Each weekday morning and afternoon, Brevard County school crossing guard Elizabeth Simms can be found at the intersection of Park Avenue and Country Club Drive in Titusville, directing children safely to and from school.
She has been there for 21 years. Only Hurricane Idalia kept her away on August 30, her 90th birthday.
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BY JILL GAINESSenior Life’s Boomer Bash
Senior Expo returns for its annual fall event Friday, Nov. 10 at the Space Coast Health Foundation Center for Collaboration at 1100 Rockledge Blvd. (U.S. 1) in Rockledge.
The event promises to have fun-filled activities, entertainment and valuable information for boomers and seniors.
Exhibits will include: travel, volunteering, elder law, finance, wellness, retirement options, caregiver news, insurance, information on 55-and-older living communities and veterans
resources.
The event will begin at 9 a.m. with free tote bags for the first 200 to enter. A Veterans Salute will be held at 12:15 p.m. that
will include the Harbor City Harmonizers Chorus performing a Veterans medley.
Jeanette White will lead a Sticks exercise demonstration. SL
Do you have a hobby or interest that keeps you moving, active and engaged?
In Senior Life, we would like to tell you about activities that can keep you in action, whether it is a hobby, an exercise or something else that keeps you involved.
I think it is so important to stay active at any age. It does not have to be anything extreme, just that you keep moving.
With that in mind, we’re starting a new series about activities. We started with dance — places that offer dance lessons and places where you can go for a night out dancing.
We realized that there are so many types of dances offered in Brevard County that we expanded that to a second story on dance — this time, Latin dance. In the coming months, we will move on and tell you about other activities in which you might want to participate. Hiking or walking, yoga, Tai chi and so much more keeps you moving, active and vibrant.
In this edition, we will tell you about an active school crossing guard who is enjoying her time getting children safely across the street. Elizabeth Simms recently turned 90 and said she loves what she does and that she has no plans of quitting anytime soon. She waves at passersby in Titusville as she waits to help children safely cross the road.
This edition of Senior Life is packed with information you can use. SL
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“She always has a big smile and waves for everybody,” said Karen Onovi, the director of human relations at Park Avenue Christian Academy. “I’m shocked that she’s 90. I never would have guessed.”
In Connecticut, Simms worked as a respiratory therapist. She thought she had retired to Florida in 2000. But a local crossing guard inspired her to file an application. And that changed everything.
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“I love the children,” she said. “It has been my pleasure.”
The feeling is mutual.
Ashley Parham, a clerk at Apollo Elementary School, spoke to students about Simms.
“They said they love her. She keeps them safe,” Parham said.
Simms has watched over generations of children, including four from one family, who rode their bikes together.
“On her first day of school, I saw the youngest crying. When I asked what was the matter, she said she couldn’t keep up with the others,” Simms said. “Years later, on her last day of
elementary school, I saw her crying again. This time, she was afraid she would never see me again.”
Simms shared a memory from 2007.
“I saw a boy riding his bicycle to school while carrying a fish in a cup. He found it in a ditch and didn’t want to leave it behind, so I kept the fish in a shoebox for him while he was gone,” she said.
After school, she returned the fish to him.
“He had a hard time carrying it and water kept spilling from the cup. I put the fish back in the shoebox, then followed the boy home in my car.
When he got there, I handed over the fish.”
The next morning, Simms asked him how the fish was doing.
“He told me his cat ate it,” she said. Sims and a 102-year-old friend have discovered the secret to a long life.
“It is staying active,” she said. When she was driving her daughter to school, Simms’ smile always brightened Judy Higgenbotham-Smith’s day.
“Thank you, Elizabeth,” she said.
“I will work as a crossing guard as long as God gives me the strength,” Simms said. SL
BY JASMINE BALL
Brevard County may not be a Latino enclave, but its inhabitants still know how to move with flair and spice. Latin dance infuses its participants with social, community and musical skills.
Latin dance includes popular forms such as salsa, bachata and merengue. Salsa, a partnered dance, enables fluid movement to various rhythms. Its basic steps can be creatively expanded, fostering spontaneity.
Salsa is one of the most popular dances practiced worldwide.
Julian Reyes, a dance instructor in Melbourne, said that Latin dance is more than technical skills; it is a way to connect and communicate with your dance partner.
“I think of dancing like a language where the whole idea is that you’re speaking with your body. You're finding connection with your partner. You're trying to just talk to one another like the conversation is through the music,” Reyes said.
Born in Virginia, Reyes developed a love for dance, often dancing with his Cuban mother. He learned Latin dance through social clubs and college. After relocating to Florida, he refined his skills at the Melbourne Ballroom and
has been teaching swing, salsa, bachata and merengue since 2017 at venues such as Mugsy's on Main in downtown Melbourne and Lou's Blues in Indian Harbor Beach.
At Lou’s, DJ Cristian Irazo helps foster the Latin environment with Spanish music people can dance to. He said that he hopes he can coordinate with
Reyes more so that people not only have Latin songs, but also an instructor to demonstrate a few moves.
“It’s entertaining everybody. It’s fun,” Irazo said. “If I see they’re happy, I’m happy. It motivates me.”
Reyes said he aims to foster a diverse social atmosphere through Latin dance, attracting singles, couples on date nights, and those eager to improve their skills. Balancing fun and learning technical moves presents a challenge due to the mix of skill levels. Reyes tries to teach both.
“You're less, like, ‘I'm rehearsing what I did in class,’ and much more like, ‘We're in the moment with the music. What can we do next? What's the next step?’ ” Reyes said.
One of Reyes’ students at Mugsy’s, Lauren Ogborn, said she became interested in Latin dance a year and a half ago when she started dating her Colombian boyfriend. She said she enjoys Reyes’ class because he helped her feel
comfortable and connects with the other students.
“I love working out, but the one thing I do not enjoy is cardio. So, for me, this is a way to do cardio that I enjoy!” Ogborn said.
Reyes can be found teaching Latin dance at Mugsy’s at 7 p.m. each Wednesday. Mugsy’s also hosts Latin nights on Friday and Saturday nights, or at Lou’s Blues every other Thursday night. Latin dance also is taught at Melbourne Ballroom, Sundance Ballroom or Salsa Heat Dance Studio in Melbourne.
For more information, contact Reyes at 321-848-6512 or Irazo at 321-216-1816.
State Road 528 and a senior center in Rockledge carry his name.
Martin Andersen, a former publisher of the Orlando Sentinel who spearheaded efforts to build main highways throughout Central Florida, had a major impact on the Space Coast.
“He was an unsung hero, he really was,“ Valerie Alday, the president of the Martin Andersen Senior Center at 1025 Florida Ave. in Rockledge, said of Andersen, who died in 1986 at age 88 after a lengthy illness.
A Mississippi native, Andersen arrived in Orlando in 1931 to run the recently consolidated Orlando Morning Sentinel and Reporter-Star As managing editor, the 33-year-old Andersen wrote articles, editorials and society columns, edited his staffers’ copy and sold advertising. He bought the newspapers in 1937 and became owner-editor-publisher. By the time Andersen sold the Orlando Sentinel and Orlando Evening Star to the Tribune Co. in 1965, their combined circulation had grown from 10,000 in 1931 to 150,000. He was named to the Florida Newspaper Hall of Fame in 1990.
In 1954, he led efforts to extend State Road 50 from Orlando to Brevard County. Andersen also championed construction of State Road 528 — known as the Beachline Expressway — and was credited with bringing Interstate 4 and Florida’s Turnpike through the Orlando region. State Road 528 opened in 1967, and motorists paid 35 cents to use the toll road. Today, the 41-mile-long
understood that a modern transportation system was essential to meet the needs of a fast-growing Central Florida and the center of America’s space race, Brevard County,” said Michelle Maikisch, the executive director of the Central Florida Expressway Authority, a highway authority responsible for construction, maintenance and operation of toll roads in Brevard and five other counties of Greater Orlando. “Without
community it is today.”
Andersen later donated land in Rockledge where the multi-purpose senior center later opened in 1983, Alday said.
“He literally dug the first shovelful of dirt at the site and it was dedicated right then for seniors,” said Alday, a Rockledge resident and a senior center member for eight years who became the center’s president in 2017. “He chose
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BY BRENDA EGGERT BRADER
Seniors Vs. Crime Project investigates complaints and seeks restitution for seniors in certain instances, free of charge, under the direction of the Florida State Attorney’s office.
All monies recovered go to the complainant. The group can’t give legal advice and doesn’t have police powers.
“Don’t talk to strangers is the simplest strategy a senior can use to prevent victimization,” said Bud Murphy, the deputy director of the Seniors Vs. Crime Project for Region 3 that includes Brevard County. “Trust by verify. If it is too good to be true it is not true.”
The organization has a large group of trained volunteers who resolve problems in their specialty such as banking, doctors for medical issues and even has Spanish speakers.
“A contractor walks off the job and the senior has already paid. Seniors Vs. Crime Project learns the facts, makes the contact and explains that the senior can turn it over to law enforcement but perhaps we can work it out,” Murphy said, concerning cases the bureau has handled.
Another example is the moving scam where a price is quoted, money given as a down payment but with
no contract. The company unloads furniture at night and now wants additional funds.
There are many ways in which seniors are too trusting.
“Some of these people love talking
to someone and think because they are friendly, they trust them,” Murphy said. “Get so you don’t trust anybody. Get into the department of regulation (on the computer) and see if they have anything against them. Don’t pay up
front for everything. Don’t sign an iPad. They can take that signature and apply it to everything else. If someone shows up to your door or calls on the phone that you didn’t contact, don’t talk to them.”
Even though the main group getting help are seniors and veterans, they help people of any age, said David Blacklock, the Region 3 director.
“We take civil problems (private disputes between persons or organizations) and are good at money,” Blacklock said.
The recent Seniors Vs. Crime Project presentation at the Military Officers Association of America Canaveral Chapter (MOAACC) meeting was well received, generated lots of questions and offered good examples, said retired Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Whalen, the MOAACC president.
There is no charge for the service by the senior sleuths who have several years of experience working on cases.
The organization provides information to senior groups and caregivers about how a senior can avoid being a victim of a scammer, a cheat, a financial thief, fraud or assault/ abuse.
Organizations can request a speaker bureau presentation by contacting the Brevard branch from 9 a.m. to noon each Friday at 407-219-5542 SL
MaryAnn Sterling has done so much for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren after she found herself raising a grandson following a tragic accident that claimed her daughter’s life.
Sterling — USA Today’s 2023 Woman of the Year, representing Florida — was honored at a luncheon Sept. 12 at the Space Coast Convention Center in Cocoa. She is the founder and executive director of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (GRG) of Brevard County.
Sterling spoke with grace and humor inherent in her character to the crowd gathered in her honor.
“I never, never expected anything like this. I want to make this short and
sweet because I’m hungry,” she said to the rousing appreciative laughter of about 200 attendees. “I want to tell you this. I’d like to accept all of these accolades in love for all the grandparents and relatives raising their
grandchildren.”
At 55 years of age, Sterling took in her 6-year-old grandson Matthew to raise with her husband after her daughter, Lynda Dawn, tragically died in a car accident. Matthew Armstrong, now 39, is a successful attorney and on GRG’s board of directors.
The mission of GRG is to reduce the number of at-risk children and ensure permanency by providing advocacy, support, training and referral services to relative care families living in Brevard County. Programs include six monthly support meetings and assistance with child funding, legal issues, school supplies and holidays. GRG relies on community grants, fundraisers and donations.
The Georgia native grew up in Chipley, a town of about 1,000. “I was kin to most of them,” she said. She reminisced about swimming in the Chattahoochee River, which she said turned her blonde hair red. “We would have to wash my hair with Tide soap to get it out,” she said laughing. “But it was a wonderful place to grow up.”
Sterling, a Rollins College graduate, worked 23 years at Harris Corporation in electrical engineering and human resources.
Nicknamed the Chipley Charger by her husband for her tenacity, Sterling has grown GRG from a modest six
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“I’d like to accept all of these accolades in love for all of the grandparents and relatives raising their grandchildren ”
— MaryAnn Sterling, 2023 Woman of the Year
BY R. NORMAN MOODY
You’re awake, and it is pitch dark. Do you get up or do you check to see what time it is? How? Do you have to pick up your smartphone or try to see the little clock on the nightstand?
If you are one of those people, perhaps you should consider a projection alarm clock. With a projection clock, most seniors won’t need to find their eyeglasses to see the time. It will be seen in big numbers projected on the ceiling.
They have been around for decades, but seem to be gaining popularity, at least in the stores.
The projection alarm clock projects the time in bright red colors, but ever so subtle. The clock can project on the ceiling or wall, though it is most often set to project on the ceiling.
If you are awakened in the middle of the night or anytime in a darkened room, just look up to see the time.
Most of these clocks can be set with more than one alarm time. Some also have a radio that can be set to come on at your alarm time.
The alarm clock still has a screen that also displays the time and often the day and date, in addition to the time projected on the ceiling. The screen illumination can be set low, so it does
Projection alarm clocks make it easy to check the time in the dark in the middle of the night.
not reflect brightly. Some can be turned off.
The red digital projection on the ceiling is generally not disrupting. It allows the user to check the time
without squinting at a screen. These clocks generally are electric powered and simply plug into a wall outlet. Some also have a USB plug to charge the clock’s battery. The battery
on most serves as a backup in case the electrical power goes out.
Most have several different alarm sounds. Prices vary widely — anywhere from about $10 to $45 SL
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In the bustle of the day, sometimes we forget certain events, days or people we should remember.
Fortunately, there are individuals and organizations that vow never to forget Prisoners of War and Missing in Action.
The J.W. Mather’s Jr. American Legion Auxiliary and Post 163 family make sure that “Though not here … their sacrifice is not forgotten.”
They did so Sept. 16 in a POW/ MIA Recognition Day in a solemn ceremony at the post in Melbourne. The event drew a packed hall of veterans, their families and friends to the post.
The audience held lighted candles as the names of those from Florida who made the ultimate sacrifice were
read aloud. Dogtags with the names read were placed on a Christmas tree displayed at the American Legion post.
Eau Gallie High School Air Force JROTC cadets presented the hats of the different services at the missing man’s table.
I found in these veterans, their families and friends in attendance, true
advocates for remembering those lost and missing from wars.
Gina Francalancia-Cancienne recounted the story of Michael Scott Speicher, a naval aviator in the U.S. Navy, shot down over Iraq during the Persian Gulf War.
For years, his family awaited word about him. Remains were found that were thought to be his only to find out later that they were not him. His status was changed to missing in action. The U.S. military found his remains in August 2009.
“This is the story of just one U.S. soldier,” Francalancia-Cancienne said. “We must keep up this fight. It’s never too late to bring someone home.”
More than 81,000 remain missing or unaccounted for from wars and
conflicts since World War II.
POW/MIA Recognition Day, established in 1979, honors those who were held captive and returned home and those who remain missing.
The Post 163 family vows to never forget those prisoners of war and missing in action.
Billie Pierce, who served as master of ceremony for the Recognition Day event, still had bracelets with the names of missing service members. One is of Navy Cmdr. John Ellison, who went missing March 24, 1967 during a combat mission over North Vietnam.
“I graduated in 1967, I’m 73 years old and they still haven’t found him,” Pierce said. “We must keep their memories alive.” SL
He played the saxophone opposite Bill Clinton and performed for the Queen Mum and Barack Obama. Playing the sax, he also beat the legendary comedic chops of George Burns, Jonathan Winters and Weird Al Yankovic for a Grammy. He now works for the Department of the Treasury and plays with the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra.
Life has indeed been interesting for talented Andrew Cleaver.
“I have been fortunate to work with many extremely gifted and talented musicians and, I can say without a doubt, that Andrew is one of the finest I have had the pleasure to work with,” said Space Coast Symphony founder and conductor Aaron Collins.
Born in Lakeland, Cleaver became enchanted by the saxophone after playing a friend’s sax in sixth grade.
“I was hooked,” he said.
He studied music and education at Florida Southern College, where the director of the college band had connections with folks at the Pentagon. When he suggested the Air Force as the next step for Cleaver, the young musician agreed in what proved to be a career-making move.
“I was just planning to go for four years, but I was having too much fun,” Cleaver said.
Four years turned into 27.
In 1982, Cleaver joined Langley
Air Force Base’s Heritage of America Band. Four years later, he was selected principal alto saxophonist to the United States Air Forces in Europe Band, also serving as lead in the Air Force’s Glenn Miller Band sax section and drum major for the Air Force’s Ceremonial Band. During a concert in Germany, then president Bill Clinton joined in the performance of “Yakety Sax,” sitting next to Cleaver.
Fast forward four more years and Cleaver was now part of the Band of Mid-America at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. In 2001, he joined the Air Force Public Affairs team at the Pentagon and, in 2003, became the public affairs specialist, saxophonist and concert announcer for the U.S. Air Force Band at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C.
Before his retirement in 2009, he was assigned to the crème-de-la-crème
SENIOR LIFE Courtesy of Andrew Cleaver
With a degree in music and education, Andrew Cleaver made a career-changing move to join the Air Force, which opened opportunities to play the saxophone for a variety of reputable Air Force bands and ensembles.
of military jazz groups — the Air Force’s Airmen of Note ensemble.
While at Langley, Cleaver and the rest of the band was hired by American musical satirist Peter Schickele to record “PDQ Bach: Music for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion,” an album of comedic musical compositions by his fictional PDQ Bach, the Bach family’s “only forgotten son.” The album earned a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 1992, ahead of runners-up Burns, Winters, Yankovic and Rita Rudner.
Life for the now-Suntree resident revolves around Cleaver’s job at the
Department of the Treasury. No, he is not an IRS agent, but rather he serves in communications for the Department’s section dedicated to charities. Music continues to be an important part of his life as he plays with both the full Symphony and its Sax Quartet and teaches the next generation of young saxophonists. Free time goes to help in Defined Spaces, wife Ruth’s homeorganizing business.
“His authenticity is why he is so well respected and deeply appreciated within our musical community,” Collins added.
“I was just planning to go (into the Air Force) for four years, but I was having too much fun.”
—Andrew CleaverSENIOR LIFE Courtesy of Andrew Cleaver Andrew Cleaver had the distinction of playing the saxophone alongside Bill Clinton and earning a Grammy for Best Comedy Album in 1992.
Not many mall stores remind a veteran of their last deployment. But Bunker 27, a retail store that opened in July at the Melbourne Square Mall, lives up to its name.
Inside, customers can get a sense of military life, from the smell of canvas to medical tents from the Vietnam War era as dressing rooms. Behind the checkout desk is a large black and white image of the crew of the World War II bomber Belle, after its 25th flight. Even shopping bags sport an image of a military jeep pulling an artillery cannon.
“Every detail is wellthought out. The store carries mostly branded military and patriotic merchandise. There are no other stores like this in the area,” said manager Jacob Strobel. The next closest Bunker 27 is in an Ocala mall. “This area is a good fit with active and retired military,” Strobel added.
The company was started
the fourth in a mall.
Strobel said he and his wife were walking around the mall and saw signs for the stillunopened Bunker 72.
“I was intrigued by the
name and researched it and found out there was an opening for a manager. My father was in the Army; my stepson was a Marine and my grandfather was in the Navy. I had a background in retail, so I applied.”
The store is reminiscent of the old Army-Navy stores, but upscale, with new branded merchandise and no surplus military goods. Popular are military T-shirts and high-quality duffel bags,
“My dad would love this place and my father-in-law would want every shirt in here.”
— Natasha Winslow, Viera
Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon” wafted from speakers inside Space Perspective’s new 700-footlong manufacturing factory in Titusville as guests gathered to dedicate the plant.
The classic song was appropriate for a company that plans to carry paying customers up, up and away in massive, hydrogen-propelled balloons to the very edge of space starting in late 2024.
“We are opening space to unprecedented numbers of people,” Space Perspective CEO and co-founder Jane Poynter told more than 100 guests before a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 22 at the 49,000-square-foot Seely SpaceBalloon Factory at Space Coast
Regional Airport. Inside the facility, employees will
build 550-foot-long polyethylene balloons that will lift tethered capsules carrying eight passengers and a pilot more than 100,000 feet above Earth at a leisurely 12 mph, then lower the capsules to an ocean splashdown after a gentle, six-hour journey.
The factory features twin 600-footlong tables upon which two balloons can be manufactured at the same time, factory director Mitzi Giles said. The first 6,000-pound balloons will take about five weeks to build, but future balloons should take less time, Giles said.
“This will be the only high-volume space balloon facility in the world,” said Florida Sen. Debbie Mayfield (R-District 17).
A balloon will lift a pressurized and spacious Spaceship Neptune capsule that will provide passengers with large windows, seating, dinner, drinks, Wi-Fi service and a bathroom. After a two-hour journey to suborbital space and another two hours for voyagers to enjoy the view, the balloon will take two more hours to return to Earth and splash down off the Space Coast. Balloons will launch from Kennedy Space Center or from a recovery ship in the Atlantic.
“We are certainly less expensive than any other way to get to space,
but it’s also accessible because it’s so comfortable, it’s so gentle,” Poynter said of the carbon-neutral flights. “There’s no training. There’s no special suit, any of that, no high G-forces.”
More than 1,600 people already have booked rides at $125,000 a seat, according to a Space Perspective press release.
Florida Rep. Thad Altman (R-District 52) called the price of the voyages “a steal” when compared to a long, grueling trek to the top of Mount Everest, which he said can cost as much as $200,000.
Frank DiBello, the retiring president and CEO of Space Florida, hailed the factory’s dedication as “truly another historic moment in mankind’s global journey toward space, and this company is certainly establishing itself as a major driver in that journey.”
“Space tourism is no longer a dream and is well on its way to being an established economic sector in the global space economy,” said DiBello, who played a significant role in the growth of Florida’s commercial space industry.
“This year, some 20 different companies are forecast to generate between $800 million to $1 billion in revenue and this sector is projected to grow to between $13 billion to $15 billion by the end of the decade. That’s a respectable compound average annual growth rate of just below 40 percent. Not bad for a budding new sector in the new space economy.”
Space Perspective currently employs about 140 people and plans to add 100 more workers in the next few years.
“We truly are the Silicon Valley of space launches,” Altman said. “We are really the stuff that ‘Star Trek’ is made of, happening right here. Words cannot begin to express it.”
For more information, go to spaceperspective.com/ or call 321985-3018. SL
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Knowing the signs of a mental health crisis and where to turn for help might require some training.
Mental Health First Aid training is now available through the University of Florida’s Brevard County Extension Service office in Cocoa. The next course will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26 at 3695 Lake Drive in Cocoa.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a skills-based training that teaches people how to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of a mental health or substance-use challenge.
“Similar to physical first aid and CPR, MHFA helps you assist someone experiencing a mental health or
substance-use crisis until professional assistance is obtained or the crisis is resolved,” instructor Angelika Keene said. “Through this training, anyone can be the one to make a difference in the life of someone with a mental health or substance-abuse challenge. Knowing what to do and what to say can make a significant difference.”
Keene works for the University of Florida as a community development extension agent, specializing in community health and well being. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
“In just 12 years, Mental Health First Aid has become a full-blown movement in the United States — more than 2.5 million people are now certified Mental Health First Aiders, and the number is growing every day,” said Morgan
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Roth, a family and consumer services program assistant. “That is why UF/ IFAS Extension is introducing the Adult Mental Health First Aid course.”
The Oct. 26 class will be the second one held. The first was scheduled for Sept. 28.
The course familiarizes participants with the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges and teaches a fivestep plan to provide help in crisis and non-crisis situations, and understand where to turn for additional assistance.
The five-step Action Plan (ALGEE) includes: Assess for risk of suicide or harm; Listen non-judgmentally; Give reassurance and information; Encourage appropriate professional help; Encourage self-help and other support strategies.
Registration is required for learners
a mental health or substance-use challenge.
who will complete a two-hour, selfpaced online pre-work, and participate in the 5½-hour, in-person instructor-led training.
Each participant receives a Mental Health First Aider certification from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. The course cost ranges from $60 to $75. To learn more and register, go to the UF/IFAS Extension Eventbrite Mental Health First Aid page. If you have questions, call 321-633-1702 or email Brevard@IFAS.UFL.edu. Additionally, to set up training for an organization or group, contact Angelika.keene@ufl. edu SL
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The county-owned center provides health, social, nutritional, educational and informational, counseling and recreational services to older Brevard residents. The three-building facility offers its 600 members about 35 activities such as Saturday night dances, dance lessons, daily exercise classes, a choral group, tai chi classes, karaoke, art classes, a crafts group, a quilting group, duplicate and party bridge, pinochle, canasta, aerobics/ exercise, bingo, grief counseling and assistance for caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients.
“We always have a lot of stuff going on,” Alday said.
A yearly membership is $20 and most classes are $1 for members and $2 for non-members. “We try to keep the prices down so we don’t have people out there who can’t come because they can’t afford it,” Alday said.
Center hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 to 10 p.m. every second and fourth Saturday.
“We are renters, and we hold our own,” Alday said. “We basically make enough money to take care of the electric, the water, all of that.”
The center is staffed by volunteers, Alday said.
“I jokingly say I would not do this job for money because it would be a headache. I’d quit,” she said.
“At the end of the day, it’s a lot of work but it’s a lot of gratitude, too.”
Take a look at today’s breast cancer screening and treatment rooms in Brevard County and you will soon see that what is happening isn’t your grandmother’s mammogram.
Changes in technology in both detection and treatment have allowed for earlier detection of breast cancer through healthier and more comfortable exams, as well as more targeted treatment and recovery resulting in less disruptive procedures and shorter healing times.
According to Meghan Schultz, the lead radiologist at Tepas Breast Center, the newer 3D mammography exam uses lower doses of radiation, causing less impact on the cells of the patient.
“The 3D X-ray mapping technology also allows for a more accurate reading of results, reducing the emotional turmoil and used time of return visits to the office for a mistaken or inconclusive diagnosis,” Schultz said.
A 3D Mammogram also can be more effective in detecting breast cancer in earlier stages as well as in the more dense breast tissue often found in younger patients, meaning cancer is being found and addressed earlier.
Another adjustment made to this process in recent years is comfort: rather than the flat plates of old, the newer SmartCurve technology has developed curved contouring mammography paddles that better fit a woman’s anatomy, eliminating the need for painful compression of the breast.
“I tell all of my patients that the best thing they can do is to go tell someone
else that they had a mammogram and it didn’t hurt,” Schultz said. “Because if we can get them in the door, that is the first step to detection, and detection is the first step for intervention, which can truly mean saving a life.”
Dr. Mustafa Amani of Health First Viera Hospital also said that early
detection is key.
“Research has shown that approximately 1 in 8 women and 1 in 833 men will experience breast cancer in their lifetime,” he said.
This results in a 13% lifetime accumulated risk of contracting breast cancer for women.
“The flip side,” Amani said, “is that 7 in 8 do not.”
With the continued developments in technology in detection, treatment and recovery, the hope is that this number continues to decrease, saving and improving the lives of cancer patients in the years ahead. SL
Purvette Bryant is a first-time bride at 59 and the timing is perfect. She has had a career as a journalist, with stories published in the Orlando Sentinel and New York Times, worked for Eastern Florida State College, earned an MBA and started a financial-consulting business.
Bryant and Roderick Chapman have come a long way since their days in the traveling marching band while attending Rockledge High School, where she played the flute and he played the saxophone. Around the same time, Bryant asked him out to her high school sorority ball.
The two saw each other a few times in passing through the years, but the time was never right until they reconnected at a funeral about two years ago.
“I saw the tall guy officiating the funeral, but I didn’t recognize who he was,” Bryant said. “My classmate Johnny Walker was the preacher for the funeral. Rod later said he saw me in the audience while he sat in the pulpit.
After the funeral, the preachers were walking up the aisle. I was standing at the end of a church pew when they walked by. Johnny and I spoke. Then the tall guy said, ‘Hi Purvette.’ I paused and looked at him and said ‘Rod!’ I hadn’t seen him in years. He waited for me outside. We exchanged numbers.
“Later that day, he texted me and asked if I’d come hear him preach at his church the next day. I texted back and said I’ll try to make it.
7:30 he texted me and said I’m hoping and praying that you’ll come hear me preach today.’ I didn’t respond. After I attended my church service, I thought about it and decided to support Rod and attend. The service at his church had started when I walked in and sat down. Rod gave a powerful word. Afterward, we talked outside. As I was about to go, he asked if he could take me to dinner. I said yes. He called me and we went out that week, and we dated every weekend all the way to the altar.”
Chapman proposed at
Park, setting a date for Sept. 1. That’s her mother Janie Bryant’s birthday.
The marriage ceremony was held at the Greater St. Paul Baptist Church at 213 Stone Street in Cocoa. More than 200 people attended the afternoon wedding.
Longtime friend Arlene Simmons sang “To God Be The Glory” as her 93-year-old father, Purvis Bryant, walked her down the aisle. The Rev. Janet Jones gave the opening
prayer and scripture and Wendell Raulerson conducted the ceremony.
A reception was held at the Space Coast Convention in Cocoa. Their first dance was “I Found Love.” The bride and her father danced to “My Girl,” and the groom danced with his mother, Johnnie Chapman, to “A Song for Mama.”
The fires in Maui canceled their honeymoon plans to visit Hawaii. They spent a
night at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando instead.
The couple will become pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Flame of Fire in Orlando.
“I have waited all my life to be married,’’ Bryant said. “It is important to be happy with yourself. Fulfilling your destiny and then you can bless each other and fulfill your dreams.’’
BCOA meetings are open to the public and are held the second Thursday of each month at the government center in Viera. For information, contact Cindy Short at 321-6332076, FAX 321-633-2170, cindy.short@brevardfl.gov, brevardf l.gov/HumanServices/CommissionOnAging or at 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, B-106, Viera, FL 32940.
The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s is growing — and growing fast.
More than six million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s. An estimated 6.7 million Americans 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s in 2023. Seventy-three percent are 75 or older.
As adults age, they worry about their memory and other thinking abilities. They might be concerned about taking longer than before to learn new things, or they might sometimes forget to pay a bill. Or, how did my car keys end up in the freezer? Changes are usually signs of mild forgetfulness — often a normal part of aging — not serious memory problems.
Here are the facts:
The lifetime risk for Alzheimer’s at age 45 is 1 in 5 for women and 1 in 10 for men.
More than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. By 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million.
One in three seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or other dementia. It kills
more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.
Some change in memory is expected, but the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease are more than simple lapses in memory or senior moments. People with Alzheimer’s experience difficulties communicating, learning, thinking and reasoning — severe enough to impact family life. These symptoms come on gradually; many individuals are observed as having good days and bad days. Unfortunately, this tendency leads to denials in the family and the individual.
The following list has been adapted from the Center for Disease Control and Alzheimer’s Association:
1. Memory loss that disrupts daily life: Forgetting events, repeating yourself or relying on more aids to help you remember (such as sticky
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2. Challenges in planning or solving problems: Having trouble paying bills or cooking recipes you have used for years.
3. Difficulty completing familiar tasks at home, work or leisure: Having problems with cooking, driving places, using a cell phone or shopping.
4. Confusion with time or place: Having trouble understanding an event happening later or losing track of dates.
5. Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relations: Having more difficulty with balance or judging distance, tripping over things at home, or spilling or dropping things more often.
6. New problems with words in speaking or writing: Having trouble following or joining a conversation or
struggling to find a comment you are looking for (saying “that thing on your wrist that tells time” instead of watch).
7. Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps: Placing car keys in the washer or dryer or being unable to retrace steps to find something.
8. Decreased or poor judgment: Being a victim of a scam, not managing money well, paying less attention to hygiene or having trouble taking care of a pet.
9. Withdrawal from work or social activities: Not wanting to go to church or other activities as usual, not being able to follow football games, or keeping up with what’s happening.
10. Changes in mood and personality: Getting easily upset in everyday situations or being fearful or suspicious.
For more information and to receive a no-cost memory screening for early Alzheimer’s or dementia detection, contact Merritt Island Medical Research at 321-305-5015.
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Source: alz.org/alzheimersdementia/facts-figures
People with Alzheimer’s experience difficulties communicating, learning, thinking and reasoning — severe enough to impact family life.
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members at the Women’s Center in the early 1990s, to its more than 1,600 members today. The expansion continues in other counties in Florida.
Three representatives from the Church of the Holy Child in Ormond Beach attended the luncheon. The Rev. Mallene Wells Stowe, deacon of Holy Child, said that GRG of Volusia County was founded in 2017.
Among other services GRG provides are an annual Grandfamily Christmas Celebration, providing jammies and slippers for children, and child care on Grand Evening Out, one Friday per month.
“We hope to expand our support group locations to include two
additional churches, one in New Smyrna Beach and one in DeLand,” Stowe said. Of Sterling, she said, “She is an incredible human being and has a depth of knowledge and experience that is unsurpassed.”
In her late 80s, Sterling shows few signs of slowing down. She has a younger grandson, Cole Sterling, by her son, who was close to her daughter. She wants to do more educational workshops for grandparents. Last month, GRG talked to 125 people, she said.
“I’m a child advocate first,” she said. “I love what I do, and we help a lot of people.”
For more information on raising grandchildren, go to grandparentsraising grandchildren.org SL
Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and each set of 3 by 3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 to 9.
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Discover Old Florida within sight of Miami.
The hustle, bustle and jostle of downtown Miami is just miles from one of Florida’s most pristine areas — Biscayne National Park.
Despite being a neighbor to more than two million people, Biscayne and its waters have plenty of unspoiled charms.
“The water of Biscayne Bay is exceedingly clear,” biologist Hugh Smith wrote in 1895.
Smith declared that Biscayne could continue as “one of the finest bodies of water on the coast of Florida,” only if well-protected. Fortunately, Biscayne had plenty of fans willing to fight threatening development and pollution.
A massive development during the 1960s — a plan that would have ruined the natural beauty — was staved off by reshaping the area as Biscayne National Monument and, in 1980, the creation of Biscayne National Park.
Although it is America’s largest underwater national park, Biscayne reveals its treasures even to those who prefer not getting wet. From the Dante Fascell Visitor Center in Homestead,
Biscayne National Park Institute operates eco-adventures via snorkel, kayak, stand-up paddleboard and boat cruises that delve into both the rich nature and history of the park.
For travelers who prefer to stay closer to the action of Miami, tours are also available at Coconut Grove’s Dinner Key Marina and the Deering Estate.
Regardless of departure point, visitors will discover an unexpected natural wonder within sight of Miami skyscrapers. This necklace of tiny emerald islands, bejeweled by coral reefs and its colorful inhabitants, was discovered by man more than 10,000 years ago. Human history is as much a part of the park’s fabric as the natural wonders.
In the early part of the 20th century, Biscayne Bay was beloved by the rich men who created Miami.
Heritage Cruises, a perfect introduction to the park, traverse the bay as naturalists point out the animal residents and recount the stories of the men and women who left their mark on the park. The 3½-hour tour aboard a comfortable, covered boat visits Elliott, Adams or Boca Chita Keys for a one-hour stop. A stopover at Boca Chita offers the opportunity to climb the ornamental lighthouse
that wealthy Mark Honeywell built in 1938 to welcome guests to his island playground. The nearby cannon served to greet guests with a loud boom. One of the many legendary parties Honeywell hosted in Boca Chita included an appearance by Rosie, the elephant Honeywell ferried to the island for the amusement of
his guests.
A 1966 report on Biscayne noted that “here in shallow water is a veritable wonderland.”
The watery wonderland awaits new generations of visitors.
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Art is a labor of love and, in most cases, so is running an art gallery. It’s an endeavor that rarely makes anyone wealthy financially and is extremely vulnerable to the vagaries of the economy.
For an art gallery to survive 10 years in a small metropolitan area is remarkable. For it to continue thriving at age 50 is positively amazing.
Almost half a century ago, an artist-owned and operated gallery opened on Indialantic’s Fifth Avenue. Primarily because of rising lease costs, the little gallery subsequently moved to other locations, eventually gravitating to the Eau Gallie Arts District of Melbourne. It continues to exist, still bearing its original name, Fifth Avenue Art Gallery.
After closing through September for an interior refresh, the gallery — the longest-running fine arts gallery in the county — has reopened with a new look, new owners and, most importantly, a secure future that just a few weeks before seemed uncertain.
“A developer attempted to buy the building out from us,” member Judy Edwards said.
The artist members of the gallery, knowing that the original plans would not have made it possible for them to remain in the location, united to save their beloved gallery.
“We were very determined to come up with a plan to buy the building and not be forced out,” Renee Decator said.
After brainstorming, researching,
reaching out and praying, members, along with several other investors and some generous patron donations, secured the deal. Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, a hub of EGAD, had been saved.
“It’s such a beautiful gallery with a lovely, tranquil outdoor garden,” added Decator, who was accepted as a member 18 years ago.
The gallery is also a survivor that has thrived by engaging collectors and the community through unique
initiatives of marketing art, including the annual 100% Pure Florida juried show.
Charter member Nancy Crawford attributes the longevity and success of the gallery to the practice of carefully choosing quality artists who will enrich the gallery with both their artwork and their willingness to share in the duties of a thriving gallery.
Members, such as watercolorist and Southern Watercolor Society signature member Lori Jenkins,
have earned plenty of awards and channel the gallery’s reputation for high quality. The artist’s works walked away with awards at both the prestigious National Watercolor Society and the American Watercolor Society International Exhibitions.
“I’m so proud of the gallery, how far we have come and what we’ve accomplished in the 17 years that I’ve been a member,” Jenkins said.
An art gallery is, of course, more than a place to purchase art. A gallery connects the community of art lovers, advances creativity and artistic expression, educates all ages and, ultimately, offers balm to the soul. Fifth Avenue Art Gallery certainly does.
Now more appealing than ever with new paint, a new wall layout, new lighting and a new hanging system, Fifth Avenue Art Gallery is ready to continue providing what art does best.
“Art enriches lives and impacts our community, and we want to continue to contribute to that positive impact for many more years to come,” Decator said.
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, at 1470 Highland Ave. in Melbourne, officially reopens with a free reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on First Friday, Oct. 6. On display through Oct. 28 are the images of photographer Kenneth Castoro and, in the pop-up section of the gallery, “Patterns and Pastels, the works of Renee Lewis.”
For more information, go to fifthavenueartgallery.com or call 321259-8261. SL
Recognize, Respond, Prevent to three libraries in Central Brevard.
The Fall series talks will be at:
Suntree Public Library at 902 Jordan Blass Drive in Suntree, 6 to 7 p.m., Oct. 9 and 6 to 7 p.m. Nov. 27.
Merritt Island Public Library at 1195
N. Courtenay Pkwy. on Merritt Island — 2 to 3 p.m. Oct. 10; 2 to 3 p.m. Nov. 7 and 2 to 3 p.m. Dec. 5.
Cocoa Beach Public Library at 550
N. Brevard Ave. in Cocoa Beach – 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 6 and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 4
Accommodations for people with disabilities will be made available if requested seven days prior to the event. For information, contact cindymitchell@ uss.salvationarmy.org or call 321-6312766, Ext. 22. SL
Years ago, a schoolgirl’s studies involved mathematics, English and sewing.
The academics remain, but the sewing class is long gone.
Most clothing is now mass produced, each identical to the one before.
Thanks to sewist Franci Kettman, sewing and the chance to create unique clothing is making a comeback at the North Brevard Art League in Titusville.
When the call went out for class ideas, Kettman suggested something new — sewing instruction.
It was added to the class schedule. Those interested can sign up for lessons about making garments using machines and hand sewing.
Kettman has sewn since childhood when she made clothing for her dolls. At her high school prom, she danced in her homemade gown. As a bride, she walked down the aisle in the wedding gown she created.
Her ability was polished at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.
Before classes begin, Kettman consults with students and accompanies them to the fabric store to choose a pattern and fabric that work together.
“We look for skill-building opportunities,” Kettman said.
“Techniques such as installing a zipper, neck band or setting in sleeves are covered as they apply to the student’s project.”
The four-week class is open to all ages and skill levels.
Each person works on their own
project with instructor approval.
Students range in age from 11 to their 60s.
Beginner Dawna Thorstad was so impressed by what she had accomplished in her first class that she signed up for a second.
“In the first class, I made and embellished a T-shirt. It’s a beautiful
shirt that I love,” she said. “The second time, I wanted to make a wrap dress, and with Franci’s hands-on help and expertise, I wound up making two.”
Classes are scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon each Monday and 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. The schedule is subject to change. The cost is $95 for league members and $120 for nonmembers.
The North Brevard Art League is at 1421 Draa Road.
For information, go to northbrevardartleague.com, call, text or email Kettman at 321-289-8292 or franci.kettman@gmail.com
This year’s Scarecrow Stroll will be followed by the Oct. 21 Viera Harvest Festival at The Avenue Viera. The Stroll begins Oct. 5 and concludes Oct. 19. There will be 21 local businesses designing and handcrafting scarecrows.
“The Harvest Festival is back at The Avenue Viera,” said Jill Blue, the CEO of Bluewater Creative Group and the publisher of Viera Voice and Senior Life. “The Penny Creek Band puts everyone in the harvest mood, dancing, singing along, and getting into a festive spirit.”
The Viera Harvest Festival is a perfect fall event for adults and children. It begins at 10 a.m.
For more information on the Scarecrow Stroll and the Viera Harvest Festival, call 321-242-1235 or go to vieravoice.com VV
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One lesser-known effect of global warming is fewer male sea turtles, potentially dangerous after a few decades, a marine conservation biologist told members of the Satellite Beach-based Sea Turtle Preservation Society recently.
In 2016, Mariana Fuentes, an associate professor at the University of Florida, created the Marine Turtle Research, Ecology and Conservation Group that addresses real-world issues related to the conservation and management of marine turtles and other marine megafauna.
vessel interaction and fisheries,” she said.
A hatchling’s gender is determined during days 20 to 40 of incubation by temperature — below 82 degrees, the hatchling is male; above 88 degrees, female.
“Within 20 to 30 years, that’s not a problem and might be good for population growth. But long term, we might not have enough males,” Fuentes said.
A female can mate with a handful of males in her nesting season, ensuring diversity with nests of more than 100 eggs with various fathers. Fuentes said studies are being conducted to determine how many male turtles are needed for healthy populations, and whether nesting a week later might mitigate concerns.
Other studies have shown that between 1986 and 2014 in Florida, nearly one in three stranded sea turtles showed evidence of injuries from vessels. Cameras were installed on 20 mostly Loggerhead sea turtles for a day, and seven showed interactions with vessels.
She said turtles have adapted to many past challenges successfully. “But will they be able to keep pace with the climate changes? There are still a lot of questions to be answered,” she said.
“We collect data on the stressors in different life cycles, such as climate change, impacts on nesting grounds,
Mary Ann Sinar of Indian Harbor Beach wasn’t surprised by Fuentes’ concerns.
“I’m involved in the early-morning
How are you connecting with your grandchildren? How is the conversation going? How times have changed.
When I was a boy, we traveled to my grandparents’ farm. We would sit at the big kitchen table and talk about school, the farm and life. Grandma had chats with her 12 children and knew how to connect. She shared stories about coming to America from Poland, the impact of the Depression, wars and so much more.
Today, we may stay connected with email, texting, Facebook, Facetime, Skype, telephone and other forms of technology. Ideally, face-to-face is the best.
Do we really have a conversation? Do we really chat? Have you built a relationship?
Recently, Brian Gent, a teacher at Melbourne Central Catholic High School, gave a presentation at the Men4More group at the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Indialantic about connecting with teenagers. One key point was share your story. Children like to learn about what you did when you were a teenager.
Gent shared the value of intellectual, moral and religious conversion related to connecting with youth. Through our chats, with our valued example and lessons about spiritual life, we can have an impact on their lives.
Show understanding, listen and use open-ended questions? Keep the discussion positive.
“What is your favorite class? What is your biggest challenge this year? Who are your new friends?” How is your football team doing? The challenge: Listen.
As seniors, we tend to forget we have two ears (to hear twice as much) and one mouth to speak. Rather than listen intently, we are often preparing in our mind what advice we are going to give; what solution we are going to give.
Avoid putting pressure on a grandchild. My great grandson Mason had his 11th birthday. He plays on a YMCA football team in Madison, Wisconsin. I sent him a birthday card. After best wishes, I probably created anxiety when I wrote: “After a colorful college football experience and an NFL career, what are your career plans?”
My open-ended question was loaded with pressure and the expectation of big-time success. I should have asked
“How is the football season going?”
Communications can be complicated. Watch the body language; consider the context. Through the process, we face the challenge of gaining understanding and building a lasting relationship. SL
Ed Baranowski is an awardwinning writer, artist, speaker and seminar leader. He lives in Melbourne and can be contacted at fast75sr@ gmail.com
nesting team and we know there are challenges ahead,” Sinar said. Kelly Etherton of Satellite Beach, an STPS board member, meeting coordinator and University of Florida alumna, asked Fuentes to speak because “I know she does a lot of
turtle research that influences others. What she does is important.”
More information on climate change study can be found at nsf.gov/ awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID =1904818&HistoricalAwards=false. SL
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