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for employee contributions and limiting benefits as c o s t- s a v i n g measures. “That total we will pay into employee pensions of BILL HELMLY $4.1 million is exactly what the city collects in ad valorum taxes,” noted Councilmember Carroll. “That gives a perspective of how big our pension commitment is.” Also on the agenda was a presentation by Bill Helmly of the Indian River Land Trust, who spoke about the work being done to purchase property along the Indian River Lagoon to preserve the Indian River Lagoon

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VERO BEACH -- Florida Power and Light’s lead negotiator told the City Council Tuesday night the power company should know in six months if a deal can be struck to buy the electric system from the city. “That time frame should give us an idea if there is a deal to be had or not,” FPL lead negotiator Ryan Fair told the council. Among the issues still to be resolved is if the city can get out of existing contracts the Orlando Utilities Commission and the Florida Municipal Power Agency. Fair said all parties are working toward a resolution -- or at least willing to entertain offers -- but the issues were complex and more time was needed to see if the city could get out of the contracts. The council voted 4-1 to extend the exclusive bargaining rights with FPL for 180 days after the current arrangement was set to expire at the end of the month. Mayor Pilar Turner, vice mayor Craig Fletcher and councilmembers Tracy Carroll and Dick Winger voted for the extension with councilmember Jay Kramer voting against. “We believe in six months we will know if there is a clear path forward with OUC and FMPA and we are going to transact or there is not going to be a path forward and we come to you and say we gave it our best shot, but there clearly is not a solution,” Fair said. The city also heard from their attorney Rick Miller of Edwards Wildman Palmer, LLP firm of West Palm Beach, who provided council with an update on the status of negotiations with FPL and the other parties involved with the transaction. “We have had meetings with the OUC and a number of discussions with FPL and those are ongoing, there is a process that is taking place between

OUC, FPL and ourselves for the intended termination of that c o n t r a c t ,” Miller said. The attorney also noted that his RYAN FAIR firm will be sitting down with FMPA to discuss termination of that contract, which could be the most difficult negotiations for the city. He did not provide a time frame for completion of the various transactions, but agreed with Fair that his firm should have a clear idea in six months. For the city to get out of the FMPA deal a settlement or buyer must be found for guaranteed payments the city owes the agency through 2017. “We are in preparation for that meeting and FPL will be joining us at the table for that discussion,” Miller said. “FPL offered and we asked the FMPA and they said that would be OK.” The city also agreed at the meeting to allow the firm to continue billing up to an additional $200,000, which would put it near the $485,000 it has budgeted for legal fees for the FPL sale transactions. The law firm has billed the city $199,000 for work it has done thus far. In other matters, Rocky Joyner of Segal Company talked to the council about options for placing cost controls in its pension plan. The city is paying about $4.1 million a year in payments into various pension funds and is looking for ways to limit that amount. Joyner’s presentation was informational as the city is locked into its employee contracts through 2013, but council will be considering options going forward such as asking

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Wheeler decides against seeking fifth term as County Commissioner INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -County Commissioner Gary Wheeler had a change of heart and announced this week that he will not seek another term as county commissioner. Wheeler, who had filed papers previously to seek a fifth term, will end a 25-year career in public service. “It’s time,” he said. “I’m 66 now, so at the end of another term I’d be 71.” Wheeler made the announcement in an e-mail to the Indian River Neighborhood Association, stating that after talking it over with his wife, Donna, he wanted to spend more time with his family. At one time, Wheeler had been closely aligned with the IRNA and its goal of containing growth in the county. The former Indian River County Sheriff will be ending his second stint as County Commissioner, hav-

ing served before becoming the co u nt y ’s chief law enforcement officer. As of press time no other candidate GARY WHEELER had filed for the District 3 seat Wheeler held. District 3 covers an area west of Vero Beach and spans to the Indian River County line. In his email to the IRNA, Wheeler wrote: “After much thought and consideration I have decided not to seek re-election for the District 3 seat for Indian River County Commission. Donna and I have discussed this for some time now and feel that it is time for me to retire and spend

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more time with family, leisure and travel. Donna knew four years ago, but I just caught on recently. God Bless her. “I am writing to thank the membership of the IRNA for their confidence, trust and support for me in the past. It is very humbling to have the trust of so many to allow me to represent them. Also, for all the

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Cost to sell electric system rising BY MARK SCHUMANN VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Three hikers found themselves trapped at the bottom of a 30-foot pit. Looking up they saw a rope reaching a third of the way from the top. “That rope is too short to be of any help to us,” one hiker complained. Finding a 10-foot ladder in the pit, a second hiker pointed out that they would never be able to climb their way out. The third hiker chastised his friends. “You guys just don’t want to get out of here, do you?” This story seems analogous to the quandary Vero Beach finds itself in today. Some of the most ardent proponents of selling the electric system argue that, given the rate differential between Vero Beach Electric and Florida Power and Light, everyone would be better off if the city sells the system, even at a loss. While that argument may have some merit, it is worth pointing out that supporters of a sale began their campaign presenting financial models assuming the city would receive enough investment income from the proceeds of a sale to make up at least some of the $5 million or more it will forfeit in annual transfers to the general fund. Never mind that these financial models assumed high rates of re-

turn on investments. The simple fact is there will likely be no proceeds to invest once the city has settled the debt on its electric system and has paid all the cost of extricating itself from its contractual obligations to the Florida Municipal Power Agency and the Orlando Utility Commission. Since discussions about selling the electric system began in earnest several years ago a number of factors have changed which make it more difficult and more costly for the city to resolve its contracts with FMPA and OUC. First, the price of natural gas continues to fall. The relatively low cost of power from natural gas generators makes Vero Beach’s entitlements and commitments to OUC’s coal-generated power not only less valuable, but almost unmarketable. Quite simply, no one wants to take these “assets” off the city’s hands, at least not in the short term. Meanwhile, the city’s carrying cost on these entitlements is approximately $1 million a month. Second, with the current demand for electricity well below supply, the most difficult power to sell is coalgenerated power, and Vero Beach owns that in spades. Even if the city could find a buyer for the relatively expensive power CONTINUES ON PAGE 19

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South Beach property owners a force in county BY IAN LOVE VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- The members of the South Beach Property Owners Association are not on a mission, but the group does have a vision.

The homeowners from the southern border of Vero Beach to the St. Lucie County line believe they live in a special slice of paradise and want their neighborhoods to reflect their values and maintain the reason many of them chose the area for their retirement or second homes.

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“The mission of the South Beach Property Owners Association is to preserve, foster and promote the beauty, natural resources, security and best interests of the South Beach area,” said association president John Burns. Burns estimates that the association represents about 90 percent of the 2,600 residences within the group’s boundaries. That number includes 26 homeowners’ associations plus Saint Edward’s school. Each member pays dues to the organization based on the size of the association and each homeowners group is allowed a vote on matters that arise. The SBPOA, which exists mainly in the unincorporated county (there are a few associations within the Vero Beach city limits), is well run and very efficient in making matters it deems important known to public officials. It is to their credit that once they stake a position, they generally get what want. “They are a very good organization and are responsive to the needs of their area,” said County Commissioner Bob Solari. “From a commissioner’s standpoint, it is good to have a group like that which exists and allows you to discuss policy.” One issue that is coming up for the SBPOA is a referendum in November asking residents if they wish to remain as water, sewer and irrigation customers with the City of Vero

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the county was unable to provide the pipes or infrastructure. The SBPOA has been a strong supporter of the county’s efforts to regionalize all of the county’s water systems, though that long-range goal may have hit a brick wall with the agreement Vero Beach reached recently with Indian River Shores to continue to provide water and sewer and reuse water, but at a reduced rate. The organization has also been an advocate for the city to sell its electric power plant , which also serves South Beach, to Florida Power & Light. “As long as the city has been servicing the South Beach area, for all of its utilities, we feel like they have been charging us higher rates than are warranted because they apply a certain amount of the rates that are generated from South Beach and ap-

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ply them to their general fund,” Burns said. “We feel like we are being taxed without representation because we cannot vote for city council.” Vero Beach City Manager Jim O’Connor said that while he would prefer to keep the South Beach customers, he is willing to negotiate with the county to take over in 2017. “This will be different than (from the negotiations with) Indian River Shores in that there is no question that the city owns the transmission lines,” O’Conner said. “We would not turn the service off, but the county would have to buy the lines or lease the lines serving that area depending on how we reach that contractual agreement.” While it appears at the moment that the SBPOA may not achieve its goal of a regional water system, “we just think that would be the most efficient,” Burns said. The SBPA was founded in 1992 when the Moorings Homeowners Association wanted to put a fire

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and safety station in South Beach for its residents. In order to strengthen its case with the county, a group of homeowners associations banded together and the SBPOA was born. And they eventually got their fire station. Since then, the organization came out against the development of a Publix supermarket on commercially zoned Moorings property. Instead of the commercial development Sea Mist Court now sits on that land. The group has supported the beach re-nourishment program and was one of the first areas to have its shoreline built back up by the county. In one of its most recent actions (not involving a utility) the group came out against building a sidewalk on the east side of A1A from Saint Edward’s School to Coquina Lane as a part of a state road project. The group objected because there is already a little used sidewalk on the west side of the highway and did not want to see landscaping torn up for

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Academics is key job of Gifford Youth Activity Center LISA RYMER VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

GIFFORD -- Forty years after ending segregation in the county’s school district, two area civic leaders conspired to give low income, minority students an even better chance for success. Since 1998, the Gifford Youth Activity Center has helped increase high school graduation rates among at-risk black youth and continues to elicit community support for educational advancement; most recently with the establishment of a $200,000 scholarship program. The scholarship fund is a gift from Bob Samuels, a GYAC Foundation board member, and his wife, Audrey. During the school year, the center serves about 170 low income youth providing academic tutoring and homework supervision. There are 10 fully certified teachers employed by the center who are currently teaching or retired from local schools. The vision of the center’s founders was a facility in Gifford that focused on academics. Local citrus farmer, Dan Richardson, a prolific philanthropist, provided the seed money for the center’s construction. He and Dr. A. Ronald Hudson, a retired school administrator and former district teacher of the year, helped raise the remainder of the funds. It was a seamless extension of the work they had done earlier to racially integrate the county, which owns the land on which GYAC, a nonprofit organization, is situated. Hudson, 81, and Richardson, 93, had met in the mid 1960s, when Hudson was assistant superintendant of schools and the bi-racial committee of which they were members was charged with desegregating the district. A graduate of Gifford High School, Hudson earned degrees from Bethune-Cookman University, Tuskegee University, Stetson University and Walden University. “We also sat on one of the first boards of the Hospital District,” he said of his civic involvement with Richard-

and is herself a graduate of Vero Beach High School, Bethune-Cookman University and Palm Beach Atlantic University. At 5:30 p.m., as the students are being picked up by their parents and guardians, they transition to the center’s gymnasium for recreation. The center, which is completely independent from the Gifford Aquatic Center, employs 10 full time staff and about 20 part time staff. The 26,000-square-foot facility also provides programs throughout the week for about 120 senior citizens – computer classes, low-impact aerobics, how to make a living will, etc. – combined with adult certification courses through Indian River State College in PHOTO SUPPLIED child care and security guarding. GYAC students Melvin Baker IV, Kamaree Lyons and Jovan Wyatt with scholarWhile staffing costs limit nightship selection committee members Dr. A. Ronald Hudson, Margaret Ingram, time and weekend programming at and Mr. Robert Samuels, who donated $200,000 to create the scholarship fund. the center, the facility is rented out to different organizations for meetings son, who Hudson recalls asked how he to 57 percent among white males), 47 and events. The center also maintains other could help improve the lives of Gifford percent nationally (78 percent among partnerships. Youth Guidance unresidents. white males), the graduation rates for derwrites a martial arts curriculum “We wanted to do something for black males in Indian River County children and families,” said Hudson. have continued to improve, from 72 for teens led by John “Cloudwalker” “All citizens in Indian River County percent in 2010 to 82 percent in 2011. Walcott and Riverside Children’s should have an equal opportunity to Unlike many after school programs Theatre features special presentado that which they were placed on that provide recreational enhance- tions, including intermittent classes this earth to do.” ment, GYAC’s focus is on academics. in art, drama and dance. During the summer, about 200 The first thing Hudson did to The center has separate classes for kindergarten through 12th-grade stugauge interest in the project was take kindergarten through fifth-graders, it to the Progressive Civic League of and the classrooms are separated by dents participate in the GYAC sumGifford, a civic and community club gender, as well as grade level, begin- mer camp program which provides a variety of academic and recreational founded in 1961 that was responsible ning in middle school. for getting water, paved roads and GYAC teachers interface with the opportunities, including projects streetlights to the area. school district’s computer system with the University of Florida MediWith the backing of the club, Rich- to stay apprised of “each individual cal Entomology Lab on Oslo Road ardson and Hudson got the local student’s progress and to provide on- and the United States Department of community college involved to do going support and encouragement,” Agriculture in Fort Pierce. “For the past three years, Margaret surveys and statistical analyses. said GYAC Executive Director, AnIngram, a teacher at Beachland ElThey found that the “minority stu- gelia Perry. dent graduation rates were far lower In addition, the older grades re- ementary School and former Florida than their white counterparts in the ceive life skills instruction, including Teacher of the Year, has conducted a two-week summer science camp,” county,” said Hudson, correlating ac- health and sexual abstinence. ademic success to family income and “When kids arrive after school, they said Perry. Ingram is also on the panel of family education. receive a light snack through a partnerjudges for the new scholarship fund, More recently, GYAC issued statis- ship with the school district and they tics indicating that despite high school get a little downtime before going to which will award black male high graduation rates among black males their classrooms,” explained Perry, who school and college students stipends being 37 percent in Florida (compared has been with the center for five years of up to $2,000 a year.

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Scholarship awards are based on eligibility criteria and an essay about success. “The scholarship is for the average student…we’re not looking for superstars,” said Samuels, a resident of the Moorings who has supported the efforts of GYAC since its opening. “We want to encourage young black men throughout the county to graduate high school by offering them an opportunity to continue their education they may not otherwise have.” It is this kind of benevolence that keeps GYAC afloat. With an operational budget of about $1 million annually, “less than 10 percent of the budget comes from the county,” said Perry. The organization relies on grants and rental fees, with the lion’s share of its operating money coming from donations. This year, revenue was up 12.2 percent, with $1,132,635 raised in 2011. In 2010, $927,741 in funds was raised. In 2007, it was $1,240,155. “Although there has been an outpouring of generosity, part of the prob-

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“There was nothing around except woods, mosquitoes and sandflies” BY MILT THOMAS VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

VERO BEACH -- Alex MacWilliam Sr. was truly one of Vero’s pioneers and if he were still alive today, nothing would have given him greater pleasure than attending the MacWilliam family reunion this past St. Patrick’s Day at Bethel Creek House. The Vero that Alex Sr. knew when he first came here in 1918 was much different than the Vero Beach we know today. Fortunately, we have his children to tell us about growing up in what was then a pristine wilderness. His oldest son, Alex, Jr, 87, youngest son, Robert, age 74 and daughters Helen Glenn (85) and Joan Schardt (83) sat down to talk about the greatest childhood one could ever imagine. Two other surviving children, Peter (82) and Barbara Fultz (80) were not in attendance. “First of all,” says Robert, “the only paved road on the barrier island ran from town to Sexton Plaza. Very few homes existed outside of Riomar. In fact, there were only ten year-round families between Wabasso and Ft. Pierce. During season, we would have another 40 families, most in Riomar.” Helen adds, “There was nothing around except woods, mosquitoes CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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bridge and immediately got stuck in the sand. “There was a bridge tender who actually lived in this tiny room on the bridge. He turned a hand crank to open and close the bridge and although he was a very strong black man, he really struggled with it. If we were fishing on the bridge when it

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from World War I. “His lungs were seared by mustard gas but he continued to fight. One of his fellow soldiers had fallen and dad crawled out to retrieve him, getting shot twice in the legs doing it. He earned two purple hearts, the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star and French Criox de Guerre.” Alex Jr. explains how his father came to Vero. “His family emigrated from Scotland to Cleveland in 1907. After the war, Dad returned to Cleveland. He saw a doctor about his lung problems and the doctor suggested he move to Vero Beach where he happened to own property. Dad then came here, designed the first Riomar course and clubhouse, then built it with materials and mules brought over by boat.” Alex Sr. is well known to have created Memorial Island, but he also used his considerable influence as three-time mayor and state legislator to establish the state’s first mosquito control district. “Dad said, we need our own district to develop the Indian River area as a tourist attraction,” says Alex Jr. “He was in the delegation that went to Tallahassee in 1925 and persuaded Governor Martin to create Indian River County, which Dad actually named. Later, he had the legislature set aside money for the original Barber Bridge.” But one of his other major accomplishments did not sit well with everyone, says Robert. “Florida had a

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had to be opened, we would run over and help him turn the crank.” Robert adds, “We caught every kind of fish – sheepshead, red snapper, snook, trout, and at night we would catch shrimp with a net, fighting mosquitoes and sandflies the whole time. “During World War II, the Navy had a bus that crossed the bridge frequently, which made for a tight squeeze if anyone was coming from the other way. One day our mother was driving and came to a stop as the bus approached. A group of cadets jumped out of the bus, picked up her car and moved it up against and railing so they could pass, then stopped and to move the car back so she could continue.” Listening to these stories from the sons and daughters of Alex MacWilliam, life must have been unimaginably tough back, but to his children, it was the world’s greatest place to live. Thanks in large part to their father, Vero Beach for us today is the greatest place to live.

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statewide blue law. Dad convinced the legislature and governor that many tourists were coming to Florida and this would be a problem, so he introduced the bill that made Florida ‘wet.’” The old wooden bridge was opened in 1926 and cars lined up to cross the bridge and drive to see the ocean. According to Alex Jr., “Of course, there wasn’t anything else over there except for Riomar. The cars came across that

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hangout for service people and their dates. Sometimes, the water would come up under the restaurant’s dance floor and soldiers would help put sandbags underneath to shore it up. Every night trash was separated into food and paper waste, then a guy would pick up the food waste to use as swill for his hogs.” They all have rich memories of their dad. Robert remembers taking a box out of the closet filled with medals

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and sandflies, so we played in the woods all the time, fished and swam.” Robert remembers, “We listened to radio and went to the movies for entertainment. We would go to see Tarzan movies, then come home and play Tarzan in the woods.” Robert recalls how bad the mosquitoes were. “When people worked outdoors they would build a fire with green shrubs that produced a lot of smoke, then worked next to it to keep the mosquitoes away. Every animal had a cloud of mosquitoes around it, the bigger the animal the bigger the cloud. Dogs tried to run away and snapped at them. We had horses and they would make a bee line to the ocean for relief. At night, we let them run free on the beach. They were a rare breed called Marsh Tacky, a favorite of the Indians because they did well in marsh lands and weren’t bothered as much by mosquitoes.” “Cracker houses all had screened porches, but they weren’t for sitting outside. When you came home, first thing you did was take a palm frond and brush all the mosquitoes off you, then quickly run in to the screened porch to finish getting off the rest of the mosquitoes. “All the windows had screens, but at night, the sandflies – what some people call ‘no seeums’ – came out and they could get through the screens, so you had to shut the doors and windows. We didn’t have air conditioning back then so it got pretty hot. I lay in bed wearing pajama bottoms, no top and a light sheet to cover me. I slept with my head close to the window for any air that might seep in. When I couldn’t stand it anymore, I would pop open the window, take a deep breath of fresh air and shut it. Problem was the sandflies would come in during that brief moment. Then I had to sleep under the sheet, which was even hotter.” “At one point our dad owned two restaurants, one being the current Ocean Grill. During the war and changed the name to “Club Mac.” It was the officer’s club and the major

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Over the past weeks we have examined Indian River County’s economic history, how it evolved into two two separate but unequal economies and what can be done to bridge the gap between them. We know that a healthy economy is a diversified economy and that is one area of weakness in our county. The answer is to attract companies that do the majority of their business outside the county. We don’t need to attract companies that do business here because they come as a result of our population and demographics. Companies that do business in the larger world are desired by every community because of the benefits they bring – quality wage jobs, their desire for anonymity away from congested retail shopping area, and the expansion of our tax base. Those quality jobs produce taxpayers rather than dependence on taxpayers. Probably most important of all to residents, they significantly diversify the tax base, easing pressure on homeowners. But to attract these desirable companies, there must be something in it for them. As explained previously, the cost of moving an operation here from somewhere else and training lo-

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES Below is a list of economic development incentives available to qualified targeted businesses relocating to, or expanding in, Indian River County: Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program • Business can receive a tax refund of up to $6,000 per new job created, $8,000 if located in the Enterprise Zone. • A qualified business pays an average wage of at least 115% of local average annual wage. • A minimum of 10 new jobs created in any of the state’s target industries. Ad Valorem Tax Exemption An Ad Valorem Tax Exemption is available to eligible new and expanding businesses in Indian River County. The exemption is applied to the increased value from improvements made by the company to existing real property and tangible personal property and can remain in effect up to 10 years. Local Jobs Grant Program • The Jobs Grant Program can apply to Targeted Industry companies relocating or expanding in Indian River County that create 5 or more full-time jobs that meet or exceed the wage thresholds below. • The salary or wage of each employee used to qualify the business for the Jobs Grant Program equals at least 75% of the county’s average annual wage. • Amount of the grant is determined based on the average annual wages paid to new hires. Enterprise Zone Tax Benefits • Job Tax Credit on Sales Tax or Corporate Tax for new jobs created in the Enterprise Zone • Sales Tax Refund on building materials purchased for rehabilitation of real property, and on the purchase of machinery/equipment used in the Zone • Corporate Tax Credit based on increased ad valorem on improved real property

cal people to do the jobs these companies require is a cost that offsets some of the benefits from relocating. This is where incentives come into the picture. Many of us in our careers have considered job opportunities requiring relocation. Often, the “incentive” of paying for moving expenses may be the one factor that favors one job opportunity over another.

Florida is unique in that it has historically offered its most expensive incentives to homeowners, not to businesses. Homestead exemption and Save Our Homes are tax incentives to reward homeownership. Many consider Florida to be overpopulated, so why do we continue paying for this incentive to attract even more people? Tax incentives to attract compa-

nies serve a much greater purpose in the general economy – they create homeowners from renters already here. They also require far less in government services than homeowners, which means the taxes they pay create a surplus shared by the entire community. Even with tax incentives, these companies still pay for schools even though they send no students, pay for public safety even though they only need a fraction of what is required for retail businesses and homeowners. Probably most important of all, these incentives are almost always temporary and are based on commitments made by the companies to earn them. So, with all these benefits to the community, why have corporate incentives encountered so much resistance from residents over the years? The answer probably lies at least partly in the publicity given to incentive deals gone bad. No system is foolproof in this regard, including homestead exemption (can you say foreclosure?). But for local communities like ours, the risk-reward ratio is only positive. More on this later. Another reason for resistance to incentives is the belief that our quality of life is so compelling, we don’t need to offer anything else. The reality is that many communities across

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that continues to create jobs. This demonstrates the importance, as citizens and neighbors, of doing what we can to keep high value jobproducing companies here once they come. They bring wealth into our community as we spend many of our consumer dollars with companies based outside our community. More importantly, they bring the kinds of jobs that help merge the two economies of Indian River County into one.

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ment in their success, but they give us much more in return. Are they guaranteed successes? No, but no investment is guaranteed. The best example is the Los Angeles Dodgers. In an effort to keep them in Vero Beach, we purchased their Dodgertown training complex. Eight years and an ownership change later, they left town anyway. But we ended up with real estate that will continue to increase in value and a new tenant

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nity,” says Caseltine. “There are state and local incentives such as sales tax rebates on improvements to companies that locate in this zone.” Aside from incentives, one of the most important factors in the decision-making of relocating companies is a community’s attitude about that company. Industrial companies are the best of neighbors in our community for the reasons mentioned above. Yes, incentives represent our invest-

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this great land of ours offer a quality of life. I remember an economic development brochure from North Dakota bragging about its quality of life – low cost of living, wide open spaces, cheap skilled labor, etc. They don’t mention that you can only play golf two weeks a year, but like everything else, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. We have certainly had our share of target companies coming for quality of life above all else, but the pool of such companies is limited. Also, we must compete with other Florida communities which have similar advantages, just as the State of Florida must compete with other states for major companies. Relocation is more likely based on shovel-ready land, turnkey spec buildings and help with moving expenses just like we do in our careers. For a company, incentives can include tax abatement for a period of years to offset the relocation costs and an incentive for every new high wage job created. Today, more than at any time in our county’s past, we offer incentives that are competitive with other counties our size. According to Helen Caseltine, director of economic development for the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce, “We also have an inventory of buildings and some shovel ready land available.” We could not say that twenty years ago. Back then, economic development was the equivalent of a fourletter word in Indian River County. Many residents and local officials felt industry would destroy our quality of life and economic development was treated with “intentional neglect.” Poverty and unemployment were not compatible with the “image economy.” But as the problem of our two economies worsened, it became glaringly obvious that action was necessary. The accompanying table shows the types of incentives we now offer, both through the state economic development agency (Enterprise Florida) and locally. “The Enterprise Zone includes the Vero Beach Municipal Airport area and the adjacent Gifford commu-

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VERO BEACH — Aviation Day held at the Vero Beach Municipal Airport this past weekend brought out families and enthusiasts alike to the 10th anOne of the popular aircraft on display was a 1944 Douglas DC-3 that was nual event. Featured this year were various aircraft, including a B-25 and T-6 that were brought in by Missionary Flights International of Fort Pierce. Pat Dwyer and brought in by History Flight. Some of the new additions to this 2012 event his 3-year-old grandson were amazed at the cockpit and all of the controls. Dwyer’s grandson was really impressed at how big the wings were. Richard included the Grumman OV-1D Mohawk and the Douglas A-4C Skyhawk. Snook, president of Missionary Flights, enjoyed answering questions from visitors. “People are really amazed at what good shape the airplane is in,” Snook said. Another crowd favorite was the U.S. Coast Guard HC-144A. Angel Jean-Charles of the Coast Guard said visitors were amazed at how sophisticated the aircraft was inside. “When people get inside, they seem to be a bit intimated by the controls and are afraid to touch them at first,” said Jean-Charles. Assistant Airport Manager Todd Scher said that Aviation Day over the years has become a popular event. He estimated 4,000 people attended. “We try to get people more familiar with the airport and up close to some of the airplanes. We want it to be a family event but get people excited about aviation,” Scher said.

Charm to host Wine, Women and Charm to benefit Homeless Family Center VERO BEACH -- Charm on the Treasure Coast is hosting Wine, Women and Charm on Thursday, April 5 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Mandarin Restaurant as a charity event for the Homeless Family Center. Event sponsors include Charm on the Treasure Coast, The Mandarin and Advanced Facial Cosmetic & Laser Surgery Center. Admission is $25 per person in advance or $30 at the door. The Mandarin is located at 398 21st Street in Vero Beach. For more information, vendor booth availability or raffle item donations, contact associate publisher Lara Fiorelli at (772)538-1435 or lara@treasurecoastcharm.com

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VERO BEACH — Indian River Charter High School sent a group of students to compete in the Annual Florida Statewide Chinese Competition, offering the young scholars an opportunity to test and understand their Chinese literacy levels. Eleven students traveled from Vero Beach to Fort Lauderdale, where Pine Crest School hosted the event. The competition tested students speaking, reading, and writing abilities. Chinese teacher, Liming Tang traveled with her students to the event where

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SEBASTIAN — By the River is hosting a health and wellness fair geared for those 55 and older. The event will be held Tuesday, March 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 11065 Ganga Way (off of Roseland Road) in Sebastian. Admission is free and open to the public. Many local health care professionals - both traditional and alternative - will be on hand to offer complimentary advice, strategies for longevity and vitality and to answer attendees’ questions. Guests can sample healthy foods and organic vegetable juices while they enter in drawings for prizes and product samples provided by vendors. The event has garnered enormous community support aiming to bring the latest in health and wellness to area seniors. There will be free health screenings available, often saving seniors hundreds of dollars in medical costs. The fair features blood pressure and diabetes screening, blood sugar testing, PHOTOS SUPPLIED spinal alignment and postural screenings and tips and lectures on subjects The Vero Beach Museum of Art’s Summer Art Camp begins June 11. such as skin care, legal, home health and hospital services and how to prepare for surgery and heal faster. For more information call By the River at (772) 388-5858 or visit www. ByTheRiver.org. The community currently has several openings for occupancy. The public is always welcome to take a tour or find out about qualifications VERO BEACH -- Registration for the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s Summer for residency. Art Camp begins on Monday, April 16, 2012 at 9 a.m. at the Museum. Youngsters to teenagers, 4 to 16 years old, can spend a week or more at this year’s Summer Art Camp. The art day camp offers a child-centered environment for young artists to explore new ideas, develop skills, and build selfesteem through making and learning about art. Affordable Full Service Animal Hospital The Museum offers nine one-week sessions with over 60 classes taught by professional artists/art educators. Previous art instruction is not required for enrollment. Classes are grouped for 4-5, 6-8, 9-11, and 12-16 year olds. Registration forms and class brochures will be available beginning Tuesday, Service Dog and Man’s Best Friend April 3 at the Vero Beach Museum of Art or from the Museum’s website at www.verobeachmuseum.org. Parents can download camp registration forms 1 SPAY, 13 VACCINES, 22 DOSES OF and provide payment information that can then be faxed to (772) 231-0938, FLEA & HEARTWORM PREVENTION, mailed or delivered in person to the Museum. POPPED PATELLA (KNEE CAP) This year’s weekly sessions begin on Monday, June 11 and continue weekly UN-POPPED (SURGICALLY) Client & Owner, Jim & Dawn Taylor through August 10. Sessions are held Monday through Friday for one week each, with half-day class periods scheduled for either mornings from 9:30 a.m. As seen recently on Ch. 5 News, Pia Pia is a to 12:30 p.m. or afternoons from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Dogs For Life Certified Hearing & Service Dog trained to sense owner’s moods and contact emergency responders

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students also had a chance to experience Chinese culture. “It was a quite challenging experience to students and to me as well. I am very glad that we could have this opportunity,” Tang said.

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Ironically, because their early financial models no longer add up, proponents of selling the electric system may find in this fact the most compelling argument for moving forward with a sale of the city’s electric system, even at a loss. The early models no longer reflect reality, precisely because the power business is complex, dynamic and risky. Vero Beach Electric is far too small a utility to be able to diversify its sources of power sufficiently to protect itself and its customers from the ineviMark Schumann, Publisher 978-2246 Mark.Schumann@scripps.com

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Vero Beach Electric living within the city limits are now paying at least $8 million a year more for power than they would as customers of FPL. The city’s customers in the unincorporated areas are paying another $12 million more than they would if they were served by FPL. Here’s the hard fact and the painful truth that needs to be told: owners of real property within the city are paying about $4 million a year less in taxes than they the would if the city’s millage rate Carrie Scent Graphic Designer Marsha Damerow Graphic Designer Lisa Rymer Contributor Milt Thomas Contributor

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While there may at present be little if any political will for doubling the city’s millage rate, it is time to being a serious discussion about how the city is going to buy its way out of the power business.

were not kept artificially low by transfers from the utility fund to the city’s general fund. Anyone seeking to build popular support for selling the electric system at a loss, without also explaining the likely tax consequences, is pretending that with a 10-foot ladder and a 10-foot rope they can climb their way out of a 30foot deep pit. These numbers just don’t add up. While there may at present be little if any political will for doubling the city’s millage rate, it is time to being a serious discussion about how the city is going to buy its way out of the power business. Failing to acknowledge the growing complexity and turbulence in the power business won’t make the problem go away, any more than ignoring a gathering storm makes for smooth sailing. Perhaps the trapped hikers will figure out that if they mount the ladder and from there stand on each other’s shoulders one of them will be able to reach the rope, climb to safety and go for help. Whatever solution they settle on, clearly the stranded hikers are going to have to think beyond the limited solutions that have occurred to them thus far.

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table wide fluctuations in the cost of various sources of electric energy. Though it might have made perfect sense for the city to get into the power business some 85 years ago, the time has come to find a way out of this increasingly complex, risky business. By some estimates, customers of

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ten-foot ladder are not going to be enough to enable the city to climb its way out of the deep pit in which it finds itself. Unless the numbers change, the city may very well have to borrow money to sell its electric system. Any hope of big proceeds and hearty annual investment returns have long faded.

it is committed to take from the OUC and FMPA, there is no practical way to transmit that power out of the state. All of the current interstate transmission capacity is being used to bring less expensive power into Florida. Meanwhile, coal plants such as OUC’s Stanton 2 unit often sit idle, costing Vero Beach and other cities millions of dollars a month. The OUC has made an initial offer to Vero Beach to assume its power entitlements beginning in seven years. Clearly the OUC is betting the power market will change in coal’s favor, but not any time soon. In the meantime the city’s obligations to FMPA and OUC over the next six years total some $50 million or more. Add the cost of exiting its FMPA and OUC contracts to the city’s more than $52 million in debt on its electric system, unfunded pension obligations and transaction costs, such as legal fees, and there appears to be little chance of the city getting out of the electric business without having to borrow millions. The price FPL is offering to pay just isn’t going to cover the city’s costs. In essence, a ten-foot rope and a

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Don’t wait for the right time to do the right thing BY RABBI MICHAEL BIRNHOLZ

One of annual events that I have the honor of attending each year is the volunteer orientation offered to Volunteer Chaplains and chaplain volunteers at Indian River Medical Center. Every year in the spring, Reverend Mindy Serafin, the Hospital’s Chaplain, gathers the volunteers who help her with pastoral visits and reorients us to the hospital and our pastoral care work. Rev. Serafin always brings a page of quotations from different traditions to connect us to the spiritual nature of our work. This year she shared a page of quotes from Gandhi. At the bottom of the page this quote stood out to me: “I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can

do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” As I read these words I rememRABBI MICHAEL BIRNHOLZ bered our guide Muki on a congregational trip to Israel three years ago. Muki gave us rules to follow while we shopped. He told us that some of the things we would see and want to buy might be one of a kind. On the other hand they might be like many things in the stores of Israel (or any place) – tourist stuff. Some is unique to the place. Others have been mass produced and

will be available at a different store at a different, maybe better, maybe worse price down the road. The problem is that there is no way, just by looking at the object, to determine which category it is in. So Muki told us, if you see something you like at the price you like it, buy it. If you keep waiting to find the better price, if you keep look for a better circumstance – higher quality, different color, there is no guarantee that you will find it. If you do find it at a better price you have to forgive yourself. We have to be careful to make the most of the opportunities as they come to us, not to defer with the hope that the better will come in the future. As I read the Gandhi quote I realized that Muki’s wisdom is not really about shopping. If we are wise, we will realize that it can also be an

approach for doing acts of study, worship and loving kindness. In the course of our daily life, we cannot continuously pass up chances to do righteous actions that make the world a better place or connect us with the divine. We diminish ourselves and our world when we get stuck with the thought that this is not the right circumstance for me to do this or I will have more time or a better situation later. Second and third chances do come around. We are lucky when they do. But let us not set aside righteous acts of study, worship or loving kindness for the stars to align in the future. 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.

Local writer’s book embraces beauty in all colors RYMER REASON BY LISA RYMER

April French has a clear, bold writing style when she blogs about her day-to-day experiences, making for often humorous reading that has garnered a significant online following. She jokes about restaurant episodes and encounters at the parking valet in an urban vernacular that captures pop culture from the unique perspective of a southern black woman, mother and wife. French, 41, is a fifth generation resident of Wabasso, née Poindexter, one of ten children in her family. Her own mother was a homemaker; her father, part Native American, was a laborer in the groves. Now, the Vero Beach High School grad, who attended Bauder College and the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, where she studied journal-

ism, has written her first book, a children’s story about the color of beauty. “Brown Girls Are Pretty Too” is in pre-production mode at Publish America until LISA RYMER there are enough early sales to print the first edition. In contrast to her online presence, the children’s story is written in a very different style, one that is more appropriate for the readership of girls five to ten years old. The theme, however, is recurrent. In the book, the main character, Kiki, is nurtured in the confines of a loving family, with books and toys that are racially ethnic. “I have six sisters,” said French. “My father said every day how pretty we were in every different

shade.” But when the little girl enters kindergarten, the other children point out that Kiki’s skin is a different color. After all, that’s what being a minority is about, being different. “This is about teaching our girls that beauty doesn’t have to come in the standard America has set for us,” said French. Married for 20 years to her husband, Bryan French, she claims that discrimination based on skin color is not restricted to people of different races. It’s also happening within races, that women are being deemed beautiful according to how light their skin shade. “They’re all bleaching their skin, even the Asian women,” said French, whose children’s book is about self-acceptance French was not planning to pen a children’s book. Up until this year, she has owned a home based busi-

ness selling hair extensions. But as she was looking for ideas to write a novel about, “I noticed there were basically no books with brown or black children on the cover,” she said. Currently, French is conducting interviews with local and national radio talk shows, as well as giving free readings from her book to children at churches and schools. She has even flown to Atlanta and met with the assistant to the assistant of film writer/director/ actor Tyler Perry. “I’m hitting the pavement,” she said, with about 70 books presold so far, about 30 short of a first run at the press. For more information, visit April French’s website at www.browngirlsareprettytoo.com. Lisa Rymer is a newspaper and television journalist who resides in Vero Beach. She can be contacted at LisaRymer@comcast.net.

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ing him and his wife, Cheryl young. “This beautiful woman St. Patrick’s Day, as usual, was gave me six children,” said Isola, a whirlwind of green hats, sham- “and we have eleven grandchilrocks and Irish music all over town. dren!” The Isolas certainly did not look From Kelly’s Irish Pub to the Kilted Mermaid’s huge street party, like grandparents when they were plenty of green beer was con- on the dance floor. “These dances sumed, kilts were worn and an are one of the most active things that people can do here,” said IsoIrish jig or two were danced. The Recreation Department la. Alicia Callander is new to the held its annual party at the Community Center for the celebration dances at the Community Centthat has become a local tradition. er. Callander said that she and her Hal and Debbie Rhinesmith husband, who passed away about aren’t Irish but they came all six years ago, always danced. “We the way from Gainesville to at- had to learn to dance in school tend. “Maybe somewhere in our and at all the parties; it was just distant past we may have had a something you did.” Ray Duryea and Eddie Bui little Irish,” said Debbie, “but we always plan on being here for St. were the ones to thank for all the Paddy’s Day anyway to celebrate.” decorations and for running the Amid shimmering green dé- dances for the Recreation Departcor, approximately 125 danc- ment. Regular dances are held ers took the floor. Even Danc- each Friday night at the Coming with Vero’s Stars instructors, munity Center at 7:30 pm. Two Karren Walter and Tommy Iso- special events are the Valentine’s la, waltzed around the room. Day Dance and the one held for Isola praised dancing for keep- St. Patrick’s Day.

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About a dozen antique and vintage cars participated in the parade

Hundreds came out this past weekend to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Ocean Drive to show their Irish pride. A half hour before the parade began visitors started claiming seats on the benches and curbs along Ocean Drive. By the time the first wail of a bagpipe could be heard in the distance, the sidewalks were filled from Flamevine to Acacia Lane. “I love these small town community festivals,” said the Mayor Pilar Turner’s mother-in-law, Marian Turner. “Pilar and Al are going to be in the parade and I asked her if she was going to throw me a cabbage,” she said

referring to a New Orleans tradition. There were no cabbage tossed, but plenty of candy and green bead necklaces were passed to outstretched hands along the route. Betty Hasko has been the acting Leprechaun for more years than she can remember and loves to see the children as she says hello. “I’m ninety-one but I love doing this every year,” Hasko said. On display were antique cars, Irish musicians, community service vehicles, several floats and a bagpiper. The parade was sponsored by the Oceanside Business Association and Irish Treasures owners, Noel and Betty Cochrane.

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! Summer Camp Expo 10 am-2 pm, Indian River Mall, free community event to learn about activities, register or get info on summer activities. 772-770-9404.

! Atlantic Ringers Hand bell concert, free, Sebastian Methodist Church, 1029 Main St., 7 pm, under the direction of Ryan Kasten. 772-584-9744. MARCH 25-26 ! VBHS Concert Symphonic & Jazz Bands, Annual Red, White & Blue Concerts, $6-$12, March 25, 2 & 7 pm and March 26 at 7 pm in the VBHS Performing Arts Center. 772-564-5537. MARCH 26 ! Dancing Under the Stars 2 Royal Palm Pointe, 6:30-9 pm,

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! “A Change of Art,” Vero Beach Museum of Art, 3001 Riverside Park Dr., exhibits, FunShop youth art workshop, members/free, nonmembers/$2, 1-3 pm. 772-231-0707.

2-6, Sun. 12-4, free. 772-563-3598. MARCH 25 ! Art in the Park Vero Beach Art Club members’ exhibition, Humiston Park, free. 3000 Ocean Dr. 772-231-0303.

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! Goby Fest 10 am-4 pm, Sebastian River State

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! American Cancer Society Gala Belle Notte, “ A Beautiful Night to Celebrate Life” 6:30-9 pm Quail Valley River Club, 2345 Hwy A1A. 772562-2272. MARCH 29-30 ! Humane Society’s “Cause for Paws” Fundraiser, Thursday Preview Party, 6:30-8:30 pm; Friday Charity Auction, 6 - 8 pm, $125 each, Vero Beach Museum of Art. 772-388-3331 x26. MARCH 30 ! Casino Magnifique To benefit the Sun Up Center, 6:30 pm, Vero Beach Elks Club, 1350 26th St., cocktails, Vegas style gaming, live music. 772-770-6626. MARCH 31 ! Road Rally Magnifique To benefit the Sun Up Center, 8:30 am registration, noon line up, Sun Up Center, 2455 5th St. SW. 772-7706626.

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Recreation Dept. annual dance, $1 per person, two live bands. 772-2314787. MARCH 27 ! By the River Is holding a large scale 55+ health and wellness fair, 10 am-2 pm, 11065 Ganga Way off Roseland Rd., free. 772-388-5858. MARCH 28 ! “Governors’ Own” 13th Army Band of the Florida National Guard with the VBHS Band, 7 pm in the VBHS Performing Arts Center, 1707 16th St., free. 772-5645497.

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Seeking peace through the appeal of music BY BARBARA YORESH VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

It is among the most coveted as well as the most elusive of human desires: peace. Despite mankind’s difficulty in attaining and keeping it, peace is still the goal of men of goodwill. To that end, the Community Church of Vero Beach, with the sponsorship of the Rotary Club of Vero Beach and its Songs for Peace (www.songsforpeace.net) initiative, will present a “Concert for World Peace” on Friday, March 30 at 7: 30 p.m. through the church’s Community Concert Series. “Concert for World Peace” seeks to promote peace, understanding and tolerance through the universal language and appeal of music. Vero Beach resident George Barkett, a retired orthodontist who has resided in the community since 1966, has long believed that music held the key to making the world more peaceful and has spearheaded the children’s benefit concert. “The idea came to me 30 years ago how to use music to make this a better world and to promote peace,” Barkett said. Although he admits that his own

musical abilities are restricted to music appreciation, Barkett, a Rotarian, nonetheless believes music is especially useful to bring a beautiful message to children. The program will feature the soloists Leigh Seirafi and James Morris as well as the Atlantic Schola Cantorum and Atlantic Children’s Chorale and orchestra under the direction of Dr. Jose Daniel Flores, who is the artistic director of the Community Concert Series. Flores, who is also music director and organist at Community Church, is the founder of the Atlantic Children’s Chorale. The Atlantic Schola Cantorum is a community non-denominational choral group affiliated with the Community Church whose members include area music teachers and others with choral training. Highlights of the program will include the world premiere of “Painting Eden” by Carlos Daniel Flores, son of Dr. Flores; “Mass of the Children” by John Rutter and “Paz en la Tierra (Peace on Earth) by Francis Schwartz. Proceeds of the concert will benefit local children’s charities including Special Equestrians, Shining Light

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Dr. George Barkett (left, seated at the piano) and Dr. Jose Daniel Flores. Gardens and the Boys and Girls Club. The program is multi-faceted in its purpose in that it is presenting important and previously unheard music performed in the church sanctuary which is noted for its world-class Lively-Fulcher pipe organ, a Hamburg-Steinway concert grand piano and superb acoustics. The concert is also to bring awareness to Songs for Peace, a proposed international songwriting contest sponsored by the Rotary Club of Vero Beach. Local organizers of this movement are hopeful that Rotary International – a service club of 1.2 million members - will embrace, promote and support the project as a global peace initiative. Flores said concert attendees will be treated to a professional quality program filled with inspirational music. The first half of the program will feature global music “appealing to everyone and talks to the heart of the people by talking about tragedy and violence “ while the second half will

include his son’s composition “Painting Eden” and Rutter’s “Mass of the Children,” Flores said. “I am really excited about the concert. The first selection – “For the Sake of Our Children” (by Jeffrey Ames) – is a phenomenal message; a prayer to God to shepherd children with his loving arms and save them,” Flores said. Other works will feature audience participation, a unique piece by an Argentinean composer who uses harmonies and rhythms of South America and “Paz en la Tierra” which Flores termed “avant garde.” As a special audience treat, the music’s composer Dr. Francis Schwartz will be present at the concert. “I witnessed this being performed in Puerto Rico when I was a child and it evokes many memories. It is not your typical piece of music,” Flores said. The world premiere of his son Carlos Daniel Flores’ composition will be highlighted by Carlos’ violin solo. “Carlos wrote this and he amazes me in his creative aspect,” said the

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If all the world’s a stage, as Shakespeare once proclaimed, then we are all among the players performing in the theatre of life. And so for those of us “of an age,” we can viscerally and emotionally connect to the genuineness of a tour de force play now performing on the Waxlax Stage of Riverside Theatre. The Gin Game, an award-winning play by D.L. Coburn starring brilliantly talented stage veterans Ross Bickell and Margery Shaw and directed and staged by Riverside Theatre Producing Artistic Director Allen Cornell, is a tragicomedy depicting two elderly nursing home residents whose lives are approaching a final curtain. The play opened to an appreciative, capacity audience March 15 and performs through March 25. Bickell, as divorced, former businessman Weller Martin and Shaw as long-time divorcee Fonsia Shaw have reached what is likely to be the last stop of their respective life journeys and this place is not among Fodor’s recommendations. Cornell’s stage set depicts all the depressing, cheap tackiness of a third-rate nursing home including worn garden furniture, bricked

planters with dead plants and trailing vines and a manual typewriter tossed on its side amid an old wooden wheelchair and other remnants of times and lives gone by. Before the play even begins, the audience has been taken to a setting of little hope and lingering memories. For the elderly residents, the road of life ahead is short while the rear-view mirror is filled with many bitter, potholed journeys. Those unresolved, lingering issues nonetheless seek to occupy the present and erupt during a simple game of gin rummy between Weller and Fonsia. The lonely pair – who never has visitors – has each become estranged from adult children and suffered the loss of their homes, finances and dignity. Fonsia, who had hoped to go to the more upscale Presbyterian Home, is told by Weller “if you live long enough you go into one of these plac- Ross Bickell and Margery Shaw star es” and experience “loneliness – sim- Theatre through March 25. ple as that.” Fonsia’s beginner’s winning streak – and Weller’s idiosyncratic toe-tapat gin rummy quickly begins to grate ping as he deals the cards (one-one; on the irascible Weller who subse- two-two) – are remarks about the quently spews profanities. And with nursing home and their lives. each recurring win, Fonsia takes inBut the truth can be painful, and creased delight in proclaiming “gin!” Weller and Fonsia stretch it, all the in the most deliciously needling tone. while noting that the nursing home Intertwined through the card games serves stewed tomatoes too frequent-

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parting peace messages through the contest will create a tipping point, a critical mass of humanity that will rebel against extremism and intolerance and support peaceful solutions for our world family,” the Songs for Peace Mission statement read. Tickets for the concert are $25 for adults and $10 for students and are available online at www.communityconcertseries.org or by calling (772) 778-1070 for more information. Community Church of Vero Beach is located at 1901 23rd Street in Vero Beach.

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The Songs for Peace vision is one in which adherents believe that “a vast majority of the world’s population would rather live in peace than in conflict” and by promoting commonality as well as a respect for differences, “there will be more tolerance.” To enlist the support and participation by the world’s musicians, Barkett and Songs for Peace propose to establish a worldwide annual songwriting contest for a song for peace that would garner its composer a substantial $20,000 cash prize and international acclaim. “We believe that continually im-

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“The universal language is music and it’s a way to reach people globally. If we can start tweaking the environment through music, we can change little by little the belief systems in the world. “The crux of this, as I see it, is that your environment forms your belief system. We have to reach the children and bring them a beautiful message. In order for there to be peace in the world, there must be a critical mass of people from all walks of life who support peaceful solutions and are willing to take action to support those beliefs,” Barkett said.

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justifiably proud father. Flores said the entire program is moving in its subject matter and likely to strike a responsive chord in those who attend the concert. “This community appreciates high quality music and people will witness a program of a very high quality concert. It’s just spectacular and very encouraging,” Flores said. Barkett believes that the music of peace and hope can level the playing field of conflict and can transcend socio-economic, ethnic and religious differences which divide people.

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in “The Gin Game” at the Riverside ly and the 10-foot-square rooms are too small. “It makes you realize how hard it is to part with the things you had for so many years,” Fonsia says wistfully. “I sold them,” replies Weller matter-of-factly. “Does the food around CONTINUES ON PAGE 26

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here give you diarrhea?” “Gin!” declares Fonsia. “Damn it!” Weller opines that his businessman father “had better business partners than I did” and, upon hearing yet another visiting choir singing for residents asks “what’s this constant need to entertain us…do they think we’ll drop dead in front of their eyes?” He complains to Fonsia that he overheard the visiting family members of another resident talk about him and in describing the incident, revealed the all-too-common marginalization and diminishment felt by older people. “They started talking about me like I wasn’t there – a piece of furniture or something. And they were defining my life in one sentence: ‘that nice man amuses himself by playing cards.’ “I’m still alive, damn it. But I don’t know how to talk to people anymore. You’re the only one I talk to,” Weller tells Fonsia. “Gin!” she replies. “Jesus Christ almighty!” With rancor building between them with each successive gin game, it is only a matter of time before Weller

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blows his top and begins to get physically aggressive with Fonsia as well as the card table which he overturns in frustrated anger. And yet there is laughter and tenderness between these two who carry the scars of life’s challenges and unforeseen difficulties. The seesawing of emotions is like the volley of a tennis ball at Wimbledon; returning with verbal backhands, smashes and lobs. The audience is drawn into their lives – perhaps not unlike our own will be in some years – and we are horrified while at the same time deeply moved by the fact that this gin game is really no game at all.

The Gin Game Performances run through March 25 on the Waxlax Stage at Riverside Theatre located at 3250 Riverside Park Drive in Vero Beach. Tickets are $40 and may be purchased by calling the box office at (772) 231-6990 or online at www. riversidetheatre.com.

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VERO BEACH -- Tucked unobtrusively at 3225 Cardinal Drive among business offices, restaurants and chic beachside boutiques is Koman Fine Art, an art gallery containing a diverse inventory of fine 19th and 20th century primarily American artworks. Gallery owners Steve and Kate Koman select what they describe as “good paintings.” While the Komans have owned and sold major paintings by iconic artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe and John Singer Sargent that are now housed in museums, they are equally proud of fine quality works done by lesser known artists and the gallery offers an exceptional selection of works for beginning art collectors as well as important paintings for art connoisseurs and museums. Even people who can afford very expensive works may become intimidated to walk into a gallery. A knowledgeable and congenial art dealer such as Steve Koman with more than 40 years experience and a vast network of other dealers, scholars and curators can help an art buyer make sensibly comfortable and informed decisions. From his start buying prints and drawings while still in college, Koman by the 1970s had become a private

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Kevin Costner appearing with Modern West at Sunrise FORT PIERCE -- Actor Kevin Costner will appear with his band Modern West for one night only on March 31 at the Sunrise Theatre. Costner and friends John Coinman and Blair Forward have been making music in one form or another since the beginnings of his acting career. While Costner concentrated on acting, he never lost his love being on stage with a band and thus Modern West was born. Coinman recruited lead guitarist and producer Teddy Morgan, drum-

mer Larry Cobb, and Park Chisolm as part of the band and the group quickly developed an easy friendship and a shared love for the sound they created. Kevin Costner & Modern West shows are up-close and personal experiences. “I prefer our performances to be in intimate settings, where the audience can literally be “within reach” of the band,” said Costner. Tickets are $49/$39 and are available at the Sunrise Theatre box office.

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them on the internet. There is however, according to Koman, a difference between being a collector of art and becoming an art connoisseur and he hopes that art buyers seek to become the latter. “Many people who buy art don’t really care about art. They think it’s what they should buy and what the neighbors bought,” Koman said. “People are timid and let decorators buy things for them. There’s no personal touch to that and it’s sad.” The mere spending of considerable sums on art does not make one an art connoisseur, Koman said. “Maybe the term “collector” is a pejorative. It should be “connoisseur” and people should look, ask questions and take their time. To be successful in buying paintings takes a bit of effort,” Koman said. Surprisingly, there are those ready, willing and able to spend large sums for art and yet they have no knowledge of the artist, the style of painting or if a particular work is a fine, mediocre or even poor example of that artist’s works. “Buy good things, not just names,” Koman advised. “Yet people have always bought names because a famous name is reassuring to buyers. There are, however, still a lot of very good paintings by second or third tier artists (available) at a small percentage of the price of mediocre examples done by top names.”

So how does an art aficionado who wishes to acquire good works go about it? Well, one misconception Koman would like to lay to rest is that one must purchase art in a major metropolitan area for it to be “good.” “From a gallery standpoint, you fight that people feel that they have to go to New York to the galleries on 57th Street and Madison Avenue as the only acceptable place to buy,” Koman said. Visiting galleries, speaking to knowledgeable owners and doing one’s own research are essential, Koman believes. “Most galleries want people to look and ask questions. People are entitled to answers and if they don’t get them, they should walk away. I like people to come in and look and don’t feel foolish asking questions,” Koman said. “We (dealers) don’t need to know everything; we need to know who does know and that’s what experience does – we have a greater frame of reference and a larger network.” Art buyers should do some research about the artist whose work they are considering to ascertain whether or not the painting they are considering is a good example. It can be a better decision to buy a great painting by a lesser-known artist than to buy a mediocre or poor example by a top tier artist, Koman said. For more information, call Koman Fine Art at (772) 231-4500.

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VERO BEACH OPERA verobeachopera.org 772-569-6993 Box Office: 772-564-5537 verobeachopera.org Mar 31: VBO Scholarship Student Piano Recital, Community Church, 1901 23rd St, 1 pm Apr 7: Live at the Met: Massenet’s Manon, noon, Majestic Theatre, $20-$25 Apr 14: Live at the Met: Verdi’s La Traviata, 1 pm, Majestic Theatre, $20-$25

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VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART 3001 Riverside Park Drive 772-231-0707 Mar 25: Atlantic Classical Orchestra # 3, 4-6 pm, $30/$40 Mar 26: International Lecture Series, Andrew Wyeth Then and Now, Victoria Wyeth, 4 & 6 pm, $55/$65

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VERO BEACH CHORAL SOCIETY Trinity Episcopal Church 2365 Pine Avenue 772-494-5011 VeroBeachChoralSociety.org Apr 13 & 15: Songs of Spring, Concert & Art Debut, Men’s Ensemble Chorus with Music Inspired Art, $20 ($5/$10). Reception & Concert on 13th at 7:30 pm; Concert on 15th at 3 pm, art on exhibition in Great Hall after concert. Art auction Apr 27 at Northern Trust.

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He is generally regarded as America’s pre-eminent investigative news journalist. Bob Woodward’s collaborative work with Carl Bernstein on the Nixon Watergate scandal resulted in a 1973 Pultizer Prize for The Washington Post and likely set the gold standard for investigative reporting. Woodward, the multi award-winning journalist and author of 17 bestselling books – three of which were made into movies – will appear on Saturday, March 31 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Emerson Center’s Celebrated Speakers Series. The program, which is sponsored by Wilmington Trust, costs $65 for single tickets. With insider contacts which reach to the highest echelons of government, business and the military, Woodward has for decades meticulously researched and studied the administrations of presidents from Richard M. Nixon to Barack H. Obama. His and Bernstein’s disconcerting findings led to the toppling of the Nixon presidency. Woodward, the associate editor at The Washington Post where he has worked since 1971, has delved into inside stories on Watergate; the Supreme Court; the CIA; the Pentagon; presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama; the 9/11 terrorist attacks; the Federal Reserve and more. Born in 1943 in Illinois, Woodward graduated from Yale University with studies in English and history and served for five years as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy. Following that duty, and despite no prior experience, Woodward applied for a job at The Washington Post. The Ivy League graduate was given a tryout and wrote about 14 of what he described as “not very good stories.” The Post’s metropolitan editor Harry Rosenfeld told Woodward “you don’t know how to do this” to which

Wo o dw ard replied “But I love it.” Woodward took a job for a year at Montgomery C o u n t y (Maryland) Sentinel, a weekly where he learned “how to do Bob Woodward it” and then re-applied to The Post. The rest, as they say, is (literal) history. Speaking by phone from his Georgetown neighborhood home in Washington, D.C., Woodward shared some thoughts with Vero Beach Newsweekly about today’s journalism and his upcoming discussion of presidents Nixon through Obama. “Generally, the news business is going through a convulsion,” Woodward said. Due to loss of advertising revenue coupled with smaller staffs and competition from the internet and 24-hour news media sources, newspapers today are facing complex challenges, he said. “There is still some investigative reporting but not enough of it. Everything is being driven by speed and impatience ‘to know’ as well as trying to find something that makes sense in a blizzard of sound bites,” Woodward said. Despite financial cut-backs, newspapers such as The Washington Post and New York Times still “dig into things,” Woodward said. To hear Woodward’s analysis of presidential politics and the world inside the Beltway, call the Emerson Center at (772) 778-5249. The Emerson Center is located at 1590 27th Ave. at the intersection of 27th Avenue and 16th Street in Vero Beach. The center seats more than 800 and is handicapped accessible with free parking.

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Benoit: Piano2Piano, 7 pm, $39/$35 Mar 23: An Evening with Debbie Reynolds, 8 pm, $49/$45 Mar 24: Britishmania, Beatles Tribute, 8 pm, $45/$39 Mar 25: National Touring Company of The Color Purple, 7 pm, $60/$50 Mar 28: Neil Sedaka, 7 pm, $69/$59 Mar 31: Mar 31: Kevin Costner and Modern West, 8 pm, $49/$39 Apr 1: B.B. King, 7 pm, $75/$65 Apr 13: Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers, 8 pm (Black Box), $30 Mar 18: International Dance Sensation, “Burn the Floor,” 7 pm, $55/$49

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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- The Indian River Golf Federation, working in conjunction with the Indian River County Recreation Department, was one of four organizations in the state selected to be a part of unique golf program that provide golf lessons to local children. The SNAG (Starting New at Golf ) G-Ball program is being piloted to 5- and 6-year-olds through grants providing specialized equipment and support funding. Locally, the program was expanded to include 7-year-olds to complement an existing SNAG program. The leadership team for this Indian River County program consists of Bela Nagy, head golf professional at Sandridge Golf Club; Mike Redstone, director, Indian River County Recreation Department and Roger Van Dyke, president of the Indian River Golf Foundation. This program incorporates the services of parent/coaches to assist in training and supervision. “Even though this was designed for 5- and 6-year-olds, adding 7-year-olds means we don’t have

any age gaps in the G-Ball program,” Van Dyke said. “SNAG golf is played with two precision-weighted plastic clubs -- a roller (akin to a putter) and a launcher (which is like a pitching wedge). You hit a ball which looks and feels like a tennis ball with the launcher off a tee pad. The targets have Velcro on them, and the ball will cling to it.” The program is being held at the Indian River County Fairgrounds from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. every Monday and Thursday through April 24. For $24, the participants pay for their sessions, instruction and a free T-shirt. “We wanted to get it away from the golf course, and bring the game to the kids,” Van Dyke said. “SNAG equipment is gymnasium and playground-safe. The open air pavilion at the fairgrounds is perfect for this because we won’t have to worry about getting rained out.” G-Ball, perhaps best described as golf ’s version of T-Ball, can be conducted in soccer fields, gymnasiums and in various other open spaces without a golf course. “This is a world-wide golf program and it has been something we’ve

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been affiliated with for a number of years,” Van Dyke said. “Prior to this, we launched a program for thirdthrough fifth-graders that is running in several area elementary schools.” That program, which started in January of this year, brought after school golf lessons for third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students at Vero Beach Elementary and at Imagine School - South Vero. G-Ball, using SNAG golf equipment, is the focus of the program. A more advanced program exists in all four of the Indian River School District middle schools, where players hit with regulation golf clubs and cork golf balls. At this level, the kids work on specific skills like putting, bunker shots and chip shots. The after school programs are a joint venture between the Indian River Golf Foundation and the individual schools. It is funded by the Indian River Golf Foundation through the Florida Junior Golf Council. Volunteers for this program include Vero Beach High School boys & girls golf teams, stu-

dents of Indian River Charter High School’s School of Golf and members of Seniors for Kids Golf. “The Indian River Golf Foundation is designed for the long-term,” Van Dyke said. “We have a board of directors and an honorary board of directors, an advisory board and a junior golfer advisory committee. It is funded through donations, sponsorship, tournament event fees. In my opinion, it is making a significant impact.” Local PGA golf professionals Anthony Dinadio and Mark Cammarene, as well as LPGA Futures Tour veteran Jackie Barenborg, are some of the skilled, experienced staff who contribute their time to the Foundations’ youth golf programs. “Golf offers so many opportunities for advancing life skills,” Van Dyke said. “We have recognized the need to broaden the base of the game, but in order to do so we have to come to the kids. In this case, we are going into their neighborhood by dropping fliers off to their schools. This is not a one-shot deal; it is going to be ongoing program.”

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Rec league softball in full swing The South County Adult Co-Ed Softball League is half-way through its season, and Perfection Paint & Body is a perfect 10-0. This team, along with the other five teams in the league -- Dean Wellness Center (4-6), Indian River Taekwondo (7-3), The Dugout (6-4), Gold Mine Arcade (28) and Cartunz (1-9) -- paid a $500 sponsorship fee which allowed each team to field as many as 15 players. Games are played on Tuesday and

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Dining Villa Nova: a simple Italian surprise in downtown Vero BY MARK JOSEPH

Craving carbs that we knew only pasta would cure, we remembered a little Italian place in downtown Vero Beach that we often had passed, but never had tried. Entering the Villa Nova Restaurant we were surprised to see no waiting area and no hostess stand. Instead ,empty tables were immediately to our left and right and in a very tight place for an entryway. Two more dining rooms that were a bit larger were situated on opposite sides of the wall. When a server greeted us with: “Do you have reservations?” we were a bit perplexed because in looking around the room, it appeared nearly every table was vacant and at 8 p.m. on a Friday evening. Asked if we preferred to sit in one of the main dining rooms or up front near the entrance, we spotted a prime corner table by the window and quickly made our choice. A few minutes after our drink order was delivered, one of the smallest portions of bread that we could remember was brought to the table. The small bread loaf was crusty enough and included a side of pesto and oil, but unfortunately the bread was soon gone and there was never an offer from our server to replenish the basket. The Villa Nova Italian Restaurant is located on 21st street, just a block west of the main Post Office and near the downtown Courthouse. Family owned and operated, this small out of the way place has been serving traditional Italian/American cuisine for over 15 years in this same location. As with other businesses in this

particular block of old downtown, signage is at a minimum and the restaurant can be easily missed if passed by too quickly. Since this appeared to be a traditional Italian/American restaurant, we were curious why baby-blue was chosen as the main color scheme throughout embellished by sports memorabilia that haphazardly cluttered the walls. For a moment, it almost appeared that we had accidentally strolled into a small cafe at the old Dodger Town Arena not far away. Another oddity was an empty table near the door with a laptop plugged

into a nearby outlet and sitting directly beside the computer, a plate of two frosted cupcakes. Apparently someone had been working and at some point left the table but never returned. The mystery diner’s table was in such a conspicuous place, it made for interesting dinner conversation throughout the evening. I simply could not stop focusing on those cupcakes, thinking that maybe they were on the menu? The server that greeted us with a somewhat cool reception quickly warmed as she offered the specials for the evening. Though the list was

long and included several seafood and pasta dishes, we chose to order directly off the menu and we began with an appetizer of stuffed mushroom caps. The soup of the day included the traditional Italian staple of pasta fagioli but in addition something very unexpected was also offered; a homemade bone soup. Curious, we asked about the ingredients and how it was prepared. Our server said it was a vegetable soup made from soup bones in a beef broth with vegetables. Since the name intrigued us, we ordered a bowl of the bone soup to share between the two of us, along with the mushroom caps. We had intended to request two spoons so that we could each sample the soup, however our server quickly offered to split the bowl into two separate servings which was a pleasant surprise. Arriving piping hot and in two cups as promised, was a thick broth chock full of vegetables and large chunks of tender mushrooms. Despite the odd name, the bone soup was savory and satisfying, though a hint of fresh pepper and salt was needed. In most restaurants, appetizers are usually small portions meant to tempt your taste buds for the main course so when the stuffed mushrooms arrived, we were surprised to find four generous sized caps, stuffed with minced vegetables and topped with melted cheese. The baked mushroom caps were accompanied by a thin red sauce that lacked both seasoning and substance needed to give it that pop of Italian flavor. When the server returned to ask about entree selections I had already spotted one of my all-time Italian favorites: portabella mushroom stuffed ravioli in vodka sauce. My dinner companion was also pleased to see one of his favorites as well: Italian sausage with pasta. He wanted to add sautéed onions and

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At the end of our meal, though full and satiated we somehow found room for dessert. We decided to stick with tradition and ordered the cannoli, which was a crispy shell filed with sweet mascarpone and mini chocolate chips, topped with whipped cream and more mini chips for garnish. The cannoli was a simple ending to a simply good meal and the next time I’m in the mood for stuffed ravioli, I’ll be certain to make a reservation at the Villa Nova Italian Restaurant in downtown Vero Beach . And maybe

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Obituaries Mark Earl Jones Mark Earl Jones, 54, died March 7, 2012, at VNA Hospice in Vero Beach. He was born in Clinton, Iowa, and was a local resident for 20 years, coming from his birthplace. He was employed as a horse trainer with many private breeders. Survivors include his companion of 37 years, Diane Webb of Vero Beach; daughter, Ali Stillman of Vero Beach; brothers, Harlan Quick, Brian Jones and Jeff Jones, all of Clinton; mother, Nadine Cavanaugh of Clinton; and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to VNA Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960-4801. A guestbook is available at coxgiffordseawinds.com.

Ann G. Knievel Ann G. Knievel, 92, died Jan. 24, 2012. She was born in Nanticoke, Pa., and lived in Naples, coming from Fort Pierce. She completed her nurses’ training at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and served in World War II as a Navy lieutenant, stationed in Wilkes-Barre and Dublin, Ga. She worked as a registered nurse in the Bronx Veterans Affairs Hospital for almost 20 years, relocating to Fort Pierce in 1963. She continued her nursing career at Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, until her retirement. Survivors include her daughter, Karen Dobson Bonnell of Naples; stepdaughters, Jeanne Roper of Newburgh, N.Y., and Judith Himes of Fairfield, Conn.

Kurt D. Steppling Kurt D. Steppling, 57, a resident of Vero Beach for 32 years, died March 8th, 2012. He was born in Pittsburg, Penn. He was a mental health and substance abuse counselor in Vero Beach. He was the father of Eric and Rory Steppling, of Port St. Lucie, grandfather of David and brother to Raymond, Michael and Eric Steppling and Bobbie Bossert and Helen Ballard. Contributions may be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Gift Processing Center, P.O.

Box 6062, Albert Lea, MN 56007, or www.wish.org. Flowers, gifts and a guest register may be found at: www. ForestHillsFunerals.com.

Adriane Asadourian Adriane Asadourian, 82, died March 9, 2012. She was born in Bucharest, Romania, and came to the United States in 1961. She lived in Vero Beach from 1983 to 1998, before moving to Palm City. She and her husband were owners/operators of Adriane’s Jewelers at the Pelican Plaza in Vero Beach. Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Katch Asadourian; daughters, Jacquie Mancini and Ann Slivinski; son, Harry Asadourian; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Treasure Coast Hospice, 1201 S.E. Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997.

Samuel Brown Sr. Samuel Brown Sr., 86, died March 6, 2012. He was born in Barreterre, Bahamas, and lived in Indian River County for 54 years, coming from his birthplace. Survivors include his wife, Bessie Brown of Vero Beach; sons, Joe Brown of Nassau, Bahamas, Vincent Brown of Jacksonville, Roger Brown of Tampa and Eric Brown of Vero Beach; daughters, Lenora Smith and Cynthia Fritz, both of Freeport, Bahamas, Renita Brown of Vero Beach and Nedra Thompkins of Tampa; brother, Estin Brown of Exuma, Bahamas; and sister, Lovely Rolle of Nassau.

William Griffin William Griffin, 72, died March 9, 2012, at Indian River Medical Center. He was born in Tifton, Ga., and lived in Indian River County for more than 65 years, coming from Quincy. He was of the Baptist faith. He attended the public schools in Indian River County. Survivors include his caregivers, Godfrey Gipson and Paulette Brown, both of Vero Beach; and sister, Edna Marie Staton of Arcadia. Services: Arrangements are by Stone Brothers Funeral Chapel. A guest-

book is available at www.stonebrothersfuneralhome.com.

Juanita Kaus Juanita L. Kaus, 93, died March 9, 2012, at Consulate Healthcare in Vero Beach. She was born in Pahokee, coming to Vero Beach 43 years ago from Miami. She was a longtime member of the First Covenant Church of Vero Beach. Survivors include her husband of 67 years, Arthur G. Kaus of Vero Beach; son, R. Mark Kaus of Vero Beach; brother, Hurley Carrera of Fort Pierce; sisters, Doris Szulwach of New York and Betty Hutchinson of Fort Pierce; half-brother, Jack Carrera of Atlanta; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to First Covenant Church Missions, 1995 20th St., Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www. strunkfuneralhome.com.

Arthur W. Kerr Arthur W. Kerr, 86, died March 8, 2012, at VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. He was born in Camden, N.J., and lived in Vero Beach for 23 years, coming from Wilbraham, Mass. He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II. Survivors include his sons, William A. Kerr of Hampden, Mass., and Jeffry A. Kerr of Monson, Mass.; daughter, Deborah A. Kerr of Deltona; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Memorial contributions may be made to Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

Herbert M. Matthews Herbert M. Matthews, 88, passed away on March 9, 2012 at the Wynwood of Northampton Manor in Richboro, Pa. He is survived by his wife of 61 years Alva A. Matthews, his children Susan H. Matthews, NJ and Timothy J. Matthews, Pa., and his three grand daughters Megan L. Matthews, Cailf., Caitlin M. Mat-

thews, and Jessica S. Lehmann, NC. He lived most of his life in Hudson County, NJ. He and Alva retired in 1989 to Vero Beach, Florida. While retired in Florida he enjoyed the surf and sand, playing pool, activities at the clubhouse, dining with his wife and friends and visits from family members. Memorial contributions may be made to The National Military Family Association, 2500 North Van Dorn Street, Suite 102, Alexandria, Va. 22302-1601.

Angeline P. Miro Angeline P. Miro, nee Brack, died March 10, 2012. She was born in rural Kansas and lived in Vero Beach since 1990. She was a seamstress, quilter and crafter. She served in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. Survivors include her sons, Douglas and Steven; daughters, Barbara Soumar and Kathy Nielsen; and nine grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to the VNA Hospice House, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL, 32960.

Althea E. Mount Althea E. Mount, 91, died March 12, 2012, at Horizon Bay, Vero Beach. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach for 10 years, formerly of Okeechobee. Before retirement, she taught elementary school and worked for McGraw-Hill Publishing. She was a volunteer guardian ad litem and an artist; her portrait of President George H.W. Bush is in the collection of the George Bush Presidential Library. She attended Rider College in New Jersey and Indian River State College. Survivors include her son, David C. Mount of Falls Church, Va.; daughter, Carolyn M. Plank of Vero Beach; two grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

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Adrian Bruininks, 83, died March 14, 2012. He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., coming to Vero Beach in 1988 from Miami. He worked in outside sales in the wholesale plumbing industry before retirement. He was a veteran of the Army Air Forces. He graduated from Hope College,

Judith Freese Hall Judith Freese Hall, 63, died March 8, 2012. She was born in Concord, N.H., and lived in Vero Beach. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. Survivors include her hus-

Bettye N. Raymond, 93, died March 16, 2012, at Atlantic Health Care in Vero Beach. She was born in Atlanta and lived in Vero Beach since 1971, coming from Miami. Before retirement, she was a bookkeeper for the Indian River County School Board for several years. Survivors include her son, Roy Raymond of Fellsmere; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, 2655 Fifth St. S.W., Vero Beach. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

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Cheryl Smith Barkwell died March 15, 2012, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. She was born in Corbin, Ky., and lived in Vero Beach since 1959. She became a Realtor in Vero Beach in 1995 and was owner of Venture One Realty. She attended Pillar Community Church and was a member of the Indian River Association of Realtors. She was a graduate of Indian River State College, attended the University of Florida and graduated from the University of West Florida. Survivors include her husband, Gene Barkwell; son, John Paul Barkwell; brother, Dan Smith of Vero Beach; and two grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to The Source, P.O. Box 2458, Vero Beach, FL 32961. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds. com.

Janet L. Dillon-McPhail-Danaher, 79, died March 13, 2012, at VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. She was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., and wintered in the Vero Beach area for 12 years, coming from Grosse Pointe, Mich. She worked as a bookkeeper for the accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand. She was a member of Detroit Athletic Club and the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club. She received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. Survivors include her husband, Jim Danaher of Grosse Pointe; son, David Dillon of Sparks, Nev.; sister, Sue Thomas of Houston; stepsister, Gayla Solomon of Denver; stepsons, Dean McPhail and Scott McPhail, both of Honolulu, James P. Danaher, Jr. of Natick, Mass., Thomas C. Danaher of New York City and Steven Danaher of Longwood; stepdaughters, Eileen Traum of Grosse Pointe, Kathy Rybicki of Vacaville, Calif., and Virginia Briggs of Sparks; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960.

Joan Lundgren Powell Linhart died March 14, 2012. She was born in Jamestown, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach. She was a homemaker, a secretary to the dean of Taylor University and several physicians, a director of two Christian preschool programs and a helpmate to her husband in the pastoral ministry. She attended Anderson College, Anderson, Ind. Survivors include her daughter, Linda O’Mire of Troy, Mich.; sons, Darrell Powell of Summitville, Ind., and Grant Powell of Vero Beach; sister, Catherine Giesler of Seminole; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Patriot Scholarship Fund for students of Master’s Academy, 1105 58th Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32966. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.

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Margie N. Amick, 91, died March 14, 2012, in Vero Beach. She was born in Pikeville, Ky., and lived in Okeechobee since 1982, coming from Pikeville. Survivors include her son, Jimmie Joe Amick of Okeechobee; daughter, Frankie Rowlett of Athens, Tenn.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A guestbook is available at www. coxgiffordseawinds.com.

band of 41 years, Dr. Edward Hall of Vero Beach; sons, Edward Hall Jr. of Merrimack, N.H., Dr. Timothy Hall of York, Maine, and Andrew Hall of Vero Beach; parents, Dr. D. Jackson and Jacqueline Freese of Naples; brother, Matthew Freese of Naples; sisters, Connie Matheson of Bedford, Mass., Dorothy Binswanger of Philadelphia, and Jacqueline Bengtson of Concord; and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her brother, Donald Freese. Memorial contributions may be made to Partnership for Successful Living, c/o Peter Kelleher, 45 High St., Nashua, NH 03060.

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Robert Earl Riley, 57, died March 6, 2012, at the VNA Hospice House. He was born in Chicago. Survivors include his siblings, Rose Mary Wright, James Riley, Marvin Riley, Willie Beachum, Mary Jane Morgan, Lee Audria Harris, Gloria Beachum, Rose Ann Mitchell, Kathy Lynn Riley and Richard Anthony Riley. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

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Holland, Mich., with a bachelor of science degree in 1953. He was a lifetime member of the Valley City Lodge 86, Free and Accepted Masons of Grand Rapids and the Disabled American Veterans, and a member of the American Legion Post 39 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles 4374, both of Vero Beach. Survivors include his son, John Bruininks of Gainesville, Ga.; daughters, Dr. Debra Davidson of Schwarvenach, Germany, and Betty Bruininks of Pompano Beach; companion of 18 years, Carol Houger of Vero Beach; and three grandchildren. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.

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Forest Park Baptist Church Day Care, Vero Beach, for 10 years; and for 25 years, with her daughter, at Miss Diane’s until her retirement in 2002. She was a member of Central Assembly of God, Vero Beach. Survivors include her son, Larry Jenkins of Vero Beach; daughter, Diane Powell of Vero Beach; three grandchildren; seven greatgrandchildren; and three great-greatgrandchildren. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

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Elizabeth Mary ‘Betty’ Oliver Elizabeth “Betty” Mary Doyon Oliver, 92, died March 10, 2012, at Atlantic Healthcare Center. She was born in Brunswick, Maine, and lived in Vero Beach for 33 years, coming from her birthplace. She worked as a private duty nurse. She was a member of St. Helen Catholic Church, Vero Beach. Survivors include her son, James E. Oliver; two grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. Memorial donations may be made to VNA & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www. lowtherfuneralhome.com.

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Sell Price $335,000 $335,000 $272,000 $210,000

Listing Broker/Agent Norris & Company/Peggy Hartman Krupa Alex MacWilliam, Inc./Stuart Kennedy Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc./Scott Reynolds RE/MAX Riverside/David Jamar

2885 St. Barts Sq. Antilles 11/21/11 $399,900 3/8/12 $370,000 Billero & Billero - Beach Office Jeff Van Dyke Weichert, REALTORS Hallmark-VB Wendy Browning

Selling Broker/Agent Norris & Company/Gretchen Hanson Weichert, REALTORS Hallmark-VB/Dyan Chester RE/MAX Classic/Bill Carroll RE/MAX Riverside/David Jamar

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9 1/2 Months Old Domestic Shorthair Male

5 Years Old Rex (rabbit) Male

3 Years Old Terrier Mix Female

These and other animals are available for adoption at the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County located at 6230 77th Street. For directions and information call (772)388-3331

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