PHOTOS: LINDA KLOORFAIN To Advertise (772-633-1115) ST. LUCIE VOICE | COMMUNITY January 4, 2024 B15 Keiser University nursing students from the Port St. Lucie campus, left, pass the flame of a lamp in honor of Florence Nightingale, considered the founder of modern nursing, during the nursing graduation ceremony on Dec. 14. Above, Dr. Maureen Harry, Keiser University’s Port St. Lucie Campus Bachelor of Science (BSN) in Nursing Program Chair, presents Ashley Wolford with the Florence Nightingale Award during the ceremony. Wolford was chosen for the award by her classmates for her high degree of professionalism in the spirit of nursing. Hearty congrats to Keiser University’s newest nursing program grads
B16 January 4, 2024 ST. LUCIE VOICE | COMMUNITY www.stlucievoice.com The Knights of Columbus #13042 of St. Bernadette Catholic Church recently raised $500 from a Pizza Night at Blaze Pizza in Tradition. Blaze Pizza, 11175 SW Village Pkwy., made available to the Knights a 20 percent take of their business that day between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. The Knights sponsored the event and pledged all funds received to Care Net Treasure Coast. Care Net is a life-affirming, faith-based nonprofit organization that challenges area youth to make healthy choices and explores options with families facing unplanned pregnancies. They provide information on pregnancy and prenatal development, and explore with individuals the options of parenting, abortion, adoption and foster care. They offer free ultrasounds for pregnancy confirmation, offer emotional support and encouragement, and provide baby clothing and baby furnishings for those in need. One of the principles of the Knights of Columbus is charity, and the Knights of Columbus #13042 of St. Bernadette Church are always thinking of fundraising events to help organizations or families that need assistance in our community. ‘KNIGHTS’ COME THROUGH FOR CARE NET The 2024 Jensen Beach Garden Expo is set for Saturday, Feb. 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Indian Riverside Park in front of the Dockside Pavilion. The event promises to be better than ever, with lots more parking, a parking shuttle, and more food trucks and door prizes. Admission is free. The Expo is a specialty garden show featuring local vendors showcasing tropical plants, trees, native specimens and exotic orchids. It is the perfect opportunity to shop for herbs, succulents, outdoor art and gardening supplies for your backyard or patio. The show includes free educational presentations and demonstrations each hour on the half hour. Stroll through the park under the shady live oak trees, enjoy waterfront views of the Indian River, and check out this fun, educational plant and garden fair. As in the past, net proceeds raised by the Expo will support our community. The Jensen Beach Garden Club is very excited to extend our giving this year through an annual scholarship to deserving local high school students pursuing a degree in horticulture, landscape design, environmental sciences or other related subjects. The Expo will continue supporting those in need, including camp scholarships for children to attend the Florida Oceanographic Society and the Environmental Studies Center, the Junior Master Gardeners, and the Community Gardens of the House of Hope. For more information, visit jensenbeachgardenclub.com. – CONTRIBUTED Excitement grows for Jensen Beach Garden Expo – CONTRIBUTED
To Advertise (772-633-1115) ST. LUCIE VOICE | BOOKS/SPORTS January 4, 2024 B17 Those familiar with the long catalogue of mostly bestselling books by Nelson DeMille know that his outstanding authorship tool kit includes the skillful use of drama, action and humor, as well as character development, plot structure and pacing. In his latest, “Blood Lines,” we get a larger than usual dose of drama and action, and (unfortunately) a little less humor. It matters not. When you start this one, be sure you have the time to finish reading it, because – especially the last third or so – you will not be able to put it down. Nelson and son/co-writer Alex DeMille give us exactly what a great thriller is all about. In the last few decades, DeMille has created several different series of books based around well defined, likable, trusted characters. The best known are John Corey, Joe Ryker and Paul Brenner. This latest effort centers around newcomers Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor, both Army vets in the Criminal Investigation Division (CID). Because DeMille was an Army officer who saw action and received combat awards, he has and creatively uses his inside military knowledge for our benefit. Brodie and Taylor had a rough case in Venezuela in their original book “The Deserter.” In this, their second outing, they are reunited when fellow CID officer Harry Vance is killed in Berlin (sniper shot) investigating a case of which his superiors had no knowledge – he went off the reservation … and look at what happened. The circumstances are highly suspicious, so Col. Dombrowski, head of CID in D.C., assigns his best investigators to go to Berlin, work with German law enforcement, the U.S. State Department, FBI, NSA and CIA. Brodie’s general work ethic is to operate outside of “normal channels,” where he has always gotten successful results. Thus, DeMille sets up a running conflict between Brodie (plus Taylor, who plays things more inside the lines) and the various good guys and their alphabet names, and then turns him loose on the various bad guys – and there are plenty of those. That’s the plot architecture; it works even better when the reader luxuriates in the control, efficacy and richness of the authors’ use of language, dialogue, pacing and well-fleshed-out characters. As Brodie and Taylor re-trace the steps of their deceased colleague, they enter into the crevices and warring divisions of modern society in Germany. While the immigrant population grows – particularly the Arab and Muslim segments – a virulent anti-Muslim/anti-Arab element is at work seeking to upset the peace, challenge the German government and, ultimately, take control of that government. The authors DeMille take us back through the East German Stasi, which dissolved when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, up through the present, where Stasi records, millions of them, many in bags after having been shredded, offer some clues. A high-ranking American military officer, known to the Germans as “Odin,” was providing highly classified intel to the Stasi, mainly about four double agents working at Stasi. Based on that intel, all four were identified, tried, convicted and executed with minimal delay. Vance discovered the daughter of one of those who was executed, got key intel from her (and of course, became romantically involved with her), and was killed shortly after leaving her bed one night to meet with a key witness. Vance was killed in a heavily Arab/Muslim area of Berlin, which provides a basis for the anti-immigrant cabal to create public disturbances, public panic and public outrage, all to further their plot against immigrants and the government. What Brodie and Taylor discover, and how they discover the same, is fascinating reading, pure thriller stuff. The anti-immigrant “NordFaust” is a secret, organized effort to change government policy toward immigrants, i.e., by moving them out of Germany … one way or another, i.e., dead or alive. What Vance was onto – but had not yet found the contours and depth – was that this group had some ultra-serious plans to disrupt public life in Germany. What Brodie and Taylor find, through their unorthodox, often illegal (in Germany) methods, is that their plans involved biological weapons of mass destruction, which have been scientifically designed and manufactured to affect only specific-DNA-humans, i.e., non-Caucasians. Through relentless efforts, superior skills and the benefit of hard-fought experience, Brodie and Taylor thwart constant disruption by their socalled American – and German – colleagues, and locate the moving force in the forthcoming public spectacle: a respected German biotechnology company formed by former Stasi officers, including the American traitor Odin. When they social engineer a private meeting with the chairman, and he nonchalantly reveals the names and anti-immigrant objectives of the principals, Brodie, Taylor and FBI agent David Kim are tricked/drugged with scientific gadgetry, captured, taken to a bunker, and become the human subjects of further biological weapon testing. Breathe easy, it’s Nelson DeMille, who knows how to engineer both dire consequences and escape … and as well, the crushing revenge these former Stasi officers deserve. You will not be disappointed with the ending. Anyone who has read prior DeMille books knows the foregoing is not a spoiler – it’s what we expect and want from this terrific, dependable author and his son. The plotlines involve a lot of detail, which the authors DeMille adroitly weave into the action and the various turns of events. Their CID methods of investigation make all the difference as Brodie and Taylor inch toward solving the case. If you’ve read and liked DeMille’s prior work, you will surely like this one. Thank you, Nelson and Alex. Larry David Allman is a resident of PGA Village Verano. His next book, a legal thriller, will be published in June 2024. His prior books are available on Amazon and other platforms. He is a former lawyer and currently a Broker Associate with Branca Realty Professionals. He can be reached at [email protected]. BOOK REVIEW BY LARRY DAVID ALLMAN KEVIN’S KURES By Kevin Perkins You’ve heard the movement we make when hitting a full shot described as a “golf swing.” Well, that is a large component of what we do – it is a swinging action. But most of us are too tense to accomplish a free, swinging movement. Let’s dig in and take a closer look at the swinging action. The golf swing is actually a double pendulum. A pendulum is a weight suspended from a pivot so that it can swing freely. The two pendulums of the golf swing are the arms suspended from our shoulders, and our club suspended from our wrists. Unfortunately, because most of us are so tense, we don’t feel the free motion from these two suspension points. We don’t allow the arms to swing freely from our shoulders and we don’t allow the club to move freely about the hands and wrists. We strangle the natural effects of gravity and replace them with tension, force and excessive effort. If you allow both pendulums to swing and move correctly, you will begin to tap into the effortlessness of the swinging motion and the beauty of the double pendulum. The following are “Kures” to tap into a free and unobstructed motion: 1. Arm swing. Your arms represent almost 15 percent of your body weight. Turn your shoulders and feel the heaviness of your arms pulling and swinging away from your shoulders. Please understand that at some point late in the downswing, the shoulders must decelerate and then pass their force back through the arms, adding speed and force. 2. Relax your wrist joints. Hold the club lighter and feel the weight of the clubhead as it pulls away from your arms to feel the second pendulum. It will also help to feel the forearms rotate back on the backswing and rotate on the forward swing. Finally, as the great Ben Hogan once described: He felt like his arms were swinging off his shoulders and his wrists and club were going to fly off his arms. A great picture to sense and feel a true swinging force. IT DON’T MEAN A THING IF YOU AIN’T GOT THAT SWINGING ACTION
B18 January 4, 2024 ST. LUCIE VOICE | PETS www.stlucievoice.com Hi Dog Buddies! Vicki Claus gives Bonz the sleigh-by-sleigh account I hope you all had a Totally Cool Kibbles Christmas holiday!! I sure did, although next year I might not dive into the Punkin Spiced Kibbles with the same GUSS-toe as I did this past week. Anyway, remember last Christmas when I did an innerview with Vikki (short for Vixen) Claus, the first fee-male reindeer (reindoe) to make Santa’s Christmas Eve team? WELL, guess what? She just sent me a Hoofmail to share with all of you! Vikki’s currently enjoying some R&R in the team barn at the Super Secret Location where we first met and she Hoofmailed about her exciting First Official Christmas Eve Around-the-World Trip. “Hay there, Bonzo!” she began. “I wish you cudda been with us. It was the most exciting adventure of my entire life. I wanted to say ‘Hay’ when we were at your place Christmas Eve but there wasn’t time: We had to cover about 82 million miles in only 32 hours, considering all the time zones, so it’s a precision, hoofs-on-the-roofs operation with not even a nanosecond to spare.” I pick-shured Vikki in her festive red harness trimmed with tinkly bells: soft brown an cream hair; long legs, fluff-covered hoofs; big yellow/green eyes; and graceful antlers that curved above her head like a crown. “It was SO uh-MAZE-ing, Bonzo,” her Hoofmail continued, “but, as you can imagine, I’m pooped an glad to be back in the barn. I just enjoyed a nice warm soak in the lagoon, had my hoofs done, an got a lovely massage. Soon we’ll head out to pasture to get back in shape for next year. But right now I’m snuggled in my cozy red blanket, munching on duh-lishus molasses-and-clover biscuits an hangin’ with Chloe, Gregor an Bob. (You remember the elves, right? The Christmas Eve tech crew? They all say ‘HAY!’) “We had So Many Adventures during the flight. For example, at a house in Boise, we were pawsing on the rooftop as usual, watching Santa on the monitor, when he radioed that he was stuck in the chimney. Santa always goes onna strict diet after Christmas Eve because of all the milk an cookies he’s required to eat. Then, for the rest of the year, his maintenance Chimney Diet (an the Magical Christmas Eve Jelly Belly supplement) keep him within Chimney Girth Range. But this year, Mrs. Claus’ irresistible Frosted Double Chocolate Chip Macadamia Sugar Cookie recipe blew his diet outta the water, so Chloe, Gregor an Bob hadda employ the Magical Emergency Peppermint Prod to give him a liddle push. “Then, in Bloomington, Indiana, near the tree, next to the plate of cookies-an-glassa milk, a liddle girl an boy anna fluffy puppy had fallen asleep onna cozy rug. When Santa finished the milk an put the glass back, it clanked, an the liddle girl woke up. Her eyes got big as cookie plates an she smiled at Santa. He gave her a soft liddle doot on the nose and sprinkled a teensy bit of Sleepy Sand on her head so she’d only remember him like a happy Christmas dream. “Of course, in some locations on the Big Blue Marble (which is what the World looks like from way, high above it), there aren’t any chimneys an only rooftops made of thatch, or maybe none at all, so we hafta paws in fields, or alleys, or wherever we can, an usually do the invisible-to-grown-ups maneuver. Once in Africa, we were pawsing in a huge grassy place called The Serengeti, where the liddle kids learn to herd caddle and there are fuh-ROW-shus lions. There was this growl an I sorta freaked out (cuz us reindeer are in the prey section of the food chain) until I heard Uncle Dash say, ‘Hay there, Nala. How’s it goin’? How are the cubs?’ “Since I was the team newbie, on my very first flight, I guess I shudda expected some razzing from my fellow team members. We were onna tile roof in a liddle village in Lithuania; and the elves had loaded the gigantic toy bag back onto the sleigh, preparing for take-off. Rudolph gave the command – ‘Hoofs UP’ – an off we flew like the down of a thistle. “Suddenly, with the lights of Poland far below, Bob hollared, ‘Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! We forgot Santa! We gotta go back!’ ‘We CAN’T go back,’ yelled Rudolph. ‘It’ll throw us into Christmas Day!’ ‘But we can’t deliver toys without Santa!’ shouted Donner. ‘Wasn’t Vikki s’posed to be the look-
To Advertise (772-633-1115) ST. LUCIE VOICE | ADVICE January 4, 2024 B19 Jim Ogden’s new BMW is a lemon, but he can’t get his dealership to fix it or take the car back. What are his options? Q. I purchased a used 2023 M240i Coupe with 3,200 miles and a full factory warranty recently from Stevens Creek BMW in Santa Clara, Calif. After completing the transaction, but before even leaving the lot, the technician who was demonstrating the operation of the car was not able to connect the car to my BMW “ConnectedDrive” account. The dealer advised me to wait another day for BMW to connect my account and see if the problem resolved itself. It did not. Fast forward to today. The car has been in the service department for the last six weeks. Since taking the car to the shop, the problems have gotten almost infinitely worse. The dealer has replaced the instrument console and other electronic modules. The current status, according to the service department, is that “the car has four modules that will not code,” including the new instrument panel. They have been unable to repair the vehicle and have turned the car over to BMW, where it has been for several weeks. There is no ETA for a fix. I made a buyback request to BMW last week and am supposed to hear back this week but am not optimistic. Since then, I have contacted several reputable lemon lawyers for advice dealing with BMW. To my surprise, all told me variations of the same thing: I’d have a great case if the car were brand new, but they will not take on any cases of used cars, and my odds with BMW are very low. Can you help? A. The M240i Coupe is a gorgeous car, and I commend you on an excellent choice. A non-working M240i Coupe, however, is not an excellent choice. But you had a red flag or two before you even drove the vehicle off the lot. The fact that they were selling you a vehicle with just 3,200 miles on it should have got you wondering what BMW used the car for. Was it a courtesy vehicle? Or did someone return it after driving 3,200 miles because something was wrong with it? I might want to get a straight answer – as well as any relevant repair records – from the dealership before buying the car. Clearly, BMW should have taken the car back if it was so deeply flawed. We’ve had a few complaints about BMW in the past but they are few and far between. The company fixes most customer service problems when you appeal to one of the executive customer service contacts at BMW, which I publish on my advocacy site, Elliott.org. I contacted BMW on your behalf. The company agreed to take your car back and offered a discount on a new vehicle, which you accepted. Get help with any consumer problem by contacting Christopher Elliott at http://www.elliott.org/help. My BMW doesn’t work! Why won’t they fix it? The Bonz out?’ asked Prancer. ‘WHAT? ME? LOOK-OUT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?’ I blurted in dismay. ‘The newest team member is ALWAYS the look-out, to make sure Santa’s aboard. Didn’t you get the memo? I’m positive I sent it!’ said Cupid sternly. ‘WHAT MEMO?’ I yelled. “Well, Bonzo, I was frantic. Was Christmas Eve gonna be a global catastrophe for the first time EVER because of ME? “Just when I was about to burst into tears, imagining disappointed liddle humans, an my brand new career circling the drain, the rest of the team, including Chloe, Gregor and Bob, burst into laughter, an familiar HoHo’s rang out from the sleigh’s driver’s seat as a red blanketed figure emerged. “’SERIOUSLY? A MEMO? REALLY?’ I yelled, trying to decide whether to be miffed or join the merry laughter. I chose the latter. ‘Congrats, liddle sis,’ said Rudolph. ‘You survived the Flying Over Poland test!’ said Comet. ‘You’re officially a full-fledged Team Member,’ said Santa. “I hafta go now,” Vikki’s Hoofmail concluded. “It’s time for Santa’s Post-Flight Review. Hope to see you again someday. “XO, Vikki Claus, Official Christmas Eve Flight Team Crew.” So, pooch pals, whaddya think? Cool Kibbles, right?
B20 January 4, 2024 ST. LUCIE VOICE | GAMES www.stlucievoice.com The Telegraph How to do Sudoku: Fill in the grid so the numbers one through nine appear just once in every column, row and three-by-three square. The Telegraph SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (DECEMBER 28) ON PAGE B15 ACROSS 1. Brawls; causes friction (5) 4. Male rabbit; US dollar (4) 8. Unwell (3) 9. Spanish city (9) 10. Assistance (4) 11. Strainer (8) 12. Large tank (3) 13. Over there (6) 14. Meeting schedule (6) 16. Vase (3) 17. Inhabitant (8) 18. Ferocious; stormy (4) 20. Pierce (9) 21. Frozen water (3) 22. Barrel (4) 23. Assistants (5) DOWN 1. Irresponsibly frivolous (7) 2. Hogmanay song (4,4,4) 3. Sliding window frame (4) 4. Voting system (6) 5. Crusade (8) 6. Nameless (12) 7. Equitable (4) 11. Automobile (3) 12. Long-standing feud (8) 14. Skill (3) 15. Speech (7) 16. Reveal, expose (6) 17. Ready to eat (4) 19. Greek cheese (4) PREVIOUS EDITION’S SOLUTIONS, SEE PAGE B14
To Advertise (772-633-1115) ST. LUCIE VOICE | GAMES January 4, 2024 B21 ACROSS 1 Titanic director James 8 Silo setting 12 Heart part, the ___ valve 18 Ludicrous 19 On the Indian, for example 20 “Relax” 21 Creatures seen at the beginning of 2001 22 Black artifact that inspires one of the 21 Across to use a bone as a weapon 24 Nautical opening? 25 Bills’ home? 27 Juicy gossip 28 Ride the waves 30 Transition from then to now in 2001 37 Certain Sooner 38 Tiss-hue? 39 Hollywood first name 40 Years 41 Had heroes? 42 Measurement system that includes the dyne and gauss 44 Let accumulate 47 Amounts 49 Where a second black artifact is found 51 Water outlet 53 Upscale L.A. area 57 A duo’s dog, in films 60 George W. beat her in Texas 61 M*A*S*H setting 63 Mr. Gucci 64 Dave’s craft 70 Harrison role 71 Ugh’s cousin 72 Mr. Geller 73 Handkerchief matcher 74 Soup green 75 Dave’s order after the computer has quietly done in the other astronauts 82 Allot (with “out”) 83 Shabby 84 Dinghy need 85 Beliefs, slangily 86 Failed Fords 89 Slippery one 90 Destination of Dave’s final (psychedelic) journey 93 Ruin 95 ___ rum 97 Flight stat: abbr. 98 Saver’s option 101 Hollywood first name 104 Buttoned 106 Ms. Korbut 108 AA offshoot 110 With 119 and 124 Across, Rock Hudson’s outburst as he stalked up the aisle at 2001’s L.A. premiere in 1968 (as reported by attendee Roger Ebert) 115 Spanish direction 116 Poison 117 Hope metaphor 118 Left the bench 119 See 110 Across 124 See 110 Across 127 Fill with oxygen 128 “Alice’s Restaurant” guy 129 Makes ___ (doesn’t figure) 130 Acted brattily 131 Influence 132 Cleanup hitter, usually DOWN 1 Emerged 2 Nine times out of ten 3 They may not be admitted 4 Spanish queen 5 Boot Hill abbr. 6 Fawcett’s ex 7 Get comfy 8 Thick 9 Tree type 10 Piping 11 1950s First Lady 12 Hindu prayers 13 Judge in the news, 1995 14 Application abbr. 15 Mrs. Gorbachev 16 Shrewd 17 Newsman Jim 23 ___ arguments 24 Mennen brand name 26 Tiny measures 29 Monk’s title 31 Speed unit 32 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs playwright 33 Algerian port 34 Sister 35 Type of insult 36 Gold ___ 43 Hit 45 More creation 46 Western pal 48 Pole, for one 49 Profs’ aides 50 A Formula 52 Architect I.M. 54 Hebrew letters 55 Start of a ’60s sitcom 56 Kansas City pros 57 In 58 Sculpted 59 Beliefs 61 Bruno or Durward 62 Oregon city 65 Peach feature 66 German cry 67 Discussion of a sort 68 AFL’s partner 69 Above, to poets 76 Have to have 77 Pym’s creator 78 Outstanding 79 Outlaw Cole 80 Skip on water 81 Hitchcock’s title 87 Wall Street concern 88 London area 90 Shock 91 Streetcar 92 Della and Paul’s creator 94 Spoke sans clarity 96 Poker of note? 98 Here, in a way 99 Cooker 100 Stake of a sort 101 Reverence 102 Panoramas 103 Netter Gibson 105 Dark greenish blue 107 Delon and Prost 109 Right ___ (exact justice) 111 Rude looks 112 Available 113 Top Indian, once 114 Cleanser brand 120 Owns 121 French season 122 Woozy 123 Conceptual artist LeWitt 125 The Sun Devils’ sch. 126 Order to Fido The Telegraph The Washington Post ...A stroll down memory lane and beyond – way beyond ‘2001’ Revisited By Merl Reagle
B22 January 4, 2024 ST. LUCIE VOICE | GAMES www.stlucievoice.com In Providence, a nail-biting final By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist The summer North American Championships were held in Providence, Rhode Island, near the end of July. The premier event was the Spingold Knockout Teams. The final was nail-biting. Over the next two weeks, let’s look at the key deals in the 60-board match between Paul Street-Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Massimiliano di Franco-Andrea Manno and Ron Pachtman-Piotr Pawel Zatorski; and Pierre Zimmermann-Fernando Piedra, Sjoert Brink-Sebastiaan Drijver and Piotr Gawrys-Michal Klukowski. Zimmermann led by 26 international match points after the first quarter, aided by big swings on Boards 5 and 6. (All deals are rotated to make South the declarer.) Look only at the West hand. What would you lead against six hearts? In answer to Stayman, South show 4-4 in the majors. North set hearts via a transfer. Then a series of control-bids (South’s being second-round) were followed by Roman Key Card Blackwood and South’s reply showing one. At the other table, Di Franco and Manno were “satisfied” with four hearts. What did Street (West) lead? The club ace and another club? No — the spade seven. So Zimmermann took these 12 tricks: four spades, four hearts, two diamonds, one club and a diamond ruff in his hand. It is curious how often someone makes a lead-directing bid or double, but then, on lead himself, chooses a different suit when his suit was the winner all along. Dealer: East; Vulnerable: East-West NORTH A A Q 7 4 A 10 9 7 Q 10 6 2 WEST 9 7 5 3 5 3 4 2 A J 8 5 3 SOUTH K Q J 8 K 9 6 2 K 3 K 9 7 EAST 10 6 4 2 J 10 8 Q J 8 6 5 4 The Bidding: OPENING LEAD: ?? SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Pass 1 NT Pass 2 Clubs Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Diamonds Pass 3 Hearts Pass 3 Spades Pass 4 Clubs Dbl. Pass Pass 4 Diamonds Pass 4 NT Pass 5 Diamonds Pass 6 Hearts All Pass
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