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Two caring teens support young athletes

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Ty Schrumpf, left, and Alec Raktia created a nonprofit to help single parents in need pay a portion of the youth athletic fees for their children. See story, page 4.

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BY R. NORMAN MOODY It is clear what Thanksgiving Day is all

about — giving thanks.

And it is no doubt that the centerpiece of this American celebration is the

food — the turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, cranberries, sweet potato casserole, hot rolls and pumpkin pie. That is a tradition for which to be thankful.

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

What we know as the traditional Thanksgiving

Day meal has evolved, changed and been added to. As immigrants followed the pilgrims many decades later, they added their own side dishes to the traditional turkey and dressing.

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

In some Latin Caribbean nations, rice and beans cooked together is called Congri. In Central America, a similar dish is called Gallo Pinto. It is a staple in many Latin American households and is added to the traditional Thanksgiving meal.

Those of other heritage added their own dish.

“There was always an Italian dish for all the holidays,” said Adam Palumbo, the art director for Bluewater Creative Group, whose father is Sicilian.

Publisher Jill Blue’s family shared a recipe that was always a part of the Thanksgiving Day meal.

“My mother always made a frozen fruit salad and pecan pie.” she said. “My dad didn’t cook, but he had a blast carving the turkey.”

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Scholarship check accounts are based on needs and family income. Ty Schrumpf and Alec Raktia work to help those who can't afford to participate.

Teens help fund other students participation in league sports

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out a way to not only help his friend, but other students in the same situation.

Nearly two years later, the student-driven nonprofit Athletic Assistance for Single Parents Scholarship Fund has funded nearly 200 applicants.

“I hated to see kids not be

When Ty Schrumpf’s high school friend stopped coming to soccer and basketball practice, he was told it was because his single mother couldn’t afford all the fees.

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able to play sports because of financial hardships,” Schumpf said.

He recruited another soccer friend and fellow senior Alec Raktia to help.

Most scholarships are $150, although each is based on need and family income.

“We’re trying to help as many students as we can,” Schumpf said. Scholarships are available for both men and women players and cheerleaders. The teens have held fundraisers through local businesses such as Sonny’s BBQ to raise between $4,000 and $5,000, to supplement business and individual donations.

The nonprofit has about 25 league sponsorships, many local. Stacey Sabiston, treasurer of the Space Coast United Soccer Club, said the cost to play can be prohibitive for some families. The club also offers scholarships, and they added a question about single parent situations to their form and pass on applicable players.

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“I hated to see kids not be able to play sports because of financial hardships.”

— Ty Schrumpf $95 to $195, including their uniform,” she said. “The competitive traveling team can cost between $800 to $1,700 a year,” she said.

Those fees include uniforms, registration expenses, coach salaries, field fees, training, tournament fees, and overnight expenses for away games. “We never want to turn away a child that wants to play and (Athletic Assistance for Single Parents) helps bridge the gap,” she said.

“Sports teams help you develop skills and make lifelong friends,” Raktia said.

Both Raktia and Schrumpf, honor students, still play varsity soccer for Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy and hope to play for their college teams. Schrumpf plans to study pre-medicine at the University of Florida or a California university, while Raktia is applying early decision to Duke University to study computer science, followed by graduate work in business administration.

With the two heading for college next year, they are trying to recruit more students to help. Running the nonprofit is “great job experience I can use later,” Schrumpf said.

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Mental health fair goes virtual amid pandemic

BY MARIA SONNENBERG Zoom into better mental health.

COVID-19 threatens not just our physical health, but also our mental wellbeing.

More than 40 percent of respondents to a CDC survey this summer reported issues such as anxiety, depression and substance abuse, representing a major spike in behavioral health problems.

We need help.

Organizations such as Suntree United Methodist Church are stepping up.

Although many churches steer away from mental health ministry, Suntree United Methodist has embraced it with an annual Mental Health Fair.

“Our goal each year is to increase awareness of mental health conditions and mental health needs in Brevard, to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health, provide encouragement and guidance for those who need mental health support and care and to advocate for improved mental health care,” the Rev. Dr. John Baggett said.

The retired pastor and former state director of mental health in North

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Judge Steven Leifman is the keynote speaker at Suntree United Methodist Church’s Virtual Mental Health Fair, scheduled via Zoom on Nov. 15. Also speaking are licensed mental health counselors Laura McCarthy and Rayna Houvouras, top and bottom left; licensed marriage and family counselor Stephanie Byrd, top right; and Tonya Dix from Circles of Care.

Carolina currently chairs Suntree UMC’s Mental Health Task Force, which organizes the church’s annual Mental Health Fair, this year held virtually via Zoom.

Suntree United Methodist Church serves a community composed substantially of older adults.

“Seniors are especially vulnerable to mental health conditions, and that is one of the chief reasons the church

decided to focus on mental health,” added Baggett.

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 15 percent of adults age 60 and older suffer from a mental disorder. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism notes that 17 percent of older adults are affected by alcohol or prescription drug abuse.

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On Sunday, Nov. 15, the community can join any or all of the sessions in the free event, which begins with Mental Health Wellness 101 at 1 p.m. Licensed marriage and family therapist Stephanie Byrd and licensed mental health counselor Rayna Houvouras will address common mental

health issues and provide strategies for increasing and maintaining mental health wellness, especially during stressful times.

At 2 p.m., Tonya Dix, vice president of clinical and quality care at Circles of Care, will discuss distinguishing between stress-related mental health problems and mental illness.

Rick Burklew, a therapist and program director with the addiction treatment program Peace Club, will join clinical mental health and addictions professional Laura McCarthy in a 3 p.m. presentation on understanding addiction.

Keynote speaker Judge Steven Leifman’s program on Mental Illness and Criminal Justice begins at 4 p.m. Judge Leifman, who serves as a special advisor on criminal justice and mental health for the Supreme Court of Florida, was the subject of the 2020 PBS documentary, “The Definition of Insanity.” The film highlighted the MiamiDade Mental Health Program model for addressing the current mental health crisis in America.

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Community garden distributes its harvest with those in need

BY ERNEST ARICO If you’re interested in learning about organic gardening or enjoy spending time outdoors with friends and neighbors, then the Blue Sky Community Garden is a place you might want to check out.

Located at Suntree United Methodist Church at 7400 North Wickham Road, the garden was started six years ago when co-founders Karen Shea and Kendall Sanderson asked the church board if they could use a portion of the church’s property to start a community garden.

Today, the fenced-in

garden measures 50 feet by 100 feet and is operated by six to 10 volunteers from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, weather permitting. There is no work done in the garden during July and August.

“We started the garden because we wanted to educate people about gardening,” said Shea, a 15year church member. “We also wanted to grow organic vegetables and donate the produce to food pantries and organizations in need.”

Some of the vegetables planted include carrots, lettuce, radishes, squash, beans and peas. The

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What has helped in the garden’s growth is the irrigation system. The system was installed recently

by Boy Scouts for their Eagle Scout projects.

“It (the system) has made a big difference,” Shea said.

Church member and volunteer Rhonda McKinney of Suntree said you’ll never find a better group of people at the garden.

“Everyone is so friendly and you will learn a lot about gardening,” she said.

Shea said the garden raises its own funds in the spring when it holds its annual Eco Fair and Farmers Market.

The garden also needs more volunteers and would like to expand. “You don’t have to be a church member to be a volunteer,” Shea said.

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Viera High bowling teams building bright future

BY CARL KOTALA

After a breakout performance two years ago, the Viera High School bowling teams are working their way back toward the top.

Led by junior captains Cam Cox, Collin Cox and Colin Frost — who are all averaging more than 200 a game — the Viera boys team could be on the cusp of another dominating season like 2018, when they finished fourth in the state.

“We lost three seniors last year, so we brought on a slew of guys that will definitely help us in the years to come,” Viera coach James Brand wrote in an email. “Being a shortened season (because of the coronavirus pandemic), we didn’t win as many games as we’d like, but I believe the corps is forming for an elite team in the future.”

The district tournament was set to take place late last month at Shore Lanes in Palm Bay. The state tournament is set for Nov. 3 to 5, once

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The Viera High School bowling team will have a bright future with new incoming captains Ash Fereday, left, and Brooke Fereday.

again at the Boardwalk Bowl Entertainment Center in Orlando.

“We’re not winning like we’re accustomed to and did our freshman year when we were district champs and finished fourth in the state,

nor last year when we lost in the district final four,” Frost said in an email statement provided by Brand. “But we will be back.”

Viera’s girls team, meanwhile, has continually made steady improvement

at the state championships.

“We had a great race and it really changed around everything for us,” junior Michael Toppi said. “We’re feeling really strong now going into the postseason.”

Viera is set to host the Class 4A, District 15 meet on Oct. 31 before moving onto the regional meet at North Port on Nov. 7. The state meet is scheduled for Nov. 14

at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee.

Toppi leads a boys team that expects to get to the state meet. Robbie Naberhaus is Viera’s No. 2 runner, followed by Cameron Raney and either Aedan Rendek or Josh Ingalls.

The girls, who have proven to be resilient and shouldn’t be counted out of making an appearance in Tallahassee, are led by Isabella Babilonia, Alexa Baker and Isabella Narvaez.

They are followed by a group that includes Allison Gerrits, Danielle Contreras, Julia Svartstrom, Chelsea Paglia and Brooke Gerrits. V V

through the past few years.

“The girls team, I am extremely proud of,” Brand wrote. “It’s the same corps team as three years ago when the team was all new sophomores. Now, captains Summer King and Brianna

Staerk are seniors and ending their careers on a high note.”

In an email statement provided by Brand, King talked about how much the attitude on the girls team has changed through the years, noting that when the bowlers first came out, it was just something to do for fun. But the players soon realized it was more about teamwork, being held to an individual standard, and that memories were made with teammates on both teams and throughout the county that will last forever.

“Overall, we brought on numerous freshmen to try and mold into elite bowlers and, if anything, attempt to learn the sport, learn leadership skills as well as have fun with everyone in the county,” Brand wrote.

“With this being a unique year, I know we have achieved that and it will be a year none of these young athletes will ever forget.”

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Viera cross-country teams ‘feeling strong’ as postseason approaches

BY CARL KOTALA

After running a heavy early schedule, the Viera boys and girls cross-country teams were feeling a little pessimistic about their season outlook.

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Holy Trinity has new coach, strong outlook for postseason

BY CARL KOTALA The Holy Trinity crosscountry team has a new coach in Marc Bailey and both the boys and girls teams have been running well this season.

Although the boys team is led by senior Matthew Allen, the Tigers have six eighth graders that, Bailey said, “will make a name for themselves in this county” by the time they are sophomores.

Among those eighth graders are No. 2 runner Skyler Jensen and No. 3 Zack Gunderson. Sophomore Cass Werder is Holy Trinity’s No. 4 runner, followed by eighth-grader Fin Werder and eighth-grader Donovan Boesch.

The Tigers are scheduled to host the district meet in Wickham Park on Oct. 31.

Both teams are favored to advance to the regional meet on Nov. 6 in Lakeland. The Class 1A state meet is at

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Holly Trinity senior Matthew Allen leads a talented Tigers team.

Sophia Weiner leads a strong Holy Trinity girls cross-country team.

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Holy Trinity swimming team performing well heading into district meet

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The Holy Trinity swimming team is making the most of a shortened season by turning in some strong performances in the pool.

“We have a great group of upperclassmen who are putting in some strong swims along with showing the upand-coming new seventh to ninth graders what this sport is all about,” Tigers coach Tiffany DeAngelis wrote in an email.

Team captains Tess Fargo, James Lacey and Patrick Nguyen already had posted personal bests in their respective events with the district swimming meet set for Oct. 26 and 27 at the Cocoa Beach Aquatics Center.

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“Our Holy Trinity swim and dive teams have grown, and I personally am very excited to see what these student athletes will do at

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Duran Golf Club Men’s League starts Chase for the Cup

BY GEORGE WHITE Opening day for the Duran Golf Club Men’s League in Viera felt a little like Christmas morning for Head Pro Matt Morrison and players willing to follow COVID-19 safety measures to try to make the top 48 players for a two-week Chase for the Cup ending March 24.

They gathered Oct. 7 on the Duran veranda — wearing face coverings — for opening remarks by Jerry McAnulty and rule changes

by Morrison. Other safety

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Gathering at Duran Golf Club in Viera Oct. 7 for opening day of the Men’s League were, from left, Jerry McAnulty, in charge of league marketing, Matt Morrison, Duran head golf professional, and league participant and Vietnam veteran Terry Glendy.

measures include Plexiglass partitions for golf carts if requested and swim noodle

inserts in the holes to keep the balls from going all the way in.

“It’s our premier event and has increasingly grown.

Today, we have 72 players and last year I think we had 50. It’s very close to capacity,’’ Morrison said.

“The camaraderie’s the best.

Most of these guys all get along great.”

The league is made up of mostly Viera residents, including many who have served in the military. Duran now has designated parking spots for combat-wounded veterans such as league participant Terry Glendy, who earned two Purple Hearts as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam.

“This is one of the best courses around,” Glendy said. “I try to play three times a week.’’

Morrison described the league as mildly competitive but still taken seriously. The

top players, in A flight which has about 12 players, are all a 6 handicap or better.

“It can be as competitive as you want it to be, but still we have enough flights where even the higher handicappers are able to compete within their flights,’’ he said.

Duran Golf Club opened 15 years ago. Opening day marks the shift to “in season” with shotgun starts and the return of winter residents.

“We had our busiest summer by far and we know a big portion of that was people really couldn’t do anything else. Golf was considered a safer type sport. It’s been a banner year for golf nationwide. If there was a silver lining in all this, it’s been good for the golf industry,’’ he said. V V

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The call was heard loud and clear by members of the Viera East Golf Association (VEMA) to help supply food to feed the families struggling due to no fault of their own.

David Horst, Simon Cole, Craig Smith and David Hill coordinated and organized monthly food drives starting in June. VEMA would average around 50 golfers per weekly event and we decided to collect nonperishable food items and bring them to Divots Restaurant on the third Thursday of each month to support the local food banks and the families in need.

The members of VEMA whole heartedly supported our efforts and we have been able to donate more than a thousand dollars of nonperishable food items to help those families in need.

On Oct. 1, the Viera East Men’s Golf Association

played a flighted individual tournament.

The top four players in flights A, B, C, and D were: • Flight A: Tom Welters, Jim Robinson, Jim Kopliner and Tim Brown.

• Flight B: Craig Smith, Gerry Adams, Dennis Lamb and Freddie Baltazar.

• Flight C: Mike Hachee, Lorenzo Battle, Ed Raleigh and a tie between David Hill and Martin Gillette.

• Flight D: Ernie Para, Tom Walker, Gary Baxter and Bob Gustavso.

On Oct. 8, VEMA played a four-man team event using the two best balls.

The top five teams were: • First place: Jim Kopliner, David Smith, Tony Hines and Gary Baxter.

• Second place: Steve Wing, Ben Herman, Freddie Baltazar and Allen Satcher.

• Third place: Niles Jensen, Gary Shiffrin, Alan Pinetter and Greg Humble.

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Viera’s Space Coast United U11 White soccer team won its bracket at the sixth annual Alliance Cup in Orlando.

The team of 11 boys, coached by Matt Barber, all took home an Alliance Cup

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“Winning the championship was amazing,” player Beau Palumbo said. “I was so happy and it was really about teamwork and every single goal we scored we put all our effort in.”

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Tech master Aiani named Viera High’s Employee of the Year

BY CARL KOTALA

It didn’t take long for a young James Aiani to show he had a knack for working with computers.

“When I was younger, I loved the fascination of taking apart computers, opening up the schematics and seeing where all the cables go,” he said. “My parents told me at the age of 4, they bought a Best Buy computer. It was an HP. Brand new.

“And I put it all together at the age of 4, just looking at the schematics.”

Aiani, 26, is not only a 2013 Viera High school graduate, he has worked at his alma mater as a

technology associate for the past five years.

And for the second time

in his career, he has been named Viera’s Employee of the Year.

“I’m honored and surprised for the second time,” he said.

With the coronavirus pandemic creating a challenging situation for teachers and students, Aiani has played a vital role in the transition to having students both in the classroom and e-learning at home.

There have been some challenges in the technology infrastructure — broken webcams and older model laptops among them — but Aiani said everything has gone smoothly.

Of course, in the world of technology, you have to stay

ever vigilant.

“The biggest challenge right now is making sure all the zooms are working for the e-learning students … just keeping up with the current technology,” he said.

“The technology is changing so fast, our four-year-old laptops are becoming obsolete.”

Viera principal Sarah Robinson praised Aiani for his ability to adapt to any situation.

“James Aiani is an excellent representative of Viera High School as the Employee of the Year,” Robinson wrote in an email “Mr. Aiani can fix any technology issues that you can create. Students, staff,

… and they’re always going to be my kids. Forever. Once a Hawk, always a Hawk. And once my kid, always my kid.

“They know that. They know I’ll go the extra mile for them.”

Evans, who teaches Intensive Language Arts, has been at Viera since the school first opened in 2006.

And for the first time in her career, she has been

named Viera’s Teacher of the Year.

“Maryann is passionate about helping students be successful with literacy and preparing them for life after graduation,” Viera principal Sarah Robinson wrote in an email. “She is an inspiring Intensive Language Arts teacher and has a positive impact each and every day.

“Ms. Evans is an example

of what a kind, giving, passionate, inspiring teacher is.”

Instruction in Intensive Language Arts emphasizes reading comprehension, writing fluency and vocabulary study through the use of a variety of literary and informational texts encompassing a broad range of text structures, genres and levels of complexity Because her students come from a variety of backgrounds, Evans has to find a way to reach each one of them.

To that end, she gives them a short survey at the beginning of the year to see what interests them, then meets with them individually.

“If they’re into video games, well, I tell them I have my own game room,” she said. “I’m a gamer myself.

We can connect that way. If you’re into science, I talk to them about science because I’m a big science head.”

By finding that connection, Evans can then devise a plan that will not only help them graduate high school, but prepare them for college and beyond.

“Sometimes these kids will be invisible to other people,” she said. “I make them visible. You just have to talk to them and be real with them.

“One of the first things I do with them is lay down a path. I ask, ‘what do you want to be when you get out of here?’ We talk to each other. If they want to be an

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James Aiani, a 2013 Viera High School graduate, has been named Employee of the Year.

parents, and our community are impacted by Mr. Aiani.

He is quick, efficient, helpful, and always is able to problem solve and assist.

“In a year in which we are embracing blended learning and additional technology challenges, Mr. Aiani has stepped up and gone above and beyond to support our staff.”

Getting a chance to do what he loves and to be able to do it at the same place where he once roamed the halls as a student has turned into an ideal situation for Aiani.

“I love it,” he said. “I love coming to work every day. I love the Viera culture. We’re one big family there.” V V

‘Inspiring’ Evans named Viera High Teacher of the Year

BY CARL KOTALA

Maryann Evans doesn’t consider the people walking into her Viera High School classroom to be just students.

And they’re certainly not just a number or a warm body filling a seat.

“When you come into my class, you’re my family,” Evans said. “They’re my kids

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Viera High School teacher Maryann Evans has been at the school since it opened. She is the school's Teacher of the Year.

engineer, here’s what you need to do to be an engineer.

Let’s lay a pathway to engineering.”

In addition to teaching for the past 25 years — 17 of them in Brevard County — the 55-year-old Evans also is active in the community.

She is the sponsor of Viera High’s Environmental Club; a volunteer for the Monarch Watch Organization; a Skywarn spotter for the National Weather Service; a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International and the leader of the Charismatic Prayer Group at St. John the Evangelist Catholic community.

Being named Viera’s Teacher of the Year is quite an honor.

“It’s amazing,” she said.

“I’m blessed with all of my colleagues, my family of Hawks. I’m humbled.” V V

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Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy held a ceremony Oct. 23 to open its Tiger Athletic complex.

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Marcus Maye hasn’t forgotten his former school as Holy Trinity Episcopal recently conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open its new athletic complex.

Maye, a standout safety for the New York Jets, made a significant gift to his alma mater. It will fund the Marcus Maye Strength and Conditioning Center at the new complex.

Maye is a 2012 graduate of Holy Trinity. After starring for the Tigers, Maye went on to play football for the University of Florida.

In 2017, he was drafted by the New York Jets.

On Oct. 23, Holy Trinity held a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the $5.5 million Tiger Athletic Complex. It includes the latest generation NFL-quality artificial turf field that features CoolPlay technology. There also is a Plexitrac athletic track and field surface.

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Kathee and Tom Jones discuss her award-winning necklace, "Once Upon a Time," that won an award in the Art Gallery of Viera’s last show, Love Works.

Kathee Jones, left, and her student, Teri Mahnken, look at Mahnken’s jewelry design.

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Kathee Jones' unique jewelry is on display at the Art Gallery of Viera.

Kathee Jones employs an ancient art to wrap precious stones

BY JUDY BERMAN Kathee Kit Jones and her husband, Tom, design unique jewelry with their earrings, bracelets and necklaces that highlight the ancient art of Chainmaille.

Chainmaille is created with small metal rings linked together. Their styles of

Byzantine, Full Persian, Helm Weave and Box Weave are on display at the Art Gallery of Viera in The Avenue.

Both own Waterfront Street Jewelry, an online company.

Their jewelry uses a lot of raw copper, and the weaves wrap around precious stones.

“They’re universally

interesting. They’re all oneof-a-kind. I think my work is unexpected,” said Kathee Jones of Melbourne.

Tom Jones views their designs as “something you would want to take home to your wife.”

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day. I’m the same way,” Tom Jones said.

Both took an interest in learning this art about six years ago. YouTube tutorials helped her learn how to make the jewelry designs. As she practiced the craft, she learned.

She teaches the technique in classes at the gallery.

“We learn from one another. That’s why the gallery’s so good,” Kathee Jones said.

Their advice for those who want to learn jewelry design: Find a good mentor, be open to feedback and patience is key.

“Everybody wants to be the best right away, but it takes time,” Tom Jones said.

One of Jones’ students, Teri Mahnken, said that, prepandemic, she was looking to learn something different, and Jones' classes were a perfect fit.

“I like to work with

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beads and cabochon,” said Mahnken, a resident of Indian Harbour Beach.

Cabochon is an undrilled stone — rounded on one side and flat on the reverse.

The process “was intimidating at first. Then you feel you’ve accomplished something when you’re done,” said Mahnken, who already has sold some of the pieces she’s made in class.

Tom Jones is working on wire trees. He joked that these trees are more lowmaintenance than bonsai trees, as his creations don’t grow or require watering.

For Kathee Jones, she’s designing greeting cards as well as earrings for the holidays.

“I have always had the soul of an artist. My creations pour out of me in many forms. I write. I paint. I take photos and I design jewelry,” Kathee Jones said. V V

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Charm of old shacks, nautical scenes intrigue watercolorist Ed Carlson

BY JUDY BERMAN Watercolorist Ed Carlson is captivated by the sight of weathered and worn shacks on the coastal waters.

He’s done a few snow scenes, too, portraying his upbringing in upstate New York and Indiana.

“I paint what I want to do and where I want to live and spend my time,” Carlson said.

Painting modern structures where everything is horizontal and perfectly vertical holds no appeal for him. He loves painting the charming old fishing shacks with their weathered wood.

“Depending on the time of day and the way the light is catching it, it has grays and silvers and purples in it when you look at it a different way. That’s the way I paint them,” Carlson said.

If you can’t paint a straight line, he joked, those are the kind of things you want to paint.

“You want to paint a roof that looks like it’s about ready to collapse,” the Satellite Beach resident said.

As a sailor, he loves cruising the waterways with his wife, Pat, and being on the lookout for those quiet moments of nautical scenes and tropical beauty.

His paintings, “Trout for Breakfast” and “Early Morning Angler,” reflect his passion and are among his paintings on display at the Art Gallery of Viera in The Avenue.

“Early Morning Angler”

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Ed Carlson’s painting “Trout for Breakfast” is on display at the Art Gallery of Viera.

began as a theme for an art workshop he did. He gave those in his class a 1-inch hardware brush, which is very coarse and the hairs are far apart.

“I said ‘we’re going to do this entire painting with this, and we got these really wild effects. We splattered the whole painting,” Carlson said.

Tom Jones, a watercolorist who has instructed Carlson, had encouraged Carlson to teach art. Jones said Carlson is a “natural talent with passion.”

“What Ed tells his students is: ‘You have to remain a child when painting.’”

“When you see a child painting, in their minds, they’re playing. It’s important to learn to play

again. You’ll be much freer in your work,” Jones said.

In one class, a student questioned why another student’s painting was so much better than her own. That’s a land mine no

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Artistic opportunity evolves from AvantMask contest

BY GEORGE WHITE Masks and facial coverings have become a necessary but fashionable part of life, providing a new option for artistic expression celebrated in the Art Gallery of Viera’s AvantMask competition ending Oct. 9.

Masks carry with them a mixed bag of emotions, some unpleasant, according to the AGOV website open call for submissions.

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Jaime Meagher was the head judge.

“They can be looked at as hope, safety and also a reminder of the pain and suffering happening all around us," Adam Palumbo said. They can bring feelings of security and at times discomfort. AvantMask is an opportunity to share those very feelings.”

AvantMask is not intended to create masks for actual safety or everyday use but to evolve the idea of a mask into a work of art.

The range of emotion related to masks was reflected in the variety of allowed mediums used for the AvantMasks, including adding accessories and using unique materials.

“Whether it's leather, silk, chains or fabric just make it exciting, thought provoking and wearable," Palumbo

said. "Wood, twine, rope or any other material you can imagine can be used to produce your Avant-guard mask.”

AvantMask was not intended to create masks for actual safety or everyday use but to evolve the idea of a mask into a work of art.

That wide-open description yielded pleasant creative surprises for the finals, said judge Jamie Meagher, the longtime curator for Pizza Gallery. He said the idea for the contest was spurred by the times we live in.

“That’s why I like this type of open form because it doesn’t limit the artist into one particular style and allows them to have their own interpretation,’’ Meagher said.

The most prolific entrant, with a total of 11 mostly architectural masks, including the winning submission of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was professional designer Janna Kennedy of St. Petersburg, who was born and raised in the Melbourne area.

“One of the criteria was for the mask to tell a story and hers was the most relevant and timely,’’ Meagher said.

The second place mask woven from blue cotton cord called “Blue Plague” offered a visual reference of the longnosed masks used to treat patients during the Black Plague. Artist Nancy Bindig of Merritt Island started a couple of other submissions using papier-mache, but returned to her favorite medium of basketry, in which she has a Masters of Fine Arts. “I went back to what I know,’’ she said. V V

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This mask titled "Morph" by Deon Donovan made it to the finals.

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Janna Kennedy’s winning submission of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg captivated the judge.

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"Aqua's Return," top, by Erica Patino and "Blue Plague" by Nancy Bindig are both showing at the AvantMask art exhibition at the Art Gallery of Viera located at The Avenue Viera.

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Artist Nancy Bindig won runner-up for the popular vote for her basket weave mask titled "Blue Plague."

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AvantMask winner, now an accomplished designer, has local roots

BY GEORGE WHITE Winning the AvantMask competition at the Art Gallery of Viera with her timely Ruth Bader Ginsburg entry — and submitting a total of 11 masks for the contest — was natural for Brevard County native and accomplished professional designer Janna Kennedy, who now resides in St. Petersburg.

The 3D mask design shows the tiny statured Ginsburg standing as a symbolic pillar of the U.S. Supreme Court with graffiti lettering “Notorious RBG” on the columns.

“It was meant to show how towering she was,’’ Kennedy said.

Her second favorite art mask? An upside down bat.

As a child growing up in Melbourne, her mother encouraged Kennedy to draw and color and taught her how to sew, beginning a lifelong love affair with drawing, painting and sewing fabrics for costuming.

The Melbourne High School graduate (1974) attended Brevard Community College. Her first job was as a portrait artist for the summer at Six Flags over Georgia. Later,

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Janna Kennedy holds her second favorite art mask, an upside down bat.

she airbrushed T-shirts in Panama City Beach while earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from Florida State University. She spent several years painting sets for the Asolo State Theater — FSU’s graduate acting conservatory.

In 1984, she moved to New York City to the historic neighborhood of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. In the mid-1990s, she created a nonprofit mini-theater company called Halloween 313. This community-based organization produced 23 years of live Halloween shows on her front lawn in

Clinton Hill.

And along the way, she created programs for Disneyland Paris and The Disney Catalog and frequently traveled internationally for research.

After 25 years in New York City, Kennedy moved back to her home state to work as a designer in St. Petersburg’s Artist Enclave of Historic Kenwood, a small-scale home business supporting the visual, performing and cultural arts while maintaining the historic residential character. V V

VIERA VOICE Adam Palumbo

"Marie Antoinette at the Guillotine" is one of many masks by Janna Kennedy that is showing at the AvantMask art exhibition.

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Mask makers expand to help their communities and beyond

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

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

Now it is making thousands.

Jill Blue, publisher of Viera Voice and Senior Life, contacted their organization to acquire masks for complimentary senior COVID-19 PPE kits. They responded by donating 800 masks for the Senior Life Drive-Thru Senior Expo.

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

Project Linus coordinator Mary Ann Laverty and the rest of her team have been so grateful for all the support and positive responses from the community and those who received masks. Even some recipients have joined the cause.

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

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

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helping another group of people” Laverty said. “I just want to thank everyone who has helped so long.

So thankful for them and appreciate all their effort.”

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

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

Their efforts are not for profit, with the volunteers generously giving their time

and materials. They said everyone who has received masks, ranging from schools to hospitals, has been very grateful.

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

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

With a desire to help others wherever the need arose, the McFadden family has sent out more than 900 masks. From the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa, to the U.S. Air Force Base and schools in Yokota, Japan, and a Marine base in Spain,

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the McFadden’s masks have served many.

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

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

They have received overwhelming expressions of thanks from their recipients.

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

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New construction at the Promenade Shoppes of Suntree has been busily underway the past few weeks. Last February, the plaza, located at 6451 N. Wickham Road, underwent a major overhaul when its northern half was cleared to make room for new construction of an ALDI grocery store.

The framework of the building, with its prominent storefront design, officially announces a soon-to-be ALDI presence in Suntree.

David Moreton of R.A. Rogers Construction Company is project manager for the new construction.

“We are excited to confirm that construction is underway for the new Melbourne store, which will now open next year,” Rachel Fuchs, associate for media relations for ALDI, wrote in an email. “We look forward to expanding our footprint in the area in 2021.”

“Construction should be

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“It’s going up quick,” she added. “Originally, I heard it would be finished by March.

If they have good weather, it will probably be before that.”

The layout of the Suntree store will be similar to other stores since ALDI wants its customers to feel like they are shopping at their local store, Fuchs said, A typical store is approximately 12,000 square feet of retail space with four to six aisles.

The new ALDI also will bring job opportunities to the Suntree area.

“Each store, including our new Melbourne store, will employ about 15, 20 people,”

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The Blake at Viera assisted living and memory care coming soon

BY GEORGE WHITE The Blake at Viera, a retirement and assisted living facility with memory care, will provide a new high-end choice in an area chosen for being attractive to relatives and friends visiting their loved ones.

To be located on a fiveacre lot adjacent to the new traffic circle at Lake Andrew Drive and Porada Drive, The Blake at Viera will feature 68 assisted living units and 33 memory care units and will employ about 60 staff members. Groundbreaking is expected in the fourth quarter of 2020 with construction to take about 14 months, said Scott Creason, director of new development for Blake Management Group (BMG). It manages 17 communities in seven states that are either under construction or in operation.

Owner and developer, Cardinal Ventures, which also has a West Orlando site underway, wants to expand in the Viera area as part of a Central Florida expansion initiative. Blake communities are currently located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

“We typically look for planned mixed-used traditional neighborhood developments. We try

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to locate in more of a vibrant setting in terms of restaurants and retail. Adult children when they visit their parents want a lot of activities nearby,’’ said Harrison Young, a principal member with Cardinal Ventures which owns BMG. The Blake at Viera will feature a variety of suites, offering flexible floor plans, an active living program with social, emotional and physical engagement, chefprepared meals served restaurant-style daily with healthy snacks available throughout the day. It also will offer concierge services to assist in resident transportation and family communication needs, housekeeping services, salon,

home value and (Viera) met all those thresholds,’’ Young said.

The site plan for the project is valid for three years with infrastructure

activity rooms, movie room, on-site physical therapy clinic and gathering rooms.

The memory care suites, designed for residents who experience memory loss from Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, will feature a monitoring system to match each resident’s behavioral pattern, customized wellness programs with amenities customized for memory care residents.

Blake Management Group (BMG) is a privately held senior living operator formed in 2007 to develop upscale communities.

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Pineda bridge over railroad tracks will improve traffic flow

BY GEORGE WHITE Completion of the overpass above the Florida East Coast Railway tracks at the Pineda Causeway is slated for December but, considering normal delays and COVID-19related challenges, county officials are reluctant to name an exact end date for the $24 million Major General John Cleland Memorial Bridge funded by the Florida Department of Transportation.

“Suffice to say, we have had to push this back a couple of dates already, and we’re hoping to avoid any additional delays."

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“Suffice to say, we have had to push this back a couple of dates already, and we’re hoping to avoid any additional delays,’’ said county spokesman Don

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Walker, who helped organize a Sept. 26 dedication ceremony, which was originally planned for the completion. It was held early to include family and friends of Cleland, of Viera, who passed away in 2017 at age 92.

Once completed, the four-lane span will elevate motorists approximately 24 feet above the railroad tracks west of U.S. 1 and near Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, which has its own traffic signal. It should improve regular traffic flow, currently at 33,000 vehicles per day, off the barrier islands because there is no longer a need to stop for trains, now averaging 14 freight trains a day with expectation for at least 10 more commuter trains daily in 2022.

The overpass was required by the FEC Railway at the time of the Pineda extension and widening to Interstate 95. It was a condition to granting the county permission to widen the crossing from two to four lanes, earlier said Georganna Gillette, the executive director of the Space Coast Transportation

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An aerial photo shows construction of the overpass above the Florida East Coast Railway tracks at the Pineda Causeway.

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The causeways in Brevard are extremely important for hurricane evacuation and to get the necessary resources back to the barrier islands after the storm has passed. Pineda Causeway is considered a Military Access

Facility in that it provides direct access to the Patrick Air Force Base’s southern gate on State Road 404 at South Patrick Drive, she said.

The original planning for the bridge project occurred prior to the announcement of Brightline’s desire to

operate more trains through Brevard County.

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Terraces. Theater. Varied entertainment options.

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Award-winning golf course nearby.

That tempting combination of amenities, and more, will be available to the active senior residents of the new resort-style Sonata East at Viera, adjacent to Sonata Viera.

Even though the luxury facility is slated to open in late summer or early fall of 2021, interest in reserving one of the 88 well-appointed apartment homes has been brisk since the complex, which also includes 30 Serenades memory care units, recently started accepting reservations at its newly opened Leasing Center.

The new community, located at 4206 Breslay Drive, dovetails with the neighboring Sonata Viera to encompass everything residents will want or need at different stages of their lives.

“The expansion allows us to create a full continuum of care all on one campus; providing all residents the perfect lifestyle regardless of their needs with independent living, assisted living and memory care,” said Shelley Esden, the chief operating officer of parent company Sonata Senior Living, based in Central Florida and operating exclusively in the state.

Sonata East’s design has even taken into account lessons learned from the pandemic.

“Sonata East at Viera has intentionally created a master design that will include many safety and technology features that have been developed through what COVID and quarantine has taught us,” said Bridget Perers, the regional director of business development.

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Bridget M. Perers, left, is the regional director of business development at Sonata East at Viera. Tonya Morales is the community relations director at Sonata East at Viera.

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“The newest innovations in safety and technology have been thoughtfully integrated into the design of Sonata East at Viera and to promote the independence, health, connectivity and wellness of our residents,” Esden added.

Adjacent to the Viera VA Outpatient Clinic, Sonata East should prove popular

with veterans, particularly since the facility is offering significant discounts to retired members of the military.

Golf carts can whisk residents to nearby Duran Golf Club or to shopping and the movies at The Avenue Viera. For folks who prefer letting someone else do the driving, scheduled transportation also will be available. V V

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Galligan, 33, has served Brevard County in Palm Bay for six years and decided to open her solo practice at 7954 North Wickham Road. Open for two months and already boasting 125 patients, a ribbon-cutting was held Oct. 14 with more than 70 people attending.

Guests included several fellow Suntree dental practitioners. “It’s a big achievement to open your own office,” Dr. Andrew Langston said. The oral surgeon moved two years ago to an office nearly across Wickham Road. “If I have a patient without a general dentist, I’ll refer them to her, and I can do implants for her patients,” he said.

Dr. Carl Jones, an orthodontist at the nearby Brevard Orthodontics, said he’s pleased to have another dental office nearby. “I’m glad to see a new business coming in here. I think it’s the first since the pandemic

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Attendees of the fourth and final expo will enter the Melbourne Square Mall at the south entrance of Macy’s.

They will remain in their car as they visit each of the exhibitors.

Free COVID-19 supply kits will be given to the first 200 cars. Besides gifts and information packets distributed by each of the exhibitors at each tent, Senior Life will give away a free Big Red Bag. It will be stuffed full of senior resources, information and giveaways.

Attendees are asked to remain in their car as they drive through the expo.

Exhibitors and the event staff will wear masks and conform to social distancing.

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Nelson’s oil paintings illustrate Alexander’s poem that brings to life the struggles of African Americans and celebrates their many achievements throughout our country’s history.

Kadir Nelson grew up in New Jersey and San Diego, where he started drawing when he was just 3 years old. Today, he mostly uses oil paints to create his images.

Nelson, who is 44, lives in Los Angeles.

He told a reporter that Alexander’s poem “really spoke to me. ... I have to step into the shoes of whoever I’m portraying” and create art that honors those people.

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The 2020 winner of the John Newbery Medal, awarded to an author for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children, is “New Kid” by Jerry Craft.

He is also the illustrator of the graphic novel.

“New Kid” also won this year’s Coretta Scott King Author Book Award, which recognizes an African American author of outstanding books for children and young adults.

Craft’s main character, Jordan, has left his neighborhood school to attend a challenging private school. But between his old friends and his new classmates, he doesn’t really feel as if he fits in anywhere.

Jerry Craft has published many books as an author and illustrator. He’s also the creator of a syndicated comic strip, Jerry Craft “Mama’s Boyz,” that appeared in newspapers from 1995 to 2013.

“I wanted to give 10-year-old Jerry Craft a book he could read and say was his own,” Craft told a reporter. “The things I had to read in school couldn’t have been further from my life.”

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John Newbery Medal

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The 2020 Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children was awarded to Kadir Nelson for illustrating “The Undefeated”

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• 2 medium flour tortillas • 2 tablespoons salsa

What to do: 1. Scramble eggs with cheese; sprinkle with salt and pepper.

2. Stir in ham during last part of cooking eggs.

3. Heat tortillas in microwave for 15 seconds.

4. Divide egg mixture between the 2 tortillas.

5. Top each tortilla with 1 tablespoon salsa. Roll into cylinders. Serves 2.

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2. Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue away.

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Sunday

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Time Change

Sunday in the Park

3 p.m.

Outdoor concert with the Swingtimers Vocal Trio Rockledge United Methodist Church 1935 S. Fiske Blvd.

Rockledge, 321-724-0555

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Monday

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Tuesday

Monday

3

Virtual Parkinson’s Support Group

10 - 11 a.m.

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

One Senior Place, 321-751-6771

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Marine Corps Birthday Casino Night 5:30 - 9:30 p.m.

HBCA membership drive Ticket includes, casino entry, $5,000 in playing chips, drinks, DJ, and more.

Club 52 Greyhound Park Melbourne, 321-254-3700

Open Pickleball

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

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

Adagio Sax Quartet 3 p.m.

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

Melbourne, 321-724-0555

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

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5 - 6 p.m.

Equipment provided Viera Regional Community Center 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera, 321-258-1054

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Stroller exercises Viera Regional Community Center 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera, 386-341-6779

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Saturday

11 a.m.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey, guest.

Reservations required.

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

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

Sibelius & Brahms Concert Stream

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Open Basketball

Space Coast Lightfest

2020 Central Florida Car Show

Veterans Day

Drive-In Veterans Day Fireworks Celebration

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1 - 4 p.m.

Join your friends to play Pickleball. $2 per person Viera Regional Community Center, gym 321-433-4891

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Walk/run starts at 5:30 p.m.

Memorial run/walk to celebrate Mikey Goodwin.

James H. Nance Park Indialantic Mikeystrong5k.org

10 - 11 a.m.

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

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5:30 - 6:30 p.m. $8 per class/$50 per month Viera Regional Community Center 2300 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera, 321-474-8205

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Mikeystrong for a Cure 5K Zumba with Jackie

Dec. 2

Lunch and Learn presented by Personal Hearing Solutions.

One Senior Place 8085 Spyglass Hill Road Viera, 321-751-6771

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21 Art Gallery of Viera 2251 Town Center Avenue Suite 105 The Avenue Viera 6 - 8 p.m.

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Auction

Car collection and more Online and Live 10 a.m.

Cliff Schuler Auctioneers 422 Julia Street, Titusville 321-267-8563

Light Up Viera Holiday Parade Starts with fireworks, 6 p.m.

Dec. 4

Dec. 5

Caroling at the Avenue

Caroling at the Avenue

7 p.m.

VCA Stingrays Carolers will stroll around The Avenue.

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Free 9 - 10 a.m.

The instructor will be monitoring and enforcing social distancing.

The Avenue, Central Park

11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Trophies in 14 classes plus mayor’s choice and best in show.

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12 - 6 p.m. Nov. 27 - 29 Four women-owned startup businesses will feature their products.

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Dec 3

7 p.m.

Brevard Symphony Orchestra streamed concert.

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Tinnitus and Hearing Loss Live Paint Night 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Music & More

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Centrio Roaming Carolers will stroll around The Avenue.

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Nov. 13 to Jan. 3 – Drive through only Dec. 4, 5 and 6 — Stroll through – no cars 6:30 - 10 p.m.

Wickham Park 2785 Leisure Way 321-720-4109

5 - 6:30 p.m. $2 per person 7:30 p.m.

Viera Regional Spectators are asked to remain in their vehicles and Community Center 2300 Judge Fran park in a designated spot.

Jamieson Way Melbourne Square Mall Viera, 321-433-4891 321-608-7265

Open Pickleball

4:15 - 5:15 p.m.

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

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Drive-Thru Senior Expo Senior Life Melbourne

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Line Dancing – Beginners

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Sweat Like A Mother

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Medicaid Planning

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Bath, home safety emphasized in approach of new business

BY BRENDA EGGERT BRADER

Realizing a need for easily obtainable household grab bars, Michael Childs created his LLC and began a business under that umbrella called Same Day Grab Bars. Now he is called “a godsend,� he says with a chuckle. “I started the business on Jan. 1, this year. The number one thing people tell me is ‘you are a godsend,’ because they couldn’t find anyone who wanted to do it. We have been really busy even with COVID-19. “The same day premise of the business is that they are installed easily, you don’t have to order online and we have 75 to 80 grab bars on the truck. The more you buy, the more discount.

(There’s a) free estimate on

site before we start and it is easy to do them,� Childs said. “We are usually in and out of your life in an hour and a half.�

"The number one thing people tell me is ‘you are a godsend,’ because they couldn’t find anyone who wanted to do it." — Michael Childs

What makes the service different is the ease of order and service. Call the customer number, schedule an appointment and the rest remains up to Same Day Grab Bars. “The installer will do a safety evaluation, offer

suggestions and discuss placement based on your needs,� Childs says. “We show up and do our job all in one visit convenience. “We have every color and option under the sun and carry satin smooth and textured stainless finishes. Either one works; some people just like the texture of the smooth bar and how it feels.�

But the bars don’t stop at just stainless or just for the bathroom. Bars are smooth, peened, knurled or a ‘Sure Grip’ texture. They come in stainless or mat finishes, white, bisque, brass or black and everything from straight bars to something curved with design or featuring a shampoo caddy, soap dish or towel bar addition.

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It’s not just kids who say the darndest things

I keep telling people I grew old, not up.

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

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to bring a little known fact to light. Remember I did a column some months ago titled “Kids Say The Darndest Things?�

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

Here are some quotes for example. “Don’t think of it as hot flashes. Think of it as your inner child playing with matches.� Or how about, “At my age, the only way to be smokin’ hot is to get cremated.�

Then there’s this one, “The last guy that kept me up all night was Mr.

Coffee.� My favorite is “OMG I’m rich. Silver in the hair, gold in the teeth, crystals in the kidneys, lead in the butt, iron in the arteries, and an inexhaustible supply of natural gas!�

You know we’re actually kinda lucky to be this age. Think about it. At least all the stupid stuff we did was before the internet and the friends who witnessed us? Well, let’s just say their computer isn’t the only thing out of memory. Now, what was I talking about? VV

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playing my air guitar, singing at the top of my lungs and doing the Cupid Shuffle. However, after each of my fun events, my knees remind me that gravity has been dragging me down for more than six decades.

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

So since my fun loving side hasn’t matured for the last 4½ decades I decided

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Why muck is a bad thing and what to do about it

What is Muck?

It’s the black mayonnaise that covers the bottom of much of the Indian River Lagoon. It smothers seagrass, clams and other bottom dwellers. Lying there, it produces a flux accounting for nearly 25 percent of the nitrogen and phosphorous feeding algae blooms each year. It’s bad.

How did it get there?

Muck is the accumulated goo from our development through the past 50 years.

It's made up of whatever has been dumped or washed into the Indian River Lagoon — utility wastewater (now prohibited) and septic system leakage; silt and clay from construction and sod; organic

It is the weekend and relaxing is in order: home bathroom is the place; full self-pampering is the game.

Armed with some fragrant shampoo, coarse body scrub, anti-stress body wash and facial exfoliating cream, the process begins. It might come as a surprise, but these products can contain a hidden ingredient harmful to the environment — microbeads.

According to beatthemicrobead.org, “Microbeads are a kind of microplastic with specific function for scrubbing or exfoliating. In cosmetics, microplastic refers to all types of tiny plastic particles (smaller than 5 mm) that

are intentionally added to cosmetics and personal care products. They are often used as emulsifying agents or just as cheap fillers.”

Microplastics can be identified by many different unpronounceable names. Polyethylene (PE), Polypropylene (PP), Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), Nylon (PA), Polyurethane, and Acrylates Copolymer are some of them according to beatthemicrobead.org guideto-microplastics.

Wash them off and there they go, down the drain mixed with the clean water that comes into the bathroom straight from our public water system,

Lagoon Straight Talk From the Brevard Indian River Lagoon Coalition

matter, grass clippings and leaves; the accumulated dirt and deposits on streets, roofs and driveways.

What are we doing about it?

We have really begun to clean up this residual mess. A number of important projects are underway. Some have been completed and most are summarized in the county’s Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL) plan.

The most obvious are the muck dredging projects,

where thousands of tons of muck are removed from the bottom by suction dredges.

The muck is pumped to sites where the water is extracted, treated and returned to the Indian River Lagoon, and the solids are dried and disposed of in suitable landfills.

Dredging projects have been completed or are in process at Sykes Creek, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Turkey Creek, Grand Canal and Mims.

Other SOIRL projects such as baffle boxes, retention

ponds, the conversion of septic systems to sewerage treatment and the planting of native vegetation are reducing the buildup of muck.

One very important step was taken in the late 1990s when Clean Water Act enforcement required wastewater utilities to stop dumping effluent into the Indian River Lagoon.

For a summary of projects completed, go to preview. tinyurl.com/y5ljlem2 VV

designed to treat organic materials, not hazardous chemicals or very tiny pieces of plastic — in other words, microplastics cannot be removed from the water through a common treatment process.

Once the wastewater arrives at the treatment plant, the plant cleans the water using various techniques to remove and reduce pollutants.

Microplastics travel from tank to tank through filters all the way through pipes and, with the treated water, they flow back to a local water body.

Anything that the treatment plant cannot remove from the water through the cleaning process will remain in the water and that is the water released into local waterways to be used again for any number of purposes, such as supplying drinking water, irrigating crops and sustaining aquatic

life, according to epa.gov/ npdes/pubs/centralized_ brochure.pdf.

Materials that are small enough to go through undetected will circulate over and over again in our waters, accumulating in the water with other materials added in the next trip around. To protect the quality of our waters, it is important to stop the influx of those materials at the source.

Microplastic-free water begins at the shop. When you select the products you purchase, check if they include microplastics as one of their ingredients by searching the product or brand at beatthemicrobead. org/product-lists. If they do, you can break the cycle and shorten the microplastic voyage by leaving that product on the shelf and switching to one with zero plastic inside. VV Email Marcia Booth at Marcia@RecycleBrevard.org.

From bathrooms to waterways, the voyage of microplastics continues

Solution, Puzzle page 33

BEYOND the CURB Marcia Booth

President & Founder, Recycle Brevard

which in our area processes the distribution of an average 23 million gallons of water per day.

To top it off, flowerscented body lotion and spring-scented antiperspirant deodorant, which will go down the drain in the next shower, and minty toothpaste – aahhh …. What a treat!

Any residue of product on our skin and in our hair and basically anything that is washed down the drains or flushed will travel through the pipes of our sewer system to a wastewater treatment plant.

Treatment plants are

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Pumpkin Patch focuses on charities with fall fun SPECIAL TO VIERA VOICE Despite obstacles with COVID-19 and the worldwide pandemic, the Church at Viera held its annual Pumpkin Patch during the month of October.

Children and adults enjoyed the local fundraiser, which helped local families in Brevard County and global partners in Costa Rica, Haiti, Peru and India.

There’s nothing like pumpkins and pumpkin pie to bring on the flavor of fall and autumn fun.

The Pumpkin Patch was held from Oct. 11 to 31. It was open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday during that span and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday during that time period.

Volunteers helped set up the event, unload pumpkins, operate the facility during the three-week period and clean up the event the day after Halloween.

For information, call 321-259-3454 or go to churchatviera.com/events/ pumpkin-patch. V V

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Pumpkins are an important part of the fall season.

The Bleich family of Viera enjoyed the Pumpkin Patch.

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Spinning tales about tracking devices for wild animals, vertebrates and invertebrates are vital to the planet. To ensure their survival, various devices are placed on these creatures to obtain and analyze invaluable information on habitat, movement, migration, mortality and more.

The great white shark, for example, is an indicator of ocean health since it can can be tracked by a SPOT (smart position or temperature) tag mounted on the first dorsal fin. It is painless since a fin lacks nerve supply; transmissions to the satellite occur when the shark’s fin breaks the surface. Another device is an acoustic tag which is surgically implanted in the stomach; the transmitter emits ultrasonic pings to a receiver on the ocean floor. A dart acoustic tag, less disturbing to apply, often is installed on the easily stressed hammerhead shark.

The baleen whale, a mammal as well as an indicator of ocean health, can be tagged with a noninvasive, short-term (24 hours) archival tag. The device has a suction cup, which is positioned at the end of a long stick in order to place it on the back of the whale when it is napping or eating at the surface.

An accelerometer records data; the tag falls off and is retrieved and reused.

The bear, a necessary predator and maintainer of ecosystems, can display a plastic tag in both ears; color usually provides identification or represents the year tagged. Often, a collar which emits signals — radio telemetry — is attached to the sometimes anesthetized bear.

Monitoring occurs from the ground or air. This device initially brought awareness of the threatened grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park. The remote polar bear is surveyed with satellite/ GPS (global positioning system) telemetry.

The honeybee, an insect, is the essential pollinator.

The RFID (radio frequency identification) tag is used to track the bee’s activities.

With forceps, it is glued on the thorax (midsection) of the chilled bee — like a backpack. Retrieved information helps farmers attract honeybees. RFID is similarly used for electronic highway toll collection.

The butterfly, another insect, likewise pollinates.

The monarch is famous for its seasonal migration and is tagged to follow its journey from original capture to the point of recovery. By gently pinching the head, a small sticker tag is applied to the large discal cell on the underside of the hindwing.

Flight is not hindered.

The bird, an essential wildflower pollinator, is sometimes banded (ringed) for identification by the placement of a small numbered metal or plastic ring attached to the leg; a plastic wing tag is placed on a larger bird. A golden eagle can wear a GPS transmitter strapped like a backpack to study migration.

Undeniably, improperly placed devices can falsify information, impair movement, induce infection and even cause death.

However, researchers strive for the absolute safety of any animal — whether placing a radioactive tag on a mole, injecting a PIT (passive integrated transponder) in a snake cavity or gluing a PIT on a mussel shell.

Sadly, poachers, hunters or fishermen pursue signals transmitted from tagged creatures. Despite these transgressions, researchers save many animals by tracking.

Conservation of wild animals through acquired data ensures that they will continue to sustain ecosystems and thus sustain the planet. VV

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