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BY LINDA WIGGINS In the heady heights of the Apollo program, up to 1 million people would come to watch humans launched into space and 2,000 journalists would carry words and images back to billions across the planet. NASA had to tap its employees from across space operations to fill the need for volunteers passionate about helping carry the notion to visitors that space exploration was a vital use of U.S. funds.

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On his retirement from NASA in 1998 as director of Public Affairs at Kennedy Space Center, Hugh Harris wasn’t done sharing this enthusiasm with others. He supposed he was not alone, and knew that as others were now at retirement age, they might also be a good source of volunteer talent.

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Nana’s House now far more than ‘nice idea’ the three Nana’s House homes were donated Kim Frodge experienced a major and refurbished with frustration over the better part of the all volunteer labor and last decade as she has worked to sell donated materials. the concept of Nana’s House: raising She also will be abused, neglected or abandoned looking for house children in a home of their own parents. Room and in a Godly environment without board for the couple government care or dollars. is covered, but there “I’d go though my spiel about how is no pay. Typically this would be all volunteer, in a Christwith a young couple, centered environment, with children the “mom” stays home raised by a husband-and-wife couple with the children who lived there, just as in a traditional and the “dad” works. home, and people would tell me, Retirees are also a ‘That’s a nice idea.’ I’d say, ‘It’s not an popular choice. idea, it’s real!’ ” The gala will be an As her third Nana’s House gets opportunity to learn ready to open, the once “nice idea” more about Nana’s SENIOR LIFE PHOTO House and hear about truly is real, and it’s about to get even Lennix, one of many volunteers who pitched in to help more real. the many instances refurbish Nana’s Home houses, does carpentry work on A 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 gala along the way where at the Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place the third Nana’s House, which was recently completed and “God moved at just the ready to provide a safe home for children. will raise money to build a gated right time” in reward community of eight homes and a for diligence. shared multiuse building in West The keynote speaker need, Frodge said. She turned away 86 Melbourne on land practically donated will be retired Col. Danny McKnight, a children last year. to the nonprofit.

Rockledge resident who was portrayed “That breaks my heart when I have The development already had in the blockbuster hit movie “Black to say no to a child in need of a safe $1.4 million invested into it, with a Hawk Down” and also wrote a book of place to live and be loved,” Frodge poured slab, all utilities and streets in his experiences as an Army Ranger. said. “There is a huge need for children place, ready to add buildings, when Frodge volunteers full time as who need a safe home.” construction stopped. A couple in executive director thanks to the income The children might stay for a short their early 50s who wishes to remain from the family business, Eric the Gas time during a crisis, may one day be unnamed signed over the improved Man, started by her husband, Eric, 10 reunited with their birth families, or seven-acre property for a couple years ago. they may grow up and leave home as hundred thousand dollars, Frodge said. an adult would from any traditional “It’s what supports us,” she said.

“They have seriously blessed Nana’s home. The goal regardless of their time The business provides natural and House with this property,” she added. at Nana’s House is that they should feel propane gas appliance service and At five youngsters per house, the repair and sells pool heaters and “Never alone, never afraid.” effort will provide a home for 40 tankless water heaters, and installs gas Frodge is looking for nine builders additional children, bringing the total piping in homes and restaurants. to adopt one structure each. Each of to 55. The number is far from the For more information, to donate

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or to purchase tickets, call Frodge on her cell phone at 321-266-3829. For the locations and specialties of the two Nana’s Home Thrift Cottages in Malabar, go to nanaschildrenshome. com.

Classic event benefits Nana’s House Combine a classic car show with a rock and roll revival. Join with the sponsoring MOPARS car club on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Melbourne Auditorium. Following the car show from 4 to 7 p.m., enjoy Cactus Jack & the Cadillacs while dancing or just listening. Music from the ’60s to the ’90s holds interest for hours.

This popular charity event benefits Nana’s House, a safe haven for neglected and abandoned children.

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Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band are scheduled to perform Oct. 22 at the King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne.

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considered the ‘5th Beatle,’ always got the new Beatles hit days before anyone else.”

Mike Lister, owner of Caroline’s House of Records at 402 Brevard Ave. in Cocoa Village, said he’s “had a case of Beatlemania for over 50 years now.”

“I am a big fan,” Lister said. “I never got to see (the Beatles) in person because I was a little bit too young when they were still touring. I have seen Paul McCartney in the late 1990s in Tampa and I saw Ringo the last time he was at the King Center.”

Born Richard Starkey Jr. in Dingle, Liverpool, England, on July 7, 1940, Starr became interested in drumming at age 13 while performing with a hospital band at the sanatorium where he was confined for two years as he recovered from tuberculosis. At 17, he joined his first band, the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Band. Two years later, he became the drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Liverpool’s popular band at the time.

They love him, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Beatlemania returns to Brevard County on Oct. 22 as Ringo Starr, the legendary Fab Four’s drummer who also has enjoyed a successful solo career, takes the stage at the King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne.

Joining Starr will be the latest incarnation of his revolving All Starr Band: Utopia’s Todd Rundgren, Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, Santana and Journey vocalist Gregg Rolie, multiinstrumentalist Mark Rivera, Mr. Mister lead vocalist Richard Page, drummer Gregg Bissonette of the David Lee Roth Band, and saxophonist Warren Ham. Starr last appeared at the King Center in July 2006.

Starr’s return appearance is a special one for Brevard residents who grew up idolizing the drummer and his partners John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, the mop-topped Liverpool lads who became one of the most important music groups of all time.

“It was the Beatles who changed my continued on page 8 musical direction,” said Michael Lowe, program director at Lite Rock 99.3 in Melbourne and co-host of the station’s Mike and Mindy morning show.

“Since both my mother and father were in a jazz band, that was the music I heard and liked. Never was an Elvis fan. But something about the Beatles and the British Invasion clicked with me,” Lowe said.

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Fun is the common denominator for all generations Check out the fun four generations have together on Grandparents Rock! page 13. If having fun across the generations appeals to you, have we got some great events for you.

Senior Life sister newspaper Viera Voice is hosting its third Scarecrow Stroll & Harvest Festival. Young and wise alike will enjoy strolling across the Central Brevard area of Viera and Suntree Oct. 1 to 15 to see 35 unique, hilarious and overall entertaining scarecrows built from scratch to benefit the charity or school of the participating business’ choice.

Check out pages 32 and 33 inside this issue of Senior Life for a ballot to take around and judge the ’crow for the Popular Vote, and then turn in your ballot at the end. See all 35 ’crowtastic creations and you could win four tickets to see the brand new Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley at Universal Studios in Orlando. See 20 of them and the four of you could be going to dinner at The Melting Pot at The Avenue Viera.

The school or charity whose booster raises the most money during the Stroll will win a matching prize of up to $500 from Viera Voice, so call your family and friends to jump aboard the Stroll. The top scarecrows will move to the Harvest Festival from 1 to 5 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 19 at the Holiday Inn Melbourne-Viera Conference Center and Viera Beach with free entertainment and activities to please all generations.

Next month, boomer and senior generations are in for a treat at the second annual Backstage Pass Boomer Bash & Senior Expo at the King Center for the Performing Arts from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, kicking off with a Veterans Salute. This super popular Senior Life special event drew raves from attendees and we have even more surprises in store this year. Come see me at the brand new Beauty Bar, where looking youthful is as fun as a night on the town!

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For the past 10 years, many have gathered for a growing reception held before the Sept. 19 homecoming football game. It was organized by Claudia Wetherell from the Class of 1961.

Despite pouring rain, the 2014 event had a record crowd, including members of the Class of 1969 who were holding a reunion this year. Following the reception, the crowd was treated to a win at the soggy football game.

“It’s been growing every year. Last year, we had about 120 come out and this year we had nearly 250, with a lot of nice raffle items from local businesses.

We had them back to the Class of 1932 up to some who signed in were from the Class of 2013,’’ she said.

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Patrick Pesce retired from the New York City Police Department after his 23-year career and started a successful business.

His family had vacationed for years in Florida and in 2004, he and his wife moved to Indian Harbour Beach.

“I’m a palm trees and cocktails kind of guy,” he said.

Patrick and Cathy Pesce were at a local restaurant where Marshall Frank was playing the violin. Frank is the author of 12 books and is a retired homicide

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With their common background, they became friends.

“Marshall is my writing mentor,” Pesce said.

Frank wrote in an email, “One of the most likeable personalities I’ve ever met.”

Pesce attended one of Frank’s writing seminars.

“He listened intensely at my seminar, took my outline and writing method and went to work on his first book,” Frank said.

Originally intended for Pesce’s immediate family, Frank said, “His book is multi-faceted, not just Patrick Pesce at his home in Indian Harbour Beach.

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ordinary war stories but also about struggles of a broken family and surviving in the streets.”

“Blue Memories, Life In Law Enforcement, A Personal History” is the story of one New York City police officer’s experiences in the nation’s largest police force during some of its toughest times, including his remarkable assignments with the famous Knapp Commission investigations, working under Rudy Giuliani.

Born in Brooklyn and raised in Coney Island, Pesce worked in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens — all of New York City. He rarely ventured farther than that.

“The first time I went overseas was when I crossed the Brooklyn Bridge,” he said, laughing.

“Pat Pesce is a dedicated, inspired ex-cop chomping at the bit to share his NYPD memoir with the rest of the world,” Frank said. “For those who enjoy police memoirs, especially those rooted in the bowels of New York City during the roughest of times, this is the book to read. When least expected, the reader will be howling at some of the humor.”

Blue Memories is available in Brevard libraries, at bluenotebooksonline.com and amazon. com. Signed copies can be ordered from the author for $16, which includes postage, at Patrick Pesce, P.O. Box 372216, Satellite Beach, FL 32937.

Pesce will speak at his book launch at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Satellite Beach library located at 751 Jamaica Blvd, Satellite Beach.

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Cribbage champ credits early start

BY LINDA WIGGINS

Is there anyone who can challenge Bernie Friedman?

The calculating card player is the Space Coast champion at cribbage, a game hundreds of years old that claims many thousands of registered members in more than 1,000 grassroots clubs across the United States.

It’s a repeat honor for the Suntree resident, who was also named cribbage champ in 2009 of the Space Coast Peggers Cribbage Club, which meets at 6 p.m.

Monday evenings at the All One Family Senior Day Program at 585 N. Courtenay Parkway on Merritt Island.

The club name is derived from the fact that in addition to playing cards, players advance their peg around holes in an accompanying wooden scoring board according to the added point totals of cards played. Members play nine games during a span of about 3 ½ hours.

“It’s a nice night and it helps the brain,” Friedman said, explaining how points are tallied according to detailed strategy.

He picked up the game the way many men have for hundreds of years, aboard a ship while serving their country. The year was 1944 and the United States tapped the Merchant Marines to serve under the Coast Guard to protect transport ships that were torpedo fodder in World War II. The official act lowered the age required to join the Merchant Marines from 18 to 16, so Friedman signed up as a volunteer and got an early start to his cribbage career.

According to English antiquarian John Aubrey, cribbage was created by the English poet Sir John Suckling in the early 17th century as a derivation of the game “noddy.” While noddy has disappeared, cribbage, or crib for short, has survived virtually unchanged, becoming one of the most popular games in the English-speaking world.

Friedman advanced to boat captain in his nautical career, then went on to marry, have children and establish a successful new car dealership. A divorce shattered his dream life, and in 1980 he walked

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into a Scottsdale, Ariz. pub in search of companionship. He found it at first sight in Carol Harsell, also reeling from a divorce.

“We needed each other very badly,” Friedman said. The needle-in-a-haystack find was even more profound since both were rare transplants from New Jersey to the western resort town.

The match was as good professionally as it was personally.

Harsell ran a dance studio and was in the process of targeting her dance education program to very young children, and faced the challenge of getting them to the studio. Instead, Friedman suggested taking instruction to pre-schools and other centers where the children already congregated.

The result was Kinderdance, now franchised to more than 100 locations in 36 states and five countries. The Friedmans retired and sold the business three years ago.

Carol Friedman finally joined Space Coast Peggers at the Sept. 8 meeting.

“It’s taken that long to wrap up loose ends with the business, but I love it and I’m advancing quickly,” she said.

The game is a very social experience, but with a lot of rules to learn so that each win is accurately earned and each victory recorded with the American Cribbage Congress for national prizes.

Bernie Friedman, 86, is a bronze level player racking up wins in pursuit of silver and gold. He recently earned a jacket from the national level.

Now that both Friedmans are free to pursue the pastime, the cribbage champ may have some company after all, not only across SENIOR LIFE LINDA WIGGINS the table, but on the club winner board.

Cribbage champ Bernie Friedman may have some company For more information on the Space Coast across the table and on the winner board in his wife, Carol.

Peggers Cribbage Club, call Jerry Nordling at 321-777-3460 or email gnordling@afl.rr.com.

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His performances attracted the attention of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison, and in 1962, Starr replaced Pete Best as the Beatles drummer.

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For the months preceding Halloween, you can’t go through the grocery story without passing rows of sweets. For the months preceding elections, you can’t get to the grocery story without passing rows of signs cluttering the highway and that doesn’t look sweet.

For both events, the words “Trick or Treat” seem very appropriate because you’re never really sure what you’re going to get.

The days after Halloween can be delightful. The days after an election can be distasteful.

When Halloween is over, the months following could result in you going on a diet to deflate your waist.

When elections are over, the months following could result in you losing your appetite because you’re deflated from all the waste.

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disbanded in 1970, Starr continued to crank out hits, becoming the first solo Beatle to score seven straight top 10 singles, including “It Don’t Come Easy,” “Photograph” and “Back off Boogaloo.

Lister says Beatles records are still big sellers at his shop, which has more than 30,000 vinyl records in stock.

“The Beatles are probably my third- or fourth-best-selling group,” he said. “I think Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd are a little bit ahead of them. But they’re right up there with the Stones and all of them.”

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A pair of eyeglasses guided the way to Ed Carlson’s distinguished Army career.

After high school, the Long Island native was keen on an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and the appointment seemed a certainty, except that at the time, the Navy was not keen on admitting anyone without natural 20/20 vision.

Carlson, unfortunately, had needed glasses since he was 14, and was turned down.

The congressman who had sponsored Carlson suggested he try the United States Military Academy at West Point instead, since the Academy didn’t deny access to students with spectacles.

“It caught me completely by surprise,” said the Satellite Beach resident.

Carlson applied and the rest is history. In fact, it is a 20-year-history of service to the Army before Carlson retired as a lieutenant colonel. The Class of 1970 graduate served during the height of the Cold War with cavalry regiments in Czechoslovakia, East Germany and Korea.

In addition to his overseas assignments, Carlson was one of the

Watercolors by Ed Carlson are featured works in October at the Art Gallery of Viera. first Army officers selected to work at the Pentagon with President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Program, aka Star Wars.

“For good or ill, it became a resume builder,” Carlson said.

Thanks in part to the Star Wars connection, Carlson had his pick of defense industry jobs when he retired from the military in 1990. Lockheed Martin in Orlando was his eventual choice for the second half of his career.

The problem with Orlando was that the city didn’t have many facilities for the sailboat the Carlsons ahad,

but a trip to Brevard revealed a perfect marina opportunity at Patrick Air Force Base.

After retiring from the business world, the Carlsons decided to head to Brevard to be nearer to their boat, which had now evolved into an impressive 30-foot sailboat that has taken the couple around Florida and to the Bahamas.

“We have a modest townhouse that we just lock up, we put the cat on the boat and we take off, sometimes for three or four months,” Carlson said.

Navigating pretty waterways was Ed Carlson rides his motorcycle to the Art Gallery of Viera, where his watercolors are featured in October.

Riding his motorcycle is one of Carlson’s many pursuits.

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more than a pleasant pastime. It also introduced Carlson to another hobby: watercolor. With a deep appreciation for the beauty of the sea and the shoreline, Carlson celebrates nature with paintbrush and watercolors.

“I love the spontaneity and magic of watercolors and the unique way in which watercolors capture the essence of the tropics,” he said, although he is not at all averse to doing occasional snow scenes reminiscent of his childhood in upstate New York and Indiana.

He journeyed into the art world with a couple of borrowed library books and a few supplies. Formal classes followed, as did a New Year’s resolution to join a gallery. He made good on his resolution by joining the Art Gallery of Viera a year ago.

He is also a member of the Brevard Watercolor Society.

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There’s no doubt about it. If I lived in the days before air conditioning and had oodles of cash to spare, I too would escape the sweltering summers of New York City by building a mega-mansion in the Hudson River Valley. I would have it designed by one of the top architects in the country, decorated with the finest art and antiques and surrounded by formal gardens equal to or better than those in Europe.

Then, as the weather heated up and the winter social season wound down, my family and I would leave our Manhattan home, take a steamship — or possibly a railroad — to the east bank of the Hudson, and move into our 50, or 60 or 70-room manor house. Once we were comfortably ensconced, we’d picnic and party until the weather cooled and it was time to move back to the city.

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries this seasonal migration was de rigueur for financially successful and socially prominent New Yorkers.

The men, who were mostly self-made entrepreneurs or the scions of self-made entrepreneurs, wanted to live as though they had, in both the literal and figurative sense, been to the manor born.

Many of their opulent estates are now open to the public and are located within the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, a 150-mile swath of land that runs from Troy (just north of Albany) to New York City. My husband and I anchor ourselves in the MidHudson region of Dutchess County, which contains the summer homes of the most interesting, or at least the most well-known, of the super elites.

Our first stop: the Vanderbilt Mansion, owned by Frederick Vanderbilt, grandson of railroad baron Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt. As we tour the mansion, the guide tells us that at Grandpa’s death in 1877, he was worth $105 million, which if converted into today’s dollars would make him almost four times as rich as Bill Gates.

When I hear this, I’m surprised that the house, although filled with carved ceilings, marble columns, heavy drapes and delicate tapestries, has only 54 rooms.

“This is the smallest of the Vanderbilts’ 40-plus homes,” explains the guide. “His relatives called it ‘Uncle Freddie’s cottage on the Hudson.’”

The Vanderbilt Mansion gives a whole new meaning to the word cottage.

The nearby homes of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are more modest when taken individually, but the property, which comprises The Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site at Hyde Park, contains three separate homes.

Springwood, where FDR spent many of his pre-presidential years, is a mere 20,000 square feet, and the antiques and art are mixed with family mementos.

Of course, the stuffed birds collected by the child of the family might be less interesting had that child not grown up to be president of the United States.

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Locust Grove Estate was owned by Samuel Morse from 1847 to 1872. He was an outstanding painter, but is best remembered as the inventor of Morse Code. surrounding land passed to Sara, Franklin’s mother. From that time on she not only controlled the family money, to a large extent she controlled her only son.

For example, before allowing him to build a small retreat on a heavily wooded part of the property, she made him promise that he would never spend the night in that house. She worried that if he needed medical attention, an ambulance might find it difficult to navigate the forest roads in the dark.

Roosevelt, who at that time was probably the most important man in the world, protested but eventually agreed to his mother’s demands, and Top Cottage, which is a cottage in the traditional rather than Vanderbiltian sense of the word, was built in 1938. Our 32nd president, says our guide, may have had his way with world leaders, but not with his own mother.

The only part of the estate that wasn’t under Sara Roosevelt’s direct control was Val-Kill, the Dutch Colonial home of Eleanor Roosevelt. She wanted cozy and comfortable, and that is exactly what she got. The knotty pine walls are covered with photos of family and friends, the overstuffed chairs are mismatched, and the dishes on the table look exactly like those used by many middle-class housewives in the mid-20th century — including my own mother-in-law.

We tour two other estates: Wilderstein, the home of Margaret “Daisy” Suckley, who was a distant

cousin and “close friend” of Franklin Roosevelt — “How close,” says the guide, “is not known.” — and Locust Grove, the home of Samuel Morse, a man who is best remembered as the inventor of the telegraph and the code that bears his name.

We’ll have to visit the other mansions on our next visit. As we’ve learned, the Hudson Valley is the place to be in the summer. The mega-rich of yesteryear have told us so. SL

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are buried in a garden on the Hyde Park property.

The Vanderbilt Mansion was extravagantly and elegantly furnished, as befitting the wealthiest family in America.

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Say goodbye to Cocoa Beach’s Glass Bank and its storied history

BY MIKE GAFFEY The eight-story Glass Bank, once a downtown Cocoa Beach landmark and today an aging, weather-beaten eyesore, could be a pile of rubble within weeks.

The Cocoa Beach City Commission voted 4-0 on Sept. 8 to begin contract talks with Lakeland-based Crusader Demolition to tear down the 1960s-era structure at 505 N. Atlantic Ave. within 50 days at a cost of $145,300. Mayor David Netterstrom was absent.

John Valois, Crusader vice president and project manager, said that after the contract is approved, the company is aiming for demolition to begin in late October or early November after asbestos abatement is completed and results come back on sections of the building that weren’t sampled for hazardous material.

“It’s speculative at best to say late October or early November, but probably, if everything remains the way it is now, that’s when it should fall,” he said.

A crane-like high-reach excavator will tear down the building, Valois said.

“It has three booms on it and it reaches up 100 feet,” he said. “We put a shear attachment on the end of it that’s able to crush 2-foot-thick concrete or 1-inch-thick steel and it will basically cut the building into sections and pulverize the concrete from the top down.”

Workers will first raze the building’s sloping exterior structure, then move on to its central core, Valois said.

Crusader was one of eight contractors bidding on the project and was ranked first by city staff.

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to move out. But Wolfe, the Glass Bank’s co-owner, continued to live in his undamaged penthouse while the building below him fell into disrepair.

The roof leaked, boards replaced broken windows and mold and mildew infested the lower floors.

The city of Cocoa Beach’s concerns about the deteriorating building triggered a long legal showdown between Wolfe and the Glass Bank Condominium Association, which oversaw the rest of the building and wanted it torn down.

In January, the condo association signed an agreement with Cocoa Beach to let the city declare the building a nuisance, demolish it and recoup costs with proceeds from the sale of the property. In February, a three-judge appellate court panel ruled that Wolfe owed the condo association millions in fees, assessments and repairs. The day after the court ruling, Wolfe, 82, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in front of the building.

Valois said some furnishings already have been removed from Wolfe’s penthouse, including a sunken, circular couch in the living room.

“It’s very interesting. You can get the overall sense of how amazing that penthouse was,” Valois said. “You can see it was quite the place to be.” SL

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Built in 1961, the Glass Bank was originally the home of First Federal Savings and Loan. Its nickname came from the sloping glass windows that enclosed the building.

At the height of the Space Race in the 1960s, astronauts, politicians and Hollywood celebrities once dined and partied at Ramon’s Rainbow Room, a restaurant and nightclub on the Glass Bank’s top floor. Dinner, which featured “Florida’s finest food,” included prime rib, charbroiled steaks and “Ramon’s Caesar Salad Supreme,” and was served from 5 to 10 p.m., with dancing from 10 p.m. until closing.

The 83-foot-high building’s exterior was later reinforced with concrete to protect it from hurricanes. Attorney Frank Wolfe, who served as Cocoa Beach city attorney from 1963 to 1967, designed and built a unique, windowless, two-story penthouse atop the building.

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Al and Nancy Santos enjoyed having young grandbabies so much that once the youngsters grew up, they decided to do it all over again. And as great as the first two generations of babies were, the third time is definitely a charm.

“We’ll do whatever they want.

Basically, they own us,” Nancy Santos said of her great-grandchildren.

The Santos’ daughter, Tammy Smith, discovered this first hand after calling her parents over to spell her as she watched her grandchildren.

“I came home to find my parents each standing at the foot of a bed carefully watching over my grandkids jump up and down, having a blast.

They would not have allowed my own kids to do this, but with this second generation of grandkids, there are no rules, just fun.”

In addition to no rules, there is also no shame.

Santos’ great-granddaughter, Naomi, daughter of Santos’ granddaughter Ashley Dennis, has a routine each time her great-grandmother comes over. She takes off the matriarch’s shoes, runs off to hide them (in her closet, as it turns out) so “Nana” can’t leave, and then demands she join her in the Nana Dance.

Basically, it is the silliest barefoot moves Nancy Santos can muster to the chanting of “Nana, Nana, Nana.”

“Next, she takes my hand and wants me down on the floor with her, so down I go,” Santos said. “She guides me through an exercise tape she sees her mother use, mimicking the coach like a little drill sergeant. She’s the funniest thing.”

In addition to these antics, the four generations of females love to do all things girls do together, especially shopping. This might also include the

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Great-grandmother Nancy Santos, left, her daughter Tammy Smith and her granddaughter Ashley Dennis take in the annual Brevard Women’s Expo at Melbourne Auditorium on Sept. 6.

Santos’ other great-granddaughter, Adalynn, daughter of Smith’s son, Nicholas, and Smith’s other daughter, Rebecca Byrne.

“We can pretty much take over a store,” Smith said as her troop canvassed the Brevard Women’s Expo at the Melbourne Auditorium Sept. 6, each toting multiple shopping bags.

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“I’ve watched my mom with her grandchildren and she adores them,” Smith said. “Now that my children have children of their own, I get it. I totally get it. One of the great things about having children is the day you get grandchildren, and apparently it only gets better from there.”SL

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people’s future,” said Harris, a Cocoa Beach resident.

Lisa Malone, current NASA public affairs director at KSC and “voice of NASA,” pointed to endless other benefits in having space workers volunteer in her department.

“They know the rules. They know which areas are hazardous, so they can keep visitors safe,” Malone said.

“When we’re in launch mode, we’re all very busy. This is not the time to sit down and train volunteers, so retirees fill the bill perfectly.”

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Through Harris’ initiative, retirees are given an invitation and an application to fill out in Human Resources during the retirement process. Those who opt in are allowed to and are required to maintain their clearances and certifications. In addition to the knowledge they bring, they are continuously updated on current NASA programs and plans at KSC and nine other centers that work together to accomplish the launches so they will be a vast resource for visitors.

“They are very valuable because of their personal history at whatever point in time they served and on their particular program,” said Harris, a reporter who intended to “work for NASA for one year to gain knowledge” and instead stayed for life.

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Get set to jump, jive and wail at Swingtime’s concerts It’s the time of year for fall frolic and Big Band sounds when Swingtime presents its Jump, Jive and Wail concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9 at the Melbourne Auditorium, 625 Hibiscus Blvd. There is no charge for the concert and tickets are not required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Under the direction of conductor Art Martin, Swingtime will play a variety of popular tunes, including “Zoot Suit Riot,” “ Johnson Rag,” “Charleston,” “42nd Street Medley,” “Bandstand Boogie” and—of course—“Jump Jive and Wail,” to name a few.

Popular local vocalists Sally Hart and Len Fallen will be featured, along with the Swingtimers Vocal Quintet. The New Horizons Band will provide preshow entertainment.

“This will be the first Swingtime concert event of the Melbourne Municipal Band’s 50th season,” Martin said. “We’ve selected a program that will have audience members tapping toes gearing up for the ‘jumping’ fall music season ahead.”

Tickets will be sold for a commemorative art collage giveaway by artist Derek Gores, which celebrates the band’s 50th anniversary. Prints are available for sale as well.

As part of the fall season, reservations are already being taken for the second Swingtime New Year’s Eve Gala at the Holiday Inn MelbourneViera Conference Center, which was sold out last year. The cost is $100 per person for an elegant evening of dinner and dancing that harkens back to the era of classy, Big Band New Year’s celebrations, organizers said.

Call 321-724-0555 or go to melbournemunicipalband.org for more information. SL

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Club’s dinner dance marks Columbus’ discovery of the New World

BY MIKE GAFFEY Columbus Day is Oct. 13, and a local Italian American club is celebrating the 522nd anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World with food, fun and music.

The Italian American Club of South Brevard Inc. is marking Columbus Day a few days late — on Oct. 18 — with a special dinner dance at the group’s clubhouse at 1471 Cypress Ave. in Melbourne.

“Columbus Day is always a bit more exotic, so instead of pasta and sausage we’re having roast pork, something a little bit fancier,” club manager Rich Bruning said. “Everybody has a good time.”

Born in Genoa, now part of Italy, Columbus stumbled across the New World by accident in 1492. Financed

by Spain, the explorer had sailed westward in three ships, the Nina,

the Pinta and the Santa Maria, on a spice trade mission to Japan. Instead, Columbus landed in the southeastern Bahamas on Oct. 12. Columbus named the island San Salvador. He made three more voyages to the New World before dying in 1506 at age 54.

“Columbus is an Italian hero,” Bruning said.

Cocktail hour starts at 5 p.m. and a dinner of roast pork, mashed potatoes, a vegetable, salad, dessert and bread will be served at 6. Music will be provided by Janice and Rene.

Cost is $15 for members, $16 for nonmembers.

The club also offers free Italian language lessons for members from 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays at the clubhouse, Bruning said.

Tickets for the dinner dance are on sale at the clubhouse. For more information, call the club at 321-2428044. SL

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Palmie Pete comes to life for Scarecrow Stroll Scarecrow decor reflects laid back cottage community

BY GEORGE WHITE

Just like a new twist on the magician’s hat in Frosty The Snowman, this time it was a tattered old Panama Jack hat on a laid-back scarecrow “Palmie Pete.”

Created by residents and staff at Palm Cottages Assisted Living and Memory Care in Rockledge, Pete will compete in the third Scarecrow Stroll Oct. 1 through 15 with the hope of being one of the top scarecrows to make it to the finals at the Oct. 19 Harvest Festival.

“We have a very laid back, comfortable and homey feel. We wanted him tropical because all of our cottages are named after palm trees. We’re going to have him on a boogie board with a surfing dog,’’ said marketing director Christy Flaherty, who headed up the effort.

“We knew that we wanted to name him something along the lines of our name, that was our first thing. We hit the thrift store, collaborated together and came up with what we think is going to be a really cute scarecrow,” she said.

Using a PVC frame made locally at Ace Hardware in Suntree, Flaherty and residents started bringing Palmie Pete to life, placing a plastic white pumpkin for his head.

“We’re trying to come up with the

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Working on Palmie Pete at Palm Cotteges in Rockledge are, from left, Frances Ciacalese, executive director Matt Johnson, Marketing Director Christy Flaherty and Jean Belec. most unique scarecrow because we are unique. We’re not like any other assisted living facility with a cottagelike set-up. Nobody else does it like that so we were just trying to stand out and be a little different with our scarecrow. That’s the gist of it. We’re different and unique and we want our scarecrow to be the same. It feels like home when you walk into one of the cottages. It sounds corny but it’s true,’’ executive director Matt Johnson said.

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The scarecrow or schoolcrow that raises the most money during the twoweek stroll will receive a matching donation of up to $500 for their school or charity of choice from Viera Voice.

The three best schoolcrows will advance to the Harvest Festival.

Trophies will be awarded.

The Harvest Festival will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 at the Holiday Inn Melbourne-Viera Conference Center & Viera Beach.

The scarecrows will be on silent auction with proceeds going to the builder’s charity of choice.

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“The staff has brought in bags and we all kicked around ideas, so everybody is working on it,’’ Flaherty said.

“He’s a beauty,’’ said a smiling resident Delite Glasser as she watched Pete take shape. Resident Jean Belec seemed to react in wonder to Pete getting his new hat, officially bringing him to life for the contest.

Families, businesses, civic organizations and schools (that made schoolcrows) got into the fun by designing scarecrows with clever and unique themes.

The scarecrows, on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (some locations closed weekends) at the sponsoring school or business, compete for donations and ballot votes as judged by the public. Participants who visit at least

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BY GEORGE WHITE

The residents of Lakewood Village in Melbourne came out in force Aug. 28 to celebrate the 100th birthday of the lady they affectionately call the “Mayor.”

Rita Anderson spends her days outside, watching the traffic and people go by and making sure to wave at each and every one.

Her three daughters, Roberta Farrell, Pat Deignan and Rita Kobar, were all present for the party which featured posters and collages of different eras of the birthday girl’s life starting with Brooklyn and Long Island. She has lived at Lakewood Village for four years.

“She’s out on the patio from early morning until 8 o’clock at night. They call her the Mayor of Doland Street,’’ said Roberta Farrell, who has lived with her mother for four years.

“I love it. I wave to the people going by and they wave back. People ask me ‘How’s the mayor?’ They were talking about me being the mayor,’’ she said.

The honoree was unfazed by the hoopla surrounding her turning 100.

“It doesn’t bother me. I’m just glad I’m here because I have my daughters with me all the time. I’m not living alone. I’ve always had a daughter to live with. I’m lucky. Not too many people have what I have,” she said.

Born in 1914, Anderson was born a month before the start of World War I. A telephone operator until 1939, when she married her husband and they went into the restaurant and boating business, the mother of four spent most of her life on Long Island, before moving to Florida in 2008.

At Lakewood Village, her favorite activity is bingo, for which she is helped by her daughters.

Kobar gave a short speech before the crowd was fed birthday cake. Her speech included a list of the realities of 1914, when: • Only 14 percent of homes had a bathtub.

• Only 8 percent of homes had a telephone.

• There were only 8,000 cars on the road and 144 miles of paved road.

The maximum speed in most cities was 10 mph.

• The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

“Here, lately, one of her favorite activities is Friday night bingo where we help her with her cards and there is laughing, lots of laughing,” Kobar said. SL

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Rita Anderson of Lakewood Village in Melbourne recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Inset: Rita Anderson and her daughters, Roberta Farrell, left, Pat Deignan and Rita Kobar enjoyed a birthday party for Anderson.

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Viera Lions will conduct rummage sale, health event SPECIAL TO SENIOR LIFE The Viera Lions will hold a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 1. The event will be held in the parking lot at UNO’s Pizzeria & Grill, 8260 N. Wickham Rd., Viera.

There will be free diabetes screening at the same location from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. People must fast for at least one hour prior to being tested for the screening.

The Lions will also be collect used eyeglasses and hearing aids.

The Viera Lions Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) and 100 percent of all funds received are returned to the public.

For details regarding the fundraiser, contact Lynda Jackson at 321-242-1331 or lyndaj@cfl.rr.com. The Viera Lions Club can be reached by writing to The Viera Lions Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 561377, Rockledge, Fla. 32956-1377. SL

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BY KATIE PARSONS

Locals are invited to kick off their holiday season in a festive way at the Spade & Trowel Garden Club Annual Home Tour.

This year’s event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 100 Sundance Lane, just off South Tropical Trail north of Pineda Causeway. The home will be seasonally decorated, courtesy of Something Different in Cocoa Village. There will be vendors selling Christmas decorations and live music throughout the day.

“We try to make the day as festive as possible, and there is really something for everyone to

enjoy,” said Evelyn Fraley, a club member and one of the event’s planners.

The Spade & Trowel Garden Club formed in 2010 as an offshoot of the Cocoa Rockledge Garden Club. Right now, there are 35 members who do community outreach beautification projects throughout the county.

“Though we are small in numbers, our event brought in $9,000 last year,” Fraley said.

Like Fraley, many of the club members are retired and just looking for a way to give back to the community during their free time.

All of the money raised at the

event goes to local charities and organizations, too. Some of the recipients of the funds will be Candlelighters of Brevard, the Space Coast Center for Mothers with Children, Walk on Water Horse Ministry and other local beautification organizations.

“We just look around the community and look at what needs to be done, and then we go out and make it happen,” Fraley said.

Tickets are $12 in advance and are available through a variety of merchants from Titusville to Melbourne. At the door, tickets are $15. For more information, call 321-459-0518. SL

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OUR columnists Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne will fascinate families Readers, here is a great, educational, local visit that will satisfy the interest of the entire family.

I had the great pleasure, recently, of visiting the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts located in a relatively new building on the campus of the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne.

This creative local art center is the first and only center of its type in Florida.

Florida Tech’s Art Center is dedicated to furthering the understanding of cultural and creative achievements in the textile and fiber arts. On my recent visit, I viewed the “Florida in Fabric” exhibit, where creative local quilters had an opportunity to display their Floridathemed quilts. At the same time, in a separate gallery, there was also a most interesting exhibit called Oil Stains.

Here, 14 large quilts, each one in most creative ways, represented the artist Eleanor McCain’s reaction to the 2010 BP oil spill and its effect on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

In commemoration of its fifth anniversary, the Ruth Funk Center will present the exhibit “Embellished,” featuring a celebration of wearable art.

Works on display will highlight the diversity of the wearable art movement and emphasize the innovation of surface design.

Embellished opened Sept. 13 and closes Saturday, Dec. 13.

The Ruth Funk Center exhibit is open for viewing 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. It is closed Sunday and Monday. The Center is open only when there are exhibits. Admission is free.

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The closet parking is in the Babcock Street lot north of University Boulevard. Walk west over the covered bridge, past the Evans Library. The Funk Center will be the next building on your right. The center is between Evans Library and the Botanical Gardens.

If you’re looking for a bite to eat, The Panther Dining Hall on the FIT campus is a great place for you to enjoy an excellent meal at a reasonable price with happy students and faculty.

If time permits, take a self-guided tour of FIT’s Botanical Gardens. Pick up your walking guide at the Evans Library located on the northeast side of the campus. These unique gardens, also called the Jungle, contain more than 200 palms, bamboos and other rare and common botanical specimens.

As you enter the gardens, on your left will be Melbourne’s first one-room schoolhouse. This schoolhouse was painted red from the beginning, when it was erected in 1883. Then, take the dirt trails all the way down the winding paths and view the numerous streams that are the headwaters of Melbourne’s Crane Creek. SL Access more than 120 of my previous Florida travel stories by going to travel.myseniorlife.com.

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This tour of duty deserves a hero’s reward The Sandwich Generation Linda Wiggins This is a love letter to my sister.

Sara made the hard decision to relocate and live with my mother as caregiver. She would not be able to take on a paid job besides this one, because Alzheimer’s disease, at a certain point, really requires round-the-clock care, or at least, attendance.

My sister would be a member of the Sandwich Generation if she had a child other than Patty, her faithful Chihuahua. The term refers to people like me, typically boomers, who are concerned with the care of an aging parent at the same time that they have young children to care for or adult children in danger of falling back into the nest — or who haven’t left it yet.

Sara signed on for what the doctors said would likely be two years. She did such a stellar job of caring for my mother that our matriarch lived seven years.

That’s a long time to do tasks that are so tough that even siblings don’t want to hear about it. The feelings

are so tough to take that siblings avoid visiting because they can’t stand the new reality that someone who cared for you is now the one who needs help.

I won’t go into detail. I’ll just say that someone who gives their life and sometimes sanity for this cause deserves to be treated like an angel for the rest of their lives on Earth.

After this life is over, certainly God has a very special job for them in heaven, and thankfully it won’t be this one again because there will be no need of it.

It’s very much like a combat veteran who returns from Afghanistan, well any war, really, where they are fighting so we don’t have to. They should never have to buy their own beer, ever again.

Perhaps, too, if we show our appreciation for their service, it will let others know how valuable their service is, and make them want to be a hero, too. Getting to age out in your own home that you love with the loving care of an adult child or other loved one, that’s like winning the PowerBall of life. It’s actually worth more than millions, because even lots of money does not guarantee loving care.

Thank you, Sara. This one’s for you.

For questions or comments for The Sandwich Generation column, email LindaWiggins123@aol.com. SL

You can go back When we learned of the birthday party for our 2-year-old great-grandson, Mason, in Madison, Wis., we packed the car and headed north. The 1,300 mile trip from Florida, spanning three days, brought back memories of driving to Florida for spring break. Old gas stations along Highway 51 have been replaced by oasis facilities on interstate highways.

The visit was loaded with nostalgia and reminiscence. The festive picnic birthday party reminded us of our days celebrating with our own small children and neighbors. There was the cookout, and brews, but the gifts now are loaded with electronics. It was great to see family and friends.

We headed to Wausau, Wis., where my wife and I met teaching in the same high school in 1959. The classroom building where I taught seemed unchanged. I looked into my first-floor classroom window. Then I noticed the sign, East High Apartments. A dear friend Carol drove us to the new high school where a plaque honoring her late husband, coach Jack, was displayed at the baseball field.

We stopped in the neighborhood where we rented our first flat, and then a house as a married couple.

The trees are a lot taller now. I knocked on the door of old neighbors.

Helen and Silverius welcomed us.

What a surprise! We talked about neighborhood events, lost souls, ailments and life. Silver was a young detective when we met and was a great

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Challenges of Living to Age 100 Ed Baranowski source of community intelligence.

Our favorite date and dancing spot, the Hiawatha Bar, across from the famous Wausau train depot, was still there, but without the railroaders who bought us 10 cent beers. The jewelry store where I purchased our rings was still there. The hospital where our two children were born is now a retirement facility. We went to see the first new house we purchased in 1963, for $13,000. It sure looked great and brought back so many memories.

We were somewhat reluctant to go back unannounced and without a plan.

The random stops, the memory triggers of the places, and the incredible feeling of being in the city where we started our life together was evidence that you can go back and savor the memories. You can live a long life by challenging the mind to bring back the memories. SL Ed Baranowski is president of TOPICS UNLIMITED, a Melbourne-based education, seminar and consulting company. He can be contacted at topicsed@aol.com.

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Medicare Supplement Policies

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Dear Lance: I have had a Medicare Advantage plan for the three years that I have been on Medicare. I think I would like to switch over to Original Medicare during the Annual Enrollment Period (Oct. 15 through Dec. 7). I will also want a Medicare Supplement policy, but I do not know how to go about choosing one.

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Dear Baffled, A Medicare Supplement policy, sometimes called a Medigap policy, fills in the gaps in coverage of Original Medicare. These can include the deductibles and coinsurances that Medicare does not cover.

The plans are offered by private insurance companies, and some supplement policies offer benefits that Medicare does not cover at all.

Medicare Supplement policies can only be sold to individuals who have Original Medicare. They do not cover prescription medications.

A Medicare Supplement is protection against unpleasant or potentially ruinous financial surprises that can arise if, for example, you need to see multiple physicians, need expensive outpatient diagnostic tests, or require hospitalization. There is an annual deductible of $147 for Medicare Part B services plus 20 percent coinsurances that will be owed for the physician and outpatient diagnostic services. Part A has a $1,216 payment which will be due if you are admitted as an inpatient to a hospital.

A Medicare supplement helps the beneficiary avoid some or all of these costs, depending on which plan you choose. Without a supplement, your financial liability for the medical services you receive with Original Medicare has no limit.

Choosing a plan Medicare has designed 10 standardized Medicare Supplement plans. Each plan is designated by a letter such as A, B, and so on. All plans offer the same basic benefits but differ greatly in the additional benefits they provide. You can see the benefits covered by each of the 10 plans by visiting medicare.gov and clicking the top tab Supplements and Other Insurance, or by calling Medicare at 1-800-633-4227 and requesting the booklet Choosing a Medigap Policy.

A Medicare Supplement plan which pays for all of a beneficiary’s possible out-of-pocket expenses has a higher monthly premium than one that has less comprehensive benefits.

Some beneficiaries would rather pay a higher premium and have all possible expenses covered, whereas others would prefer to assume some financial obligations in return for a lower monthly premium. You should choose the plan that best meets your needs.

Choosing a company that offers the plan you want There may be as many as 35 different insurance companies that offer the standardized plan you want.

It is important to emphasize that all companies which offer a plan provide

Ask Lance Lance P. Jarvis SHINE the same Medicare coverage benefits.

If there are 25 companies that offer Plan F, for example, they all provide the same coverage benefits. The company premiums, however, can vary significantly for this coverage; therefore, shopping is recommended.

Selecting the company with the lowest premium for the plan you want is a very reasonable way to make a choice.

Be aware that with few exceptions, a person who has had Medicare Parts A and B for six months or more will be required to answer questions about their medical history when applying for a policy. The company is not required to issue you a policy based on this information, and if you are accepted, they can exclude pre-existing conditions for a period of time.

It is highly recommended that you apply well in advance of the date on which you would like your coverage to begin. Do not cancel your existing Medicare Advantage Plan until you have been accepted by a company. You can apply to more than one.

I encourage you to make an appointment with a volunteer SHINE counselor who can assist you with this decision. They will talk with you about your needs and explain the differences among the standardized plans.

The SHINE counselor can also provide you with premium quotes from the Florida Department of Insurance Regulation which has rates for all insurance companies that offer Medicare Supplements in Florida. The counselor will do the rate shopping for you. With the SHINE counselor’s assistance, you can save time and be better informed in making your choices. SL About SHINE SHINE is a statewide program that provides free 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 with the state’s 11 Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRCs). To contact a SHINE counselor, call the Elder Helpline at 1-800-963-5337 or 321-752-8080.

SHINE has 12 offices throughout Brevard County. SHINE counselors can assist you over the phone 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 you would like the “Ask Lance” column to answer, write or email Lance at Senior Life and look for a response in one of the next issues. Lance can be reached by writing Senior Life at 7630 N. Wickham Road, Suite 105, Viera, FL 32940, by emailing jill@myseniorlife. com, or by calling 321-242-1235.

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Beyond the Curb

MEL HIGH

Meet Lily on November 15 at the 3Rs and Beyond Family Festival Beyond the Curb Marcia Booth

President & Founder, Recycle Brevard One day I was pulling my recycling cart back into my garage, where anyone can see the living proof of my efforts in trying to reuse most everything, and my neighbor came up to chat. I was telling him about my latest recycling project and the things I had left to do for this year’s festival when he turned to me and asked, “Why are you doing all this?”

I had no short answer to that, so I just smiled and we went our separate ways.

That question kept coming back to me. I knew only the long answer.

When I was a child, one of the things I enjoyed the most was playing outside.

Our backyard was huge, filled with fruit trees and my mother’s plants. My sister and I had plenty of space to ride our bikes and pretend to fill up our tanks before heading to a prestigious picnic on the sunny side of the grassy yard.

Sometimes, when coming back from a morning on the beach, we turned on

the hose to wash off the sand and had mud fights. My childhood taught me to love the outdoors and treasure nature.

Unfortunately, people have become detached from nature because, as Richard Louv, author of “Last Child in the Woods” and many other bestselling books, puts it, “a lot of people think they need to give up nature to become adults but that’s not true.”

Nature and people are deeply connected.

“Nature itself is mysterious and brings us out of ourselves. We don’t really understand why nature calms us but we know that we are using all of our senses at the same time. Nowhere else but in nature do kids use their senses in such a stimulated way.”

We need nature. We need it not only for being the source of our survival, but to live well. At the same time, nature needs us. We need to be stewards of the environment and protect nature not only for its beauty and calming effects, but for its value to us as a species, for our own sake.

And we can do that. Everyone can do that! From kids to adults, every action counts.

During the summer, I met a third grader who changed the recycling habits in her neighborhood just by putting a sign on the neighborhood’s Dumpster door. Lily is her name.

She converted her observations into action; she took a step to help nature and it paid off. Lily will be sharing

her story on Saturday, Nov. 15 at the fourth annual 3Rs and Beyond Family Festival, an event that brings families together to connect with nature and celebrate sustainable living. The festival will be at POW/MIA Park on U. S. 1 (north of Pineda Causeway) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is free and open to the public. If you would like to meet Lily, this is your chance.

People like Lily are an inspiration.

They are true stewards of the environment.

Through selfless actions we are able make a difference locally and to touch some lives while helping our community so we can all live better.

Actions like those motivate others to do something too. They spring people to action in a domino effect. It may sound crazy, but the more we do, the more we want to do because we see how far out we can reach.

That was the long answer.

As for the short answer, well, I took the long turn but in the end it comes down to our needs. Nature needs us and we need nature. Protecting and caring for the environment is really a matter of self-preservation. To work on anything that helps the environment is a mission and a lifetime commitment. Somebody needs to take that on and lead the way.

Lily is one of them and so am I. SL For more information, contact Marcia Booth at Marcia@RecycleBrevard.org.

continued from page 5 Two 100-year-old graduates attended the event, Nanny Gerlits (‘34) and William Jackson Vaughn (‘32). The pair and a third 100-yearold graduate, Sara Elizabeth Howard (‘32) attended and were honored at the Melbourne High School graduation held May 24.

Also keeping track of former graduates, and encouraging the centenarians to be a part of the events, were Linda Platt Burson (‘63) and John Hiott (‘58) “I’ve kept up with it and knew about them turning 100 and that’s amazing that they’ve stayed around all those years. I thought it would be nice for them to be recognized,’’ Hiott said.

Gerlits, who attended the event with her daughter, Nancy Gerlits Bossie (‘63), remembers starting school when Melbourne was not much bigger than the several block area that is now the Henegar Center for the Performing Arts.

“It was small. It wasn’t anything like today at all. The streets weren’t paved and when we saw an automobile, we got excited,’’ Gerlits said.

The family now has grandchildren who have graduated from Melbourne High, an apparently reoccurring theme for many graduates.

“I’ve been all over this country and came right back to Melbourne,’’ Bossie said.SL

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When most kids her age were living care free, boomer Elaine Klug started working as a waitress, then as a bartender, housekeeper, even in laundry and maintenance.

Working a wide variety of hard jobs paid off when she “opened” her first hotel, the famous and historic Howard Johnson Hotel in Cocoa Beach, before she knew the position was a real thing.

“Afterward, my boss told me about a position for hotel opener and I didn’t even know what that was, but I interviewed,” Klug said. “They hired me right over the phone because of all the jobs I’d worked that are key to the hospitality industry.”

The Suntree resident now flies all over the world opening Hyatt Place and HYATT house hotels.

One thing she would not do was move, turning down an offer to relocate to Chicago, the headquarters for her employer and many other hotel giants.

“I love Brevard, I love to see how it has grown, and I love the history here and being a part of it,” Klug said.

She came to Brevard during the tail end of the Apollo program, through Skylab and into the shuttle program.

Howard Johnson’s was a focal point of many NASA conferences during those programs and transitions between them.

It now is the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cocoa Beach Oceanfront.

Before being picked as a hotel opener, Klug already was teaching others the trade as an adjunct professor for the Hospitality program at Brevard Community College, now Eastern Florida Stage College.

In her current job, she assembles teams and trains them in every area she was as a worker: food and beverage service, housekeeping, maintenance and front desk, now called gallery hosts.

Klug has opened more than 200 hotels since she started in 1997, 22 in 2013, including the first International Hyatt Place in San Jose, Costa Rica.

“I love the travel to different parts of the country and the world to find out what they have to offer. And then I love coming home,” said Klug, who counts antiquing among her local pursuits.

A 38-year-old daughter Klug raised as a single mother also keeps her close to home.

When she is not traveling, Klug is working from home, taking part in teleconferences to schedule trainings and tending to the minutia of details that entails.

It’s a lifestyle she is not inclined to give up, or even retire from.

“I want to keep working as long as I am healthy,” said Klug, who eats

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BY FLORA REIGADA For 30 years, the Space Coast Quilters Guild has been busy launching quilts, making their homes and community brighter and more beautiful. They are about 150 members strong.

Guild president Doris Andera said many in the group had their skill passed to them by older family members.

The organization does this for the community by fulfilling its stated mission.

“The purpose of our guild is to create, stimulate and promote an interest in all matters pertaining to quilting and to provide a service in the design and techniques of quilt making.”

Area organizations reap the benefits.

Through its community outreach, the guild donates nearly 200 baby quilts annually to Parrish Medical Center, Florida Highway Patrol and the BETA Pregnancy Center.

Other organizations benefiting include Hospice, Aging Matters, Meals on Wheels, the Health Department, Colors of Valor and Habit for Humanity.

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Doris Andera, president of the Space Coast Quilters Guild, displays a quilt she made for her son.

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The process, and putting colors together, brings out artistic talent in a person they didn’t know they had.

In addition to conducting monthly meetings, the guild holds monthly classes.

“We teach skills everyone needs to learn or update,” first vice president, Kay Deffenbaugh said.

She cited binding, which is finishing a quilt by sewing a thin strip of fabric around its circumference. She also spoke of installing a sleeve on the back of the quilt so a rod may be inserted for the quilt to be put on display.

“Quilting is a creative process,” Deffenbaugh said. “The process, and putting colors together, brings out artistic talent in a person they didn’t know they had. Anyone interested in quilting may attend our meetings.”

They are from 9 to 11:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the First Baptist Church, 303 Main St. in downtown Titusville.

Education classes are held 9 to 11:30 a.m. the first Wednesday of the month, at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, 414 Pine St. in downtown Titusville. The cost varies.

Quilting get-togethers (sit and sew) take place at 9 to 12 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church, and 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, at First Baptist Church.

For information, visit: spacecoastquilters.com SL

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

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Displayed in the lobby of Titusville’s City Hall this quilt shows the city’s seal and buildings from Titusville’s early days. The quilt represents some of the fine work produced by the Space Coast Quilters Guild.

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Step into Titusville’s elegant past

BY FLORA REIGADA Revisit old Titusville at the city’s historic Pritchard House, during its Homespun Exhibit.

It will continue through October with house tours available. These will showcase vintage quilts, linens, handcrocheted, embroidered pieces, hooked rugs, china, glassware and more.

Add to that, vintage tools, plus a nostalgic look back at wash days sans electricity, with displays of washboards and hand-crank washing machines.

Built in 1891, the house was originally the home of Capt. and Mrs. James Pritchard. Their descendents lived in the elegant Queen Anne until it was purchased by Brevard County in 2005.

Restored as a museum, the house is a living history of life during bygone days.

A tour of the house and exhibits may be taken for $15 per person and reservations must be made in advance.

Savories, desserts and a choice of teas are on the menu of a homespun afternoon tea, catered by Chef Jolene Corbin. It will take place at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 4 on the front porch of the Pritchard House. The community is invited. Seating is limited and reservations are required. The cost is $25.

On Pritchard Day, the grounds are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 18 and outdoor activities are free. They include rug hooking, spinning, weaving and quilting demonstrations, as well as fishing and beekeeping exhibits and an oil can display.

Adding another historical dimension, the Confederate Sons Association, Indian River Camp 47, will bring a Civil War encampment to life.

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In Titusville’s historic Pritchard House, volunteer Lucy Ray displays vintage quilts in an environment that transports the visitor to a bygone era. granddaughter of Capt. and Mrs. James Pritchard, will be the day’s guest of honor, under the pergola from 1 to 3 p.m. to celebrate her 100th birthday.

The community may share best wishes and enjoy birthday cake and refreshments.

The Pritchard House is at 424 S. Washington Ave. For more information, call 321-607-0203 or go to nbbd.com/ godo/PritchardHouse. SL

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FRANKIE AVALON • Saturday, February 14th, $95 - Join us for a night to relive one of our favorite teen idols from the 50’s. What better way to spend Valentine’s Day! This is an evening show and being Valentine’s Day, we are unable to secure a nice venue for dinner for a large group, so there will not be a meal with this trip, but we don’t leave until 5:30 p.m. Sign up by January 10th, minimum of 35 passengers needed.

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Lunch at the Ale House before the show. Minimum of 35 for this trip and deadline is January 15th.

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Memory Care Neighborhood a safe way to live

BY GEORGE WHITE PHOTOS JILL GAINES Grand Villa of Melbourne is taking the lead in a new trend for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients with the creation of a Memory Care Neighborhood adjacent to their existing senior living community.

The $5 million, 20,000-squarefoot facility will feature 26 singlestory residential units for about 40 residents, including options for single or the less costly shared apartments.

The key feature of the secure facility is that it gives residents more of a feeling of home by allowing access to an inner courtyard garden through screened back porches, said Brenda Jones, executive director.

“The residents that will go in that building will be residents that have reached the point that they need to be in a different environment than just assisted living. They may be folks that have a tendency to wander and so the community will be a secured community.

“Melbourne does lack sufficient housing for people that need that more secured building. You just wouldn’t believe the numbers that we turn away because this (current) is not the building that they need to be in,’’ Jones said.

That home-like feeling is also evident in the architectural style which will feature front porch entrances. The style will be divided

on either side of the building between Charleston and Key West themes, she said.

“It looks like you’re walking into your home,’’ she said.

The new facility will create between 30 and 40 jobs,’’ she said.

“This project has been in the works for a year,” Jones said.

Parent company Senior Management Advisors has a total of 18 properties to Georgia and throughout Florida.

Similar Memory Care Neighborhoods are open or in the works in Delray Beach and St. Petersburg with similar plans to either renovate or build new at the other properties, said Alex Lopez, Director of Sales and Marketing for SMA. “Through personal experience and research we have come up with this design. We plan it for the majority of our properties,’’ “It’s a tremendously growing need. Certainly the fact that we’re living longer has had a big impact on the numbers. We now live long enough to see the disease take hold. Living longer is a blessing it comes with something like this potentially. It’s something like that that is creating the demand,’’ Lopez said.

The Memory Care Neighborhood, located at the intersection of NASA Blvd. and U.S. 1, will take about 10 months to complete.

For more information call 321-725-0300 or go to grandvillamelbourne.com. SL

Many people attended a recent ground breaking for the Grand Villa of Melbourne Memory Care Neighborhood, with key staff and other notables recognized.

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OCTOBER SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC OCT 3

OCT 3

The Melbourne Municipal Band celebrates its Golden Anniversary

First Friday Concert Ron Pirtle Quartet

5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Eau Gallie Square Band Shell Highland Ave. & Eau Gallie Blvd.

321-574-2737

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World Teacher’s Day

The Three Sopranos: Upstage 3 p.m., $25 Scott Center for the Performing Arts Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy 5625 Holy Trinity Dr. N. Melbourne 855-252-7276 - toll free

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Central Florida Winds Symphonic Surprises: From Strauss to Stravinksy A concert of unconventional beauty 3 p.m.

Free Suntree United Methodist Church 7400 N. Wickham Road Melbourne 321-223-6688

5:30 - 7:30 p.m. $5 for adults, $2 for seniors, children and students Museum members, Florida Tech faculty, staff & students free Foosaner Art Museum, 1463 Highland Ave.

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1 p.m.

West Melbourne Library 2755 Wingate Blvd.

West Melbourne 321-794-3901

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. $5 Central Brevard Library 308 Forrest Ave. Cocoa 321-633-1792

Back to Sanity by K. Carl Smith

Line Dance Lessons

6:30 p.m. $10 Social & Cash bar Melbourne Hilton Rialto 321-223-2921

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Columbus Day

All That Art Photo Competition Deadline

For juried competition on display at King Center Oct. 27 - Dec. 1.

CAFOB.org 321-254-3398

Bunco

storagetreasures.com Locations: Viera Storage 10:15 a.m.

321-752-0022 Uncle Bob’s Self Storage 10:30 a.m.

Melbourne 321-259-6615 Beach Mini Storage 1 p.m.

Indian Harbour Beach 321-622-5941

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Excursions Concert - Space All That Art Exhibition Coast Flute Orchestra Opening Reception

Creepy Creatures: Nightmares of Nature

Tuesdays 6 p.m. Beginners 7 p.m. Improvers $3 per class members $4 non-members N. Brevard Senior Center 909 Lane Ave., Titusville 321-267-0195

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Head & Neck Cancer, During & After Treatment 10 - 11:30 a.m. $5 Melbourne Public Library 540 E Fee Ave. Melbourne 321-258-3526

7 - 9 p.m., $3 $4 non-members N. Brevard Senior Center 909 Lane Ave. Titusville 321-268-9530

Storage Auctions

5 p.m.

Creative Arts Foundation Exhibit runs Oct. 27 - Dec. 1 King Center 321-254-3398 CAFOB.org

2 p.m.

Barrier Island Center 8381 S. Hwy. A1A Melbourne Beach 321-723-3556

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Scarecrow Stroll & Bid for Charity Scarecrows Various locations in Viera and concluding event on Oct 19 at Holiday Inn Melbourne-Viera

Enter for your chance to win tickets to Universal and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter or dinner for 4 at Melting Pot!

THURSDAY

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Cocoa Beach Woman’s Club

9:30 a.m.

Cocoa Beach Country Club 5000 Tom Warriner Blvd.

Cocoa Beach 321-784-1048

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School House Rocks!

10:30 a.m., $8 Theater for Youth King Center Melbourne 321-242-2219

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10:30 a.m., Free Victoria Landing 1279 Houston St. Melbourne 321-622-6730

Jump, Jive and Wail: Fall Frolic and Big Band Swing

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9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Gleason Park 1233 Yacht Club Blvd.

Indian Harbour Beach 321-773-0552

Science Café: The STEM of Fringe

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Melbourne Municipal Band 7:30 p.m.

Melbourne Auditorium 625 E Hibiscus Blvd.

Melbourne 321-724-0555 MMBand.net

Noon - 3 p.m., free Tips on open enrollment.

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

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Job Fair

City of Cocoa Office of Economic Development & CareerSource Brevard 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Clearlake Education Center 1225 Clearlake Rd. Cocoa 321-433-8577

Palm Bay Fair

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Oct. 16 - 26 Space Coast Harley-Davidson I-95 & Palm Bay Rd. Palm Bay 855-386-3836

Melbourne Community Smash Mouth Concert Orchestra -The Best of Pops 8 p.m.

King Center 3865 N Wickham Rd. Melbourne 321-242-2219 KingCenter.com

Learn about Digital Photos Book Discussion: Annie 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Ake’s “Turning Turtles” $5 Learn to process digital photos, including editing, attaching and using online.

Central Brevard Library 308 Forrest Ave. Cocoa 321-633-1792

1 p.m.

Barrier Island Center 8381 S. Hwy A1A Melbourne Beach 321-723-3556

10 a.m. - noon Crane Creek Apartments 2309 S Babcock St. Melbourne

Wait Until Dark

Flights of Fancy: A Concert to Unleash Your Imagination

Yom Kippur

Rummage & Plant Sale

Oct 3 & 4, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Cocoa Rockledge Garden Club 1493 S. Fiske Blvd., Rockledge 786-258-4388

Hot Dogs, Cool Cats and Wild Rides Car Show 1 - 4 p.m.

Fox Lake Park, Titusville 321-567-3615

Florida Tech Aviation Expo 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Emil Buehler Center 801 Harry Goode Way Melbourne Airport 321-724-5400

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Connecticut Yankees of Brevard

11 a.m.

Golden Corral 880 Palm Bay Rd NE Palm Bay (Exit 176 on I-95) 321-253-3458

Cocoa Village Oktoberfest 321-639-3500, cocoafl.org Melbourne Independent Film Fest Premiere Theaters Oaks Stadium 10 Melbourne 321-953-3388

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Flea Market

8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Grant Historical House 5795 S. US Hwy. 1, Grant

Pilot Club of South Brevard Bunco Fund Raiser

11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Advent Lutheran Church 7550 N. Wickham Road 321-259-8515

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Open House with Commissioner Chuck Nelson

10 a.m. - noon Cocoa Beach Library 550 N. Brevard Ave. Cocoa Beach 321-454-6601

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Oktoberfest

Oct 24 - Nov 9 Titusville Playhouse 301 Julia St. Titusville 321-268-1125

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1 - 4 p.m., $10 Carmel Apartments 1420 Huntington Ln. Rockledge, 321-254-9517

Oct. 17 - Nov 2 Surfside Players 301 Ramp Rd. Cocoa Beach 321-783-3127

The Rocky Horror Show

8 p.m.

King Center Melbourne 321-242-2219 KingCenter.com

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Halloween Health Fair

United Nation’s Day

Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band

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Melbourne Independent Film Fest

Premiere Theaters Oaks 1800 W Hibiscus Blvd.

Melbourne 321-953-3388

6 - 8 p.m., dinner at 5 p.m.

The science behind the popular TV show Fringe.

Reservations are required.

Tradewinds at Duran 321-504-7776

7:30 p.m.

Free Melbourne Auditorium 625 Hibiscus Blvd.

321-285-6724

6 p.m.

Cape Canaveral Leisure Services Department Taylor and Poinsetta Ave. Cape Canaveral 321-868-1226

Jump, Jive and Wail: Fall Ready. Set. Medicare!

Frolic and Big Band Swing What’s Right for You?

Melbourne Municipal Band 7:30 p.m.

Melbourne Auditorium 625 E Hibiscus Blvd.

321-724-0555 MMBand.net

Indian Harbour Beach City Art & Crafts Show

Friday Fest

8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Melbourne Auditorium Hibiscus & Hickory St. Melbourne 321-253-4430 ext. 3

321-242-1235 vieravoice.com

Lunch & Learn National Senior Housing Expert

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Senior Fest Health Fair

321-426-0360

Melbourne Woman’s Club Basic Computer Skills

1 - 5 p.m.

Indoor & outdoor activities Silent Auction - bid on your favorite scarecrow & help your favorite charity!

Zucchini 500 - Dunk Tank Hay bale horses - Bounce House - Maze - Prizes Giveaways - Food Family Fun! Holiday Inn MelbourneViera Conference Center 8298 N Wickham Rd, Viera 321-242-1235 vieravoice.com

Suntree United Methodist Church 321-385-SCFO scfo.org

Donations accepted.

St. John the Evangelist Church 5655 Stadium Parkway Viera

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7:30 p.m.

321-674-8916

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Harvest Festival

OCT 10 Indialantic Chamber Singers Around the World in 80 Minutes

WEDNESDAY

Happy Halloween

Halloween in the Village

4 - 9 p.m.

Historic Cocoa Village & Melbourne Municipal Band Cocoa Riverfront Park 321-639-3500 Melbourne Auditorium cocoafl.org 625 E Hibiscus Blvd.

Melbourne Dog N’ Bone Friday Fest 321-724-0555 7 - 10 p.m., free Myrt Tharpe Square Reiki, Living Energy Gazebo 10 - 11:30 a.m., $5 Stone St., Cocoa Village Melbourne Library 321-749-6100 540 E Fee Ave. Melbourne 321-258-3526

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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk 8 a.m.

Space Coast Stadium 5800 Stadium Parkway

Fall Festival and free Movie in the Park

4 p.m.

Bring chairs, blankets, food & drinks. Concessions.

Sandpoint Park 101 N. Washington Ave. Titusville 321-264-5105

Nov 1

Viera Lion’s Rummage Sale 8 a.m. - noon Free Diabetes Screening 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Must fast 1 hour before.

Donate your used eyeglasses!

Uno’s parking lot 8260 Wickham Rd. Viera 321-242-1331

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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Crow Codes

Crow Silent Auction

located on each Crow

proceeds benefit nonprofits

Bid to win, or donate to show support Brevard Museum of History

Chickey Dee Crow

Chickadee Pick Up and Delivery Location: Viera Voice, 7630 N. Wickham Rd. Nails in The City 7630 N. Wickham Rd., # 101, Suntree

Promise in Brevard

Crowlola

Nature’s Table, 7640 N. Wickham Rd. #120, Suntree

Maria Otremba Kidney Transplant Fund

Lacey Quilter Crow

Quilts and Lace 7720 N. Wickham Rd., Ste 111, Suntree

Humane Society

Suntree Hair Cuttery Crow

7777 N. Wickham Rd. #6, Suntree

Quest Elementary

Eatz Crow

EATZ, 7965 N, Wickham Rd., #103

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Techno Joe Scarecrow

PNC — Suntree Branch 100 Capron Trail, Viera/Suntree

Brevard Zoo

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Crowing about Jazzoo

Built by Viera High School Art Students Brevard Zoo Location: Brevard Zoo, entrance 8225 N. Wickham Rd., Viera

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Viera Realty Crow

Viera Realty/Deb Tomczak 7380 Murrell Rd., #104, Suntree

Devereux

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24/7 Sally Crow

Built by Champion Home Health Care Viera Realty, 7380 Murrell Rd., #104, Suntree

Alzheimer’s Association

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Ginger Vitis Crow

Smile Design & Implant Dentistry 8247 Devereux Dr., Viera

Lagoon House

Holiday Inn Harry

Holiday Inn Viera, 8398 N. Wickham Rd.

Devereux

The Panther Garden

Sonny’s BBQ, 150 Sheriff Dr., Viera

Viera Charter School

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Winter Queen Crow

The Viera Company 7380 Murrell Rd., #201, Viera

Brevard Schools Foundation

SchoolCrow

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Viera Shoppes Hair Cuttery Crow

Hair Cuttery, 2304 N. Remi Dr., #102, Viera

Manatee Elementary

SchoolCrow

Addy Rose Hair Salon 6729 Colonnade Ave., #106, Viera

St. Baldrick’s Foundation

Ninja Crow

SportClips, 6729 Colonnade Ave., #116, Viera

Friends of Children of Brevard

Big Bertha

Brevard Zoo

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PNC Bank —The Avenue Viera Branch 6511 Lake Andrew Dr., Viera

Crowdusa

Wounded Warrior Project

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Olive Tree Greek Grill 2270 Town Center Ave., #113, The Avenue Viera

Let’s Crow for a Walk

Viera Pizza, 5450 Stadium Pkwy., Viera

MS Society

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Hawk Nation Crow

Viera Pizza, 5450 Stadium Pkwy., Viera

Viera High School Athletic Department

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Three Meadows Plaza Hair Cuttery Crow

Hair Cuttery 622 Barnes Blvd., Rockledge

Ralph Williams Elementary School

Palmie Pete

Palm Cottages, 3821 Sunnyside Court, Rockledge

Alzheimer’s Association

Rocky Crow

PNC Bank— Rockledge Branch, 630 Barnes Blvd.

Brevard Zoo

UnBEETable Acai Berry Scary Crow

Tropical Smoothie Cafe 602 Barnes Blvd. Rockledge

Camp Sunshine

Surfer Ted Crow

Roosevelt Elementary School

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Wayne Anthony Insurance 5445 Village Dr., #103, Viera

Dr. Cat A. Ract

Florida Eye Associates, 5510 Murrell Rd., Viera

Brevard Association for the Advancement of the Blind

The Crow Must Go On

Viera Studio for the Performing Arts 3270 Suntree Blvd. #1113, Suntree

Suntree Elementary School

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Rolling In Dough Crow

Sage Financial Management 6550 N. Wickham Rd., Suntree

Suntree Rotary Club

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Vista Turtle Crow

Vista Florida Realty 6450 N. Wickham Rd. #104, Suntree

Space Coast Cancer Foundation

Urgent Carecrow

Premiere Urgent Care 6300 N. Wickham Rd., #101, Suntree

Harmony Farms

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Paint Studio Crow

ACE Hardware at Pineda 5970 N. Wickham Rd., Suntree

Suntree/Viera Pet Rescue Group

Juliette Gordon Low Crow

Dr. Koretsky, 2955 Pineda Plaza, #115, Suntree Built by Girl Scouts.

Girl Scouts of Citrus Council

PNC Bank — Pineda Branch 5535 N. Wickham Rd., Melbourne

Brevard Zoo

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Pretty in the City Crow

Addy Rose Crows for St. Baldrick’s

The Happy Retiree

Crow codes are found on each crow

Viera Voice I Viera MD 7630 N. Wickham Rd., #105, Suntree

Exempt from popular vote

Must Enter all codes

BALLOT BOX LOCATION

Crow-Magnon Man

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For Vendor or event information call, Viera Voice 321-242-1235.

Crow Builder/Booster Visit these Crow locations

Womenthrive.org

SchoolCrow

BALLOT BOX LOCATION

Crow codes are found on each crow

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Crow Listing — Designer crows

SchoolCrow

BALLOT BOX LOCATION

SchoolCrow SchoolCrow

BALLOT BOX LOCATION

SchoolCrow

Crow codes are found on each crow

MAP #

SchoolCrow

Hours Friday 11:30 - 1 p.m.

BALLOT BOX LOCATION

Vote for your favorite Crow___________________________. The top 5 favorite crows will be on display at the Harvest Festival.

Visit 35 crows to be entered for the Grand prize or visit 20 crows for your chance to win the second prize. Drop off your ballot by Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. at ballot box locations on this map.

ENTER THIS BALLOT for a chance to win prizes. Name_____________________Address_________________________Phone______________One ballot per person.

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Scarecrow stroll Map & Voting Ballot

Scarecrow Stroll • Oct. 1 to 15, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Stroll & Enter to win! Vote for your favorite scarecrow.

You can also BID TO BUY your favorite ’crow at each location.

Visit each business location to see 35 designer scarecrows.

Turn in your ballot by 4 p.m. Oct. 15

Vote for your favorite crow on the ballot and write the

CROW CODE of each scarecrow you visit on the ballot.

The top 5 favorite crows, top 5 money earning crows and top 3 schoolcrows will move on to the Harvest Festival 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 at the Holiday Inn Viera.

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Enter to Win one of the 2 Prizes—Drop the ballot in the ballot box at one of the four PNC Bank locations or the Viera Voice office.

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A silent auction is in process to buy each crow. All proceeds from the crow sales go to the charities listed next to the business on the ballot. The Top 5 money earning crows, top 5 favorite crows and the Top 3 schoolcrows will move to the Harvest Festival for continued bidding.

Ballot Box

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Enter your Ballot for a chance to WIN. To Melbourne

Turn in by 4 p.m. Oct 15.

Visit all 35 crows for a chance to win The Grand Prize —4 Tickets to Universal Studios & The Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Diagon Alley. Visit 20 crows for a chance to WIN dinner for 4 at The Melting Pot.

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Oct. 1 to 15 Scarecrow Stroll

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Sunday, Oct. 19, 1- 5 p.m.

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Friday, Nov. 14, 9 to 3:00 p.m.

Senior Life’s Boomer Bash & Senior Expo and Veterans Salute King Center for the Performing Arts

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There’s more to see and do at this exciting encore location

Sponsorship and Vendor Space now Available.

For information, call 321-242-1235

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