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We hope that the storms this season stay away from populated areas. So, after reminding you in the previous edition of Senior Life that hurricane season was approaching, we are following up with some preparedness information.

The CDC guidelines say that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID no longer need to wear masks in most situations. What a year it has been. What valuable lesson did you learn this past year? That is the Boomer Senior Sentiment question we asked readers this month.

As for us, we are moving ahead with interesting, informative and entertaining stories you expect from us.

Check out our health and fitness stories. It is interesting how bionic and artificial body parts have advanced in recent years. You can read about how doctors encourage men to take charge of their healthcare and advise that when they go to see a doctor, they should bring their questions and goals.

We are continuing with another story in our series on small urban farms in Brevard County. Many serve customers who want organic products.

Here is another story you might find interesting. Did you know that there is a 50-acre island in the Indian River across from Grant-Valkaria with about 50 homes? Residents there reach the mainland by boats.

Vacation Island Paradise, or VIP, is a five-minute boat ride away from the mainland.

I have known about John Hilliard and his love of the space program for a few years. Now, you too can read about him in this edition of Senior Life. The Satellite Beach resident has nearly 100, 4-inch binders with information, graphics and photos documenting launches from the Space Coast. I do not think there is an individual who comes close to the amount of rocket and missile launch information he has amassed.

Riders in the 350-mile Police Unity Tour said they received warm receptions along the way as they traveled through Brevard County to Mims and on to Titusville. Check out their story in this edition.

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Michelle Willis of the Ormond Beach Police Department participated to honor fallen officers, including one from her department.

The Police Unity Tour brought officers from different states to Brevard County.

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Police Unity Tour stops at Harry and Harriette Moore Memorial Park

BY R. NORMAN MOODY Determined to keep the memories of fallen police officers alive, about 150 bicyclists rode into Mims and on to Titusville on the final leg of their 350-mile ride.

The Police Unity Tour arrived May 13 at the Harry and Harriette Moore Memorial Park and Cultural Center in Mims for a rest and lunch stop before heading to the American Police Hall of Fame in Titusville.

“It’s about the people,” said Joe Sommers, who recently retired from the Orlando Police Department.

“The motto is We Ride for Those Who Died. We ride for the families, so they know that their loved ones will be remembered.”

The Police Unity Tour includes active and retired police officers as well as family members of fallen police officers. The Unity Tour was started in 1997 when 18 police officers from New Jersey made the trek to Washington, D.C. in May during Police Week.

The tour’s primary mission is to raise awareness of deaths in the line of duty and to raise money for the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Fund.

“My department lost an officer in 2004,” said Michelle Willis of the Ormond Beach Police Department.

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This year’s tour started in Tallahassee with stops in Lake City, Ocala, Daytona Beach Shores and Mims before ending in Titusville. In previous years, the tour went from Portsmouth, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., but this year was moved to Florida for a four-day ride.

“We always want to keep the families near to our hearts. This is one opportunity to keep their memories alive.”

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Titusville Police Chief “It’s harder,” said Bradley Smith, an Orlando police officer. “It’s four days instead of three.”

Smith said the reception the riders received along the way shows that officers are still appreciated.

“It’s definitely apparent that people still care about the police,” he said.

Sonya Mallard, the Cultural Center coordinator, said she was pleased to welcome the tour. The Moore Memorial Park honors the

Moores, pioneering leaders in the not be forgotten.

Civil Rights movement who were “We always want to keep the murdered when their home was families near to our hearts,” Lau bombed in December 1951. said. “This is one opportunity to “It means the world to us,” keep their memories alive.” SL Mallard said. “They could have chosen to go elsewhere, but they chose the Moore Center.”

Local police and city officials were on hand to greet the officers as they arrived at Harry and Harriette Moore Memorial Park, escorted by officers on motorcycles with blue lights flashing.

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THE SECOND IN A SERIES ON URBAN FARMS IN BREVARD COUNTY

Green Marketplace harvests 30 years of farm experience

BY MARIA SONNENBERG Mary Hise doesn’t remember when she had a weekend off. With more than 6,000 charges depending on her for life itself, how can she afford that luxury?

Such is the life of a Space Coast smallholder.

She and her husband, Brevard School District master plumber Tim, own Hise Farms, which consists of three acres at their Canaveral Groves home plus three more acres adjoining their Green Marketplace farm store on the Port St. John/Cocoa city limits at 3910 N. U.S. 1.

The Hises have built a reputation for the fruit of their 6,000 strawberry plants, which they grow hydroponically inside four greenhouses that protect the plants from marauding vermin. They have also diversified into other produce and even a little protein.

Sixteen other vendors are part of the Marketplace stable, but most of these eschew agriculture for crafts such as boutique soaps and handmade greeting cards.

The Hises have been farming their property for 30 years. The Green Marketplace evolved from their years

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Hise Farms has about 120 chickens.

of experience selling at farmers’ markets.

When strawberries are at their peak, Mary Hise has as much as 80

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Fresh strawberries grow in Mary Hise’s greenhouse. pounds of fruit a week to sell.

“It’s a lot of berries,” said the teacher-turned-farmer.

According to the seasons, Hise can offer everything from tomatoes, kale, romaine lettuce and peppers to Chinese cabbage, bok choy, eggplant and fresh herbs, all grown without sprays or pesticides.

“My customers want whole foods,” she said.

The 120 chickens that share the land produce a supply of eggs and meat. She breeds rabbits, too, primarily for the rich “bunny brew” that nourishes the plants.

The couple taught themselves to farm through Small Farm Academy courses hosted by the University of Florida and by picking the brains of UF professors they have come to know. They do not consider themselves professionals.

“We’re always learning,” Hise said.

Farming makes for long, sweaty work, but for Mary Hise, it is perfect.

“I enjoy working with the plants, and I love animals,” she said.

The Green Marketplace is at 3910 N. U.S. 1 in Cocoa. The farm store is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call 321-403-1428.

Every Thursday, the Marketplace’s Facebook page posts available products for the week. SL

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The organization, which has local and regional groups around the United States, is starting a new group in Brevard County.

Soaring Spirits provides innovative, hopeful, research-based tools. The program and resources are

designed specifically for widowed men and women. It provides people with a chance to meet socially and create a local community of widowed friends.

Soaring Spirits International was built on the belief that access to a supportive peer community provides the understanding, comfort and hope needed for a widowed person to begin the process of rebuilding their life.

For more information on the local group, call 321-327-7509. SL

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Neighbors Fortunate few enjoy VIP island life near Grant

BY MARIA SONNENBERG Living on a sun-kissed island away from urban bustle might seem idyllic, but the idyll comes at a price. Granted, some people are happy to pay.

Two such individuals are Judy and Chris Pozgar, who after a day running the Rib City barbecue restaurant in Grant, commute via boat to their home on VIP island.

VIP island, also known as Vacation Island Paradise and Grant Farm Island, is a five-minute boat ride from the mainland but a couple of thousand miles away spiritually. In their bit of paradise at the north end of this 50-acre spit of land, the Pozgars find peace, quiet and beauty. This slice of heaven, however, can be hellish to get to some days.

In the seven years on the island, Judy Pozgar has experienced her share of hairy boat rides.

One late night after closing the restaurant, she braved five-foot waves on her Boston Whaler. On another occasion, the wind blew her boat — and her purse off the dock, before a crossing. Dense fog necessitated getting bearings strictly by GPS. A rambunctious grandchild fell off

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Judy Pozgar takes daily rides on her Boston Whaler to get to and from her bridgeless island home.

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“You have to be a certain type, because it is definitely different,” said Pozgar, who wouldn’t have it any other way.

The routine of daily life can be anything. Rain gear must always be at

the ready. Forget Amazon deliveries to your door. Pozgar packages are addressed to Rib City or the Grant Post Office. Delivery of an appliance becomes a Herculean endeavor requiring Chris Pozgar’s pontoon boat-turned-barge. Tradesmen are eager for the Pozgars’ business … until they hear where they live.

Getting around on the Indian River island just east of Grant-Valkaria is by foot, bicycle or golf cart. There are no cars or roadways.

At VIP Island’s north end, 10 or so residents, like the Pozgars, reside full time. The other 60 or so homes are weekend retreats or an Airbnb, picturesquely named The House of the Rising Sun. Grant Farm Island was developed from the estate of Melbourne resident John L. Smith in the late 1950s. Lots sold for $1,995. (Pozgar laughed when she heard that figure.)

The original plan was for a causeway to connect the island to both the mainland and the beaches, but the plan did not materialize after Brevard County real estate engaged in a major hiccup because of Apollo cutbacks at Kennedy Space Center.

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From wireless speakers to pacemakers, Bluetooth is everywhere

BY R. NORMAN MOODY What’s a Bluetooth?

It is everywhere in electronic devices. It’s in just about every new consumer electronic device. Or so it seems.

There are Bluetooth speakers, which have been common for years.

Take your Bluetooth connected speaker outside, turn on music from your phone or tune in to a radio station.

But there also are Bluetooth thermostats, Bluetooth record players, headsets, sound bars for televisions, computer keyboards and mouse, and even a pacemaker that

can provide vital health information.

And the list goes on.

It has become so common that some might not even think about it or how similar devices were used without Bluetooth only a few years ago. Remember the earphones with wires or having to run cables outside if you wanted music on the patio?

Now you can ask Siri to pull up a map, find a restaurant or send a text message in many of the newer vehicles on the road today. Once the vehicle is connected to your phone you can even send and receive text messages just by voice command and never have to touch the phone.

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So, what is Bluetooth and how does it work?

It is a communication standard for short-range, usually a maximum of 30 feet, wireless interconnection of mobile phones, computers and other electronic devices.

“Any device you buy today that is going to communicate with other devices is probably powered by Bluetooth,” said Seth Headley, an information technology consultant in Viera.

Someone can answer their iPhone on their Apple watch if the phone is nearby.

In fact, some people have applications set up where they can control wireless devices in their home — smart refrigerators, earbuds or their car. It also connects your wireless keyboard and mouse to your computers.

Headley said almost any device that is connected wirelessly has some security risks of others being able to tap into your data, especially with older devices.

However, security improvements are constantly being made. SL

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Adult literacy program ready for more students, tutors

BY KATIE SIVCO A free program known as Literacy for Adults in Brevard is seeking students and volunteer tutors.

LAB provides trained tutors to meet weekly with adult students in public libraries to teach literacy skills.

“COVID was really mean to us,” LAB president Vicki Dunn said. “A lot of our tutors are retired folks, and everybody was isolated. Now, our challenge is to regroup our students.”

Since 1971, the organization has helped residents qualify for jobs, work toward citizenship requirements and improve the quality of their reading and writing skills.

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, the U.S. literacy rate steadily increases every year. However, 21 percent of Americans remain illiterate in 2021.

Dunn said that most students in the program come from English-speaking homes, although some are learning English as a second language.

Volunteer tutors for LAB come from all walks of life. Tutors don’t need a background in education to be

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Cherry Trese, the former president of Literacy for Adults in Brevard, hosted a lesson planning workshop for new tutors May 8 at the Catherine Schweinsberg Rood Central Library. Trese was a Brevard Public Schools teacher for most of her career before becoming a principal. eligible to teach.

“Our teachers only need a love for the language,” Dunn said. “To help somebody change their life, it changes you, too.”

Palm Bay resident Sherry Flowers didn’t confront her learning disability

until she was in her late 20s. Flowers was able to hide her struggle to read until having to complete a selfevaluation in front of her boss. She needed help filling it out and had to confess to her long-term employer that she couldn’t read.

She hoped her boss would understand, but he did not award her the raise she was after. Flowers was devastated and decided to finally get help.

She heard an ad on the radio for LAB and nervously made a call that would change her life.

“Meeting with the staff for the first time was very scary, but this would be the best thing I did for myself,” Flowers said. “When you have a teacher that cares, you feel it, and you start to believe in yourself, too.”

Flowers worked one-on-one with a tutor for more than a year until she learned how to proficiently read and write. She then gained the confidence she needed to find a higher-paying job at a new company.

“I did this program to catch up in life. And now, I can say I do all my reading and test-taking by myself,” Flowers said. “And now I live to learn for fun.”

To volunteer or participate in Literacy for Adults in Brevard, call 321-301-4496 or visit literacyforadultsinbrevard.org. SL

Pen Women collect plastic bottle caps for lagoon project

BY MARIA SONNENBERG The lowly plastic bottle cap is unwanted even by recycling facilities, which rarely use them. However, thanks in part to the Cape Canaveral Pen Women, this Rodney Dangerfield of plastic may earn well-deserved respect as a hero in saving the Indian River Lagoon.

Intrigued by a news story on Florida Institute of Technology’s research on the subject, Pen Women past-president Marion Coste floated the idea to collect caps for the Florida Tech project, which places mesh bags filled with these plastic castoffs throughout the lagoon. The caps serve to convert and remove excess nitrogen to prevent harmful algal blooms. The portable bags can be moved as needed to do their cleaning job in different areas of the lagoon.

The Pen Women have embraced their Caps for a Cause project with enthusiasm, collecting caps wherever they might be and in whatever numbers are available. One Senior Place, where the Pen Women often host author talks, provided a huge

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Cape Canaveral Pen Women’s past president Marion Coste shows off the latest Caps for a Cause project to help restore the Indian River Lagoon.

“It’s a win-win for everyone and makes us feel we are making an impact,” current president Donna Puglisi said.

While plastic is usually considered a no-no in waterways because of the possible leaching of harmful chemicals, bottle caps are not privy to those chemicals.

However, if you are thinking of helping out by tossing a couple of caps into the river, don’t. For one thing, the researchers at Florida Tech know where the caps can work best, primarily in stormwater baffle boxes that capture debris. The caps also need to be bagged to keep them from being ingested by fish or birds.

Dr. Austin Fox, assistant professor in ocean engineering and marine sciences, and graduate student Abbey Gering developed the concept, based

on bioballs used in aquarium systems.

The project caps the university’s multiprong effort to improve the health of the lagoon and has implications that could impact coastal waters around the world.

“We are the ripples in a pond, making waves that will eventually give us our clear blue waters once again,” Puglisi said.

Donation boxes for clean plastic bottle caps can be found at the Brevard Zoo, the Sun Shoppe Café in Melbourne and The Tiny Turtle in Cocoa Beach.

For more information or to donate caps directly to Florida Tech, contact Abbey Gering at geringa2016@my.fit. edu. The caps can be from water, tea, Gatorade, soda, medicine bottles, milk jugs, orange juice, as well as small plastic lids. SL

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POW/MIA flags raised at every Brevard public school

Rolling Thunder is ensuring that the POW/MIA flag is flown at every public school in Brevard County. It is also making sure that students in those schools have an opportunity to learn about Prisoners of War and Missing in Action.

I have known of the local chapter as a veterans’ advocacy group for years now. The organization is composed of patriots who seek accountability for all POW/MIAs from past wars and to promote the needs of veterans. Most are military veterans, but it is not a prerequisite for membership.

Raising the POW/MIA flag at every elementary, middle and high school in the county took nearly five months.

Ceremonies had to be planned. It all started with the first of the 86 flags being hoisted in December at the Brevard

County School Board administration building in Viera. The final flags went up May 11 at Jackson Middle School, Pinewood Elementary School and Mims Elementary School.

“It was just an honor to do that,” said J.J. Justice, Florida Chapter 1 president.

“Every school in Brevard County got a flag.”

Some of the flag-raising ceremonies included participation from school

bands, JROTC cadets and many students and faculty.

This was a Rolling Thunder, Florida Chapter 1 effort that was done as a community project. The Cape Canaveral chapter of the Military Officer Association of America, all area VFWs, American Legion and individuals contributed to raise the money for the project.

The project served to remind students of the importance of veterans to the nation. It also serves to honor the missing and the fallen service members as Memorial Day approaches.

More than 81,700 U.S. service members remain missing since World War II, according to the Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency.

Justice said the community of veterans and veterans’ advocates came

through in helping the cause. More than enough money was collected to pay for the flags.

In addition to the school, Rolling Thunder has presented hundreds of POW/MIA flags to local governments, businesses, homeowners associations, parks and organizations in Brevard County through the years.

The organization emphasizes that it is not a motorcycle club, though many of its members are motorcyclists.

Members are men and women who all have a common goal of bringing missing service members home and to help veterans in need.

The group meets at 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month at the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center on Merritt Island. For more information, visit rollingthunderflorida1.org SL.

12-year-old girl leads sock donation for needy veterans

BY KATIE SIVCO Jerry Vaughan, owner of Down the Road Thrift, has been committed to supporting veterans in need in Brevard County since 2018. He receives

countless donations of clothing and basic necessities every week and distributes them.

So when 12-year-old Rebekah Bleich approached Vaughan about starting a service project to help Down the Road’s

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Bruce McManus joins neighbors Rebekah, Rick, Kensi and Kelley Bleich with Down the Road Thrift owner Jerry Vaughan to celebrate a successful sock drive. mission, he suggested she host a sock drive.

What Vaughan wasn’t expecting was the overwhelming number of socks Rebekah brought in a couple of months later. Rebekah amassed a total of 750 pairs of new socks between March and May. “Socks are very important to vets.

You gotta keep clean socks on your feet or else you’ve got problems,” said Vaughan, who is a Navy veteran.

“We’ve done sock drives before, but nothing to this extent.”

Through partnerships with Volunteers of America and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Down the Road Thrift helps furnish about six homes a week for veterans getting back on their feet. The nonprofit organization also supplies veterans with socks, linens and towels when a resident is moving into their new home.

Rebekah promoted her sock drive by taping flyers around her Rockledge neighborhood. Rebekah’s mom, Kelley Bleich, also took to social media to tell people about the project. Neighbors flocked to a bin outside the Bleich residence to drop off new socks.

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donations at all. It was nice to see how many people pitched in to help,” Rebekah said.

The sock drive is the first of many service projects Rebekah plans to take on as part of a charity organization she started. Be Barry Giving is named after her grandfather who passed away in December 2020.

“There are a lot of veterans in my family. Veterans have fought to protect us, and it’s only right to give back to them,” Rebekah said.

The charity also received a large monetary donation that was used to purchase 28 sets of new bedsheets for veterans.

Rebekah is now focusing on getting donations of bug spray and sunscreen from her neighbors to deliver to Down the Road Thrift.

“Her parents raised her right. There’s no stopping her once she’s got a good idea,” Vaughan said about Rebekah. “If more kids were to do something like this, the world would be a better place.”

Down the Road Thrift continues to accept socks donations, as well as bed linens, blankets and towels. Donations can be dropped off at 238 Peachtree St., Unit 101, Cocoa. SL

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Brevard veteran recalls Cuban missile crisis

BY MARIA SONNENBERG Imagine sitting on top of a Soviet sub carrying enough nuclear arsenal to launch a third world war. Ted Schmid does not have to imagine. He lived it at age 17.

The Brevard County resident was front and center during a particularly scary time in American history as the United States came face-to-face with the Soviet Union in 1962.

A native of Steubenville, Ohio, Schmid enlisted in the Navy right out of high school, choosing to go “anchors aweigh” primarily because his father had been a seaman.

Trained as a quartermaster in navigation, Schmid first saw active duty in December 1959. He worked at a radar picket ship, one of the converted Liberty ships, in the Pacific Ocean before being deployed to the Caribbean, where instead of the fun and sun associated with these golden islands, he found a world on the brink of a war.

Offshore from Havana, Cuba, Schmid was part of the crew of the destroyer USS Blandy, which encountered merchant marines from the Soviet Union attempting to smuggle missiles onto the island.

The ships were stopped and sent back home. The next job was the sub.

Schmid’s ship floated on top of the submerged Soviet submarine for a couple of days until the vessel was forced to return to the surface for air.

“We did not know it at the time, but it was later documented (that) the sub was carrying nuclear weapons that the captain had been ordered to deploy on command,” Schmid said.

Fortunately, the Russians did not get that message. The sub turned around and headed home, closely observed by American ships.

“We didn’t realize at the time how close it was to nuclear war,” Schmid said.

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Ted Schmid witnessed how close the United States came to war with Cuba and the Soviet Union in 1962.

Schmid only served for four years.

His later careers included positions in the aircraft industry with Pratt & Whitney and as a civilian contractor with the Navy Air Rework Facility in Rhode Island.

He volunteered to help with aircraft repairs around the world, including Vietnam, Okinawa and the Philippines.

He later worked at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, but when that facility closed, laying off more than 1,000 workers, Schmid headed to Jacksonville to join Southern Bell for the next 27 years. He started as a lineman and progressed to engineer after attending business and engineering schools.

He thought he would retire, and that first retirement lasted for a year, before the itch to return to employment had to be scratched and he launched a new career as a handyman.

His second retirement was held. He now volunteers his time as treasurer for the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center and Museum on Merritt Island.

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John Hilliard stands next to some of his four-inch binders that document the Space Coast missile launches since the 1950s. Hilliard has compiled nearly 100 binders that he plans to donate to a space history museum.

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John Hilliard is a docent at the Air Force Space and Missile Museum and the Sands History Center at Cape Canaveral.

Air Force veteran documents every missile, rocket launch

BY LINDA JUMP John Hilliard became enchanted with missiles as a child. Now, the retiree works meticulously to document every Air Force-supported launch in almost 100, 4-inch binders.

“When my family came to Satellite Beach in 1953, missiles were a new attraction, and I wanted to learn about them. My father was in the Air Force and brought me pictures of some early missiles.”

In high school, his aerospace summer jobs included RCA, Pan American and range development. He earned a master’s degree in aerospace management and served in the Air Force for decades, returning to the Space Coast in 1998.

His post-retirement volunteer work at Cape Canaveral provides up-close views

of most launches.

“I volunteer with the (Space Force) 45th Space Wing’s Public Affairs department. I escort the media to the best viewing site,” said the 82-year-old Hilliard.

For the historic flight in late April, dozens of media vehicles followed him to watch the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station.

Hilliard’s historical project began in earnest three years ago.

“People on my tours of the Air Force Space and Missile Museum and the Sand Space History Center asked specifics about the launches. I went to the Air Force and other sites, but nobody had pictures and information in one place.”

Hilliard has more than 3,000 photos documenting launches of all

types, and he adds material daily. Each launch complex and facilities on Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center and Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has binders outlining its history, construction, and the date and payload of each missile launched. He also has binders with launches from other range sites, aircrafts, ships and submarines, as well as volumes on how spacecraft are processed for launch at various facilities.

Heidi Hunt, 45th Space Wing Public Affairs Community Engagement Chief at Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, said: “I have seen firsthand John’s perfectly organized collection of detailed launch documentation. … His efforts are important because it preserves American and military history … for now and generations to come.”

Heather L. Scott, chief of Media Affairs, called Hilliard courteous, trustworthy and intelligent, with a passion for launch history he shares as a tour guide.

“We are all fortunate to have him as part of the 45th Space Wing team.”

Hilliard doesn’t plan to publish or sell his work. “Who knows how many hours and how much money I have invested,” he said. The plan is to donate the binders to the aerospace visitor center.

“We’d love to add his collection to our museum archive,” said Jamie Draper, director of the Sands Space Historical Center. He noted, “If I need a subject expert, John’s the one I go to. He has an encyclopedic grasp of the story of the Cape, and he wants to tell that story to anyone who will listen.” SL

Senior owl mentors baby screech owls at wildlife hospital

BY MARIA SONNENBERG A tiny ball of feathers at Florida Wildlife Hospital is proof that you are never too old, or too little, to make a difference, even if you happen to be a 5-ounce Eastern screech owl.

At 18, Gonzo, the Melbourne hospital’s longest-serving resident animal ambassador, has surpassed the typical 14-year “screechy” life expectancy. He could be roosting on his perch during his golden years, but he remains a particularly busy owl.

“Gonzo serves as a foster to baby screech owls we get into the hospital and takes his role as a surrogate father very seriously,” said Chelsea Goss, the assistant director and volunteer coordinator.

The hospital provides the mealworms, crickets and the occasional mouse. Gonzo does the rest.

“He will help feed the babies. He will communicate to the babies the same way a parent screech owl would.

He shows them how to properly bathe, and he shows off his small ability to fly around the cage so they understand what their wings are for,” Goss added.

Gonzo arrived in 2003 as a fledgling with a broken wing. When owl babies fledge, many fall to the ground. Most

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land without injury. Others, like Gonzo, are not so lucky. His injury was so severe he could never be released, so he remained as owl ambassador until retiring from the public role in 2017 due to advancing age and stress levels.

“He is a little guy in a big world, and as he gets older, stress from travel can take a harder toll on his little body,” Goss said.

His public appearances done, he nevertheless is occupied. Gonzo’s sterling care keeps the owlets from imprinting with humans and prepares them for a life in the big outdoors.

Gonzo currently has four foster babies under his wings, but the numbers are increasing daily as hatching season progresses. On average annually, he fosters 30 babies for two to four weeks each. In a banner year, he has cared for as many as 60.

While he usually enjoys the attention lavished upon him by staff and volunteers, Gonzo is all business come baby season.

“He does not like to be disturbed and, heaven forbid, you take out a baby to check its weight, because he is very protective over ‘his kids,’ ” Goss said.

Gonzo has helped hundreds of little owls launch their way in the big, big world, and that is no small feat. SL

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Even though he cannot fly, Gonzo the screech owl teaches fledgling screeches the ways of the owl world so they can return to the wild.

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SEASON PREPAREDNESS The 4 Steps to Prepare Step 1: Know Your Risk Step 2: Build a Kit

Step 3: Have a Plan Step 4: Stay Informed

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During

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• Review your four steps on your Pathways to Preparedness • Decide early whether you will evacuate, and where you will go if ordered to leave • Prepare your home

• If you don’t live in an evacuation zone, find a safe room within your home (an interior room, closet or bathroom) • Do not go outside during the storm until the National Weather Service confirms the storm has left the area

• Return home when local officials say it is safe • Check in with family and friends by texting or using social media • Avoid walking or driving through floodwaters

Preparing for an Emergency Kit Basic Disaster Supply Kit We recommend having the following items as part of your basic disaster supply kit: • Water: one gallon of water per person, per day, for at least three days • Food: at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food • Battery-powered or hand-crank radio, a weather radio and extra batteries • Flashlight and extra batteries • First aid kit • Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties • Feminine supplies and personal hygiene items • Manual can opener for food • Local maps • Cell phone with chargers, inverter or solar charger

• Cash • Important family documents such as copies of insurance policies and identification

Additional Supplies Once your basic supply kit has been stocked, additional items to consider include: • • • • • •

Prescription medications and eyeglasses Infant formula and diapers Pet food and extra water for your pet Shot records for pet(s) A carrier for each pet Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each person • Complete change of clothing • Matches in a waterproof container • Mess kits, paper cups, plates, paper towels and plastic utensils

• Whistle to signal for help • Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities • Books, games, puzzles or other activities for children • Paper and pen/pencil

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Inventory what you use every day to live independently. Identify the essential items you will need for at least three days.

Stock custom essentials in your kit like: • • • • •

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Hurricane season arrival calls for preparedness plan It might be a little difficult for some to consider preparations for the hurricane season, which officially began June 1, particularly coming after an unusual year with the pandemic.

Still, it’s clear that preparedness efforts are essential, especially given the possibility of above-average activity during the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season.

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Reconsider your plans regarding where you will go and what you will do if a storm approaches.

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More pertinent information can be found at the Federal Emergency Management Association’s website: ready.gov.

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Senior Life’s final Drive-Thru Senior Expo PHOTOGRAPHS BY ADAM PALUMBO AND JILL BLUE

A brand new bike was raffled at the event.

Exhibitors shared helpful information with the attendees.

There were 16 exhibitor booths for attendees to visit.

Cars lined up to attend the final Drive-Thru Senior Expo in West Melbourne.

Linda Peglow won the grand prize.

Senior Life editor R. Norman Moody greets guests at the expo.

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Summertime swim with a chuckle and a grin When people used to tell me I was all wet, it was an insult. As the weather heats up, I’m happy to hear it, because it means I’m getting out of a pool or the ocean.

I used to love bodysurfing when I was younger. Now, it knocks me around so much the only waves I deal with are reserved for pretty girls walking by.

You know how exhausted ocean swimmers clean themselves? They wash up on shore. I know, poor play on words. Have you noticed that teachers don’t swim? They only dip their toes in the water to “test it.”

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kid and write down everything. My grandkids tell me fish keep their money in river banks. They say zombies only swim in the Dead Sea. It’s funny to sit by a pool and watch the cycle of life pass right before your eyes. You see infants using floats to keep from drowning

while wearing diapers, then kids learning to swim without the floats.

People in their 20s and 30s use no equipment and show their athletic abilities.

People in their 40s and 50s use floats with adult beverage holders on them. Then, when we get to Social Security age, we’re back to using floats to keep from drowning while wearing diapers.

My doctor told me not to swim for 20 minutes after eating. I outsmarted him. I got right in and stayed on my back so I wouldn’t be swimming on a full stomach.

Did you know swimming is the only competitive race where nobody runs? Did you also know vegetarians

never compete in swimming? True.

They don’t like “meets.” (Somebody stop me.)

What type of swimsuits do lumberjacks wear? Tree trunks. And what’s the favorite detergent to clean swimsuits? Tide.

I got slapped in the face the other day at a public swimming pool because I misunderstood what a breast stroke was.

I’m getting older, and I’m a little mixed up. So take a lap this summer and dive into your nearest pool or beach. Sink or swim, you’ll be floating on a cloud of water because seven days without swimming in the heat makes one weak. SL

Spring into life each day for a more fulfilling existence Each day should be a new awakening. Spring of the year is a season of awakening. Life is lived one day at a time.

Are you living each day? Look beyond vital functions. You are capable of many things beyond adapting and surviving in your environment. Existence is not living.

The Dalai Lama said: “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday, and the other is tomorrow.

So today is the right day to love, believe, do, and mostly live.”

How about springing into life today.

Biblical quotations, philosophical statements, reflections and comic retorts urge us to live.

• “Birthdays are good for your health. Studies show that people who have more birthdays live longer.”

• “Life is about using the whole box of crayons,” one reader wrote. “As a boy, I had a box

of eight crayons. Now, I can get a box of 64 or more. Do it!”

• “The mind says ‘yes!’ but the body,” some seniors say, “responds with ‘What the heck are you thinking?’ ” We are exposed to television messages encouraging us to live.

Seniors putting Cascade platinum capsules in the dishwasher say: “We do it every night, just like clockwork.” Another couple emerges from the closet with wrinkled clothing. The grandson who sees them is not thinking “fabric softener.”

Prince Phillip died in April at age 99. The husband to Queen Elizabeth II was a father, grandfather, adventurer, sailor, pilot, polo player, author and an environmentalist.

What can you do to spring into life? Take a daily walk, explore a park, go to the zoo, plant a small flower or vegetable garden, redecorate your living space or

Challenges of Living to Age 100 Ed Baranowski create artwork (sketch, draw, paint or use your crayons).

Tackle your bucket list. Plan a reunion, Skype with family and friends, and write your life story.

Spring into life with a change to healthy daily nourishment. Study

the Scriptures and meditate for spiritual nourishment. Participate in the mental nourishment of games, puzzles and reading.

Recently, 66-year-old actor Leslie Jordan published a book “How y’all Doing? Misadventures and Mischief From a Life Well Lived.” It is a fun-filled reflective recap of a person who springs into life each day.

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‘Indian Reservation’ — Raiders It was in 1958 when 20-year-old Paul Revere (born Paul Revere Dick) met fellow Idahoan 16-year-old Mark Lindsay. Revere ran a drive-in restaurant west of Boise. One day, he began chatting with Lindsay when he delivered hamburger buns.

They discovered both were consumed by a love of rock ’n’ roll, and each yearned to become a professional musician. A year later, keyboardist Revere formed the Downbeats. Lindsay was out front with his powerful, emotional voice and teen-idol good looks. Soon, the band changed its name and prepared for fame.

In 1963, Paul Revere & the Raiders became the first rock act signed by Columbia Records. That signing was a radical departure from its mainstream releases of the day by Tony Bennett, Andy Williams and Doris Day. Decked out in Revolutionary War costumes and powered by the manic energy of Revere — he was often termed “the madman of rock ’n’ roll” — the quintet became the house band on Dick Clark’s “Where the Action Is,” the mid-1960s “American Bandstand” spinoff.

Revere once proclaimed: “We were visual and fun and crazy, and were America’s answer to the British music invasion.”

With producer Terry Melcher (Doris Day’s son) at the recordingstudio console, Paul Revere & the

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Paul Revere, left, Mike “Smitty” Smith, Phil “Fang” Volk, Mark Lindsay and Drake Levin played for Paul Revere & the Raiders.

Raiders cut 13 Top 40 Columbia singles between 1965 and 1969. By the end of the decade, though, success that had once come so easily seemed to be evaporating. Lindsay recorded as a solo act and released a Top 10 Columbia hit called “Arizona.” For

all intents and purposes, though, Paul Revere & the Raiders seemed to be destined for the rock-star scrapheap.

But, in 1971, “Indian Reservation” (a 1968 minor hit here by British artist Don Fardon) provided Revere’s group — now simply called Raiders — with

a comeback smash. It would become their only disc to reach No. 1 and would eventually become the biggestselling 45 to that point in Columbia’s 82-year history.

“Indian Reservation” chugged along in a downbeat minor key, with a hypnotic drum-and-bass combination powering the tune at a relaxed tempo while Revere’s electric keyboard supplied the melody line.

The lead vocalist has explained that “Indian Reservation” was “going to be a (solo) Mark Lindsay single. … It was my choice to put it out under the name Raiders.”

The tune’s full title was “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian).”

Songwriter John D. Loudermilk composed it in 1959 as “The Pale Faced Indian” when he blended historical truth and pop-culture myth in a story that mourned the degradation of Native Americans by the white man: They took the whole Cherokee nation Put us on this reservation Took away our ways of life The tomahawk and the bow and knife Footnote: The Cherokees never actually went to a reservation. Once residents of a region that spanned five Southeastern states, they were taken to Indian Territory (much of it in the future state of Oklahoma) in the forced relocation that became infamous as the Trail of Tears. SL

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NASCAR, mini cruises, chocolate and more make Daytona worth the trip Nearby Daytona Beach has a host of wonderful educational opportunities for your entire family to enjoy in a one-day outing.

Known worldwide for the Daytona International Speedway, which hosts NASCAR races, the city has a host of additional interesting attractions. Here are a number of diversified suggestions for families to enjoy in delightful Daytona Beach.

Angell & Phelps Chocolate Factory Tour: Your family can enjoy a free, guided 20-minute tour. Walk alongside windows and learn about the entire fine chocolate-making process.

Tours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The store is open Sundays but not for tours. Angell & Phelps Chocolate Factory is at 154 S. Beach St. Call 386-252-6531.

A Tiny Cruise Line: Enjoy a onehour cruise in a small intimate boat on the Halifax River. View estates on the barrier island and learn about wildlife and the history of downtown Daytona Beach. A Tiny Cruise Line is at 425 S. Beach St. Call 386-226-2343.

Halifax Historical Society and Museum: This museum displays local history from 5,000 B.C. to the present.

The museum is in the former Merchants Bank’s restored 1910 building. Halifax Museum is at 252 S. Beach St. Call 386-255-6976. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Bethune-Cookman University: Founder Mary McLeod Bethune’s restored home built in 1913 in the Georgian revival style is open for guided tours. You also can tour the university

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and lovely campus. The 2,500seat theater accommodates touring productions and musicians, and the Lee Gallery exhibits works by regional and local artists. There also is a permanent collection of African art.

Bethune-Cookman University is at Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard.

For information, call 386-481-2000.

Tours are free.

Daytona Beach Museum of Arts, Science & History: This museum is by far one of the finest and most diversified institutions of learning for the entire family found anywhere in Florida. On a 90-acre nature preserve, the facility houses more than 30,000 objects, including the finest artworks. The museum is at 352 S. Nova Road.

For information, call 866-439-4769.

The museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. There is no entrance fee.

Dunlawton Sugar Mill Ruins and Gardens: This English sugar mill built in 1830 was destroyed during the Seminole War of 1836. The Sugar Mill Gardens are home to native Central Florida animals, insects, birds,

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Split bridges cross the Halifax River and head to Daytona Beach. plants, trees, flowers and fish. Their outdoor wedding chapels are extremely attractive. Dinosaur statues are in abundance. Donations are accepted. It is open daily.

Dunlawton Sugar Mill Botanical Gardens is at 950 Old Sugar Mill Road in Port Orange. Information is available

at dunlawtonsugarmillgardens.org.

To get to Daytona Beach from Brevard County, take Interstate 95 north to Exit 261, then take U.S. 92 east.

It is recommended to call the attractions you plan to visit in advance.

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the problem is just getting there.

“Most of the time, men’s significant others navigate the healthcare system for them,” said Dr. Jordan Loftis, who practices

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family medicine. “Most men, when they come to the family doctor and come see me, should think of it as if going to a meeting and bring in what they are worried about and what

their goals are. Most men are open to bringing up what they are there for.

“Be active in your visit, so when I do a physical you know what vaccines that work, what screenings you have had or need, and what medications you take. I train my patients to bring me an agenda.”

Dr. Norberto Schechtmann, a cardiologist, agrees.

“It all depends on what issues you are having. If you come to see me, you already have seen the primary physician or family doctor,” Schechtmann said. “Common things you may already have are hypertension, diabetes, chest pain or anything that is out of the ordinary.

You should have a profile of your blood pressure and know what medications you are taking.”

Not only knowing medications, screenings needed or taken, but men should maintain healthy behaviors, Loftis said.

“Stay active with exercising, eating reasonably healthy and limiting bad habits like drinking and smoking. People get weak when they get older. Work at core strength and workability, then have a good life,” Loftis said.

“The ideal thing is for a man to be active, be aware of his blood pressure evaluation. Weight is one of the main problems we see in the Western society,” Schechtmann added. “Problems seen as men age are gout, arthritis and problems with joints. Weight adds more to those problems. Physical activity is very important for blood pressure, balance and social interaction.”

“Engaging into the healthcare system is better suited if they are also participants and come into the office prepared,” Loftis adds.

“Be honest with the doctor and then comfortable with the plan and action.” SL

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Titusville woman copes with hair loss

BY FLORA REIGADA Who says men don’t like to go shopping with their wives?

Not Karen Williams of Titusville.

Her husband, Russ, recently accompanied her on a shopping trip to help her choose a wig.

Williams wears one because she has alopecia areata, a condition that causes hair loss.

“It is a tough auto-immune disease,” she said. “But I am blessed with a supportive husband who helped me buy a wig that is cool enough to wear with a mask. Wigs and masks are a tough combo.”

Susan Hammerling-Hodgers, a physician’s assistant at the Merritt Island branch of the Brevard Skin and Cancer Center, said although alopecia areata’s cause remains unknown, evidence suggests it is caused by an abnormality in the immune system.

“There is currently no cure, but intralesional steroids are used in treatment,” she said.

Williams was first alerted to her hair loss when vacationing with her family in 2012.

“While styling my hair, my daughter became concerned about a bald spot about the size of a halfdollar coin on the back of my head,” Williams said.

This alarmed Williams, who thought it might indicate something

wrong with her brain. She immediately went to a doctor, who referred her to a dermatologist.

This began a litany of specialists and treatments, but a poor prognosis for hair regrowth.

Williams speculates about what might have caused her alopecia.

“There is some thought of a genetic component, but I don’t know anyone in my family who has it,” she said.

At first, she wore hats to conceal the hair loss, but when someone made the insensitive comment that she looked like a gangster, Williams opted for wigs.

“My daughter brought one home for me to try on. That was the moment I cried and realized I missed having hair,” she said.

Williams calls her husband a rock.

“He said we are getting you wigs tomorrow. The next day we bought two wigs and I have worn wigs ever since,” she said. “There are times I grieve the loss, but I made the decision that hair is no longer going to define me.”

Williams’ Christian faith also helps her cope and she sees a purpose higher than she can understand. She encourages others with alopecia to learn how to come to peace with it and not let hair become their identity.

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Karen Williams of Titusville is pleased with her new look at Yong’s Wigs in Rockledge. Williams wears wigs because she has alopecia areata, a condition that causes hair loss.

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Teddy bear gifts show appreciation for service

BY FLORA REIGADA

Darlene Goddard of Titusville believes in giving honor where due.

This belief recently became action when she presented 85 handmade Teddy bears to members of the Titusville Police Department in appreciation of their service.

“It kept me busy during the pandemic and kept me out of my husband’s hair,” Goddard said.

Although Greg Goddard does not help make the bears, he plays an important role.

“He is his wife’s biggest cheerleader,” said Marilyn Gudgel, the couple’s caregiver.

Goddard, who used her embroidery machine in her former business, makes eight to 10 bears a day. Gudgel has watched Goddard work wonders from the time she programs the machine until the form is stuffed, sewn and transformed into a blue teddy bear.

Titusville Police Chief John Lau and Sgt. Telly S. Joiner were on hand to accept the bears on behalf of all the department’s officers.

“This is awesome and heartwarming. We have an incredibly supportive community,” Lau said.

“The bears will ride with the officers in their cars.”

Clutching two of the bears with Back the Blue embroidered on them,

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These Teddy bears were among 85 Darlene Goddard made to thank Titusville Police Department officers for their service.

Sgt. Joiner expressed his thanks.

“We appreciate the support,” he said. “This is wonderful.”

Goddard’s bears have traveled far and wide. She worked with Operation America Standing in Support to donate 150 Teddy bears designed for U.S. troops deployed from Brevard County as thanks for their service.

The bears have been used to say thanks to volunteers at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church’s No One Hungry food pantry.

These expressions of gratitude will remind Titusville of the Goddards and

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Darlene Goddard recently donated 85 hand-made Teddy bears to officers at the Titusville Police Department. Sgt. Telly S. Joiner, left and Police Chief John Lau accepted the expressions of gratitude on behalf of all the officers. their thoughtfulness even after the couple moves to Omaha, Nebraska to be near family.

Gudgel gets choked up when she talks about the move.

“They are wonderful people. I will miss them,” she said.

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Parrish Health and Fitness Center moves to new location

BY FLORA REIGADA

Since 1997, the Parrish Health and Fitness Center at 2210 Cheney Highway in Titusville has played an important role in keeping North Brevard County active, healthy and fit.

During the pandemic, it was closed to adhere to public health and safety guidelines. Due to the realities of its design and how combating viruses such as COVID-19 requires different environments, it remains closed as a

gym facility.

The property has found a new purpose as Parrish Medical Center’s COVID vaccination clinic. This will continue through the summer while it is being renovated to serve yet another purpose.

“We are pleased to announce that the existing Parrish Health and Fitness Center will be converted into a state-of-the-art orthopedic and sports performance center of excellence, featuring orthopedic medical specialists,

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The new Parrish Health and Fitness Center is slated to open by the fall. sports medicine specialists, physical therapy rehabilitation and sciencebased sports performance training and services,” said Natalie Sellers, a Parrish Healthcare spokesperson.

It is slated to open by the fall.

The Parrish Health and Fitness Center will move to 3065 Columbia Blvd. Suites 101-106, inside the Crossroads Marketplace (Target) Shopping Plaza.

The 5,500-square-foot fitness center will operate daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., featuring 24 exercise stations, complete with cardio and weighttraining equipment.

Expected completion is in June.

A Web-based system will allow individuals to self-schedule 45-minute blocks. Equipment will be cleaned and sanitized after every scheduled session.

Monthly membership will be $35.

Daily use will be $10.

“We will design the new fitness center to operate using the latest infection-prevention practices to provide a safe workout environment,” Sellers said. “We look forward to welcoming former and new members to our fitness center site.”

For more information, visit parrishhealthcare.com/our-locations/ parrish-health-fitness-at-cross-roads.

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This familiar mural on the North Brevard Art League building is being replaced by a new mural reflecting Central Florida’s natural beauty.

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North Brevard Art League to update landmark mural

BY FLORA REIGADA

For many years, the North Brevard Art League’s building at 1421 Draa Road in Titusville has been an eyecatching landmark.

The mural images — a camera, paint tube and palate — gracing its exterior since 2001 turned heads.

But the elements have taken their toll.

“We wanted a more cohesive image related to our mission, who we are, what we do and what ties us into North Brevard and its emphasis on our natural areas.”

– Renee Stewart

“The mural and paint on the building had deteriorated in the Florida weather,” league president Renee Stewart said.

She and other board members realized it was time for change, so a new mural is being designed. The old mural is now a memory because the building has been painted with a base coat.

“We wanted a more cohesive image related to our mission, who we are, what we do and what ties us into North Brevard and its emphasis on our natural

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After being painted a neutral color, the North Brevard Art League building is a “blank canvas” ready for the application of a new mural. areas,” Stewart said.

As part of North Brevard’s mural trail art, it will provide another colorful expression of area beauty and culture.

Murals in Downtown Titusville include Paddling Our Wildlife Paradise outside the North Brevard Historical Museum and a classic Lincoln Continental outside Cliff Shuler Auctioneers and Liquidators.

Weather permitting, addition of the mural to the art league building will begin this summer.

“It’s been exciting to plan for the changes, but also a little emotional to see the old mural for which we are recognized, being replaced,” said Valorie Stanley a youth art instructor at the North Brevard Art League.

For information on summer youth art camps, visit northbrevardartleague. com/youth-and-adult-classes or call Stanley at 321-4126524.

Adult classes include Open Studio with Janice Tew, Drawing with Connie Allen and Open Studio on Zoom.

Interested in pottery? Call Candi Hauck at 321-8903949.

For more information about the North Brevard Art League, call 321-383-7441 or visit northbrevardartleague. com. SL

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The 90-room apartment community offers independent, assisted living and memory care and provides chef-prepared meals, activities, all-day dining in a picturesque setting in Rockledge. The building features Italian-style piazza courtyards and uses state-ofthe art-technology. For more information or a tour of the newly-built Alura by Inspired Living located at 777 Roy Wall Boulevard in Rockledge, call 321-237-2925. SL

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National Weed Our Garden Day

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2 - 4 p.m.

Melbourne Municipal Band is back for another rockin’ Saturday afternoon. Food trucks, fun and live music.

DRS Community Center 1089 S. Patrick Drive Satellite Beach 321-724-0555

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Annual Summer Heat Car Show

11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

There will be music, 50/50 drawing, food, awards and vendors.

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National Ice Cream Cake Day

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Jams, Jellies and Pickling

Trivia Tuesday

6 - 9 p.m.

2 Angry Wives 3826 Murrell Road Rockledge, 321-848-0227

Tai Chi

2 - 3 p.m. Tuesdays Martin Andersen Senior Center, 1025 Florida Ave., Rockledge, 321-631-7549

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Sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association 2 p.m. Mondays Center for Family Caregivers 3661 S. Babcock St., Melbourne RSVP 800-272-3900

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Mondays & Wednesdays Freedom 7 Senior Center, 5000 Tom Warriner Blvd., Cocoa Beach, 321-783-9505

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National Smile Power Day

Bingo 4 Cash

1 - 3 p.m.

Free snacks, cakes and coffee. Bar open for cocktails, wine and beer.

Italian American Club of South Brevard 1471 Cypress Ave. Melbourne, 321-242-8044

Brevard Federated Republican Women monthly Lunch

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

Florida State Sen. Tom Wright will give an update on the recent Legislative session in Tallahassee.

The meeting fee of $25 includes a plate lunch.

Space Coast Convention Center 103 Tucker Lane Cocoa, 321-727-1212

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Spine Seminar with Dr. Datta

6 - 7 p.m.

Join spine surgeon Dr. Devin Datta for a spine seminar to learn more about cervical disc replacement.

Melbourne Regional Medical Center 250 N. Wickham Road Melbourne, 321-255-8040

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

5 - 10 p.m.

Caribbean food vendors, BCASCA drummers, Caribbean clothing, vendors, domino tournament and live music.

Veterans Memorial Park 2235 Port Malabar Blvd. NE Palm Bay, 321-557-2968

Poetry Workshop

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National Fruitcake National Trivia Day Toss Day Caribbean Friday Space Coast Cars & Coffee

5:30 - 9 p.m.

Viera’s only cigar and spirit-themed monthly event. 28 North Gastropub Viera, 321-241-1159

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

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Mondays and Fridays Greater Palm Bay Senior Center, 1275 Culver Drive NE, Palm Bay 321-724-1338

National Making Life Beautiful Day

Cocoa Beach Pirate Fest

June 11, 2 - 6 p.m.

June 12, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

June 13, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Pirate-themed vendors, food, pirate ships and live music.

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10 - 11:30 a.m.

Wednesdays Learn basic line dancing steps.

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Bring your own kayak. Call 321-449-4720 to sign up.

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10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Viera High School 6103 Stadium Parkway Viera

Murder at Turglass Abbey Film

6 - 9 p.m.

Double feature movie, Murder at Turglass Abbey and Forgotten Enchantress.

Benefits the Green Gables.

CWTheater, 4345 W. New Haven Ave., W. Melbourne, 321-794-8901

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Space Coast Promise Walk for Preeclampsia Foundation 8 - 10 a.m. Untimed 5K walk.

Riverfront Park 401 Riveredge Blvd.

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Evening Dances

7 - 10 p.m. Second and Fourth Saturdays Martin Andersen Senior Center, 1025 Florida Ave., Rockledge, 321-631-7549

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Coffey Anderson Outdoor Brevard Symphony Orchestra: Community Concert Summer Nights Concert Series 5 - 8 p.m.

Free outdoor concert.

Trinity Wellsprings Church 638 S. Patrick Drive Satellite Beach 321-777-2047

7 - 8 p.m.

A dynamic program featuring the vocal, string and piano works of Debussy and Dvořák.

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1 - 2 p.m. Thursdays Read thought-provoking literature and participate 1 - 4 p.m. Wednesdays in lively discussions.

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Community Day and Rummage Sale

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Elder Law Attorney William A. Johnson.

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Movie: “The Sandlot” Audio will only be available through car stereo.

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Informational Seminar by Shell Harbor

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National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day

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Informational Seminar by UF/IFAS Extension Shell Harbor 3695 Lake Drive 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Cocoa, 321-633-1702 and 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Bone Builders Discover why Shell Harbor 9 - 10 a.m. Monday, Retirement Community is Wednesdays, and Fridays the talk of the town.

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Space Coast International 28 Local Night Association of Near-Death Highlighting our local businesses and celebrating Studies 3 - 5 p.m.

Monthly meeting Catherine S. Rood Library 308 Forrest Ave. Cocoa, 321-634-2168

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Medicaid Planning Seminar Drive-In Movie at 10 - 11 a.m.

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time machine In June...

June 19, 1903

Baseball great Lou Gehrig is born in New York City. He plays in 2,130 consecutive games and seven World Series for the New York Yankees and has a lifetime batting average of .340. He contracts the degenerative muscle disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, now called ‘Lou Gehrig’s disease,’ and dies on June 2, 1941.

June 25, 1950

June 1, 1926

Marilyn Monroe is born in Los Angeles (as Norma Jean Mortensen).

Following an unstable childhood spent in foster homes and orphanages, she lands a job as a photographer’s model which leads to a movie career.

She later marries baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.

June 3, 1972

Sally Jan Priesand is ordained a rabbi thus becoming the first woman rabbi in the U.S. She becomes an assistant rabbi at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City.

June 14, 1922

June 16, 1963

Valentina Tereshkova, 26, becomes the first woman in space as her Soviet spacecraft, Vostok 6, takes off from the Tyuratam launch site. She manually controls the spacecraft for 48 orbits in 71 hours before she lands safely.

Warren G. Harding becomes the first U.S. President to broadcast a message over the radio. The event is the dedication of the Francis Scott Key Memorial in Baltimore.

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The Korean War begins as North Korean troops, led by Russian-built tanks, cross the 38th parallel and launch a full-scale invasion of South Korea. Five days later, U.S. ground forces enter the conflict, which lasts until July 27, 1953

June 28, 1914

Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Austria and his wife are assassinated at Sarajevo, touching off a conflict between the Austro-Hungarian government and Serbia that escalates into World War I.

June 30, 1971

The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is enacted, granting the right to vote in all federal, state and local elections to American citizens 18 years or older. The U.S. thus gains an additional 11 million voters.

The minimum voting age in most states had been 21.

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