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Glory days Vero Beach High School classes of 1975 and 1976 hold summer reunion Page 12

Rock solid Local author Leslie McGuirk discusses ‘If Rocks Could Sing’ Page 18

Indian River Sunset taken by photographer Janice Reynolds

City hall has new leader

Jim O’Connor takes over as City Manager Page 3

We can learn a lot from working moms Page 11

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Jim O’Connor

Despite his lack of familiarity with City Hall’s warren of hallways and oﬃces, there was a perception right from the beginning that new Vero Beach City Manager Jim O’Connor would quickly bring order and a sense

sible,” said Mayor Jay Kramer who was on hand to greet the new city manager. Fellow council member Craig Fletcher - who stopped by to welcome O’Connor and present him with a list of opinions on various issues - agreed. “He’s going to be a busy puppy for some weeks,” Fletcher said. For weeks, O’Connor – former city manager of Winchester, Va. - Falls and other department heads have been in frequent communication regarding the budget and other matters. By lunchtime, O’Connor had met for an hour-long session with retiring Finance Director Stephen Maillet, incoming Finance Director Cindy Lawson and Falls to discuss the budget and the administrative transition. “When I met Jim for his (hiring) interviews and since his selection we’ve

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(Editor’s Note: Incoming Vero Beach City Manager Jim O’Connor graciously accepted a request by Vero Beach Newsweekly to allow a reporter to follow him around on his ﬁrst day on the job this past Monday. With the city at a crossroads on a number of fronts we wanted to give readers an idea of his management style and his thoughts on the challenges ahead. He promised to meet our reporter promptly at 9 a.m., by which time, he said, “I should have located my oﬃce.”)

of permanence to a city much in need of some open-mindedness, civility and a steady hand. “Getting Jim here will be a stabilizing factor,” said Monte Falls, who took on the dual roll of interim city manager while holding down his regular job of Director of Public Works since September of last year when Jim Gabbard retired. O’Connor is looking at challenges from all sides. There are difficult and controversial citywide issues looming for discussion and action including chopping budgets, a thorough assessment of proposed sales of the city’s electric and water and sewer utilities and soothing a climate of distrust and even rancor between staff and council. “The issues will come hard and fast sooner or later. But today we want to make his first day as pleasant as pos-

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been speaking about every other day. He’s been supportive of me and I appreciate it,” Falls said. O’Connor already has a preliminary game plan to help him tackle a long “to-do” list. “Things with a timeframe element are the most important and the first thing we have is the budget. Then the power plant utility because a referendum is coming up (in November),” O’Connor said. He also credited council members for tackling tough issues amid major transitions of administrative staff. “These five folks on council seem to do their homework,” O’Connor said. Starting with the basics Not unlike a principal’s first day in a new school, the first hours of O’Connor’s day were filled with such basics as finding his office, meeting his staff and completing such mundane tasks as getting keys to the building, an ID badge, learning where his designated parking space is and completing the human resources department

paperwork which would assure him a timely paycheck. Although those tasks were easily dispensed, O’Connor admitted that one aspect of coming into City Hall might take longer. “I have some initial difficulty remembering names, so please excuse me if I ask you to introduce yourselves more than once. I’m trying to remember names,” O’Connor told staffers as he navigated his way down hallways to departmental offices also to be remembered. His own spacious office had been cleared and cleaned of any previous signs of occupancy, although seven city managers have served within the past 20 years. Photos, mementos and other indicators of specific personality were, thus far, missing, although it was likely that O’Connor would soon make it his own space. In the meantime, token welcome gifts of M&Ms in a glass jar and a Queen conch shell “door stop” brightened the décor. “I got here to Vero on Saturday at about 5 to 6 p.m. My wife is the person hanging behind (in Virginia) and cleaning up all my messes and selling

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Utilities experience During his tenure in other cities, O’Connor has had extensive utilities experience. As city manager of Winchester, O’Connor worked to modernize the water and wastewater facilities. In Oak Ridge he accomplished electric distribution upgrades to address reliability, addressed inﬁltration issues with the sewer system and worked with the federal government due to their presence in the city with the Department of Energy and the National Lab. In Dover, O’Connor negotiated a contract with Duke Energy to operate the city’s generation facility and negotiated power supply contracts with customers. He also served as secretary/treasurer of the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation. During

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Revealing an administrative style Whenever a new boss comes into an established enterprise, there is always a learning curve for management and employees as they adjust to a new organizational philosophy and style. In the case of municipal government, council members are also an integral part of the process since they are charged with setting the policies which administration will carry forth. If smiles around City Hall on Monday were an indicator of how staffers view O’Connor’s advent, one would conclude that there is relief and even joy that an experienced public administrator is officially on board. Falls’ grin and enthusiasm were obvious. “Just as soon as Mr. O’Connor is comfortable with the transition, I’ll go back to (director of) public works where I’ve been since 1991,” Falls said. When asked to define his management style, O’Connor didn’t hesitate. “It’s very open and decentralized. I work with department heads in seeking solutions to issues. I have three constituencies – the residents, the elected officials and the folks in this organization. “I’m the liaison among all three and it’s my job to understand the dynamics and make a path forward. It’s challenging and always changing. It’s a people business and mistakes will be made, but we’ll also take corrective action,” O’Connor said. A chronically floundering economy nationwide and locally has made it increasingly difficult for governments and citizens, he said. “In today’s world, a great majority of cities give the appearance of being dysfunctional but they are reflective

of society. These economic times are tough and you irritate the constituency no matter how large or small that constituency is. “We’re in a society with a lot of conﬂicting values. We try to bring a structural organization to the process to add value to the community through the quality of life, the value of their property or whatever else,’ O’Connor said. As an experienced city manager with an MBA who previously served in Virginia; two central Florida rural communities; Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Dover, Del. and St. Charles, Mo., O’Connor expressed his enthusiasm for a community with important issues to address and changes which need to be made. For O’Connor, a “changing of the guard” is not necessarily a bad thing and he referenced the policy at a military base in Dover, Del. in which the base commander was re-assigned and replaced every two years. “I personally like a role where you can get in and change things. The hardest thing to do is managing friends and then you make decisions based on the reference points of ownership and that’s not good. That’s not my style. If things are too predictable, it’s not a challenge for me,” O’Connor said.

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the house. She’s coming to Vero in a couple of weeks to go house hunting. “The challenge of this business is the timing (of employment opportunities. O’Connor was recruited to apply for the job) and moving. It’s the hardest part on my wife,” O’Connor said. The couple plan to live within city limits and O’Connor began his real estate search by attending an open house last weekend.

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his tenure in Bartow, O’Connor was president of the Florida Municipal Utilities Association and was a board member of the Florida Municipal Power Association. In addition to his accomplishments in past posts, O’Connor has retained many friendships and professional ties to those he left behind – a sign,

perhaps, that this manager does not burn bridges. He was recruited for the City of Vero Beach job based on a referral from an individual who currently serves a city manager of a mid-sized Florida community and who was aware of O’Connor’s strong knowledge of electric utilities. “We have friends in every city where we’ve worked,” O’Connor said. He wasn’t yet prepared to comment on the speciﬁcs of the proposed sale

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“I have an open door policy and believe in talking about the issues with the public’s scrutiny and discussion. We need more people involved in the conversation,” he said. With recent local media coverage of the tensions between staﬀ and council over thorny issues, O’Connor agreed there is work to be done toward promoting teamwork and solving problems. “Trust and respect have to be earned. There’s an era of distrust of government these days and it’s not what we say but what we do. I know I live in a ﬁshbowl. It goes with the job,” O’Connor said.

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and Moore Haven. Together the branches will now operate under the Harbor Community Bank name. “Rarely do you see mergers between two community banks,” said Russell Greene, CEO of Grand Bank and who will oversee the Palm Beach operations. “Usually it is a very large bank taking over a smaller community institution and the community institution loses its identity. Here we have a very fine community organization, coming into another very fine community organization so that nothing really changes but the name. It still remains a community bank. All the employees will still be there for our customers.”

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Some familiar faces will be making their presence known soon in Vero Beach banking circles. Mike Brown, Sr. and Hal Roberts will once again be serving customers in Vero Beach when regulatory approval is received for their acquisition of Grand Bank and Trust of Florida which is headquartered in West Palm Beach. The acquisition is being steered through their Harbor Community Bank out of Indiantown. Many in the area will remember Brown and Roberts when they ran Harbor Federal Savings, which opened its first Vero Beach branch office in 1974 and grew to six branches in Vero Beach before selling to National City Corp. in 2006. With all the rapid-fire changes banking has gone through in the last few years -- consider that National City sold out to PNC just two years after acquiring Harbor Federal -- Brown and Roberts bring stability and decades of understanding how to run a successful community bank. “We are very fortunate in that we have years of experience in banking with Harbor Federal,” Roberts said. They also bring a lot of cash. They have raised in the neighborhood of $330 million from local investors ($10 million) and the rest from private equity firms and pension funds. They were for a time the most highly-capitalized bank in Florida and will remain near that spot once the deal with Grand Bank goes through. So how do a couple of retired bankers raise that kind of cash? The easy answer is they banked on their good name. “The reputation that Harbor had with going public and providing a

great return for their shareholders was probably a door opener,” Brown said. “Then you start talking to investors about the opportunity that we see in Florida today.” Brown and Roberts had turned Fort Pierce-based Harbor Federal into the fifth-largest publicly traded bank in Florida with total assets of $3.2 billion and 40 branches throughout the Treasure Coast and northern and central Florida. “We were asked what we thought we needed and we felt that we could honestly look someone straight in the face and tell them we could manage $330 million because that is what we had at Harbor Federal,” Brown said. “I could tell somebody yes I could handle this, because we had before.” Their first purchase was tiny First Bank and Trust of Indiantown, but they let it be known at the time they were not stopping there. They said their long-term target is build a regional community bank with a similar footprint to Harbor Federal which had $3 billion-pus in assets and over 40 offices. “We see an opportunity for a community bank to be successful in Florida,” Roberts told the Press Journal at the time of the deal to acquire the Indiantown bank in June 2010.” “We see the banking landscape changing and there being an opportunity to move back into the landscape and take advantage of that opportunity.” Their next opportunity was Grand Bank and Trust of Florida, which had been going through some difficulties related to the real estate crash. That purchase for $8.4 million is expected to be completed the end of the year. Grand Bank has seven offices from Lantana to Vero Beach, while First Bank has offices in Indiantown, Palm City, Okeechobee

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Together the three executives bring 137 years of community banking experience to the table. Greene has been at it for 49 year, Brown 48 years and Roberts jokes he is the piker in the bunch with just 40 years of community banking experience. “It is a combination of friends, people who have known each other in the banking business for years,” Roberts said. “We share the common philoso-

phy of the purpose of community banks. Now the mega-banks have a place in the world, but we also think people enjoy walking in and knowing who they are dealing with on a consistent basis.” They said they will be on the lookout for other avenues for expansion that make sense in the coming months. “Grand Bank was our first opportunity, but we are looking for other opportunities where they are of like organizations that we can buy,” Brown said. “We are looking primarily on

the east coast and central Florida. From Palm Beach County and maybe a little south all the way toward Jacksonville. Pretty much the same market we had in the past with Harbor Federal.” Karen Dorway of Bauer Financial thinks Harbor Community Bank may be happening on the scene at just the right time. “As you know Florida banking as suffered quite a bit through the real estate downturn in particular because so many Florida banking is dependent on Florida real estate,” she said.”

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“The Florida economy, though it is suffering at the moment, still holds great promise going forward. A lot of these losses have already been taken so you are starting to see movement into an area where if you are a well run bank you can come in and take over some of the banks that are struggling a little bit.” And Harbor Community Bank is sitting on all that cash. “We have an extraordinary capital level,” Brown said. “We may not be the most highly capitalized because we are spreading the capital over a larger base, though we are bringing more capital in. We will be one of the strongest banks, certainly on the Treasure Coast. What it means to have a highly capitalized bank is that we will be able to be proactive in the market place. A lot of banks have been affected by the real estate market and they can’t lend as much as we might be able to. We will be proactive looking for business, not simply playing defense.” And there will be plans to expand in Vero Beach as well. Both Brown and Roberts said they could envision opening the same number of branches in Indian River County as the old Harbor Federal. “Grand has an office (run by longtime local banker Karl Steene) over on the beach, which is a great start for us,” Brown said. “We had offices in our prior lives on Oslo Road, on Miracle Mile, on the 17th Street Causeway, one out by the mall and two in Sebastian.” Brown also noted that there is a dwindling number of community banks in our area from when they started in Vero Beach in 1974. “There are not many left in Vero Beach,” he said. “You have Marine Bank, CenterState, Oculina and Seacoast. For the Vero Beach market we are going to start out with the one branch, but certainly our goal will be to expand beyond that.”

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Revenues by Type

Interest 1.0%

Miscellaneous 1.0%

Utility & Other Taxes $4,077,000 20.2%

Licenses & Permits 0.6% Interest 1.0%

Solid Waste 2%

Total General Fund 2011 $21,068,581

Water-Sewer Fund $859,950 13%

Transfers $7,116,410 34.9%

Transfers

Electric Fund $5,766,213 81%

Marina 1% Solid Waste 2%

Total General Fund 2012 $20,386,086

Water-Sewer Fund $1,113,566 16%

Source: City of Vero Beach

City finances, where the money comes from With the city reviewing the numbers for the next budget, we thought it would be enlightening to show from where the bulk of the city’s revenues are derived and what is being projected for revenue for the coming fiscal year. By far the biggest chunk are transfers from the electric fund, the watersewer fund, the solid waste fund and the marina. Those funds comprise about a third of the revenue used to run the city. Property taxes comprise about 20 percent of our revenue, though the

amount has been steadily dropping with the crash in the real estate market. Utility taxes and the like (business and communications taxes, etc.) the city collected account for about 20 percent of the city’s revenue. The charges for services category is the amount the city collects from the various utilities for its administrative oversight. The last big-ticket revenue source for the city is Intergovernmental Revenue that is the amount of money the city collects from the state and county for sales and other taxes.

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Electric Fund $5,598,350 84%

Charges for Services $3,002,570 14.7%

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Utility & Other Taxes $4,003,000 19.6%

Charges for Services 14.3%

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Miscellaneous 1.0%

Intergovernmental Revenue $1,699,000 8.4%

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Community Forum County’s ‘huge’ reserve fund simply prudent Recently Indian River County’s administrator and commissioners have been accused of hoarding excessive reserve funds. While it is true that Indian River County has a significantly larger reserve as a percentage of it’s total budget than do neighboring counties, the assertion that the reserve fund is excessive is simply an opinion. By definition, opinions are subjective. What one person sees as a “huge” reserve, another might consider prudent. Having a large reserve is currently proving a real benefit, as the county will draw $4 million from its savings account to help balance the 2011-2012 budget. Last year the county used $3.4 million in reserve funds, the first time in memory these funds were used to help pay for recurring expenses. Commissioner Bob Solari foresees needing to use up to $20 million of reserves over the next four to five years simply to balance the county’s operating budget. Absent a sharp rebound in the economy, and in property values, reserve funds can be used to avoid property tax increases, as well as to prevent the need for significantly deeper cuts in spending. If Solari’s projections prove true, some 40 percent of the county’s reserves will

be spent within ﬁve years. To put some numbers in perspective, the county collected $100 million in ad valorem taxes ﬁve years ago, and is budgeting $72 million in 2011-2012. For the coming budget year alone, the county’s property tax revenues are projected to decline $5 million. Without reserves to draw from, commissioner would be faced with the choice of further cutting expenses, or of increasing property taxes. County Administrator Joe Baird, and Budget Director Jason Brown are both leery of continually paying for recurring expenses with reserve funds. The challenge as they see it is to craft a sustainable budget, one in which expenses are in line with income. Commissioner Wesley Davis speaks of meeting needs, rather than wants. Solari says it is time for county government to focus on providing essential services. It is commissioner Gary Wheeler, though, who seems the most strident in his view that it is time for local government to “right-size.” Wheeler says he is fundamentally opposed it drawing on reserves in consecutive years for the purpose of balancing the budget. While acknowledging that the county has cut

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it’s operating budget by $20 million, and reduced it’s work force by 25 percent, Wheeler still sees the need to reassess the level of funding local agencies can reasonably expect from the county in the new economic reality. “Going forward we need to reevaluate what we can aﬀord,” Wheeler said. In our April 21 issue, we reported on the brewing controversy over whether or not to draw from reserves in order to maintain the current level of funding for Children’s Services. At that time the commission voted 3-2 against a motion brought by Commissioner Peter O’Bryan to take $100,000 out of reserve funds to more than cover proposed cuts in the allocation to Children’s Services. At issue here is perhaps both a difference in opinion on what constitutes adequate reserve funds, as well as competing philosophies on the rightful role of government. Solari and Wheeler both say that it is time for government to stop collecting in the form of taxes contributions to the many worthwhile 501-C3 non-proﬁts in our community. “At least our nation’s founders saw virtue as necessary in a democracy. And adherence to ordinance is not a virtue,” Solari says. Solari believes that the time has come to let people keep more of their

own income, to give away, to save, or to otherwise spend as they see ﬁt. Others suggest that a libertarian approach to relying on generosity and kindness would leave millions more homeless and hungry. It’s a debate worth having. We wonder, though, how soon the question of what may or may not constitute a “huge” reserve will be a mute point. After all, not too many years ago politicians were arguing about how to spend the nation’s budget surplus? That was ten years and trillions of dollars ago, and now the debate is over how much to raise the debt ceiling. We hope the county isn’t pressured into using its reserves to subsidize unsustainable spending.

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al day off with pay, it sure seems that morale at the sheriff ’s office should be up. I mean, at least they have jobs. At day’s end the question arises, does Loar’s allegiance to the taxpayers directly interfere with his ability to lead his troops? And, is McMullen suggesting that the deputies’ needs -including overtime checks and shorter work weeks -- trump the demands of a down economy? The answers are not that easy. If they were, politicians would not have such a hard time deciding between doing the “right thing” and their desire to get reelected. These types of quandaries require the expertise of balance. And who knows better about balance than a woman? Maybe the candidates for sheriff could learn a thing or two from us working mothers. It’s still early…and the race is wide open. 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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According to McMullen, Loar’s cost-cutting tactics have deteriorated the quality of life for deputies and lowered department morale. McMullen’s frequent online postings in social networking sites indicate he is rallying support from within -- and formerly within -- the sheriff‘s office. McMullen also blames Loar’s budgetary measures for an increase in crime in 2010 over 2009. Crime data released earlier this year by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement indicates overall crime rose by 4.7 percent in Indian River County. However, during Loar’s first year in office in 2009, the overall crime index decreased a whopping 10.4 percent over 2008. Not bad considering the unemployment rate hit near-record highs that year at around 15 percent. While the unemployed and working poor continue to trend toward homelessness, not to mention the growing population of people who carry no health insurance, no retirement program, not even an occasion-

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Working mothers, such as myself, usually have to perform a delicate dance to balance job obligations with family life. When I give too much of myself to an employer -- long hours, travel or mental preoccupation with a given task -- my husband and children feel cheated. On the other hand, if my main focus during work hours is my family, from too many personal phone calls to time oﬀ for sick kids, the opportunities for career advancement greatly diminish. I’m not so sure men are regularly confronted by this same dilemma. For the most part, the guilt of spending time away from family is assuaged by a man’s traditional role as breadwinner. And, unless a single father has primary custody of the children, unscheduled time away from work due to incidentals and mishaps seems for the most part to fall in the domain of mom’s duties. So when a situation arises that re-

quires balancing the needs of two audiences, a lack of expertise can stand out like a sore thumb. At least that’s how it appears at this early stage of the sheriff’s race in Indian River County. LISA RYMER Sheriff Deryl Loar has managed to shave about $3 million off his budget since being elected in 2008. His cost reducing strategy has been to eliminate overtime, cut shifts from 12 hours to ten, and require deputies to work 16 days a month instead of 14. Needless to say, these sorts of belttightening initiatives make taxpayers pleased as punch. But that sentiment is not necessarily shared by the majority of sheriff’s employees. Or, so says the website of Bill McMullen, former captain of the jail who ran against Loar in 2008 and plans to run against him again in 2012.

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Learning new things from our trips down memory lane BY RABBI MICHAEL BIRNHOLZ

It is a summer of family vacations. Taking kids to camp and back. Going off to explore the natural and cultural beauties of Florida. Road trips and hotel rooms. Fast food and restaurants of local flavor. Yet, it was not just the same trips that we take from year to year. There is something different this summer. It is not the age of the kids or the activities we are doing in these places. Mah Nishtanah halailah hazeh? (from the Four Questions of the Passover Seder) So what makes these trips/vacations different from those that we have done the past few years? It is the destinations, a summer camp in northern Georgia (where I was a camp counselor after high school) and Gainesville where I met my wife. On these trips we returned to places that were special to us. After more than fifteen years of being

away we took our children back to places that shaped us in our early adulthood. For us it was a trip down memory lane. Testing to see if our impression and memories RABBI of that place: the MICHAEL BIRNHOLZ sights, the smells, the tastes matched the reality in this day and age. What parts of our past and life’s story could we show and experience with our kids and what had been lost in time or a figment of our youth? There was a different element that I did not expect. We had the opportunity to leave the paths that we had traveled during our first time in those places. With a decade more of life experience we approached our visits to

these places in different ways. We found hiking trails with magnificent waterfalls and rushing rivers with thrilling tubing just minutes away from the camp where I spent an entire summer. I had no idea what incredible experiences I had driven past. There were restaurants and museums that had not my attention as a college student that now filled hours with interesting information, tasty food and lots of fun and excitement. These were definitely not our regular summer trips. Something important and different went into these excursions. They had an element of pilgrimage and Aliyah (going up to a sacred place) to them. By going back to these places we are able to reminisce and bring our children into the stories and experiences that made us who we are. We get to see how those places and activities touched our children and

really connect past, present and future. A layer of their life story is now built upon ours in an incredible way. Some of the biggest dreams and adventures of our youth intersect with the memories and stories our children will share in their future, creating a beautiful tapestry we are passing from generation to generation. As we planned these trips we did not have this goal in mind but it sure added something sweet and powerful. Not only does it make me think about the other places we need to visit to connect memory and family, but now I wonder how we can all incorporate some element of pilgrimage or Aliyah to future trips to all of the places we go on our journeys. Rabbi Michael Birnholz has served Temple Beth Shalom in Vero Beach since 2002. One of his goals is bringing Jewish values and wisdom to the wider community.

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Friends, family and graduates of Vero Beach High School classes 1975 and 1976

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Buzz MacWilliams, Terry Wallace, Steve and Louise Wild

Many of the Vero Beach High School graduates from the mid-1970’s who have left and come back or who never left, are now our community’s best assets. Laurie Reed Cassidy has organized the reunions for the Class of 1976 since the beginning. She says there have been many changes to the gatherings over the years but the most recent -the 35th -- was one of the easiest. Held at Waldo’s Restaurant on July 23rd, the evening party was casual and fun and did not require as much organization as their more traditional decade-marking celebrations. Reed-Cassidy said that the get-togethers have slowly evolved and noted that the people who now come to them have become like one big family. “The ten year reunion was still pretty soon after graduation and people are still somewhat split up into their old

groups.” Cassidy said. She continued, “In-crowd people, athletes, cheerleaders, Honor Society students and all the other separate cliques were still hanging with their friends from school at the ten year event. But as time goes on, what matters more seems to be a familiar smiling face to reminisce with rather than who you used to think you were.” What seems to happen at many reunions is that people who have come to know each other in business or activities around Vero Beach ﬁnd that they actually went to the same grade with each other without knowing it. Kids that were beach buddies and classmates now are holding political oﬃces, running the main services and serving as local business leaders. Many are in the 50- to 60-year-old bracket like Tom Lowther, a former County Commissioner and Eric Menger, Director of the Vero Beach Airport. Both

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graduated in Vero Beach and many others of their class have taken on key service roles. Laurie Reed and Jim Kellum were saying that probably about 30 percent of the ﬁreﬁghters were all from their combined classes. They wondered who will take their place when those people hit retirement age. One of the biggest connectors that have brought Vero Beach and the classmates together is a Facebook page called “Growing Up in Vero Beach”

by Kai Martin and Jim Wilson. This site which just broke the 2,500 friends mark is a place to catch up and to look back. Jim Wilson said he has seen many reunions, dinners, parties and gettogethers start up from an initial conversation that begins by something as simple as an old memory of a teacher or going to the old Florida Drive-In Theatre. Other classmates of other years asked to join in. The result was that over 200

people showed up to enjoy each other’s company. Waldo’s manager Joe Smith said that at least one Vero reunion is held each year at his famous locale. This reunion like any other event that takes us back to our past is a reminder of how far one has come and what is most important. It is also another reminder of the sense of community that Vero Beach has always oﬀered its residents and continues to this day. MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 16

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Wine donor Mario Vassale, jewelry artist Kristen Knudsen and Dockside Grille owner Jerry Maher.

Artist Barbara Sharp with Bev Paris and Carol Kanarek wonderful view overlooking the patio and the Indian River. Musician Rebecca McIlvain entertained with acoustic guitar as guests enjoyed perusing the displays. Radio host Rhett Palmer pulled names for the winners of the numerous raﬄe prizes. Over $600 was raised from the raﬄe alone and prizes ranged

from Knudsen’s jewelry, bottles of expensive wine, Sharp’s artwork, and dinner for two at Dockside Grille. The largest prize was a river cruise by Florida Scenic Rentals for up to eight people. The winner Tammy Jones and her party let out a large shout in the dining room when her name was called.

The event was considered a success by all involved and Maher said he hopes to hold a couple of these events each year from now on. Maher added it was a great way to have new customers “see their world” and that “the economy is tough right now and you have to work together with organizations that are struggling.”

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Dockside Grille owner Jerry Maher could have let his dining room be used to serve patrons dinner as usual. Instead, he opened the dining room to benefit some special charities last Saturday evening. One of Maher’s favorite patrons, a woman named Kathy Farrely, had been planting the seed in his head for a new function of the restaurant. Maher already had a loyal following but what Farrely proposed could bring in people to see his establishment who had not yet come to enjoy the great food and atmosphere. Farrely’s sister, Kristen Knudsen, is a well known jewelry artist. Farrely wondered if Maher would consider holding an art show at the Dockside Grille to bring in customers while it was quieter in the summer. After considering the possibility, Maher agreed but wanted to add a charitable side to the event. One of his bartenders had lost a child to Juvenile Diabetes and so that organization was special to his and his staff’s hearts. Knudsen, who had become a full time jewelry artist, asked a friend, Barbara Sharp, if she would like to join her in the show to combine their talents. Sharp is a textile design maven & artist who has a major fan base as does Knudsen. They felt they could bring in a large crowd to the event if exhibiting their work together. As their charity, they added the Vero Beach High School Art Department which has struggled with budget cuts and finding money for its programs. Once the event was decided, Maher rose to the occasion even further. He donated the food, music and even worked with wine purveyor, Mario Vassale of Old Bridge Wines to supply the wine and raffle items. Maher even bought the first two items from Sharp and Knudsen and donated them as prizes. The event was held in the beautiful front dining room which offers a

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What kind of stones needed to be guarded at last week’s book signing at the Vero Beach Book Center by a burly Rock Guard and a safe? Not diamonds, nor sapphires, but the subject matter of Leslie McGuirk’s new book, “If Rocks Could Sing.” McGuirk said that this collection of rocks took ten years of her life. She joked that whenever she said that, people must think, “don’t you work?” Actually, McGuirk is a well known children’s author and has a huge following making quirky animal designs for clothes and accessories. Her large fan base is located in the U.S. and abroad but she is especially popular in Japan where her label’s collection is well known because of her Tucker the Dog series. Her newest book is a combination of table book and conversation starter. How this hobby began she says, is just one of those things that starts simple

and becomes part of a lifestyle. Walking along the beach with her pups, she found one rock that looked like a letter and wanted to find enough to write a friend’s name. Then she wanted to spell out “Tucker,” the name of her dog and main character in her books. She never looked at the beach the same after that and was addicted. Her “k” was found in Jupiter and her “x” in Maine. All of the others were found right here in Vero Beach. At one point in the event, a buff bodyguard stood by stoically as Vero Beach Book Center’s Cynthia Grabenbauer unveiled McGuirk rocks spelling out “Vero Beach” and others. Her “k” was so hard to find that it became her ultimate quest and took her nine years in her search. It was so rare and special to her that she never took it out of her safe and could only be seen in the book. Her plan to get national publicity had her spelling famous talk show host’s names with her rocks and

sending them to the networks. She recently sent George Stephanopoulis a photo of the name written out and one rock since she said “they are just too valuable to send him the whole name.” One fan asked if McGuirk ever took her collection and spoke at schools and she thought that was very important. She stated, “Children today are suﬀering from a nature deﬁciency disorder so you have to get kids excited about nature by making a game out of it.” McGuirk paired a rock which resembled a letter with a corresponding item that began by using that let-

ter on each page of the book. The children loved it and also had the adult fans laughingly sharing rock recollections of their own. The crowd was as diverse as the rocks and objects McGuirk ﬁnds on her daily hunts. Many brought their rocks to show to this funny and bright “guru of rock hounds” to see if she could guess what they saw in the object. Approximately 100 people came to watch McGuirk’s slide presentation and have her autograph their book. Check out McGuirk’s “If Rocks Could Sing” and her other books at www.lesliemcguirk.com.

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Leslie McGuirk looks over the rock that Rebecca Garcia brought to the event.

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age on the High Seas.” Dinner and show, $45. Group rates available for 18 or more. Reservations: 772-252-9341 or email theatregoround@gmail.com. July 29-31: Riverside Children’s Theatre presents “The Wiz” a high energy, modern take on “The Wizard of Oz,” Anne Morton Theatre. Reserved tickets $12-$18, half price for children. 772-231-6990. Aug 3-6: 37th Annual Aerial Antics Circus at Saint Edward’s. Youth circus perform “A Jungle Circus” with aerial acrobatics, dance acts, gymnastics & more. 7 pm, $5 adults/$4 children & seniors. Call 772-567-2144 or visit recreation page at www.covb.org Aug 4: Mulligan’s Beach House Summer Sports Party to beneﬁt Big Brothers & Big Sisters. 5-8 pm. Kids eat free. 20 percent of proceeds go to charity plus lots of fun for the kids and more. 772-600-7377.

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pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, dinner & performance by scholarship recipients. Goodie bag sale, CD’s and a chance for restaurant gift certiﬁcates. Tickets: $10. www.verobeachchoralsociety.org or 772-569-8165. July 29-30: Cult Classics at the Majestic Theatre. Enjoy classic movies for the summer at the midnight showing for only $2 per person. “E.T. the Extraterrestrial” on Friday and Saturday night. 1940 14th Lane, 772770-0773, tickets may be purchased online at www.majesticvero.com. July 30: Kayak Tour to beneﬁt the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, 8:15 pm-10:15 pm in the Indian River Lagoon, Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. $35 per person includes kayak, $20 with own kayak. 772-242-2559. July 29-31: Theatre-Go-Round’s “Hot Tropical Nights” at the Elk’s Lodge, 1350 26th St. “A Musical Voy-

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Aug 5: “High Dynamic Range” Photography Exhibit, 7-9 pm, Gallery of Hope Studio, 2036 14th Ave. Suite 1, Downtown Vero in the Historic Florida Theatre Building. www. galleryofhope.org, 772-643-6994. Aug 5-6: Cult Classics at the Majestic Theatre. Enjoy classic movies for the summer at the midnight showing. $2 per person. “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” 1940 14th Lane, 772-770-0773, tickets online at www.majesticvero.com. Aug 7: “Pasta Sunday”, with Salad Bar and Cake, Ladies Auxiliary, ItalianAmerican Civic Association 1600 25th St., 3-6 pm. $8.00. No reservations, open to the public. 772-778-1522. Aug 7: Space Coast Symphony will be performing Film Music Spectacular of famous movie scores at the Community Church, 1901 23rd St., 3 pm. Children are free, adults $20. 321-5368580, www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org. Aug 12: Manuscript Madness by WritebyNight. Have your writing work reviewed and advised on by professional writers. Held at Cabin Fever Art Studio, 6-9 pm, 2050 53rd Ave. Resister at www.writebynight. net or call 512-322-5242. Aug 12: Mainstreet Vero Beach is holding “Sip of the City” at the Kilted Mermaid. Pairing the perfect wine to the best cheese. 5-6:30 pm, Vero’s newest wine bar will oﬀer drink and food specials. www.mainstreetverobeach.org, 772-569-5533. Aug 13: Free Oceanside Business Association’s Summer Concert Series. Music by Dave & the Wave. 6:30-9:30 pm in front of Humiston Park. Beneﬁts Habitat for Humanity. Giveaway prize by Costa d’Este. Food, refreshments, vendors. No coolers allowed. 772-532-7983

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What does it mean to say Bobby’s, on Ocean Drive, is a Vero institution? While I don’t know everything that goes on there, I do know that Bobby’s is many things to many people. And that, I imagine, is the source of its magic. For the guests NICK THOMAS at the Reef Ocean Resort, Bobby’s is a hotel restaurant. For the neighborhood shirt-and-tie types, it’s the go-to place for a business lunch. For the retired set, it’s a bit of a private club, a place to meet friends and spend a quiet, air-conditioned afternoon chatting and watching the golf or the baseball. For the late-night cooks and wait staff from the other restaurants in town, it’s, I understand, the preferred après-service hang, with the kitchen turning out hot food until 12:30 am. And then, if you keep your ears tuned around town, you’ll hear it’s also one of the fa-

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certainly a cut above that. For me, Bobby’s is my default business lunch spot. And while I wouldn’t say that I’m a regular, I do pop in twice a month or so to meet clients or plot future deals. And I can swear by both the “French Dip,” a simple rare roast beef sandwich you douse with mustard and “dip” in salty au jus, and the “Bobby’s Burger,” an exemplary charred burger dressed with mushrooms and swiss. But despite my dozens of lunchtime visits, I’ve never turned up at night – that is, until last week. I had to chuckle when I saw the difference between Bobby’s at lunch time, and Bobby’s at dinner. Those differences are basically three. First, the lights are about half as bright. Second, there is a lot more alcohol being served. And third, the great lunch-time menu, which is still available, is augmented by modest list of additional dinner items. But those extra items are really good. I’ll start with the prime rib. I know it’s neither hip nor particu-

larly healthful, but man do I love a large slab of rare roasted beef from time to time. And I was shocked at the quality of the product Bobby’s turns out. Speaking to the chef after the fact, I learned that they cook their whole rib roasts in something called an Alto-Shaam “Cook and Hold” oven, a magical device that cooks low and slow and turns out an exceptionally tender and juicy product. I walked away from my prime rib dinner with a feeling of happiness and well being that no amount of arugula and poached salmon can match. My guest ordered the fried clam strips and the Chicken Marsala. The clam strips were so thick and meaty, so different from what I remembered from the Howard Johnson’s of my youth, that I had to ask where Bobby’s sourced them. I learned that they were “Sea Watch” brand, that they were only available “to the trade,” and that they were indeed the best available. As for the Chicken Marsala, when it arrived, it certainly looked the part – evenly pounded cutlets of breast meat, sautéed to a light brown, and topped with mushrooms and an amber-brown sauce. But when I tasted it, my food critic alarm went off. “Wait a minute? Where is the marsala sweetness I was expecting? As it turns out, the kitchen at Bobby’s uses the minority approach to preparing this common Italian/American dish. Instead of relying almost entirely on sweet marsala to flavor the sauce, Bobby’s uses a combination high quality marsala and beef gravy. A little less sweet. A little more savory. Every bit as good. Nick Thomas is a lawyer and certified family mediator. Reach him at nthomasslaw@comcast.net.

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For the past fifteen years, yoga has ignited the interest of Americans like a breath of fresh air. Many of our local residents are among the more than 11 million Americans who, according to WebMD, practice this 5,000-yearold discipline. Elise Mahovlich, owner of Living Yoga located at 333 17th Street, was one of the first people to have a studio in Vero. Living Yoga offers classes include Astanga, Kripalu, lynegar, Hatha Vinyasa, Prana Vinyasa, in, Kali Natha, Kundalini and Sivnanda. Among the teachers, Elise says that there is a collective 75-plus years of teaching experience. Students run the gamut from teens to the elderly and everyone in between. Barklie Eliot, the Department Chair of the English Department at St. Edward’s Upper School in Vero Beach, has practiced yoga at Elise’s studio for many years.

“Yoga develops both your strength and your flexibility, and it makes you much more aware of your body and how it works,” Eliot said. “In addition, I derive a sense of focus and calm from it that I do not derive from other sports. While all sports to a certain extend diminish stress, yoga is the best stress reliever, perhaps in part because of the breathing exercises involved.” Another Living Yoga fan, Connie Walsh – a self-described ‘snowbird’ and avid tennis player – agrees with Eliot that yoga is as much a spiritual enterprise as physical activity and is keeping her involved with her favorite pastimes in a number of ways. “At this stage of my life I do yoga because it is vital to my physical being,” she said. “Without yoga I would not be able to play my other sports. It keeps me limber or swimming, tennis, golf. And the breathing has become vital to me because of my CONTINUES ON PAGE 22

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lungs which are not in good shape. In short, yoga is not a sport to me. The breathing calms me down first and foremost and the different postures take concentration which takes my mind off everything else. Yoga is calming.” Elise Mahovlich also points to the soothing aspect of yoga in helping one’s concentration focusing on the task at hand. “Yoga is calming,” she said. “Western culture has cultivated a habit of disconnect. Physiologically, we’re living in stress, a fight or flight existence.” “Multitasking makes us less productive simply because we’re not being focused and mindful with what we’re doing as we’re doing it.” “And so we forget where we left our eyeglasses or don’t notice a stop sign.” “When we are checking voice

An estimated 11 million Americans practice this ancient discipline.

mail or watching CNN while we exercise, we’re definitely disconnected from any signals from our bodies that alert us to instability or possible injury.” She added one of the spiritual

Soccer Association, Sports Authority to team up Based on the recent success of the U.S. Women’s National Team, the Indian River Soccer Association is anticipating a flood of new athletes looking to join its late summer and fall programs. “We’re expecting a boost in registrations, particularly among girls,” said Larry Reisman, IRSA president. “Perhaps our two biggest registration increases came after the U.S. men hosted the World Cup in 1994 and the women won the World Cup in 1999.” The IRSA has a variety of programs for children 4-18 of all different skill levels. It will kick off its competitive season this month. The recreational season, played at Hobart Park Soccer Complex and Lakewood Regional

Park, begins in September. Parents can take advantage of discounted rates by signing up at irsoccer.com. The IRSA also will also be teaming up with Sports Authority for registrations at its new store next to the Indian River Mall. They will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 13, 20 and 27. The IRSA will also be helping schools by oﬀering soccer balls, pinnies and cones donated by Sports Authority. Ian Brice, IRSA’s director of coaching, will oﬀer schools free ball skills clinics. If your school is interested in participating, email Brice at doc@irsoccer.com. The IRSA, which has served as many as 1,100 county children a year, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

aspects of yoga is the ability for participants to get into the “moment” that state where you become one with your surroundings. “A yoga practice gives us the opportunity—the freedom—to be with exactly what we’re doing at precisely the present moment,” she said. “Postures bring us into our bodies mindfully, allows us to experience where we are in time and space. Being her, now, as the saying goes, when mind and body are on the same page is deeply relaxing and healing. In fact, it’s the way we are meant to experience life.” Mahovlich’s views are supported here, as yoga is definitely taking off in Vero Beach. Consider the newest spot for classes – Yoga Pagoda -- that recently opened on Indian River Boulevard. It has already beginning to gain a legion of devotees. “What I most enjoy about the Yoga Pagoda is that the atmosphere not only challenges you physically, but is accepting of all students no matter their level of experience,” said student Chris Katilus, who attends classes at Yoga Pagoda.” “Although we all take our class-

es very seriously, we never take ourselves too seriously and enjoy many laughs during classes. This lighthearted atmosphere has enabled many students to not feel intimidated and therefore we’re able to lose any feelings of selfconsciousness.” “Yoga Pagoda makes every effort to make yoga accessible to everyone, regardless of age or experience.”In addition to Living Yoga and Yoga Pagoda, most of the gyms in Vero Beach, including the Jungle Club and Longevity Fitness Club and Spa, offer several yoga classes. These days, they have to, no gym can even define itself as such if it does not offer yoga. And it can offer the same kind of benefits one might receive from running on the treadmill or spinning. Study after study shows those who practice yoga on a regular basis are just as likely – and sometimes more likely – to lose weight from consistently doing downward dogs, sun salutations, and more. The reason is that while the body is ‘working out,’ it is also relaxing, which is the most efficient way for metabolism to speed up and the weight to drop off.

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In the ever-changing world of marketing real estate, Norris & Company has moved right up to the cutting edge. The beachside real estate agency is now featuring on much of its advertising a QR (Quick Response) code that allows you, through your smart phone, to visit their specially designed mobile device web site and gather all the information you may desire on a particular property. “We are finding it very effective for something that is as easy as pointing your smart phone,” said Gena Grove, a co-owner of Norris & Company. “You can pull up all the information. It opens up our whole web site to somebody who may be looking at a specific property or is walking by our office. We are very pleased, as are our clients, with the ease and effectiveness of this means of obtaining information.” Described as a bar code on steroids, QR codes are those little black squares of oddly designed shapes and designs that you see popping up in magazines and newspapers. PHOTO PROVIDED In fact you can see an example of Norris & Company Realtor Renee Nyquist-Northen sees untapped potential for one in the upper right corner of the QR codes an example of which is to her right. Norris & Company ad in this paper. Those codes embed enough in- interesting,” Grove said. “Just use ty to fully embrace the use of QR formation that, when read with your cell phone to take a picture of codes on their marketing material. the proper software, can trigger the QR code. In turn that will take “QR codes are such a good tool actions like launching a website or you to that exact listing on Norris on signage, on brochures, in newsdownloading a file. And unlike bar- & Company’s web site where that papers, on glossy page magazines, codes, QR codes can be read from property’s information and pho- on any kind of advertising or marany angle. tograph will appear along with all keting vehicle,” said Renee NyquistTo be used properly, one must kinds of neighborhood information Northen. download an application (which that also may appear on every list“It is great because if anyone usually is free) to a smart phone. ing.” is here on vacation with a smart Once downloaded, you can use All the agents at Norris & Com- phone, all the information they your phone as your own informa- pany have access to this technology might want is one click away.” tional scanner. and they are beginning to see the The technology was first devel“For example, should you see a many advantages it offers them and oped in Japan to track car parts and brochure or a newspaper adver- their clients. They are among the the Japanese have taken it to heart. tisement with a property you find only Realtors in Indian River Coun- The codes are placed on the sides

of buildings and provide a directory of all the offices and companies at that location. They are even starting to pop up on grave stones where the technologically savvy can download a living memory, complete with video, audio and a slide show. The QR codes have not become that ubiquitous yet in the United States. However, that day is coming. “I think the territory is so still so new at the moment,” NyquistNorthen said. “We have not had someone specifically come in through a QR code, but we have had a lot of positive comments both from lookers and buyers. It streamlines things for them. And a lot of sellers like it because it is cutting edge and they feel their agent has a better take on the market because there is new tool out there to single out their property. “A year ago if we had this discussion, I don’t think people really would have understood. But here we are a year later and a lot more people know the concept, but they just don’t know how and to what extent it can be implemented.” Norris & Company has also launched a mobile Web site which is designed specifically for the users of mobile devices. The mobile site, which comes just months after they completely revamped their full-scale web site, will make for a better experience for the growing legion of smart phone users. “The mobile application is literally a slimmed down version of the full Norris & Company web site,” said Norris & Company co-owner Jane Schwiering. “It has been completely reformatted to give you as much information as possible that is easy to read on the smaller screens of smart phones.”

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Obituaries Debra Ellen Cole Broughton Debra Ellen Cole Broughton, 55, died July 17, 2011, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. She was born in Ashland, Ky., and lived in Vero Beach for 40 years, coming from her birthplace. She was a long time employee of Walmart. Survivors include her brothers, Mark A. Hall of Vero Beach, Michael L. Cole of Fellsmere, David L. Hall of Port St. John and John Cole, Charles Cole, Paul Cole and Mark Cole, all of Cleveland; sisters, Melissa Hall Young of Stuart and Debra Cole and Rachel Cole, both of Cleveland; and longtime companion, Phillip McCord. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ann Hall; and father, Jack Cole. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, 6230 77th St., Vero Beach, FL 32961. Services: Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. July 21 at Cox-Giﬀord-Seawinds Funeral Home, Vero Beach, with a service at 2 p.m. July 21 at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Winter Beach Cemetery. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com. Harold “Curley” Custer Harold “Curley” Custer, 90, died July 17, 2011, at Rosewood Manor, Vero Beach. He was born in Martinsburg, W.Va., and lived in Vero Beach since 2000, coming from Hagerstown, Md. He was a professional square dance caller, a pilot and built airplanes for a living. He served in the Air Force.

He was of the Methodist faith. Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Ruth; daughters, Marilyn Custer and Barbie Hendricks, both of Vero Beach; sisters, Helen Bock and Vivian Jackson; brother, Kenneth Custer; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Harold Custer Memorial Fund at RBC Bank, 2750 9th St. S.W., Vero Beach, FL 32968. Services: A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. July 21 at the Community Church in Vero Beach. Arrangements are by Cox-GiﬀordSeawinds Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiﬀordseawinds.com.

Henry E. Davis Henry E. Davis, 83, died July 16, 2011, at VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. He was born in New Orleans and lived in Indian River County for 15 years, coming from Ohio. He was chief of security for Sea Grove for 10 years and A&R Property Management, both in Vero Beach. He served in the Army during World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the Humane Society and ASPCA. Survivors include his wife of 46 years, Marlene C. Davis of Vero Beach; son, William Davis of Palm Beach; daughters, Angie Kriban of Sebastian, Andrea Kuchta and Elizabeth Yates, both of Vero Beach, and Kimberly Burwell and Cassandra Marchese, both of Palm Beach; ﬁve grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A guestbook is available at www. coxgiﬀordseawinds.com. Melvin John “Mel” Benton Melvin “Mel” John Benton, 86, died July 9, 2011. He was born in Altoona, Pa., and moved from Chicago to Vero

Beach in 1963 and recently lived in Islamorada. He was the last owner of the Vero Beach A&W Drive In. He was a Navy veteran serving during World War II in the Paciﬁc and received the Purple Heart. Survivors include his daughters, Karen Donnell of Islamorada and Susan Ann Gulley of Vero Beach; son, Joseph Kevin Benton of Vero Beach; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis Jean Weyant.

Dr. Frank Howard Pearce Dr. Frank Howard Pearce, 87, of Vero Beach, died July 17, 2011, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. He died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was born Oct. 2, 1923 in Sumner, Georgia, the only child of Caroline and Edgar Pearce. His family moved to Miami in 1926, where his father was a pioneer tomato grower in Dade County. His mother became the President of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and served on the state Board of Regents for 10 years. Frank graduated from Miami Senior High School, attended the University of Florida, North Carolina State University and the Northern Illinois College of Optometry in Chicago. He practiced optometry in Coral Gables for 40 years, retiring in Vero Beach in 1992. As a B17 bomber pilot, based in Foggia, Italy during World War II, Frank ﬂew 22 missions over eastern Europe and was awarded the Air Medal and four battle stars. He was a member of the 99th Bomb Group Historical Society and coordinated the annual reunions with his crew members. He was a member of Christ By The Sea United Methodist Church and served on the Board of Trustees. An accomplished artist and photographer of the Everglades, Frank had two one-man shows of his paintings at the Everglades National Park Visitor’s Center. He was frequently asked to lecture on the subject and show his beautiful photographs taken in the Park.

Frank is survived by his devoted wife, Jean Druliner Pearce; daughters, Cindy Millstein and her husband, Alan, Deborah Houlihan and her husband, Terry; and three grandsons, Robert, David, and Michael Millstein. Memorial gifts may be made in Frank’s name to VNA Hospice House, 901 37th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960. Arrangements are under the direction of Cox-Giﬀord-Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach, Florida. Condolences may be sent through www.coxgiﬀordseawinds.com.

Frances M. Vander Veer Frances M. Vander Veer, 87, died July 15, 2011, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. She was born in Paterson, N.J., and lived in Vero Beach for 37 years, coming from Saddle Brook, N.J. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her daughter, Claire Marie Williams of Jacksonville and Booton, N.J.; son, James Vander Veer of Sussex, N.J.; ﬁve grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Vander Veer; and sister, Thelma Elia. Memorial contributions may be made to Indian River Medical Center, 1000 36th St., Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com. David A. Hamilton David A. Hamilton, 72, died July 18, 2011, at his home. He was born in Fort Pierce and moved to Vero Beach in 1964, coming from his birthplace. He was a citrus grove owner and also owned David Hamilton Grove Care. He was a 1956 graduate of Dan McCarty High School in Fort Pierce. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Vero Beach and the Vero Beach Jaycees. He served in the

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Leon H. Roman Leon H. Roman, 85, died July 22, 2011. He was born in Newark, N.J., and moved to Vero Beach 16 years ago from Pompano Beach. He attended Princeton University before joining the Army, serving in the 503rd Parachute infantry. He was a decorated combat veteran of World War II, serving in the Philippines liberation as well as the Japanese occupation. He retired as the owner of Pride Appraisal Service in Cranford, N.J. He also was a licensed pilot and was active in the EAA Chapter 908, including the Young Eagles program, and the FFAA. He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Mary B. Roman; daughters, Janice Roman Clark of Virginia Beach, Va., and Robin Roman-Stork of Simsbury, Conn.; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife of 37 years, Estelle K. Roman. A memorial service will be conducted in Vero Beach at a later date.

Betty Jane Palazzo Betty Jane Palazzo, 83, died July 17, 2011, at home. She was born in Bronx, N.Y., and lived in Florida for 41 years, coming from Long Island, N.Y. She was a member of First Church of God, Vero Beach. Survivors include her son, Frank Palazzo; daughters, Linda Richards and Robin Palazzo; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She preceded in death by her husband

William F. Hildenbrand William F. Hildenbrand, 89, died July 21, 2011, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. He was born in Pottstown, Pa., and lived in Orchid for 16 years, coming from Washington, D.C. He worked in the U.S. House and Senate and served as the secretary of the Senate from 1981 to 1985. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army. Survivors include his wife; Shirley Herath; daughters, Jerri Davis, Sherri Curcio, Pam Bozick and DeeDee McMeans; sons, Mark Herath, Joe Herath and Doug Herath; sister, Jane Shiller; 15 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA/Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. Services: Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiﬀordseawinds.com.

during World War II. She worked for IBM and was a stewardess for ARAMCO. She was a volunteer at the Vero Beach Museum of Art library and a dispatcher for the Volunteer Ambulance Squad. Survivors include her son, Peter Vredenburgh; and daughter, Kathy Ellis. She was preceded in death by her husband, John C. Vredenburgh. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pelican Island Audubon Society, 1931 14th Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32960-0669.

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Dale Hoggatt Dale Hoggatt, 48, died July 16, 2011, at VNA/Hospice House in Vero Beach. He was born in Vero Beach and had been a lifetime resident. He received an associate of science degree in electrical engineering and worked for 16 years as a plant engineer for the Vero Beach Power Plant. Survivors include his wife of 17 years, Kim Hoggatt of Vero Beach; son, Sean Hoggatt of Vero Beach; mother, Eugenie Hoggatt of Vero Beach; brother, Kevin Von Hartman of Fort Pierce; and sisters, Judy Bartlett and Earlene Baptiste, both of Vero Beach. Services: Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. July 30 with a celebration of life at 7 p.m. at Thomas S. Lowther Funeral Home in Vero Beach. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.

of 63 years, Peter Palazzo. Memorial contributions may be made to First Church of God, 1105 58th Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32966.

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Herman “Jack”Weiner Herman “Jack” Weiner, 92, died July 17, 2011, at Isles of Vero Beach. He was born in New York City and lived in Vero Beach since 1982, coming from New Jersey. He worked as an engineer technician for more than 30 years with the Navy’s civil service division. He was a veteran of the Army Air Forces and served during World War II. He was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Workers and the Deborah Hospital Foundation, Vero Beach Chapter. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Gertrude Weiner; sons, Jamie S. Weiner of Painted Post, N.Y., and Corey J. Weiner of New York City; sister, Paula Goldman of Vero Beach; and

three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his identical twin brother, Sydney Weiner; and brother, Harry Weiner. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.

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