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HEART ATTACK VS. CARDIAC ARREST, PART II  Shortness of breath  Sudden collapse
 Cold sweat  No pulse
Signs and Symptoms  Fatigue  No breathing
 Lightheadedness or sudden dizziness  Loss of consciousness
A heart attack and sudden cardiac arrest are two dis-
tinct cardiac conditions. SYMPTOMS OF HEART ATTACK MAY BE While sudden cardiac arrest often occurs with no
MORE SUBTLE IN WOMEN warning, sometimes there are signs and symptoms that
A heart attack is caused by “plumbing” issues, when may provide a forewarning of an impending cardiac ar-
blood flow to a portion of the heart is blocked. Sudden car- The signs of a heart attack in women can be subtle and rest. They include:
diac arrest is due to “electrical” problems, when the “wir- confusing. As with men, women’s most common heart
ing” of the heart malfunctions and the rhythm of heart- attack symptom is chest pain, sometimes described as  Fatigue
beats is interrupted, and the heart suddenly stops beating. feeling “like an elephant sitting across your chest,” or dis-  Fainting
comfort. Some women, however, experience a heart at-  Blackouts
Risk factors for both heart attack and cardiac arrest tack without chest pressure. Women are more likely than  Dizziness
include: age, tobacco use, high blood pressure, high men to demonstrate some of the other common symp-  Chest pain
cholesterol/triglyercide levels, diabetes, personal his- toms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting  Shortness of breath
tory, family history, sedentary lifestyle and obesity. and back or jaw pain. Some describe upper back pres-  Weakness
sure that feels like squeezing or a rope being tied around  Palpitations
Today we’ll review signs and symptoms for heart at- them. Dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting and extreme  Vomiting
tack and cardiac arrest. fatigue are other symptoms for women to watch for.
If you think you or someone else is having a heart
HEART ATTACK SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Some heart attacks – for men and women – strike attack or cardiac arrest, call 911 immediately, and get
suddenly. But for many people, warning signs and symp- to the closest hospital.
Symptoms and the severity of symptoms of heart at- toms start hours, days or weeks in advance. The earliest
tack can vary. Some people have mild pain; others have warning may be recurrent chest pain (angina) that’s trig- Be proactive: Get established with a local physician
severe pain. Some people have no symptoms; for oth- gered by exertion and relieved by rest. Angina is caused and cardiologist, and go for regular check-ups. 
ers the first sign of a heart attack is when their heart by a temporary decrease in blood flow to the heart.
stops and they suffer sudden cardiac arrest. Your comments and suggestions for future topics are
CARDIAC ARREST SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS always welcome. Email us at [email protected].
Common signs and symptoms of a heart attack include:
On the other hand, sudden cardiac arrest symptoms © 2016 Vero Beach 32963 Media, all rights reserved
 Pressure, tightness, pain, or a squeezing or ach- are immediate and drastic:
ing sensation in the chest or arms that may spread to
the neck, jaw or back

 Nausea, indigestion, heartburn or abdominal pain

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Jack Lynch shows a light touch throughout this once “bowled all ten wickets in the second innings language? Instead of actual definitions they initially
history of “the reference shelf from ancient Babylon of the South v. North game on July 15, 1850.” I have planned to give the Latin equivalent for each Ger-
to Wikipedia.” No harmless drudge he, this Rutgers no idea what that means. Still, as Lynch quickly adds, man word. (They later changed their minds.)
professor of English takes a broad view of his sub- “No one had ever done it before, and in the more than
ject and includes lively pages on several dozen radi- 165 years since, no one has done it again.” Similarly Scholars might certainly fault“You Could Look It Up”
cally different works, including “The Code of Ham- impressive, in a quieter way, is the story he tells of the for trying to cover too many books and skimping major
murabi,” Pliny’s “Natural History,” the long defunct imprisoned Malcolm X who, wanting to improve his works such as the 18th-century French Encyclopedie.
papal index of prohibited books, Hoyle’s rules for vocabulary, copied out by hand an entire dictionary. But the serendipity of its contents is part of the book’s
card games, the Grove Dictionary of Music and Mu- fun. Having sold Fuller Brush products door to door
sicians, the National Union Catalogue, Emily Post’s In the most charming of his interchapters, Lynch in my youth, I would have welcomed even more detail
“Etiquette in Society,” “The Joy of Sex,” the Catholic examines the practice of prank entries in reference about the rise and fall of the encyclopedia salesman. In
Encyclopedia, the Handbook of Chemistry and Phys- books, pointing out for special delectation the ar- the late 1980s, the World Book Encyclopedia employed
ics and even “Schott’s Original Miscellany.” ticle in the New Columbia Encyclopedia on “the dis- a whopping 45,000 door-to-door representatives.
tinguished American fountain designer Lillian Vir-
Taking Plutarch’s “Parallel Lives” as his model, ginia Mountweazel, who had achieved some fame Almost everything, it would seem, has its own hand-
Lynch compares and contrasts two similar books in with ‘Flags Up!,’ a collection of photographs of rural book, catalogue or bible. At one point Lynch simply
each of his chapters, juxtaposing, for example, John American mailboxes. Ms. Mountweazel, alas, met a lists unusual guides and glossaries, such as “The Balti-
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (1855) and E. Cobham premature end, dying in an explosion while she was more Bottle Book: Being an Annotated List of 170Years
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1870). He researching an article for Combustibles magazine.” of the Collector Bottles of Baltimore City and Baltimore
also includes extensive bibliographical information Another section, devoted to the Anglo-Indian dic- County, 1820-1990.” He also notes that the Guinness
about each work. The famous Greek-English lexicon tionary known as “Hobson-Jobson,” reminds us that Book of Records has stopped accepting submissions in
co-edited by Henry George Liddell – whose daughter South Asia gave English not just words like “chut- “life-threatening categories” and particularly anything
inspired “Alice in Wonderland” – and his friend Rob- ney” and “nirvana” but also “cummerbund,” “khaki” that involves headstands, sleep deprivation, hunger
ert Scott initially contained 1,584 pages, 104,000 en- and “shampoo.” And did you know that the Broth- strikes, lots of cigarettes or vast quantities of alcohol.
tries and 2.3 million words. It weighed five pounds. ers Grimm when not collecting fairy tales worked
Elsewhere we learn that Ortelius’s “Theatrum orbis on a great etymological dictionary of the German As his subtitle promises, Lynch’s final chapter fo-
terrarum” – a Renaissance classic of cartography – cuses on Wikipedia, emphasizing its fabulous strength
first appeared in 1570 on 38 leaves, featuring 53 dou- through numbers. On March 1, 2006, the millionth entry
ble-columned maps. God is in the details. was an article on Jordanhill, a Scottish railway station.
“Its author, Ewan MacDonald,” wrote historian Stacy
Between each of his major chapters, Lynch inter- Schiff, “posted a single sentence about the station at 11
sperses additional essays, reflecting on, say, alpha- P.M., local time; over the next twenty-four hours, the en-
betical order, plagiarism or literary societies. Thus, in try was edited more than four hundred times, by dozens
“Tell Me How You Organize Your Books” he describes of people.” Lynch does, however, stress the presentist
his study and the reference works he consults most bias of Wikipedia entries: “Thomas Aquinas weighs in
often, starting with the Oxford Companion to English at just over 37,000 words on his life and major works;
Literature and the Oxford Classical Dictionary. Michael Jackson warrants five times the space.” (I’m not
sure that “warrants” is quite the right word.) Perhaps
Despite that extensive home library, Lynch is no even more serious is the danger of relying on a single
Luddite. He has installed on his computer and smart- source for our facts. Only a range of reference works can
phone digital versions of many of the same works on ensure “multiple sources of information, multiple ways
his shelves, as well as the mammoth Dictionary of of organizing the world, multiple points of view.”
National Biography.
Despite its high anecdotal and amusement quo-
As befits a book about fact-filled books, “You Could tient, Jack Lynch’s fine book does deal with some
Look It Up” regales the reader with odd bits of infor- fairly arcane material. Consequently, it should prob-
mation. “Legal compendia are among the foundation- ably be enjoyed slowly rather than read straight
al reference works in every civilization.” According to through. Like so many reference-shelf classics, “You
“The Domesday Book” – William the Conqueror’s sur- Could Look It Up” even invites browsing. A chapter
vey of his island kingdom – England had 28,235 slaves or two in the evening could be just about right. 
in 1085. In his famous dictionary Samuel Johnson no-
toriously, and gloriously, defined the word “network” YOU COULD LOOK IT UP
as “anything reticulated or decussated, at equal dis- The Reference Shelf from Babylon to Wikipedia
tances, with interstices between the intersections.”
By Jack Lynch, Bloomsbury, 442 pp. $30.
Similar technical language crops up, inevitably,
in a section about the Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack. Review by Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
Lynch relates that its original author, John Wisden,

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Gregory Crouch is the author, most recently, of country’s last best hope,” he placed special emphasis first, Royesh went into denial over the impending de-
the World War II flying story “China’s Wings: War, In- on educating girls. parture of foreign forces from the country. He couldn’t
trigue, Romance and Adventure in the Middle King- believe that the foreigners would “leave behind an en-
dom During the Golden Age of Flight.” When the U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban, emy still growing in strength, one with a grudge against
Royesh moved Marefat to Afghanistan, first to spare . . . him and his students.” As he told Stern, “This is a
Amid the despair that wracks so many parts of the rooms in his home, then to makeshift buildings in place where more than ninety percent of the people
Middle East, hope flickers in the western slums of a barren desert west of Kabul. Filled with politically want the international community here.” Events finally
Kabul in a school called Marefat. Funded largely by active students and liberal ideas, the school thrived, forced Royesh to recognize the inevitable and to ac-
tuition payments from Afghanistan’s poorest people, eventually taking in 4,000 students. A Hazara slum knowledge the extraordinary vulnerability of his school,
it’s the finest school in the country. Graduates have sprang up around it. “Soon,” Stern writes, Marefat an unarmed institution “in a country where everyone is
won scholarships to Brown, Tufts, Northwestern, “was not just a school, it was a forward operating armed.” Attempting to secure its survival, Royesh threw
Harvard and others among the world’s most presti- base from which Aziz nudged his community toward himself into the cauldron of Afghan politics.
gious universities. In “The Last Thousand,” journalist his own hopeful way of thinking.”
Jeffrey E. Stern brings us the inspiring story of Marefat “The Last Thousand” is an extraordinary tale that
and its remarkable founder, Aziz Royesh. The book is Unsurprisingly, Marefat’s progressive and Socratic is hopeful and uplifting but also conveys a sense of
a paean to the power of education and its potential to principles aren’t always welcomed by Afghanistan’s impending doom. Unfortunately, the way Stern tells
peacefully revolutionize a violent nation. conservative population. Royesh and his school have the story is distracting. Most of the book is an effec-
collected enemies both inside the Hazara community tive intimate third-person narrative, but parts are
Stern focuses on the experiences of six people pro- and beyond. “People were threatened by Marefat, and told through jarring switches to first- and second-
foundly affected by Marefat and on Royesh’s increas- sometimes they threatened it back,” Stern writes. At person perspectives, and Stern tips in and out of the
ingly frantic search for a way to secure the safety of his present tense throughout the book, apparently to
students and the stability of his school as time counts punch up its immediacy. Also, more carefully tying
down to the departure of foreign combat forces from the narrative into the chronology of modern Afghan
Afghanistan. Stern, a former Marefat English instructor, history would have provided a reader more insight.
describes his close friend Royesh, one of Afghanistan’s
Hazara people, as small and “physically unimpressive.” In the final pages, Stern tells us that “Marefat en-
According to legend, the Hazaras descend from 1,000 dures,” despite the conservative, reactionary and
Mongol soldiers left behind by Genghis Khan to secure traditional forces arrayed against it. Stern’s com-
his Afghan conquests. As Shiite Muslims in a mostly mendable work underscores the United States’ aw-
Sunni country, they have been persecuted by Afghani- ful strategic decision to invade Iraq and lose focus
stan’s other ethnic groups for centuries. on Afghanistan, the place where America and the
United Nations had a legitimate casus belli. “The Last
Like many Afghans, Royesh came of age through Thousand” leaves Marefat, Royesh, his beloved stu-
combat. Stern tells us that he earned the nickname dents and the Hazara people where they have been
“Teacher” as “a fifteen-year-old holy warrior” in the for centuries – precariously perched in a violent and
1980s because “he’d read so many books on so many unstable country, their futures uncertain. Our sym-
different subjects that he could challenge the elders pathies and our hopes are with the Afghan uncle who
fighting alongside him.” Wounded in a massacre that left his young niece at Marefat at the beginning of her
drove many of his people from Afghanistan, Royesh first day. “Sacrifice yourself for this school,” the uncle
recovered in a Pakistani refugee camp. Realizing that implored the girl, “because you cannot find a place
the best way to serve his people was not through like it anywhere in the world.” 
war but through education, he founded the Marefat
School in an unused camp basement. THE LAST THOUSAND
One School’s Promise in a Nation at War
Traditionally, Afghan children learn by rote mem- By Jeffrey E. Stern, St. Martin’s, 325 pp. $26.99.
orization. Royesh saw little value in that. He wanted Review by Gregory Crouch, The Washington Post
his school to teach kids “not just to memorize but to
think, and not just to think but to act.” He insisted
that at Marefat, “nothing was exempt from interro-
gation,” and having come “to consider women his

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PETS

Bonzo yaps with a pair of talented spaniels

Hi Dog Buddies! needs something – or if she Allyson walked in and
gets into something.”
This week I visited two beautiful picked Ziggy up. Ziggy
lady pooches – Ali and Ziggy Franzel “I heard that,” Ali said.
– interior designers who work with She didn’t look peeved. She wrapped her paws around
their human at her studio on Royale might’ve even been smiling.
Palm Pointe. They’re spaniels, like her and put her head on Al-
me, but they’re English Cockers, and “So, tell me how you found
me, I’m a Springer. your Forever Family,” I urged. lyson’s shoulder. She looked

We met at their office ‘cuz that’s “OK. Well, our human Daddy, sorta like a fluffy black-and-
where they spend most of their time. Jerry, got real sick – had to have
Before we even reached for the door- Treatments – and when he got tan koala. “This is the BEST!”
knob, Ali and Ziggy were right there, home from that, him and Mom-
noses against the glass, bark-bark- my went to see the dog show she said. Ali had moved from
barking Hello. Their human sister Al- out at the fairgrounds. They saw
lyson works there, too and soon as she some English Cocker Spaniels her chair onto her Mommy’s
came to the door, they stopped bark- (like us) and thought they were
ing. Right away Ziggy (a black-and-tan totally adorable. I mean, who lap and was gazing right
with a silky coat) came up for the Wag- wouldn’t, right?”
and-Sniff. Ali (a blue roan with coarser into her face, from about 3
hair) opted for the Sit-and-Look. “Totes!” I replied.
“They decided right then and there inches away. I could see that
“I KNEW it was you!” said Ziggy, do- to get one for, you know, companion-
ing a little prancy step. “The BONZ! ship. The breeders had one puppy they these two pooches were
Cool Dog Biscuits! Come on back to were gonna show, ‘cuz her dog parents
the conference room.” were both champions. She was a Per- born to snuggle.
fect Specimen ‘cept for one teeensy
There was this long, important thing – she had an overbite, so they de- Ali and Ziggy. PHOTO BY LEAH DUBOIS Over her shoulder, Ziggy
looking table with chairs around it. cided to sell her instead. That was Ali. said, “We want to be wherev-
“Just sit anywhere,” Ziggy said. Ali So Mommy and Great-Grandmommy
jumped into a chair. I figured that’s went to meet her. The breeder let all driver licenses.” Ziggy was right. er Mommy is. We give her lots of help-
the way they rolled here, so I did, too, the puppies come out to say hello and
sorta expecting to hear someone yell I was one of ‘em! Me and Ali are step Wa-ay cool. ful interior design ideas, but the most
“GET DOWN!” But no one did. It was sisters and we’d been BFF’s since birth
a first for me. almost. We’re 7 now. “So whaddya do for fun?” I asked important thing – I know Ali agrees – is
“Anyway, Mommy didn’t want to
Ziggy made introductions. “This is split us up, thank Lassie, so we both “We go to the Dogs for Life Park a being loving companions. ‘Specially
our Mommy, Page, and you met Al- got to go home with her! We fit in
lyson up front. I’m Ziggy, she’s Ali,“ right away. We both have these big, lot, mostly to chase squirrels. That’s since Daddy went to heaven, we al-
Ziggy pointed to where Ali sat, paws long kennel names, but Mommy and
on the table. Daddy changed them. Mommy says probably our favorite thing to do. We ways want to make sure Mommy’s OK
Ali’s the calm, quiet one and I’m a
Ziggy leaned over and said, be- Wiggly-Butt, different as A and Z. So sit at the bottom of their tree, look real and knows we are nearby.
hind her paw, “Ali’s the Silent Type, they named us Ali and Ziggy. Get it?
but she’s the boss. I call her a diva. Cool, huh?” serious, and STARE. Drives ‘em Nuts! If Heading home, I thought how lucky
She thinks she’s a princess. But that’s “Absolutely.”
fine by me. I’m a tomboy and I sorta “And, LOOK. We have our own ID I see a squirrel when Mommy’s leash- it was that that kennel didn’t have an
protect her. And I tell Mommy if she cards. They look ‘zackly like humans’
walking me, I sometimes drag her orthodontist, or Ali and Ziggy would

along. I just can’t help it, but she says, never have found their Forever Fam-

It’s Going to Have to Stop. ily. I also realized how much love and

“We love to go for car drives, too. I happiness Ali and Ziggy and lots of

sit where I’m s’pose to, but Ali always other pooches give to their humans.

wants to put her paws on the back of It’s probably the most important job

the driver’s seat to help drive. that we, as dogs, have.

“Mommy took us to the beach a

coupla times. Those waves with the Till next time,

soapsuds kept trying to catch us when The Bonz
we weren’t looking. We barked at ‘em
and they ran away but they just kept

coming back. We don’t like the beach. Don’t Be Shy
“We have lots of toys. Mommy buys

two of everything. I call ‘em my babies.
Every night before bed, I pick one of We are always looking for pets with
my babies to sleep with. Ali doesn’t interesting stories.
give a woof until I choose one. Then To set up an interview, email
SHE has to get it. We do a lot of Tug-of- [email protected].
War. But it’s just play.”

Bladder Stones may create obstructions and the pet may inflammatory cells, or blood is present in urinary tract is flushed to ensure that all
become oliguric or anuric (reduction in or the urine. The most important diagnostic stones lodged in the urethra are flushed
Accidents in the house are one of the lack of urine flow). Once the pet is blocked, test for stones is abdominal radiographs. into the bladder, and stones are retrieved.
top reasons pets are abandoned. One of complications such as vomiting, azote- Since only some stones may be visualized The stones are submitted for analysis so a
the most common misconceptions is that mia (elevations in BUN and creatinine), on plain films, contrast radiographs may be treatment plan can be made to help pre-
a pet urinating in strange places or having ruptured bladder, peritonitis, and kidney necessary. Visualization of stones allows vent recurrence.
frequent accidents is misbehaving or pun- failure can occur if immediate veterinary us to determine if stones may be small
ishing the owner. In reality, the majority of care is not available. enough for medical dissolution or will Regardless of the cause, all stones
urinary accidents are the result of urinary need to be surgically removed. Cystotomy have the same thing in common. Prompt
tract infections or bladder stones. The most important thing is to get your is a procedure in which a small incision treatment is essential to make pets more
pet to us as soon as you notice the signs. is made to enter the bladder, the lower comfortable and even save lives. We are
In extreme cases, the mineralized stones A urinalysis is run to determine if bacteria, available 24/7.

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IF YOU BID UP, PLAY ’EM UP TOO WEST NORTH EAST
AJ9 Q85 K 10 6 3
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist 52 Q 10 7 A4
J7542 63 Q98
Gallagher, a comedian who is known for smashing watermelons, said, “Don’t you wish K83 Q9542 J 10 7 6
there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There’s one marked ‘Brightness,’
but it doesn’t work.” SOUTH
742
If you turn up the bidding, you had better turn up the play as well. How did South try to KJ9863
make his ambitious four-heart contract after West led the diamond four, and East put up A K 10
his queen? A

North had a minimum raise to two hearts. (Those employing two-over-one game-forcing Dealer: South; Vulnerable: East
could start with one forcing no-trump, planning to rebid two hearts over a two-club or
two-diamond rebid. Yes, that would promise only two-card heart support, but North The Bidding:
would like to cool South’s ardor a tad. Here, over one no-trump, South would probably
rebid three hearts, and North could pass.) South’s actual jump to four hearts was a bit SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
aggressive, but when you smell game, you bid game. 1 Hearts Pass 2 Hearts Pass
4 Hearts Pass Pass Pass LEAD:
There seem to be four unavoidable losers: one heart and three spades. (West cannot 4 Diamonds
have the spade ace and king, because he would have led the ace at trick one.)

The original declarer found a very bright play that would have occurred to few players.
He took the first trick with his diamond ace, then immediately returned the diamond 10!

West, assuming his partner had the diamond king, played low. South gratefully cashed
the diamond king and discarded a spade from the board. Then he led a spade. Given
that trumps were 2-2, the defenders could not stop declarer from taking five hearts,
three diamonds, one club and a spade ruff in the dummy.

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SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (FEBRUARY 18) ON PAGE 80

The Telegraph ACROSS DOWN
1 Hobo (3) 1 Defensive ball (4,4)
3 Small money bag (5) 2 Mexican street musician (8)
6 Twitch (3) 3 Summary (6)
8 Wish harm on (5) 4 Alcove (6)
9 French postImpressionist (7) 5 Skin disease (6)
10 Very soft (10) 6 Cistern (4)
12 Part of curve (3) 7 Head cook (4)
15 London’s former Bohemia (4) 11 Mineral (3)
17 Orient (4) 13 US luxury car (8)
18 Kind (3) 14 Flag (8)
22 Command, power (10) 16 Ancient (3)
25 Voter (7) 19 Abase oneself (6)
26 Holiday home (5) 20 In layers (6)
27 Flop (3) 21 Relinquishment (6)
28 High waterproof boot (5) 23 Defunct (4)
29 Sham; fish (3) 24 Chief (4)

How to do Sudoku:

Fill in the grid so the
numbers one through
nine appear just once
in every column, row
and three-by-three
square.

The Telegraph

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ACROSS mechanics when 16 Superseded 71 Italian actor The Washington Post
1 Impassive ones working under a 17 Old comic strip, Tognazzi
7 Structural twin of car ‘SUMMER’ OF 88 By Merl Reagle
88 “Or ___ thought” ___ Cinders 72 Root or Yale
a compound 89 “Over There” 18 Fawlty Towers 73 Draw a bead on
13 Camp David, e.g. composer 74 Queen, to Racine
20 Gnaws on 90 88 = ___ + ___ drinks 80 Haile ___
21 Passing Dan 97 Mr. Parseghian 19 Finish a Caesar 82 La-la or baby
22 Poor Moor 98 City near a 24 Cozy breakfast
23 88 = ___ + ___ mausoleum intro
26 Boo or yoo 99 Most of Iowa’s area 83 Jodie’s Nell
capital 25 Fischer-Spassky
follower 100 “Upon that ___ co-star
27 Surely he jests your match 84 Guernsey
28 Blore and hand” (Henry V) site, 1972: abbr.
103 Adorn (oneself) 30 Type like a bird greetings
Braeden 104 Overflow 31 Ancient amulet 86 Character
29 Students 105 Irish imp revived in the 87 Important period
30 Shrine of the 108 88 = ___ + ___ 1960s 88 UPC reader
113 Noted N.Y.C. 33 Canine comment 89 City of Amati and
Orient nightspot 34 Soothing rubs
32 Ancient letter 114 Small-stove fuel 35 Vision-bending Stradivari
33 Alias, for short 115 Deadlocked gallery collection 91 Complain
34 88 = ___ + ___ 116 Applies, as apple 36 Bangladesh 92 Type of
42 Speedily butter capital
43 Airline to Seoul 117 Bone filler 37 Nearly distortion- discrimination
44 Less seldom 118 Indian pony free tape, 93 1968 Rod Steiger
45 Are bereft of DOWN popularly
46 Pleasure boat 1 Eve’s youngest 38 Prefix meaning film, No Way To
49 Mortarboard 2 Poi ingredient “12” ___ Lady
3 Pregame score 39 Sixteen oz. 94 Some other time
sporter 4 Slangy cause 40 “Walk Away, ___” 95 “Bought the farm”
52 Begrudge 5 What hacks are 41 Washer’s 96 Pale
53 Como, familiarly paid companion or 100 Tina’s ex and
54 Italian seaport, 6 Larry Fine was Fred others
one 46 “No you’re not!” 101 Large brown
San ___ 7 Mrs. Marcos retort seaweed
55 Appeared 8 Scandinavian 47 Beatles booster? 102 Hebrew month
airline 48 Piña ___ (drinks) 103 “Skip me this
ominously 9 ___ pro nobis 49 Taras Bulba round”
57 Bruce or Brandon (“pray for us”) author 105 Choice words to
58 88 = ___ + ___ 10 Animal or 50 Columbus’s Brutus
64 Elixir fixer Lilly vegetable world view 106 Luau wear
65 Dry ___ alternative 51 Aïda is her slave 107 Run away (from)
66 Slave-revolt 11 Roundabout 54 Bank (on) 109 Mick Jagger
football 55 Cabinet post western, ___
leader Turner play 56 Cheers star Kelly
67 88 = ___ + ___ 12 N.J. 59 Metric base 110 Legendary Bruin
75 Introduction to congressman 60 Language do’s 111 “Is that a yes or
who chaired the and ___?”
sex? Judiciary don’ts 112 For example
76 Piddling Committee 61 Video-show host
77 Marty Feldman in during the Bob
Watergate 62 Bolger and Haley
Young scandal co-star
Frankenstein 13 Old Betsy 63 “Legal”
78 “The check is in 14 And whatnot, continuation
the mail,” briefly 67 Larcenous
perhaps 15 Chaparral Cassidy
79 Aiders of 68 Acclimate,
freighters variantly
81 ___ of 69 Dr. Watson
encyclopedias player Bruce
82 Sunset 70 Approaches
Boulevard co-star
Nancy
84 Chevalier tune
85 Low frame on
wheels
used by

The Telegraph

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Which ‘selfish’ sister has the right to feel angry?

BY CAROLYN HAX tions, was money available to you for a temporary
Washington Post rental within “about an hour” radius – i.e., cabin
distance. Such calculations are a better Plan B than
Dear Carolyn, blaming somebody else. Isn’t it “selfish,” too, to call
dibs on someone else’s home? 
My family (me, husband,

two kids under 3) are going

to be homeless this sum- Dear Carolyn,

mer while our new home When my boyfriend and I started dating, I was

is built. My sister recently financially independent. Even after we moved in to-

bought a vacation cabin gether, I never had to ask for money.We have since got-

about an hour away that ten engaged. Now my job has changed and I am mak-

they use on weekends. She ing about $20,000 less. Is it bad for me to feel guilty

and her husband are not because he has to help support me?

willing to let us stay there for even two weeks! We have – Anonymous

offered them a nominal rent ($100-$200 per week) and

to leave every weekend so they can use it, but we were Dear ‘Anonymous’,
Way to cash in!
still met with resistance. Kidding.
This is the beauty of communicating; of caring
Although everything worked out, and we found ready to take “no” for an answer, or you have no about people for who they are instead of what they
business asking the favor. provide; of always doing more than exactly your
places to stay, I’m having a really hard time letting half in a relationship and choosing a partner who
It would have been nice of your sister – downright does the same; of taking good care of yourself as
this go and not resenting it. I feel like my sister is sisterly – to say yes, but she was not obligated to, nor a rule; and of having a flexible view of life instead
is it her fault you “have to” stay eight hours away. of expecting everything to go as planned: It spares
being incredibly selfish. I have to bounce my fam- you from such anguished bean-counting when
I realize you’re hurt. However, feeling hurt and things take a difficult turn.
ily from home to home and go as far as eight hours believing your hurt is justified are two different If you keep putting your full self and heart into
steps, and I advise strongly against letting yourself this partnership, and if that’s not enough for him
away to stay with my in-laws. take that second step. just because of $20,000, then that’s cause for con-
cern – not guilt, but concern for this person’s wor-
How can I resolve this so I like my sister again? I Applicable adage du jour: “A failure to plan on thiness as the centerpiece of your life. 
your part does not constitute an emergency on my
have tried talking about it, but she is very difficult part.” Cold of someone to say, but so very useful
when said to ourselves.
to talk to and doesn’t think she has done anything
The $800 per month you were willing to part with
wrong. for the cabin, plus gas and weekend accommoda-

– Sister

Dear ‘Sister’,
I know I diverge with a lot of people on this, but
when you ask a favor of someone, you have to be



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HEALTH

Asthma epidemic among kids may be slowing

BY TOM LLOYD Dr. Hermes Velasquez examines a patient. PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE M.D., who is affiliated with the In-
Staff Writer dian River Medical Center and is
“The definition of asthma has asthma may have been diagnosed board certified in Sleep Medicine,
This is one in an occasional series always been somewhat elusive. with some other kind of respiratory Pulmonary Medicine and Critical
about children’s health issues. We In earlier decades, kids who had illness,” said Hermes Velasquez, Care.
know that many of our readers are
grandparents keenly interested in Asthma is a common lung con-
the health and well-being of grand- dition in kids and teens; suffer-
children. We hope this series will ers have inflamed bronchial tubes
provide readers useful health infor- that produce thick mucus. Their
mation you can share with your fam- airways are also overly-sensitive to
ily. things like exercise, dust, and ciga-
rette smoke. These problems cause
For the last few decades, asthma breathing problems, with symp-
has been a children’s health issue toms such as coughing, wheezing
of epidemic proportions, but this and shortness of breath. The ten-
may be changing. According to a dency to develop asthma often runs
recent government analysis, the in families.
number of kids with the condition
has leveled off when viewed over- For the recent study, a question-
all. While that’s good news, it’s not naire about their children’s health
the whole story; asthma is still on was sent to a nationally representa-
the rise for certain segments of the tive sample of parents. The result-
population, including kids who live ing analysis included records from
in the South. over 150,000 children and was pub-
lished in the January edition of Pe-
Asthma diagnoses doubled in diatrics magazine. The asthma rate
the 1980s and 1990s; this may have in those under age 18 dropped from
been a result, at least in part, of bet- 9.3% in 2010 to 8.3% in 2013, the last
ter asthma-awareness by doctors. year for which there is available

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data. The authors say more data attack if one should occur. • Maintain low humidity at home. hot and humid houses.)
is needed to determine if this is a The child’s doctor may talk about If the child lives in a damp climate, a • Keep dust to a minimum. Mak-
reversal in the epidemic or just a dehumidifier may help (it’s important
smaller trend. lifestyle habits; if not, the parent to first get approval from the child’s ing changes in the child’s bedroom
should initiate the conversation. doctor). can help reduce dust and relieve
For reasons not currently under- Discussion topics should include nighttime symptoms. For example:
stood, there are three groups of the importance of staying active • Keep indoor air clean. Have a pillows, mattresses, and box springs
kids whose asthma rates continue and regular exercise, maintaining heating and air conditioning pro- can be put in dust-proof covers; cur-
to rise: those who live in the South, a healthy weight, and following a fessional check the air conditioning tains and blinds should be washable.
those between the ages of 10 and 17, diet that lessens the chance of acid system every year. Furnace and air Dr. Velasquez says carpeting can be
and those of lower socio-economic reflux (which can worsen asthma conditioner filters should be changed replaced with hardwood flooring or
status. s y mptom s). according to the manufacturer's in- tile, or specially-made hypo-allergen-
structions. A “small-particle filter” in ic carpet.
Possible trends and statistics As a condition, asthma does not the ventilation system may help.
aside, there is consistent advice for come and go. If the child has it, • Clean regularly. The home of a
parents and grandparents of a child they have it all of the time, but the • Reduce pet dander. If the child child with asthma must be keep very
or teen with asthma, beginning symptoms can be controlled. Well- is allergic to dander, it's best to avoid clean, to eliminate dust and aller-
with being under the continual controlled asthma means the child pets with fur or feathers. Regularly gens. Also, keep clutter to a minimum
care of a doctor or another health- has: bathing or grooming pets also may – stuffed animals, books, and knick-
care professional. Most children reduce the amount of dander in the knacks collect dust very quickly.
with asthma are prescribed a com- • Minimal or no symptoms child’s surroundings.
bination of long-term control med- • Few or no asthma flare-ups • Reduce the child's exposure to
ications that reduce inflammation • No limitations on physical ac- • Air conditioning helps. It re- cold air. If the child's asthma is wors-
in their airways and quick-relief tivities or exercise duces the amount of airborne pollen ened by cold, dry air, wearing a face
medications (taken with a hand- • Minimal use of quick-relief from trees, grasses and weeds that mask outside can help.
held inhaler during an attack) that (rescue) inhalers, such as albuterol finds its way indoors. Air condition-
open their swollen airways. • Few or no side effects from ing also lowers indoor humidity and Dr. Velasquez says a child’s individ-
medications can reduce the child’s exposure to ual triggers are often easy to identify,
While an asthma diagnosis can In addition to the right medica- dust mites. If the house where the even without full allergy testing. “If
be difficult for both the child and tion and healthy lifestyle habits, child lives doesn’t have air condi- you bring a cat into the house, and the
parent to hear, Vero’s Dr. Velasquez avoiding the child’s environmental tioning, as much as is possible, win- child has flare-ups, is wheezing, and
says the good news is that the vast triggers will lessen the possibility dows should be kept closed during has itchy eyes, it’s a no-brainer that
majority of kids respond very well of attacks. Although triggers differ pollen season. (Related tip: it’s good the cat needs to get out of the house,”
to treatment – the goal of which is child-by-child, here is some good to maintain an indoor temperature he says.
to keep symptoms under control, general guidance, courtesy of the of between 68 and 72, since mold
and to effectively treat an asthma Mayo Clinic: spores and dust mites love to grow in Dr. Velasquez’s office is located at
1155 35th Lane, Suite 201, in Vero Beach;
the phone number is 772-794-3364. 

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HEALTH

Nailing down painful
facts about shingles

BY TOM LLOYD “When they looked at the number
Staff Writer of people over age 65 in the early
1990s who were getting shingles
If you were born before 1976, you and then looked at it again in 2010,
probably have a strain of the herpes there was a big increase,” says Dr.
virus living inside you. That is ac- Field. “It's not clear what's going on
cording to Dr. Brenda Field of Bare- with that. Nobody's got a very good
foot Bay Internal Medicine who theory why that is, but it seems
says, "For those that are of a certain shingles is becoming more com-
age, let's say over forty, it's assumed mon.”
that everybody had chickenpox."
In fact, shingles has become so
That matters because the vari- common that the pharmaceutical
cella-zoster or herpes-zoster virus giant, Merck and Company, is cur-
that causes chickenpox and lingers rently paying for a multi-million
in the body after the disease runs dollar nationwide television ad-
its course also causes the painful vertising campaign on “shingles
skin and nerve condition known as awareness” starring former Super
shingles: a nasty, itchy rash of f lu- Bowl winning quarterback, Terry
id-filled blisters. Bradshaw.

In part because so many people Not coincidentally, Merck also
had chickenpox as children and manufactures and sells a shingles
partly for other unknown reasons, vaccine known as Zostavax.
incidents of shingles in the United
States appear to be on the upswing. Anyone who has ever had chicken
Especially among seniors. pox can develop shingles.

The Mayo clinic reports that,

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“Shingles is most shot can actually cause a shingles – acyclovir, valacyclovir and famci- Don't do anything to the blisters.
common in people older outbreak. “The [weakened, live-vi- clovir – are available to treat shin- People have an almost irresistible
rus] vaccine is only given to people gles. These medications will help urge to start messing with and pop-
than 50 and the risk whose immune systems are judged shorten the length and severity of ping the blisters.
increases with age. Some to be in good working order,” she the illness but to be effective, they
experts estimate that half says. “We don't give it to people must be started as soon as possible “Use very mild soaps, wear loose
the people 80 and older whose immunity is being affected after the rash appears.” clothing so nothing is binding,”
by cancer, cancer treatments or Field continues, “The skin is going
will have shingles.” certain medications.” That said, all three of those anti- to be very sensitive so really baby
virals have been available for years that skin.”
With shingles increasing nation- and none of them make the shin-
wide, it's only reasonable to ask gles rash disappear overnight. For the pain Field suggests start-
“what's new” in treatment. ing with acetaminophen or ibu-
The sympathetic Field offers her profen but if necessary she can
The answer is, “nothing.” advice for dealing with the rash: “I prescribe something stronger. In
The Centers for Disease Control always tell people, you have to baby this case, newer isn't always better.
says, “Several antiviral medicines your skin and baby the blisters.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 64

“Shingles is most common in peo-
ple older than 50 and the risk in-
creases with age. Some experts es-
timate that half the people 80 and
older will have shingles.”

After the initial chickenpox
symptoms have gone, the varicella-
zoster virus can lay dormant inside
the nerve tissue of the spinal cord
or brain and live there for decades
before re-activating itself and caus-
ing an outbreak of shingles.

No one really knows what triggers
that re-activation. It may be due to
lowered immunity brought on by
age or it may be a result of stress,
chronic diseases or other factors.

While rarely life-threatening,
shingles can pack quite a wallop
with pain, nerve damage or post-
herpetic neuralgia, skin infections,
vision loss and even inflammation
of the brain or encephalitis along
with facial paralysis and balance
problems.

One positive – given the level of
pain shingles can inflict, most peo-
ple don't need to be advised to see
their physician right away, as is ad-
vised. Victims of the disease almost
always call on their doctor to seek
some relief.

Field, who has seen more than
her fair share of shingles cases in
Barefoot Bay, is a big advocate of
shingles vaccinations and even has
her own best case scenario when
she talks about the timing of those
vaccinations.

“For me,” the down-to-earth Field
explains, “if I can grab the folks be-
tween sixty-five and seventy and
get them vaccinated, that's perfect.
Those are exactly the ones I want.
We're going to get the most bang for
our buck, so to speak, in that age
group. If we do it before then they'll
still get a good immunity, but that
immunity may start to tail off be-
fore their risk it at its highest level.”

As the conversation continues,
Field discounts down the often-
heard claim that a shingles vaccine

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 63 Medicine at the National Institutes
of Health, while you can't “catch”
Field points out that while gabapen- shingles from someone else, you can
tin or Lyrica is frequently advertised pass the virus on to someone who
these days, an older and much less has never had chickenpox – typically
expensive drug, amitriptyin, which a child or grandchild – who would
she says, “isn't advertised anymore,” then come down with chickenpox,
may be every bit as effective. (rather than shingles), and the whole
dormant varicella-zoster virus cycle
It's probably of little consolation would begin all over again in anoth-
to today's seniors that a vaccine for er generation.
chickenpox was finally introduced
in 2006 or that the CDC now reports Dr. Brenda Field is at Barefoot Bay
a near 90 percent vaccination rate Internal Medicine, 8000 Ron Beatty
among today's children. Blvd., Suite A-3 in Barefoot Bay. The
phone number is 772-664-1388. 
Despite that vaccination rate, a fi-
nal word of caution is in order.

According to the U.S. Libraries of

Dr. Brenda Field. PHOTO: LEAH DUBOIS



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10 talking points from NewYork Fashion Week

BY VICTORIA BOSS
The Telegraph

1. Kanye West and Rihanna are try- 1. 2. 3. 4.
ing to sell you sportswear for next
season The following night, the singer Ri- and track pants were spliced open. nesses for a million Instagram likes.
hanna unveiled the fruits of her new Both efforts were a sharp exercise Elsewhere, the Olsen twins offered
Kanye West took the concept of fash- role as women’s creative director at
ion as entertainment to a new level Puma, entitled Fenty Puma by Rihan- in power branding: superstar designer creamy sofas and plush carpets to view
with his album playback/Adidas Yeezy na. It was very Immaculate-Collection- plus mass global shifters of product their offering from. And Mansur Gavriel,
season 3 collection unveiling which era-Madonna meets Morticia Adams equals sales gold. the cult handbag and now shoe duo, cre-
took place in front of 20,000 ticket in a boxing ring. Laced up body con ated a similarly beige-y backdrop with
paying fans at Madison Square Gar- dresses were accessorised with over- 2. You’ll want to update your living pared back pottery and pristine kitch-
dens. Watching on were of course his sized crosses while rosaries were worn room as urgently as your wardrobe enware lying temptingly between their
wife, Kim Kardashian and her family, as body jewellery. Hooded jumpers backless mules and patent clutch bags.
all bedecked in Yeezy X Balmain cus- and high-neck tops had giant over- With much talk of the point and rea-
tom spandex plus pearls and crystal sized arms but were cropped unnerv- son for fashion shows, some designers 3. Buying some Vetements is the
confections, their modesty covered by ingly below the nipple, knickers were offered a more intimate, engaging route easiest way to make like you’re a fash-
giant fur coats made by the British de- high waisted and on show, slip dresses into their collections. The grande dame ion editor. (Note: wearing it is harder)
signer Katie Eary. of New York fashion, Diane Von Furst-
enberg created an ‘experience’ for her The Parisian label Vetements has al-
West’sYeezy collection was an autum- guests. Instead of the usual big flashy ready set itself up as the label to wear
nal hued sportswear offering – over- catwalk show, she invited the fashion for serious insider style status. Fash-
sized hoodies for men, clinging body press round to hers. (Albeit hers is a 6 ion editors were overheard listing the
stockings for the ladies. It may have di- story block in the heart of the meatpack- stores who had sold out of the coveted
vided opinion, but given that his Yeezy ing district, which houses her HQ as well high waist straight leg jean (although,
Boost trainers have previously sold out as her own penthouse apartment.) clearly, not designed for too much rig-
within hours and become a cult must orous movement – lycra was invented
have, he won’t be worried about Adidas The ‘experience’ consisted of a num- for a reason kids), and the hooded
withdrawing their support just yet. ber of live model vignettes – models sweatshirts, with their generously cut
opened doors, models shifted around arms were a canny cold weather choice
blank pieces of paper in the ‘office’, (Kendall Jenner debuted her dress ver-
some danced, some postured against sion via her mother’s Instagram feed).
sofas, above. The final mise en scene
was of course DVF’s coterie of mega Equally smug were those who had
models, Karlie Kloss, Kendall Jenner, snapped up one the seemingly bar-
Gigi Hadid, Irina Shayk and Jourdan gainous $200 black nylon rain coats. A
Dunn skitted around the designer on downside though, is despite the avant
her pink lips sofa, whilst the invitees garde oversize cut, is that most sport-
clustered around this world’s most ing said item resembled a sideline
glamorous zoo, capturing their like- shrieking football manager. Fitting

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5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

then, that worlds should collide, as tive plaid houndstooth outerwear with 8. You never knew you needed a that essential laid back NY girl ele-
who was taking shelter in a hotel bar nifty waxed cord running through it to Margiela bath mat. Until now ment, it didn’t feel jarring or there for
next to the DVF presentation but Frank act as an embroidery. Carolina Herrera shock value. In this non-binary future
Lampard and wife Christine Bleak- gave her deliciously elegant uptown la- While American fashion folk are we’re carving out, it served as an inter-
ley, seemingly unaware of the fashion dies a chic punch with Prince of Wales rather aghast that the British are so be- esting topic to mull over.
storm they were adjacent to. Neither check, something also offered by 3/1 set on staying down in the lower east
however were wearing Vetements. Phillip Lim albeit in a more relaxed side, those who are happily propping 10. Meryl Streep in Kramer vs
cool girl tailored cropped trouser. themselves up at the bar of the Ludlow Kramer is your new style inspiration
4. The spiced, autumnal colors that Hotel do it with the knowing wisdom
covered the catwalks are satisfyingly 6. Dolly Parton beehives aren’t that upstairs they not only have giant Over at J Crew, their newly promoted
grown up wearable. But they’re fun baths to de-frost in, but Maison Mar- womenswear design director Somsak
tin Margiela bath mats and dressing Sikhounmuong showed off his first
A rather satisfying color palette is With much business-y talk of shift- gowns to lounge around in post. We collection from the hot seat. Featuring
emerging: fashion people have long ing retail patterns and the future of didn’t know we needed a Margiela bath a collaboration with British Menswear
being going week at the knees for the fashion shows, and see it now buy it mat until now, but boy oh boy are we label Drakes, as well as hot pinks and
architecturally stark furniture styles of now models, fashion week was in seri- keen on them. the kitsch prints fans of the label adore,
the mid-century era, but it seems that, ous threat of becoming a bit of a bore. it was a solid effort.
thankfully, the wardrobe is catching up 9. Men can wear womenswear
with us, with an offer of spiced, autum- Thankfully, Jeremy Scott was on Dual sex shows are fast becoming 'It wouldn't be right to reinvent it
nal colors perfect for reclining on an hand with his Clueless/LA/Sable- the norm: but something a little differ- every season,' he said sensibly of the
Eames chair with. Starr/Baby- Groupies show - complete ent was the insider favourite label Tibi, label. 'It just needs to be kept fresh
with Dolly Parton beehives and rhine- who enlisted boys to wear their wom- with slight tweaks.' When pressed for a
Creatures of the Wind called their stone cowboy boots to cheer us all up. en’s clothes. Somewhat alarmingly, it muse role model, he offered up Meryl
mustard-y hues turmeric and cinna- Sometimes all you really need is Karlie really didn’t look that alarming. Streep in Kramer vs Kramer. 'She seems
mon, 3.1 Phillip Lim had dull khakis and Kloss strutting down a runway like an Perhaps because Amy Smilovic’s de- to crop up on every mood board I ever
muted burgundies, The Row had slight- original shaped Barbie doll come to life signs are so keenly androgynous, with do,' he said. That trench coat is never
ly off kilter toffee browns, while Victoria to keep you entertained. Frankly, when wrong we told him. 
Beckham spliced her navy pieces with a man takes cartoon Ren and Stimpy as
dirty red and camel stripes and Tibi had a reference, we’re all over it.
shrimp pinks and dusky oranges.
7. Luckily, there were two perfect
5. Adopting touches of masculine dresses on display, too..
tailoring will add a sense of calm to
your wardrobe We’re always on the lookout for a
fine frock, but here are two serious
In a world full of uncertainty there contenders. Altuzzara offered up lovely
is something so calm and reassuring scarf printed, flighty ones, our pre-
about a nice sharp herringbone or ferred one has a good length sleeve,
check, even a little streamlining pin- and neat button through detail: flatter-
stripe. These traditional tropes of tai- ing, pretty and cool. Ideal.
loring have been springing up in pleas-
ing options. The second comes from Prabal Gu-
rung, a deceptively simple red num-
At Moncler Grenoble, there was ber which seduced us with its canny,
punchy red plaid hoodies and mini undone buttons, splicing open just
skirts, Edun opened with spliced up enough to reveal a slither of flesh but
inverted pinstripe slip dresses, Victo- not so much that we’d feel awkward
ria Beckham offered some very seduc- about it.

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Why do stars walk down a red carpet? And other Oscar questions

BY BETHAN HOLT AND BELLA GLADMAN Christian Dior or Valentino, but in film industry, and was nominated for Actress win, one of the best-loved Os-
The Telegraph many ways, Edith Head had the most an unsurpassed 35 Oscars, winning cars dresses of all time. She was the
influence on the Oscar red carpet. eight of them. key costume player in a time when
With the Oscars almost upon us, Head was one of the most prolific and the studio system carefully construct-
your office water cooler/whatsapp decorated costume designers in the Edith Head dressed Grace Kelly in ed a star's persona through clothing,
group chats are inevitably going to be a mint-green gown for her 1955 Best dressing a number of leading ladies
dominated by debates about the looks both on and off screen, including Eliz-
you've loved, whose leg/ shoulder/ abeth Taylor for her 1970 appearance
right elbow has the biggest Twitter fol- at the ceremony to support Richard
lowing or who should perhaps con- Burton’s nomination – a violet blue
sider swapping stylists. But how about confection in chiffon that perfectly
throwing some fascinating historical matched Liz's famous violet eyes.
references into the mix to add a little
intellectual rigour to proceedings. Where did the 'red carpet' come
from?
We quizzed Claire Smith, cura-
tor of posters and designs’ at the BFI The red carpet is thought to have its
National Archive and Keith Lodwick, origins in drama and literature, and
theatre and performance curator at there are accounts of red carpets be-
the V&A, to find out answers to the ing rolled out for passengers arriving
questions you'd always wanted to at New York’s Grand Central Station
ask, and those you've probably never as early as 1902. Hitchcock referenced
even thought of before. this in North by Northwest, when
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint tread
Swot up now, bask in the glory of the scarlet carpet when their train ar-
your newfound knowledge later. rives in Chicago.

Who is the most influential red Why do the stars walk down a red
carpet designer? carpet?

You might have expected it to be

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Some historians think that that the be broadcast in color wasn’t until 1966. Can fashion help us predict who
original intent of the Oscars red car- will win?
pet was to guide nominees from their What color is the red carpet?
cars to the entrance – but it soon be- It’s not a trick question - today’s red Yes, actually. As the saying goes, "no
came an established place to see the carpet is not strictly red. It’s actually a guts, no glory". It's often the actress
stars (and what they were wearing) blend of colors to make it read a lavish who has undergone the biggest physi-
and seek autographs outside the con- red on television and in pictures. cal transformation who wins the Oscar.
fines of the studios. So you have to look at how glamorous
Is it true someone once picked up the actress was before, the lengths she
Who first won Best Actress, and their award in a nightie? had to go to to change her appearance
what was she wearing? for the film she's nominated in and
Yes - German-born actress Lu- then how "full-circle" she comes on
The first winner of the Best Actress ise Rainer was convinced that she the night itself.
award was Janet Gaynor. Like many wouldn't win two years running when
early recipients of the award, she was she won Best Actress award for The A few cases in point: the prosthetic
informed in advance of her win by Good Earth (1938). Having won the nose and dowdy clothes which Nicole
telegram - so you would have thought previous year for The Great Ziegfeld, Kidman donned for her role as Virginia
she'd have had plenty of time to find she decided not to dress up and drag Woolf in The Hours, Charlize Theron's
a show-stopping outfit. herself to the ceremony, instead hav- weight gain, false teeth and scruffy
ing a quiet night in at home. During look in Monster and even Grace Kelly's
Not so. Gaynor was already work- the ceremony, the winners' names frumpy turn as Georgie Elgin in The
ing on her next film when she was were leaked to press, so studio big Country Girl. 
notified of the ceremony and, having shot Louis B. Mayer sent a car to
to be up at 5am each day for filming, pick her up just in time. Having been
there was little time in her schedule caught unawares, she arrived in her
to prepare for the event. Her Oscar- nightgown. Luckily, being the 1930s, it
winner's outfit was suitably smart but wasn't a scraggy old t-shirt and track-
not exactly glamorous, choosing a suit bottoms but a classic bias cut silk
very Alexa Chung-sounding knit dress nightgown with a high neck and bell
with a Peter Pan collar and brogues. "I sleeves. Rainer later declared it "the
wanted to look grown up and sophis- nicest dress [she] owned."
ticated," Gaynor recalled. "Being the
first year, the Academy had no back-
ground or tradition. Had I known
then what it would come to mean in
the next few years I’m sure I would
have been overwhelmed."

When did the red carpet make it to Who inked the first red carpet
the Oscars? dressing deal?

Hollywood’s first use of the red car- Nowadays designers and celebrities
pet is thought to have been at the open- scratching each other's backs during
ing of Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre and award season is par for the course,
the very first Hollywood film premiere but it wasn't always that way. Audrey
of Robin Hood on October 18th 1922. Hepburn and Hubert de Givenchy
The first Oscars red carpet wouldn't were arguably the first actress-de-
occur until nearly four decades later signer duo, as Givenchy dressed Hep-
though, at the 33rd Academy Awards burn both for her film roles and her
on April 17, 1961, at the Santa Monica real life public appearances, helping
Civic Auditorium. But the viewers at to cement her image as a style icon
home did not have the opportunity to both on and off screen.
see the red carpet in all its glory until
five years later, as the first ceremony to Givenchy can also be credited with
the development of the Little Black
Dress, a version of which she first wore
in Sabrina (1954) and then went on to
make truly legendary in Breakfast at
Tiffany's (1962). Givenchy counted
Audrey as a friend and a muse, claim-
ing ‘there is not a woman alive who
does not dream of looking like Audrey
Hepburn." Think of Julianne Moore
and Tom Ford as the modern day Hu-
bert and Audrey.

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How to wear stripes

BY BARBARA MCMILLAN
The Telegraph

Stripes are back in a big way for
spring, and this season, it's all about
making an impact. Horizontal, vertical,
diagonal; there's plenty of ways to work
the trend, whatever your sartorial pref-
erence or body shape. With so many
new rules, the trend may seem a little
daunting. Bur fear not, for we've done
all the hard work for you with our ulti-
mate guide to getting your stripes right.

Invest in a classic breton sassy street stylers to provide plenty of the better. Take time to find two styles weekend when worn with ankle graz-
No wardrobe should be without one, new season inspiration. Sofie Valkiers that work together well. Try a long- ing jeans. Or, for something a little more
and the chicest style to go for is un- paired two equally statement striped sleeved slim fit top and wear with a statement, try J.Crew's ankle tie style.
doubtedly the classic navy and white pieces together for maximum impact, structured midi skirt.
combo. Petit Bateau has it covered with both in bold primary shades. Opt for Go graphic
this nautical number.The neutral shade Lego-inspired tones on one key piece, Do experiment with accessories On the catwalk, Jonathan Saunders
will work perfectly with everything in keeping the look wearable by mixing A pair of standout shoes will see you ordered us to go graphic. Big bold lines
your current wardrobe, meaning you'll with sleek separates in neutral shades. through the new season in style. Like took centre stage among the new col-
get maximum wear from your new in- any great accessory, a striped heel will lection and bang on cue the high street
vestment. Team with navy culottes and Don't be afraid to double up instantly update the simplest of looks has followed suit and offered up plenty
sneakers, or layer under a denim dress. To get your look just right, stick to with very little effort, plus, this is one of styles to take on the trend. Try a fluid
stripes that don't differ in size. Colors of the safest way to take on the trend. A slip dress worn under a leather jacket,
Incorporate primary colors can - and should - clash. Generally, the pointed flat pump is perfect for off duty or go for a wide leg trouser and team
You can always depend on those rule when mixing stripes is the brighter dressing, as well as a great option for the with a grey crew neck knit. 

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / February 25, 2016 71

ST. EDWARD’S

Former pro baseball player settling in as trainer

BY RON HOLUB ous side that most people don’t realize I decided to go back and complete my
was the 15 hour bus rides and the long senior year and get my degree.
Correspondent amounts of time away from home.
“I knew that I could help student-ath-
Athletic Trainer Jeremy Gillan ar- “The worst story that I can say about letes because I had been in their shoes.
rived at St. Ed’s at the beginning of this playing baseball was coming home af- I know what it takes to be successful on
school year as a direct result of striking ter my first year in professional base- and off the field. I’ve always wanted to
up a casual conversation with his pre- ball and my dog didn’t recognize me. work with young student-athletes and
decessor. help further their careers. That’s why I
“I didn’t quite make it to the ma- do this.
“I met Lisa Weiss last year when Ju- jor leagues, but the chances of getting
piter Christian hosted St. Edward’s there are very slim. I realized that an “I love my job here at St. Edward’s. I
in football,” Gillan recalled. “I always education was way more important, so wouldn’t trade it for anything.” 
liked to go over and introduce myself
to the other athletic trainer when we Jeremy Gillan. PHOTO BY PHIL SUNKEL
had a home event. I wanted to deter-
mine if they needed anything because that they can trust coming to me with
our lives can be hectic on football Fri- problems, athletic or otherwise. My
day nights. Sometimes you forget some door is always open.”
tape or something that you might need
during the game.” The relationship between trainer
and athlete is by definition very close
From that conversation Gillan at times and the trust factor that Gillan
learned that he had more in common cited will always be judged on a person-
with Weiss than a shared profession. to-person basis. On other issues, how-
ever, Gillan had a very solid foundation
“Lisa was in PT (Physical Therapy) to work with based on the legacy of Lisa
school and my wife had just gradu- Weiss. She left much behind that Gillan
ated from the same school,” Gillan ex- could build upon, including a system to
plained. “Her husband worked in base- identify and treat concussions.
ball (trainer for Tampa Bay Rays) and
I had just retired from baseball. Then “It is a hot topic that we have to take
we talked about our educational back- a greater look at,” Gillan said. “The re-
grounds and discovered that we went search is evolving and we have to stay
to the same graduate school. on top of that. There is always room for
improvement, but what we have going
“She told me she was thinking about on here with our protocols and proce-
going back to school full time and dures is working effectively.
would have to leave St. Edward’s. I told
her I would be interested in the posi- “We establish a baseline for cognitive
tion because it was closer to home and functioning with an athlete in the pre-
I already knew a little bit about the St. season. When a [head injury] occurs,
Edward’s family.” we use that tool in conjunction with
the expertise of local medical person-
The networking paid off for both. nel when advising athletes and their
The highly regarded Weiss departed for parents about returning to the field.
a full-time push in graduate school and The coaches are also being educated
Gillan departed Jupiter Christian to be- on the causes of head trauma and how
come the full-time Athletic Trainer for it can affect the person further down
the Pirates. the road.

“I appreciate how easy the transition “This is an important subject and I
really was,” Gillan said. “It’s a family believe we are moving in the right di-
here, so everyone – the administration, rection.”
faculty and staff – is on the same page
and we work together as a team. Gillan’s connection to sports clearly
extended beyond the physiology of the
“The hardest part as an Athletic human anatomy when he mentioned
Trainer, especially in the first year, is that he retired from baseball.
gaining the trust of everyone you are
working with. I feel that trust is earned, “Obviously a lot of kids playing sports
not given. The faculty and parents want have dreams and aspirations to play at
to get to know you and have confidence the highest level,” Gillan said. “I was
that their kids are in the hands of some- fortunate enough to make that hap-
one who truly cares about their well- pen. I played baseball at Jacksonville
being. University and was drafted by the Los
Angeles Angels. I got to travel the world
“But the most crucial part of athletic and play baseball year round.
training is earning the trust of the stu-
dents you are working with every day. “But there are ups-and-downs in al-
That’s what I look forward to. most anything that you do in life. The
glamourous side of it was of course
“The highlight of my day is learning playing baseball. The not so glamour-
about the things these students do both
inside and outside of school. I want to
learn about them as individuals, not
just as athletes. I want them to know

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DINING REVIEW

Cobalt: Fine dining at Vero Beach Hotel & Spa

BY TINA RONDEAU
Columnist

When we heard that Daniel Traimas, Seared Scallops. PHOTOS BY LEAH DUBOIS Braised Short Ribs. more prepared for those busy evenings.
sous chef from Sable Kitchen & Bar, a I welcome your comments, and en-
creative New American restaurant in Grilled Jumbo Prawns. Creekstone’s Beef Carpaccio.
Chicago, had taken over as executive courage you to send feedback to me at
chef at the Vero Beach Hotel & Spa and But then we waited. A good thing we Based on only one meal, we would [email protected].
introduced a new menu at Cobalt, we were enjoying the Shanaphys. Finally, say it is premature to compare Chef
were eager to check out his dishes. the entrées came, and it appeared that Dan to his predecessor, Chef Rachel, The reviewer dines anonymously at
the very dry salmon also had been or the previous executive chef, Michael restaurants at the expense of Vero Beach
So last Thursday, we arrived at the waiting. Our waiter, who did a lot of VanBuskirk, both of whom prepared 32963. 
elegant restaurant of the island’s best apologizing on this evening, quickly re- some memorable dishes. And after
hotel a couple of minutes before our 7 turned it to the kitchen, and emerged a years of rarely being crowded, we were Cobalt
pm reservation. short time later with another that was pleased to see Cobalt finally getting
only slightly overcooked. the patronage they had earned. Hours: Dinner daily, 5:30 pm
To our amazement, the fashionable to 10 pm. Lunch Monday-
dark-paneled grill -- with its 15-foot- My char, however, was a nice piece Now, it is a matter of the kitchen un- Friday 11 am to 2:30 pm,
high glass wall that looks out on the fire of fish, pan seared, and served with der Chef Dan’s leadership being a bit Brunch weekends 8am to
pit and the sea – was full. The adjoin- roasted red pepper coulis, sunchokes, 2:30 pm.
ing lounge, which attracts large num- and duck fat roasted cauliflower. Our Adult Beverages: Full bar
bers of locals to what is clearly the top companion’s fried snapper was again Address:
happy hour in town, also was full. The well prepared, with sweet chili lime 3500 Ocean Drive,
tables outside near the fire pit were full and crispy basil, and accompanied by Vero Beach
as well. jasmine rice and baby bok choy. Phone: (772) 469-1060

Never seen Cobalt that crowded be- We concluded our meal with home-
fore. Clearly, it was a good thing we had made cookies ($6) – an assortment that
reserved. And we were shown to a nice included chocolate chip, a peanut chip,
table – the only table available – in the and a pumpkin spice sugar cookie.
northernmost dining room.
Dinner for two with wine, before tax
As it happened, that proved to be the and tip, should run somewhere around
perfect distance from which to enjoy $130.
the stylings of the Shanaphy clan, a jazz
quartet holding forth on this evening in
Cobalt’s bar.

Frankly, the new menu didn’t look
dramatically different from that of Vero
native and executive chef Rachel Bour-
don, who had held that post for just over
a year before moving on. But Traimas
had a few new items for us to consider,
and we tried to focus on them.

For starters, I ordered the conch
chowder ($11), and my husband and
our companion decided so share an or-
der of calamari ($14).

Then for entrées, I picked one of the
new items from the menu – the Arctic
char ($27). I figured that coming from
Chicago, Traimas would be very famil-
iar with fish that like the cold. My hus-
band opted for the braised short ribs
($32), which sounded mighty appealing
on a chilly night, and our companion
went with a local fish, the fried snapper
($33).

A few minutes later while we were
enjoying a very nice Chardonnay, our
excellent waiter, George, returned
apologizing profusely. The kitchen
was out of the braised short ribs, he
reported. So my husband switched to
the evening’s special, a grilled Atlantic
salmon topped with a lobster cream
sauce ($30).

When the appetizers finally arrived,
the spicy chowder was very well sea-
soned, and the calamari were perfectly
flash fried. So far so good.

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WINE COLUMN

Will buying wine online lead to better values?

BY DAVE MCINTYRE and financial headaches for wineries. year; of those, more than 8,000 produce ume. Although that price category ac-
The Washington Post The growth of direct shipping has fewer than 50,000 cases of wine a year. counts for only 5.8 percent of all wines
shipped, it equaled 25.2 percent when
Americans are buying more wine chipped away at the three-tier sys- Small wineries (5,000 to 50,000 measured by value.
than ever without going to a wine tem of producer-distributor-retailer cases) accounted for 44.3 percent of
store. Direct-to-consumer sales in- that has dominated alcohol beverage shipments by volume, while medium- But the clearest sign that direct
creased 66 percent from 2010 to 2015, sales since the end of Prohibition, size wineries clocked in with 32.1 per- shipping may indeed be a threat to
with 4.3 million cases valued at near- although the traditional sales chan- cent. When looking at the total value the three-tier system is probably at
ly $2 billion shipped directly from nels remain dominant. in sales dollars, however, very small the low end of the price scale.
wineries to consumers last year. wineries (1,000 to 5,000 cases) equaled
And ShipCompliant’s figures al- medium wineries, as the little guys Traditionally, lower-priced wines
The nation’s capital leads the most certainly underestimate the ex- tended to sell higher-priced wines. aren’t associated with the direct-to-
country in these direct-from-the- tent to which wine is being delivered consumer channel, according to the
winery purchases on a per capita ba- by UPS or FedEx. The company mea- Napa Valley led all U.S. wine regions report. “But the $15 and under category
sis, narrowly edging out California, sures only winery-to-consumer sales in sales, topping $1 billion. That sug- saw a 27.7 percent increase in volume of
Washington state, Colorado and Or- and does not capture sales by retail- gests we are still in love with our cult shipments in 2015, bringing its share of
egon. That’s according to an annual ers shipped directly to consumers. cabernet sauvignons. But we adore shipments to 22.5 percent — the highest
survey by ShipCompliant, a firm that pinot noir as well: The survey noted volume share of any [price] category.”
helps wineries negotiate the legal Direct shipping has provided an a continuing surge in direct sales of
labyrinth of direct shipping. opportunity for smaller wineries to wines from Oregon. That’s still a big slice of a small pie.
circumvent the three-tier system. But these are wines we typically buy
The very existence of a firm such as Those wineries have been squeezed by The average price per bottle shipped in a supermarket or a local wine store.
ShipCompliant highlights the diffi- consolidation in the distribution net- last year was about $38, a level that has If consumers are finding inexpensive
culties of direct shipping. Forty-three work, which has favored large national remained fairly steady over the few wines and buying them direct even
states allow it in some form or other, brands and made it hard for smaller years ShipCompliant has published with the added cost of shipping, dis-
up from 17 in 1998, but state laws and labels to earn shelf space. According to its survey. Smaller wineries average tributors may have an incentive to in-
regulations differ, creating paperwork the ShipCompliant survey, there were higher prices, and bottles costing $100 crease the variety of wines they offer
8,638 wineries in the United States last or more rose 19 percent in sales by vol- or risk further market share erosion. 

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ON FAITH

Divine kindness undergrids everything

BY REV. DRS. CASEY AND BOB BAGGOTT
Columnists

Kindness seems like an old-fash- come to admire fierce independence Poet John O’Donohue once claimed ens, that formed the land and seas
ioned word. And it does have his- and self-reliance as the highest forms that despite all the harshness that and creatures, and finally breathed
tory. It apparently derives from or of personal development. We are in- hovers round us and even seems to its own breath into dust from the
is related to words in Old English, clined to see kindness as a ploy for threaten our world these days, hu- ground and made a human being.
Old Saxon, Proto-German, and Old the manipulative or a crutch for the man hope has survived because of That this beautiful world exists is a
Norse that mean clan, family, child, weak. Kindness seems to have fallen an instinct we possess. And that in- kindness. That we are born to live
and son. To display “kindness” in its out of favor. stinct tells us that at the heart of re- in it is a kindness. That we bear the
original sense, was to behave to oth- ality, deep down where we cannot image of the divine likeness and its
ers as one would naturally want to But what are we missing by turn- see but only sense it, kindness holds very breath in our own being is a
behave to one’s own “kind,” that is, ing away from kindness as a virtue to sway. Kindness, despite our recent kindness.
with courtesy, with helpful deeds, develop and a practice to cultivate? dismissal of its significance, is at the
and with compassion. Is a society that rebuffs the develop- very heart of things. So why wouldn’t we want to as-
ment of kindness diminished by its sist, and enhance, and magnify the
Kindness was a virtue held in high lack? How are we personally affected Perhaps it was, after all, an un- divine kindness that undergirds ev-
regard for century after century, by the scarcity of kindness? Isn’t a shakeable divine kindness that erything? Be swift to love and make
authors Adam Phillips and Barba- life without kindness a little bleaker, brought the world into being, that haste to be kind! Kindness never goes
ra Taylor argue in their book, “On a little colder, a little harsher? spread the stars across the heav- out of fashion. 
Kindness.” Maybe kindness was
admired because it was recognized
that kindness, with its requirement
for sympathetic understanding
and openness to others’ needs, de-
manded a lot of the person offering
it. Clearly, it can be hazardous to be
open-hearted. Our caring and sym-
pathy may be rejected or exploited.
It takes courage to risk that. It takes
courage to be kind.

So why bother with kindness? Well,
some of us don’t. In recent centuries
there has been less cultural apprecia-
tion for the sort of mutual belonging
and interdependence out of which
kindness grows. Instead, we have

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CALENDAR

ONGOING 26 Bags and Bubbly Luncheon, 11:30 27 St. Baldrick’s Cure Kids Cancer Gala Concerto #3 with soloist Matt Stott, Overture to
a.m. at Grand Harbor Golf Club with and Auction, 6 p.m. at Oak Harbor the Magic Flute and Mozart’s Symphony #39. Free.
Riverside Theatre: Over the River and champagne, silent auction, luncheon and en- Club, with dinner, dancing, silent auction and
Through the Woods on Stark Stage thru Feb. tertainment by comedian Ron Feingold to pro- surprises to raise money for childhood cancer 28 Concert by music ministry pianist
21, and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, vide scholarships to the Willow School. $75. research. $75. 772-633-4452 Huntley Brown, 5 p.m. at Master’s
on Waxlax Stage thru Feb. 28. 772-231-6990 772-770-0758 Academy in the First Church of God worship
27 Opera on the River, 6:30 p.m. at center. $10 adults; $5 children. 772-794-4655
Vero Beach Museum of Art: Oscar Bluem- 26-28 Saint Edward’s School home of hosts Kurt and Marilyn Wal-
ner: Selection from the Vera Bluemnar Kouba Trunk Show, Fri. 6 to 8:30 lach, with opera divas Janet Rabe Meyer and 28 R&R Rhapsodic Piano Duo Concert,
Collection thru May 22, John Baeder’s Ameri- p.m. Shopping Party, $50; Sat, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shirley Wang, wines and hors d’oeuvres to ben- featuring Rochelle Sallee and Ryan
can Roadside thru May 15 and Nature Illumi- and Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., $5 at door includes efit CASTLE Child Abuse Prevention programs. Kasten playing Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin,
nated: Landscapes and Still Lifes by Heade and both days. 772-231-5192 $150. 772-567-8500 other Rhapsodies by Liszt and Brahms and oth-
his Contemporaries thru June 5. 772-231-0707 er works, 7 p.m. at Community Church. Dona-
27 Gator Gallop 5K Run/Walk trail run, 27|28 ShrimpFest at Historic tions appreciated. 772-469-2320
McKee Botanical Garden: Roar of the Dino- 7:30 a.m. from Indian River Lagoon Fellsmere School, hosted
saur exhibit thru May 1. 772-794-0601 Greenway, to benefit Indian River Land Trust. by Sebastian Rotary Club, Fellsmere Exchange 29 International Lecture Series pres-
772-794-0701 Club and Florida Aquaculture Foundation to ents On Movies: A conversation with
Polo Sundays at BG Polo, gates open at 1 benefit North County youth sports organiza- Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian, 4:30
p.m. for 2 p.m. matches thru May 1. 772-999- 27 Superheroes Breakfast, 8:30 a.m. and tions, with food, wine and craft beers, live p.m. at Vero Beach Museum of Art. Simulcast
3709 10:30 a.m. at Riverside Children’s entertainment, kids activities and exhibits, 10 $40 & 55. 772-231-0707 x 136
Theatre; masks and costumes welcomed. $16 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sat.; to 5 p.m. Sun. Free entry/
FEBRUARY adults; $10 children. 772-231-6990 parking. 29 We’re Solving the Mystery, Gala Din-
ner to benefit Old Vero Ice Age Sites
25 Catch Carl, an evening with Carl Hi- 27 Pre-K Party & Kindergarten Round- 27|28 Vero Beach Bridal Show Committee, 6 p.m. at Quail Valley River Club.
aasen, 5:30 p.m. at and to benefit Up, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Indian River and Tour – Sat. VIP Bus $200. 772-567-5704
new Childcare Resources School, with cocktails Mall, with entertainment, family services, Tour, $50 per bride; $25 each additional (in-
and light hors d’oeuvres. $125. 772-567-3202 fun activities and school registrations. 772- cludes Show Sun. show entry). Bridal Show, 1 to 29 Indian River Symphonic Association
617-4350 5 p.m. at the Heritage Center, Vero Beach Com- presents the Jerusalem Symphony
25 Decades of Love Concert by Senior munity Center and Courthouse Executive Center. Orchestra and Conductor Dmitry Yablonsky
Resource Association’s Silver Tones 27 Emerson Center Celebrated Speakers $10 in advance; $20 at the door. 407-719-7774 performing Tchaikovsky’s Khojaly Requiem,
Chorus, 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Series Pulitzer Prize-winning author/ Saint Saens’ Cello Concerto No. 1 with soloist
Donations appreciated. 772-469-3148 columnist Dave Barry, 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., 28 Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra con- Danielle Akta, and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony
with 5:15 p.m. VIP reception, at the Emerson cert, 2 p.m. at Vero Beach High School No. 2, 7:30 p.m. at Community Church of Vero
Center. 772-778-5249 Performing Arts Center featuring Mozart’s Violin Beach. 772-778-1070

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CALENDAR

MARCH 3-20 Vero Beach Theatre Guild at Riverside Park. Members free; $10 non- 6 Indian River Symphonic Association pres-
presents the acclaimed musi- members. 772-770-4811 ents the Russian National Orchestra and
1 Angels Help our Kids Take Flight fundrais- cal The King and I. 772-562-8300 Conductor Kirill Karabits performing Borodin’s
ing dinner to benefit Boys and Girls Clubs 5 Jazz at Noon presented by Treasure Coast In the Steppes of Central Asia, Mendelssohn’s
of IRC, 6 p.m. at Corporate Air Aviation Hangar 4 Educate and Celebrate, featuring Haitian Jazz Society featuring the Shelly Berg Trio, Violin Concerto and Prokofiev’s Suite from Ro-
honoring Angel of the Year Ed Mellett. $275. art auctions, and food and wine pairings with Ken Peplowski, 12:30 p.m. at Vero Beach meo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m. at Community Church
772-299-7449 to benefit Haiti Partners, 5:30 p.m. at Northern Yacht Club. 772-234-4600 of Vero Beach. 772-778-1070
Trust. 772-539-8521
2 Distinguished Professor Series presents 5 Habitat Cracker Hoedown, 6 p.m. at Sun- 7 Riverside Theatre Gala and Premier Ben-
Mangus Bernhardsson, Williams Col- 4 MusicWorks, Inc. and Paris Productions Jet Aviation Hangar to benefit Habitat for efit Performance of Hello, Dolly!, 5:30
lege, on ‘Destroying History: the war against Master of Music Series presents famed Humanity, with cocktails, dinner, dancing and p.m. with dinner and parties in Orchid Lobby
art and cultural heritage in the Middle East, 2 folksingers, The Kingston Trio, 7 p.m. at the Em- games. $75. 772-562-9860 x 209. and performance on Stark Stage. $550 - $1000.
p.m. at Vero Beach Museum of Art. $15 - $35. erson Center to benefit Cultural Council of IRC. 772-231-6990
772-231-0707 $38 - $83. $28 students. 772-778-5249 5 Space Coast Symphony Jazz Orchestra
features Ellington’s Three Black Kings 8 Shining Light Garden annual fundraising
2 Keynote speaker Jim Ziolkowski, author 4 Library Coffee House performance by Suite, Williams’ Escapades from Catch Me if dinner, 5 p.m. cash-bar social followed
of Walk in Their Shoes and founder of Atlantic Bluegrass Band, 7 p.m. at North You Can, Milhaud’s Creation du Monde, and by dinner at Osceola Bistro, to fund fresh gar-
buildOn, on breaking the cycle of poverty Indian River County Library. Donations appreci- Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, 7 p.m. at den produce for local food kitchens. $75. 772-
through education, 6:30 p.m. reception at ated. 772-589-1355 Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Cen- 532-8777
Windsor Beach Club to benefit Literacy Ser- ter. 855-252-7276
vices of Indian River. $150. 772-778-2223 5 Walk with Me, a celebratory walk with 8-27 Riverside Theatre presents the
East Florida Chapter of UN Women in ob- 6 EcoFest, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Environ- Tony Award-winning musical
servance of International Women’s Day, 4 p.m. mental Learning Center. 772-589-5050 Hello, Dolly! on the Stark Stage. 772-231-6990

Solutions from Games Pages ACROSS DOWN 9 Distinguished Professor Series presents
in February 18, 2016 Edition 1 ROCKER 2 ODIUM Phillip Stone, Sweet Briar College on ‘The
5 FORE 3 KEEPOUT death and legacy of Abraham Lincoln,’ 2 p.m.
8 HIDE 4 RIFLE at Vero Beach Museum of Art. $15 - $35. 772-
9 FEROCITY 5 FACET 231-0707
10 IMPOSE 6 RATRACE
11 FATCAT 7 GRAFTS 10 Art in Bloom Luncheon and Exhibi-
12 GUTTERSNIPE 12 GORILLA tion, 11:30 a.m. at the Vero Beach
15 CRATER 13 EARWIG Museum of Art. 772-231-0707
17 LIQUOR 14 INQUIRY
19 BLESSING 16 TASTE 10 Starlight & Sneakers to benefit The
20 IDEA 17 LOGIC Arc, 6 p.m. at Rock City Garden, with
21 FACE 18 OVERT cocktails, dinner, dancing and prize for best
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MODERN MARVEL OVERLOOKS LAGOON
IN CENTRAL BEACH

319 Live Oak Road in Central Beach: 3-bedroom, 3-bath, 3,100-square-foot home on a half-acre
waterfront lot listed for $2,250,000 by Jane Schwiering, and Lucy Hendricks of
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Realty: 772-473-6048

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Modern marvel overlooks lagoon in Central Beach

BY JULIE TARASOVIC
Correspondent

Sally Mitchell and Crispin Spen-
cer’s Central Beach home can truly be
described as a modern architectural
marvel. It has uniquely clean lines,
with windows and 10-foot glass slid-
ers everywhere instead of walls, and
genius attention to detail that make
this home museum-like, yet with a
warm and comfortable feel.

This light-filled dream home built
in 2012 fits naturally on the half-acre
lot with stunning views of the Intra-
coastal, majestic oak trees and clev-
er landscape design. “The original
house that was here when we bought
the property was built in 1955,” said
Mitchell. “We liked it a lot but even-
tually decided that we couldn’t do
what we wanted with it, even with a
major renovation.”

The couple knew they wanted a
modern, open, light-filled space so
they started over again, building on
the same footprint as the original
home to preserve and protect the
trees and environment. “We want-

ed to respect the vernacular of the chitect Sanders Pace, whose work
neighborhood and not maximize the they knew and admired from living in
lot with the house. It’s scaled to fit the Knoxville, TN, and hired Matt Roth of
lot and doesn’t overwhelm the prop- Roth Builders in Vero to construct the
erty. For a modern home it actually home. “We were lucky too that Matt
has lots of curb appeal,” said Mitchell. has great relationships with the sub-
contractors in town. It’s more difficult
The 3,100-square-foot house is set to build a modern home than a tradi-
well back from the road and stra- tional home,” said Mitchell. “There
tegic plantings and landscape fea- is so much detail and craftsmanship
tures create a natural canopied veil that goes into a house like this. It’s
so passersby can’t see inside despite difficult to create the symmetry of
all of the glass. “Dan Ford & Associ- a modern house and all of the sub-
ates Landscape Design did such a contractors have to work together to
lovely job bringing the outside into get it right. Everything has to line up
the home, complementing all of the perfectly and that’s hard to do when
natural light,” Mitchell said. there are no moldings or baseboards
anywhere.”
The three year-long build was well
worth the wait. They brought in ar-

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Mitchell and Spencer wanted to utilities. “We haven’t changed a light
create a house where every space bulb in four years. All the lights are
was usable. “Our intention was to not incandescent and we have it set up
have any spaces that we couldn’t use. so that 30 minutes before dark it au-
We wanted to create something that tomatically brings up our evening
was efficient and comfortable with- scene,” said Mitchell. “And because
out defining spaces that couldn’t be there are four AC units in the house,
something else,” said Mitchell. and one in the workshop, the tem-
perature can be controlled in differ-
One of the most unique features of ent parts of the house, which adds to
the home is that it is completely com- its efficiency.”
puter controlled by a home automa-
tion system called Control 4 Smart The floors of the house are poured
Home. It’s an app that you can use on concrete. “We wanted to reflect the
your ipad, iphone or computer and it light and trees and the amount of
controls everything in the house – the shininess to the floors. We didn’t
lighting, the electric shades, television, want them so shiny that it was dis-
music, air conditioning, you name it. tracting. The treads on the staircase
Everything can be modified as well. “I are also concrete but they have a dif-
can be listening to music in the bed- ferent level of shine. Just more dull
room and Crispin could be listening to so they have better traction and tex-
a news program in the office. There are ture,” said Mitchell.
speakers everywhere, including out-
side and they are all synched with each The master bedroom can be to-
other,” said Mitchell. tally private with sliders to close it
off. It’s also completely soundproof.
The system makes the house ex- “The loft upstairs also has poured
tremely efficient when it comes to concrete floors and we used cast

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iron drains so that you couldn’t hear
anyone using the water. So [even
with] guests using the loft upstairs,
the master bedroom is still totally
private and soundproof from the rest
of the house,” said Mitchell.

All of the wood used on the inside
of the house is cherry and all of the
wood on the exterior surfaces is an
exceptionally durable Brazilian teak
called Ipe. “There are also electric
solar shades or total privacy shades
on every bit of window in the house.
All the windows and sliders are hurri-
cane impact rated to withstand winds
up to 150 mph,” said Mitchell.

The loft upstairs doubles as a

VITAL STATISTICS
319 LIVE OAK ROAD

Neighborhood: Central Beach
Lot size: half-acre riverfront lot

Architecture: Modern
Built: 2012

Home size: 3,100 square feet
under air

Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3
Additional features: Modern
architectural jewel box, out-
standing craftsmanship, custom
kitchen with lots of built-ins
and high-end appliances, high
impact windows and sliders,
upstairs loft with deck overlook-
ing river, detached workshop
which could become a 4th bed-
room/bathroom, exceptional
landscaping, home is computer
controlled by a Control 4 Smart
Home system and is very energy

efficient
Listing agency: Norris & Com-
pany, now Berkshire Hathaway
HomeServices Florida Realty
Listing agents: Jane Schwiering,

772-473-6048, and
Lucy Hendricks, 772-559-8812

Listing price: $2,250,000

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guestroom. It’s open to the house be- and downstairs are so heavy duty, but
cause the owners didn’t want to use you can open and close them with
the space only as a guestroom. “You just your finger,” said Mitchell.
could add a door and make it private
if you wanted to,” said Mitchell. There The other bedroom downstairs has
is a third full bath in the loft as well its own bath but the couple uses it as
as a Murphy bed and balcony with their office for now. “It can easily be a
hurricane resistant glass railings third bedroom. We just don’t need a
that provide unobstructed views of permanent spare bedroom, so again,
the river and the grounds. The finish to make the entire house usable for us,
floors in the loft are Ipe as well as on we have it as an office,” Mitchell said.
the deck. “All of the sliders upstairs Further down the museum-like hall-
way is a large laundry room and en-

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trance to the oversize two-car garage. material called Parapan. It’s a high
Another unique feature of the home gloss solid acrylic so they will never
warp or scratch or stain. The counters
is the doors. There are no hinges, just are Corian and the appliances are all
beautiful German-made pulls. The Thermador, Sub-Zero and Bosch,”
doors don’t make a sound when they said Mitchell.
are opened or closed and they stay
closed magnetically. There is a six-burner gas cook-
top with colorful glass subway tile
The kitchen is also like a work of backsplash and comfy cork flooring
art. Everything is white and clean between the huge island and cook-
with plenty of cabinets, storage and top area.
built-ins. “Local custom-made furni-
ture and cabinetmaker, John Forrest, Living in virtually a glass house,
fabricated all of the cabinets using a you’d think that all the sliders and

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ing. Not the case. Because they are
such high quality, Mitchell said they
have to clean the inside once a year
and the outside only 3 times a year.
“And it never feels hot in the house.
We don’t have any of that direct
brutal western sun coming in. Just
beautiful light filtering through the
bamboo and palm trees outside,”
said Mitchell.

Stepping out in the front of the
house is a separate building which
is currently the couple’s workshop.
It was built with shiny Manga-
nese ironspot bricks and is already
plumbed for a bathroom if need be.
“We knew we’d make it into a guest-
house, caretaker’s quarters or even
a gym someday, so we kept all of
that in mind when we built this. For
now we use it for building wooden
boats which is a hobby of ours and
just for other woodworking proj-
ects,” said Mitchell.

Walking around to the back of the
house, a path leads down to the pres-
sure-treated wood dock where there is
a lift for a boat, and electric and water
hook-ups. The couple enjoys paddle
boarding and kayaking in the lagoon.

“We have so much enjoyed building,
creating and living in this beautiful,
comfortable house,” said Mitchell. 

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Hardy siding. Steps from the beach and restaurants. Flood Zone X.
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CENTRAL BEACH OAK HARBOR – St. James Island RIVER CLUB MOORINGS – The Billows

Charming old Florida updated 3BR/2BA Rarely available lakefront pool home. 2BR + den, Spacious 3BR/3BA carriage home. Soaring Beautifully remodeled, bright oceanfront condo.
$526,000 (#167257) 2.5 BA. Fireplace, high ceilings. Spacious kitchen. ceilings, upgrades galore, prime location. Walk right out to the pool and beach.
$599,000 (#165125) $619,000 (#165864)
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SEAGROVE OCEANSIDE CASTAWAY COVE PALM ISLAND PLANTATION ORCHID ISLAND

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$598,000 (#165717)
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Custom built one owner home on 3rd fairway. Charming beachside home. 3/3 with pool, Direct intracoastal waterfront home w/dock. 5 Beautifully renovated 3/3 lake front home.
3 BD + Den, 2.5 BA. Volume ceilings. new metal roof, side entry. BR/5.5BA. Over 10,000 SF U/roof. Custom Built. Spectacular wood flooring throughout.
Custom features. $659,000 (#162317)
$639,000 (#155107) 2 car garage in gated comm. $3,895,000 (#167165) Carolyn Lange 772-473-7982
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How to make a strong home offer when you buy

BY JON COILE the attitude that you are using it
Washington Post only to find out if there are major
systems in the house about to blow
This year, many people in the real up, for which you might not be fi-
estate industry are anticipating that nancially prepared. I never recom-
the spring market will be especially mend using an inspection to come
robust. Many buyers want to take up with a laundry list of little things
advantage of the current rates before to be fixed. When you are writing an
further increases are announced. offer, try and keep it simple so you
The stock market has been very vola- win in the end and get to buy your
tile and that encourages people to dream home. 
move their money to hard assets such
as real estate. Rents have been rising, multiple bids on a home, the seller
giving tenants pause to consider their may lay out all the contracts and see
long-term options. That all leads us who’s offering the most. An escala-
to believe that there’s going to be a lot tion clause can be effective in mak-
of competition for homes. ing certain that it’s you. It might say
something like, “I’ll pay $400,000 or
How do you write a contract so that $1,000 higher than any offer up to
yours is the one that gets accepted? $420,000.” Let your agent guide you
The goal is to find out what’s impor- as to whether an escalation clause
tant to the seller and accommodate makes sense and if so, how to find the
as much of what they want as pos- precise number you’re comfortable
sible, so that on the places that you’re escalating up to.
not aligned, they have fewer terms
to object to. If you ask for too many  Earnest money: This deposit is
concessions on too many fronts, the a way of showing how serious you are
seller is likely to throw up their hands about buying the home. You want to
and say no. So try to keep it simple. put down at least 1 percent of the
price of the house, if not more. I like
Price is obviously a key part of any to say that when it comes to depos-
offer, but it’s not the only term to con- its, bigger is always better. It shows
sider. Here are some other things to you have the funds to move forward
keep in mind: and that you’re not playing around.

 Settlement date: Whether you’re  Financing: In the old days,
asking to close in a short period of house hunters would get “prequali-
time or further in the future makes fied,” meaning they’d talk to a loan
no substantive difference. When officer who would issue a letter say-
negotiating it only matters which is ing, “Yeah, you qualify for a loan.”
more desirable for the seller. If they We’ve now moved beyond that.
are building a new house and need Many people looking for houses
several months before they can va- have already been pre-approved by
cate, keep that in mind. Or they may an actual underwriter by provid-
have a pressing need to get out quick- ing pay stubs and bank statements.
ly, and a faster closing may be more If you have that kind of verification,
desirable to them. Your agent can ask yours is a much stronger offer than
their agent what their preferred time one coming from someone with just
frame is before you draft your offer. a letter from a loan officer.

 Inclusions: Let’s say the home  Inspections: There are a variety
has a beautiful heirloom light fixture of inspections that can be performed
in the dining room that’s specifically on a home, some of which can point
been excluded from the sale. As much out the need for lengthy and/or cost-
as you may want that specific chan- ly repairs. Some may be required
delier, it’s best to let those sorts of by the lender, but some are at the
things go rather than upsetting the buyer’s discretion. It’s always a good
seller. Be careful not to rock the boat idea to get a home inspection. Just
by asking for too much. like a car, systems in a house wear
out and need replacing at various
 A personal letter: You might con- points in the home’s life. The home
sider writing the sellers a letter telling inspector is going to go through and
them how much you want their home check if you’re close to the end of us-
and how much it would mean to raise able life on any of the systems.
your family there. There is an unde-
niable emotional factor in a home Keep in mind that they’re never
sale that sometimes defies being going to walk through a house and
quantified. I’ve seen offers accepted say, “Everything’s perfect!” They’re
for less than competing bids because going to find things. That’s what
the sellers simply feel good about the they’re paid to do. I recommend
buyers, and a letter can help. that you go into the inspection with

 Escalation clause: If there are

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New type home built to stand up to Mother Nature

BY BRENDA RICHARDSON tect themselves from severe weather sure its zero-energy homes are resil- “We certainly don’t have the drafti-
Washington Post events. Forty-seven percent would ient to fluctuating weather patterns. ness in this house that we had in our
consider moving away from hazard- The company was selected in 2015 by old home,” said MIKE Scyphers who
A movement in the homebuilding prone areas, and a similar portion the U.S. Department of Energy as a recently move into one of DeGrand-
industry to adapt to risks of climate have purchased or plan to buy an Housing Innovation Award winner. champ’s houses.
change is gaining momentum, prom- additional insurance policy, such as
ising new houses that are tougher flood or earthquake insurance. Kiere DeGrandchamp, president Concept homes showcasing the in-
and more able to bounce back from of High Performance Homes, said herent advantages of resilience and
extreme weather events. According to the Resilient Design the structural insulated panels that sustainability offer a preview of the
Institute, a nonprofit organization encase his homes provide a superior possibilities for building a home that
Although much attention has fo- based in Vermont, resilient design wall assembly that can better toler- can absorb and rapidly recover from a
cused on green building practices, is “the intentional design of build- ate the effects of extreme weather disruptive event.
resilient-design strategies take the ings, landscapes, communities and and resist damage from fire, mold
concept of building efficiently a step regions in order to respond to nat- and water. For example, college students from
further with a proactive approach ural and man-made disasters and the Stevens Institute of Technology
to creating durable homes that can disturbances as well as long-term “If you want to build a house on the in Hoboken, N.J., constructed a low-
withstand almost anything Mother changes resulting from climate Eastern Shore of Maryland, like in energy, solar-powered, storm-resil-
Nature throws at them. change, including sea-level rise, Ocean City, to hold up to hurricane- ient home for coastal communities,
increased frequency of heat waves force winds – or pretty much any- which won the 2015 U.S. Department
Unusual weather patterns, such as and regional drought.” where with high-wind restrictions of Energy Solar Decathlon. Called the
January’s historic East Coast blizzard – these panels will stand up,” he said. SU+RE House (for “sustainable” and
and a rare tornado outbreak in late There is no one-size-fits-all ap- “Because these panels have such a “resilient”), it is based on three prin-
December in parts of the South and proach to creating a resilient home – high thermal mass, extreme heat and ciples: Use less energy through smart
Midwest, highlight the vulnerability solutions vary from region to region. cold don’t affect the home as much design, generate all energy needed
of residential structures. For example, siding could be formu- as with a conventionally built, code- through renewable solar electric and
lated to be resistant to moisture and constructed house.” be capable of providing power during
A 2014 climate change survey by freeze-thaw in the North or for re- electrical outages.
Munich Reinsurance America, a ma- sisting hail and flying storm debris On cold and windy days, High Per-
jor provider of property and casualty in the South. formance Home owners don’t have Pardee Homes, a member of the
reinsurance, found that 63 percent to worry about air leakage inside, TRI Pointe Group, is also building
of Americans plan to fortify or have High Performance Homes, a custom thanks to high insulation levels and homes with durability in mind.
already fortified their homes to pro- builder, has taken several steps to en- tight construction.
Klif Andrews, Pardee’s Las Vegas

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division president, pointed out that in ter intrusion into the lower level and
Nevada, this is accomplished with ev- lessen potential radon infiltration.
erything from sturdy exteriors of con-
crete and stucco to drought-resistant M● ake sure your builder uses a high-
landscaping using high-efficiency ir- quality housewrap to protect against
rigation. damaging wind and rain that can
penetrate exterior siding.
Pardee’s two concept homes, billed
as Responsive Homes, debuted in U● se drywall panels that are spe-
January at the National Association of cially treated to resist mold, mildew,
Home Builders’ International Build- moisture and fire.
ers’ Show in Las Vegas.
●Incorporate proper building ori-
“We don’t have wood details that entation and daylighting strategies
are going to dry out, crack or age over to ensure natural light and comfort-
time,” Andrews said. able interior temperatures during a
power outage.
“These homes use net-zero elec-
tricity. They generate 100 percent The need for resilient design is es-
of their electricity needs through pecially apparent to architects, who
solar panels. They also have high- want their buildings to stand for gen-
efficiency irrigation and drought- erations.
resistant landscaping. A lot of per-
meable surfaces allow rainwater to “By layering design concepts that
penetrate through to the ground allow homes to better absorb and
rather than run off.” recover from adverse events, ar-
chitects keep their clients better
Smart sensors on the roofs can de- situated to handle whatever threat
tect rain and communicate with the confronts them,” said Matt Tinder,
lawn’s irrigation system to conserve spokesman for the American Insti-
water. tute of Architects.

The California Science Center in The economic significance of
Los Angeles, recently displayed a building fortified homes has not been
tiny home that showcased innovative lost on the insurance industry.
plastic building products that can
improve durability and ease main- “We’ve done a lot of research
tenance while saving homeowners around climate change, the impact
money on energy bills. on losses, and through education,
how do we inform people to do things
Richard Skorpenske, director better,” said Carl Hedde, senior vice
of advocacy and sustainability at president of risk accumulation at Mu-
Covestro, was a member of the build- nich Reinsurance America. “We have
ing and construction team for the to make the homes and businesses
170-square-foot portable structure. we live in and work in more resilient.”

The building envelope enables the Building codes need to be strength-
miniature home to withstand wind ened nationwide, he said, pointing
shear. Insulation inside and out out that Florida has been noteworthy
adds strength and resilience to the in this regard.
walls, while solar shingles reduce
dependence on a power grid. Plastic After Hurricane Andrew struck
abounds in everything from decora- the state in 1992, Florida took steps
tive touches to pipes. to improve the inspection process
surrounding code enforcement and
“Of course, the one obvious thing bolster its building codes, Hedde
plastics bring is durability and long said. Examples of the state’s code en-
life of the product,” Skorpenske said. hancements include requirements
“It can survive in elements and main- for stronger hurricane straps to keep
tain functionality. . . . The trim does roofs from blowing off during strong
not rot. The vinyl siding will not de- wind and the use of more and stron-
teriorate with sunlight or aging. The ger nails in the construction process.
double-paned windows have plastic
window frames. The plastic pipes This spring, Munich Reinsurance
don’t corrode. A home is resilient is planning to launch a free tab-
when it doesn’t have to depend on a let app that will empower users to
grid for support.” make informed decisions on resil-
ient home projects.
In the aftermath of Hurricane San-
dy in 2012, Robert Weitz, a former The app will take a holistic, whole-
home builder and founder of RTK En- house approach to ensure that the
vironmental Group, an environmen- homeowner and team of building
tal testing firm, has been working professionals consider all the vari-
closely with builders to repair homes ables that go into fortifying a home,
damaged by mold and construct new such as properly installing siding or
homes that are more resistant to cli- hurricane straps.
mate change.
“We’re going to have videos that
The certified microbial investiga- show, for example, how to put on a
tor outlined key considerations when roof in a stronger way,” Hedde said.
building a resilient home: “The more people that know what
can be done and how to do it will
B● uild aboveground to avoid wa- help people make their homes resil-
ient." 

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Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Feb. 11 to Feb. 17

The middle week of February saw 11 real estate transactions close on the barrier island, including three for
more than $3 million.

Our top sale this week was of a home in John’s Island.

The property at 331 Indian Harbor Road was placed on the market Oct. 1, 2015 for $4.25 million. The
home sold on Feb. 16 for $3.5 million.

Both the seller and the buyer were represented by John’s Island Real Estate, which also represented both
sides in three additional transactions last week.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$1,030,000
$1,030,000 $367,094
CHARLESTON SQUARE 615 RIOMAR DRIVE 1/20/2016 $415,000 $1,030,000 2/17/2016 $890,000
SUMMERPLACE 1871 E SAND DOLLAR LANE 11/19/2015 $949,900 $385,000 2/17/2016 $1,700,000
$1,850,000 $3,000,000
OCEANRIDGE 130 OCEAN SPRAY COURT 10/9/2015 $3,000,000 $949,900 2/16/2016 $715,000
$795,000 $2,250,000
ORCHID ISLAND 512 WHITE PELICAN CIRCLE 11/12/2014 $2,675,000 $1,850,000 2/16/2016 $3,050,000
$3,250,000
JOHN’S ISLAND 20 DOVE SHELL LANE 11/16/2015 $3,000,000 2/16/2016 $850,000
$500,000
VERO BEACH ESTATES 768 BOUGAINVILLEA LANE 7/15/2015 $745,000 2/15/2016

JOHN’S ISLAND 421 SABAL PALM LANE 4/21/2015 $2,675,000 2/12/2106

JOHN’S ISLAND 610 COCONUT PALM ROAD 1/26/2016 $3,250,000 2/11/2016

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

COLONY CLUB 1508 OCEAN DRIVE, #105 11/13/2015 $895,000 $895,000 2/17/2016
SOUTH PASSAGE 503 SPYGLASS LANE, #503C 12/2/2015 $525,000 $525,000 2/15/2016

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REAL ESTATE

Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Orchid Island, Address: 512 White Pelican Circle Subdivision: John’s Island, Address: 20 Dove Shell Lane

Listing Date: 11/12/2014 Listing Date: 11/16/2015
Original Price: $1,850,000 Original Price: $3,000,000
Recent Price: $1,850,000 Recent Price: $3,000,000
Sold: 2/16/2016 Sold: 2/16/2016
Selling Price: $1,700,000 Selling Price: $3,000,000
Listing Agent: Bob Niederpruem Listing Agent: John’s Island Real Estate

Selling Agent: Orchid Island Realty, Inc. Selling Agent: John’s Island Real Estate

Bob Niederpruem John’s Island Real Estate

Orchid Island Realty, Inc. John’s Island Real Estate

Subdivision: John’s Island, Address: 421 Sabal Palm Lane Subdivision: John’s Island, Address: 610 Coconut Palm Road

Listing Date: 4/21/2015 Listing Date: 1/26/2016
Original Price: $2,675,000 Original Price: $3,250,000
Recent Price: $2,675,000 Recent Price: $3,250,000
Sold: 2/12/2106 Sold: 2/11/2016
Selling Price: $2,250,000 Selling Price: $3.050,00
Listing Agent: John’s Island Real Estate Listing Agent: John’s Island Real Estate

Selling Agent: John’s Island Real Estate Selling Agent: John’s Island Real Estate

John’s Island Real Estate John’s Island Real Estate

John’s Island Real Estate John’s Island Real Estate

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REAL ESTATE

Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Charleston Square, Address: 615 Riomar Drive

Listing Date: 1/20/2016
Original Price: $1,030,000
Recent Price: $1,030,000
Sold: 2/17/2016
Selling Price: $1,030,000
Listing Agent: Kay Brown

Selling Agent: Premier Estate Properties

Kay Brown

Premier Estate Properties

Subdivision: Colony Club, Address: 1508 Ocean Drive, #105

Listing Date: 11/13/2015
Original Price: $895,000
Recent Price: $895,000
Sold: 2/17/2016
Selling Price: $850,000
Listing Agent: Roger L Smith

Selling Agent: Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

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