01/24/2019 ISSUE 04

Not a pretty picture. P3 Show-stoppers! P12 Hangin’ out, havin’ fun

Melbourne Beach photographer ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ and ‘Sylvia’
lucky to survive freak accident. are all the rage on area stages.

Surf and mirth at ‘Florida Pro’ party. P. 8

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Fluoridation Bid to ID
becomes hot candidates’
council topic parties fails

STORY BY MICHELLE CANNON EPTING STORIES BY HENRY A. STEPHENS CORRESPONDENT
CORRESPONDENT [email protected]

The Melbourne City Coun- Candidates for Brevard
cil will hold a special meeting
Thursday, Jan. 24, on wheth- County’s 2020 nonpartisan city
er or not to keep adding fluo-
ride to city utility customers’ and special district elections
drinking water.
probably won’t have to declare
The meeting will allow
the council to receive in- their party affiliations after all.
formation from all sides on
the topic of drinking water State Rep. Randy Fine (R-
fluoridation and allow the
public to provide input. City Melbourne Beach) had pro-
Manager Shannon Lewis will
introduce the agenda and posed a local bill to make that
speakers, followed by pre-
sentations supporting and Chris Chinault. happen, following county
opposing water fluoridation.
Town manager’s lengthy, productive tenure nears finish line Democratic leaders’ November
The opposing presenters
will include Melissa Gallico, success in helping their candi-
an analyst, author and activ-
ist, and Dr. Paul Connett, a dates win eight

CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 nonpartisan

STORY BY JENNIFER TORRES CORRESPONDENT he would resign his position, effective at 5 races to various
p.m., July 12, 2019.
In a field where the typical career in one city councils.
town or city often spans less than seven years, He was first hired as town manager in
Indialantic Town Manager Chris Chinault has March 2000, and has since served under nu- Since Dem-
spent 19 years serving one community. merous town councils and three mayors, in-
cluding current Mayor Dave Berkman, the ocratic leaders
But during a December meeting of the
town council last year, Chinault announced CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 already have

identified their

candidates in Randy Fine.

nonpartisan

races, he said, voters might as

A SATISFYING CENTURY FOR HELEN? BANK ON IT well know all the candidates’

parties.

But Fine failed on Jan. 15 to

STORY BY GEORGE WHITE STAFF WRITER “I had a crush on him. He was get enough votes from his col-
[email protected] about four years ahead of me.
People used to ask me about it leagues in the Brevard County
Smiling graciously as several years ago but I didn’t like talking
couples danced in front of her about him once he was married. Legislative Delegation to file
100th birthday cake at Zon Beach- He was a nice person,’’ she said.
side Jan. 16, retired banker Helen the bill. “I got a tie,” he said
Margaret Roberts of Indian Har- Growing up in a small com-
bour Beach quietly shared stories munity in Illinois with no high after the meeting. “But accord-
of an independent Midwestern school, she had to find a way
upbringing and of her high school to get the 20 miles to Reagan’s ing to Florida House of Repre-
classmate Ronald Reagan.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 sentatives rules, a tie doesn’t

win.”

The delegation includes

every member of the Florida

Helen Roberts with Indian Harbour Beach Mayor David Panicola. PHOTO: JULIAN LEEK House or Florida Senate who

CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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FLUORIDATION Almost 75 percent of U.S commu- just north of Satellite Beach, began ganization aims to end fluoridation
nity water systems are currently fluo- adding fluoride to its drinking water worldwide, and he sites studies that
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ridated, a practice that began in 1945 supply in the mid-1960s. connect higher fluoride exposure
with a controversial experiment by with lower childhood cognition. One
chemistry professor emeritus at St. the U.S. Public Health Service con- Both Dr. Connett and Dr. John- such study was a 2017 study on chil-
Lawrence University, a specialist in ducted in Grand Rapids, Michigan. son were recently quoted in an NBC dren in Mexico.
environmental chemistry and toxi- The major public health advantage News online article published on
cology and executive director of the cited by proponents of fluoridation Oct. 17, 2018. Dr. Johnson, who supports fluori-
nonprofit Fluoride Action Network. of drinking supplies is the preven- dation, states that the anti-fluoride
The supporting presenter will be Dr. tion of cavities and tooth decay. Op- Dr. Connett, an opponent of water movement is “cult-like” and says
Johnny Johnson Jr., retired pediatric ponents claim that fluoride deceases fluoridation, stated: “There’s ump- “you cannot tailor public health to
dentist and president of the Ameri- IQ and causes conditions like ane- teen ways that fluoride can cause the whims of a small group of people.
can Fluoridation Society. Following mia and Alzheimer’s. damage. The prevailing attitude is If you are doing that, you are harm-
the presentations, the public will be that people who are opposed to fluo- ing a large group of people.”
allowed time to provide comments The City of Melbourne water sys- ride are crazy, so I didn’t want to be
on the topic before the council de- tem, which serves the barrier island stigmatized that way.” He claims that the scientific meth-
cides on action concerning the issue. from south of Melbourne Beach to od in studies used by anti-fluorida-
Initially skeptical of the anti-fluo- tion groups is flawed. “It’s as though
ridation movement, Dr. Connett’s or-

Biking/walking ‘trail’ blazers
all in on East Coast Greenway

STORY BY JENNIFER TORRES CORRESPONDENT PHOTOS: JULIAN LEEK

A dedicated group of volunteers, it would be nominal,” Simmons
cyclists, hikers, elected officials, said. “My reason for supporting it
donors and nature lovers have been had more to do with promoting a
working together over the years to bike/pedestrian friendly attitude
make their combined vision a real- in town.”
ity. They hope to designate the lon-
gest connected biking and walking For more information about the
trail in the country, called the East East Coast Greenway and to view
Coast Greenway. an interactive map, visit: www.gre-
enway.org. 
The projected length is 3,000
miles, extending from Calais,
Maine, to Key West – with ap-
proximately 600 miles of trail in
Florida that pass through 13 coun-
ties, including Brevard. Last year,
Brevard’s Board of County Com-
missioners designated 12.8 miles
of trail as part of the greenway.
The trail passes through Titusville,
Rockledge, Cocoa and Melbourne,
then over the Eau Gallie Causeway,
and south on Riverside Drive to 6th
Avenue, north to AIA and through
the center of Melbourne Beach,
and 17.4 miles on A1A’s side path.

During January’s meeting, the
Melbourne Beach Town Commis-
sion voted unanimously to approve
a request for the shared-use trail to
run through Melbourne Beach.

“The parkway is a designation of
existing bike routes and paths, so
we are not doing anything except
supporting that designation,” said
Melbourne Beach Mayor Jim Sim-
mons.

Simmons doesn’t know if the trail
will increase tourism to the town,
but he likes the idea of promoting
walking and biking outdoors.

“We don’t really have much of a
tourism economy, with only two
bed-and-breakfasts and our local
restaurants. There may be some
benefit to them, but I would think

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you have something you want to extrapolate it to water fluoridation. Melbourne’s city water system are Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, In-
prove, so you look at other countries You can’t do that in science.” encouraged to attend the meeting if dian Harbor Beach, Satellite Beach,
that have naturally high levels of flu- interested, as the council’s decision Palm Shores, Melbourne Village,
oride at multiples of what we have The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on the addition of fluoride to the wa- West Melbourne, as well as unin-
in the United States, and they see in the City Council Chamber of Mel- ter will affect those consumers. The corporated areas of Brevard County
changes and then they backwards bourne City Hall, located at 900 East area affected will include Melbourne, south of Pineda Causeway. 
Strawbridge Ave. All customers on

LENSMAN LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AFTER FREAK ACCIDENT

STORY BY GEORGE WHITE STAFF WRITER who had rushed to the island
[email protected]
when he heard the news.
Surfing, and capturing ex-
citing images in some of the Adams praises his friend
most beautiful places in the
world, is Nathan “Nate” Ad- Icah Wilmot, first responders
ams’ life, but a surf-related
freak accident on Dec. 28 in and others who came to his
Jamaica has him recovering
from a broken neck. aid quickly and helped with

Surfing as a teen growing up post-op care. Later, another
in Satellite Beach, Adams, now
45 and living in Melbourne friend hired an air ambulance
Beach, understands the sport
can be dangerous, having ex- to fly Adams and his father all
perienced broken ribs at age
17 as the result of a surfing ac- the way home in about two
cident.
hours.
He learned of more dead-
ly dangers on much bigger Adams’ friend and fellow
waves throughout his career
as a traveling surfing photog- surf photographer Jon Steele
rapher associated with and
later as the eight-year photo of Texas was there shortly after
editor of Eastern Surfing Mag-
azine (no longer in print). the accident. He was very con-

Being on shore these days shooting surf contests cerned when Adams was re-
with a camera, most recently for the Jamaican
tourism board, would be safe – or so he thought. leased initially, waking him up

Normally held in July, the Myakka Pro Inter- every 30 minutes through the
national Surf Contest was held in Jamaica this
year on Dec. 29-30. Adams was there a day early night in case of concussion.
to catch some friends on practice waves, but the
conditions were not ideal with gusting winds. “I think he got saved be-

Shooting with his 500mm lens on a tripod, Ad- cause his head was down
ams did not notice workers setting up the metal
framework for a 20-by-20 tent upwind directly be- shooting when the frame hit
hind him. A huge gust of wind caused two workers
to be thrown into the air as the unstaked tent and him. Two miracles happened:
frame came crashing down directly on Adams. He
Nate Adams. PHOTO: RYAN CLAPPER one, he is alive, and two, he
has feeling in his arms and

legs,’’ Steele said.

was knocked unconscious, suffering a large gash The prognosis is good but the recovery assess-

on his head and the compression of three vertebra ment process has really just begun, with advanced

(C-6, C-7 and T-1). testing required by the VA, for which he is eligible

“They had built the frame and were waiting for after serving in the U.S. Army from 1996-2000.

the straps when the gust of wind came up. They There may be additional surgeries required to en-

should have never put the top on it. It was touch- sure he returns to equal strength on all extremities.

and-go for a while there,’’ Adams said. “I straight-up could have been dead if my head

Amazingly, initial X-rays taken in a Jamaican had been a little bit to the side either way. Every-

hospital were said to not show the neck fractures. body took as good of care of me as they could,

However, those serious problems were very vis- and especially my dad,’’ Adams said. His new goal

ible when a highly-trained Jamaican surgeon took once well? “I want to go back to Jamaica.’’

over and performed a stabilization procedure Jan.

1 using hip bone. Dr. Peter Charles was hired by A Gofundme.com page has been set up for Nate

Adams’ dad, George Adams, a retired military pilot Adams of Melbourne Beach. 

Toddler survives accidental fall from second-story window

STORY BY JENNIFER TORRES CORRESPONDENT ing to Lt. Shawn Eising. dents are often flown to Arnold Palmer Concerned neighbors who witnessed
“The parent had left a second-story Hospital for Children in Orlando be- the landing took to social media to ex-
A toddler who apparently pushed cause its emergency department and press well wishes for the injured and try
open a second-floor window of a bar- window open a bit to let air in and the trauma center are part of the only Level to find out more details.
rier island home and fell out of the win- toddler was able to get the window open One Trauma Center in the area.
dow to the ground has avoided serious further and then pushed the screen off On a post on Nextdoor.com, a com-
injury. and fell out,” Eising said. “There were no On Jan. 1, another toddler, injured munity-based social sharing site, Paul
life-threatening injuries at that time.” after falling into the rhino exhibit at the Yeager said he rode his bike to the scene
The incident occurred just past 5 p.m. Brevard Zoo, was also flown to Arnold and witnessed the child being trans-
on Jan. 15 at a home on Peregrine Drive, While Eising said the injuries ap- Palmer – and later released. ferred to the helicopter. “Many Prayers.”
which is part of The Sanctuary, a gated- peared to be minor, they may possibly He wrote
community. include a broken arm. The helicopter, which landed a few
blocks away on the front lawn of St. Others shared information from vari-
The Melbourne Police Department “Because of the child’s age, the child Mark’s Methodist Church at 2020 N. ous news outlets as they received it.
was on scene to determine if neglect was flown to Orlando by helicopter,” Highway A1A in Indialantic, was a First
was involved, but determined it was Eising said. Flight air ambulance from Health First. The child’s identity and current con-
just an unfortunate accident, accord- dition have not been released. 
Children involved in traumatic acci-

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SatBeach nixes beach bonfires at Shell Street TOWN MANAGER RETIRING

STORY BY GEORGE WHITE STAFF WRITER Street and several complaints from type products are permitted. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
[email protected] residents.” “The idea is that we want to keep
longest-serving mayor in town history,
Beach bonfires no longer will be Pappagallo’s Restaurant manage- the fires relatively small and all com- who he has worked alongside for 11
allowed at Shell Street in Satellite ment had complained and even had mercial firewood is the same length,’’ years.
Beach, but additional spaces have rented the nearby bonfire for certain said Fire Chief David Abernathy.
been opened at Pelican Beach Park. nights to ensure that a bonfire was Following Chinault’s announcement,
not going to cause problems, she said. Items strictly forbidden to be Berkman acknowledged the “huge dif-
The recommendation for the burned, and cause for immediate ference” he has made in the town over
change came up at the regular City The city has long allowed beach shut-down, include lumber, ply- the years. “Chris Chinault has served
Council meeting Jan. 9 as an ac- bonfires Nov. 1 to April 30 at certain wood, pallets, trees, Christmas trees our town and has done an excellent
tion item by City Manager Courtney sites for the non-refundable fee of or any wood that is painted, has nails job,” Berkman said. “Over the last few
Barker, “due to parking and smoke $25. Only commercially-purchased, or was pressure-treated. The use of years we have especially worked togeth-
impacts to the businesses at Shell seasoned-dry firewood or Duraflame flammable liquid or products to start er very well, and he will be missed.”

A bonfire at Pelican Beach Park. PHOTO: RYAN CLAPPER According to the International City/
County Management Association, it’s
the fire also is prohibited. not unusual for a town/city manager to
Other rules include that permit change positions every three years.

holders must be 18, present at all Compared to three nearby barrier is-
times and have extinguishment ma- land communities, Chinault is currently
terial – such as a bucket of water or the longest-serving beachside town
sand and a shovel – available. All rec- manager of the four. Indian Harbour
reational fires must end by midnight. Beach city manager Mark Ryan was ap-
pointed in 2014, Satellite Beach’s Court-
“When we have several fires, I send ney Barker took on her post in 2013 and
somebody out to check each one to Melbourne Beach’s Robert Daniels was
make sure they are all following the hired on in 2017 – in a town that has had
rules,’’ Abernathy said. four town managers since 2006.

With the Shell Street changes, Chinault isn’t just leaving his post;
there still are a total of 25 designated he will also be bidding a fond farewell
fire pits in Satellite Beach. to the town he cherished, as he and his
wife plan to move up north to be closer
“It’s a draw for our city and some to their grandchildren.
weekends they are all being used.
Some are walk-up sites with others “My grandchildren reside in North
with limited parking,’’ he said.  Carolina and Maryland and I would like
to spend time with them before they
grow up,” Chinault said.

“It was never my intent to stay in this
position for such a long period of time.
However, no matter where I looked
when other job openings occurred, I
could not find a community of nicer
people than those which are right here
in this town.”

The town manager is appointed by
the town council and serves as the chief
administrative officer. He is charged
with managing the staff and imple-
menting the council’s vision for the
town through that management.

To find his replacement, Berkman
said the town will look at internal appli-
cants first. 

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NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS dents, and to consider the priorities of Wright (R-Port Orange) and Rep. Rene loss in numbers. It’s all a “gamesman-
local governments. Plasencia (R-Titusville). ship” issue, he said.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Voting with Fine in the 3-3 tie were Plasencia, whose district includes “This is going to keep switching
represents any part of Brevard County state Reps. Thad Altman (R-Indialan- part of Orange County, said he has around. It’s cyclical,” he said. “But we
in Tallahassee. The delegation meets tic) and Tyler Sirois (R-Merritt Island). seen Democrats there call for nonpar- should be concerned, not how one par-
each year prior to the opening of ses- But they were blocked by state Sens. tisan city elections and then for par- ty can beat another, but how they can
sion to hear concerns from local resi- Debbie Mayfield (R-Melbourne), Tom tisan elections, based on their gain or
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS “So if a person can’t find out any state lawmakers – should make any potholes, where they would fit on the list
other information on a candidate, at decision about nonpartisan elections. of things that need to be done,” he said.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 least they’d know what his platform And there are no party solutions to the
stands for. That’s basic background,” kinds of problems a city faces, he said. Stacey Patel, chairwoman of the
come together so there’s not such a di- said GOP State Committeewoman county Democratic Executive Commit-
vide.” Some supporters in the audience Cheryl Lankes. “When a resident flushes the toilet, tee, faulted the bill as a “transparent at-
said voters rarely have the time to fully they don’t care about the political party tempt” to bring national politics to the
educate themselves on the conserva- Mayfield, however, said candidates of the City Council. They just want the municipal level.
tive or liberal leanings of a candidate in are often urged in various areas to join waste to flush properly,” he said, read-
a nonpartisan election. the Republican or Democratic party ing from a statement. “When they call She said Republicans could have en-
simply because of which one has the police or fire, they want public safety dorsed GOP candidates in nonpartisan
Fine said his bill would have rem- majority. “The ‘R,’ ‘D’ or ‘I’ doesn’t al- to show up. There is no Republican or elections, the way she did for Demo-
edied that by having county Supervisor ways mean how the person is going to Democratic manner in which to handle crats.
of Elections Lori Scott place little Ds for vote,” she said. “It just might mean how public safety.”
Democrat, Rs for Republican, NPAs for they (expect to) get elected.” “Not as well,” said Fine, who last
no party affiliation or third-party ab- Sirois, however, took issue with that. month called for county Republican
breviations next to candidates’ names Cocoa Mayor Jake Williams Jr. said “Party affiliation would let you know Chairman Rick Lacey’s ouster for fail-
on city ballots. voters in the county or its cities – not how (candidates) would prioritize the ing to match Patel’s level of candidate
support. 

100 YEARS YOUNG

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

hometown, Dixon, Ill., to continue her
education beyond grade school.

The oldest of five daughters, she
knew her father couldn’t afford to
send each to high school. “I told him,
‘Don’t worry about it, Daddy. I told
him I have to get an education. He
just shook his head. I found my own
way,’’ she said.

Saving until she had enough mon-
ey to place a classified ad in the Dixon
newspaper, she ended up working as
a domestic for a couple for the entire
four years during high school. When
she graduated, she never went home.

Her first job was in a jewelry store
and her first big customer was the
bank president.

“When he got through picking out
a gift for his wife, he said, ‘You don’t
belong here’ and it scared me. I didn’t
do anything wrong. He told me to
come up to the bank for an interview
and he offered me a beginner’s job.
They put me in a place where I could
start learning the vault, the system,
the whole thing,” she said.

Staying in banking and rising
through the ranks to the very top, in-
cluding a posting as senior vice presi-
dent, she moved to Brevard in the
late 1950s when her husband took a
job with a Harris Corp. predecessor
called Radiation. She got hired by the
Bank of Melbourne and Trust Com-
pany.

“They kept saying, ‘We haven’t ever
had a woman in that position,’ and I
told them ‘Think nothing of it.’ Bank-
ing was the perfect job for me: I like
being responsible for things and I en-
joyed meeting people,‘’ she said.

Roberts said she feels good at age
100 (she actually turns 100 on Jan.
26), with the exception of her left leg
injured during a fall four years ago.

“From the hip on down it’s been a
problem. If not for that I would have
been right out there on the floor
with those dancers. I’ve always loved
dancing.” 

Surf and mirth
at ‘Florida Pro’
competition shindig

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Surf and mirth at ‘Florida Pro’ competition shindig

Caroline Marks. PHOTOS: TIM WIRTH CJ Hobgood.

Corey Lopez. Michael Dunphy David Speir.

STORY BY JENNIFER TORRES CORRESPONDENT placed third in the men’s division. competitors while enjoying great is a community event and we en-
[email protected] Marks confirmed she hopes to be music, food and drinks under the courage everyone to come out in
stars.” support.”
As opening day of Florida’s most part of the team to compete at the
internationally important surf con- 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Tiffany Minton, event chair and In addition to serving as a world
test – the Florida Pro at Sebastian when surfing makes its debut as an marketing director, said the Florida qualifying event for men and wom-
Inlet – came to a close, competitors Olympic sport. Pro Opening Night Celebration is en, the Florida Surf Pro, which took
gathered at Sebastian Inlet Surf & a great way to welcome competi- place from Jan. 14-20, also hosted
Sport on Monday, Jan. 14 for a brief “Surfing is a sport where the tors, the WSL and the surf fans to a Champions & Icons Surf Contest
press conference followed by an top competitors are extremely ap- Florida’s Space Coast and the area’s presented by Cocoa Beach Surf
outdoor celebration that featured proachable,” said John Robson of amazing beaches. Company and featuring former pro-
live music, food and the chance to Sebastian Inlet Surf & Sport. “We’re fessional champions.
meet some of surfing’s brightest making this a family-friendly event “We are so proud of our surf heri-
local stars, including Melbourne so that the local surfing communi- tage and culture,” Minton said. All proceeds from the event will go to
Beach native Caroline Marks and ty can welcome these outstanding “The Florida Pro Surf Competition support the Florida Surf Museum. 
Floridana Beach’s Chauncey Robin-
son.

The Florida Pro surf contest began
last year and is the first U.S.-based
World Qualifying Series event of the
year for both men and women.

Marks was the youngest woman to
qualify for the World Surf League’s
(WSL) World Championship Tour in
2017. She also took home the Rookie
of the Year Award during the 2018
World Tour and won the women’s
division at last year’s Florida Pro.

At this week’s competition, Marks
once again took home top honors
in the women’s division. Robinson

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Chauncey Robinson, Caroline Marks, John Robson and Stevie Pittman. Scott and Mary Lou Church.

Florida Pro Event Coordinator Tiffany Minton is joined by James McMullin, Matt Kechele and Andrea Ward.

Gary Gates and his son Garrison Gates.
Barry Pasonski, Patricia Scholtz, Bill Tweedie, Hunter Joslin and Dave Settgast.

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Stella Maris’ fun nature programs: All ecosystems go!

STORY BY MARIA SONNENBERG CORRESPONDENT “It’s so nice to have a program like signed for children 5 and younger, but tivities such as trips to the Navy UDT-
[email protected] this available locally.” older kids are welcome to participate SEAL Museum take care of rainy-day
as part of a family group. Likewise, blues.
As Ashley Miller Chelberg sees it, Chelberg, who has a double master’s younger kids are also welcome at Stel-
you can never be too young to become degree in marine biology and coastal la’s Science Explorers, geared to the “The Eco Camp is a big part of what
a citizen scientist. Chelberg, executive zone management, coupled with an 5-and-up crowd. As Chelberg sees it, we do,” said Chelberg. “We work very
director of Stella Maris Environmental infectious appreciation of Florida’s the more the merrier. closely with local environmental agen-
Research, urges moms – and dads – to eco-systems, has assembled a team of cies to reinforce stewardship and won-
bring babies along to Stella’s Eco Stars environmental researchers and edu- “Younger will enjoy exploring, der of the Indian River Lagoon.”
and Science Explorers, multi-age pro- cators to deliver the Stella Maris pro- touching, seeing and smelling, while
grams that offer families the oppor- grams. older children and parents will be giv- A seven-acre spoil island at the west
tunity to explore local ecosystems in a en an opportunity to create their own end of the Fort Pierce Inlet in St. Lucie
fun way. Families have plenty of options fields guides, learn about conservation County, Wesley’s Island is a birder’s
when it comes to Stella’s programs. and navigate research techniques,” she paradise, with approximately 30 dif-
“Of course, the babies won’t be “Most events occur once or twice a explained. ferent species. The island is only acces-
handling binoculars or taking part in week,” said Chelberg. sible by boat.
the experiments, but they will enjoy “You’re getting them interested in
experiencing the wonders of nature, Stella’s Eco Stars program is de- science without their realizing it.” “The island is named for the man
which is good for both babies and their who once built a cabin there,” said
parents,” said Chelberg, a Melbourne Since these are very, very family- Chelberg.
Beach resident who launched Stella friendly events, the pricing is family-
Maris in 2015. style. The fee for the first child is $6 and This year, Stella Maris will also offer
each additional child is $2. If money is both sea turtle walks during the eve-
The nonprofit provides research an issue, Chelberg will try to help. ning and nest observation events in
services and weekly educational pro- the mornings during turtle season.
grams in Brevard and, under the aus- “We strive to engage every child who
pices of the Indian River Lagoon Coun- wants to learn about their environ- Beyond the educational programs,
cil, operates Wesley’s Island Eco Camp ment, so if there is a financial hardship, Stella Maris is involved in research
in St. Lucie County. I ask parents to let us know so we can and environmental activities such as
work together to create possibilities,” juvenile sharks on the southern por-
“Ashley has really given this area she said. tion of the Indian River and “Chicks
something special,” said Melbourne on the Roof,” a program to help the
Beach Jessica Eirikis. Stella Maris is also gearing up for its chicks of terns and skimmers that have
popular summer Eco Camp at Wesley’s fallen from nests atop roofs beachside.
Island. Volunteers are welcome at many of its
projects.
“The camp is actually on the island,”
said Chelberg. “I recommend anyone close to this
county to come check out their explo-
Campers will learn to paddleboard, rations,” said Eco Explorers mom Car-
ride in a motorized kayak, net with olyn Garcia of Indian Harbour Beach.
seines, dissect marine fish and get up
close and personal with wildlife. Ac- “It’s worth it.” 

JOIN A STELLA MARIS EVENT
3:30 p.m., Jan. 24: A combined hike with Stella’s Science Explorers and the Eco
Explorers at Maritime Hammock Sanctuary in the Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge,
Melbourne Beach.

10:30 a.m., Jan. 29: Stella’s Eco Explorers will learn about the dune habitat and
perform science experiments at Spessard Holland North Park.

3:30 p.m., Feb. 1: Join Science Explorers at Spessard Holland North.

10:30 a.m., Feb. 5: Stella’s Eco Explorers will meet at Canova Beach Park for les-
son on the problems with plastics on the beach, plus a craft.

3:30 p.m., Feb. 8: Stella’s Science Explorers meet at Canova Beach Park to learn
if “plastic is really fantastic.”

For more information, call 321-403-7646 or visit stellamarisenvironmentalre-
search.org.

‘Bonnie & Clyde,’ ‘Sylvia’
all the rage

on Melbourne stages

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‘Bonnie & Clyde,’ ‘Sylvia’ all the rage on Melbourne stages

Olga Intriago as Bonnie and Cameron Elliott as Clyde.

PHOTOS BY DANA NIEMEIER

STORY BY PAM HARBAUGH CORRESPONDENT cidedly new to Brevard’s theater com- the dark musical “Dracula.”
munity with its production of “Bonnie The show is filled to the gills with mu-
Parking is going to be even tougher for & Clyde.” Who would ever think that a
a while in downtown Melbourne thanks show about a couple of Depression-era sical numbers. And the Henegar’s pro-
to two polished theatrical productions criminals could become a stage musi- duction is filled with wonderful voices
boasting considerable talent. cal? who handle with ease the melodic chal-
lenges.
They are the Henegar Center’s musi- But leave it to Frank Wildhorn, who
cal “Bonnie & Clyde” and Melbourne turned both “Jekyll & Hyde” and “The “The cast is one of the most talented
Civic Theatre’s comedy “Sylvia.” They Civil War” into musicals. Here, Wild- group of people I have ever had the plea-
both opened last Friday. horn collaborated with lyricist Don sure to direct,” said director Amanda
Black, which he had done previously on Cheyenne Manis. “They have fantastic
The Henegar brings something de- instinct and their voices are soul stir-
ringly good.”

Indeed. This is a dream come true for
anyone who especially loves a musical
packed with songs. The show has 20 of
them, many of them full ballads, made
very sweet by vocal coach Karen Monks.
Led by conductor/music director Jim
McCarl, the show’s seven-piece orches-
tra brings out big sound.

Stand-out numbers include “The
World Will Remember Us,” sung beau-
tifully by Olga Intriago (Bonnie) and
Cameron Elliot (Clyde).

As Buck Barrow, Kyle McDonald
charms in the duet “When I Drive.” But
musically, Mahalia Gronigan steals
the show in her big number “That’s
What You Call a Dream,” in which she
yearns for Buck, her husband, to be

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happy with just her. Shane Frampton as Kate, Mark Blackledge ing plans well in advance of curtain. “Sylvia” runs through Feb. 24 at Mel-
Making this production look so good as Greg, and Jessica Foix as Sylvia. “Bonnie & Clyde” runs through Feb. 3 bourne Civic Theatre, 817 E. Straw-
bridge Ave., Melbourne. Tickets are $31
is scenic designer David McQuillen Rob- PHOTO BY MAX THORNTON at the Henegar Center, 625 E. New Haven general and $29 seniors. Tickets are go-
ertson, who smartly borrows the ram- Ave., Melbourne. Tickets are $29 for gener- ing fast. The theater has already added
shackle, clapboard motif from Tobin of Kate, the beleaguered wife who deals al admission, $26 for senior and military, a couple of shows. Call 321-723-6935 or
Ost’s design for both the show’s original with dog hair, chewed high heels, and and $19 for students. Call 321-723-8698 or visit MyMCT.org. 
production and its brief Broadway run. missing books. Frampton does not play visit Henegar.org.
“the heavy” here. Instead, we under-
McQuillen’s aesthetic works in sweet stand her character’s frustrations and
harmony with Josh Huss’ dark and believe her desire to have her husband
moody lighting design. Together they back to where he once was.
facilitate the complex, epic sweep of the
show’s storyline, which includes a multi- And you might as well bring the han-
tude of settings, including a dusty road, kies for the end of the show. It’s got quite
a gas station, bank, courtroom, jail and the payoff.
even a beauty salon.
“Anyone who’s had any pet, you’re go-
Adding to the look is Shannon Rep- ing to feel it when you watch the show,”
pert’s costume design, which fits per- Foix said. “Sometimes, I go into (the the-
fectly with the era. And, sound designer ater’s scenic) shop and not listen to Greg
Thom Restivo adds the important layers and Kate’s final dialogue. I don’t want to
of menace when law officers descend come out at curtain call and have tears
upon the Barrow “gang.” streaming down my face.”

With all this taut drama and dustbowl Rounding out the cast is Rob Kenna,
motif, don’t forget to save room for more. who plays a trio of people – a no-non-
There are laughs aplenty and even a bit sense New York dog owner, a high soci-
of heart-tugging poignancy at MCT’s ety lady and a gender fluid psychoana-
“Sylvia.” If you can find tickets, that is. lyst, which rather knits up the “woman
as dog” conceit. Adopting distinct man-
Written by A.R. Gurney, the play nerisms for each, Kenna is hysterical in
moves swiftly and with confident ease all three of these roles.
thanks to the direction of MCT’s Peg Gi-
rard and a cast that brings the big guns Scenic/lighting designer Alan Selby
of emotion to the stage. takes a smart approach for his work in
“Sylvia.” The story is set mostly in Greg
The play’s conceit is that a dog is and Kate’s New York City apartment but
played by a woman who engages in dia- also takes the action into a park, an air-
logue with her owners. In it, a middle- port and a psychoanalyst’s office.
aged man, Greg, is rather adopted by a
stray dog with a tag that reads “Sylvia.” To facilitate all that, Selby has created
Greg’s wife, Kate, is not at all pleased a city skyline and added a park bench to
with Greg’s attachment to Sylvia and ac- one side of MCT’s small playing area.
tually has feelings of jealousy.
A little caution here: There is strong
The play was first produced by the adult language in the show, but it’s all
Manhattan Theatre Club in 1995. Then, uttered by Sylvia, especially when she
it starred Sarah Jessica Parker as Sylvia. becomes enraged at a cat. In a strange
It didn’t find its way to Broadway until way, it just becomes funny and not really
2015 when, interestingly, it starred Mat- offensive.
thew Broderick, Parker’s husband, as
Greg. The bottom line is that both “Bonnie
& Clyde” and “Sylvia” are going to be
Here, though, at MCT, the cast is as drawing in hundreds of theater patrons
good as it gets anywhere. over the next few weeks. So best make
those restaurant reservations and park-
Mark Blackledge is at his very best,
ever, in the role of Greg. Now pretty
much an MCT “veteran” actor, Black-
ledge is at such ease on stage that he can
relax and disappear into his role. He is so
believable as Greg, a man who loves his
wife but finds fresh joy in this new pet
that brings color into his now monotone
life. He brings humor and frustration
and, eventually, tremendous poignancy
to the stage. His is a performance not to
be missed.

And so too is that of Jessica Foix, who
nails the naïve, uninhibited and highly
energetic, tail-wagging “hey, hey, hey-
ing” of Sylvia. She is, well, adorable in
the role. It’s hers. Period. No others need
apply.

“It’s such a sweet story,” Foix said.
“And Sylvia is such a fun character …
The minute I step out on this stage I’m
no longer Jessica Foix. I become Sylvia.”

Those who know the work of Shane
Frampton will delight in her portrayal

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Coming Up: Jazz with pizzazz at Melbourne Auditorium

STORY BY SAMANTHA BAITA STAFF WRITER shelves. So, it’s the virtually perfect
time for the King Center to bring to
1 It’s free, and too big to squeeze its stage the Black Jacket Symphony
into only one night: the annu- with “An Evening with Queen – A
Night at the Opera” this coming
al, musical blow-out everyone gets Thursday, Jan. 31. According to its
website, the Black Jacket Symphony
jazzed about. It’s “Jazz Up the New is a group of “hand-picked musi-
cians” who, with exceptional atten-
Year!” when, for the ninth winter, tion to each and every sonic detail,
re-create classic rock albums (35
the Melbourne Community Orches- albums in the past decade) down to
the smallest musical nuance, “in its
tra and the Swingtime Jazz Band entirety – note for note, sound for
sound.” As if the entire “Night at the
combine in a rousing, high-energy, Opera” album isn’t enough, you’ll
also get a full set of Queen’s greatest
finger-snapping, toe-tapping two- hits. Queen drummer Roger Taylor,
says the Black Jacket website, has
night concert that promises, as ad- been quoted as exclaiming, “You lis-
ten, close your eyes and you think
vertised, to jazz up your New Year. it’s Freddie. It’s really uncanny.” The
King Center calls “An Evening with
The rhythm-centric 2019 collabora- Queen – A Night at the Opera” “a full
night of rock and roll magic, plus a
tion will take place Wednesday and visual experience unlike any other.”
If you remember putting on – or pop-
Thursday, Jan. 30-31, at the Mel- ping in – an album and listening to
it all, start to finish, this show is like
bourne Auditorium. The “Jazz Up that. (Except you can’t wear your pa-
jamas.) Showtime: 7:30 p.m. Tickets:
the New Year!” promo announces start at $51. 321-242-2219.

the concerts will be a veritable hit

parade of two dozen or more jazz and

Big Band standards: Cole Porter’s

“Night and Day”; “The Pink Panther”

and “Moon River” by Henry Mancini;

“Embraceable You” and “Someone to

Watch Over Me” by Gershwin; Duke 1 “Jazz Up the New Year!” at the Melbourne Auditorium, Jan. 30-31.

Ellington’s “Medley for Orchestra”

and other classics. MCO pres (and

oboe player) Nancy Anderson says a

cool aspect of this musical partner-

ship is that “we’ll be performing Big

Band works arranged (especially) for

orchestra and jazz band together!”

She adds that it’s not unusual for

concertgoers to get out of their seats 5 From China with Music: After
a musical tour of Europe via
and start dancing. “The aisles of the

Melbourne Auditorium are definitely the terrific Brevard Symphony Or-

large enough to cut a rug!” Time: 7:30 chestra to launch the Indian River

p.m. both nights. Admission: Free. Symphonic Association’s 2019 “Fes-

321-285-6724. tival of Orchestras” season, the sec-

ond January concert delivers a truly

2 The King Center has got the mu- rare treat: a journey to China with
sic this week:
the Shanghai Opera Symphony Or-

Name that group. They’re still around chestra on its very first appearance

and still pulling in fans worldwide do- in the U.S., this Friday, Jan. 25, at

ing what they do best – love songs: Community Church of Vero Beach.

Think “All Out Of Love,” “Even the The orchestra is “one of the most

Nights Are Better” and “Lost In Love” popular in China and throughout

(which became one of the biggest hits Asia,” says musicworcester.org, and

in the history of the U.S., says the King has also performed on tour in “Fin-

Center), where this timeless duo will land, Italy, U.K., Germany, Hong

appear this Sunday, Jan. 27. Got it? It’s Kong and Macao.” The Friday’s

Air Supply, aka Graham Russell and concert will feature violin virtuoso

Russell Hitchcock. According to Wiki- Chen Yangyuetong, who will pres-

pedia, this Australian soft-rock duo – 4 Black Jacket Symphony, Jan. 31 at King Center. ent “Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto.”

English singer/songwriter Russell and This beautiful piece is an orches-

Australian lead vocalist Hitchcock – got tral adaptation of an ancient leg-

together in Australia in 1975, ultimately ter is bringing the current (terrific) in to watch my Mom and Dad danc- end, according to Wikipedia, and
iteration to its Studio Theatre stage ing in the living room to a Glenn
producing a series of worldwide hits this Tuesday, Jan. 29. The present Miller 78? Time: 7:30 p.m. Tickets: one of the most famous orchestra
Glenn Miller Orchestra, probably start at $48.50. 321-242-2219.
during the ’80s, including eight U.S. the most sought-after Big Band any- works of Chinese music: Written
where, was assembled 63 years ago
Top 10 hits. Showtime: 7 p.m. Tickets: and, says the King Center promo, for the western style orchestra, it
it’s been touring steadily ever since,
start at $59.75. 321-242-2219. “playing an average of 300 gigs a features a solo violin “played using
year, worldwide.” Would it date me
if I let slip that I remember peeping 4 Thanks in no small part to some Chinese techniques.” Also on
the recent hit flick “Bohemian
3 Finish this song title: “It Don’t the program will be Berlioz’s glori-
Mean a Thing If It ---- --- ----
Rhapsody,” Freddie Mercury and ous “Symphonie Fantastique,” and

-----!” The Glenn Miller Orchestra the music of Queen are getting tons Rossini’s showstopping “Overture

is, no question, one of the greatest of buzz, and their unique brand of to the Barber of Seville.” Time: 7:30

bands of all time, and the King Cen- rock music is flying off music section p.m. Tickets: $90. 772-778-1070. 



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President Trump stayed in Wash- round residents, 30,000 during the “sea- Year’s Eve party for 650 people. Com- to repay $5.6 million in overtime pay.
ington over the holidays, so South son” that runs from New Year’s Eve to merce Secretary Wilbur Ross and his Despite promises to reimburse local
Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach was Easter – was created for the very rich to wife, Hilary, threw an exclusive dinner agencies, there’s grumbling that local
not closed to traffic, allowing the resi- bask in the American Dream without at their $23 million villa. Kellyanne taxpayers are paying more than their
dents of this exclusive Florida enclave apology, judgment or headlines. Every- Conway and her kids walked around fair share.
to move around town without check- one is in vacation mode, and the last town practically unnoticed.
points or delays. thing they want to think about is politics. In theory, this investment should
“It’s a better energy when he’s not pay off after Trump leaves office.
That’s no small thing for billionaires Republicans rarely bring up his here,” says a Worth Avenue busi- “For the first time, people in China
and ultrarich people unaccustomed name in public. Democrats won’t pick ness owner, one of two dozen locals are hearing about Palm Beach,” says
to inconvenience. a fight. There are no Trump souvenirs interviewed for this article. “It’s like historian Rick Rose, author of “Palm
(pro or con) for sale. the clouds lifted and everybody goes Beach: The Essential Guide to Amer-
Since Trump became president two about their business.” ica’s Legendary Resort Town.” He was
years ago, the Secret Service shuts down “Even the people that don’t like him interviewed for a documentary broad-
a long sliver of the road connecting the don’t like any sort of outright rudeness But Trump’s magnificent estate is ex- cast across China.
south and north parts of this 16-mile- or nastiness published about him when actly where it’s always been: Poised in
island whenever he stays at Mar-a-La- he’s here,” explains one longtime social the center of an island less than a mile So far, there’s no Trump Bump in
go, the luxury seaside estate he bought observer who, like most residents, de- wide, vulnerable by land, air and sea. tourism: Shops and restaurants report
in 1985. Private jets are not allowed to clined to be named for fear of alienat- Airspace is restricted for 10 miles. There small but steady growth. It’s the locals
fly into the small local airport. ing friends and neighbors. “It’s like, is no military base nearby to land Air who are disappearing, staying home
‘This is Palm Beach. We’re all rich. Let’s Force One; Trump prefers Palm Beach or flying out of town when the presi-
There are detours, traffic jams and be polite.’ ” International Airport, which causes dent comes in.
other irritations, the kind of things, commercial flights to be delayed.
frankly, that the wealthy regulars come So it was a relief whenTrump’s sched- But it would be unfair to conclude
to Palm Beach to avoid. uled 16-day vacation was abruptly can- When Trump goes to his golf club that the citizens of Palm Beach don’t
celed because of the government shut- on West Palm Beach, the southern ar- support Trump. In 2016, he won 3,231
Once just another rich guy in a down. Aside from more police, the rest tery to the island is closed. Even mem- votes to Hillary Clinton’s 2,612. His tax
place full of really rich guys, the 45th of the island returned to its pre-presi- bers of Mar-a-Lago – who pay a non- cuts and the bull stock market (until
president has invaded their roads, dential norms: Palm trees wrapped in refundable $200,000 membership fee, the last month) are very popular. Not
their airspace, their head space. In this white lights, the Breakers towers lit red plus $14,000 in annual dues – must that anyone wants to talk about it.
ultimate escape town, Trump and ev- and green, men in tuxedos and women drive off and then back on the island
erything he brings with him – security, in diamonds. for a security clearance. “Palm Beach is a private town,” says
media, protesters and controversy – Piper Quinn, owner of Buccan restau-
are inescapable. With Trump stuck in Washington, Last year, the Palm Beach County rant. “We’re protective of each other
his family hosted Mar-a-Lago’s New sheriff asked the federal government collectively, regardless of our political
This tropical paradise – 10,000 year-

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affiliations. We certainly respect our ultrawealthy: Vanderbilts, Fords, Du- zman, Rush Limbaugh and Howard admitted wealthy Jews, Mar-a-Lago
privacy, regardless of where you stand, Ponts. After World War I, Europeans, Stern, wealth is the common denomi- was open to anyone.
and there’s no deviation from that at such as the duke and duchess of Wind- nator in Palm Beach. Trump’s meticu-
all. We don’t lay it on the table when sor, flocked to this permanent party lous restoration of Mar-a-Lago – now “Basically, he didn’t care who came in
we’re out. Socially, it’s not a thing.” for the idle rich. a historic landmark – was widely re- as long as they could pay for it,” explains
spected and would have opened doors a Palm Beach social expert. Money may
Quinn presides over one of the is- There were heirs and heiresses with socially had he been willing to pay have been the motive, but Trump’s
land’s hotspots that belies the stereo- vast fortunes and little to lose. Trump even a passing nod to the unspoken open-door policy – his was the first club
types: It’s young, diverse, crammed with was one in a long line of colorful per- rules of civility and discretion. to accept African Americans and open-
full-time residents looking to make (or sonalities when he first came in 1982; ly gay couples – began the slow process
expand) their fortunes in South Florida. unfamiliar with the history and class But from the beginning, Trump to diversify other clubs in town.
Like the Kennedys – regulars in Palm structure, he was, as one local puts it, rubbed Palm Beach wrong. He was
Beach 60 years ago – the Trumps gener- “a Miami Beach kind of guy.” During a arrogant and pushy, and he didn’t Trump rarely leaves his palace; peo-
ate a lot of buzz. ple come to him. He hosted the prime
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, minister of Japan and the president of
“People are very curious,” he ex- who he invited to play golf, at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. China and tapped two ambassadors
plains. “There’s the allure of Mar-a-La- from his membership list: Robin Ber-
go, its history and Donald Trump. Re- A Coast Guard boat is seen nstein for the Dominican Republic
gardless of naysayers, being president patrolling in front of the and handbag designer Lana Marks for
is still a big deal. It’s a wonderful thing Mar-a-Lago Resort. South Africa.
to have the president, some of our Con-
gress and our Cabinet in our town.” President Trump and first lady Melania Trump with Many of the club’s original mem-
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, bers, primarily Jewish Democrats, have
Needless to say, not everyone agrees. left, replaced by an eclectic mash-up
Like the ancient parable from India of at Mar-a-Lago in 2017. of business executives, socialites and
blind men describing an elephant: It groupies. It’s lively.
depends what you’re feeling. Mar-a-Lago Resort
And lucrative: Trump earned an es-
“It’s very divisive,” says a wealthy tour, he spotted Mar-a-Lago, the man- care that locals thought he was timated $25 million from Mar-a-Lago
Washingtonian who owns a home in sion built by cereal heiress Marjorie loud and vulgar. He bought a gaudy in 2017.
Palm Beach. “People try not to talk Merriweather Post in 1927. oceanfront estate in 2004 for $41 mil-
politics.” lion, then flipped it to a Russian bil- Palm Beach may not have missed
Post left the 128-room, 20-acre es- lionaire for $95 million (who tore it Trump this holiday season, but the
She first met Trump at a 2008 Hill- tate to the federal government as a down and sparked rumors of money president missed Mar-a-Lago.
ary Clinton fundraiser in Palm Beach winter White House, but the offer was laundering.)
“when he was a Democrat.” Now she rejected due to prohibitive operating “I am all alone (poor me) in theWhite
has friends who feel they “need to be on costs. Trump scored the real estate Trump was shut out of all the private House” he tweeted Christmas Eve.
his team” and show up at Mar-a-Lago deal of his life, buying the house, fur- clubs, the heart of Palm Beach social life. On New Year’s Eve, there was a video:
every Saturday when Trump is there. niture and beachfront for $10 million. “While I’m at theWhite House working,
Forbes estimates the entire estate is So Trump opened Mar-a-Lago as a you’re out there partying tonight. But I
“You may not support him, but the now worth $160 million. private club in 1995. Unlike the Ever- don’t blame you. Enjoy yourselves.”
fact is that he is the president,” says glades or Bath and Tennis clubs, which
one GOP supporter and resident. Like With millionaires and billionaires did not admit Jewish members, and And Palm Beach did. There was a
many of her friends, she’s become such as David Koch, Stephen Schwar- the Palm Beach Country Club, which party at the Breakers and a dinner
more involved in local causes: “Peo- dance at Club Colette, a private din-
ple love living here. There are a lot of ing club favored by the A-list. The
people today who feel disaffected by most exclusive party of all: Coconuts, a
the global politics and national poli- 24-member club that hosts an annual
tics. They don’t know how to fix it. So New Year’s Eve dance. Trump is not a
they’re going deep in their communi- member; it’s unclear if he’s been asked.
ties, fixing what they can.”
“The old guard just will never ac-
Which brings us to those famous cept him, no matter what he does,”
charity balls at Mar-a-Lago. In 2004, says author Ron Kessler. “They love to
Trump built a 20,000-sqaure-foot pa- look down their noses on him. People
vilion on the property to compete with have no idea just how wealthy Palm
the Breakers and other clubs. It worked Beach is and how many strange ritu-
until 2017, when hosting or not hosting als it has.”
a benefit became a political statement.
Many organizations fled, fearful that Kessler, a frequent guest at Mar-a-
Trump’s controversial views would turn Lago, says some things have changed
off contributors. Others came calling, since 2016: The Secret Service now
eager to pay the club’s rental fees on the ropes off Trump’s table so no one can
chance the president would drop in. approach him unless he calls them
over. But anyone can go on New Year’s
“This is not about taking a politi- Eve if they are sponsored by a mem-
cal stand or what’s right or wrong; it’s ber and pay $1,000, plus 20 percent tip
about the donors,” says one longtime and tax. (Or snag a spare ticket.)
observer. “If a donor says, ‘If you have
your event there, I’m not giving you More than 900 people originally
any money,’ they move the event. If planned to attend, but one member
enough donors say, ‘I’m not giving said a couple hundred dropped out af-
you any money if you move the event, ter news that the president would not
they’ll keep the event there.’ It’s not be there. The remaining guests were
about morals or principles or any of mostly club members, who paid $650
that B.S. It’s all about money.” to see Melania, Ivanka, Jared, Eric and
birthday boy Don Jr., who celebrated his
Palm Beach was always about the 41st with girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle.
money. Founded in 1894 by Standard
Oil magnate Henry Morrison Flagler, “It was absolutely fantastic,” said
it became a winter playground for the member Anka Palitz. “As always,
there was a long line for caviar. Tin
after tin.” 

HEPATITIS, PART II Hepatitis A RISK FACTORS

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), hepatitis A is a Anyone can get hepatitis A. In the U.S., risk increases if you:
contagious liver disease that results from infection with the hepatitis  Are a family member or caregiver of a recent adoptee from a coun-
A virus. It can range from a mild short-term illness lasting a few weeks try where hepatitis A is common
to a severe illness that lasts several months. Some people never show  Are a man who has had sexual contact with other men
symptoms at all. Hepatitis A usually spreads when a person ingests  Are a child or teacher in a childcare facility
the virus from contact with objects, food or drinks contaminated by  Have clotting-factor disorders, such as hemophilia
feces or stool from an infected person.  Have sexual contact with someone who has hepatitis A
 Live with someone who has hepatitis A
Thanks to the introduction of the hepatitis A vaccine in 1995, the rate  Travel to or live in countries where hepatitis A is common (see list
of hepatitis A infections has declined by 95 percent, making it relatively of countries at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yelloBookCh4-HepA_aspx)
uncommon now in the U.S. Today, children, travelers to certain countries,  Use illegal drugs, whether injected or not
and people at risk for the disease are routinely vaccinated in America.
SYMPTOMS
HOW SERIOUS IS HEPATITIS A?
While many never show any symptoms, others experience:
Almost all people who get hepatitis A recover completely on their own  Abdominal pain
and do not have any lasting liver damage. They may feel sick for months  Clay-colored bowel movements
but liver failure and death are rare.  Dark urine
 Fatigue
HOW DO YOU GET HEPATITIS A?  Fever
 Jaundice (a yellowing of the skin or eyes)
Hepatitis A is spread person-to-person or by ingesting contaminated  Joint pain
food or water. Some examples include:  Loss of appetite
 Person-to-person contact  Nausea
o An infected person doesn’t wash his or her hands properly after  Vomiting
going to the bathroom, and then touches objects or food If symptoms occur, they usually emerge between two to six weeks
o A parent or caregiver doesn’t properly wash his or her hands after after exposure; develop over several days; and last less than two
changing a diaper or cleaning up the stool of an infected person months (but can continue for up to six months).
o Someone has sex or sexual contact with an infected person (not
limited to anal-oral contact) Next time we’ll find out what to do if you are exposed to the hepatitis
 Contaminated food or water A virus. 
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INSIGHT BOOKS

As a teenager hungering for adven- encounters and obsessively reflects on Many of his lunchtime walks take Jünger to the city’s
ture, Ernst Jünger ran away from school the human condition. “The goal of life,” print dealers and antiquarian booksellers – “oases in a
in 1913 and joined the French Foreign he decides, “is to gain an idea of what life world of carnage.” He reads widely: Pliny’s letters and
Legion. His father eventually retrieved is. In the absolute sense, of course, that a glossary of medieval Latin, a biography of the Brontë
his delinquent child from North changes nothing … but it helps our jour- sisters, the essays of Léon Bloy and Joseph Conrad’s
Africa, just in time for the ney.” “Heart of Darkness.” At bedtime he gradually makes his
19-year-old to enlist in Overall, Jünger remains essentially contemplative, an way through the Bible twice.
World War I. Over the next observer by instinct. “My conversation is often halting
four years, Jünger would be because I weigh each sentence before uttering it, antici- Far from home, the attractive, well-bred soldier em-
wounded in action 14 times pating any doubts or objections it could elicit. This puts barks on at least one serious love affair with a French-
and, in 1918, be awarded the me at a disadvantage with conversational partners who woman. Nonetheless, Jünger dispassionately registers
Pour le Mérite, Germany’s blurt their opinions.” Near the beginning of the journal, the hatred he notices in the eyes of a Paris shop assis-
equivalent to our Medal of he dutifully forces himself to watch a German deserter tant as she sees his uniform, and he later feels ashamed
Honor. He remains the young- stood up against a tree and shot. In his “Notes From the when – for the first time – he encounters a trio of young
est man ever so honored. Caucasus,” the stark and appalling descriptions of what Jewish girls wearing the odious yellow star. On July 18,
he saw on the Eastern Front recall Goya’s famous etch- 1942, he laments that “Jews were arrested here yester-
In 1920, Jünger published ings of the disasters of war. day for deportation. Parents were separated from their
“Storm of Steel,” an extraordi- Mainly, though, Jünger writes about his day-to-day children and wailing could be heard in the streets.”
nary memoir of his battle expe- life in Paris. He visits painters in their workshops (Pi-
riences. (I recommend Michael casso, he writes, “appeared as a powerful magician, Later on, Jünger learns about their fate in the camps
Hofmann’s translation for Pen- while Braque embodied a radiant geniality”), dines but doesn’t risk taking a public stand against Kniebolo,
guin.) Like T.E. Lawrence’s near- with the playwright Sacha Guitry, who shows him the his journal’s code-name for Hitler. However, he does
contemporary “Seven Pillars of manuscript of Flaubert’s “Sentimental Education” and privately criticize the generals who give in to the Führer
Wisdom,” the book views war discusses punctuation with Marcel Jouhandeau, who and his demonic inner circle, those sycophantic “court-
from an almost Homeric per- loves semicolons. Jünger notes that Paul Léautaud iers in the realm of darkness” among whom “the defa-
spective, celebrating the martial “hates imagery, similes, and digressions. He believes an mation of one’s enemy is a cult.”
virtues of courage, comradeship and steadfastness; it is author must express what he thinks with absolute preci-
dedicated, apolitically, “For the fallen.” In the years fol- sion and economy. … If one wants to say that it’s rain- Throughout “A German Soldier in Occupied Paris,”
lowing its publication, Jünger completed an astonishing ing, then one should write, “It is raining.” During a stroll, Jünger laments that “ancient chivalry is dead” and our
self-transformation into an exceptionally well-read and Jünger thinks hard about his grammar and concludes, “I wars are now “waged by technicians.” He despises the
cosmopolitan intellectual, one particularly passion- have to go deeper into the vowel sounds.” forces, industrial and ideological, that reduce people to
ate about French culture, entomology, mysticism and machines or automatons. Against these we must fight
philosophy. While his political bent was distinctly right- to remain fully human, to resist “the tendency within
wing, he resisted the era’s virulent anti-Semitism and our breast to harden, calcify, ossify.” Still, there is no ar-
never joined the Nazi Party. His allegorical 1939 novel, mor against fate. While serving in Italy, Jünger’s beloved
“On the Marble Cliffs,” is frequently read as a critique son Ernstel pronounces some defeatist criticism of the
of Hitler. Reich, which ultimately leads to the young man’s death,
quite possibly from an S.S. bullet in the back. Jünger and
WhenWorldWar II broke out, Jünger – only in his mid- his wife are crushed with grief.
40s – loyally rejoined his old company, but was eventu-
ally assigned a desk job in Paris, where he pushed pa- When the war finally ends, Jünger’s life is, astonish-
pers and, more importantly, kept a journal. This last has ingly, only half over – he would live to be 102, dying in
finally been expertly translated into English by Thomas 1998. Some critics argue that his transcendental-mys-
and Abby Hansen as “A German Officer in Occupied tical bent tends to aestheticize horror and suffering,
Paris” with an excellent biographical-critical foreword which to some extent it certainly does. Still, Jünger him-
by Elliot Y. Neaman. self deserves to be honored as a serious, if morally and
politically complicated, European humanist. 
Always intended for eventual publication, the jour-
nal eschews soul-searching and avoids anything overtly A GERMAN OFFICER IN OCCUPIED PARIS
confessional. In its entries, Jünger records his dreams,
migraines and depressions, describes his interaction THE WAR JOURNALS, 1941-1945
with Parisian artists and aristocrats sympathetic to the
Germans, closely inspects every flower and insect he BY ERNST JUNGER | COLUMBIA. 496 PP. $40

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PETS

Bonz is totally taken by tiny Tuesday’s touching tale

Hi Dog Buddies! have an oppa-RAY-shun.”

This week I innerviewed a fellow “Oh, Woof!”
pet of the feline purr-suasion, Tues-
day Jess, who’s a rescue. “Trouble was, I only weighed 1

Soon as we rang, a lady opened the pound. The doctor said it was Too
door an invited us in. But there was
no cat in sight. “Hmmm,” I thought. Risky, an we hadda wait till I weighed
We were getting settled in, when
this frenly brownish-grayish tiger 2 pounds. They gave me medicine an
cat strolled over, all frenly. “Ah ha,” I
thought. food till finally I made it to 2 pounds,

“Good morning! I’’m Bonzo the an had the oppa-RAY-shun. They
Columnist. You must be Miss Tues …”
hadda use special, teeny liddle in-
“I’m Maverick Jess. Welcome to our
home. This is our Mom, Amanda. Our struments. An guess what?”
Dad, Jon, is at work. Tuesday is a lid-
dle shy with strangers. How ’bout you I was even more afraid to ask this
scrunch down, so you don’t seem so
big.” time, but I did.

I’d never thought of myself as big, “There was a rubber glove in my
but I scrunched.
tummy.”
Maverick turned toward the sofa
and called, loudly, “TUESDAY! I I was speechless.
KNOW YOU’RE UNDER THERE! GET
YOUR FLUFFY CABOOSE OUT HERE “My memry’s fuzzy, but I remem-
AND MEET MR. BONZO!”
ber being SO HUNgry, an findin’ this
I jumped, an the couch cover
moved. Then a liddle nose poked out, funny-shaped thing that smelled like
an a soft liddle voice said, “Is that you,
Mr. Bonzo? You sure have big paws.” maybe it was food. It was real chewy,

I addressed the nose politely. though. Anyway, after the oppa-RAY-
“They’re mostly fluff, Miss Tuesday.
I’d really like to hear your story. I’ll just shun, I felt much better, but I kept
sit right here, nice an quiet, OK? I’m re-
ally a big fan of cats. I’ve ackshully in- tryin’ to bite my bandages, so I hadda
nerviewed several.”
Tuesday. wear a tube sock. Mom has ’em in all
After a brief paws, Tuesday emerged
– about half way. She had one of those colors, so I was very fashionubble.”
super pretty orange, white an black Tuesday showed me a pickshur of
coats called cally-co, which I’d never
seen in the fur before. herself tucked into her tube sock.

“You have a beautiful coat, Miss It was so cute an funny, I almost
Tuesday,” I told her.
laughed.
With the tiniest liddle smile, she
purred, “Thank you, Mr. Bonzo.” “While I was getting’ better, an

“See, Tues, Mr. Bonzo’s not scary at I looked up. A dark wearin’ my tube sock, I was s’pose
all,” Maverick told her, curling up next
to me. “I’ll just hang right here an you fluffy cat I hadn’t noticed to stay calm. Bein’ a kitten, it wasn’t
can tell your story.”
before sat in a big chair easy, till Mom put YouTube for Ani-
So, with me scrunched down on the
floor and Tuesday halfway out an half- across the room. “I’m mals videos on her phone, the ones
way under the couch, the innerview
proceeded. Bosco, by the way,” he with birds. I could watch ’em for

“I’m ready to hear your story,” I told said. “I was Mom an Dad’s hours.”
her, pencil poised.
First Rescue. I was a Stray “Now that you’re all better, what’s
“My Mom was working in the far-
muh-see at Target, an also volunteerin’ an just sorta wandered in your day like?”
at that nice rescue place, H.A.L.O., so
everybuddy knew she was always help- one day. Dad said, ‘What’s “Mom’s a furniture artist, an I help
in’ Animals Less Fortunate. Well, one
day the Target Security Human came that?’ an Mom said, ‘I guess her. I delicately walk in the paint an
over to Mom and said, ‘Hey, you res-
cue animals, right? Well, there’s a kit- it’s our new cat.’ An that create lovely paw prints on Mom’s
ten in the bushes out front.’ It was me,
was that.” drop cloth, an other spots. It’s my

“A pleasure,” I replied, SIG-nuh-chur. I play with Mav an

writing as fast as I could. Bosco, an our pooch siblings an bun-

“Mav an Bosco are wun- ny siblings, too. I like nappin’ in the

nerful big brothers,” Tues- Bunny Room.”

day continued. “Anyway, one Heading home I was thinking about

day I started feeling so tired 2-pound Tuesday havin’ her oppa-

I couldn’t play or anything. RAY-shun, an how the doctor was like

all alone an real hungry an My tummy was all poochy, an artist, too, with those special, tee-
real scared.
an I kept barfing an barfing. ny liddle instruments. An now liddle
“It took Mom an the Security Hu-
man an hour anna half to get me into So Mom took me to the doctor. They Tuesday’s part of a Blended Forever
this funny carrier thingy cuz I didn’t
know what was happening, an I got took lotsa pickshurs of my insides, an Famly, with a Bunny Room: imag-
even more scared. Finely they got me
in it, an Mom took me home. It was guess what?” ine that. Happy endings are the best,
aMAZing, Mr. Bonzo: when Mom took
me outta the carrier thingy an put me I was afraid to ask. “Er, what?” don’t you think? 
down in her house, I stopped being
scared. I just KNEW it was My House, -The Bonz“The pickshurs showed this big
too, an I was gonna be OK. She gave
me a liddle food an wadder an I was So buncha something in my tummy.
Happy.” Not the usual cat stuff, either. They
couldn’t tell what it was, but they
Another cat voice chimed in. “Me an
Mav were the welcoming committee. knew it was A Big Problem an I hadda
We wanted this liddle gal to feel comf-
tubble an happy in her new home.” Don’t be shy!
We are always looking for pets with interesting stories. To set up
an interview, please email [email protected].

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INSIGHT GAMES BRIDGE

VISUALIZATION IS A VISUAL ART WEST NORTH EAST
62 954 K Q J 10 3
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist 10 8 4 3 K72 Q96
52 A Q 10 8 KJ7
Robert L. Schwartz, a prominent lawyer, said, “The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer 97542 Q63 10 8
and an actualizer. He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it, he sees exactly how
to make it happen.” SOUTH
A87
The other day, one of my students said to me, “You can visualize where the cards are. I find AJ5
that impossible to do.” 9643
AKJ
It is true — mentally seeing the cards in an opponent’s hand makes it easier to visualize how
the play will proceed. In this deal, it was not hard for South to see where the missing honor Dealer: West; Vulnerable: East-West
cards lay, but East could have set a small trap for declarer.
The Bidding:
South was in three no-trump. How should he have played after West led the spade six?
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
Declarer began with seven top tricks: one spade, two hearts, one diamond and three clubs. 1 NT Pass 3 NT 1 Spades
Given that only 12 high-card points were missing — you did count those, didn’t you? — the All Pass LEAD:
heart finesse was clearly winning. If a second diamond winner could be found, perhaps by 6 Spades
endplaying East, then the contract would succeed.

South ducked the first spade trick and took the second, seeing that West began with a
doubleton. Declarer cashed his three club winners, and East discarded the diamond seven.
Then, after taking three heart tricks with the aid of the finesse, South led his last spade. East
took three winners in the suit, but at Trick 12 had to lead away from the diamond king-jack
into dummy’s ace-queen.

East should have thrown the diamond jack, not the seven, trying to look like someone who
began with 5-4-2-2 distribution. It probably wouldn’t have worked, but it was worth a try.

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INSIGHT GAMES

ACROSS DOWN
1 Embryonic membranes (5) 1 Fighting (6)
4 Inserts (6) 2 Below (5)
9 Small amount (7) 3 Fire (4)
10 Singing group (5) 5 Chemical in cigarette (8)
11 Atmosphere (4) 6 Items go (anag.) (7)
12 Hurtful (7) 7 Shoulder movements (6)
13 Wild ox (3) 8 Loose garment (5)
14 Money earned (4) 13 Annual (8)
16 Identify (4) 15 Checker of accounts (7)
18 Misery (3) 17 Winged messenger (6)
20 Back (7) 18 Tired (5)
21 Twosome (4) 19 Alloy (6)
24 Saying (5) 22 Fruit of oak (5)
25 Furry animal (7) 23 Sour (4)
26 Member of rowing crew (6)
The Telegraph 27 Italian poet (5)

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

Barrier Island Newsweekly THE MELBOURNE Thursday, January 24, 2019 23

INSIGHT GAMES

ACROSS 112 Where the sauce lover “Able was I ___ ...” The Washington Post
1 Arp’s art movement goes? 59 Keep an ___ (watch)
5 Wal-mart wheels 60 “Adroit” negater A VAST PUN-ORAMA By Merl Reagle
9 Feel ___ (get chilly) 117 Tragic Greek hero with a 61 Pierce portrayer
15 Gore and Green weight problem? 62 “At Nite” network
18 Notable 63 German article
19 Maturing agent 118 Word after film or rock 68 Clock face
20 Action film with less- 119 They’ll follow you 69 “Not ___ eye in the house”
anywhere 70 Large-scale
than-thrilling sea chases? 120 Olympic maximum 72 Diamond stat
22 Ore-poor region? 121 Cure 73 Editors’ reconsiderations
25 Part of A.D. 74 Oat bristle
26 President’s prerogative 122 Plying the Pacific 75 Racetrack rejections?
27 Hunky-dory 123 Singer Elliott or architect 76 Remington, not Danielle
28 Ex-veep Joe 77 Undiluted
29 i topper or Y.A. Gilbert 78 Give off
31 Baba et al. DOWN 81 “Indubitably”
33 Air, junk, or voice 1 “Nuts!” 82 Sailor’s story
35 X-rated video gala? 2 ___ of Sundays 83 Coal ending
39 Map abbr. 3 Signify 84 Coll. hoop champs
42 Rap sheet 4 Tally
43 Sahl-itary man 5 Espresso establishment of 2000
44 Wonka’s creator 6 Excitedly, in music 85 Dye-approving org.
45 Shakespeare’s merry month 7 Dye anew 86 Gushing guys
48 Two-term pres. 8 Athlon opener 91 Wise guys?
49 Q: “What’s a synonym 9 River near the Leaning 92 Beat back
Tower 94 A ___ All Seasons
for useless, señor?” 10 Landing place 95 Melodic
A: “___” 11 41 Down run on one: abbr. 96 Witnesses are
53 Worship 12 Lawyers’ org.
55 Flycatching bird 13 Prohibit under it
(anagram of WE TIP) 14 People of Sri Lanka 97 Japanese motorcycle and
57 Domesticator 15 Bane of teens
58 Elope with Rebecca? 16 Meat cut musical instrument co.
64 Regarded with interest 17 Gym with a pool 98 BVDs
65 New Haven campus 18 Italian car 99 Talks back
66 Place 21 Williams out in left field 103 Ooze
67 Cracker cheese 23 Equalized 104 Follower of à la
71 Title of a still-life painting 24 Relaxed 105 Ex-African strongman
with sort of a garage setting? 30 Filled with fat 106 Agent, briefly
77 Balladeer Bryson 32 B-side of “Help,” 107 Throw (light on)
79 Pinch in the nose by the Beatles 108 Hot or hunky
80 Tchaikovsky’s leaders (July 1965) 110 “Toodle-oo”
81 Signature line of a noted 33 Earth neighbor 112 Boater, for one
Swedish-Arab comic? 34 Funny Johnson 113 Type of sleep
85 Rival 36 Expert 114 Uno plus due
87 French-Belgian river 37 Friendship 115 “Tears ___ Clown”
88 Pennsylvania city 38 Something to pitch 116 Brit. military honor
89 Adjutant: abbr. 39 Firestorms do it
90 Hockey’s Howe 40 Norse god with a magic
93 In place hammer
94 Easily surprised Roman? 41 Overhead trains
100 English composer 44 Low light
101 Quickly, quickly 45 Adam, to Eve
102 ___ a junkyard dog 46 Call it ___
104 Hollywood voice-dubber 47 Pain in the neck, perhaps
Nixon 50 Spanish aunt
107 High-priced flier ’til 2003 51 “Based on ___ story”
109 Adorable 52 Written twice, a 1952
111 Goods: abbr. Kenyan terrorist
54 Official forms and routine
55 Electorate sampler
56 Start of an old palindrome,

The Telegraph

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INSIGHT BACK PAGE

Alas, you can’t turn a bad match into a good marriage

BY CAROLYN HAX hurt in the process. How much is enough? Is this worth But first, please know this, because it’s impor-
Washington Post trying to salvage, or should I try to minimize the dam- tant: It doesn’t mean you’re “not the most exciting
age to both of us and move on? person to hang out with.” Your wife’s unhappiness
Dear Carolyn: is not rooted in your failure to provide what she
I got married two years ago to a – Frustrated and Confused needed. It’s rooted in her decision to marry some-
wonderful woman. We are in our one who didn’t provide what she needed – to think
mid-30s and decided to wait one Frustrated and Confused: I’m so sorry. she could set those misalignments aside for the
year before trying to have kids. We And of course you’re hurt. You thought she purpose of getting the family she wanted. (Not un-
waited the year and started trying, married you for love, and you just found out she common – even with “wonderful” people.)
but despite neither of us having any obvious medical hired you for a job.
issues, we’ve been unable to conceive. What is “enough,” you ask? That. That is enough. This matters because what you provide is what
About three months ago my wife told me she was somebody wants, needs, finds exciting. Someone
unsure about our relationship. She said the reason she else. Maybe you haven’t met her yet, and I won’t
fell in love with me was because I would make a good give you empty assurances that you will, but it’s a
father, but since kids aren’t immediately on the hori- no-brainer that there are women “more in love”
zon, she feels I don’t give her enough energy as a cou- with an introverted, respectful, fun, he’d-make-a-
ple, and that, while she loves me, she has felt more in good-father style.
love with previous boyfriends. This would have been
great to hear before we got married. Which is why this wretched thing might be
I’ll be the first to admit I’m an introvert and prob- good for you. When your wife married you for
ably not the most exciting person to hang out with, but the wrong reasons – I take her word for all this,
I treat her well, and we have fun. I should emphasize, and draw no conclusions of
We’re in therapy, but it’s been very hard for her to my own – she stopped your search for that wom-
come to grips with her emotions. I can’t help feeling an.
like she married a concept instead of me. I also think
part of the difficulty is her coming to terms with not So step away from your marriage, for now if not
being able to have a child as quickly and easily as she permanently, and think it all over, and heal. May-
wanted. be then you’ll see what you were denied by this
While I love her and want to continue the relation- marriage, that “more in love” feeling, and you’ll
ship, I can’t help but think the foundation of our mar- grow ready to look again. We all deserve people
riage isn’t solid enough to last, and I’m getting deeply who feel lucky to have us.

It’s a long shot, but maybe, too, it’ll help her see
you differently. Good news for you either way, if
painfully achieved. 

Smile! New treatments take bite
out of dental discomfort

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YOUR HEALTH

Smile! New treatments take bite out of dental discomfort

STORY BY JENNIFER TORRES CORRESPONDENT

It could be a small sugary bite that Dental assistant Angelika
causes a sudden jolt of pain as it lands Pierre with Dr. Hiral Modi.
in the center of a burgeoning cavity
– or a dull throb in a back molar that PHOTOS BY RYAN CLAPPER
you avoid chewing on at all costs. But
eventually you know you must face re- food from the chew- ‘We are here to help and
ality: It’s time to go to the dentist. ing surface of back
teeth, like molars. not judge you. It’s never
While many people are just fine The dentist applies
with a visit to the dentist, others ex- a thin coating of too late to go see your
perience fear and anxiety because sealant that creates
they’ve waited until they have a pain- a protective shield dentist.’
ful issue to make an appointment. on the enamel. It’s a
painless procedure – Dr. Hiral Modi Clinic, can lead to life-threatening
But Dr. Hiral Modi, DMD, of New that can last a de- conditions including heart disease
Image Dentistry in Indian Harbour cade. Modi said the applied as the teeth come in. as well as serious issues for pregnant
Beach encourages you to fear not, be- treatment is good for Modi also recommends profes- women, like low birth weight and
cause today’s dentistry has seen many children and teenag- premature birth.
advances that can lessen and even ers, and best when sional fluoride treatments for patients
eliminate most dental discomfort. who are at a higher risk for developing So, Modi advises, put your fear
cavities. The treatment uses a higher aside and make good dental care a
“If someone is fearful of going to the concentration of fluoride than what is part of daily life for yourself and your
dentist, nowadays there are ways to found over the counter and can help family.
alleviate your anxiety,” Dr. Modi said. children develop healthy, permanent
“Fear of the dentist should not stop teeth, as well as aid in preventing “No one should feel embarrassed
you from going to see your dentist.” tooth decay. It takes just minutes to to go to the dentist because it’s been
perform and can be done every three so long and now, they are fearful of
Some of the treatments employed to six months, or on an annual basis. getting judged,” Modi said. “We are
can include nitrous oxide (laughing here to help and not to judge you. It’s
gas), oral sedation or IV sedation. Modi likes to remind patients that never too late to go see your dentist.”
good dental care isn’t just about
However, Modi said it’s best to having a white, healthy smile – it Dr. Hiral Modi, DMD, is based at New
avoid an emergency trip to the den- can also affect overall health be- Image Dentistry’s beachside office, lo-
tist altogether by committing to good cause poor oral care can create an cated at 660 E. Eau Gallie Blvd., Suite
oral health daily and employing pre- overabundance of dangerous bac- 1 in Indian Harbor Beach. The phone
ventative dental care. teria. Which, according to the Mayo number is 321-777-7474. 

While preventive dentistry doesn’t
guarantee that you won’t ever get a
cavity or require a filling, it can sig-
nificantly reduce your need for many
costly dental procedures.

Simply put, Modi said preventive
dentistry means taking care of your
teeth though daily brushing and
flossing, along with regular cleanings
and scheduled visits to the dentist.

It can also include other treat-
ments like dental sealants and topi-
cal fluoride treatments.

According to Modi, a dental seal-
ant is used to “seal out” plaque and

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HEALTHY SENIOR

Chew on this: Gum is one cause of excessive gas

STORY BY FRED CICETTI COLUMNIST more air. cutting back and then build up your in-
• Avoid gassy foods. Some of the take gradually.
Q: I get a lot of gas and someone told me
it would help if I stopped chewing gum usual suspects are beans, onions, broc- • Reduce consumption of dairy prod-
all the time (ex-smoker). That sounds like coli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, ar- ucts. Or try using products that help di-
bunk to me. What do you think? tichokes, asparagus, pears, apples, gest milk sugar (lactose).
peaches, prunes, whole-wheat bread,
It’s not bunk. When you chew gum, bran, beer, soda, ice cream. • Use over-the-counter aids. Add
you swallow more often and some of products such as Beano to high-fiber
what you’re swallowing is air. In addi- • Cut down on fatty foods. Fat slows foods to help reduce the amount of gas
tion, artificial sweeteners such as sorbi- digestion, giving food more time to they produce. Try using simethicone,
tol that is found in some gums can give ferment. which helps break up the bubbles in
you gas. gas. Charcoal tablets also may help. 
• If you take a fiber supplement, try
But, what exactly, is gas?
Most people produce between a pint
and a half-gallon of gas each day. Oxy-
gen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen from
swallowed air make up a large part of
gas or “flatus.” Fermenting foods in the
colon produce hydrogen and methane
as well as carbon dioxide and oxygen.
The unpleasant odor of some flatus is
the result of trace gases, such as hydro-
gen sulfide, indole and skatole, which
are produced when foods decompose
in the colon.
We release gas upwardly by belching
and downwardly by flatulence. When
we swallow air and don’t release it by
belching, the air will work its way down
and out the rectum. About half the gas
passed from the rectum comes from
swallowed air.
For the record, normal people pass
gas about 10 times each day. Twenty
times daily is still considered normal.
Some people suffer from bloating
caused by gas. Most who suffer from
bloating do not generate excessive gas,
but they don’t move swallowed air
fast enough. Sometimes, gas in these
people moves in the wrong direction,
returning to the stomach. The gas ac-
cumulates and produces discomfort.
Some feel more discomfort than others
because they don’t tolerate intestinal
stretching well.
Another major cause of gas is partially
digested food passing from the small in-
testines to the colon, where bacteria pro-
cess the food further and produce gases.
Discomfort from gas is usually noth-
ing to worry about. However, you should
go to a doctor if you have other symp-
toms such as abdominal pain, vomit-
ing, diarrhea, constipation, weight loss,
bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract
and sometimes heartburn.
Here are some ways to alleviate bloat-
ing:
• Eat multiple small meals during the
day instead of two or three large ones.
• Chew food thoroughly and don’t
gulp. Eat slowly.
• Don’t eat when you’re nervous or
hurried.
• Don’t smoke; it makes you swallow

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YOUR HEALTH

How workout buddies can help stave off loneliness

STORY BY SCOTT DOUGLAS service company Cigna of more in September concluded that 1 in 3 I’ve long believed that a few runs
The Washington Post than 20,000 Americans released last adults 45 or older is lonely. with someone builds bonds more
spring found that 46 percent of re- quickly than the same amount of time
When Brad Koenig divorced and spondents, who were 18 years and Research has also found that lone- spent over coffee or lunch. Kevin Mejia,
moved from Toledo to Ormond Beach, older, said they sometimes or al- liness is dangerous. “Depression, a 26-year-old public relations profes-
Fla., in 2017, two of the first things he ways feel alone, and 27 percent said anxiety, substance abuse – these sional from Queens, has also noticed
did were sign up for a yoga class and they rarely or never felt understood are often related to loneliness,” says this phenomenon. “There’s something
join a running club. “The only people I by others. An AARP study released Laura Fredendall, a clinical psychol- special about working out together,”
knew in the area were my brother and ogist in Terre Haute, Ind. And it can he says. “Your guard is down. You talk
sister-in-law,” says the ¬50-year-old have a physical impact: Research on about all sorts of things.”
former truck driver, who is now a full- nearly half a million British people
time student. “Finding people to work found that those who reported more Greene says that this aspect of
out with was essential to getting my loneliness had a higher rate of heart shared effort can significantly lower
life back on track.” attacks and death in the seven-year feelings of loneliness, even if the rela-
study period. tionship never moves outside the gym.
Koenig did with purpose what many “Just finding other people with similar
men have discovered more incidental- There is a distinction between be- stories and struggles can have a huge
ly: Exercise can be a great way to form ing alone and lonely, according to Fre- effect,” he says.
the types of friendships that combat dendall. Loneliness is marked by per-
loneliness. The therapists and exercis- sistent isolation. “It’s feeling like you How can you convert comrades
ers I interviewed for this article say that have no one to relate to, no friendships in sweat into bosom buddies? After
group workouts tend to build stronger where you can confide in others,” she all, announcing “I’m here to make
bonds than, for example, adjoining says. “You can be in a romantic rela- friends!” might not go over well in a
cubicles, while enriching men’s lives tionship and have ‘work friends’ but yoga class in which people are accus-
by introducing them to a wider range still be quite lonely.” tomed to a soft “namaste.”
of potential acquaintances.
Men might be especially suscepti- Some activities have a built-in
Although loneliness is a condition ble, says Mitchell Greene, a clinical mechanism for connecting with oth-
that can’t be defined and tracked as and sport psychologist in Haverford, ers. On group runs, for example, I
precisely as diseases are, it appears Pa. In addition to the social-media- find that conversation flows with an
to be a significant problem in the induced isolation that can affect ev- ease I struggle to attain in my sed-
United States. A survey by the health eryone, Greene says, “men tend to entary hours. Running clubs and cy-
have fewer friendships than women, cling and ski shops can point you to
Collins & Montz and are less likely than women to informal, welcoming gatherings of
make social invitations. Men’s rela- like-minded people.
DCOESMNETTICI&SFTAMRILYY tionships tend to be more activity-
Experience the fusion of traditional based.” Mejia has found new and, in one
values and modern dentistry. case, old friends at his local YMCA.
At Collins & Montz, DMD, Enter exercise. Or more precisely, “One of my gym buddies is someone
exercising with others. I knew from a while back,” he says.
we will focus on improving every aspect of your smile for optimal appearance, “We reconnected when it turned out
function, and comfort through our general family dentistry, and restorative “I have several male clients who we were often there working out at
procedures such as dental implants. Our comprehensive range of services and I’ve encouraged to go to group work- the same time.”
dedication of quality set us apart. Call today to schedule your appointment. outs,” Greene says. “It’s not that I’m
telling them how to make friends. I’m Mejia has also formed friendships
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(321) 725-6565 • MELBOURNEBEACHDENTISTRY.COM possible.” Or, as Fredendall advises can present barriers to getting to
some of her lonely clients, “You need know others. “A lot of people are lis-
exercise anyway. Join a group or class tening to music, or there are groups of
instead of going to bars.” three to four that seem a little cliqu-
ey,” he says. “I don’t talk to everyone.
But after a while, you start to see the
same faces, you say hi, maybe you
connect on social media. I’m a big fan
of group classes for this reason.”

Greene has recommended Cross-
Fit to several male clients. “Many of
them grew up playing team sports,”
he says. “Now that they’re on their
own, without that structure, they’ve
sort of lost their way – they’ve
stopped taking care of themselves,
and they’re not making new friends.
CrossFit gives them an element of
social encouragement and friendly
competition.”

Mejia sometimes hears tales of
loneliness from inactive acquain-
tances. His universal counsel? “Find
an activity you like, and find others
doing it,” he says. 

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FINE & CASUAL DINING

Rib City: Outstanding barbeque ... no bones about it!

REVIEW BY TINA RONDEAU full rack of baby backs ($15.99).
[email protected] As usual, the baby backs
were just falling off the
Mention Grant to a local foodie, and bone, and the St.
the first thing that comes to mind usu- Louis ribs – while
ally is the Grant Seafood Festival – a meatier – were
half-century-old annual event coming just about as
up this season on March 2 and 3.
tender. Baby Back Ribs.
But when I hear the word Grant, I All entrées
think of the old general store – Histor- PHOTOS BY LEIGH GREEN
ic Grant Station, a landmark that has
been there since the 1890s – which is are served with
now home of Rib City, my favorite local
barbecue restaurant. garlic toast and a

Let’s face it. While there are a num- choice of two sides, so
ber of rib joints in this area, none of
them would get a second glance in Aus- on this visit I picked the
tin, Kansas City, Nashville, or any of a
dozen other barbecue belt cities. sliced tomatoes and the BBQ

But I have been a fan of Rib City ever beans, and my husband opted for the
since discovering it on U.S. 1 a couple of
years ago. cole slaw and a baked potato. The gar-

I was immediately struck by their
promise – “If you have to pick up a knife
to eat our baby back ribs, we will pick
up your meal.”

Spoiler alert: I have never scored a
free meal at Rib City.

So last week, we went back for anoth-

Pulled Pork Fried Okra.
Sandwich.

er visit. As usual, we arrived a bit after 7 lic toast is nothing to write home about, Homemade Coconut Cream Pie. RESTAURANT HOURS
p.m. on a weeknight, and as usual, there and the sides here tend to be disap- 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
were still people camped out in the foy- pointing. But it’s the ribs you come for – there and wait for a table at night, they
er waiting for a table. and the BBQ beans also were delicious. open each day at 11 for lunch. (10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays)
BEVERAGES
But we got a glass of wine from By the time we finished our ribs, there I welcome your comments, and encour- Beer & Wine
the bar, and fortunately only had a was no room left for dessert – though my age you to send feedback to me at tina@ ADDRESS
20-minute wait before a table opened husband thought several looked tempt- verobeach32963.com.
up on the far side of the eclectic room. ing as they passed our table. 5390 S. U.S. 1, Grant-Valkaria
(During season, you’re probably al- The reviewer dines anonymously at PHONE
ways looking at a wait; Rib City doesn’t Rib City has a variety of other items restaurants at the expense of this news-
take reservations.) on the menu. Of the ones we’ve tried, paper.  321-241-6510
the pulled pork – smoked onsite, and
For starters on this evening, my hus- mixed with Rib City’s tangy BBQ sauce
band talked me into sharing an order of and unique spices – was the best.
baked potato skins topped with bacon
and cheese. He really liked them. Bottom line: This place – which turns
out to be the lone East Coast outpost of
Then for entrées, we both went for our a group of family owned rib joints by
favorites. I ordered the rib and rib com- the same name over on the Gulf Coast
bo ($17.99) – a plate of baby backs and St. of Florida – serves great flavorful ribs.
Louis ribs – and my husband went for a And if you are disinclined to drive

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WINE COLUMN

2019 preview: Some things to look for in world of wine

STORY BY VICTORIA MOORE kers, who effectively say – tell us your
The Telegraph tastes, tell us where in the world your
homes are, and how you like to enter-
From a focus on sustainability and tain, give us a budget, and we’ll send
provenance to drinks suitable for you the bottles.
vegans, current trends in wine re-
flect the concerns seen in the wider Site-specific champagne
landscape. Even the classic fine wine According to the American wine
regions, such as Champagne and critic and author of Champagne Pe-
Bordeaux, are adapting to meet the ter Liem, the first site-specific cham-
desires and expectations of modern pagne of the modern era was Salon,
drinkers. made in 1905 from grapes grown ex-
clusively in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Thir-
Of course, most drinkers are also ty years later, Philipponnat’s Clos des
on the lookout for new wines to try Goisses became the first single-vine-
too – and for those, I’m suggesting yard super-champagne.
looking towards Greece and specifi- Now, with producers of fine cham-
cally Crete, for crisp white summer pagne thinking about their cham-
drinking in 2019. Here’s what to look pagnes in the same way that you
out for: would expect a producer of fine bur-
gundy to consider theirs, there has
Vegan wine been a proliferation of site-specific
Plant-based eating is a huge – and wines and these are now gaining
well-acknowledged – global trend in more traction amongst collectors and
food and both sommeliers and wine oenophiles as people seek to appreci-
buyers now report an increased inter- ate the terroir rather than just sitting
est in drinking vegan too. back and enjoying a blend.
You thought all wine was vegan? It’s Look for wines from Veuve Fourny,
not. Animal-derived products such as growers who work solely with vine-
albumen (egg white); isinglass (from yards in Vertus, and Eric Rodez who is
fish bladders) and casein (from milk) based in Ambonnay.
may be used in the fining (clarifying)
process. Sustainable and organic credentials
Some producers are moving across When Saskia de Rothschild gave her
to vegan fining agents where they feel first interviews this year as the new
it is possible to do so without com- chair of Domaines Baron de Roths-
promising quality; others make wine child (whose properties include Châ-
without fining at all. teau Lafite), she made it clear that she
But the biggest change lies in how intended focus on viticultural prac-
this is communicated: expect to see tices, specifically from a sustainable
more smart restaurants flagging veg- point of view – “It’s what consumers
an wines on their lists in 2019. want.”
Elsewhere in Bordeaux changes are
Ready to drink also afoot. Château Latour was grant-
Fine wine was traditionally bought ed organic certification this year.
very young, then carefully cellared Château Palmer is already certified
until it matured by those intending biodynamic. Expect others to follow
to drink it. It then became an invest- suit.
ment vehicle, bought en primeur in Drinkers are more environmen-
the hope of selling it for profit a few tally conscious – and when a product
years later. Now ready to drink is be- is being enjoyed as the fruit of the
coming a big thing. (healthy) land, a green approach to
The expectations of today’s inter- agriculture is fast becoming a vital
national élite are of instant access to part of the brand.
a highly curated and effort-free life-
style, which in vinous terms means Discover Crete
there’s a rise in interest in wines that Greek wine remains criminally
are already mature. under-appreciated. The country pro-
Such wines can be bought at auc- duces beautiful, wild reds (look out
tion (incidentally, Sotheby’s annual for the xinomavro grape) as well as
worldwide wine sales crossed the whites that are characterful and re-
$100M mark for the first time in 2018), freshing.
and from online platforms such as Crete is the largest of the Greek is-
wineowners.com, which put sellers lands and its white wines are now be-
and buyers in direct contact. ginning to find their way into restau-
However, the full concierge-style rant lists and onto the shelves of wine
service is now being offered more merchants. Try them. 
proactively by merchants and bro-

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CALENDAR

Please send calendar information January 26 | Eau Gallie Arts District - Whiskey In the District. FEBRUARY
at least two weeks prior to your
25-26 Immaculate Conception worldwide. Come and find out why. Call (772) 2 Star-Studded Broadway Brunch for PEO
event to Church Women’s Guild An- 480-0047 for details. Scholarships, 10:45 a.m. at Eastminster
[email protected] nual Rummage and Boutique Sale, 8:30 a.m. to Presbyterian Church in Indialantic. Enjoy a
4 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at 30-31 Jazz Up the New Year with delicious brunch while being entertained by
ONGOING 3780 Highway A1A Melbourne Beach (321)327- a collaboration of the Mel- favorite melodies from Broadway’s golden
5907. Items can be dropped off to the Parish bourne Community Orchestra and the Swingtime era, as well as classic rock numbers from the
Satellite Beach Farmers‘ Market, 10 a.m. to from 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 24. Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday ‘60s and ‘70s. Tickets in advance only, $20
5 p.m. Thursdays at Pelican Beach Park on A1A, at the Melbourne Auditorium at 625 Hibiscus for adults, $10 for children 10 and under.
(321)773-6458 26 Eau Gallie Arts District celebrates the an- Boulevard, 32901. Admission is free, with no tick- Proceeds will benefit the educational grants
niversary of the end of Prohibition with ets required. A hit parade of more than 25 jazz and scholarships of the Philanthropic Edu-
JANUARY Whiskey In the District. World-class whiskeys, good and big band standards, including Cole Porter’s cational Organization for women, P.E.O. Call
food, music and other drink. Tickets cost $75 per “Night and Day”; “The Pink Panther” and “Moon (321)727-2976.
26-27 Brevard Renaissance Fair, person. www.whiskeyinthedistrict.com River” by Henry Mancini; “Embraceable You” and
runs through Feb. 3 at Wick- “Someone To Watch Over Me” by Gershwin; Duke 3 Prayer Rally with Lou Engle, 6 p.m. at the
ham Park in Melbourne. Education Day is Feb. 1. 29 Strength in Stillness: Free lecture on Ellington’s Medley for Orchestra and many more. Kingdom Gate Worship Cebter, 535 Cassia
Advance tickets now on sale at www.brevardre- inner peace and wellness through the Doors open at 6:30 PM for best seating. Call 321- Blvd, Satellite Beach. www.kgwcsb.org
naissancefair.com Transcendental Meditation technique 6:30 p.m. 285-6724 or visit www.MCOrchestra.org.
at the Melbourne Beach Library, 324 Ocean Ave. 3 Advent Lutheran Church Concert Series,
24-28 Space Coast Birding and This effortless meditation is easy to learn, and 31 Satellite Beach Library Book sale noon “From Bach to Gospel” featuring organist
Wildlife Festival, various lo- evidence-based. Recommended by the AHA for to 7 p.m. Jan. 31, plus 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mark Miller, 3 p.m. at Advent Lu-theran Church
cations in Titusville. https://scbwf.org/ high blood pressure, and enjoyed by millions Feb. 1-2 at 751 Jamaica Blvd, Satellite Beach. Suntree. Free admission. (321)426-9378 or
www.adventbrevard.org.
25 Sock Hop dance with music by the
Rock and Roll Revue, 7 to 10 p.m. at the 5 Free Medicare seminar with Kim Adkinson-
Melbourne Auditorium, 625 E. Hibiscus Blvd., Cowles, 6 p.m. at the Melbourne Beach
Dance to music of the 50s and 60s provided by Library on Ocean Avenue. Designed for anyone
an 8-piece combo with a male vo-calist and a who is interested in understanding Medicare,
Doo-Wop trio. Tickets $10 available at the door anyone turning 65 in the next six months or any-
or any Swingtime or Melbourne Municipal Band one who has questions about their current plan.
event. Also at WMMB Radio in Melbourne, at Topics to be discussed will be Medicare parts A,
Marion Music in Palm Bay, Brass and Reed Music B, D(Rx) as well as Medicare supplements and
Center in Merritt Island, Guitar Haven in Indian Advantage plans. All are welcome. Call Kim Ad-
Harbour Beach, Art Gallery of Viera in Viera, kinson-Cowles at (321)305-2554.
Ocean Sports World in Cocoa Beach and Genesis
Boutique in Melbourne. Call (321)339-7705 or 6 Swing Dancing Class begins, and runs for 8
go to http://www.melbournemunicipalband.org weeks through March 27 at the Melbourne
for details. Athletic Club. This is $8.00 per class for members
and $12 for non-members. Call (321)425-5838
or go to www.melbourneathleticclub.com

Solutions from Games Pages ACROSS DOWN 8 The League of Women Voters of the
in January 17, 2019 Edition 1 QUEUE 1 QUEENLY Space Coast (LWVSC) will host its bien-
4 CARD 2 ENSHRINE nial fundraising luncheon and fashion show
7 HENS 3 ELUDE “Politicos on Parade” 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
8 UNAFRAID 4 CARE This event, which is open to the public, will
9 ENERGETIC 5 RAISE be held at the Indian River Colony Club, 1936
10 BET 6 EASIER Freedom Drive, Melbourne. Event cost is $40
12 CYGNET 11 SCRABBLE for League members and $45 for non-mem-
14 RACKET 13 TANDEM bers. Advance ticket purchase is recommend-
16 CAT 15 EMERALD ed, and menu selection is required. RSVP
18 UNASHAMED 17 ABATE deadline is Friday, February 1st. To register,
21 JALAPENO 19 STOAT go to www.lwv-spacecoast.org (events/timely
22 BOAR 20 BAIT topics). For more information, contact Doreen
23 DEBT Archer at (321)622-4071 or doreenarcher1
24 TREAD @gmail.com.

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34 Thursday, January 24, 2019 THE MELBOURNE Barrier Island Newsweekly

REAL ESTATE

Enjoy beachside family life in expansive pool home

STORY BY BRENDA EGGERT BRADER CORRESPONDENT shutters, an attractive window treat- pliances. The popular French door- board doors are another plus.
ment that is found throughout most style refrigerator has two drawers, A granite-topped built-in unit ac-
A well-maintained home on a quiet of the house, lending a tropical feel. one for fresh foods and the bottom
street across from a park, 1105 Mag- for frozen items. Soft-closing kitchen cents the end of the dining area off the
nolia Drive in Indialantic is perfectly The U-shaped kitchen has up- drawers and easy-open corner cup- kitchen. The generous family room
located to take advantage of every- dated backsplash and stainless ap- with bookcases and wood-burning

thing this classic Florida beach town fireplace features sliding doors that
has to offer. Listed for $725,000, the open to the sunroom.
3-bedroom, 2.5-bath, 4,352-square-
foot home is a must-see for prospec- The main living space and en-
tive island homeowners. tertainment hub of the home is the
800-plus square feet of tiled sun-
“The unique oasis in a private room styled with a stained wood
neighborhood makes the property and beamed ceiling with skylights.
ideal for a grandparent’s vacation A luxurious space, the room can ac-
home where grandchildren can vis- commodate oversize furniture pieces
it, or a family home,” said Coldwell and arrangements. A bar with ample
Banker Paradise listing agent Joel seating and additional table seating
Danford. space also are part of the expansive
area. The room offers a picturesque
The landscaped front yard with a view of the free-form swimming pool
succulent garden catches the eye of and spa, its surround and covered la-
anyone driving by. Inside, beginning nai seen through multiple large win-
in the tiled foyer, the quality of design dows. Access to a patio grill area that
and décor is easily apparent. Wallpa- meets the deep landscaped lawn also
per with wide, subtle vertical stripes is is from the sunroom.
an attractive accent. A spacious sunk-
en living room with ceiling moldings Upstairs is a master bedroom and a
and tile flooring features plantation guest bedroom. The generous master

Barrier Island Newsweekly THE MELBOURNE Thursday, January 24, 2019 35

REAL ESTATE

VITAL STATISTICS
1105 MAGNOLIA DRIVE,

INDIALANTIC

with laminate flooring offers a cozy in closet room opposite the master with quartz countertop, deep draw- Year built: 1979
atmosphere, with a room-divider that bathroom that has space for 30 pairs ers and under-counter floor lighting. Architecture:
provides space for a wall-mounted of shoes, many hanging garments Wood frame/stucco
television and electric fireplace. The and specially designed drawers and Downstairs a third bedroom with Lot size: 13,068 sq. ft.
separate area created by the divider cubbies for jewelry storage. bath is found opposite the living Home size: 4,352 sq. ft. total
forms a place for intimate conversa- room. Entry to the double-car garage Bedrooms: 3
tion or a private office. The master bathroom includes a is from a handy storage and laundry Bathrooms: 2.5
large, tiled, glass-enclosed shower room near the kitchen. Additional features: 800 sq. ft.
Clever planning created a walk- with rain showerhead and a vanity sunroom with bar, woodburn-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 39 ing fireplace, generator, custom
walk-in closet, ceiling fans,
Mexican tiled dining room,
pool, large yard.
Listing agency:
Coldwell Banker Paradise
Listing agent:
Joel Danford, realtor,
321-591-5061 or
[email protected].
Listing price: $725,000

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REAL ESTATE

Real Estate Sales on South Brevard island: Jan. 11 to Jan. 17

The real estate market showed some signs of life last week in ZIP codes 32951, 32903 and 32937. Satellite
Beach led the way with 7 sales, followed by Melbourne Beach reporting 3, Indialantic 2 and Indian
Harbour Beach 1.
The top sale of the week was of a riverfront estate in Indialantic. The residence at 510 North Riverside
Drive was placed on the market Nov. 27 for $1.89 million. The sale closed on Jan. 11 for the full asking
price.
The seller was represented by Gibbs Baum and Gregory Zimmerman of Treasure Coast Sotheby’s. The
purchaser was represented by Tracy Ryland of Dale Sorensen Real Estate.

SALES FOR 32951

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$450,000
$400,000
FLORIDANA BEACH 5TH 125 MARGARITA RD 12/10/2018 $465,000 $465,000 1/14/2019 $350,000
WOODLAND ESTATES 241 WOODY CIR 11/13/2018 $420,000 $420,000 1/14/2019
NONE 602 PINE ST 8/12/2018 $415,000 $375,000 1/14/2019 $1,890,000
$680,000
SALES FOR 32903
$645,000
INDIALANTIC BY SEA 510 N RIVERSIDE DR N 11/27/2018 $1,890,000 $1,890,000 1/11/2019 $425,000
MAGNOLIA KEY CONDO 605 S MIRAMAR AVE 3201 11/2/2018 $695,900 $695,900 1/15/2019 $400,000
$325,000
SALES FOR 32937

OPAL SEAS OCEANFRONT 275 HIGHWAY A1A HWY 504 9/30/2018 $639,000 $639,000 1/11/2019
BCCNR BCH CLB CND P1 1125 HIGHWAY A1A 501 12/14/2018 $425,000 $450,000 1/11/2019
CONNERS CSTL DARE SU 480 PARK AVE 9/7/2018 $399,900 $389,900 1/14/2019
MONTECITO PHASE 2B 95 REDONDO DR 1/15/2018 $315,990 $331,510 1/15/2019

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REAL ESTATE

Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Magnolia Key Condo, Address: 605 S Miramar Ave 3201 Subdivision: Harbour Royale South, Address: 520 Palm Springs Blvd 701

Listing Date: 11/2/2018 Listing Date: 7/25/2018
Original Price: $695,900 Original Price: $190,000
Recent Price: $695,900 Recent Price: $179,900
Sold: 1/15/2019 Sold: 1/15/2019
Selling Price: $680,000 Selling Price: $175,000
Listing Agent: Sandy Kilpatrick Listing Agent: Anthony Scaramouche

Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Selling Agent: Coldwell Banker Paradise

Karen Coville Charles Daniel

Exp Realty LLC Coastal Life Properties LLC

Subdivision: Opal Seas Oceanfront, Address: 275 Highway A1A Hwy 504 Subdivision: Conners Cstl Dare Su, Address: 480 Park Ave

Listing Date: 9/30/2018 Listing Date: 9/7/2018
Original Price: $639,000 Original Price: $399,900
Recent Price: $639,000 Recent Price: $389,900
Sold: 1/11/2019 Sold: 1/14/2019
Selling Price: $645,000 Selling Price: $400,000
Listing Agent: Steven Wood Listing Agent: Karah Widick

Selling Agent: Real Broker LLC Selling Agent: Curri Kirschner R. E. Grp. LLC

Jenny Beach Stacy Matlock

Coldwell Banker Paradise Premium Properties Real Estate

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REAL ESTATE

Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Woodland Estates, Address: 241 Woody Cir Subdivision: Floridana Beach 5th, Address: 125 Margarita Rd

Listing Date: 11/13/2018 Listing Date: 12/10/2018
Original Price: $420,000 Original Price: $465,000
Recent Price: $420,000 Recent Price: $465,000
Sold: 1/14/2019 Sold: 1/14/2019
Selling Price: $400,000 Selling Price: $450,000
Listing Agent: William Taylor Listing Agent: Michael Rogers

Selling Agent: William Taylor Real Estate,LLC Selling Agent: RE/MAX Aerospace Realty

Monica McKune Laura Dowling Roy

Keller Williams Realty Premier Properties Real Estate

JUST LISTED IN THE CLOISTERS! Subdivision: None, Address: 602 Pine St

Waterfrontbrevard.com Listing Date: 8/12/2018
Original Price: $415,000
THE HOUSING MARKET IS MOVING FAST - DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND. Recent Price: $375,000
Sold: 1/14/2019
BUYING OR SELLING Selling Price: $350,000
WE’LL GET YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. Listing Agent: Karen Coville

110113S1. MSEIRVAEMNATHR AVENUE 2•1IN0 D• IANLDAIANLTAICN,TFILC3, F2L90332903 Selling Agent: Exp Realty LLC

$379,000 Walter Tymeson
OCEANFRONT CONDO SOUTH OF FIFTH AVE
FULLY FURNISHED • 3 BED 2 BATH • 1491 SF RE/MAX Aerospace Realty
3150 ARDEN CIRCLE • MELBOURNE, FL 32934
Subdivision: Bccnr Bch Clb Cnd P1, Address: 1125 Highway A1A 501

Listing Date: 12/14/2018
Original Price: $425,000
Recent Price: $450,000
Sold: 1/11/2019
Selling Price: $425,000
Listing Agent: Nancy Rozzelle

Selling Agent: NextHome Results Realty

Nancy Rozzelle

NextHome Results Realty

Subdivision: Montecito Phase 2B, Address: 95 Redondo Dr

$259,000 Listing Date: 1/15/2018
Original Price: $315,990
4 BEDROOM 2.1 BATHROOM • 2007 SF • 2 CAR GARAGE Recent Price: $331,510
THE HARBORS AT LONGLEAF Sold: 1/15/2019
Selling Price: $325,000
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The home includes three air-condi-
tioning units and emergency genera-
tor. The roof, house exterior paint and
pool pump were all replaced in 2017.

“I love the home and the area,”
said homeowner Annette Miller,
who is leaving Indialantic to follow
family members moving to Florida’s
west coast. “The neighborhood is
wonderful and filled with couples,
singles and families. It is a sought-
after area.”

Miller says neighbors entertain
neighbors with holiday parties such
as a Halloween gathering for trick-or-
treaters and a New Year’s Eve party.
Handy beach and Indian River ac-
cesses are found just down the street.

To view this outstanding island home,
contact Joel Danford at 321-591-5061. 

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