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2,639 Harry Potter fans sell out 10 BY SOHUM PATEL

July 15, 2011 was a historic day for many, as it marked the end of a 10-year era of wizards, witches and dark magic. The second part to the �inal installment of the very popular Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows, expected to yield recordbreaking numbers, began its �irst showings at 12:01 a.m. The Rave movie theater was packed with a stupendous 2,639 people in its 11 theaters with 10 soldout shows. In honor of the

premier, many of the most dedicated Potter fans arrived wearing their �inest, and in some cases, most outrageous wizarding wardrobe. The followers, ranging from elementary school children to senior citizens, were all emotional about the end of a legend. In terms of the movie itself, mixed reviews from a diverse fan base were received. A large portion of followers, who would rather watch the movie than read the books, found it absolutely astounding, and many claimed it to be one of the best movies

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of Hogwarts, are calling the �inale of a large portion of their childhood a bittersweet ending. The plethora of Facebook statuses about the movie convey the feelings of the Harry Potter generation. “My childhood, described in two words, is Harry Potter,” one teen tweets, “It just means we’re growing up, and who wants to do that?” was another status. Though some fans believe, it was the perfect timing for the series to end, “10 years is just long enough. Any longer and it would have ruined the magic.” VV

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Last shuttle launch brings joy, sadness and hope By Linda Wiggins

Viera, Suntree and Rockledge have become a favored home community for workers at Kennedy Space Center, migrating to the mainland from the Satellite Beach bedroom community of the Apollo program era. Civil and military employees of Patrick Air Force Base, which plays a key role in space, also make their homes here in large numbers. Space shuttle Atlantis launched July 8 on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, transporting Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley, and mission specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Atlantis will eventually make its way back to Brevard for

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Carol DeMaggio of Viera expressed joy and sadness after viewing the last launch of the space shuttle at her workplace, Courtenay Springs Village, on July 8, 2011. display at KSC, capping off a succession of launches dating to 1981. “The launch was beautiful and exciting as always. But this time it was also sad,” said Carol DeMaggio of Viera.

“You wonder how much of what makes this a special place to live was wrapped up in the shuttle program and what the future will look like without it.” Eau Gallie High School 11th grader Erika

Yesowitch was not even born when the first shuttle, Columbia, launched. It had already flown for 14 years by the time she came along. She said she does not know what life is like without it. To see a launch, she merely walks out her front door and looks to the northeast, but not this last time. “We wanted to do something special, with this being the last one,” she said, while waiting for the launch with her family and friends. A student of the Cambridge magnet program, Yesowitch may find herself a candidate one day for the future of space on the Space Coast. “It’s scary, but with all of the exciting things that have come out of the space program – inventions, solutions to problems, products, advancements in science – there is every reason to believe the best is yet to come,” Yesowitch said.VV

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VHS names new principal BY LINDA WIGGINS

Viera High School’s new principal will be Jim Hickey, formerly principal at Jackson Middle School in Titusville. He replaces Mark Tormoen, who recently retired after being placed on administrative leave for improper conduct. He was punished for allegedly allowing then football coach Paul Frazier to be paid a coaching supplement through another employee. Frazier had been declared ineligible due to an expired temporary coaching certi�icate. Frazier resigned as Hawks players planned to band together and refuse to play on the football team should the school district not allow him to coach. “Tormoen was a great principal who was loved by Jim Hickey staff, teachers and students alike. The kids absolutely adored Frazier and the feeling was mutual,” said Shelly Hartmann, VHS custodian and school employee of the year. “We look forward to working with a new leader who can keep everyone together moving in a positive direction.”VV

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Sarah Goebel, 4, gives a big hug to a stuffed hippo as she and her parents, Randy and Trang Goebel, attempt to cool off in the Brevard Zoo gift shop after a morning on the zoo grounds on Saturday, July 9, 20ll.

Moms invited to give second go-round for kids’ clothes, toys Vendors are invited to rent a booth at the Mom to Mom Toy/Clothing Sale Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Viera Regional Community Center, 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way in Viera. Child care will be provided to moms participating in the sale for $2 per hour per child. Vendor registrations are due by Sept. 14. Cost is $15.90 for a six-foot-long vendor space. “We thought this would be a great way for our moms to make some extra money on items they don’t need any more, and it would be a plus for other moms so they don’t have to spend money on new things,” said Kristen Swenson, center director. For more information, call 321-433-4891. VV

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Community Development District keeps Viera east looking green By Maria SonnenBerg

government entities. Viera East CDD, for example, is Next time you admire the able to borrow money at luscious greens at Viera East the same rates given to Golf Course, you can thank cities and counties. Bob Johnson for tirelessly Part of Viera East CDD’s working as general manager duties include the manageof the Viera East Community ment of the Viera East Golf Development District. Course, as well as Woodside Established under Chapter Park and the planned com190 of the Florida Statutes, munity’s drainage system. To Viera East CDD is a local govkeep the community lookernment entity tasked with ing its best, the CDD is also planning, acquiring, operating in the business of landscape and maintaining improvemanagement, maintenance ments in the majority of of conservation areas and Viera East. recreational facilities, street CDDs, created as a paving and maintenance, solution to effectively street lights and sewer and managing growth, offer wastewater management. “concentrated governAs most CDD general ment” that provides managers in Florida do, community infrastructure Johnson reports to a without overburdening five-person board of other governments and taxpayers. By being highly supervisors composed of community residents. focused on a specific The CDD obtained funds community, CDDs offer for the original infrastrucconsistency of service ture through the sale of while retaining the economic benefits of other road and water manage-

Viera rec Center needs volunteers Teens are invited to serve as volunteers at Viera Regional Community Center, 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way in Viera. “Our teens need to earn community service hours as a requirement for school graduation and to qualify for scholarships,” said center director Kristen Swenson. “Working with our youth is a great way for them to make a difference.” Teens are asked to sign up in person. For more information, call 321-433-4891. VV

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It’s Pandamanium! BY LINDA WIGGINS

While many local churches offered this year’s popular Vacation Bible School theme, PandaMania: Where God is Wild About You, Prince of Peace Anglican Church in Viera totally transformed itself into a cartoon Asian habitat throughout its hallways, sanctuary and grounds, even buying a panda suit for a mascot. Churches typically charge a nominal fee compared to traditional summer camps but POP offered the program to the community for free. “There is tremendous support for this program and others like it because we understand, as a church, we are called to bring the joy and

love of Christ to a world that desperately needs it. VBS is just one way we are able to do it,” said Bo Bartlett, POP lay pastoral assistant. Ninety children attended VBS, with the assistance of nearly 50 church volunteers. The children collected coins all week and made a combined $843.50 donation to the charity, Pregnancy Resources. The church is known for a number of other free events offered to the community, such as the Easter egg hunt and spring festival, a harvest pumpkin patch and other events marking special dates on the calendar. “Whether it is a free snow cone, lunch, music from our worship band, or a rock climbing wall, etc., our goal is to

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At the Viera Means Business networking meeting on July 14, 2011, Patricia Hurst of Devereux in Viera received a donation of supplies for the school’s children from Janice Fox of the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce Viera/Suntree office. By LIndA WIGGInS

A Viera Means Business networking group member arranged a below-cost purchase of 1,000 backpacks for Devereux’s residential school for challenged children in Viera. “These are really highquality backpacks that are really going to be an asset for our kids,” said Patricia Hurst, who helps bring in resources from the community to help children at Devereux. “Now all we need are school supplies to go in them.” Jerry Olguin’s side business is not a moneymaker, but it’s handy when he needs to “pull a rabbit out of the hat to help the community.”

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bers and not a corporation. The move made them an A June 28 community instant political action commeeting to discuss a conmittee. They were able to get necting road from the south what they wanted over the end of Suntree to Pineda years: a library, an elementaCauseway seems to lean tory school, parks. More imporward opening this tantly, they didn’t get what long-closed enclave to they didn’t want: annexathrough traffic. tion, higher taxes, and — so The issue is a sore spot far — a connecting throughfor Bill Higgins and his road to a once-future Pineda neighbors. Causeway extension to When they moved into Interstate 95. this golf-course community Their power became 27 years ago, little did they legend. Residents south know events to follow would of Suntree, in the Lake turn them into the most Washington/Post Road area, powerful residential group approached them for help on the Space Coast. in diffusing a county plan to The developer of the build a four-lane highway former wetlands and cow through their quiet ranch pastures along a then rutcommunity. filled, two-lane dirt Wickham “It suddenly dawned on Road went bankrupt. us that the road through our Suntree residents surround- community was called Turtle ing the golf course were Mound Road, just like theirs,” offered the opportunity of a Higgins said. The plan was to lifetime. Rather than simply siphon traffic from Wickham pay a five-figure fee for a Road through to Post and membership to the country Lake Washington roads as an club, they could pony up a alternate to I-95. few thousand more and Suntree residents changed become owners. They are the name of the road from one of the few in the country Turtle Mound to Interlachen, to be truly owned by memdug a lake at the end of Project3_Layout 1 7/20/11 1:59 PM Page 1

the road and declared the area south of it a wildlife preserve. This allowed new neighborhoods to be developed in the area that was once slated for a four-lane road. Today, if you look north from the end of Interlachen it is obvious that a super fat easement along the west side of the road could host another two lanes. And at the north end of the road across Wickham, the street sign at the corner of Walgreens still reads Turtle Mound Road. A future plan to sixlane Wickham from I-95 to Interlachen will now end well shy of it at Murrell Road. Ironically, this power play resulted in an end to Suntree residents’ unbeaten streak. New neighborhoods to the south filled in with young families who value convenience over serenity. They voted at the meeting by 70 percent majority to ask District Four County Commissioner Mary Bolin to connect St. Andrews Boulevard with Brisbane Boulevard through to Pineda. The issue will come before

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VIERA VOICE George White

JC Meyerholz is the Voice of the Manatees. ing soon. BY GEORGE WHITE “I keep pretty busy,’’ he said. If you hear a voice ring out Meyerholz, born in Long over the public address sysIsland and growing up in tem at Space Coast Stadium Dobb’s Ferry, New York, in Viera, chances are that learned to love sports early voice belongs to JC Meyerholz on, often going to games in of Indian Harbour Beach. New York or otherwise lisAfter every hit and defentening and watching game sive play, you can hear his broadcasts. baritone voice describing the “I’m a huge Mets and Jets play and perfectly pronouncfan,’’ he said. ing the names from informaThroughout his career, tion supplied by the teams. Meyerholz has had dreams of He works in the announcer’s announcing for professional booth located next to the baseball, or any professional press area slightly to the sport, but so far it remains a third base side of home plate, dream. perched above the last row of “There have been times I’ve bleacher seats. had the opportunity to move When not announcing up but it’s so competitive up for the Brevard County at that level,’’ he said. Manatees and softball games, Of the sports he broadMeyerholz announces for a casts, he likes the “rapid �ire” variety of sports for Florida nature of basketball best and Tech in Melbourne. believes it translates well to “I’ve done Florida Tech radio coverage. sports for nine years now, in“Baseball is tougher becluding doing play by play for cause you have to �ill a lot of men’s and women’s basketdead air. I also do some play ball home games and doing by play of high school football, road games for the Internet. but that’s also pretty tough,’’ They treat me really well, so he said. it’s a joy to work for them,’’ Broadcasting has given he said. Meyerholz many opporHe also does men’s and tunities, including jobs in women’s soccer and volleyCalifornia and New Mexico, ball and he’s reading up on before he moved to Brevard the game of lacrosse for a in 2003 to be close to family. new Florida Tech team comVV

The Fourth of July �ireworks celebration at Space Coast Stadium broke attendance records for regular season Manatee games. “As far as all of our records show, this July Fourth was the largest regular season crowd in Manatees history, at 6,767 tickets sold,” said Kyle Smith, manager of the Brevard County Manatees and Space Coast Stadium. The stadium holds 8,000, with another 300 on the berm. The largest attendance for a Manatees game was the 1996 Florida State League All-Star Game, with 6,904 tickets sold. “We’re really pleased, and we know there are a lot of factors that added up to a great turnout,” Smith said, acknowledging community partners for promoting the event. Each of the past 17 years, The Viera Company has hosted a community picnic on the berm. This year it was full. “We had great weather. No rain. Clouds in the sky kept it cool, and a breeze kept the mosquitoes away. The �ireworks were incredible, exploding at just the right height in the sky so you could see them whether you were high in the stands under the roof, or sitting on the �ield,” said Judi John, community relations manager for The Viera Company, the community development arm of A. Duda & Sons’ ranching and farming operations. “I really think it was our best Fourth of July event of all time.” The event was subsidized by the Viera Future Foundation, a charity set up to offset costs for communiWWW.PLANETSMOOTHIE.COM

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Marlene and Keith Winsten and their children, George, Molly and Lily, enjoy a picnic on the berm and a Brevard Manatees game followed followed by fireworks, at Space Coast Stadium on July 4, 2011. ty events. The Duda philosophy is that a community that plays together, stays together, according to John. “It’s really important to building that intangible sense of community that we enjoy in Viera. You know your neighbors because you watched a ball game together, or took your kids to the annual Easter egg hunt and saw your child’s classmates’ parents, and discovered they

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Viera traffic to be aided by Wickham widening By GeorGe White

It may not be perfect, or entirely complete, but the traffic situation in the Viera area is showing signs of improvement, according to Bob Kamm, executive director of the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization. “I was here at the very beginning of Viera and we did all kinds of computer analysis to project future traffic and they are all coming into place now. Our forecasts in general have come about spot on,’’ he said. One key area still to be widened to six lanes is Wickham

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under production. It couldn’t be done until the I-95 bridge was reconstructed to give it more room underneath. It‘s needed it for a long time,’’ he said, adding that the Viera Company is in the process of acquiring right-of-way on the segment to complete the work. Kamm described I-95 as like “The Great Wall of China” when it comes to allowing east-west access along Brevard County. “I-95 runs the entire length of the county, but you can only get access across in a few areas. These become choke

points for traffic,’’ he said. Helping out the situation is the intersection for the Pineda Extension as well as the new overpass in Viera which is planned as an intersection to I-95 in the future. Kamm said that the Pineda intersection has been success-

ful in easing traffic along North Wickham Road. It was delayed due to protests from residents who did not want its original path through Windsor Estates. “Pineda (intersection) is doing exactly what we expected: it’s pulling about 20,000 vehicles off north Wickham Road,’’ he said. Other, longer-range plans have included discussions about extending Turtle Mound Road to the west as an additional access to the Orlando area, but those plans may not become real for many years because of the widening of U.S. 192 to the south and SR 528 to the north, Kamm said. “Sometimes in transportation planning it seems like we measure progress in geologic time, but things are getting done,’’ Kamm said. For more information about local transportation projects, visit Spacecoasttpo.com. VV

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LEAD Brevard CEO Kristin Bakke is one of many partners in Community Foundation for Brevard CEO Sandi Scanneli’s Connect Brevard project to put screened charities on a website for donors to peruse. By Linda Wiggins

When Sonia Fakatselis wanted to reach out and help young people get jobs in a tough economy, she didn’t know where to turn. Who provides this service? Who would use her donation wisely? Soon, the answers will be as close as her keyboard. The Community Foundation for Brevard is designing a website called Connect Brevard to collect information on local charities – what services they provide and in what areas of the county, what populations they serve, and how financially fit and efficient they are. Brevard will be the first county in the nation to team up with The Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics on the project. “There are so many organizations out there, and until now there was no simple way to screen them,” said Sandi Scanelli, president/ CEO of CFB, which acts as a community savings account

whose proceeds are directed to charities. The foundation also seeks to strengthen resource-seeking skills of all charities. The next step is to encourage charities to register at the website and include as much information as possible about services provided, the amount of money raised each year, the outcomes of their programs, the difference made in people’s lives and other details. “This is really needed. When someone comes to me asking for money, I am too busy to research whether they are on the up-and-up,” said Fakatselis, who dreams of turning teens into successful entrepreneurs and is a contributor to a CFB-funded charity. The website is for use by donors rather than people looking for help. Should someone in need go to the site, they will be directed to the project partner, 211 Brevard, which directs people to needed services. For more information, visit ConnectBrevard.org. VV

Ulrike Gonzalez was broken and alone, suffering through a painful breakup when Rev. Hoyt Byrum reached out to her during a divorce recovery workshop at Suntree United Methodist Church. “He made me feel like I was OK just the way I was. He gave me the tools to love again in a healthy way,” said Gonzalez, who met and married fellow workshop attendee Ruben Gonzalez. Such stories flow in the wake of the return of beloved associate pastor Hoyt Byrum to SUMC. He will take over duties of visiting sick and shut-in members for equally-loved associate pastor Clarence Van Ens, who retired last year at age 90. “He has some big shoes to fill,” said Pat Hendrickson, a member of the Gonzalez’s small group. Always the one to laugh at himself first, Byrum smiled at the tongue-in-cheek reference. Van Ens is 6 feet 8 inches tall, and Byrum is closer to 5 feet than 6. In addition to his duties as visitation pastor, Byrum is expected to resume his work in community outreach. “We worked very closely together on Resurrection Ranch,” said Kristina Petrik, immediate past president of the Suntree/Viera Area Association of Churches. Byrum outlined his planned approach to pastoring in his first sermon in July, entitled “What’s it all about, Alfie?” Like the song urges, he will place emphasis on what matters in life, focusing on practical messages that will help members in their daily lives. He

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Suntree United Methodist Church members Ruben and Ulrike Gonzales welcomes Rev. Hoyt Byrum back as associate pastor, who will replace retiring pastor Clarence van Ens in visiting the sick and shut-ins, and will increase the church’s community outreach efforts. will continue to urge members to form small groups and meet in each other’s homes so that they may better minister each other’s needs. “That is especially important for a vibrant church that may have thousands of members overall,” he said. As a former associate pastor at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Satellite Beach, Byrum was instrumental in launching the Brevard Interfaith Coalition, bringing together all faiths to reach out to those less fortunate. SVAAC links with it to better

serve the entire community. “I will continue to encourage members to reach out as volunteers in their community, as it is more beneficial to the one helping than the one getting help,” Byrum said. He retired due to a rule in the Presbytery that a pastor cannot work or volunteer after age 65. Co-senior SUMC pastors Terri and John Hill made Trinity Presbyterian’s loss their gain by holding open Van Ens’ job for a year so Byrum could fill it. VV

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According to some, a trip to the zoo is always an exciting adventure for the photographers. They find unique and colorful animals, an abundance of ecological and floral subjects as well as people to shoot. The Camera Club of Brevard meets monthly on the first Tuesday at the Eau Gallie Civic Center at 6:30 p.m. and everyone is welcome to attend. For more information call Richard Thomson at 321-848-1110 or visit ccbrevard.com. VV

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Zoo offers an alternative for homeschoolers By AngelA Smith

For most home-school families in Brevard County, education isn’t confined to a specific time or location. It’s a lifestyle woven into everyday activities, such as a trip to the grocery store, a walk along the beach, or an outing at a local attraction. Every experience becomes a self contained classroom, which is why the Brevard Zoo created a program that spotlights the heart of this educational lifestyle and offers cross-curriculum education at a low cost for parents overwhelmed with choices. “We had been getting a lot of homeschool parents asking about home school classes and they had been going to other places,” says Janelle Cummins, the zoo’s education manager. “We then realized that other zoos in Florida were doing home-school programs, so we watched and decided to develop a similar program here.” A year later, the series of four-week module classes, the Jr. Zoo Crew, became a favorite course of study among local homeschoolers. “Originally, I like doing anything with animals and I had some time and really

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Aria LaBarca, daughter of Alycen and David LaBarca, learns the correct way to grab a monitor lizard is from the side on Saturday, July 9, 2011, when her family visits the Brevard Zoo.

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In 2006, Holly Wesche unveiled her handsome new jewelry store on Wickham Road, and knew the one thing she wanted to do with the remaining vacant land on her 3-acre property. “I didn’t have a timetable or a concrete idea of what was going to go there, but I knew I did not want to build it myself,” she said. Five years later, the land and its enviable location still tempt many prospects, but the economy has nixed any deals. “We’ve had people who wanted to lease the land, and others wanted to buy it,” Wesche said. “Another group was ready to buy it a year and a half ago, but could not get financing. These are very challenging times, but I expect something will happen in the next couple of years, because I’ve already seen a change with the jewelry. Sales are picking up.” Wesche had permitting for two building phases, so the infrastructure is in place for its future resident, whether retail or office. “It is ready to go,” said Wesche. Although Wesche’s 15,000-square-foot jewelry store occupies approximately 60 percent of the property, the remaining land can accommodate up to a three-story, 22,000-square-foot structure. Since Wesche is in the business of making people look good, she says it is no wonder that whatever eventually goes up next to the store will have to complement the jewelry store. “I get to have a strong say in the building,” said Wesche. “The two buildings would be close to each other and it would be foolish to put something like a modern chrome structure next to the jewelry store.”

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VITAS Innovative Hospice Care has backed the Brevard Remembers 9/11 community event at Space Coast Stadium in Viera with a $5,000 sponsorship. The event calls the community together on the decade milestone of the 9/11 terror attacks to remember loved ones lost, honor �irst responders and appreciate members of the U.S. military who have been responding since. The event is hosted by the Suntree/Viera Area Association of Churches. Event partners include the retired New York police of�icers’ 10-13 Club of Brevard

and Vietnam Veterans of America. Sponsors include VIERA VOICE and SENIOR LIFE newspapers, Viera Means Business networking group, Clear Channel communications, The Viera Company and many others. Proceeds from the 9/11 stadium memorial will go toward a Viera retreat free to veterans returning from deployment and their spouses. They will learn skills to keep their families together, resolve post-traumatic stress and reconnect with the community, reducing high rates of divorce and suicide. The VITAS investment will

bring Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus author Dr. John Gray to lead the retreat, called Coming Home to Earth: Reconnecting with Life and Loves Ones After Trauma. “We really feel this is where our resources can do the most good for our community and our country,” said Matthew Barringer, VITAS community liaison. “Our veterans have done so much to protect us from further horror witnessed and experienced on 9/11. Now it’s our turn to repay the favor.” For more information, go to BrevardRemembers.com or call 321-684-1420. VV

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Shoppers can go into a restaurant, enjoy a meal – or not – and instantly share it with Customers are increasingly followers. Businesses can lure making or breaking businesses shoppers in with free items or by word of mouth – or rather discounts when they “check by text of smart phone. And in” with their phone, instantly whether businesses like it or broadcasting their location. not, they must take part or be While the technology can left behind. damage a business with a poor “We moved from a time when comment, it can also turn into there was one downtown area a positive, according to Rankin. and everybody shopped there, “If you address the comand everyone knew everyone, plaint and �ix it, then comso word of mouth drove sales,” ment on it, you show you are Internet consultant Suzanne pro-active, and this new era of Rankin of NetForceMedia said. customers loves that,” Rankin “Then we went to a time when said. you could drive sales with adFoursquare will soon merge vertising alone. Smart phones with the popular consumer are bringing us back to town feature Groupon, which issquare where you can share sues discounts on products your experience with people and services based on a instantly, and they listen and consumer’s actual spending shop accordingly.” habits. Data from consumer Foursquare is a smart phone spending and traf�ic habits is application that is free to analyzed to target advertising consumers and businesses. by Google. VV

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As you pass the staffed Guard House at the entrance to Wyndham at Duran and proceed through the lion-graced gates, you will immediately note the dramatic and breathtaking architecture of the homes lining the streets in this prestigious and unique community. Soaring roofs and turrets, expansive second-story terraces, awe-inspiring pools with waterfalls and vanishing edges is but a taste of what exists and what is possible in Wyndham. As Viera’s “crown jewel”, this is the spot for those looking to create a custom retreat that satisfies their every whim and desire. Whether it’s a golf front lot, lake to golf or simply a calm and lovely lakefront, this is the place to put your signature on a home that truly reflects you. Lots average 1/3 acre.

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Members of the Rockledge Meetup.com Space Coast Ukulele Club gather for a silly photo at their meeting on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at the Cocoa Recreation Center.

The charm, spirit and Aloha for the culture of Hawaii shines locally once a month as members of an online Meetup.com group gather for a common interest - the ukulele. If all goes as planned, the sounds of the four-stringed miniature guitars and the feel of grass skirts will transport a group of tropical buffs to the islands of the West. “It’s a passion for the Hawaiian music and the playing of the ukulele instrument,” said Roland Galindo, co-organizer of the Rockledge meet up group, the Space Coast Ukulele Club. “It’s all about the Hawaiian atmosphere, the music, the food and to just kick back.”

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Many members of the 45-member club once lived in Hawaii and missed the islands, its language, music, and dance and began searching for others with the same interest. In July 2010, breaking off from a larger ukulele group, a tighter-knit club formed, quickly drawing in experienced ukulele players and beginners from across the county gathering at member’s homes in the Rockledge and Viera area. “When I tell people I’m a part of this club, they are surprised and they don’t think these groups exist,” Treat yourself said member John Silva. “But once they listen to it, they get pretty hooked.” Recently, family members have gotten hooked as well as wives, girlfriends and daughters of members began hula dancing at meet Lunch ups to soothing tunes of Mon.-Sat. 11aM-3pM the ukuleles playing in the Dinner background. Mon.-Sun. 4:30-10pM “It’s full circle. If you go to our meet up, you’ll see new 7720 N. Wickham Road, #101 Melbourne (Boardwalk at Suntree) people not only learning the ukulele, but Hawaiian words. 321-254-8838 It’s a little bit about the entire culture,” said member All major credit Darryl Birch. “It’s not just a cards accepted. meet up about stamps and coin collections. It’s really about the lifestyle and love we have for each other and the ukulele.” MLS# R568519A: 801 MISTY CREEK MLS# C577714A: 5445 MURRELL RD DR, MELBOURNE, $189,900 Unit# 103, ROCKLEDGE, $17MVisit meetup.com/SpaceCoast-Ukulele-Club for more information. VV

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Florida Wildlife goes digital

Executive Director Nick Wiley announced that the May/June 2011 issue is the final paper-and-ink version of the magazine, due to agency budget cuts. The magazine will continue with an online presence at myfwc.com. Charlie Corbeil’s story, “The Woodpecker Tree” appears in the final print version and you can expect to see his brilliant photography and informative articles in the digital editions as well.

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Suntree resident and and West Shore Junior/Senior High School’s Lev Freeman is attending Interlochen Arts Camp, the world’s premier summer arts program for aspiring artists in grades 3 through 12. The son of Dr. Neal and Shelley Freeman, he is studying Piano and Music Theory at the camp, which marks its 84th season at the forefront of arts education this summer. Interlochen Arts Camp attracts students, faculty and staff from all 50 of the United States and more than 40 VieRa VoiCe Photo countries. These 3,000 artists Lev Freeman will attend Infill Interlochen’s northwoods terlochen Arts Camp again in campus with an explosion 2011. of creativity. Student-artists are singers Norah Jones and learn from world-class inJosh Groban, opera and constructors and produce huncert soprano Jessye Norman, dreds of presentations each and many others. summer in dance, theatre, Freeman started playcreative writing, visual arts, ing the piano at the age of music and film. 8. His innate musicianship Approximately 10 percent and eagerness to progress of the nation’s professional quickly resulted in early orchestra musicians have competition and performance roots at Interlochen and opportunities. the alumni community has For information about been awarded more than 90 Interlochen visit the website Grammy Awards. Among the interlochen.org. VV distinguished camp alumni

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VIERA VOICE newspaper is launching the 2011 Scarecrow Stroll and Harvest Festival. Businesses and neighborhood communities are invited to host and decorate a scarecrow at their locations. Scarecrows will be relocated to the Harvest Festival on a Saturday in October at a location to be announced next month for judging and auction. “This is a fun activity for families and an opportunity to generate support and foot traffic for our local businesses,” said Jill Gaines, publisher at Bluewater Creative Group. For a fee, businesses will

be included in advertisements and sponsorship acknowledgment at the Harvest Festival. Businesses may link with a local charity or school to create their finished product. Once the judging is complete, and prizes awarded, scarecrows will be auctioned to the highest bidders at the festival. Proceeds will enhance art programming at Viera’s five area public schools. Any remaining scarecrows will be donated to a loca charity with 100 percent of the proceeds going to enhance education programs for children in grades kindergarten through sixth. At the festival, pie bakers will vie for blue ribbons for

their creations, with winning pies offered for sale. Families will enjoy fresh roasted corn in the husk and other fall fare. The event is expected to attract crafters looking to help those do their Christmas shopping early. “The Scarecrow Stroll and Harvest Festival will become a signature Viera event, an opportunity for neighbors to bond with neighbors and have fun, but also generate a buzz to talk about over coffee and while standing in line together at the grocery store,” Gaines said. “That’s a quality that makes life in Viera special.” For more information, go to ScarecrowStroll.com or call 321-242-1235.” VV

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Association Living Administrative Hurricane Preparation By FrAnk kneiser

This column recently addressed the physical preparation of common areas for a hurricane. This month we address internal or administrative preparation. The board or manager should hold a planning meeting with key personnel, volunteers, and vendors such as landscaping, lake maintenance, irrigation, etc. Establish their respective

point out areas of the association that may be at risk, allowing time to responsibilities perform preventabefore, during and tive maintenance. after the emerPrepare a comgency. Depending puter backup of on the size of your all important files Frank Kneiser association, you and contracts that may want to consider hiring can be kept off site and proa disaster recovery company tected from catastrophe. The and include them in the plan- backup should also include ning meeting. a roster of all board memContact your insurance bers, committee chairs, key agent to ensure all policies personnel, vendors, attorare up to date and approney and insurance contact. priate. Once a hurricane Include an asset inventory warning is issued, insurance list of all items over $1,000. policies may not be added The inventory will be used or changed. Ask your agent for insurance purposes after to bring in a loss prevention the emergency. A video tour of the entire association will specialist. The specialist will

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document the conditions before the storm and will also be used for insurance purposes. The association should also consider a contract with an independent insurance claims adjuster. Insurance company adjusters are working to protect their company, not the association. An independent adjuster will be very helpful after the storm in assessing the damage, cost of repairs, and filing claims. Depending on your type of association, decide what assistance, if any, you may want to provide for elderly or infirm owners. It is not unusual for condominium associations to reserve a block of hotel rooms that are out of

harm’s way. Be sure your residents are aware of your planning. Their minds will be at ease, knowing that your proper planning will facilitate getting through the storm and assist in protecting their investment in the association. It’s important to point out that Mr. Kneiser is not an attorney and legal questions should be referred to your attorney. However, a requirement of his Community Association Manager’s license is to stay abreast of the Florida Association laws. Contact him with any questions at frank@suntreeflorida.com. VV

Storage facilities collect food and clothes for homeless vets Storage facilities in Suntree and Viera are collecting nonperishable food and clothing for homeless veterans now through Labor Day. The effort is in partnership with the Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic in Viera. Donations may be dropped off at Suntree Self Storate at 7165 N. Wickham Rd. in Melbourne, and Space Station Self Storage at 3100 Murrell Rd. in Rockledge. For more information, call Christina Little-Bosley at 321-253-8300.

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Viera Fire Rescue Stations 48 and 47 responded to an unusual distress call and put recent training to work hoisting a retired race horse from a north Melbourne swimming pool. “It’s great to have all kinds of training in place, because you never know when it will be useful, and it is indispensable when you do need it,” said Lt. Jeff Taylor of Brevard County Fire Rescue. On July 19, a horse wandered into a swimming pool and resisted all attempts to remove it. Viera and other responding Brevard County firefighters removed part of the pool enclosure and used a crane to OICE Photo lift out the horse with a makeshift a Turner, sling. on Friday, Fire rescue personnel from the Special Operations Team, housed at the new Station 48 on Stadium Parkway, received the special trainVIERA VOICE Jeff Taylor/BCFR ing from Disney’s Animal Kingdom Firefighter paramedics Fergus Kelly, Will Lilienthal and others from Viera Fire Station’s Special Operations Team at Station trainers at Brevard Zoo. VV 48 and surrounding units employ special training to rescue a horse from a swimming pool July 19, 2011.

Art of sand moves to Viera By LIndA WIggIns

The popular worldwide festival Art of Sand is relocating to Viera at the Space Coast Stadium, October 14-23 for its second year. “We are thrilled to have this now be a Viera event, the jewel in the crown of so many exciting cultural events that now call Viera their home,” said Kathy Engerran, interim executive director of Brevard Cultural Alliance. The event will feature artists from all over the world who create sculptures out of special sand, the elaborate creations resisting the elements for the duration of the 10-day event. The event’s anchor sponsor is The Viera Company, which is celebrating the 85th anniversa-

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