Lemmon Lines #195

PUBLIC AUCTION Issue 195 • July 3-9, 2018

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REARVIEW MIRROR: A look at the history of the Vero Beach post office

What is now Vero Beach was once a It moved several times over the years:
fairly dense wilderness between the Indian • 1908: Into a building owned by W.J. Bass
River and the Allapatch Flats 10 miles on Commerce Avenue across from the
west. In 1889, those living here wanted a railroad station. Mail arrived by train. Fire
post office because it took travel by horse destroyed the building, and a new post office
or boat to reach the nearest postal facility. was built. Bass was postmaster until 1910.
So, five people signed a petition and • 1911: Postmaster James Knight moved it
submitted it to the postmaster general, inside a general store near the railroad station.
who asked for a name for the community. Sarah Gifford • 1914: Inside the Gifford Building at 19th Avenue and
submitted two names, Venice and Vero. The latter was South Dixie.
selected because it met the four-letter requirements of the • 1924: To be at the center of activities, it moved to 20th
Post Office Department. John T. Gifford, a former sheriff Street at Old Dixie Highway. The post office changed its
in Royalton, Vermont, who moved his family to the area name to Vero Beach in 1925.
because of his poor health, was named the first postmaster • 1953: On 14th Avenue between 18th Street and 19th Place.
at an annual salary of $27.59. • 1965: Current location opened on 13th Avenue between
The post office was at his home and opened Nov. 25, 1891. 20th and 21st streets.
He later built a store in his front yard that became the post office.
– Source: “Florida’s Hibiscus City Vero Beach,” by J. Noble Richards

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1) 2007: 13.72 inches
2) 1971: 12.22 inches
3) 2000: 11.55 inches
4) 1986: 11.11 inches
5) 1988: 10.71 inches
6) 1968: 10.58 inches
7) 1982: 9.73 inches
8) 1960: 9.66 inches
9) 1948: 9.32 inches
10) 1973: 9.00 inches

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LEMMON DROPS: Our state ranking should be an eye-opener for all

Six bite-size Lemmon Drops to nibble on while waiting The three new board members will
for the crowd at the new Popeye’s to subside: have a learning curve. Tiffany Justice
and Laura Zorc have only a two-year
• The state’s annual ranking of school districts had a big head start on them.
“It’s going to be a very difficult next
surprise this year. two years for the School District,”
Indian River County now trails St. Lucie County. Johnson said.
Let that sink in for a minute. She said teachers need the stability of a
St. Lucie checked in at No. 22, and Indian River is now at strong School Board. Russ Lemmon

No. 27. Both are B-rated districts. Johnson, who served one term in the 1980s and two
After reading the story in the Press Journal, I decided terms in the 2000s, believes words of encouragement can
sometimes do wonders.
to call Carol Johnson – who served 12 years on the local “We’re so busy trying to find fault,” she said.
School Board – to get her perspective. Johnson is 73 now and still enjoys serving as a consultant
of sorts to political candidates. In 2016, nine people interested
“That really bothers me – it makes me sad,” she said. “I • in running for office went to her for advice.
never thought I would see that.” Billy Moss, a broker with Lambert Commercial Real
Estate, says the building that was home to two versions of
Same here. The Patisserie will have a new tenant in the coming months.
What gives me an uneasy feeling about the situation
is that three new School Board members will be elected
in a few months. None of the incumbents – Shawn Frost,
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“The Patisserie is off the market,” he said, without The early birds for 2020: Darlene “Beannie” Silverstein
identifying the chef who will be setting up shop on Old has filed to run for Property Appraiser, Brenda Bradley for
Dixie Highway.
• Tax Collector, and Chuck Kirby for Sheriff.
A big change from before: “It’s not going to be a bakery,” While I commend Vero Beach for putting up signs to
discourage panhandling, it’s evident the signs have lost their
• Moss said. effectiveness. I say that because you see the same faces at the
A permit has been filed for a $200,000 alteration of the same spots almost every day.
former McDonald’s site at the Vero Beach Outlets. Seems
likely another restaurant will open in that spot. Richard Granata showed me a photo he took of a sign in
Lexington, Kentucky.
The McDonald’s at Vero Beach Outlets closed last year
when Conrado Enterprises built a new McDonald’s on the Lexington’s message to motorists is more direct:
Change the way you give.
• other side of State Road 60, just west of the new Wawa.
For the second election in a row, Peter O’Bryan faced • Panhandling is not safe.
no opposition for the District 4 seat on the County Seasonal resident Tom Barrett has ordered the vanity
Commission. For the District 2 seat, Joe Flescher was plate “LUV VERO” from the Pennsylvania Department of
unopposed in his bid for a fourth term. Motor Vehicles. Just don’t get him started about the length
of the process.
In 2020, incumbents (assuming they run) won’t receive
a free pass in races for Property Appraiser, Tax Collector “Bureaucracy is interesting,” he said in an email. “I could
and Sheriff. One challenger already has filed in each of buy a motorcycle on Amazon.com and have it delivered in
those races. one day, but a vanity plate would take 15 weeks!”

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Some trivia: Whether at Bob Evans or C.J. Cannon’s, Rotary Club. He plans to minor in music at UCF.
Indeed, music has been a big part of Sunny’s life –
Russ and his wife usually eat breakfast at Table 51. and that will continue in college.

In what is a regular feature, Russ breaks bread with He will play the trumpet for the UCF Marching

someone you may or may not know. Knights.

Sunny Lulla’s parents moved from India to the In high school, he was a member of Sebastian
United States when he was 3 years old. River’s marching and concert bands.
“They wanted to give me a better opportunity,” Sunny Lulla In addition to the trumpet, he plays the oboe and

he said. the piano.
Fast forward 15 years, and Sunny – that’s his legal first His favorite is the piano. His family has a piano in the
name, by the way – graduated in the top 10 percent of his living room, and he says he can’t walk past it without sitting
class at Sebastian River High School. down and playing. He loves to play Beethoven.
He plans to attend the University of Central Florida and Sunny’s parents, Sushil and Mamta Lulla, are managers in
pursue a degree in computer science. the same doctor’s office – Quality Health Care & Wellness
After college, he sees himself working in software Institute on U.S. 1 in Wabasso. (Dr. Harish Sadhwani is
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I crossed paths with Sunny a few weeks ago when he was Sunny has not returned to India for a visit, but he hopes
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Russ Lemmon, who loves music (and lists), has already published July temperature extremes
his Top 500 favorite songs of all-time. Now, the list continues in in Vero Beach …
the opposite direction.
558. “Just One Look” All-time high temperature
(1979) Linda Ronstadt in July: 99 (set on July 16, 1972;
559. “We Can Work It Out” July 15, 1981; and July 1, 1998).
(1965) The Beatles
560. “Heaven is a Place on Earth” All-time low temperature in
(1987) Belinda Carlisle July: 62 (set on July 1, 1981).

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