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VERO RHEUMATOLOGIST 6 B2 B7AVERY ‘FUNNY THING’
RUMINATES ON CAREER AT THE THEATRE GUILD
DINING: COBALT AT VERO
BEACH HOTEL & SPA

VERO TO REPLACE Hospital ratings confuse patients, cause concern
AGING WATER MAIN
IN JOHN’S ISLAND Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital scored By Michelle Genz | Staff Writer
two stars out of five in the latest Hospital Compare ratings. [email protected]
By Lisa Zahner | Staff Writer
[email protected] Police, park department move to clean up Pocahontas Park The drive to turn patients
into savvy consumers appears
The City of Vero Beach this By Ray McNulty | Staff Writer “We’re keeping watch,” Vero Beach Police to have stalled again, with the
week is slated to dig up and re- latest Hospital Compare star rat-
place a galvanized street main After a flurry of complaints, phoned in and Capt. Kevin Martin said. “We’re doing more ings stirring up more controversy
that is delivering poor-quality than confidence.
drinking water to residents in a posted on social media sites, about conditions walk-throughs, so there’s an increased police
John’s Island neighborhood, but Released last week by the
as aging pipes in the community in Pocahontas Park – homeless people camp- presence in the park. And if we get a call, we go government’s Centers for Medi-
continue to deteriorate, fixes like care and Medicaid Services, the
this might be only a Band-Aid on ratings remained unchanged at
a much larger problem. Indian River County hospitals:
two stars out of a possible five
Residents in the 400 block of for both Cleveland Clinic Indian
Silver Moss Drive live in a first- River and Steward Sebastian Riv-
class country club community er Medical Center, same as the
on a street where a home sold last time they were rated in 2017.
recently for $1.4 million, but they
have been drinking and bathing While marketing departments
in dingy yellow water. at both hospitals shrugged off
the mediocre scores, hospitals
New Town Manager Joe Grif- elsewhere are loudly complain-
fin contacted Vero utility officials ing about the methodology CMS
after complaints from residents, is using, creating controversy
including one from a woman that caused multiple delays in
who said no matter how she tries the release of the latest ratings.
to filter or purify her tap water, it
still comes out yellow. Instead of helping consumers
make smart choices about where
Two residents spoke to Vero
Beach 32963 by telephone, but CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
did not want to be quoted by
FAU, Harbor Branch
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Foundation back in
court with new judge
ing out, aggressive beggars, drug use, trash and over there immediately.
By Federico Martinez | Staff Writer
INSIDE broken playground equipment – Vero Beach city “Not too long ago, we got a call that some guy
A new judge has been assigned
officials have taken action on several fronts to CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 to oversee a lawsuit filed by
the Harbor Branch Foundation
NEWS 1-5 PETS 12 clean up the popular downtown park. against Florida Atlantic Universi-
DINING B7 ty in March 2017, and both sides
HEALTH 6 GAMES B13 The city’s recreation department were back in court filing motions
CALENDAR B16 last week in their struggle for
REAL ESTATE 13 sent crews to remove litter and leaves, control of the Foundation’s $72
B1 million endowment.
ARTS
Circuit Court Judge Lawrence
and city police have increased patrols Mirman is the latest judge as-
signed to the high-stakes case,
To advertise call: 772-559-4187 to prevent homeless people and oth-
For circulation or where to pick up CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
your issue call: 772-226-7925 er vagrants from sleeping on benches

during the day, camping in the park at

night, and leaving behind trash and

human feces.

Police also have cracked down on

public drunkenness, begging for mon-

ey and harassment of park visitors,

particularly mothers who take their

young children to the playground. Linda Hillman picks up trash around Pocahontas Park.

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HOSPITAL RATINGS it reviewed was designated a high per- for-profit companies that finance their address many of the problem issues the
former by all four rating systems the study rating research and raise revenue by hospital faces.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 looked at. charging hospitals to use their rankings in
marketing. Meanwhile, Sebastian River could be at
to receive healthcare, the ratings seem to Only 10 percent were rated high-per- risk of losing patients to a hospital 20 min-
be adding to the confusion patients face forming by two systems. “Each system Leapfrog and Consumer Reports, which utes away – and not Indian River.
when trying to decide on a hospital to call uses its own rating methods, has a dif- have put out hospital ratings since 2012,
their own. ferent focus to its ratings, and stresses are both nonprofit consumer rating orga- Palm Bay Hospital earned four stars
different measures of performance,” the nizations. from CMS and an A grade from Leapfrog.
While Indian River and Sebastian River authors wrote. The hospital is owned by Health First,
scored the same in the latest CMS release, Leapfrog charges hospitals to use their which also owns Viera Medical Center –
they scored differently in last fall’s Leap- The government’s Hospital Compare grades for marketing purposes, same as five stars on CMS – and Holmes Regional
frog Hospital Safety Grade, in which Indi- star rating is calculated with information the for-profit companies. Consumer Re- Medical Center in Melbourne, a Level II
an River was awarded a B and Sebastian from CMS, the Centers for Disease Con- ports doesn’t allow hospitals to tout its trauma center with three stars from CMS.
River got a C. trol, the Joint Commission – the leading rankings and delivers them only to its paid
hospital accreditation organization – and subscribers. Holmes also charges far lower trauma
In another variance with the CMS other sources. CMS also offers a value-of- fees compared with Lawnwood Regional
scores, which stayed static, both hospitals care measure, combining outcomes with The study concludes that more trans- Medical Center, a one-star rated trauma
improved their Leapfrog scores, with Se- price. parency about how the various ratings center in Fort Pierce.
bastian’s jumping from an F to C and Indi- are calculated would help enormously in
an River going up from C to B. Both Leapfrog and Consumer Reports sorting out the differences in ratings sys- If the low-scoring hospitals are looking
focus on safety, though their concept of tems and outcomes so that consumers, past their scores, the highest scoring hos-
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center safety varies, the study points out. Leap- researchers and hospitals could under- pital near our area is positively glowing.
scored only one star from CMS. Yet Leap- frog’s is simple: freedom from harm. Con- stand what their courses of action should The independent, nonprofit Jupiter Med-
frog gave it an A last fall. sumer Reports considers the effort hospi- be: for patients, which hospital to go to; ical Center, rumored to have once been
tals make in keeping patients safe. for hospitals, what needs to be improved; wooed by Cleveland Clinic Florida, won
Cleveland Clinic Weston, the Florida and for researchers, what ratings mean to a five-star rating from CMS. In a press re-
flagship of the system Indian River joined Healthgrades emphasizes quality, look- improving care. lease, the hospital called it “an extraordi-
in January, scored just one star as well, ing closely at patient outcomes, zeroing in nary achievement,” and a first among all
and got a C from Leapfrog last fall. Yet it on rates of mortality and complications. At Cleveland Clinic Indian River, hospitals in Palm Beach County and on
was named the No. 1 hospital in the Mi- U.S. News wants its rankings to show the spokeswoman Angela Dickens seemed the Treasure Coast.
ami-Fort Lauderdale region in the most best hospitals for the “most difficult pa- surprised by the hospital’s repeat of a be-
recent release of U.S. News and World tients.” Further, the rating entities vary in low-average rating. She said the hospital This time, Leapfrog agreed with CMS,
Report’s Best Hospitals rankings. risk adjustment and the ways they handle is intently “focused on patient care and on granting Jupiter an A grade last fall and
missing data. integration with Cleveland Clinic.” naming it to its list of 117 top hospitals
The sometimes-wild variance in ratings nationwide. Chief Quality Officer Dr. Ray-
put out by CMS and a multitude of other The Health Affairs study also points out Steward Sebastian River responded to a mond Golish credited “a focused, sus-
for-profit and nonprofit ratings entities is that the independence of ratings systems query about its CMS rating with the same tained, data-driven and structured effort”
not new. is critical to the veracity of the rankings – if answer it gave last time ratings came out: with raising what was already the best
such a thing exists. It is looking to a new electronic health rating in the area – four stars in the prior
A 2015 study published in Health Affairs records system, implemented last fall, to CMS ratings. 
found that no hospital of the 844 hospitals U.S. News and Healthgrades are

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HARBOR BRANCH VS. FAU on behalf of Harbor Branch Foundation. plates that flows to the Foundation could JUDGE DENIES MOTIONS
District Court Judge Sherwood Bauer be diverted to other uses than marine re- OF MAN CHARGED WITH
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 search. According to University Press, FAU DUI MANSLAUGHTER
Jr. followed suit in a more dramatic fash- in 2012 had “requested a $50,000 donation
after two earlier judges recused them- ion two months ago, on Dec. 4, recusing from [the Foundation] ... to help build its By Federico Martinez | Staff Writer
selves because of potential conflicts of himself at the last moment, when lawyers football stadium.”
interest. were in the courtroom with exhibits set up Circuit Court Judge DanielVaughn has de-
ready to begin opening arguments. The nonprofit foundation filed a law- nied all motions filed by a man charged with
On March 6, lawyers for FAU and the suit in March 2017 to block the universi- DUI manslaughter, including his request to
Foundation submitted an extensive list “I spent Wednesday afternoon studying ty’s takeover attempt, which the suit called have his alcohol and GPS monitoring brace-
of witnesses they intend to call during the the case and at about 4:37 p.m. discovered “a blatant power grab,” relying on a 2007 lets removed and house arrest lifted while he
upcoming trial so Mirman can review the that there is a strong appearance of a con- Memorandum of Understanding between awaits a trial date.
names and make sure he doesn’t have any flict of interest,” an apologetic Bauer ex- the two parties that stipulated the Foun-
personal or business relationships that plained to attorneys and representatives dation’s distributions would be made at At a contentious Feb. 20 hearing in a
would prevent him from overseeing the from both sides who appeared in court in the “sole discretion” of the board for pur- packed courtroom, Edward Ray Wheeler,
lawsuit. December. poses of defraying expenses, retiring debt 65, of Sebastian, claimed he needed to take
and benefiting the institute. up to 12 medications, most of which con-
“Because the prior two judges assigned “I am good friends with one of the wit- tained alcohol, to treat unspecified health
to this case have been recused, the parties nesses, [former FAU President] Frank Bro- Both sides have previously acknowl- problems. He also told Vaughn the alcohol
wish to address any potential conflict with gan, who has spoken at a family member’s edged that it could be difficult to find a monitoring bracelet he is required to wear
the court as soon as possible,” the joint funeral and at my daughter’s wedding,” judge without ties to some of the wit- costs $250 a month, an expense he said was
motion stated. Attorneys for both sides Bauer said. “On occasion, we have had nesses planned for trial. The parties’ joint causing “financial hardship” for his family.
noted the delays have prolonged the dis- dinner together. list of more than 60 witnesses includes a
pute and increased the cost of litigation. number of prominent community figures, Angry, emotional family members of the
They requested a phone conference with “I want to apologize to everyone here including Brogan, who is a former lieu- two people Wheeler is accused of killing
the judge to discuss the issue. this morning. I feel bad. I’ve wasted a lot tenant governor of Florida and current while driving drunk – motorcycle driver
of money and time. assistant secretary of education in the Lawrence C. Rubino, 67, and his passenger,
Lawyers for FAU also filed a second mo- Trump Administration, as well as a former Teresa G. Calhoun, 69, both of Sebastian
tion at the March 6 hearing arguing that The dispute between FAU and the president of FAU, current and former FAU – begged the judge not to grant Wheeler’s
Harbor Branch’s lawsuit is without merit Foundation began during university bud- and Harbor Branch board members, nu- requests. In his decision, Vaughn noted the
and seeking to have the case dismissed. get negotiations in 2017, when Daniel merous researchers and professors, cur- restrictions placed on Wheeler, including
Mirman, who could not be reached for Flynn, vice president of research at FAU, rent FAU President John W. Kelly, Katha house arrest, were part of the bond condi-
comment, has not yet responded to either proposed the Foundation merge its staff, Kissman, President & CEO of Harbor tions he had agreed to.
filing. accounting, legal representation and oth- Branch Oceanographic Institute Founda-
er administrative functions with the uni- tion, and Margaret Leinen, former Harbor Vaughn also rejected Wheeler’s request
On Aug. 28, 2017, Circuit Judge Robert versity to save a projected $416,000 annu- Branch executive director. for a restraining order that would have pre-
E. Belanger, the first judge assigned to ally. vented family and friends Rubino and Cal-
oversee the lawsuit, recused himself from A new trial date for the lawsuit has not houn from attending future hearings. 
the case after realizing he was friends with The move alarmed the Foundation’s been set. 
one of the witnesses expected to be testify board of directors, which feared that with-
out independent oversight, funds placed
in trust and revenue from specialty license

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POCAHONTAS CLEAN-UP they witnessed people “shooting up” and middle of everything, and you can sit in Vero Beach Recreation Director Rob
doing drugs in the park, “but our officers the shade,” Martin said. “That’s not a bad Slezak echoed Martin’s remarks, saying
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 haven’t seen much of that.” way to spend an afternoon, and there’s the city can’t remove people from a public
nothing to prevent people from sitting on park merely because they’re homeless or
was in the playground area begging for Most of the complaints come from peo- the benches. vagrants, or because of their appearance.
money,” he continued. “He approached ple using the playground area and those
one woman who ignored him, and he be- visiting and working at the Heritage Cen- “If someone starts out sitting on the “Most of the folks aren’t causing trouble,
gan yelling and cursing at her, so much so ter to the immediate south. bench and falls asleep, the most we can do even though they’re in a dire situation, but
that she was afraid to leave. is wake them up, check them out to make we do get a little bit of riff-raff over there,”
The park has become a popular gather- sure they’re OK and warn them they can’t Slezak said.
“That’s not going to be tolerated,” he ing place for homeless people – partly be- camp there.
added. cause of its location and amenities, part- As for problems with left-behind trash
ly because it is near several GoLine bus “The park is a public place, and if and litter – bottles, cans and food contain-
“We want parents and grandparents to stops. GoLine buses provide free trans- they’re not harassing people or doing any- ers discarded on the grass or in bushes –
be able to bring kids to the park, not be portation to locations throughout Vero thing illegal, there’s not much we can do. Slezak said city crews regularly conduct
bothered and feel safe.” Beach. Usually, though, just having officers walk- clean-ups.
ing through is enough to discourage bad
Martin said police occasionally have re- “If you don’t have any place else to go, behavior.” Slezak said the playground slide is bro-
ceived complaints from citizens claiming you can sit in downtown Vero Beach in the ken, but he’s already ordered the pieces
needed to repair it. He expects the equip-
ment to arrive within eight weeks.

Both Martin and Slezak said they re-
ceive similar complaints from people at
city parks on the island – particularly Riv-
erside, Jaycee and Humiston – but Martin
said the problems were worse at Pocahon-
tas Park. 

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name. One said the water had been dis-
colored for some time. The other water
customer had recently moved in and
could not say how long the water had
been that way.

After the complaints, engineers inves-
tigated the situation and found that the
water main running to the golf cottages
on Silver Moss Drive is a galvanized pipe
that was installed in the 1970s. Galvanized
pipe is made of steel that has been coated
with zinc to ward off corrosion and rust.
The estimated lifespan of galvanized pipe
in highly-corrosive seaside conditions in
Florida is about 40 to 50 years, and that
concerns Shores Mayor Tom Slater.

Slater said it was “good news” that Vero
officials committed to fix the Silver Moss
Drive problem so quickly after meeting
with Griffin, but added, “That’s one of the
oldest sections of John’s Island and you’ve
got to wonder if this is only the beginning.”

Indian River Shores has a water-sew-
er and reuse irrigation water franchise
with the City of Vero Beach that extends
to 2027. The 2012 agreement the Shores
signed with Vero replaced a 30-year agree-
ment it signed in the 1986 to get reliable
water service to the town.

In September 2011, when the Shores
was considering switching to Indian Riv-
er County for water and sewer service, the
city said the town would need to purchase
its utility infrastructure if it contracted for
county service. Vero officials backed up
their claim of ownership with an appraisal
done by GAI Consultants that valued the
city-owned utility assets in the town at
$9.8 million.

Vero Water and Sewer Utility Director
Rob Bolton said of the Silver Moss Drive
project, which is slated to start Thursday,
“Hopefully everything will be complete in
two to three weeks.” 

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Rheumatologist ruminates on his 50 years in medicine

By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer rheumatology and the treatment of mus-
[email protected] culoskeletal disease and systemic autoim-
mune conditions.
One of the newest doctors at Cleveland
Clinic Indian River Hospital is also one of its “I love medicine, I love the science of
longest practicing ones. medicine,” Kennedy says. “I taught medi-
cine in the U.K. and in South Africa and in
Dr. Alastair Kennedy, who earned his Buffalo and I [still] get excited when I see the
medical degree at the University of Glasgow prospects.
in Scotland, was in private practice in Vero
Beach for 40 years before joining the hos- “The last lecture I gave was about two or
pital staff last month. And his Curriculum three years ago and it was to pre-med stu-
Vitae stretches back further still. dents. And I said, 50 years ago, I was sitting
where you are right now. And then I looked
He held positions in pediatrics, obstetrics back to where we were then and how we’ve
and cardiology before turning his talents to

Dr. Alastair Kennedy.

PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE

moved forward – MRIs, CAT scans, keyhole Kennedy’s interest in autoimmune dis-
surgeries – and when I was starting out eases actually predates the death of his
there was about 12 drugs for everything, friend’s brother.
now [there are thousands]. That’s my 50
years. Where do you think your 50 years are His mother was a decorated nurse during
going to be?” World War II. “The only disease that terri-
fied her was rheumatoid arthritis,” he says.
Why the switch to rheumatology? “In those days, people just became totally
As Kennedy explains, “I lost my best locked into their bodies, destroyed by the
friend’s brother at the age of 19 to a very disease.”
mysterious condition called ‘polyarteri-
tis nodosa,’ which nobody knew anything Today, Kennedy says, “we now have bi-
about [at that time]. That was my first con- ologic agents” to treat that disease, and
tact with unusual autoimmune diseases quickly adds, “If you get rheumatoid arthri-
and that was when I switched.” tis now, you’re never going to end up the way
Polyarteritis nodosa, or PAN, according that my mother was terrified of.”
to the Cleveland Clinic, is a rare disease that
“results from blood vessel inflammation or Another advance in medicine Kennedy
vasculitis that causes injury to organ sys- applauds is the modern emphasis on col-
tems of the body.” laboration between specialists.

For example, according to the Amer-

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 the treatments that we use were developed “Most of the major research that’s going tells you that the American population is
by the anti-cancer brigade and some of our on is coming from the United States. That’s subsidizing stuff overseas.”
ican Society of Cataract and Refractive treatments now are being used in cancer the plus side.” The negative side, says Ken-
Surgery, “ophthalmologists and rheuma- treatments.” nedy, is the cost of that is being borne by Ending on a high note, however, Ken-
tologists have a good deal of patient cross- U.S. patients. nedy points to the Health Department’s
over. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis Asked why, after multiple decades in his “We Care” program along with the some-
may have dry eyes or specific inflamma- own practice, he elected to join the staff “I’ll give you one little story on that. Many times dogged efforts of local physicians
tory processes involving the eye, such as at CCIRH, Kennedy quickly responds, years ago I was going over to Italy on vaca- to persistently beat, beg and cajole drug
scleritis and uveitis.” “Well, I’m excited. I just wish I was 20 tion, and my friend here, an orthopedic sur- makers into providing free or highly dis-
years younger. Cleveland Clinic is an ex- geon, his son had a medical issue. Before I counted medications for those who can-
Similarly, rheumatologist may receive re- citing concept whereby we will be able to left, he called me and said, ‘Oh, would you not afford them.
ferrals from pulmonologists for conditions access some of the best medicine in the mind checking out the price on the drug
like interstitial lung disease, pulmonary ar- world and not just clinical medicine, but that my son has?’ “There’s no excuse for anybody not to be
terial hypertension, scleroderma and vas- research medicine, too.” treated – and effectively so – in this com-
culitides, while rheumatologists may refer “So I’m in Florence, I go to the local phar- munity,” he says.
patients to pain specialists. He notes that research led to the new macy, I ask the question, get the answer, and
“biologic” drugs like Humira, Enbrel and call him. It was one third of the price. Now, Dr. Alistair Kennedy is a rheumatologist
“We’re seeing the lines of orders narrow- Remicade now used to treat rheumatoid the drug was made in the States, shipped to with Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital
ing and blurring,” Kennedy says happily, arthritis. Italy and it was a third of the price, which at 3450 11th Court, Suite 305 in Vero Beach.
“because there’s so much overlap. Some of The phone number is 772-569-8550. 

Icing a sprain doesn’t help
– and could slow recovery

By Andrew P. Han cine, which looked at multiple studies on
The Washington Post cold therapy’s effect on acute soft tissue
injuries, concluded there is “insufficient
If you’ve ever needed to recover from an evidence to suggest that cryotherapy im-
athletic injury, you’ve probably used ice to proves clinical outcome in the manage-
reduce soreness and swelling. For decades, ment of soft tissue injuries.”
doctors and athletic trainers have recom-
mended RICE – rest, ice, compression and Similarly, a 2012 paper published in the
elevation – to reduce the pain and inflam- Journal of Athletic Training, which re-
mation of sprained ankles. Inflammation viewed multiple, peer-reviewed studies,
has been viewed as the enemy of recovery. noted that the practice of using ice to treat
sprained ankles “is based largely on anec-
But what if that’s not quite right? What if dotal evidence” and that “evidence from
inflammation is an indication of recovery, [randomized controlled trials] to support
and icing and other cold-based “cryother- the use of ice in the treatment of acute an-
apy” only delays it?

Icing, it turns out, is like flossing: an in-
grained practice that seems practical but
is not strongly supported by clinical evi-
dence. The oldest justifications for icing,
dating to the 1970s, have melted under
scientific scrutiny, some cryotherapy re-
searchers say, and most scientific studies
on icing haven’t provided the solid results
that would justify its popularity. This is
true, they say, both for icing for daily re-
covery and for an injury.

For example, a 2008 meta-analysis pub-
lished in the Journal of Emergency Medi-

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kle sprains is limited.” science writer for the data-driven website This isn’t to say cryotherapy has no Trainers’ Association and the National In-
Moreover, according to these papers FiveThirtyEight and the author of “Good to physiological effect. Icing to numb some- stitutes of Health both recommend icing
Go,” a new book on the science of recovery thing definitely works, and “icing is the for sports injuries. And some point out that
and cryotherapy experts, the studies that in sports. In one chapter, she examined safest pain medicine we have,” Mirkin the lack of evidence cuts both ways. “We
have shown positive results from icing of- ice packs, baths and massages and con- said. don’t have a lot of evidence that ice doesn’t
ten have been plagued by shortcomings cluded that these cryotherapies are “not work,” said Mark Merrick, director of ath-
such as small sample sizes, irrelevant mea- an evidence-based practice, in the sense Ice may also help people get a damaged letic training at Ohio State University. “We
surements and statistically insignificant that they’ve been shown to be helpful,” she area moving again. “If you have an injury, don’t have a lot of good evidence at all. We
results. said. the muscles around it switch off,” limiting have an incomplete view that limits how
mobility, said Chris Bleakley, a professor of well we can draw conclusions.”
Even the doctor who coined RICE no The experts she cites in her book believe physical therapy at High Point University
longer promotes it. “It’s perfectly fine to ice the justifications given for using ice – to in North Carolina who has studied icing. Though she’s in favor of evidence-based
if you want, but realize it’s delaying heal- reduce swelling and inflammation – ar- “Ice helps to switch those muscles back on practices, Aschwanden won’t be stealing
ing,” Gabe Mirkin said, “[Icing] is not going en’t just lacking in evidence but could be again.” people’s ice packs or dragging them out of
to change anything in the long term.” counterproductive. “There’s this idea out ice baths. And though a particular recov-
there that inflammation is terrible, and Some experts and research organi- ery method might not be clinically proven,
Instead of icing to reduce inflammation, you want to reduce it,” Aschwanden said. zations who acknowledge the lack of a person’s strongly held belief in it can en-
athletes might be better off letting it run its “But the inflammatory process is how your high-quality data in support of ice nev- hance the placebo effect, she said, which
course. Better yet, get moving again, Mir- body recovers from exercise, and rebuilds ertheless maintain that it’s an important actually does help in recovery. 
kin said: “Don’t increase your pain, but and recuperates.” tool for athletes. The National Athletic
you want to move as soon as you can.”
Immediately after tissue damage, cells
Athlete and journalist Christie send out a chemical distress signal that is
Aschwanden feels a bit vindicated by answered by several types of white blood
the research. Despite her experience cells, which arrive on the scene and trigger
as a champion cyclist and professional inflammation as they go about their work
cross-country skier, the use of ice, whether attacking pathogens and cleaning up and
to recover from a hard workout or a rolled repairing the damaged cells.
ankle, has never appealed to her.
“If done for too long,” icing could have a
“I used to have a teammate who was re- negative effect on regeneration, said UCLA
ally, really devoted to ice baths,” Aschwan- professor James Tidball, who researches
den said. “She would fill our hotel bathtub the immune system’s role in muscle injury.
with ice and then go sit in it. I tried it a cou- In other words, by using ice to try to lessen
ple times, but it was really painful. The dis- inflammation, which is the immune sys-
comfort and unpleasantness of it canceled tem response to injury, you could also be
out whatever benefits there were.” Now, reducing the activity of the cells that are
she said, after researching the issue, “I promoting repair.
know there probably weren’t any benefits.”

Today, Aschwanden is a Colorado-based

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Is memory loss a possible side-effect of heart bypass surgery?

By Fred Cicetti | Columnist brain. In addition, a surgeon handling the
aorta – the main heart artery – can free bits
Q. I may have to undergo bypass surgery of accumulated plaque and they can block
and I heard that it can really mess up your blood vessels in the brain.
mind. Is that true?
Some patients report a memory loss.
If you have coronary bypass surgery, Or, they say they are confused. Some feel
you could suffer from what some in the that they just aren’t as mentally sharp as
healthcare professions call “pump head.” they had been. These side effects seem to
be more common among people who are
During traditional surgery, a patient is older, drink too much, or suffer from high
put on a heart-lung bypass pump to oxy- blood pressure or lung disease.
genate and circulate blood. This machine
may create clots that could harm the But there’s a lot of disagreement among
experts over the entire subject of the men-

tal effects of bypass surgery. comes when there is an insufficient supply
One study indicated that only half of of oxygenated blood.

those undergoing bypass surgery developed Because the heart beats constantly, it
memory or thinking problems within days needs a steady flow of fuel. If a fuel short-
after the operation, and that these problems age is serious, you have a heart attack and
continued for five years. However, other re- muscle begins to die. Heart attack is known
searchers found that mental deficiencies are officially as “myocardial infarction.”
common after bypass surgery, but that most
people recuperate in 3 to 12 weeks. The surgery usually takes between three
and six hours. On average, surgeons repair
The pump-head phenomenon led to the two to four coronary arteries. After surgery,
development of “beating-heart bypass.” patients spend a day or two in the intensive
It’s done without using a heart-lung ma- care unit. Recovery takes 6 to 12 weeks.
chine. About one in five bypass operations
is now done with a beating heart. About half a million Americans a year
have coronary bypass surgery. For every
In a bypass, an incision is made down 100 Americans who undergo it, one to two
the center of the chest to expose the heart. die within a month and two to three have
The surgeon takes a section of healthy a stroke. The long-term results of the sur-
blood vessel, often from inside the chest gery are excellent.
wall or from the lower leg, and attaches
the ends above and below the blocked ar- Among the techniques in development
tery so that blood flow is diverted around is minimally invasive heart surgery which
the narrowed portion of the diseased ar- uses smaller incisions (about three inches)
tery. This eases angina, the chest pain that and has many benefits. It may be an option
for some patients. 



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Bonz says Mia and Charlie have a nose for adventure

Hi Dog Buddies! Mia & Charlie Mom an Dad. But I got lost. I was on while, a human’d recognize me an call my
strange streets, with strange humans an name an start walkin’ toward me, but I
This week I innerviewed a stylish PHOTO: KAILA JONES strange dogs. Nothing was fuh-mill-yer. didn’t know ’em, so I’d run away. When
Mini Australian Shepherd, Mia Eby, I was pooped, an scared, an hungry an it got dark, I’d find a hidden spot some-
who hadda Big Adventure, an her Mini buncha Dog Park frens suggested getting’ thirsty. Where was Mom? Where was Dad? where to sleep. I scratched my leg in the
Pinscher brother Charlie, a fearless, su- Charlie a pooch playmate to keep him Where was Charlie? WHERE WAS I?” woods. When it rained, I curled up under
per-active fireball who knows in his heart busy, slow him down a little.” a bush. Sometimes a human’d put out a
he’s a Big Guy. I wisely never mentioned “When Mom an Dad finely got a flight liddle food. I’d wait till they were gone to
that “mini” thing to him. “So that’s where YOU come in?” home,” said Charlie. “Me an Dad went on check it out. I started thinkin’ I’d never
“Yes. Mom an Dad decided a Mini Auss- long walks hopin’ Mia would see us an see Mom an Dad an Charlie again.”
Mia trotted up for the Wag-an-Sniff. ie’d be best for the job. They innerviewed come back. I was so worried about her, but
“Hello, Mr. Bonzo. I’m Mia. This is my a coupla pooches an finally found the Per- also mad cuz she ran off an left me. Mom Charlie continued. “So many nice hu-
Mom an Dad, Marcia and Tom; my niece fect Pooch, ME. I was the runt of my lidder, an Dad contacted all their frens, includ- mans worked day an night, tryin’ to find
Ava; an my brother, Charlie.” only three-anna-half pounds. Me an Char- ing one called St. Francis, who really loves Mia. Then I had an idea: Mom an Dad
lie got on great right away. I could ackshul- animals; our vet; the Humane Society; put should put Mia’s food an water bowls an
She turned to Charlie, who was sizing ly walk right under his tummy at first. Now pickshurs of Mia all over the place an on bed an blanket out on Dan’s porch so, if she
me up, head tilted, sailboat ears in Alert I’m bigger. When he gets too ram-BUNK- line. An a big buncha dog-lovers sprung was near, there’d be something fuh-mill-
Mode. “Bonzo’s gonna innerview us, re- shuss, I grab him by the collar till he calms into ackshun.” yer. So they did. And said lotsa prayers.
member?” down. Right, Charlie?”
“Sheesh! Yeah, she does,” Charlie said, “Humans kept callin,’ reportin’ in,” said “I just kept plodding along, dog tired,
“OH! Right! BON-zo!” Boom! He shifted rolling his eyes. Mia. “I was spotted on Old Dixie. Then no idea where I was going, just puttin’
into overdrive. Soon as we sat, both pooch- “I hear you had a Big Adventure,” I re- somebody saw me crossin’ You Ess 1. I’d one paw in front of the other,” Mia said.
es jumped into my assistant’s lap to bestow minded Mia. never seen anything like it. Millions of cars “If I hadda tail, which I don’t, it wudda
welcoming wags, wiggles an kisses. “Yes! Last Christmas. Mom an Dad an trucks. It was loud an scary. Once inna been draggin.’ Suddenly something made
hadda holiday gathering Far, Far Away. me look up. I didn’t know the neighbor-
Mia jumped down an began their story. They hadda fly inna plane. Me an Charlie DON’T BE SHY hood. But there was something. I found
“Charlie was an Only Dog. He picked were bunkin’ at our human brother Dan’s myself walkin’ toward this house. I didn’t
Mom an Dad when they an their gran-kids house. Charlie was Cool Kibbles with it, We are always looking for pets recognize it, but there were some smells
(5, 8 an 9) were lookin’ for a pooch at the but I didn’t understand. I wanted my Mom with interesting stories. I did recognize. When I got closer I saw
Humane Society a while back.” an Dad an my own house an comfy bed. MY OWN DISH. MY OWN BED. MY OWN
“Yep!” Charlie innerrupted. “I KNEW So, on Christmas Day, when Dan was com- To set up an interview, email BLANKET! I couldn’t buh-leeeve it. I ran up
they were MY humans. I was squinched in’ in the door, I flew out it, an ran away. [email protected]. an scratched on the door. An DAN opened
between a coupla Black Labs, an I just Dan was FRANNICK! He called Mom an it! I was overjoyed. I couldn’t wait to see
busted through an ran straight to Dad. Dad and they were frannick, too. But they Mom an Dad an Charlie (who told me I’d
THEN, when the liddle humans came over, couldn’t come home cuzza no flights. been lost for 12 days). The vet checked me
I zoomed right to them. All dogs know hu- “All I was thinkin’ was I gotta find my an said I was fine ’cept for I lost 5 pounds.
mans with liddle humans won’t even con- I got a shot just in case, since nobody knew
SID-er adoptin’ a pooch who doesn’t like what I’d been eating, including me. I think
kids.” I blocked it out. I was HOME! Thinkin’
“Word!” I agreed. about all those Super Crispy Dog Biscuits
“Of COURSE, Mom an Dad adopted humans who spent so much time lookin’
Charlie,” Mia said, “I mean, who could re- for me makes me wanna give ’em a Big
sist, right? But, after a year, they were get- High Paw an some slurps.”
ting’ Totally Frazzled.”
“Why’s that?” Heading home, I was thinkin’ how im-
“Well, you might have noticed, Charlie portant things get when you don’t have
NEVER sits still for more than a nano-sec- ’em any more.
ond. Evry single second he was Jumpin’ on
stuff. Jumpin’ OVER stuff. Getting’ INTO Till next time,
stuff. Mom an Dad were DES-prutt! A
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Spacious Citrus Springs abode features updated kitchen

By Debbie Carson | Staff Writer more room than they need. Blanche’s “reading room.” They’ll also miss “It’s so quiet,” Blanche said of the neigh-
[email protected] “There’s tons of storage in this house,” the large screened patio that is spacious borhood, adding that, even though houses
enough for entertaining large groups of in the neighborhood are situated close to-
A brick-paved driveway and walkway ac- Blanche said while standing in the recently guests. The Dickersons said they’ve en- gether, she’s never heard noise from neigh-
centuate the charm of a low-maintenance updated kitchen. “I will miss that.” joyed many peaceful hours of sitting on boring properties – not even when neigh-
and beautifully kept home tucked in Lake the patio listening to the birds and watch- bors host a get-together. Sitting inside the
Valencia, one of several villages that make Other features the couple said they will ing the small geckos stalk along the screen. home, the outside world’s noise stays ex-
up Citrus Springs in south Vero Beach. miss include the natural light that streams
in through the front window, brightening
Rob and Blanche Dickerson have called
the four-bed, two-bath house built by
Ameritrend their home for about four
years, though they’ve lived under its roof
for a total of only about 16 months. That’s
because they are self-proclaimed snow-
birds, with a northern home near Lake On-
tario in New York. They spend about four
months of the year in Lake Valencia.

And now it’s time for them to downsize, they
said, and find a condo with an ocean view.

The large house is perfect for one week
each year when their family – including
grandchildren – come to visit. But aside
from that one week, the Dickersons have

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actly that way – outside. The Dickersons updated the kitchen,
The house is a little more than 2,000 painting the standard issue wood-finished
cupboards white and replacing the hard-
square feet under air and features a mas- ware. Crown molding was added to the up-
ter bedroom with en suite bath and large per cabinets to dress up the space.
walk-in closet.
The countertops, including the peninsula,
The master bath consists of a water were replaced with beautiful, durable Corian.
closet, glass-doored walk-in shower, and

a soaking tub, which Rob said has helped The laundry room sits off the kitchen
with his medical ailments. The twin sinks behind a door and is appointed with dual
are set in a large vanity, giving residents closets for storage. The dryer, stove and hot
plenty of space to have their own toiletries water heater run on gas instead of electric
readily accessible. and all are relatively new.

The kitchen sits behind a partial wall, The couple bought the house essentially
breaking the eye-line from the front door sight-unseen, based on photographs pre-
– a feature Blanche originally thought to sented to them. What spoke to Blanche
modify but ultimately opted to keep. “You through the photos was the space. Visions
don’t need to see the dishes,” she said. of family coming to visit flashed in her
mind. Another plus was that it’s a short
The formal dining space is beyond the drive from the house to the Abbott’s Frozen
wall, allowing diners to sit and enjoy their Custard on State Road 60 – a taste of their
meal without the visual reminder of the New York home.
impending cleanup.

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Add beauty and Citrus Springs Village, a community of rus Springs Village are active, according to
natural light to your seven neighborhoods, has approximately Blanche. They hold several activities at the
EXISTING entryway 300 homes, and offers a clubhouse with clubhouse including bridge club, aerobics,
fitness center, a heated pool, tennis courts, a book club, crafts, Mahjong, potlucks and
in about an hour! and even RV and boat storage. water aerobics.

• Glass patterns • Patio & Sliding Rob said he’ll miss his pickleball friends The greatest feature, perhaps, of the en-
for every style Glass Doors most. He picked up the sport after a group tire community is the sunset residents see
and budget of players invited him to join them while over the lake each evening. The Dickersons
• Framed / he was out for a walk. “They were patient highly recommend relaxing pool-side at
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Year built: 2006

Size: 2,084 sq. ft. under air
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2

Additional features: Recently painted interior and exterior,
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Building a pro and con list when looking at retirement

By Janice Lloyd | The Washington Post begin by reviewing their finances with an fires are becoming more destructive, Fuller Older people are resilient, but Helms
expert, and then start to build pro and con said: “It’s impossible to answer that with a said seniors should anticipate changes that
When Martha Powers and Larry Gomberg lists for each potential city or rural area, said blanket answer. Many areas of the country might accompany aging.
heard the news about Hurricane Florence Annette Fuller, editor of the magazine and have some sort of risk, from hurricanes to
bringing horrific winds and catastroph- website Where to Retire. “Get past the fanta- flooding, to tornadoes, to sinkholes, to wild- That’s a message Rita Parsons said she
ic flooding to Wilmington, N.C., they gri- sies and evaluate real life,” she said. fires, to scorching heat, to high winds, etc.” understands. Parsons didn’t want to have to
maced. worry about maintaining a home after her
During their two-year search, Powers, She added that finding an area that has husband died two years ago. That’s when
Then, they felt relieved. 63, and Gomberg, 67, kept separate lists. “At “zero risk is very difficult.” Parsons, 74, moved to Greenspring Village,
“What if we had decided to build our first, I thought I wanted to walk on a beach a continuing-care facility with accommoda-
retirement home there,” they said to each every day,” Powers said. “Larry thought he Problems with mobility often surface tions for independent living, assisted living
other in September, when the storm was wanted to live in California. I was trying so around ages 82 to 85, said Ginny Helms, and nursing-home care in Springfield, Va.
making headlines. “What if our brand-new hard to like California, I was making myself president of LeadingAge Georgia, making Within such communities, residents can
home had flooded?” sick. safe surroundings very important. move from one level of care to another.
Like many of the 10,000 baby boomers
hitting retirement age each day, Powers “Then, we visited Lake Frederick again That dangerous reality surfaced in No- “They take care of everything for me
and Gomberg have decided to relocate. Af- and agreed we liked the people, the loca- vember during the California Camp Fire here,” she said. “They come and change
ter coming close to putting a deposit on a tion, and decided we could still use our blaze. Younger retirees who were still driv- the filters in the heat pump twice a year. If
house in Wilmington in the summer, they same doctors if we wanted to. Suddenly, ing were more likely to flee to safety, while a lightbulb burns out in the kitchen, I don’t
found a 55-and-over community just an walking on a beach didn’t seem as import- some older residents with no means of es- have to deal with a ladder to change it. All
hour from where they live in Fairfax, Va. ant as all those things.” cape were left behind. I have to do is call building services. This
They’re building a house in Lake Frederick, makes life easy.”
Va., near the Shenandoah Mountains, and They visited potential new houses several That was almost the case for 93-year-old
will move there this month. times and spent the night, research that is Margaret Newsum, who was standing out- Parsons doesn’t have children, and said
They examined a variety of factors, in- invaluable, Fuller said. “Visit the area during side her home with her walker looking for she feels very secure about having her doc-
cluding access to quality medical care, af- every season to make sure the climate suits help as the fire approached, CNN reported. tors on campus and optional nursing care,
fordability, culture and safety. That includes you,” she said. She was whisked off to safety by Dane Ray if she needs it. When she first moved in, she
safety from hurricanes and deadly wildfires Cummings, a garbage collector who had said, a bad knee made climbing stairs diffi-
– like the ones that gutted the rural town of And when figuring out affordability, be been told to cut short his route. Instead of cult. “But since I’ve lived here, I walk a cou-
Paradise, Calif., a popular retirement area sure to determine the cost of flood insur- doing that, he looked for people in trouble. ple miles a day, go to the gym and swim sev-
filled with senior communities. ance and other insurance you might need, He took her home to care for her rather than eral times a week,” she said. “Now, my knee
Retirees who want to relocate should depending on the location. take her to a shelter. Since the fire, she’s is fine, and I try to use the stairs as much as
been staying with one of Cummings’s close possible to stay in shape.” 
Asked whether retirees should rule out friends.
locations where sea levels are rising or wild-

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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: MARCH 4 THROUGH MARCH 8

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

Activity in the mainland real estate market stayed brisk as the calendar turned to March, with 29
transactions of single-family residences and lots reported from March 4-8 (some shown below).
The top sale of the week was in Vero Beach, where the home at 3330 57th Ave. – first listed in No-
vember for $389,900 – sold for $381,000 on March 6.
Representing both the seller and the buyer in the transaction was agent Vance Brinkerhoff of
Coldwell Banker Paradise.

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PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$381,000
VERO BEACH 3330 57TH AVE 11/14/2018 $389,900 3/6/2019 $360,000
VERO BEACH 232 OAK HAMMOCK CIR SW 9/17/2018 $439,000 3/7/2019 $355,000
VERO BEACH 3360 57TH AVE 2/3/2019 $380,000 3/6/2019 $350,000
VERO BEACH 1676 VICTORIA CIR 10/22/2018 $349,900 3/7/2019 $340,000
VERO BEACH 5290 65TH ST 11/30/2018 $359,900 3/4/2019 $328,500
VERO BEACH 395 W KEY LIME SQR SW 1/4/2019 $332,500 3/5/2019 $299,900
SEBASTIAN 882 SALEM AVE 6/25/2018 $320,000 3/4/2019 $295,000
SEBASTIAN 41 JOY HAVEN DR 12/31/2018 $299,000 3/7/2019 $290,000
VERO BEACH 2836 TROPICAL AVE 2/12/2019 $315,000 3/6/2019 $265,000
VERO BEACH 4197 W 16TH SQR 11/9/2018 $269,900 3/6/2019 $259,000
VERO BEACH 2226 ATLANTIC BLVD 10/5/2018 $300,000 3/4/2019 $258,000
SEBASTIAN 7 GAIL RD 12/11/2018 $275,000 3/8/2019 $250,000
VERO BEACH 2000 VICTORY BLVD 10/16/2018 $300,000 3/4/2019 $248,500
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HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP RECENT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALES.

232 Oak Hammock Cir SW, Vero Beach 3360 57th Ave, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 9/17/2018 Listing Date: 2/3/2019
Original Price: $439,000 Original Price: $380,000
Sold: 3/7/2019 Sold: 3/6/2019
Selling Price: $360,000 Selling Price: $355,000
Listing Agent: Kelly Fischer Listing Agent: Vance Brinkerhoff

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

Debbie Noonan Amanda Brown

Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Keller Williams Realty

1676 Victoria Cir, Vero Beach 5290 65th St, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 10/22/2018 Listing Date: 11/30/2018
Original Price: $349,900 Original Price: $359,900
Sold: 3/7/2019 Sold: 3/4/2019
Selling Price: $350,000 Selling Price: $340,000
Listing Agent: Bill Lynch Listing Agent: Sherri Sproch

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BSO IS GETTING A very ‘Funny Thing’ is happening Adam Schnell.
ITS IRISH UP FOR at the Theatre Guild PAGE B2
ST. PAT’S CONCERT PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE

By Samantha Baita | Staff Writer
[email protected]

1 Marvelous music with a be-
guiling touch o’ Erin: The In-
dian River Symphonic Association’s
2019 Festival of Orchestras brings
the audience-pleasing Brevard Sym-
phony Orchestra to the Community
Church this Sunday, March 17. Ev-
er-exuberant Maestro Christopher
Confessore shares what’s in store in
this St. Patrick’s Day concert. Have
your hankies out, especially if you
have even a drop of Irish blood: The
concert opens with Percy Grainger’s
“Irish Tune from County Derry,”
that Confessore calls “a lush setting
for strings and horns” – aka “Dan-
ny Boy.” You’ll be among the first to
enjoy the regional premiere of the
Romantic-era “Gaelic Symphony” by
Amy Beach, whom Confessore de-
scribes as “a gifted composer whose
music we should all know.” Beach’s
work was composed during the same
musically creative time as Dvorak’s
incomparable “New World Sympho-
ny,” and “shares the same style and

CONTINUED ON PAGE B6

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A very ‘Funny Thing’ is happening at the Theatre Guild

By Pam Harbaugh | Correspondent R. Tara Giovannone as Philia she has been promised to the notorious Ro-
[email protected] and Alex Martinez as Hero. man soldier, Miles Gloriosus.

As the climax of the big 61st season of the PHOTOS: KAILA JONES For sure, Harris knows he has big shoes
Vero Beach Theatre Guild, it doesn’t come any to fill. Part of the storied history of “Forum”
better or funnier than “A Funny Thing Hap- is the list of legendary comics who have
pened on the Way to the Forum.” played Pseudolus: Zero Mostel, Phil Silver
and Nathan Lane.
At heart, the show has a vaudeville aes-
thetic, which means gags galore and fren- A movie version was made in 1966, again
zied pacing. Created by wit-meisters Burt starring Zero Mostel as Pseudolus. In the
Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, and musical role of Hero was Michael Crawford, who
genius Stephen Sondheim, “Forum,” as it’s would gain big fame in the title role in Sir
called by theater folk, shot out of the gate Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of
in 1962 as a winner and remains one of the the Opera.”
American theater’s best loved musical com-
edies. It is also the most often produced by A friendly guy with bounding energy and
both amateur and professional theaters. a ready handshake, Harris has been on the
VBTG stage in “Cabaret,” “Hello, Dolly!” and
“We have a real strong cast with this “Jerry Finnegan’s Sister,” which he performed
show,” says Jon Putzke, VBTG board presi- with his wife, Caitlin. He has also music di-
dent. “The audience is going to laugh them- rected “The Mikado,” “Pirates of Penzance”
selves into the aisles.” and “Cabaret.”

Leading the romp is Gregory Harris, the He’s a quick study, he says, and that’s a good
chorus and drama director at Storm Grove thing because it was barely a week before
Middle School. He takes on the leading role of opening that he stepped into the role.
Pseudolus, a conniving slave in Ancient Rome
who, more than anything, wants his freedom. “I’ve got the first act memorized already,” he
says, one day after getting the script.
Part of Pseudolus’ plan involves Hero, the
son of his master, Senex. Then there’s Philia, At a technical rehearsal last week, where
the virgin living in the next-door brothel. The lights and sound cues are coordinated with
plan is that Hero and Philia should get togeth- actors, Harris was questioning where on the
er. The stone in the sandal of the plan is that stage he should stand.

“Do you want me up here, or down there?”

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he says, pointing to the edge of the stage. Isabel Garret (Courtesan), Martha Kelly Caroline Remillard, Libbie Baylinson they moon over how lovely it is to be lovely.
Realizing his goal of turning in a solid (Domina), Gregory Harris (Pseudolus). and Isabel Garrett as the Courtesans. Hysterium delivers “I’m Calm,” in which he
desperately tries to calm down. And Lycus,
performance, his fellow cast mates cheered something for everyone; a comedy tonight. comedy tonight.” played by RobVolsky, Pseudolus and the Cour-
him on by saying “You’re doing great, Greg Nothing with kings, nothing with crowns; But, for sure, there are still love songs, done tesans perform in the bawdy number “The
… Yeah, great!” bring out the lovers, liars and clowns. Old House of Marcus Lycus.”
situations, new complications, nothing with appropriate attitude.
Harris found that immensely heartwarm- portentous or polite; tragedy tomorrow, Hero and Philia, played by Alex Martinez In addition to sounding good and being
ing. a laugh riot, the production looks great,
and Tara Giovannone, sing “Lovely,” in which Shestak says.
“It settles a lot of the nerves,” Harris
says. “Coming in at the 11th hour is very Michael Naffziger, Indian River Char-
nerve-racking. But to have the support of ter High School theatre director and a To-
everyone who has worked so hard is ex- ny-nominated scenic designer, has created
tremely humbling.” a colorful, vibrant and fun setting. Oversee-
ing the construction and scenic painting is
Fortunately, he already knows most of the Jeff Hall.
songs because“Forum” is such a popular show.
“It’s precisely what I envisioned,”
“Like ‘Comedy Tonight,’” he says. “I have Shestak says. “A comic look, exaggerated,
sung snippets of that since eighth grade.” off-kilter, brightly colored. Even the pillars
are leaning.”
As far as his comic timing, Harris says with a
laugh, “I hope it’s funny!” The hair and wigs, done by Jon Putzke’s
wife, Marge, are all extensive and time con-
He’s got nothing to worry about because suming, Shestak says.
he’s “phenomenal on stage,” says Putzke.
“Some of the wigs, especially the Cour-
“(Harris) has a great sense of humor,” tesans’ and Domina’s, are fairly elaborate,”
Putzke says. “He has an overabundance of she says. “(Marge’s) team comes in every
energy, is the most incredible quick study. night to make sure the wigs haven’t fallen
He stepped into the role of Cliff (one of the flat and that they are styled appropriately.”
leading roles) in ‘Cabaret’ at the Guild about
three days before it opened.” Shestak expects people to leave the theater
feeling “happy and entertained and probably
Director Beth Shestak, herself a former humming ‘Comedy Tonight.’”
professional actor, is confident that every cast
member will deliver the comic setups and “It’s so wonderfully written,” she says. “It’s
punches with ease. so funny. I’ve been telling my actors, ‘keep it
light, keep it fast, keep it fun.’”
“Pseudolus is definitely the driving force
of the show,” she says. “It’s not an easy role. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
It’s wordy; song wise and acting wise. But to the Forum” runs March 12-31 at the Vero
the great thing about this show is that it’s Beach Theater Guild, 2020 San Juan Ave.,
really an ensemble cast. The major players Vero Beach. It performs 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays
are everyone and they all have quite a bit of through Fridays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and
stage time.” Sundays. Tickets are $15 to $30. Call 772-562-
8300 or visit VeroBeachTheatreGuild.com. 
One of her favorites is Erronius, played by
Bill Lembeck, an old man who, in an effort
to rid his home of ghostly spirits (conjured
by Pseudolus), takes on the task to walk
around the Hills of Rome seven times. The
gag is heightened by stage hijinks, which
come to a sudden halt whenever Erronius
enters and slowly trudges across the stage.

Joe Sears is Hysterium, a fellow slave and
only friend to Pseudolus. Sears also has ex-
tensive performance background in upstate
New York. His wife is a professional musical
accompanist.

And then there are Eric Jones and Phil Mar-
kley who play the Proteans with a slapstick
deadpan humor evocative of Buster Keaton.

There is also Sondheim’s music and lyrics.
In fact, this was the first musical for which he
wrote both the music and lyrics.

“It’s stereotypical Sondheim,” says mu-
sic director Ben Rose. “His lyrics are genius.
The melodies are just so well written and
unique; smart and witty even though it was
written decades ago.

A bit of theater history: The show’s open-
ing number, “Comedy Tonight,” was created
as a Band-Aid of sorts for a show thought
to be ailing. It had originally opened with a
love song, but Jerome Robbins, brought in
to fix the show, said it needed a jolt, a kick-
start for the humor.

So Sondheim wrote “Comedy Tonight,”
and the iconic beginning became: “Some-
thing familiar, something peculiar, some-
thing for everyone; a comedy tonight.
Something appealing, something appalling,

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‘Present Sense’: Craig-Martin’s unique art at Windsor

By Ellen Fischer | Columnist PHOTOS: ARIC ATTAS person in any first-world country would not his paintings are not about the objects they
[email protected] find familiar: a coat hanger, a wristwatch, a represent; the painting itself is the object. And
his selection of pieces. He wanted things that guitar, an iPhone. that, he says, “is the thing that’s so interesting
“What I love about it is that this appeals go with Florida,” Stubblefield says. about images.”
to all age groups. My grandchildren would Speaking about his work in a video made
totally get into this. That’s what I love about That probably explains two paintings of for his 2015-16 exhibition at Serpentine Gal- For instance, if I wrote here that there is a
it,” says docent Linda Stubblefield about sunglasses, one tennis racquet, three run- lery in London, Craig-Martin explained that corkscrew in the show, you might go to the gal-
the Gallery at Windsor’s current exhibition. ning shoes, a credit card and a Rolex-type lery to see it, and find a painting of a corkscrew
Titled “Present Sense,” it features paintings watch. There is nothing here, however, that a instead. You did not see a corkscrew, of course,
and sculptures by London-based artist Mi- but you did see an object related in name to
chael Craig-Martin. The show runs through a corkscrew. In other words, what we name
April 25 and is open to the public by appoint- things is what they become.
ment for docent-led tours.
It is a fine concept to base a career on, but
A stroll through the gallery explains all. Craig-Martin has done it with considerable
Craig-Martin’s large paintings depict objects success.
found in many a household. Limned in bold
black lines and filled in with bright hues, you If Andy Warhol (whose famously banal
might think of them as coloring book pic- subject matter included Brillo boxes and
tures for the cognoscenti. Among the images Campbell’s soup cans) called his studio “The
on display is a giant headphone set in blue, Factory” for its deadpan production of art
purple and green on a pink background; a products, the dispassionate Craig-Martin
pair of aviator sunglasses with purple lenses has come full circle in pursuit of the prosa-
on a blue ground; and a diptych of two Adi- ic. While Warhol said he wanted to be a ma-
das-style sneakers. In that one we see, depict- chine, Craig-Martin, over the course of his
ed in the center of the left and right panels, half-century career, has become one with
the outside profile of a right-footed sneaker the computer.
(or “trainer,” as they say in Britain). The one
on the left is green with red stripes on a blue His current series of drawings began in the
ground; the one on the right is blue with red 1980s, when he created pictures of common
stripes on a green ground. objects in black outline directly onto the white
walls of the galleries in which they were shown.
“For this show the artist was thoughtful in
While his drawing style has not changed
since then, objects that were ubiquitous in

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the 1980s, such as VHS tape, game consoles ciate his pictures as carefully crafted compo- tify with what I do.” that appears to rest directly on the ground,
and the Walkman cassette player – all of which sitions, rather than as symbols for things. The fun is not limited to the confines of rather than on a base.
have been fodder for his art – have been re-
placed by the iPhone. Craig-Martin’s art may not be the Answer the gallery. This is the first time that Wind- Because they are composed only of outlines,
to Life, the Universe and Everything, but it is sor has shown an artist’s sculptures on its you view the sculptures by looking through
Craig-Martin mused for the Serpentine vid- hard not to smile when you see a painting of grounds concurrently with an exhibition in them, as well as at them. The environment in
eo, “The iPhone sums up everything, doesn’t a green high-heeled pump, perfectly centered its gallery. which they are situated, therefore, is as import-
it? – because it’s the most iconic of the new ob- in a magenta square. ant as the artworks themselves. Set against the
jects, and it’s the (digital) object that’s replaced Rendered in square steel tubing and fin- colonnaded backdrop of a Windsor home, the
all the analog objects.” In a video made by Windsor for the current ished in a luscious pink industrial coating, curvy lines of “High Heel (pink)” coyly flirt with
exhibition, Craig-Martin asserts that he has the sculptural image of a high heel looks the austere architecture.
When personal computers became “always tried to make work that is accessible to like a shoe drawn on air. More drawing
widely available in the 1990s, Craig-Martin anybody. I’m not interested in making some- than sculpture, it, along with four others Craig-Martin’s dry sense of humor comes
began making his drawings on them, says thing that you have to have a special degree to Craig-Martin sculptures placed about the through in his exacting placement of the sculp-
Stubblefield. understand – I think that everybody can iden- property, is simply an outline of welded steel tures. Stubblefield says that on first visiting
Windsor, the artist knew that his white picket
“The computer opened a new world for gate sculpture would have to go to the end of
him. Not only could he experiment with col- the allée of oaks leading from the entrance off
or on the computer before making a decision A1A to the community’s center.
regarding the colors he would use in a paint-
ing, he could also experiment with scale and A pair of umbrellas (one purple, one yellow)
positioning,” before approaching his painting situated on the golf course “look like they have
substrate in the flesh. been put down because of a passing shower,”
says the artist in his Windsor video. His ma-
She adds that after Craig-Martin draws an genta “Garden Fork” stands at attention in a
image of a certain style of shoe, or a basketball, garden near the clubhouse and a red “Wheel-
or an electric fan, he digitally stores the im- barrow” is parked with a view of the stables
age on his computer, where he can retrieve it beyond it.
for future use. He has used certain images in
this way over and over again, digitally resizing A sixth sculpture by Craig-Martin titled
them for each new project. “Bulb (magenta)” is on display at the Vero
Beach Museum of Art.
His painting technique is equally unruf-
fled. He paints on aluminum panels (the ul- In a brochure about his sculptures at Wind-
timate for flatness and stability) that are first sor, the artist wrote that he was “very touched”
painted a uniform black. After projecting a that the Vero Beach Museum of Art requested
computer-drawn subject onto a panel, he the loan of one of his sculptures to display con-
traces the outlines of the drawing in painter’s currently with the Windsor exhibition.
tape, of a width that will correspond to the
outlines in the finished work. After filling in Because of the collaboration between
the taped areas with acrylic paint (applied Windsor and the art museum, “a different
with 4-inch paint rollers for a seamless con- audience might see it and perhaps want to
sistency of surface), he removes the tape to visit Windsor and see the exhibition” in its
reveal the crisp black outlines of the image, entirety, he said.
be it a jump drive or a box of fries.
A luncheon at the Beach Club followed by
In every stage, Craig-Martin avoids showing a tour of Michael Craig-Martin’s sculptures
us his hand. The usual tale of the artist’s paint- on the grounds at Windsor is being offered
erly progress, as evidenced by brushstrokes or March 18; 11 a.m. exhibition introduction,
paint drips, is invisible in his work. followed by a luncheon ($25) and 12:30 p.m.
sculpture tour via golf carts ($10 suggested
As might be expected, the artist never mix- donation to the Windsor Charitable Foun-
es colors, but uses them straight from the dation). Docent-led group tours of The Gal-
manufacturer’s factory. While the colors he lery are available by appointment only; $10
uses do not correspond to life (such as the suggested donation. Contact the Gallery at
show’s purple and green American football), 772-388-4071 or email gallery@windsorflor-
neither are his image colors based on a whim. ida.com. 
The high-keyed hues encourage us to appre-

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Cobalt: Fine dining at the Vero Beach Hotel & Spa

Gulf Blue Crab
Cake and Fried
Green Tomato.

Dark Chocolate Creme Brûlée
with Marshmellow Fluff and

Graham Cracker Crumbs.

By TIna Rondeau | Columnist Lobster Pot. Vegan Tamale.
[email protected]
PHOTOS: KAILA JONES Hours:
On a gorgeous midwinter Dinner daily, 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
evening, we decided it would and half Pacific ($4.50), served with a manages to infuse its cioppino with all Lunch, Monday through Friday,
be a lovely night to dine on Co- Champagne mignonette – were positively the flavors of the seas. This was the best
balt’s magnificent oceanfront patio. sublime . rendition I have had in Vero. 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Brunch, weekends 8 a.m. to
As it turned out, this thought had oc- Then for entrées, I decided to try the ci- We concluded the dinners with a slice
curred to others quite a bit earlier. But oppino ($39), my husband chose the pom- of grand marnier cake with a very sweet 2:30 p.m.
perhaps there might be a table just inside pano ($33), and our companion ordered frosting and a chocolate mousse. Din- Beverages: Full Bar
the spectacular 15-foot-high glass wall the swordfish ($28). ner for two with wine, before tax and tip,
that looks out on the firepit? Nope, those should run somewhere around $150. Address:
had all been claimed as well. Grilled swordfish has always been a 3500 Ocean Drive, Vero Beach
good choice at Cobalt, and our compan- On a good night, Cobalt is a very good
That’s what happens during season ion said his beautiful piece of sword – hotel restaurant. While disappointed at Phone:
when you don’t have reservations. served atop succotash – was cooked per- not having a table with a view, we did have 772-469-1060
fectly. My husband also gave high marks a fine meal and are pleased to see Cobalt
But the hostess found a perfectly nice to his grilled pompano served with rap- getting the patronage it deserves.
interior table (sans view) for our party of pini.
three, and a server quickly arrived to take I welcome your comments, and encour-
our drink orders. But my hearth-baked cioppino was the age you to send feedback to me at tina@ver-
piece de resistance of the evening. obeach32963.com.
For starters on this visit, I decided to
pass up a couple of old favorites and try For those not familiar with cioppino, The reviewer is a beachside resident who
a new appetizer – the fried green tomato this dish supposedly was invented by dines anonymously at restaurants at the ex-
with crab ($20). Our companion opted for fishermen who would toss their leftover pense of Vero Beach 32963. 
the crispy calamari ($15) and my husband catch into a pot at the end of the day. Just
went for a half dozen oysters on the half about every cioppino starts with tomato
shell ($24). sauce and shellfish, but the exact recipe
varies considerably from place to place.
My dish consisted of a stack of fried
green tomato, Caribbean blue crab cake, Cobalt’s version of this maritime stew
and another slice of fried tomato, with a consisted of a pot of mussels, clams,
Cajun remoulade on top. This was accom- white fish, shrimp, scallops and a large
panied by a pickled jicama and mango Dungeness crab in a very well-sea-
salad. A very creative mix of tastes. soned broth. By baking this dish, Cobalt

Our companion enjoyed his fried cala-
mari served with crispy banana peppers
and charred tomato salsa. And my hus-
bands oysters – half Atlantic ($3.50 each),

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When a wine critic opened a bottle of Playboy red ...

By Dave McIntyre care what grapes make up their wine, as long ically, organically or sustainably without on Elvis Presley, as well as other more tra-
The Washington Post as the end product is delicious. The classi- pesticides or herbicides and tended pref- ditional sounding labels from wine regions
cal paradigms of Bordeaux or Rhone Valley erably on horseback, fermented by no around the world.
When an email landed in my mail- blends matter less than the satisfaction the added yeast other than the toe jam of the
box recently announcing a new wine, the wine offers in the glass. vineyard workers who trod the grapes, and And here where’s my initial thought of a
name caught my eye: Playboy California ultimately “curated” by hipster somme- rant against the Playboy wine comes into
Red Wine Blend. The wine industry (and dare I say, the liers who – well, you get the picture. Or else play. There are all sorts of wines we know
wine media) would have us celebrate the there’s the tech giant or medical guru who more for their clever labels than the wine in-
The label, a photo with the iconic ears, artisan vintner, farming land her family is parlaying his large fortune into a smaller side the bottles. Some are marketed explicitly
bow tie and bodice of the Playboy Bun- has toiled for generations, crafting distinc- one by buying into the utopian ideal of the toward women: Mommy’s Time Out and the
ny, was rendered in a gold mosaic against tive wines from grapes grown biodynam- vintner’s lifestyle. popular Bitch brand – with the usual market-
a black background. The wine is a limited ing hyperbole replaced by the wine’s name
edition joint venture of Playboy and Lot 18, Most of us drink somewhere between repeated throughout the label – are popular
an online wine retailer, to mark the maga- these ideals, of course, adrift in the sea of examples.
zine’s 65th anniversary. swill, the plenitude of plonk that defines
supermarket wines. The key is in finding Others, like the Playboy blend, seem
It was “masterfully created by the team at the good ones. marketed more toward men. My inner
Lot 18 . . . for wine aficionados and Playboy wine snob would prefer a company spend
fans alike,” the press release assured me, as That’s why importers contract with its money on improving the wine’s quality
though those two groups are mutually ex- local cooperative wineries in Europe or rather than its marketing.
clusive. The label artwork was created by the elsewhere to produce private label wines.
magazine’s illustrator Katie Bailie “as a gra- Costco’s Kirkland brand, Trader Joe’s, and There’s an industry maxim that says
cious nod to Playboy’s heritage.” Walmart’s W winemaker select labels are the first bottle is sold by the label, while
examples of retail chains producing private the second is sold by the wine inside. That
I growled audibly as I mulled the possibil- label wines that often show well against second bottle will never be sold unless the
ities. It has been a long time since I’ve writ- others in their price range. first is. That’s why wine names have gone
ten a full-fledged rant. What kind of message well beyond Chateau This and Domain
would that send your date? Holed up in your Lot 18 is a New York-based company that That to emphasize the fantastical and the
man cave with the dudes streaming sports is pushing against the traditional three-tier silly, as well as established brands such as
on TV while revisiting your vintage maga- distribution system by selling wine direct- Playboy. The competition for our dollars
zine collection, maybe, but date night? And ly to consumers over the Internet. Playboy is more about what’s on the bottle, not
in the #MeToo era? isn’t its only wine — there’s also one based what’s inside it. 

A sample bottle arrived a few days lat-
er. It sat on my kitchen counter for a couple
weeks. I glared at it while opening dozens of
wines I considered recommending to read-
ers to spend their hard-earned money on.
The label, showing the costume with just a
suggestion of a woman, seemed to be flirt-
ing with me. So finally, I pulled the cork and
poured myself a glass.

And darn, if it wasn’t pretty good.
Were there “flavors of cherry and dark
fruits” and spice notes of vanilla and toasty
oak on the finish, as the press release boast-
ed? Perhaps. I was impressed by the wine’s
balance of fruit and acidity. It was lighter
than I expected, rather than the heavy, con-
fected wines all too common these days.
The press release, label and website gave
no information about the grape blend of the
wine, but that may reflect current consumer
trends. Perhaps today’s wine drinkers don’t

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THE SECOND POINT ON A DECEPTIVE DEAL WEST NORTH EAST
— Q 10 6 5 4 KJ3
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist J8653 Q72 10 9 4
J942 5 Q 10 8 7 6
Sun Tzu is believed to have lived from 544 to 496 B.C. In some areas, his “The Art of War” 7632 AKJ8 Q5
still influences competitive endeavors, including business, culture, politics and sports, as
well as warfare. Sun Tzu said, “A military operation involves deception. Even though you are SOUTH
competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective.” A9872
AK
This deal was used in last week’s column. Then, South made six spades after taking a safety AK3
play in trumps by running dummy’s four. 10 9 4

Can you see any way for a defender to influence declarer to his detriment? Dealer: South; Vulnerable: North-South

In the auction, North’s four diamonds was a splinter bid. It showed four-plus spades, at least The Bidding:
game-going values and a singleton (or void) in diamonds. Then South, confident that his
partner had to have strength in clubs, used 14-30 Roman Key Card Blackwood. He learned SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
that his partner had one key card (an ace or the spade king), then slightly optimistically 1 Spades Pass 4 Diamonds Pass
jumped to six spades. 4 NT Pass 5 Clubs Pass LEAD:
6 Spades Pass Pass Pass 7 Clubs
West, who disliked leading from a jack, chose the club seven to dummy’s king. What might
have happened next?

Here was East’s chance to deceive declarer. If he had smoothly played the club queen under
dummy’s king, what would South have thought?

Surely he would have assumed it was a singleton; and if it were, next running the spade four
would have been risky. If West could have taken that trick with a singleton honor, he could
then have given his partner a club ruff. So declarer was highly likely to play a spade to his
ace and go down.

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SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (MARCH 8) ON PAGE B16

ACROSS DOWN
7 Salad dressing (11) 1 Variety of lettuce (7)
9 Total (7) 3 Prize (5)
10 Style of jazz (5) 4 Italian-style ice cream (6)
11 Meadow (5) 5 Hug (7)
12 Currant bun (7) 6 Shinbone (5)
13 Routine (6) 7 Cosy, snug (11)
15 Calyx parts (6) 8 Placation (11)
18 Craftsperson (7) 14 Enigma (7)
20 Long-handled brush (5) 16 Shunned (7)
21 Gatekeeper’s cottage (5) 17 Agreement (6)
22 Substitute (5-2) 19 __ wave; tsunami (5)
23 Pun (4,2,5) 20 Party (5)

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ACROSS adventure of 1958 52 Sleuth Lupin The Washington Post
93 Coke-oven distillate 57 Like the water around a
1 Critter’s hind section 95 Orbital extreme WORLD WAR ONE By Merl Reagle
7 “___ robbed!” 96 Doctor-related freaked-out squid
12 Carpet cleaner, 98 Old English letters 58 Gagarin’s big year
99 Prickly evergreen 60 Olympic lineup
for short 102 Comedian Don who plays 61 Occur naturally,
15 ___ Robinson
18 Scorpio star Father Guido Sarducci as flowers
20 Haleiwa hello 105 Not apt 64 Braced
21 Casanova was one 110 Let’s Make ___ 66 Believe, to the Bard (or, pitch
23 Query to a stylist 111 ___-Locka, Fla.
25 Biographer Fraser 114 A kind of self-punishment de ball?)
26 “It’s ___-win situation” 115 World War One figure 68 Allowed for the weight of the
27 Voice of Sylvester 119 Winter warmer-upper
28 Feature of a grasshopper 120 Dumb move container
121 Moved very slowly 71 Stiller’s partner
sparrow 122 Garden outcome 72 Planned
30 Handled with carelessness 123 Determining factor? 75 El ___, Tex.
33 Part of YWCA 124 Take care of 76 Draft ratings
34 Drifter’s sighting 125 Haughty 77 Put on
37 Minimally speaking 79 Wrestling win
40 “Flying carpet of the deep” DOWN 80 Slew
44 Renders less dangerous, as 1 “Serves you right!” 82 Sinbad got carried away by it
2 Before you know it 84 Renounced
a bull 3 F. Gary Powers’s plane 86 Art ___
47 Disapprove of 4 “That ain’t it” 90 Dome-shaped home
50 Say for the record 5 Test cheat 91 “That was before
51 “How clever!” 6 Parrot’s word
53 2-D product 7 See Seinfeld ___ you”
54 Chewbacca’s chief 8 Building addition 92 French detective series for 18
55 Singer Carly ___ Jepsen 9 Serenade, e.g.
56 Change for a rainy day? 10 Sailor’s cry years
59 Going-under gases 11 Benefit 94 Of the wind
61 Buckingham guards don’t do 12 Drug containers 97 Town in Assam, India, and
13 I.D.s for Au and Ag
it 14 Berry or Pfeiffer role starting point of a famous
62 Field Marshal Rommel and 15 Small version road begun in 1942
16 Farm relief, perhaps 100 Costa or Puerto follower
others 17 Catch, as one’s sleeve 101 Engraved stone
63 Slangy sib 19 Box-spring support 103 Alcindor, Grade, and Wallace
65 Drone home 22 Dietetic 104 Watering places?
66 Jogs 24 Atahualpa subject 105 Smidgen (of tea)
67 Affect like a gnat 29 Musical-scale segment 106 Security breach
68 Words 31 Former Cubs manager Lee 107 “Hold ___ your hats!”
69 Inherit the Wind co-author 32 Name on a tractor 108 Woolly mammas
34 “How can ___ 109 See 29 Down
Robert ___ 111 Capital where kroner are
70 Squabble thank you?” capital
71 What things run into and 35 Car-dealership glass 112 Dickey or Dickinson
36 Driving hazards that may 113 “Factory” owner Warhol
people run out of 116 Miners keep bringing it up
73 Pot starter shock you? 117 .
74 Palindromic author 38 Mad as ___ 118 Entanglement, to José (or, a
75 Confab in a 90 Down 39 Zanzibar folks cat with no tail?)
78 They can be loose 41 Shoe-size consideration
42 Hallmark
or tight 43 Sunday endorsements
79 Victimized (with “on”) 44 Kierkegaard was one
81 Dried-grape drink 45 Fade-outs?
83 Get from ___ B 46 It takes the place of a woman
84 Cube with a quincunx, 48 Midafternoon
49 Is suffering from
among other patterns
85 Odorous
87 Emergency call
88 Think about this
89 Esther Williams

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ONGOING 14 Art in Bloom luncheon, floral exhib- 14-17 Centennial Pickleball Tour- a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat.; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun. Stan-
it and lecture, 11 a.m. and 12 Noon nament at Pocahontas Park dard admission. 772-794-0601
Firefighters Fair at Indian River County Fairgrounds seatings at Vero Beach Museum of Art, featur- for players at all levels, hosted by Pickleball Uni-
- carnival rides, games, food, entertainment and 4-H ing Charles Masson, restauranteur, artist and versity: Thurs. & Fri. ages 60 & up; Sat. & Sun. 15-17 Shrimpfest & Craft Brew Hul-
Club competitions thru March 17. Firefightersfair.org author of “The Flowers of La Grenouille.” $200. ages 10 to 59. Pickleballtournaments.com labaloo at Sebastian’s River-
772-231-0707 x 111 view Park, Fri 3 to 9 p.m. St. Patty’s Day party;
15 Live from Vero Beach presents One Sat 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. (1 to 5 p.m. Craft Beer Tast-
Riverside Theatre - My Fair Lady on the Stark 14 Reach for the Stars Gala, 6 p.m. at Grand Night in Memphis: Carl Perkins, John- ing $30); Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. hosted by Sebas-
Stage thru March 31. 772-231-6990 Harbor Golf Club, with musical entertain- ny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley, 7 p.m. tian Rotary Club and Fellsmere Exchange Club to
ment, wine tastings and chef pairings to benefit at the Emerson Center. 800-595-4849 benefit local charities, with delicious food and
Vero Beach Theatre Guild - A Funny Thing Children’s Home Society. $250. 772-539-1989 craft beers, vendors and live entertainment.
Happened on the Way to the Forum thru March 15 Stories in the Raw, a storyteller’s salon, Free admission. Shrimpfestfl.com
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‘Florida’s First Ladies’ with Peggy Mac- tainment followed by twelve storytellers present- 16 Haiti Clinic 5K Run/Walk, 8 a.m. from
McKee Botanical Garden - Seward Johnson Donald of Matheson History Museum, 7 p.m. at ing Out of the Blue-themed stories. $10 admis- South Beach Park, with funds pro-
exhibit thru April 28. 772-794-0601 Emerson Center. Free. 772-778-5249 sion to benefit Faces of Eve Project. 323-547-1188 viding health and dental care to impoverished
Haitians; handmade Haitian art to age group
Vero Beach Museum of Art - Victorian Radicals: 14 Atlantic Classical Orchestra presents 15-17 Garden and Antique Show winners. $25/$30 registration. 772-643-7010
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