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Former space engineer Dave Bonnar is realistic about funding problems that could limit future projects.

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NASA might do well to listen to Dave Bonnar, who for 48 years worked in many aspects of the space program since its infancy. The man definitely knows space.

Falling for the allure of space after watching the film “Destination Moon” in 1950, Bonnar headed for a career in the then-infant field, via an aerospace degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.

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design rockets for them,” said Bonnar, who moved to Viera in 2004. Before departing for Brevard, Bonnar had directed a group of rocket experts in the Boeing Phantom Works Division in Huntington Beach, Calif.

“Boeing moved me here to support work we were doing for NASA on large rocket designs.”

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Panelists for the Jan. 11 Human Trafficking Symposium included Master Sgt. Patrick Guckian of the Metropolitan Orlando Police Department, left, Erin Wirsing of Devereux, assistant statewide prosecutor Diane Checcio of the Florida Attorney General’s Office, Diane Scott of the Children’s Advocacy Center, Human Trafficking Task Force supervisor Sgt. Dave Allmond of the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation and Sue Aboul-hosn of the Florida Department of Children’s Services.

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from the Viera/Suntree area Jan. 11, Human Trafficking Awareness Day. The Eastern Florida State College Cocoa campus symposium organized by District 8 U.S. Congressman Bill Posey’s office in Viera drew hundreds of community leaders from government, nonprofit and faith-based agencies, churches and businesses and included parents, grandparents, students, teachers and volunteers.

“These victims are vulnerable and have been emotionally groomed,” said Erin Wirsing, the DELTA program manager for commercially sexually exploited children at Devereux Florida. A growing number of youngsters rescued from human trafficking receive treatment services at the Devereux residential school in Viera.

“They don’t even realize they are in human trafficking and in most cases don’t identify as a victim at all.

That makes it very difficult to get them out of that life and keep them out.”

Working together was one of the key solutions listed to winning the hearts of victims and shackling their perpetrators. The symposium itself was a bringing together of many agencies.

The Children’s Advocacy Center of Brevard in Suntree is a collaboration all its own, a central clearing house where an abused child, including human trafficking victims, can be taken, and law enforcement, child abuse investigators, medical professionals, counselors and case managers and more converge in a child-friendly environment rather than having to shuttle the child from location to location.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, State Attorney Phil Archer, the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security, the Florida Department of Children and Families, The East Coast Human Trafficking Task Force, Metropolitan Orlando Police and the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation were just a sampling of the speakers and agencies represented.

Zonta Club of Melbourne, whose mission centers on stopping human trafficking, the Junior League of South Brevard and Space Coast Women In Defense were among the civic organizers.

Break-out session presenter pastor Bill Stanley of the Nomad Church, whose outreach mission centers on rescuing and restoring humanity to victims, paraphrased Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s quote that whatever affects one directly, affects us all indirectly.

“I hope that everyone here will look to do whatever they can to help someone, report a suspicious situation, rather than walk by it. The first step is becoming aware and helping others to become aware,” he said.

Event partners included the Brevard County Tourist Development Council because human trafficking includes forced labor in general — dubbed modern day slavery — and many of the laborers work in hotels and the cruise lines of the local tourism trade, or toil in agriculture. Many workers are promised a very different scenario by brokers, and are threatened with harm of themselves and family members if they try to escape squalid conditions.

“It’s not just a local, state or regional problem, it’s international and must be stopped,” Posey charged by video to open the conference.

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Family singers to perform free Valentine’s Day concert

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Spend Valentine’s Day by experiencing love set to music at one of two free concerts featuring family harmonies.

The Ditchfield Family Singers will perform two free concerts on Valentine’s Day at Riverside Presbyterian Church in Cocoa Beach. The “A Valentine’s Gift” concerts will be held at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and will be a compilation of the family’s most popular numbers.

Led by parents Stephen and Bernice, the group also features their four adult children and two daughtersin-law. Sometimes Stephen and Bernice’s four grandsons take the stage, too.

The Valentine’s Day shows will draw from a vast repertoire of Broadway showstoppers, Big Band favorites, tender love ballads and doo wop tunes from a wide variety of styles and musical genres. The nine-member group will perform together, and in

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The Ditchfield Family Singers will perform on Valentine’s Day at Riverside Presbyterian Church in Cocoa Beach.

smaller solos, duets, trios and quartets. Each married couple will perform a special duet on stage.

Hailing from Sarasota, The Ditchfield Family Singers have been performing together for more than 15 years. Their Christmas concert series is the most popular and the family performs it as many as 25 times per holiday season throughout the southeast

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The pair of concerts are part of Riverside Presbyterian’s Dr. Vernon Boushell Concert Series that also includes an Oratorio Concert performed by the Riverside Chamber Orchestra

and Chorale on March 6, a Spring Concert performed by the Riverside Chamber Orchestra on April 3 and a Patriotic Concert performed by the Space Coast Symphony Winds & Choir on June 26.

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Duran’s third annual Pink Ribbon Classic to benefit local girl

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The Duran Golf Pink Ribbon Classic Golf Tournament is always a special event because of its support of the American Cancer Society.

This year’s event, which takes place Feb. 13, has a more local flavor.

Duran, which splits the proceeds from the event with the Executive Women’s Golf Association (EGWA), has decided to donate its portion to the family of 12-year-old Aubrey Sullivan of Port St. John.

Sullivan was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

“We had come to know that this girl was in need, so we just figured what better way to help than to do that,” Duran head golf pro Matt Morrison said. “That’s why we decided to select her.”

Connors Wealth Management is the title sponsor for the annual event, which is now in its third year.

The four-person golf scramble will kick off with an 8 a.m. shotgun start.

The cost is $85 per player, or $69 for EGWA members and includes an 18-hole round of golf, a cart, range balls and a tee gift. There will also be a luncheon under a ceiling full of pink balloons raised to honor or memorialize loved ones with breast cancer.

There are also a variety of sponsorship packages available ranging from $125 to $1,995.

“It’s a unique event because we have on-course food and beverage — food tasting, beer tasting, wine tasting, stuff like that,” Morrison said.

“It’s a fun event. It’s very lady friendly, but men are certainly welcome to attend.

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Everyone’s encouraged to wear pink.”

Last year’s event drew approximately 110 players and helped raise more than $3,500 for the American Cancer Society.

This year, Morrison is hoping to reach the tournament capacity of 144 players.

Those who take part will know they are directly helping Sullivan, who undergoes chemotherapy treatments every three weeks at Arnold Palmer Hospital.

“Aubrey is very strong and determined to get through this,” her mother, Maria Fisher, said in a statement.

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“When we met, it just hit us right then and there,” Eveline England said.

She was working as a flight attendant for a German airline and John England was there for his sales job in electronics. Eveline’s home airport was in Rome — some 350 miles away from where John was living. Before the days of Internet access and cell phones, Eveline and John talked on the phone when there was distance between them and made the effort to see each other in person as often as they could.

“I was a flight attendant so I got cheaper tickets. He had a Porsche so he would drive to come see me,” she said.

That effort paid off. On Sept. 13, the couple will celebrate their 42nd wedding anniversary. Many cities, a few countries and one son later, the couple still find the most joy in the simple things.

“We don’t go out to eat much. We like to just cook at home and eat our meals together,” John England said.

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“It is such a big step to get married. You have to change your priorities. You need to be asking what can we do together and how are we going to get there?” John said.

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Holy Trinity baseball drawing attention from scouts

BY CARL KOTALA

There are plenty of reasons for the excitement that surrounds the Holy Trinity baseball team.

• The Tigers have most of their players back from last year’s district championship team.

• College and pro scouts figure to be coming to town to get a look at University of Miami commit Tony Jenkins … which means other players will get a chance to be seen as well.

• Although the Tigers are in a new eight-team district, they’ll get to face off against seven other Brevard County schools and potentially get some bragging rights.

“It’s going to be exciting,” Holy Trinity coach Tracy Biggs said. “We have a lot of guys with a lot of talent. I think one of the best things is to get more excitement back out here on the field for us. We’ll have some college

coaches and some [pro] scouts out here because of Jenkins.

“Those are things that have never happened at Holy Trinity before. We’re excited about having that kind of traffic out here.”

Jenkins, a junior who will play third base and the outfield for the Tigers this season, is one of several core players who are worth the attention of not just the scouts, but local baseball fans as well.

“It feels good, not only for myself, but for them to get a chance to look at everyone else and evaluate them,” Jenkins said of the attention.

“It also opens up opportunities for everyone else to go to college somewhere.”

Junior Joc Perry will play third base and be the team’s No. 2 pitcher. He’s drawn interest from scouts for both baseball and football.

Sophomore Jordan Kaplan is the team’s No. 1 pitcher and will also play center field. Jack Szachacz is back to play shortstop and will hit

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Harvey Jenkins, who went 5-1 on the mound last year, is also back and the pitching staff will get another boost when Ryan Bastien returns in late February from a knee injury sustained during football season.

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“We have pretty much the whole team back,” Perry said.

“I think we’re going to be a really good hitting team, and that’s where we need to be strong at.”

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Pitching depth gives Tigers room for optimism

BY CARL KOTALA

The roster may be full of young players, but Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy softball coach John Clarson believes the Tigers will have one big thing working in their favor this season.

“I think the major advantage we’re going to have this year is that we’ve got a No. 2 pitcher,” Clarson said. “With two pitchers, we’re going to be a lot more versatile.”

Sophomore Allison Roach, who carried the load on the mound for the Tigers last year, will be joined by eighthgrader Aylyssa Tougas, who may be young, but has plenty of travel ball experience.

Holy Trinity’s strength on the mound should help the defense, which once again will be led by junior shortstop Talia Douglas, who

has committed to Radford University.

“I think it’s going to be great this year because even though some of our girls left that were kind of the core of the infield, we have some new potential people that have pretty strong arms, like Dominique (Rousseau),” Douglas said. “Her arm is really strong, so I think she’s going to be a great infielder for us at third. We have a lot of pretty good outfielders, too. They’re pretty fast.”

That would include Amelia Anello, who will be one of the Tigers top outfielders this season.

Sarah Kimmerling, whom Clarson said was the team’s most improved player, is also expected to see time at third base after spending last season in center field.

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“We have a lot of young infielders — Sarah Kimmerling, Isabella (Tomasura) — who are really stepping up,” Cohen said.

As for her own position switch, Cohen didn’t think it would be that much of an adjustment.

“I’ve caught before,” Cohen said. “That was my primary position when I was in little league and I’m kind of a utility player — I play wherever they put me.

“I’ll probably be moving all

over the infield. I don’t think [playing catcher is] going to be that big an issue, because I have done it before.”

There is one more change for the Tigers this season: A new district. The team will play Class 5A this year with Astronaut, Titusville, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Melbourne Central Catholic, Satellite and Space Coast.

Though his team is young, Clarson believes there is plenty of potential.

“I’m being optimistic, but I think we can get to the championship game if everything falls into place,” he said. “I’m kind of anxious to get the season started and see where [we’re at].”

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If there is one thing Viera High baseball coach Bob Doty can’t say about this year’s team, it’s that it lacks senior leadership.

After all, he’s got 10 of them.

“We’re senior laden,” Doty said. “Many of them have been with us for a long time.

We’re expecting big things out of these guys.”

That’s because the Hawks don’t just have experience.

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Senior catcher Alex Brait has committed to Florida Gulf Coast University. Senior first baseman Sebastian Samuels signed with Montevallo University during the early signing period and sophomore center fielder Christian Robinson is a University of Florida commit.

“We’re better than last year for sure,” Brait said, citing a number of factors, including an improved infield, better team chemistry and a beefed up coaching staff

that includes several new additions, among them former Florida Marlins bench coach Rob Leary.

With a pitching staff that includes a couple of collegeworthy talents in Bryson Wallace and lefty Zach Kaye, and an offense that could be quite dangerous, the Hawks would certainly appear to be capable of making a run at a district title.

“I think we’re going to swing it well,” Samuels said. “We’ve got a lot of guys who have been here for a while and have a good understanding of who they are as hitters and what they need to do.”

In addition to Brait, Samuels, Wallace and Kaye, the Hawks will be leaning on their senior-rich roster, which also includes Nick Poehailos, Brody Legate, Darren Rodney, Noah Van Alstine and Kenny Payne, to lead the way.

Doty said the theme for this season is “Win the Now” which comes with an emphasis on building team

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“We’re going to see what that does,” Doty said It helps that the seniors are well aware the problem exists and hope to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

“I think it’s just a mindset,’ Samuels said. “You’ve got to play every game like it’s going to be your last, especially for us seniors. This is our last year of playing high school baseball, so we’ve got to have that mindset like this is going to be our last game, no matter who we’re playing or when it is.

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When asked how much coming up just short of making the Final Four last season has motivated them for 2016, Viera High softball co-captains Sydney Brooks, Kiana East, Hayley Hinz and Kaitlyn Jensen all responded in unison: “Really, really motivated,” they said.

With 13 returners from a team that reached the Class 7A regional final and was ranked No. 1 in the state at one point last year, the Hawks are also extremely talented.

So let’s see … motivated, talented … . Should make for an exciting season.

“Person for person, this should be the strongest team that I’ve had,” Viera coach Dale Pierce said. “I say that every year, but last year’s team … they were good, but they’d never been really deep in the playoffs.

“With them going as deep as they did last year, I think they really got a taste for it.”

The Hawks also have a bit of a new look, thanks to some changes to their lineup.

Jensen has moved from shortstop to third. Brooks has moved from the outfield to short. East will be at second when she’s not pitching. When East is on the mound, it will be Kelly Bishop at second with Kim Sugarman at first base.

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Co-captains Haley Hinz, left, Sydney Brooks, Kiana East and Kaitlyn Jensen and the rest of the Viera High softball team have their sights set on a trip to the Final Four this season.

seeing time there as well.

In the outfield, it will be Madison Headley, Hinz (when she’s not pitching) and Carly Kish.

The two newcomers, who should also get a chance to contribute this season, are utility players Taylor Jensen and Zoe Hatley.

Viera’s captains believe there are two factors that should really help them this season.

One is the addition of assistant coach Casey Vassallo, a former Viera player who went on to play at Lynn University. Not only has Vassallo been working the players hard to make sure they’re in top condition, she’s also been imparting her own knowledge of the game and that can have nothing but positive implications.

So, too, can that fact that after spending so much

time together last year — particularly in the playoffs where Viera had to travel to Fort Myers, Punta Gorda and Sarasota — the Hawks are self-aware.

“We know what we’re capable of,” Kaitlyn Jensen said. “… I think we can grow from last year.”

This is also a team that shouldn’t have to worry about building team chemistry because it’s already there.

“Since we had such a lengthy season, we all bonded and played well together, so we definitely know what we’re going into this year,” East said.

“We need another lengthy season,” Hinz added.

All signs are pointing to it.

“We know the game,” Pierce said. “If Kiana East stays healthy, we should do really well.” VV

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VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL Feb. 3-6 – Class 4A, District 7 Tournament at Cocoa Beach Feb. 11 – Class 4A regional quarterfinals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 16 – Class 4A regional semifinals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 20 – Class 4A regional finals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 24 – Class 4A State Semifinals at the Lakeland Center, 1 p.m.

Feb. 25 – Class 4A State Final at the Lakeland Center, 7:30 p.m.

VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL Feb. 4 – Class 4A regional quarterfinals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 9 – Class 4A regional semifinals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 13 – Class 4A regional finals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 – Class 4A State Semifinals at the Lakeland Center, 1 p.m.

Feb. 18 – Class 4A State Final at the Lakeland Center, 7:30 p.m.

VARSITY BOYS SOCCER Feb. 2 – Class 1A regional tournament semifinals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 5 – Class 1A regional tournament finals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 8 – Class 1A State Semifinals at Melbourne High, 5/7:30 p.m.

Feb. 9 – Class 1A State Final at Melbourne High, 9 p.m.

GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER Feb. 1 – Class 1A State Semifinals at Melbourne High, 5/7:30 p.m.

Feb. 2 – Class 1A State Final at Melbourne High, 9 p.m.

VARSITY BASEBALL * District Game Feb. 3 – Preseason Classic vs Bayside at Melbourne, 6 p.m.

Feb. 5 – Preseason Classic vs.

Melbourne, 7 p.m.

Feb. 9 – at Space Coast, 6 p.m.* Feb. 13 – Lake Nona, 12 p.m.

Feb. 14 – Astronaut, 4 p.m.* Feb. 19 – at Lake Nona, 4 p.m.

Feb. 22 – at MCC, 3 p.m.* Feb. 27 – Titusville, Noon* VARSITY BOYS LACROSSE * District game Feb. 4 – Preseason vs. West Shore, TBA Feb 11 – at John Carroll, 7 p.m.

Feb. 19 – at Orangewood Christian, 6 p.m.

Feb. 22 – Father Lopez, 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 24 – Windermere Prep, 4:30 p.m.

Feb. 26 – Sebastian River, 6:30 p.m.* GIRLS VARSITY LACROSSE * District game Feb. 11 – at John Carroll, 5 p.m.

Feb. 23 – at West Shore, 6 p.m.* Feb. 24 – Merritt Island, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 29 – Sebastian River, 5:30 p.m.* VARSITY SOFTBALL * District game Feb. 4 – at Lincoln Park Academy, 6 p.m.

Feb. 8 – at Covenant Christian, 4 p.m.

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Feb. 12 – at Sebastian River, 6 p.m.

Feb. 22 – Space Coast, 4 p.m.* Feb. 24 – Astronaut, 4 p.m.* Feb. 26 – at Satellite, 6 p.m.* Feb. 29 – at Cocoa, 6 p.m.* VARSITY BOYS TENNIS * District match Feb. 4 – MCC at Fee Ave Courts, 4 p.m.* Feb. 9 – Florida Prep, 3:45 p.m.* Feb. 9 – Satellite Feb. 10 – Titusville Feb. 11 – MCC at Kiwanis Park, 3:45 p.m.

Feb. 12 – Covenant Christian, 3:30 p.m.* Feb. 23 – St. Edward’s, 3:30 p.m.

Feb. 25 – at Cocoa Beach, 4 p.m.

VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS * District match Feb. 4 – MCC at Fee Ave Courts, 4 p.m.* Feb. 9 – Florida Prep, 3:45 p.m.* Feb. 11 – MCC at Kiwanis Park, 3:45 p.m.

Feb. 12 – Covenant Christian, 3:30 p.m.* Feb. 23 – St. Edward’s, 3:30 p.m.

Feb. 24 – Bayside, 4 p.m.

Feb. 25 – at Cocoa Beach, 4 p.m.

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VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL Feb. 2-5 – Class 7A, District 6 Tournament at Melbourne High Feb. 11 – Class 7A regional quarterfinals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 16 – Class 7A regional semifinals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 19 – Class 7A regional final, 7 p.m.

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Feb. 19 – Class 7A State Semifinals, 10 a.m.

Feb. 20 – Class 7A State Final, 4 p.m.

VARSITY BOYS SOCCER Feb. 2 – Class 4A regional Semifinals, 7 p.m.

Feb. 5 – Class 4A regional final, 7 p.m.

Feb. 11 – Class 4A State Semifinals at Melbourne, 4/6:30 p.m.

Feb. 12 – Class 4A State Final at Melbourne, 9 p.m.

VARSITY GIRLS SOCCER Feb. 4 – Class 4A State Semifinals at Melbourne, 4/6:30 p.m.

Feb. 5 – Class 4A State Final at Melbourne, 9 p.m.

WRESTLING Feb. 3 – at Satellite, 7 p.m.

Feb. 12-13 – Cape Coast Conference Tournament at Bayside, TBA Feb. 18 – Class 2A, District 13 Tournament at Bayside, 11 a.m.

Feb. 26-27 – Class 2A regional tournament at Jensen Beach VARSITY BASEBALL All games at 6 p.m. unless noted Home games played at Viera Regional Park * District game Feb. 2 – at Preseason Classic vs.

Spruce Creek at Rockledge Feb. 5 – at Preseason Classic vs. MCC at Rockledge

Feb. 9 – vs. Sebastian River at Space Coast Stadium* Feb. 12 – vs. Heritage at Space Coast Stadium* Feb. 17 – at Astronaut Feb. 18 – Harmony* Feb. 20 – Florida Prep, noon Feb. 22 – Eau Gallie Feb. 24 – at Palm Bay Feb. 29 – Cocoa Beach JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL Home games played at Viera Regional Park All games at 6 p.m. unless noted Feb. 11 – at Melbourne Feb. 13 – at Harmony (doubleheader), 10 a.m.

Feb. 16 – Heritage Feb. 17 ­– Satellite Feb. 23 – at Merritt Island Feb. 27 – at Rockledge, 11 a.m.

VARSITY BOYS LACROSSE All games at 7 p.m. unless noted * District game Feb. 9 – at Rockledge Feb. 11 – West Shore Feb. 16 – Melbourne Feb. 18 – Eau Gallie Feb. 23 – at Edgewood* Feb 25 – at Satellite* Feb. 29 – at Sebastian, 6 p.m.

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Feb. 23 – Edgewood* Feb. 25 – at Satellite, 5:30 p.m.* Feb. 29 – Lake Mary Prep, 6 p.m.

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Feb. 23 – Edgewood* VARSITY SOFTBALL All games at 7 p.m. unless noted Home games played at Viera Regional Park * District Game Feb. 2 – at Space Coast Feb. 5-6 – at Lake Mary Tournament, TBA Feb. 9 – Cocoa Beach Feb. 11 – at Astronaut Feb. 18 – Heritage* Feb. 19 – at Titusville, 2 p.m.

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Lance Reynolds is making a run at a trip of a lifetime.

The Viera High junior will be heading to Australia’s Gold Coast to take part in the Down Under Sports Track & Field Meet this summer, where he will get to compete against an international field.

“The way I look at it is sort of a mini-Olympic trial,” Reynolds said. “This could be a step forward to see if I want to go to that next level of competition.

“I’m trying to work hard to get a scholarship for college, so I feel like this could help boost that opportunity and give me a feel of everything I need to do to get to that level.”

Reynolds was contacted

by Down Under Sports after placing 10th in the 400 at Florida’s Class 3A regional finals with a personal best time of 51.58 seconds last year.

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“I’ve done a lot of sponsorships for the football team, so I’m trying to take what I know from there and put it all into what I’m doing,” he said.

The trip will take place July 4 to 12.

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Brevard County senior athletes score big at the Florida Senior Games

BY WENDY SCHEURING

In the spirit of competition and goods sportsmanship, 28 of Brevard’s senior athletes traveled to Clearwater to participate in the Florida Senior Games, Dec. 5 to 13.

The Florida State Games are geared to athletes ages 50 and older and welcome athletes from Florida, as well as across the nation and internationally.

Florida’s first competitive event for seniors took place in Sanford in 1974, with the Florida Senior Games first officially held in Sarasota in 1992.

Many of the athletes will go on to the National Senior Games, which are held every other year during nonOlympic years.

Brevard’s senior athletes took 13 first-place medals, with records also set in men’s swimming.

Ed Nessel of Viera set new age group records in the 70 to 74 Men’s 100 Breaststroke (1 minute, 20.53 seconds) and the 50 Breaststroke (35.39).

“I swim five days a week,” Nessel said. “I don’t stop training. I may slow down or go for a vacation but I just don’t stop. I’m doing something every day. My body is used to that kind of stress.”

Other first place winners were Angie Olds (Women’s 60 to 64 Archery Recurve

Angie Olds is a competitive archer and president of Brevard Archers.

She has been teaching archery for nearly 20 years and started competing 10 years ago when she moved to Melbourne from Arizona. She is trained in the National Training System (NTS), which requires standing and shooting in a particular way. The sport involves competing in various shooting rounds, with distances ranging from a few feet to up to 80 yards. She has participated in eight Florida Senior Games, as well as in the National Senior Games, getting her first silver in Cleveland in 2013 and a gold in Minneapolis in 2015.

Bow), Robert Stone (Men’s 75 to 79 Bag Toss), Gary Smith (Men’s 75 to 79 10K Recumbant Cycling), Baerbel Bartyczak (Women’s 80 to 84 10K Cycling and 5K Cycling), Wes Teel (Men’s 60 to 64 Raquetball), Kathy Crain (Women’s 50 to 54 Raquetball), Eric Penney (Men’s 50 to 54 Doubles Table Tennis), Dwight Newton (Men’s 55 to 59 Singles Table Tennis), Don Bell (Men’s 90 to 94 400 meters), David White (Men’s 65 to 69 High Jump), and

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David Bonnar and Russell Reinhard placed first in the Men’s 85 to 89 Doubles Table Tennis.

Ed Nessel, a USMS swimmer, is also a chemist, physiologist and pharmacist. He swims on average two miles or 3,800 yards each day.

He has also been coaching swimmers for 50 years, including seven Olympic swimmers, such as Cullen Jones and Ron Karnaugh, as well as international swimmers. His swimming philosophy is “We don’t count the yards; we make the yards count,” emphasizing quality over quantity. He has written three books, including “Keeping the Athlete Healthy: A Comprehensive Guide,” and is currently writing a fourth book. Nessel’s favorite quote is from his father, “When you go out in life, always try your best. Someone is always watching.”

Angie Olds of Melbourne practices four to five days a week. She has participated in seven National Senior Games and received a gold in the 60 to 64 Women’s Olympic-

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There is also the excitement and the thrill of the games.

“This is the best I’ve ever done at the State level,” said Danny Nail of Cocoa Beach, who placed third in the Men’s 75 to 79 Singles Table Tennis.

“You have got to learn how to relax in these tournaments to play well. The adrenaline gets going especially if you have tough competition.

Many of my matches went five games. I am planning on going back next year, health willing.”

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Youth golfers are invited to participate in a nationallyknown golf tournament for all skill levels that will be held locally at the end of the month.

The Hurricane Junior Golf Tour is hosting the Space Coast Junior Open on Feb. 27 and 28 at Baytree National Golf Links in Melbourne.

Girls and boys between the ages of 10 and 18 will compete with the winners in each division earn an invitation to the 2016 Tour Championship scheduled for Dec. 3 and 4. The top 10 finishers receive points toward year-end honors.

It is the second consecutive year that the HJGT has held

the event at Baytree. Last year’s event attracted 45 golfers.

“Last year was a great event that featured three winners from the state of Florida, all hailing from within 125 miles of Melbourne. Three divisions also had tight finishes, with three of our five winners prevailing by four strokes or less,” said Mike Randleman, state marketing representative with the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour.

The goal of the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour is to prepare youth golfers for the college golf scene with competitions that encourage all skill levels.

The largest junior golf tour in the U.S., it has 240 events planned in 2016 in 32 states.

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Bonnar’s career included work projects for the Air Force, Navy and Army, and several intelligence agencies, where he analyzed foreign threats and space capabilities.

He met his wife, Diana, at work in 1986.

“She worked with me in California. She did classified security work for Boeing. We met in ’86 and got married in Laguna Beach in 1987.”

He was part of the Apollo program that took man to the moon.

“I worked on many rocket design teams, supporting the country’s space program,” Bonnar said. “I was honored to be part of this last great period in our nation’s space history, when we went to the moon and back successfully.”

As early as the 1960s, Bonnar was also part of Douglas’ analysis of the feasibility of a Mars mission.

“We had a computer program that would determine how much energy would be needed to reach Mars for any given launch date,” he said.

His inside knowledge doesn’t fuel optimism for manned Mars flights.

“These missions are so expensive as to break our budget,” Bonnar said. “There are estimates that a manned

one-person mission to Mars would cost over $400 billion, $20 billion spread out over 20 years.”

Better to go with the unmanned missions, he suggests.

“They can be flown within our current NASA yearly budget of about $18 billion,” he said.

During his time with Douglas, Bonnar worked on the design of the Saturn V rocket, but said he never had time to watch a rocket launch.

“I was too busy working.

They were put together in phases and I never took time off to watch a launch.”

Though he is now an observer rather than a participant, Bonnar keeps his eyes focused to the skies and the projects the government plans for its further exploration.

“It’s been encouraging to watch the activity, but there are problems,” he said.

“The Boeing Orion manned capsule will be used to advance man’s presence in the universe, but there are major funding problems to realize this future vision.”

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“We even played in the 70s bracket because they didn’t have any teams in that bracket. We were defeated in a tiebreaker.”

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Sometimes when there’s a need, there’s a helpful company willing to step up to meet that need.

In this case, the charity looking for help was Breast Friends of Florida, established in 2009 to provide bags of information and specialized items for breast cancer victims. The national organization was formed in Oregon in 2000.

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A routine trip to the store has resulted in hundreds of pairs of new shoes being donated to needy people throughout the world thanks to the hard work of Holy Trinity sixth graders Bailey White and Grace Price.

“I was at Walmart with my mom and we met these people who were telling us how kids [in impoverished countries] need shoes to go to school,” White said. “So I went home and did more research and I found this organization [Soles4Souls].

We called them and we just set up everything.”

When White told her friend about what she was doing, Price was eager to get involved to help an organization that boasts that, since 2006, it has distributed 26 million pairs of shoes to 127 different countries and all 50 states in the U.S. “It’s the things you don’t think about,” Price said. “I mean, everybody needs food,

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Holy Trinity sixth-grade students Bailey White, left, and Grace Price, right, pose with head of lower school Catherine Koos and 50 of the 650 pairs of shoes they have collected as part of a community service project.

shelter and water. But they can’t go to school without shoes.”

The girls started in September with a modest goal of collecting 100 pairs of shoes.

White made up flyers and distributed them around her neighborhood. The girls also used their connections as members of the swim team to get the word out.

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The girls brought their donations to the Soles4Souls collection facility in Jacksonville last month, but they aren’t done yet.

They have called several local churches and received permission to speak about their project which will hopefully inspire even more people to bring in shoes.

The work they’ve done on the project has certainly given the girls a sense of accomplishment.

“It’s good to know that we’re helping people in need of shoes,” White said. “I can’t even imagine not going to school.”

Catherine Koos, head of school for Holy Trinity’s lower campus, couldn’t be prouder of her students.

“We do lots of community service at Holy Trinity and we definitely try and engender in our students that we need to give back,” Koos said. “But this particular project was one with student leadership and that’s always more exciting when the kids themselves have come up with the idea.

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Quest Elementary Students recently got to take some pretty out-of-this-world field trips — right from the comfort of their classrooms.

The Google Pioneer Expeditions project visited classrooms of third through sixth graders and took them somewhere they were learning about in class through the use of virtual reality headsets. Some students got to virtually visit

Mexico while others made it all the way to Mars. Some stayed a little closer to home and visited the Florida Keys.

“Technology, such as virtual reality, allows students instant access to a place without leaving the classroom,” said Jonathan Bolitho, a third grade teacher at Quest.

“Students can now travel all over the world while learning about specific information related to the topic of study. Enhancing

students learning through real life settings helps to connect the dots.”

The trips were made possible with Google Cardboard — a virtual reality viewer that connects with a smartphone application to deliver an immersive visual experience. The smartphone is actually attached to the device and images are viewed that way. The Cardboard device is made primarily from actual cardboard and Google

reports that 2 million will be in circulation be the end of 2016.

In preparation for the Expeditions initiative, teachers received boxes that included a tablet for the instructor, Google Cardboard virtual reality glasses for students, and smartphones with the accompanying application.

Curricula provided by organizations like the Planetary Society, American

Museum of Natural History and the Wildlife Conservation Society are part of the mobile app that is essentially a collection of virtual reality images in panoramic format.

The free program is taking place at seven Brevard schools in the coming months. To learn more about the Google Pioneer Expeditions program, go to google.com/edu/expeditions.

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Quest Elementary students take virtual trips from their classrooms by using Google Cardboard virtual reality glasses. The “field trips” were part of a Google Expeditions day at the school.

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Positive Behavior System getting results at Johnson

BY CARL KOTALA

Teachers, administrators and even students have noticed the impact of the Positive Behavior Support System put in place at Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School.

The school, which serves Suntree-area families near the Pineda Causeway Extension, began looking at ways to phase in the system three years ago, but has been fully implementing it the past two.

“We’ve had a lot of success with it,” said Sommer McDonald, the school’s Dean of Discipline. “Traditionally, in the classroom, the student who is not doing what they’re supposed to be doing gets all the attention.

“The idea with the Positive Behavior Support is that the spotlight goes onto the student who is doing what they’re supposed to be doing, and that makes it much more desirable.”

At the beginning of the school year, students are given a school ID card, which is called a passport.

And it truly is the passport to happiness for students … provided they meet the school’s behavioral expectations, known as

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Johnson Middle School eighth graders, from left to right, Taylor Burgess, Abby Warthling, Madison McClaskey and Jordyn Schaeffer have embraced the school’s Positive Behavior Support System, which rewards students for good conduct.

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“In order for the students to have privileges here on campus, they have to be in possession of their passport,” McDonald said. “For example, during lunch, if you have a passport, you’re allowed on

the patio and you can use your cell phone and socialize.

“If you don’t have your passport, you have to remain seated in the cafeteria.”

That provides plenty of motivation for students.

“I know a lot of people who don’t like to sit in the

cafeteria with noise,” eighthgrader Taylor Burgess said.

“They like to be out here [on the patio] with their phone.

This generation, everyone’s on technology.”

There are other advantages, too, such as random classroom checks where

every student with a passport gets a bag of popcorn. Entry into a basketball game or one of the school festivals also requires a passport.

Additionally, every member of the school — from the bus drivers and cafeteria workers to teachers and administrators — carry Longhorn Commendation Tickets, which are given for good behavior.

Those tickets are put into one of three boxes, called troughs, and every Friday, six to nine names are drawn.

Students can win prizes such as in-house coupons like moving to the front of the lunch line, a smallamount gift-card or school “swag.”

Bad behavior can result in the loss of the passport, usually for one to three days depending on the offense. A suspension, however, means a five-day loss of privileges.

McDonald said 80 percent of Johnson students keep their passport all year long.

“I think it’s a good system because it inspires us to want to get the REPPS tickets more and behave more, sort of like getting something to reward yourself with,” eighth-grader Abby Warthling said. VV

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Manatee Elementary School in Viera is one of three schools in Florida to win a $2,500 award from the Dairy Council of Florida.

The presentation, in the form of a mobile Breakfast Cart, was given to the school

by Kayleigh Pratt and Diana Furey, representing the Dairy Council of Florida, at a school assembly Jan. 21.

Also on hand to aid in the presentation and speak to the students on the benefits of a healthy breakfast start in the morning, was former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Earnest Graham Jr. The other two schools receiving this award were Rockledge High and Princeton Elementary in Orlando.

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Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Earnest Graham Jr. spoke to the students of Manatee Elementary about the health benefits of breakfast.

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Manatee Elementary’s cafeteria manager Susan Biggs shows off the new mobile breakfast cart presented to the school by the Dairy Council of Florida.

The cart enables the school to offer meals outside the traditional cafeteria service lines, allowing more students to have access to meals during breakfast and lunch.

Cafeteria manager Susan Biggs was instrumental in getting Manatee Elementary to win the award by increasing the number of students eating breakfast.

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Inaugural Color Me Healthy 5K attracts a crowd

BY WENDY SCHEURING

The inaugural Color Me Healthy 5K was the first foot race to ever take place on Viera’s Medical Mile. At race start, a low-hanging fog greeted 314 runners and walkers as Sheriff Wayne Ivey started the sounding gun at Jack McMahon Park in Suntree.

The course started at Jack McMahon Park, ran westward on Spyglass Hill Road, and into the neighborhoods of Devon’s Glen and Misty Creek, rounding the Viera Rehabilitation Center and Spyglass Court before heading eastward to finish at the park. The runners and walkers ran near nature preserves, alongside Viera’s Medical Mile, and past some of Suntree’s finest neighborhoods.

Still, the fog and the cooler weather didn’t dampen the spirits of participants, many of whom were running their first 5K. And, for as many runners and walkers as there were, there were also some great stories.

Troy Smith, a 14-year-old resident of Melbourne, was the overall winner with a time of 17 minutes, 42.6 seconds.

Sarah Simonetti, who finished second overall, won the women’s division with a time of 20:20.5.

“This was my first 5K and I was really proud of how I performed,” said Mark

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It was a foggy start to the Color Me Healthy 5K color run in Suntree.

Adams who entered the race with his 11-year-old son, also named Mark, who placed fourth overall in 21:22.

“A year ago, I couldn’t run a mile,” Adams said.

Alex Quintana, 75, who placed third in the men’s 75 to 99 age group said, “My son, an avid runner, encouraged me. I didn’t expect to win a medal, so I’m really enthused at what

I did.”

“I run all the time, but I’ve never run in a race before.

So, I said, I’ll give this a shot. I thought the course was great, and the volunteers were really nice. People were high fiving me when I ran through the neighborhoods. There was a lot of camaraderie,” said Stan Oley who placed first in the Men’s 50 to 54 age group.

Roberta Osterling, 81, walks a 5K every Saturday.

“The course was nice and flat. Hills kill me; I need something that is not too taxing,” she said.

The race and accompanying Family Fitness Festival benefited the newly-formed Bluewater Foundation which

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reminder of how much their personal efforts are contributing to achieving the goal. A vault monitor logs the deposit.

The Penny Vault also teaches students that money is not a limitless resource and that setting financial priorities is a part of life. As an added bonus, Penny Vault lessons also help instill in children the need to work for the good of the community and to give back.

“It teaches kids about citizenship and charity,” Frisher said.

Still in its pilot stage, Penny Vault has been taken under the wing of Suntree Rotary, which has awarded the organization a grant to help place Penny Vaults in local schools. Individual vaults cost $49.95 and can be purchased online.

“It doesn’t take a lot of time to teach these skills,” Moyers said.

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“Children sometimes have a feeling of entitlement and don’t think they have to do anything,” Frisher said.

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An actual little vault, a small storage cabinet that mimics a bank vault, is at the core of the program, which includes lesson plans so elementary school teachers can incorporate the vault into their curriculum. Children put pennies in the vault as

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Young magician takes second in Magician of the Year finals

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Viera homeschooled student Stephen Duhaime, 12, won a Magic Dove Magic Shop monthly contest in Cocoa Village just in time to qualify for the Dec. 13 Magician of the Year where he surprisingly took second in the youth division.

Magic Dove Magic Shop opened in 2006 in Cocoa Village, offering magic tricks and supplies for beginners and professionals. Magic Dove is not only the host of the Magician of the Year contest, but also host to the world’s largest youth magic club — Society of Young Magicians.

“He won the November contest which qualified him for the finals held in the civic center in Cocoa Village,” shop manager Terry Black said. “He was in the youth category running from age 7

to adult. It was the first time he was in the finals.”

Duhaime explained that he actually has returned to magic.

“About five years ago, ‘America’s Got Talent’ had a magician on that, and I got interested but I got out for a while. I had been into it before and I thought ‘I used to do that’ and got back into it. I just barely made it at the last monthly contest,” he said.

Once in, Duhaime made the most of his six-minute performance with a trick where a ring went into a walnut that was inside an egg and inside a lemon.

“I liked it but I didn’t think I was going to do that well. I was very surprised. Someday, I want to do it professionally part-time. I want do magic to get through college,” he said.

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“I have seen him improve greatly over the two years he’s been coming here. It’s been amazing,” he said.

There were a dozen contestants in the finals, seven in the youth category, he said.

“These were all first-place monthly winners. He beat some guys that have won first place in the state,’’ Black said.

Proud dad, Shail Duhaime, was more than pleased with the outcome.

“He’s doing great,” he said.

“He had his best show ever at the competition. It was cool to see. At times, he was discouraged throughout the year and he didn’t think he was going to make it. Then to see him do so well.”

Mahogany Legette, a student at Rockledge High School, won the title in the youth division, as well as the first place People’s Choice Award in the youth division. Dr. Chad Lau, an engineer for Harris Corporation, won for the adult division. Placing third were Danny Sanz of Orlando in the adult division and Connor Kaplan of Merritt Island in the youth division.

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Aran and Patrick Hissam founded the Brianna Marie Foundation to raise funds for fetal therapy research.

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Brianna was diagnosed with fetal hydrops, a condition that prevents the lungs from developing correctly while a child is still in the womb. Despite surgeries to save her life, Brianna died just 15 hours after her birth.

Since experiencing the loss, parents Aran and Patrick Hissam have made it their mission to educate their community, and beyond, about fetal conditions like Brianna’s and how early detection and knowledgeable doctors can help save lives.

To date, the Brianna Marie Foundation has raised more than $145,000 and has helped fund specific research nationwide in a field that most people don’t even know exists.

“Fetal medicine receives virtually no funding, yet performs miracles on a daily basis,” Aran Hissam said.

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“I would like to think of the Brianna Marie Foundation as a resource for any parent that is given a negative fetal diagnosis. We do not have all the answers, but we do have resources and experience that can help in many areas,” Hissam said.

Last year’s race saw 750 runners and already the Hissams are expecting many more this year.

“Not only have we grown with individual attendees, but we have become an event that people look forward to each year — especially those that use the event as a way to honor and remember their lost child,” Hissam said. “We have been blessed to live in an awesome community that is always willing to give to help others.”

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FEBRUARY SUNDAY

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TUESDAY GROUNDHOG DAY

Preschool Story Time

9:30 a.m.

Central Brevard Library 308 Forrest Avenue, Cocoa 321-633-1795

Watercolor Techniques with Pearl Ollie

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Central Brevard Library 308 Forrest Avenue, Cocoa 321-633-1795 Cost: $10

VITAS Memory Bear Workshop

SUPER BOWL

Sunday Brunch

10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays Tradewinds Restaurant Duran Golf Club 7032 Stadium Pkwy., Viera 321-504-7776, ext. 2

Sweet Hearts Dance

2 - 4 p.m.

Viera Community Center 321-433-4891

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Boy Scout Day

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Investor’s Education Group International Plastic 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Modelers’ Society Stock market investing discussion.

Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404

Freebuilding with Legos Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404

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India Changes Course

6:30 p.m.

FIT Lifelong Scholar Society Tradewinds Restaurant Duran Golf Club RSVP: 321-674-8382

THURSDAY

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Penn & Teller

8 p.m.

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Brevard Renaissance Fair: Festival of the Dragon

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Wednesdays and Saturdays Rockledge Gardens 2153 S. U.S. Hwy. 1 321-636-7662

3:30 - 5 p.m., Thursdays $20 drawing class Hobby Lobby 7201 Shoppes Dr., Viera Call Debi to register at 321-749-1153

Quilters group.

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8 a.m. shotgun start Duran Golf Club durangolf.com 321-504-7776

12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

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Story Time

Brevard Federated Republican Women Lunch

Drawing with Perspective

Abba Mania

8 p.m.

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Plum Pudding Day TGIF Seaside Piecemakers 3rd annual Pink Ribbon 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Classic Golf Tournament

Kids Night Out

5:30 - 10:30 p.m.

Food, music, movie, crafts and fun.

Viera Community Center 321-433-4891

Love in the Gardens

6 - 9 p.m., $10 in advance Music, cocktails, chocolate and flowers.

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11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sundays Pizza Gallery & Grill 2250 Town Center Ave. 321-633-0397

7 a.m. - 6 p.m.

When school is out, we are in. Bring snacks, water bottle and lunch.

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7:30 p.m.

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Live Painting Demo by Highwayman Robert Lewis Central Brevard Library 308 Forrest Avenue, Cocoa 321-633-1792

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Stories and craft Suntree/Viera Library 321-255-4404

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

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Afternoon Storytime

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Toddler Sign Language

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1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

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7:30 p.m.

“Minions” Food trucks at 5:30 p.m.

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Movies in the Park

1 to 3 p.m., free Suntree/Viera Library 321-405-4395

Cherry Pie Day

5 p.m.

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POPS Concert

2 & 8 p.m.

Brevard Symphony Orchestra featuring pianist Rich Ridenour King Center 321-242-2219

Spring Veggie Gardening

10 a.m., free Rockledge Gardens Informative workshop covering the ins and outs of edible gardening. rockledgegardens.com

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8 p.m.

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Tell a Fairy Tale Day

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Brevard Zoo Two races: ZOOM and LESS ZOOM. Register in advance at Running Zone. runningzone.com

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7:30 p.m., free Feb. 17 and 18 Viera Lions BBQ Fundraiser Melbourne Municipal Band Melbourne Auditorium 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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Wednesday Art Group

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6 - 7:45 p.m.

All ages welcome.

Club members build a wide variety of plastic models in nearly all scales.

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Baseball Expo Feb. 6 - 7 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Wickham Park Space Coast Stadium 2500 Parkway Dr. brevardrenaissancefair.com Free admission and parking. Superhero 5K Race 8 a.m.

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Viera Woman’s Club committee members prepare for the upcoming dinner dance fundraiser, For the Love of Children, to send up to three children to Camp Boggy Creek this summer.

BY MARY BROTHERTON

The Viera Woman’s Club is hosting a dinner dance, For the Love of Children, on Saturday, March 19, at the Suntree Country Club.

Proceeds will sponsor up to three Brevard children at Camp Boggy Creek this summer.

The camp, located in Eustis, is a special place where children with serious health issues can safely act like children.

Co-chair Esther Williams said, “We want to be sure the families aren’t charged for the week-long session.”

During their week at the 232-acre camp, children have access to round-theclock medical care, including nursing and a pediatrician; plus all the fun things camp offers.

A full-sized pool, horseback riding, archery, theater,

crafts, fishing and the opportunity to make new friends are some of what Camp Boggy Creek offers.

“When the Viera Woman’s Club visited the camp, we had the chance to see some of the kids who were there and just to see the happiness on their faces was amazing,” Williams said. “They adjust the camp to suit the children and focus on the needs of the children for that week. We’re excited to be able to create an event that will help us help some of the children in our county.”

For the Love of Children begins at 6 p.m. with a cash bar. Diners can choose from beef, chicken or vegetarian fare and participate in the silent auction as well as opportunities for prizes.

Pearl Joy and Howard, a dynamic dance group, will provide musical entertainment.

“Representatives from the camp, and possibly some children, will be there to speak,” Williams said.

Tickets must be purchased in advance and cost $70.

“The purchase of each ticket is truly for the love of the children,” Williams said.

“It covers the invitation, dinner, live entertainment and some amazing silent auction items anyone would be happy to bid on.”

Seating is limited to the first 180 to purchase tickets, but the Viera Woman’s Club will be happy to accept donations toward camp scholarships for Brevard’s seriously ill children.

Suntree Country Club is located at 1 Country Club Dr., just off Wickham Road, in Suntree.

For more information, call 609-306-6460 or 321-4323126. VV

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Couple starts business as a labor of love

BY MARIA SONNENBERG

In 1998, at their wit’s end trying to find resources to help an aging relative, Don and Beth Kramer took their relationship to the next level by going into business together to help families avoid the elder problems they had faced.

The result from those kitchen table-formulated plans

eventually was One Senior Place, a unique one-stop shop that addresses solutions for all issues that come along with growing older. The facility provides information, counseling, referrals, special events and direct access to providers of products and services for seniors.

The couple possessed the perfect combination of backgrounds for the

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task of growing their new business. Don had been an entrepreneur since 1978, while Beth, a registered nurse since 1983, worked almost exclusively in critical care settings and was intimately acquainted with strengths and weaknesses of the local healthcare system.

In 1998, the couple founded Senior Partner Care Services, which now delivers thousands of hours of in-home care to

Manatee Elementary’s 2nd Annual Thinga-ma-Jogger 5K Run/Walk Saturday, March 5, 2016 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC REGISTER NOW AT: https://runsignup.com/Race/FL/Melbourne/ManateeThingamajogger

Last year, nearly 700 people ran/walk in our inaugural race. You don’t want to miss this ONEOF-A-KIND event!

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Chip-Timed Race MEDALS, for all age groups Kids Fun Run Come in your costume to help celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday!

Donate a new or gently-used book(s) at “Packet Pick-Up” on March 4 to benefit local area school libraries.

Funds raised through race registration will go to capital improvements at Manatee Elementary School.

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clients across four central Florida counties. Today, Senior Partner Care Services is a subsidiary of One Senior Place, which the Kramers opened in 2006 in Viera.

“One Senior Place won the Small Business Administration Business of the Year award for the State of Florida in 2008,” Don Kramer said.

“President George W. Bush presented us with the award at the White House.”

Not one to rest on their laurels, the Kramers continued growing One Senior Place, opening a second location in Orlando in 2012. Don is the company’s CEO, while Beth is vice president of One Senior Place and administrator of Senior Partner In-Home Care.

The Kramers, residents of Satellite Beach, started dating in high school and married in 1977. Daughter Megan, an engineer working on her Ph.D. at N.C. State, provided them with a grandchild. Daughter Kelsey is a pediatric nurse practitioner with Brevard Health Alliance. Daughter Maris lives and works in Washington, D.C. The Kramers are proud of the three hard-working women they’ve raised.

Their fourth “child,” One Senior Place, one of Central Florida’s largest providers of nonmedical in-home senior care, is also a great source of satisfaction for the couple.

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2nd Annual Holiday Inn Devereux Dash 5K

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Travel agent makes Top 25 All Stars list

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BY MARY BROTHERTON

Travel Agent magazine named Brevard County’s Jean Paugh, from All About You Travel in Rockledge, one of its Top 25 All Stars to represent the country’s elite travel agents.

Paugh, the only travel agent on Florida’s East Coast named in the magazine’s second annual list, opened All About You Travel in 2005.

All About You Travel was named the 2014 Agency of the Year for Uniglobe Travel Center (UTC).

Paugh said she believes in listening to her clients and endeavors to make every vacation special by understanding why clients choose specific destinations.

After the death of her mother in 2015, Paugh immersed herself in work and applied for New Zealand’s specialist program.

As a result, Paugh said, “I came back with a new outlook and a fierce fire burning within me to take my agency to a new level.”

She said 2015 was her best year for sales, as a result of her renewed dedication to improve her agency.

A few of the travel programs Paugh is certified with are Avalon Waterways, Jamaica, Celebrity Cruises, Hawaii and Globus and Monograms.

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Spinning tales about bobcats

occurs. Because of land development, relocation to fragmented urban Charlotte A. Corbeil edges may shrink ranges to 1 to 2 square miles.

Such patchy Bobcats allegedly evolved habitats hinder roaming from the Eurasian lynxes which decreases genetic which crossed the Bering diversity.

Land Bridge to North Each cat maintains one America around 2.6 million main den (natal den), years ago. They are prevalent frequently a cave or rock in Florida.

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Jean Paugh returned from a trip to New Zealand with a fierce desire to take her Rockledge agency All About You Travel to a new level, resulting in an increase in sales and being chosen for the Top 25 All Star list by “Travel Agent” magazine.

of UTC, says Paugh is a multiyear million-dollar producer, a mentor to fellow agents and serves on UTC’s advisory board. Also, Paugh is active in chamber of commerce activities and church mission trips.

For more information, go to travelagentcentral.com or call 321-631-8080. VV

The name is derived from its bobbed tail of around 5 to 6 inches, although a few reach 18 inches. Coats are variations of tan, brown or gray with spots and stripes to enhance camouflage. Florida also claims rare melanistic — black — bobcats; subtle spots may adorn the black fur.

Regularly, bobcats are mistaken for the shy, elusive, mostly spotless, golden-brown Florida panthers. However, long, large tails distinguish panthers. Moreover, males may weigh up to 150 pounds compared to 40 pounds for male bobcats. These sizable panthers prey on bobcats.

Still, panthers in the first year of life also have spots and are close enough in weight to be confused with big bobcats.

Bobcat habitats include forests, mountains, semideserts, hammock lands and swamps. These animals are territorial and largely solitary. Their ranges vary significantly, but areas of 5 to 6 square miles are common. Overlapping

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and swimming. Their sharp claws and needle-like teeth are lethal. Fortunately, they rarely attack humans, but pets are vulnerable. In Florida, food may include rabbits, abundant migrating birds, feral cats, small deer and livestock.

Moreover, adult males consume other bobcat kittens when prey is scarce.

Yet, huge dogs do chase bobcats up trees. Also in

Bobcats: Nocturnal Hunting, lurking, beautiful Neighborhood creatures!

— Haiku by Hailey Scalia, 8-year-old conservationist

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Bobcats are prevalent in Florida and sometimes wander through backyards due to declining habitat.

shelter. Several auxiliary shelters are also utilized. In Florida, saw palmetto patches and dense thickets provide choice dens. Claw marks and scents define territories.

Established home ranges are believed crucial for reproduction. Gestation is around 60 days, typically producing two or three kittens yearly. Second litters are possible. Females are sole caregivers. Kittens may become independent around 8 months. Lifespan seldom exceeds 10 years.

Carnivorous and opportunistic, bobcats are cunning stalkers. They prey by chasing, pouncing, climbing

pursuit are humans — Florida has a bobcat hunting season.

These wild cats are nocturnal but also wander at dusk, dawn and daytime since they sleep only two to three hours at a time.

Due to declining space, they sometimes saunter through front or backyards.

Unsecured garbage cans are attractions. A bobcat has likely visited your yard if you discover clawless — due to retractable claws — four-toed tracks with direct register — hind prints on top of fore prints.

If you behold one of these graceful creatures, discreetly relish its elegance. VV

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New camera prompts recycling debate better than the one she has.

And that’s the world we are living in, where advances in technology are so fast that it is hard Marcia Booth to keep up with the President & latest. And then, Founder, what do we do with 3Rs and Beyond the old?

The fate of the old product may end up being For her birthday this donated or sold, recycled, or year, our daughter, Melissa, put in the trash to be sent to received a special gift: a the landfill. digital camera.

The first option would be Enthused about nature the best one as the life of the photography, Melissa, now product gets to be extended 11, is equipped to take while somebody else’s needs pictures of animals, sunsets are met. That’s a win-win and sunrises to her heart’s situation. content. Well, that is until Recycling is the second the need for the camera to best option, but it may be be replaced because a new quite tricky. Modern, slim, model just came out and the light-weight products like technology it uses is much the Apple iPad and Microsoft Surface use a lot of adhesive and glue and those “are a common hurdle,” as Christina Bonnington from Wired magazine explains.

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plastics. Waterproof and tightly sealed products also are more arduous to deal with,” her report concludes.

(Go to wired.com/2014/12/ product-design-andrecycling for the full article.)

Despite being a possible pain for recyclers, recycling is still the avenue users should take to dispose of their electronics because they “include a host of environmentally deleterious chemicals like mercury, cadmium, lead, phosphors, arsenic and beryllium,” the Wired article continues.

“When they end up in a landfill, these chemicals

eventually seep into the ground and into our water supply. Thus, properly disposing of them through programs offered by device manufacturers like Asus, Samsung, [Sony, Panasonic, Dell, LG] or Apple, or retailers like Best Buy or Staples, is paramount.”

In Brevard County, according to the county website, residents can call Waste Management at 6366894 or 723-4455 to dispose of computers, laptops, monitors, keyboards and mice, scanners, printers, fax machines, stereos, radios, VCRs and televisions through

the residential curbside pickup of household electronics service.

It is becoming more important for manufacturers to create products that are easy to recycle — and use as much recycled materials as possible — and for consumers to demand those kinds of products so less electronic waste (e-waste) is sent to the landfills.

Despite recycling efforts, e-waste still represents 2 percent of America’s trash in landfills, reports DoSomething on its list of 11 e-waste facts, and “only 12.5 percent of e-waste is currently recycled.” That is something to be concerned about as solutions are sought.

One of the solutions is to constantly remind others that recycling electronics is the option to choose.

Manatee Elementary, a 2015 U.S. Dept. of Education Green Ribbon School, plans to do just that as part of its “Be Earth’s Valentine” celebration. From February 8 through 12, the school will collect e-waste to recycle through its Terracycle recycling program while students participate in an interactive activity that stresses the reasons for recycling e-waste.

Melissa will be there and, as if by chance, she may start appreciating her camera more — and for longer. VV Email Marcia Booth at Marcia@3RsAndBeyond.org.

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