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MY TAKE Few residents
getting latest
BY RAY MCNULTY COVID booster

Deputies get raise, but
medical leave is limited

Sheriff Eric Flowers will give By Ray McNulty | Staff Writer nal and other facilities available president John Pearsall said By Lisa Zahner | Staff Writer
his deputies the 7-percent raise [email protected] to a commercial airline. earlier this month the air- [email protected]
he told county commissioners line would be making a major
was necessary for his agency to Breeze Airways – a rapidly-ex- News of the visit comes after announcement, prompting With the number of new in-
remain competitive in the local panding, year-old carrier that Elite Airways, which has provid- speculation it would be sold. fections way down as September
job market. already serves more than 30 ed passenger jet service at the When asked via text message comes to a close, fewer than two
U.S. destinations from coast city’s airport since December last week when the announce- dozen local residents per week are
To get that raise, however, the to coast – is planning to send 2015, removed all October flights ment would be made, Pearsall opting to get the latest COVID-19
deputies – in their labor unions’ representatives to Vero Beach from its website. responded: “Soon.” booster shot designed to protect
negotiations with the sheriff – Regional Airport on Oct. 10 to against the Omicron subvariants.
had to agree to a 25-percent re- check out the passenger termi- The boutique airline hasn’t CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
duction in limits on their medi- flown since June 30, and Elite More than 30,000 people here
cal leave. age 50 and older are eligible for the
new Omicron booster now or will
And if they hadn’t? be soon, depending upon when
Would Flowers have denied his they got their second booster. But
deputies the full 7 percent and Florida Department of Health re-
forced them to settle for only 4 ports showed only a couple of
percent? Even during these in- people a day stepping up to get
flationary times? Even though he the newly formulated jab in Indi-
has the money in his budget? an River County.
What about staying compet-
itive in a job market where dep- Fortunately, the number of peo-
uties in neighboring counties are ple testing positive here fell by one
better paid? fourth this past week, with 95 peo-
We know the County Com- ple – fewer than 14 per day – test-
mission didn’t give Flowers the ing positive at a lab that reports
ridiculous, $11 million budget to reported to the Florida Depart-
increase he proposed in May. ment of Health. Again this week,
We know the sheriff settled for a Indian River County lies in the
more-reasonable, still-impres- CDC’s green zone for Low COVID
sive $7.25 million boost. Community Level.
But we also know he has the
money – because, ultimately, he CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
agreed to the 7-percent raises.
So why the charade? National housing recession? Homebuilders say, ‘Not here! Demand is strong’
Why use the raises, which he
publicly stated were vital to the PHOTO: JOSHUA KODIS By Steven M. Thomas | Staff Writer the most active builder on the barrier
effective operations of the Sher- [email protected] island and in the county. “We have five
iff’s Office, as leverage in labor new projects opening or getting ready
negotiations to get a concession National news reports about the to open, so it is kind of a good time in
on an unrelated issue? homebuilding industry have been the cycle for us.”
Why not simply give the dep- gloomy lately, with talk of “a housing
uties the raises Flowers said they recession” and falling builder senti- “Demand in our part of Florida re-
need, rather than risk the ill feel- ment, but major homebuilders in In- mains strong,” said Brent Baker, Divi-
ings this wrongheaded tactic is dian River County have a more upbeat sion President for PulteGroup in South-
take on the market. east Florida, which is gearing up to
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 launch a big, 270-home subdivision at
“We are optimistic about 2023,” said
Bill Handler, president of GHO homes, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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MY TAKE against Flowers’ attempts to further reduce “I asked him: ‘Are you sure we’re doing and St. Lucie counties are way beyond what
their medical-leave limits. this?’” he added. “And the sheriff told me: we’re doing.”
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ‘At the end of the day, I’m going to give
Sources familiar with the negotiations them the money.’” He then added: “You need to pay com-
sure to create? said Flowers initially wanted medical leave petitive wages to get and keep good em-
Certainly, Flowers knows the deputies for deputies injured on the job to be capped Flescher paused for a moment, then ployees.”
at 12 weeks, instead of the 52 weeks in the quickly added: “If they didn’t get the 7 per-
agreed to switch to the 12-hour shifts the current contract. cent, I can assure you there would’ve been a Surely, our sheriff knows that. He knows
sheriff requested after taking office in Jan- discussion.” what he wrote in his budget proposal. He
uary 2021, asking for nothing in return. When the deputies didn’t budge, sourc- knows what he told our county commis-
es said, Flowers went to 16 weeks and, fi- Commissioner Joe Earman, a former fire- sioners.
Apparently, though, our sheriff is more nally, to 32 weeks – but with a caveat. fighters union president, said he would’ve
concerned with getting what he wants preferred to see the deputies get more than Flowers might’ve gotten what he want-
than showing appreciation. If a deputy is unable to return to full, the 7 percent because “we do need to be ed in this negotiation, but it’ll cost him far
unrestricted duty after 32 weeks on med- competitive with our wages, and Martin more than the 3 percent in raises he threat-
As one deputies’ union representative ical leave, the sheriff may terminate his or ened to withhold if he didn’t. 
put it: “He talked about creating a family her employment, or grant an extension of BREEZE AIRWAYS
atmosphere in the agency, and we went medical leave. In a 2021 press release announcing
along, fully expecting that the feelings CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Breeze’s entry into the market, Neeleman
would go both ways.” If the sheriff chooses to terminate a dep- said his newest airline would “fly non-stop
uty “who is unable to perform the essential He did not elaborate. between places currently without mean-
But they didn’t. function of his/her position due to illness “It would be nice to know what’s going on ingful or affordable service.”
After Flowers held their raises hostage or injury after 32 weeks …,” the deputy may with Elite, but I’ve reached out to Mr. Pears-
this summer, the deputies can’t help but request the case be presented to a medical all and gotten no response,” Vero Beach He went on to add: “We brought hu-
feel duped. review board. Airport Director Todd Scher said last week. manity back to the airline industry with
“It doesn’t feel like a family now,” the “Nor do I know if there’s any correlation be- JetBlue. Today, we’re excited to introduce
union rep said. “It feels more like a dicta- The board would review the case, then de- tween Elite not flying and Breeze showing plans for ‘The World’s Nicest Airline.’”
torship.” cide whether to extend the deputy’s medical interest.
As usual, neither Flowers nor the Sher- leave up to another 20 weeks or endorse the “Most airlines have people dedicated to Breeze’s website states the airline merges
iff’s Office’s public information officer, Lt. sheriff’s decision to terminate. The board’s keeping track of what’s going on in the in- “technology with kindness” and offers cus-
Joe Abollo, responded to an email seeking findings would be binding on both parties. dustry,” he added, “so it’s possible.” tomers “seamless booking, no change or
an explanation for the decision to tie the Scher said Breeze representatives have cancellation fees, and customized flight fea-
deputies’ raises to medical-leave limits. To be sure, Flowers’ concerns about dep- contacted him “several times over the past tures delivered via a sleek and simple app”
Even so, the deputies’ five law enforce- uties spending up to a year on medical leave few months” and that the Utah-based air- that makes it “easy to fly.”
ment and corrections unions have a ten- are valid. It’s an issue, however, that Flowers line offers service out of both major and
tative agreement with the sheriff, and should’ve negotiated separately – not in smaller, under-utilized airports. Breeze, which began operations with 30
their members were expected to ratify any way connected to the deputies’ raises. But he doesn’t know the extent of the leased Embraer 195 aircraft to serve smaller
the new contract, possibly as soon as this carrier’s interest in Vero Beach. markets, is in the process of adding 80 new
week. “Did I get a lot of phone calls? Yes,” long- “All I know right now is that they’re going Airbus A220 jets to comfortably fly passen-
They did manage, however, to push back time County Commissioner Joe Flescher to pop in and look over our facilities – the gers to mid-size and larger cities.
said. “There were a lot of concerns, especial- terminal, baggage check, boarding area –
ly after he told us he needed the money for and go through the entire passenger expe- Apparently, the low-cost airline is off to
raises, and I did check with him. rience,” Scher said. a rousing start.
“I have no idea who’s coming or how
much time they’ll spend here, but I’m sure In July, Breeze ranked No. 2 on Travel
they do this with a lot of places, trying to + Leisure magazine’s “Ten Best Domestic
gauge if there’s mutual interest,” he added. Airlines” in 2022, behind only Hawaiian
“I’m curious to find out whether they’re Airlines and ahead of JetBlue, Alaska, Del-
just looking around or they’re serious ta, Southwest, United, Sun Country, Amer-
about coming here.” ican and Allegiant.
Breeze media-relations director Gareth
Edmondson-Jones did not return a mes- “I personally have had little experience
sage left at his office last week. with Breeze,” Scher said, “but everything
Breeze, which launched its operations I’ve heard about the airline throughout the
in May 2021, currently serves six Florida industry has been extremely positive.”
markets: Orlando, West Palm Beach, Tam-
pa, Jacksonville, Sarasota/Bradenton and Elite, meanwhile, has done nothing re-
Fort Myers. cently to enhance its stature in Vero Beach,
In addition to serving major markets – which Pearsall has long touted as the air-
such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Ve- line’s most successful market.
gas, Phoenix, New Orleans, Nashville and
Pittsburgh – Breeze offers flights into and After Elite’s summer no-show in Vero
out of several mid-size cities, including: Beach, when it canceled 27 of its 35 sched-
Louisville, Ky.; Richmond, Va.; Hartford, uled flights into and out of the city’s air-
Conn.; Providence, R.I.; Tulsa, Okla.; Savan- port, it then scrapped all service here in
nah, Ga.; Charleston, S.C.; and Provo, Utah. July, August, September and now October.
The airline also serves two New York
suburban airports: Long Island MacArthur Elite was the first commercial carrier to
in Islip and Westchester County in White serve Vero Beach since American Eagle in
Plains. the mid-1990s. 
Breeze is the fifth airline founded by Da-
vid Neeleman, who previously launched
JetBlue, Morris Air, WestJet and Azul Brazil-
ian Airlines.

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‘DEMAND IS STRONG’ like to have a normal, slow summer. the southern sunshine and well-to-do re- Washington and Hawaii, and nearly as
“We haven’t had the interest rate con- mote workers cashing out of more expen- many as the New England and Middle At-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 sive markets in the northeast and west, lantic regions combined, according to the
versation with very many of our buyers, trading urban intensity for relaxed beach U.S. Census.
U.S. 1 and Route 510. “We have a lot of tail but rates still affect us in a lagging way living.
winds that remain in place. Buyers who because of the food chain we are at the For some, the number of new homes
are less interest rate sensitive will still go top of,” Handler said. “It is not my buy- No one expects that to fundamentally green-lighted in Florida last year might
out and buy the home of their dreams.” ers who have those concerns most of the change, and pretty coastal towns like Vero conjure up a fear of the irrational exu-
time. It’s the people buying their house in Beach where costs are still low compared berance that often characterizes building
Part of the national unhappiness New Jersey where they lived for 30 years, to Miami and Palm Beach have the stron- booms, evoking visions of the overbuilt
among homebuilders comes by way of and the buyer upstream from there. gest pull. market that crashed in 2008, or even the
contrast between the market now and Florida land boom and bust in the 1920s –
during the pandemic boom. From late “Aggressive interest rate hikes freak out In an illustration of Florida’s inherent but there is a big difference this time.
2020 until early 2022, interest rates were some people, but we think the market will popularity, the state had the second-high-
at historic lows, buyers were ravenous for adjust and work things out over the next est rate of new housing units approved in The state is not overbuilt. On the con-
new homes and model prices climbed few months,” Handler added. “Interest 2021, after Texas, with developers plan- trary, low inventory is the second main
steadily. rates are still low by historical standards.” ning 213,494 houses, condos and apart- pillar of homebuilder confidence here.
ments to try and keep up with demand.
Now that interest rates and the mar- Indeed, mortgage rates in the 1970s That is more units than the entire Pacif- Overall inventory is still at or near historic
ket have moved back toward normal, the bounced between 7.29 and 12.90 and ic region, including California, Oregon, lows statewide and in Indian River County.
homebuilding industry is having a bit of hit 18 percent in the 1980s. They ranged
a morning-after hangover, feeling weepy between 7 percent and 9 percent in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
because the band has stopped playing 1990s and mostly between 6 percent and
and there is confetti to sweep up. 8 percent in the 2000s.

“Buyer traffic is weak in many mar- It is only in the past 10 years or so that
kets as more consumers remain on the rates have hovered around 5 percent. The
sidelines due to high mortgage rates pandemic rates that hit lows around 2.8
and home prices that are putting a new percent and lingered for a year or more
home purchase out of financial reach for between 3 percent and 4 percent were
many households,” National Association anomalies, the lowest rates ever seen.
of Homebuilders Chairman Jerry Konter
said in a statement last week. “In another So, again, it’s more the contrast with
indicator of a weakening market, 24 per- boom conditions than the actual current
cent of builders reported reducing home interest rate of 6 percent that is giving
prices, up from 19 percent last month.” buyers pause.

NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz “The change just has to work its way
added this cheery addendum: “Tighter through the system the way it always
monetary policy from the Federal Reserve does,” Handler said. “We are fine with it.”
and persistently elevated construction
costs have brought on a housing reces- “Sales and prices in 2021 were abnor-
sion.” mal, almost like fiction,” said Berkshire
Hathaway agent Chip Landers, who
Builders here feel the effect of the na- works with builders selling new homes as
tional trends and are making strategic ad- part of his business. “Now we are seeing
justments, offering incentives to move in- pretty much a normal market. Demand is
ventory homes and bring in new buyers, still out there for new homes; it just isn’t
but they are taking the changes in stride. as wild as it was.”

Having been in the business for de- “Many new home buyers are interest
cades, seeing ups and downs and adjust- rate sensitive and that’s no doubt played
ments, Baker and Handler both view the
current slowdown as a natural part of the a role in the slow-
homebuilding cycle. down over the past
months,” said Karen
“The market was completely out of Kicinski, an executive
balance,” Handler told Vero News. “Now with LifeStyle Homes,
demand is normalizing aggressively and which builds in IRC,
as a result the summer felt much sea- adding that a slow-
sonal than it did that past few years. I down in demand “isn’t
think we had all forgotten what that was necessarily a terrible
thing given how wild
it’s been over the past
couple years.

“At LifeStyle, we’re
focusing more on the
semi-custom and cus-
tom home market for
local buyers looking
PHOTO: JOSHUA KODIS to move up, or out-of-
town buyers looking to plant roots here,”
Kicinski continued. “A good percentage of
our new sales tend to be cash buyers who
aren’t affected by the interest rate hikes.”
Two main things give area builders
confidence even as the homebuilding in-
dustry nationwide wants its mommy.
The first is demand. The whole state of
Florida is a magnet for homebuyers, es-
pecially retiring Baby Boomers from the
north who want to warm their bones in

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Abrupt change of venue doesn’t rattle unbeaten Vero High grid team

By Ray McNulty | Staff Writer morning, six days after Vero Beach’s 21-0 PHOTO: JOSHUA KODIS “Then we had more rain this past week
[email protected] victory against Fort Pierce Westwood was and, when we went out there Thursday, you
delayed and then stopped at halftime be- the Westwood game, and at times that night couldn’t even walk across the field,” he add-
An unplayable Citrus Bowl field forced cause heavy downpours made the surface it was raining sideways,” said Jankowski, who ed. “Our field has issues. There are a lot of
Vero Beach High School’s undefeated foot- unsafe. doubles as Vero Beach’s athletic director. different theories, and we’ve worked on the
ball team to play Friday night’s home game “The Westwood coaching staff, because of drainage, but it has been a nightmare.
at Sebastian River’s Shark Stadium, where “We had multiple weather delays during the condition of the field, asked if we could
Gov. Ron DeSantis made an unannounced just call the game at halftime. And we did. “As it turned out, we made the right call
appearance and watched his 4-year-old son, because we got more rain Friday.”
Mason, perform the pre-kickoff coin toss.
In addition to football in the fall, Billy
“Obviously, it was a unique situation,” Livings Field is used for soccer in the winter
Vero coach Lenny Jankowski said after the and lacrosse in the spring. The school dis-
Fighting Indians improved to 5-0 with a 21- trict hopes the field conditions will improve
17 victory over Miami’s Palmetto High. “I when a new soccer, lacrosse and track fa-
don’t think I’ve experienced anything like it cility is built at the planned Jimmy Graves
in my 28 years as a coach.” Sports Complex, immediately west of the
Citrus Bowl.
Jankowski began searching for alterna-
tive sites after he, Vero Beach administra- Jankowski said he stayed in touch with
tors and school district officials evaluat- Palmetto’s athletic director and coach
ed the Citrus Bowl’s rain-soaked field last throughout the week, and when it became
Thursday and determined it would not dry obvious the game couldn’t be played at
enough to accommodate Friday night’s the Citrus Bowl, they discussed alternative
game. sites, including Miami.

More than two inches of rain fell on an They also explored sites in St. Lucie
already-muddy Citrus Bowl field Thursday County, Jankowski said, before settling on

‘DEMAND IS STRONG’ ly 2023,” Baker added. “We are super ex- subdivision on the island near the Disney FEW GET LATEST BOOSTER
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 homes that are priced appropriately will and at The Strand in Indian River Shores CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
continue to do well.” where GHO is close to completing a mod-
“We have about 750 [new and existing] el home. The case positivity rate for lab-performed
single-family homes listed in the MLS this That sentiment is widespread in the COVID-19 tests fell to 7.6 percent, and hospi-
week,” said Landers. sunny Southeast. While builder sentiment “We are getting ready for the Super- talizations were down, too.
has dipped below 50 percent nationwide, bowl,” Handler said, which is the tra-
“That is up from a low of about 350 dropping to 46 in this month, sentiment ditional start of the busiest time for According to the Centers for Disease
this spring but still well below a normal in the Southeast, where Florida is the big new homes sales on the Treasure Coast. Control’s COVID Data Tracker, 10 people
number, which would be around 1,200, dog, is holding fairly strong at 56 percent. “Things should be evened out by then.” were newly hospitalized here last week
countywide.” with COVID-19 illness. Cleveland Clinic In-
Builder sentiment is a metric tracked Bottom line, even though rising in- dian River Hospital spokesperson Arlene
“Strong demand and a severe under- by the National Association of Home- terest rates and home prices pushed Allen-Mitchell also reported a 25 percent
supply should support new home prices builders. A number above 50 indicates to record heights during the boom are decline in local hospitalizations. “We have 6
in our area going forward,” said Baker, a positive outlook on future sales while squeezing buyers and putting a damper COVID positive patients in house. None are
whose DiVosta brand has dozens of new anything below 50 reflects negative ex- on the new home market, a fundamen- in critical care,” Mitchell said.
homes under construction at The Pre- pectations. tally strong demand for houses in Florida
serve on 43rd Street, where the first phase at a time when houses are in short supply Though a winter virus surge is still pre-
is nearly sold out not long after opening. “There is still fundamentally strong de- puts smart builders in a secure position. dicted by public health officials, COVID-19
mand from retirees and others who want pandemic restrictions are easing up, even in
At Harbour Isles, the 270-home DiVosta to come to Florida for the tax advantages, Gross revenue and profits may decline locales that have been the most strict.
subdivision at U.S. 1 and Route 510, 3,000 warm weather and lifestyle. That trend but the business model seems solid as a
buyers have signed onto the interest list. isn’t going to change,” said Handler, who block of steel-reinforced concrete – both Locally, 41 percent of seniors age 65 and
is pushing ahead confidently with multi- of which materials have become a little older are now fully vaccinated and dou-
“We will have model homes done and ple new projects, including his Seaglass easier to get as the boom subsides.  ble-boosted against COVID. 
be open for sales at Harbour Isles in ear-

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Sebastian, which he called the “best op- The governor, who participated in the Old Fashioned Medical Care
tion,” since Sebastian River played Thurs- coin toss before a Vero Beach playoff game
day night at Port St. Lucie and Shark Stadi- at the Citrus Bowl in 2020, did not address on the Treasure Coast
um was available. the crowd or speak to the news media Fri-
day night. Personalized Touch
“Both teams wanted to play the game,” Direct Primary Care
he added, “and we found a way.” As for the game itself: Vero Beach fell be-
hind 7-0 in the first quarter and trailed 17- Helping Patients and Families Achieve
There was a “Twilight Zone” feel to the 14 in the third quarter before scoring the Optimal Health and Wellness
evening, however – which was unavoidable, winning touchdown in the fourth quarter.
perhaps, given Vero Beach’s long history at
the Citrus Bowl, where big crowds annually It was Vero Beach’s first game at Shark
provide the Fighting Indians with one of the Stadium since 2017, when the Fighting In-
best home-field advantages in Florida. dians crushed Sebastian River, 34-6. The
county’s two public high school teams ha-
Another large, festive crowd followed the ven’t played each other since 2018.
team to Sebastian, and the Fighting Indians
Marching Band filled the air with the Vero Vero Beach is scheduled to play against
Beach fight song and war chant. But several Fort Pierce Central tomorrow (Friday) night
longtime local high school football observ- at the Citrus Bowl, but it will not be the
ers said the Shark Stadium surroundings Fighting Indians’ homecoming game as
produced a “neutral site” vibe. planned.

“It might’ve looked that way because it Jankowski said the potential impacts of
was a different stadium, but we still had the Hurricane Ian prompted school officials
band there and the home crowd with us, so to postpone the homecoming festivities –
we felt like the home team,” Jankowski said. “with the exception of the dance,” which
“It wasn’t the Citrus Bowl, of course, but I will still be held Saturday night – until
don’t think the setting had any impact on next Friday, when the Fighting Indians are
what happened on the field. scheduled to play Wellington.

“It was a good, hard-fought football Vero Beach, which won its first four
game.” games by a combined score of 171-6, is
scheduled to play eight of its 10 games this
The crowd cheered DeSantis when he season at home.
and his family were introduced by the
public-address announcer as they walked The Fighting Indians’ only away games
to midfield for the pregame coin toss. He are October 14 at Port St. Lucie Centennial
stayed for only the first quarter, pausing and Oct. 21 at Martin County.
to shake hands with spectators, sign auto-
graphs and pose for photographs and self- The regular-season finale is scheduled for
ies before departing. Oct. 28, when Vero Beach will play against
Treasure Coast at the Citrus Bowl. 

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Prostate cancer highly curable if diagnosed in early stages

By Kerry Firth | Correspondent dian River Hospital. “Apart from skin can-
cer, prostate cancer is the most common
According to a recent national survey cancer in American men and early detec-
conducted by Cleveland Clinic, 32 percent tion is the key to the cure”
of men are concerned about their sexu-
al health as they get older. Yet about one The good news is that prostate cancer
third of the concerned men say they have has a 98 percent cure rate when diag-
never been screened for prostate cancer nosed in the early stages. That’s why reg-
(33 percent), bladder cancer (36 percent) ular screening is so important. Screening
or testicular cancer (37 percent). is based on age and family history. Having
a father or brother with the disease more
“Prostate cancer is very common, af- than doubles a man’s risk of developing
fecting about 1 in 7 men,” said Dr. Jamil the disease. Men with a family history of
Syed, a urologist with Cleveland Clinic In-
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Dr. Jamil Syed.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 man might need further testing. Most like age and any comorbidity, and what Circling back to the concern of losing
men without prostate cancer have PSA their preference of treatment is. Most men sexual function – which can be impacted
the disease should start having discus- levels under 4ng/mL. Men with a PSA lev- choose some form of treatment. It can be by prostate cancer treatments – Dr. Syed
sions about screening with their primary el between 4 and 10 are called borderline done with surveillance and testing rou- acknowledges that sexual function is im-
care physician or urologist around the and have a 1 in 4 chance of having pros- tinely or with more active treatments that portant to a man’s quality of life.
age of 40. For those at average risk, that tate cancer. If the PSA is more than 10, the include surgery or radiation.”
decision on whether or not to get a PSA chance of having prostate cancer is over “Men younger than 55 have a higher
screening test should be discussed by the 50 percent. About 85 percent to 90 percent of pros- ability to regain erectile functions after
age of 55. tate cancer that is detected initially is lo- treatment than older men. It depends on
“It’s important to note that patients with calized to the prostate and the surround- where you are before the surgery and what
The prostate is a gland found only in a larger size prostate often have a high- ing area of the prostate. Only about 10 type of surgery you have. Based on the
males and it makes fluid that is part of er PSA level even though they don’t have percent of prostate cancers spread outside tumor characteristics, some patients are
the semen. In younger men the prostate prostate cancer,” Dr. Syed noted. “As you the prostate to the bone, lymph nodes, liv- candidates for a nerve sparing prostatec-
is about the size of a walnut, but it grows age so does the likelihood that you have er or lungs. tomy to preserve their erectile function.
much larger as a man ages. Prostate can- benign enlargement. Tumors can also in- There are also medications like Viagra that
cer is more likely to develop in older men fluence how high your PSA is, so it’s im- There are many drugs and procedures can help restore sexual function. A dis-
and in non-Hispanic Black men. Most portant to take the size of the prostate into available to treat prostate cancer, with cussion with your doctor will answer all
cases are diagnosed in men who are 65 consideration. You also have to look at the more being studied and introduced all the your questions and concerns about sexual
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Prostate cancer can often be found ear- the screening, more testing will be needed therapy, immunotherapy and hormone with your doctor about screening and get
ly by testing for prostate specific antigen to be sure. The actual diagnosis of prostate therapy are also common treatments. all of your questions answered. Remem-
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Research finds new benefits from dark chocolate

By Fred Cicetti | Columnist Eating dark chocolate may decrease your noid-related benefits. ers’ taste buds, but once it was mixed
risk of stroke. One study with more than By definition, white chocolate is not with honey or cane sugar, it quickly be-
Q. I eat a little chocolate every day. How 44,000 participants found that those who came popular. By the 17th century, choc-
bad is that for me? ate a weekly serving of chocolate were 22 chocolate. White chocolate contains cacao olate was a fashionable drink throughout
percent less likely to suffer a stroke than butter, a product of the cacao bean that Europe.
A. You didn’t say how much. If you eat a those who ate no chocolate. produces chocolate. The butter is blended
bunny a day, there is an obvious risk of be- with milk, sugar and often other flavoring In 1847, Joseph Fry invented the choc-
coming a major chubbo. However, a little Here are more health benefits discovered ingredients such as vanilla. olate bar. By 1868, the Cadbury company
chocolate has health benefits – especially by recent research into chocolate:
dark chocolate. A bit of chocolate history: was marketing boxes of choco-
A 2008 study found that people who ate a Many modern historians estimate late candies in England. Nes-
A recent Harvard study suggested that quarter of an ounce of dark chocolate a day that chocolate has been tle introduced milk
a bit of high-quality dark chocolate one to had lower levels of a protein that is associat- around for about 2,000 chocolate a few years
three times a month may protect women ed with inflammation in their blood. years. For most of that later. 
from heart failure. time, chocolate was a
Other studies have found that blood beverage.
The authors studied the chocolate-eat- platelets clump together more slowly in Etymologists trace
ing habits of 31,823 Swedish women, aged chocolate eaters. Clumping platelets can the origin of the word
48 to 83. Women who ate about an ounce a lead to the formation of blood clots, which “chocolate” to the Az-
month reduced their risk of heart failure by can cause a heart attack. tec word “xocoatl,”
32 percent. More than an ounce eliminated which referred to a
the benefit. The risk increased with added Dark chocolate consumption may help bitter drink brewed
chocolate. prevent formation of artery plaques and from cacao beans. The
improve blood flow. Latin name for the ca-
Other studies have found that moderate cao tree, “Theobroma
amounts of chocolate lower blood pressure. Chocolate may also have anti-cancer cacao,” means “food of
The pressure reduction was considered one benefits because the flavonoids in choco- the gods.”
cause of the reduced heart-failure risk. The late may help reduce cell damage that can Sweetened chocolate
heart benefit of dark chocolate also could spur tumor growth. didn’t appear until Eu-
be caused by flavonoids, or antioxidants, ropeans discovered the
which can smooth heart function. You can These beneficial flavonoids are bitter, Americas. Chocolate
also get flavonoids from citrus fruits, on- so they are removed from most commer- didn’t suit the foreign-
ions, green tea and red wine. cial chocolate. Darker chocolates tend
to have higher levels of flavonoids. Milk
chocolate has lower levels of flavonoids.
White chocolate does not provide flavo-

Mediterranean Revival house
in Verolago ideal for retirees

4136 56th Lane in Verolago: Handsome 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1810-square-foot Mediterranean Revival home offered for $439,900
by Charlotte Terry at AMAC Alex MacWilliam Real Estate: 772-538-2388

12 September 29, 2022 VeroNews/Sebastian River News | REAL ESTATE www.veronews.com

Mediterranean Revival house in Verolago ideal for retirees

By Steven M. Thomas | Staff Writer home’s spacious central living area, which “It is nice and modern, with crown The owner’s suite is on the right side of
[email protected] includes a family room, living room, open moldings and high ceilings,” says Terry. “It the public area, accessed via a small hall-
kitchen and dining room. is very well built, with impact windows and way. It includes a large bedroom with its
Vero Lago is a great-looking subdivi- doors and has a reverse osmosis water fil- own slider to the screened patio, a hallway
sion, its curving streets lined with Grand The kitchen has stainless-steel applianc- ter system.” with a walk-in closet on one side, and an-
Harbor-like Mediterranean Revival homes. es, including an induction burner range, other roomy closet on the other side that
There is a nice range of models, from cot- tons of attractive wooden cabinetry for Beyond the living room via an oversized
tages to large family houses, all designed leads to the owner’s bath, which has a linen
in the attractive, stucco-walled, tile-roofed storage, and granite countertops. The large sliding door is an expansive screened-in closet, a big, accessible, glass-front shower
style that has been a mainstay of Florida island that separates the kitchen from the back patio overlooking the preserve land. and a huge L-shaped vanity with two ba-
architecture since the 1920s. living room has a deep farmhouse sink and With the slider open to the outside the sins and lots of counterspace with wooden
seating for six. The adjoining dining room home could easily accommodate a large cabinetry beneath.
Tucked away in a corner of the develop- has plenty of room for a large, formal table, social event, with people mingling inside
ment, just a few blocks from the clubhouse, perfect for holiday gatherings. and outside. The community is blessed with a hand-
is a 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 1810-square-foot
Montecito model that would make an ideal
retirement home.

“It will probably sell to someone from
the north,” says listing agent Charlotte Ter-
ry, leader of the Charlotte Terry Group at
AMAC Alex MacWilliam Inc.

“Vero Lago is a great retirement com-
munity, because it is gated, and it has a
wonderful club house where you can meet
people and socialize.”

At the same time, the house would be a
good fit for a small family or a couple mov-
ing to Florida early with plans to work re-
motely until retirement, with the two sec-
ondary bedrooms outfitted as offices.

The house has loads of curb appeal,
with a paver driveway and Tuscan-looking
tower entry, and backs up to a piece of pre-
serve land, so there will never be any noisy
neighbors in back.

A screen door leads to a recessed front
porch and the main entry door. Through
the door is a beautifully laid out floorplan.

When you enter the foyer, there is a
bedroom suite to the left, structured so
that the full bathroom is in a private hall,
accessible to the bedroom and the rest
of the house. Next to it on the left is the
third bedroom, currently set up as den/
TV room.

To the right is a door that leads to a com-
pact laundry room and the entrance to the
two-car garage, which has been split into
a one-car garage and art studio, both of
which are air-conditioned.

Straight ahead from the foyer is the

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some clubhouse with social space, a gym, surrounding medical offices, downtown Verolago community clubhouse. 4136 56TH LANE
a swimming pool, tennis courts and a large Vero’s arts and entertainment district, and
shaded children’s playground. Surrounded Vero’s charming Village by the Sea with all Neighborhood: Verolago
by lush, well-tended tropical landscaping, its shops, fine dining establishments, re- Year built: 2016
the Mediterranean Revival building has an sorts, cultural amenities, marina and un-
upscale, country club vibe. crowded Atlantic Ocean beaches. Construction: Concrete block
and stucco with tile roof
Verolago is well located, close to the If the house has not sold by then, Terry Size: 1,810 square feet
Indian River Mall and all the shops and will hold an open house on Saturday (Oct.
restaurants along route 60. It is equally 2), giving buyers a chance to see the home’s Bedroom: 3 • Bathrooms: 2
handy to Cleveland Clinic hospital and the features and appeal firsthand.  Additional features: Impact
windows and doors; water
purification system; air-con-
ditioned 2-car garage with
art studio space; spacious
central living room/dining

room/kitchen area; large
island kitchen with stainless

steel appliances, granite
counters and a deep farm
sink; crown molding and high
ceilings; community club-
house nearby with swim-
ming pool, tennis courts,
gym and shaded playground.

Listing agency: AMAC
Alex MacWilliam Real Estate

Listing agent:
Charlotte Terry, 772-538-2388

Listing price: $439,900

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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: SEPT. 19 THROUGH SEPT. 23

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

Another strong week for mainland real estate transactions saw 38 single-family residences and
lots change hands (some shown below).
The top sale of the week was in Vero Beach, where the 4-bedroom, 4-bathroom home at 5220
Rosewood Lane – listed in July for $985,000 – sold for $925,000 on Sept. 22.
Representing the seller in the transaction was agent Chip Landers of Berkshire Hathaway Florida.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

ORIGINAL SELLING
PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$925,000
VERO BEACH 5220 ROSEWOOD LN 7/21/2022 $985,000 9/22/2022 $892,000
VERO BEACH 5250 E HARBOR VILLAGE DR #201 6/5/2022 $978,500 9/20/2022 $770,000
VERO BEACH 423 12TH ST SE 7/20/2022 $829,000 9/22/2022 $500,000
VERO BEACH 886 33RD AVE 7/14/2022 $550,000 9/21/2022 $450,000
VERO BEACH 3469 63RD SQ 8/16/2022 $450,000 9/22/2022 $439,018
SEBASTIAN 786 ROLLING HILL DR 7/11/2022 $435,018 9/23/2022 $425,000
VERO BEACH 3474 63RD 8/12/2022 $425,000 9/22/2022 $396,000
SEBASTIAN 261 CEDAR ST 8/11/2022 $399,000 9/20/2022 $390,000
SEBASTIAN 655 GAY AVE 6/12/2022 $383,650 9/19/2022 $382,000
SEBASTIAN 691 CAPON TER 6/15/2022 $380,050 9/23/2022 $370,000
VERO BEACH 191 10TH AVE 6/4/2022 $425,000 9/20/2022 $361,270
SEBASTIAN 1731 SUNRISE LN 4/25/2022 $361,270 9/21/2022 $355,000
VERO BEACH 3494 63RD SQ 4/18/2022 $425,000 9/20/2022 $349,900
VERO BEACH 1556 4TH LN 8/5/2022 $349,900 9/20/2022 $327,000
VERO BEACH 1121 W 13TH SQ 7/2/2022 $350,000 9/22/2022 $320,000
VERO BEACH 6635 52ND AVE 7/5/2022 $375,000 9/23/2022 $317,400
VERO BEACH 1862 EASTHAMPTON TER 6/13/2022 $375,000 9/22/2022 $315,000
VERO BEACH 1880 WESTHAMPTON CT UNIT #0 8/15/2022 $315,000 9/21/2022 $291,000
SEBASTIAN 1501 EASTLAKE LN 6/18/2022 $285,000 9/20/2022 $290,000
VERO BEACH 786 26TH AVE 8/3/2022 $290,000 9/21/2022 $286,000
SEBASTIAN 416 HAZEL ST 9/2/2022 $280,000 9/20/2022 $280,000
VERO BEACH 1641 5TH AVE 8/29/2022 $240,000 9/20/2022 $280,000
VERO BEACH 1150 10TH CT SW 7/2/2022 $300,000 9/22/2022 $279,900
VERO BEACH 755 42ND CT 7/18/2022 $279,900 9/21/2022 $270,000
SEBASTIAN 133 DAISY LN 8/25/2022 $254,000 9/20/2022 $267,000
VERO BEACH 830 LAKE ORCHID CIR UNIT #208 6/22/2022 $275,000 9/22/2022 $265,000
VERO BEACH 6526 4TH ST 8/5/2022 $259,000 9/20/2022 $262,000
SEBASTIAN 9635 ESTUARY WAY UNIT #1 8/18/2022 $259,000 9/20/2022

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TOP RECENT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALES.

5250 E Harbor Village Dr, Unit #201, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 6/5/2022
Original Price: $978,500
Sold: 9/20/2022
Selling Price: $892,000
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SUPPORT SAFESPACE
AT ‘STREET PARTY’

By Mary Schenkel | Correspondent

1 Tomorrow’s Downtown Fri-
day Street Party, hosted by
Main Street Vero Beach, will play
host to supporters of SafeSpace,
as hairy legged men, joined by
women and children helping to
hold them upright, don bright-red
4-inch stilettos for Walk a Mile

in Her Shoes, a call to action to SMEAR JOY:
raise awareness and funds to as-
sist victims of domestic violence. ARTIST SEEKS UNIQUE
SafeSpace, which has the only THROUGH MERGING
emergency shelter in Indian River
County for victims and their chil- OF COLORS PAGEB2
dren, also offers a crisis hotline
and an extensive array of other
programs and services to help
survivors thrive on their own in
violence-free lives. Registration
starts 5 p.m., opening ceremony
is 5:45 p.m. and the walk is 6 p.m.
Signup at SafeSpaceFL.org.

2 Afterwards, kick off those
heels and dance in the
streets to the music of Vintage
Radio, a band that moved to the
Treasure Coast in 2021 following
a 15-year stint in Memphis. Make
sure to also stop by the MSVB
Gallery for a last chance to see
the September exhibit of works
by artists of Treasure Coast Plein
Air. There are 10 artists in the
show, out of some 40-plus in the
group, who meet each Thursday
to paint local scenes en plein air,
aka in the great outdoors. The

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Smear joy: Artist seeks unique through merging of colors

BY DEBBIE TIMMERMANN | CORRESPONDENT Once back home, Shelley Weltman.
Weltman thought it
Shelley Weltman, a featured guest art- might be fun to load PHOTOS: JOSHUA KODIS
ist at Gallery 14 during the month of Oc- different paint colors
tober, says she enjoys sharing her knowl- into an eyedropper she says that if she is still paintings, and I will always see some-
edge of the craft whenever she can. and see how it would looking at it, and liking it, six thing different that I hadn’t seen before,
slide across the can- and I think, oh, wow.”
“I love to have friends come over and vas. months later, she knows
paint, and I’ve done that many times. It she has done a good job. In the beginning, Weltman’s husband,
is just fun to introduce people to paints; “Once that “I keep looking at my a doctor, researched the various medi-
there are so many different paints and happened, I
mediums and varnishes,” says Welt- just fell in love
man. She believes that it can be con- with painting.
fusing for beginners, as it was when she I just love the
first began painting in 2010. colors merging
and blending,” says
Weltman began her artistic endeavors Weltman, adding
with no prior knowledge of the craft, or that large canvases
of her talents, for that matter. allow her to make
sweeping strokes
“I was a paralegal for over 30 years,” with her arm.
says Weltman. After she and husband
Bob bought a house together, they want- “I love that.
ed to put something of their own into it I really think
to offset the work of the contractors. painting is very emo-
tional; it helps me pick
“So we decided to take art lessons the colors I choose to
and thought we could paint together. paint with. Painting is a way for
The first class I took, I sat at the back me to put my emotions onto a
of the room and could barely put paint canvas,” she explains.
on the brush, let alone paint anything.
It was ‘analysis paralysis,’” Weltman To determine whether one
explains, noting that Bob picked it up of her paintings is any good,
right away.

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ums and paint types, and their home in about the marketing of art. My abstract landscapes and wildlife. Fortunately, the place they moved
Cincinnati, Ohio, where they are both paintings sold well, which is difficult in In 2015, wanting to be closer to their into had a big loft, so they were able
from, had a nice big basement to work in. Florida,” says Weltman, who feels people to paint when everything was shut
here were drawn to more representa- children, they moved to Madison, Wis., down. Their current home’s garage
“My husband has a more scientific tional art, such as oceans and pelicans, and returned to Vero in 2020, just in time has now been turned into an air-con-
mind than I do. A lot of experimenta- for the pandemic. ditioned studio.
tion took place in our basement before
we really understood what paints go Although many artists spend years
with what mediums.” and years studying and may still nev-
er reach the point where she is now,
A nearby coffee shop welcomed artists Weltman believes that her lack of in-
to display their work on the walls, so she struction and training has enabled her
put up some of her paintings. to paint completely freely, oblivious to
any particular discipline or what she
“And I got a call at work one day ‘should be doing.’
from the coffee shop, that someone
wanted to buy one of my paintings. “I guess I’m just fortunate,” says
I had no idea what price to ask. The Weltman.
coffee shop owner said he would ask
$1,000 and see what happened. The At one of the few classes she did take,
painting sold for $900, and I was most of the students were painting
blown away.” representational art and she thought,
“I can’t do that. I can’t paint a bird or
Weltman and her husband moved to a flower, so I just continued to do my
Vero Beach in 2013, job-related for him, own thing.” Weltman, recalls with a
and when they sold their Cincinnati chuckle that her classmates wondered
house, the buyers “had to have” and pur- what she was doing.
chased five of her paintings.
“Each painting is unique. I’ll think, I
“We had always wanted to move to want to do a smear painting [or a water-
Florida, so when the opportunity came color] using tropical colors, or whatever
up, we just moved.” colors come to me, and then my mind
just takes off and I go from there.”
Six months after meeting one of the
Gallery 14 artists at a temple meeting, Or, she says, she might look at a fin-
she and Bob were invited to be guest ished painting and think, “Wouldn’t it
artists, at a show that was successful for be cool if a line went through it? Things
both of them. Six months later, she was just pop onto my head. It is very spon-
asked to join the gallery as a partner. taneous.”

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of my life. It was eye-opening to learn

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B3 paint, blending and merging the col- it on the canvas, sideways, forward, honest. I’ll put the turpentine on and rub
ors with some medium – “Old Holland backwards, diagonal, to form differ- it around with a cloth, and then realize it
She rarely takes time to prime a has a clear medium I love,” before ent patterns,” explains Weltman, who is looking pretty cool. I love ‘mistakes.’
canvas, except with a smear painting, squeezing a gel from a tube, “so it’s all then adds color after color. In abstract art there are no mistakes.”
when she uses an acrylic base, actually runny” on the canvas.
a house paint, “because it’s cheap and Occasionally, she doesn’t like the re- She has been known to take a fuzzy
quick and easy.” “I use this wonderful tool I have sult, “so out comes the turpentine.” roller to get texture, or beat the can-
with a rubber backing, and I smear vas with the fuzzy roller, or use rags
Then, on top of that, she uses oil “Mistakes are wonderful things, to be

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to splatter and merge the paint. Her Painting not only makes other people
smearing tools are discovered by go- smile, it makes me smile.”
ing up and down the aisles of Home
Depot, looking for anything that could For a different kind of fun, Weltman
be used to spread paint around a can- and her husband sail.
vas, or texturize it.
“We charter sailboats. We’re fly-
“Anything that’s available, I’ll use. ing to Grenada, pick up the boat, and
Do I sound crazy? I love the tactile tex- sail, just the two of us. The colors I
ture,” says Weltman, who uses a Gam- see, especially in the Grenadines,
var sealer/topcoat so viewers can feel the gorgeous turquoises and blues,
the texture. the waves, it really sticks in my head,
and I come home and want to paint in
“When my friends come over, they those colors.”
bring a canvas, I supply the paint, and
I tell them, ‘OK, here’s what we’re going At Gallery 14, Weltman’s abstract art
to do. Let’s just throw some paint on the can be viewed for the month of October,
canvas – let’s just have fun.’ I get such joy including Purple Haze; at 7 feet wide by
out of watching other people have fun. 5 feet high, it’s the largest canvas she has
ever painted on. 

CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1

show switches in October to feature
a new collection of Treasure Coast
scenes by Russian-born artist Vera
Titova, who was also showcased
this spring.

3 The Vero Beach Theatre mance of the Community Church of Vero
Guild’s month-long Ten- Beach Concert Series. The concert, which
nessee Williams-focused 10 begins at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 in Grace
X Tenn Theatre Festival will Chapel, features piano duets and operat-
reach its conclusion on Satur- ic arias performed by Andrew R. Galuska,
day Oct. 1 with a Booze & Blues the church’s director of music and fine
at Moon Lake Casino-themed arts, Jill A. Truax, associate director of mu-
Cabaret Gala, starting at 6 sic, and Rachel Carter Murphy, soprano
p.m. The Crescent City Craw- in residence. The program includes pia-
dads Jazz Trio featuring the no works by French composers Erik Satie,
multi-talented Jacob Craig on Cecile Chaminade and Florent Schmitt,
keyboard and VBTG stage veterans Beth and operatic favorites by Charles Gounod
McKenzie-Shestak and Gregory and Cait- and George Massenet. Tickets are $10 in
lan Harris will provide the entertain- advance or at the door. Tickets for the full
ment with New Orleans jazz and blues for 2022-2023 season are available at ccovb.
your listening pleasure and dancing. Tim org or by calling 772-778-1070. 
Shestak, sommelier at the Moorings Yacht
and Country Club, will serve up South-
ern-style bourbon tastings and mixed
drinks, and there will be a food truck with
southern and Cajun specialties. Tickets
are $40 and are available at VeroBeachT-
heatreGuild.com or 772-562-8300.

4 Another talented group of local
musicians will delight audiences at
French & Fabulous, the opening perfor-

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Girls Coalition debuts Food Cart, with a side of self-confidence

By Stephanie LaBaff | Staff Writer Engineering and Math) afterschool and
summer programs.
Devoted supporters of the Treasure
Coast Girls Coalition weathered an inspir- Edwards said the food cart is an “educa-
ing, albeit wet, Ribbon Cutting to launch tional expansion to the program,” meant
its TCGC Food Cart, an initiative of the to build confidence in the girls as they
nonprofit organization. Not even a tor- gain experience by managing all areas of
rential downpour could dampen spirits at service, including food preparation, or-
the event, held at the Indian River County dering and interacting with customers.
Chamber of Commerce.
She explained that students first partic-
Founded by Shala Edwards in 2021, ipate in an in-person classroom training
TCGC supports economically disad- segment, before graduating into the ac-
vantaged girls from ages 9 to 18 through tual physical classroom, where they work
STEM-focused (Science, Technology, in the concession cart to develop the soft

County Commissioner Laura Moss with Shala and Wesley Edwards. PHOTOS: JOSHUA KODIS

skills needed to work with actual custom- ic,” explained Edwards.
ers. The menu will have a seasonally rotat- Collaborating with community part-
ing menu, along with graze boxes, freshly
popped popcorn, handcrafted beverages, ners, the girls toured Florida Atlantic
snacks, hot dogs and hamburgers. University, participated in a Sea Turtle
Nesting STEM Camp with the Barrier Is-
“It is a community service project that land Sanctuary in Melbourne Beach, and
will allow all of the community to take a technology workshop at United Against
part. We’ve been very intentional about Poverty. Other collaborative partners in-
community outreach over the past 18 cluded a Junior Achievement program
months, but this allows us to go into every and TRiO (federally funded outreach pro-
part of the community. We don’t have to gram) at Indian River State College.
wait for the community to come to us. We
can go to them,” said Edwards. “In communities of color, STEM is very
underrepresented in women,” said Ed-
Relying on her own former experience wards. “The largest gap in STEM profes-
as a food and beverage manager, Edwards sional careers are women. We make up
said the girls will gain skills and self-con- less than 30 percent of the workforce in
fidence as they mingle with the public. STEM. We want to make sure we start re-
programming that mindset.”
“Many of our students look at the ground
when we interact with them. They’re not Their curriculum features digital tech-
used to handshaking and are not ready for nology and emotional intelligence train-
job interviews. We are preparing them to ing, self-management, confidence and
take on the world,” said Edwards. character building, relationship skills,
mentorship, coping mechanisms, leader-
“One-hundred percent of the proceeds ship, interpersonal skills, responsibility
from this truck goes directly back into our and decision-making.
programs to support our mission. When
you purchase a bottle of water, or a bag of Edwards hopes to empower the girls, so
popcorn, or a soda off this truck, the re- they have equal opportunities to pursue
turn on your investment is amazing. For and thrive in careers that narrow the gen-
every dollar you invest in youth develop- der pay gap, enhance economic security,
ment programs, there’s a $13 return.” and ensure a diverse and talented work-
force.
Edwards said that while the creation of
TCGC had been a longtime goal of hers, She also announced the establishment
she was motivated to move quickly as she of the Mildred Scholarship Fund in hon-
watched the struggles of students who or of her grandmother, which was estab-
lacked the digital literacy skills needed to lished with seed money from the Vero
navigate the online educational platform Beach Rotary Club. Donations to the fund
thrust upon them amidst the pandemic. will provide scholarships for girls to at-
tend TCGC by covering registration costs.
“We couldn’t wait. There was an urgent
call to action,” she said. The Treasure Coast Girls Coalition
meets three days a week during the school
Their summer pilot program focused year at Gifford Middle School. The food
on those digital literacy skills and the cart will make its culinary debut on Sept.
girls’ overall well-being. 30 at the Main Street Vero Beach Down-
town Friday Street Party.
“We saw the social and emotional
decline in children from the isolation For more information, visit treasure-
of being home and unable to socialize coastgirls.org. 
with their friends during the pandem-

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Jessica the Yorkie is definitely Bonzo’s cup of ‘Tea’

Hi Dog Buddies! ever, when Dad was at the vet’s picking up to love the beach. He swam, but Jessica
Harry’s speshull food (Harry was gettin’ I just run around in the soap-
Jessica (Jessie Jane) Cugno is a teensy Up There an had some ISH-yous), he saw sudsy part on the edges. (I al- “Kinda. I snuggle on car rides. I’ve been
PUREBRED Teacup Yorkie who was res- me an thought I was, you know, a cute, ways wear my leash, so I don’t get to Vermont, Maine, Georgia and Jackson-
cued from one of those Horrible Puppy perky liddle pooch (I certainly didn’t feel washed away.) ville on those metal bird thingys. They’re
Mills an is now, in her words, “One Lucky that way). Mom was in Calla-FORN-yuh OK. However, gigantic gar-budge trucks
Gal.” She’s also Super Cute, an Totally workin’ an Dad told her about me. When “Every morning I give Mom scare the kibbles outta me. They’re SO
Fearless Except for Garbudge Trucks. In she returned, they decided maybe gettin’ an Dad lotsa kisses to wake LOUD! I hide in the closet. I’m not scared
her Woofmail inquiring about an innerv- a fren for Harry’d perk him up a liddle. ’um up. Then I go outside to do of ANYTHING except gar-budge trucks.”
iew, she mentioned that I look exactly like So they hemmed an hawed. (That’s what my duty, always with Mom so
her brother Harry, also an English Spring- Mom said. I don’t know what it means.) hawks, owls, an Cats named Heading home, I was thinkin’ about
er Spaniel, who had crossed the Rainbow Anyway, when they finally decided to get Bob can’t grab me for break- Miss Jessie, a brave liddle teacup who loves
Bridge a couple years ago. (Obviously, a me, I was already ’dopted!” fast. When Mom’s in her home bestowing puppy kisses, and brushes her
hansome poocheroo.) office, I help. I sit on her lap two beautiful teeth with chiggen-flavored
“Wait! Wha-at?” I gasped. an assist with Conference toothpaste. I was still smiling when I ar-
Jessica anna lady answered the door, an “The humans who ’dopted me didn’t Calls. After dinner is Mom’s rived home.
I innerduced myself. Before approaching ree-lize I wasn’t potty trained, an I didn’t an My Special Time: We walk
for the Wag-an-Sniff, Jessica stood sizing know how to go up or down stairs, an I got down a path, right onto the Till next time,
me up, her head tilted and her ears at at- scared trying to cross thresholds. An didn’t beach. Yep, it’s definitely my
tention, in that Crispy Biscuits way Yorkies even know how to play, cuz I’d lived inna Happy Place.” The Bonz
have, looking Very Serious Yet Perky, in a box my whole life till then. I was much too
pretty pink collar an bow. high maintenance, so they returned me. “Any special pals?” Don’t Be Shy
“The vet tech told Mom an Dad right “Yes! My human brothers Derek an Roc,
After reassurances from the lady, an a away, an they quickly ’dopted me. They’d an my sister Bridget. An my cousin Cus- We are always looking for pets
very formal Wag-an-Sniff, she said: “Good brought a liddle pink carrier to take me tard, Derek’s lemon Bee-gull. They’re all with interesting stories.
morning, Mr. Bonzo. You may call me Jes- to my new home in but, soon as I saw it, comin’ for Thanksgiving an we’re gonna
sie. This is my Mom Sue an my Dad Rich- I Totally Freaked, an leaped into Dad’s have So Much Fun! I LOVE havin’ a famly! To set up an interview, email
ard. You must excuse my initial reticence. arms. So – no more boxes for me! Now I Then there’s my neighbor Roxie, she’s a [email protected].
Most of my experiences with Fellow Dogs have my own Forever Famly, an The Best. Rottie puppy; an Delilah, a Lab. We say hi
have been of the kind I prefer to forget.” Life. EVER!” when she runs through the yard.”
I sniffed an wiped my nose with my paw. “How about foodstuffs?”
“I totally understand, Miss Jessie,” I re- I love Happy Endings. An Happy Begin- “Mom says I’m a Swiffer Sweeper, ’spe-
plied. nings even more. cially around Dad, cuz he drops lotsa
Jessie continued, “Mom an Dad were so crumms. Also cuz, for a Super Speshull
A nano second after we sat down, Jessie, patient, an I learned fast. I aced Potty Train- treat, Dad gives me a smidge of almond
whose been told she’s about 5, apparently ing in a week! Crossin’ thresholds took a butter. You should try it, Mr. Bonzo. It’s
flipped her Puppy Switch: She began hap- liddle longer. I thought I was gonna fall in Way Yum! I hafta eat soft squishy food-
pily showering my assistant with puppy an vanish. Now I cross ’em, but I always stuffs cuz I only have two teeth, cuz no-
kisses, ceasing only briefly to continue crouch, then LEAP over ’em just in case.” body took care of me before.
her story. My assistant, meanwhile, was “Whaddya do for fun?” “Now, every night, Mom brushes both of
laughin’ and givin’ Jessie liddle pats. (Just “At first I didn’t know what playin’ was, my teeth. See.” She grinned an there they
between us, I think she flipped her Puppy livin’ inna box an all. But NOW I have pla- were, one on each side. Gleaming white.
Switch, too.) yin’ DOWN. Speshully the BEACH. When “They’re beautiful!” I told her.
I’m outside, I can hear the ocean callin’ me “I KNOW! I have my own pink tooth-
“I’m ready when you are, Miss Jessie,” I to come play. My favorite beach activity is brush and special dog toothpaste from the
told her. SNIFFING! There’s a lot to sniff: shells, sea- vet that tastes like chiggen!”
weeds, those super cool liddle teeny crabs. “Shut the doghouse door!” I exclaimed.
“Very well. So, after I’d had two litters Birds are kinda meh, tho. Harry taught me Moving on, I inquired whether she en-
(which I don’t wish to talk about because joyed travel.
it makes me sad) I was rescued, Thank
Lassie, an was being fostered by a nice vet
tech human in Naples, Florida, where My
Mom an Dad were living at the time. How-

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A small comeback for first European grape planted in U.S.

By Dave McIntyre | The Washington Post 1769 with the founding of the first mission prime examples of the lighter style of Adam and Andrew Mariani.
in San Diego. wines increasingly popular with today’s
When Adam and Andrew Mariani consumers.
bought an old abandoned turkey farm Mission was the main red grape in
near the town of Sonoma, Calif., they knew Spanish California, but it fell out of favor “They have an earthy quality to them,”
the property had been a thriving vineyard when the territory became a U.S. state and Andrew Mariani said. “Nothing else on our
from the 1850s until Prohibition. immigrants from other European coun- estate has this kind of old school rusticity.”
tries, pursuing riches in the gold rush,
While doing some research on the his- brought other varieties more familiar to As the vines mature, the brothers should
tory of the estate, the brothers discovered them. Phylloxera and Prohibition — which be able to increase production, but there’s
an 1872 news clipping from the Alta Cali- sounded the death knell for the original only so much they can make with two
fornia, a daily newspaper published in San Dresel vineyard — furthered the grape’s acres of vines. They don’t have immediate
Francisco. The article told how Julius Dre- decline in popularity. plans to propagate more mission, but they
sel, the grower at the time, had sent some are impressed with the variety’s vigor and
of his wines to Geisenheim, his hometown Mission can still be found in some of hardiness, which could help the vines in
and Germany’s equivalent of the Universi- those gnarly, bush trained vineyards drought years.
ty of California at Davis for wine studies. planted a century or more ago that are
still scattered across California. Today, a Those gnarly old vineyards won’t last
There the wines were reviewed by a few maverick winemakers produce small forever. But for now, at least, these two
panel of professional tasters, who raved amounts of mission from these legacy acres on a revived old farm near Sonoma
especially about Dresel’s red wines made vines. provide a bridge from California’s vinous
with the mission grape. The mission was past to its future. 
“pure of taste, ripe and unctuous,” with “No one has planted mission in Cali-
sweetness and “genuine alcohol” that fornia since Prohibition, that we know of,”
contrasted with previous weak harvests Adam Mariani said. “Nurseries don’t sell it.”
in Germany. They even compared the still
mission to fine wines of Burgundy.. With no commercial source for the
vines available, the brothers turned to UC
“We knew the history of mission in Cal- Davis, which maintains a legacy vineyard
ifornia, but this was the first we’d heard of historic wine grape varieties grown in
that it was grown on our estate and had re- California. They took 10 cuttings from the
ceived such acclaim,” Andrew said. “It was healthiest mission vines, each with four
the first time we had seen tasting notes buds, and propagated them each year. Like
and analysis of the wines that were grown layers in puff pastry multiplying after each
here. We thought it would be interesting to fold, before long they had thousands of
see how mission would perform if made cuttings, enough to plant two acres using
with a modern approach.” modern vineyard trellising and spacing.

Mission gets its name as the grape In 2020, they harvested enough grapes
planted by Spanish missionaries who ac- to make some experimental wines. Last
companied the spread of Spain’s empire in year, they settled on two reds, a still and a
the New World in the 16th and 17th centu- sparkling, both of which they made avail-
ries. After being introduced to Mexico and able to Scribe Winery’s club members in
Chile in the mid-1500s, mission was estab- July.
lished along the Rio Grande in central New
Mexico in 1629, making it the first Europe- The still wine reminded me a bit of
an vinifera variety planted in what is now beaujolais, with its savory character and
the United States. It reached California in light body. The sparkling mission is rem-
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USUALLY, LOOK FOR MORE IN YOUR HAND WEST NORTH EAST
653 J72 84
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist Q J 10 9 A853 74
A872 4 10 9 6 5 3
Dr. Leo J. Burke quipped, “People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have 85 97632 Q J 10 4
one.”
SOUTH
Bridge deals usually follow the textbooks, but occasionally one comes along that A K Q 10 9
requires some unusual planning. K62
KQJ
In this week’s deal, how should South have played in six spades after West led the AK
heart queen?
Dealer: South; Vulnerable: East-West
The first two bids of the auction were artificial, South showing some type of strong
hand, and North suggesting 0-7 points. After two natural bids, South’s four clubs was The Bidding:
a control-bid expressing interest in a slam and promising a first-round control (ace or
void) in that suit. North control-bid in return. South jumped to six spades, knowing the SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
diamond ace was missing. 2 Clubs Pass 2 Diamonds Pass
2 Spades Pass 3 Spades Pass LEAD:
South saw two losers: one heart and one diamond. He had only 11 winners: five 4 Clubs Pass 4 Hearts Pass Q Hearts
spades, two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs. To get an extra trick, you often try 6 Spades Pass Pass Pass
to ruff a loser in the shorter trump hand. So, you look for a side suit with more cards
in your hand than on the board. Here, though, at the start, there wasn’t one. However,
one could be imploded.

Declarer won the first trick on the board with the heart ace and immediately led its
diamond. West did the obvious, winning with his ace and returning a heart. South took
the trick with his king and cashed his two established diamond winners, discarding
hearts from the dummy. Now declarer had one heart, and dummy had none. It was
time to ruff the heart six with dummy’s spade jack, so that East couldn’t overruff.
Finally, declarer drew all of the trumps and claimed.

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SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (SEPTEMBER 22) ON PAGE B16

ACROSS DOWN
1 Henry VIII’s sixth? (4) 1 Introduction (8)
3 Decays (4) 2 Shy (8)
9 Two-masted boat (5) 4 Background (6)
10 Very end (9) 5 Heavenly colour? (3,4)
11 Domed dessert (5) 6 Object (4)
12 Volatile (9) 7 I’m flying downhill! (4)
15 End-to-end measurement(6) 8 Lover (4)
17 Semitic language (6) 13 Platonic male love (8)
19 Scheme (9) 14 Nasal hair pickers (8)
21 Plain clothes (5) 16 Run-of-the-mill (7)
23 Unified quality (9) 18 Trouble (6)
24 Pack animal (5) 20 Common as hens’teeth?(4)
25 God (4) 21 Brewer’s grain (4)
26 Shambles (4) 22 Banner (4)

The Telegraph

How to do Sudoku:

Fill in the grid so the
numbers one through
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in every column, row
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ACROSS 111 Underlining altern. 62 Night noise The Washington Post
1 West Point’s mule, e.g. 114 Carson precursor 63 Serenade
7 Key of Mahler’s First 115 It’s often hard to do on 65 Seance sound HOME IS WHERE YOU FIND IT By Merl Reagle
66 Cheese type
Symph. weekdays around 5 p.m. 67 “Quiet, muchachos!”
11 Love, to Ovid 122 Author Ferber 68 Renamed oil co.
15 Europe’s tallest active 123 N.C. college (anagram of 71 One of the Pleiades
72 Genesis name
volcano NOEL) 73 Reformer Jacob
19 Citation rider 124 Twilight or time follower 76 Al Lewis on The Munsters
20 Roughly speaking 125 Singer Milsap 79 Tangle
21 Golfer Ballesteros 126 Drive enablers 81 Put-on
22 Slave (away) 127 John Galt’s creator 82 Meyers and others
23 Bristle 128 John’s love 83 Forest obfuscators?
26 Muse concerns 129 Disney dwarf 85 Water show
27 Health-store buy 86 Site of blinking cars
28 Road sign DOWN 87 Gift for Dad
30 “I ___ there!” 1 Deface 88 Go all out
33 Former NY senator 2 Macaw genus 89 London gallery
3 Class with a proj. 91 No later than
Alfonse D’___ 4 Tossed 92 City S of Ogden: abbr.
37 Pancake ingredient 5 Twist-apart snack 95 Stopover
38 Free electron 6 Overboard 97 Electromagnetic unit
40 Judy Garland in 7 Babe in the woods 98 ___ order
A Star Is Born (before 8 Lady of the house 99 “Wait just ___”
9 Cinereous stuff 100 Silver streak?
changing her name to Vicki 10 The Grapes of Wrath name 101 Buries
Lester) 11 Start of a JFK line 104 Ire
44 Boone companion 12 Giant hitter 105 Inscribed pillar
46 Less leafy 13 1950s HEW secretary, 109 Special times
47 D. or D. or E. ___ Culp Hobby 110 Slothful
48 Kicked out 14 Alarm-clock change 112 Over the hill,
50 Sots 15 Ohio, for example, in Oise
52 Different doc’s diagnosis 16 Chewed out and then in a way
56 ___ Na Na 113 Fatal Attraction director
57 Owed load some
59 Carol Burnett character 17 Nearly four-fifths of the Adrian
60 The Quaker picker-upper 114 Snoopy, for one
62 Insightful ones atmosphere 116 To Kill A Mockingbird
64 Efface 18 Roker and others
69 Cord or Comfort 24 Beyond cold character
70 Cicero, e.g. 25 Deal (with) 117 Pen filler
74 Author Kingsley 29 Party choice 118 Updated,
75 Excavate anew 30 Spun home
77 Utter no-nos 31 Big ___ prefix-style
78 Drives away 32 Furrowed, as muscles 119 An example
80 Steamier 34 “He’s making 120 Tear
82 Game-show Ben ___ ...” 121 Most important clue
84 Old auto 35 Phone sounds
85 Explain what’s enclosed, 36 Like some poetry
perhaps 39 Bidding action
90 Fine fabric 41 Layer
92 Like Dirty Harry’s eyes, 42 Wear away
often 43 Old Pontiac
93 Interest factor 45 Henri’s here
94 Actress Christina 48 Installment
96 Was tempting 49 Actor Tayback
97 Be Snidely Whiplash, for 51 Seal in the juices
example 53 Approaches
10 2 Let go: slang 54 Czarist legislature
103 Casablanca VIPs 55 “Let me sleep ___!”
106 City near Dusseldorf 56 Touch the clouds
107 Plus addition? 58 Discolored
108 Item on a hotel maid’s cart 61 1011

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Tom G. Walton QUALITY: My “2-step system” removes even tough ground-in dirt. All work guaranteed.
SERVICE: I, personally, will clean your carpets and furniture.
Serving the Treasure Coast since 1984 PRICE: Two (2) Rooms (any size)...$77, 6’ Sofa or 2 Chairs...$66

772-569-1547 • [email protected] Maxfield Carpet Cleaning • 772-538-0213
Residential • Commercial • Industrial 5300 N. A1A, Vero Beach • SINCE 1979
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