04/13/2023 ISSUE 15

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 51 INSIGHT GAMES ACROSS 1 “Can you believe it?” 13 Bit of slapstick shtick 21 Lois Lane, for one 22 Witty interchanges 23 Nickelodeon, once 24 Catholic prayer 25 Missiles from Moe 26 Charley Weaver’s home, Mt. ___ 27 More woody-tasting, as wine 29 Bug around a bulb 30 A U.S. Dept. 31 Dentists’ org. 32 Biblical backstabber 33 Brother of Cain 34 Frawley on My Three Sons 36 “Land of Enchantment”: abbr. 38 Listed (off) 41 Pilot’s abbr. 42 Manatee 44 Where Richard Burton got his start 45 She’s Dorothy (Zbornak) 48 Palais resident 49 Audiophiles’ buys, once 51 Grade school project 53 Peter of Newhart 55 Israeli airline 56 Put the kibosh on 57 Caron musical 58 Slip, for one 59 Athlete elite 62 Hams it up 64 Carter commodity 66 To issue (from), in Spanish 68 Manet or Monet 71 New York player 75 Classic Dana perfume for women 78 Night sight 79 CIA predecessor 81 Shorten a sentence 82 Oscar-winning song of 1937, “Sweet ___” 85 Like curry 87 Wild ones 89 Amt. set by the FDA 90 “Told ya so!” 91 Fashion model, e.g. 93 Products with pedals 94 Ran into 95 Natural walls 96 Momma cartoonist Lazarus 97 Crave 99 Gabor et al. 101 Indonesian island 10 Mr. Lincoln 105 Milk carton amts. 106 Silvery fish 107 Rob Reiner mockumentary, This Is ___ Tap 109 Like a wallflower 110 Singer Quatro who played Leather Tuscadero on Happy Days 111 Scenery chewer 113 Adjectives ending in -er 117 Igloo 118 Behaved appropriately 119 High and dry 120 “Did she get up on the wrong side of the bed? Sheesh!” DOWN 1 Tour’s end 2 “A face that could ___” 3 What a sextant is used for 4 Effort makers 5 Spanish number 6 Riled (up) 7 Plant pest 8 Ballerina’s audition 9 King Kong actress 10 Addams Family cousin 11 He wrote The Phantom of the Opera 12 Antonym of anticipation 13 Eulogized 14 Dream, in French 15 Copycat 16 Glasgow cap 17 Who ___ Roger Rabbit 18 Jogging along 19 Film composer Stevens 20 Jacob’s wife 28 Marx and Menninger 31 “Christmas comes but once ___” 32 Tiara insets 33 The Mennonites, e.g. 34 Galley needs 35 Many Palm Beach homes 37 Early cars 39 Author Hunter 40 Barney Miller star 43 Of bees 44 Big football st. 45 Fishing need 46 Perry’s creator 47 Author Kingsley 50 mehitabel, for one 52 ___ arrangement (centerpiece) 54 Moving at an easy stride 56 Salinger girl 60 Director Buñuel 61 Hawk feature 63 Painter Henri 65 Made amends 67 Tunesmith Harold 68 Sound boosters 69 Old rake 70 Firm (up) 72 Olivier role 73 Nelson or Nimitz: abbr. 74 The RCA Victor dog 76 Catered event, usually 77 Steven Seagal film 80 Male animal 83 Wash away 84 “I can’t believe ___ the whole thing” 86 Ovine group 87 Plant secretion 88 Chivalrous ones 92 Went to bed 95 Laughter on paper 96 Fearsome Semitic deity 9 8 Grape-crushing sound 99 Solar year/lunar year differential 100 He froze Han Solo 102 Type of parrot 104 One way to file out of an auditorium 106 Kimono ties 107 Shirt ornament 108 Sit still 109 Small barracuda 110 “Ignore correction” 112 Swindle 114 Kingston Trio song 115 Certain vowel purchase on Wheel of Fortune 116 Inspirational talk: abbr. The Telegraph The Washington Post SKULL WHACKER By Merl Reagle FOCUS ON FACES: • Facelift • Eyelid Lift • Brow Lift • Rh·noplasty • Otoplasty • Neck Rejuvenation • Fat Grafting Dedicated to the Art & Science of Cosmetic Surgery 3790 7th Terrace, Suite 101, Vero Beach, Florida Ralph M. Rosato MD, FACS 772.562.5859 www.rosatoplasticsurgery.com "Dr Rosato is an excellent surgeon! He is professional and kind! His staff is equally as talented, efficient and friendly. I had amazing results from my surgery. I continue to see Dr. Rosato for injectables with wonderful results. Thank you!"

52 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ INSIGHT BACK PAGE Dear Carolyn: I’m an only child and grew up in an emotionally abusive home. My parents split up when I was in my early 20s. Fast-forward 20-plus years: With distance and therapy, my dad and I came to have a good relationship. My mom and I, however, are estranged – and although it is sad, I’m at peace with it. My father recently died, and I have been notifying his friends. Several who stayed in touch with my mom have responded – some polite, some less so – that I should reconcile with her. Can you please advise me on how to graciously and firmly respond that it isn’t really their business? – Sad but Strong Sad but Strong: I’m so sorry about your dad. And I’m sorry people are imposing their opinions on you, especially as you grieve. That is way, way out of line. You have a few good options. One of the best, for its simple elegance, is to say nothing to them: They: “You should reconcile with your mom.” You: [crickets]. Hold the silence as long as your courage holds. If you’re not good at bearing up under awkwardness, then skip the silence and just change the subject, the more obviously and abruptly the better: “So. [Beat.] How’re you doing? That sciatica still bothering you?” Sometimes the biggest bird-flip is the one they know they deserve but you are way too awesome to deliver. If that doesn’t feel right to you – both of these options can be tricky to pull off – then a brisk, “Thank you for your opinion,” also has an air of more restraint than you really want to employ right now, and gives them no further incentive to argue. If your comfort zone is more of the just-freakingsay-it variety, then just freaking say it: “That’s really not your business to say.” Or a kinder-seeming but just as direct: “I know you mean well, but that is not helpful or appropriate.” Hang in there. Dear Carolyn: At a small gathering, one close elderly relative was wearing so much perfume that there was a veritable cloud surrounding her. Most of the party fled to the backyard. I had such a bad reaction that I left the party and drove home with a raging headache. We are expecting to have another gathering soon. Is there a kind way to ask her to moderate her use of perfume? – Anonymous Anonymous: Call her in advance to say you had a bad reaction to her perfume last time, and ask her not to wear it, please, thank you so much. If there’s awkward silence where her, “Oh gosh, of course, so sorry about that!” would be, then add that you were surprised yourself by the severity of the reaction, or else you’d never presume to ask such a personal favor. Or some such. Don’t think of it in terms of whether it’s “kind” or “unkind” to ask, but “necessary” or “unnecessary.” If her wearing it again means you’ll have to leave again, then it’s necessary – so it’s no different from letting the host know you can’t eat walnuts or shellfish. If you just can’t imagine calling her, then put out a whole-group message pre-gathering: “I’m having bad reactions to perfume and respectfully request a ceasescent at the party. Thankyew.” After all, it’s a general problem even if there was only one specific violator last time. If this happens to you again with someone else, then I suggest speaking up sooner. Your relative might have no remaining idea what scent she was wearing that day. BY CAROLYN HAX Washington Post Estrangement with mother has the busybodies circling

FRAN SAN MIGUEL’S ART A WEALTH OF CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

ARTS & THEATRE 54 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ “To paint is to feel joy. The sub - ject can be almost anything, from people to landscape to a piece of fruit,” says artist Fran San Miguel, who describes her work as both a hobby and a profession. “The process of deciding what to paint, the challenge of looking at a chaotic world and pulling out small bits of it in order to explore its beauty, to find its spirit, then to transfer all of this to a canvas with paint, this is what makes painting irresistible to me.” And San Miguel has a unique perspective on this world. Her childhood and later her adult - hood were spent living in a dizzy - ing array of countries around the world. It was almost inevitable that her favored artistic medium is oil painting, with watercolor a close second, as her family was literally in the oil business. Although her parents were from Illinois, her father worked for a subsidiary of Exxon, which took them to Venezuela, where San Miguel grew up. Her mother was an artist and, although San Miguel remembers that she only showed her work once, that tal - ent rubbed off on San Miguel, whose artistic gene was evident at an early age. Stints around the world began with her parents and continued with her husband, whose business, Oil Field Ser - vices, took them to Mexico, England and the Soviet Union. Stateside, they lived in Louisi - ana for 25 years, three of which were in New Orleans, where the BY DEBBIE TIMMERMANN CORRESPONDENT Fran San Miguel’s art: A wealth of cultural perspectives PHOTOS BY JOSHUA KODIS

ARTS & THEATRE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 55 Cajun culture felt at times, San Miguel says, like a foreign country. Their last stop, before moving to Vero Beach in 1999, was Azerbaijan, a transcontinental country located between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, with the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, and Iran to the south. Given this cultural wealth of experiences, San Miguel paints with a unique eye. Her artwork is quiet, peaceful and elegant, uncomplicated, yet deep. Her rich use of paint carves out the familiar in ways that invite the viewer to contemplate, to see more than meets the eye. San Miguel’s husband, a native of Cuba, fled that country with his family to Miami, which gave them a Florida connection. They chose what was then a very rural Vero Beach, still largely undeveloped and undiscovered, by today’s standards. And, having both grown up in flat, hot countries, the Florida climate felt like home. Driving off the A1A onto the mainland, she recalls, “You were hit with the fragrance of orange blossoms. All the land was orange groves.” Having picked up impressions from every place she has lived, her paintings reflect those unique perspectives. “Every art rule can be broken. Every eye sees colors differently, and every artist evolves. What you paint now isn’t something you will paint 10 years from now,” says San Miguel. When she lived in Moscow and Louisiana, her initial focus was architecture. In Moscow, she was drawn to the CONTINUED ON PAGE 52 CONTINUED ON PAGE 56 Fran San Miguel.

ARTS & THEATRE 56 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ elaborate church structures with their multi-domed roofs. As they lived there for a time, she found and painted quite a few. These she painted in watercolor, which are easier to transport when traveling. A few pen and ink drawings depict old Cajun cottages that have stood for more than 150 years. They have withstood hurricanes and time due to their construction, a high, pitched ceiling for air circulation, the use of Cypress, a very hard wood that survives moisture and humidity, and with rain barrels to collect water. Once in Florida, San Miguel found that while the state’s architecture didn’t speak to her artistically, she was drawn to the wildlife, particularly the various colorful birds, and the natural beauty of the Florida landscape. Her palette is fairly classic and, although she seldom uses black, many of her paintings are a study in shadows. “I like to show the effects of the sun, which are any color but black,” says San Miguel, who prefers primary and secondary colors. A painting of hers that shows the sun on the water is quite striking, and others nudge a folk-art style, which she calls “static,” but to my eye were compelling. San Miguel says her subject matter comes directly from what she sees, although she likes to add her own twist, “something with a little character.” She likes to work in plein air groups, and also works from photos she has taken; sometimes going out specifically to take a particular shot, and other times as something presents itself. San Miguel has found that working in CONTINUED FROM PAGE 55

ARTS & THEATRE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 57 oils best suits the Florida climate. She still paints in watercolor from time to time, but explains, “watercolor is unforgiving, hard to correct if needed, while oil is more forgiving.” San Miguel attended the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, and for 11 years taught art at the E.D. White Catholic High School in Thibodaux, Louisiana. She has studied with such artists as Judi Betts, Tom Jones, James Kerr and Kathy Gergo. She says she and her husband are currently “living in exile.” The roof of their condo in the Moorings caught on fire when it was struck by lightning and, despite not living on the top floor, the water from fire hoses caused extensive damage. She is looking forward to again having a studio in the guest room and plans to set it up differently this time to make better use of the space. San Miguel’s work can be viewed at the Artists Guild Gallery, which she joined in 2004, when it was still on the barrier island in the Portales de Vero building and has continued at the gallery in its current location on 14th Avenue, in the heart of the Downtown Arts District.

ARTS & THEATRE 58 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Ballet Vero Beach makes a grand jeté onto the scene this month with three programs. First is the 10th season’s final program, “Choreographer’s Notebook: Samuel Kurkjian,” which performs this weekend. The program includes the late great choreographer’s “Debussy Suite,” “Chopin Variations” and “German Dances.” Kurkjian, who studied with Balanchine, was the first resident choreographer for the Boston Ballet and ballet master for Basel Ballet in Switzerland and the Dance Theater of Harlem. Ballet Vero Beach artistic director Adam Schnell calls the program the “perfect cap on our 10th Anniversary Season ... (the) work not only pleases audiences with their sublime musicality and expansive nature, they allow our dancers truly meat neoclassical (work) to dive into ... We are proud to be the only professional company in the world to hold the rights to these ballets.” Choreographers Notebook: Samuel Kurkjian ballet performs 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center, 1707 16th St. A “Watch-at-Home” film will be available. Tickets are $10 to $75. Ballet Vero Beach’s hour-long accessible/family friendly ballet will be “The Sleeping Princess” and will perform 2 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center. Tickets for that are $10. While “Ballet Under the Stars” takes place later this month, you really do need to plan ahead and get those tickets now. The “casually elegant” cocktail party is a major fundraiser and typically sells out. It features hors d’oeuvres and a light seafood-themed buffet by Adrienne Drew, an open bar featuring craft beer by Sailfish Brewery, a live performance by the Ballet Vero Beach, a live auction and dancing to the Dave Capp Project. Ballet Under the Stars begins 6 p.m. Friday, April 28, at the Tree House Vero Beach, 8010 43rd Ave., Vero Beach. Tickets are $150 per person. For more information, visit BalletVeroBeach.org or call 772-269-1065. There are a good number of musical concerts happening in the next few days. First is the Atlantic Classical Orchestra Masterworks IV concert starting 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 13, at the Community Church of Vero Beach. The concert program includes Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll,” Lopes’ “Concerto for Harp, Recife,” with guest artist harpist Bridget Kibbey, and Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5.” Maestro David Amado conducts. Tickets are $30 to $65. The Community Church of Vero Beach is located at 1901 23rd St., Vero Beach, Fla. Call 772-460- 0851 or visit AtlanticClassical Orchestra.com. The Gifford Youth Orchestra Jazz Concert begins 3 p.m. Sunday, April 16, at the Gifford Community Center. The fund-raising concert features Muffy Charles, Gary Palmer and the A.S.A.P. Band. and includes food by Phatz Restaurant. Doors open at 2 p.m., dinner is served at 2:30 p.m. and the concert begins 3 p.m. Tickets are $60 to $75. The Gifford Community Center is at 4855 43rd Ave., Vero Beach. For more information or to buy tickets, visit GYOTigers.org. Concerts in the Park with Group Therapy begins 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 14, at Riverview Park, Sebastian. Free admission. Bring your own chairs and blankets. Call 772-589-5969 or visit SebastianChamber.com. The Treasure Coast Jazz Society presents Geno Bruno in “Sexy Saxophone” 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at the Oak Harbor Club. Call 772-234-4600. Gin & Jazz serves up 1920s style to benefit the Sally Wilkey Foundation, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at the Grand Harbor Golf and Beach Club, 4985 Club Terrace, Vero Beach. The event includes dinner, casino, live music with Brenna and Her Bodacious Band, and comedian Jay-R Milton. $200. Visit SallyWilkey Foundation.org. The Distinguished Lecturer Series presents Walter Isaacson, journalist and professor of history at Tulane University, 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Riverside Theatre, 3250 Riverside Park Dr., Vero Beach. Isaacson’s most recent biography is “The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race,” which explores how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues “launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.” If you can find a single ticket, it will cost you $85 to $125. Call 772- 231-6990 or RiversideTheatre.com. 3 2 COMING UP! Ballet Vero leaps into April with three programs 1 BY PAM HARBAUGH Correspondent 4 5 6

NEW MAMMOGRAM RULES TARGET CATCHING BREAST CANCER EARLIER P. 62

60 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ If you live long enough, the odds are you will need cataract surgery to remove a clouded lens and replace it with an artificial lens. The natural lens is a clear structure behind the iris that focuses light into the retina. A clear lens means the retina receives a clear image and translates that clear image to the brain. When the lens becomes cloudy due to cataracts, vision is compromised and can be lost. Cataract removal is the only treatment option. Fortunately, cataract surgery has the highest success rate of any surgical procedure in the United States. During the procedure, the clouded natural lens is replaced with a new, clear, carefully crafted piece of silicone or acrylic material called an intraocular lens implant. And – more good news – an improved lens that can be adjusted for clearer vision after implantation recently became available. “Up until about a year ago all intraocular lenses were set for distance [vision] or near [vision] or in between – just like a prescription for glasses – and then implanted into the eye,” said Dr. Marvin Gordon, ophthalmologist with New Vision Eye Center. “They were nonadjustable, monofocal lenses that couldn’t Light adjustable lens major advance for cataract patients BY KERRY FIRTH Correspondent Dr. Marvin Gordon. PHOTOS: JOSHUA KODIS

Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 61 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ be changed after the procedure. Once you chose what you wanted for that eye, that was what you had forever. “Within the last year, though, the FDA approved a new light adjustable lens that allows us to adjust the prescription of the lens after it’s already inside your eye. This new procedure gives our patients superior vision outcomes compared to traditional fixed or nonadjustable implants. “The lens starts out at a certain power much like the standard monofocal, but it’s made of a photosensitive material that changes its shape when exposed to a specific wavelength and pattern of light,” he continued. “Just like other implants, measurements are taken before your cataract surgery to choose the prescription of the light adjustable lens that’s best for you. Unlike other lens implants, it can be adjusted after your surgery. “Once your eye has healed from the cataract surgery, you will return to New Vison Eye Center and have your eyes tested. You will be able to preview the possible outcomes of the adjustments and choose what is right for you. Once that decision is made, we focus a UV spectrum light wave at different points of the lens to reshape it. When it becomes thicker, it has more power and the lens becomes rounder. A thinner lens provides less power. We can also correct astigmatisms in the process. If you are not satisfied with the results, we can readjust that same lens up to five times so that you can walk away with nearly perfect vision.” Cataract surgery is done the same way when implanting the new light adjustable lenses as it is for standard fixed lenses. The only difference is the lens. Some patients choose to stay awake during the procedure while others prefer conscious sedation. Either way, anesthetic drops are used to completely numb the nerves inside and around the eye to make the procedure painless. After the procedure, patients are instructed to go home and rest for the remainder of the day. Adjustments to the light adjustable lens are done in a regular exam room at the eye center with a special light-projecting device. “Patients should wear UV protective glasses during all waking hours until the final adjustment is made,” Dr. Gordon continued. “Since the light adjustable lens material is sensitive to UV light, if you are exposed to UV light it could change its shape and change the prescription in an uncontrolled way. Once the adjustments are perfected, the patient will retain that vision for rest of his life.” Light adjustable lens implants result in better vision after cataract surgery compared to fixed lens implants that can’t be adjusted, according to a study published by Best Cataract Surgeons in America. The study looked at approximately 600 patients who had cataract surgery with either the light adjustable lens or a traditional fixed lens and the results were conclusive. At six months postop 92 percent of patients who received the light adjustable lens were 20/25 or better compared to only 60.6 percent who received a fixed lens implant. Nearly everyone is a good candidate for the light adjustable lens. Only a small minority of cataract surgery patients may be ineligible because of medications that increase sensitivity to light or if they have a history of ocular herpes simplex virus or nystagmus. Light adjustable lenses are especially beneficial to patients for whom traditional lens implant measurements are less accurate. These include patients who have had previous LASIK, PRK or RK surgery, patients with high degrees of nearsightedness or farsightedness, or patients with irregular scarring or corneal ectasia. “The biggest benefit of the light adjustable lens is that it takes away the margin of error in corneal refractive surgery,” Dr. Gordon concluded. “Having the ability to adjust the prescription after the surgery is a game-changer, for sure.” Dr. Gordon joined New Vision Eye Center in January of 2023. He received his medical degree from The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and interned at Tucson Hospitals Medical Education Program affiliated with the University of Arizona School of Medicine. His six years of post-graduate training included a fellowship in comprehensive ophthalmology at Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA and an ophthalmology residency at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. New Vision Eye Center is located at 1055 37th Place, Vero Beach. You can call 772- 257-8700 to schedule an appointment.

62 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ More breast cancers will likely be found earlier due to new FDA standards that require mammogram providers to share more information with women after the procedure. This is the first time in decades that the reporting requirements have been revised. The new rules require providers to tell women if they have dense breast tissue and recommend that they consult with a doctor about whether they need additional screening. “[This] action represents the agency’s broader commitment to support innovation to prevent, detect and treat cancer,” said Dr. Hilary Marston, the FDA’s chief medical officer, when the new standards were announced in March. Dr. Theodore Perry, a surgeon at Steward General Surgery and affiliated with Sebastian River Medical Center whose area of specialization is breasts, said the intent is to get more standardization in reporting. “Years ago, when I first started reading mammogram results, I knew the radiologist who had issued the report. It was done locally and I knew exactly how each radiologist in town interpreted results,” Dr. Perry said. “That’s not the case now. There’s so much telemedicine and impersonal interaction in the medical community – and everyone’s interpretation can vary somewhat.” Women with dense breasts have a higher chance of getting breast cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The denser breasts are, the higher the risk. About half of women 40 and older have dense breasts, based on CDC statistics. With denser tissue, reading these mammograms is more challenging and cancers can be missed. Dr. Perry said, “Reading one is like looking at a picture of the sky on a cloudy day and having the cancer look like a white weather balloon.” What causes dense breasts? Genetics, using menopausal hormone therapy and having a low BMI are some of the causative factors. Doctors use the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BIRADS), which was developed by the American College of Radiology, to classify breast density into four categories: Fatty breast tissue: Almost entirely fatty breast tissue, found in about 10 percent of women. Scattered fibroglandular breast tissue: Mostly fatty tissue with some areas of dense glandular and fibrous connective tissue, found in about 40 percent of women. Heterogeneously dense breast tissue: Many areas of dense glandular and fibrous connective tissue with some areas of fatty tissue, New mammogram rules target catching breast cancer earlier BY JACKIE HOLFELDER Correspondent

Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 63 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ found in about 40 per - cent of women. Extremely dense breast tissue: Almost all dense glandular and fibrous connective tis - sue, found in about 10 percent of women. If your mammogram report letter says you have dense breasts, it means that you have either heterogeneously dense breast tissue or extremely dense breast tissue. Dense breast tissue cannot be felt by a wom - an during a breast self- exam, or by her doctor during a clinical breast exam, said Dr. Perry. Only a radiologist look - ing at a mammogram can tell if a woman has dense breasts. Mammogram pro - viders will be required to implement the new standards within 18 months, according to the agency. Thirty-eight states already require providers to give women informa - tion about breast density after a mammogram, but not all of them require providers to notify a wom - an if she herself has dense breasts. The FDA’s new rules essentially establish a minimum amount of in - formation mammogram providers must convey to women who have been screened. “The sophistication of diagnostic equipment and the ability to detect cancer earlier are a definite benefit. But it can be a double-edged sword – we need to aggressively share im - portant information but not scare people while we’re doing it,” Dr. Perry said. Dr. Theodore Perry attended Uni - versity of Florida College of Medicine Medical School, completed a residency in surgery at Orlando Health from 1988-1991 and a residency in surgery at Cleveland Clinic Foun - dation from 1991-1993. He is certi - fied in Surgery by American Board of Surgery and is an American College of Surgeons Fellow. Dr. Perry is accepting new patients at Steward General Surgery at 3745 11th Circle, Suite 101, Vero Beach. The phone number is 772-492-9912. Dr. Theodore Perry. PHOTO: JOSHUA KODIS

64 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ If your home has stairs or steps, you might not think twice about climbing them. They can be risky, however: From 2016 through 2020 in the United States, people 65 and over suffered an estimated 1.2 million stair- or step-related injuries. The good news is, there are plenty of ways to make stairs safer. Here are tips from Allysin Bridges-German, clinical assistant professor for occupational therapy and occupational science at Towson University in Maryland, and Dana Keester, an ergonomics expert for Consumer Reports. 1. Evaluate your handrails Add handrails to any stairs and steps inside and outside your home if you don’t already have them (or if they don’t extend the full length of stairways). Having handrails on both sides is ideal. Consider replacing any bulky or carved banisters. These can be difficult to fit your entire hand around, and that’s important for getting a secure grip. Rails that are simple, narrow and round are best. 2. Light your way Motion sensor lights, which come on automatically as you get close to them, are a good option for outdoor steps. With these, you won’t have to juggle groceries or other items you’re carrying to turn lights on as you approach your home. Inside, ensure that your whole stairway is welllit and that you have switches at the top and bottom of the stairs. 3. Reduce the risk of slips For wooden or concrete stairs inside or out, adding nonslip tape or rubber treads to the top edge of each stair can increase grip. For indoor stairs, consider using low-pile carpet (but watch for and repair any spots of wear, as these can be slippery). It’s best not to place rugs or mats near stairs – but if you do, secure them with double-sided rug tape. Keep all steps and landings free of objects that could trip you. 4. Add a splash of color Seeing where the edge of one stair ends and the “floor” of the next one (or the landing) starts can be a challenge. Adding sturdy tape in a contrasting color – such as neon yellow – to stair edges can help. 5. Carry less up and down Leave your hands as free as possible on stairs so you can grasp the handrails. Instead of toting a laundry basket up and down, you might use a bag you can strap on like a backpack or toss down ahead of you. 6. Support your feet Opt for supportive, sturdy footwear at home. Socks without shoes, and backless or smooth-soled slippers, can lead to falls. 7. Clean carefully Vacuum stairs with a handheld or canister vacuum, rather than a bulkier full-sized vac. Sit down if you can or hold on to a railing while you clean stairs – from bottom to top, so you won’t have to back down the stairs as you work. Avoid falling on stairs: Seven ways to make steps safer THE WASHINGTON POST Via Consumer Reports

Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 65 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Q. How does an MRI work? A. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses a magnetic field and radio waves to create pictures of cross-sections. In many cases, MRI gives more information than other types of diagnostic imaging. Sometimes contrast agents are used to enhance the images. Most MRI machines are large cylinders. Inside the machine, the human body produces very faint signals in response to radio waves. These signals are detected by the MRI machine. A computer then interprets the signals and produces a three-dimensional representation of your body. Any crosssection can be extracted from this representation. There are MRI machines that are open on all sides. These newer open MRI scanning systems are useful for the claustrophobic, obese or anyone who feels uncomfortable about lying inside a cylinder. The MRI often helps with the diagnosis of central nervous system disorders such as multiple sclerosis because it produces such high-resolution images of the brain and spinal cord. Q. Why is it so important to complete an antibiotic prescription and not stop taking the medicine when you feel better? A. Taking antibiotics unnecessarily and not completing your prescription are the leading causes of “superbugs,” bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. These superbugs are one of the most serious threats to global public health. The first thing you should know is that antibiotics are used to combat bacteria, not viruses. So, these potent drugs should be used for infections of the ear, sinuses, urinary tract and skin. They’re also used to treat strep throat. They should not be used for viruses that cause most sore throats, coughs, colds and flu. However, doctors in the U.S. write about 50 million antibiotic prescriptions for viral illnesses anyway. Patient pressure is a major cause for these prescriptions. When you don’t finish your prescription, your antibiotic doesn’t kill all the targeted bacteria. The germs that survive build up resistance to the drug you’re taking. Doctors are then forced to prescribe a stronger antibiotic and the bacteria learn to fight the stronger medication. Superbugs are smart, too; they can share information with other bacteria. More than 70 percent of the bacteria that cause hospital-acquired infections are resistant to at least one of the antibiotics most commonly used to treat them. About 100,000 people die each year from infections they contract in the hospital, often because the bacteria that cause hospital-acquired infections are resistant to antibiotics. Q. What causes muscle cramps? A. A cramp is an involuntarily contracted muscle that does not relax. The common locations for muscle cramps are the calves, thighs, feet, hands, arms and the rib cage. Cramps can be very painful. Muscles can cramp for just seconds, but they can continue for many minutes. Almost all of us have had muscle cramps, but no one knows for sure why they happen. However, many healthcare professionals attribute cramping to tired muscles and poor stretching. Other suspected causes are dehydration, exerting yourself when it’s hot, flat feet, standing on concrete, prolonged sitting, certain leg positions while sedentary. Muscle cramps are usually harmless. However, they can also be symptoms of problems with circulation, nerves, metabolism, hormones. Less common causes of muscle cramps include diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, hypoglycemia, anemia, thyroid and endocrine disorders. Seniors are more likely to get cramps because of muscle loss that starts in our 40s. And your remaining muscles don’t work as efficiently as they used to. Studies show that about 70 percent of adults older than 50 experience nocturnal leg cramps. BY FRED CICETTI Columnist Answers to questions on MRIs, leg cramps, antibiotics

66 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Spring is in full bloom, setting off an orchestra of coughing, sneezing and wheezing. The symptoms are all too familiar for chronic allergy sufferers. But amid a persistent coronavirus pandemic and the tail end of influenza season, how do you know whether that congestion is simply allergies or something more? And what should you do about it? The Washington Post spoke to allergists and immunologists for answers. They said it can be tricky to tell but pointed out some key differences between allergies and viruses. Symptoms of seasonal allergies, for instance, typically include congestion, sneezing, a runny nose and itchy, watery eyes – while fever, chills or body aches are more indicative of viruses such as COVID and flu. “If you tell us, ‘I’ve never had allergies before, but I went to a dinner party last week and I found out that three people tested positive for covid, and now I’m getting symptoms that I have not experienced – congestion, stuffy nose, feeling a little bit tired,’ that’s very different than someone that tells you they have the same sort of symptoms but also have a long history of allergies,” said Jody Tversky, an allergy expert and assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. When in doubt, contact a primary care doctor or go to an urgent care center to get tested, said Monica Gandhi, an infectious-disease expert at Is it allergies or a virus that’s ailing you? Here’s how to tell BY LINDSEY BEVER AND ALLYSON CHIU The Washington Post

Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 67 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ the University of California at San Francisco. Most respiratory viruses present in similar ways – fever, chills, body aches, coughing, sneezing, congestion, sore throats, hoarseness, headaches and, sometimes, middle-ear infections, experts said. However, to complicate things a bit more, a large-scale international study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that higher airborne pollen levels appeared to be associated with an increase in coronavirus infection rates – so allergens may be related to viral disease as well as allergies. But experts emphasized that correlation does not necessarily mean causation and urged people to not jump to conclusions about their risk levels based on those findings. Tversky noted that for people with allergies, wearing masks may serve “double duty” on a high-pollen-count day. “This may prevent not only virus particles from being inhaled, but it may prevent pollen particles from being inhaled,” he said. Another challenge in diagnosing the kind of symptoms we are talking about is that viruses – including COVID, flu and those that cause cold-like symptoms such as seasonal coronaviruses, adenoviruses, rhinoviruses, human metapneumovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV – are “nearly impossible to distinguish” one from another just based on symptoms, without a specific test, said William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. “It’s hard to say one patient has flu, the next one has RSV, the next one has human metapneumovirus, unless there happens to be a big outbreak in your community at that time,” he said. Social media posts have been discussing human metapneumovirus. The virus – along with parainfluenza, RSV, measles and mumps – is a paramyxovirus, which can cause a wide range of infections. “This one usually causes a cold – not a big deal in most individuals,” Gandhi said of the metapneumovirus. But, she said, it can have more serious consequences for young children, older adults and those with weakened immune systems. The virus, which makes its appearance in the winter and spring, commonly affects the upper respiratory tract, causing nasal congestion, cough and shortness of breath, as well as fever. It typically lasts three to seven days. In some cases, however, it can progress to the lower respiratory tract, leading to a more severe illness such as bronchiolitis, which causes swelling, irritation and mucus buildup in the lungs, or pneumonia. Human metapneumovirus, discovered in 2001, spreads like other viruses though coughing or sneezing or handling contaminated objects and then touching the eyes, mouth or nose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unlike COVID, there is no vaccine for human metapneumovirus, and treatment is limited to supportive care. “We try to make you feel better and make sure that your breathing is OK while your body fights off the virus,” said Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases and preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University. COVID can be treated with Pfizer’s antiviral Paxlovid. For flu, antivirals such as Tamiflu are to treat influenza. For other viruses, including ones that cause the common cold, over-thecounter antihistamines, decongestants and fever-reducers and drinking plenty of fluids may help. For seasonal allergy sufferers, a number of over-the-counter medications are available. Consult a doctor or pharmacist about the best treatment.

68 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ About 1 in 6 adults have experienced infertility over their lives, according to a new report from the World Health Organization that emphasizes the shared burden of infertility across the world. “The report reveals an important truth: infertility does not discriminate,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director general, said in a news release last Tuesday. “The sheer proportion of people affected show the need to widen access to fertility care,” he added. There was little variation across economic levels, with higher-income countries experiencing infertility rates of nearly 18 percent and low- to medium-income countries seeing rates of almost 17 percent. (The global rate was 17.5 percent.) There was more variation across regions, though the report’s authors cautioned that there was limited data for Africa and South Asia. “While findings show a high prevalence of infertility globally and regionally,” they also reveal the difficulty of comparing data across regions due to the variation in measures, the report’s authors said. Data collection that is more systematic and uses consistent definitions is needed to improve infertility estimates, they said. They also noted that a majority of the studies used for the report had estimates based on female respondents. In his foreword for the report, Ghebreyesus noted that infertility “is something that both men and women experience” and that it remains understudied. Rising global levels of obesity and an increasing tendency for couples to delay starting families are resulting in higher infertility rates, said Kelton Tremellen, a professor of reproductive medicine at Flinders University in Australia. But “better treatment options and awareness” are persuading more people to seek infertility care, he said. However, the cost of infertility treatment – which is paid mostly out of pocket in most countries, according to the WHO – can burden households regardless of whether their countries of residence are in developed or developing countries. A cycle of in vitro fertilization can cost between $10,000 and $25,000, the Washington Post has reported. Researchers went through more than 100 studies from 1990 to 2021 to generate infertility estimates. The report, which was also published as a peer-reviewed article in Human Reproduction Open, defined infertility as a disease of the male or female reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve pregnancy despite 12 months or more of regular, unprotected sex; some of the individual studies’ definitions varied. In the United States, about 1 in 5 married women between 15 and 49 years of age experience infertility, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infertility is much less common for women who have already had one or more prior births. But infertility can occur in both men and women. Male hormonal disorders, disruptions to testicular or ejaculatory functions and genetic disorders may result in infertility, according to the CDC. Smoking and excessive alcohol or drug use undermine both male and female ability to conceive. Age is also a factor. Men who are 40 or older are more likely to report infertility, while women over 30 tend to report higher rates of infertility than women under that age. Being overweight or obese also diminishes a couple’s ability to conceive, the CDC says. In South Korea, which has the world’s lowest birthrate at 0.78, the number of men receiving medical care for infertility appears to be rising. Almost 54,000 men received care in 2015. Four years later, that number had increased to nearly 80,000, according to the country’s semiofficial Yonhap News Agency, which cited government tallies. In Nigeria, which has a fertility rate of more than 5, one of the world’s highest, 31 percent of couples experience infertility, according to a study that was cited in the WHO report, indicating that countries that have high fertility rates also experience widespread infertility. Infertility affects 1 in 6 adults around the world, WHO says BY ANDREW JEONG The Washington Post

Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 69 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ The life of a doctor isn’t easy these days. Many are saddled with massive student loan debt, work long hours and continue to deal with the trauma of treating patients during the pandemic. Doctors, nurses and other frontline healthcare workers bore the brunt of the pandemic. Many contracted COVID-19, and some even had to intubate their colleagues. Others developed long COVID, and some suffered such intense emotional pain that they died by suicide. Doctors who want to seek mental health support sometimes are fearful of retribution from state licensing boards. National Doctors’ Day is celebrated every March 30 to recognize the contributions of physicians. The first Doctors’ Day was observed by Eudora Brown Almond, the wife of a Georgia doctor who sent notes and flowers to physicians. The day became an official holiday when Congress passed a proclamation in 1991. As a slightly belated celebration of the holiday, I want to highlight the contributions of Shirlene Obuobi, a cardiologist, cartoonist and author, who writes regularly for Well+Being. Recently, I had the chance to chat by email with her while she was on a short break at the hospital. Here’s our conversation. Q: Did you always know you would become a doctor? A: I decided I wanted to be a doctor at a really young age. It was a fairly practical decision; my mom is a neonatologist, I grew up in healthcare environments, and I was a high-achieving kid who wanted to make her West African parents proud. My reasons got more complicated and personal with age. I find that medicine has the potential to be inherently fulfilling both intellectually and emotionally. I like that my job allows me to be a part of peoples’ families, so to speak. Cardiology was a bit different – I joke that I went into it kicking and screaming near the end of my first year of residency. It’s notoriously intense, but I love the physiology, the scope and the constant movement in the field. Q: How did you get into writing and art while you were also a doctor? A: I’ve been writing and drawing for as long as I can remember! I’ve been creating stories and processing my experiences through art since I was a kid, and continuing to do so during my journey through medicine was a given. Q: What’s your favorite aspect of creating comics or writing? A: The daydreaming! When I have an experience, I often attempt to translate it into art in my head or find ways to figure out how I could portray the scenario to someone who doesn’t have my context. Q: Do you think having this outlet helps you connect with patients or process the experience of being a doctor? A: Absolutely. Maintaining empathy in healthcare and especially as a trainee requires active effort. People are our work, and they are our work when we haven’t slept for multiple days, when we’ve skipped meals, when our family members are getting impatient with us because we’re so rarely present. By revisiting my experiences in art, I’m able to process my own feelings and put myself in the shoes of not only my patients but my colleagues. Q: What’s the stress level like now that the intense part of the pandemic is over? A: Ha! Honestly ... It’s [still] very stressful … But there are the occasional days and moments that make it worth it. Keep in mind, I’m a cardiology fellow. I have a sleep debt about five years deep! Q: What do you want patients to take away from your columns? A: I have a couple of missions. I want to humanize medicine and the people in it. There’s a lot of dissatisfaction with the American healthcare system that I think is misplaced upon the people who are the faces of it. But doctors and other healthcare workers are people, privy to the same tendencies and biases as everyone else, and they also are subjected to a considerable amount of primary and secondary trauma that has been totally normalized, even though it has clear consequences on our mental health. Cardiologist turns to art and writing to be a better doctor BY TARA PARKER-POPE The Washington Post

70 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Style As a former fashion editor, I thought getting your ‘colors done’ was a bit naff – and then I tried it This season I’m going to be channeling Bruno Mars and buying a sherbetpink pant suit. These, I confess, are not words I ever thought I would write. But then neither did I think I would ever have my “colors done.” The very idea of color analysis has always seemed to me to be irredeemably 1970s. Carole Jackson’s “Color Me Beautiful,” first published in 1973, is lodged in my brain. Unfair, I admit, but the whole thing has always struck me as just a bit naff. As it turns out, however, learning how to harness the power of color is very much a modern phenomenon (when I ask Google, “How do I get my colors done?” it throws up 233million results). This shouldn’t really come as a surprise, given the number of celebrities (Kim Kardashian, Victoria Beckham, Princess Kate) who dominate our social media feeds, confidently rocking head-to-toe block color. As for the rest of us: Who hasn’t rifled through their wardrobe looking for that everelusive “flattering top” to prevent us looking like yesterday’s dishwater before conducting a Zoom call? We live. “It’s a very powerful therapy in my book,” says Jules Standish, who is doing my colors today. The independent image consultant, author, and head of color at London College of Style (today wearing a luscious coral-hued velvet jacket and expertly applied bronzer) has helped TV presenters, politicians and life-long chromo-phobes find what works for them. “It’s not just putting a drape on and saying you need to wear hot pink or bright green or whatever it is,” says Standish, setting up shop in my kitchen extension where the unforgiving sunlight floods in. “It’s really about helping you discover how to find the best for yourself. I’m all about personality.” All said, I can’t help being just a little bit skeptical. As a former fashion magazine editor, who always eschewed the front-row uniform of black-onblack, I’ve never really been afraid of color. For my appointment with Standish, I’ve chosen to wear a vintage pink sequin pencil skirt (subtle nod to “Barbie-core”), black cashmere roll neck (unassailable fashion staple) and YSL black boots. All moot, as it happens, as all are swiftly covered up by a hospital-esque white gown, so we can go “back to basics.” Standish asks me why I am seeking color analysis today. As I stare at my unalloyed appearance (no makeup allowed), in the mirror we’ve propped on the kitchen table, I find myself admitting that, despite my fashion knowhow, I have found the sharp contrasts of the last few years – toggling between “goblin mode” WFH, then having to pull myself together to wow at appointments – disconcerting at times. That, coupled with the creeping changes of midlife to hair, skin and general body image, means that I’m not as confident as I was. Standish nods, empathetically. It’s time for a personality quiz. Standish prides herself on adding in a psychological aspect to her holistic, tailored approach to color analysis; the results of which are much more nuanced than simply being told which season you fall into, and thereafter being obliged to dress like a russet-hued autumn leaf, say, for the rest of one’s days; although finding your season is at the heart of it. “I want to understand how introvert, how extrovert you are … not every single shade [in your season] is going to make you feel fabulous,” she explains. “To me color is all about finding that individuality within a palette.” Understanding the makeup of your genetic, inherited complexion is also key. Standish explains that she calls upon Hippocrates’ theories of bodily humors, among other things, when divining which colors are dominant in a person’s complexion. She’s keen to stress that color analysis works for all skin tones. “It’s not ethnicity based,” she says. “Every ethnicity can fit into every season. You have to work with the individual.” Next she scrutinizes my eye color and pattern (not all analysts do this, but this technique was part of Standish’s early training). “You probably think you have blue eyes, but actually your eye is quite green,” says Standish, holding a huge lens to my face and peering intently. “And you can see yellow going around the eye, what I would call a sunburst.” (The sunburst offers further proof, if any were needed, that there is a lot of yellow in my skin.) I can tell by a certain gleam in Standish’s manner that she has already nailed my season. “However, the drapes don’t lie,” she says, reaching for her bundle of swatches. “They really are the key, because you need to see this for yourself.” So, to the drapes. Now, I’ve done some odd, cringe-inducing things in the spirit of journalism, but I did not expect to feel as confronted as I did by having squares of fabric placed on my gowned shoulders. All I can tell you is that my responses felt visceral at times. And when Standish comes at me with a drape that is the approximate color of a wheat bread slice (an Autumn hue, you guessed it), I can barely let her put it near me. That’s why my experiments with olive military shirting never gave me that expensive Lauren Hutton allure I was going for, I note wryly to myself. I’d imagine that the same can be said for my teenage Brownie uniform. We work our way through the color spectrum. The process is not as simple as whether I can wear red or not: it’s about the specific shade. When a red with a bluey hue (a “Winter red”) is laid upon my shoulder, I see that I look like a limp dishcloth, with deep eye-bags and shadowy crevices to boot. Whereas a more lively, yellowy coral red (a “spring red”) gives me a flush of good ‘Navy blue ages me - but this one color makes me look younger’ BY SARAH BAILEY The Telegraph Julie Standish showing how ultramarine, rather than navy blue, makes Sarah’s entire visage look relaxed.

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 71 Style health. “An even skin tone is what we’re looking for,” says Standish. What about navy? Famously, it’s a color that magazines tell women of my age to wear instead of black. But the drape shows it puts 10 years on me. Whereas ultramarine (think Girl with a Pearl Earring’s headband, art fans) makes my entire visage look relaxed. And younger! It’s abundantly clear to me by now that I am a spring person and moreover that I suit the cleaner, brighter, zingier hues in my spring color wheel. But, as Standish explains, should I have a yen to wear formal suiting, inspired by Cate Blanchett in Tár, say, I should go for a blue shirt (“no bright white”) or an ivory tuxedo jacket. The neutrals that work for my spring coloring are off-white, ivory and cream. And what about my beloved black roll-neck? An absolute no-no, unless swathed beneath a scarf or lashings of gold jewelry. As I contemplate all this, Standish writes out a card with her summary highlights. My perfect metallic? “Gold.” Hair color? “Golden blonde … never ashy.” And the clinch moment of the entire process for me was to discover my “wow” color: apparently it’s “lime green.” The exact shade of my beloved Prada coat, from the 2003 spring collection, that I have worn on repeat for the last 20 years, no less. Goosebumps. Having had my colors done, I can report that it was much easier than it’s ever been to choose clothes for the pictures you see here. Much as I was tempted to wear a particular suit that I knew to have a waist-whittling cut, I could tell at 20 paces that its dusky pink hue (with a lot of black in it) would look like an old Ace bandage on me. And so it did. Whereas a fizzy and bright sherbet pink made me feel like I was being bathed in celestial light. The Kelly green boucle jacket had the same illuminating effect on my skin. When I paired it with my jeans, I could feel a confident swing in my step. It was simply a very flattering combo. The further you delve into the power of color, the more you can learn about its marvelous capacity for creating illusions that lengthen or direct the gaze – it’s the personal stylist’s box of secrets. And it has certainly struck me just how useful this knowledge is in our era of Internet shopping. Particularly if you are investing in a major item you haven’t tried before (pant suit), it’s helpful to understand if the color is actually going to suit you. “It’s an incredibly sustainable way to shop,” says Standish. So how to find a color analyst close to you? There is a handy directory of stylists and color experts at the back of Standish’s book “A Colorful Dose of Optimism”. She also suggests looking on the “color analysis” fashion retail site Kettlewell (kettlewellcolours. co.uk), which can match you to an analyst in your area. Arguably, you could figure out some of this yourself – with a big enough mirror, good natural light, neutral and colored pieces pulled from your wardrobe, and a clear, unflinching eye. But I would say that if you really want to shift some of your prejudices and misconceptions about what does and does not suit you, let someone else (who is specifically trained) be the judge. It’s like putting your trust – and your root regrowth – in the hands of your hair colorist. It can be life-changing. Standish tells me about a client, who came to her when she was about to turn 60, having worn dark colors for years. “She said, ‘I am here because I have never been complimented,’” Standish recalls. Some months later, the client told Standish about going to a friend’s house in a new outfit she and Standish had picked out together. “That friend answered the door with the words: ‘Wow. You look fabulous.’ And I burst into tears,” she told Standish. “For me it’s a much bigger picture. It’s about who you are, where you’re at now and how I can take you into the next phase of your life feeling good.” Like I said, I’m buying a sherbet-pink pant suit that makes me feel like I could headline at the O2 Arena for 2023. But I’m not entirely sure that I can go cold turkey on the black roll-neck sweaters. Not quite yet. ‘To me color is all about finding that individuality within a palette.’ - Julie Standish

72 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Style “I’m a Barbie girl / In a Barbie world,” sang Aqua in 1997, a song that left me cold not just because it was dreadful, but because I’ve never been a Barbie girl: I’m Team Sindy all the way. As a brown-haired child in the U.K., I wanted a brown-haired doll, while you could buy brown-haired Sindys, you couldn’t buy brown-haired Barbies. Barbies were only ever blonde. Barbie would be canceled if she was launched today. Blonde, white, skinny, unfeasibly big of boob and anatomically incorrect – according to one 2013 study, her 16-inch waist would be 4 inches thinner than her head, leaving room for only half a liver, while her fragile proportions would mean she’d have to walk on all fours. Yet the Mattel doll, which was once top of every girl’s Christmas list, is entering her 63rd year in surprisingly rude health, thanks to a new Barbie film that’s set to reinvent her for the 2020s. Released on July 21, all the signs are promising that it will be a funny, BY LAURA CRAIK The Telegraph Why I can’t wait for the summer of Barbie style

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 73 Style feminist take: it’s directed by Greta Gerwig (“Ladybird”, “Little Women”), co-produced by Margot Robbie (who also stars as Barbie after Amy Schumer dropped out) and has a stellar cast, including Will Ferrell, America Ferrera and Helen Mirren – not forgetting Ryan Gosling, who plays Ken. When an image of Ken was first released last June it broke the Internet, which clearly wasn’t prepared for the sight of pale, gingery Gosling with bleached blonde hair and a spray tan, washboard abs glinting from beneath a snow-washed denim jacket. Now we have a trailer, and can see Margot Robbie as Barbie in all her pink gingham, feathery-shoed glory. From daisy necklaces to candy handbags, her look is created by the Oscar-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran and doesn’t disappoint on kitsch. Fashion publicists are already in raptures, sending “get the look” emails and declaring this “the summer of Barbie style.” It is perhaps no surprise – in whipping up frenzies for the reallife clothing industry, Barbie has form. In 2015, British shoe designer Sophia Webster designed what was billed as Barbie’s first flat shoe, a pair of high-top sneakers to promote the doll’s “new articulated ankle feature.” Interestingly, the opening scene of the trailer shows Barbie stepping out of her sky-high pink mules, with feet that are permanently on tiptoes. Barbie also has a long-running relationship with Moschino: In 2015, designer Jeremy Scott cooed that she was “practically perfect,” and staged a catwalk show featuring models dressed in her image. In 2019, to celebrate the doll’s 60th birthday, Barbie even had a glossy coffee-table tome published about her by the venerable Assouline, featuring her strongest fashion looks throughout the decades. “My whole philosophy of Barbie was that a little girl could be anything she wanted to be,” said Ruth Handler, co-founder of Mattel and the doll’s creator. “Barbie always represented the fact that a woman had choices.” That these choices certainly didn’t extend to her size or ethnicity is an issue that Mattel has tried to correct over the years. In 2010, an exhibition at Selfridges, London, featured archive dolls of various ethnicities, including Black Barbie, introduced by Mattel in 1980. In 2015, a Barbie Fashionista campaign was launched that aimed to tackle the doll’s notorious lack of diversity by introducing 23 new versions with eight skin tones, 18 eye colors and a wardrobe inspired by “global fashion and beauty trends and authentic style,” according to a press release. In 2016, three new Barbie body shapes were finally introduced – tall, curvy and petite. In 2019, as part of Mattel’s “Shero” initiative, it made a Barbie in the image of biracial model Adwoa Aboah, founder of mental-health forum Gurls Talk, in a bid “to inspire the limitless potential in every girl.” With Greta Gerwig as director and Margot Robbie as producer, it’s a certainty that Barbie 2.0 will be nobody’s fool. But some would say that Barbie was always a feminist icon. The original Barbie doll grew to have over 200 careers, with a wardrobe that allowed its human owners to dress her up as an astronaut, a rock star, a vet or a pilot. To coincide with the launch of the film trailer, a “poster” campaign ran on social media, introducing the other Barbie characters in the film. There’s Hari Nef as “a doctor Barbie,” Emma Mackey the “Barbie with a Nobel Prize in physics,” and Dua Lipa as “a mermaid Barbie,” to remind us that this is, after all, a fantasy world based on the career-choice whims that children really do conjure up. If Gerwig and Robbie want to fully modernize and reimagine Barbie for 2023, they’ll have their work cut out. However funny the script, and however feminist the Barbie, someone, somewhere, will find something to be offended by. Gosling’s Ken will be too straight, too gay or not non-binary enough. Robbie’s Barbie will be too pretty and too white. Even the fact that both Barbie and Ken will be played by a series of actors of different sexualities and ethnicities is bound to be accused of tokenism in some quarters, and wokeness in others. Maybe we should all reserve judgment, buy some popcorn, sit down and enjoy the film as lighthearted entertainment. Although for me, it will have to go some way to top “Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse” (2012). If you’ve never watched it, do. It’s funnier than you might think. After years of allegiance to Sindy, watching it with my young daughters made me a surprising convert. Maybe it’s never too late to become a Barbie girl after all. Barbie Fashionista: This line of dolls aimed to tackle the Barbie’s notorious lack of diversity.

WINE COLUMN 74 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ “I must say I do regard a glass or two of wine as not, obviously, essential but at least an enormous enhancement of the enjoyment of a well-cooked omelette,” writes Elizabeth David in her famous essay, “An Omelette and a Glass of Wine.” Eggs and wine aren’t such obviously good partners as, say, steak and a tannic bottle of red or tomato salad and a sharp glass of sauvignon blanc. Is it the breakfast connotations that put us off? Or perhaps the slightly clammy, gelatinous texture of a cooked egg which leads you more to a crunchy slice of buttered toast or piece of baguette than to a glass of wine? David had little truck with the idea of not drinking with eggs. “If it were true that wine and eggs are bad partners, then a good many dishes, and in particular, such sauces as mayonnaise, hollandaise and béarnaise, would have to be banished from meals designed round a good bottle.” I like that she is firmly in the camp of banishing the dish, not the wine, should one be required to cede to the other. But I do think that a lot of wines aren’t very nice with a lot of egg dishes. In particular, many modern styles of wine, the ones that leap out at you fruit-first, primary colors blaring, like a passion fruit-scented Marlborough sauvignon blanc or a jammy Chilean merlot, do not go well with eggy food. David wrote that a good omelette should be “something gentle and pastoral” and I would apply these descriptors to the style of wine that drinks well with it. She favored whites, citing Alsatian traminer (this is a synonym for savagnin but it may be that she was referring to gewürztraminer as the name can also describe a whole family of old grape varieties), white Burgundy, Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé. But why stay white? Rustic reds (not too much polish, not too much oak, not too much concentration) work too, while with the close texture of Spanish tortilla I like to drink red Rioja or simple tempranillo from elsewhere, just as much as I enjoy albariño from Rias Baixas or verdejo from Rueda. The softly spiced flavors of red Rioja are also surprisingly good with eggs that are fried, or, better, half-fried, half-poached in shakshuka – as the title of my last book, Fried Eggs and Rioja, attests. The classic Burgundian dish oeufs en meurette – eggs poached in a red wine sauce with lardons, mushrooms and onions – is good with a glass of pinot noir (but, again, one that tastes of woodland more than jam) or gamay. With hollandaise sauce, chardonnay is fantastic. Just think of poached salmon with new potatoes and a glass of white Burgundy. Double-egg it with eggs Benedict and you might find yourself craving a limpid glass of Chablis, subtle mineral flavors mingling with a lemony wash, or blanc de blancs Champagne. THE BEST WINES TO PAIR WITH EGG DISHES BY VICTORIA MOORE The Telegraph

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PETS Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 79 If any poocheroo was born to be Queen, Shylo Fulk is Totally The One. She’s an 8-year-old French Bulldog with a pawsome coat called BRIN-del (I looked it up). It’s like a tiger coat: brown with darker brown an black stripes. SUPER Crispy Biscuits, speshully when worn by a tidy liddle lady like Shylo. She’s got that great French Bulldog posschur; a ballerina front paws turnout; an those famous, straight-up bat ears. (Remember FBD Biggie Smalls a while back? Shylo’s the grrrl version. Small but mighty.) She anna lady answered the door. Eschewing the traditional Wag-n-Sniff, Shylo executed a quick Size-Up, followed by a snappy wag. “DO come in! Welcome to my home. Make yourselves comf-tubble. I, of course, am Shylo Fulk. You may call me Your Majesty, or (as you’re a fellow dog) Miss Shylo, if you prefur. These are my human assistants: my Mom, Gwen, an my Dad, Jeff. May we offer you a snack? A bowl of water, perhaps?” “A great pleasure, um, Miss Shylo. Thank you! I’m fine for now, eager to hear your tail.” I opened my notebook. “Indeed,” she said. “If you’re ready, I shall begin. I am an Only Dog, which is as it should be. But that was not always the case. Mom an Dad also live in Midland, Texas. It’s pretty far that way. (She pointed.) It’s important due to havin’ lots of gooey energy stuff called OIL, which apparently is very important to humans (an it’s Dad’s bizz-ness). “Anyway, they hadda pooch already, a Schnoodle called Cinco, an Mom wanted a lap dog, which Cinco was not. So Dad went On The Line an found me in Mih -ZOO-ree. I was just 3 months old. He picked me doo to my name (Shylo), which was the same name as an energy company (Shilo), an they had a pree-vi-us pooch with the same name only spelled Shiloh. (Humans!)” “I hear ya!” “I was placed inna nice crate an rode up in the air in one of those big whatevers to the Midland airport where Mom an Dad picked me up. My crate was placed in a grassy field by the airport an, when Mom opened it, I shot out an flew off, straight to a nearby street, which I didn’t even REE-lize, I just wanted to Get Outta That Crate! “Well, Mom Freaked Out (I buhleeve humans call it), envisioning her bran new pupper all smushed.” “Oh, for Lassie’s Sake,” I exclaimed. “Fortunately, I already knew my name, which Mom immediately hollered, so I stopped (pre-smush) an came back. We hugged an snuggled, an I rode all the way to my Furever Home in Mom’s lap. Oh, an P.S.: Now I fly back-an-forth buh-tween Texas an here under Mom’s seat. I’m NOT a crate grrrl.” “Woof!” I repeated. “So, did you meet Cinco right away? How’d that go?” “Yes I did. An it went well. Even though Cinco was older, she was not an Alpha pooch like me: Born to be Queen. An that was Cool Kibbles with her. We had the best time for years until last year, when she left for Dog Heaven. It was a very, very sad time. But ee-VEN-shully, I ree-lized I was meant to reign alone. An I accepted my destiny. Queen. “Mom an Dad, however, apparently didn’t get the memo, an decided I needed come-PAN-yuns. So (you’ll never buh-leeve this) they got me not one but two FBD puppy pals, sisters Addie an Maddie. “Yes, they were sweet an adorable an all that, but I was NOT PLEASED. I was SO Not Pleased that Mom an Dad ree-lized it hadn’t been a great idea (to say the least), an quickly found a wonderful, loving home for Addie an Maddie, an I took my rightful place as Queen of All I Survey.” “What was it like in your new home, at first (other than the Puppy Pal Episode)?” “Oh, lovely. I was a chewer, of course. Aren’t we all as puppers? My favrite was, still is, Hoofs. Perfect. Long-lasting. An, you don’t get fussed at. A definite plus. “There was a rather amusing episode in Midland when I was younger. We had this big fountain with stairs up to it an, much to Mom’s diss-MAY, when they were away, I’d climb all the way up the stairs to the fountain, then jump over onto the roof an watch the traffic go by. Everybody’d wave an holler to me. Great fun! But Mom didn’t think so. So, the next time they were gonna be gone, Mom lugged this gi-normuss bougainvillea to the top of the stairs to block me.” “Oh, woof,” I exclaimed, envisioning the possible outcomes. “WELL,” she continued, “when they returned, I was on the roof, happily watching cars, an the (former) bougainvillea was lying limply all over the place, chewed to tiny pieces. I considered it a major victory, as well as a great example of my Problem Solving Skills. Mom, not so much. Now, when I see they’re planning to Go Somewhere Without Me, I give them my Guilt Stare. It’s Very Powerful, an they usually end up sayin’ ‘You Wanna Go?’ just as I’d planned.” “Sly! Favrite foodstuffs?” “Ah, yes. My absolute favrite, paws down, is grilled chiggen breast. We often lunch at the Green Marlin where I always order the grilled chiggen breast. It’s duhlightful. Mom tried veg-tubbles a few times but I just eat around them. I’m a CAR-nivore, for Lassie’s sake. “Once I was with Aunt Stephanie an Uncle Kevin in this amazing place called Key West. There’s water all around, an lotsa pooches, an chiggens an music, an very happy humans walkin’ in the street. An Uncle Kevin gave me some smoked SAMMun. Majorly Duh-lishus! I also got this collar down there.” She turned to show off her blue-an-green collar with pink fla-mingos: a lovely liddle Queen of All She Surveys, through an through. Heading home, I was wondering what my chances would be of gettin’ Gramma an Grampa to take ME to get a grilled chiggen breast. Till next time, Hi Dog Buddies! Bonz meets Shylo, a friendly, fit-to-be-queen Frenchie The Bonz Don’t Be Shy We are always looking for pets with interesting stories. To set up an interview, email [email protected]. Shylo. PHOTO BY JOSHUA KODIS

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‘GORGEOUS’ ORCHID COVE HOME SITS ON LARGE WATERFRONT LOT 9327 Orchid Cove Circle in Orchid Cove: 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath, 2,926-square-foot waterfront home offered for $1,850,000 by broker associate Cindy O’Dare and sales associate Vanessa Bynum of the O’Dare Boga Group, ONE Sotheby’s International Realty: 772-713-5899

REAL ESTATE 82 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Michael and Carol Cvercko moved to Vero Beach seven years ago but just recently settled into the “best lot” in Orchid Cove. “We moved from one end of the island to the other,” says Michael, noting that being on the river and living in a gated community were just two of the features that motivated the couple to make the move to 9327 Orchid Cove Circle from their former home on the south island. “The house is gorgeous and very private,” says ONE Sotheby’s International Realty broker associate Cindy O’Dare, who with sales associate Vanessa Bynum is offering the 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath, 2,926-square-foot waterfront home for $1,850,000. “It is the bestpriced, new construction, riverfront home with a dock in Vero Beach.” Sited on a huge corner lot – nearly half an acre – with just one neighbor, the Cverckos enjoy both solitude and proximity to everything in the newlybuilt subdivision. It’s a short walk to the community gazebo and docks, where No. 11, which belongs to the Cverckos, is available to moor their boat or for friends to stop by for a visit. The deepwater makes it easy to maneuver, and head to the Sebastian Inlet and the Atlantic Ocean beyond, Pelican Island Wildlife Sanctuary, nearby waterfront restaurants or out for a sunset cruise. The A. B. Michael Bridge and Michael Island provide a stunning backdrop to the light-filled house, which you can appreciate fully as you approach along the wide brick-paved driveway. Bynum notes that the Cverckos upgraded the community’s already stunning Azalea floorplan, beginning with the glass-paned front door and chandelier – creating an impressive entrance. “I like that you can see from the front door right through to the Intracoastal,” says Carol, standing just inside the front door. “You see all kinds of large sailboats. You can see the masts going by. I saw a barge with a tugboat yesterday.” There’s a den to the right of the front door where Carol says they spend most of their time. With the addition of glass doors and built-ins, they’ve made the room into a cozy space to watch television without disturbing guests staying in the en-suite bedroom on the opposite side of the hallway. Further down the hall, a powder room is strategically located so guests can access it from the main gathering rooms. The open floorplan allows everyone to gather together in the great room, kitchen and dining room while taking in spectacular river views through walls of glass. ‘Gorgeous’ Orchid Cove home sits on large waterfront lot BY STEPHANIE LABAFF Staff Writer

REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 83 There’s a bar and wine cooler in the great room for entertaining; and the island in the kitchen serves as a seating area, prep station and the perfect place to lay out hors d’oeuvres after you’ve whipped them up in the chef’s kitchen. With quartz counters, an expansive pantry and GE Profile appliances, the kitchen is both gorgeous and practical. Open and spacious with 13-foot ceilings, the various areas in the house are well-defined and intimate. The rich, dark-wood laminate flooring adds warmth and contrast to the clean lines of the home set against the vibrant colors of the tropical waterscape. “This home has such a great feeling. It’s light and happy,” says Bynum. Sliding glass doors open onto the covered lanai for waterside drinks at sunset and to create an indoor-outdoor living/entertaining space. The Cverckos enjoy watching the comings and goings of the local fauna. Pointing to a tree on Michael Island, they share that they’ve been watching three baby owls as they CONTINUED ON PAGE 85

REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 85 make their way in the world. You can appreciate the breadth of the property’s view from the owner’s suite at the rear of the house. Pointing to a marker out in the channel, Michael says, “That’s the Gatsby.” Carol adds, “We see the light, so we always say ‘Goodnight, Gatsby.’” The owner’s bedroom is large enough for a seating area and opens into an opulent bathroom with dual sinks, a soaking tub, a walk-in shower and a water closet. The bathroom opens in turn into a large walk-in closet, which opens into the laundry room, which opens into the hallway near two en-suite guest bedrooms and the three-car garage. “There couldn’t be a better layout,” says Bynum. Carol notes that this setup allows for complete privacy for guests. The area also could be used as a mother-in-law suite, as folks can use the garage as their own private entrance without going through the rest of the house. The Cverckos say they will miss the friendly neighborhood. Folks gather at the riverside gazebo to watch the sunset and stop to chat while walking their dogs. But they have three sons, and their family has grown exponentially with more grandchildren and another on VITAL STATISTICS Neighborhood: Orchid Cove • Year built: 2022 Builder/Contractor: Parkwood Distinctive Homes Construction: Concrete block Lot size: .45 acre, irregular lot • Home size: 2,926 sq. ft. Bedrooms: 3 • Bathrooms: 3 full baths and 1 half-bath View: Wide water vistas taking in the Indian River Lagoon and Intracoastal Waterway Additional features: Gated community; luxury finishes; built-in sound system; quartz countertops; chef’s kitchen; wine cooler; den; walk-in closets; soaking tub; plantation shutters; 3-car garage; impact windows and doors; patio; and private dock Listing agency: O’Dare Boga Group, One Sotheby’s International Realty Listing agents: Broker associate Cindy O’Dare, 772-713-5899, and sales associate Vanessa Bynum, 772-268-3135 Listing price: $1,850,000 9327 ORCHID COVE CIRCLE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 83

REAL ESTATE 86 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ the way. The couple will be spending more and more time visiting with each of the new little ones, so it doesn’t make sense for them to maintain a full-time residence in Florida. Orchid Cove is a new, gated community located on the island shore of the Indian River Lagoon just minutes from Wabasso Beach. Amenities include a fishing pier, kayak launch and gazebo. The nearly completed clubhouse will have a fitness center with a locker room, pool, patio and event room with a full kitchen. Riverfront homes come with a private dock. All I can think about these days is real estate. More specifically, I am trying to decide if it’s a seller’s or buyer’s market. The answer, unfortunately, may be that it’s neither. Or both. But mostly it depends where you’re looking. Take Manhattan, where luxury homebuyers are shrugging off bank turmoil and recession fears and finding some value as sellers show a willingness to cut prices. Things are also cooling off 90 miles east in the Hamptons, where home prices posted their first decline since 2019. In the New York and Boston suburbs, there’s still plenty of demand. And New Yorkers are still moving to Florida – where prices were up, year-over-year in February. San Francisco, which was hit hard by the pandemic after years as one of the most expensive housing markets in the U.S., is facing unprecedented economic challenges. The banking turmoil dealt yet another blow to the Bay Area’s depressed housing market, scaring off some purchasers. It all adds up to a muddy picture. In the past few months, as banks collapsed, borrowing costs rose and inventory tightened, home sellers, buyers, experts, brokers, journalists and practically everyone else tried to predict the future of the real estate market. Should you lock in a mortgage rate now? Is this a good time to sell? These questions are still relevant. In general, the Fed’s rate hikes have worked to cool the housing market, at least a bit. But while buyers are seeing prices soften, there’s little inventory in many markets as sellers stay on the sidelines, worried it’s a bad time for properties to hit the market. The lack of available housing is a big problem all over the U.S. New York is trying to tackle the shortage with a new plan by Gov. Kathy Hochul, but that’s causing major uproar among local residents. And in California, which has an acute affordability crisis, there are plans to turn an old military base into more than 12,000 homes. IT’S A HOUSING MARKET THAT’S HARD TO HANDICAP BY MISYRLENA EGKOLFOPOULOU Bloomberg

REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 87 Q: A neighbor’s tree falls into the yard, taking out a fence. Who is responsible for the tree removal and the damage to the fence? I’ve been looking online and have seen different responses. A: There appears to be more information missing in your email than you provided. With so little detail, we can understand why you’d find any number of different answers to your question. So, here are a few thoughts about how this issue might play out. First, if a tree on your property falls and damages your fence, that’s on you. You’d have to either fix or remove the damaged fence. In this situation, we’d suggest that you look over your homeowners insurance policy to see if your policy covers you for the removal of the tree and the damage to the fence. Unfortunately, in this scenario it’s likely that your homeowners insurance will not cover you for the removal of the tree or the damage to the fence. Many homeowners insurance policies might cover you for the removal of the tree only if the tree damages your home or a related structure on your home. Fences are often not considered a related structure. Now, let’s say your tree falls and damages your neighbor’s fence. In this scenario, there are a number of factors that factor into figuring out if you might have to pay for the removal of the tree and repair or replacement of the fence. However, seeing that your neighbor has a claim against you, your insurance company might cover you for the repair or replacement of the fence. But you’d still have to pay your deductible and likely for the tree removal. Unless you have an extremely low deductible, in which case you’ve probably got an extremely expensive homeowners insurance policy, this is probably all coming out of your pocket. Now, let’s talk trees. Tall, leafy, green, they’re an asset to almost every property. Still, trees eventually die and when they do, homeowners have the obligation to take down the tree before it causes damage to property – yours or your neighbors. Back to your question. If you knew your tree was dead or was in danger of falling down and you did nothing about it, and it damaged your neighbor’s fence, it’s easy to see how your neighbor would hold you financially responsible for any damage. Especially if that damage could have been avoided by the timely takedown of the tree. And, then there’s the weather. A really bad storm (think tornados, hurricanes or even a microburst) could take down a healthy, live tree. When weather conditions cause a tree to come down, you’re likely not responsible for that damage. If you’ve got trees, you should take the time to find out what your specific homeowners insurance policy says it will cover when trees come down and cause damage to your property or your neighbor’s. BY ILYCE GLINK AND SAMUEL J. TAMKIN Tribune LET’S DISCUSS TREES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE

REAL ESTATE 88 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ An arm of billionaire Tom Steyer’s investment firm Galvanize Climate Solutions will begin buying and upgrading property across the US this summer and fall, aiming to cut the portfolio’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero in three years without the use of offsets. “This is a real estate strategy with a decarbonization goal,” said Joseph Sumberg, the head of Galvanize Real Estate, who joined Galvanize last October from Goldman Sachs. “Capitalism will look at this successful strategy, and replicate it, creating ripples through the built environment.” While Sumberg and Galvanize – a firm co-founded by Steyer and Katie Hall that plans to invest billions of dollars – declined to provide a figure for the size of the green investment, Sumberg said it will be sizable and will focus on markets including the Pacific Northwest, Colorado, California, Arizona and Texas. The plan rests on strategic asset acquisition, proprietary methods of retrofitting buildings and adding solar panels and the long-term payoff from assembling a portfolio of energyefficient buildings. A portion of the team’s incentives and compensation will be tied to meeting certain sustainability goals. “We’re trying to show that doing this is a good investment from an absolute, straight up financial point of view,” said Steyer. “The impact and the returns are linked; it’s not a tradeoff. We are trying to create a new model for climate investing.” Sumberg says Galvanize will look at buying student housing, self storage and industrial properties, including a focus on one-to-three-story, low-density multifamily residential properties that have surface parking, which can provide area for solar panels. Properties will undergo significant retrofits and solar installations to reduce their energy use and emissions. The Galvanize real estate arm will get assistance from the firm’s in-house team of scientists and tech experts, called Impact. It includes scientist Howard Branz, a former program director of the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E incubator. Sumberg described the approach as “investing in deals where you can achieve a certain risk-adjusted return while also achieving a decarbonization benefit.” Unless both criteria are met, he said, “we won’t do the deal. If we don’t get to net zero in three years, we forfeit those incentives.” Greener real estate is both a necessity for hitting larger climate goals – buildings represent about a third of global climate emissions – and increasingly a factor in large investment decisions, following the rise of ESG investing and city ordinances that cap large buildings’ emissions like New York’s Local Law 97 and Boston’s BERDO. Galvanize joins other companies and investors seeking to decarbonize American buildings at scale. New York City-based BlocPower, whose backers include Goldman Sachs and Microsoft Corp.’s Climate Innovation Fund, just raised $155 million and has already rolled out its energy retrofit model to over 5,000 apartments and buildings. RENU Communities, a subsidiary of Taurus Investments Holdings, has a portfolio that includes more than 2,800 multifamily housing units. It does a 30-day review of properties – looking at the energy audit, conceptual engineering designs and existing infrastructure, such as energy panels and wiring – to evaluate if a pickup and retrofit is worth it, said RENU’s Chief Technology Officer Chris Gray. There’s exceptional potential in America’s aging rental units, Gray says, since more than half of the Billionaire plans net zero apartment upgrades across U.S. BY PATRICK SISSON Bloomberg

REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 89 country’s apartments were built before 1990. The opportunity to improve energy efficiency is “becoming a natural part of real estate valuation, and a required part of passing an investment committee,” said Gray, who sees a specialized ecosystem of firms eventually forming to deal with different aspects of building retrofits. Even during a time of rising rates and uncertainty, Sumberg says there’s a first-mover advantage and that Galvanize will be able to choose assets that can be more profitably upgraded, thus avoiding edge cases and more challenging property types. It’s not just apartments and offices getting attention from retrofit-focused real estate investors. Icon Parking, one of New York City’s largest parking companies with roughly 200 locations, which was just acquired by its President and Chief Executive Officer John Smith and private equity firm Arkview Capital in a management buyout, plans to install up to 2,000 EV Level 2 chargers across its portfolio.

REAL ESTATE 90 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ There’s been a lot of celebration lately in the U.S. media of female homeownership as a form of empowerment. In the New York Times, it was lauded as a form of “self-care.” In the Washington Post, it was described as satisfying a female “urge.” There is good reason to recognize increases in women’s homeownership in a country that only granted women the right to solely own inherited property in the early 1900s, and that took until 1974 to prohibit banks from legally refusing women mortgages. But we should take a pause before we embrace a rise in female homeownership as unambiguously positive for women. There is a surprising lack of research on what women actually think about being homeowners, and a corresponding lack of attention to how homeowners navigate the sometimes unpredictable and expensive work of owning a home. As academics whose research has circled around this question for years, our interviews with longtime women homeowners reveal that the challenges of female homeownership may be more complex than the current dominant narrative suggests. Recognizing that homeownership is a mixed bag for many women might sharpen broader awareness of the myth of homeownership in America as a key to wealth-building and economic mobility. Without safeguards, there is no guarantee that women benefit from becoming homeowners or that homeownership is an effective means to decrease the racial wealth gap for Black women. The growing availability of mortgages over the last several decades, coupled with higher incomes and education levels, has coincided with an increase in female homeowners (both single women and female heads of households) across all races and ethnicities in the U.S. The homeownership rate among women in America increased from 50.9 percent to 61.2 percent between 1990 and 2019 (while the homeownership rate among men dropped slightly). This increase is particularly notable in a society that predicates homeownership for building wealth and in which men still outpace women in incomes and wealth. But the much-extolled benefits of homeownership are only one side of the story. The expenses of homeownership can be a financial burden that extracts wealth from some lowincome owners. And the burdensome side of homeownership may have an outsized impact on women. On top of earning less than and having higher poverty rates than men, women are also more vulnerable to foreclosure. And their investments may not go as far: Single women spend an average of 2 percent more than men to purchase a home and get 2 percent less return on their investment when reselling. Gender is only one axis of economic inequality, of course. Conflicting information about homeownership and wealth looms especially large for Black women, in part because some real estate companies have exploited Black women by targeting them for risky mortgages on homes in disrepair. Some of the women we spoke to had inherited their homes, others had bought them in neighborhoods where property values have been, at best, at a standstill for decades. Costs of maintenance and property taxes, on the other hand, have risen. Rhonda, a 72-year-old single Black homeowner in New Orleans, told us that owning her own home is a financial stress. Rhonda inherited her home from her parents and lives there with her granddaughter. Property taxes and home insurance have shot up in her neighborhood in the past decade, and her home needs repairs that she cannot afford. “My back wall needs to be replaced. It’s all termites,” she said. “It’s hard to make it work sometimes. Sometimes you can’t and sometimes you can.” Yet, on the whole, Rhonda and our other interviewees valued homeownership in spite of financial difficulties. In Rhonda’s words, owning a home is a “joy because it’s yours.” Owning can Living the dream? The realities of female homeownership BY ROBIN BARTRAM & JAPONICA BROWN-SARACINO Bloomberg

REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 91 also provide much-needed security; homeowners are eligible to receive federal funds after disasters like hurricanes that renters do not have access to. Understanding both the benefits and burdens of homeownership is especially critical in some contexts, like in neighborhoods in which single female homeowners are particularly abundant. Take Alice, a 60-year-old Black woman in Garfield Park, Chicago, who said, “All the Black women I know are single homeowners. All my friends.” We have a lot to learn from women like Alice and her friends. We also have a lot to learn from a different set of single female homeowners, those who have ample financial resources and use homeownership to generate financial security. These include women who, via their homeownership, have helped to gentrify neighborhoods and small cities that we have studied. Some women, in places like Portland, Maine, where housing prices have risen dramatically in recent years, are happily surprised by the equity they have built in their homes. But gentrification does not guarantee financial stability for longtime residents. Homeownership can pose significant financial difficulties for women, despite living in affluent places. Take, for example, Gloria, an elderly widow one of us interviewed years ago in a gentrifying seaside town. Long after retirement age, she worked a parttime job to help pay her rising property taxes, and she was flummoxed when she was brought before the town historic preservation committee for having failed to replace her drafty windows with an historically “authentic” and more expensive version. Every day was a struggle to keep the home she’d lived in for decades, as one by one, affluent newcomers replaced her fellow Portuguese-American neighbors. We gathered dozens of stories like these in the course of doing other related research projects over the past 20-plus years. What they point to, more than anything, is a need for further focused research before accepting the current narrative about home ownership without question. The demographic patterns in female homeownership tell us one piece of the story, but there is still so much we do not know about the reasons women become homeowners, their pathways for doing so, and how they navigate homeownership’s burdens and benefits over time. Robin Bartram is an assistant professor of sociology at Tulane University. She has published a book on building code enforcement and, most recently, articles on inequity in home repairs. Japonica Brown-Saracino is professor and chair of sociology at Boston University. She researches gentrification, as well as gender, sexualities and place. Her most recent book is “How Places Make Us.”

REAL ESTATE 92 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE THE STRAND AT INDIAN RIVER SHORES 107 STRAND DR 6/17/2022 $1,835,371 $1,843,248 3/31/2023 $1,862,555 THE STRAND AT INDIAN RIVER SHORES 50 STRAND DR 10/26/2021 $1,530,000 $1,530,000 3/31/2023 $1,531,400 TOWNHOMES ON OCEAN DRIVE 3575 OCEAN DR 12/19/2022 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 4/4/2023 $1,450,000 RIVER CLUB AT CARLTON 1606 WEYBRIDGE CIR 1/17/2023 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 4/4/2023 $1,350,000 MARBRISA 470 VENTURA PL 2/20/2023 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 4/3/2023 $1,060,000 ORANGE PARK ESTATES 738 HIBISCUS LN 3/11/2023 $1,085,000 $1,085,000 4/5/2023 $950,000 BAYTREE VILLAS 8349 CHINABERRY RD 11/7/2022 $995,000 $899,000 4/5/2023 $899,000 CASTAWAY COVE 1124 ADMIRALS 3/3/2023 $825,000 $825,000 4/5/2023 $865,500 ISLAND CLUB OF VERO 831 ISLAND CLUB SQ 12/22/2022 $799,000 $799,000 3/31/2023 $837,500 ISLAND CLUB OF VERO 898 ISLAND CLUB SQ 10/7/2022 $995,000 $799,000 3/31/2023 $770,000 PIRATE COVE LANE TH 935 PIRATE COVE LN 6/21/2022 $785,000 $755,000 4/6/2023 $690,000 RIVER OAKS ESTATES 645 FLAMEVINE LN 8/22/2022 $885,000 $785,000 3/31/2023 $680,000 SEAQUAY CONDO 4800 HIGHWAY A1A, #212 10/25/2022 $1,350,000 $1,250,000 4/6/2023 $1,125,000 VILLAGE SPIRES DEVEL 3554 OCEAN DR, #504N 11/25/2022 $1,295,000 $1,195,000 4/3/2023 $1,050,000 SEAQUAY CONDO 4800 HIGHWAY A1A, #410 1/20/2023 $1,625,000 $1,250,000 4/4/2023 $950,000 OCEAN CLUB 4450 HIGHWAY A1A, #401 1/24/2023 $600,000 $600,000 4/4/2023 $600,000 TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: March 31 to April 6 The real estate market on the barrier island had the biggest week thus far this year with 17 transactions recorded, including eight for more than $1 million. The top sale of the week was of an oceanfront condo at The Carlton in Indian River Shores. Unit 2N at 300 Beachview Dr. was listed April 20, 2022 for $4.25 million. The asking price more recently was $3.95 million. The home sold on March 31 for $3.7 million. The seller in the transaction was represented by Matilde Sorensen of Dale Sorensen Real Estate. The purchaser was represented by Rita Curry, also of Dale Sorensen Real Estate.

REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 93 Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales. Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: 11/25/2022 $1,295,000 $1,195,000 4/3/2023 $1,050,000 Kay Brown & Melissa Talley Premier Estate Properties Collier Proctor The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Subdivision: Village Spires Devel, Address: 3554 Ocean Dr, #504N 10/25/2022 $1,350,000 $1,250,000 4/6/2023 $1,125,000 Kelly Fischer ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Kelly Fischer ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Subdivision: Seaquay Condo, Address: 4800 Highway A1A, #212 10/26/2021 $1,530,000 $1,530,000 3/31/2023 $1,531,400 Sven Frisell & Scott Reynolds Compass Florida LLC Sally Daley Douglas Elliman Florida LLC Subdivision: The Strand at Indian River Shores, Address: 50 Strand Dr 2/20/2023 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 4/3/2023 $1,060,000 David Decker & Mike McCauley Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Dustin Haynes Coldwell Banker Paradise Subdivision: Marbrisa, Address: 470 Ventura Pl

REAL ESTATE 94 Vero Beach 32963 / April 13, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales. Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: 1/20/2023 $1,625,000 $1,250,000 4/4/2023 $950,000 Alex MacWilliam IV Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Beth Livers Berkshire Hathaway Florida Subdivision: Seaquay Condo, Address: 4800 Highway A1A, #410 Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: 1/17/2023 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 4/4/2023 $1,350,000 Rita Curry Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. George Nagy BREC Properties Inc Subdivision: River Club at Carlton, Address: 1606 Weybridge Cir Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: 6/17/2022 $1,835,371 $1,843,248 3/31/2023 $1,862,555 Jeffrey Germano The GHO Homes Agency LLC Not Provided Not Provided Subdivision: The Strand at Indian River Shores, Address: 107 Strand Dr 12/19/2022 $1,450,000 $1,450,000 4/4/2023 $1,450,000 Matilde Sorensen Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Rita Curry Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Subdivision: Townhomes On Ocean Drive, Address: 3575 Ocean Dr FORTIFIED STORAGE CENTER 1500 SF Units 25 FT Wide x 60 FT Deep AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY Exclusive 15 Unit Private Luxury Storage Condominium for Boats, Motor Coaches, Fine Automobiles, and More Fenced & Gated Video Security System 70 FT Drive Aisles 14 FT x 14 FT Garage Door Designed For 170 MPH Wind Speed 421 3rd Lane SW Vero Beach, Florida fortifiedstoragecenter.com Telephone 772-258-6636 PRICING Starting at $299,000 ONLY 3 UNITS REMAINING Proudly Serving the Treasure Coast for over 40 years 640 Old Dixie Highway Vero Beach, FL 32962 772-569-3874 [email protected] ISA Certified Arborist Hazardous Tree Removal Oak Tree Trimming Specialist Professional Mangrove Trimmers Fully Licensed and Insured

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