Issue #166

Issue 166 • December 12-18, 2017

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PAM COOPER’S PATHWAYS: A snapshot of life here 100 years ago

December 1917 (Indian River County 100 years – No automobile or other motor-driven vehicle can
ago). World War I was a year away from being over. be operated without paying a state license tax and
• Dec. 4: Vero – “Beginning with Thursday night attach two metal numbered plates. No person under
the Strand Theater (pre-Florida theater) will show the age of fourteen can operate or drive a vehicle
a Hearst-Pathe film (newsreel) every Tuesday and unless accompanied by a licensed chauffeur or owner
Thursday.” of the vehicle.
Also, “Vero Street Lights Were Turned on Monday Pam Cooper Sebastian – “Communications by phone to Fort
Eve” – 17 lights now illuminate 17 prominent street corners. Pierce has been rather difficult…wires are down in one place.”
World news – “Hindenburg Fails in Recent Attack: Fellsmere – “Christmas Entertainment at the Fellsmere
British hold own despite fierce German onslaught.” Library.”
• Dec 11: Sebastian – Every train passing south now is Fellsmere – “Oscar T. Crosby Given International Place:
loaded to the limit with winter visitors, and thousands of Chosen head of Inter-Allied War Council in London.
tourists have passed through this place “...we are preparing Fellsmerian is proving his worth to the cause of humanity,
for their reception and entertainment.” given high place over men of World fame.”
Vero – “Human Skeleton of Much Interest was Found The good ole’ days!
Here.” Frank Ayers found the ancient bones. He came across Happy Holidays!
a human skull and some leg and arm bones.
• Dec 25: Florida – “New Automobile Law January 1st (1918)” Pam Cooper is the former supervisor of the Archive Center & Genealogy
Department at the Indian River County main library.

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LEMMON DROPS: 58th Avenue suddenly a hot spot for new housing developments

Seven bite-size Lemmon Drops to nibble on while waiting be minimal.
for the next Meghan Markle story on “Entertainment Tonight”: “It’s a fantastic location,” said Sean
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• If you drive on 58th Avenue south of State Road 60, you’ll Realty. “It’s an area where you are
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see a pair of housing developments that are starting to come Both projects have respected developers.
to life. GHO Homes is building Segovia Lakes.
It has developed several communities in
Segovia Lakes is on southbound 58th Avenue at 16th Street. Indian River County. Russ Lemmon
Orchard Park is on northbound 58th Avenue just south
of 4th Street. Showcase Designer Homes is building Orchard Park. It’s
Both projects were approved about a decade ago, but the also the developer of Ansley Park, located on Oslo Road near
developers held off until they felt the economic conditions 27th Avenue.
were right. These projects say a lot of about the current state of Indian
Segovia Lakes is further along, as housing frames are in River County’s economy.
place. The land was recently cleared for Orchard Park. Ryan Sweeney, a senior planner with the county’s Community
Segovia Lakes will have 82 lots on 30.8 acres. Development Department, called them “boom resurrection
Orchard Park will have 73 lots on 36.4 acres. • projects.”
Thankfully, the county had the foresight to make 58th Tell me that turning off the electricity at the Indian River
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wouldn’t have made national news. • lows into the 40s.
Geez. The mall’s new owner – the New York-based The first Christmas card we received this year was from J&J
Auto Works. When I thanked Carol Krauss for the card, she told
Kohan Retail Investment Group – kept a low profile until me she sends them to all of their customers (past and present).
this happened.
• This year, she sent out about 1,600 cards!
Can’t really blame the city of Vero Beach for forcing the Tom Barrett, a longtime wedding DJ, made me laugh
issue last week – because it was owed $210,175.02. with the email he sent in response to Journey’s “Don’t Stop
Believin’ ” landing at No. 12 in the Top 500 countdown.
Guess we can put this in the “all’s well that ends well”
“Possibly the best monster song still that we play in the
• category. last set of every wedding,” he said. “It’s replaced ‘Shout’
I don’t know how many pickup trucks are doing it in the
county (it could be one … seems like more), but what’s the • (thankfully).”
point of driving around with a huge Confederate flag flying I’m in a weekly networking group, and a member returned
from the back? last week after a serious health scare.

What type of reaction are they seeking? He told the group there are two benefits to having a heart attack.
I’m thinking they want either a thumbs-up or a middle Um, OK.
One is the weight loss. He said he can fit in clothes he
• finger. hasn’t worn in years.
Hopefully, the Beachtown Music Festival isn’t “cursed.” “The second benefit? Medical marijuana.”
The first try (in October 2016) was stopped by Hurricane He brought down the house with that one.
Matthew. The second try (in December 2017) was doomed
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Meet me at Table 51

Some trivia: Whether at Bob Evans or C.J. Cannon’s, in Iowa.
Russ and his wife usually eat breakfast at Table 51. He knew by the age of 15 he wanted to be an attorney.
In what is a regular feature, Russ breaks bread with How so?
someone you may or may not know.
Reason No. 1: He loved watching TV shows such
Glenn Grevengoed’s law practice deals with estate as “Perry Mason,” “Petrocelli” and “Owen Marshall,
planning, probate, charitable planning and corporate Counselor at Law.”
transactions. Reason No. 2: “My friends and I would get into
So, being of a certain age, I was curious about his Glenn Grevengoed trouble, and I was usually the guy to talk us out of it.”
experience with wills. Glenn spent most of his career in Chicago. He was an
“You learn pretty quickly that it’s not all ‘Ozzie and Assistant Attorney General and later had his own practice in
Harriet.’ Families can be messy places,” he said. the heart of the city.
That said, wills have provided him with some pleasant He has a funny story from his days in Chicago. He was an
surprises along the way. extra in the 1986 movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
“People can be very generous,” he said. “That just sort of happened,” he said.
He’s been around long enough to know that, rich or poor, He’s in the scene where Ferris and his friends were stuck in
you don’t make assumptions about a person’s will. the middle of the German-American parade, which stopped
“You can’t always judge the book by the cover,” he said. in front of the Daley Center. Glenn is in the dance scene.
Glenn was born in Illinois but spent his “formative years” “I’m the third guy from the float,” he said.

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Top 500 countdown Fun facts

Russ Lemmon, who loves music (and lists), spent a lot of time The warmest December on record in Vero Beach? It was
putting together his Top 500 favorite songs of all-time. For the 2015, with an average temperature of 74.0 degrees, followed
past few years, Lemmon Lines has been counting ‘em down. by 2006 (71.4 degrees) and 2016 (70.8 degrees).
10. “Go Your Own Way”
(1977) Fleetwood Mac The coolest December on record in Vero Beach? It was
Memory: My favorite “concert” moment of all-time. 2010, with an average temperature of 53.9 degrees, followed
Thanks to Google, I found the date of the concert at by 1989 (58.1 degrees) and 1969 (59.2 degrees).
Market Square Arena in Indianapolis: Sept. 20, 1977.
Remember the song – a great combination of guitars and – Source: National Weather Service
drums – like it was yesterday.

NO. 1 SONGS OF OTHERS
Ron McDonald: “Imagine” by John Lennon
Carole Melasi: “Bent” by Matchbox Twenty
Jay Miller: “Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland

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