A SCULPTOR IN FULL TONY CRAGG’S ART ON VIEW AT WINDSOR
ARTS & THEATRE 52 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ The elegant Gallery at Windsor has unveiled its newest exhibition, “Tony Cragg, Sculptures and Works on Paper,” on display through May 19. The exhibit was curated by art historian and author Jon Wood, a specialist in modern and contemporary sculpture, and showcases a collection of sculptures in bronze, steel, glass and fiberglass by Cragg, along with a collection of his drawings, watercolors and prints. Cragg, considered one of the world’s most foremost sculptors, was born in England but has lived most of his life in Germany. He was recently awarded a knighthood in recognition of his significant bodies of work. The largest piece in the exhibit, “Castor and Pollux” is outside the gallery itself, standing sentinel at the head of Windsor Boulevard. At an Artist in Conversation gathering for Windsor members, Cragg related that the piece, part of a series of slanting forms, is reflective of his interest in the way geological pieces fit together. “I always love the way that forms are embedded into one another,” says Cragg. Made of fiberglass, he says what began as a small sculpture in wood has elliptical columns that grasp into each other. He made two pieces and, like the sculpture’s mythological twin namesakes, joined the two forms into one. “It has something geological and slightly organic about it,” says Cragg, explaining that it exudes a give and take and exchange of forms. That sculpture, and many of the others in the exhibit, grew out of his childhood fascination with geology and nature. After finding an interestingly textured stone in the shape of a perfect heart, he recalls his father explaining that the area where they lived had once been under the ocean. That, Cragg says, opened a portal to a whole new reality. While he initially turned to art as a way to pass the time while studying biochemistry, Cragg says it quickly became his life’s work. “What I loved about drawing is that when you actually move the pencil around, every line, every gesture, every surface you BY MARY SCHENKEL | STAFF WRITER A sculptor in full: Tony Cragg’s art on view at Windsor PHOTOS BY JOSHUA KODIS
ARTS & THEATRE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 53 draw, it gives you a different feeling and a different emotion about what’s happening on the page,” says Cragg. “And I found in sculpture that it’s the third dimension that just makes it incredibly exciting. It’s 50 years of working, but it’s still something that excites me to a great deal.” As a student, he says he was impressed with minimal art, partly because it doesn’t tell a story. “You just look at it and you find out what you’re seeing, what you’re feeling and what you’re thinking. The problem is, of course, that most of the stuff you make doesn’t have any meaning, so that becomes the job of the artist,” says Cragg. Unlike realism, which centers on things that are there, Cragg prefers to focus on what is not there. ‘So it led to this kind of sense I have, that we’re missing a lot. I mean, due to the limitations of our perceptions or our situation, we’re only seeing a tiny bit, like the tip of the iceberg in a sense. And so there’s an enormous amount of reality that we just don’t know. The reality that we see in front of us is really something we make in our own minds,” he explains. “And so I thought that sculpture could be making things that don’t exist, trying to make new forms, new ideas, new emotions, new language, new terms, new freedoms. When I’m making a sculpture, I know I’m changing the material, but the material is changing my mind. And that’s really the center of the activity of making art.” Throughout the process, Cragg says he makes a “whole chain of decisions,” the more major among them affecting how the piece evolves. “I mean, sculpture is either subtractive, in the way you bang the material away, or additive, in the way that you actually build. The way I do it, it’s neither subtractive or additive, because I can just build it up and as it goes along, I can see what’s happening. I can take it back down, build it up again and whatever. And so that’s how I arrive at quite complicated forms.” Much of his work involves ‘stacks’ or ‘stacking,’ much like the stratified CONTINUED ON PAGE 54
ARTS & THEATRE 54 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ rock formations found in nature. The majority of the sculptures in the exhibit were made from ‘stacked’ plywood, before being carved into more complex compositions and then cast in bronze. Wood describes Cragg’s ‘In No Time’ 2018, the largest bronze in the gallery, and ‘Stack’ 2018 as displaying “a baroque complexity that suggests dynamic metamorphic movement, like watching colliding tectonic plates, or dancers sliding frenetically into one another.” Other works are more anthropomorphic. ‘Woman’s Head’ 2015 and ‘Level Head’ 2015 each hint at figurative configurations in movement. And the sensuously smooth sculpture ‘Integers’ 2023 can easily be viewed as two intertwined torsos. ‘Versus (Atlantis)’ 2018, a powerful, large bronze, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 53
ARTS & THEATRE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 55 brings to mind an intermingling of heads and figures in large, almost winglike waves, consistent, Wood says, with Cragg’s long-standing fascination with the fluidity of water and marine subjects. ‘Red Square’ 2016, a bright red swirl that twists and curls into itself, is anything but square. “The work performs the transformation of a vessel from one state to another, stretching its lipped and looping forms into new shapes,” says Wood. As with many of his works, Cragg fights gravity with ‘Spring’ 2015, a cross section of curved layers which become larger as they rise to the top. Wood calls it the combination of the “mechanical and the biological, to shape a new kind of hybrid industrial nature in typical Cragg fashion.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 56
ARTS & THEATRE 56 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ The two glassworks on display were made with Murano glass specialists and are described by Wood as “har - nessing the material’s liquidity to powerful effect.” Wood describes the intricate swirls and curls of the glass ‘Processor’ 2022 as a hybrid, “a cross between a brain and a tooth, an octopus and an alien, stand - ing poised on three legs as if it might take off at any moment.” The leaning column of glass cubes in ‘Tower’ 2018, says Wood, are seem - ingly like ice cubes, blending the act of melting glass with the frozen visual effect of the finished work. He describes it as “an oxymoronic work, a sculpture suspended between hot and cold, be - tween liquid and solid.” Of his drawings, Cragg says he is most excited when he just experiments on the page, rather than drawing something that is in front of him. “You can do things with drawings you can’t do in reality. You can be transparent. You can show internal structures. You can give the illusion of three-dimensional structures that are not possible in reality to make,” says Cragg. “To draw something, you can be total - ly convinced about it, but it won’t stand up to being made in three dimensions because it’s spatially not congruous.” On the other hand, he says, that doesn’t stop him from trying, “and fail - ing of course, but that’s also interesting sometimes.” A comprehensive catalogue by Wood includes a conversation between Cragg and Hans Ulrich Obrist, curator and ar - tistic director of the Serpentine Galler - ies in London, and a forward by Hilary Weston, Windsor co-founder with the late Galen Weston. The Gallery at Windsor is open to the public by appointment by calling 772- 388-4071. For more information, visit WindsorFlorida.com. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 55
ARTS & THEATRE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 57 Music in the next week includes rock ’n’ roll, classical and opera. It starts Thursday when you have to make a choice: rock ’n’ roll or classical. Live! From Vero Beach brings in Classic Albums Live performing Creedence Clearwater Revival “Chronicle, Vol. 1.” 7 p.m. Thursday at the Emerson Center. CCR was the band that blasted out with “Proud Mary,” “Susie Q” and “Bad Moon Rising.” These Classic Albums Live shows are always exciting as perfect cover bands perform – note for note – very faithful recreations of great rock music. The concert begins 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at the Emerson Center, 1590 27th Ave., Vero Beach. Tickets range from $35 to $85. Call 800-595-4849 or visit Music WorksConcerts.com. On the same evening, the Atlantic Classical Orchestra performs the next concert in its Masterworks Series. The program includes: Haydn’s Symphony No. 90, Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto featuring soloist Ansel Norris, and Mozart’s Symphony No. 36, “Linz,” an iconic piece composed in only four days. The concert, led by Maestro David Amado, begins 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at the Community Church of Vero Beach, 1901 23rd St. Tickets are $30 to $65. For more information, visit AtlanticClassical Orchestra.com or call 772-460-0851. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performs Brahms and Arensky 7 p.m. Monday, March 20, at the Community Church of Vero Beach, 1901 23rd St. Featured musicians are pianists Wu Han and Wu Qian, violinist Bella Hristova and cellist Dmitri Atapine. Tickets are $35. For more information, call 772- 778-1070 or visit CCOVB.org. A week of stellar music ends with the Vero Beach Opera’s annual Rising Stars Vocal Competition and COMING UP! IT’S A MUSICAL MARCH MADNESS ALL OVER VERO 1 BY PAM HARBAUGH Correspondent 2 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 58 4
ARTS & THEATRE 58 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Concert featuring Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition audition finalists. The competition includes major cash prizes provided by the Kleinschmidt Family Foundation. Judges are Vero Beach Opera artistic advisor Roman Ortega-Cowan, chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition Southeast Region Randall Romig, assistant conductor for the Metropolitan Opera Gregory Buchalter, Metropolitan Opera singer Susan Neves, and Sergio Franchi Music Foundation founder Eva Franchi. Awards are $10,000 for first place, $5,000 for second place and $3,000 for third place. All events are held at the Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center, 1707 16th St. Semifinals begin 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 22. Finals begin 2 p.m. Thursday, March 23. Tickets to those events are $20 general and $10 for children, plus $2 processing fee. The Awards Concert begins 7 p.m. Friday, March 24. Tickets to the Awards Concert are $15 to $50. For more information, call 772-564-5537 or visit VeroBeachOpera.org. Ballet Vero Beach will perform “Deco Dance” at the Leonhardt Auditorium at the Vero Beach Museum of Art 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18. The program is informed by the museum’s current exhibition, “Rolling Sculpture: Streamlined Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles,” which is on view through April 30. Choreographer Camilo A. Rodriguez explores the progression of dance from classic to modern. Choreography and company artistic director Adam Schnell sets dance to music by Art Deco icons Stravinsky and Charlie Chaplin. The program ends with a 1920s Charleston choreographed by Matthew Lovegood. Tickets are $30 for museum members and Ballet of Vero Beach subscribers, and $36 for the general public. Tickets include early admission to the galleries beginning 6:30 p.m. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is at 3001 Riverside Park Dr. Call 772-231-0707, ext. 116, or visit VBMuseum.org. The Environmental Learning Center presents “Expect the Unexpected – a Collaborative Evening at the ELC” on Wednesday, March 22. Included are an Artist Meet and Greet for the Second Annual Spring Fling Arts Show, music and dance. Visitors will get a chance to enjoy music by the Gifford Youth Orchestra from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and then enjoy a performance by the Ballet Vero Beach from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Art on view includes works by 33 artists showing p a i n t i n g s , mixed-media items and photography. It is installed in two galleries, the Lagoon Room and the Tidal Gallery. Awards for the show will be announced at 5:30 p.m. in the Lagoon Room. The Spring Fling Art Show will be on view through May 31 with all works for sale. To RSVP, call 772-589-5050 or email ART@DiscoverELC.org. The Environmental Learning Center is at 255 Live Oak Dr., Vero Beach. You may also view work in the Spring Fling Art Show during the ELC’s regular hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 57 5 6
DETECTING HEART FAILURE EARLY CARDIOMEMS DEVICE CAN SAVE LIVES
60 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16 ,2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ “Heart failure remains the leading cause of hospitalization and deaths, affecting about 45 million people worldwide, including 5-to-6 million in the United States,” said Dr. Raghavendra Makam, a cardiologist with Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital. That’s more than all the victims of all cancers put together, and the disease affects all genders, ethnicities and economic strata, sparing no one. “The prevalence of heart failure has been on the rise with associated increase in hospitalizations, morbidity and mortality,” according to the National Institutes of Health. “These hospitalizations have led to increasingly more cost on and decreased quality of life for patients.” Fortunately, Dr. Makam has at his disposal CardioMEMS, which NIH calls “one of the newer devices designed to help tackle this condition by allowing for better monitoring of heart failure patients.” The device senses pressure increases in the pulmonary artery and alerts doctors when intervention is needed to prevent a crisis. “Once you get heart failure, it’s all about how to optimize it. If you don’t do anything about it or treat it symptomatically you may get better, but if the underlying cause is not addressed it can lead to worsening of the cardiomyopathy, making further treatment very difficult,” Dr. Makam said. “The survival rate for patients with heart failure is worse than those of patients with cancer, but it doesn’t have to be a death sentence. With appropriate care it can be stabilized. “This is a reasonably resistant condition,” Dr. Makam continued. “We can only manage the condition and not cure it. Each patient must be seen in a personalized manner even if they have the same type of heart failure because everyone has a different recovery.” Heart failure patients typically exhibit classic symptoms like shortness of breath, especially on exertion, weight gain and swelling of the feet. Often symptoms are attributed to age and the patient will simply limit their activities, without seeking diagnosis or treatment for a heart condition. Patients at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital are treated with multidisciplinary resources that can diagnose patients early to ensure timely interventions. The first step in diagnosis is telling your primary care physician about any changes in your physical ability or condition, including the onset of symptoms mentioned above. If your doctor sees signs of cardiomyopathy, he will refer you to a cardiologist for further evaluation. After evaluation the cardiologist will determine if the condition can be managed or if it requires more intensive investigation to come up with a comprehensive treatment plan. Heart failure is not like a heart attack, which has a more acute presentation. There is lead time to catch it early on, and since not all heart failures are the same, seeing a cardiologist early is important. Diagnosing the type of heart failure the patient is experiencing is the first step to formulating a treatment plan. According to the American Heart Association, there are two types of leftside heart failure and drug treatments are different for each of them. Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, also called systolic failure, occurs when the left ventricle loses its ability to contract normally. The pumping action of the heart is weak and can’t pump with enough force to push enough blood into circulation. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, also called diastolic failure, occurs when the left ventricle loses its elasticity and becomes stiff. CardioMEMS device detects heart failure early, saving lives BY KERRY FIRTH Correspondent Dr. Raghavendra Makam. PHOTOS: JOSHUA KODIS
Vero Beach 32963 / March 16 ,2023 61 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ The heart can’t properly fill with blood during the resting period between each beat. Right-side or right ventricular heart failure usually occurs as a result of left-sided failure. When the left ventricle fails, the fluid pressure transfers back through the lungs, damaging the heart’s right side. As blood flow from the heart slows, the blood returning to the heart through the veins backs up, causing congestion in the body’s tissues that results in swelling. “The way we manage each case is different,” Dr. Makam said. “About half of the cases with reduced ejection in the pumping function is caused by ischemic heart disease or coronary heart disease. Significant blockage of the blood lining the heart causes the heart muscle to become weak. We may do an angiogram or place a stint to open up the blood vessel, or perform bypass surgery if the heart blockage is causing the heart failure. “The other half is caused by cardiomyopathy because of inflammation in the system. Once we have a diagnosis, we can initiate a treatment plan. We have to counter the weak heart in four or five different pathways, and constantly monitor and regulate the doses of medication. If intervention isn’t done in the first six months or so, the patient might survive but the heart muscle is now hard and the healing is difficult from here.” Scientists trying find a way to predict heart failure before symptoms appear discovered that pressures inside the heart begin building up about two weeks before symptoms appeared on the outside. Initially they monitored heart pressure by inserting a catheter in the heart, but since a patient can’t walk around with a catheter in their heart, doctors and scientists developed a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device which is implanted in the heart to monitor the pressure. The CardioMEMS device, which was approved by the FDA in 2014 and has been improved since then, “is proven through clinical trial data to reduce heart failure hospitalizations and mortality, as well as improve quality of life for patients,” according to Abbott, which manufactures the device. Last year the FDA approved “an expanded indication for the CardioMEMS system to support the care of more people living with heart failure. With the expanded indication, an additional 1.2 million U.S. patients are now eligible to benefit from advanced monitoring, which marks a significant increase over the current addressable population. The sensor provides an early warning system enabling doctors to protect against worsening heart failure.” “The small remote monitoring device is implanted within the pulmonary artery that comes from the right side of the heart and goes to the left,” Dr. Makam explained. “It is a small pressure sensor with no batteries attached to it so it does not require replacement, and once you have it, you have it for life. It senses the pressure in the heart even before the patient starts having symptoms. Pressure readings are automatically transmitted to the doctor’s office. When the doctor gets an elevated reading, it becomes a trigger that something needs to be done. “Normally the device is implanted when the patient is in ideal health so that the sensor has a normal benchmark pressure reading. Anytime the pressure reading goes beyond the benchmark limit, it indicates the pressure inside the heart is building up and if something isn’t done now, then in 7-to-10 days the patient will start having symptoms. This is purely a monitoring device and it does not assist in the pumping blood. By intervening early, we can often avoid hospitalization. Studies have shown that it does prevent worsening of heart failure, decreases the mortality rate and improves the quality of life.” If none of the interventional procedures has helped and the patient enters advanced heart failure, there are three options left: The first is to evaluate the patient for a left ventricular assist device, which is a pump that takes over the pumping function of the heart. It is implanted into your heart with open heart surgery. A charging cable comes out of the abdomen wall and needs to be connected to batteries to recharge every day. It can add up to a decade of quality life. Second, if a patient meets all of the qualifications, a successful heart transplant done with open heart surgery could potentially add up to 15 years of life. Finally, a patient who is unable to tolerate major heart failure surgeries will most likely choose palliative care. Dr. Makam said he is proud to be part of Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital’s progressive heart failure and cardiomyopathy program that has been awarded a gold-plus certification by the American Heart Association. He was awarded fellowships in cardiac critical care from John Hopkins Hospital; in cardiology from University of Massachusetts Medical Center; and in advanced heart transplants from Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami. He can be reached at his office located at the Welsh Heart Center, 3450 11th Court, Suite 102, in Vero Beach or by phone at 772-778-8687.
62 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16 ,2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Orthopedic surgeons can work wonders – and having a dedicated, goal-oriented patient can help ensure a successful outcome from even the most serious injuries. Just ask Frank Nappi, who recovered sufficiently from a broken back and two broken legs to now be working as a certified trainer at Legion Transformation Gym in Port St. Lucie. According to Nappi’s orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Daniel Segina, who is affiliated with Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, if someone has been critically and suddenly injured, hearing the challenges he or she now face can be almost like hearing a cancer diagnosis. “I tend to tell my patients that their treatment plan is a [gradual] recovery, not a sprint,” he says. When a patient shows up after a serious injury, an individualized treatment plan is developed, adds Dr. Segina, stressing that it takes a team comprised of doctors, nurses, physical therapists and support staff to help patients recover as quickly and completely as possible. “This isn’t a one-man show,” he says. The National Institutes of Health says exercise is an integral part of the rehabilitation of patients suffering a variety of chronic musculoskeletal conditions, including those due to injury. Regular physical activity also is recommended for treatment of chronic pain and its effectiveness has been established in clinical trials for people with a variety of pain conditions. “For patients who have been seriously injured, this [often] is for the rest of your life,” Dr. Segina says. “And it takes a great effort just to get to a baseline of function and then maintain it. But it can be done.” The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation reports that physical activity helps prevent secondary conditions in the wake of an injury, such as heart disease, diabetes, pressure sores, obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, urinary tract infections and respiratory disease. Exercise also helps keep the brain healthy, according to numerous studies that show it increases alertness and helps people think more clearly. Back to Nappi. On June 4, 2004, he was cutting down a tree when the top twisted and knocked him onto the ground. When paramedics arrived and put him on a stretcher to be Trauma Hawked to Holmes Regional Medical Center (Lawnwood Hospital wasn’t a trauma center at that time), he had no feeling in his legs. After five surgeries on his exploded L3 vertebrae and his legs, Nappi spent three weeks in Holmes Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Exercise is a key component of recovery from serious injury BY JACKIE HOLFELDER Correspondent
Vero Beach 32963 / March 16 ,2023 63 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ At first, he was non-ambulatory, but as soon as he was able, he began the years-long regimen that eventually resulted in substantial recovery. Along with intensive sessions with physical therapists, Nappi also pushed himself when exercising. When he had progressed to the point where he could get onto a treadmill – while still walking with two crutches – he walked for one minute the first day, two minutes the second day, and so on. “He worked a pretty intense physical therapy and exercise program, given his constellation of injuries,” says Dr. Segina, who was actively involved in Nappi’s recovery for years after preforming surgery on him. “He made me feel like I could do it,” says Nappi. “I continued working with physical therapists until I couldn’t make any more progress, but they and Dr. Segina helped me get to where I am today.” “A key component of recovery is encouragement,” adds Dr. Segina. “Given Mr. Nappi’s sudden loss of physicality, he worked very hard to get to where he is today.” Orthopedic surgeons are medical doctors who have completed approximately 14 years of formal education. They must maintain their board certification with continuous learning and demonstrate their expertise on a regular basis via oral or written examinations. Dr. Daniel Segina obtained his medical degree from University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine in 1993. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at Ohio State University Hospital in 1998 and a fellowship in orthopedic trauma at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in 1999. He was board-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery in 2001. He is accepting new patients and medical practices at Health First Medical Group Physician Specialties Office, 1350 Hickory St., Melbourne, 321-434-1401.
64 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16 ,2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suffered a concussion and was hospitalized after he tripped and fell at a hotel last Wednesday. As of Friday, he was still in the hospital receiving treatment and recovering. The news highlights the risks of falling that older adults face – especially since it’s not the first tumble for the 81-year-old, who fractured a shoulder in 2019 in a fall outside his Louisville home. Every year, millions of Americans older than 65 experience falls, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This translates to 1 in 4 older adults falling, resulting in more than 800,000 emergency department visits, with 1 in 5 of the falls resulting in serious injuries such as broken hips or other bone fractures, or head trauma, according to CDC. Falls are the leading cause of injury and death in 1225 US HWY 1, VERO BEACH, FL 32960 JULIE A. CROMER, DDS COSMETIC DENTISTRY GENERAL DENTISTRY DENTURES & PARTIALS DENTAL IMPLANTS WHITENING GUM SURGERY WALK-INS WELCOME FINANCING & SAVINGS PLAN AVAILABLE SE HABLA ESPANOL DENTAL LAB ON PREMISES Call 772-562-5051 CromerAndCairnsDental.com The patient and any other person responsible for payment has a right to refuse to pay, cancel payment, or be reimbursed for payment for any other services, examination, or treatment that is preformed as a result of and within 72 hours of responding to the advertisement for the free, discounted fee, or reduced fee service, examination, or treatment. NEW PATIENT SPECIAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM FULL SET XRAYS TREATMENT PLAN CLEANING* $79 *Not in combination with any other offer. Offer good for new patients only and cleaning in absence of periodontal disease. Xrays are non transferable. (D0150) (D1110) (D0210) (D0330) Why are falls so frequent and serious for older people? BY ERIN BLAKEMORE The Washington Post
Vero Beach 32963 / March 16 ,2023 65 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ body, and many older people have existing health conditions that may be exacerbated by a fall or can cause a fall. “A fall can result in injury, such as a fracture, which may affect an older adult’s ability to function independently,” said Laurie Jacobs, chair of the department of medicine at Hackensack University Medical Center and past president of the American Geriatrics Society. “It also can affect one’s confidence in navigating the environment in which they live.” Falls are the most common cause of traumatic brain injury. Hip fractures alone result in hospitalization for 300,000 older Americans annually, and more than 95 percent of those fractures are because of falls. Along with advancing age, the main predictor for an increased risk of falls is a history of falls, studies show. “Older adults are more susceptible to falls due to the changes of normal aging, such as the decline in muscle mass, and the effects of medications and health conditions, which may impair balance, strength, vision and hearing, among other effects,” Jacobs said. Most falls result from a combination of risk factors. Balance declines with age, making older people prone to falling, particularly if they also have lower-body weakness, trouble walking or poor vision. Vitamin D deficiency and certain health conditions, including hypertension and Parkinson’s disease, can increase falling risk. Taking multiple medications such as tranquilizers, sedatives and antidepressants can increase the risk of falling. The risks posed by prescription drugs include impaired judgment and cognition, mood changes, lightheadedness, loss of balance, drowsiness, slower reaction time, dizziness and wooziness. This presents an especially thorny problem, since many of these medications are important for older patients who have sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, high blood pressure and other conditions. People with mild hearing loss are nearly three times as likely to fall, with each 10 decibels of hearing loss increasing fall risk, according to research from Johns Hopkins. Women tend to be at higher risk for falls than men. Other hazards include foot pain and wearing poor footwear, and home dangers, such as slippery bathtubs or floors, broken or uneven steps, throw rugs or clutter that can cause older people to trip. Outdoors, uneven walkways, sidewalk cracks and curbs are other contributors. Even dog-walking – while good exercise for animals and their humans alike – can prompt a fall if the dog makes an impulsive or unexpected move that results in the person’s being thrown off balance. Recuperating from a fall can be complicated and prolonged for older people, especially with injuries such as a hip fracture or bleeding in the brain from head trauma, and “may even be fatal,” said Brandon Verdoorn, a geriatrician and internist at the Mayo Clinic. A broken hip, for example, causes severe pain, and requires a major surgical procedure and intensive physical and occupational therapy. A head trauma may cause neurological problems such as muscle weakness or lack of coordination, as well as cognitive impairment, Verdoorn said. An older body means that “what would be a noninjury in your 40s, would be far more serious in your 80s,” Kistler said. Falls, then, are compounded by additional health conditions – osteoporosis or muscle wasting, for example – which can impede recovery, she said. “For an older person to be in bed for a day is like a younger person being in bed for a week,” she said, which leads to further weakness and loss of function. Frailty – the deterioration of multiple body systems – also puts older people at risk, even from minor stresses, Verdoorn said. “Older adults who are frail tend to have weak muscles, walk slowly, have Comprehensive Ophthalmology Cosmetic and Reconstructive Eyelid & Facial Surgery Retinal Care Cornea Surgery Glaucoma Treatment Cataract Surgery with Eyedrop Anesthesia Onsite Optical Boutique and Medication Dispensary Aesthetics with Licensed Aesthetician Fellowship-trained specialists in the areas of: Cataracts Retina Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Cornea Glaucoma William Mallon, MD Adam Katz, MD Alexander Blandford, MD Derek Ohlstein, MD Edward Branigan, MD Logan Vander Woude, DO Dominick Benedetto, MD J. Michael Schnell, MD Val Zudans, MD 3500 US Highway 1, Vero Beach, FL 32960 772-299-1404 www.caec.info More than 1 in 4 Americans ages 65 and older falls each year, but falling does not have to be an inevitable part of aging
66 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16 ,2023 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ low energy and are often thin and have lost substantial weight,” he said. “Being frail is a significant barrier to recovery after a fall,” he said. Despite the all the risks and daunting statistics, falling is not considered an inevitable result of aging, according to the National Council on Aging. Most falls – about 60 percent – happen in the home, while 30 percent happen in public and 10 percent in health-care settings, according to NCOA. Because so many falls occur at home, simple strategies can go a long way to reducing overall fall risk. “To prevent falls, older adults should try to exercise and walk to maintain strength, and bring any complaints of changing vision, balance and strength to their primary care provider,” Jacobs said. You can make your home safer by removing clutter and putting often-used items in easy reach so you don’t need to step on a chair or even a stepladder to reach something. Improve lighting and do not try to navigate your home in the dark. Remove throw rugs and mats; they are a common tripping hazard. Put nonskid mats in the tub and on the floor. Look at the arrangement of your furniture. Make sure there is plenty of space to walk. Remove coffee tables and glass table tops to make the space safer in case of a fall. Add grab bars in the bathroom, and make sure all staircases have handrails and are well-lit. Avoid climbing ladders for any reason. (Ask a family member or neighbor to change those ceiling lightbulbs for you.) Talk to your doctor and ask him or her to evaluate your risk of falling and discuss measures you can take to prevent falls. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to review the drugs you take to see if they cause dizziness or drowsiness, and to see if there are safer alternatives. Get checked for vitamin D deficiency and take supplements if you need them. Have your vision and hearing screened at least once a year and be sure to keep your glasses or contact lenses up to date. If you wear bifocals or progressive lenses, consider getting glasses with distance correction only for outdoor activities, since the others can make things appear closer or farther than they are. Exercise is another important and effective thing you can do to help prevent falls. Lifting weights, doing weight-bearing or strengthening exercises for the legs, abdomen and back such as push-ups, planks, lunges or squats can build muscle and improve stability. The more you walk and use the stairs, the stronger and more stable you will be. Yoga and martial arts training such as tai chi can help improve balance, flexibility, strength and mental wellbeing. Wear sturdy, nonslip shoes: Make sure they fit well and have a sole with a strong grip. Heels, slick soles and shoes with “nubs” on the sole can increase fall risk. If you wear slippers at home, make sure they have a rubber sole that does not slip. And be careful with your beloved pets. “We know that pets are good for people, for social companionship and exercise, but I call them ‘cute little trip hazards,’” Kistler said. Pets can tug on leashes, walk underfoot or leap in front of you just as you stand or head for the stairs. Pet bowls, bedding and toys also can be trip hazards. The CDC has estimated that nearly 87,000 human injuries each year are associated with cats and dogs. Dogs are the worst offender and are associated with 7.5 times as many injuries as cats. Women are twice as likely to be injured in pet-related falls as are men. Injury rates are highest among people over 75, but people of all ages can trip over pets. Fractures and bruises are the most common injuries. About 2 in 3 falls caused by cats result from stumbling or tripping over the animal. Only 1 in 3 falls caused by dogs are due to tripping over the pet. About 1 in 5 dog-related falls are due to being knocked over or pulled off balance by a dog. If you do fall, Kistler suggests putting your hands out and trying either to grab something, or have your arm hit first. “It’s better to have an arm or wrist fracture, than a hip or head injury,” she said. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 63
Vero Beach 32963 / March 16 ,2023 67 HEALTH Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Q. My doctor said I have good carotids. What did she mean? A. Your doctor checked your carotid arteries on the sides of your neck to see if the blood flow was blocked. Apparently, she felt your carotids are in good shape. Carotid arteries run from the aorta – the main trunk of the arterial system – up to your brain. When these vessels become blocked, you have carotid artery disease, which can cause a stroke. The chances of developing this disease increase with age. About one percent of people in their fifties have significantly blocked carotid arteries, but ten percent of people in their eighties have carotid artery disease. As you age, a sticky substance called plaque, which contains cholesterol, can accumulate on the inside walls of your arteries. The process is called atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. The amount of blockage in a carotid artery determines the risk of having a stroke. If the blockage becomes severe enough, you may need surgery to open the blood flow to your brain. Q. What increases my chances of breaking a bone? A. For several reasons, seniors are in danger of breaking a bone. As we age, the power of our senses, reflexes and coordination diminishes. Maladies and the medicines we take for them can contribute to balance problems, which can lead to falls. Then there’s osteoporosis – a disease that makes bones more likely to snap. You may be in danger of having weak bones and should check with a doctor if you: smoke, are in poor health, are over 65, fractured a bone after age 50, have a close relative with osteoporosis, are underweight, started menopause before age 45, never got enough calcium, have more than two drinks of alcohol several times a week, are inactive. The following are medical conditions that can weaken your bones: hyperthyroidism, chronic lung disease, cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic liver or kidney disease, hyperparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency, Cushing’s disease, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. The following also put your bones at risk: oral glucocorticoids (steroids), radiation, chemotherapy, thyroid medicine, antiepileptic drugs, gonadal hormone suppression, and immunosuppressive agents. Because of the way bones are made, they also get stronger with regular but not excessive exercise. If a person is active, bones will become stronger and denser. The bones of an inactive person are often not as strong and may fracture more easily than those of an active person. For this reason, older people should try to remain physically active. Q. How dangerous is carbon monoxide? A. Carbon monoxide (chemical symbol CO) is a colorless and odorless gas that can kill you. CO is a byproduct of combustion. It comes out of car tailpipes, gas ovens, fireplaces and heating systems. Red blood cells absorb CO more readily than they pick up oxygen. If there is a lot of CO in the air, the body may replace oxygen in blood with CO. This blocks oxygen from getting into the body, which can hurt you and eventually kill you. People with chronic heart disease, anemia, or respiratory problems are more susceptible to the effects of CO. And many seniors fit into one or more of those categories. The most common symptoms of CO poisoning are headache, dizziness, weakness, irregular breathing, nausea, vomiting, chest pain and confusion. You should go outdoors and breathe some fresh air immediately if you suspect CO poisoning. If you stay in the house, you could become unconscious and die. Then get medical attention right away. Next to preventing the production of CO, the best defense against this lethal gas is a CO alarm. CO gas distributes evenly and quickly throughout the house. A CO detector should be installed outside bedrooms to alert sleeping residents. BY FRED CICETTI Columnist Answering 3 common health questions asked by seniors
68 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Style As fashion month draws to a close, these are the styles we may really want to wear. “What the France are those trousers?” a friend back home messaged me on WhatsApp during the latest round of shows at Paris Fashion Week. She was asking, specifically, about the boots so tall they’d grown a waistband, presented by Victoria Beckham, Alexander McQueen and others. Off the catwalk, they did look quite comical – would you hang them in your wardrobe or fold them into a shoe box? That’s the thing about fashion shows. A huge percentage of what we see is completely unrelatable to anyone living in the real world. But the purpose of said designs, like any artistic statement, is to start a conversation, lighting up the comment box and putting the brand in question on your radar as a noteworthy provocateur. In this case, job done. In Paris this season it felt as though some of the typically “safe” designers were trying to stir, while others who had previously relished in showmanship were turning their backs on it. We saw a lot of deliberately ugly clothes. Brutalism for the body was an overarching theme, with challenging silhouettes. The binding of one’s upper arms to one’s sides, as shown in different guises at Rick Owens and Loewe, would indeed be a tricky trend to practice on the daily commute. There were so many shoe The good, the bad and the deliberately ugly from Paris Fashion Week BY CAROLINE LEAPER The Telegraph
Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 69 Style styles, from clownish flats to sculptural pedestal platforms, that were not made for walking. At Balenciaga, the bulbous shoulders on motorbike jackets could be inflated or deflated depending on where on the scale – from pedestrian to freakish – you wish for your proportions to lie. But we also saw plenty of wearable beauty; creations that perhaps didn’t get as much air time as the more outré statements, but which may ultimately be the pieces that women want to add to their own wardrobes next autumn. Here are the eight items to note ... The jacket reimagined For designers seeking to be seen as experimental this season, the jacket was where it started. Blazers were deconstructed at Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen and Victoria Beckham, the inner workings of the tailoring process now visible as decoration on the outside. Beckham’s trench coats were also innovative; the colorful silk satin linings became contrasting sleeves. The statement skirt If you buy just one wardrobe update for the season ahead, make it a talkingpoint skirt. After years of dominance from dresses, all skirt shapes are now back on the agenda, from pencils to Aline cuts. The only rule is to go bold: at Dior it was all about blurred macro floral prints, while at Paco Rabanne, sequined column skirts were paired with fuzzy mohair knits. The new black tie The Valentino designer Pierpaolo Piccioli had felt inspired when his teenage daughter raided his wardrobe before heading to a party. “She’d taken one of my black suits, white shirt, and black tie and was on her way out the front door,” he said backstage. As such, every look in his collection was completed with a skinny black necktie, for a new eveningwear statement. Embellishment extremes From coats at Loewe to tunics and matching bags at Givenchy, we saw many looks so loaded with crystals and glass beading that they rattled. Backstage at Alexander McQueen, designer Sarah Burton explained that her beguiling gowns were designed to mimic the muscle fibers in Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical sketches. The fluid dress Some of the most exciting eveningwear options appeared to be the most effortless. A single gold clasp seemed to hold together a dress made of draped duchesse silk at Loewe. The concept was worked by designer Jonathan Anderson into several off-shoulder silhouettes, inspired by the idea of a satin robe hanging from a nail on a door. Power shoulders and tails Every jacket at Saint Laurent came with extreme shoulders and many featured elongated panels that looked like tails. Scarves and strips also grew out of coats at The Row and Stella McCartney, while Victoria Beckham also championed outsized blazers. “These are the biggest shoulders I’ve ever done,” she said, “A jacket with a broad shoulder, and legs poking out, that’s what feels desirable to me now.” Balloon trousers If you don’t fancy volume up top, do it with trousers. The pleated pantaloon shapes at Louis Vuitton were matched to softly draped jackets, for a fresh take on a pinstripe suit. Other takes on the style were spotted at Chanel, this time cropped as shorts and cuffed at the knee, worn with contrasting tights and stompy black boots – designer Virginie Viard called this the new way to do monochrome. The knitted three-piece Tonal knitted looks are still a hit in Paris. Variations were everywhere, but none did it so consistently and convincingly as Hermes. A favorite takeaway: Match up your knitted skirt, sweater and scarf next winter for a coordinated three-piece. With just a subtle styling trick, designer Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski had perhaps the final say on wearable luxury for the season ahead: “These may be the most boring clothes on Earth, but [I’m bringing] surprising creativity to them.”
70 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Style THE BEST OF THE BEST AT THE OSCARS Black and white with some pops of color seemed to be the theme in the dress code this year at the 95th Academy Awards. It was quite the star-studded affair, and the fashion was bigger and better than ever. The list of the best dressed actresses was huge this year and they all showed true beauty in their gowns. Nominees included Michelle Yeoh (for her leading role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Cate Blanchett (for her leading role in “Tár”), and Angela Bassett (for her supporting role in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”). It was a big night for ageless style and Hollywood glamor, with sequins aplenty. WINNER WINNER
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72 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Style Backstage after her show in the chilly but historic military equestrian school in Paris, Stella McCartney is irrepressible. She’s been fighting against animal cruelty in fashion for nearly 30 years and confesses to being “devastated” by all the leather and feathers on other catwalks this season. According to PETA, more than 1 billion animals are killed for the global leather industry every year, while leather tanning still mainly requires toxic chemicals harmful to humans and the industry. But rather than walking away from the industry in despair, she’s doubling down. It’s more than three years since she sold 50 percent of her company to the luxury leviathan LVMH. Under that deal, she has access to state-of-the-art technologies and research. Her new collection features Mirum, a plasticfree, plant-based leather alternative, along with bags made from apple and grape skins. Also new: a white mushroom (or Mycelium) derived bag. It’s the first time mushroom skins have been available in anything other than black. “It sounds small, but it’s a big step,” she says. “We’re making progress every season.” She also has influence as a sustainability advisor to LVMH which owns Dior, Celine, Fendi (a house that originated in fur), Givenchy, Loewe, Kenzo, Loro Piana and Marc Jacobs. Any sign of enlightenment there? “Yes,” she says. “You’ll start to see some new developments later this year.” Meanwhile, on her catwalk, as her models marched along the sandy ring, half a dozen grey horses separated from the main catwalk by a single rope performed a magical sequence of synchronized movements that at times risked distracting from the clothes. Never work with animals. But the clothes – mainly black, red, cream and tobacco, held their own in the end. Oversized, cinched-in checked jackets with big shoulders, shrunken waistcoats, low slung trousers, strapless dresses that riffed off traditional gabardine trenches, teeny mini-skirts worn with thigh high rubber based boots, horse prints, slinky one-shoulder column dresses and desirable ankle-length coats … this is a return to what McCartney does best: classics with a carefree, sexy attitude. McCartney drew parallels with the horses. Their horse whisperer, Jean Francois Pignon, famously doesn’t use saddles, bridles or any form of tack. McCartney, who, like her late mother Linda, is a keen horsewoman and horse lover, says she’s wanted to work with him for years. “The only animals you’ll ever see on our catwalk are alive,” she said, in what sounded like a challenge to other fashion houses. “This is about showing you can live in harmony with animals and the environment and still wear great clothes.” Horses and models made for a magical Stella McCartney show BY LISA ARMSTRONG The Telegraph
Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 73 Style Paris was eerily quiet recently during Paris Fashion Week. A mass strike against pension reform by transport workers meant those who could, worked from home. At the Chanel show however, one of the biggest of Paris Fashion Week, it was business as usual – and a full house. Nothing ruffles this label. Its prices steadily mounted through the pandemic and since, its revenues have continued to rise. Outside, once the show had finished, reality bit as hundreds of fans, dressed head-to-toe in Chanel, grappled with a barren landscape in which trains, buses and licensed taxis had done a vanishing act. This was one of the more pragmatic shows of Paris Fashion Week. Although not without its eccentricities (white lace tights and plus fours among them) it even featured several average-sized models. Viard probably didn’t design these clothes to be worn on demonstrations. Then again, this country has form when it comes to not compromising on chic, however challenging the circumstances. Practical take-outs from this collection include chunky boots with everything, long, full evening skirts that turn out to be wide trousers and a complete absence of the trailing, oversized silhouettes that linger on many catwalks. Chunky boots with everything Virginie Viard accessorized every outfit, including her filmy silk dresses with tough-looking black boots. Some of them had white camellias attached but they were best when simple. A reminder that knee-high boots are the binding agent of any winter look (and quite a few spring ones). Separates are back They’ve been popular at most shows, a reminder of how much more versatile they can be than a dress. When in doubt, throw on a long coat Chanel’s are slim, but next winter there should be lots of choice. A glamorous knit will repay you forever Chanel has tweed-effect knits, oneshoulder knitted tweed, stripy mohair dresses ++and skinny textured buttonthroughs that will take a floaty silk dress into winter. Slenderized jackets Oversized is still popular (see Saint Laurent) but for petite frames, fitted is an easier, more classic option. Lessons in Parisian practicality from Chanel BY LISA ARMSTRONG The Telegraph
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‘LIVES LIKE A HOUSE’ HUGE OCEANFRONT CONDO AT CARLTON 600 Beachview Dr., #2S at Carlton Vero Beach: 4-bedroom, 4.5-bath, 4,372-square-foot oceanfront condo offered for $3,695,000 by Dale Sorensen Real Estate agent Cathy Curley: 772-559-1359
REAL ESTATE 80 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ When you pass through the gates at Carlton, you first see what Dale Sorensen Real Estate agent Cathy Curley says is the most fabulous tree in all of Vero. “It’s this huge, perfectly circular and balanced live oak that is to me quite the Carlton signature fixture,” Curley says, noting the tree embodies the distinctive luxury and elegance Carlton is known for. Fountains gurgle at the building’s entrance, enhancing the colonial West Indies architectural design in the 15-acre, upscale community and setting the tone for the superbly appointed lobby. “Another special feature of Carlton is that there are only six units per building – three per tower – so you’re not sharing the elevator, which opens right into the unit. And when you enter, you immediately have dramatic ocean views,” notes Curley. The oceanfront condominium at 600 Beachview Dr., #2S, is especially desirable, explains Curley, because it is one the larger Carlton floorplans, with four bedrooms, four full baths and one half-bath, and faces south. Carlton is known for its solid construction, with concrete floors and sound-insulated masonry walls between residences ensuring privacy and quiet, a big boon for condo living. The apartment’s foyer opens into a grand salon lined with glass walls that showcase the ocean as a backdrop to the formal living area and let in a flood of natural light. “There is just something about the ocean – it’s always changing, like art. But it’s just so calming,” says Curley. Opening onto a spacious veranda with a summer kitchen and a wraparound balcony, the salon is perfect Huge oceanfront condo at Carlton ‘lives like a house’ BY STEPHANIE LABAFF Staff Writer
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 81 for entertaining any time of the year. A wet bar and gas fireplace grace the interior wall, with columns defining the space between the salon and the formal dining room. The owner’s suite is accessed through a set of doors leading into a rotunda-shaped vestibule. The spacious bedroom and luxurious bath have built-ins, access to the veranda, a walk-in closet, built-in dresser, jetted tub, shower, water closet with bidet, two sinks and a built-in vanity – but the real prize is the ocean view from the bed, notes Curley. The kitchen, breakfast nook, laundry room, powder room and family room are located at the center of the condo, easily accessible to the homeowners and their guests. The kitchen is ideally suited to handle formal dining or casual family gatherings. The pass-thru into the family room ensures game-day snacks are easily shared, while the breakfast nook allows for morning coffee with the balcony doors thrown open to enjoy ocean breezes. On the western side of the condo, three guest bedrooms and bathrooms are clustered with access to a shared terrace, a family room and a private balcony. The family room is a perfect gathering spot for adult guests with their little ones where they can spread out and enjoy a little downtime. “The best thing about this particular unit is the direct beach access from the oceanfront terrace. It’s so easy for pet owners or those who enjoy walking on the beach. This oceanfront terrace is unlike any other I’ve seen on any Vero condominium,” says Curley. The expansive terrace has a grill, plenty of dining space and room for sizable, comfortable furniture where you can read and relax. It even CONTINUED ON PAGE 83
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 83 has room for a TV and gas fireplace, points out Curley. “Carlton condos live like a house, but without the maintenance so that you can enjoy the Florida lifestyle,” adds Curley, noting an extensive list of amenities available to residents, including frequent social events and cocktail parties. A computer-generated ProxKey system with electronic keys provides easy access to the owner’s build - ing, elevator, condominium, two-car air-conditioned garage with storage, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 81
REAL ESTATE 84 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ community areas and dune crossover. Custom concierge service is available to each homeowner and three guest rooms on the second floor of the clubhouse are available to residents for a nominal fee to house overflow company. Amenities include the gated dune crossover leading to 1,200 feet of beach, the clubhouse and catering kitchen for entertaining, a swimming pool, fitness center, tennis court, putting green, basketball hoop, Jacuzzi and sauna. “The space and amenities are exceptional compared to other oceanfront options at this price point,” says Curley. Carlton Vero Beach is only a short drive from life-guarded beaches, oceanside dining and shopping, and cultural opportunities at the Riverside Theatre and Vero Beach Museum of Art. VITAL STATISTICS Neighborhood: Carlton Vero Beach • Year built: 2000 Construction: Concrete block with stucco Architecture: Colonial West Indies • Home size: 4,372 square feet Bedrooms: 4 • Bathrooms: 4 full baths and 1 half-bath Pool: Freeform community pool and Jacuzzi View: Sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean Additional features: Private, in-unit elevator; fine finishes; crown molding; plantation shutters and electric blinds; fireplace; double oven; island cooktop; wet bar; wrap-around veranda, balcony and terrace; summer kitchen; jetted tub; double stair egress; trash chute; impact windows and hurricane screens; air-conditioned, two-car garage with storage; dune crossover; clubhouse with pool, fitness center, sauna and Jacuzzi. Listing agency: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Listing agent: Cathy Curley, 772-559-1359 Listing price: $3,695,000 600 BEACHVIEW DR., #2S Q: I’m interested in a property that is under contract but is also under a contingency. I find it odd that this house has been contingent for over six months! I want to submit a backup offer. How can I find out if their deal is rocky or just slow to go through? A: The residential real estate market continues to befuddle most buyers these days. Millions of homeowners are locked into extremely low interest rates and have no desire to sell. Meanwhile, hedge funds and private equity groups have bought tens of thousands of homes to keep as rental properties. This has led to far fewer properties being listed for sale. Meanwhile, between rising interest rates and the high cost of homes, many buyers are finding it tough to qualify for loans. You found a property that shows as “under contract” in the multiple listing service. The listing also shows that the sale is “contingent.” Let’s start with what “contingent” might mean in this context. Real estate agents generally use a multiple listing service for their properties. The goal is to get as much information out about a property to other agents, so those agents will bring their buyers – and hopefully an offer. Once the seller signs a contract with a buyer, the property is considered to be “under contract.” However, buyers may have certain conditions they need satisfied before they proceed to close on the property. Some of these conditions or contingencies may involve the buyers obtaining financing, inspecting the property to ensure they understand the property’s physical condition, and the ability (in some states) for the buyers’ attorney to review and approve the contract. BUYER INTERESTED IN PROPERTY LISTED AS ‘CONTINGENT’ BY ILYCE GLINK AND SAMUEL J. TAMKIN Tribune
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 85 These three conditions are the most common, but there are others. In some areas of the country, common contingencies include a wood-boring insect inspection, septic system inspection, well water inspection, and radon inspection, among others. If a home is of a certain age, there may be a lead paint or water inspection. Or, a home buyer may want to inspect for mold or structural defects. Less frequently, a buyer may put a bid in for a home with the anticipation of tearing it down or renovating and expanding the home. When this happens, the buyer may add a contingency to the contract giving the buyer the right to apply for permits, zoning changes or to satisfy other municipal requirements before completing the purchase of the home. Sometimes sellers want to remain in their home for an extended period of time before closing and moving. The seller may be building a home and needs to delay closing until the new home is finished. The seller may want CONTINUED ON PAGE 87
REAL ESTATE 86 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero saw another milestone in the local luxury-storage development trend last week when a third project was completed – in record time. The trend, which has taken shape over the past several years, currently is slated to bring to market a half-dozen projects totaling close to 200 units intended for wealthy buyers with car collections, luxury RVs, big boats and other toys. “I can’t imagine a project going any faster than this has,” said Joe Foglia, partner and construction contractor at Fortified Storage, which is located in a commercial subdivision off Dixie Highway north of Oslo Road. Foglia and his partners, Jodah Bittle and Bill Stoddard, engineers at Schulke, Bittle and Stoddard, bought the project land – 1.6 acres in the Olde South Commercial Park Subdivision – in March 2022, paying $487,900 for three lots, and immediately plunged into the planning and permitting process. The first concrete trucks rolled onto the site to pour foundations in late August. Less than 7 months later, the project was done in every detail – paving, fencing, CARPET ONE CREATIVE FLOORS & HOME Creative Floors & Home has more for your entire home from the floor up! With Flooring, Tile, Cabinets and even vacuum cleaners! 772.569.0240 1137 Old Dixie Hwy • Vero Beach creativefloorscarpet1verobeach.com Professional Cabinet Design Available Luxury Vero storage project completed in record time BY STEVEN M. THOMAS Staff Writer PHOTO BY JOSHUA KODIS
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 87 to move to an assisted living facility and has to wait for space to open up. Or, the seller is waiting for the buyer to obtain financing, and the buyer has been unable to obtain it. There could be other matters on the buyer’s side that have delayed the buyer’s purchase of the home including the buyer’s ability to sell their existing home. In any case, you can always reach out to the listing agent and put in a backup offer. We doubt the listing agent will give you any information as to the details of the transaction but will likely welcome the backup. If you submit an offer, one of several things might happen: the seller can ignore it, thank you for it, negotiate with you on the offer, or accept the offer subject to terminating the existing contract. In some cases, they may terminate the existing contract and simply accept your offer. You never know until you try. We know a number of people who have lucked into a property simply by submitting a back-up offer and then checking back regularly with the listing agent. If you don’t put in an offer, you’ll never know if the seller is just sitting there, waiting for a better offer to come along. If you’re working with a real estate agent, that agent could submit the offer. Another option is to continue to monitor the property to see if the original deal falls through. If it does, you can put in your offer then. But there may be more competition for the property at that point, as other buyers are likely watching it as well. One possible risk: Submitting your offer may prompt the current buyer to close quickly on the property because that buyer doesn’t want to lose it. In that case, though, you’re not really losing out since the property was already under contract. Let us know how things turn out! landscaping, lighting and elegant- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 85 looking blue steel buildings. “We got our certificates of occupancy from the county on Wednesday,” Foglia told Vero Beach 32963. That was exactly 1 year and 1 day after the partners closed on the land – an impressive timeline during a period when large luxury homes often take 2 years to build. Foglia said progress was rapid because of the semi-finished lots they started with, the quality of the subcontractors, and the highly relevant expertise of the development team. “We have a big advantage in terms of speed and budget, since we are engineers and builders,” Bittle said last year, prior to groundbreaking. The 22,500-square-foot project consists of three main buildings that contain a total of 15 units, and a small accessory building with restrooms for the use of unit owners. All the units are 25 feet wide and 60 feet deep, large enough to garage the largest Class A RV, a large, oceangoing boat or as many as eight classic cars – 14 cars if lifts are installed. They have 17-foot-high ceilings and 14-foot by 14-foot roll-up doors. At 1,500 square feet, they are as large as a small 3-bedroom, 2-bath home and feel cavernous when you step inside, more like airplane hangars than garages. The pre-plumbed units can be customized with epoxy floors, full bathrooms and mezzanine levels. Air conditioning and RV plug-ins are other options. The steel buildings are built to withstand 170-mile-an-hour winds, making them safe for possessions and people during a major storm. And even though they are classified as industrial buildings they are strikingly attractive examples of classic modern architecture in bright blue and white, with finishes that Foglia said will have to be painted eventually, “but not in my lifetime.” Foglia said that a majority of buyers so far have large RVs they want to store and that half of the buyers have come from the barrier island. Three units are still available, priced from $299,000 to $323,900. Two of the units are side-by-side in a two-unit building and can be purchased together if a buyer wants 3,000 square feet of open, unobstructed space for storage or customization. The metal buildings were manufactured by Tampa-based Florida Prefab. The project address is 421 3rd Lane SW and the website is fortifiedstoragecenter.com Foglia said he and his partners have discussed building another luxury storage project “if they can find the right piece of land for another boutique development.”
REAL ESTATE 88 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE JOHN’S ISLAND 605 COCONUT PALM RD 1/16/2023 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 3/6/2023 $3,400,000 ORCHID COVE 9378 ORCHID COVE CIR 8/2/2022 $1,375,000 $1,376,000 3/6/2023 $1,345,000 VERO BEACH ESTATES 846 BANYAN RD 10/21/2022 $1,500,000 $1,250,000 3/8/2023 $1,175,000 FLORALTON BEACH 835 REEF RD 10/12/2022 $1,375,000 $1,300,000 3/6/2023 $1,120,000 CASTAWAY COVE 1124 INDIAN MOUND TRL 7/13/2022 $1,650,000 $1,400,000 3/3/2023 $1,072,000 ISLAND CLUB OF VERO 918 ISLAND CLUB SQ 9/30/2022 $745,000 $585,000 3/9/2023 $585,000 JOHN’S ISLAND 460 SABAL PALM LN, #31 7/5/2022 $3,000,000 $2,850,000 3/3/2023 $2,300,000 LA MER CONDO 5554 HIGHWAY A1A, #201 12/15/2022 $975,000 $949,000 3/3/2023 $911,000 PORPOISE BAY VILLAS 300 HARBOUR DR, #105-A 11/2/2022 $925,000 $925,000 3/6/2023 $900,000 BEACH HOUSE COTTAGES 924 COQUINA LN, #3 1/31/2023 $599,900 $599,900 3/9/2023 $650,000 TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: March 3 to March 9 The first full week of March brought a busy real estate market on the barrier island with 10 transactions recorded, six of them for more than $1 million. The top sale of the week was of a waterfront estate in John’s Island. The property at 605 Coconut Palm Road was listed on Jan. 16 for $4 million. The home sold on March 6 for $3.4 million. The seller in the transaction was represented by Matilde Sorensen of Dale Sorensen Real Estate. The purchaser was represented by Janet Bruce of Cliff Norris Real Estate.
REAL ESTATE Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 2023 89 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: 7/5/2022 $3,000,000 $2,850,000 3/3/2023 $2,300,000 Elizabeth & Matilde Sorensen Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Not Provided Not Provided Subdivision: John’s Island, Address: 460 Sabal Palm Ln, #31 8/2/2022 $1,375,000 $1,376,000 3/6/2023 $1,345,000 Jeffrey Germano The GHO Homes Agency LLC Michele Mackett ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Subdivision: Orchid Cove, Address: 9378 Orchid Cove Cir 10/12/2022 $1,375,000 $1,300,000 3/6/2023 $1,120,000 Kristine & Rich Gabor ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Kristine & Rich Gabor ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Subdivision: Floralton Beach, Address: 835 Reef Rd 10/21/2022 $1,500,000 $1,250,000 3/8/2023 $1,175,000 Elizabeth Sorensen Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Gene Billero Billero & Billero Properties Subdivision: Vero Beach Estates, Address: 846 Banyan Rd
REAL ESTATE 90 Vero Beach 32963 / March 16, 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: 12/15/2022 $975,000 $949,000 3/3/2023 $911,000 Kristin Dobson & Cindy O’Dare ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Kristin Dobson & Cindy O’Dare ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Subdivision: La Mer Condo, Address: 5554 Highway A1A, #201 Listing Date: Original Price: Recent Price: Sold: Selling Price: Listing Agent: Selling Agent: 11/2/2022 $925,000 $925,000 3/6/2023 $900,000 Erika Ross The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Erika Ross The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Subdivision: Castaway Cove, Address: 1124 Indian Mound Trl Subdivision: Porpoise Bay Villas, Address: 300 Harbour Dr, #105-A 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 7/13/2022 $1,650,000 $1,400,000 3/3/2023 $1,072,000 Amanda Brown Keller Williams Realty Amanda Brown Keller Williams Realty
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