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REARVIEW MIRROR: A look at the history of the Vero train depot

The Vero depot is one of Indian Roseland, Sebastian, Wabasso, Woodley
River County’s oldest buildings. (established with a general store and
named for a Georgia plantation near
Passenger train stations were built present day Winter Beach), Gifford and
in Sebastian and Gifford first, but Vero. Most were flag stations, stopping
Vero’s still remains and is listed on the there only if a passenger requested
National Register of Historic Places. the stop.

Sebastian’s Florida East Coast Landowner F. Charles Gifford
Railway depot was the first of the large complained to the Florida Railroad Commission in 1903
stations in the county; it was completed in 1894. It burned about the deplorable condition of the Vero flag station. Later
before it could be rehabilitated and preserved. In 1893 and that year the railroad built a new passenger station. The FEC
1894, the FEC Railroad was extending its railway at about expanded and improved it in 1916 and again in 1936.
the time Gifford, just north of Vero Beach, was established.
The Indian River County Historical Society bought the
A “shed” was put in Vero at Commerce Avenue between building in 1983 and moved it to 14th Avenue, where it was
18th and 19th streets, and painted bright yellow (as the rehabilitated and converted into the society’s headquarters.
restored building is painted today). But Vero residents who
wanted to catch a train had to go to Gifford, and if they – Sources: “A History of Indian River County” by Sidney Johnston and William Adams;
wanted to detrain in Vero, they had to get off in Gifford. “Florida’s Hibiscus City: Vero Beach” by J. Noble Richards; and “Images of Vero Beach”
by Teresa Lee Rushworth
By 1898, the FEC had built small wood-framed depots at
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LEMMON DROPS: Local housing market still best in Florida for 5-year appreciation

Seven bite-size Lemmon Drops to nibble on while waiting Vero Beach currently ranks 22nd in the
for the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas movies to begin: country for 5-year appreciation.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania,
• Two years to go. That’s it. is No. 1 in the nation and Visalia-
We purchased our house in 2006 and have been “under Porterville, California is No. 2.
water” ever since. For the second year in a row, Vero
Beach is the No. 1 market in Florida for
That all changes during the first quarter of 2020, when • 5-year appreciation.
local housing prices are supposed to finally return to 2006 Brian Kilmeade, one of the hosts of Russ Lemmon
levels. That’s according to Moody’s Analytics, a subsidiary
of the financial firm Moody’s. “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel, has scheduled
a book-signing at the Vero Beach Book Center on Nov.
As longtime readers know, the Lemmons purchased their 17. He’ll be promoting the paperback version of his book
home because a now-defunct magazine ranked Vero Beach “Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans.”
as the No. 2 market in the country for 5-year appreciation. Fox News personalities tend to draw the crowds for signings
We thought we were going to make a killing, so we bought a at the independent book store.
house here before selling our house in Ohio. “Go figure,” said owner Chad Leonard. “Somehow they
caught on that works around here.”
Then, the housing market crashed. Yes, in Indian River County, the Republican candidate
Here we are, 12 years later, and we’re just now seeing 2006 has won in every presidential election since 1948.
housing prices on the horizon.
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• A big thumbs-down to the Indian River County Republican surprised to see a sign for FirstWatch. On that same sign
was this short description: “The Daytime Café.” (It’s open
Executive Committee for recommending two School Board only for breakfast and lunch).
candidates in a radio commercial for the Nov. 6 election.
As reported a few weeks ago, FirstWatch will be opening
Recommending Republican candidates in partisan races a restaurant at the old ABC Wine & Spirits location in the
is fine, of course, but the School Board race is non-partisan. Miracle Mile area. It’s not expected to open until the first

I suppose the Republican Executive Committee would say • quarter of 2019.
the ad was in response to Democrats celebrating “victories” It was an honor to have a longtime reader, Aldo Musto,
in the School Board races in the August primary. stop by Bob Evans last week to let me know he was moving
to Massachusetts. Aldo said he has read every issue of
We have enough partisan politics on the national and Lemmon Lines.
state levels. Hate to see it infiltrate non-partisan races on
I don’t know if he said that just to get me to treat for
• the local level. breakfast, but it worked.
On southbound U.S. 1, just south of the Walgreens at
53rd Street, a new Dunkin’ Donuts is officially a “go.” The • Best wishes, Aldo.
project has been approved, according to John McCoy, head In Issue 208, I wrote that downtown Vero’s Beach Bum
of the county’s Current Development department. Look for Bagels is looking for a new location.
construction to begin soon.
How goes the search?
Meanwhile, McCoy said a proposed Burger King in that “I can’t say no news is good news,” said owner George
Williams.
• vicinity is at the beginning of the approval process.
So I’m sitting at a stoplight on U.S. 1 in Stuart and was

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Meet me at Table 51

Some trivia: Whether at Bob Evans or C.J. Cannon’s, him saying.
Russ and his wife usually eat breakfast at Table 51. In what Sold!
is a regular feature, Russ breaks bread with someone you Away from work, Mickie has had some unusual

may or may not know. accomplishments in sports.

Mickie Willaman is being groomed to take over a In high school, he attended Palm Vista Christian
well-known Sebastian business. in Fort Pierce, and twice led the state in free throw
If all goes as planned, he’ll become the owner shooting in his school’s classification. As a senior,
of Jerry Smith Flooring & Design Center in 2020. Mickie Willaman he hit 23 of 25 free throws.
Mickie has also bowled six perfect games. The last came
(That’s when Jerry and Laura Smith are planning to retire.)
Mickie, who has been a sales consultant there for 18 years, 3 years ago.
says the name of the business will stay the same. “I’ve always wanted a hole-in-one, but I haven’t been able
Mickie, 48, has his late father-in-law (Steve Kelley) to thank to do that,” he said.
for pointing him in Jerry Smith’s direction. He realizes that’ll probably never happen, as he stopped
After working 7 years as a computer consultant, Mickie playing golf a few years back.
was intrigued by his father-in-law’s description of the work In 2017, Mickie lost 55 pounds in 3 months. He followed
environment at Jerry Smith’s. (His father-in-law was working the Keto diet, which frowns upon carbohydrates and sugar.
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Russ Lemmon, who loves music (and lists), has already published Some October statistics …
his Top 500 favorite songs of all-time. Now, the list continues in The earliest sunrise is 7:14 a.m.
the opposite direction. on Oct. 1 and the latest sunrise is 17
minutes later at 7:31 a.m. on Oct. 31.
606. “Foreplay / Long Time” The latest sunset is 7:07 p.m. on
(1976) Boston Oct. 1 and the earliest sunset is 29
607. “Give It Up” minutes earlier at 6:38 p.m. on Oct. 31.
(1983) KC and the Sunshine Band
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