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With the holiday season approaching, it’s not too difficult to track down Marci Mathers Nail. She can be found in her downtown Eau Gallie bakery, Mathers’ Cake Shop, busily baking Christmas cakes and cookies as she’s done for decades.

“I’ve worked here since I was 6,” Nail said of the longstanding business that her parents, James and Rose Mathers, started in 1945. “We used to live in this bakery.

I slept behind the oven with my brother, James.”

Over time, the Mathers name has become synonymous with sweet treats in Brevard County. Generations of residents have depended on Mathers to create Marci Mathers Nail ornate cakes for special occasions such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and Banana River at the end of State Road showers.

3. Nail said the family had no ties to the “I make lots of specialty shapes,” said nearby Mathers Bridge restaurant, which Nail, an Eau Galle High School graduate. operated for 52 years before closing in “I’ve made a 9-foot alligator for the 1992.

Space Coast Gator Club. I make castles.

“That was just named Mathers, but I’ve made bulldogs, pigs and an octopus. everybody loved that restaurant,” Nail I just made an armadillo cake for a girl’s said. “But then the people who lived there ‘Steel Magnolias’ party and the girl didn’t like all the people parking, so they kissed it.” had it closed up.”

Mathers’ Cake Shop got its start when Nail, who’s been married to rancher James Mathers, an Eau Gallie native and Clark Nail for 46 years and has three member of a pioneering local family who children and six grandchildren, attributes apprenticed at a downtown Melbourne her shop’s success and longevity to bakery after having left the Navy, decided treating her customers like family and to open his own shop. The couple opened making all her products from scratch. their first bakery on U.S. 1 south of New “I try to be as perfect as possible but Haven Avenue, then moved into the I’m not always perfect,” Nail said. “I try shop’s current location at 1341 Highland to treat them fair. If they’re not happy I Ave. when the U.S. Post Office moved give them all their money back.” out, Nail said.

Kids who stop by the shop can enjoy The Mathers family also ran a bake free baked cookies. “Sometimes I give shop in the Melbourne Shopping Center away more than I sell,” Nail said with a for about 20 years before a Publix Super laugh.

Market in the plaza took over the shop, Nail already has her eye on some future Nail said. “Publix wanted my father to employees to keep the family business run all their bakeries in Florida and they running for the next 69 years and beyond. tried to hire him,” she said. “But my “I have a couple of granddaughters who mother didn’t want him to travel so we are pretty excited about it and a grandson, refused that and we decided to open this too,” she said. “But they’re young.” one full time up here.”

The shop’s specialty cakes come in an Mathers’ Cake Shop is at 1431 Highland assortment of mouth-watering varieties, Ave. in Eau Gallie. For operating hours, including Italian cream cake, rum cake, to schedule an appointment or for more orange cake, and a rich dark chocolate information, call 321-254-1700. SL cake with fudge and chocolate mousse.

“We have a Mathers surprise cake that has a lot of different fillings,” she said. “But the very favorite is Jake the Bake’s Pecan Coffee Cake,” named for her father, who passed away in 2007.

Nail, who mainly works by appointment, usually runs the shop herself but hires friends during the busiest times of the year. “We’re very busy at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter or if I have a bridal show,” said Nail, a member of the Brevard County Bridal Association.

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Have you ever seen a set of mastodon bones up close? Perused the remnants of the earliest settlers of Brevard that pre-date recorded history? Explored the legends and artifacts from the cultures and families who have made the Space Coast what it is today? All these and lots more fascinating objects are at the Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science in Cocoa, and on Friday, March 13 we’d like you to save the date to enter as our guests. It’s the brand new Forever Young Senior Expo done Senior Life style, with lots of fun things to do and see, live entertainment, prize giveaways and the sort of surprises that make people look forward to our next get togethers.

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We enjoyed your company at the Nov. 14 Boomer Bash & Senior Expo at the King Center, kicked off with a heartfelt Veterans Salute. While you were there, I hope you got to meet some of our hometown celebrities, the very gorgeous boomer and senior models who will grace the pages of the 2015 Boomer Guide. There were several photo shoots in progress, but you’ll have to wait until the Boomer Guide release party to find out this year’s exciting theme, and just who will replace our Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood on the cover. So save the date for that event at the Senior Safari & Caribbean Beach Party Friday, Feb. 6, heading back to the Brevard Zoo by popular request.

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I want to thank you for a wonderful year of fellowship and readership, the best ever! Enjoy your holidays with friends and family and we look forward to ringing in the New Year together with the January edition of Senior Life, which will mark the start of our 18th year together.

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enjoy attending,” said Jill Blue-Gaines, founder and CEO of Bluewater Creative Group, which publishes Senior Life and Viera Voice newspapers, the annual Boomer Guide, Viera MD magazine and the Charlie Corbeil Birding Guide, and hosts a calendar of popular events and expos each year. The entries were judged by the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. The school enjoys a reputation as a top journalism school; the department, its faculty and administration are considered a go-to think-tank for media issues and ethics nationwide.

Guest writer and conservationist Darryl Benton won first place for best Howto Feature for his piece on conservation and preservation with his day-to-day journal-type entries leading a group of paddle boaters on an adventure to raise awareness of the need for better stewardship of the Indian River Lagoon.

The design team won First Place for Best Ad Series promoting the Senior Safari 2014 Boomer Guide Expo that celebrates the release of the annual guide, the 2015 event

returning to Brevard Zoo Feb. 6.

Maria Sonnenberg won for her two-page feature on the history and photos of the little houses of worship that went up as Florida’s Space Coast was settled.

“The Sandwich Generation” column by Linda Wiggins won first place for best Senior Issues coverage. It refers to the generation of boomers concerned with the care of their aging parents while also raising children.

Wiggins also won first place for best Community Service writing about a project that brought together more than 200 volunteers from all generations to build a playground at the Boys & Girls Club in Cocoa in a day.

The 2014 Boomer Guide received three awards including second place for best cover photo. The photograph was taken

by Keith Betterley of Betterley Photographic.

Other awards received were for a story a roundup of residents celebrating a 100th birthday written by George White and a report on the pluses and minuses of establishing Adult Family Care Homes in residential neighborhoods by Wiggins. SL

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Local man shares his knowledge of Civil War medicine

BY FLORA REIGADA

During the recent Pritchard Day at Titusville’s Pritchard House, the Confederate Sons Association, Indian River Camp 47, helped bring the past alive by setting up a Civil War encampment. Their period uniforms, occasional volleys of gunfire, infantry tents and artifact displays offered glimpses in time.

State Commander and local treasurer Mike Linthicum showcased medicines and surgical instruments used to treat wounded soldiers.

“They were treated in field hospitals, which were large tents. But more often, during battles, a house or church would be taken over. The doctor would

arrive in his wagon with his supplies, then spread a rubber blanket on the kitchen or dining room table to perform surgeries.

Maybe two doctors with a couple of assistants would treat thousands.”

There was limited knowledge of sanitary procedures and how disease is spread.

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Mike Linthicum, State Commander of the Confederate Sons Association, displays medicines used to treat wounded soldiers during the Civil War. One of the bottles was found on the grounds of a Civil War hospital in Tennessee.

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At the time, medical school was two years. The graduate would then work for a practicing doctor, who determined his protégé’s readiness for a license.

Linthicum pointed to medicine bottles in his case, some Civil War vintage. He explained that due to the Union naval blockade, medicine was scarce. Doctors resorted to home or Indian remedies, some of which are still used in medicines today.

“Charcoal and flax seed was given for stomach ailments,” Linthicum said.

“Cherry bark was boiled for tea to treat coughs.”

Chloroform was used as an anesthetic, however, it was in short supply.

“Soldiers would literally have to bite a bullet,” Linthicum said. “Some would pass out from the pain.”

Between surgeries, instruments were washed in a bucket that became red with blood.

Horsehair was used to suture wounds. Boiling it for softening had the unexpected benefit of reducing infections. Other sanitary measures were gradually implemented.

He spoke of his vintage bone saw, purchased from Gettysburg, Pa. and perhaps used for surgeries during the Battle of Gettysburg, which recorded the most casualties in the war.

Linthicum said studying Civil War medicine has given him an appreciation for how far we’ve come, but also for hardships endured by our ancestors.

“They were tough,” he said.

The Confederate Sons Association is for history buffs interested in the Civil War era.

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Here’s a tip: generosity is a benefit you can take with you experience,” Panouses said.

Mary Alice Libby went to the Community Foundation for Brevard to establish a scholarship in her and husband James’ name. The charitable foundation works with individuals and organizations to establish charitable legacies for any charitable cause or organization named by the donor. The donor does not have the expense and headache of running his own foundation, and pooled funds in the community trust generate more substantial returns than a smaller fund.

The satisfied product of a Catholic education, Libby wished to provide this opportunity to a girl each year whose family could not otherwise afford it with a fourVIERA VOICE PHOTO year scholarship to Melbourne A bequest of $500,000 from a frequent Seniors Central Catholic High School. at Lunch diner provided for a community “Mrs. Libby loved her kitchen to enable seniors to have nutritious food church and had a heart for forever through Aging Matters in Brevard. helping promising students reach their full potential in life,” said Sandi Scannelli, CEO of the Community law and also a CPA. The typical goal Foundation for Brevard. “She felt that is to gain tax advantages of annual and education was the best way to do that.” planned giving that can help individuals The gift changed a life forever, reduce the amount they owe Uncle Sam according to one Libby recipient. by dropping them to a lower tax bracket.

“Although it was a decade ago, it “It’s great that people want to was a defining moment influencing who save money, but I urge them to pick I am today,” Brittany Rainbow said.

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She was an unassuming regular customer at a Seniors at Lunch site run by what is now called Aging Matters in Brevard. She left a heck of a tip.

The patron turned out to be a retired restaurateur who named the former Community Services Council of Brevard in her will to receive a $500,000 bequest.

Requesting anonymity, the purpose of the gift was to build a kitchen capable of preparing, packaging and delivering food to individuals receiving Meals on Wheels and attending Seniors at Lunch so that Brevard’s seniors might continue to receive life-sustaining food in perpetuity.

“I believe this donor would be very proud that her bequest lives on,” said Cindy Flachmeier, CEO and president of Aging Matters, the official nonprofit contractor for state and federal aging services in Brevard. The gift also provided a way for the charity to generate a revenue stream with catering services to other nonprofits and businesses.

“In 2013, the Brevard Community Kitchen prepared and delivered 385,197 meals to Meals on Wheels recipients, Seniors at Lunch sites, adult and child day centers, the children’s summer lunch program and charter schools. With the help of a 75-kilowatt generator, during disasters our kitchen staff can prepare and deliver meals for disaster first-responders and seniors temporarily staying in special needs shelters.”

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BY LINDA WIGGINS

Retired USAF Lt. Gen. William “Bill” Welser said he will champion the cause of remembering the service and sacrifice of military veterans until the day he dies.

“It’s that important,” he told the audience of the Nov. 14 Veterans Salute at the King Center that opened the Senior Life Boomer Bash & Senior Expo.

“U.S. citizens are now the target of the terrorism war we are now fighting, not just the military as it has been in past wars,” Welser said, challenging the community and veterans in attendance to bring friends next year to fill auditoriums at all Veterans Day ceremonies.

“If we don’t honor and appreciate the service of our military and the families that support them, who will want to go and fight to protect us in the future?”

The theme of the ceremony was military families, marked by a special award given to Mary Dunagan, the widow of retired Lt. Col. Frank Dunagan. He organized the inaugural Veterans Salute last year that has become an annual event, and provided leads to stories that honor veterans on the pages of Senior Life.

“He always said he could not

have soared so high in his career and community service nor enjoyed the flight without Mary and his family behind him,” Senior Life publisher Jill Blue-Gaines said in giving the award.

Leadership, spouses and family of the Military Officers Association of America Cape Canaveral Chapter, for which Dunagan was a leader, also took part in the award presentation.

Indian River Colony Club resident and retired Army infantry Col. Benjamin Abramowitz spoke about his family’s many generations of military service that started with his immigrant father who was headed down the path of becoming a mobster like his gang buddies but joined the military as a teen instead.

“Never underestimate the power of an older officer taking an interest in the career of a young person on staff,” Abramowitz said. “It changed our family’s world forever and produced leaders in every war since.”SL

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As an avid golfer, retired Air Force Chief Jerry McAnulty honored his fellow veterans on Veterans Day at Duran Golf Club.

For the third consecutive year, McAnulty stationed himself at the 11th green right next to the Duran Clubhouse. For that hole, he handled the pin, which has been equipped with a specially-made American flag purchased for the brief ceremony repeated for all golfers.

“The flag is displayed on the pin.

As the players come up to the green, I make sure that they observe me because I’m in red, white and blue. I want to remove the pin from the cup.

Unfortunately, normally when you remove the pin from the ground, you put it on the ground and you don’t want to do that with an American flag. I take the flag, move back out of the way and stand at parade rest, like we do in the military. I put the flag back in the cup and salute the flag and then I wait for the next group to come up. I do it from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,’’ said McAnulty, 78, who enlisted in 1955.

The new Viera tradition came about when the Heritage Isle resident saw a group called Birdies For The Brave do the same thing.

“I kind of took the lead from them.

Out of respect and honor for the veterans, I thought it would be a great thing to do here at Duran,’’ he said.

In addition to paying for the American flag for the event, Duran Golf Club also honors veterans with discounts, including free golf (players still have to pay the $22 cart fee) and reduced prices at the clubhouse

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Duran Golf Club member and retired Air Force Chief Jerry McAnulty has honored veterans with a special salute using a flag made for the pin.

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“By giving them the discounts on Veterans Day, there’s going to be a lot of veterans here and then there’s just the regulars who play here and a lot of them are veterans,’’ he said.

McAnulty said he’s so encouraged by the response that he’s in it for the long haul.

“The golfers are 100 percent pleased with the event. They actually seem to be impressed with what’s going on because they’ve never seen it done before. I do it out of respect and honor for veterans, being one myself. I spent 28 years in active duty. I’m just very patriotic and I love to do this. I will do this as long as I’m alive because it’s been so well received,’’ he said. SL

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The Veterans Memorial Center and Park on Merritt Island, poised to launch a major $5 million museum expansion effort, is set to welcome its latest piece of donated military hardware this month: a Vietnam War-era A-7 Corsair II jet.

Housed in Pensacola and considered surplus by the Department of Defense, the vintage warplane is scheduled to be delivered between Dec. 11 and 13 to the center, at 400 S. Sykes Creek Parkway, behind Merritt Square Mall.

“Basically, we just need to commit to taking good care of it,” center president Bill Vagianos said.

Two trucks will haul the warplane to the center, said center operations director Robert Doyle. “They took off the wing section and the wings are coming in on one truck and then the fuselage is coming in on another truck,” he added.

The center paid for transportation costs and will pursue grants to replace the funds, Doyle said.

Introduced in 1965, the A-7 was used for close air support attack missions. A later version, the A-7E, was equipped with a 20mm gun and carried payloads of up to 15,000 pounds of bombs and missiles. In service for more than 20 years, the A-7 eventually was replaced by the F/A 18 Hornet.

The center also recently received another donation: an armored personnel carrier from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, Vagianos said.

The equipment arrival comes just weeks after an Oct. 27 groundbreaking ceremony for the Lakes at Veterans Memorial Park. The park expansion will create an 80-acre multi-use waterfront park that includes an already completed 20-acre lake that filters storm water runoff before discharging into Newfound Harbor and the Indian River Lagoon. The park is designed to provide space for displays and memorials honoring veterans as well as low-intensity leisure activities.

Amenities include salt and fresh water wetlands, walking trails, wildlife observation, a picnic pavilion and play structure, an educational kiosk and a non-motorized canoe and kayak launching area.

The $1.2 million in recreation improvements are funded through a Florida Department of Environmental Protection Grant from the Florida Communities Trust and $400,000 from the Merritt Island Redevelopment Agency.

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The 80-acre park under developmeent will include a 20-acre lake.

Doyle said the county needs to move a mound of sand to be used to fill nearby retention basins before the Corsair can be moved to its permanent display site.

Once park construction is done, the center will move ahead with plans to raise $5 million to expand its museum, Doyle said. Architectural plans call for a two-story, 8,000-square-foot facility with a walkway all the way around the second floor.

“We need the two stories because we have some stuff we need to hang,” Doyle said. “We have a donated drone that came out of Afghanistan that we’re putting back together and we want to hang that from the ceiling.”

The museum, which attracted about 4,000 visitors in 2013, also will feature a larger main display area on the first floor, stations showing running documentaries or films, an expanded library and a gift shop.

The center recently added an Afghanistan War memorial in time for a Veterans Day commemoration, Vagianos said. The red granite display is engraved with the names of eight Brevard natives or servicemen with Brevard ties killed in action in the war.

The memorial carries a likeness of 1st Lt. Todd Weaver, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2010 and whose parents, Donn and Jeanne Weaver of

Cocoa Beach, dedicated the memorial.

Vagianos said Rolling Thunder has plans to erect a display honoring Medal of Honor winners at the expanded park.

The traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall also will be exhibited at the park when not on the road, he said.

“Expansion at the park will be ongoing for a couple of years,” Doyle said. SL

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“Gone with the Wind” has earned more money than any other movie in box office history, adjusted for inflation.

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I allow three days to explore the Gone With the Wind Trail (GWTW) in and near Atlanta, but it takes me only one to become a Windie. A Windie is a die-hard GWTW fan, a person who is immersed in the history, legends and legacy surrounding the Pulitzer Prizewinning novel and enormously popular film. Some dream of Rhett; others dream of Scarlett’s fancy clothes or 17-inch waist. As for me, I dream of publishing a novel that wins one of the world’s most prestigious awards and is turned into a film that earns me millions.

On the surface, GWTW is the wildly romantic tale of Scarlett O’Hara, a headstrong Southern belle (played by Vivian Leigh in the movie) and her lovehate relationship with Rhett Butler, a dashing, successful opportunist (depicted

by Clark Gable).

But on a deeper level, GWTW is the story of the American South during and immediately after the Civil War, a time when an entire society was challenged and ultimately transformed.

The book, written by first-time novelist Margaret Mitchell, was released to the public in 1936 and became an overnight sensation. David Selznick produced the movie, which is the highest grossing film in box-office history, earning an estimated $3.3 billion in today’s dollars.

To capitalize on the public’s interest, the State of Georgia created a GWTW Trail that leads people to five sites that are in some way connected to the book, the film or the author.

Our first trail stop is in Clayton County, where Mitchell’s relatives had a rural home. As a child, Mitchell visited often and listened intently as her family elders told stories about their experiences during the Civil War. Many of these tales were transformed into scenes in her novel, leading her heirs to dub Clayton County the “Official Home of Gone with the Wind.” (To Mitchell’s dismay, Selznick upgraded the comfortable farmhouse of Mitchell’s memory into Tara, a much grander mansion that he thought would better appeal to movie audiences.)

Stately Oaks is an 1839 home in Clayton County. Although it bears some resemblance to Tara, the plantation home depicted in the movie, it is much more elegant than the home that Mitchell described in her book.

The Road to Tara Museum has a painting of the old farmhouse, in addition to authentic Civil War items and reproductions of many of the costumes worn in the film, including the green drapery dress that Leigh wears in one of the movie’s most memorable scenes. But it’s not until I see the display of foreign edition books that I begin to morph from casual tourist to possible Windie.

GWTW has been translated into more than 40 languages and sold in more than 50 countries, from Albania and Burma to North Korea and Serbia. Why are people all over the world so intrigued by a story about a war that took place in America so long ago?

We learn the answer the next day

The Atlanta Journal detailed the festivities surrounding the premiere of “Gone with the Wind.” The photo showed “millions and millions” cheering as Clark Gable is driven up Peachtree Street. when we visit the Margaret Mitchell House, where the author lived when she began her novel. It takes only a few minutes to see the small apartment but much longer to peruse the exhibits in the nearby hallway. There, on a large signboard, is a quote by Margaret Mitchell: “If the novel has a theme, it is that of survival.”

Why, of course. GWTW addresses a basic concern: If their old world is “gone with the wind,” how do people create a new one that will work in their new circumstances? This is a question asked by everyone who has ever suffered a hardship, whatever the cause. When seen

“Gone with the Wind,” the book, has been published in more than 40 languages, including Amharic (Ethiopia) and Kamnada (India). in this light, it’s easy to understand the story’s universal and enduring appeal.

Our next stop is Atlanta’s Public Library, where there are more than 1,500 of Mitchell’s personal items, including her old Remington typewriter and 1937 Pulitzer Prize certificate.

We’re even more fascinated by the items on display at the Marietta GWTW Museum, Scarlett on the Square, which holds a treasure-trove of photos and ephemera. I examine the film contracts.

Gable got $160,000 plus a bonus that enabled him to divorce his wife and marry Carole Lombard, the love of his real life.

On the other hand, his co-star Vivian Leigh got a mere $30,000. Yes, Gable was a mega-star but still, I can’t help but wonder what Mitchell, who was quite the feminist for her time, thought of that.

Finally, we double back to Atlanta to visit Oakland Cemetery, where Mitchell is buried next to her husband.

Her tombstone is small compared to many and gives no hint of her fame. It’s simply inscribed with her married name, Margaret Mitchell Marsh. Someone, a Windie no doubt, has decorated the grave with pink flowers, reputedly Mitchell’s favorite color.

I want to extend my stay in Georgia, to delve more deeply into the GWTW phenomena and to learn more about the era in which the novel is set. But we have a plane to catch, so I console myself by remembering Scarlett’s words, “Tomorrow is another day.” I’ll be back.

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When Samantha was 4, her grandparents Sarah and Samuel Lowery experimented with how long the chatterbox could go on uninterrupted on a return trip from Daytona Beach to their Cocoa home.

“I was either talking, humming or singing the whole way. My mom or my brother or my grandparents would tell me, ‘OK you’ve talked enough,’ and I’d say, ‘Oh, no! I have lots more to say!’ ” She had lots to say at the 3Rs & Beyond Family Festival Nov. 15 where the 12-year-old performer dressed as a green turtle and taught children and adults the habits of the endangered reptile with her troupe from the Viera Studio for the Performing Arts.

“I think it’s really fun to share the message through performing because you’re having a good time but you’re also giving back by encouraging others to value wildlife and recycle to take care of the earth,” Samantha said.

Learning to act, sing and play the piano and violin, and regional and world travel are but a few of the benefits Samantha gets from living with

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Grandmother Sarah Lowery, left, is part of the audience enjoying granddaughter Samantha’s performance, right, on the importance of nature and wildlife at the Nov. 15 3Rs & Beyond Family Festival. her grandparents for mutual benefit and enjoyment. The grandparents help out their single-parent daughter, Sarah Lisa, with master mathematician Samuel acting as teacher for homeschooled Samantha. Twenty-yearold grandson Travis helps care for his grandfather, who is managing liver cancer on an experimental drug that is working well for him. Doctors credit the loving care of family members for

his being the longest living patient on the drug, more than 12 years and stable.

Helping to raise a second generation is all joy and no sweat, according to Sarah Lowery.

“People ask us, ‘Wouldn’t you rather be retired and travel, carefree?’ I tell them that we are so blessed. We get to do all these things, and have the best company there is,” Lowery said.

Because Samantha is homeschooled,

they spend the summers at their North Carolina Lake Lure home, and often get away during the winter just to see the snow. The youngster already has been to Alaska and Hawaii, many points in between, with frequent field trips to Orlando.

“Some kids don’t have the opportunities that I have had,” Samantha said. “I’m thankful that God keeps giving me all these pathways to go down and I get to choose which one.”

The close-knit family attends Merritt Island Baptist Church and they have a standing date for Sunday dinner afterward. The Lowerys are close with their entire family, which includes two sons, “the best daughters-in-law you could ask for,” and seven additional grandchildren, all in Brevard except for one adult grandchild who relocated to advance in a career.

“We live in a comfortable home so we don’t get in each other’s way, and we do for each other. We enjoy time spent together doing things we all enjoy,” Lowery said. “I don’t know how I could have it any better than that.” SL

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Traveling museum reminds world to never forget horrors of Holocaust

BY MIKE GAFFEY

A traveling museum of student-created Holocaust artwork is coming to Cocoa in April, carrying the message that such a horrific event must never be repeated and that the world must never forget.

Holocaust Museum Central Florida 2015 runs from April 19 through 23 at the Space Coast Convention Center in the Holiday Inn Express at 301 Tucker Lane, near State Road 520 and Interstate 95. A donor appreciation garden party from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday Jan. 25 at the Cocoa Rockledge Garden Club at 1493 S. Fiske Blvd. hopes to commend those who helped make the event possible and recruit additional donors needed to expand it.

Sponsored by the Sister City Program of Cocoa Florida Inc., which connects Brevard County and the city of Beit Shemesh, Israel, the museum features artwork by students at World of Faith Fellowship Christian School in Spindale, N.C., chosen from the school’s Holocaust Museum. Artists range in age from kindergarten to college. Between 60 to 80 of the young artists and their families from the church congregation are scheduled to travel with the museum, depending on the amount of funds raised, said Rockledge resident Ron Shelton, director of the Sister City Program.

“They serve as docents for the museum,” said Shelton, who first saw the traveling museum while at a 2010 summit in Washington, D.C. and started working in March to bring the exhibition to Brevard and obtain sponsors. “You’re interacting with people who have created all this art and know all about the Holocaust. You have 10-year-olds explaining the Holocaust to adults.

They’ve done a lot of research, a lot of study.”

The students’ paintings, models and sculptures capture the horrors of the Nazi regime’s systematic, state-sponsored murder of 6 million European Jews during World War II, chronicling the period from the Nazi party’s rise to power to the creation of Israel.

World of Faith Fellowship first got the idea for the museum about 10 years ago during a difficult time for the church, Shelton said. “They felt persecuted, and they believe that God led them to think about the Jewish people,” he said.

“They added Holocaust studies to their curriculum and it captivated them. As they studied, they decided to express what they learned through art and through models and different things they could create and

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Ron and Shelby Shelton wear their passion for the Holocaust Museum on their sleeve, their matching bracelets promoting the local April event.

they would make this little museum. And out of their experience they ended up creating an amazing museum.”

The Cocoa exhibition will include a “Room of Remembrance,” featuring the stories of local Holocaust survivors, Shelton said. “We will have presentations SENIOR LIFE PHOTOS

by Holocaust survivors or their family Student artists at World of Faith Fellowship Christian School in Spindale, members going on each day.”

N.C. will travel to Brevard and act as docents for the traveling Holocaust The exhibition’s starting date is Museum in Cocoa in April. significant, as it comes just a few days after the observance of Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, from sundown April 15 to sunrise April 16, and just a few weeks before the 70th anniversary of Germany’s surrender on V-E Day. “Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, two-thirds of the world’s population don’t know the Holocaust occurred, or they deny it,” Shelton said.

“The purpose of the Holocaust Museum Central Florida 2015 Project is to reverse the trend of ignorance and denial about the Holocaust.”

For more information about the Jan. 25 donor appreciation dinner call Margret Cornell 321-288-3014. SL

FACTS Holocaust Museum Central Florida 2015 is from April 19 to April 23 at the Space Coast Convention Center in the Holiday Inn Express at 301 Tucker Lane, near State Road 520 and Interstate 95. A VIP reception for community leaders at 4:30 p.m. April 19 will precede a 5:30 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony opening the museum to the public. Museum hours are 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. April 19 and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 20 through 23.

Tickets are $10; students get in free. To make donations, go to gofundme.com/Holocaust-Museum-CF-2015.

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Linda Wiggins, left, shares family time with her mother, Evelyn Wydeck, seated, her children, Joshua and Angelina, and Sara, her caregiver sister who took over direct care demands for the family matriarch, standing behind the chair, and other siblings.

SENIOR LIFE STAFF REPORT The North American Mature Publishers Association first-place award to Senior Life columnist Linda Wiggins for Senior Issues writing Sept. 29 gives a voice to the many who suffer in silence and a name to call it for those who fit the tween-ages moniker.

“The Sandwich Generation column adroitly addresses the issue faced by many children of aging parents about how to care for mom and dad,” the judges wrote. “Beyond the practical issue, though, (Wiggins) gets into the emotional upheaval and stresses that siblings face, and sometimes don’t resolve, in making these decisions.

It’s a well-written column about her family’s discovery and resolution.”

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“Now add to this the pressures of simultaneously raising children and the common feeling that what we do as parents is never enough, and you’ve got a recipe for a head implosion.

There is no easy solution, but if people find my experiences helpful so they at least don’t feel nuts or alone, I’m happy to share.”

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The art and life of Wyland the marine artist wows audience at Fishlips at Port Canaveral

BY ROSEMARY H. LYNN Wyland, the renowned marine and wildlife artist, demonstrated his unique art techniques during a visit to his gallery at Fishlips Restaurant at the Port Nov. 2.

Best known for his colorful depictions of whales and other sea life, including the 100 famous Whaling Walls painted across the country and the world, he also creates paintings of other sea dwelling creatures and beautiful sculptures. He is a multi-faceted artist utilizing painting, sculpting, writing, drawing, photography and Chinese brush art. He loves working with children, introducing them to the importance of saving the planet’s waterways and marine life. In 2008, he joined hundreds of children to paint an environmentally themed canvas as part of festivities lined up for the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House.

“People are becoming more aware about the human impact on our coasts and waterways,” Wyland said. “Events such as the Easter Egg Roll are a great way to get kids involved in conservation from the beginning.”

Wyland was born to parents who worked in the Detroit auto business. He grew up in a modest Midwest home.

In the 1970s when the environmental movement began, Wyland was a young man with a passion to save sea life.

When he moved to California, he opened a small gallery in Laguna Beach, which brought him recognition, if not fame. Now at the age of 57, he has more than 16 galleries throughout the United States with the Port Canaveral location being one of them.

Wyland was inducted into the Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in 1998 and takes photos underwater. He also paints underwater. While at Fishlips, he demonstrated some techniques he uses for painting and drawing. He told a story about a woman in the audience of one of his exhibitions who was interested in purchasing the piece he was working on. But she had one question to ask first: “Is that an original?” Of course, Wyland assured her that yes, it certainly was an original.

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Famed marine and wildlife artist Wyland demonstrated his drawing and painting techniques for a crowd at Fishlips Restaurant at Port Canaveral on Nov. 2.

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Jesus Is The Key Church and 50 other participating congregations and ministries will walk in the 25th annual “Bible On Parade” Christian Christmas Procession at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 starting and ending at the Melbourne Auditorium at 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd.

Characters will dress up to illustrate and even act out stories in the Bible to a backdrop of live or recorded music, along with live animals that frequented the Old and New Testament.

“This event is a unique expression that is not being done anywhere, to our knowledge, here in the United States or abroad,” said Jesus is the Key pastor Rev. Janna Hogan, parade facilitator.

The nearly two-mile route starts west on Hibiscus Boulevard, turns south on Hickory Street, west on Fee Avenue, north on Babcock Street, east on Bulldog Boulevard, south on Pine Street, and back east on Hibiscus and ending at the auditorium.

Every child will get a gift at the celebration that follows, featuring live entertainment, presentations and free hot dogs, cake and drinks.

“It’s a wonderful way to kick off the season with the true meaning of Christmas,” Hogan said. “The ‘Bible On Parade’ is a united gift of love from the participants who believe that ‘Jesus Is...

The Reason For The Season.’ ” For more information, call 321-7731489 or go to thebibleonparade.org. SL

Wyland, famed marine and wildlife artist, poses with Howie D. of the Back Street Boys on Nov. 2 at Fishlips at Port Canaveral during a meet and greet and painting expo. photographer and researcher Jacques Cousteau was one of Wyland’s biggest inspirations. Greenpeace efforts to AMERICANA COCA-COLA MUSEUM – Thursday, January 15th - $62 - Enjoy the day at the Root Family Museum in stave off poachers and save the whales Daytona Beach, a Smithsonian Institute Affiliate. New Display–All Aboard on the Root Family Train Station and Railroad is another. His nonprofit foundation, Exhibit. See the largest Coca-Cola Memorabilia in Florida and a 1pm Planetarium show. See collection of over 800 teddy bears of all shapes and sizes. Lunch is included. Minimum of 35 people for this trip. Deadline to sign up is December 15th. founded in 1993, promotes, protects BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA SERIES – At the Dr. Phillips Center in the Walt Disney Theater. All Trips include and preserves the world’s oceans and orchestra and mezzanine seating and lunch at the Ale House, minimum of 40 needed for each show. other waterways. More information on Newsies the Musical – Saturday, January 31st - $144. Sign up by December 19th Wyland can be found at wyland.com or Motown the Musical – Saturday, March 14th - $144. Sign up by January 15th I Love Lucy on Stage – Saturday, June 27th - $139. Sign up by May 26th at wylandgalleries.com/gallery_show_ Frankie Avalon – Saturday, February 14th - $95 – Performing at the Peabody Center, Daytona Beach. Sign up by schedule. Information also can be found January 10th. Minimum of 35 needed for this show. There will be no meal included in this trip. on Facebook. SL U.S. NAVY BAND – Thursday, February 26th - $52 – Includes the U.S. Navy Chorus. Performing at the Peabody Center,

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T’was the night before Christmas And all through the place All the creatures were stirring I would call it a race.

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The boxes were piled The deadline drew near Some presents may not make it Was their biggest fear.

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So scurry and hurry Was the theme of the day As workers big and small Packed the truck not the sleigh.

He drops his gifts Then knocks on your door Then he’s gone in a flash And you’ll see him no more.

Oh it’s Christmas all right But Santa’s not wearing red The guy making these deliveries Is wearing brown instead.

Yes the modern day Santa Has no fanfare or fame But we’re so happy he visited As if the real Santa came.

The sleigh isn’t powered by reindeer But 550 horsepower instead And this sleigh is brown Isn’t it supposed to be red?

Now the stroke of midnight Draws ever so near And he’s finally finished his rounds And settles down with a beer.

No the modern day Santa Doesn’t ride in a sleigh It’s a truck from UPS He’ll be using today.

Great job UPS Santa You’re our hero today Thanks to you Christmas morning With new toys our kids play.

He won’t use the chimney To leave presents and games But you’ll never see him So it’s kinda the same.

So if you encounter a brown sleigh Get out of his way Give him a wave not the finger As he races away.

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Inspired Living takes best booth Inspired Living at Palm Bay will open Jan. 16, but it already is winning awards. The residential community took the Best Decorated Booth prize at the Nov. 14 Senior Life Boomer Bash & Senior Expo at the King Center for the Performing Arts.

“We are beyond excited to be opening soon. The place is gorgeous. There is so much to do, not only for the residents but for their visiting family members of all generations,” said James Brassard, marketing director at Inspired Living. The assisted living facility is a Validus Memory Care Community.

Boomer and senior communities are some of the most popular exhibits.

“Our readers actually come to our expos with a list of places they want to check out, people they want to meet, because they are shopping for their next place to live, or perhaps looking for a place for their parents to live where they can enjoy spending time with them,” said Jill Blue-Gaines, CEO and founder of Bluewater Creative Group, which hosts popular events and expos like the Boomer Bash.

Save the date for the next Bluewater Creative Group expos on the horizon, the Senior Safari & Caribbean Beach Party Friday, Feb. 6 to celebrate the release of the 2015 Boomer Guide, and the Forever Young Senior Expo Friday, March 13 at the Brevard Museum of History & Natural Science. Admission is free, with free zoo and museum entry for ages 55 and up.

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Viera Lions Club offers diabetes screenings and more

BY ROSEMARY H. LYNN When the Viera Lions Club formed 12 years ago as part of the international Lions organization, the plan was to take on roles as advocates and organizers, hold fundraisers and volunteer in many communities.

The organization has exceeded that goal and continues to do so. With 53 members, they are one of six Lions Clubs in Brevard County.

There are more than one million men and women volunteers who make a difference in their local communities as well as around the world. They are united in helping others and work together as a group to serve those in need.

The Lions are passionate about assisting the blind, the deaf and people who have needs that are not served elsewhere. They offer free diabetes screenings in various locations, noting that diabetes is a leading cause of blindness. By collecting gently used

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Members of the Viera Lions Club held a successful rummage sale in the parking lot of UNO Pizzeria & Grill Nov. 1. Proceeds benefited those suffering from diabetes.

Home Instead Senior Care is proud to announce, we have adopted Trinity Towers East and West, in Melbourne, FL. We would like to make this holiday season extra special for these wonderful seniors by working with our generous community to get gifts for all the residents of this facility. The program works as follows: 1. Select a tag from the tree from one of the following locations starting Monday, November 10, 2014 and return gifts by Friday, December 5th:

Home Instead Senior Care, 849 Sarno Road, Melbourne, FL 32935 The 905 Café, 905 East New Haven Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901

Meehan’s Office Products, 900 East New Haven Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901 Southern Sisters, 2242 Sarno Road, Melbourne, FL 32935 Kilwin’s, 906 E. New Haven Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32901 2. Purchase item(s) listed or purchase the following: • Lap blankets • Socks and/or Slippers • Toiletries

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eye glasses and hearing aids, they help those who cannot otherwise afford this equipment.

The local Viera Lions Club serves Viera, Suntree and the Baytree areas. On Nov. 1, they held a successful rummage sale to help those in need.

Unfortunately, the diabetes screening had to be curtailed because of the extremely windy weather, but with sales of items donated for the rummage sale, money was collected to help with education, diabetes testing equipment, recycling of eye glasses and hearing aids, Florida eye (tissue) banks, Southeastern Guide Dogs and Florida Dog Guides for the Deaf. All monies donated go back into the community and include Christmas toys donated to various venues. Lions Club sets up drop-off sites for toy donations in places such as the Brevard Sharing Center, Walgreens, Kohls, Sam’s Clubs and other businesses.

The toys are then wrapped and handed out to needy children.

Their latest endeavor is vision screening for preschool aged children.

“The Lions motto is ‘We Serve’ which says it all,” said Ed Marrero, president of the Viera chapter. “By helping others in need, we ultimately help ourselves. There are so many different people in crisis, including children and the elderly.”

The Lions as a whole are the largest service club in America. In 2013, the club had 1.35 million members in 209 countries who share a core belief: Community is what we make it.

The other five Lions Clubs in Brevard are Rockledge, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach and two clubs in Palm Bay. The Viera Lions meet at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Holiday Inn Melbourne-Viera Conference Center on Wickham Road at Interstate 95.

“A member must be invited to join,” Marrero said. “After attending two meetings or events and expressing a desire to become a Lion, the organization will decide whether or not to invite a candidate. More information on this can be obtained by calling the membership chairman, Larry Jackson.”

To find out more, call Jackson at 321-242-1331 or go to Viera Lions Club on Facebook. More information on the Lions Clubs nationwide can be found at lionsclubs.com. SL

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Autistic daughter inspires Archaeologists for Autism

BY FLORA REIGADA

Finding activities for his 15-yearold autistic daughter, Becky, presented challenges for Tom Penders. She also is blind and has epilepsy.

“Becky was born with a condition called bilateral anophthalmia, meaning she has no eyes or optic nerves. At age 5, she was diagnosed with autism and at 10 she began having seizures,” Penders said.

To her archaeologist dad, she is an inspiration. Along with his passion for archaeology and her positive experience with Surfers for Autism, she inspired Archaeologists for Autism. Penders founded the non-profit organization on Jan. 9.

Another motivating factor was children’s love for dinosaurs and archaeology.

“Some parents have told me their SENIOR LIFE PHOTO autistic children love history,” he said. Tom Pender, right, with daughter Becky who inspired him to found the non-profit He cited the organization’s goals. organization Archaeologists for Autism.

Archaeologists for Autism’s mission is to unlock the potential of children with disabilities. We aim to provide children There is usually nothing about how station, live music and more. a person with an ASD looks that sets with autism spectrum disorders and Next year, he expects to expand the their families, the chance to experience them apart from others, but they may event. communicate, interact, behave and archaeology in a fun, low stress Becky continues to be an learn in ways that are different from environment.” inspiration. A student at her parents’ most people.”

The Scott Center for Autism alma mater, Astronaut High School, Archaeologists for Autism recently Treatment in Melbourne, describes she plays baseball in the Challenger held its inaugural event at Sams House Division of the Viera/Suntree Little autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) as in the Pine Island Sanctuary on Merritt League, participates in the Special “a group of developmental disabilities Island. caused by a problem with the brain.

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“Activities were catered to meet the Scientists do not know yet what “She has even gone rock climbing,” needs of the children,” Penders said. causes this problem. ASDs can impact Penders said.

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My wife is still employed, and I am covered by her company’s group health insurance which includes prescription drug coverage. I have had this coverage since I retired at age 65, and we pay for it each month. I am now 69 years old and only have Medicare Part A. Her company recently sent a notice that they will no longer provide group health insurance for employee spouses who are eligible for Medicare Parts A and B. I understand that there are some rather stiff penalties for late enrollment in Medicare Part B and also for Part D. Will these penalties apply to me when I enroll in Medicare Parts B and Part D? Anxious Dear Anxious: There are, indeed, rather stiff penalties for late enrollment in Medicare Parts B and D, but these penalties do not seem to apply in your situation.

Because you have received a notice that your group health insurance will be terminated, you will have a Special Enrollment Period to sign up for Medicare Part B. You will have eight months to sign up for Medicare Part B once your current coverage ends.

Since you were continuously covered by your working spouse’s group health insurance, you should not be required to pay a late enrollment

Ask Lance Lance P. Jarvis SHINE penalty. It is very important to save the notice that you received from your wife’s employer as documented evidence that your participation in the group health plan is being terminated.

This is proof that you are entitled to a Special Enrollment Period.

You can avoid the penalty for late enrollment in Part D prescription drug coverage if you have not been without a Medicare drug plan or other creditable coverage for 63 days or more. Your prescription drug coverage is considered creditable if the benefits are at least as good as what Medicare requires of Part D prescription plans.

Your wife’s plan must tell you each year whether your present drug coverage is creditable coverage. This information may be included in a letter to you or in a newsletter from the plan.

Please keep this information because you may need it when you join a Part D Prescription Drug Plan.

An increasing number of seniors are coming to SHINE counselors

with situations similar to yours.

Additionally, a substantial number of retirees seek counsel from SHINE because their former employers are discontinuing retiree group health insurance altogether. SHINE counselors are experienced at helping clients to understand their options when group health insurance is no longer available. SHINE is happy to help provide direction to you. Call 1-800-96-ELDER for assistance. SL About SHINE SHINE is an award-winning statewide volunteer program that provides free, unbiased and confidential counseling and information for people on Medicare, their families, and caregivers. SHINE is a program of the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and is administered in

partnership with the state’s 11 Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs). In Brevard County, our ADRC is the Senior Resource Alliance located in Orlando.

To contact a SHINE counselor for unbiased assistance, call the Elder Helpline toll-free at 1-800-963-5337 or 321-752-8080 locally. SHINE has 12 offices throughout Brevard County.

SHINE counselors can assist you by telephone or in person at one of the sites. To find a SHINE counseling site near you, go to FloridaSHINE.org or call the numbers above.

If you have a question for the “Ask Lance” column, write to Lance Jarvis at Senior Life, 7630 N. Wickham Road, Suite 105, Viera, FL 32940 or email Lance at jill@myseniorlife.com or call 321-242-1235.

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Before the coulda, woulda, shoulda sets in, before the “if only we had,” families need to have honest discussions about Advance Directives, those documents necessary to be sure life is lived according to individual wishes.

Before it’s too late, talk about what you want to happen in case of an emergency.

Emergencies can happen at any age and to anyone. If you don’t have a family to support you through the end of life, you can appoint someone as your guardian, or the court might.

If you do not want to be revived after a heart attack, a tragic accident or other debilitation, you will want to be sure you have a Do Not Resuscitate order in place. A Living Will spells out exactly what you do and do not want toward the end of your life. Ice cream for breakfast every day? Make it so.

Feeding tube to prolong life? Make it happen. Love to eat and think a feeding tube is unnatural? Spell it out in your Living Will.

If you designate a Healthcare Proxy now, that person will make medical decisions for you — based on your conversations — in the event that you cannot speak for yourself.

A Durable Power of Attorney allows your designated person to make both financial and healthcare decisions on your behalf.

Talking about these issues will not create a need, but it will create a peace of mind. Be sure everyone who may need to know your wishes, does know. Do not assume everyone will tell the others in your circle of family and friends.

Keep a copy of your Advance Directives in a folder, near you or in a designated location for first responders and other medical personnel. SL

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Beyond the Curb

Looking back and moving forward

Looking back at 2014, I see that important things took place in the public scene that affect many, if not all, of us directly or indirectly. We just had elections and the results show who we are as a people and what we value the most.

At the county level, we passed the half-cent tax for public schools.

Whether we have kids in school or not, the way we voted is evidence of the value we put on good education. We feel it is worth the investment and we trust our current leaders to manage that investment wisely to benefit the future generation.

We also passed the tax break for attracting new businesses to the area.

That indicates we want our county to prosper and want to see more jobs being brought to the area. We have faith that our leaders will make good choices about the kind of businesses they attract to the area.

At the state level, we passed Amendment 1 and that demonstrates how much it means to us Floridians to take care of our natural resources, our land, our waters, and our wildlife.

We do want those protected and we, as citizens, by passing this amendment to

Beyond the Curb Marcia Booth

President & Founder, Recycle Brevard the state constitution, made sure that wish will be respected by politicians — at least for the next 20 years.

However, just recently, at the national level, we saw some activity in the environmental protection realm that became very popular — or unpopular, depending how you look at it. Fracking or no fracking? That was the question and the answer was some fracking.

As a nation we decided that “drilling for oil and natural gas will be mostly off limits in the largest national forest in the East, whose streams bring drinking water to Washington and

Octogenarian authors tell others: ‘Never Stop Creating’

BY LINDA WIGGINS

Three Brevard writers have a few things in common other than hovering this side or the other of their 80th birthdays: the main thing is that they hope to inspire others to keep giving their gifts to the world, and not to wait a moment longer if fear is standing in the way.

Kay Williamson, George L. Fouke, Ph.D. and Bob Silverman will speak about their new books at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 at the Cocoa Beach Library, and will share tips that helped them get their dreams of becoming authors onto the printed page with their panel presentation, “Never Stop Creating!”

Their works are as diverse as their backgrounds.

Williamson taught school while she raised her children, and although she dabbled in creativity with short stories, children’s stories, poetry and plays — one of which was produced on a local television station — her dream of becoming a novelist would have to wait until she was around 60 and remarried.

“The novel started out to be a one-act play that kept growing — my first experience of being in a real creative flow — so exciting,” Williamson said. Her new novel is the latest of a number of murder mysteries, “Murder in the Mountains.” For more information, go to kaywilliamson.com.

Fouke is a retired political science and interdisciplinary studies professor, and his latest release is “Who is Killing the Republican Party?

An Old Professor’s Jolly Rant.” The historical novel “Killing the Jesus Movement – Book 1,” and “Who Killed James the Just, Brother of Jesus?” are set for a February release.

“Writing and publishing adds vitality and

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Richmond, Va. […] The decision was a compromise that allowed some fracking while closing 90 percent of the forest to fracking and conventional drilling” (New York Times).

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, “is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside.” (dangersoffracking.com) I don’t know about you, but the idea of chemicals being injected at a high pressure into the ground close to our drinking water sources does not sound very attractive to me. The ones who are for it guarantee that it is a safe process, but we all know about safe processes ­— it is safe until it isn’t. We have experienced oil spills enough times to know that things can go wrong and when they do, some of the effects can be very hard to recover from if at all.

So, even though the New York Times reports that “groups on all sides — industry, environmentalists and the

governor of Virginia — claimed victory in the compromise management plan,” it concerns me as a citizen that some fracking was approved. Like all the other results I listed above, this one also defines us and our values. If some fracking is OK now, what guarantees that some more will not be OK in the near future? Is this the kind of thing we want for our nation moving forward?

Every year at the end of the year we look back, evaluate the good, the bad, and the ugly, and ponder over accomplishments, challenges and failures of the year that is almost at the end. It is a moment of reflection when we get to the bottom of what really matters and have a chance to adjust our focus to set the tone for the new year.

Looking back we have made good decisions. I just hope we can be consistent moving forward. SL For more information, contact Marcia Booth at Marcia@ RecycleBrevard.org.

Join the Race Against Child Abuse

3rd Annual Super Hero 5K Saturday, January 31, 2015 in Viera

Friends of Children of Brevard :

Want to be a HERO to a local abused or neglected child? Grab your cape and lace up your sneakers! The 2015 Super Hero 5k is a family friendly and chip timed race. We invite runners and walkers of all ages to dress as their favorite super hero and walk, jog, run, or fly to benefit the abused and neglected children of Brevard County.

100% of the proceeds go to local abused children and the Brevard Guardian ad Litem program through our 501c3 charity.

We advocate for these children in the courtroom and in our community. We are a powerful voice for Florida’s children.

Race starts at 8 a.m. at the Church at Viera with free kids run at 9:15 am. Early registration is $25/Adults and $15/kids. Super Hero Medals for 1st-3rd in each age group. Local mascots will race! Super hero race T-shirts--sizes guaranteed if registered by January 15. Post race super hero costume contest. Yummy post race refreshments from Pizza Gallery. Online registration, chip timing, and finish line managed by Running Zone.

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Invention helps fellow artists paint into their prime

BY LINDA WIGGINS Don’t call boomer Francis Mesaros a photographer.

Yes, he has photographed sunrises and moonrises from one end of Brevard County’s shoreline to the other, but it is simply to take note of the vision he has captured.

“I am the camera,” Mesaros said.

The local artist is known far and wide for creating seascapes lit by moon or sun in a unique art form of combined sculpture and painting he calls Pancture, a trademarked name whose process won a rare patent in October. Also patented was his mechanized palette knife with ergonomically designed handle and eight interchangeable tips for blades of varying sizes. It will help all artists, as well as relieve stress on his own wrist as the years advance.

Mesaros’ seascapes start from the top down with a traditional painted, textured surface, but about a fifth of the way down he begins applying a thick curl of paint in an upward stroke that dries in the shape of a shallow C lying face down. Additional shapes are applied, or cut in, until what is left is a textured, three-dimensional seascape that creates mesmerizing undulations of color. The waves increase in size until he must switch to colored epoxy that burns hot as it cures rock hard. His works can weigh more than 200 pounds in dried paints and cost thousands of dollars in supplies.

Like many artists, he has a gift he must give or else deadly depression sets in. His seascapes are intended to give the viewer a moving spiritual experience of heaven on earth, a refreshment from worldly cares, the feeling that anything is possible after all.

The mission he now shares is all about processing past pain to embrace the majestic beauty of life we may once have thought was no longer worth

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Boomer Francis Mesaros creates Panctures, his patented unique art form that combines painting with sculpture that can weigh more than 200 pounds. living without the love or other object of value we have lost.

He once self-medicated his way through the close-together losses of his brother, his sister, his father, his mother, his infant daughter, and

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finally, less than a year later after their baby, the 2001 death of his soul mate and wife, Carol. Shortly after that, he had emergency open-heart quadruple bypass surgery, deepening the depression.

Despite the fact that he’d found love again and enjoyed the devotion of close friends, he could not shake the feeling that having no one left on the planet who shared his bloodline meant life was no longer worth living. He shut everyone out and tried to take his own life.

“When I woke up and found myself alive instead of dead, I saw that I did have love in my life and that I was throwing it away,” Mesaros said.

Today, he paints 10 hours a day building inventory for an upcoming show in New Jersey, where he splits his time. His works typically sell for $3,600 to $42,000. The opening of each show features a one-man multimedia presentation that chronicles the loss of each of his family members and how he eventually pressed through to the other side, “Paintings from a Life.”

Mesaros is working with a ghost writer and publisher to put it out as a book in the coming months. An accomplished musician, Mesaros also is working with a producer to commercially record the songs he wrote and performs in the show to coincide with the paintings from his life in his permanent collection.

If he could give pointers to others in the wake of his lessons, among them would be: “If you have someone in your life who cares whether you are having a good or bad day, if you have family, tell them you love them. There is no time to waste. If you’re mad at them, forgive them. It’s not worth it. Life can be over in the blink of an eye.”

On the two most common questions he gets, regarding how he started as an artist and how he had the courage to put it out to the world: “You have to put in regular hours, just like you do a job, or you aren’t doing it. If you are an artist, if you have been given a gift, it is your responsibility to yourself and others to give that gift to the world. You can’t not give it. You don’t have that luxury.

You may worry that others will not accept you; rejection is a given. But if you are not true to yourself, then that’s nothing compared to what you are going to do to you.”

Mesaros’ works are on display at Gallery 14, 1911 14th Ave. in Vero Beach. He will appear there at the Historic Downtown Vero Beach First Friday Art Walk at 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 and Jan. 2. For more information on Mesaros, go to mesarosart.com. SL

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Dr. Pappas is one of few surgeons in the US and the first one in Florida to perform this state of the art procedure.

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Mesaros shows a prototype of a mechanized palate knife that can swivel with a press of a thumb to relieve pressure from his wrist in the coming years.

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News for Titusville, Mims & Port St. John

North Brevard

Family-owned business invests in community

North Brevard Senior Center

909 Lane Ave., Titusville 321-268-2333 Tuesdays • 1 p.m.

Wednesdays • Noon Intermediate Computer Classes Each class runs for four weeks. $15, see the Operations Manager Wednesdays • 1 p.m.

Art Classes Beginner and Advanced, $5 per class

Mims-Scottsmoor Public Library 3615 Lionel Rd., Mims 321-264-5080

Every month Basic Computer/Intro classes Call 321-264-5080 for details.

Registration is required.

Cost: $20 per class.

Thursday, Dec. 4 • 1:30 p.m.

Mims-Scottsmoor Library Book Club Discussion of “Prodigal Summer” by Barbara Kingsolver. Refreshments will be served.

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Josh Norris, president of Ron Norris Ford, Honda and Buick GMC, looks forward to a bright future at the new state-of-theart facilities in downtown Titusville. The auto dealership is approaching 50 years of contributing to the local economy.

BY FLORA REIGADA

This month, the Ron Norris auto dealerships on U.S. 1 in Titusville officially opened two new state-of-the-art facilities, a 20,000-square-foot Honda dealership and a 15,000-square-foot Buick GMC dealership. These are in addition to Ron Norris Ford at 3000 Cheney Highway and Ron Norris pre-owned vehicles at 1508 S. Washington Ave. Josh Norris is president of the family-owned business.

The new buildings occupy the site where the family started the business in 1966. The property was completely leveled and redeveloped, comprising five acres and three blocks in downtown Titusville.

Sales manager Dave Thorson, a 30-plus-year employee, said the older facility had become too small due to sales volume.

He recalled the businesses’ early days, when there were just a few employees.

“We expanded here and there, adding more employees,” he said. “Now we employ 100-plus and in 2016, we will be celebrating 50 years of serving the public and looking forward to the next 50.”

Thorson spoke of Ron Norris’ bond with the community, recalling the 2008 stock market upheaval and ensuing economic downturn.

“The company did not lay off a single employee,” he said. “Because of trust built up with customers, we remained steady in sales. When times get tough, people look for a safe place to do business. When the opportunity came to build new stores, we owed it not only to the city of Titusville. We wanted to give customers state-of-the-art facilities.”

That bond of trust extends beyond Titusville.

“We do very well here, but 55 percent of our business comes from other markets such as Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, Viera and east Orlando,” Thorson said.

He remembers Ron Norris’ past as he prepares for the future. This is best expressed in a nostalgic photo, which he moved from his old office to his new. It shows employees in 1986, when the Honda Corporation named Ron Norris No. 1 in customer satisfaction. A young

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He described the new workplace and facilities as “cheerful and open. The grounds are landscaped with palm trees and everything is looking good.”

Ron Norris Buick GMC is at 1350 S. Washington Ave. Call 321-267-9200 for more information.

Ron Norris Honda is at 1400 S. Washington Ave. For more information, call 321-269-2011 or go to ronnorris.com. SL

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Thursday, Dec. 4 • 6 - 8 p.m.

Watercolor Painting Rosemary Daly of the Titusville Art League returns to teach Watercolor Painting. $10 includes materials.

Port St. John Public Library

6500 Carole Ave., Port St. John 321-633-1867 Monday • Dec. 1 • 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Yarning for a Cause Knitters and crocheters welcome.

Make items to be donated to charities or bring in to be distributed.

Every Monday • 2 - 4 p.m.

Master Gardening A Master Gardener from the University of Florida extension office will answer your questions and evaluate your plant problems. Bring samples.

Every Tuesday • 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Senior Games Join other seniors for a variety of games such as dominoes, Rummikub, etc. Bring your favorite games and a snack.

Tuesday, Dec. 2 • 12 - 3 p.m.

SHINE - Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders Counselors assist seniors and the disabled with Medicare and Medicaid questions. Call for appointment.

Titusville Public Library 2121 S. Hopkins Ave., Titusville 321-264-5026 Every Tuesday • 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Master Gardeners Every Wednesday • 12 - 2 p.m.

Instructional Line Dancing Cost: $4; $2 class/55+

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Boomer Beauty Simple changes

BY CLAUDIA NETTIG & CINDY COHEN It’s important to look your best to make a great impression regardless of your age. After all, they say that 50 is the new 30. This autumn adhered to a few simple changes that will easily remove the years.

Exercise Adopt into your personal lifestyle some sort of added daily exercise. Choose a program that is tailored to you and will burn up the calories without you even noticing. Make it a fun thing, too, and not a chore.

For instance, if you get pleasure from dancing, take up a jazz class rather than an aerobics class or jogging.

If you enjoy golf, go ahead and play but climb those hills without a cart.

Swimming is a great for stretching and burning calories. The best part is it never feels like a workout.

Although many celebrities pay thousands for a personal trainer, you can maintain good health and a youthful appearance just with movement. Prune, weed, dig in the garden or mow the lawn with a manual mower for great stretches.

Try anything you enjoy and know you can easily stick with it and sustain the ultimate achievement.

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Hair Your crowning glory should always be a stunner.

Visit the hair salon every six weeks even for a quick cut to keep it fresh and healthy looking. Adding highlights will give your locks plenty of pizzazz.

Innovative women have discovered styling mud actually offers more control and shine. A little product goes a long way. Too many products will weigh down fine hair, and that is defeating the purpose of adding volume and oomph.

Dressing Remember to play up your good points. It’s the smaller details that will make that overall continuous winning difference.

Wear heels with a low vamp that cuts across the base of the toes and immediately elongates and slims the entire leg when wearing skirts and dresses.

Keep a basic black dress on hand. It will get plenty of use. Keeping your accessories appropriately scaled to your body size is a smart move. SL Cindy Cohen and Renée Talyor of “The Nanny” fame developed faceLOVE skin care products for the boomer and senior market.

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2015 Boomer Guide model Richard Peterson gets prepped for a photo shoot by Cathy Presnick of A Perfect Complexion.

Beauty Bar is the star of Boomer Bash & Senior Expo

BY LINDA WIGGINS

The Beauty Bar was the belle of the ball at the Nov. 14 Senior Life Boomer Bash & Senior Expo at the King Center for the Performing Arts.

Dust had no opportunity to collect on starring attraction Cindy Cohen’s director’s chair, the one her business partner and client Renée Taylor sits in so the Makeup Artist to the Stars can apply a secret weapon. Taylor is best known for her role as Fran Drescher’s mother on the syndicated “The Nanny” and recent sitcoms.

“Renée never goes on stage or television without it,” Cohen told a potential customer as she dabbed faceLOVE skin tightening wrinkle serum under her eyes on one side of the face as onlookers watched.

One “down side,” joked a customer, is that it only lasts eight to 10 hours.

“Hey, it’s great, but it’s not a miracle,” Cohen retorted.

Having all the beauty vendors in one exhibit hall at the King Center made it possible to create a relaxed, exciting vibe, according to Beauty Bar sponsor Cathy Presnick of A Perfect Complexion in Viera.

“Everyone did a great job decorating their booths, so it was a gorgeous atmosphere, and you knew everyone who came in there was looking for one thing, how to look as young and vibrant as possible at any age.”

Beauty vendors prepped Senior Life readersturned-models for a photo shoot for the 2015 Boomer Guide and expo attendees had a chance to meet them first hand. The annual guide will be released at the Feb. 6, 2015 Senior Safari & Caribbean Beach Party at Brevard Zoo. The morning started off with live music by the Dog Bones band, including a fun feature called Stump the Tuba, where band member Eric Lee played virtually every song requested, and if he admitted defeat, he’d ask to hear the song hummed or sung and could then play it note for note.

Hot Cocoa followed, and not the steaming drink. The ensemble of singers performed boomer and senior favorites in the afternoon in the Studio Theater.

Each area of the sweeping exhibit space in the Rotunda and the Lobby areas of the King Center featured a different musical mood, with live harp music setting an elegant tone in the Harris Gallery.

The expo, sponsored by USAA, Wuesthoff Health System and Inspired Living at Palm Bay, featured prizes, exhibits, free medical testing and a free Dessert Bar sponsored by William Johnson Attorneys at Law. For more information, call 321-242-1235. SL

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Banana River Sail and Power Squadron offers Seamanship Course

The Banana River Sail and Power Squadrons offer the United States Power Squadrons Seamanship Course. This intermediate class is the transition between basic boating and piloting classes. This class is appropriate for all boaters, and potential boaters who want to learn the skills to make them better sailors and boaters.

• When: Wednesday evenings starting Wednesday, Jan. 7 ending Feb. 11, • 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

• Location: Keiser University, 900 S. Babcock St., Melbourne • US Power Squadron members pay $78 • Non USPS members pay $108 • Join USPS and take the course for $179 • Members from the same household who share the manuals pay $15 each

The registration deadline is Dec. 28. Use easy registration at BRSPS. org, using PayPal. For information, call 321-220-7775.

This advanced course will cover the following topics: • Pre-trip Preparations, Hull and Propulsion Systems • Slow Speed Maneuvering, Boat Handling at Sea • Rules of the Road, Anchoring, Mooring and Rafting • Emerencies on the Water, Knots, Bends and Hitches. SL

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30. *Talking palomino’s title 35. *West of “Batman” 37. Lad, in Ireland 39. Do penance 40. *”Project Runway” judge 41. Root of iris, ingredient in many gins 43. Old Norse texts 44. “__ ___ in sight” 46. Pottery oven 47. Log splitter 48. Like Princess Aurora 50. Pair 52. *”___, Dear” starring Anthony Clark and Mike O’Malley 53. *”My ____ is Earl” 55. Cook in a pan 57. *Arnaz-Ball production company 60. *Kevin James was its king?

63. Ado 64. Winter bug 66. *Like Thurston Howell III of “Gilligan’s Island” 68. Declare invalid 69. High ___ 70. Hiding place 71. *Voice of the Mayor in “Family Guy” 72. It would 73. Used for searching

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15. England, in Latin 20. Horizontal bar dance 22. This was true for Annie Oakley 24. A drive for fun 25. *Barbera’s animated partner 26. *Dora the Explorer’s farewell 27. Instrument _____ 29. *He greeted others with “Na-Nu Na-Nu” 31. Kind of cell 32. *NBC’s “The _____ Show” 33. Provide with ability 34. Old Brazilian coins 36. Lion’s do 38. Like acne-prone skin 42. Mix-up 45. Coping mechanism 49. Chum 51. In fancy clothing 54. Civilian clothes 56. Female gossip 57. Ready to serve 58. A long, long time 59. Bolted 60. Thigh 61. *____ Wyle of TV’s “ER” 2014 movie 62. Comme ci, comme Áa 63. *”Hee ___” variety show 65. Allow 67. However, poetically

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HealthSouth Sea Pines Rehabilitation receives National Clinical Excellence for Home Health Award SPECIAL TO SENIOR LIFE HealthSouth Sea Pines Rehabilitation Hospital recently received the Outstanding Performance in Clinical Excellence for Home Health Award during HealthSouth’s Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet held Oct. 10 in Naples.

HealthSouth Sea Pines is the only hospital in HealthSouth’s network of 25 hospitals providing home health programs to receive the prestigious award. The award recognizes outstanding clinical performance and quality of patient care services in the home health division.

“Being honored with the Outstanding Performance in Clinical Excellence for Home Health Award is recognition for our commitment to high-quality home health rehabilitation services,” said Denise McGrath, CEO of HealthSouth Sea Pines. “Working together as a team, our staff has demonstrated a genuine concern for our patients’ satisfaction by always striving to provide whatever it takes for successful outcomes. I applaud our home health staff and take great pride in accepting

this award on their behalf.”

Sea Pines Home Health has been offering home health services to residents of Brevard County since its Medicare certification in 2007.

The service accommodates Medicare and VA patients with physical, occupational and/or speech therapy needs in addition to nursing care needs.

“We are a boutique agency, but that really allows for us to offer customized care and continuity to our patients,” said Julie Kane, RN, director of Sea Pines Home Health, “We treat them like family here, and this award has recognized our hard work and efforts to do so. It is truly an honor to be known for that.”

HealthSouth Sea Pines Rehabilitation Hospital is a 90-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital that offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and home health services. Serving patients throughout Brevard as the only acute rehabilitation hospital in the county, the hospital is located at 101 E. Florida Ave. For more information, go to healthsouthseapines.com or contact marketing coordinator Shannon Royer at 321-984-4636. SL

Hospice of St. Francis names new Chief Executive Officer SPECIAL TO SENIOR LIFE Joseph Killian has been chosen by the board of Hospice of St. Francis to become the organization’s Chief Executive Officer.

Before this appointment Killian was the CEO of Hospice of Southwest Ohio in Cincinnati, Ohio.

“Killian is an experienced senior hospice executive with a record of achievement distinguished by a strong strategic vision,” said Tony Hurt, board chairman for Hospice of St. Francis. “He impressed us with his exceptional relationship-building skills and his proven ability to run a complex organization effectively.”

As CEO, Killian will be responsible for the direction and implementation of all hospice services, ensuring quality patient care while maintaining financial viability.

“We have found Killian to be a strong, hands-on leader,” said Kim Rodriguez, a member of the board of directors for Hospice of St. Francis.

“He communicates well across managerial, staff and functional lines. And he has strong financial and analytical skills with the ability to make the decisions that will help move our organization forward.”

Killian’s work history contains several executive positions in Cincinnati, including company ownership in Benefit Plans Risk Management, Inc.; COO of S & S Healthcare Strategies; director of Geriatric Services & Operations for the Health Alliance of Greater

Cincinnati (a six hospital health system); general manager of VITAS Innovative Hospice Care and the CEO of Hospice of Southwest Ohio.

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Successfully led a major hospice regional office and increased the program by more than 600 patients.

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Developed Southwest Ohio’s first non-hospice palliative care program with more than 1,000 patients in Southwest Ohio.

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Developed the first geriatric house call program utilizing physicians and nurse practitioners for a sixhospital healthcare system.

Developed telemedicine program for hospice patients suffering from congestive heart failure.

Developed the first robotic program and improved patient care provided at the In-Patient Unit.

“Killian brings the skills needed to be an effective CEO for Hospice of St. Francis,” said Rodriguez, “And he understands how important it is for our Brevard residents to have a locally-owned, not-for-profit option for hospice care. That independence allows our people to make decisions from the heart because it is what is right for the patient. The board is confident that Joseph Killian will continue this long tradition at Hospice of St. Francis.”SL

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Viera Voice DECEMBER SUNDAY

Space Coast LightFest

Nightly through January 1.

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Fifth Avenue Art Gallery

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 1- 4 p.m. Sun. 32nd Designer Craft Show Runs through Jan. 3, 2015 Eau Gallie Art District 1470 Highland Ave. Eau Gallie/Melbourne

Melbourne Woman’s Club Monthly Meeting

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Light Up Viera Winter Festival: Santa Arrives!

1 - 4 p.m.

Pony rides, Miss Della’s Farm animals, snowflake making, baked goods and food for all. Free admission. 4 - 9 p.m.

Calvary Chapel Melbourne Harmony Farms at Viera 5300 Stadium Parkway

Sunday Brunch

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Tradewinds Restaurant at Duran Golf Club 321-504-7776, x7370

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Space Coast Chorus Holiday Show

Pickleball (adults)

3 - 4:30 p.m.

Viera Community Center 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way 321-433-4891

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Holiday Concert

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Evening With Santa

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Brevard Zoo - Jolly Days

Natural Approach to Sleeping Issues

12 p.m. • Free Dr. Sylvie Morin, Freedom 7 Senior Community Center RSVP 321-783-9505

Bridge Group

Crane Community Center 1440 Mosswood Dr. Melbourne 321-255-4609

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Trivia Nation Tuesdays

7 p.m., Tuesdays, Free General knowledge trivia.

Pizza Gallery & Grill The Avenue Viera 2250 Town Center Ave. 321-633-0397

Stroke Prevention And Risk Factors

Noon, Free Presentation and Lunch. Freedom 7 Senior Community Center.

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Yoga - Tuesdays

Family: 9:30 - 10:15 a.m.

Viera Community Center

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Evening With Santa

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Animals receive gifts.

12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Santa and Mrs. Claus

Sunday Brunch

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Tradewinds Restaurant at Duran Golf Club 321-504-7776, ext.7370

6 p.m. Free event Tradewinds Restaurant 321-504-7776, x 7370

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6 p.m., Mondays $3 per game Nancy Hanson Recreation Complex, Cape Canaveral Leisure Services Dept.

321-868-1226 cityofcapecanaveral.org

2 - 4 p.m.

Conversation on a variety of philosophical and existential topics. No reading or preparation required. Suntree/Viera Library; 321-255-4404

Advanced Tennis League

An American Christmas Card - Margaret Cross

7:30 p.m.

Dec. 22 and 23 $18 - $32 Cocoa Village Playhouse 300 Brevard Ave., Cocoa 321-636-5050

Socrates Café

Brevard Zoo - Jolly Days 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Animals receive gifts 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Santa and Mrs. Claus

Yoga - Tuesdays

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Tradewinds Restaurant Duran Golf Club 321-504-7776, ext. 7370

10 a.m., Tuesdays Cocoa Beach Public Library 550 N. Brevard Ave. Cocoa Beach Mary Burruss, 321-783-6997

6 - 7:45 p.m.

Conversation on philosophical and existential topics.

Suntree/Viera Library 902 Jordan Blass Dr. 321-255-4404

Melbourne Auditorium 625 E. Hibiscus Ave. Melbourne 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sun. $5 admission fee.

321-777-7455

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10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Cocoa Beach Library 321-961-2350

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Brevard Federated Republican Women Luncheon

11 a.m. - 2 p.m., $17 Holiday Inn Viera 8298 N. Wickham Rd. 321-727-1212

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Gift of Light Tree Lighting and Fireworks

(SSWD) Single, Separated, Christmas Arts & Crafts Show 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Widowed and Divorced Sebastian Craft Club, Inc.

Saturdays and Thursdays VFW Post 8191 4130 U.S. 1, Melbourne 321-254-9885 6 - 8 p.m.

Parrish Medical Center Titusville 321-268-6110

Dec. 4, 5, 6 & 7 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Grant Historical House.

5795 S. U.S. 1, Grant 321-723-8543

Group Lunch, 12:30 p.m.

Grills Seafood Deck 505 Glen Cheek Dr. Cape Canaveral

Annual Food & Wine Extravaganza

10 a.m. Thursdays - 9 p.m.

North Brevard Senior Center 5:30 St. Joseph’s, 5330 Babcock 909 Lake Ave., Titusville Palm Bay; 321-951-9998

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Karaoke & Dinner

Saturdays and Thursdays VFW Post 8191 Hwy U.S. 1, Melbourne 321-254-9885

Lights of Hope, Festival of Holiday Lights

Central Brevard Library 321-633-1792

Viera/Suntree Toastmasters

7 p.m., 2nd & 4th Weds.

Viera Hospital Conf. Rm. 1 8731 N. Wickham Rd.

Line Dance Class

Beginner/Intermediate Learn the dances and exercise in an enjoyable atmosphere.

Wednesday Nights 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Eau Gallie Civic Center 1551 Highland Ave. Melbourne. 321-255-4608

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Greater Palm Bay Senior Center Activities

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Medicaid Planning

10 - 11 a.m.

William Johnson, P.A. 8085 Spyglass Hill Rd. 321-253-1667

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Final day for Light Up Viera Winter Festival Holiday Village

8 a.m.– Golf at Jo Daddy’s 8 a.m.– Wood shop 8:30 a.m.– Bone Builders 11:30 a.m.– Bingo Lightupviera.com 9 a.m.– Bridge 12 p.m.– Library Greater Palm Bay Senior Center 1275 Culver Dr. NE, Palm Bay 321-724-1338

2 p.m.

Beginning and ending at Melbourne Auditorium 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd.

650 Indian River Dr. 315-278-6437

Light Up Cape Canaveral 6 p.m. Xeriscape Park 321-868-1226

Motown Sound Party Grooves 5:15 p.m. $30. FIT Gleason Center; 321-674-6228

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11 a.m. - 1 p.m. $15.50. Guest Speakers.

Rockledge Club, 1591 S. Fiske Blvd., Rockledge

12/ $3 adults Pancake breakfast, crafts and hayride. Parents bring your cameras. Advanced ticket purchase suggested.

Sandrift Community Center 585 N. Singleton Ave. Titusville

“The Holidays Are Almost Breakfast With Santa 9 a.m. $5 children under Here” Luncheon

Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404

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Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides

6 - 9 p.m. Complimentary.

Central Park The Avenue Viera

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(SSWD) Single, Separated, Christmas Dance $12 (BYOB). Live music, Widowed and Divorced

Christmas Party 5 p.m. Bring a dish, unwrapped toy and $5 gift for Chinese auction Tour Health First (optional).

Viera Hospital Parish Center, Church of 2 p.m., Thursdays through Our Savior, 5301 N. Atlantic Dec. 18. Behind the scenes Ave., Cocoa Beach guided tour.

321-868-7775 Viera Hospital 8745 N. Wickham Rd., Viera Holiday Movie 12 - 4 p.m.

321-434-6704, option 1 One Senior Place 8085 Spyglass Hill Rd.

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Let It Snow Downtown 6:30 - 10 p.m.

Light Up Viera Winter Street Party - Historical Festival: “Florida Animals” Through Dec. 24., Thur - Sun Downtown Titusville Sandpoint Park, Titusville 5 - 10 p.m. with Brevard Zoo hopenb.org/lightsofhope 4 - 9 p.m.

Brevard Antiques & Calvary Chapel Viera The Bead Ladies - $15 Collectibles Study Popcorn and a Movie - Free 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

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Karaoke & Dinner

Art Gallery Christmas Cards Bingo

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Gun & Knife Show

1:30 p.m. Wed., $4.

Includes movie, drink and popcorn.

Carmike Cinemas, 2241 Town Center, Melbourne; 321-775-1210

Line Dance Class

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Cinema Classics

Family: 9:30 - 10:15 a.m.

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Lights of Hope, Festival of Holiday Lights

5 - 8 p.m., $ Price of adult dinner. Bring unwrapped toy . Through Dec. 24 UNO Pizzeria, 8260 Sand Point Park, Titusville Wickham Rd., Melbourne

5 - 8 p.m. $ Price of adult dinner.

2 - 3 p.m.

Bring unwrapped toy for Central Brevard Library Military children.

308 Forrest Ave., Cocoa Beginner’s Computer Class UNO Pizzeria, 8260 321-635-7845 Wickham Rd., Melbourne 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Light Up Viera Winter One Senior Place Brevard Antiques and Festival: 80s Theme Night 8085 Spyglass Hill Road Collectibles Club 4 - 9 p.m.

Viera 1:30 p.m.

321-751-6771 Holidays with Dean Martin Melbourne Beach Library 3:30 p.m., Dinner 324 Ocean Ave. $25 BYOB Greater Palm Bay Senior Center, 1275 Culver Dr. NE Palm Bay, 321-724-1338

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Single, Separated, Widowed & Divorced Covered Dish Dinner 5 p.m., Church of Our Saviour, Cocoa Beach 321-868-7775

door prizes, raffles. North Brevard Senior Center, 909 Lane Ave., Titusville

Space Coast Jazz Big Band 2 - 5 p.m., $2, Third Saturdays Steagles Pennsylvania Pub 1395 Cypress Ave.

Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides 6 - 9 p.m. Complimentary.

Central Park, The Avenue Viera

Markstein Quartet

3 - 4 p.m. Central Brev. Library 321-633-1795

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Saturday Night Concert series with Sound Traveler 6 - 9 p.m.

The Avenue Viera Central Park, Viera

Live Music in the Park featuring Crush 6 - 9 p.m.

The Avenue Viera

No line dance class tonight Eau Gallie Civic Center

New Year’s Eve Party

7 - 12:30 p.m., $35 Music by Duff Brothers Catered by Red Rooster Open to the public Brevard Zoo - One Greater Palm Bay Day Winter Camp Center for Grandkids Watercolor Techniques for Senior 1275 Culver Dr. NE 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. all levels with Pearl Ollie The theme is Zoo-ology: The 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Tuesdays Palm Bay 321-724-1338 Inner Workings of the Zoo $10 includes supplies. from Icky to Wow. $45 for Central Brevard Library members; $50 for 308 Forrest Ave., Cocoa non-members.

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8:30 a.m. – Tai Chi 8:30 a.m. – Jazzercise Light 10 a.m. – Rogue Bridge 11:15 a.m. – Bingo 12 p.m. – Pinochle 1 p.m. – Poker Wickham Park Senior Center 2785 Leisure Way Melbourne Call to check availability 321-255-4494

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

Email your event before the 15th of the month prior to: media@bluewatercreativegroup.com Please include the name of the event, time, address and a contact phone number.

If email is not an option, please call 321-242-1235, also by the 15th of each month or mail your information to: Senior Life, 7630 N. Wickham Rd., Suite 105, Viera, FL 32940

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Senior Life’s BOOMER BASH Senior Expo 2014 Highlights

Ideal Image gave prizes.

Live harp music filled the Harris Gallery in the lobby.

Mary Dunagan, in blue, with family, accepted the Veterans Salute Award

Amy Lee Peters from the Pilates Center of Viera displays coreshaping equipment.

Darlyne McGee from Silhouette Hair Design speaks on the right hair cut and color for your face in the Beauty Bar.

St. Johns Rivership

Buena Vida is all smiles.

Volunteers welcome the crowd at the Senior Life table.

Comforts of Home Care shares information Visitors flocked to the Senior Life welcome table.

Wuesthoff Health System welcomed the attendees .

Veterans Salute featured the Dog Bones band.

Registering to win the iPad at the USAA table.

Highwaymen R.L. Lewis paints (behind attendee).

Making new friends

Viera High School Color Guard

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Connecting at the tables.

VHS Color Guard instructor retired Lt. Col. Tim Thomas, right, meets the crowd.

Brazilian Beauty Blowout Bar

Bill Antonette drove his ’57 Chevy.

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OUR columnists Christmas kindness is a gift Challenges of Living to Age 100 Ed Baranowski

Many people who live a long life have shown gentle, helpful and affectionate acts in their daily activities.

Some people focus on seasonal kindness connected with the Christmas season. A smile, a pleasant greeting and presence is a simple daily act of kindness. Make it happen today.

Most seniors believe giving is better than receiving. Through the decades, they have been involved in personal acts of kindness. They have participated with their family and friends in putting up Christmas trees and decorations for the shut-ins. They have baked cookies and fruit cakes; made fudge and other candies to brighten the day of the less fortunate.

Even a small box of homemade goodies for the person alone and forgotten makes a difference.

Church groups focus on acts of kindness with various projects and ministries. Visiting retirement homes, helping with addressing Christmas cards and writing personal messages, wrapping gifts, singing holiday carols, installing a small tree or crèche and visiting lowincome families are ongoing practices.

Whatever your income level, you can

host a holiday gathering. An afternoon tea with special cookies works well.

A potluck — bring a dish to share — reduces the expense and task of arranging a full meal. Fellowship is the benefit with tasty food as a delightful addition.

In areas where there are military bases, area residents invite the troops who are far from home by including them in family gatherings. Others help with travel cards for a bus trip home, or a gas card for an auto trip. With advanced planning, rewards and frequent flier miles can help connect families at distant locations.

Sharing personal treasures with others makes a wonderful gift of kindness and will live on through the recipient’s life. Legacy gifts to family — giving a keepsake with a warm hand — makes the experience memorable. Yes, there is interest in your stuff. It is not junk.

Additionally, people have found the joy of working with organized groups to share their kindness. They ring bells for Salvation Army at shopping centers, they gather toys for many programs including Toys for Tots, and they pack food baskets for St. Vincent de Paul.

Knights of Columbus often provide food and clothing to the homeless and new immigrants.

Ideally, the best approach for a long life is to show kindness each day of your life. Why not Christmas every day? SL Ed Baranowski is president of TOPICS UNLIMITED, a Melbourne-based education, seminar and consulting company. He can be contacted at topicsed@aol.com

Parenting the generations is the hardest work you’ll ever love The Sandwich Generation Linda Wiggins At age 53, my life is supposed to be about slowing down at work, doing what I truly feel I was created to do, no longer working so hard to chase the Almighty Dollar. But instead of this path to self actualization and fulfillment, I am hard at work actualizing and fulfilling the lives of two miniature versions of myself.

I think if I see one more school fundraiser packet or flyer come home in my son or daughter’s backpacks I’ll scream.

I am thankful God delivered the desire of my heart of hearts in the 11th hour to have a family of my own. But the result is that there is a tremendous demand on my time for the care of each person in my household, and yet at the same time a huge demand on my time to earn a living to help see to the comforts of all.

I am thankful my mother lived a good long life, and that my husband’s mother continues to do so. Sometimes this means additional time, attention and money tending to the needs of aging loved ones and never recouping what that has cost.

I am a human doing rather than a human being.

I love the attitude of one Sarah Lowery, the grandmother I interviewed for the Grandparents Rock! feature on page 13. Rather than feel robbed of her retirement years because her time and funds were needed to help care for her grandchildren, she feels so lucky she could pinch herself because Grandpa and Grandma have the most entertaining companions to vacation and snowbird with, including their single-parent daughter.

Much of life’s happiness is about framing your circumstances in a silver lining.

But as I remembered recently when speaking to a group of folks like me, this role is a hard one. A really hard one.

And while it helps to hear that from others in your shoes, there’s never going to be that magical “aha!” moment that’s going to take all that away.

Sometimes the best that can happen is that you simply realize that you are not “doing it wrong” or “cracking up,” but doing a hard thing.

I definitely would choose my lot over the alternative of having fewer folks to love and love me in return. SL Linda Wiggins is a member of the Sandwich Generation, which refers to persons who must oversee or provide care for an aging parent, while at the same time caring for young children or continuously keeping adult children from returning to the nest. Sometimes all three. Contact her with comments or questions at LindaWiggins123@ aol.com.

Daytona Beach Museum of Arts, Science & History is a diverse treat

Recently I escorted a family group to the outstanding Daytona Beach Museum of Arts, Science & History.

The visit to the museum, followed by a delightful lunch overlooking the Halifax Lagoon, meets all my requirements that the destination be educational, inexpensive and family friendly.

This museum is by far one of the finest and most diversified institutions of learning for the entire family found anywhere in Florida. Located on a 90acre nature preserve in Daytona Beach, the facility houses more than 30,000 objects, including the finest collection of American Art in the southeast United States.

Our group started by attending the museum’s planetarium laser light presentation. In reclining seats, we enjoyed a show that provided us with breathtaking views of the entire night sky and its wonders.

The museum’s permanent collection includes Early American Art, Decorative Arts and Chinese Art & Artifacts. The Cuban Collection is home to one of the most important collections of Cuban fine and folk art outside of Cuba. Of major interest is the Americana & Coca Cola memorabilia collection. Here you will find teddy bears, Indy Series race cars and popular Americana.

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Touring the Town John Trieste

The collection also includes two mid-20th century railroad cars.

The “Silver Holly,” an Art Deco masterpiece, was converted from a passenger dome liner to a private coach equipped with a kitchen, living room and beds. The 1948 “Hiawatha” is a fully restored beaver tail observation car. Both cars can be viewed under a large train station pavilion. These trains brought back fond memories of my Army days. In the middle 1940s, following basic training, I traveled in similar troop train cars from Fort Dix N.J. to Fort Lewis, Wash.

Other interesting exhibits include the Giant Ground Sloth. This sloth, with a 13-foot tail, is the best preserved and most complete fossil in North America.

There is also an area called the Visible Storage. Here the museum displays important works from the museum’s vault in an open storage

format. Enjoy American cut glass, porcelains, oil paintings, antique furniture, watercolors, and textiles.

If this is not enough there is also a hands-on children’s section. This facility houses professionally designed and diversified interactive exhibits that would satisfy children of all ages.

The museum is located at 352 South Nova Rd., Daytona Beach. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

It’s closed on Mondays. There is a

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modest admission charge. For more information, call 866-439-4769 or go to moas.org.

Our group had a delightful lunch seated outdoors at Caribbean Jack’s Restaurant. This inviting modest-priced restaurant is located on the Halifax River at 721 Ballough Rd. in Daytona Beach. For more information, call 386-523-3000. Is is open daily.

To access my previously published travel articles go to travel.myseniorlife. com. SL

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George Fouke Bob Silverman Williams’ and Fouke’s titles are available on Mia Crews, who Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. help authors Silverman was a dentist before he self-publish by became a full-time sailor, crossing the providing editing, Atlantic nine times in six of his own formatting, book sailboats. He said he wrote about his life cover and website to record it for posterity, inform family design services. members, and hopefully entertain the Together the reading public. boomers recently “Mostly, the end result was a released, “Last peaceful contentment,” Silverman said Stop Paradise of his career-change decision. “Here I (Where No One was, making my own way across the Escapes Karma)” sea, using nature instead of abusing it, SENIOR LIFE PHOTO a work of owing nothing to anyone, free of the Kay Williamson women’s fiction constraints of the petty rules of society. I set in the Florida was free, really free.” panhandle.

He recently released three novels “I admire these three writers so and two memoirs. “Rumbles from the much; they reaffirm my belief that Azores” is a collection of short stories; people do not have to go quietly into “Storm” is about a famous racing retirement. In fact, a person’s later yacht and its owner; “Tiago” details years can be even more productive than Mozambique’s struggle for freedom earlier times when creativity is often from Portuguese rule. Memoirs “A Pause sidelined by the rigors of acquiring an in the Azores” of his life from 1974 to education, then building a career, and 1987 and “Good Boat Stories” tell of his often raising a family at the same time,” sailing experiences. All are available as Crews said. Added Conroy, “Once all Kindle books on Amazon.com. that is in their rearview mirror, a person While their genres and lifestyles can spread their wings and fly in a are diverse, they share something different direction.” else besides close birthdays: a pair of For more information, go to writing coaches, Karlene Conroy and editorofbooks.com. SL

Classifieds

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Call today 321-757-9205. Deadline 15th of each month APARTMENT FOR RENT

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Accepting applications for waiting list.

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321-549-0711 PINOCHLE PLAYERS WANTED We meet twice weekly.

Thurs., 4:45 p.m. at Patrick AFB NCO Tides Club.

Sat., 11 a.m. at American Legion, U.S.1 and Aurora Rd. Call Bob 321-452-6154

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