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MY TAKE COVID-19 cases
here decline to
BY RAY MCNULTY under 6 per day

Two months later, still no
update on Milo Thornton

Two months after Deputy PHOTO: KAILA JONES By Lisa Zahner | Staff Writer
Chief Milo Thornton was sus- [email protected]
pended with pay, he still hasn’t Elite Airways again flying from Vero Beach Airport
returned to duty at the Sheriff’s As a new stealthier virus
Office, where the Internal Affairs By Ray McNulty | Staff Writer The boutique carrier had tem- which isn’t bad, considering our subvariant causes surges in
division launched an investiga- [email protected] porarily moved its Vero Beach security program currently limits COVID-19 infections in Europe
tion into allegations that he cre- service to Melbourne in Septem- us to 50 seats. We’re seeing al- and lockdowns in China, cases
ated a hostile work environment Elite Airways last week re- ber to accommodate a runway most-full flights.” here continued to decline last
at the County Jail. sumed its wildly popular, com- resurfacing project at the Vero week to a daily average in single
mercial-jet service between Vero airport. “So far, the loads have Elite customers also will no- digits.
The specifics of the allega- Beach and Newark, returning to been very good,” Vero Beach tice a slight change in the airline’s
tions, however, remain a mystery town with a schedule that now Airport Director Todd Scher schedule, particularly for ser- Indian River County had only
– because Thornton isn’t allowed also includes year-round flights said Monday. “The number of vice connecting Vero Beach and 59 new COVID-19 cases for the
to comment on his suspension, to and from Portland, Maine, and passengers has been in the 40s, Newark. The airport here will no week ending March 24, and on
and the Sheriff’s Office has re- White Plains, New York. Monday, the Centers for Disease
fused to even acknowledge the CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 Control and Prevention reported
investigation. an even lower number of 37 new
cases for its seven-day moving
In fact, Sheriff’s Office spokes- average – fewer than six new cas-
person Debbie Carson didn’t re- es per day.
spond to multiple phone and text
messages left by Vero News the For comparison, at the worst
past two weeks seeking an update of this winter’s surge, Indian Riv-
on Thornton’s status. er County reported 2,255 new
COVID-19 cases here during the
Since Thornton was still sus- week ending Jan. 13.
pended as this week began,
though, it’s fair to assume the Of the 37 new cases reported
agency’s investigation has uncov- to the Florida Department of
ered evidence it views as sufficient Health last week, the CDC said
only two people with COVID-19
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 had been hospitalized. Hospital-
ization numbers topped 100 new
INSIDE admissions per week during the
winter surge.
NEWS 1-5 ARTS B1 Neurosurgeon Basil Keller, slowed by long COVID, retires
But the big question was:
HEALTH 6 GAMES B13 How long does Indian River
County have to enjoy very low vi-
PETS B12 CALENDAR B16 rus transmission before the BA.2
subvariant – sometimes known
REAL ESTATE 11 as “stealth Omicron” – begins
spreading rapidly in the Florida?
To advertise call: 772-559-4187 By Michelle Genz | Staff Writer
For circulation or where to pick up [email protected] And the other question up
your issue call: 772-226-7925 in the air was whether a fourth
Neurosurgeon Basil Keller wasn’t planning to COVID-19 vaccine shot – called
© 2022 Vero Beach 32963 Media LLC. All rights reserved. retire, though he is among the longest practic- PHOTO: KAILA JONES a second booster – would be
ing physicians in the area. What prompted his widely available for senior cit-
decision, after nearly six decades of treating ev- izens before this new subvari-
erything from spinal injuries to brain tumors, is ant – 60 percent to 80 percent
that Keller has a patient he can’t seem to cure –
himself. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

Keller, 84, is suffering from the neurological ef-
fects of long COVID, having come down with the

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MY TAKE Even as Flowers’ attempts at damage To be sure, Thornton is popular among ficers’ Bill of Rights, Thornton may retain
control continue – he stars as “your Indi- some of the county’s power brokers and has legal counsel who would be present during
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 an River County sheriff” in every agen- the makings of a formidable candidate, but the session, which must be recorded and
cy-produced, social-media video on the he has said nothing publicly about running. preserved as a public record.
to prevent him from returning to his job. latest shooting, arrest and unsolved crime –
But make no mistake: With Sheriff Flowers can’t help but be concerned about Might this suspension, along with the It’s possible, of course, the Sheriff’s Office
the dent the affair left on his prospects for circumstances surrounding it, prompt could dismiss the case after the interroga-
Eric Flowers’ credibility already on shaky re-election. Thornton to step into the political ring tion, if Thornton successfully rebuts the al-
ground in the wake of his publicly exposed against Flowers sooner rather than later? legations.
and acknowledged marital infidelity, the Thornton’s suspension also came only
evidence gathered during this investigation three weeks after Vero News published a The outcome of the Sheriff’s Office’s in- But what then?
better be overwhelming and significant. story about the steps he had taken to vastly vestigation could impact any such deci- Does Thornton simply go back to work
improve health-care services for inmates sion, especially if the findings prompt Flow- at the Sheriff’s Office, which surely would
Indeed, Flowers will have plenty of ex- and reduce costs since assuming manage- ers to take severe disciplinary action, such be an uncomfortable place, and forget how
plaining to do if we learn the initial allega- ment of the County Jail in January 2021. as termination, suspension without pay or shabbily he was treated?
tions weren’t meaty enough to warrant im- reduction in rank. Does Flowers concoct some excuse
mediate suspension. Is it really a reach to wonder whether a about receiving bad information and, be-
politically wounded Flowers saw Thornton Not knowing the extent and credibili- cause of Thornton’s high profile, offer an-
You don’t bench the No. 3 in your agen- as a potential challenger in the 2024 race for ty of the evidence produced, however, it’s other public apology as he did for his affair?
cy’s hierarchy on hearsay about some mi- sheriff, and had him suspended in an effort difficult to predict how Thornton would Or is their relationship irreparably dam-
nor violation of regulations. You don’t let to stain his record? respond. aged – to the point where Thornton takes
the highest-ranked Black law-enforcement Flowers to court, and then runs against him
officer in the county’s history twist in the Local law-enforcement sources have told The same is true if the findings reveal in 2024?
wind for more than eight weeks unless me that Thornton, despite being a mem- only a minor infraction that doesn’t result You’ve got to think that last scenario
you’re pursuing serious charges. ber of the Sheriff’s Office’s command staff, in any substantial penalty, though Thorn- is a possibility, even if the Sheriff’s Office
had never been embraced as a confidant in ton surely would wonder why he needed to upholds the allegations and Flowers takes
You don’t act hastily, especially when Flowers’ inner circle. stay home the past two months. some type of disciplinary action against
you’re confronting uncorroborated and Thornton. Either way, though, eyebrows
possibly bogus allegations that could di- Even more curious was Flowers’ decision The most intriguing outcome would in- will be raised and, as is typical of today’s
minish the stature and damage the rep- to avoid a direct confrontation with Thorn- volve the Sheriff’s Office – after eight weeks America, people will take sides.
utation of someone who has earned the ton, and delegate to Undersheriff Thom of digging, weighing evidence and then That’s not good for Flowers.
community’s respect and, in many cases, Raulen the unpleasant task of telling the presenting to Thornton the case against At the very least, regardless of whether
admiration. deputy chief he was suspended. him – ultimately exonerating him. Thornton is on the ballot, more than a few
county voters might remember what hap-
Unless, of course, that’s what you’re try- The reason for all this is unclear, but, ac- That could happen. pened in January 2022 and find the timing
ing to do. cording to sources, some of Flowers’ clos- As of Monday, Thornton hadn’t yet for- of Thornton’s suspension too convenient
est advisors had warned the sheriff that mally responded to the allegations. But for Flowers.
Certainly, the timing of Thornton’s sus- Thornton will eventually run against him he’ll get that opportunity, possibly as soon That’s even worse. 
pension on Jan. 26 is curious, coming just – possibly in two years – and shouldn’t be as this week, during an interrogation by the
days after Flowers learned his own extra- entrusted with information that could be Sheriff’s Office’s internal affairs investiga-
marital affair was no longer a secret – news used during a future campaign. tors.
that soon made headlines. Under the Florida Law Enforcement Of-

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BASIL KELLER RETIRES Lately, Keller’s good vibes are fading. graduated in biology from Villanova Uni- Keller earned a medical degree from
The once-outgoing doctor has had to add versity near Philadelphia, where the fam- Sidney Kimmel Medical College on Phil-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 depression to his long COVID self-diag- ily had moved. But his pre-med studies adelphia’s Walnut Street, and did a resi-
nosis. only served to push him toward space in- dency at Pennsylvania Hospital. He spent
virus a few days before Christmas. “I got stead. “I told my dad I just didn’t want to two years in the Air Force before moving
up on Christmas Eve, and it felt like I’d In a specialty as complex as neurology be a physician,” he recalls. to Melbourne in October 1972 to start a
been slammed into a wall. It just knocks – Keller stopped performing surgery more neurology clinic – and to be near the Cape.
all the energy out of you.” than a decade ago – a physician must sift He gave astrophysics one last shot by
through layers of information to arrive at applying to Princeton; his interview at the At the time, as Keller remembers it,
Keller was fully vaccinated, but the a diagnosis and treatment. That mental observatory was memorable, conducted there were no neurosurgeons in Mel-
booster shot he got just two days before exertion has become overwhelming, said by a German scientist who had worked bourne, or for that matter in Vero or Fort
he tested positive would not have had Keller, known for having a hand in every with Albert Einstein, he recalled. But in Pierce. His practice would eventually
time to kick in with protection. He ended aspect of patient care, even insisting on order to be accepted, he would have had grow to include three neurologists and
up sick enough to be hospitalized for five reading scans and X-rays himself. to retake all of his undergrad math cours- four neurosurgeons, until he left the clinic
days. es. That was enough to drive Keller back in the early 2000’s and came to Vero Beach
Before COVID, he would see seven to to medicine. full time. In his career, he performed sur-
In the three months since his hospital- eight patients a day, typically spending an gery at Holmes Regional Medical Center,
ization, COVID-19 symptoms have never hour with each. Mentally sorting through “That’s when I started thinking, well,
completely resolved. Along with severe their charts and conversations has be- maybe I’ll be a space doctor.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
fatigue, he suffers cognition problems come significantly more difficult, Keller
and memory loss, keenly annoying for said. Interruptions are harder to recover
a doctor who has treated brain-related from. And it galls him to have his mind
conditions most of his life, and whose refuse to release a word or phrase in con-
own high-functioning brain has driven versation.
his success.
This, in a man who once studied as-
“He’s a very brilliant individual to be- trophysics in his leisure time. Keller, a
gin with, and he’s a very nice man,” said fanatic about space, came to Florida not
Dr. Romas Sakalas, a now-retired neuro- for the weather but for the launches from
surgeon who came to Vero in 1977 when Cape Canaveral.
Keller was practicing in Melbourne; they
got to know each other in the late 1990s Space was his first love, growing up in
when Keller started covering for Sakalas the 1950s in a hamlet in West Virginia.
in the ER of the Vero hospital. His dad dissuaded him from becoming
an astrophysicist claiming his math skills
“Whatever he recommended was al- weren’t good enough. “And besides, you’ll
ways conservative and when he did rec- starve. You don’t make money as an astro-
ommend surgery, his patients did well,” physicist.”
said Sakalas. “Everybody had a good vibe
with Basil.” Instead, he pushed his son to be like his
grandfather – a doctor. Ultimately Keller

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BASIL KELLER RETIRES adopted two sons and a daughter; with
four daughters from a prior marriage,
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Keller is the father of nine. “That’s one
reason I kept working for so long. I had a
and eventually Sebastian River, Lawn- big family to support,” he said.
wood and Indian River hospitals.
It was a blow when a dozen years ago,
Within months of opening his private hospital officials told Keller he could no
practice in Melbourne, Keller was invited longer perform surgery at what was then
to be present “as a consultant,” he said, at the Indian River Medical Center. He was
the lift-off of Apollo 17, the final mission well past retirement age, but he did not
to the moon. It was the only night launch give up his practice.
in the Apollo program, and half a million
people had gathered on the Space Coast “Even after I stopped doing surgery, I
to watch it. was able to see complex patients and deal
with all the demands placed on me. I nev-
Keller had a prime seat in an amphi- er had to worry about enough referrals.
theater filled with dignitaries; he was not People respected me because of all my
far from where legendary newsman Wal- experience still looking at complex cases.
ter Cronkite was broadcasting. Sudden-
ly, Keller’s pager went off. He raced for a “I was still going full blast until COVID
telephone and dialed the number on his hit me,” he said.
beeper, a nurse at Holmes Regional, tak-
ing care of one of his patients. Keller tries to keep up with his wife
Donna; she is 14 years younger and an
“She wanted to know if she could give avid cyclist and swimmer. But with his en-
the patient an enema,” Keller recalled. ergy flagging post-COVID, Keller’s work-
outs are limited to walking on the beach.
“Here’s three men sitting on top of a
rocket blasting off to the moon, and I’m Even that doesn’t always go well.
giving the OK for an enema. That brought Not long ago, he was walking behind
things down to earth.” the Ocean Grill. That day, the sand was
especially soft and deep, and when he
For years, after Keller left his Melbourne tried to break into a jog, he tripped over
practice and moved to Vero Beach, Keller his feet. A small crowd saw him go down.
had a home in the Moorings, along with “All the other old people on the board-
a 45-foot sailboat. Today, Keller lives on a walk came running down and stood there
horse farm west of Vero with his wife of 46 looking at me. It was so embarrassing that
years, Donna, who has served as his office you just had to make a joke. I said, ‘You
manager. don’t have to call anybody. I’m a brain
surgeon!’” 
The couple had two daughters, then

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COVID CASES DECLINE Who may be on deck next for shots insured will stop taking new claims on es the likelihood that restaurant, retail
was unclear as the week began. Both April 5, and will run out of cash in May. and other part-time or contract workers
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Pfizer and Moderna have petitioned the who don’t get employer-provided health
FDA to grant emergency approval for a Despite the low case positivity rate insurance may not get tested if they are
more transmissible than the BA.1 Omi- fourth shot, Pfizer asking for people age locally of about 2 percent, Indian Riv- sick.
cron classic variant – causes a new surge 65 and older to be eligible and Moderna er County residents are still concerned
in cases here. It takes at least a couple expanding its ask to cover all adults. enough about COVID-19 to get tested in Right now, the federal government
weeks for a booster shot to increase im- large numbers. owns every dose of COVID-19 vaccine,
munity. President Joe Biden said he wanted but Moderna is considering launch-
to make the second booster available to Nearly 3,000 people were tested last ing its shot on the private market. If
People with certain serious health everyone over age 50, but other White week, but the affordability of that testing that happens, it’s not clear if or how it
problems which put them at special risk House officials have said funds are only is now also in jeopardy, according to the would be covered by private insurance
for severe COVID illness can already get available to provide shots free of charge White House. and Medicare – especially if a fourth
the second booster, but not everyone to those age 65 and older. shot (second booster) is permitted via
who wants another booster meets the The program which provided free an Emergency Use Authorization as op-
narrow criteria. The White House said the program COVID-19 testing to uninsured people posed to full FDA approval. 
which funds COVID vaccines for the un- stopped accepting new claims last week,
and will be broke in April. That increas-

Hearing Loss & Cognitive Decline

ELITE AIRWAYS RETURNS Aaron Liebman, Au. D. progression of cognitive decline. decrease noise and increase speech
Doctor of Audiology clarity,” said Liebman. “This more
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The most common cause of hearing sophisticated computer software
Hearing loss affects nearly half the loss, according to MayoClinic.org, is has provided us with the ability to
longer see those flights arrive and depart the people in the United States older than sensorineural, which occurs when the adjust the hearing aids to provide
same days. 65. Yet according to the Centers for inner ear, hearing nerves or hearing an acceptable sound quality for our
Disease Control and Prevention and structures in the brain become patients.”
While Newark-bound flights will depart Better Hearing Institute, the statistics damaged. In adults, the aging process
from Vero Beach on Mondays and Thurs- for screening are alarming. While is the most common cause of this type “Most people are not aware when they
days, the return flights are scheduled for 74 percent of adults have their eyes of damage and hearing loss. need help. They’ll often blame it on
Tuesdays and Fridays. examined every two years and 63 other people mumbling, background
percent will visit a dentist each year, “First and foremost, my goal as an noise, or say the TV or radio volume
The lone exception is the Easter-week only 23 percent of adults receive any Audiologist is to perform a proper is too low,” said Liebman. “So they’re
flights Elite has added – on April 15 and April form of hearing screening. diagnostic hearing test so I can decide surprised when they get tested and
22. On those two Fridays, the airline is offer- whether a patient needs to be referred realize what they can’t hear.”
ing same-day service between Vero Beach Research by John Hopkins University to an ear, nose and throat physician for
and Newark. has confirmed what many audiologists a medical evaluation, or if this is strictly Florida requires licensed audiologists
and physicians have long suspected: a permanent hearing loss that needs to have a doctorate in audiology
Elite’s flights from Vero Beach to Portland that there is an irrefutable link between help with hearing aids,” Dr. Liebman requiring years of study concerning
will depart on Saturdays, while flights from hearing loss and cognitive decline. said. “That is what really differentiates hearing, hearing rehabilitation,
Portland to Vero Beach will arrive on Sun- In fact, studies have shown that me from a traditional hearing aid anatomy, and function of the
days. Elite’s service between Vero Beach and individuals with moderate hearing loss salesman. I’ve got a Doctorate in hearing mechanism and hearing
White Plains, however, is limited to Wednes- were three times more likely to develop Audiology and my diagnosis is based aid technology. Dr. Liebman utilizes
days. Scher said he didn’t know why the air- dementia. “Losing one’s cognitive on years of education, not a few a range of manufacturers and
line changed its schedule, and Elite presi- ability is the No. 1 fear of people of all months of hearing aid salesmanship. technologies and does not believe
dent John Pearsall could not be reached for ages,” said Dr. Aaron Liebman, board I will take the time to screen and one manufacturer is “the best.”
comment. certified audiologist and owner of assess all the data prior to making
Aaron’s Hearing Care in Vero Beach. a recommendation for hearing aids. “If we determine that it is not the
Pearsall said last fall that Elite planned to It’s now scientifically proven that the Even AARP says that you are more best for you, then we’ll change to a
offer seasonal service between Vero Beach slow onset of hearing loss can have a likely to be successful with a hearing different style or manufacturer to
and Asheville, North Carolina – a once-pop- significant impact on several key brain aid fitting by seeing an audiologist determine which is best for you.”
ular route that hasn’t been offered the past functions, including the memory. The than a hearing aid salesman”. “Furthermore”, he adds, “in addition
two summers because of the COVID-19 pan- proactive management of hearing to providing the best technology
demic – probably starting in May. loss may delay or slow down the “In the years just prior to computer possible, it is also vital that the “fitter”
digital and computer programmable understands that technology, so the
However, Asheville is not currently includ- hearing aids, differences between chosen hearing aid can benefit the
ed on the Elite Airways route map. hearing aids made by different patient at the highest possible level
manufacturers were not significant,” possible, in terms of comfort and
“They haven’t told us their plans,” Scher said Liebman, discussing how sound quality.”
said, “and they really don’t have to.” hearing aid technology has advanced
and how an audiologist works with If you are a candidate for hearing
The runway shutdown was necessary for patients to ensure they have the aids, you should get them fitted
the city to embark on an $8.5 million resur- appropriate device for their needs, properly and wear them consistently
facing project, primarily paid for with funds expectations and budget. to stimulate the brain. Early detection
provided by the Federal Aviation Administra- is the key.
tion and Florida Department of Transporta- “Research discovered that a digital
tion. The runway was reopened on Feb. 28, processing chip could automatically Aaron’s Hearing Care is located at
and Elite flights returned to Vero Beach last evaluate more aspects of incoming 925 37th Place in Vero Beach. The
Friday. sounds, speech and noise, and make phone number is (772) 562-5100.
decisions on how to adjust itself to
Elite began flying between Vero Beach and
Newark in December 2015. 

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Minimally invasive ‘Watchman’ device new option for A-Fib

By Kerry Firth | Correspondent es that misfire, causing the chambers,
or atria, to quiver or flutter. It can lead to
Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is the most com- blood clots, stroke and heart failure. Sta-
mon kind of arrhythmia or irregular heart- tistics show that a patient with A-Fib has
beat. For many years, the standard treatment five times greater risk of stroke than a per-
for A-Fib was anti-coagulation blood thin- son with a regular heartbeat.
ners that needed to be taken for the rest of the
patient’s life. But more recently, a minimally During atrial fibrillation, the heart’s up-
invasive procedure/device called Watchman per chambers (the atria) beat irregularly
has given patients and doctors another op- and are not in sync with the lower chambers
tion, according to Dr. Mistyann-Blue Miller, (the ventricles) of the heart. For many, there
an interventional cardiologist with Cleve- are no symptoms, but in other cases A-fib
land Clinic Indian River Hospital. may cause a fast pounding heartbeat (pal-
pitations,) shortness of breath or weakness.
A-Fib is the result of electrical impuls-

Dr. Mistyann-Blue Miller.

PHOTO: KAILA JONES

A-Fib caused by valve disorder or prosthet- as prescribed, leading to noncompliance.
ic heart valve is called valvular A-Fib, while In addition, some of these medications re-
non-valvular A-Fib refers to the condition
caused by other factors such as high blood quire weekly and monthly blood tests, which
pressure or stress. are an inconvenience and lifestyle hin-
drance. But the Watchman has made it pos-
Before Watchman came along, the stan- sible to permanently reduce the risk of blood
dard treatment for A-Fib was anti-coagula- clots in the heart and free patients from a life-
tion blood thinners that needed to be taken time of blood-thinning medication.
for the rest of the patient’s life.
The Watchman device is approved for
Unfortunately, in some cases, those blood patients who have an indication to be on
thinners are dangerous to patients with a anti-coagulation,” said Dr. Miller. “These
history of excessive bleeding or falling. They patients are put on blood thinners because
can also be expensive, which is a barrier they can develop blood clots in the heart
for some to get the medication and take it
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 no scalpels,” Dr. Miller continued. “We take flow going into the device or any leakage. at once. Since the implant was done with a
a lot of steps prior to the insertion to make “If all looks good, we stop the blood thin- catheter, it was a simple procedure and I was
that sometimes travel to the brain and sure it’s the right size since one size does not back to normal activities the next day.”
cause strokes.” fit all. We utilize a Tranesophageal Echocar- ner and advise the patient to take a baby aspi-
diogram (TEE) which gives us a clear image rin and medicine called Plavix for six months. “This procedure has been FDA-approved
Dr. Miller described the Watchman as a of the heart to measure the shape and size After six months the patient can take just one since 2015 but since the introduction of the
metal device covered in polyurethane cloth of the appendage to make sure it will fit and baby aspirin a day indefinitely.” Watchman, which is a newer, better device,
around the top. “The purpose of the device is check for any existing blood clots. more centers are starting to use it,” Dr. Miller
to plug up the left atrium appendage, which Patients can expect to spend one night in concluded. “We started doing the procedure
is an outpouching of the left atrium,” she ex- “If there is a blood clot, we can’t insert the hospital and get a final echocardiogram at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital just
plained. “That appendage really has no func- the Watchman. During the procedure we in the morning. Then they can go home and last November and we’ve done eight or 10 al-
tion and is where most of the blood clots can will do another TEE which allows us to go about their normal lives. There are no lim- ready. There are a lot of patients who qualify
form and there’s a chance those blood clots check the fit of the device from different itations to daily activities and the risk is very for this procedure, so we are getting the word
can leave the heart and travel to the brain. angles. Because of that prescreening and minimal since the access is through a vein out. It truly can be a life altering alternative to
The pouch is an anatomy you don’t really measuring, the Watchman has a 96 percent and not an artery. taking blood thinners.”
need and there are other procedures that al- success rate globally and some studies say
low us to clip the pouch, lasso the pouch or it’s 100 percent successful. “I was on Eliquis, and it was extremely ex- Dr. Miller graduated from Morehouse
surgically cut the pouch out, but the best de- pensive,” said Linda Volo, a Watchman pa- School of Medicine in Atlanta and com-
vice is the Watchman.” “Typically, the patient is on blood thin- tient. “I didn’t like taking blood thinners and pleted her residency in internal medi-
ners going into the procedure and af- had to be careful every time I banged into cine at the University of Miami School of
The Watchman implant fits right into the ter the implant the patient will still take something. When I learned that having the Medicine in Atlantis, Fla. She completed
pouch, closing it off so blood clots can’t form anti-coagulation for 45 days, along with Watchman implant would help prevent the a fellowship in cardiovascular disease at
there and lead to a stroke. The procedure a baby aspirin daily. After 45 days we do possibility of stroke and get me off the med- Drexel University College of Medicine in
doesn’t require open heart surgery and is ex- another TEE to ensure the device is still ication, I was ready. Philadelphia, and a second fellowship in
ceptionally safe, with complications in only a implanted and fitted well and there is no interventional cardiology at Harvard Med-
small fraction of patients, according to Bos- “The team of cardiologists were all there ical School-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
ton Scientific, which makes the device. around the bed, and I could talk to them all Center in Boston. She is board-certified by
the American Board on Internal Medicine
As in a stent procedure, your doctor ac- in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovas-
cesses the heart through a vein in the groin cular Disease and Internal Medicine.
and guides the Watchman implant with a
narrow tube into the heart and then into the Dr. Mistyann-Blue Miller sees patients at
appendage or pouch. The procedure is done Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital pri-
under general anesthesia and generally takes marily on a referral basis. If you think you
less than an hour. Over time the heart tissue may be a candidate for the Watchman, talk
grows over the Watchman implant, forming a to your cardiologist or primary care physi-
barrier against blood clots. cian. Or call the general cardiology depart-
ment at 772-563-4580. 
“Because the Watchman procedure is
done with a catheter there is no cutting, and

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10 March 31, 2022 VeroNews/Sebastian River News | HEALTHY SENIOR

Causes and treatments for coccyx (tailbone) pain

By Fred Cicetti | Columnist falls, prolonged sitting, medical proce- The pain is felt in a variety of circumstanc- Coccyx pain is treated in a variety of ways:
dures such as colonoscopy, and childbirth. es. The most common distress comes from • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Q. I was racing down the cellar stairs a Substantial pressure may be placed on the sitting on a hard surface. There can be in- (NSAIDs) to reduce pain and inflammation.
few days ago when I slipped and fell on my coccyx as the baby descends through the tense pain when getting up from a seat. Bow- These include ibuprofen, naproxen and as-
tailbone. I’ve had pain ever since. What mother’s pelvis. el movements and sex can also produce pain. pirin.
should I do about it? • A customized seating cushion that
shifts pressure away from the tailbone.
The coccyx – or tailbone – is made up • Physical therapy that might include
of three to five vertebrae at the lower end exercise to stretch ligaments and strength-
of the spine. Most people have a coccyx en muscles in the tailbone area.
of four of these spinal bones. The coccyx • Heat, massage and ultrasound.
functions as an attachment site for mus- • Injections of local anesthetics into the
cles, tendons and ligaments. coccyx are sometimes given for continu-
ing pain.
Coccyx comes from the Greek word for • Manipulation to move the coccyx back
cuckoo. The coccyx’s shape is like the beak into its proper position.
of a cuckoo. The human coccyx is consid- • Surgery to remove the coccyx is rec-
ered a vestige of what was once a tail. ommended only in very severe cases.
There is a high risk that surgery won’t al-
Most coccyx injuries are bruises and lig- leviate pain.
ament strains. The coccyx rarely breaks. Coccyx pain can be especially taxing
The most common tailbone injuries oc- because substantial relief may not come
cur from falling on a hard surface. Women for months.
suffer most coccyx injuries because the However, most cases of traumatic
female pelvis is broader, and the coccyx is coccyx injury get better within several
more exposed than it is in males. weeks.
With a long siege of pain, you may devel-
Pain in the coccyx is called coccydyn- op depression and anxiety. This emotional
ia. Coccydynia can occur in children and distress should be treated as soon as it is
adults. Degenerative changes of the coc- recognized. 
cyx seem to increase with age.

Usually, the cause for coccydynia is not
known. Common known causes include

Beautiful Stoney Brook Farm
home offers rural charm

8240 Meredith Place in Stoney Brook Farm: Brand new, 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath 3,329-square-foot home offered for $1,125,000
by AMAC Alex MacWilliam Real Estate agents Patti Martin and Jessica Massagee: 772-473-7717

12 March 31, 2022 VeroNews/Sebastian River News | REAL ESTATE www.veronews.com

Beautiful new Stoney Brook Farm home offers rural charm

By Samantha Rohlfing Baita | Staff Writer dence truly brings the outside in. The ev- The coffered great room ceiling is a – a trio of narrow lighted metal hoops, ap-
[email protected] er-changing beauty of nature is framed glorious 12 feet high; kitchen and dining parently in orbit around an empty center
within a wealth of wide picture windows room ceilings soar to 10 feet. point. Sleek!
Channeling the Scandinavian design and sliders. The rectangular juxtaposition
aesthetic of simplicity, minimalism and of monotonal walls, ceiling designs, an- The dining room sits within a space Even if your kitchen prowess tends more
form following function, while glowing with gles, windows, doorways, shape and shad- between the smaller lanai, which extends toward PB&J than haute cuisine, you’ll love
artistry and creativity in every detail, the ow, and even the open spaces between, in north from the longer lanai running along this fabulous open kitchen with its swaths
home at 8240 Meredith Place in the Stoney the home’s north side parallel to lawn and of gorgeous, tan/cream granite coun-

Brook Farm subdivision is a total knockout. themselves create a balance and beauty pond. Diners will find their repast en- tertop, a long, wide island/lunch count-
The facade provides more than a hint what that require little additional adornment. hanced by the lovely view through glass er with room for five modern black and
walls to north and east. chrome high-back stools and white, soft-
to expect within the spacious (3,329 square Within this delightful space are great close cabinets. White surfaces, modern
feet under air) abode. The clean, gabled roof room, dining room and kitchen, all look- Above the handsome, modern, black chrome fixtures and stainless-steel Viking
line, travertine marble-tiled drive and walk- ing out through a glass slider/window table and six chairs hangs a beautiful appliances – cooktop, 42-inch fridge, two
way, unadorned triple picture window, lofty wall to the spacious lanais, lawn, pond, chandelier light you must see for yourself wall ovens, dishwasher and large built-in
covered entry porch, and the deep-purple/ trees and lush landscaping. microwave – add to the beauty and func-
gray wood double front door with sidelights tionality of the room.
all evoke the home’s character.
There is a nice, big pantry, too!
From the large foyer, with its striking oc- Adjacent to the pantry, the laundry
tagonal tray ceiling, spreads an impressive, room houses an industrial size Electrolux
light-filled space with an almost palpable washer and dryer, closet and a w/c.
flow. White walls merge seamlessly with With a 19-feet, 6-inch by 16 feet, 8-inch
lofty coffered ceilings above the palest of expanse of marble flooring, a high, elegant
creamy sand-hued travertine marble floor- tray ceiling with sleek three-blade “pro-
ing that extends throughout the home.

This simple and sophisticated resi-

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peller” fan and pleasing green views to the The entire space glows with clear light and The bedroom at the back features a cal facilities and other services along Oslo
north and west, the primary bedroom suite beautifully presents the room’s piece de re- large, three-panel slider to the lanai. The Road and the State Road 60 commercial
is a cool and airy haven. You need not do sistance – a curved, free-standing soaking bedroom to the front, currently in use as corridor. Downtown Vero’s shopping, gal-
more than raise your head from the pillow tub. Simply irresistible. an office, has a pleasant views through lery, restaurant and pub district is nearby,
to enjoy the serene view, which includes a multiple windows. too, and Vero’s renowned Village by the Sea
small garden along the outside wall. The other two en suite bedrooms are on with all its resorts, boutiques, restaurants,
the home’s east side. Each offers a walk-in You can enjoy the country life in Stoney salons and pubs is only another 10 minutes
Along the hallway to the bathroom are closet and a beautiful bathroom with show- Brook Farm while minutes away by car away across the Indian River Lagoon. 
the w/c and a large walk-in closet. Just be- er, both similar in style to the primary. from shopping centers, restaurants, medi-
yond, prepare to be wowed – the bathroom
is a totally gorgeous, light-filled, spa-like
retreat, continuing the home’s exquisite
sand/tan and white palette, with another
lofty ceiling, granite vanity counter and
Travertine floor.

You’ll find another closet here, as well
as a mirrored wall above the three-sided
counter (which includes a dressing table
in the middle); and a vast, glass walk-in
shower with travertine tile, two rainforest
heads, a handheld head and a grab bar.

8240 MEREDITH PLACE

Neighborhood:
Stoney Brook Farm

Year built: 2022
Construction: CBS
Lot size: .34-acre
Home size: 3,329 square feet

Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms:
3 full baths, 1 half-bath
Additional features: Brand
new; coffered ceilings; over-
sized 3-bay garage; travertine
marble floors throughout;
travertine driveway and
lanais; chef’s kitchen with
Viking appliances; recessed
lighting; impact windows/
doors; ceiling fans; Roman
tub; central air; split bedroom
plan; 8-foot doors; sprinkler
irrigation; tile roof; porch/
patio; furniture negotiable;
landscape and water views;
HMO; amenities include
heated pool; tennis court;
clubhouse; gated community
Listing agency: AMAC
Alex MacWilliam Real Estate
Listing agents:
Patti Martin, 772-205-5860, and
Jessica Massagee, 772-473-7717
Listing price: $1,125,000

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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: MARCH 21 THROUGH MARCH 25

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

A moderate week for mainland real estate sales saw 39 transactions of single-family residences
and lots reported from March 21-25 (some shown below).
The top sale of the week was in Vero Beach, where the 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom home at 6296
8th St. – first listed in April 2021 for $930,000 – sold for $900,000 on March 22.
Representing the seller in the transaction was agent Jennifer Bailey of Dale Sorensen Real Estate
Inc. Representing the buyer was agent Meggin Dimino of Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

ORIGINAL SELLING
PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$900,000
VERO BEACH 6296 8TH ST 4/21/2021 $930,000 3/22/2022 $725,000
VERO BEACH 3575 2ND ST 12/22/2021 $749,000 3/21/2022 $720,000
VERO BEACH 3010 PAR DR 12/3/2021 $750,000 3/21/2022 $679,900
VERO BEACH 660 SARINA TER SW 7/23/2021 $679,900 3/23/2022 $640,000
VERO BEACH 1467 LILYS CAY CIR 8/17/2021 $650,000 3/23/2022 $634,500
VERO BEACH 4925 GREEN ISLAND PL 2/4/2022 $639,000 3/21/2022 $615,000
VERO BEACH 1265 S VILLAGE SQ 11/24/2021 $615,000 3/25/2022 $475,000
SEBASTIAN 6116 RIVER RUN DR UNIT #108B 2/24/2022 $425,000 3/22/2022 $465,000
VERO BEACH 381 11THSW 1/4/2022 $465,000 3/23/2022 $465,000
VERO BEACH 1300 38TH AVE 11/4/2021 $525,000 3/24/2022 $450,000
SEBASTIAN 212 BARBOSSA DR 2/4/2022 $460,000 3/24/2022 $399,500
SEBASTIAN 181 ABLETT TER 2/8/2022 $399,500 3/21/2022 $390,000
SEBASTIAN 873 BLOSSOM DR 2/9/2022 $399,000 3/24/2022 $390,000
VERO BEACH 4617 PALADIN CIR 2/9/2022 $388,000 3/21/2022 $385,000
SEBASTIAN 120 ASHBURY BLVD 1/26/2022 $385,000 3/25/2022 $375,000
VERO BEACH 6535 PINE LN 1/9/2022 $400,000 3/25/2022 $350,000
SEBASTIAN 1301 SHORELINE CIR 1/18/2022 $375,000 3/25/2022 $341,500
VERO BEACH 3565 DIAMOND LEAF DR 2/21/2022 $324,900 3/24/2022 $332,270
SEBASTIAN 469 GEORGIA BLVD 9/25/2021 $314,270 3/21/2022 $330,000
VERO BEACH 803 GREENLEAF CIR 12/11/2021 $315,000 3/23/2022 $330,000
VERO BEACH 6095 BELLA ROSA LN UNIT #103 1/31/2022 $349,900 3/21/2022 $325,000
VERO BEACH 9892 E VILLA CIR 2/8/2022 $359,000 3/25/2022 $310,444
SEBASTIAN 410 WARREN ST 4/9/2021 $310,771 3/24/2022 $305,000
SEBASTIAN 881 GRANDIN AVE 1/18/2022 $299,000 3/24/2022 $300,000
VERO BEACH 255 GRAND ROYALE CIR UNIT #205 1/6/2022 $274,900 3/22/2022 $300,000
VERO BEACH 3136 ATLANTIC BLVD 3/9/2022 $309,900 3/25/2022 $299,000
SEBASTIAN 1634 LACONIA ST 2/11/2022 $350,000 3/23/2022 $295,000
VERO BEACH 2290 57TH CIR UNIT #2290 2/16/2022 $285,000 3/22/2022 $285,000
VERO BEACH 2236 18TH AVE SW 2/18/2022 $290,000 3/21/2022

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HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP RECENT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALES.

3575 2nd St, Vero Beach 3010 Par Dr, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 12/22/2021 Listing Date: 12/3/2021
Original Price: $749,000 Original Price: $750,000
Sold: 3/21/2022 Sold: 3/21/2022
Selling Price: $725,000 Selling Price: $720,000
Listing Agent: Wendy Wilson Listing Agent: Dahlia Gotzmann

Selling Agent: RE/MAX Associated Realty Selling Agent: Atlantic Key Realty Group

Tracy Ruby Hannah Baker

Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

660 Sarina Ter SW, Vero Beach 1467 Lilys Cay Cir, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 7/23/2021 Listing Date: 8/17/2021
Original Price: $679,900 Original Price: $650,000
Sold: 3/23/2022 Sold: 3/23/2022
Selling Price: $679,900 Selling Price: $640,000
Listing Agent: Bill Carroll Listing Agent: Kelly Fischer

Selling Agent: Classic Homes of Treas Coast Selling Agent: ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty

Patricia Cappello Robin Burgarella

Atlantic Shores Realty Execs Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

Congratulations VBHs sCHolars!

VBHS celebrates the academic accomplishments of our amazing students. You are the BEST of the BEST. Congratulations on your commitment to your academic and future success!
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‘WATCHMAN’ NEW OPTION 6 FAMILIES FLOCKTO B6 B12WIG SCORES BIG ON
FOR TREATING A-FIB FIREFIGHTERS’ FAIR CUTENESS CHARTS

Coming Up

LAST CHANCE TO
PERUSE PURYEAR’S
PROFOUND PRINTS

By Pam Harbaugh | Correspondent

1 While you still have through
May 15 to enjoy the “Vero Col-
lects: Hidden Treasures Revealed”
exhibition at Vero Beach Museum
of Art, another exhibit currently
running is only on view through
Sunday, April 3: “Martin Puryear:
Printmaker.” This exhibition is on
loan to the museum. Puryear is
known as a sculptor, but is also cel-
ebrated for his printwork. An Afri-
can-American artist, his two years
spent with the Peace Corps in Sierra
Leone in the mid-1960s impacted
his aesthetic. Puryear received the
National Medal of Arts from Pres-
ident Obama in 2012 and, in 2019,
represented the United States at the
Venice Biennale. The Vero Beach
Museum of Art is at 3001 Riverside
Park Dr. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays,
and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Ad-
mission is $8 general, $7 seniors 65
and older, $5 students with ID. Ad-
mission is free to museum mem-
bers, children 17 years and younger,
active military, first responders and
healthcare works with ID. Call 772-
231-0707 or visit VBMuseum.org.

2 Two church sanctuaries
turn into concert venues

Sergey ‘FRESH PERSPECTIVE’
Belyavskiy.
BAIR’S ART BURSTS WITH FLORIDA COLOR PAGE B2
CONTINUED ON PAGE B5

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‘FRESH PERSPECTIVE’

BAIR’S ART BURSTS
WITH FLORIDA COLOR

BY DEBBIE TIMMERMANN | CORRESPONDENT tinued to paint ever since, even using her Britt Bair.
fingers on occasion.
Growing up in Connecticut, Britt Bair PHOTOS: KAILA JONES
says she first discovered her love of art in Bair, who has painted professionally for
kindergarten. On a day where all of her about 25 years, is the April solo artist at the
classmates were enjoying fingerpainting, Center for Spiritual Care in a show called
she was initially reluctant to immerse her “Fresh Perspective,” which features 20 of
hands in the messy paint. However, once her recent paintings and acrylic/collages.
she was coaxed to try it, she loved the
feeling of smearing it about, and has con- After studying art at the University of Cal-
ifornia, Riverside, Bair pursued her love of
the craft while working for a graphics design

BY STEPHANIE LaBAFF | STAFF WRITER

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8:30, 9:30 and 11:00 AM

Quality discipleship, fellowship, music,
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Sunday, April 3rd

This week’s message:
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Psalm 126

Dr. G. Timothy Womack, Senior Pastor

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firm, creating catalogs for a few major Man- she began painting regularly again. Find- space and turning it into artists’ studios. nection, her Realtor friend put Bair in
hattan galleries. As is often the case, Blair’s ing that she needed a studio, she moved “My next-door neighbor was a Realtor charge of finding the artists and manag-
artistic endeavors were put on hold for the in with a group called Loft Artists. The ing the facility. With the help of a fellow
noble art of marriage and motherhood. sale of the building they were in morphed with a dream and the raw building,” she artist, they turned the building into 15
into a new venture – taking a new raw recalls of the Norwalk, Conn., site. studios and a gallery, naming it Wilson
Years later, as her schedule freed up, Avenue Loft Artists.
Appreciating their serendipitous con-
“It was wonderful, all this camaraderie in
one place. It worked beautifully,” she says.

Bair became an accomplished artist,
selling her work in galleries, and exhib-
iting in museums throughout the North-
east and beyond.

Ten years later, Bair was ready for a
change, and in 2018, she and her husband
discovered Vero Beach. As with many
newcomers to Vero, she was delighted
with the cultural climate and offerings
here, including our excellent museum.

Having had her fill of the grays, browns
and tan colors of the Northeast winters,
Bair says she was delighted by Florida’s
vibrant colors.

“I need bright blue, bright turquoise
and bright orange. I need those pops of
color. [But] I simply was not prepared for
the lushness Vero’s mix of tropical and
sub-tropical climates produce. The flow-
ers are amazing. Even the birds. They can
be so dramatic, but it’s the color of the
feathers that intrigues me.”

Representational in style, Bair’s oil
paintings were as well accepted in this
new clime as they had been in the North-
east, but change was in the air.

CONTINUED ON PAGE B4

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B3 are on a smaller scale, usually 11 inches gives her abstract works a definitive and Commenting that each painting has 15
by 14 inches or a 12-inch square. recognizable grounding in composition, to 30 layers of paint, she adds, “I only stop
Bair took two classes led by Vickie contrast, line work, lights and darks, and when I can’t make another mark on the
Marsango at the Vero Beach Museum of Bair feels that her college schooling and color composition. piece.”
Art, and says it changed her life. background in representational painting
Bair does most of her artwork in big
She continues to take classes from Mar- spurts, and relishes going on retreats
sango, who introduced her to abstract with up to 10 other artists to the Atlantic
painting and has guided her metamor- Center for the Arts, in New Smyrna, Fla.
phosis. She quickly found her own unique
style, although it continues to evolve, and Each artist is given a studio and a dorm-
appreciates the range of colors and the like room, and they paint daily from 9 a.m.
freedom to create her new works. to 6 p.m. Having an on-site chef to cook
their meals allows the artists to concen-
“The museum is a great place to go [for trate fully on the canvases before them.
art classes]. I just fell right into the per-
fect spot,” says Bair. She says this is where the bulk of her
work is done. She then tweaks the paint-
When viewing her work, it is hard to ings back home, painting three to five
believe that she has only been painting hours, four days a week.
abstracts for about three years. Her paint-
ings have a wide range of bright colors and “This schedule allows me to enjoy the
composition and are markedly different wonderful life Vero Beach has to offer,”
from her representational paintings. says Bair.

“I’d always admired abstract work, but Calling herself “an intuitive painter,”
never really knew how to approach it. she starts each work by putting marks
Because there is a process, and I didn’t and color on the canvas and then sees
know the first thing about it,” says Bair. what happens.

“I ran a plein air group in Connecti- “Something jumps out at me, like the
cut; we painted outside. I painted cows color or shapes. I have a need to put it on
for almost 15 years. I went through these canvas,” she explains, adding that while
stages of representational work until I most of her colors are happy, light and
came to Florida. And then all of a sudden fun, she occasionally uses darker colors if
it changed.” her mood is darker.

She now works primarily on large can- “One of the hardest things is to name
vases, which can be as big as 52 inches by an abstract painting,” Bair says, noting
65 inches, using acrylic and mixed media, that the name is often inspired by the col-
including inks, markers, gel sticks, char- ors, or how she feels about something in
coal, even oil sticks. Her acrylic/collages the painting.

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Calling it a gift to have the time to CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 Moon.” That concert, brought to you by Jungle Trail in Vero Beach Friday, April 1
paint, Bair admits that she sometimes Live! From Vero Beach, begins 7 p.m. this and April 16. These are the last bike tours
needs to put on a timer, as she can be- this Sunday, April 3. And they both take Thursday, March 31 at the Emerson Cen- of the season. It’s an 8-mile tour starting
come so absorbed in her work that she place at 4 p.m. Virtuoso pianist Sergey Be- ter, 1590 27th Ave., Vero Beach. Tickets are and ending at Captain Forster’s Hammock
can lose track of time. lyavskiy will perform at 4 p.m. in the sanc- $30 to $80. Call 800-595-4849 or visit Mu- Preserve, 8610 Jungle Trail, Vero Beach.
tuary of the First Presbyterian Church. sicWorksConcerts.com. It includes several interpretive spots. It
“I get so jazzed by color. I love color,” The award-winning pianist is from Mos- is designed for people with a basic level
says Bair, who has been known to work cow but now lives in the United States. He 4 Indian River Habitat for Humanity of fitness, meaning you need to be able
well into the dinner hour. was a soloist with the Moscow State and will hold a major fundraiser, “Hab- to pedal for two hours without stops. You
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestras. He’s itat’s Island Gala,” Saturday, April 2 at the should bring helmet, sunglasses, water
“I have so much fun. If you don’t have performed in major venues throughout Beach Club in Grand Harbor. The event bottle, snack, sunscreen and bug repel-
fun, then why are you doing it? The pleas- the world, including Carnegie Hall. The includes island music, entertainment and lent. The cost is $15 adults, $10 children 12
ing composition and bright colors make First Presbyterian Church is at 520 Royal dancing. There will also be cocktails and and younger. Discounts available for ELC
me feel happy,” says Bair. She adds that Palm Blvd., Vero Beach. Call 772-592-9088 hors d’oeuvres, one complimentary drink members. Call 772-589-5050 or visit Dis-
it pleases her to create artwork with a or visit FirstPresVero.org. The First Baptist and a dinner. You can also engage in the coverELC.org.
cheerful vibe that will give happiness to Church welcomes the Treasure Coast Cho- event’s “Win-Win Auction.” Tickets are $150
people in their homes. rale in a concert titled “You’ll Never Walk per person with funds helping support Indi- 6 The British farce “See How They Run”
Alone: Hope and Inspiration in Times of an River Habitat for Humanity. Habitat’s Is- has its final performances this week-
The exhibition at the Center for Spir- Trouble.” In the concert, led by Michael land Gala begins 6 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at end at the Vero Beach Theatre Guild. The
itual Care opens April 1 with a reception Carter, the 40-voice chorale will sing songs the Beach Club in Grand Harbor, 4985 Club fast-paced comedy performs 7:30 p.m. Fri-
from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. that is open to the of friendship and togetherness, including Terrace, Vero Beach. Dress is “island attire.” day, April 1, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
public. Afterward, it can be viewed by “Lean on Me,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “We Call 772-562-9860 or visit IRHabitat.org. April 2, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3. The Vero
appointment throughout April by calling Are Family” and many more encourag- Beach Theatre Guild is at 2020 San Juan
772-567-1233.  ing songs. The performance is free, but a 5 The Environmental Learning Center Ave. Tickets are $35. Call 772-562-8300 or
donation will be requested. Special guest will offer a bike tour of the Historic visit VeroBeachTheatreGuild.com. 
musicians performing include guitarists
Dave Mundy and Patrick Gordon, drum-
mer Richie Mola, the Festival Brass Quar-
ter and “The Dolls.” Judy Carter will be on
piano. The First Baptist Church is at 2206
16th Ave., Vero Beach. Call 772-231-3498 or
visit TreasureCoastChorale.org.

3 For music with an edgier appeal,
consider the Classic Albums Live
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Maskless masses bask in fun of county Firefighters’ Fair

Vivianne Sprenger and Ayla Seegott. Kenzie Bloss. PHOTOS: KAILA JONES & STEPHANIE LABAFF

By Stephanie LaBaff | Staff Writer This year, despite minor weather-re- and charitable organizations, which er County Youth Livestock and Horti-
lated setbacks, attendance was up, said this year included the American Red culture, said they were thrilled to have
Given the roller coaster ride we’ve Jeff Raynor, assistant manager. Cross, United Against Poverty, the Sal- a new, school-based 4-H club join the
been on the past couple of years, it’s no vation Army and, by way of blood dona- competition.
wonder that families flocked to the 43rd “We’re kind of starting over, rebuild- tions, One Blood.
annual Indian River County Firefight- ing again. We pride ourselves on giving Likening it to the camaraderie you
ers’ Fair at the IRC Fairgrounds to enjoy the community a good show at least The fair also supports the commu- see in team sports, Flynt said, the expe-
a bit of family fun. once a year and they pay us back by nity by promoting the agricultural en- rience affects the exhibitors for years to
coming.” deavors of local youth through the In- come.
In March 2020, the fair was canceled dian River County Youth Livestock and
before it began, and last year it opened Proceeds from the 10-day event sup- Horticulture Activities Show. “They have memories and awards
under pandemic safety precautions. port the IRC Burn Fund, high school that last a lifetime,” said Flynt. “In a
scholarships, fairground improvements “It wouldn’t be a county fair without world where we see so much ‘me, me,
animals. They are the backbone of a me, me,’ we see these exhibitors com-
Living Lord county fair,” said Raynor. ing together and supporting each other
Lutheran Church self lessly time and again. It creates bet-
Activities in the barn included the ter citizens.”
“A Church Of The ELCA” crowning of the Barn King and Queen
Est. 1986 and a whip-cracking contest, and youth The dizzying sights, sounds and
projects – including citrus trees, swine, scents tempted fairgoers with carny
Join us Sunday mornings at 10 am poultry, rabbit, Boer goat, sheep, steer, food, games and rides, as well as daily
as we gather around Word and cavy and breed stock – were judged shows, demonstrations and entertain-
and auctioned. In the exhibition hall ment, including Vero Beach Recreation
Sacrament to hear God’s message there was stiff competition at the baked Department Aerial Antics performers
of grace and love for all! goods and candies, creative crafts, and and the annual Firefighter Training
canning contests. Show, which gives children the oppor-
www.livinglordlutheran.com tunity to learn about fire safety.
The goat yoga class was a big hit again
(772) 778-1500 this year, with sessions selling out in And each day, one lucky person had
less than a day. While there was more a chance to visit the Cash Cyclone pre-
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[email protected] utation,’ the benefits of playing with the stepping inside a booth and grabbing
“kids” was well worth the chilly morn- as much moolah as possible, with pro-
ing temperatures. ceeds supporting the Gifford Youth Or-
chestra. 
David Flynt, president of Indian Riv-

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Avid and Andrew Baron. Anna Torres. Kirstin Klein with Jezebel.

Barn Prince Giorgio Semprevivo Emma Guthrie, Harper Hall, Coral Hall, Kristi Challenor and Stephanie Dilella. Mike and Amelia Morgan.
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NEW ZEALAND’S PINOT NOIR: THE STUFF OF FANTASIES

By Victoria Moore Which to pick? Considering the big
The Telegraph reputation New Zealand has forged for
its pinot noir, there is surprisingly little
Here’s where I’d like to be right now: of it: just under 15,000 acres, equivalent
on a boat, puttering around the peaceful to 14.3 percent of the country’s vine-
bays of the Marlborough Sounds at the tip yards. But there are different personal-
of New Zealand’s South Island, surround- ities to pick from. Most of New Zealand’s
ed by the nikau palms, manuka, ferns and pinot noir is found in the cooler of the
orchids that cover the slopes rising out of country’s wine regions.
the water. In my hand, of course, would be
a glass of local wine – not sauvignon blanc, Martinborough, toward the southern
but the soaring beauty of a pinot noir. tip of the North Island, is a tiny, very windy
place that sits close to the Tararua moun-
I can’t be in the place but I can pour tains in a broad river valley whose alluvial
the wine. This won’t be a budget bottle – gravel soils grow excellent pinot noir. Just
I’m after some escapism here – but it will three per cent of New Zealand’s vines are
be cheaper than a dinner out (or a flight) planted here but the quality is high.
and the attitude of friends who tell me
how much they love New Zealand pinot Try the pinot noir from Escarpment,
noir encourages me to think some of you owned by Larry McKenna, who cy-
might come with me. cled 400 miles here for a job interview

in the ’80s and never looked back. His around the coast, you come to Tasman
much-lauded top wine is Escarpment Bay and the region of Nelson. I once
Kupe Single Vineyard Pinot Noir. I tried drove here from Blenheim in Marlbor-
the 2019 recently and it was incredible – a ough and did such a bad job of setting
hint of petrichor (that ground-after-rain the satnav that I ended up at a residential
smell) on the nose, then dark cherry fruit house, presumably the destination of the
and finesse. last person to hire the car.

Cross the famously perilous waters of I was trying to get to Neudorf, an estate
the Cook Strait and you reach the South in the Moutere Hills that makes spectac-
Island and the wine region of Marlbor- ular chardonnay and pinot noir that is
ough, famous for its piercing sauvignon slightly firmer and more mineral than
blanc, but it also makes high-toned Marlborough’s. Try the red cherry gleam
(think soprano), silky and aromatic of Neudorf Tom’s Block Pinot Noir 2019.
pinot noir that’s often redolent of red
cherries with a floral note too. And finally take a trip further south to
the wild mountains and lakes of Central
Nautilus Southern Valleys Pinot Noir Otago where prospectors once rushed
2017 Marlborough, NZ is a glorious ex- for gold and pinot noir is often richer and
ample – fragrant, slightly herbaceous, denser with more flavors of spice and dark
f ree-f low ing. berries. Rippon Mature Vine Pinot Noir
2016 Central Otago, NZ is wonderful. 
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Bonzo says Wig scores big on the cuteness charts

Hi Dog Buddies! I exclaimed, as we trooped into the liv- Rocky, who was Cahm and
ing room and got SIT-chew-ated. “You’re Suh-REEN. An, (maybe you
I don’t think that Majorly Cool Kibbles lookin’ GOOD, Dog!” (Bugsy was also a noticed) I’m preddy much
the opposite: I was a whirl-
Westminster Dog Show has a Cutest Dog Boston Terrier, but with a gold an white wind of bounces an slurps
when Gramma an Poppy
category. HowEVER, if they ever DID, Wig coat.) “I can’t wait to hear how you two needed a gentle breeze of
liddle kisses.”
Corbiciero would totally be right up there, got together. Are you still scarfin’ down
I smiled an nodded.
a top contender for the Golden Bone Tro- pizza at the slightest opportunity?” “But it was Meant To Be,
cuz Mom an Dad ’dopt-
phy (or whatever it’s called). I mean, Wig, “Better buh-leeve it, Bonz! Nothin’ ed me, an I Gramma an
Poppy could visit, then go
who’s a 7-months-old-in-human, black- better!” home when I got too rm-
BUNK-shus, like Gran-
an-white Boston Terrier, checks all the By then Wig had jumped onto my as- parents re ’spose to do.” Wig
“Perfect!”
boxes: Big Boogly Eyes. Wiggly. Waggy. sistant’s lap and was bestowing a flurry Bugsy, who’d been reclining next to and Dad’s bed like he did.”
his Dad, spoke up. “Gotta admit, at first, “Crispy Biscuits! Any favorite toys?
Kissy. Liddle. Outgoing Doganality. Every of slurpy puppy kisses, which is one of my with this liddle whirlwind flyin’ all over
the place, I was like, ‘WHY, Mom an Dad? How about Pooch pals?”
Which Way Ears. Wig is 7 months old, an assistant’s favrite things about puppies. WHY? Aren’t I enuff?’” “My fvrite toy is whatever Bugsy has.
“Me an Bugsy got along great, soon as I
energetic, eager-for-what’s-next pupper Along with big puppy eyes, wet puppy ree-lized he’s In Charge,” explained Wig. Same with him. Bugsy’s probly my BFF.
“I’d just roll over on my back when he was He’s a great big brother, but don’t tell
in every way. noses an puppy breath. around. Didn’t take long. We chased each him I said so. My other pooch pal is my
other all over the place at first. Still do.” neighbor Zoey. I think she’s some kind of
Wig and his Mom an Dad met us out- “Well, Wig,” I said. “I’m ready to “How’s Puppy 101 goin’?” I inquired. Poo. We stop an talk when we meet on
“I’m doin’ pretty good in Outside, Pos- leash walks.”
side, along with another Boston Terrier, write your story whenever you’re ready itive Reinforcement Potty Training: 1
treat for Pee. 2 treats for Poo (after Dad The hour had zoomed by. Headin’
who looked vaguely fuh-MILL-yer. After to tell it.” picks it up). I’m havin’ a liddle trouble home, I was thinkin’ about adorable lid-
with the Stair Thing.” dle Wig, and wonderin’ what it’d be like to
a flurry of wag-an-sniffs – Wig bouncin’ “I’m ready, Mr. Bonzo!” he said, jump- “The Stair Thing?” alluva sudden have a new, bouncy liddle
“Yep. I go up ’em. But NOT down ’em. brother. Or sister. I’m an Only Dog, but I
around like a liddle tornado the entire in’ down an curling up beside me. So Mom hasta carry me down. Bugsy never feel lonely cuz I’ve got my Gramma
keeps demonstratin’ by runnin’ up an n Grampa! An my very own swimmin’
time – he slowed down: “Hi, Mr. Bonzo. “OK. Here I go. I hope I ’member it right. down a whole buncha times. But I remain pool. An my lovely evening dish of yo-
convinced I will tumble into oh-BLIVVY- ghurt. An all you pawsome pooch pals!
I’m Joey the Wig! (That’s my FISH-ull So, Mom’s Mom an Dad – we call ’em en if I try to go down.
“I’m also a finn-ickky eater. Only plain Till next time,
name.) But you can call me Wig. Or Wig- Gramma an Poppy – missed their grand- ol kibbles for me. Never had people food.
Never want to. I mean, what’s the big deal The Bonz
gles. Or Deuce. This is my Mom, Lisa, an pooch, Rocky, who had gone to Dog with pizza?”
“Where do you sleep?” I asked. Don’t Be Shy
my dad, Mario, an my big brother, Bugsy. Heaven, an they wanted another pooch. “In my cozy upstairs crate. I nap in
my downstairs one. Bugsy says when We are always looking for pets
He says you knew each other Back When.” So them an Mom an Dad were lookin’ I’m old enough, I can upgrade to Mom with interesting stories.

“Wig works for me, Liddle Dude. It’s a and lookin’ an finally found The Perfick To set up an interview, email
[email protected].
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THE ABNORMAL IS ABNORMALLY TOUGH WEST NORTH EAST
K6 Q 10 853
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist 10 5 3 2 K64 AQ97
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William James, the first person to teach a psychology course in the United States, said, 742 KJ983 65
“To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.”
SOUTH
Maybe that applies to bridge. Most deals follow a well-known path, but occasionally one AJ9742
that is abnormal appears. In this deal, South is in four spades. West leads the diamond six, J8
and declarer wins with dummy’s ace. What happens after that? J3
A Q 10
South’s two-spade rebid promises at least a six-card suit (and in Standard, a minimum
opening). If playing two-over-one, North might continue with two no-trump, over which Dealer: South; Vulnerable: Both
South should bid three clubs. That would steer North away from three no-trump (which
would not do well if East were to lead a diamond). The Bidding:

South has four potential losers: one spade, two hearts and one diamond. However, if he SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
can draw trumps, he can run the clubs to take at least 10 tricks. 1 Spades Pass 2 Clubs Pass
2 Spades Pass 4 Spades All Pass LEAD:
After winning the first trick, declarer will run the spade queen. West is in, but what does he 6 Diamonds
do next?

West must be guided by his partner’s signal at trick one. Here, East should see the
advantage of a heart shift. So, East should signal with a discouraging diamond two. Then
West ought to find the heart switch.

If East plays an encouraging diamond 10, West might cash his diamond queen at
trick three. If so, East should drop the two, his lowest from a remaining odd number of
diamonds. Then West might shift to a heart; but he is more likely to continue diamonds,
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4 Entrances (5) 2 Casual shoe (7)
8 Rent (5) 3 Church service (8)
9 Smoker’s aid (7) 4 Lodgings (4)
10 Birth (7) 5 Frequently (5)
11 Chew (4) 6 Canny (6)
12 Total (3) 7 Ecstasy (5)
14 Broad smile (4) 13 Average (8)
15 Be jealous of (4) 16 Courageous (7)
18 Nitrogen, e.g. (3) 17 Counting device (6)
21 Hit; party (4) 19 Malice (5)
23 Patterned fabric(7) 20 Programming language(6)
25 Dried fruit (7) 22 A small fish (5)
26 Confrontation (5) 24 Farm building (4)
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The Telegraph 28 Church officer (6)

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50 “___ far, far better thing ...” SORRY, WRONG LETTER! By Merl Reagle
pharaoh 96 Huge ref. work
4 Popular beer, 97 Rural parents 51 Fluid-filled cavity in a cell’s
99 America’s foreign trade cytoplasm
St. ___ Girl slogan?
9 Navy outfit 52 19
14 Navy outfit wearer: abbr. 103 Classifieds 57 Hole marker
107 Ohio city 60 Hole card
17 With 22 Across, regular use 108 Gave 40 Across to 61 Church fundraiser
of deodorant? 109 Upstairs worker 62 Fade
110 Maui memento 64 Tallahassee’s Seminoles:
20 Maker of Pong 111 Biblical teacher of Samuel
21 Vacation city 112 Practice sessions for abbr.
22 See 17 Across 66 He had a salty wife
24 Little bit walking on water?
25 Part of AFB 118 Relatives 67 Cut out
26 “Up and ___!” 119 Final tally 68 Bills or Bulls, e.g.
27 ___ kwon do 120 Nickname for Kevorkian? 69 Fragonard’s friend
28 Oilman Pickens 121 Beltway abbr. 70 “Sorry, I’m booked”
30 Jonathan Swift-like 122 Religious divisions 71 1942 film featuring “White
32 Equine pickup line? 123 Lorna ___
36 Wd. for Roget 124 Palais denizen Christmas”
37 Oft-toasted sandwich 75 Moving vehicles
38 In real time DOWN 76 Syngman of Korea
39 TV oldie, 1 Open areas within 77 Grub
79 Hand protection in the
Mayberry ___ buildings
40 Pedigree rival 2 Funny Martin kitchen
43 Where the buoys are 3 Stroke 80 Pitch
44 To smoke, on Aeromexico 4 Fruit carbohydrate 82 41 Down org.
45 ___ off (angry) 5 Room at the top 85 Last name in astrology
47 Singer Madonna when she 6 Individual product 87 ___-kind (unique)
7 Mr. Durocher 88 Mr. Danson
was pregnant? 8 Dylan tune, 89 Unseat
51 Whirlpool 91 “Christmas! Fooey!”
53 Needlefish “___ A Pity” 96 Gray-haired guy,
54 It’s too long to even think 9 Schwarz of toys
10 Illumination: abbr. in Britain
about 97 The ___ d’
55 Judge Lance 11 Place for a plug 98 Swinger Agassi
56 Congress’s channel 12 A Muse 99 Quite a while
58 Answer to “Do you like Jerry 13 Ed Wood director 100 Dallas matriarch
14 Star Wars character 101 Gamblers’ lake
Lewis?” 15 Supremes first name 102 See 64 Across
59 Freeway entrance 16 Fashion figure 103 Aired
18 Bushed 104 “At last I have you ___
61 Extraterrestrial, e.g. 19 Hot tub alternatives
63 Small spasm 22 Mates of 97 Across myself”
64 Junkman portrayer 23 Put a new header on (a 105 City in India
65 A cop’s life? 106 Meg Tilly, to Jennifer
69 This will hurt piece of copy) 109 Brazil’s ___ Grosso
72 “Fine” 29 Bid 113 Latin abbr.
73 Elizabeth of cosmetics 31 “The heat ___” 114 Dis alternative
74 Work 32 Piano, to Mozart 115 Golfer Ernie
78 Big Red, once 33 Ape 116 Environmental prefix
79 Band of 8 34 Northwestern University city 117 Start of the Lord’s Prayer
81 Jett Rink’s find in Giant 35 “Quit ___ stallin’!”
82 Where Melbourne is: abbr. 37 Mr. Kingsley
83 “I see!” 40 Jason’s ship
84 Romantically preoccupied 41 Interest transaction
86 Impatient art dealer’s 42 Siamese sound
43 Mama’s boy
words? 44 They have the best seats
90 It’s money, to many 46 Un et un
91 Farm buildings
92 Herb drink
93 Applications

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ONGOING Dark Side of the Moon, 7 p.m. at the Emerson spiration in Times of Trouble,” 4 p.m. at First 8-10 Ballet Vero Beach presents Stu-
Center. $30 to $80. Musicworksconcerts.com Baptist Church. Free; donations appreciated. dio to Stage, a comedic skewer-
Check with organizations directly for up- 772-231-3498 ing of ballet schools as well as heights of techni-
dates/cancellations. APRIL cal accomplishments, 7:30 p.m. Fri., 2 p.m. and
3|4 Vero Beach High School’s 29th an- 7:30 p.m. Sat. at Vero Beach High School PAC,
Vero Beach Museum of Art: Vero Collects: 1 Sebastian Concerts on the Park, 5:30 p.m. nual Red, White & Blue Concert, with online virtual versions April 15 to May 1.
Hidden Treasures Revealed exhibition, through to 8 p.m. at Riverview Park with the Se- Sun. 2 p.m., Mon. 7 p.m. at VBHS PAC, featuring Accessible/Family Friendly performance, 2 p.m.
May 15. 772-231-0707 bastian River High School Band. Free; BYO chair. VBHS Symphonic and Jazz Bands. $15; veterans Sun. 772-905-2651 or balletverobeach.org.
$6; livestream $5. 772-564-5537
Vero Beach Theatre Guild: “See How They 2 Relay for Life of Indian River, 4 p.m. at Riv- 9 Tipsy Turtle 2-Mile Run/Walk, 8 a.m. at
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Studio Theatre Sundays through March 27. 772- Society, with survivor/caregiver walk, Luminaria sentation and opening of Susan Miller’s tions, followed by beach bash after-party, with
562-8300 ceremony and closing ceremonies. 772-562- Sand and Shadows solo show, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 music, silent auction, and vendors. Coastal-con-
2272 p.m. at Environmental Learning Center, with nections.org
Henegar Center in Melbourne: The Wedding live music and refreshments. $5 suggested do-
Singer thru March 27. 321-723-8698 2 A Gift for the Future fundraising dinner, 6 nation. 772-589-5050 9 City of VB Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m. at
p.m. at Schacht Groves to benefit Pelican Mulligan’s Beach House, for children up
Riverside Theatre: Weekly Friday and Satur- Island Audubon Society efforts to fund 2022 7 Blue Ribbon Luncheon and Fashion Show to age 9, with prizes and a visit from the Easter
day Comedy Zone and Live on the Loop con- Land Conservation Bond Referendum. $200. to benefit Hibiscus Children’s Center, 11 Bunny. Please bring 6 empty plastic eggs. 772-
certs. 772-231-6990 PelicanIslandAudubon.org a.m. at Oak Harbor Club, with champagne re- 231-4787
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Trail Meet & Greets, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ity, 6 p.m. at Grand Harbor Beach Club, event to benefit Veterans Council of IRC,
Wednesdays thru April. fws.gov/refuge/peli- with island cuisine and music, Hawaiian danc- 7 Live From Vero Beach presents One Night 5 p.m. at the IRC Fairgrounds covered pavilion,
canisland ing, and auctions. $150. IRCHabitaat.org. in Memphis: Tribute to Elvis Presley, Carl with live country music by Southbound 75, din-
Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, 7 p.m. ner and open bar, auction, a mechanical bull
First Friday Gallery Strolls in Downtown Vero 3 Piano concert by award-winning pianist at the Emerson Center. $35 to $80. Musicworks and dancing. $150 & $175. 772-410-5860
Beach Arts District, monthly from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sergey Belyavskiy, 4 p.m. at First Presby- concerts.com
terian Church. Free; $10 donation suggested. 9 Give Laugh Love to benefit the Sally
MARCH 772-562-9088 8 Indian River Symphonic Association Wilkey Foundation, which supports un-
presents the Brevard Symphony Orches- derserved youthful in memory of the late Sally
31 Live From Vero Beach presents Classic 3 Dr. Michael Carter leads the 40-voice tra, 7:30 p.m. at Community Church of Vero Wilkey, a St. Edward’s grad. and granddaughter
Albums Live performing Pink Floyd, Treasure Coast Chorale in a concert en- Beach, with pianist Joyce Yang playing Cho- of Boots & King Van Nostrand, 6:30 p.m. at the
titled, “You’ll Never Walk Alone: Hope and In- pin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor. 772- Heritage Center, with comedian Gina Brillion,
778-1070 open bar, auctions and dinner. $250. 772-643-
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in March 24, 2022 Edition 1 GHOST 1 GORGEOUS man violinist Christoph Seybold in con-
5 TRAIT 2 OXFORD cert, 7 p.m. at the Emerson Center to benefit
8 REACH 3 TREASURE the Gifford Youth Orchestra. $10 donation sug-
9 RIFLE 4 MARVEL gested. 772-778-5249
10 ADVENTURE 5 THIN
11 EAR 6 AMOUNT 14 Diamonds in the Rough fundraiser to
12 DOUBLEDUTCH 7 TAME benefit Camp Haven, 6 p.m. at Bent
15 SILVERMEDAL 13 DEDUCTED Pine Country Club, with cocktails, dinner, pro-
19 AIM 14 HOGMANAY gram and entertainment. $195. 772-999-3625
20 MONTBLANC 16 LUNACY
22 TURIN 17 MEAGRE 14 Live From Vero Beach presents Touch
23 AGREE 18 LAUREL & Go – the Ultimate Cars Tribute
24 ABYSS 20 MEGA Band, 7 p.m. at the Emerson Center. $30 to $70.
25 DELAY 21 BIAS Musicworksconcerts.com

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