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Mayor Pilar Turner meets in MacWilliam Park with residents concerned over plans to lease the land to a rowing club for a two-story, 16,000-square-foot boathouse.

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ter from 5 to 9 a.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m., times when there is the most movement of boats around the marina, they explained. The 200-foot dock to accompany the proposed boathouse would have required removal of at least three of the moorings in the marina, costing the city income. Some cautioned if council located the rowing club in the marina, word would spread and the money-making enterprise would be less popular with boaters. In the end, the council sided with those who argued for preserving green space. Mayor Pilar Turner, Vice Mayor Craig Fletcher and council members Jay Kramer and Dick Winger voted against Councilwoman Carrollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s motion to have staff began to negotiate the lease with the rowing club. Mayor Turner urged the club to work with city staff and interested groups to explore other options.

pressed concern with turning over public green space for development. They also argued that leasing the riverfront site to the rowing club would set a precedent that might ultimately result in development of all of what is now park space north of the Riverhouse and west Bob Summers Field. The land eyed by the rowing club has for 10 years been used as a dog park, though it has not officially been designated as one. Many who turned out to oppose leasing the area for development said they were there to protect the rights of hundreds of people who now use the park to socialize while allowing their dogs to run and play. Members of the boating community, include some who live aboard boats moored in the city marina, told the council of their concerns with 60foot long rowing sculls maneuvering amidst anchored boats. Rowers typically are out on the wa-

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VERO BEACH â&#x20AC;&#x201C; By a 4-1 vote the Vero Beach City Council Tuesday rejected a motion by Councilwoman Tracy Carroll to direct city staff to negotiate a lease with the Indian River Rowing Club for land in MacWilliam Park. The 80-member club had proposed to build a 16,000-square-foot, twostory boathouse on 1.33 acres in the southeast corner of the park, in an area immediately north of the Riverhouse. With every one of 94 seats taken and the council chambers lined with people waiting to speak, Mayor Pilar Turner, citing fire code restrictions, asked some in the overflow crowd to watch the meeting on a television monitor in an adjoining room. City staff opened the meeting with an explanation of how the land that is now Riverside Park and MacWilliam

Park has been developed and used since it was first acquired by the city for $11,000 in 1944. The brief history lesson was followed by a presentation by members of the rowing club. The boathouse and dock, they explained, would be privately funded, and would benefit local youth and their families who are now diving to Fellsmere, some of them as often as six days a week, to row on the C54 canal. Supporters of the boathouse said that because the proposed site in MacWilliam Park is centrally located, it would serve far more youth and adults than are now able to participate in the north county rowing. Other supporters, including a representative of the Oceanside Business Association, pointed to the economic benefit of the regattas the rowing club could host with its proposed boathouse and dock. Opponents of the boathouse ex-

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An overflow crowd attended the City Council meeting this week where a discussion took place about building a boathouse in MacWilliam Park. So many people showed up Mayor Pilar Turner had to ask some people to watch the proceedings on TV in another room.

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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- The Indian River County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to end possible negotiations with the city of Vero Beach to purchase its watersewer system. The vote was 4-1 with Commissioners Gary Wheeler, Bob Solari, Peter O’Bryan and Joe Flescher in favor of rescinding the $24 million oﬀer to buy the system. Commissioner Wesley Davis objected, arguing against removing the county’s part in a threeparty discussion credited with getting lower utility rates from Vero Beach for the town of Indian River Shores. “Indian River County utilities helped get Indian River Shores residents a better water deal (from Vero Beach utilities),” Davis said. “In that sense, it was a win. But it’s not a total victory. ... I feel like now we’re taking the pressure oﬀ.”

The Shores gets its utility service from Vero Beach in a franchise agreement set to expire in 2016. The Shores Town Council on Feb. 20 voted to negotiate lower, county-level rates with Vero Beach instead of dealing directly with the county after the Vero Beach agreement expires. The County Commission in April had voted to offer about $24 million to Vero Beach to pay off its watersewer debt, plus dismantle the city sewer-treatment plant and redirect city sewage away from the Indian River Lagoon to county plants, in exchange for the city’s utility system. The Vero Beach City Council showed little interest in the offer and never made a formal response. A majority of the members of the council said the offer was too low. The county now will pay off it’s own utility bonds, which Utilities Director Erik Olson estimated at $14 million.

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City Council approves reducing temporary signs Council also selects new city attorney to replace Charles Vitunac BY BARBARA YORESH VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

VERO BEACH -- In what became a day-long session filled with agenda items, Vero Beach City Council on Tuesday approved by a 3-2 vote an amended draft of the city’s temporary

sign ordinance approving a one-squarefoot sign for residential real estate signs and reducing the size of a construction signs from eight to four-square-feet. The temporary sign ordinance provisions also address the length of signs could be left in place.

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For nearly a year, city planning and development and legal staff as well as a citizen advisory committee reviewed the city’s out-dated sign codes in an effort to bring the ordinance into more enforceable compliance as well as address the aesthetics and safety concerns of signs along the city’s public rights of way. A recommendation made by the advisory committee facilitated by the Indian River Chamber of Commerce and comprised of local business people, Realtors, retailers and others, suggested that real estate sale and open house signs placed within city limits should be allowed to be a maximum of four square feet rather than one-square-foot. Increasing the allowable maximum sign size would provide uniformity between the city’s and county’s sign codes and allow real estate firms doing business in both areas to maintain the same sign inventories, the committee recommended. City Planning & Development Director Tim McGarry said “a sign must be large enough to convey the message” but City Council could opt to retain a one-square-foot sign for residential real estate signs. Assistant City Attorney Peggy Lyon and McGarry noted that after reviewing extensive case law and sign codes in Florida cities such as Jacksonville, they recommended a maximum foursquare-foot size for commercial or contractor signs which are placed on residential properties and limited for periods up to 60 days. Real estate sale signs may remain up longer. Legal challenges to sign codes nationwide have prompted extensive review and revision, both said. Realtor Karl Zimmerman, who served on the advisory committee, told council members that he believed “One-squarefoot is a little small.” “One of our goals was for uniformity of real estate signs in the city and the county,” Zimmerman said. “It’s a cost factor maintaining two inventories (of

differently sized signs) and the small size restricts the readability of the sign.” His recommendation was a county allowable standard size of 18 inches by 24 inches or 3.5 square feet. “We’re asking you to do that for the city and ask you not to single out Realtors for special – for lesser – treatment, “Zimmerman said. Vice Mayor Craig Fletcher made a motion which was seconded by Mayor Pilar Turner to retain the small real estate sign and limit the maximum size of a construction sign to four square feet. The motion passed 3-2. In other business, council voted to offer the position of city attorney to Daniel Collette of Findlay, Ohio. Collette, a former assistant county attorney in Palm Beach County, is presently the assistant county attorney in Hancock County, Ohio. Four others, including acting City Attorney Wayne Coment who replaced former City Attorney Charles Vitunac, applied for the position which will pay $120,000 a year. Council members briefly reviewed a notice from the County Commission dated Feb. 22 in which the city was notified that County Commissioners decided not to renew its franchise to the city to provide electric service to certain areas of the county. The 30-year franchise deal – originally inked March 5, 1987 – provided a provision that the franchise was subject to renewal upon the agreement of both parties with a five-year notice given. Coment said he discussed the matter with County Attorney Alan Polackwich and both agreed “it seems the county wants to support the sale of the (city’s) electric utility (to FPL).” The city’s electric service providing territory – which includes unincorporated areas – is defined by the state’s Public Service Commission. Six percent of the utility’s franchise money is collected on behalf of the county and is turned over, Coment said.

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Bridging the gap between our two economies BY MILT THOMAS

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It seems that with every economic marker signaling “recovery,” another one begs the question, “for whom.” The stock market has returned to pre-recession levels, which bodes well for shareholders and the companies in which they invest, but we here in Indian River County must still deal with the local survival economy. The State Legislature is planning to cut Medicaid funding to Indian River Medical Center another $1-$2 million on top of last year’s $1.7 million, at the same time more people than ever cannot afford health insurance. It is a situation that affects all of us because those in need will still receive care, but the shortage in funding must be made up by taxpayers at the local level. It should also be noted that the State Legislature will continue to receive health insurance at $8.34 a month, $30 a month for family, all taxpayer supported. The typical private sector employer health care plan costs employees $344 a month for family coverage, per the Kaiser Family Foundation. This is but one factor in our distressed local economy that is related to a shortage of quality jobs. According to Helene Caseltine, Director of Economic Development for the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce, “The unemployment rate has fallen from 14 percent in 2010 to 12.9 percent in 2011 and is currently around 11 percent, but we are in the strongest season for the job market. At the same time, the labor force in our county has dropped from 62,464 in 2010 to 61,700 in 2011. The average wage for all jobs has also fallen over the past two years, from $35,879 in 2009 to $33,947 in 2011.” These are not good trends and point out even further the need to recruit companies with quality jobs. Light manufacturing is identified as

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Piper Aircraft, Inc. CVS Novurania of America SpectorSoft Corp Parker Hannifin Press Journal NetBoss Technologies Profold, Inc. Rogers Cushions Vero Machine Industries Macho Products Community Asphalt Bryant’s Precision Mfg Float-On Corporation Florida Truss & Fabricators Aluma Tower Company Colkitt Sheet Metal Girard Equipment SMI Telecom M.A. Ford Mfg one target industry, but it is not the only one, says Caseltine. “We also target information technology companies, headquarters companies and distribution centers, all of which pay wages higher than our county average.” Examples of these companies include SpectorSoft, a software development ﬁrm that started up here in Vero Beach and now has 82 employees, all capable of paying for their health insurance and buying homes. “NetBoss is another,” says Caseltine, “a technology company most local people never heard of, but it has 57 employees. SMI Telecom is a British

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company with its US headquarters here in Sebastian. Girard Equipment makes valves for tanker trucks, one of only six companies in the entire world that do this. They have 28 employees and encourage their vendors to move here, too” CVS, the national drug store chain, has a regional distribution center just west of I-95 that employs over 200 people. Even a small but well known company like Nailtiques, has its distribution center in Sebastian. Coming later this year is a ﬁrst-of-its-kind bio-energy ﬁrm, INEOS New Planet Energy. All the companies mentioned

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homes, cars and putting their money in local banks. So the question remains, where do we find these companies and how do we bring them to Indian River County? Historically, the only manufacturing companies that relocated to Indian River County did so because the CEO came here first on vacation. Caseltine says, “That is still an important source, but we also benefit from referrals, companies that start up here and contacts made at trade shows. For instance, Netboss is a spin-off of Harris Corporation in Melbourne. The CEO, Jim Odom, lives in Indian River County and started the company here. SMI Telecom did business with Odom, who encouraged SMI to move here, creating about 25 jobs. OcuCue LLC is a local hi tech startup with eight employees now and expects to grow to 25. If you recall, SpectorSoft was also a local startup that now employs 82 people and growing. ” The latest startup company receiving considerable press is INEOS New Plant BioEnergy LLC. It is a joint venture of the global petrochemical firm, INEOS Bio, and New Planet Energy. The new company will co-produce advanced biofuels and renewable electricity using a breakthrough INEOS Bio process. Construction of the facility is well under way and operations will begin in the second half of 2012. “The company expects to hire 55 employees with an average salary of $45,000 plus benefits,” says Caseltine. Another source of prospective companies is the site consultant. According to Caseltine, “Companies hire site consultants, who seek out relocation possibilities based on the client company’s needs. The CVS distribution center was brought to us by a site consultant. They wanted a shovel-ready property with infrastructure in the ground, centrally located with good transportation.” Typically, companies looking into relocation have similar requirements, according to Caseltine. “At one time

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The legacy of J.A. “Coach” Thompson will live on in Indian River County. Thompson, the longest-serving superintendent of the Indian River County School District, was to lose the recognition he had earned when the School Board decided to move Osceola Magnet to the 18th Avenue school that currently carries his name. However, after his son, Jim, wrote a letter to the Press Journal, the School Board voted on Feb. 26 to name its administrative building after the elder Thompson. So who was J.A. Thompson, who served as superintendent from 1948 to 1969? He is described by those who knew him before and after his tenure as a quiet leader who never lost sight that his role was to serve the students of Indian River County. “What I remember of him was that he walked every place,” said County Commissioner Gary Wheeler, who came to know Thompson after he left his job as superintendent. “He was a quiet man, but a strong leader in a reverse sort of way. We all like to talk about ourselves, but he never did.” Thompson came to Indian River County to teach in 1938. At various points in his tenure he coached football, basketball and baseball to Vero Beach High School students. To this day, people who were inﬂuenced by Thompson, still refer to him as Coach. He was a lifelong recruiter for his beloved Mercer University in Macon, Ga., where he met his wife, Mary, and graduated in 1929. He is responsible for sending countless students from Vero Beach there. “I bet he was one of the best recruiters for Mercer University that they ever had,” said Alma Lee Loy, who received her ﬁrst paying job under Thompson in 1947 through a rec-

reation program the coach was running. “He was always on the lookout for potential students that would matriculate to Mercer and he was always willing to help them.” Thompson first became superintendent in 1948 when it was an elective office. While serving as superintendent, the position was made appointive and when he retired, he was the longest serving superintendent in Florida and President of the Florida Association of County School Superintendents as well. When he started the job in 1948 there were less than 12,000 people living in Indian River County. When he left, the number was close to 36,000. And as the population grew, so did the need for schools -- consolidating some and building others. “He was superintendent during a time when the county population and so the school population were both growing rapidly,” remembered John Schumann, who was one of Thompson’s students. “There was a need for expansion of the education system and more schools and bond issues were necessary to finance the schools. He was very successful in communicating that need to the public.” During his tenure Thompson opened Osceola, Glendale, Citrus, Rosewood and the school now known as Dodgertown. One of his proudest accomplishments, said his son Jim, was building Vero Beach High School 1965 at its present location on 16th Street. “They had to pass three bond issues (to build the high school and other needed facilities),” Jim Thompson said. “The old high school was built in the 1920s and it was old and behind the times.” Coach Thompson was also superintendent when the high school integrated in the 1960s and it is said that through his leadership the act was accomplished without the rancor and

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problems many other Florida schools experienced at the time. When Thompson left the superintendent’s office, he remained active in the community, spending much of his time working for the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of Vero Beach (where he served as past president and had a 50-year perfect attendance record) and the United Way. Coach Thompson was also active in his church, First Baptist Church of Vero Beach. It is to his credit that Thompson Elementary is the only school in the district named after a person. School Board Vice Chairman Carol Johnson noted in a Feb. 1 article in the Press Journal “the board agreed to name Thompson Elementary after the former superintendent when she was first on the board in the 1980s. Despite an unwritten rule not to name a school after a person, the suggestion received no opposition.” And the school building is not the only place in Vero Beach that bears Thompson’s name. There is the J.A. Thompson- Rotary Field Little League fields behind Rosewood Magnet,

which honors the significant role sports played in his life and which he passed on to others. It was in service to others that Thompson will most be remembered. He was one of the best advocates the school district has ever had. “One thing I remember about Coach, he was a marvelous at public relations for the schools and the school system,” Loy said. “He knew what PR stood for. He would be at everything in the community and he would be walking the streets and talking to people and talking about what was going on in the school system and their needs.” It was that common touch that Schumann remembered as well. “He was Mr. Education for Indian River County,” Schumann said. “He related exceptionally well to students, faculty and to the public. He was a coach and then a teacher and then superintendent. He understood education from all of those standpoints. He really supported the idea that students should do well in high school and then go on to college.”

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VERO BEACH -- Is the City of Vero Beach a horribly inefficient government, as some argue? A survey of other Florida cities would suggest that, at least compared to its peers, Vero Beach is hardly ground zero for wastefulness and incompetence in local government. Though the narrative has taken hold in some quarters that Vero Beach can do no right, that story just does not square with the facts. Vero Beach doesn’t serve so much as an ideal case study for government inefficiency as it does an example of the toxic effect of negativity. For example, Vero Beach is commonly and frequently criticized for transferring revenue from its utility operations to pay for a portion of its general fund expenses, including administration, public safety, parks and recreation, and other city services. Some make the case that the city is wrong to depend on the nearly $6 million a year it shifts from its electric fund, and the $1 million in profits it uses from water and sewer operations to help pay the cost of running the city. While the city’s transactional attorney continues to seeks ways of making a deal work for the sale of the city’s electric system to Florida Power and Light, City Manager Jim O’Connor and others are busy look-

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enterprise funds. While it can be argued that just because the practice is common doesn’t make it wise, the fact remains that by operating an electric system and a water and sewer utility Vero Beach has been able to keep its property

taxes low, some would say artificially low. Though the practice of using profits from city owned utilities to pay a portion of the cost of running the city’s government has enabled local politicians to brag about keeping taxes relatively low, no one ever seriously complained about these transfers until the city’s electric rates went through the roof several years ago. And while the price the city ischarging for power has come down over the last two years, it has the misfortune of being gauged against Florida Power & Light, currently the state’s most efficient utility. Measured against the rest of the pack, Vero Beach’s electric rates are hardly egregious. Compared to FPL rates, however, no utility looks particularly efficient, certainly not Vero Beach. As the accompanying graph shows, a number of Florida cities that own and operate electric utilities, including Gainesville, Lakeland, Lake Worth, and Ocala, use transfers from their electric utilities to cover a higher percentage of their general fund expenses than does Vero Beach. At the same time, compared to the seven cities surveyed, Vero Beach has by far the lowest tax rate. In fact, all the cities surveyed except Tallahassee assess local property tax rates at least twice Vero Beach’s rate.

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VERO BEACH -- Up to 50 different kinds of civilian and military aircraft will be on display to the public when the Vero Beach Municipal Airport holds its 10th annual Aviation Day on March 17. Public admission, available only the day of the event, is $5 per person (or $10 per family) and begins at 9 a.m. The event runs until 4 p.m. and parking is free at the terminal. “This is an expensive event to put on,” said assistant airport director Todd Scher. “Generally speaking, we take in just about enough money to cover our expenses for the event.” February temperatures in the 30‘s and 40‘s, combined with high winds the past two years led Scher to push the event ahead a month to March. This is a move aimed at increasing the fun factor for general public while increasing attendance. “People will get to do things they normally don’t get to do, and they will get to see a lot of what really goes on out here,” Scher said. “They will get to go out on to the ramp, go on out onto the taxiway and look around at the airplanes. The airport is kind of a mystery to people, so getting the public to come on out to the airport is really our intent.”

The event is not to be confused with an air show, as the airport will be open to other aircraft and airport personnel while Aviation Day is in progress. With that in mind, there will be several displays available for the public to investigate. Thanks to the organization History Flight, military aircraft like the B-25H Medium Bomber, a North American AT-6 Texan, and Boeing N26 Stearman DC-3 will be on display. “History Flight has a mission of recovering and bringing home the remains of missing in action American servicemen,” Scher said. “To date they have done this for the families of 200 servicemen, and they promote this by coming to events like this and flying their World War II airplanes. Rides -although they are not free -- are available in their planes throughout the day for those who want to experience that.” Other military aircraft like the MH53 Heavy Lift helicopter, a World War II FG-1D Corsair, a Czechoslovakian L-39, and an F-18 Hornet will also be accessible for viewing. The public will be treated to formation fly-overs, displays featuring model aircraft and rockets, and aviation merchandise vendors. Helicopter rides and an EAA flight simulator will also be there for the public to experience Food and beverage will be available

to the public throughout the day and all proceeds from the sales will benefit the local charities of the Treasure Coast Rotary Club. Newsradio WTTB 1490 will be doing a remote and themed broadcast of

The George Maher Show at Aviation Day, which will run in its usual 2 p.m. time slot. For more information, please go to www.eaa99.com or call the airport director’s office at 772-978-4930.

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McKee Botanical Garden recognized by Horticulture magazine VERO BEACH -- McKee Botanical Garden has been recognized by Horticulture magazine as one of 10 inspiring gardens to have opened to the public in the past 10 years. In its January/February 2012 issue, the magazine spotlights McKee and nine other gardens located throughout the United States for striving to preserve the legacy of North American garden culture. The Vero Beach landmark is noted for its diverse plant collection, historic structures and subtropical jungle setting. The gardens featured in the article were selected at the suggestion of the Garden Conservancy, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of America’s most exceptional gardens for the education and enjoyment of the public. McKee is endorsed by the Garden Conservancy as a project of national and historical significance. McKee Botanical Garden is located at 350 U.S. 1 in Vero Beach.

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VERO BEACH -- Erin Metz, who owns Very Fitting at 3301 Ocean Drive, says she expects her store to reopen next week after an elderly man drove through the south side of her store. Metz said word has been circulating that the 3,500-square-foot store would close permanently, but noted she was working on the insurance claims and cleaning up the mess and would be open as soon as possible. “We are closed until we get the window fixed and the insurance adjuster here,” Metz said. “In the meantime, people are starting the rumor that we are permanently closed. We are hoping to be open next week.” Metz estimated the damage at about $75,000 to the store that sells children’s clothes, linens and lingerie.

VERO BEACH — The GFWC Treasure Coast Women and the GFWC Vero Beach Woman’s Club donated five benches to the City of Vero Beach’s Riverside Park and two county parks. A bench from Treasure Coast Women sits facing the flag pole the clubs donated previously before the bridge to Veteran’s Memorial Island Sanctuary; and the bench from the Vero Beach Woman’s Club sits at the main boat launch just to the left of the flag pole roundabout. The location of the other Treasure Coast Women’s bench to the city is still to be determined. The two benches from Treasure Coast Women that were donated to the county will be installed at the new Lagoon Park at the end of Eighth Street and Indian River Boulevard.

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The 23rd Annual May Pops Concert to benefit the Indian River Medical Center Foundation will be held on May 6 on the Windsor Polo Field. This year’s theme, “Expect the Unexpected” will feature the Brevard Symphony Orchestra with conductor Christopher Confessore and soloist Christiane Noll. Noll is a Tony-nominated artist who will sing a variety of Broadway favorites, including selections from the classic musicals “My Fair Lady,” “The Music Man” and “Les Miserables.” The foundation has announced the Quail Valley River Club will return by popular demand to cater the VIP cocktail reception. CONTINUES ON PAGE 18

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Helen and Dick Post, presenting sponsors who have supported this event since its inception, look forward to enjoying this foundation tradition with the entire community. Gates open at 3:30 p.m., concert begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance lawn;$200 VIP. For ticket or sponsorship opportunities call Julia Keenan at (772) 226-4952.

Retired CPA to run for office of Indian River Tax Collector INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Barry Bernard, a retired certified public accountant, filed recently to run for the county Tax Collector’s Office, and says he will reduce his salary to $75,000, a 35 percent cut from the state’s official $116,838 salary for the post. Bernard would still take the $117,000 salary, he said, but return $21,838 to the county coffers and contribute $20,000 to charity. Traditionally, the county Tax Collector’s Office collects property and business taxes, issues registrations and tags for cars, trucks, mobile homes and motorcycles, registrations for boats and tags for trailers, and sells hunting and fishing licenses. The incumbent, Carole Jean Jordan, has added driver’s licensing to the services ahead of the state’s 2015 deadline to do so. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is passing that role to counties. Bernard, 69, cites a 23-year career as a CPA, starting with three years for the Arthur Andersen LLP accounting firm in Chicago — well before the 2001 Enron scandal — and serving a two-year stint as chief executive officer for Houston-based Commercial Drywall Inc.’s South Florida operations. After retiring at age 46 in 1988, Bernard said, he became an active volunteer,

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Touch a Truck Family Festival slated for March 31 at county fairgrounds VERO BEACH -- Childcare Resources of Indian River and the Exchange Club of Indian River will hold the Touch a Truck Family Festival on Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Indian River County Fairgrounds. The festival will feature big trucks and vehicles for children to touch and explore, plus games, face painting, live entertainment, bounce houses, arts and crafts and a delicious festival food court. Some of the trucks include emergency, transportation, construction, agricultural and large equipment vehicles. Children will have the opportunity to climb aboard these vehicles, blow the horns, and discover how these complex machines operate and provide valuable services to our community. Admission to the festival is $5 per person or $20 per family (up to five people) and children ages 2 and under are free. Event proceeds support affordable quality early education programs for working families and efforts to prevent child abuse. The Touch A Truck Family Festival committee is still looking for kid-friendly trucks to participate and volunteers to help the day of the event. For information on how to share your truck or vehicle with children and families at Touch A Truck Family Festival, contact Sarah Starr at (772) 567-3202 or email sstarr@childcareresourcesir.org.

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and public safety employees who will ultimately receive benefits from the pension fund. You might think the vote would have lined up the other way, with the pension beneficiaries calling for lower investment assumptions, and thus larger contributions to the fund. Not so. In fact, employee representatives on pension boards locally and across the country make every effort to avoid leveling with taxpayers about the true cost of pension liabilities being accrued today. After all, they reason, if taxpayers actually had to pay the full cost of the pension obligations being assumed today for future retirees, they might force their elected representatives to negotiate more realistic benefits. Among its other systemic problems, such as widespread tax cheating and corruption in government, one of Greece’s biggest problems is that it has promised far more in pension benefits than the nation will ever be able to afford. That country is broke. Much closer to home, the City of Sarasota is so weighed down by unfunded pension obligations that members of its council have begun to wonder aloud it the city can continue to operate its own police force. In their next round of negotiations, public employee representatives and negotiators for municipal governments might do well to follow the example set last week by the Indian River Shores pension board. To continue to pretend that current contributions to pension funds are sufficient to meet future obligations is, in essence, a lack of integrity.

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Take care when exploring the causes of difficult events RYMER REASON BY LISA RYMER

I’ve heard it said that the shooting in Ohio last week – and almost everything else that goes wrong, really -- is because we’ve taken God out of the schools. As if we could shut the doors and shutter the windows to keep God out. My goodness, even the mosquitoes and no-see-ums can get through the cracks. I’m fairly certain that God -- the beginning, middle and end of everything and everyone that ever was and ever will be -- can certainly negotiate a locked gate. But if what they mean to say is that we have taken God out of the schools by not permitting prayer in the classrooms, I am again reminded of the brilliance of our constitution.

Here in Indian River County we don’t even allow sex education in the schools; I certainly don’t want a stranger, just anyone, teaching my child about God! Consider who LISA RYMER could be leading the children in prayer. What have they learned themselves along their journey? A wayward word that has stuck out in their memory, a bone to pick, or an over righteous digression from the curriculum. Being a democracy, we would have to legislate prayers covering all the major religions so no one would be left out. In a week’s time, the children would need to recite Christian, Jew-

ish, Islamic, Wiccan and Buddhist prayers. There are 330 million deities in the Hindu religion alone; we may have to dedicate a whole month for that one. The first amendment specifically says: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” It does not say anywhere that there shall be a separation of church and state. Because, of course, that would be ludicrous. How could anyone separate our government from the world, which is indeed God’s church? Ask your minister, pastor or priest if God only lives within four walls capped with wooden beams and sheetrock. Or, instead, ask if God inhabits the woods, forests, oceans and streams; the cities, towns, villages and tribes; the trees, the bees, the

flora, the fauna. The spirit which is you, which is me. There is no separation from God, and maybe the true objection is that we pretend as if there is. Perhaps we should consider the shootings and other things that go awry as a symptom of another issue: the homogenization of our individuality to keep up with what our society has deemed to be a normal, successful, joy-filled life. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to celebrate the many faces and places, helping each other in all circumstances, rather than placing blame on the absence of God . Truly, how absurd is that. Lisa Rymer is a newspaper and television journalist who resides in Vero Beach. She can be contacted at LisaRymer@comcast.net.

Teaching your children the rituals of holy days BY RABBI MICHAEL BIRNHOLZ

In the Passover Haggadah, the service book of the Passover Seder service-meal, there is a section called the four sons or children. As you prepare to tell and relive the experience of the Israelites Exodus from Egypt the rabbis offer insight into the four different personalities your child might present and how to respond. First there is the wise son/child. For this child who is self motivated and curious. This child not only wants to be there but takes initiative to make the ritual meaningful for themselves and others. Then there is the wicked child. This child has no interest in being involved in the service. This is the child whose only contributions are the rolled eyes, the sarcastic, annoyed sighs and potential tantrums to make the experience unpleasant for everyone. There is the simple child. This

child is not enthusiastic or disruptive. The simple child just is. She will sing along and join in sometimes. Sometimes she will be tuned into the candles or the toy she brought to the RABBI table. MICHAEL BIRNHOLZ In contrast, there is the child who is unable to ask, what is going on. This child is typically depicted as being young. He doesn’t have enough knowledge or life experience to see that the seder is that different from other dinners. He goes with the flow. Okay, so this is what we are doing tonight. It is not that he isn’t interested in the story; he just doesn’t connect the rituals to the telling of the Exodus story. As we read these texts we have to realize that it is not really a collec-

tion of four separate children. In reality we need to take a step back and realize that as we and our children approach the rituals of a holiday ( or life in general) at different times cycle through being wise or wicked, simple or unable to connect and ask. We have to be prepared to confront any of these moods or learning styles and have the right, most meaningful response ready. Yet there is also another side to this interaction. The Rabbis seem to assume that the parents bringing the ritual to their children are in a single state. They are stable and they have to be prepared to respond to the dynamic their child presents. In fact, the one presents the story has a selection of moods/states they could be in: Enthusiastic, exasperated, calm, disinterested. I wonder what list of “four parents/teachers” our kids that they have to interact with as they go through their

day. As much as our children may be moving targets, we are moving around as we try to meet and engage them. This is the season of many holidays and holy days. Not only are we called to observe these days, tell our sacred stories and bring the values into our world through powerful rituals we are supposed to find ways to share all of this with the next generation. Not only do we have to be sensitive to where our children are in the course of their life experience, we have to be aware of our own energy, mood, level of distraction and interest. To be able to connect and direct the next generation we have to be conscious of the person we want to be to meet it. Rabbi Michael Birnholz has served Temple Beth Shalom in Vero Beach since 2002. One of his goals is bringing Jewish values and wisdom to the wider community.

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Cracker Hoedown helps raise money for Habitat for Humanity BY CHRISTINA TASCON VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

VERO BEACH -- Habitat for Humanity volunteers traded in their construction boots for the cowboy variety at their annual Cracker Hoedown and the only hammers heard were from raising money at the auction block. It was a southern-styled affair that brought out everyone’s

best ten-gallon hat and had them shootin’ and ridin’ a mechanical bull named Bodacious. Even Mayor Pilar Turner, State Representative Ralph Poppell and Sheriff Deryl Loar saddled up. “I’m from Texas,” said the Mayor, “this is not my first bull.” Turner’s ride was a fairly calm one and she said was nothing like when she did this back home. “My first ride was

at the famous Gilley’s in Houston and that one was not quite this gentle.” Guests let their hair down and enjoyed the barbecue catered by Elizabeth Kennedy, the shooting gallery, the wine ring toss and the barnyard country décor set up by Dave Taylor and his committee. After dinner, guests bailed out a couple of “ornery local varmints”

– radio host Rhett Palmer and Sheriff Loar. Over 250 guests supported Habitat for Humanity’s event to bring housing funds to needy local families. The final funds raised were not available at time of publication. To support Habitat’s upcoming volunteer opportunities, visit irchabitat.org.

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St. Ed’s Trunk Show brings upscale shopping to Vero Beach BY CHRISTINA TASCON VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

VERO BEACH -- The St. Edward’s Trunk Show is a sale like no other in the area. This upscale event brings items from around the country to thousands of local shoppers who would have to travel to Palm Beach for a similar retail experience. Some of the guests at the preview enjoyed champagne and perused the glit-

tering merchandise as some husbands relaxed in the cigar lounge Sarah Layton brought her inventory of upscale jewelry by Pierce & Harry. Layton is a former St. Edward’s graduate. “I did Model UN here and it gave me the leadership skills to run my own company after college,” said Layton. St. Edward’s is the embodiment of a school which teaches the

“whole” person to maneuver the path to success. Layton was just one of the young entrepreneurs who were St. Ed’s alumni on hand for the event. Dr. Suzanne Conway co-chaired the show with Catalina Pines again this year. Conway’s two daughters also participated as vendors of Wildtree, a line of gourmet foods. They also credit their experience at the school for their confidence

and business skills. “I like to support good schools in any way I can, especially one like this one,” attendee Harry Scott said. “It is important to have schools of this high standard.” “The event opens the school to the public,” said Pines, “so they get the sense of family that the students and their families are lucky enough to experience here. The whole school gets involved.”

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!Farmer’s Market - from 3-6 pm, downtown Vero, corner 14th Ave. & 21st St. 772-480-8353.

!”Water on the Table” - Social Justice Film Series, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1590 27th Ave. 7 pm, free. 772-778-5880.

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!Spring Break Shrek Camp - at the Agnew Wahlstrom Youth Playhouse, 3280 Riverside Park Dr., Ages 7+, $100. 772-234-8052.

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!Downtown Gallery Art Stroll - art galleries and businesses open house receptions. Free. 772-299-1234.

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!”Irish History” - Indian River Genealogical Society presents Dr. Jay P. Nolan of University of Notre Dame, 9:30 am, IRC Main Library. 772-4924012.

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!Vero Beach Polo - Polo Grounds Field, 12th St. between 74th & 82nd Aves., 2 pm, $10+ per car. 772-778-222. THROUGH APRIL 30

!Sculpting Nature - 30 large scale art pieces in McKee Botanical Gardens, 350 S US1, $5-$9, 772-794-0601.

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The Indian River Region Antique Automobile Club of America will host its 35th Annual Antique, Classic and Collector Car Show on March 24 at Riverside Park. Over 300 cars are expected to be on display. reservation and directions. 772-7940701.

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!Navy League - Treasure Coast Council Dinner, Heritage Center, 2140 14th Ave., 5:45 pm, speaker RADM Douglas McAneny, $28. 772231-6101. !Opera on the River - at the home of Kurt Leo Wallach to benefit CASTLE, cocktails begin at 5:30 pm, $100 per person, opera, cocktails & hors d’oeuvres. 772-567-5700.

!Under the Oaks - 61st Annual Fine Art & Craft Show, over 200 artists, on-site outdoor cafe, Riverside Park, 3001 Riverside Park Dr., Fri & Sat 9-5, Sun 10-4, by Vero Beach Art Club. 772-231-0303. MARCH 9-18

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!Night Sounds - at Sebastian Inlet State Park concert, Coconut Point (south side of Inlet) 7-9 pm, free. 321984-4852.

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!String Quartet - of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, First Presbyterian Church, 520 Royal Palm Blvd., 7 pm, free will offering. 772-562-9088. MARCH 16

!Spring Fest - Vero Beach Community Center, 2266 14th Ave., the David Light Band, 11:30 am-2 pm, $7. 772-770-6517. MARCH 17

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!St. Patrick’s Day Parade - along Riverside Park Dr., Benefit for Care Net 14th Ave. in Downtown Vero Beach, 1 pm start, free, sponsored by Vero Beach Elk’s Club, over 50 entries. (Corned beef lunch at Elk’s Club following parade.) 772-562-8794. MARCH 11

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Lookout Frederick Fleet (Andre Schofield), stoker Frederick Barrett (Robin Volsky) and radioman Harold McBride (Andrew Blitzman) get ready to leave port. the boat was sinking. There were simply not enough lifeboats to save all the passengers. The play opens with Larry Straus, handsome and lean, telling the audience as Thomas Andrews, the ship’s architect, about the vessel he has designed. Later, he divulges that he was instructed to reduce the number of lifeboats to increase the amount of promenade space on deck for the first class guests. A cast of 36 actors costumed in period attire, provide the audience an intimate introduction to many of the guests on board, including Ida Strauss (Glynis Sherman) and Isadore Strauss (Frank Kaplan), the founders of Macy’s Department Store; and millionaires Benjamin Guggenheim (John Felton) and John Astor (Jerry Nashel), who all drowned in the icy waters that night so that the women and children would have seats on the lifeboats. “How impressed they’ll be when they see how much you know about CONTINUES ON PAGE 28

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hardware,” sings second-class passenger, Alice Beane (Robin Spalin), whose husband, Edgar Beane (Dave Panula) owns a hardware store in Minnesota, but she very much wants to be a part of the first-class crowd. Spalin gives a top notch performance, offering much needed comic relief in the midst of an intense drama. The suspense builds as the characters come alive, including J. Bruce Ismay (John Toohey), the ship’s owner, who goads the captain into going full speed on a journey that should have been conducted with more prudence. Captain EJ Smith (Dennis Love) had already submitted his retirement papers before the ship departed England. The Titanic’s maiden voyage was set to be his last. As the peril sinks in, tension mounts between the rank and file officers, James Mitchell and Steve Warren, who are charged with splitting

apart families, determining who lives and who does not. There are several sweet scenes between Kate McGowan (Robyn Thompson), one of several Irish girls onboard named Kate, and a boy she meets in line. And, Donna Roberts Mitchell (Mrs. Etches) is perfectly cast as a stalwart woman who heads up the wait staﬀ, able to keep some semblance of calm as the modern marvel sinks. Written by Peter Stone, who also wrote “1776,” with music by Maury Yeston, who also composed “Grand Hotel,” the work is handled brilliantly in the capable hands of guild veterans. Mark Wygonik is the choreographer and music direction is provided by Toohey. Undoubtedly, the musical will have the backing of the audience. After all, no matter how inevitable the outcome, there is a compelling desire to somehow postpone or change the ending. Capt. E.J. Smith (Dennis Love) shakes the hand of passenger John B. Thayer (Brad Hanawalt) as he waves good-bye.

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VERO BEACH -- With gold prices hovering above $1,700 per ounce and an economy still struggling to regain pre-2008 strength, one might assume that a full-time goldsmith/silversmith and jewelry designer would be thinking about an easier line of work. But Vero Beach jewelry artisan Susan Gancher, who has worked as a gold and silversmith for more than 45 years, just keeps creating her original jewelry, much to the delight of her customers. Gancher, an artisan who was featured in the Vero Beach Art Club’s 2010 Art Trail, is an exhibitor at space this weekend at “Under the Oaks,” a three-day ﬁne art and craft show presented by the club held under the majestic live oaks at Riverside Park. More than 80,000 are

expected to attend the art event which is the largest on the Treasure Coast and considered among the top juried shows in the country. A Connecticut native who also lived and worked in San Francisco and Taos, New Mexico, Gancher originally intended to become an English major and writer but while at college, began to make and sell beaded earrings to earn a little extra money. Before long, a new career path was in the making when a friend’s husband who was a Greenwich Village jeweler in Manhattan began to teach her basic jewelry-making skills. Another jeweler offered Gancher an apprentice opportunity to learn more refined jewelry-making techniques and the fledgling jeweler –

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who began to sell her work immediately – focused her attentions on jewelry making as a full-time career. Along the way, Gancher married, had children, divorced and eventually moved back to Connecticut where she supported herself and her children by selling her silver and gold jewelry. Among her customers were celebrities who bought her work while Gancher lived in California. Actress Julie Christie, singer Grace Slick of the rock band Jeﬀerson Airplane and movie director John Huston are among Gancher’s more notable clients. “From this business I support my life and from this business, I connect with the world,” Gancher said from her home workshop. “Making jewelry, loving jewelry and ﬁnding the equilibrium between making it and getting it to the public takes all of my time.” As an artisan devoted to her craft, Gancher believes such dedication is

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solely earning her living through the work of her own hands, Gancher has come to believe that life unfolds more positively when she remembers to fully embrace her art. “Life functions better when there is this core grounding. I create my jewelry from a place of joy and freedom and where I can value myself,” she said. “An artist has to value their work and their time.” Her decidedly feminine pieces are meticulously crafted step-by-step. Some of her more elaborately designed necklaces take up to 80 hours to make and may have taken years to conceive. And while it would be debatable to say that jewelry has a “soul,” there is, nonetheless soulfulness to Gancher’s jewelry designs and fabrications which celebrate nature and the natural elements of precious metals and gemstones. “I’m taking inanimate objects and bringing sincerity and honesty to their design and fabrication. And when I have a customer looking at my work, I bring a human being to those inanimate objects and know they will move people emotionally,” Gancher said. A recently crafted yellow gold ring contained an included tanzanite flanked by two white sapphires. Tanzanite is a rare, precious blue-purple gem mined in Tanzania. “Why did I use a flawed tanzanite in a gold ring? Because in total, the piece looks wonderful and someone will get a ring at a lower cost,” Gancher said. “It’s not symbolism for a flawed life or anything but rather it’s a gift. It’s a tanzanite with a beauty mark.” When asked to describe what she hopes her jewelry conveys to customers, Gancher said her creations serve to enhance those characteristics embodied by women. “My jewelry goes with a woman’s sense of their own strength and femininity,” she said. Gancher takes commissions for jewelry design and teaches jewelry making. She is accepting students for her summer session of private classes. For more information about her jewelry or classes, call (772) 778-2779.

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about eight stops (along the corridor),” Bramson said. “They don’t have to invest billions in new equipment. Amtrak would operate trains over FEC rails.” “When I was three my father took me to the Buena Vista yard of the FEC and there are pictures of my all over the engines,” Bramson said. His presentation will review the 110-year history of the FEC and following his remarks, he will be available to answer questions. The Florida Humanities Series is presented by The Emerson Center at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Vero Beach. Speakers and performers for this series will appear through April and presentations ARE related to varied aspects of Florida history and issues. Funding for the free Florida Humanities Series at the Emerson Center was provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Emerson Center, which is handicapped-accessible and seats more than 800, is located at 1590 27th Avenue at the corner of 16th Street in Vero Beach. For more information, call (772) 778-5249.

VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART 3001 Riverside Park Drive 772-231-0707 Mar 15: Warm Nights Cool Music, Live Jazz in outdoor sculpture garden, 5-7 pm, $10 Mar 21: TC Jazz Society, “A Tribute to Benny Goodman” by Terry Myers 18 pc Orchestra, 7:30 pm, $50

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VERO BEACH -- The Emerson Center’s popular Florida Humanities Series continues on Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m. with a free, open-to-thepublic presentation by one of America’s foremost authorities on the history of Florida transportation with an emphasis on the Florida East Coast Railway. Vero Beach residents living near U.S. Highway 1 or within earshot, frequently hear FEC train whistles blow as the multi-car laden freight trains pass through intersections. This presentation will explain just what those trains are carrying and why they are such an integral part of Florida’s east coast and railway history. Seth Bramson, the author of 22 books and a FEC railway authority, will discuss “The Florida East Coast Railway: For More Than 110 Years America’s Speedway To Sunshine.” Bramson, who has collected railway memorabilia for 56 years, is one of only two people in the nation with the official title of Company Historian with an American railroad. His book Speedway to Sunshine is considered the official history of the Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway. He was also instrumental in saving the Vero Beach train station when it was moved to its present location downtown and installed the station’s first historic display. “I like transportation – a ticket to ride,” the congenial railway expert said from his Miami office where he maintains the FEC company archives. Although the FEC ceased passenger service back in 1963 and is now a freight-carrying rail system, Bramson would like to see expanded passenger service return to the Jacksonville to Miami corridor although he believes a high-speed rail is not necessary. “We don’t need a high-speed rail; just a restoration of rail service with

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sunrisetheatre.com Mar 8: Roger Hodgeson, the voice of Supertramp, 7pm, $65/$55 Mar 9: Teatro Lirico D’Europa’s Pucini La Boheme, 8pm, $55/45 Mar 10: Bill Cosby, 6pm & 9pm, $69/59 Mar 14: National Folk & Dance Company of Colombia, 7 pm, free Mar 15: Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance, 7 pm, $55/$49 Mar 16: 50 Years of Doo Wop, 8 pm, $75/$49/$39 Mar 16-18: Sister’s Easter Catechism “Will My Bunny Go to Heaven?,” 3, 7 & 8 pm, $35 Mar 18: An Evening with Tony Bennett, 7 pm, $125/$95 Mar 20: Bob Newhart, 7 pm, $65/$55

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Competition drives local Ultimate Frisbee group BY MICHAEL BIELECKI VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

VERO BEACH – Indian River County has become one of the great, sportsactive communities in Florida. On any given day, people can be found playing golf, baseball, football, shuffleboard, tennis, lacrosse, soccer or any one of a dozen other sports. But what of Ultimate Frisbee, one of America’s true counter-culture sports? One look around virtually any college campus in the country and students can be found tossing and chasing after spinning plastic discs The Ultimate Frisbee Group of Vero Beach may not play on a college campus, but they do embody the spirit of a sport originated by Joel Silver in 1968 at Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J. Silver subsequently became an acclaimed Hollywood producer of the Lethal Weapon and other films. “We’re like a church youth group without an adult leader,” said unofficial group leader Mark Ohlrich. “The one thing that is really unique about us is we’re not even a club -- we don’t even have any insurance.” Founded in 2005, the group typically attracts up to 80 people over either two or three days per-week (depending on the time of year). The age of the players

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Ian Mackett knocks a disc out of the sky defending a point. range from teenagers to middle-aged. With Ohlrich as the group’s main organizer, the group is(?) held together nearly four years via email and through the Ultimate Frisbee in Vero Beach Facebook page (uﬁnvb@groups.facebook.com). One of the group’s biggest challenges, though, hasn’t been getting people to

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come out and play, it has been finding a place to play. “The school board made the decision that people can play ultimate Frisbee here on the Vero Beach High School girls’ lacrosse practice field at their own risk,” Ohrich said. “Aside from Leisure Square, there’s nowhere else for us to play.” The ultimate Frisbee playing field is the same size as a football field from end zone-to-end zone, and finding public fields this big to play on is surprisingly difficult. The game itself employs similar rules to rugby, but without allowing excessive contact. In fact, several current and former Vero Beach High School football players have made smooth transitions from football to ultimate Frisbee. Jack Moore, now a sophomore at Notre Dame, is one such example. A team captain for his school’s Ultimate Frisbee “B” team, Moore is used to playing against stiff competition at school. “There are a lot of kids who take Ultimate Frisbee pretty seriously up in

South Bend,” Moore said. “We go to school-sponsored tournaments in St. Louis and Ann Arbor and that was just playing for the “B” team. Getting on the “A” team is a big deal at Notre Dame.” When Moore returned home for summer break after his freshman year, he was shocked to ﬁnd how competitive the games were in Vero Beach. “The level of play in Vero Beach is very high,” Moore said. “I play whenever I’m back in town to improve my game for Ultimate up at Notre Dame. Playing with guys like Anthony DiMalia and Adam Linsky -- two of Vero Beach’s top-tier players -- has helped me a lot with my throws and become a much allaround better player. There are players in Vero Beach who would be very good players on even a college team.” Linsky, a twenty-something who is the group’s most experienced player, has been throwing a disc competitively for over a decade. He’s one of the many in the group who is thankful Ohlrich has kept the group going for over three years. “I’ve been playing since I was really little,” Linsky said. “I played competitively in a league up in Melbourne and we went to Georgia for big tournaments. Most of us here can really throw, and the Frisbee’s great. Once you get the hang of throwing the disc, it is just like throwing a baseball.” According to Ohlrich, it is normal to have over two dozen players gather for 6 p.m. Tuesday or Thursday night sessions. With an email push, their numbers can expand to the mid-thirties and over 40. “We’ve got eight teams worth of jerseys and we’re always passing those around between people,” Ohlrich said. “We’ve got enough cones to run three games at a time.” Less tend to show up for 1 p.m. Sunday sessions, as those games are usually played with smaller teams. “You show up on Sunday to play and I can guarantee you a good workout,” Ohlrich said. “People come out here to sweat out whatever they did on Saturday night.”

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a team will be placed with a team. League sponsors include Waldo’s and JAS Fitness, whose logos are found on the league website and on the back of every league-issued team shirt The Vero Beach Sports Club’s next venture will be an adult field day at Leisure Square April 14 for their first effort beyond kickball. It includes an obstacle course, a relay race, a tug-of-war, a two-person wheelbarrow race and more. Go to their website, www.leaguelinup. com/VeroSportsClub or call 772766-KICK for more information.

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VERO BEACH -- The Vero Beach Sports Club is kicking into high gear as their second season of kickball nears completion. The games are played at South County Park and started in October. The games are the first of what founders Sean and Mary Givans hope to be a long line of successful recreation leagues activities. “When we started the league we wanted to bring a fun sport to Vero for adults that could be enjoyed by

people, regardless of age or athletic ability,” Givans said. “Our games are held on Friday night, and the season lasts between six and nine weeks. The league is a great way to meet new people, socialize, do some networking, and be physically active. We hope to provide several more sporting opportunities --like volleyball and flag football -- for adults in the near future.” The first kickball season was comprised of eight teams of 10 to 16 players, with the second season expanding to 12 teams. Entire teams can sign up and individuals without

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VERO BEACH -- Everyone has favorite colors; you can see it in the clothes they wear and the hues they paint their walls. But when we choose colors, we rarely consider people’s reactions to them. Studies have shown that color has a powerful effect on people’s physiology, psychology and over all well-being. The colors you select may – or may not -- be working to your advantage. When painting your house, “the first thing you want to ask is what the purpose of this space is,” said Susan Rane Steinfeld, a local certified feng shui consultant who uses color to help decorate residential and commercial properties. “People tend to look at what is pretty instead of what they want to happen there.” Steinfeld studied under Nancy Lee Wydra, who also lives in Vero Beach and is an international author on feng shui, an ancient Chinese approach to arranging one’s physical reality -- such as the place-

ment of objects and architectural layouts -- to ensure positive flow in life. “When I assess a room, I begin by figuring out whether the space should be calming or stimulating,” said Steinfeld. For instance, whether in a restaurant, your dining room, or your kitchen, “eating areas should incorporate warm colors to stimulate appetite, digestion and conversation,” said Steinfeld. Warm colors have been shown to increase heart rate, respiration, eye blinks and excite the nervous system, she said. “Color is energy,” she explains, sounding a bit like a 10th grade biology teacher providing an overview on the mechanics of how the eye perceives color. On one end of the rainbow -- or light spectrum made up of ROYGBIV (an acronym for each color of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) – red tops the charts for longest wavelength at the lowest vibrational frequency.

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a perfect balance between vitality and composure. “It’s a great color for hospital rooms,” said Steinfeld, explaining that green helps create a healing environment by being calm enough, but still stimulating enough to trigger a healing response at a cellular level. “Most hospital rooms are white because most people are really afraid of color,” she adds. Pointing to a study reported in “Time” magazine a few years ago about a school district in Munich, Steinfeld details the results of the children’s I.Q. scores in relation to the colors to which they were exposed. As it turns out, stark white, black or brown environments seem to dull the senses, as evidenced in decreased I.Q. scores; warm colors like yellow and orange increased I.Q. as much as 12 points. There were also measureable increases in cheerfulness, creativity and alertness. These same warm colors, orange and yellow are recommended in light therapy to be effective in healing dry and scaly skin disorders, such as eczema and psoriasis. “As far back as the Egyptians, who built solariums with different shades of glass, people have been using color for healing,” said Steinfeld. Cooler colors are more calming, so when appointing the bedroom scheme, rich blues are what she generally recommends. “It’s soothing, perfect for creating a calm sleep environment,” said Steinfeld. However, she cautions that if your bedroom is too blue, you may feel depressed and have trouble getting out of bed in the morning. “You have to spice up the bedroom with some red, get the warm colors going in there to keep things happy,” she said. Likewise, study areas and dens should have enough red and other warm colors to inspire creativity, but not enough to become an obstacle to focusing on the task at hand. “That’s why you want to accessorize with red, using throw pillows, area rugs and even art,” said Steinfeld. “Red said, ‘look at me.’ So too much can be a distraction.” Steinfeld said the exterior paint of a house should first and foremost blend in with the neighborhood, to be in a positive flow. She goes for neutral tones, as the residents are not really impacted by the outside. However, in traditional feng shui, “it is customary to have a red front door. It’s inviting, tells people they are welcome to stop by and come in,” said Steinfeld. For more information about color selection, contact Susan Rane Steinfeld at 453-3228 or visit her website at www.acsvero.com.

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With The Tides Chef Leanne Kelleher fresh from her victory in the Top Chef Challenge, we wanted to taste for ourselves the skills of this talented culinary artist. Arriving at The Tides on a blustery cool evening, we were not surprised to see the dining rooms full. We were surprised, however, to see folks in line waiting for their tables and, in fact, even with advance reservations, we waited a few minutes for our table as well. Though the hostess greeted and acknowledged us right away, the wait was a bit longer than expected. Unfortunately, no seats or benches were offered for folks to relax while waiting for their table and the small Key West-style bar was full and standing room only. Eventually we were seated and a very friendly server greeted us quickly and took our drinks order. The cocktail menu featured some familiar favorites and I chose a traditional mojito and my companion chose a regular glass of iced tea. Though the cocktail arrived in short order, the iced tea took over 15 minutes to be delivered with no explanations as to the delay. Perusing the appetizer menu, we immediately saw an item that has earned critical acclaim from regulars who visit this long-time upscale establishment: scallops with portobello mushrooms and polenta. The dish was a generous portion suitable for sharing and included creamy polenta laced with an earthy mushroom flavor which went well with the tender baby scallops. After just a few bites it was easy to see why this dish remains so popular here.

Another selection with an interesting title and description was the BLT. Not knowing quite what to expect, we were pleasantly surprised with a playful take-off on a classic American staple. The Tides version of a BLT was a large portobello mushroom, piled high with spinach, sliced tomatoes and a house-made mayonnaise. The firm texture of the mushroom and spinach together with the sweet sliced tomatoes and tangy sauce gave a whole new meaning of this re-invented classic. The final appetizer was the five onion soup. Pungently pleasing, it was a deliciously rich, cream-based soup. The variety of gently cooked onions provided a sweet and peppery taste and finished with cream, this soup pro-

vided warm comfort on a cool evening. Located on Cardinal Drive in Vero Beach, The Tides has been a beachside favorite since March 2000. The Tides Executive Chef Kelleher -- a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park,New York, has continued to win many awards and earn top reviews with her distinctively Floridian style of cooking. Chef Kelleher uses only the freshest seafood; locally grown, organically raised vegetables and the finest meats. Her masterful and consistent presentation of dishes has continued to draw locals back year after year. In fact, during our dinner that evening, we were pleased to learn some friendly folks at a table next to us had been coming to the Tides since it opened.

Warm bread was served in the form of sweet mini-corn muffins and hard rolls. After a second round was offered to us, the bread lady became our new best friend. With a name like The Tides, it’s no surprise to find fresh fish on the menu as well as a fresh catch of the day. When deciding on entrees, the choice was obvious. I chose red snapper and my dinner companion chose the cedar plank salmon. The salmon was complemented with a sweet glaze and though the fish was very fresh and well presented, it did not have quite the “wow” factor as some of the other dishes and was almost forgettable. Red snapper has a bold and distinctive flavor and though somewhat deli-

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Obituaries Ghent A. Langley Sr. Ghent A. Langley Sr., 69, died Feb. 21, 2012, at Indian River Medical Center. He was born in Washington, N.C., and was a local resident for 50 years, coming from his birthplace. He was employed with Piper Aircraft in Vero Beach all of his life until his retirement. Survivors include his wife, Johnnie Langley of Vero Beach; sons, Ghent A. Langley Jr. of Winter Beach, Gene Langley of Las Vegas, Glenn Langley of Port St. Lucie and Martin Langley of Fort Pierce; brother, Fred Langley of Washington; sisters, Dorothy Moore, Annabelle Williams and Mary Langley, all of Washington; and four grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Macedonia Baptist Church, 4360 30th Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32967. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

William B. Lutkins William B. Lutkins, 85, died Feb. 22, 2012, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach since 1997, coming from Canaan, Conn. He retired in 1992 as vice president and senior portfolio manager. He was a Navy veteran, serving during World War II in the South Pacific. He graduated from New York University in 1950 and joined Bankers Trust Co. the same year. Survivors include his wife, Kendall; sons, Peter, David and William Lutkins; sister, Nancy L. Dowdney of Las Cruces, N.M.; and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church, 475 43rd Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32968.

William C. Williams William C. Williams, 93, died Feb. 24, 2012, at the Florida Baptist Retirement Center. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and lived in Vero Beach since 1985, coming from Atlanta. He was of the Methodist faith. Before retirement, he worked as a sales representative for the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Co. Survivors include his

daughters, Carol Notter and Gayle Howald, both of Atlanta, and Mardy Hall of Vero Beach; sister, Betty Jean Waters of Naples; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Florida Baptist Retirement Center at 1006 33rd St., Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

Margaret Young Margaret Young, 99, died Feb. 24, 2012, at The Place at Vero Beach. She was born in Charlestown, Mass., grew up in Jamaica Plain, Mass., and lived in Vero Beach for 40 years, coming from Washington, D.C. She was the secretary to the Judge Advocate General of the Army for many years, retiring after more than three decades of government service. She was a longtime member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Vero Beach and Vero Beach Country Club. Survivors include many nieces and nephews; and caretaker and longtime friend, Kitty Modine. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity. A guestbook is available at www. lowtherfuneralhome.com.

Elizabeth Ann ‘Libby’ Addison Elizabeth Ann “Libby” (Ferguson) Addison, 77, died Feb. 25, 2012, at her home. She was born in Fernandina Beach and lived in Vero Beach for 38 years, coming from Clermont. She was the vice president for Addison Oil Co. until her retirement in 2002. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Florida State University, Tallahassee, graduating magna cum laude and was a member of the Kappa Delta Sorority. She was a member of the American Association of University Women; First Presbyterian Church, Vero Beach; and Scottish Society of the Treasure Coast. Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Fritz Addison of Vero Beach; son, Glen Addison of Vero Beach; daughter, Laura Addison of Vero Beach; and two grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Mabel Ferguson Shafer. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

Thomas ‘Danny’ Allison Thomas “Danny” Allison, 57, of Okeechobee and formerly of Vero Beach, died Feb. 27, 2012 in Fort Pierce at the Treasure Coast Hospice. He was born July 3, 1954 in Live Oak, Florida to George V. and Patricia M. Allison. Mr. Allison was a technician with Everglades Farm Equipment and was a Baptist by faith. He is survived by his loving wife of 29 years, Sharon; sons, Tommy (Missy) Allison of Ocala, Justin Allison, of Vero Beach; daughters, Jessica Allison, Arianna Allison both of Okeechobee; mother, Patricia (Roger) Doughty of Sanford, FL and step-mother, Gwen Allison of Vero Beach; two granddaughters and a large and loving extended family. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Prostate Cancer Foundation at www.pcf.org. Online condolences may be made at www.buxtonfuneralhome. com.

Joseph M. Armbruster Joseph M. Armbruster, 80, of Vero Beach, formerly of Lighthouse Point and Miami died Feb. 26, 2012. He died at his home after a long battle with complications of a spinal cord injury. In the late 1950’s he stated Coventry Motors in Miami; at 21 he was the youngest foreign car dealership owner in the US. He later built automobile air conditioning systems. In 1966 he retired at 34 to Waynesville, N.C., and took up building and racing Formula Fords in the SCCA circuit. He moved to Vero Beach in 2001 shortly after he learned of s spinal cord injury. He is survived by his wife Sue Copleand Armbruster; daughters Martha Jo Bittle (Chuck) of Jupiter Farms, FL, and Janice Louise Friscia (Vince) of Lake Worth; Linda E. Price of Miami; and son Paul M. Armbruster of Lighthouse Point; granddaughter Briana Calzada (Ismael) and great-

granddaughter Addison; grandsons S/Sgt. Nicholas Hass, Chad, Josh and Sam Bubis; brother-in-law Dan Lewis and nephews Danny, Larry and Brad Lewis and their families of Live Oak. An online guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

Arliss M. Buskirk Arliss M. Buskirk, 85, died Feb. 24, 2012, at her home. She was born in Cissna Park, Ill., and lived in Vero Beach for 20 years, coming from Illinois. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her sisters, Jesse Ahrens of Kankakee, Ill., and Wilma Bernard of Paxton, Ill. Memorial contributions may be made to Treasure Coast Hospice, 1201 Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

Hilary Dear Hilary Dear, 64, died Feb. 22, 2012. She was born in Newark, N.J., and moved to Vero Beach as a child. She lived in Vero Beach until 1998, when she moved to Blairsville, Ga. She graduated from Vero Beach High School in 1967. She and her husband, Robert Dear, owned Dear Manufacturing Jewelers. She was the sales consultant and pearl specialist, retiring in 1998. Survivors include her daughter, Lisa of Blairsville; stepsons, Wayne and Norman Dear; and stepdaughter, Nancy. A guestbook is available at www. mountainviewfuneralhome.com.

Richard Draffen Elliott Richard Draffen Elliott, 74, died Feb. 25, 2012, in Vero Beach. He was born in the Catskill Mountains of New York and moved to Vero Beach in the late 1970s to form a company to provide city management-like services to newly forming homeowner and condominium associations in Florida. Survivors include his wife, Therese of Vero Beach; brother, Robert Elliott of Ocala; daughter, Karen Merrill of Vero Beach; three stepchildren; two grandchildren; and four step grand children. Memorial contributions may be made

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Josephine L. “Dolly” Cioffi, 79, died Feb. 29, 2012, at her home. She was born in Bronx, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach for 32 years, coming from Pound Ridge, N.Y. She worked for Century 21 Seatrek Realty, Vero Beach, for 15 years, before her retirement in 2005. She was of the Catholic faith. She was a member of Legion of Mary of St. Sebastian Catholic Church. Survivors include her daughters, Carole Anne Bronzino of Roswell, Ga., and Gia Marie Norment and Maria Louise Fulchini, both of Vero Beach; sisters, Louise Sangalli and Toni Gallo, both of Vero Beach; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital , 5011 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. A guestbook is available at www. strunkfuneralhome.com.

James David Bercaw James David Bercaw died Feb. 28, 2012, at his home. He was born in Mason, Ohio, coming to Vero Beach eight years ago from Sewall’s Point. He began his career with Bell Laboratories and held positions in engineering

Edythe Martha Myers Deiters Edythe Martha Myers Deiters, 93 of Houston passed away on Feb. 26, 2012. She is preceded in death by her husband, James Arthur Deiters; twin sons, John and Joseph Deiters; brothers, Bill and Nicholas Myers and sister, Madeline Schnabel. She is survived by her children, James Robert Deiters and Jill Deiters Connor; grandchildre n, Peter Michael Connor and wife Jennifer, Patrick James Connor and Casey Marie Connor; great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Maeve and Camryn Faye. In lieu of usual remembrances, the family suggest donations in Edythe’s name be made to her church, St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church, 475 43rd Ave., Vero Beach, FL, 32968. Tributes at www.cyfairfunerals.com.

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Christopher Tra-Darin Wallace, 9, died Feb. 23, 2012, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was born in Vero Beach. He was a third-grade A/B honor roll student at Dodgertown Elementary School, Vero Beach. He also was a regular soloist at the Wabasso Church of God on “Family Day.” Survivors include his parents, Terry Wallace Sr. and Zenobia LaShay Mortimer-Wallace of Vero Beach; brothers, Terry Wallace Jr. of Miami, and Brandon Wallace of Vero Beach; sisters, Teriyauker Johnson of Orlando, Anteria Mortimer of Vero Beach, Maura Wallace of Melbourne; paternal grandmother, Betty Jean Wallace of Vero Beach; maternal

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Charlotte Akers Weaver, 80, died Feb. 23, 2012. She was born in Marion, Va. and lived in Vero Beach. Survivors include her sons, Butch, Rick, Chuck and Keith; daughters, Carol and Joyce; brother, John; 20 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the Susan G. Komen Foundation , 1309 N. Flagler Dr., 5th Floor, West Palm Beach, FL 33401; or www.komensouthflorida.org. All County Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

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Carolyn A. Kreag, 69, died Feb. 25, 2012, at the Indian River Medical Center. She was born in Schenectady, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach since 2002, coming from New York. She graduated from the Vincentian Institute in Albany, N.Y. Before retirement, she worked as a secretary for Ellis Hospital in Schenectady for 23 years. She was a parishioner at St. John of the Cross Catholic Church, Vero Beach. She was a member of the Red Hat Society, president of the Village Green bowling league, and the former president of the Swan Lake Association. Survivors include her husband of 43 years, C. Paul Kreag; daughter, Kristine Sweeney of Jacksonville; sons Thomas E. Kreag of Harleysville, Pa., and Kevin P. Kreag of Seabrook, Texas; brothers, Edward Sullivan of Brooksville and David Sullivan of Albany, N.Y.; and 10 grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association , 1101 Northchase Parkway, Marietta, GA 30067. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

John Necco III, 71, died Feb. 28, 2012, at VNA/Hospice House, Vero Beach. He was born in Boston, and lived in Vero Beach for eight years, coming from Fort Pierce. He served in the Air Force and Coast Guard and retired from the Coast Guard Reserve. He retired as a detective from the Boston Police Department. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

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and management at Western Electric and AT&T Consumer Products. In 1993, as executive vice president of operations, he went to Shanghai and established three factories and a logistics center. While in Shanghai, he also served as president of the American Chamber of Commerce, whose membership grew almost threefold. He was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant serving with the Army Corps of Engineers. After moving to Vero Beach in 2004, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Indian River Republican Party and served on the Board of the Hibiscus Children’s Center. He was a member and served as a ruling elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Vero Beach and also served as the head of the building committee. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, June Denman Bercaw of Vero Beach; sons, James D. Bercaw of Metairie, La., and Jeffery D. Bercaw of Oak Ridge, N.C.; brother, John E. Bercaw of Pasadena, Calif.; sisters, Deborah Weir and Jennifer Collins, both of Raleigh, N.C.; and five grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 520 Royal Palm Blvd., Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www. strunkfuneralhome.com.

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Donald Kaufmann, 81, died Feb. 26, 2012, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was born in Alma, Mich., and lived in Vero Beach for 11 years, coming from Warren, Vt. He earned his graduate degrees from Northwestern and Yale universities. He taught high school mathematics in Connecticut and Vermont. He was an Army veteran. He was a member and worshipped at the Community Church of Vero Beach. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Lois Kaufmann of Vero Beach; daughter, Ruth Kaufmann of Colchester, Vt.; son, Robert Kaufmann of Warren, Vt.; and sister, Ann Kaufmann of Minneapolis, Minn. Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Church of Vero Beach, 1901 23rd St., Vero Beach, FL 32960.

Leonard L. Millar, 92, died Feb. 28, 2012, at VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. He was born in Aylmer, Canada, and was a part-time resident of Vero Beach for 30 years. Before retirement he was the director of Manufacturing Textiles, Europe, at Monsanto Chemical, St. Louis. Survivors include his longtime partner, Jean Posthuma of Vero Beach; daughters, Kyle Manning and Jennifer Millar, both of West Haven, Conn.; son, Leonard Millar Jr. of New Orleans; brothers, Robert Millar of Chatham, N.J., and John Millar of Wilmington, Del.; sisters, Janet Fahey of South Carolina, Helena Cleveland of Florida and Gail Dillon of New Castle, Del.; and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to VNA Hospice House, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

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Address 408 Sable Oak Dr. 4611 Pebble Bay S 955 Starboard Dr. 8795 Orchid Island Cir., #301 2700 Ocean Dr. #404 N 1975 Anglers Cove 1134 Windrifter Way 814 Island Club Sq. 30 Caserea Ct. S 1111 Admirals Walk 416 Conn Way 2174 Via Fuentes 4450 Highway A1A, #105 4450 Hwy A1A, #104

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661 Lake Dr. Riomar Bay 3/14/11 $3,995,000 2/28/12 $3,475,000 Premier Estate Properties Kay Brown Norris & Company Debbie Bell

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101 Mariner Beach Ln. Mariner Village 3/5/09 $2,495,000 2/28/12 $2,100,000 Premier Estate Properties Kay Brown Premier Estate Properties Kay Brown

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1605 Indian Bay Dr. Indian Bay Point 10/21/11 $1,600,000 2/29/12 $1,137,500 Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Matilde Sorensen Phoenix Acquisitions, Inc. Elaine Amy

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2205 Windward Way Southwinds 12/28/11 $675,000 2/29/12 $655,000 The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Judy Hargarten The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Erika Ross

Address: 5680 Highway A1A, #311 Subdivision: Victoria Condo List Date: 7/12/11 List Price: $599,000 Sell Date: 2/29/12 Sell Price: $560,000 Listing Broker: Real Estate Results Listing Agent: Beth Binkley-Murphy Selling Broker: Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Selling Agent: Mary Pat Slater Subdivision List Date List Price Sell Date Sell Price Bermuda Bay 9/9/11 $599,000 2/29/12 $500,000 Pebble Bay Estates 8/16/11 $449,000 2/24/12 $417,500 Moorings 6/14/11 $449,900 2/27/12 $400,000 SEA OAKS 3/29/11 $399,000 2/27/12 $395,000 Gables of Vero Beach 9/15/11 $499,000 2/24/12 $385,000 Anglers Cove 12/6/11 $400,000 2/28/12 $375,000 Castaway Cove 1/16/12 $369,000 2/29/12 $347,500 Island Club of Vero 11/9/11 $359,000 2/27/12 $347,000 Sea Forest Court 10/31/11 $349,000 2/29/12 $345,000 Castaway Cove 11/15/11 $339,000 2/23/12 $300,000 Bethel by the Sea 1/3/12 $275,000 2/28/12 $255,000 River Mews Condo 4/7/11 $225,000 2/29/12 $210,000 Ocean Club 5/28/11 $209,000 2/29/12 $205,000 Ocean Club 1/19/11 $219,000 2/29/12 $199,000

Address: 980 Lantern Ln. Subdivision: Moorings List Date: 1/4/12 List Price: $549,900 Sell Date: 2/24/12 Sell Price: $549,900 Listing Broker: MarreroTeam.com Real Estate Listing Agent: Jose’ Marrero Selling Broker: The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Selling Agent: Erika Ross Listing Broker/Agent Selling Broker/Agent Norris & Company/Susan Hart Premier Estate Properties/Marta Mytych Coldwell Banker Ed Schlitt VB/Joseph Schlitt Norris & Company/Gretchen Hanson The Moorings Realty Sales Co./Judy Hargarten Alex MacWilliam, Inc./Lange Sykes Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc./Darrow Jackson Seaside Realty of Vero Beach/Mickey Warburton Alex MacWilliam, Inc./Jane Johnson Alex MacWilliam, Inc./Jane Johnson RE/MAX Classic/Kelly Fischer Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Lori Davis Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc./Cliff Lamb NMLS/NMLS AGENT Norris & Company/Debbie Bell Norris & Company/Gena Grove Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc./Karen Lloyd Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Karen Lloyd Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc./Sally Woods Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Joe Kovaleski David Walsh & Associates RE/Opey Angelone Shamrock Real Estate Corp./Christine McLaughlin The Moorings Realty Sales Co./Daina Bertrand Phoenix Acquisitions, Inc./Elaine Amy Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc./Tripp Hernandez North Beach Realty, Inc./Janet Lawrence Norris & Company/Jane Schwiering North Beach Realty, Inc./Janet Lawrence

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Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Selling Agent: Subdivision List Date Fischer Lake Island 12/6/11 Citrus Springs Village 6/11/11

1705 Cassville Ave. Old Savannah 4/21/11 $499,900 2/27/12 $425,000 Laurel Agency, Inc. Karen Hall RE/MAX Classic Kelly Fischer 5600 62nd Ln. Eagle Trace 12/14/10 $314,100 2/29/12 $344,950 Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Scott Reynolds Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Kim Cybulski List Price Sell Date Sell Price $279,900 2/27/12 $265,000 $256,000 2/29/12 $252,320

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Selling Agent:

720 Royal Palm Pl. Royal Park 11/16/11 $399,000 2/29/12 $369,500 Peters, Carlton & Mugford RE Rita Curry Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Kim Cybulski

1690 Stonewall Dr. Address: Old Savannah Subdivision: 9/27/11 List Date: $345,000 List Price: 2/28/12 Sell Date: $331,000 Sell Price: Listing Broker: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Suzanne Leffew Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Bobbie Holt Selling Agent: Listing Broker/Agent Selling Broker/Agent Norris & Company/Sherry Brown Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Vanessa Cole Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Scott Reynolds Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Scott Reynolds

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