherine@ friendsforanimalsfl.org. SL

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He loves them, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Fifty years ago this month, Beatles buff John Ruff of Merritt Island saw his musical heroes Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr perform in concert at Atlanta’s old Fulton County Stadium.

A friend who had won two concert tickets from now-defunct Cocoa radio station WKKO-AM invited Ruff, then 17, to tag along.

“It was a killer concert, but I could hardly hear it because the chicks were screaming their heads off,” Ruff, who works for Health First and Publix, said of the Aug. 18, 1965 show. “There were 65,000 people in the stadium and 50,000 of them were female. It was awesome.”

A student at Satellite High School at the time, Ruff wasn’t the first choice for that coveted extra ticket for the Beatles’ second U.S. tour, which started with a legendary performance at New York’s Shea Stadium Aug. 15 and wrapped up Aug. 31 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif. The ticket winner originally asked Ruff’s brother Bob, who declined so that his Beatles-loving brother, who owned all the band’s albums and sported a Fab Four haircut, could attend.

Three female friends and a father of one of the young women joined them on their road trip to the concert venue, then called Atlanta Stadium. According to BeatlesBible.com, tickets for the Atlanta show cost $5.50 for field-level seats and $4.50 for upper-level seats.

Opening acts were Brenda Holloway with the King Curtis band, followed by go-go dance troupe The Discotheque

Dancers, Cannibal & The Headhunters, and Sounds Incorporated.

The Beatles played 12 songs, opening with “Twist and Shout.” It turned out to be the band’s only Atlanta concert.

Ruff failed in an attempt to meet his heroes that night. “I tried to get backstage to meet them because I had a phony ID,” he said. “But it didn’t work.

Everybody tried to do that.”

Ruff, a DJ and a former drummer in two gospel-rock groups that appeared at churches across Central Florida, said his brother Bob doesn’t regret his decision to give up his ticket.

“He said he’s glad he did it and it made him proud to give up his right to go see them,” Ruff said. “He said, ‘Don’t get me wrong: I like the Beatles, but you really dug the Beatles. It was all over your face.’ ” At his brother’s suggestion, Ruff took his sister, Elaine, to Liverpool, England, where McCartney, Lennon, Harrison and Starr grew up. Their Beatles-loving kid sister had been forbidden by their father to go to Atlanta because she was only 13.

Their May 2013 trip included a stop at The Cavern Club, the nightspot where the band played its first gigs, and a tour of London’s Abbey Road Studios, where the group recorded nearly all its albums and singles from 1962 to 1970.

Ruff never saw the band members in concert again, either as a group or as solo artists.

“Everybody’s like, ‘Oh, I saw Paul McCartney in Orlando,’ ” Ruff said.

“I’m like, ‘That’s nice, he’s 73. But did you see him in 1965? I saw the Beatles.’ ” SL

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Think Lundell is looking “He’s our Hundred-Gallon for thanks or a pat on the back?

Man,” County Commissioner He’d rather you join him. and Chairman Robin Fisher said, He’s the unofficial coining the term that has stuck. ambassador for the seventh For Lundell, it’s all part of a annual Raj S. Shah Memorial plan to pay it forward for all the Blood Drive, named for a times he should have kicked the Satellite Beach resident who bucket but didn’t. died of leukemia. The summer “When I was young, I lived event encourages blood a reckless life and took a lot of donations during the off season. chances, and it’s really just a Blood donations are collected by miracle I am alive today,” said OneBlood.

Lundell, a Quincy Mass. native Anyone who can donate who moved to Brevard in 1974. blood is encouraged to turn up He should have graduated from from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. high school in 1976 but never Saturday, Aug. 22 at FirstWave did. He obtained his GED in Financial, 1300 Highway A1A in 1984 and went on to become a Satellite Beach.

City of Melbourne meter reader “When you give blood, you until he retired in 2010. give life,” Lundell said.

Lundell’s youth embodied For more information on the SENIOR LIFE Linda Wiggins the lifestyle of so many of his blood drive, call 321-427-7459 Brevard County District 3 Commissioner Trudie Infantini gives William “Bill” Lundell a framed peers, a surfer and skater fueled resolution July 7 commending him for donating more than 100 gallons of blood. or email rajblooddrive@gmail. as much by liquid and herbal com. SL

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World War II era cookbook honors ‘Greatest Generation’ in the kitchen

BY KATIE PARSONS Creativity in the kitchen wasn’t always about attempting the latest ideas from Pinterest. Back in the 1940s, making meals was a matter of strategizing based on tight incomes and food rationing.

Recently the Mims-Scottsmoor Public Library hosted a night honoring the spirit of the “Greatest Generation” by discussing and creating recipes from the cookbook “Grandma’s Wartime Kitchen” by Joanne Lamb Hayes.

With more than 150 classic recipes and throwbacks, “Grandma’s Wartime Kitchen” takes its inspiration from the everyday cooks of the World War II era and updates those recipes for the modern age.

It was the first meeting of the library’s new Cook the Book club, spearheaded by reference librarian Beth Doud.

“We already have book clubs, but I wanted to try something a little more interactive,” Doud said. “That’s where this idea for the Cook the Book club started. They have been successful at other libraries, so we are going to give it a try too.”

Ten people attended the first book club meeting, each bringing along their recipe from the cookbook.

Items on the menu included mock sausage patties, peanut butter date bread, sugarless two-egg cake, baked beans with bacon and hot potato salad.

“They were all eaten with enthusiasm while we enjoyed big band era music playing in the background,” Doud said.

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The sugarless two-egg cake was one recipe from “Grandma’s Wartime Kitchen” cookbook made for the first meeting of the new Cook the Book club at the Mims-Scottsmoor Public Library.

In addition to the food, Doud gave a brief talk about rationing during World War II and how it affected what people ate. Women of the era had to get especially creative to feed their families.

“I was able to get my hands on an actual ration book and also displayed a few posters from the era that I copied from online sources,” she said.

The next meeting of the Cook the Book Club will be 6 p.m. Thursday,

Sept. 17 at the Mims-Scottsmoor Public Library. The cookbook selected is Jan Karon’s “Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader.” People who want to participate can visit the reference desk to receive a photocopy of the recipe they’d like to create.

For more information on the Cook the Book club, contact Doud by email at bdoud@brev.org or by phone at 321264-5080. SL

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BY LINDA WIGGINS When Jenna Mousseau took the podium to accept volunteer recognition from Brevard County commissioners July 7, the Suntree area resident’s No. 1 fan was beaming from the front row.

Grandmother Bettie Mousseau — who stepped up for a parenting redux when Jenna’s mother, Maureen, had to go to work — has supported her granddaughter throughout her career pursuit. The path changed radically once she started volunteering at the Brevard County Medical Examiner’s office. But just don’t ask her to like her granddaughter’s choice to become a medical examiner, with all the forensics gore it can entail.

“When she tells me about some of the work she has to do, the situation she had to encounter that day, I say, ‘Whoa, don’t even touch me with that hand!’ ” Bettie Mousseau said with a smile.

Jenna Mousseau was presented with the Volunteer Stars Light Up Brevard award as a Brevardians Responding As VoluntEers (B.R.A.V.E.) team member that includes volunteers for every area of Brevard County government.

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Mentor Anita Hasert, lead forensic technician at the Medical Examiner District 18 offices in Rockledge, had much to say about her top volunteer.

“She’s always there when she says she’ll be, and that’s not something you can count on for an unpaid volunteer, or even in some instances for a paid staff member,” Hasert said. “She’s always on time or early, if she can’t be there she lets me know ahead of time, she’s ready to work and excited to learn how she can be even more helpful. In short, she’s an ideal volunteer and exemplifies all the qualities we love to see. She definitely has what it takes to make a great addition to the staff one day.”

Granddaughter and grandmother are more like BFFs these days, with a standing date each Saturday for Jenna to pick up Bettie and take her to get her hair done, and perhaps get lunch and pick up a few items around town.

All goes well as long as talk doesn’t delve too deeply into the details of the job.

“We joke about it, but I know she loves the work,” Bettie Mousseau said, “so that is all that matters to me.” SL

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BY LINDA WIGGINS The topic of late on the pages of the Senior Life Senior Living Home Tour has been the transition in senior living communities during the past generation from the medical model to a hospitality model.

Nowhere is this more true than with food. Served three times a day, seven days a week for the remainder of residence on site — barring times when residents dine elsewhere — it has to be good. It is a major focus of the sales pitch, and the more upscale the facility, the more this is true.

“We always try to plan a meal or any sort of dining experience when we have a tour,” said Brenda Parrish, community lifestyle director at The Brennity at Melbourne in Viera. She paused while overseeing the July 25 Christmas in July luau that included Hawaiian dancers and an authentic outdoor pig roast.

“What do we as human beings of any age look forward to the most? Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Sometimes the topic at a meal is another favorite meal we enjoyed, sometimes it is even the meal we are planning next.”

Chef Doug Perdomo hovered as he waited to learn whether his next course would be wanted. After he placed down the luncheon plate of roast corned beef, steamed cabbage and tiny potatoes, he reveled in the

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oohs and ahhs of the presentation, including the delicate twist of an orange slice anchored by a ripe raspberry for garnish. He made an excuse to return moments later, soaking in the accolades of just the right flavors, textures and temperature.

You see, even meat and potatoes — many members of the Greatest Generation love their comfort favorites as much as 5 Star entrees, some even more — must be an experience.

“This is just what I did when I worked in nice restaurants open to the public,” Perdomo said. “It’s just that now I have a relationship with my customers that goes even beyond the country club setting because they are here every day for all meals and I am a huge part of their lives, so it means a great deal to me that I please them.”

Another reason food is such a factor is that as baby boomers see to the care of their aging parents, they are beginning to make plans for the enjoyment of rest of their own lives.

“This generation has enjoyed their existence to the full their entire lives, and have no plans to let their age slow them down,” said Jill Blue-Gaines, who has published Senior Life for nearly 20 years and has observed the trend. She is a boomer herself concerned with helping her own parents plan the enjoyment their lives in safety.

“People actually come to our expos and events with a shopping list of senior community exhibitors they want to check out. What they are doing is looking for the home they will love for the rest of their lives and never have to leave. As much as you want to, you may not be able to accomplish letting them stay in the family home that has no supports as we begin to need more assistance.

Balanced meals are vital for health.”

John and Barbara Rumpel went beyond this and actually designed their own forever home in creating Victoria Landing in Eau Gallie.

They function as the proprietors of an upscale assisted living resort who welcome in the clientele and see to their every need, directing them to one of several on-site eateries depending on the mood, from fine dining to a casual pub, drinks by the pool or perhaps room service, but it literally is their own home as well.

“Our residents are our neighbors,” Barbara Rumpel said. “We want them to feel like family.” SL

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First-year event raises $10,000 for Alzheimer’s research

BY GEORGE WHITE It was a beautiful day for golf for a good cause July 17 at the inaugural Golf Tournament to End Alzheimer’s, held at Turtle Creek Golf Club in Rockledge benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association.

The first-ever event was organized

by Mike Marsden, director of marketing for Viera Manor, an assisted living facility also building a Memory Care facility which will cater to Alzheimer’s and dementia patients.

“I’ve been working on it about five months and the response was good,” Marsden said. “We had 19 foursomes, 76 players and we raised about $10,000 with most of the money coming from the main sponsorships.

“Anybody who works in our industry at some point will be tied to or work with the Alzheimer’s Association.

It’s basically the backbone of our industry,” he said.

Diamond ($1,000) sponsors included Viera Manor, Home Healthcare of Florida, VITAS Primary Care of Orlando, Caliber Home Loans, Dr. Gabriel Nuriel of Orlando, Florida Health Care Plans and Gentiva.

“Some events charge a little bit more,” Marsden said, “but we wanted to make it affordable for everyone and at the same time being able to make a very large donation to the Alzheimer’s Association.

“For the first year, we did well. I did it all by myself. I didn’t have a committee. I think we can get close to doubling it last year and we’ll have it here again. Turtle Creek worked great with us.”

Among the Diamond sponsors was Samir Patel, owner of the Holiday Inns in Viera, Cocoa and Cocoa Beach who provided the food for the event from his restaurant Pita Pit. “For me, it was kind of personal because my grandmother has Alzheimer’s. For a first time event, we raised lot of money today,’’ Patel said.

Last year, the Alzheimer’s Association put on a small golf tournament in Melbourne to raise money, said Doug Love, executive director of Viera Manor Assisted

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Employees of Caliber Home Loans, top, take part in the putting contest. Above, Samir Patel, left, and Mike Marsden are all smiles after the golf benefit.

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They were there … … here is what they told us

BY LINDA WIGGINS Film aficionados will get a unique treat Friday, Aug. 14 at the Senior Life celebration to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. “Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive” will feature live music, a barbecue and dessert tasting, exhibits and speakers, costume contest and a chance to recreate “The Kiss” iconic photo from Times Square.

Millennial videographer and local actor Alex Edwards of Melbourne has been capturing the first-hand accounts from Space Coast residents who were children, adults, servicemen and women, housewives and others who lived through that fateful day to preserve and share with generations to come.

“It’s great hearing their experiences,” Edwards said. “It’s amazing to watch these wonderful people, some older than my grandparents, as their faces light up, remembering that single moment. Each one has a different perspective and I feel privileged to be able to participate in helping them share their stories.”

The date of August 14, 1945 is generally agreed upon as both V-J Day, or victory over Japan, and the end of World War II. V-E Day is when war ended in Europe May 8 with Germany’s signed surrender, and the official signing of Japan’s surrender came Sept. 2. And while the official nonprofit Spiritof45. org website encourages the world to remember the Aug. 14 date, people in other time zones will always remember Aug. 15 as the official day.

Anyone with memories of any of those days, and anyone who would like to share in those remembrances, is encouraged to attend. Guest speakers and special appearances will open the video premiere.

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The group Hot Cocoa will perform songs from the 1940s, and visitors can view exhibits. Vendors and attendees are encouraged to dress to reflect the era, such as “Rosie the Riveter,” the sailor or the nurse who kissed in Times Square in New York City or anything else from that time and theme.

• Doors open at 9:45 a.m.

• Presentation of colors at 10:10 a.m.

• Hot Cocoa performs from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m.

• Barbecue Battle begins at 11:15 a.m.

• Rosie the Riveter look-alike contest winner announced 12:40 p.m.

• Exhibits and photo booth to recreate “The Kiss” in Times Square 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

In addition to free barbecue tastings by area senior living communities, free dessert tastings will be provided by Consulate Health Care of Melbourne, free bottled water will be provided

by Senior Solutions Management and individual commemorative photos of those who wish to recreate “The Kiss” will be provided by National Cremation Society, all while supplies last.

Admission is free but tickets are required at this limited-capacity event.

Donations collected will help send World War II veterans to Washington, D.C. with Space Coast Honor Flight.

Across these pages are the stories of the people who were there and recollections of what they saw with their own eyes. Whether they were service men or women who risked their lives or nursed the injured back from the brink of death, or children or adults who went without back home and risked or lost loved ones, these are the memories of the Greatest Generation. SL

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Tom Jones served as an Air Force pilot and was a member of the Office of Strategic Services, the intelligence agency formed by the United States during WWII. Much of his military career is classified.

“I can tell you this,” Jones said. “When I heard the news about Japan’s surrender, I was in my dormitory. Most of the others were asleep. I jumped up and made so much noise I woke up the whole dorm.

We had a party all night, even though we only had three-two beer. Still, if you drink enough of that weak beer, long enough, you can get pretty drunk. So, by the time the sun came up, most of us were.”

Jones disclosed that on one high-altitude photo-surveillance mission, he lost control of his airplane and had to eject at night. The closest vessel to him was a submarine that was not equipped with night vision, so it remained submerged until dawn before attempting a rescue.

“If that sub had surfaced underneath my raft, it could have killed me, so I had to spend the entire night alone in the cold Pacific Ocean until they surfaced and could find me. They had to send frogmen to help me out of the water because I was so weak.”

Ruth Moltz

Ruth Moltz married a fighter pilot in 1945.

“We were from upstate New York, but we went to a hotel in New York City for our honeymoon,” she said. “I thought he wouldn’t make it through the war, but he didn’t even have to go.”

Moltz, who was a legal secretary in Washington, D.C. for 21 years, said her honeymoon was made special by the news of Japan’s surrender.

“We danced in a Conga line and he spilled wine on his uniform, but he didn’t care. The war was over. We didn’t go downtown where that kiss photograph was made. We stayed in the hotel.”

She said she was relieved that her brother would be coming home soon.

“He repaired tanks in Guam, so he didn’t see a lot of action, but I still worried about him.”

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Dale Jamison When he was 14 years old, Dale Jamison went on a school picnic in Paragould, Ark. He was in a swimming pool when he heard that Emperor Hirohito had announced Japan’s unconditional surrender, ending World War II. “I was a kid who had lived all my life on a farm and I was enjoying the picnic. I was glad to know my uncles would be coming home from the war.”

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Eileen Tuomela worked in a lab for a mining company in Hibbing, Minn. on VJ Day. She said she and two others were under age, so they weren’t allowed to celebrate as the others did.

“I felt relief,” Tuomela said, “because when the war started, I went to my dad crying. He had told me World War I was the war to end all wars, and I couldn’t understand why we were going into another war.”

Norman Hayes was in the seventh grade in 1945, delivering newspapers in Norwood, Ohio when he heard the war had ended.

His older brother was in the Merchant Marines.

“In 1945, he went to OCS and became an engineer,” Hayes said. “I remember he told me about going to Argentina and his wife had to remind him to come home because he was married.”

Hayes said his newspaper route took him from Cameron Ave. to Montgomery Road. Within 20 minutes or so, he’d completed his delivery of 100 papers and walked home.

“I was walking down Montgomery Road and had to pass a machine tool place on the right side of the road. They were tossing out C clamps from the windows.”

Hayes said the memory is vivid because it seemed so unusual. “The idea of seeing all those workers hanging out the windows, tossing metal C clamps into the street without a worry of hitting anything. Even though they weren’t big, they could have caused some damage. They were so happy the war was over.”

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Minnie Sachs just celebrated her 100th birthday in June 2015 and remembers vividly where she was on Aug. 15, 1945.

“My dad had cottages at Woodhull Lake in Michigan.

A friend drove us around the lake in his car. We were all yelling and screaming and just enjoying being together that day,” she said.

One of the first women recruited to play in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, to keep baseball alive and stadiums viable during the war, Sachs said, “I told the man who asked me to play that I wouldn’t play unless he took my baby sister. I played any position they needed and kept on playing after the league didn’t need me any more.

I always carried my mitt wherever I went.”

Sachs played for the Fisher Body’s team and still likes to talk about the Detroit Tigers.

“It was a happy time,” she said. “We weren’t wealthy, but we were healthy.”

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Jerry Sicinski was born in 1938, so he was only 7 years old when the war ended.

“My entire family rushed downtown for a victory parade. My father might have been at work, but we all went,” Sicinski said. “We had terrific bands in Joliet. This was a really big thing — V-J Day — when Japan surrendered. Crowds were thick on both sides of the street.

There was an explosion of emotion, a euphoric feeling. It was a national thing.

One memory stuck forever. One man was dragging a garbage can with a sign that said ‘place your ration books here.’ That was a strange thing to see.”

Sicinski said he does not remember if his mother threw her ration books away but he knew, even at age 7, how they regulated life during World War II.

Bunny LaChance Bunny LaChance’s father was a pragmatic physician, so he and his wife decided to induce labor for their second child on his day off.

“There was no one around to farm me off, so they sent me to YWCA camp during the time of her labor,” LaChance said. “I was 7.”

Her parents sent her to camp at what is now known as Lake Webster in Massachusetts. Though there are many different ways to spell Lake Chaubunagungamaug, most agree the long word means: You Fish on Your Side, I Fish on My Side, Nobody Fish in the Middle.

LaChance said, “August 14, 1945, my sister was born. For me, the baby sister was more important than the war ending although the war ending meant my uncles were coming home.”

She said celebrating entailed balloons, people yelling and screaming, “The war is over!”

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Willie Urquhart enlisted in the Navy and worked in intelligence, with room-sized computers in Washington, D.C. “I’m not sure what I can tell you,” she said. “That part of my life is classified, or it was at the time. I know I felt relief to hear the war was over. The computers were locked up and I walked across the street to my dorm and went to bed.”

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James Wellbeloved James Wellbeloved was nearly 13 years old when he heard that Japan had surrendered.

“We were told, when the truck came, that an extra edition was coming in the evening. We had to be at the Grand Rapids Press building downtown,” Wellbeloved said. “I took the bus from my neighborhood and found a line of others waiting to get their papers. The crowds were starting to gather and people were showing up. They were throwing firecrackers and kissing and stuff. I couldn’t get on the bus so I had to start walking home. I was calling out, ‘Extra! Extra!’ and it didn’t take long for me to sell out.”

Wellbeloved said people did not wait around for change. “I got a $10 bill. That was a big deal in those days. I had a pocket full of money you wouldn’t believe.”

The most important thing to Wellbeloved was the fact that his older brothers, Jack and Bob, would be coming home.

Beulah Early Beulah Early’s prom date nicknamed her Alice because of a song they danced to and, “it stuck.”

She was working as a registered nurse in the clinic at the Tennessee Eastman Company, now known as Eastman Chemical Company, in Oakridge, Tenn., when she heard the war had ended.

“Part of the bomb was made there,” she said. “I was just relieved it was over.”

Ketterson, now 99, said she joined the Army, “When the old 6th Cavalry still had horses. Omar Bradley was there, before he made general. I worked along with doctors who had served in the First World War.” Her husband had been assigned to help rebuild Berlin.

“He was kept there another six weeks,” she said. “He’d had a new suit made for his homecoming, but it got ruined in the rain. One of the old World War I doctors had a party for us. I remember feeling so glad it was over.”

Gaston Jennett was the engineer officer on a tank carrier on its way to Japan when World War II ended.

“When I heard Japan had surrendered, somebody turned on all the running lights on the ship and it made us feel naked,” Jennett said. “We were exposed after such a long time at sea in a blackout.”

Jennett, who spent 27 years in the Navy, said the few moments at sea with the running lights on was the extent of their celebration. The ship that provided support for ground troops proceeded on to Truk Island as ordered.

“Our first foray was December 1944 and my ship came back to the states in March 1946. The end of the war didn’t mean the end of our duty.”

Sophia Sadowski had been a teenager when she was taken from her home in Poland to work in Germany.

“I was making beer in Bavaria.” She said she felt the earth had opened when she heard that the war had ended.

“Who will come next, I was thinking. We had no idea if the next thing would be a good thing or a bad thing. We just knew it was changing.”

Sadowski said she celebrates every day through her art, which she has for sale.

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Norm Wilford celebrated his 20th birthday, in Sarasota, on Dec. 7, 1941, by paying a pilot extra to take him through a loop on his plane ride. Then he joined the Army Air Corps.

“I was happy to have something to do,” he said. “Nineteen days after I enlisted, I was attached to the 49th Battalion, 9th Squadron, headed to Melbourne, Australia.”

Four years later, Wilford was in Laredo, Texas, training radio operators who would be assigned to work with pilots on the B17 Flying Fortresses.

Hollywood’s Memphis Belle made the B17 famous. Locally, the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum is home to the fully restored Tico Belle, also a B17.

Wilford said he didn’t remember the exact nature of his celebration of the end of World War II, but he smiled when he said, “Oh, I kissed a couple of girls. Yes, I did.”

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When she heard the news of Japan’s surrender, Nora Davis was a long distance telephone operator in Richmond, Ind. “We were all agog,” she said, “but the phones were still ringing and we couldn’t celebrate until after work.”

Davis said she doesn’t have a clear recollection of how she and others in the industrial city celebrated, but she remembers the “main drag” was a half-block long and filled with people rejoicing.

“I worked the day shift,” Davis said, “but the celebration was still going strong when I got off work.”

Bill Hawley

Bill Hawley can’t remember exactly where in Germany he was when he heard Japan had surrendered but he said he felt indifferent about the news.

“Now, let me put it in perspective for you,” he said. “I was in Europe in 1943 and had been in the service before Pearl Harbor. I’d seen it all. We were all exasperated that Germany didn’t give up sooner. I remember thinking, ‘Now we don’t have to go to Japan to beat them, too.”

Hawley, who retired from the Army as a colonel after 33 years, had an uncle who had served in WWI. “He wanted me to join. He said, ‘There’s nothing hot going on, so now would be a good time to enlist.’ I enlisted for one year. One year

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turned into however long it takes,” Hawley said.

He led a platoon of 70 men in a race across France, fought in the “exact center of the Battle of the Bulge” and was among the soldiers marching in the now famous photo of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées after the liberation of Paris.

The 94-year-old resident of Viera was recently inducted into the French Legion of Honor.

He said, “The French, in their suave, thoughtful way, recognized me for combat in France in defense of France and now I am a knight in the French Legion. So maybe now you understand why I felt indifferent about V-J Day.”

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Spirit of ’45 event will send more WWII veterans on flight of honor

BY LINDA WIGGINS Frank and “Kathleen” Kitty McGuire of Melbourne finally made the trip to Washington, D.C. courtesy of the all-volunteer nonprofit Honor Flight earlier this year. It was mostly Kitty who struggled with the notion that she was any kind of a hero because the WAVES veteran served in an office rather than on a battle field.

The rapid end of war in the Pacific meant Frank McGuire would not need to invade Japan stationed aboard the USS Sidonia (AKA-42), “saving many skins including mine.” To the McGuires, it was the volunteers and supporters of Honor Flight groups that deserve to be honored.

“People waited five hours in the middle of the night to greet us when we returned because the flight was delayed,” Kitty McGuire said. “You hear the word humble a lot, but it was a very humbling experience to think that all these people waited to greet us and honor us for something you did simply because it was expected of you.”

The public will get a chance to send more World War II and now Korean War veterans to visit the memorials for their war and branch of service at the Senior Life “Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive” event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. While the McGuires went on the most recent Honor Flight June 15, Jim Alexander of Indian River Colony Club in Viera went on the first-ever one from Brevard.

“The Honor Flight volunteers had

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Honor Flight honoree Jim Alexander is one of many moving images and voices videographer Alex Edwards captured in a video of WWII victory remembrances to premiere August 14. about 50 school children meet with us and thank us for our service. They each gave us a thank-you letter with such nice messages and pictures they’d drawn,” Alexander said, pausing to compose himself as he took part in a video project to capture remembrances of the day WWII was declared a victory. The video will premiere at the “Spirit of ’45” event.

“I look at those letters every day

and when I do I just … . I’ll just never forget.”

Space Coast Honor Flight president and retired USAF Lt. Gen. Bill Welser will speak at the event.

“We are racing against the clock to get our veterans to see their memorials and be deeply honored and thanked for their service,” Welser said. “They are not just our Greatest Generation, they’re our greatest treasure.”

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Frank and Kathleen “Kitty” McGuire of Melbourne visit with former U.S. senator Bob Dole, who was injured during WWII, is a regular volunteer greeter of Honor Flight veterans.

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Local military and public service players skate for charity

BY MIKE GAFFEY They came from as close as Viera to as far away as Anchorage, Alaska.

Some 17 military and public service personnel from Brevard County who share a passion for hockey took to the ice in front of more than 200 spectators at Space Coast Iceplex in Rockledge on July 11. The charity game pitted the local Wounded Warriors Hockey Club against the Tampa Bay Firefighters Hockey Club.

The home team won 5-1, but the Tampa Bay Firefighters left the Iceplex with $2,200 raised for their charity, Camp Hopetak’e, a free weeklong overnight summer camp for children ages 5 to 17 who survived burn injuries.

It was the second game for the Space Coast team, which is in the process of forming a nonprofit to formalize its standing as a charitable entity and continue to play for good causes. Its first game, a 10-6 loss to the Florida Institute of Technology in April, raised $2,340 for the Wounded Warrior Project. The WWP serves veterans who have suffered physical or mental injuries since Sept. 11, 2001, and their families.

The charity games with this roster are the brainchild of Master Sgt. Aaron Trudel, AFTAC’s radiochemistry lab superintendent. The Lowell, Mass., native formed an outreach of the original Wounded Warriors Hockey Club. With help from fellow hockey player and coworker William Hungate of Viera, the two assembled a team of hockey players with ties to government service from the surrounding community.

The original Wounded Warriors Hockey Club was founded by Brevard County resident and retired firefighter Keith Schneider and features players with professional and college hockey experience, which includes Hungate.

Government organizations are limited in their fundraising capacity, so Schneider, Hungate and Trudel worked to share uniforms, combine rosters and start the nonprofit Athletes for Teamwork and Charity that will cover both teams.

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Wounded Warriors Hockey Club goalie Fred Bourret fends off a scoring attempt by the Tampa Bay Firefighters Hockey Club during a charity game July 11 at Space Coast Iceplex in Rockledge.

“We have a wide spread of talent,” said Trudel, a forward with the club.

“We have a woman on our team, Tech.

Sgt. Rebecca Goodwin, who’s been skating less than a year, all the way up to players who have skated at the collegiate level.”

Club forward and Peoria, Ill. native Hungate said most of the players have been involved in hockey since childhood and many take part in league play at the Iceplex. Players supply their own equipment and the Iceplex offers a discount on rink rental, he said.

Before each game, the team writes the name of people to be honored for a ceremonial puck drop, which usually includes a wounded warrior, a fallen military member, and for this game, a burn victim survivor.

“We dedicate the game to them,” Trudel said.

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JUST THE FACTS Wounded Warriors Hockey Club remaining schedule: • Sept. 12 vs. Florida Institute of Technology at Space Coast Iceplex • Oct. 25 vs. University of Tampa in Brandon, Fla. • Nov. 7 vs. Orlando Fire Department at Space Coast Iceplex • Feb. 20 vs. The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. • March 20 vs. FIT at Space Coast Iceplex • TBD vs. Tampa Bay Firefighters, Wesley Chapel, Fla. part in the ceremonial puck drop for the Tampa Bay game.

Players may include members of the general community.

“It’s a great way to stay in shape while having fun,” said Viera attorney Paul Daley, a veteran.

Hungate said he appreciated the Tampa Bay club’s willingness to travel to Rockledge for the game.

“They are a first class organization that has been in existence since 1999 and we are using as a model for our club as we move forward,” Hungate said. “When the Tampa club was contacted regarding this event, the club president, Ben Kozich, responded immediately, ‘Yes,’ and ‘How do we make this happen?’ Well, it happened and was a resounding success.”

The club’s next charity game is against its crosstown rival, FIT, set

for Sept. 12 at the Iceplex. Games are planned through March, including a Feb. 20 road trip to The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. Hungate said the team also has accepted the Tampa Bay Firefighters’ request for a rematch at the grand opening of their new rink in Wesley Chapel later this year.

Tickets are $10 and season tickets for the four home games are $30. All proceeds benefit charities.

“That’s what we’re trying to do here,” Trudel said “Everything that we do, the proceeds are going straight to charity. Our charity of choice is the Wounded Warrior Project; however, we will happily play for any worthy cause as we did with the Tampa Bay Firefighters Club and their charity, Camp Hopetak’e.”

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Aging increases risk of certain visual limitations

BY BARBARA TRAININ BLANK As we age, our eyes become more prone to conditions that impact sight.

One is macular degeneration, the leading cause of severe vision loss in adults over 50 in the United States.

It’s “a deterioration or breakdown of the macular area, a small area in the center of the retina that allows you to see fine details clearly and perform such activities as reading and driving,” said Dr. Mark Maria, ophthalmologist and partner in Fava & Maria Eye Associates in Lebanon, Pa. In macular degeneration, a certain layer of the retina — the RPE — deteriorates and doesn’t work well, said Dr. John Pratt, a partner in Kilmore Eye Associates in Mechanicsburg, Pa. “That’s the part responsible for nourishing the retina and ‘taking out the trash.’ When the ‘trash’ accumulates, you begin to see yellowish-white spots called drusen.

The longer they’re there, the more likely they’ll interfere with retinal functioning, and vision suffers.”

Macular degeneration usually doesn’t involve peripheral vision.

No one knows why age-related macular degeneration (AMD) develops, and no treatment has been uniformly effective. But “the greatest risk factor is age — especially over 60. Other risk factors are being Caucasian, lightly pigmented, a family history, poor diet, heart disease and smoking,” Maria said.

Avoiding ultraviolet exposure through using sunscreens and quality sunglasses is important in maintaining healthy eyes, added Pratt.

There are two kinds of macular degeneration: dry and wet. The former, caused by aging and thinning of macular tissues that impact central vision, is more common and progresses more slowly.

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See your eye care professional to make sure macular degeneration does not become a problem.

Most wet age-related macular degeneration begins as the dry type.

The wet kind can progress more rapidly and lead to the sudden loss of vision.

Most people don’t realize they have a macular problem until blurred vision becomes obvious, Maria said. But it can be detected through viewing of the macula by an eye-care professional, special photographs of the eye called fluorescein angiography and measuring retinal thickness with special scans.

Antioxidant vitamins, combined with other supplements, can reduce the impact in some patients. One large study found that those at risk for advanced stages of AMD lowered their risk by about 25 percent when treated with a high-dose combination of vitamins C and E, lutein, zeaxanthin, zinc and copper.

A second version of the study recommended that vitamin A (beta carotene) be replaced by lutein and zeaxanthin.

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“But vitamins are not a cure for AMD, nor do they restore vision you may have already lost,” Maria said.

“They may help in maintaining vision.”

“There’s a debate as to whether vitamins are good as a preventive measure,” Pratt said. “But it stands to reason they may help.”

The symptoms include distorted

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vision and a blank spot in vision that doesn’t go away. If you experience this, see an eye-care professional immediately.

Glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness in the United States, especially in older populations, causes loss of peripheral vision and can eventually lead to complete blindness.

“The optic nerve carries the images we see from the light-sensing retina at the back of the eye to the brain,” Maria said.

Glaucoma is defined as a slow decline of the optic nerve, typically due to high eye pressure. In most cases, the eye doesn’t drain as well as it did and pressure builds slowly. Aging, genetics, and “bad luck” play a part, Pratt said.

Some glaucomas run in families.

In open-angle glaucoma, the more common type, the drainage angle is open but the drain becomes defective, causing a gradual increase of pressure within the eye.

Narrow-angle glaucoma is a condition in which the drainage angle becomes blocked in people whose eyes have narrow angles. The iris either completely or partially blocks

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off the drainage angle, resulting in a rapid and dangerous rise in eye pressure.

Symptoms include blurred vision, severe eye pain, headaches, rainbow haloes around lights, and nausea and vomiting.

Secondary glaucoma occurs when there is an identifiable cause, such as prior trauma, inflammation or surgery.

Other than age and pressure, “the most important risk factors for glaucoma are family history, African or Spanish ancestry, farsightedness or nearsightedness, past eye injuries and systemic health problems including diabetes and poor circulation,” Maria said. “Regular ophthalmologic exams, including dilation, are the best way to detect glaucoma.”

Eye drops can bring pressure down and slow the worsening of the damage.

There is also a “fast and painless” laser procedure that can be done in the office. If it works, its effect will last from one to five years and the procedure can be repeated.

If glaucoma is advanced, surgery can cut the eye and help drain it. Also, when a person has cataract surgery, the doctor can put a tiny stent in the drainage channels of the eye to improve the outflow.

If you see small specks or clouds moving in your field of vision, they’re floaters.

“These can appear as different shapes, such as little dots, circles, lines, clouds or cobwebs,” Maria said.

Technically, these are tiny clumps of gel or cell within the vitreous, the clear, gel-like fluid that fills the inside of your eye. What you’re seeing are the shadows the floaters cast on the retina.

When people reach middle age, the

vitreous gel starts to thicken or shrink.

If the gel thickens, it may pull away from the back wall of the eye, causing a detachment.

“A torn retina is always a serious problem, because it can lead to a retinal detachment,” Maria said.

Post-vitreous detachment is more common in people who are nearsighted or have undergone cataract operations.

Retinal detachment must be treated with surgery or laser. Tears are treated with a laser to prevent a detachment.

Generally, floaters are “harmless and either fade over time or become less bothersome, requiring no treatment,” Maria added. “However, even if you’ve had floaters for years, you should see an ophthalmologist if you develop new ones.”

Flashes look like flashing lights or lightning streaks — the kind you experience if you’ve been hit in the eye and “see stars.” They occur when the vitreous gel rubs or pulls on the retina and can appear off and on for several weeks or months.

While not all floaters and flashes are serious, it’s best to have an eye exam to make sure no damage has occurred to the retina. See your eye care professional as soon as possible if even one new floater appears suddenly, you see sudden flashes of light, or you notice any loss of side vision.

Flashes and floaters are related and usually occur at the same time. They don’t go away, but the brain often learns to ignore them.

“Fifty percent of people over 50 or 60 have them, and they’re usually not dangerous,” Pratt said.

Flashes and floaters are not truly genetic but are common in people with nearsightedness, which runs in families. SL

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Dear Lance, My husband will be retiring from his part-time job in a few months as he reaches 65. I will turn 65 a few months after him and am no longer in the workforce. Our only income will be from Social Security. We will be enrolling in Medicare, but the Medicare premiums, medical expenses and prescription costs will be a financial hardship for us. Is there any financial assistance to pay for the Medicare premium and other medical expenses?

—Thrifty Thelma Dear Thelma, Many Medicare beneficiaries qualify for one or more types of financial assistance to pay for Medicare premiums, medical expenses and prescription medications. Eligibility for financial assistance depends on your income and financial assets. Let’s look at some of these types of assistance.

Medicaid: Florida Medicaid has three programs collectively referred to as Medicare Savings Programs. All of them pay the monthly Medicare Part B premium ($104.90 in 2015) for you.

Medicare Part A has no premium.

In order to qualify, you and your husband must have a combined monthly income of less than $1,793.

Income would include your Social Security amount before any deductions, plus other income such as a pension, interest and dividends. In addition, your financial assets must be less than $10,930. Financial assets include cash, savings and checking accounts; stocks; bonds; and IRA and 401(k) accounts.

Your principal residence, car, jewelry and other personal possessions are not counted.

For a single Medicare beneficiary to qualify for a Medicare Savings Program, they must have a gross monthly income less than $1,325 and financial assets less than $7,280.

Additional benefits are available to couples with gross monthly income of

less than $1,328 and financial assets less than $10,930. The Medicare Savings Program called Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB) additionally covers the Medicare deductibles and co-insurance payments for doctors, hospitals and other medical services. If you go to a physician who accepts Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare pays first, and Medicaid is the secondary payer. For a single individual to qualify for QMB, his or her gross monthly income cannot exceed $981, and financial assets must be less than $7,280.

Extra Help (Prescription Drugs): If you qualify for any of the Medicare Savings Programs, you automatically qualify for financial assistance with your Part D prescription drug plan premium and deductibles, as well as reduced costs for prescription medications. Prescription costs can be as little as $1.20 co-pay for generics and $3.60 for brand name medications.

The amount of Extra Help you can receive depends on your gross monthly income and financial assets.

Even if you are not eligible for a Medicare Savings Program, you may still qualify for Extra Help. If, as a couple, you have gross monthly income of less than $1,991 ($1,471 for an individual) and financial assets less than $24,250 ($12,140 for an individual), you should apply.

I encourage you to contact a SHINE counselor who can answer your questions about these programs and tell you how to apply for them.

To contact a SHINE counselor for assistance, call the Elder Helpline toll-free at 1-800-963-5337 or 321-7528080 locally. SHINE has 12 locations throughout Brevard County. SHINE counselors can assist you by telephone or in person at one of the sites. To find a SHINE counseling site near you, go to floridashine.org or call the telephone numbers listed above. SL About SHINE SHINE is an award-winning statewide volunteer program that provides free, unbiased and confidential counseling and information for people on Medicare, their families and caregivers. SHINE is a program of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and is administered in partnership with the state’s 11 Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs). In Brevard County, our ADRC is the Senior Resource Alliance located in Orlando.

Orange Blossom Train and Mt Dora Shopping • Weds., Oct. 7th - $75. Enjoy lunch at the Lost Parrot before heading off on a 90 minute trip that is designed to fill your entertainment needs. You will travel in vintage coaches pulled by our 1907 steam locomotive. On return to Mt. Dora, you will have 1½ hrs to shop in Historic Mt Dora. Sign up by Sept. 1st, minimum of 35 passengers needed for this trip.

Ringling Museums • Thurs., Nov. 5th - $99. Spend a day exploring the fabulous Ringling Museums. Start the day with catered lunch by Hickory Hollow BBQ and then onto the museums. We will have 3 docent-guided tours and 1 self-guided.

The Ringling, the State Art Museum of Florida, is home to one of the preeminent art and cultural collections in the U.S. Its story begins nearly a century ago, with the circus impresario and his beloved wife’s shared love for Sarasota, Italy and art.

Trip will also include dinner to go for the bus trip home. Sign up by October 1st with a minimum of 40 passengers.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella on Broadway • Sat., Nov. 14th - $145. Tony Award winning musical featuring an incredible orchestra, jaw dropping transformations and all the moments you love of this classic tale. Be transported back to your childhood and rediscover some of your most beloved songs. Sign up by September 5th, minimum of 35 passengers needed for this trip. Be sure to bring your children and grandchildren!

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Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas • Sat., Dec. 12th - $132 - Discover the magic of Dr. Suess’ classic holiday tale as it comes alive on stage. The Grinch discovers there is more to Christmas then he bargained for in this heart warming holiday classic. Bring your children and grandchildren! Sign up by October 2, minimum of 35 passengers needed.

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Staying social

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Isolation

Elderly people isolate themselves for a variety of reasons.

Some lose confidence in the ability to drive among younger, more aggressive drivers. Visual and physical difficulties compound the problems and some would rather remain home than to subject themselves to the impatience of other drivers and shoppers.

Unless gravely ill, many elders won’t sit for hours in an emergency room or a doctor’s waiting area, so they postpone trips to dentists, eye specialists and routine doctors’ visits that might intercept problems before they become serious.

After the loss of a spouse, many elderly people find their previous houses of worship hold too many sorrowful memories, so they prefer to remain home.

From time to time, it may seem difficult to remember how to use the telephone, but just because your friend or family member isn’t calling, don’t assume they don’t want to hear from you.

The complete separation of one person from others, due to illness or other causes.

Tips to avoid isolation

• Do something for yourself every day. It can be a brief phone date with a friend, a video chat with a distant relative or even a self-indulgent walk around the block when the one in your care is napping.

• Some caregivers like to record their caregiving journey with photos, scrapbooking, writing in journals or on video.

This includes remembering the self care they take to SENIOR LIFE Mary Brotherton remain physically and emotionally strong.

Caregivers often feel isolated, but with • Invite others to visit you. Have a potluck meal or watch a a strong support system and adequate breaks, they can see their way through to movie on TV together. better days.

• Join a support group.

• Create your own support group by asking friends and siblings or cousins to I wanted to make a difference in my check in with you on a regular basis. father’s final years when I moved in with him last year, but his • Take advantage of respite care.

Alzheimer’s has progressed rapidly and it’s a struggle to get him to his • Lose the guilt that comes from making time for you. doctors’ appointments or church. He refuses to leave home and gets upset if I leave him with someone else. I feel completely isolated, almost like I am a • Reach out to all those people you’ve been meaning to catch up with by email or prisoner in his home. Is this normal? phone.

It’s not uncommon for caregivers to feel isolated if they don’t have a solid • Accept social invitations. Find ways to attend more events. support system that allows for routine breaks and frequent getaways. Your • Renew that hobby you put on hold. Find other like-minded people in your father’s behavior is typical for some. However, if you don’t look after community to discuss the hobby with or attend a meeting that centers on the your own physical and mental health, you will not be able to remain his caregiver hobby. much longer.

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Remember to breathe when things go wrong. Yoga and meditation practitioners, childbirth coaches and anyone who has dealt with someone hyperventilating during a panic attack stress the value of a slow, deep breath. There are few things that a good dose of oxygen can’t fix, so when you start to feel stress coming on or worry that you are being isolated, take a deep breath and find a way to take care of the individual inside the caregiver.

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If you have not heard from an elderly friend or family member who has been in the habit of calling, don’t hesitate to initiate contact. If you can’t stop by, call. If you can’t call, write a note. Most of our elderly loved ones fondly recall when handwritten notes and letters were the normal way to communicate.

Certain forms of dementia return them, in their minds, to a simpler time before electronics and even telephones. Don’t accuse or find fault about the lack of communication because chances are they won’t be able to tell you why they stopped calling, but blaming will create more problems. Just be there and visit when you can.

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Caregiver.org has some tremendously helpful articles related to taking care of the caregiver and taking responsibility for self care, including personal stories of caregivers who found out too late the value of proper self care. Remember, not caring for yourself is more selfish than taking time out to indulge in whatever keeps you strong enough to provide care for your loved one.

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Lazy days of summer Challenges of Living to Age 100 Ed Baranowski

Touring the Town John Trieste Here’s a great local educational institution to take your family, relatives and friends and introduce everyone to the wonderful world of the Indian River Lagoon. The Ted Moorhead Lagoon House is our local Welcome Center for the National Scenic Byway.

The Lagoon House includes an informative natural history museum, one of the finest and extensive libraries on marine life in Florida, a neat gift shop and serves as the official Welcome Center for the Indian River Lagoon and the National Scenic Byway.

Maps are available for you to enjoy the educational stops along the Scenic Byway.

Here you will learn and be delighted with the many educational exhibits that focus on the history and environment of the Indian River Lagoon and the adjacent area.

The South Brevard Historical Society has provided many of the historical marine life exhibits that offer an actual insight into the natural history of the Indian River Lagoon.

The facility is located on a bluff overlooking the lagoon with a handy fishing beach. It also offers a spacious education center and an accommodating meeting room.

Brown Bag educational lunches are offered during the course of the year, call for information.

The facility is owned by the City of Palm Bay and operated by the Marine Resources Council, a charitable organization whose purpose is to maintain and enhance the quality of marine systems for the

economic, recreational, aesthetic and environmental use for the residents of Florida and everyone in the United States.

Its primary goal is to promote the lagoon’s preservation for future generations.

The Indian River Lagoon is a 156-mile estuary stretching from the Ponce de Leon Inlet to the Jupiter Inlet. It supports more than 4,300 species, including 35 that are listed as threatened or endangered, and more shrimp species than anywhere else on earth. The lagoon provides more than 15,000 local jobs contributing more than $3 billion to the annual economy.

The lagoon was once the largest clam producer in Florida.

The lagoon is now on “life support.”

You can help by reducing nutrient runoff, removing the build–up of sediment and muck from the riverbed and restoring the natural vegetative filters. Volunteer by calling Nicholas Sanzone, MRC Habitat Restoration & Water Quality Specialist, at 321-2132879.

The Ted Moorhead Lagoon House is located at 3275 U.S. 1 in Palm Bay, adjacent to the Southeast Honda auto dealer.

It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Get through August.

From the time of our birth, we have experienced social, physical, mental, financial, environmental and cultural challenges related to the lazy summer season.

Some of us are old enough to remember our childhood or early adulthood during World War II. There were food shortages, ration coupons, victory gardens, canning of fruits and vegetables, and preserving many foodstuffs. Late summer was the busiest time of all.

Polio scared families. Some ended up in iron lungs or were paralyzed.

Mothers listened carefully to health messages.

As children, we were not allowed to play outdoors in the summer heat.

Naps were required. Reading in the shade of a large old tree was part of the lazy summer health routine. Preparing for a new school year was a welcome activity.

Working in the rural areas involved endless hours in hot fields, plowing and harvesting. Picnic style meals under a tree on a patch of grass was a daily event. Thunderstorms were welcome breaks and yet became challenges when tornadoes and hurricanes were feared.

Summer church or Scout camp was a great way to enjoy the school vacation period. Camping outdoors, living in a cabin by the lake and other adventures filled the gap between two school grades. Surviving injuries, sunburn and rip tides added to the challenges.

Coping with temperatures involved hand fans, ceiling fans, circulators and eventually air conditioning.

Long sweaty nights with little breeze were often broken by trips to a lake or the beach. Camping out often was a solution. Bugs and other pests punctuated the misery of the heat.

Various sprays, zappers and devices were used. Brevard County was known as Mosquito County in the early years of its history.

People who could afford a house in the hills or mountains headed there for summer relief. Others who had to stay in one place looked forward to sleeping or napping through the heat of the summer day.

As the challenges of staying cool were faced by inventors, air conditioners became more of a necessity than a luxury. Today, seniors go from air-conditioned house to airconditioned house to air-conditioned store. Older men and women can be seen carrying a sweater as they head out for dinner, to church or a movie.

Summer survival is different, but still challenging. SL Ed Baranowski is President of TOPICS UNLIMITED, a Melbournebased education, seminar and consulting company. He can be contacted at topicsed@aol.com.

Until you’ve walked a mile in my tattered shoes The Sandwich Generation Linda Wiggins To be or not to be, whether it is better to have had children and let them play on their electronic devices for longer than I’d like to admit, or whether it would have been better not to have had them at all. I’m pretty sure they’d choose to exist rather than never to have been conceived, so that’s a moot point. So I really can’t lose no matter how abhorrent I think I am!

There, column for the month complete! Yeah, … no. The contract calls for 269 more words.

As a member of the Sandwich Generation, which means I am a parent raising children while also being concerned with the care of aging parents, can I just say that I deserve more latitude? No? How about the fact that I’m turning 54 in October and I’m pretty much ignoring nutritional and physical fitness Laws of the Universe while I chase the bucks to feed us all, and I’m starting to feel it, while at the same time demands on my health and fitness have never been greater? Still no? Tough audience.

I get the best parenting advice from my friends who have never had

children. Oh, so many ideas on how I could discipline my children, give them alternative activities that would enrich their education rather than spend so much time with their brains and bodies in cold storage from staring at a screen that provides an experience of someone else’s life experience.

And wowie, some of my friends have the best advice for me while they have never had to do the delicate dance of parenting a parent that in essence is the removal of measures of independence.

What they don’t realize is that it’s not the thought of an idea that is the mark of a great parent of a child or child of a parent becoming a child. It’s the energy to carry out that idea, and the determination to keep that determination, in the face of being banged on 24/7 by the individuals on whom you are imposing these measures. Each knows your buttons and jumps on them with both feet, the ones labeled “You’re a Terrible Mother and Here’s Why,” and “No Parent Should Ever Have to Experience This Treatment from Their Child.”

So can I get a little understanding?

Still no? Fine, I’ll just have to give it to myself.

Linda Wiggins is a member of the Sandwich Generation, which refers to persons who must oversee or provide care for an aging parent, while at the same time caring for young children or continuously keeping adult children from returning to the nest. SL

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North Brevard Talent abounds at Downtown Gallery

BY FLORA REIGADA Creativity and craftsmanship are hallmarks of The Downtown Gallery, an art and custom framing business in Titusville’s historic district. Owners are custom framing specialists Jeff and Heidi Thamert.

The Thamerts are also photographers. Their artwork and that of 14 other award-winning artists is displayed throughout the gallery’s five elegantly furnished showrooms.

She specializes in close-up black and white photographs of hands that show texture and tell the story of a life. Many are those of older people, revealing character etched by a lifetime of caring, working and creating.

Jeff Thamert touted his wife’s talent.

“She received an Award of Excellence at the Mount Dora Art Festival and the Emerging Master award at Disney,” he said.

He does “large format” photography and has been shooting photos more than 20 years. Much of his photography revolves around water, such as the St. Johns River, the Indian River Lagoon and the ocean.

“I also love to photograph big, ancient trees, especially oaks found throughout the South,” he said.

He spoke of Florida’s majestic oaks and those in Savannah, Ga., “a great place to photograph trees.”

Coastal South Carolina is as well and Thamert was pleased to photograph The Angel Oak Tree on Johns Island. The sprawling tree is estimated to be 400 to 500 years old.

The work of other artists displayed

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SENIOR LIFE Dan Reigada

At the Downtown Gallery in Titusville’s historic district, Heidi Thamert displays her award-winning photography. Much of her work captures hands and the character of the individual. in the gallery covers a wide range of expressions. Among these are acrylics, oil, watercolor, photography, wood sculpture, pottery and jewelry.

On Sept. 25, the Thamerts will celebrate the business’ 13th anniversary, with a social open to the public. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

It will take place 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Downtown Gallery, 335 S. Washington Ave.

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Heidi Thamert cited the motto that has carried the business through 13 successful years.

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The past speaks through museum exhibits Step into Brevard’s past at Titusville’s North Brevard Historical Museum. The adventure begins on entering, where the left side is furnished as a parlor would have been in Titusville founder Col. Henry Titus’ day. The right side showcases a vintage dining room.

“We have thousands of unique items on display,” said North Brevard Historical Society president Bill Baldwin.

He pointed out items such as the 10 o’clock whistle from the Titusville power plant. “Capt. James Pritchard operated it during the 1890s. At 9:50 each night, he would sound the whistle to give everyone notice he was shutting down the electrical power at 10 p.m.”

The museum contains numerous collections, one featuring vintage military paraphernalia, including helmets, boots, rifles, bugles and uniforms from World War I, to a more modern flight suit for pilots.

There are cases of school memorabilia, with yearbooks from Titusville and Astronaut High Schools.

“The yearbooks go back many years, especially those from Titusville High

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SENIOR LIFE Dan Reigada

The warning whistle from Titusville’s old electric power plant is on display at the North Brevard Historical Museum.

Capt. James Pritchard would sound it each night to signal that electric power would be shut off at 10 p.m.

School, which is older,” Baldwin said.

Another collection features vintage bridal gowns.

There are also quilts, hats and clothing styles from days gone by.

A kitchen section boasts items such as an old butcher block, an early electric stove and a toaster display.

An iron collection includes those with fabric covered cords and even older irons, which required heating on a stove.

It’s likely that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “Fireside Chats” were heard over the vintage radios on display. One can almost see comedian Lucille Ball or showman Ed Sullivan on the old Zenith television from the 1950s.

There is something for everyone: a sewing machine collection, typewriter collection, old farming equipment, vintage cameras, recording equipment and old hand tools.

This is but a sampling of items and collections in the museum, for which admission is free.

The North Brevard Historical Museum is at 301 S. Washington Ave. in downtown Titusville. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

For more information, call 321-2693658 or go to nbbd.com/godo/history.

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3615 Lionel Rd., Mims 321-264-5080 Every month Basic Computer/Intro classes Call 321-264-5080 for details.

Registration required. $20 per class.

Thursday, Aug. 6 • 1:30 p.m.

Library Book Club will discuss “Cheaper by the Dozen” by Frank Gilbreth and E. Gilbreth Carey.

Copies of the book are available at the reference desk.

Thursday, Sept. 17 • 6 p.m.

Cook the Book Club will explore recipes from “Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Reader” by Jan Karon.

Participants can go to the reference desk to receive a copy of the recipe they’d like to create.

Port St. John Public Library

6500 Carole Ave., Port St. John 321-633-1867

Every Tuesday • Noon - 3 p.m.

SHINE - Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders Counselors assist with Medicare and Medicaid questions. 321-222-7981 Every Tuesday • 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Senior Games Enjoy a variety of games.

Every Friday • 2 - 4 p.m.

Yarn Club Knit, crochet, needle arts. All ages and abilities welcome.

Hospice seeking volunteers

Hospice of St. Francis is seeking caring people who would like to become hospice volunteers. Help is needed with respite care for families, making friendly visits to hospice patients and military services. No previous experience is needed.

Training is provided at no cost.

North Brevard Volunteer Training will be held at 1250-B Grumman Place, Titusville from 2 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, Aug. 11, 13, 18 and 20.

For more information or to register call 321-269-4240 or 866269-4240. SL

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AUGUST

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

OCTOBER 1 - 15 Scarecrow Stroll

WEDNESDAY

Festival fun, music, Zucchini 500, face painting, vendors

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Sisters Day

Sunday Brunch

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“Marilyn Monroe”

August 23 Dinner: 4:30 p.m.

Entertainment: 5:30 p.m.

12 - 4 p.m., Sundays, $5 Wickham Park Community Ctr. 2815 Leisure Way Melbourne 321-608-7490

Dinner catered by Carrabba’s: Chicken Marsala, lemonade, dessert, coffee Tickets on sale now, this event sells out!

Photo opportunity with the famous Marilyn pose. 50/50 Raffle Culver Drive, NE Palm Bay Senior Center 1275 321-724-1338

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10 a.m., Memory loss, aging and research.

One Senior Place 8085 Spyglass Hill Rd. Viera, 321.751.6771 OneSeniorPlace.com

Holiday Inn - Viera 8298 N. Wickham Rd. 321-727-1212

6800 Legacy Blvd., Viera 321-473-2106

Melbourne Municipal Orchestra: Around the World on Wings of Song

Aug. 5 - 9, Limited space.

Half-day experience at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, including a ‘flight’ on Shuttle Launch Experience® with a veteran NASA astronaut.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex S.R. 405, Titusville 1-855-456-6597

speaker astronaut Col. Robert Springer.

Church at Viera 9005 N. Wickham Rd. 321-751-6771

A 45-minute hike offered every Saturday. Bring hat, water and walking shoes.

Enchanted Forest 444 Columbia Blvd.

Titusville, 321-264-5184

Brevard Users Group (BUG)

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through Sept. 13 2 p.m. Sundays 8 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays A tribute from Ken Ludwig to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s.

Melbourne Civic Theatre 817 E. Strawbridge Ave. Melbourne 321-723-6935

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Stock market discussion.

Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404

6 p.m.

“NewFit” Bariatric WeightLoss Program Holiday Inn 4715 Helen Hauser Blvd.

Titusville, 321-434-9230

Space Coast Gator Club

NARFE Meeting

Open Club Monthly Mtg. 5:30 p.m.

Open to all Gator fans.

Palm Shores Bistro 5060 U.S. Highway 1 Palm Shores

“Dames at Sea” at Winter Park Playhouse, lunch at The Cheesecake Factory.

Wickham Park Senior Center 2785 Leisure Way Melbourne For info and reservations 321-255-4494

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11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays All you can eat Pizza Gallery & Grill 2250 Town Center Ave. 321-633-0397

9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Canasta 12:30 - 4 p.m. Dup. Bridge 6 - 9 p.m. Poker Fees vary.

N. Brevard Senior Center 909 Lane Ave., Titusville 321-268-2333

8 - 10 a.m.

55+ Club David Schechter Community Center 1089 S. Patrick Dr. Satellite Beach 321-773-0080 55plusclubofsb.com

1 - 3 p.m., Crotchet, knit, stitch. Beginners welcome.

Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404

Lazy Day

“The Fox On the Fairway” Investment Business Club

Books are Always Better Than Movies Book Club

6:30 - 7:45 p.m.

Discussing “The Dove Keepers” by Alice Hoffman Suntree/Viera Library 11:30 a.m., 2nd Mondays Kay’s BBQ Restaurant 1552 W. King St., Cocoa 321-433-0445

Card Games

2 p.m.

Carmike Cinemas Avenue 16 Mah Jongg The Avenue Viera 12 p.m., sign in 11:30 a.m.

Freedom 7 Senior Center 5000 Tom Warriner Blvd.

Daytona Tortugas at Brevard County Manatees (Located inside the Cocoa Beach Country Club) 5:05 p.m.

321-783-9505 Space Coast Stadium 5800 Stadium Pkwy., Viera

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Watercolor Art Class

1 p.m., Mondays Advent Lutheran Church Catered dinner by Carrabba’s. $25. Tickets on 7550 N. Wickham Rd. 321-259-8515 sale now.

Palm Bay Senior Center 1275 Culver Drive, NE Palm Bay 321-724-1338

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Melodies & Masterpieces Performances 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. (see Aug. 27 description) Advent Lutheran Church 321-259-8515

7 - 10:45 p.m.

Wear your island attire & bring a covered dish.

Eau Gallie Civic Center 1551 Highland Ave. 321-255-4638

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Singles Summer Dance and Potluck

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Ride the Wind Day Famous Celebrity Dinner Series “Marilyn Monroe”

2 - 4 p.m., Experienced or new gardeners.

Wickham Park 2500 Parkway Dr.

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Coffee With a Cop

‘Grease’ Singalong

Brevard Gardening Club Potluck and Plant Exchange

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7 - 8 p.m., first Mondays 8 - 9 p.m. Financial Club PC support group. Basics of learning Windows.

One Senior Place 8085 Spyglass Hill Rd. Viera

National Tell a Joke Day Sunday Brunch

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National Lighthouse Day Republican Liberty Caucus Your Memory: Preventing Brevard Federated Heritage Isle Republican Club Every Day is Veterans Day Enchanted Forest Guided 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. of Central East FL Memory Loss and the Republican Women Lunch 10 a.m., 1st Thursdays Nature Walk Heritage Isle Clubhouse Tribute to veterans. Guest 10 a.m.

6 p.m., 1st Mondays 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Cures of Tomorrow

10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays Tradewinds Restaurant Duran Golf Club Memaw’s BBQ 7032 Stadium Pkwy., Viera 600 E. Eau Gallie Blvd.

321-504-7776, ext. 2 Melbourne meetup.com/rlccef Square Dancing for the

New Dancer

FRIDAY

FAMOUS CELEBRITY DINNER SERIES WITH

Tour the town, view all the crows, vote for your favorite

Saturday, October 17 Harvest Festival • The Avenue Viera

THURSDAY

6:30 p.m., Aug. 5 & 6 4 - 6 p.m.

Free concert with music of Join your neighbors, the Spain, Russia, France, Italy Chief and police officers for and England. coffee and conversation.

Melbourne Auditorium Sun Shoppe Café 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd.

540 E. New Haven Ave. Melbourne, 321-676-1438

Health First Weight Loss Seminar

Wickham Wanderers Travel Club

Fly With An Astronaut

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Meeting

Dog Days of Summer – EGAD First Friday

6:30 p.m., Bring your dog!

Dog contests, vendors, live music, food trucks.

Eau Gallie Square Highland Ave., Melbourne 321-574-2737

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V-J Day

10 a.m.

Club Esteem 3316 Monroe St. Melbourne, 321-631-7776

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Seventh Annual Valor Awards

11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Turtle Creek Golf Club 1278 Admiralty Blvd.

Rockledge 321-632-2520

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Meeting

6 p.m.

Honors public safety personnel in Brevard County.

Hilton Melbourne Rialto 200 Rialto Place 321-724-5400, ext. 230

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

30-minute tour simulates what it is like to have dementia.

One Senior Place 8085 Spyglass Hill Rd. Viera, 321-751-6771

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Call for location.

Sunflower House Merritt Square Mall East Wing 321-452-434

9:30 a.m., $3/$5

Indoor Walking

9:30 a.m.

123 Barton Blvd., Suite 102 Rockledge 321-631-7776

Sit-n-Stitch

Women’s Equality Day Sunflower House Walkers Zumba Gold

Virtual Dementia Tour

Melodies & Masterpieces Art and Music Exhibit

Aug 27 - 31. Showcasing 88 of Brevard’s Music & Art Teachers. Art displays daily.

Musical performances 2 p.m. Sat. and 3 p.m. & 6 p.m. Sun. Social Scrabble Advent Lutheran Church 9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

7550 N. Wickham Rd. $1 members Viera/Suntree Toastmasters Suntree, 321-426-9378 Wickham Park Senior 7 p.m., 2nd & 4th Wed. Center Viera Hospital, Conf. Rm. 1 Cocoa Main Street 2785 Leisure Way “Throwback Thursdays” Bingo 8731 N. Wickham Rd. Melbourne 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

321-255-4494 Unique shopping & dining.

Doors open at 9 a.m.

Downtown Cocoa Village 55+ Club of Satellite Beach History Book Club Brevard & Delannoy Aves.

Satellite Beach Civic Center 6 - 7:30 p.m., last Tuesdays Cocoa Suntree/Viera Library 565 Cassia Blvd.

321-633-0806 321-255-4404 Call Louise 321-773-3160

Hand and Foot (Canasta)

11 a.m.

Freedom 7 Senior Center 5000 Tom Warriner Blvd.

(Located inside the Cocoa Beach Country Club) 321-783-9505

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7 p.m., $20, Space Coast Symphony Jazz Orchestra. A tribute to Big Band composers.

Scott Center at Holy Trinity 5625 Holy Trinity Dr. 855-252-7276

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Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive Downtown Melbourne Art 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Walk

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII. BBQ Battle, tastings, free photos, vendors, music, exhibits.

Space Coast Convention Ctr. Health First Orthopedics Holiday Inn Express Seminar – Advances in Hip 301 Tucker Ln., Cocoa & Knee Replacements 321-242-1235 Viera/Suntree Toastmasters 5:30 p.m., Dinner served.

Friday Nite Live 7 p.m., 2nd & 4th Wed. Holiday Inn Titusville Viera Hospital, Conf. Rm. 1 4715 Helen Hauser Blvd. . 6 - 9 p.m.

Downtown Titusville block 8731 N. Wickham Rd. RSVP 321-434-4335 party.

Washington Ave. 321-267-8563

Aviation Day

The Art of the Big Band

Senior Citizens Day Golf to End Alzheimer’s Best Ball Tournament

5 - 8 p.m., Live art demos, music, talent, winetastings, raffles, chances to win local art and gift cards.

Historic Downtown Melbourne, 321-724-1741

Sunset & Bioluminescence Space Coast River Tours 6:45 p.m. Boarding 7:15 p.m. Departure Kelly Park East 2550 N. Banana River Dr. Merritt Island 321-652-1052

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Space Coast Symphony: Animation Domination

2 - 5 p.m., $20 (18 & under free) The music of modern animated classics, plus film clips on screen. With Space Coast Symphony Chorus.

Scott Center at Holy Trinity EGAD Eats 5625 Holy Trinity Dr. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m., 3rd Fridays 855-252-7276 Orlando Food Truck Bazaar Eau Gallie Arts District Mardi Gras White Night Highland Ave., South end. 7 p.m., Wear white, BYOB, 321-574-2737 live band, dance lessons. $5 advance, $6 at door.

N. Brevard Senior Center 909 Lane Avenue, Titusville 321-268-2333

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TGIF Seaside Piecemakers Salvation Army’s third 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., Quilting annual Giving Hope Gala Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404

6 - 11 p.m.

Music by Melbourne Municipal Swingtime Band.

Tuxes & Tails Gala Cash bar, silent auctions.

6 p.m.

Brevard Humane Society’s Hilton Rialto Place annual dinner gala. Dress 200 Rialto Place, Melbourne 321-872-2227 attire is black, white and red (tuxes optional). ’80s in the Park Cocoa Civic Center Fri. 8/28 - Sun. 8/30 430 Delannoy Ave., Cocoa 5 - 10:30 p.m.

321-636-3343 ’80s bands music festival featuring Lita Ford, Public Science Lecture Slaughter and more.

Series - Robots Melbourne Auditorium 8 p.m., Florida Tech campus 80sinthepark.com Olin Engineering Complex Room EC 118 321-674-8000

Do you have an event you would like on this calendar?

Email your event before the 15th of the month prior to: media@bluewatercreativegroup.com Please include the name of the event, time, address and a contact phone number. If email is not an option, please call 321-242-1235, also by the 15th of each month or mail your information to: Senior Life, 7630 N. Wickham Rd., Suite 105, Viera, FL 32940

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U.S., Cuba are closer, but no cigar

BY MIKE GAFFEY

Tony Nardone hears the same question from customers who stop by his cigar shop in downtown Melbourne.

“The number one thing I get asked is, ‘Where are the Cubans now since everything’s opened up?’ ” said Nardone, owner of Executive Cigar Shop & Lounge at 837 E. New Haven Ave. Despite a recent thaw in U.S.-Cuban relations, Nardone still doesn’t stock Cuban cigars. No U.S. tobacco shop is allowed to do so. An embargo imposed in 1960 on the small Communist island 90 miles from Key West remains in effect. Only Congress can lift it.

Like many other Brevard County tobacco shop owners and managers, Nardone hopes the embargo ends so that he can offer Cuban cigars at his business. Prized worldwide for their flavor and craftsmanship, Cuban cigars likely would sell for about $15 to $20 each in the U.S., he estimated.

The coveted cigars already are available to Americans who visit Cuba.

New regulations allow a traveler to bring back up to $400 in Cuban goods, with up to $100 of that amount in tobacco and alcohol products, Nardone said. But the Cuban goods are for personal use only and can’t be sold back in the States, he noted.

“There are small little victories there,” Nardone said of the improving relations between the two countries.

“There’s just not that grand slam where you can walk into my shop and buy Cubans yet.”

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Ivan Biletnikoff of Palm Bay gets a light from Lia Wolff at Executive Cigar Shop & Lounge in downtown Melbourne.

E. Merritt Island Causeway, thinks aficionados might have to wait a while longer for Cuban cigars to be sold in America.

“Congress has to lift the embargo, and I personally think it’s about five to eight years out — if even then — before that’s going to happen,” Speed said.

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Two Wuesthoff nurses honored SPECIAL TO SENIOR LIFE Phil Rosa, a radiology nurse at Wuesthoff Medical Center-Rockledge (WMC-Rockledge), and Tina Oram, patient care coordinator on the Medical-Surgery unit at Wuesthoff Medical Center-Melbourne (WMCMelbourne), were recently awarded the title of “Nurse of the Year” at their respective locations.

“Phil Rosa is very deserving of this title. He always goes above and beyond for his patients and makes them feel at ease with his sense of humor and warm demeanor,” said Pam Carroll, chief nursing officer at WMCRockledge.

Oram graduated from Melbourne High School and has been working at Wuesthoff since 2006. She received an associate degree in nursing from Indian River Community College.

The “Nurse of the Year” award is a “peer nominated” award given out each year. While several nominees were chosen from each location, Rosa and Oram stood out as the leaders to receive this prestigious recognition.

“We are extremely proud of our Nurses of the Year and we pride ourselves on having the most caring, educated nurses at Wuesthoff Health System. Phil and Tina exemplify these qualities with their dedication to the profession and overall positive attitudes,” said Tim Cerullo, chief executive officer of Wuesthoff Health System.

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Despite the ongoing embargo, there’s a huge market for Cuban cigars in the U.S., Nardone said. But the vast majority sold here are counterfeit, he noted.

“When somebody comes in and says, ‘I just got a bunch of Cubans,’ I asked them ‘How did they smoke?’ ” Nardone said. “And they say, ‘They were pretty good.’ That should never be the answer when you smoke a Cuban cigar. The answer should be, ‘They Friday, January 9, 2015 12:34:57 PM 2015 12:34:57 PM were unbelievably good,Friday, one January of the9,best cigars I’ve ever had.” SL

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BY CHRIS JAY, PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER OF SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CONVENTION & TOURIST BUREAU

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CONVENTION & TOURIST BUREAU

Located in the northwestern corner of the state, Shreveport-Bossier is the third-largest community in Louisiana.

Home to a thriving nightlife and entertainment scene, a year-round calendar of festivals and cultural events, a burgeoning culinary scene and opportunities to explore the great outdoors, Shreveport-Bossier is a destination where there’s always something new to experience.

Culturally, Shreveport-Bossier serves as a crossroads where the Cajun and Creole traditions of Louisiana blend with the wide-open spirit of Texas. This unique combination of two great American heritages can be tasted in the food, where Texas-style barbecue often shares a plate with traditional Louisiana favorites like gumbo, poboys and crawfish etouffee. It can also be heard in the music pouring out of local nightclubs, where jazz and soul share the stage with blues, country, rock and zydeco. Local festivals, which celebrate everything from crawfish to black history, provide year-round opportunities to become immersed in the fascinating blend of cultures that exists in Shreveport-Bossier.

Music history enthusiasts will find much to explore in Shreveport-Bossier.

A National Historic Landmark situated in downtown Shreveport, Shreveport Municipal Auditorium was home to the legendary Louisiana Hayride radio broadcast from 1948 to 1960.

Elvis Presley made his performance debut onstage at the Louisiana Hayride on Oct. 16, 1954. Today, a statue of Presley stands outside of the auditorium on Elvis Presley Boulevard and visitors from around the world make the trek to Shreveport Municipal Auditorium to tour the building.

Blues legend Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter was born and raised in Mooringsport, La., just outside of Shreveport, and his gravesite at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery in Mooringsport is a frequent destination for blues aficionados. Other wellknown musicians from ShreveportBossier include country singer Claude King, guitar legend James Burton, blues guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, country superstar Kix Brooks and jazz drummer Brian Blade.

Shreveport-Bossier’s six riverboat casinos and live horse racing track lend 24-hour excitement to the city’s entertainment offerings. Margaritaville Resort Casino, which opened in June 2013, is the most recent addition to Shreveport-Bossier’s gaming scene. With a 30,000-square-foot casino featuring more than 1,300 slot machines and 54 table games, Margaritaville’s trademark “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere” Bar, and a variety of restaurants including

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Downtown Shreveport, La., as seen from the Bossier City bank of the Red River. On the right is the Long-Allen Bridge, also known as the Texas Street Bridge or the Neon Bridge. riverfront fine dining at Jimmy’s Steak and Seafood, Margaritaville Resort Casino has quickly established itself as a popular destination among visitors and locals alike.

Many of Shreveport-Bossier’s casinos are centrally located in downtown Shreveport and Bossier City, along the riverfront. Located just south of the Louisiana Boardwalk Outlets on the banks of the Red River, Horseshoe Casino and Hotel is another popular gaming destination. It is home to the Horseshoe Riverdome, one of Shreveport-Bossier’s hottest live music venues. Legendary performers like Willie Nelson, Smokey Robinson, The Beach Boys and Diana Ross have recently brought their world tours to the Horseshoe Riverdome. During the summer of 2014, Horseshoe Casino and Hotel debuted a $3.5 million pool expansion called DARE Dayclub Ultra Pool. More than just a pool, DARE Dayclub features poolside party cabanas, multiple bars and an outdoor stage that frequently hosts performances by popular touring bands and DJs. Enjoying the great outdoors can take many forms in Shreveport-Bossier, from a relaxing trip down the Red River aboard the Spirit of the Red River Cruise to zip-lining through a swamp filled with live alligators at Gators and Friends Alligator Park and Exotic Zoo. One of Louisiana’s top bird-watching destinations, the Red River National Wildlife Refuge in Bossier City, features a 6.5-mile network of hiking trails, a lake for

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fishing and an interpretive center offering interactive educational programs for all ages. Walter B. Jacobs Memorial Nature Park in Shreveport also offers an outstanding network of trails, including wheelchair-accessible trails. Those who love to hike, bike or jog should make time to enjoy the scenic riverfront biking and jogging paths that wind their way along Clyde Fant Parkway in downtown Shreveport and Arthur Ray Teague Parkway in Bossier City.

For those who enjoy traveling “off of the beaten path,” Shreveport-Bossier is a great entry point from which to travel along Louisiana’s Boom or Bust Byway, a scenic byway that winds its way through historic rural communities like Oil City, Plain Dealing and Homer.

A special audiovisual tour has been created to help visitors appreciate all of the history found along the Boom or Bust Byway. Smartphone users can download the GPS-driven tour by searching for the free “N LA Byways” app in iTunes or Google Play. Travelers can also check out a handheld device at the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau at 629 Spring Street in downtown Shreveport.

Several Shreveport-Bossier eateries are among the best-known in Louisiana.

Strawn’s Eat Shop, a mom and pop diner with celebrated ice box pies, has been featured in Southern Living magazine on numerous occasions.

Herby-K’s, a popular local seafood restaurant, has earned rave reviews in numerous national publications and was included in Garden & Gun magazine’s

list “100 Southern Foods You Absolutely, Positively Must Try Before You Die.” The Wall Street Journal has listed Bossier City’s Silver Star Smokehouse among the best barbecue place in the United States.

Mardi Gras, known as “the biggest free party on Earth,” is often associated with New Orleans. However, Carnival season — with its parades, parties and costumed balls — is huge in Shreveport-Bossier. During Carnival season, which officially begins on Twelfth Night and ends on Fat Tuesday, local social clubs known as “krewes” present enormous parades featuring hundreds of floats, marching bands and more. A study conducted by Destination Exploration estimated that a combined total of more than 283,120 people attended Shreveport-Bossier’s two largest Mardi Gras parades — the Krewe of Centaur and Krewe of Gemini parades — in 2014. Despite their enormous popularity, ShreveportBossier’s Mardi Gras celebrations remain family-friendly and welcoming to visitors, with designated alcohol-free areas, daylight parades and a special tent party known as Mardi Gras Bash designed to welcome visiting groups.

As Carnival season draws to a close, a busy calendar of major festivals commences in early Spring. Holiday in Dixie, one of the oldest annual festivals in the U.S., celebrates the arrival of Spring with a carnival, live music and more. Held each year in midApril, Holiday in Dixie takes place in downtown Shreveport’s Festival Plaza.

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The Krewe of Centaur parade is one of the two largest Mardi Gras parades in Shreveport-Bossier.

Ark-La-Tex Ambassadors BBQ CookOff, a competitive barbecue event that attracts many of the top barbecue teams in the South. Barbecue lovers can enjoy live music while sampling outstanding barbecue and voting for the winners of top prizes.

Shreveport-Bossier is home to the United States Air Force’s oldest bomb wing, which is housed at Barksdale Air Force Base. Each May, the might and power of the U.S. Air Force is showcased during the Barksdale Air Force Base Airshow. Many of the world’s top aerobatic teams regularly perform at the air show, including the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds. Visitors to the base should also make time to explore the recently renovated Barksdale Global Power Museum, an outstanding museum showcasing the history of Barksdale Air Force Base and the 2d Bomb Wing.

Each Memorial Day weekend, the sounds of zydeco music and the scent of boiling crawfish drift through the air in downtown Shreveport as the Mudbug Madness Festival brings four days of music, food and fun to Festival Plaza. Named one of the “Top 100 Events in North America” by the American Bus Association, this festival includes outstanding Louisiana cuisine, three stages of live music, children’s activities and more. More than 80,000 pounds of boiled crawfish are consumed by attendees each year.

One of most anticipated events each June is the Let the Good Times Roll Festival, a celebration of black history

and culture that features old-school, gospel, R&B and funk music as well as an outstanding array of food vendors, art booths and more. The festival raises funds for local scholarship programs. The event was named a “Top 20 Event” by the Southeast Tourism Society in 2014.

Other popular June events include the Cross Lake Flotilla, an annual “funin-the-sun” boat festival on Cross Lake that is enjoyed by hundreds of boaters and land dwellers on the shore, and the Sunflower Trail and Festival in nearby Gilliam, La., which includes arts and crafts, live entertainment and festive food as well as opportunities to explore the giant fields of sunflowers that bloom along Highway 3049.

The arrival of summer means that local farmers’ markets will open, and Shreveport-Bossier boasts some of the largest and most popular farmers’ markets in Louisiana. The enormous Shreveport Farmers’ Market, open Saturdays and Tuesdays, June through August, includes hundreds of vendors selling farm-fresh produce, locally made arts and crafts and ready-to-eat artisan foods in Festival Plaza. Live music, cooking demonstrations and more add to the excitement. The allnew Benton Farmers’ Market, which debuted in 2014, is a huge market that takes place each Sunday afternoon in June and July in downtown Benton. With a playground and rides for children and an uncommon variety of kid-friendly food vendors, the Benton Farmers’ Market is especially family friendly.

As temperatures drop each fall, Shreveport-Bossier’s entertainment

scene stays hot. Every weekend in September is packed with events, ranging from the Pioneer Heritage Festival in Greenwood on Sept. 18 and 19, to the Highland Jazz and Blues Festival held in Columbia Park on Sept.

19 that regularly attracts top names in jazz and blues music. Fall’s mostanticipated event may be the annual Red River Revel Arts Festival, an eight-day outdoor arts festival featuring hundreds of visual artists and three stages of nonstop live music, children’s entertainment and food vendors, held Oct. 3 to 10.

Fans of craft beer travel from across the U.S. to sample the acclaimed brews created by Great Raft Brewing, Shreveport’s first craft brewery and tasting room, which Gourmet magazine recently named “One of 10 U.S. Breweries to Watch in 2015.”

Beer lovers should plan to visit Shreveport-Bossier during the third weekend in October, when Great Raft

Brewing hosts its annual anniversary party on the night before ShreveportBossier’s largest craft beer event, BREW: A Premier Beer Tasting.

BREW, an afternoon-long beer tasting featuring more than 150 beers, live music and food from some of Shreveport-Bossier’s top restaurants, will be held in Festival Plaza on Saturday, Oct. 17.

The State Fair of Louisiana is held each October and November on the State Fairgrounds in Shreveport. The State Fair of Louisiana has received national acclaim for its unusual variety of food vendors and free entertainment, along with all of the delights of a State Fair midway. The 2015 State Fair of Louisiana will be held Oct. 22 to Nov. 8.

The Louisiana Film Prize, a weekend-long film festival in downtown Shreveport during which audience voting determines the winner of a $50,000 grand prize, will host its third annual festival Oct. 2 to 5.

Throughout November and December, the Louisiana Holiday Trail of Lights provides countless ways to enjoy the spirit of the holidays “Louisiana style.” One of Shreveport-Bossier’s bestknown holiday events is Christmas in Roseland, a holiday lights extravaganza at the Gardens of the American Rose Center from Nov. 27 to Dec. 23.

Other popular events include the Christmas on Caddo Fireworks Festival, a charming, small-town Christmas festival featuring fireworks over scenic Caddo Lake, Dec. 5, and Les Boutiques de Noel, a weekendlong holiday shopping extravaganza at the Bossier Civic Center, Nov. 19 to 21.

“Louisiana’s Other Side” is a term used to describe Shreveport-Bossier’s location in the state and its unique combination of Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole culture and Texas’s cowboy heritage. From the glittering excitement of the casinos to the wonderful array of festivals, the mouth-watering local cuisine, fantastic shopping and numerous outdoor activities and attractions, Shreveport-Bossier has all of the necessary ingredients for a memorable getaway. SL

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To “like” Shreveport-Bossier on facebook, search for “Shreveport-Bossier: Louisiana’s Other Side.”

The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau also distribute a monthly e-mail newsletter, “Getaways,” featuring the most exciting upcoming events and insider’s tips and recommendations. Each month, one “Getaways” subscriber is selected at random to win a $100 gas card; sign up for “Getaways” on the website.

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A call to dreamers and visionaries BEYOND the CURB Marcia Booth

President & Founder, Recycle Brevard

I took my family to see “Tomorrowland,” the Disney movie.

Wow, was I in for a surprise. Despite the slightly cumbersome story and development, the movie carries a very important message: we create our own future based on whatever we envision for it. The future is what each one of us dreams it to be, what each one of us starts now.

That made me look at what is being done locally to contribute to a better future for all of us.

In May, a rally was put together by various local organizations to demand our legislators to respect Florida Constitutional Amendment 1 (floridawaterlandlegacy.org) approved by 75 percent of voters to allocate appropriate funds toward water and land conservation projects. Water is a crucial resource for everyone, but legislators don’t seem to want to listen.

Further action may be needed.

Schools are also pushing the boundaries.

In Brevard County, two schools, Manatee Elementary in Viera and Odyssey Charter in Palm Bay, received the 2015 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School award. The award is presented to schools reducing

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Sammy Haddad I was literally sweating out the Christmas season this year and I’m glad it’s over for a few months.

No, I haven’t been dipping into my Corona beer stash, but if I wasn’t already a man who occasionally indulges in adult beverages, this past July would have driven me to drink.

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Brian Pidgeon-Flanagan, owner of Real Food Cafe in Viera, has switched from polystyrene to-go containers to biodegradable compostable containers. carbon footprint, offering a healthy learning environment and creating environmentally responsible students — and communities — by teaching

and promoting sustainable practices.

We realize that investing in our children is the best way to invest in a better future.

As one last example, Brian PidgeonFlanagan, chef and owner of Real Food Café — realfoodcafeviera.com — serves only organic, non-GMO and made-from-scratch foods. A former chef at NASA and Northrop Grumman, he wanted to change his future and opened the café in November of last year. At first, to keep costs down, Brian used Styrofoam containers for his to-go orders, which now average eight to 10 orders a day.

Styrofoam, an expanded form of polystyrene, is made of toxic chemicals that may leach into foods and drinks. Cities like New York, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco, as well as Washington, D.C., have banned polystyrene food containers for the risk they pose to our health. Polystyrene is non-biodegradable, unsustainable and a great air and water pollutant; in other words, it is bad for us and for the environment.

That always bothered PidgeonFlanagan and his wife, Lisa Beatty.

So last month, they decided to invest in a better solution and switched to biodegradable, compostable containers.

“Yes, it costs more,” Brian said, “but we know it is a better option.”

These are only a few examples of local organizations, businesses and people doing something to create a better tomorrow. They live by the saying “be the change you want to see in the world” and they understand that today is the right moment to start creating the future we want to see.

The future starts now. Dreamers and visionaries welcome. SL

Yearlong Christmas is no day at the beach Is it just me, or did you also notice that “Christmas in July” was everywhere last month, especially on those home shopping channels? May I ask how many of you bought your tree last month? How about your Christmas lights? Mistletoe and holly to decorate the house?

If you did, and you put those things up last month, you better expect to see your kids or neighbors thinking about committing you or scheduling you for therapy with one of those docs with the really comfortable couch.

I mean, we expect department stores to put up their Christmas displays the day after Halloween, but do we really

need to back it up to July? Maybe we should just keep it going all year round.

Car companies started selling 2016 models back in March so why not start selling next year’s Christmas stuff in January.

I was watching one of the channels and the salespeople were wearing heavy sweaters and winter outfits and the camera panned over to the floor staff who were all in shorts and flip flops. I almost fell off the chair laughing.

Now don’t get me wrong. I love Christmas, but shouldn’t we wait until the temperature drops below 90 before

we start selling winter decor? Friends asked why I was even watching those channels and I had to confess that I only watch in lieu of sleeping pills.

Those jewelry shows are the most relaxing thing when stressed. They zoom on those little fake diamond rings and keep wiggling them back and forth.

If you watch with the sound muted, it’s like hypnotherapy.

Dr. Sammy recommends the next time you’re really tense, watch the jewelry channel, and when you wake up eight hours later, don’t forget to buy your waving yard Santa before heading out for a day at the beach. SL

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Kathy Collier surprised her husband, Paul, with a custom-painted golf cart.

BY GEORGE WHITE A new golf cart draped with a special paint job of an American flag furling in the wind on July 3 became a fitting gift for 26-year Air Force veteran Paul Collier.

The successful surprise at Golf Carts Unlimited in Viera was orchestrated by his wife, Kathy, and daughters Sara Learned, who came over from Lutz, near Tampa, and Lisa Jasper of Houston who was unable to attend. The family hid behind carts as Collier’s son-in-law Jeremy Learned pointed him toward his brightly colored new cart.

“He’s very patriotic. That’s the idea,” said wife Kathy, as she waited for her husband to be tricked to come into the showroom. “We just decided to decorate everything to honor his service. He has no idea. He’s wanted a cart for years and plays golf, but not as much as he used to. Viera has the wide sidewalks that accommodate golf carts, all throughout Viera.”

The customized paint job was devised by technician Jim Pippett, who has extensive experience on all types of vehicles, said Viera store manager Robbie Rosenberger. Golf Carts Unlimited’s three locations,

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including Melbourne and Titusville, are owned by his father, Bob Rosenberger.

“He came up with a rendering of what it was going to look like,” Rosenberger said. “It’s always pretty close. It’s painted and airbrushed and it’s got all 50 stars on. It took him about 20 man hours. It’s great. My dad said as soon as we have time we need to do another one. We like to not do the same thing over and over again. We’ll modify it so they can say they have a one of a kind.”

Pippett was proud of the outcome and explained the project in detail to Collier. His final touch was the listing on the steering wheel that noted Collier’s rank of Senior Master Sergeant, USAF, Vietnam vet.

“It was very labor intensive,” Pippett said. “It just comes naturally to me. I sand the body completely down and it’s a lot of taping and masking and also positioning. Every one of those stars was handmade.

The rendering [Kathy Collier] wanted originally had the stripes going sideways around the bottom.

“Golf carts are a lot like motorcycles in that a lot of people want to personalize them and make it their own. We can take it one step further and give them something that nobody else will have.” SL

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