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Issue 147 • Aug. 1-7, 2017

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PAM COOPER’S PATHWAYS: A look at the history of canals in Indian River County

“All canals lead to the lagoon.” introduced the miracle of muck land. By 1916, a
Those words are on signs next to Indian River large number of families left due to heavy rains and
County canals. We know that dumping into the canals flooding. In 1912, the Indian River Farms Company,
is not helpful for our future generations. However, it under the leadership of Herman Zeuch of Iowa,
was a generation more than 100 years ago that altered purchased more than 44,000 acres to reclaim the land
the future of South Florida more than any other event. in Vero Beach.
It is difficult to imagine that South Florida was Zeuch hired Iowa men to help drain the swamp
Pam Cooper

under water and most of it was swamp land. The first and develop it into citrus fruit and vegetable lands.
drainage began with the Everglades in 1906. Twenty years The Main Canal (that flows under U.S. 1) was completed
later, the worst loss of life from two hurricanes occurred in November 1913. At that time, they had a “gala day” to
and Southeast Florida residents became victims of saltwater celebrate the blowing up of the dam that was erected to hold
intrusion in their water supply. A poorly constructed dike on back the water while working on the Main Canal. The water
Lake Okeechobee and numerous canals to alter what Mother was then released into the Indian River, a mile away.
Nature had installed can be blamed. Canals today serve many purposes such as drainage, flood
In 1911, the Fellsmere Farms Company, under the control, irrigation, navigation and recreation.
leadership of Edward Nelson Fell of England and Virginia,
began draining 118,000 acres and turned it all into farmland.
Advertisements in Midwest newspapers to attract the farmers Pam Cooper is the former supervisor of the Archive Center & Genealogy
Department at the Indian River County main library.

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Eight bite-size Lemmon Drops to nibble on while waiting • A few weeks ago, I wrote about the
for a deal to be signed for a White House reality show: Riverside Theatre’s plan to build a 60-
unit village to house professional actors
• If you drive on U.S. 1 on a regular basis, you’ve noticed and behind-the-scenes crew for the
various touring productions.
the large chunk of land that has been cleared just to the south The complex, expected to cost $8
of the Center for Advanced Eye Care (3500 U.S. 1 in Vero Beach). million, will be adjacent to Historic
Dodgertown.
Dr. William Mallon, an ophthalmologist and one of the Turns out John’s Island is doing Russ Lemmon
owners of the eye center, has big plans for the vacant land.
something similar for its workforce.
He plans to open Big Shots Golf, a complex that will According to a pre-application site plan filed with the
include a driving range and a miniature golf course as well as county, John’s Island Club intends to build a 36-unit complex
• at 6th Avenue and 15th Place.
• a 14,000-square-foot building. On 14th Avenue in downtown Vero Beach, there’s one of
For months, people have been speculating about what those “Little Library” bookcases with books for anyone to
type of business is going into the new office building at the take – supposedly, on the honor system – or for donations.
southeast corner of 27th Avenue and State Road 60. The one outside the Main Street Vero Beach office has
been there for eight months.
It’s going to be a walk-in medical clinic.
The owner of the property, Dr. Jerry Jacobson, opened
Fort Pierce Family Urgent Care in 2012. So, don’t be
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“There are books in there that I didn’t put in,” said Elaine about the progress.
Jones, the executive director of Main Street Vero Beach, “so His answer when I asked him to put a percentage on the
I know it’s working.”
• sale going through: “85 percent.”
She said it’s especially popular during the First Friday Airport Drive, which runs from Aviation Boulevard to
Gallery Stroll. the terminal at the Vero Beach Regional Airport, has been
closed for more than a year.
It holds about 40 books.
Included within on this day: “Command Authority” by Good news: It’s now scheduled to reopen on Aug. 18,
according to Monte Falls, the director of Public Works for
• Tom Clancy and … “Windows 8.1 for Dummies.” the city of Vero Beach.
While out on distribution last week, I saw something
placed on top of the display rack at Bob Evans. Turns out it “Pavement markings and activation of the traffic signal (at
was a painted rock – part of the “Indian River Rocks”
promotion. I was flattered someone placed one there. • Aviation Boulevard) are the remaining critical path items,” he said.
Shhhhhh. Brothers Bennett and Bruce Gomez have
I was so impressed by the tiny rock painted by “E.J.” that quietly opened Freres Patisserie in downtown Vero
Beach. It’s the site of the former Patisserie (1910 Old Dixie
• I took a photo of it – check it out at lemmonlines.com. Highway). In the business world, what they’re doing is
The sale of the Vero Beach electric system to Florida called a “soft” opening. The French-inspired bakery is open
Power & Light seems to be on track. However, as we all Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Look for
know, it’s not over until it’s over. the “grand” opening in another month or so.

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Some trivia: Whether at Bob Evans or C.J. (ticket price $118), Chuck has logged every concert
Cannon’s, Russ and his wife usually eat breakfast at – including the set list and who he went with – on
Table 51. In what is a regular feature, Russ breaks
bread with someone you may or may not know. separate pieces of paper.
One of the concerts listed was Nov. 23, 1992 at
the Orlando Arena. He went with a few co-workers
Chuck Balnius spent 38 years in the newspaper at the Press Journal – including Laura Farrell. (Four
business. He worked mostly behind the scenes in the years later, she would become Laura Lemmon!)
sports department. The most concerts he attended in a calendar year
The Connecticut native moved to Vero Beach in Chuck Balnius was seven. In 2009, he saw him in Boston, Hartford,

1983 for a job at the Press Journal. He was the PJ’s sports Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Nashville, and twice in East
editor for nine years. He continued to live here after his job Rutherford, New Jersey.
(sports copy editor) was moved to Stuart in 2003. Chuck says Springsteen has played “Born to Run” in 44 of
He retired from Treasure Coast Newspapers in 2014. the 48 concerts, and “Badlands” in 43. His favorite all-time
We were colleagues for about eight years. Whenever we song is “Thunder Road.”
crossed paths, we invariably talked about The Boss. His favorite concert moment came in May 2000 in
No, not the boss at work – rather, Bruce Springsteen. Hartford, Connecticut.
Chuck has seen him in concert 48 times. “He played ‘My Hometown’ in my hometown,” he said.
From 1978 (when the ticket price was $8.50) to 2016 “That was pretty cool.”

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Top 500 countdown Fun facts

Russ Lemmon, who loves music (and lists), spent a lot of time Indian River County ranks 32nd in population among
putting together his Top 500 favorite songs of all-time. For the the state’s 67 counties. Our estimated population in 2016
next few years, Lemmon Lines will be counting ‘em down. was 151,563.

62. “Bohemian Rhapsody” Our neighbor to the north, Brevard County (579,130),
(1975) Queen ranks 10th and our neighbor to the south, St. Lucie County
Memory: I consider this to be a modern-day “masterpiece.” (306,507), ranks 21st.
Seriously, what are the chances someone could take the
Miami-Dade County (2,712,945) is No. 1 in the state.

strange lyrics and turn it into one of the most iconic songs – Source: datausa.io

of all-time? A testimony to Freddie Mercury’s greatness. GRAND OPENING

61. “Don’t You Want Me”
(1981) The Human League
Memory: Love the “back and forth” between the singers.
60. “Bad Time” Brooks Dental
(1975) Grand Funk
Memory: For Top 500 countdown purposes, it had the Wellness TLC
advantage of being released shortly after I started driving.
Comfortable. Reasonable. On Time.

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