VB32963_ISSUE46_111716_OPT

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 51

INSIGHT COVER STORY

hoft and others think the Fred Jones Jr. for 1939 to 1957. A Degas is allegedly additional paintings allegedly have little Until their journey overseas is
Museum’s Weitzenhoffer collection has missing information for 1918 to 1963. A to no provenance information prior to booked, Meyer’s Shepherdess remains
additional art stolen from Jews. Meyer’s Monet allegedly has no ownership infor- the 1950s or 1960s, or at all. Museum on the wall in the Oklahoma museum.
lawsuit noted that a Renoir was appar- mation before 1957. Three other works Director Mark White says by email that The room is a popular spot for mar-
ently sold by a collector fleeing Nazi Ger- are allegedly connected to a gallery the they are making progress on filling in riage proposals, according to Boren,
many, a red flag. A work by Mary Cassatt Nazis raided or to dealers who were ownership history gaps, but “such re- who knows of at least two there. Both
allegedly lacks ownership information known Nazi collaborators. At least seven search is an exhaustive process.” asked said yes. 

52 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

INSIGHT EDITORIAL

A new opportunity to sell some–or all–of Vero electric

In a curious way, last week’s Vero Beach City Coun- Councils have approved, but it’s worth another look. translated by some to mean that $47 million is the
cil election results were as much of a shock to local Any effort to put together a full sale of Vero elec- dowry required to prevent an immediate rate in-
political seers as the outcome of the U.S. presidential crease for all the remaining Vero electric customers.
race was to national pollsters and pundits. tric, however, cannot be allowed to drag into another That’s simply wrong.
election season. If it quickly becomes apparent a full
Few foresaw the defeat of incumbent City Council sale is going nowhere, the new Council needs to press Incoming Council members Laura Moss and
member Randy Old, who for the past two years has forward early in the new year with the partial sale of Lange Sykes, together with holdover councilman
stood shoulder-to-shoulder with councilmen Jay Vero electric’s customers in Indian River Shores. Harry Howle, should carefully examine – hopefully
Kramer and Dick Winger in defense of their beloved with new experts – how the $47 million figure was
Vero electric. It’s only right that Shores customers – who have arrived at, and quickly see what is really needed to
subsidized Vero’s city budget for years through their make a partial sale a win for all involved.
What Old’s backers failed to grasp was how city outrageous electric bills – finally be allowed to switch
residents – almost as much as county and Indian to FPL and its lower rates. Our guess is when they come up with the real
River Shores residents – want Vero Beach out of the number, the original $30 million offer may look aw-
electric business. FPL in late summer offered Vero $30 million to fully good – and we just hope FPL will give Vero an-
take over the Shores customers – an unexpectedly other opportunity to accept it. 
Some of Old’s supporters angrily blamed his loss generous amount, in our view – but the proposal
– he ran 4th among six candidates in the contest for was rejected by Old, Kramer and Winger, who coun- Will Trump’s election
three seats – on a direct mail campaign waged by a tered with a demand for $47 million. boost island real estate?
political action committee largely funded by Shores’
residents and Florida Power and Light.” That is the number Vero’s “expert” consultants In the weeks ahead, our guess is that the 32963
came up with as needed to protect the customers island is likely to see a new influx of wealthy home
This, of course, totally ignores the “October sur- who would remain after a partial sale against almost buyers not from the Northeast, or Canada, or Eng-
prises” of the those backing Old – the fake newspaper any conceivable negative contingency (they some- land – but from the Palm Beach barrier island.
underwritten by the Indian River Neighborhood As- how missed a catastrophic meteor strike).
sociation mailed to every city resident, or the “Notice Assuming that President-elect Trump will want
of Electric Utility Rate Decrease” that Vero electric (!) We can understand why Vero should want to price to spend a considerable amount of time at Mar-a-
tucked into last month’s bill trumpeting the minis- into a sale foreseeable events that will impact the re- Lago, the landmark estate toward the southern end
cule rate cuts made by the City Council. sidual utility in the next 10 years or so, but coming of the town of Palm Beach that he bought in 1985,
up with a number guaranteed to “keep Vero whole” getting around on that island during the season is
The fact of the matter is that most city voters, after – factoring in worse case scenarios that might occur going to be no source of joy for his neighbors.
almost a decade of failed efforts by one City Council decades from now – is ridiculous.
after another to get Vero electric rates even close to It has been more than a half century since John F.
those of the state’s lowest cost provider, FPL, simply What’s even worse, this has been erroneously Kennedy used his father’s Palm Beach estate as the
want the municipal power operation sold – now! “Winter White House” during his presidency, and the
security presence that surrounds a President has in-
But enough of the post-election analysis. creased a hundred-fold since that time.
Moving forward, unless something extremely un-
expected happens in a re-count, the Vero City Coun- Some number of Palm Beach residents have been
cil will in a matter of days have a three-member coming this way in recent years, preferring the 32963
majority committed to the full or partial sale of Vero ambiance and lifestyle over that of zip code 33480.
electric to Florida Power & Light. We expect to see more heading 90 minutes north to
Our preference would be for the new Council to take a look at our island in the very near future. 
first explore whether anything has changed to make a
sale of all of Vero electric to FPL possible. That’s what
the vast majority of Vero electric customers want, and
perhaps FPL will have some creative new ideas.
Our guess is a full sale remains Mission Impos-
sible because of the horrible contracts previous City

VACCINATION VS. It all started in 1796 with the pioneer of the mass immunization campaigns and to initiate © 2016 Vero Beach 32963 Media, all rights reserved
IMMUNIZATION, PART II smallpox vaccine, Edward Jenner, an English maintenance programs.
physician and scientist who inoculated an eight-
Last time we learned the difference between year-old boy with cowpox pustule liquid recov- As of 2000, measles was eliminated in the U.S., fol-
vaccination and immunization. Vaccination is ered from the hand of a milkmaid. Fast forward lowing eradication campaigns that began in 1967.
when a vaccine is administered to you, usually by to 1949, when the last case of smallpox in the
injection. Immunization is what happens in your U.S. was reported. Within the next two decades, Vaccinations for some diseases, such as yellow
body after you have the vaccination – your im- the disease was eradicated globally. fever, need to be administered only once in a
mune system becomes fortified against an agent, lifetime. On the other hand, since the flu bug
known as the immunogen. In 1879, Louis Pasteur developed the rabies vac- tends to mutate and the vaccine needs to be
cine, using dessicated brain tissue inactivated adjusted every year, you need to be vaccinated
ONE OF THE “10 GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS with formaldehyde. with a flu shot every fall. (If you didn’t get this
IN THE UNITED STATES” year’s flu shot yet, get one ASAP!)
According to the Centers for Disease Control In 1888, the diphtheria toxin was discovered by
(CDC), the use of vaccinations to treat devastat- Emile Roux; in 1896, cholera and typhoid vac- ON THE HORIZON
ing infectious diseases was one of the 10 great- cines were first developed. New scientific discoveries and technologies are
est achievements in the United States in the 20th leading to rapid advances in virology, molecular
century. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a victim of polio, biology and vaccinology. Scientists are currently
founded the National Foundation for Infantile striving to develop effective vaccines against:
Before the introduction of vaccines, people could Paralysis, later known as the March of Dimes, in  Cancer
only become immune to an infectious disease by 1938. The worst recorded polio epidemic in U.S.  Eboli
contracting the disease and surviving it. history occurred in 1952 with 57,628 reported  HIV/AIDS
cases. That year, Dr. Jonas Salk created the first  Nicotine (NicVAX)
IT STARTED WITH EDWARD JENNER’S polio vaccine. Several years later, Dr. Albert Sabin  Obesity (hormone ghrelin)
DISCOVERY 220 YEARS AGO developed the oral polio vaccine. As of 2015, few-  Zika
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports er than 100 cases of polio diagnosed worldwide. For more information, go to the Centers for Dis-
we currently have 25 effective vaccinations/im- ease Control website: www.cdc.gov.
munizations available, some of which are high- In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed the
lighted below. Vaccination Assistance Act into law. It allowed Your comments and suggestions for future topics are
the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to support always welcome. Email us at [email protected].

54 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

INSIGHT BOOK REVIEW

Two surprise events made Harry S fident about the prospects of Truman’s itary. Brands takes the long view of this trast, viewed the prevention of another
Truman president of the United States. Republican rival, Thomas Dewey, that incident, showing the slow escalation catastrophic global war as his highest
The first was Franklin Roosevelt’s sud- editors went ahead and declared vic- of a personal as well as strategic con- order of business. Other men in other
den death by cerebral hemorrhage on tory before the votes were counted out flict in a rapidly shifting postwar envi- circumstances might have been able to
April 12, 1945, less than three months West – thus producing the famous pho- ronment where, frankly, nobody knew mediate such a difference of opinion,
into Truman’s term as vice president. tograph of a gleeful Truman holding a quite what to do. but in 1951 neither Truman nor MacAr-
The second was Truman’s election in his Tribune declaring “Dewey Defeats Tru- thur saw much room for compromise.
own right in November 1948, a race that man.” In the end Truman pulled off a His opening chapters offer portraits Brands’ book follows this tragic arc, de-
almost nobody in the punditocracy pre- comfortable victory, with more than 49 of two men hurtling through the world scribing the two figures as their conflict
dicted he would win. percent of the popular vote to Dewey’s along different paths, one military and widens and deepens and then, inexora-
45.1 percent. one civilian, one brimming with self- bly, erupts.
That race bore certain similarities to confidence, the other less sure he be-
our present one. As the awkward suc- Not long after this, as historian H.W. longed in his position of power. At 70 Though he maintains an admirable
cessor to a charismatic Democratic Brands notes in his engaging new book, years old, the “old soldier” MacArthur, even-handedness, Brands seems to
president, Truman found it hard to gin “The General vs. the President,” Tru- who had defeated and then reconstruct- side with the long-suffering Truman,
up enthusiasm among ordinary voters. man began to have second thoughts ed Japan, felt sure he had all the answers. who ultimately had no choice but to
Two offshoot anti-establishment can- about whether the whole presidency Truman, by contrast, often seemed out put the aggressive, pipe-smoking gen-
didacies added to his troubles: Henry thing was such a good idea after all. of his element, an accidental president eral in his place. But as Brands shows,
Wallace’s Progressive Party and Strom One of the country’s most prolific po- besieged on all sides. Truman knew that in 1951 this was an act fraught with
Thurmond’s States’ Rights Democratic litical historians, Brands has made a MacArthur harbored presidential am- political peril. MacArthur’s return to
(or Dixiecrat) Party both drew votes name for himself recounting the high bitions; the general had even floated the United States started as one long
from Truman’s base. drama of national politics, from “The the idea of running for the Republican celebrity pageant, with millions of
Heartbreak of Aaron Burr” through nomination in 1948. Concluding that Americans lining the streets for his
Under those circumstances, the arch- Ronald Reagan’s unlikely ascendancy his post in Tokyo did not make an ideal motorcade in San Francisco, and mil-
reactionary ChicagoTribune felt so con- as president. base for a U.S. presidential campaign, lions more gazing toward the sky as his
MacArthur never fully entered the race, plane flew over the Midwest toward
Though Truman rarely sought out but the possibility that he might, or felt Washington. When MacArthur finally
such political drama, it had a way of that he should, still rankled. landed in the capital, he was whisked
finding him. In 1949, the first year of before Congress to testify about Korea
his second term, the Russians exploded Then came Korea. In the annals of and – to nobody’s surprise – implicitly
their first atom bomb and theWest“lost” modern U.S. warfare, Korea is often the to denounce the president. Truman’s
China to the communists. The following neglected middle child, caught between reputation was saved not by his own
year, accused Soviet spy Alger Hiss went the glories of World War II and debacle actions but by the somber rebuttal of
to jail on perjury charges, Sen. Joseph of Vietnam. Brands’ book reminds us Gen. George Marshall, who informed
McCarthy burst on the political scene, what a terrifying – and unexpected – Congress in no uncertain terms that
and North Korea invaded South Korea – conflict it was. Sharing borders with the MacArthur did not know what he
and that was just the first six months. Of Soviet Union and China, Korea was no was talking about. The president who
all these second-term events, though, mere regional outpost or proxy battle- fired a general, in short, also had to be
none loomed larger in Washington than ground. It had the potential to erupt saved by one. 
Truman’s showdown with Gen. Douglas into a global nuclear conflict and to set
MacArthur, supreme allied commander off a war for the fate of the world. THE GENERAL VS. THE PRESIDENT:
in Asia and one of the most decorated MACARTHUR AND TRUMAN AT THE BRINK OF
soldiers in U.S. history. Both Truman and MacArthur recog-
nized this danger, but as Brands shows, NUCLEAR WAR
In textbook accounts, their clash they viewed the challenge in profound- BY H.W. BRANDS
usually boils down to a single moment: ly different ways. MacArthur sought Doubleday. 437 pp. $30.
In April 1951, Truman fired MacArthur a crushing military victory, modeling Review by Beverly Gage, Washington Post
for insubordination, thus restoring the his actions on his recent total-war tri-
primacy of civilian control over the mil- umphs in the Pacific. Truman, by con-

COMING ATTRACTIONS! RECOMMENDED CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND VERO BEACH BEST SELLERS

Tues., November 29th at 6pm TOP 5 FICTION TOP 5 NON-FICTION BESTSELLER | KIDS
New York Times Bestselling Author of the 1. The Whistler 1. A Lowcountry Heart 1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #11:

Alex Cooper Mysteries BY JOHN GRISHAM BY PAT CONROY Double Down BY JEFF KINNEY
LINDA FAIRSTEIN presents 2. Dog Man BY DAV PILKEY
DEVLIN QUICK ~ Into the Lion’s Den 2. The Wrong Side of 2. Killing the Rising Sun 3. Is It Christmas Yet?
** This is the first of Linda’s new mystery Goodbye
series for young readers ages 8-12 BY BILL O'REILLY & MARTIN DUGARD BY SANDRA MAGSAMEN
featuring a smart and plucky young sleuth BY MICHAEL CONNELLY
3. Cooking for Jeffrey 4. Quidditch Through the Ages
named Devlin Quick!** 3. Night School
BY INA GARTEN BY J.K. ROWLING
Dial Books for Young Readers BY LEE CHILD
4. Fifty Places to Drink Beer 5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid #11:
4. Razor Girl BY CARL HIAASEN Before You Die Double Down BY JEFF KINNEY
5. Sex, Lies and Serious
BY CHRIS SANTELLA
Money BY STUART WOODS
5. Best. State. Ever.

BY DAVE BARRY

392 Miracle Mile (21st Street), Vero Beach | 772.569.2050 | www.verobeachbookcenter.com

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 55

INSIGHT GAMES BRIDGE

THE TRY MIGHT BE FOR SLAM, NOT GAME WEST NORTH EAST
Q52 KJ94 7
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist QJ98 72 K 10 6 4 3
9873 K6 J5
Bjorn Borg said, “To win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that’s the most K2 AJ873 Q 10 9 5 4
beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player.”
SOUTH
Many bridge players get nervous when contemplating a slam. But often playing in one A 10 8 6 3
is straightforward because you cannot afford (m)any losers. A5
A Q 10 4 2
The main keys for a good slam are fit and controls. To make a grand slam with no fit, 6
you will need most of the 40 high-card points. But with a good fit — or, even better, a
double fit — you will win more tricks than your combined point-count would suggest. Dealer: North; Vulnerable: Both
Also, you must know that the opponents cannot immediately defeat your contract.
The Bidding:
How do you uncover a double fit? By bidding carefully. What about controls? With
(Roman Key Card) Blackwood, often supplemented by control-bidding. SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1 Clubs Pass
In this week’s deal, after South’s one-spade response is raised, he immediately thinks 1 Spades Pass 2 Spades Pass OPENING
about a slam. But the diamond king is a big card. He can find out if partner holds it by 3 Diamonds Pass 4 Spades Pass
rebidding three diamonds. North will think this is a help-suit game-try, and if he has 4 NT Pass 5 Hearts Pass LEAD:
the diamond king, he will probably jump to four spades; but without that card, he will 6 Spades Pass Pass Pass Q Hearts
settle for three spades. Here, after hearing four spades, South uses RKCB to learn
that North has the spade king and club ace, but not the spade queen.

Against six spades, West leads the heart queen. South wins with his ace, draws
two rounds of trumps, cashes the diamond king, plays a diamond to his ace, and
continues with the diamond queen, discarding dummy’s heart loser. Then he can
claim, conceding one trump trick.

56 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

INSIGHT GAMES & CO.

SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (NOVEMBER 10) ON PAGE 78

ACROSS DOWN
7 Particular feature (6) 1 Aim (6)
8 Twofold (6) 2 Look like (8)
9 Hearth (8) 3 Endeavour (6)
10 Unhurried (4) 4 Stick (6)
11 Frail (6) 5 Furore (4)
12 Glut (6) 6 Flowers (6)
14 Pressure (6) 13 Passageway (8)
17 Small stems (6) 15 Yarn, string (6)
19 Lattice, mesh (4) 16 Porous (6)
21 First (8) 17 Winding (6)
22 Kind (6) 18 Seeds (6)
23 Quantity (6) 20 Trickle (4)

The Telegraph

How to do Sudoku:

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

The Telegraph

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 57

INSIGHT GAMES & CO.

ACROSS 67 Gathered 17 Tulip tree 73 II pix
70 Air over Ayr 18 Monochromatic 74 Actor McClure
1 Fugue master 71 “___ the Chief” 19 The principles 76 A pronoun
7 Get the juice 72 Landlady 77 Bart and Brenda
14 Prop for a spill 73 On the agenda and policies of 79 French fountain
20 The perfect place 74 Indulges idly (in) Argentina, once
21 Haydn’s home 75 “___ the bag” 27 Got rid of pen
22 European Space 76 Old Testament 29 “___ bodkins!” 80 Ramon Estevez,
33 Explode
Agency rocket tongue 34 Least furnished now
23 Last name in 77 Dostoevski 36 “You said it!” 82 Take ___ from
37 Devilfish
Wonderland heroine 38 Composer one’s book
24 Sad songs 78 I Kid You Not Edgard whom 83 Rise and shine
25 Noted sew-and- Frank Zappa 84 Leaves as is
author Jack quoted on 86 The Giving Tree
sew? 79 Sewn-on spangle most of his
26 Representative 80 Button albums author Silverstein
28 Browning opening 81 Falls behind 39 Wearing 87 Make batter
30 Army type, briefly 85 A Khan 40 Oxygen-seeking 88 Acknowledge
31 Church area 86 Plays a ukulele microorganism 90 Mao successor?
32 Ice move 87 Common floor 41 Did over, as a 92 ___ notch
33 Guilty of a Deadly sketch
covering 42 Irons on film (slightly higher)
Sin 89 Shoeing shop 43 Advanced
34 Breakthrough 91 To listen, in Lille 45 Scavenging birds The Washington Post
35 ___-on 93 Touch the clouds, 46 A cure-all, say
sailors WORDS ON THE MARCH By Merl Reagle
(hardened) perhaps 48 Cheated
37 Regrets 94 Boy with bread 49 Salon spool
38 Lead singer of the 51 Handwriting
crumbs expert?
Four Seasons 95 Worse, 52 In Bartlett’s
39 Ricocheted 53 Anna Christie’s
42 Gave the elbow oatmeal-wise creator
43 Cuomo and Puzo 96 Risky whisky 54 Tell
44 Ogling sort 97 Twin Peaks 55 Office folks,
45 Monet ami briefly
46 Pitcher’s woe composer 57 Baptism
47 Eve or Enoch Badalamenti sponsoree
48 Mikrokosmos 98 Thomas ___ Eliot 58 A nut for Chinese
99 Strings of wins cooking
composer 61 Gentleman’s
49 Gives in on DOWN agreement?
50 Actress Diana 1 Herod’s realm 62 Term of
51 The only time that 2 Bamboozle endearment
3 Turkeys 63 Rain dance, for
garbage trucks 4 Pieman’s trash one
can pick up and 5 Single out 65 Exhausting
drop dumpsters, it 6 KO punch 66 Term of
seems 7 Put (away) for the endearment
52 Treasurers of 67 “The Lion of
ancient Rome future Janina”
56 “When Will ___ 8 Cower 68 Robbie the
Loved?” 9 Lee Marvin and Robot, e.g.
57 Automatons 69 Testing, to a
58 Dart poison Oliver North were prospector
59 Volleyball need in it: abbr. 70 LP selection
60 10017, e.g. 10 Bikini time, 71 Silent-movie
62 Fine, white clay in France chase
63 PrompTer prelude 11 Famous cubist? vehicles
64 Does some 12 Anton Karas
yardwork was one
65 He wrote The 13 London district
Virginian 14 Paid a call
66 Dennehy or 15 Commodore
Donlevy Perry, “the Hero
of Lake ___”
16 Bolivian resource

The Telegraph

58 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

INSIGHT BACK PAGE

What to do when a friend’s bratty kid bullies yours

BY CAROLYN HAX do the right thing here, but I don’t know what that is! get along, and your actions are a rational way to deal
Washington Post – Conflicted and Stressed! with that.

Dear Carolyn, Dear Conflicted and Stressed: So stop hiding your logic and instead be upfront
I have two very close girlfriends You’re tiptoeing around this thing because you’re about it. “Emily, this isn’t personal; it’s also tempo-
who live in the same destination- afraid of how Emily will react. rary. The past few visits, Butch and Chachi haven’t
friendly town, “Emily” from col- Fearing Emily’s reaction, though, validates her de- gotten along. I’m taking the pressure off. When they
lege and “Jane” from high school. fensiveness, because it reveals your tacit agreement get older and settle down some, we’ll go back to the
Both have children the same age that protecting your son and reducing your time with way things were.”
as mine, both mean a great deal Emily are mean, terrible things to do to her.
to me. Every summer I visit both, trying to split equal But they’re not. You’ve seen how the boys (don’t) Note, though, that this suggested script is just
time between the two. about the way the boys interact (fact) and not about
I can’t bear to be around Emily’s child. He is impul- her son or her permissiveness as monster-creator
sive, defiant, has been outright malicious toward my (opinion).
son, and in one instance caused him physical harm. I
have tried to confront her about my issues with him, You may well be right about all of it, but her son
and she becomes quite defensive and accusatory, and might also turn out just fine; you won’t know this for
doesn’t seem to see his behavioral issues as cause for years.
alarm. She tends to laugh off his behaviors, and he
takes full advantage of her lackadaisical approach to In the meantime, strong friendships can survive
behavior management. My husband and high school some creative scheduling, but they rarely withstand
friends note the same concerns. one friend’s judging another, especially on her per-
I try to be patient and understanding, but my hus- formance as a parent.
band refuses to come with my son and me on visits to
see Emily. This summer, I have planned to spend most So, you need to protect your boy, done. But what
of my trip with Jane and her family. belongs next on the priority list?
Emily is offended that I am not splitting my time
equally between the two. I have no issues with her Protecting your 20-year investment in someone
as a person and still value her friendship. However, strikes me as a valid priority over your husband’s
I can’t handle the stress of being around her son, and protecting himself – at least for a once-a-year visit. It
I don’t know how to express this without hurting her wouldn’t be unfair to ask your husband to do better
feelings and ruining a 20-year friendship. I want to than duck for cover: He can enjoy some one-on-one
time with your son while you give Emily her fair share
of your attention, or he can stick around and direct-
ly supervise the boys while you spend unburdened
time with your friend. Surely there’s a similar trade-
off, somewhere in your marriage, that you can make
for him in return. 

When everyone’s a writer, no one is

BY GARRISON KEILLOR

In New York the other night, I attended a roof- around from Henry James to Jesse James to the also is the down-
top party in Tribeca that I got invited to via a epistle of James to pajamas to Obama to Alabama side. You can write
well-connected pal, wall-to-wall authors and to Alanon to non-sequiturs, sequins, penguins, whatever you wish,
agents and editors and elegant young women in penal institutions, and it’s all free, and you read and everyone in the
little black dresses, standing, white wine in hand, freely, you’re not committed to anything the way world can exercise
looking out across the Hudson at the lights of you are when you shell out $30 for a book, you’re their right to read the
Hoboken and Jersey City, eating shrimp and scal- like a hummingbird in an endless meadow of first three sentences
lops and spanikopita on toothpicks, all talking at flowers. and delete the rest.
once the way New Yorkers do.
And if you want to write, you just write and pub- Self-publishing will destroy the aura of martyr-
I grew up on the windswept plains with my lish yourself. No need to ask permission, just open dom that writers have enjoyed for centuries. Tor-
nose in a book, so I am awestruck in the presence a website. And if you want to write a book, you tured geniuses, rejected by publishers, etc., etc. If
of book people, even though I have written a cou- just write it, send it to Lulu.com or CreateSpace at you publish yourself, this doesn’t work anymore,
ple books myself. These are anti-elitist times, but Amazon or NOOK press and you’ve got yourself alas.
I admire the elite. an e-book. No problem. And that is the future of
publishing: 18 million authors in America, each Children, I am an author who used to type a
I’m not one of them — I’m a deadline writer, my with an average of 14 readers, eight of whom are book manuscript on a manual typewriter. Yes, I
car has 150,000 miles on it — but I’m sorry about blood relatives. Average annual earnings: $1.75. did. And mailed it to a New York publisher in a big
their downfall. And this book party inTribeca feels manila envelope with actual postage stamps on
like a Historic Moment, like a 1982 convention of Back in the day, we became writers through the it. And kept a carbon copy for myself.
typewriter salesmen or the hunting party of Kai- laying on of hands. Some teacher who we wor-
ser Wilhelm II with his coterie of plumed barons shipped touched our shoulder, and this benedic- I waited for a month or so and then got an ac-
in the fall of 1913 before the Great War sent their tion saw us through a hundred defeats. And then ceptance letter in the mail. It was typed on paper.
world spinning off the precipice. an editor smiled on us and wrote us a check, and They offered to pay me a large sum of money. I
our babies got shoes. read it over and over and ran up and down the
Call me a pessimist, call me Ishmael, but I think rows of corn whooping. It was beautiful, the Old
that book publishing is about to slide into the But in the New Era, writers will be self-anoint- Era. I’m sorry you missed it.
sea. We live in a literate time, and our children ed. No passing of the torch. Just sit down and
are writing up a storm, often combining letters write the book. And editors will vanish. Garrison Keillor, longtime host of “A Prairie
and numerals (U R 2 1derful), blogging like crazy, Home Companion,” writes a column for theWash-
reading for hours off their little screens, surfing The upside of self-publishing is that you can ington Post.
write whatever you wish, utter freedom, and that



60 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

HEALTH

Djibouti calls: IRMC nurse has world of experience

BY TOM LLOYD
Staff Writer

As an intermediate cardiac care Sandy Bott, Gwendolyn Rodriguez, Donald Willems and Janet Adams. PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE
nurse at the Indian River Medical
Center, Don Willems deals mainly
with older patients who have suf-
fered heart attacks or are recovering
from major cardiac procedures. As a
sergeant in the U.S. Army reserves,
it’s an entirely different ballgame.

Willems’ most recent deploy-
ment with the second battalion of
the Florida National Guard’s 124th
infantry regiment took him almost
8,000 miles east of the Treasure
Coast to the Republic of Djibouti,
(pronounced ja-booty), a small des-
ert nation wedged between Ethio-
pia, Eritrea, Somalia and the Gulf of
Aden on the horn of Africa.

“Djibouti,” Willems recounts,
“is arid and dry. And everything is
pretty much sand-colored. There
are mountains and volcanic rock
everywhere,” but the former French
colony is also an incredibly strate-
gic location. Sometimes called “the

gateway to the Suez canal,” it is the ues, “so I’m in charge of about 40
site of the only permanent U.S. mili- medics.”
tary base on the African continent
and home to the Combined Joint “In combat,” explains the 35-year-
Task Force, Horn of Africa Com- old Willems, “you’re just trying to
mand. stabilize somebody and get them
back behind the lines for better
Djibouti’s Camp Lemonnier care,” but in a relatively secure
serves as the hub for almost all U.S. place like Djibouti, he says, “you’re
aerial operations – including drone sort of stuck with the whole ball of
strikes – throughout the Persian wax for a while.”
Gulf region.
That “whole ball of wax” can in-
So, for the past 11 months, Sgt. clude ordinary illnesses and acci-
Willems put his skills in cardio te- dents and more sports injuries in a
lemetry and electrocardiography single day than the average state-
aside to take care of the soldiers side doctor might see in a week. Or
manning that bastion. even a month.

“I’m the platoon sergeant for the “Every time you have a group of
medical platoon,” Willems contin- soldiers together,” says Willems,

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 61

“they’re going to find a way to play HEALTH “In combat,” explains
sports and they’re going to find a the 35-year-oldWillems,
way to get injured. Without fail. You Willems with trainees from Ugandan army.
see so many rolled and sprained “you’re just trying to
ankles that you get used to seeing
them non-stop. If one does it, 10 do stabilize somebody and
it.”
get them back behind
On his latest deployment, with al-
most 5,000 U.S. troops stationed in the lines for better care,”
the tiny and arid nation of Djibouti,
much of Willems’ time was spent but in a relatively secure
treating painful – albeit not life-
threatening – injuries and taking on place like Djibouti, he
an entirely different role, as well.
says,“you’re sort of stuck
Willems and his medics also
serve as teachers and de facto medi- with the whole ball of
cal ambassadors.
wax for a while.”
For example, according to Wil-
lems, “I had some French marines keeping mission there.
come through a combat life-saver While the bulk of Willems’ de-
training program we put on, which
is like a military first respond- ployments had him stationed in
ers program. It’s a big step for unit sand – Iraq in 2003 and 2005, Ku-
readiness and deployment. The wait in 2009, and Djibouti in 2015
French came to our course [along and 2016 – he was definitely smitten
with] Djiboutian nationals, so it was by what he saw in Uganda. Dubbed
pretty interesting.”
CONTINUED ON PAGE 62
Willems and his medics have also
traveled deeper into the continent
to share their skills. “I’ve gone to
Uganda a couple times, training
with the Ugandan military to get
them ready to deploy to Somalia,”
as part of an African Union peace-

62 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

HEALTH

Willems teaching Ugandan medics. Willems by the Gulf of Aden.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 61 is very supportive. She’s phenom- Specifically, video chat and voice mission closer to home.
enal. Honestly. Heck, she managed call services like Skype. He says he’d like to continue his
“the pearl of Africa” by Winston two kids, a full-time job and got
Churchill, Willems says simply, “It’s her master’s degree while I was de- “My oldest son,” Willems says education and become a nurse
beautiful. Green, rolling moun- ployed this last time. The smartest almost wistfully, “was born on my practitioner.
tains. Wild coffee beans growing thing I’ve ever done was to marry a third deployment but I was able to
everywhere. It’s a beautiful place.” woman who is smarter than me.” Skype and get pictures right away. “I enjoy being a nurse, I really do.
Just to be able to keep in touch that I didn’t think I would like it as much
Still, Willems saves his most ef- With two young sons, Willems way makes a world of difference.” as I do,” but then again, when he
fusive praise for his wife, Josephine. and his wife are both grateful for first enlisted straight out of West-
some non-medical technology that Making a difference is what Wil- wood high school in nearby Fort
“My wife,” Willems states matter- has worked its way into their lives. lems is all about and he has already Pierce, Willems’ world was a much
of-factly, “is a wonderful person. set his sights on another medical smaller place than it is now. 
She is a very patriotic sort and she

Pro Spine

COMPREHENSIVE SPINE CARE

Pro Spine a multi-specialty practice offering surgical and non
surgical treatment for your neck, back and sciatic pain. Revive
your active lifestyle with Drs. Johnny Benjamin and Marcus Malone.
Whatever the need contact us to explore your options.

Johnny C. Benjamin, Jr., M.D. Marcus Malone, M.D.
Board Certified Physical Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgeon Rehabilitation
Fellowship Trained Pain Management
Spine Surgeon

NEW PATIENTS WELCOME l 772.978.7808

1355 37th STREET, SUITE 301 l VERO BEACH, FL 32960

MEDICARE & MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED
LET THE “PROS” AT PRO SPINE TAKE CARE OF YOU.

WE HAVE YOUR BACK.
PROSPINECENTER.COM

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 63

HEALTH

Local urologist creates new surgical fix for prolapse

approachable, easy-going Davila, out that the incidence of diabetes in tures in place weaken over time.
“is something that is very common. the population as a whole is about Other symptoms associated with
After 46 years old, about 3 percent 3.5 percent.
of the female population will have a pelvic organ prolapse can include
prolapse. Vaginal childbirth, ruptures of urinary incontinence, difficulty in
the paracervical ring, the loss of es- urination, discomfort with sexual
What is even more concerning, trogen during menopause and pos- intercourse, stool incontinence, dif-
Davila says, is that as women age as sibly even genetic pre-dispositions ficult defecation, low back pain and
many as 12 percent of them will re- can all contribute to the problem as low abdominal pain.
quire surgery to fix this problem. the muscles, ligaments and even the
skin that normally hold these struc- One of the primary approaches to
As a comparison, Davila points
CONTINUED ON PAGE 64

Dr Hugo Davila. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE

BY TOM LLOYD
Staff Writer

You won’t find Vero Beach listed
anywhere alongside Boston, Los
Angeles, New York or Baltimore in
Becker’s Hospital Review as a center
of surgical innovation.

That said, it’s entirely possible
that local urologist Dr. Hugo Da-
vila might just shake that list up a
bit with his newest laparoscopic
and robotic procedures for treating
and repairing pelvic organ prolapse
problems.

Davila, who is with Florida Health-
care Specialists in Vero, just had a
paper published on the surgical re-
pair of pelvic organ prolapse in the
Journal of Robotic Surgery as well
as on the websites of the National
Institutes of Health and UroToday, a
urology-centric site focusing on new
and evolving procedures and tech-
niques.

Pelvic organ prolapse is a more
common condition than many peo-
ple realize in which a woman’s inter-
nal structures, including her uterus,
rectum, bladder, urethra, small
bowel or even the vagina itself may
shift out of their normal positions
and slip downward.

The Johns Hopkins Medical Cen-
ter in Baltimore says “in severe cases
the vaginal walls or cervix can pro-
trude beyond the vaginal opening
and be visible outside the body.”

In the worst cases, a woman’s
uterus can be completely outside of
the vagina.

“Pelvic organ prolapse,” says the

64 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

HEALTH

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 63 insides look like you’re [only] 20 years step demonstration of exactly what’s and they’re still traveling.”
old.” involved. In Davila’s experience, it’s not at
stabilizing these internal structures
used to include the now infamous Clearly thrilled by the initial re- That’s especially important, Davila all unusual for those women to come
“trans-vaginal mesh implants” of the sults, which, Davila says, have an im- explains, because, Vero women tend into his office and say, “I want a no-
1990s and early 2000s, but serious pressive success rate approaching 95 to be both medically savvy and ex- mesh fix.”
complications resulting from mesh percent, he has prepared a text and tremely active.
use – along with the ensuing public video Power Point-type presentation Davila hastens to add that “surgery
outcry – has urologists nationwide so he can clearly show his patients – “Here in Vero Beach,” says Davila, is not the first option for everybody,”
searching for a better way. as well as his colleagues – a step-by- “women are playing golf, they’re and proceeds to list a number of al-
playing tennis, they have a social life ternative procedures and treatments
Working with local colleagues in- including pessary devices and Kegel
cluding Dr. Lindsey Bruce and Dr. or “pelvic floor” exercises which may
Taryn Gallo, Davila came up with a suit some women better than surgery.
pair of minimally invasive alterna-
tive procedures that don’t involve Still, as Davila’s colleagues na-
mesh materials. tionwide review his latest paper
and possibly adopt his techniques,
One of Davila’s procedures em- Vero Beach may edge a little closer
ploys the most sophisticated robotic to someday being considered some-
equipment available and both radi- thing of a center for surgical innova-
cally reduce the chance of infection. tion – for pelvic organ prolapse sur-
Further, since both are considered gery, anyway.
minimally invasive, patients have
significantly less blood loss and are For more on Davila’s paper go to:
able to return home the next day. http://www.urotoday.com/recent-
abstracts/endourology-urolithiasis/
Davila’s procedures rely on sutures minimally-invasive-procedures/91245-
and existing ligaments inside the pel- robotic-and-laparoendoscopic-single-
vic area rather than mesh to hold a site-utero-sacral-ligament-suspension-
woman’s internal structures in place. for-apical-vaginal-prolapse-evaluat-
Some of those sutures absorb into the ion-of-our-technique-and-periopera-
body after about four-to-six months tive-outcomes.html
and those stitches are reinforced
with non-absorbable ones that “hold Dr. Hugo Davila is with Florida
even better.” Healthcare Specialists at 3730 7th Ter-
rance, Suite 101 in Vero Beach. The
Indeed, once the suturing is com- phone number is 772-581-0528 
plete, Davila confides, “It makes your

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Style Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 65

The Mary Janes comeback: How to tap into the best shoe trend

BY OLIVIA BUXTON SMITH
The Telegraph

As is very often the case in fashion, those. With chunky heels and straps, dig, at some stage we’re going to have lottes? Yes. Skirts? Yes. Mary Janes
Mary Janes have swung in and out of these are shoes that are going to to accept defeat and put on tights. look right with just about every-
favor over the decades as frequently make your outfit rather than break One of the best things about Mary thing, and it’s exactly that versatil-
as double denim and flared trousers. your ankle, which is why they should Janes is that they actually look good ity which makes them a fail safe op-
But now the shoe that’s been knock- form the backbone of your shoe- with a pair of sparkly socks peep- tion this winter. Wear with an LBD
ing around in one form or another drobe. ing through the straps. The same is for a Christmas party, pair with a
since the early 19th century is back in even true of sheer or opaque tights. folky frock layered over a polo neck
style. Everyone from The Row, to Miu On your feet a lot? Opt for a chic flat (However, a warning: Do not wear for work, or team them with cropped
Miu, to Marni, to Jimmy Choo and pair. Desk bound? Try a mid heel. And with nude tights unless you want to jeans, sparkly socks and a chunky
Gucci have revisited this longstand- for parties, hunt down a pair that’s look like something off Strictly Come knit for a weekend get-up. Bonus:
ing favorite to excellent effect. just that touch higher – and in an opu- Dancing.) they’ll also work with whatever win-
lent fabric. ter coat you decide to invest in. 
It’s good news for anyone who They will go with everything you
wants a classic, feminine, practical They’re heels you can wear with own
and sexy shoe all rolled into one. (And, tights and socks
quite frankly, who doesn’t?) As is the Trousers? Yes. Dresses? Yes. Cu-
current infiltration of every iteration It’s cold. Although we’d like to kid
of the Mary Jane. ourselves that we can still brave bare
legs or show off a pedicure at a shin-
Still not convinced? Here’s why a
pair of Mary Janes will be the hard-
est-working shoe in your wardrobe:

They’re the shoe you can really
wear around the clock

Call us radical, but we like a shoe
that you can actually pound the pave-
ments in. And Mary Janes are exactly

66 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Style Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

Brrrrr-ight ideas for dressing up during winter months

BY OLIVIA BUXTON SMITH
The Telegraph

With colder weather around the
corner, it’s about time we employed
some techniques to keep us toasty.

Dressing for cold weather can be
a bit of a juggling act. You need to
keep warm, while accommodating
the various components of your day
(commute/exercise/office/dinner and
whatever else), while looking stylish
and pulled together (insert exasper-
ated eye roll).

But fear not, because we’ve nar-
rowed it down to a digestible list of the
key things so keep in mind to help you
through the frosty period.

Layer up Lisa Aiken, retail fashion director there’s been a spike in searches for best-selling cold weather piece this
It’s a cliché, sure, but layering re- at Net-A-Porter, says that the oppor- polo neck sweaters - up 32 percent in year so far is a Uniqlo cashmere sweat-
ally is the answer to all of your winter tunity for layering makes winter her the last six weeks, with black being the er, and with prices starting from $60
dressing woes. Not only do layers trap favorite season for dressing. “Adding most popular (most likely for wearing it’s easy to see why. Think polo neck,
air between them, which in turn in- a roll neck underneath a maxi dress underneath sleeveless dresses). under sleeveless dress, under chunky
sulates your body, but layers that you is a great way to make your summer knit, under coat. But also think out-
can peel off and pack on are also a sav- wardrobe work harder and avoid the Choose the fabric wisely. Cashmere side the box and don’t be afraid to try
iour when you’re with a lot of people, cold,” she tells The Telegraph. And should be your go-to for keeping out layering on the bottom. Over-the-knee
sitting in an air conditioned office or Aiken’s not alone. According to Lyst, the chill, and it doesn’t have to break boots paired with a below-the-knee
darting around on your lunch break. the bank. According to Lyst, the third

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Style Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 67

hemline is a nifty trick. your scarf choice as this can really being spotted on (Russel &
(Also good for those make a cold weather outfit. Build up a all the bloggers Bromley have
of us who don’t love collection of fluffy ones, shawl-esque (only to be swift- a number of
wearing ones and wool ones that you can alter- ly copied by H&M, good options) and
nate between. And don’t forget about whose version is also sold grant you the dou-
tights, as socks. If you can get away with wear- out). ble benefit of keeping
you won’t be able to see ing socks over your tights (hidden by your legs warm. Colorful
them.) boots), then this is a good idea as Aiken urges us not to forget ankle boots (check out Pe-
the humble cardi. “Tran- nelope Chilvers) will pep up your win-
Cover the key points tights alone can leave your sitional dressing is be- ter wardrobe, while also looking good
There’s something to toes feeling a bit coming very popular with everything. As will velvet booties.
be said about covering the bases. And tingly. If you and the oversized If you can find a pair of boots that you
by that we mean ensuring your head, really feel cardigan offers just want to wear day and night then you’re
neck, hands and feet are kept warm. the cold that. It’s an easy really winning.
No matter how many layers you have then we sug- piece to throw on
around your core, cold ears or numb over everything,” Keep it chic
toes will creep up on you and make gest trying the socks she offers, refer- Just because it’s cold, it doesn’t
for a miserable time. Invest in a scarf, from Uniqlo’s Heattech encing under- mean you have to resort to slob men-
hat and a pair of gloves that you actu- range. the-radar brand tality. Try belting your layers to accen-
ally want to wear. That way you won’t Alanui as one to tuate your waist (if you find yourself
avoid them for fear they ruin your out- A statement knit is your look out for this overheating tie your knitwear hap-
fit. We’re loving berets at the moment, best friend winter. hazardly around your waist as this
but a classic pompom beanie never will be to similar effect) and don’t for-
goes a miss. If you’re bored of the Embrace the cold and Warm your soles get to accessorize your coat. A chunky
beanie then why not try a baker boy wear a weighty sweater Boots, boots, boots. There’s a style necklace with a collarless coat is a
cap (Isabel Marant does a good one). that you love and want to keep on all for everyone regardless of age, shape good look. As is a quirky shirt collar
There is a plethora of glove options day. Make it the focal point of your and personal style. They are the shoes peeping out from under a cashmere
around, but we suggest opting for a outfit so that even when you’re in- that are going to keep your tootsies sweater.
fairly neutral pair that go with every- doors you’re not in a rush to whip it toasty and keep you looking chic in The idea that you can’t wear bright
thing. You can afford to be bolder with off. It’s tempting to get dressed and the cold weather. colors in winter isn’t true. Your cold
then pull on any old navy knit just Chunky boots with a track sole (thank weather wardrobe is crying out for
until you get there, but inevitably you you, Louis Vuitton) are great for tough- injections of color in the form of a
end up keeping it. ening up dresses (short or long) and punchy patterned coat or a zingy pair
for accommodating cosy socks. Over- of wide leg trousers. 
According to Lyst, pink knitwear the-knee boots are having a moment
is having a moment as a result of the
pink cable-knit sweater by Ganni,
which was an instant sell out after

68 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

DINING REVIEW

Osceola Bistro: Finally realizing its full potential

BY TINA RONDEAU asparagus. Excellent. House-made Tuna au Poivre.
For dessert, we shared a slice of Key Lime Pie.
Columnist PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE
house-made Key Lime pie. Sumptu- As we dined this past week, our eyes
After five years, Osceola Bistro has ous. kept straying to the far wall, which was This beautifully executed graphic
moved solidly into the top tier of restau- covered by this large graphic done in perfectly captures the vision and
rants in Vero’s old downtown. Our dinner – with a modest colored chalk by Vero artist Teri Bar- spirit of this excellent restaurant.
bottle of wine and no appe- rett. Beyond being decorative, the “All
The potential has always been there. tizer – came to $110 before you need is local” graphic pays tribute I welcome your comments, and en-
The Osceola’s courtyard garden – tax and tip. But you can to the farmers who provide the food courage you to send feedback to me at
with fountain and flowers – is the most enjoy a variety of small that chef Bireley prepares. [email protected] .
attractive patio setting on either side plates here and prob-
of the Indian River lagoon. And if you ably come away with The reviewer dines anonymously
prefer to eat inside, the restaurant’s a tab for two in the at restaurants at the expense of Vero
dining room – with its new colorful $60 or $70 range. My Beach 32963. 
“All you need is local” chalk wall – is as shrimp and pasta
stylish as any around. dish, for example, Osceola Bistro
With chef/owner Christopher Bi- comes in a small size
reley totally committed to fashioning Hours: Monday - Friday
imaginative dishes out of the freshest Scotch Egg with House- 11 am to 9:30 pm
possible ingredients obtained from Made Italian Sausage.
local farmers and fishermen, this res- Saturday: 5:30 to 9:30 pm
taurant has from the start had the po- Porterhouse Pork Chop. Beverages: Full bar
tential to be a big winner. Address:
And starting its sixth year, all the – which would have been more than 2045 13th Avenue
pieces – the food, the ambiance, the ser- enough – for $24. Vero Beach
vice – have all come together to make
the Osceola Bistro one of our favorite You can lower the bill even fur- Phone: (772) 569-1299
places to dine. ther, if you are inclined to dine early,
On a recent weeknight, the court- by coming between 4:30 and 6, when
yard was being used for a private par- Osceola serves the same soups and
ty. But we were ushered to a very nice salads, and a selection of entrées
table inside, and server Kevin quickly from the regular menu, for $16.
appeared to take drink orders.
But first, Kevin mentioned one of
the evening’s specials was poached
monkfish. I love this ugly North Atlan-
tic fish, which is infrequently found on
menus here because it only makes it to
waters off Florida in small numbers.
Kevin rushed off to the kitchen to re-
serve it, but alas, another server beat
him to the last available order.
So I decided to have the local shrimp
with pasta ($29), and my husband
opted for the evening’s other special,
peppercorn crusted yellowfin tuna au
poivre ($36).
First, though, came the starters – a
choice of soups, which vary from day to
day, or a house or Caesar salad.
On this evening, I chose to go with
the local mushroom and jalapeno
soup, and my husband decided to try
the local pumpkin puree. The jalapeno
added a bit of brightness that stood up
well to the mushroom puree, and the
pumpkin soup was velvety smooth.
We then moved onto the entrées. My
Fellsmere organic shrimp were won-
derful, sautéed with lemon, capers,
tomato, chili flake and feta cheese in
a white wine broth, and served over
housemade spinach linguine.
And my husband’s beautifully pre-
pared and presented tuna au poivre
was served with a delicious pepper-
corn brandy cream sauce, accompa-
nied by mashed potatoes and grilled

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 69

WINE COLUMN

Thanksgiving: A wine opportunity, not a challenge

BY DAVE MCINTYRE
The Washington Post

All together, now: deep breaths. your holiday table. Find wines you like until next year’s gathering. versatile Riesling can match nearly ev-
Stay calm. Don’t sweat about the wine at prices you can afford for the occa- Here are some basic guidelines: ery dish’s acidity, spiciness or texture.
for Thanksgiving. sion. For example, pinot noir is a clas-
sic favorite because of its ability to play Bubbles go with everything. Spar- If you prefer red wines, pinot noir,
Yes, it’s time for a reminder that you nicely with a variety of foods. But you kling wines, including champagne barbera and gamay are classic pairs
have much more to worry about than might not want to buy a premier cru and Spanish cava, are extremely ver- with a diverse assortment of foods. At
selecting wine for the holiday feast. Burgundy unless you’re having turkey satile. The bubbles are palate-cleans- the heavier end of the spectrum, syrah
There’s the menu, the timing, the seat- dinner for two. Feel free to offer a nice ing and refreshing, especially with and nebbiolo also are good choices.
ing arrangement around your loud rel- pinot from Oregon or California. salty or deep-fried dishes.
ative who won’t stop yammering even This year, I’ll be thankful for my
as he’s stuffing his face with your food. Think of Thanksgiving as a wine Fruity white wines, such as Riesling family and friends, as well as for this
opportunity, not a challenge. Make or grüner veltliner, also are friendly wonderful country of ours. And I’ll be
To be honest, the great national anxi- a game of it: Compare several wines with a wide variety of foods and flavors. especially thankful there is plenty of
ety over which wine goes with turkey is of various grapes and styles, tasting From bone-dry to sweet, the classically wine in my house. 
a hob-gobble-goblin invented by wine them with each dish on your table.
writers desperate to stuff an article with While you’re avoiding conversation
seasonal advice. A cottage industry of with your relatives, you’ll give your-
wine snobbery has developed around self a clinic in wine and food pairings.
the concept that turkey is a wine killer. What you learn will carry you through

Nonsense. The turkey is just a big
chicken, as they say. Whatever you
drink with chicken will be just fine with
the holiday bird.

(I’m not making this up. The very
first wine article ever published by
Hugh Johnson, the venerable Brit-
ish wine writer profiled in this space
a few weeks ago, was in the British
edition of Vogue magazine in 1960 –
and it was about pairing wines with
Christmas turkey. The article is in-
cluded in an anthology, “Hugh John-
son on Wine: The Good Bits From 55
Years of Scribbling,” to be published
in the United States in the spring.)

The wine-food conundrum for
Thanksgiving stems from the plethora
of dishes, spices and flavors on the ta-
ble and on our plates all at once, rather
than in orderly courses. Too often our
wine-food pairings become wine-pro-
tein pairings, and we forget the sauces,
spices, textures and vegetables that are
also part of our dining experience.

My annual advice remains the same:
Open one of everything. Or at least,
a wide assortment of wines that will
go well with the variety of dishes on

70 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

Vero & Casual Dining

EARLY DINING MENU
2 Courses for $14.00 Nightly from 5 to 6PM

HAPPY5H- O6:U3R0P&MD~RBINaKr OSPnElyCIALS
Open Tues ~ Sat from 5pm • 1920 14th Ave

(772) 226-5254 • ScooziVeroBeach.com

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 71

Vero & Casual Dining

Thai & Japanese Cuisine Live Music and Jazz
Sushi
Tues – Thurs, 6 pm - 9 pm
Beer, Wine, Sake & Fri & Sat, 6 pm - 10 pm
Full Liquor Bar
$2 Off Martini Tuesdays
Dine in & Take Out
Lunch

Mon - Sat 11:30am - 3 pm

Dinner

Nightly 4:30 pm -10 pm

713 17th Street|(17th Shoppes Center)
Phone:770-0835|Fax:770-0831

72 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

Vero & Casual Dining

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 73

Vero & Casual Dining

Casual
Atmosphere

Serving Local & New Happy Hour Daily
England Seafood 4-6PM

All You Can Eat Menu
Fish & Chips - Tuesdays • Tacos - Thursday Evening

Fried Shrimp - Sunday

Fishack
Lunch & Dinner Open Tuesday - Saturday 11:30 am - Close • Sunday 4pm - Close
1931 Old Dixie Highway, Vero Beach • 772.770.0977 • www.fishackverobeach.com • Like us on Facebook

74 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

Vero & Casual Dining

DAILY BEACH-FRONT HAPPY HOUR
WITH FOOD AND DRINK SPECIALS

4:30-6PM

COMPLIMENTARY VALET PARKING

LOCATED AT THE VERO BEACH HOTEL

3500 Ocean Drive,Vero Beach, FL 32963 | 772.469.1060 | CobaltRestaurant.com HeatonsReef

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 75

ON FAITH

Goodness knows we should all aspire to greatness

BY REV. DRS. CASEY AND BOB BAGGOTT
Columnists

We were amazed to discover a sou- sunglasses, a tiara and a toothless grin witnessed the greatness of compas- words: “God blows through you since
venir shop last summer that sold only sealed the status of that sort of great- sion, in healthcare workers whose time began, And when your heart
refrigerator magnets. We occupied ness. But for most of us, simple exter- rigorous training is employed to heal glows warm and remains true, He
ourselves for quite a long time reading nal decoration probably isn’t enough and restore the sick, in friends who works his plan.”
those with humorous sayings such as: to achieve greatness. What would it open their arms to hold and comfort
“If at first you don’t succeed, skydiv- take? How would it look? a friend who grieves. We’ve witnessed Maybe true human greatness
ing isn’t for you,” and “I find my short the greatness of hope, in teachers comes into being when the spirit of
term memory isn’t what it used to be, Greatness comes in a host of forms, who spy talent in young lives and en- God, blowing into and through every
also my short term memory isn’t what doesn’t it? Across the years we’ve ac- courage its flowering, in the generos- life, is allowed to warm our hearts,
it used to be.” Eventually, we made tually witnessed unexpected great- ity of donors whose dreams to bring polish away our imperfections, make
a selection. We purchased a magnet ness again and again and again. change have amply funded countless us faithful, and inspire us to live lives
that depicts a baby who is bald, smil- We’ve witnessed the greatness of efforts for good. that bear glimmers of self-sacrifice,
ing though toothless, and stylishly self-sacrifice, in firefighters who run compassion and hope.
equipped with large sunglasses and into the flames as everyone else runs Do we have the capacity for real
a twinkling tiara. The caption reads: out, in mothers who work and pray greatness, too? Maybe we all have it, We can all aspire to greatness on
“You’re the bomb.” for their children whose futures they even if we fail to recognize it. The poet that model. What an extraordinary
value more than their own. We’ve Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote these way to demonstrate that we’re the
Now, in case you haven’t heard that bomb! 
particular slang phrase, being “the
bomb” means nothing derogatory. On
the contrary, to be called “the bomb”
is highly complimentary. It means
you are wondrous, awesome,and in-
spiring.

Actually, we’ve never been called
“the bomb,” but one can always as-
pire to greatness. The magnet on
our fridge offers daily inducement to
consider how any of us might become
more wondrous, awesome and in-
spiring. For the baby on our magnet,

76 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

ST. EDWARD’S

District title chase fuels St. Edward’s girls soccer

BY RON HOLUB 1. 2. 3.
Columnist

The past two regular seasons for 1. Coach Jaclyn Mohr with the SES Girls Var- six years and three times we made it to 4.
St. Ed’s girls soccer teams have been sity Soccer team. 2. Alex Marshall. 3. Carter the district finals and lost,” Festagallo
wildly successful under head coach said. “This year I just want to get that creating the play and I want to let other
Jaclyn Mohr. Now you get the feeling Cooper. 4. Mia Festagallo. PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE win. It would just be amazing. Right people get a shot.”
that there is a smoldering urgency per- now (through last week) we are unde-
meating this current team as it tries to of running, so we were very strong go- feated and sometimes in a situation Senior keeper Kyrstin Malek is a
break through and claim the first dis- ing into the season and came out the like that you get a little bit ahead of veteran in the net and continues to
trict title in Mohr’s three-year tenure. best we can. We want to keep that mo- yourself. be steady. She had eight saves in two
mentum going into districts and hope- games and combined with sophomore
“We have 26 girls on the team and fully into regionals.” “As a team we are still working hard Lauren Savage for three more in a
five of them are newcomers,” Mohr and trying not to just sit back. We are shared effort. The defense has held and
said. “I think what is really special is Marshall was already looking ahead practicing hard and trying to win every the offense was fortified by the return
that all of our returners have the expe- to the playoffs, but she knows what single game.” of junior Carter Cooper after a year at a
rience of going to the district finals and needs to change when the time arrives. boarding school.
losing, and they all want to get back to She told us, “Sometimes under high Festagallo has been a prolific goal
the district finals and have a different pressure situations we break down a scorer in the past, but now she sees her Mohr obviously has a talented squad
outcome.” little. But we are getting better at han- role a little differently. It reflects a type to work with, and when Master’s Acad-
dling our stress in those situations. of maturity that brings praise from her emy dropped out of the district, a void
This season the Pirates bolted out to teammates and coaches. in the schedule arose and the wheels
a 3-0 start with a spectacular 21-1 scor- “We talk about that all the time. started to turn.
ing differential. District 10-1A rivals Sometimes our nerves break down as “We have goal scorers like Carter
John Carroll and Holy Trinity Episcopal a team. We need to build up our con- (Cooper, with 5), Alex (Marshall, with “I’m contacting other coaches to
were shutout victims, meaning a game fidence and team chemistry to know 4) and Ally (Eidemueller, with 5),” Fe- see if we can add some games,” Mohr
this week with Pine School concluded that we can handle our nerves. And we stagallo said. “I see myself staying in said. “I would like to schedule teams
the first half of the district schedule. St. have to show that we can do that con- the middle and trying to pass the ball that push us to be better and maybe
Ed’s will face all three again, but a vic- sistently through the rest of the sea- and creating opportunities for them to in some cases that are better than us.
tory over Pine School will put the en- son.” score. That would be the type of game that we
tire district on notice, including Holy need and only help us to improve.”
Trinity – the nemesis that claimed the Mia Festagallo first appeared on the “Scoring is nice but it’s not my main
last two district titles. varsity soccer scene in sixth grade. priority. I’ve already had my time. I like Everyone knows what needs to be
That is highly unusual, but it surely done to finally claim that elusive dis-
You get the temperature of this speaks to the talent that she has put on trict title. 
group from seniors Alex Marshall and display over seven years.
Mia Festagallo. The coach is also deter-
mined to do what she can to see that “I’ve been on this team for the past
her team is not denied this time.

“It’s different looking at this team
from the senior level,” Marshall – a
co-captain with Anabelle Greene – ex-
plained. “It looks young to me, but it
probably isn’t. We actually have a lot
of seniors on our roster this year as
starters. So I think we are really well-
rounded. We’ve got a strong team with
a lot of experience. I’m really excited to
see how far we can go because we have
a lot of potential.

“We had a tough preseason with a lot

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 77

PETS

Bonz has a Springer in his step after meeting Mitzi

Hi Dog Buddies! were gonna get another dog after all!” Dad, you know, show ‘em
“A happy ending!” I said.
This week I interviewed Mitzi Bengyak, “Yes. But I had lotsa troubles right away. I love ‘em, cuz they saved
a little pooch who found her Forever Fam-
ily because of a hurry-cane. She’s one of the I hadda have SURgery, three times! Heart me and gave me a Forever
sweetest little pooch gals I’ve ever met AND surgery and a coupla others.”
– she’s a Springer Spaniel, like ME! Woof! Family.”
“Oh, for Lassie’s Sake!” I blurted.
She was very polite, came right up for “It’s OK. I’m almost totally better now.” Mizi had gotten real seri-
the Wag-and-Sniff, then gave my Assistant “Whaddya do for fun? Any dog buddies?”
some friendly nosebumps. Then she gave “Woof, yes! Lots! The Dogs for Life Dog ous, but then she bounced
me a Really Big Smile, and I noticed her Park’s just across the street. Didja know I’m
sparkly brown eyes, the shiny black curls a co-founder? So’s Mom. We go over there up. “Oh, Bonz, I wanna
on her long, floppy ears, and the fashion- all the time. The other pooches call me
forward, black-and-white polka dots on her Queen of the Park. There’s a little Corgie show you my pawsome toy
right front leg. (Hey, I read the magazines.) – Rowdy – we call him The Sheriff. He’s al-
ways breaking up scuffles and Keepin’ the crate!”
“Welcome Mr. Bonzo! This is my Mom, Peace. My friend Ellie’s a Springer like me,
Eleanor. We can sit right here by the kitch- but I’m mostly black, she’s mostly white. Her Mom brought it
en table. So, what would you like to know?” And Georgie Girl, she’s a Mix! Then there’s
Rufus, a Golden Retriever. He’s a Service in. It was super nice: a
Reminding myself that I was On The Job, Dog, too. And a big ol’ German Shepherd.
I opened my notebook. “Please, call me I can’t pronounce his name. Didja know we wooden crate with black
Bonz! I hear you found your Mom and Dad have scholarships at the Dog Park in case
because of a hurry-cane.” some pooches can’t afford the member- wood letters that said
ship fee. That was my idea.”
“That’s true! Back in 2005, there was “That’s Totally Cool Dog Biscuits!” I told “Mitzi’s Toys,” and a pic-
this kennel in Sebastian that bred Spring- her.
er Spaniels and Dachshunds. There were “I also enjoy playing on the beach. I ture of Mitzi painted
so many pooches it had got way outta LOVE water. Well, you know, you’re a Span-
hand. There were, like, 50 of us, all sorta iel, too! And the rain! That’s way fun! Cuz of on the side. It was full
crammed together. Me and my littermates the puddles! Do you like puddles?”
were just pupsters when we had this hurry- “I do!” of stuffed animals and
cane called Wilma. The kennel people went “But I also do Important Stuff: When my
Elsewhere, and all us pooches hadda be Dad, Victor, got sick, I took special classes some squishy balls. On
rescued by a bunch of nice humans from at Dogs for Life. After I passed the Canine
the Humane Society. Good Citizen class, and the Pet Assisted the top of the heap was
Therapy Dog class, I took other classes so
“Meanwhile, my Mom and Dad’s Golden I could be an Official Service Dog for Dad. a big stuffed bone cov-
Retriever, Taffy, had gone to Dog Heaven, Like when he fell asleep in his chair I’d go
and they said they NEVER, EVER wanted lift up his arm so he wouldn’t tip over. And ered with soft green
another dog. After the hurry-cane, Mom I learned how to hit the button on his spe-
and Dad went down to the Humane Soci- cial phone to call for help, if he told me to. fabric.
ety to help out with all the rescued dogs We were best buddies. My Dad’s in Heaven
just when another helper was bringing in a now, and me and Mom are still sad. But we “That’s a really nice
load of puppies, including ME. have each other, and now I’m HER Service
Dog and I get to take care of her. Right now, bone,” I remarked. “I’ve
“I was the smallest. We were all sorta I’m studying for my annual re-certification.
huddled together, and then – you know I thank Lassie that I could help Mom and never seen one like it.”
how you just have a FEELing? – I spotted
Mom and Dad and something told me I “It’s my favorite!”
should make a move. So I smiled really big
and came over to ‘em. And we all knew they Mitzi said. “It’s the

most special thing I Mitzi the Springer Spaniel. PHOTO BY DENISE RITCHIE
have. You know why?
Cuz I got it from

Mom and Dad’s children and grandchil- drove off, I could

dren, Sharon, Patrick, B.J., Cheyenne, Ava see her still standing in her big, fenced

and Alayna. They had it made specially yard, waving her paw.”

for me out of one of Dad’s favorite shirts. Sigh.

When I snuggle up against it, it reminds

me of him. And look what they gave Mom.” Till next time,

It was a soft green teddy bear, made The Bonz
from the same shirt. I had to wipe my eyes
with my paw. Don’t Be Shy

“You are a lucky pooch to have such a lov- We are always looking for pets
ing family,” I told her. “And they’re lucky, too.”

She smiled. “I know you have to get back

to the office, but maybe you could come with interesting stories.

over sometime and we could play in the To set up an interview, email
park. I’ll introduce you to all my pooch [email protected].
pals.”

“That’d be great,” I said, sincerely. As we

78 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

CALENDAR

ONGOING by Veterans Council of IRC and library, with in- 17-20 St. Helen’s Harvest Festival 19 H.A.L.O. 10-year Anniversary Party, 7
structional demos and children’s activities to on grounds of Historic Dodg- p.m. at the Heritage Center to expand
Vero Beach Theatre Guild - the Broadway pay tribute to veterans, police and EMS work- ertown, with midway rides, carnival games, the No-Kill Animal Rescue and Adoption Cen-
musical Evita thru Nov. 27. 772-562-8300 ers. 772-226-3080 ext. 4550 festival food and family fun, Thurs. 5:30 to 9:30 ter and its programs, with dinner and dancing,
p.m.; Fri. 5 to 11 p.m.; Sat. Noon to 11 p.m.; Sun. live and silent auctions, and live entertainment.
Vero Beach Museum of Art – Landscape artist 17 Special performance by theatre and Noon to 6 p.m. Free admission. 772-567-5457 $100. 772-589-7297
Bruce Marsh thru Jan. 2; David Drake: Potter and opera star David Pittsinger, 7:30 p.m.
Poet thru Dec. 18; American Spirit: Selections from at Riverside Theatre. 772-231-6990 18-20 Riverside Children’s Theatre 19 Space Coast Symphony Orchestra
the Manoogian Collection thru Jan. 8. 772-231-0707 Festival of Trees, with trees, presents Vaughan Williams’ Sinfo-
19 Space Coast Symphony Orchestra wreaths and gingerbread village, Christmas nia Antarctica, 7 p.m. at the Vero Beach High
Nature Connects: Art with LEGO Bricks by presents Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Shoppe, Winter Garden, family activities and School Performing Arts Center, and soprano
artist Sean Kenney at McKee Botanical Garden Sinfonia Antarctica, 7 p.m. at Vero Beach High performances. Gala 6 p.m. Fri. ($175), Festival Mary Anne Kruger performing Strauss’ Four
thru May 7. 772-794-0601 School Performing Arts Center. $20; students Showcase 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat. & Sun., Family Last Songs. $25; students free. 855-252-7276
free. 855-252-7276 Night 4 to 8 p.m. Sat. and Breakfast with Santa
8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sun. 772-231-6990 19|20 Vero Beach Fall Boat
NOVEMBER 17|18 Golfin’ for the Lagoon at Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bent Pine Golf Club to ben- 18-21 Blacklight Boogie and Ted- at Riverside Park, featuring all varieties of
17 Little Gems Art Show Reception, 3 to efit the Environmental Learning Center: Thurs. dy Bear Jump at Skydive watercraft, marine accessories and services.
5 p.m. at Sebastian River Art Club, dinner and auction; Fri. lunch, tournament and Sebastian to benefit foster kids and homeless Free. 772-562-7922
featuring 150-plus miniature paintings with reception. $450 for two days; $100 dinner/auc- veterans through Just Care More Foundation,
100 percent of proceeds benefitting the Ecu- tion only. 772-589-5050 features champion skydivers and a Drop Zone 20 Capt. Hiram’s River Challenge: Tri-
menical Council Food Bank. party with inflatables, UV-reactive color throws ing to Save our River sprint triath-
18 Live from Vero Beach presents Shades and face painting, beer, food and entertain- lon with 500 M river swim, 12-mile bicycle
17 Finding Peace Amid the Chaos with of Bublé: A three-man tribute to Mi- ment. Jumpers $45 to $60; partiers (18+) $10 ride and 5K, 7:30 a.m. from Capt. Hiram’s
guest speaker Frank Shankwitz, found- chael Bublé, 7 p.m. at Emerson Center. 772- to $20. 888-743-2267 Resort. 772-589-4345
er of Make-A-Wish Foundation, 6 p.m. at Grand 778-5249
Harbor Golf & Beach Club to benefit Suncoast 19 Inaugural Fall 420 Regatta hosted by 20 Dueling Brothers Concert featuring
Mental Health Association. 772-489-4726 x2008 18 Center for Spiritual Care Benefit Youth Sailing Foundation of Indian Jose Daniel Flores on organ and Mar-
Luncheon, Noon at Grand Harbor River County, with Treasure Coast teams com- cos Daniel Flores on piano, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. at
17 Hometown Heroes Program, 6 to Golf Club to fund programs, seminars, work- peting on the Indian River Lagoon south of Christ by the Sea. 772-231-1661
7:30 p.m. at IRC Main Library hosted shops, art exhibits and support groups. $50. Alma Lee Loy Bridge; first race at 10:30 a.m.
772-567-1233 772-925-2521. 21 Paper Tigers, a documentary on
trauma-informed practices to deal
Solutions from Games Pages ACROSS DOWN with youth struggling with Adverse Childhood
in November 10, 2016 Edition 5 SHORE 1 JOKE Experiences, 5:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian
6 OFTEN 2 DESIRE Church hosted by United Way, School District
8 MATERIAL 3 FOLLOW and Tykes and Teens. Free. 772-567-8900
9 EELS 4 STRENGTH
10 RESCUE 5 STAGE 24 Thanksgiving Day Trot Against Poverty
12 WAGONS 7 NYLON 5K, 7 a.m. at Riverside Park, followed
13 ASSENT 11 CHESTNUT by Sweet Potato Pancake Breakfast to benefit
16 SPHERE 14 SNOOP United Against Poverty.
18 SOFT 15 TICKET
19 CHARCOAL 16 SNAPPY
21 PAUSE 17 REACT
22 POINT 20 CHIP

Sudoku Page 54 Sudoku Page 55 Crossword Page 54 Crossword Page 55 (SWAPPING SPREE) 26 Shop Small Saturday and Pancake
Breakfast, with breakfast at Heri-
tage Center and list of participating merchants
at Main Street Vero Beach to promote Shop
Small/Shop Local. 772-643-6782

VERO BEACH 32963 BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Advertising Vero Beach Services | If you would like your business to appear in our directory, please call 772-633-0753

This directory gives small business people eager
to provide services to the beachside community an
opportunity to make themselves known to island readers at
an affordable cost. This is the only service directory mailed
each week during season to all 11,000+ homes on the
Vero Beach barrier island. If you are interested in a listing
in the Vero Beach 32963 Business Directory, please
contact marketing representative Kathleen Macglennon at
[email protected] or call 772-633-0753.

RIVERFRONT ELEGANCE BECKONS
IN REMODELED MOORINGS HOME

225 Binnacle Point in The Moorings: 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath, 3,001-square-foot home on a .59-acre lot
offered for $1,850,000 by Patty Valdes of Alex MacWilliam, Inc: 772-473-8810

80 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

REAL ESTATE

Riverfront elegance beckons in this remodeled home

BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA The curved, brick paver drive leads
Staff Writer to the 2-car garage and parking area,
and to a palm-lined sidewalk, col-
The beautiful home at 225 Binnacle umned, triple-archway porch and
Point in The Moorings sits on one of tall, double mahogany front doors.
the most desirable waterfront loca- Liberal use of large, picture windows
tions in the area, with a breathtaking provides many opportunities to bring
view, soft breezes off the water and a the outdoors in: from the foyer, a visi-
light, whimsical elegance through- tor can gaze across the great room to a
out. It is, as homeowner Marianne gorgeous picture postcard panorama
Davidson puts it, “a happy house.” – the sparkling Intracoastal Water-

way, framed, as it were, by the arched, George Bollis and builder Ed Crocker,
west screen wall of the covered lanai/ Marianne and Tom Davidson real-
porch. A glass pocket slider wall con- ized their vision for remodeling and
nects the great room and lanai, al- upgrading this 16-year-old home.
lowing unobstructed water views. Most important to Marianne David-
son was that the home should have a
With interior designers L.K. De- casual ambiance.
France and Associates, architect

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 81

REAL ESTATE

The original, narrow lanai was
transformed into what is now David-
son’s favorite part of the home: a spa-
cious, versatile indoor/outdoor room,
with vaulted, beamed ceiling, ceil-
ing fans and recessed lighting. It will
likely become a favorite for the new
homeowners, as well, melding the
shelter of the indoors with the breezy,
nature-welcoming attributes of the
outdoors.

“Our granddaughters love it out
here. They’d sleep out here if they
could,” says Davidson, noting the
manatees and dolphins who share
the aquatic neighborhood.

Perfectly designed for entertain-
ing, this combined great room/la-
nai/pool deck space, with sliders
open, can easily accommodate large
parties. To create a more intimate
inside space, or to adjust the ambi-
ent light, the slider wall is fitted with
a pair of wide, roll-down shades,
individually and conveniently con-
trolled with a remote.

A private dock houses an electric
boat lift and offers deep water, navi-
gable access to the Intracoastal.

Floors in the living spaces are of 18-
inch white tile, with barefoot-loving
sisal in the bedrooms. Doors, wood-
work, cabinets, chair-rail, ceiling,
batter board and tongue-in-groove
panels are predominantly white, cre-
ating an easy flow throughout the
home. High ceilings additionally en-
hance the feeling of light and space.
Above the chair rail, pale wall colors
are used, from soft lemon meringue
to cloud blue to natural grass cloth.

Off the great room is a formal dining
area, affording water views though a
picture window wall, as well as access
to the lanai. Nearby, a wet bar glows
with its blue mini-tile backsplash and
features mahogany, glass-front dis-
play cabinets above, with additional
cabinets and wine cooler below.

A unique, two-level counter/lunch
bar delineates the kitchen and the
dining area. On the dining room side,
the counter is lunch bar height and is
formed of a stunning, curved length
of mahogany. The lower, kitchen side

82 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

REAL ESTATE

IntegrIty - ServIce - ProfeSSIonalISm - reSultS is a beautiful black soapstone coun-
tertop that offers lots of work space,
“The Trusted Name in Real Estate Since 1949” and extends all the way around the
kitchen, with plenty of convenient
NEW NEW NEW electrical outlets along the way.
LISTING LISTING LISTING Above and below the counters, white
cabinets provides ample storage, and
RIOMAR SOMERSET BAY CONDO OAK HARBOR – St. James Island the fridge/freezer unit blends nicely,
Elegant beach house. Nothing quite like it! Somerset Bay, long lagoon view. Expansive great room. Lakefront pool home. behind its white cabinetry facade.
Beautiful, spacious and light 3/3 condo. 3/3, den + office. Oak floors, F/P, New Roof. The kitchen island is a sturdy, square
Great for entertaining. mahogany “table,” topped with the
$1,749,000 (#177208) $880,000 (#177442) $649,000 (#177123) same black soapstone. The sink and
Charlotte Terry 772-538-2388 Jim Knapp 772-913-0395 stove top back splashes provide the
Charlotte Terry 772-538-2388 perfect punch of color with 4-inch
tiles in shades of cocoa, bluegreen
NEW and lemon.
LISTING
A hallway from the dining room
leads to a powder room, a pair of en
suite guest bedrooms, the office/
library, a spacious, bright laundry
room and, from there, into the ga-
rage, with its ample space for two

VITAL STATISTICS
225 BINNACLE POINT

OAK HARBOR – St. James Island RIVER CLUB AT CARLTON OLD SAVANNAH Neighborhood: The Anchor
Custom lakefront home. Expert finishes. 3 or 4 Exquisite custom riverfront 2007. 5/5.5. Fine mill- Immaculate 3 or 4 bedroom, 2 bath pool home. subdivision in The Moorings
BD 2 BA. Oak floors. Chef’s kitchen. New roof. Generator, shutters, 3 car garage. Gated Comm.
work. Elevator. 4+ garage. Generator. Dock. Year built: 2000
$549,000 (#177265) $3,895,000 (#167165) $549,000 (177068) Lot size: .59-acre
Home size: 3,001 square feet
Jim Knapp 772-913-0395 Jim Knapp 772-913-0395 Jim Knapp 772-913-0395
Bedrooms: 3
SEASONS BAYTREE VILLAS PHASE II DUNMORE Bathrooms: 3.5
Furnished 3/3.5 courtyard home. Pool, granite Stunning remodeled 2 story award winning 2/2. Build you dream home on this cul-de-sac lot. Waterfront: Deepwater lot with
kitchen. Design touches. Community Amenities. Tile and carpet throughout. Beach, pool & tennis. This property is truly one of a kind. Water access. dock and beautiful river views
Security: gate staffed, security
$520,000 (#175553) $449,000 (#175495) $295,000 (#167442)
Judy Freni 772-532-4892 Alex MacWilliam IV 772-473-6972 patrol
Charlotte Terry 772-538-2388 Additional features: Pool;
covered, screened lanai; volume
2901 Ocean Drive Vero Beach, FL 32963 • 772-231-6509 • www.alexmacwilliam.com ceilings; ceiling fans; crown
4755 South Harbor Drive Vero Beach, FL 32967 • 772-907-6028 • www.grandharborproperties.com molding; wet bar; dry bar; im-
pact-resistant doors/windows;
custom closets; en suite bed-
rooms; wine cooler; two central
heating/two central cooling
units; irrigation sprinkler; deep
water, navigable access to Intra-
coastal; granted beach access
Listing agency: Charlotte Terry
Real Estate Group of Alex Mac-

William, Inc.
Listing agent: Patty Valdes,

772-473-8810
Listing price: $1,850,000

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 83

REAL ESTATE

cars and considerable storage. which to organize, and with a full-
The office/library is one of home- length mirror at the end. The second
is smaller but with equally efficient
owner Tom Davidson’s favorite spac- use of space.
es. Here, delicate shades give way
to walls of an amazing blue-gray, The master bath is the master
the color of a stormy sea. A custom, suite’s piece de resistance, an irresist-
wall-to-wall unit houses a desk, ible garden hide-away beckoning one
with book shelves above and cabi- to enter – and linger. In one corner is
nets below, all of the same stormy a sumptuous tub, within a gleaming
blue, with the exception of a strip of white tile surround between large
white wall above the desk and the corner windows which look out upon
rich golden wood of the desk top. Re- a lovely tropical garden, a high fence
cessed lighting illuminates the work assuring complete privacy.
space, which is wired for computer
hook-up. The white ceiling, arched Adjacent to the tub is a large double
window and crown molding provide vanity, with white cabinetry. Wide,
a striking contrast. two-tone blue striped paper covers
the walls and is charmingly reflect-
The opposite side of the house is ed in the three mirror panels which
occupied by the homeowners’ haven stretch the entire length of the van-
of rest and restoration, the splendid ity, each with its own graceful silver,
master suite, with its stylish tray ceil- 3-light fixture. The bath also con-
ing, fan and soft recessed lighting. In tains a big glass shower, in which a
the spacious master bedroom, light small octagonal window admits a bit
flows in through a pair of French win- of outside light, without compromis-
dows flanking the bed space. A large, ing privacy.
graceful bay window also provides
a glorious water view, which can be In each and every corner of this
enjoyed without having to get out of lovely home, Davidson’s bright and
bed. One would be hard-pressed to welcoming personality is reflected.
find a lovelier scene upon waking. On She has managed to combine a de-
the opposite wall, an alcove houses lightful sense of whimsy with a casu-
built-in desk, storage and built-in TV; al elegance to wonderful effect, from
double glass sliders open to the lanai. her beloved, colorful Charley Harper
pictures, to the pops of color and de-
Walk-in closets offer a plethora of signs she has chosen. Potential own-
storage: one is quite long, employ- ers will find it easy to picture the ways
ing each and every inch of space in
CONTINUED ON PAGE 86

84 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

REAL ESTATE

Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Nov. 4 to Nov. 10

Election week was a slow one for the barrier island real estate market, with only 6 sales recorded.

The top sale of the week was of a home with a second-floor river view in Seagrove West. The
property at 205 Riverway Drive was placed on the market Sept. 1 with an asking price of $975,000.
The sale closed on Nov. 8 for $920,000.

The seller in the transaction was represented by Lucy Hendricks of Berkshire Hathaway Florida.
The purchaser was represented by Stacy Miller Katz, also of Berkshire Hathaway Florida.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$920,000
$820,000
SEAGROVE WEST 205 RIVERWAY DRIVE 9/1/2016 $975,000 $975,000 11/8/2016 $525,000
SEA COLONY 3 W SEA COLONY DRIVE 1/11/2016 $895,000 $850,000 11/7/2016 $600,000
BERMUDA CLUB 9026 CASTLE HARBOUR CIRCLE 6/6/2016 $575,000 $575,000 11/4/2016
PEBBLE BAY ESTATES 4591 PEBBLE BAYS 8/1/2016 $649,000 $649,000 11/4/2016 $293,725
$725,000
TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT $115,000
$344,500
HARBOR INN 2135 WINDWARD WAY, #210 5/6/2016 $325,000 $325,000 11/10/2016 $235,000
SEA OAKS 8820 S SEA OAKS WAY, #205 8/15/2016 $755,000 $755,000 11/4/2016
VISTA DEL MAR 5400 N HIGHWAY A1A, #D3 5/10/2016 $150,000 $150,000 11/3/2016
SEA OAKS 1335 IVY COURT, #207 5/13/2016 $369,000 $369,000 11/3/2016
RIVERWALK 4601 HIGHWAY A1A, #206 8/3/2016 $245,500 $245,500 10/31/2016

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 85

REAL ESTATE

Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Sea Colony, Address: 3 W Sea Colony Drive Subdivision: Bermuda Club, Address: 9026 Castle Harbour Circle

Listing Date: 1/11/2016 Listing Date: 6/6/2016
Original Price: $895,000 Original Price: $575,000
Recent Price: $850,000 Recent Price: $575,000
Sold: 11/7/2016 Sold: 11/4/2016
Selling Price: $820,000 Selling Price: $525,000
Listing Agent: Chip Landers Listing Agent: Kelly Fischer

Selling Agent: Berkshire Hathaway Florida Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl

Lucy B. Hendricks Ben Bryk

Berkshire Hathaway Florida Coldwell Banker Paradise

Subdivision: Pebble Bay Estates, Address: 4591 Pebble Bay S Subdivision: Sea Oaks, Address: 8820 S Sea Oaks Way, #205

Listing Date: 8/1/2016 Listing Date: 8/15/2016
Original Price: $649,000 Original Price: $755,000
Recent Price: $649,000 Recent Price: $755,000
Sold: 11/4/2016 Sold: 11/4/2016
Selling Price: $600,000 Selling Price: $725,000
Listing Agent: Janyne F. Kenworthy Listing Agent: Fran Smyrk

Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl

Barbara A. McCarthy Susie Wilson

Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Susie Wilson Real Estate

SallyWoods
PROFESSIONALISM
I N T E G R I T Y ~ R E S U LT S

WABASSO RIVERFRONT FLORALTON BEACH CASTAWAY COVE

Nature lover’s paradise! 4BR/4BA estate on 1+acre lot, East of A1A! 2BR/2.5BA home with split bedroom floor plan Popular 3BR/2BA split bedroom floor plan in secure gated
riverfront pool w/spa, 2 docks, access to Intracoastal and large fenced rear yard, CBS construction, pool/spa community, large patio, screened pool/spa, beach access
$529,000
$1,090,000 $395,000

Y our satisfaction is my highest goal, real estate is a lasting relationship.

direct 772.492.5333 | cell 772.538.1861 | [email protected] | www.sallywoods.com

86 Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 83 REAL ESTATE

in which they could make this beauti- Ocean Drive, as well as a wealth of fessional equity theater; and the other water sports abound here. A bit
ful home their own. casual and fine dining choices. With nationally lauded Vero Museum of farther north are the popular Wabas-
a quaint village vibe, the community Art, both located in Riverside Park, a so Disney Resort and the acclaimed
For residents of The Moorings, it nevertheless boasts a lively cultural popular destination hosting a variety Environmental Learning Center, a
is only a few minutes’ drive to din- scene, including the island’s widely of events throughout the year. Op- must-see for nature-loving residents
ing and shopping opportunities, in- renowned Riverside Theatre, a pro- portunities for fishing, boating and and visitors, young and old alike. 
cluding myriad shops along Vero’s

Don’t get nervous, call Scott Tree Services

SCOTT TREE BILL BARRY
SERVICES
CERTIFIED ARBORIST
CELL: 772-473-7150

OFFICE: 772-569-3874
OAK TREE SPECIALIST
TREE CARE, MOVING & CLEARING
LANDSCAPE & DESIGN SERVICES

Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™ Vero Beach 32963 / November 17, 2016 87

REAL ESTATE

Why Freddie Mac wants to
KO traditional appraisals

BY KENNETH R. HARNEY Agency, urging him to take a hard
look. Freddie Mac’s “decision to veer
Washington Post away from fundamental risk man-
agement practices appears to harken
Can computers, big data and ad- back to the loan production-driven
vanced analytics replace real live days in the years leading up to the
humans when it comes to accurately 2007-2008 financial crisis” – abuses
valuing the house you want to buy? that “turned out to be disastrous for
One of the two largest financial play- the entire economy,” the group wrote.
ers in U.S. real estate thinks so and
is preparing to introduce changes Veteran appraisers such as Pat
that could prove momentous – and Turner of Richmond believe that
highly controversial. abandoning traditional valuation
practices will leave Freddie Mac es-
Giant mortgage investor Freddie sentially “flying blind” in many in-
Mac plans to dispense with traditional stances. In a phone interview, he
appraisals on some loan applications said he has inspected houses where
for home purchases, replacing them the interior damage and neglect
with an alternative valuation system have been so extensive – none of it
that would be free to both lenders and on public records or visible to auto-
borrowers. The company confirmed mated systems – that the differences
to me last week that it may begin the in market value arrived at by a com-
no-appraisal concept as early as next puter compared with a trained pro-
spring. Instead of using professional fessional are potentially catastroph-
appraisers, Freddie plans to tap into ic for any investor. Similarly, without
what it says is a vast trove of data it an inspection, an automated valua-
has assembled on millions of houses tion might not reflect whatever sig-
nationwide, supplement that with ad- nificant improvements you’ve made
ditional, unspecified information re- that are not on any public records.
lated to valuation, and use the results
in its assessments of applications. For years an outspoken critic of the
popular but frequently inaccurate
For consumers, the company be- automated valuation systems offered
lieves, this could not only eliminate free by Zillow and other websites,
appraisal expenses – which typically Turner asked, “When was the last
range from $350 to $600 or more – time a Zillow computer walked into
but also cut down on closing delays your house?” Computerized estimates
attributable to appraisals. It could “can’t tell you everything you need to
also relieve lenders of their burdens know about value,” he said.
of responsibility for the accuracy of
appraisals – a major sore point with But Freddie’s idea has strong de-
banks that sell loans to Freddie sub- fenders in the mortgage industry. Jay
ject to potential buyback demands if Farner, president of Quicken Loans,
significant errors are later found in the second-largest retail mortgage
appraisals. lender, told me “we’re in support of
doing something to alleviate the situ-
But critics argue that Freddie is ation today,” where appraisal delays
headed down a perilous road. Do- can cause rate locks to expire and
ing away with formal appraisals by closings to be postponed.
trained professionals could massive-
ly increase the company’s exposure Although “a large percentage of
to losses on defaults, they say, and loans do require an appraisal,” he
would likely end up being paid for said, others could be safely under-
by American taxpayers. Reliance on written with a combination of strong
publicly available data without care- previous valuation data on the prop-
ful physical inspections of properties erty possibly combined with a “walk-
verges on “craziness,” said Joe Ada- through” inspection.
maitis, residential lending manager
for Insignia Bank in Sarasota, Fla. Where’s this all headed? We’ll begin
“We would never allow it here.” to know in a few months. But don’t
expect appraisers to suddenly disap-
Not surprisingly, appraisers who pear. The best of them add essential
know about the plans are up in arms. value to the process of telling a lender
The Chicago-based Appraisal Insti- or investor what a house is truly worth,
tute, the largest professional group based on up-to-the-minute market
in the valuation field, has written to information and a hands-on physical
Freddie Mac’s regulator, Mel Watt, di- inspection – services no computer can
rector of the Federal Housing Finance perform, at least not yet. 