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When 2020 rolled in, it seemed like an uneventful transition to another decade.

At the time, I asked you: How do you expect your life to change this year?

We had no idea that the next sentence would be the key.

Most of us did not know what 2020 would bring. Some made great plans, but we had no idea where we would be today.

In fact, we still face uncertainty with the coronavirus pandemic and the economy. But we must be optimistic about the future. We certainly are at Senior Life.

And yes, we will continue bringing you those stories that best serve you, our readers and our advertisers. It might help you to be more optimistic about the future.

We told you about new businesses opening in our area despite the economic slump and about what organizations were doing to help those in need.

In this edition, we bring you more of those good news stories of new businesses and about people involved in making our community better. Several groups are using their talents to make thousands of masks they distribute to help protect others from the coronavirus.

Others are holding free breakfasts, and drive-through luncheons for those in need.

We also will tell you about exercises to help seniors with balance and about a robot companion pet.

Did you know that Black Friday will be quite different this year?

The big retailers already have made plans, and some are making those seasonal sales available now so that maybe there will not be crowds of people camping out for that great buy. We will tell you more in a story in this edition.

There is so much more packed in this edition of Senior Life about veterans, about technology to modernize your home and Lost Communities.

We still do not know what the last two months of 2020 and beyond will bring. But, one thing is certain. We will always try to bring you the best. We hope that the stories we bring you will help in some way to make your life better and give you a little optimism for the future.

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Classic, special interest vehicles rev up for car show at Cocoa Village

BY FLORA REIGADA America has had a long love affair with cars.

Recording artist Chuck Berry sang about this in his 1964 hit, “No Particular Place to Go.” The rock band Queen stated it bluntly in their 1975 song, “I’m in Love With My Car.” Whether we love our cars or appreciate their mechanics, style and function, an assortment of vehicles will be on display at the Central Florida Car Show.

Look for the cars in Historic Cocoa Village from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 14. The event is free, unless registering a car.

“Cars will be all ages and types, from the 1920s to the present, including special interest vehicles and collectibles,” said Allan Chapman, the executive director of Historic Cocoa Village Main Street. “The majority of

cars will be from the 50s and 60s, such as Fords, General Motors vehicles and early 70s hot rods, and an occasional Ferrari.”

Chapman fondly recalled a 1929 Packard and a 1952 Allard at the show.

Ed Dyer, also known as Fast Eddie, the president of the Dixie Cruisers Car Club of Brevard County, will be there with a contingent of fellow car lovers and his 1940 Ford pickup truck.

“It’s an old car with a new drive line and V-8 engine,” he said. “We made everything under the hood like new, but it still has that classic look. There’s not much I need to do to get it ready for the show. It’s always ready, except I might wash it.”

Awards will go to 14 categories, including best hot rod, truck, General Motors and Ford. There also will be a Mayor’s Choice and Best in Show.

For information about the show or to register a car, call 321-631-9075 or go to visitcocoavillage.com/car-shows. SL

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A visitor admires a car on display at last year’s Central Florida Car Show in Cocoa Village.

Non-traditional family dishes add spice to Thanksgiving meals

BY R. NORMAN MOODY It is clear what Thanksgiving Day is all about — giving thanks.

And it is no doubt that the centerpiece of this American celebration is the food — the turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, cranberries, sweet potato casserole, hot rolls and pumpkin pie.

That is a tradition for which to be Photos by Adam Palumbo thankful.

Sicilian meatballs were a staple at Adam Palumbo’s house.

But when the Pilgrims and Native Americans got together for that first harvest Thanksgiving, the menu may have included wild turkey, venison and fish. There likely was no potatoes or cranberry sauce as we know it today. And there most certainly was no pumpkin pie because they did not have flower or butter.

What we know as the traditional Thanksgiving Day meal has evolved, changed and been added to. As immigrants followed the pilgrims Guava pastries and queso crema con pasta de guayaba are many decades later, they added their popular in Cuba. own side dishes to the traditional turkey and dressing.

“We always had black beans and rice,” said Sylvia Montes, the office manager at Bluewater Creative Group.

In some Latin Caribbean nations, rice and beans cooked together is called Congri. In Central America, a similar dish is called Gallo Pinto. It is a staple in many Latin American households and is added to the The Blue family has always enjoyed a frozen fruit salad. traditional Thanksgiving meal.

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Neighbors Community Center offers drive-thru Thanksgiving luncheon

BY JENNIFER H. MONAGHAN South Mainland Community Center in Micco invites its local community and surrounding area to a free drive-thru Thanksgiving luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20.

An RSVP by Nov. 13 is required.

More than 100 meals were served at last year’s Thanksgiving luncheon on site and it was deemed a huge success by the staff. This year, with COVID-19, the center staff will hand-deliver meals to citizens in their cars as they drive up.

Providing meals is one of many regular programs the center offers. In addition, programs offered Mondays through Fridays include youth and after-school care. The center also runs programs for seniors, such as pickleball and the popular Big Kid Adventure that organizes day trips for seniors.

The center was closed earlier during the pandemic and partially reopened

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Darryl Nugent, the recreational program coordinator at the South Mainland Community Center in Micco, right, looks forward to welcoming everyone. in the summer just in time for youth

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recreation program coordinator at the center for the past two years.

“I hope everybody comes back as I look forward to meeting new people and welcoming back everyone,” he said. “We have a new floor for basketball. One of my main focuses is to get to know citizens in this area. We are located in the community and we want to grow our programs here. We are offering different activities for the community and we want to know what the community wants as well.”

South Mainland Community Center falls under the Parks and Recreation Department of Brevard County Government. It is located at 3700 Allen Ave in Micco in a 10.38-acre community park featuring a gymnasium and canopied playground.

For more information about activities and programs and to RSVP for the free drive-thru Thanksgiving luncheon on Nov. 20, call 772-663-8748. SL

Mask makers rise up to help their communities and beyond

BY GRACE ROGERS In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, people are finding new ways to use their skills to help those in need.

Project Linus, a non-profit organization that makes blankets for children in crisis, decided to expand its reach. Since starting out by making 250 masks for a senior living facility, Project Linus has gained more than 500 volunteers in Brevard County within the first month through Facebook. Now it is making thousands.

Everyone involved donates their time, effort and supplies, as well as hand delivering the masks to their destination. The masks are made to help anyone in need, from healthcare workers and their patients, the elderly and children returning to school.

Project Linus coordinator Mary Ann Laverty and the rest of her team have been so grateful for all the support and

positive responses from the community and those who received masks. Even some recipients have joined the cause.

“Like everyone, I didn’t know how long and how serious the virus was gonna be,” Laverty said.

With more than 7,000 masks given to schools, and 4,000 to cancer patients, Project Linus volunteers estimate they have made more than 30,000 masks, with more to come.

It’s “very rewarding to have a group of people helping another group of people” Laverty said. “I just want to thank everyone who has helped so long. So thankful for them and appreciate all their effort.”

Other groups and individuals have also been making masks to help their community. Brevard Mask Makers, or Masketeers as they’re known, started their endeavor in March by giving to medical facilities. The effort quickly expanded to several hundred

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“I want to do what I can for the community,” said Deb Shirley, one of the Masketeer members. The group has made more than 26,000 masks since August and plans to keep going.

Their efforts are not for profit, with the volunteers generously giving their time and materials. They said everyone who has received masks, ranging from schools to hospitals, has been very grateful.

“It feels like I have been able to do something,” Shirley said. “It has brought me such joy.”

Another pair of mask makers have expanded their reach beyond their local community. Viera resident Tim McFadden, along with his wife Wendy, have been sharing their masks worldwide.

With a desire to help others wherever the need arose, the McFadden family has sent out more than 900

masks. From the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, to the U.S. Air Force Base and schools in Yokota, Japan, and a Marine base in Spain, the McFadden’s masks have served many.

They also have shipped masks to England, to a resource association for female law enforcers in California, and both the fire department and police department in West New York, New Jersey.

“The gift is in the giving,” Wendy McFadden said.

They have received overwhelming expressions of thanks from their recipients.

They also plan to make special Christmas masks in the coming months.

“It’s giving us focus and something to do,” Tim McFadden said. All the McFadden’s masks are not-for-profit and come in a wide range of designs. SL

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Tech Know Tidbits Robot pets can provide companionship to older adults

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Wendy Nelson, the center manager of Joe’s Club in Micco, shows off a robot cat.

Can a robot pet bring comfort and joy to an older adult?

“Yes, absolutely,” said Wendy Nelson, the center manager of Joe’s Club Adult Day Care in Micco.

“It’s very calming, especially when they get a little anxious,” she added, describing the effects of two robot cats on clients at her Center.

Joe’s Club Adult Day Care Center is run by the Brevard Alzheimer’s Foundation. Clients, affectionately referred to as loved ones, are encouraged to participate in small group activities, but they can cuddle with the cats as they wish. The cats are used almost exclusively by two loved ones.

The robot cat is more than just a stuffed animal. People unfamiliar with the product often mistake it for a live animal when they first encounter it.

“It’s so lifelike that they try to feed it” Nelson said. “They like that the cat responds to their touching and hugging like real cats.”

Nelson said that the cat provides a positive interactive experience.

“It’s soothing, especially if they had cats at home. And, if they grew up with cats, then they often remember

taking care of cats. And, they go back to that without having to groom them or clean a litter box.”

Adrianne Cordero, the care manager at Greystone Health Care in Viera, agrees with Nelson’s assessment as to the usefulness of robot pets.

“For elderly patients who are going through care with a lot of anxiety, it gives them calm and peace; and the same applies to children as well. It’s a playmate you can love.”

Greystone Healthcare provides short-term and long-term care to meet the social and wellness needs of their clients. In addition to its state-of-theart equipment, Greystone Healthcare sometimes incorporates robot pets with therapeutics. At Greystone, they have robot cats, dogs and unicorns.

“The more you play with them, the more you really know what they can do. It’s something to help with occupational therapy, eye-hand coordination. They are good oldfashioned fun,” Cordero said.

Ageless Innovation, the creator of Joy for All brand of robot pets, hopes the robot pets will positively impact quality of life for aging loved ones and their family caregivers. SL

New business provides answers for bath, increased home safety

BY BRENDA EGGERT BRADER Realizing a need for easily obtainable household grab bars, Michael Childs began a business called Same Day Grab Bars.

“I started the business on Jan. 1, this year. The number one thing people tell me is ‘you are a godsend,’ he said with a chuckle, “because they couldn’t find anyone who wanted to do it. We have been really busy even with COVID-19.”

Grab bars can be very helpful, especially around the bathroom. That’s because the bathroom can be especially hazardous for falls. According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, falls are a

problem and they most often occur in or around the bathtub, the shower or the toilet.

“The same-day premise of the business is that they are installed easily, you don’t have to order online and we have 75 to 80 grab bars on the truck.

The more you buy, the more discount.

(There’s a) free estimate on site before we start and it is easy to do them,” Childs said. “We are usually in and out of your life in an hour and a half.”

Call the customer number, schedule an appointment and the rest remains up to the installer.

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Titusville landmark, still going strong after 43 years, will auction car collection

BY FLORA REIGADA

From items as large as a garbage truck to as small as a diamond ring and everything in-between, Cliff Shuler Auctioneers and Liquidators, Inc. in Titusville is likely to be selling it at auction.

A special action will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 28 at the tent structure at 422 Julia St. in Downtown Titusville to sell vintage, custom and classic cars owned by the late Cliff Shuler.

The business has been a Titusville landmark since 1977.

Live auctions are held bi-monthly.

“We sell everything under the sun that we can legally auction from real estate, classic cars, family cars, antiques and firearms to the kitchen sink,” said

Debbie Shuler, the organization’s president.

She operated the business with its founder, her husband, until he passed away in September 2019.

“We have learned to overcome obstacles,” she said. “When you lose your spouse and business partner, you don’t have extra time for getting things done such as going to appointments, picking up items or delivering them.

You don’t realize how much you rely on the other person until you lose that cog in the wheel.”

A busy auctioneer, licensed real estate broker, motor vehicle dealer and firearms dealer, she knows where to turn.

“I could not do it without the help of

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Thank, honor those who served in the Armed Forces on Veterans Day

Do you know the difference between Armistice Day and Decoration Day? If it took you a minute to think about it, don’t worry. Because if you got it right, you are doing better than some who confuse the different meanings of Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Armistice Day was the original name of Veterans Day, while Decoration Day was what we now know as Memorial Day. We celebrate Veterans Day on the 11th day of the 11th month.

I bring up this topic because through the years I have heard erroneous things said about the two holidays, particularly confusing one with the other. There is no such thing

as a happy Memorial Day — might have heard someone say. Memorial Day is a day to commemorate — to pay tribute and mourn.

In his 1954 Veterans Day Proclamation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower called for the formation of a Veterans Day National Committee to oversee national planning and coordination of the Veterans Day

observance.

The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year on Nov. 11 at Arlington National Cemetery.

The ceremony is at 11 a.m. with a wreath placed at the Tomb of the Unknowns and a presentation of colors.

Veterans Day is dedicated to honor and thank all those military personnel who are alive. We can celebrate with them and honor them for their service and sacrifice.

Memorial Day is not a day to celebrate, but to commemorate and pay tribute. It is a day in the United States for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died in the name of the nation while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.

We commemorate Memorial Day on the last Monday in May. This year, it was May 25. Elsewhere, many people visit cemeteries and memorials, including cemeteries in Brevard County. American flags and flowers are placed on the graves of veterans.

It all started when three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, Decoration Day was established as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. It later became known as Memorial Day. So, on next Memorial Day, remember those who gave their lives in service to the nation.

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West Pointer sparks cheer at hospice, hospitals, cancer care centers

BY MARIA SONNENBERG With trusted sidekick Schnauzer Sparky by his side, West Pointer Steve

Griffin is on a mission to bring cheer to those who need it most.

The Laramie, Wyoming native, who spent five years in Germany at Uncle

Sam’s behest, had intended to make a career in the Army until a visit to the inlaws in Titusville led to an unexpected new chapter in his life.

“Steve and Sparky are a wonderful pet therapy team that spread such joy as they make their visits.”

—Brandy Fowler

A neighbor to the in-laws told Griffin he would be perfect to work in the space program. Griffin applied and got the job.

“Leaving the service was the hardest decision I had to make,” Griffin said.

Thirty-five years in the space program followed that choice, and Griffin still is working full-time managing a large contract at Kennedy Space Center.

When not wearing the badge of a space contractor, Griffin wears another badge, that of volunteer for St. Francis Reflections LifeStage Care, formerly Hospice of St. Francis.

“I fell in love with the people of hospice,” said the Titusville resident.

Sparky, the pup Griffin rescued, usually accompanies him, also with his very own hospice badge.

“Steve and Sparky are a wonderful pet therapy team that spread such joy as they make their visits to our hospice patients across Brevard and at our Edward M. Poe Care Center in Titusville,” volunteer coordinator Brandy Fowler said.

Griffin’s favorite volunteer pursuit with St. Francis is organizing the pinning ceremonies for patients who are veterans. During these often very emotional events attended by the patients’ loved ones, Griffin will recap the individual’s service to his or her country and present them with keepsakes of the special event. In

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Steve Griffin and his trusty Schnauzer sidekick, Sparky, show off their volunteer badges.

researching for the ceremonies, Griffin finds that vets open up to him, often more than they would to their own families.

Dog-loving Griffin is on the advisory board of the St. Francis Pet Pledge Program, which helps rehome patient’s beloved pets to loving homes if patients’ families cannot care for the animals.

As foster pet parents for Schnauzer Love Rescue, Griffin and his wife have welcomed 25 of the cheerful little dogs into their home while they await forever homes. Several times, the couple have become failed fosters and kept the pups.

Sparky was one such case.

“He is so easy to train, so confident and calm,” Griffin said.

In addition to their hospice work, Griffin and Sparky volunteer at hospitals and cancer centers.

“It is wonderful to watch the patient and staff light up as Steve and Sparky walk through the door,” Fowler added.

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Warrior Women United helps females cope with past stressful incidents

BY MARIA SONNENBERG At first glance, a 70-something Army nurse might not seem to have much in common with a 20-something female EMT, but indeed they do when it comes to dealing with stressful incidents in their careers.

“Women process trauma differently than men,” said Teresa Rivera, the founder of Warrior Women United, a national support group for women in the military, military spouses, female veterans and female first responders and law enforcement officers.

Rivera knows all too well the issues facing Warrior Women. She started her military career with the Women’s Army Corps during the Vietnam era and served in a military intelligence capacity in combat zones around the world.

After leaving the military, she held management positions in the U.S. government. In 2018, she founded Warrior Women United to help women in the military heal from trauma or abuse.

“Our mission is to help women who serve, live their best lives,” said the Indialantic resident.

The group accomplishes its mission by hosting special in-person retreats that incorporate everything from equine assisted therapy and yoga on the beach to coping skills workshops and career coaching. Most programs are held in Brevard County.

“All costs are covered for participants, except for the transportation,” said Rivera, who will even pick up attendees at the airport.

In groups of six to eight, the women meet on a Thursday for a

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Teresa Rivera, the founder and CEO of Warrior Women United, served in the Army during the Vietnam War.

retreat that continues until Sunday.

“It’s a full agenda for them,” Rivera said.

For many, the program has changed their lives. Rivera recounts a 9/11 firefighter who survived the tragedy, while her male partner did not.

“He went to the left and she went to the right and she lived, but he did not,” Rivera said.

Wracked with guilt, the woman had not left the house for years until she got the invitation for a Warrior Women United retreat. She drove 20 hours to get there.

“She later said it basically saved her life,” Rivera said.

Local businesses and organizations have helped with funds and in-kind donations for the several retreats the all-volunteer group holds annually.

Despite the ages and differing backgrounds, these Warrior Women do unite during these events.

“It’s amazing to see how they share a bond despite the differences,” said Rivera.

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Stars for Our Troops reuse retired flags to honor those who served

BY MARIA SONNENBERG Volunteers from Wuesthoff Brevard Hospice are transforming pieces from retired American flags into special messages for military, veterans and first responders.

Wuesthoff Brevard Hospice partnered with Stars for Our Troops in an initiative that collects retired 3-inch by 5-inch American flags to repurpose its stars with a note that is presented to active duty military, veterans and first responders as a token of appreciation for their sacrifices.

Since its founding in 2010, thousands of these little star-studded notes have been lovingly fashioned by a wide range of volunteers around the nation.

“They are being created by Boy and Girl Scouts, fraternal and military organizations, nursing homes, community service projects, and now our hospice agency,” said Sara Beil, the executive director of Wuesthoff Brevard Hospice.

An embroidered star from the flag is presented with a note that says, “I am part of our American flag that has flown over the U.S.A. I can no longer fly. The sun and winds have caused me to become tattered and torn. Please carry me as a reminder that you are not forgotten.”

According to the American Flag Code, “the flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem of display, should be destroyed in a dignified way.”

Stars for Our Troops provides a respectful and meaningful option of repurposing the flag by gifting service men and women, veterans and first responders with a tangible reminder of why they chose to serve.

“As for the remnants of the flag, we will work with organizations that will continue to honor them and dispose of them respectfully,” Beil added.

Donations of retired American flags are welcome at Wuesthoff Brevard Hospice at 8060 Spyglass Hill Road in Viera, or at the Inpatient Unit at 661 Eyster Blvd. in Rockledge. Several flag drop-off boxes also will soon be installed throughout the county.

To volunteer, call 321-253-2222.

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Pandemic doesn’t stop Veterans Day events, celebrations

BY MARIA SONNENBERG Veterans Day, like everything else this year, will look different as events are crafted to address pandemic precautions.

For 2020, Veterans Day — which in 1954 morphed from Armistice Day celebrating the end of World War I into an event honoring the sacrifices made by American veterans from all wars — takes COVID-19 into account for the festivities.

Veterans Day central this year might indeed be the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center and Museum at 400 S. Sykes Creek Parkway on Merritt Island, where the ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11.

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Donn Weaver spoke at last year’s Veterans Day ceremony.

“Plans include ‘Stories of Service’ from three generations of veterans,” said Donn Weaver, the Veterans Center chairman.

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Veterans organizations and supporting groups will be in attendance at the outdoor event with COVID-19 distanced-chair spacing.

The free event also features music, displays, and food from Merritt Island Chick-fil-A. Golf carts to assist visitors as well as water and snacks will be available.

Attendees can browse through the 6,000-square-foot the Military Museum and catch several new exhibits. The center’s 4,000-volume library will be open. Veterans can register for the Veterans History Project, where DVDs with the individual’s military history become part of the center library and are sent to the Library of Congress and the veterans’ families.

“It will be a great, spread-out ceremony to reflect on what veterans have done and honor their service and the country they served,” Weaver said.

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Veterans Day events in Brevard County • Veterans Day Ceremony 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 Brevard Veterans Memorial Center 400 S. Sykes Creek Parkway Merritt Island.

Stories of service from three generations.

• Veterans Day Ceremony 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 The Brevard Veterans Memorial Cemetery 1143 Day St. in Titusville The 42-year-old cemetery is the final resting place for 127 veterans, including World War II Army veteran Jesse Holmes, who suffered a fatal heart attack while attending a burial service and was later buried on the spot where he died.

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles Show 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14 and 15 Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum 6600 Tico Road in Titusville In honor of Veterans Day, a special event will be held at the museum.

In addition to the static displays, the open house includes fly-bys, memorabilia, vintage and classic automobiles, model trains, radio-controlled planes, a combat pilots meet-andgreet and food and drink for purchase.

Admission is free for all veterans and active duty military, plus accompanying family members. Additionally, all Florida residents are admitted free. Museum volunteers are encouraging visitors to bring a nonperishable food item to donate to local food banks.

New museum memberships will be discounted $25 during the special weekend.

For more information, call 321-268-1941 or go to valiantaircommand.com.

• Homestretch 5K for Homeless Vets 8 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 The run takes off from 1992 Melbourne Court, next to Campbell Park.

Proceeds benefit the National Veterans Homeless Support. a community-based organization whose goal is to eliminate homelessness among veterans in Central Florida. Entry fees are $30 for adults, $25 for children and $15 for active military and veterans. This year, a virtual 5K option is available for $35.

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Centenarian honored at Veterans Center surrounded by family, other veterans

BY GEORGE WHITE

SENIOR LIFE Roger Scruggs

Donn Weaver is a well-respected veteran in Brevard County.

Weaver appointed to VA’s Advisory Committee on Cemeteries, Memorials SPECIAL TO SENIOR LIFE Donn Weaver, chairman of the Brevard Veterans Council and past president of the Military Officers Association of America’s Cape Canaveral Chapter, was recently selected to serve on the VA Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials.

Weaver was nominated by Don W. Murphy, the director of the Cape Canaveral National Cemetery. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert L. Wilkie approved his selection and signed his appointment certificate.

The VA has 27 advisory committees and 17 of those are required by statute. The Advisory Committee on Cemeteries and Memorials is the only committee in the VA that directly affects the National Cemetery Administration (NCA).

The members meet twice a year, once in Washington, D.C. and again at another site somewhere in the U.S., typically near an existing and open NCA national cemetery.

The committee is composed of 12 appointed members and three ex-officio members who represent Arlington National Cemetery, the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service, and the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC). Appointed members serve a two-year term.

Weaver’s appointment term began August 2020 and runs through August 2022. His first official meeting with his fellow committee members and senior executives of the National Cemetery Administration was held last month. SL

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The family of World War II veteran Hubert “Hue” Mockler of Merritt Island gathered on his 100th birthday Oct. 14 at the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center on Merritt Island where plaques now mark a room dedicated in his honor.

Mockler, a retired Air Force chief master sergeant, originally was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942.

He later re-enlisted, this time in the U.S. Air Force, working on a variety of the early rocket programs on the Space Coast until his retirement from the military in 1965. Consistent support of the center and Disabled Veterans Chapter 123, which is housed there, earned him the special honor of having a room bearing his name, said chapter Commander Bill Benagh.

Following brief remarks in the center’s museum for about 30, including Mockler’s family from as far away as New Mexico, the group was led past what will now be known as the Mockler Room to a large hall where he helped cut his birthday cake with a large military sword surrounded by cheering Chapter 123 members.

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Cathy Mockler, left, and Patrick Mockler celebrated the 100th birthday of their father Hubert Mockler. He turned 100 on Oct. 14.

Standing less than 5 feet tall, Mockler showed off his enduring dry wit by saying that he used to be a lot taller, a claim disputed by his family.

One said he would get the smallest size uniform and have to cut it down even smaller. Mockler studied an old picture taken during his military service arranged on a table with other pieces of his personal military memorabilia.

Gathering at a family table, Mockler showed that he still has access to a vast storehouse of memories of his experiences in the

space program. Family members joining in the celebration included his daughter Cathy Mockler, his son Patrick Mockler and his grandson Tommy Mockler.

The new centenarian and his kin also reminisced about the early days along the Space Coast, including the vast undeveloped area south of Patrick Air Force Base in what is now a builtout Satellite Beach and the one-lane wooden bridge linking the barrier islands to the town of Eau Gallie, which later merged into Melbourne.

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Clifton school once stood on NASA property

BY MARIA SONNENBERG

On a winter’s day in 2004, historian Roz Foster joined a small band of treasure hunters battling heavy brush, tall grass and encroaching vines in a remote area of North Merritt Island.

The treasure they sought was not gold or jewels, but rather a concrete connection to the past. They found it in a pile of timber, beadboard and old windows — the remains of the Clifton Colored School.

“We could not believe the schoolhouse was still there after all the years of blowing winds, heat, rain and neglect,” Foster said.

The little broken-down building was once the place where AfricanAmerican children in the area received their education. For Brenda Gray, the great granddaughter of the man who built the simple structure, the discovery was sweet indeed.

“The great granddaughter stood in front of this reminder of another time and pictured relatives going to school there,” Foster said.

In 1890, Gray’s great grandfather, former slave Butler Campbell, joined neighbor Andrew Jackson to raise a schoolhouse where their nine children would have a place in which to learn.

Another neighbor, Wade Holmes, provided the lot and the three men set about building a 12 x16 structure with local heart-of-pine and cedar and cypress boards for shingles on a bed of hand-cut coquina blocks one foot off

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Classes were held during the summer at Clifton. the ground.

The little school soon earned a sterling reputation. Remarking about the school for “colored children” in Clifton, an 1893 story in the Florida Star noted that “although the school is small, it is one of the best in the country and speaks well of any community.”

The students worked diligently, both in school and outside, in a place where life was not easy, even for the young.

Attendance focused on the summer months so youngsters could help their parents in the orange groves and fields during the growing seasons.

The students of Clifton Schoolhouse were old enough by 1910 to either be out working full-time or enrolled in a school for secondary education.

The building was unused until former

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The Clifton Colored School offered a good education for black children. student Eugenia Campbell returned to live there, working the 34 acres of groves she and her sister had inherited.

When the government bought the land in the area as a buffer for rocket launches, the families had to leave.

All existing structures were moved or razed …. except for the Clifton Schoolhouse.

“Perhaps they thought it would fall to weather and time soon enough,” Foster said.

The school’s door and window frames, beadboard, hinges and other pieces and parts were rescued by the descendants of former students with the

thought of reconstructing the building at the Moore Cultural Complex in Mims. The proposed site later shifted to the planned Heritage Park at the Chain of Lakes in Titusville.

The park is currently on hold and, for now, the Clifton Schoolhouse is housed in a storage facility as it awaits its future.

This modest seat of learning in the middle of the Merritt Island scrub has tales to tell of determination and hard work, and of hopes and dreams.

“Clifton Schoolhouse and the stories it has are so important,” Foster said.”

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Then - 1920s

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This photo of New Haven Avenue in Downtown Melbourne is east of the railroad tracks. The building on the left was the Brown House Hotel. The Melbourne Hotel is the second building from the Brown House.

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Major retailers offer Black Friday discounts during pandemic associates extra time to clean and sanitize stores and stock shelves, required face coverings for customers and associates, plastic barriers at pharmacies and checkouts, and customer traffic management to encourage social distancing.

In addition, the 11,500-store retailer is hiring thousands of workers to handle an anticipated surge in online shopping. Walmart also is offering contactless pickup and delivery services on items that can be picked up or delivered as soon as the same day, express delivery on many items delivered within two hours, and free next day or two-day shipping on online orders exceeding $35. Express delivery and free delivery depend on

BY MIKE GAFFEY Attention shoppers: Black Friday is already here.

Due to the pandemic, some major retailers have ditched the annual ritual doorbuster deals on the day after Thanksgiving in favor of holiday season-long discounts instead.

Walmart, which has a Supercenter at 8500 N. Wickham Road in Viera, is promising “an all-new Black Friday experience,” offering deals that started in October, according to a news release.

During the holidays, Walmart will continue its safety practices implemented due to COVID-19, including reduced store hours to give

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The retailer is offering more holiday gifts that reflect the new normal, including loungewear, sleepwear, outdoor grills, exercise and sporting equipment, pet products and electronics.

“We know it’s been a trying year, and you’ve stepped up.”

– Walmart U.S. president and CEO John Furner Kohl’s, a retailer with one of its 1,160 stores at 6729 Colonnade Ave. in Viera, also has been offering deals since October and plans more savings through December, including a new Black Friday Week to attract customers. Kohl’s has implemented numerous safety measures in its stores and redesigned its website to provide online shoppers with easier access and more selections.

The company is offering contactless delivery options such as Drive Up as well as In-Store Pick Up services. Shoppers can choose Buy Online, Pick Up in Store or Ship to Store options. Stores also accept free, unpackaged returns for customers of e-commerce giant Amazon.

Many major retailers rescheduled their holiday sales after Amazon moved its lucrative Prime Day from July to mid-October.

In another sign of COVID’s impact on the holiday shopping season, Walmart, Kohl’s and several other large retailers will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. For Walmart, it’s the first time the retailer has shuttered stores on Thanksgiving since the late 1980s.

“We know it’s been a trying year, and you’ve stepped up,” Walmart U.S. president and CEO John Furner wrote in a company memo. “We want you to enjoy the day at home with your loved ones.” SL

Local businesses try inventive methods to survive amid COVID As the COVID-19 pandemic was first rampaging through the U.S. and crippling businesses, some locally owned small businesses turned to innovative strategies to stay afloat and serve their customers.

At La Moda Boutique, in the Pineda Landings shopping center in Suntree, the women’s fashion store’s co-owners, sisters-inlaw Lisa and Dawn Vaccarrelli, relied on social media to run their business from home after it was forced to close for six weeks.

“I did everything possible to stay relevant and to give our customers a feeling of some sort of normalcy,” Lisa Vaccarelli stated in an email.

“As I physically delivered merchandise to customers’ front doors or dropped off packages at the post office with free local delivery, I was told by many women that it really lifted their spirits and they were so thankful.”

Jennifer Sugarman, president and CEO of the Cocoa Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce, noted that while Brevard County’s restaurant and bar community has been hit the hardest by the pandemic, with several holiday parties cancelling due to corporate safety policies, “the continued integration of curbside pickup, utilizing social media for marketing and Open for Business signage that includes storefront safety procedures, is a sure ticket to driving holiday traffic for our business community.”

One such storefront is Grimaldi Candy Company at The Avenue Viera and in Rockledge, where owner Jim Frazier has placed a large Open for Business sign in front of his storefront and a banner to ‘“Eat More Chocolate.” Frazier has used social media “to display new goods and gifts entering the marketplace, local advertising with digital and print media and, of course, a curbside pick-up option to make shoppers feel even more at ease this holiday season,” Sugraman added.

La Moda kicked off the holiday season with a Joseph Ribkoff trunk show event on Oct. 22, featuring the fall 2020 collection from the worldrenowned Canadian fashion designer.

For more information, go to lamodagirls.com or call 321773-5234.

The Avenue recently became the first retail center of its kind to receive the GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation, the cleaning industry’s only outbreak prevention, response and recovery accreditation, Sugarman said.

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Behind the In June 1970, during a 24-hour break in the Kinks’ touring schedule, leader Ray Davies jetted from New York to London and back — a 6,000mile round trip — in order to change a mere two words in the band’s latest Arista Records single.

It wasn’t that the controversial song “Lola” concerned a man romancing a transvestite, but the fact that Davies had committed a UK faux pas in his opening lyrics: I met her in a club down in old Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Coca-Cola C-O-L-A Cola …

The problem? The publicowned BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) didn’t allow the use of brand names in recordings. Thus, Ray was required to switch the trademarked Coca-Cola name to the generic cherry cola in order to ensure airplay in his native country.

According to legend, Davies composed the work after he and record producer friend Robert Wace had gone to a Paris — not London — nightclub. Wace, reportedly a heavy-duty imbiber, was said to have begun moving on a sultry woman there, enjoying their dances and soon confiding to Ray, “I’m really on to a good thing here.” But Davies thought he detected something odd: the seductive lady, whose name was Lola, seemed to have a bit of chin stubble.

Ray decided that Wace was too drunk to notice.

She walked like a woman but talked like a man From that incident came the first Kinks Top 10 hit in years, their last chart success being the Reprise label’s “Tired of Waiting for You” back in 1965 — an eternity in the fleeting world of rock music fame. While the quartet had released numerous excellent 45s in the later 1960s, a return to the Big Time eluded them until the release of their contentious 1970 offering.

In the song, Ray kept the language ambiguous:

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I’m glad that I’m a man and so is Lola And listeners who paid attention to Davies’s lyrics could never be sure of Lola’s sex: Girls will be boys and boys will be girls It’s a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world Due to its risqué allusions, the tune was banned in Australia but did become a No. 2 hit in Britain, a No. 9 smash in the United States and a Top 10 success in 11 other countries.

Ray Davies often took credit for the entire song: “I wrote ‘Lola’ to be a great record, not a great song. Something that people could recognize in the first five seconds.”

Actually, his brother Dave — and fellow Kink — wrote the music, with Ray adding the wry lyrics afterward.

During the recording sessions, four or five versions were attempted, with different keys being tried as well as various overall styles.

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It’s not kids who say the darndest things I keep telling people I grew old, not up.

It’s true. I might be at the age where I need to use fingers on both hands to tell people I’m 60 … something, but I’ve never matured past 17.

Those that know me can attest this is true. I just finished DJing probably my 500th wedding last weekend and I had as much fun as the kids did.

I was jumping around playing my air guitar, singing at the top of my lungs and doing the Cupid Shuffle.

However, after each of my fun events, my knees remind me that gravity has been dragging me down for more than

six decades.

I’ve never used any drugs or medications to keep going at this pace but afterward, well let’s just say I’d like to give a big shout-out to the person who invented ibuprofen!

So since my fun loving side hasn’t matured for the last 4½ decades I decided to bring a little known fact to light. Remember I did a column some months ago titled “Kids Say The Darndest Things?”

Well, it turns out seniors also say the darndest things.

Here are some quotes for example.

“Don’t think of it as hot flashes. Think

guy that kept me up all night was Mr. Coffee.” My favorite is “OMG I’m rich. Silver in the hair, gold in the teeth, crystals in the kidneys, lead in the butt, iron in the arteries, and an inexhaustible supply of natural gas!”

You know we’re actually kinda lucky to be this age. Think about it.

At least all the stupid stuff we did was before the internet and the friends who witnessed us? Well, let’s just say their computer isn’t the only thing out of memory. Now, what was I talking about? SL

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Sammy Haddad of it as your inner child playing with matches.” Or how about, “At my age, the only way to be smokin’ hot is to get cremated.”

Then there’s this one, “The last

Always remain open-minded to enjoy a full long life Tradition! Tradition! We all remember Tevye singing in the musical “Fiddler on The Roof.” His daughter does not want the traditional marriage ceremony. He understands that times change.

During the holiday season, we carry out customs and practices passed down for generations to celebrate. A normal comfortable way is not changed.

At Thanksgiving, it is traditional to have turkey and all the trimmings. All this started when a group of pilgrims invited native people to share a fall meal. People celebrated a good harvest as they prepared for winter. Customary complementary foods included potatoes, yams, fruits, vegetables and pumpkin pie. Through the centuries, we accepted the ritual and the special day of thanks became a national holiday.

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Through the years, families shifted from turkey to ham and prime rib.

Rather than a sit-down meal, changes included a deep-fried turkey or a barbecue meal served buffet style.

Potlucks gave grandma the chance to be a coordinator rather than the main cook.

For decades, families gathered at church to give thanks before the traditional big feast. The Macy’s Parade and football games on television became a new way to celebrate. Families attempting to gather for the traditional meal created travel conflicts, demands by relatives to be at “our” house, and young families trying to satisfy senior members. The challenge, “Make Your Own Traditions” is perfect for the younger generation. Yes, seniors might enjoy the change as well.

Being alone during the holidays is a

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Challenges of Living to Age 100 Ed Baranowski challenge for millions of seniors. Check your neighborhood and invite those who will be alone. Organize a potluck. Get involved. Volunteer at a church or food bank. Pack food boxes to help needy families. Help serve food at Daily Bread or at Salvation Army. Meet new people; contact old friends by phone. Target those with whom you have lost contact.

Be together in spirit with memories.

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Brevard Federated Estate Planning Seminar Republican Women Lunch 10 - 11 a.m.

10 - 11 a.m.

Bradley Brewer from Legacy Kept talks about how to write your story to preserve your family history.

One Senior Place, 321-751-6771

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Sheriff Wayne Ivey guest.

Reservations required.

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

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Presented by William A. Johnson, P.A. In-person or Virtual RSVP to receive Zoom link One Senior Place 8085 Spyglass Hill Road Viera, 321-751-6771

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Open Pickleball

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Space Coast Symphony special online presentation.

SpaceCoastSymphony.org

1 - 4 p.m. $2 per person Viera Regional Community Center 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera, 321-433-4891

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Outdoor Concert with the Open Pickleball 1 - 4 p.m.

Adagio Sax Quartet 3 p.m.

Presenting beautiful Saxophone music of Bach, Handel and Mozart Harbor City Baptist Church 2711 N. Harbor City Blvd.

$2 per person Viera Regional Community Center 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera, 321-433-4891

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6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Face mask discretionary while dancing Wickham Park Senior Center 27858 Leisure Drive Melbourne, 321-255-4494

1 - 4 p.m.

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Seated Yoga Class

11 a.m.

Gentle seated yoga, stretch, breathe, strengthen your core, and relax. $2 Freedom 7 Senior Center 5000 Tom Warriner Blvd.

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Dec. 1 Line Dancing – Beginners

4:15 - 5:15 p.m.

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As times change and conditions change, traditions change. Today, the changes are referred to as the new normal. During this pandemic period, there will be limited travel and families will stay safe at home.

Television food host Rachel Ray suggests multiple options. A virtual Thanksgiving will include families connected by Zoom, displaying their special foods including ethnic dishes.

A Power Point photo program showing all family members will make a great dessert. How will your traditions change? SL Ed Baranowski is an award-winning writer, artist, speaker and seminar leader. He lives in Melbourne and can be contacted at fastssr75@gmail.com.

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Space Coast Lightfest

Veterans Day Weekend Open House Nov. 14 and 15

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Face mask discretionary Wickham Park Senior Center 27858 Leisure Drive Melbourne, 321-255-4494

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Bingo 10 a.m.

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Only $8 to play 16 regular Face mask required Wickham Park Senior Center games (7 hard cards).

North Brevard Senior Center 27858 Leisure Drive Melbourne, 321-255-4494 909 Lane Ave. Titusville, 321-268-2333

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Flybys, displays, memorabilia, car clubs, model trains and planes and much more.

Warbird Air Museum 6600 Tico Road, Titusville

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Festival of Crafts Lunch and Learn presented by Personal Hearing Solutions.

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Pinochle

12:30 - 4 p.m.

Temperature check and face mask required.

Wickham Park Senior Center 27858 Leisure Drive Melbourne, 321-255-4494

10 - 11 a.m.

Adult Zumba, $5 per class Viera Regional Community Center 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera, 321-208-5259

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Centrio Roaming Carolers will stroll around The Avenue The Avenue Viera

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Enjoy scenic St. Marys, Georgia just over the Florida border

St. Marys, Georgia can be a wonderful educational trip and a delight for the entire family. Plan this visit for at least one or two nights.

This wonderful place is located just over the northern border of Florida. It is an outstanding historic 18th Century town.

St. Marys is the gateway to Cumberland Island National Seashore, the largest of the Georgia coast’s barrier islands. The Cumberland Island National Seashore’s Visitor Center and boat access are located at the St. Marys waterfront at the foot of Osborne Street.

Most of the attractions are located on or just off Osbourne Street and your first stop should be to the Visitors Center.

Call 912-882-4000 in advance and have them mail you tourist information.

Cumberland Island National Seashore Museum is on the St. Marys River. Here, you can purchase tickets for the Cumberland Island Ferry and island tours. For information, call 877-8606787. The ferry docks in Cumberland Island at Sea Camp have full facilities that include a bathroom and a shower.

There are beautiful trails that will take backpackers and bicyclists east to the beach and north to the wilderness.

On this trip, pack a lunch and plenty of drinking water. You also have the opportunity to book a full guided tour of Cumberland Island at St. Marys Museum.

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my employees,” Shuler said.

One of her biggest challenges was mastering the operation of a forklift.

“I’ve gotten pretty good at it,” she said.

COVID-19 has necessitated some readjustments, such as more items offered online, limiting the number of people at gatherings, social distancing and cutting back on food to avoid contamination.

One of the memorable items Shuler

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Orange Hall Museum is a historic 1838 Greek Revival museum on Osbourne Street. For information, call 912-882-4000.

St. Marys Railroad Express is a themed train ride and museum on Osbourne Street. For information, call 912-729-3103.

St. Marys Submarine Museum is located directly on the St. Mary River.

This museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the distinguished U.S. submarine force. For information, call 912-882-2282.

At St. Marys Waterfront Park, enjoy open green space with a neat riverside walkway along the river. There is a boat ramp, attractive gazebo, playground for youngsters and river views.

St. Marys Pavilion and Fishing Pier is at the foot of Osbourne Street and the river.

Take a leisurely stroll of St. Marys streets and view many historic homes and buildings.

For overnight accommodations, there recalls auctioning is a portable altar likely used for dispensing communion to overseas troops.

“It was 80 years old and had compartments where holy water and rosaries were kept,” Shuler said.

She attributes Shuler Auctioneers and Liquidators’ 40-plus years of success to the influence of her late husband.

“He instilled honesty in the business, did nothing underhanded and treated everyone equally,” she said.

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Strengthening muscles with exercise help seniors prevent falls

BY BRENDA EGGERT BRADER Many senior citizen injuries have resulted from slips and falls. Keeping balance is especially important for senior citizens.

The solution to balance issues is strengthening muscles, working joints and staying active.

“It’s for health and wellness,” said Paula Schroeder of the balance matters program at Aging Matters in Brevard County. “We want to keep people healthy for as long as we can.”

“Seniors need the most help,” said Lauren Hanson, the clinic manager at Restore Outpatient at the Buena Vida assisted living. “Balance can be lost before or after a fall. Walking around their apartment without their assisted device or at nighttime in the dark can cause a fall. Or it can be medical related like blood pressure, vertigo or dizziness and they lose their balance. Tripping over animals, carpet throw rugs or even outside on uneven surfaces trips them up a bit.

“We do a lot of strengthening and balance like backward walking braiding one foot behind the other on a narrow basis of support like walking a tightrope with eyes close and eyes open, on level or carpet or a more challenging surface

with a foam pad that takes in the ankle strategies.”

An eight-week workshop for two hours a week is offered at Aging Matters.

“We don’t start exercises until the third week,” Schroeder said. “A lot of it is learning about falls, who is prone to falls and why it is necessary to exercise.

Some people are so afraid of falling that they don’t do anything.”

A gradual exercise, Schroeder says the focus of the class is to know that by not doing anything you increase your risk of falling.

“People just become weak and the muscles don’t work,” Schroeder said.

“Even sitting in a chair and lifting your knees up in a seated march is going to really help your muscles. We do all parts of the body starting with the neck and the different joints, shoulders, wrists, fingers and hands are really important to stretch as are hips. Just doing hula hips and moving hips in a circle and angles is The mission at Palm Point Behavioral Health is to provide really important.”

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Hospice, palliative care comes through when there’s no cure

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BY BRENDA EGGERT BRADER Hospice and palliative care programs provide pain management, symptom control, psychosocial support and spiritual care to patients and their families when a cure is not possible.

Throughout November, National Home Care and Hospice Month is observed.

“Hospice is a philosophy of care provided to patients wherever they call home, assisted living or nursing home,” said Cami Leech Florio, the chief strategic officer for St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care. “Every hospice patient has an interdisciplinary team comprised of a hospice doctor, physician’s assistant, practical and registered nurses, social worker, home health aide and a chaplain. Every patient has a full group to care for their needs. Pet therapy is also a provided discipline if desired.

“What is unique about hospice is the core of volunteers,” Leech Florio said. “They provide companionship, help our caregivers with running errands.

Several chaplains and volunteers provide patient time like singing, guitar concerts or special time something.”

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Hospice is a philosophy of care provided to patients. It has evolved through the years. manager or physician,” Leech Florio said.

The hospice benefit is for anyone who has a life expectancy of six months or less. Medicare covers hospice at 100 percent.

“Hospice focuses on understanding what is most

important to the patient and helping them as much as possible,” Leech Florio said. “My dad wanted to go out to eat, go to church and spend time with my family. We spent his energy on the things that were most important to him.” SL

“Hospice is a philosophy of care provided to patients wherever they call home, assisted living or nursing home.”

– Cami Leech Florio

Palliative care is longer life care.

“Think of a cancer patient still getting treatments or pain management,” said Paul Kolarik, the general manager at VITAS Healthcare in Brevard about Palliative care.

“It depends on what the patient need is and check with the doctor as to what to order. Our people are experts on pain management.”

“Chaplains and social workers also offer grief counseling for hospice up to 13 months after the death,” Kolarik said. “It varies and the support groups have quite a few people.”

Benefits and services offered include a nurse 24-7, home health aide that provides bathing Monday through Friday; and the business assists families by providing equipment like hospital beds, wheelchairs, and other equipment, medication through diagnosis, a chaplain, and volunteers to help with the caregiver and help with patients.

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Titusville church breakfast serves the hungry, lonely

BY FLORA REIGADA

A weekly community breakfast at First United Methodist Church in Downtown Titusville provides nourishment for the body and spirit.

It is held 8 to 10 a.m. each Saturday in the church parking lot.

Originally in the church Fellowship Hall, it migrated outside when the coronavirus struck.

Breakfast is provided for all, whether hungry for food or the company of others while enjoying a good meal.

Pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, hash browns, orange juice, milk and coffee are on the menu. People can eat on site, socially distancing, or get breakfast to go.

“We serve a wide variety of people, including the homeless,” said Ken DeTorres, who coordinates the effort.

People show up on foot, bicycles or in new cars, such as the older Navy veteran who came for years.

“He was there for the company,” DeTorres said. “We missed him when he stopped coming and were saddened to learn that he had passed away.”

The community and other churches

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Volunteers serve all who show up on Saturday mornings.

lend a hand.

Annie Gaudi of Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Mims helps coordinate the church’s assistance.

“Our youth group helps with the breakfasts four times a year,” she said.

“When I was a teenager, volunteering at a homeless shelter turned my life

or send breakfast-designated financial donations to the church at 206 S. Hopkins Ave. in Titusville.

For information, go to fumctitusville.com or call First United Methodist Church at 321-269-7631 or Ken DeTorres at 321-403-6144. SL

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Winter craft festival returns to Titusville’s Fox Lake Park

BY FLORA REIGADA Those looking for a unique handmade creation, Christmas gift, decoration or edible craft might find it at the Fox Lake Winter Festival of Crafts.

The annual Festival of Crafts, hosted by the Brevard County North Area Parks and Recreation, will take place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 at Fox Lake Park at 4400 Fox Lake

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The popular festival attracts up to 10,000 attendees each year. It will host 144 craft and food vendors.

The community is invited for a leisurely day of browsing, munching and supporting area craftsmen.

“Crafts will include homemade jewelry, wood crafts, metal crafts, crocheted items, art and more,” said Annette Devlin, the coordinator of the Sandrift Community Center.

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Food trucks also will be part of the festival.

“Everyone enjoys a tasty snack,” Recreation Leader Erika Whitt said.

“In addition to baked goods, there will be lots of treats you can’t find in the store.”

Attendees will have the opportunity to take on a nature walk in Fox Lake Park. They might even spot wildlife in the area.

“Although it might be too noisy during the festival to spot much wildlife, on quiet days, raccoons, eagles, deer, alligators and other

wildlife can be sighted.” Devlin said.

Whitt also spoke of wild boars, turtles, nonvenomous black racer snakes and birds such as osprey and gray heron.

“The craft fair, the food and nature’s beauty; there are so many things to enjoy in one day,” Whitt said.

For information about the Fox Lake Winter Festival of Crafts or other area activities, call 321-264-5037 or go to the Brevard County North Area Parks and Recreation’s Facebook page. SL

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When the Senior Life Drive-Thru Expo came near their neighborhood in Palm Bay, Carmen and Wentworth Eccles wanted to check it out.

They were pleased they did.

They attended the expo held Oct. 16 at the Hammock Landing Shopping Center on Palm Bay Road. It was the third of four Senior Life Drive-Thru Expos. The next will be held Nov. 6 at Melbourne Square Mall.

“It is safe, friendly and a chance to get out,” Carmen Eccles said. It was “not crowded, entertaining.”

The Eccles said they had an excellent opportunity to collect useful information in one setting.

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organizations wore masks and practiced social distancing. Attendees remained in their vehicles and stopped at the different booths set up in the parking lot at Hammock Landing, and without getting out of their vehicles interacted with representatives.

“It seems well organized,” said Joe Aiuto of Melbourne as he drove up to the Senior Life welcome station. “I really wanted to see how it was set up.”

Aiuto left the event pleased.

As attendees drove through, Derek Bernard of Cape Canaveral provided the music by playing his guitar and

singing a variety of songs. He plays It was Howard Gordon’s first time anything from AC/DC and music of at a drive-thru expo. the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s to jazz “This is a clever idea,” said Gordon and current tunes. of Melbourne. “People are enjoying The Senior Life expositions these expos.” have been held indoors at different The next Senior Life Drive-Thru locations in Brevard County through Expo will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday, the years. This year, because of the Nov. 6 at the Melbourne Square Mall. coronavirus pandemic, the expos have For more information, call 321been drive-thru events.

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