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He said he stayed in a hotel in Vir- center of the Wall and walked away. one in the Park Service, he believes at or misinformed.
ginia and took a cab to the Wall. Feeling a pang, he went back and the resource center, before he made the Asked about the agency’s new effort
picked it up, but then put it down trip from Texas.
“It was hard to leave him there,” he again and left. to halt the practice, Leon Castro said
said, his voice breaking. “I preferred He said he was told that it was okay to in an email:
to keep him close, but that’s what he “I look at this as a homecoming,” he leave the remains.
wanted.” wrote in a note he put with the box. “It is understandable. Caring for the
Litterst, the Park Service spokes- cremains of those Vets left at the Wall is
Leon put the box down near the Leon Castro said he had called some- man, said that person was mistaken an eternal responsibility.” 

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LET’S KEEP CLEVELAND CLINIC TAKEOVER OF IRMC ON TRACK

The decision last week by the boards in a complex situation that has many keeping the process on track thus far. we are confident Hockmeyer and Cun-
that oversee Indian River Medical Cen- variables, and an assortment of stake- But the challenges they will face over ningham will do their utmost to bring to
ter to negotiate an agreement for the holders with their own interests. fruition a dream that was unimaginable
hospital to be taken over by the Cleve- the next three months – in conjunction a year ago.
land Clinic was the best thing to happen Dr. Wayne Hockmeyer, chairman of with their boards, lawyers and consul-
to our community in three decades. the IRMC board, and Marybeth Cun- tants – have just begun, and our guess Our hope is that no one else loses sight
ningham, chairman of the County is resolving these in a way that gets us of the goal: to have one of the two best
Now comes the hard part: actually Hospital District board of trustees, all the way there will not be easy. medical centers in the world running
piecing together a definitive agreement are certainly to be commended for our Vero Beach hospital. 
Based on their performance to date,

WHY YOUR FUTURE ACHES AND PAINS ARE KILLING GE

BY KATHERINE CHIGLINSKY 2. WHAT HAPPENED AT GE? tors led to the demise of one company, 7. WHAT IF MY INSURER GOES UNDER?
Bloomberg Penn Treaty, last year. Larger insurers,
GE stopped selling long-term care including Prudential Financial Inc. and If that happens, state guaranty as-
General Electric Co.’s recent shocking policies in 2006, after spinning off its MetLife Inc., have stopped selling long- sociations step in. That’s what hap-
news – billions of dollars in unexpected insurance unit, Genworth Financial term care policies and some have asked pened with Penn Treaty, which was put
charges and a regulatory investigation Inc. But GE’s former chief executive regulators to approve price increases into liquidation last year. But a cap on
of accounting practices – can largely be officer, Jeffrey Immelt, agreed to keep on existing policies. how much state associations must pay
traced to one product: long-term care the financial risk of some policies on means that some customers could be
insurance. The size of the charge raises GE’s balance sheet. Among those re- 5. WHAT DID GE DO? getting less than expected.
questions not just about GE’s account- tained, the long-term care policies
ing but also about the stability of an in- were the main cause of the surprising After seeing elevated claims last 8. WHO SELLS THIS INSURANCE?
dustry that seems perpetually plagued. $6.2 billion charge in the fourth quar- year, GE reviewed its assumptions and
ter of 2017. found the shortfall. Executives said a Most are purchased by individuals
1. WHAT IS LONG-TERM CARE significant cause of the need to add to through insurance agents or brokers.
INSURANCE? 3. WHAT HAPPENED AT GENWORTH? reserves is tied to a “younger” book of Only about 15 companies, down from
business with policyholders just start- 20 in 2010, sell standalone long-term
Just like it sounds, it’s an insur- A decade after the 2004 spinoff, Gen- ing to turn 80 – the prime age when care policies today.
ance policy that covers nursing-home, worth had to add to its reserves for customers start making claims.
home-health and other costs not paid claims after incurring losses in its long- 9. WHY ARE THESE POLICIES
by Medicare or standard health in- term care business. Low interest rates 6. SHOULD I BE WORRIED IF I HAVE SO COSTLY?
surance. It’s a relatively new product, and higher life expectancy were making A LONG-TERM CARE POLICY?
having emerged only in the 1960s. It the insurance more costly to carry for all One reason is the median cost of
gained popularity in the 1980s as baby insurers, but the problem was especially There’s reason to be concerned. In- a private room in a nursing home is
boomers realized their long-term care bad at Genworth, whose rating was cut surers are on the hook to pay promised $267 a day, according to a study by
expenses could easily exhaust their re- to junk by S&P Global Ratings Inc. benefits, but many have sought regula- Genworth. The rate rose 5.5 percent
tirement savings. In the U.S., long-term tory approval to raise prices on older from 2016 to 2017. Premiums vary by
care costs exceeded $225 billion in 4. ARE OTHER INSURERS contracts, which can make it hard for the customer’s age at purchase, but on
2016, up from $30 billion in 1980. About HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS? some customers to keep paying premi- average one would have paid about
8 million people in the U.S. have insur- ums. If premiums aren’t paid, the poli- $2,772 a year in 2015. That’s up from
ance with a long-term care option. Yes, low interest rates, high medical cy lapses and the insurer doesn’t have about $1,071 in 1990, according to
costs and increased life expectancy are to cover any claims. the National Association of Insurance
industrywide challenges. These fac- Commissioners. 

PHYSICIANS EARN MD skeletal system. He developed a technique based on the idea © 2018 Vero Beach 32963 Media, all rights reserved
OR DO DEGREES that a tissue layer that connects all parts of the body with ev-
ery other part of the body, the “myofascial continuity,” can
When young men and women decide to become a doctor, be skillfully manipulated to treat a wide range of conditions.
they must consider whether they want to earn a Doctor
of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) TRAINING IS MORE SIMILAR THAN DIFFERENT
degree, where they want to go to school and whether they
want to be a primary care physician, surgeon or specialist. The most obvious difference between the curricula of MD and
DO schools is osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM).
While an MD degree may be more familiar than a DO degree OMM is a form of hands-on care used to diagnose, treat and
to most people, the American Medical Association recogniz- prevent illness or injury that is only taught at DO schools.
es both degrees as qualifying one to be a physician. The average osteopathic student spends about 8 weeks on
clerkships for OMM during his or her third and fourth years.
HISTORY OF MD DEGREE A 2001 survey of DOs found that more than 50 percent of
the respondents used OMT (osteopathic manipulative treat-
The first academic Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree was is- ment) on less than 5 percent of their patients.
sued in 1703 to Samuel Benion at the University of Glasgow,
one of Scotland’s four ancient universities (founded in 1451). Other than DO medical students learning osteopathic ma-
North American medical schools switched from awarding nipulative medicine, the medical training for MDs and DOs is
Bachelor in Medicine (BM) degrees to the MD title begin- virtually indistinguishable. MD and DO physicians complete
ning in the late 18th century. The first medical schools in the conventional residencies in hospitals and training programs,
United States to grant MD degrees were Columbia Univer- are licensed in all states, and have rights and responsibilities
sity, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and that are identical.
the University of Maryland. For the most part, these medical
schools were founded by physicians and surgeons who had There are currently more MD schools than DO schools offer-
been trained in England and Scotland. ing medical training in the United States. However, the DO
medical profession is expanding rapidly, with approximately
HISTORY OF DO DEGREE one in four medical students now entering a DO medical
school. Both MDs and DOs have the option to train and prac-
The techniques used in osteopathy medicine are based on an tice in any of the medical specialties and sub-specialties.
ideology created by Andrew Taylor Still, MD, DO (1828–1917).
In general terms, Dr. Still believed that a variety of diseases Your comments and suggestions for future topics are always
can be treated through diagnosing and treating the musculo- welcome. Email us at [email protected].

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Amid the breathless enthusiasm for Google, Net- story. Born Kerkor Kerkorian, the future billionaire fighter planes from their factories in America and
flix, Airbnb, Uber and other darlings of the new was the youngest of four children to Armenian im- Canada across the North Atlantic. The first scene
economy, it can be hard to find reason to remember migrants who had settled in Fresno, Calif. His father, in the book is a treacherous minute-by-minute ac-
some of the legends of corporate America’s earlier Ahron, saw success as a fruit peddler turned raisin count of one of these crossings that nearly led to a
eras. That’s a shame, because the annals of capital- farmer, but he lost the business when the market mid-air evacuation – one of Kerkorian’s several close
ism are filled with visionaries, risk-takers and color- turned and debt loads came down, prompting a re- brushes with death. Back in Los Angeles, he set up
ful personalities who, well before the phrase “digi- location to Los Angeles. Scrappy but strong, young a small charter flight service that made enterprising
tal transformation” entered the lexicon, formed the Kerkor showed promise as an amateur prizefighter, use of surplus military planes, and was soon ferrying
building blocks of our society, creating wealth for earning the nickname “Rifle Right.” the likes of John Wayne and Bugsy Siegel to the then-
themselves and shareholders and dominating the nascent gaming mecca in the desert, Las Vegas.
headlines (and their takeover targets) while doing it. But a chance opportunity to ride along with a
friend in a single-wing plane led him to become be- In 1962, Kerkorian began buying up land in Vegas,
Easily one of the most compelling of these fig- sotted with flying – and prompted a stint as a con- over time building three resorts that were the largest
ures is Kirk Kerkorian, the Armenian American bil- tract pilot for the Royal Air Force Ferry Command, in the world for their time: the International Hotel,
lionaire financier who played an enormous role in a Montreal-based division that hired civilian pilots, opened in 1969; the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino,
shaping modern-day Las Vegas, along the way also including Americans, to ferry new bombers and opened in 1973 and later acquired and renamed by
shaking up Hollywood and the auto industry. When Bally’s; and the new MGM Grand Las Vegas, opened
I was starting out as a fact-checker at Forbes in the in 1993, with a casino, Rempel tells us, that was big-
late 1990s, Kerkorian was at his height. As a reporter ger than the playing field in Yankee Stadium. He
assigned to the Forbes 400, I remember calculating purchased MGM Studios in 1969 and would sell and
his wealth through his holding company, Tracinda, buy it back three times, each time for a profit. He
named for his daughters Tracy and Linda. I can also bought and sold plenty of other resorts, including
remember the headlines about the brutal paternity the Mirage from younger rival Steve Wynn in 2000
fight waged by Lisa Bonder, a former tennis player and Mandalay Resorts in 2004; at his peak, Kerkori-
48 years his junior, that played out in the courts and an controlled nearly half of the Strip. An attempted
the press during those years and afterward. takeover of Chrysler in the early 1990s would see
him in and out of the auto industry for almost two
And yet most of the world knows little else about decades.
Kerkorian, who was fiercely private even by billion-
aire standards. Now, almost three years after his The deals seem innumerable, each recounted in
death in 2015 at age 98, William C. Rempel’s “The hyper-specific, often suspenseful detail (lay readers
Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian may find those dealmaking details dense). There are
Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist His- plenty of historic moments in pop culture, whether
tory” chronicles Kerkorian’s singular career and it’s the International Hotel’s chief doing a deal on a
his engrossing life story: how the son of Armenian tablecloth with Elvis Presley’s manager after an early
immigrants and an eighth-grade dropout became record-setting sellout performance in 1969, or Ker-
one of the most influential tycoons of the 20th cen- korian acquiescing to Paramount head Robert Ev-
tury. Rempel’s account is expansive and exhaustive, ans’ request to let a young, unknown actor named
which is all the more impressive given that he had Al Pacino out of a contract with MGM so Paramount
little authorized access. The official Kerkorian camp could cast him with Marlon Brando in a movie called
refused to cooperate (though Rempel, who spent 36 “The Godfather.” In the early 1960s, Kerkorian be-
years as an investigative reporter and editor at the friended an Armenian waiter and part-time tennis
Los Angeles Times, got many friends and associates instructor named Manny Agassi at the Tropicana;
to speak with him), and Kerkorian gave almost no they became lifelong friends, and when Agassi’s next
interviews during his life. child came along, he named him Andre Kirk Agassi,
who became, of course, a tennis legend.
And what a life it was. Rempel spends more than
half the book chronicling Kerkorian’s early years, but Kerkorian’s character is as striking as his business
it’s hard to imagine a more cinematic rags-to-riches adventures. While many masters of the universe

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are known for short fuses and big egos, Kerkorian, at the counter; when she hung up, apologized and those gifts, painting a well-rounded, riveting pic-
in Rempel’s telling, was the opposite. He was gentle asked for his name, she was mortified. “We all have ture of a figure the world does not know very well,
and gracious, and didn’t assume that the world re- our days,” he reassured her. but should. 
volved around him. (“Do you have a minute?” was
how he would start phone calls.) He despised dis- The book is gripping and fast-moving, with short THE GAMBLER
plays of wealth. He refused comps at his hotels or chapters and plenty of suspense. The reporting and
anyone else’s, and he was reluctant to let employees the level of detail are astounding, especially given HOW PENNILESS DROPOUT KIRK KERKORIAN BECAME
know who he was. In one anecdote, a check-in clerk the lack of access and the fact that the author is re- THE GREATEST DEAL MAKER IN CAPITALIST HISTORY
at the MGM Grand was having an argument with counting incidents going back 100 years. Rempel BY WILLIAM C. REMPEL | DEY STREET. 414 PP. $28.99
her boyfriend on the phone while Kerkorian waited has been given the gift of a fascinating subject and REVIEW BY LEIGH GALLAGHER, THE WASHINGTON POST
a captivating life story, and he makes the most of

Steve Coll’s “Directorate S: The C.I.A. and Amer- a similarly orderly government. Afghans quickly cultivate Taliban fighters for future deployment, es-
ica’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan” is an grew irritated at an occupier skilled at fighting but pecially in Kashmir. According to one estimate, Coll
account of a slow-motion military and policy disas- uninterested or incompetent at governing. says, 100,000 militants are in Pakistan on ISI’s watch.
ter. It is sometimes as affectless as a wire report, but
the unadorned facts in its narrative more than suf- Coll’s strongest sections detail the relationship Coll reports that the late Richard Holbrooke,
fice to stoke bafflement and despair. After 17 years not with the Taliban but with Pakistan. Pakistan is a tasked by President Barack Obama with fixing the
of war in Afghanistan, more than 100,000 Afghans democracy of 193 million people. But the force that region, considered ISI “obsessed” with India and
are dead, and the Taliban and the Is- determines its national security and foreign policy thought its policy toward Afghanistan was motivat-
lamic State are competing to inflict
wanton violence on civilians in the is not its elected politicians but its spy agency, Inter- ed by a desire to curtail perceived Indi-
capital. The only thing U.S. policy- Services Intelligence, or ISI. The agency has a staff of an influence. Before 2001, ISI enjoyed
makers know for sure is that the situ- 25,000, and it is not paranoia but good sense to as- access to Afghanistan as “strategic
ation will degrade fast if we leave. It sume that if you are a journalist or politician in Paki- depth” for Pakistan’s war against India.
will probably degrade slowly and ex- stan, its agents are watching you. Foreign government We remember the al-Qaeda training
pensively if we stay. Previous attempts officials treat its director – always a high-ranking camps in Afghanistan, complete with
at discreet draw-downs have not, Coll army general – all but officially as Pakistan’s leader. Its monkey-bar obstacle courses, but we
notes, been dignified or had positive most secretive division, Directorate S, controls covert forget the many more Pakistani-run
results. In 2014, at a ceremony mark- operations “in support of the Taliban, Kashmiri guer- camps for guerrillas preparing to fight
ing the end of a phase of U.S. combat rillas, and other violent Islamic radicals.” in the heights of Kashmir. ISI viewed
in Afghanistan, “the ceremony pro- the government of Afghan President
gram noted that attendees should lie ISI has been demonized both justly and unjustly; Hamid Karzai as too India-friendly,
down flat on the ground in the event shadowy bureaucracies tend to be spotted in the and by 2003 – after the United States
of a rocket attack.” shadows even when they aren’t there. But Coll’s ac- distracted itself with Iraq – ISI resumed
count of the agency makes it hard to treat it as be- its meddling in Afghanistan, to stave
Coll’s book is chronological, and nign, overall. The Afghan Taliban fights with ISI’s off Indian influence.
mostly a catalogue of mistakes made blessing, and its members drop into Pakistani ter-
and lessons learned far too late, if at all. ritory to rest and re-equip. (More than one policy- Finally, Coll identifies the Iraq inva-
He quotes a soldier who summarized maker has concluded that this problem of Pakistani sion of 2003 as a costly distraction for
his job to Eliot Cohen, then counselor sanctuaries makes defeating the Taliban impossible.) the United States and a boon for Af-
of the State Department: “You walk ISI analysts themselves acknowledge the desire to ghanistan’s forces of chaos. In 2003,
through a valley until you get into a fire- Coll writes, “the National Security
fight and then you keep shooting until Council met to discuss Afghanistan
it stops.” (“That’s a little troubling,” Co- only twice.” Meanwhile, the enemy
hen replies.) Various strategies are at- extracted useful lessons from Iraq and
tempted – the current one, conceived began to apply them at home. Those
at the end of the Obama era, involves ornery Taliban, once inwardly focused,
vigorous use of drones and commando came to learn from, and in some cases
teams – but at no point after 2003 does consider themselves part of, a global
the United States recover the initiative. jihad. They acquired a taste for wanton
Almost every endeavor threatens to be slaughter – a hallmark of the Jordanian
undone in a moment. By 2012, a quar- terror master Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
ter of the soldiers killed in the U.S.-led alliance were but not of the Taliban previously – and
killed by the very Afghan soldiers they were training. became a pet movement for the reli-
gious fanatics of Pakistan and elsewhere.
The mistakes are legion. First, in the heady days Coll himself is, in the venerable tradition of news-
after Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. spies were fighting a war paper reporting, absent from the narrative, although
with “blood in the mouth” – an attitude that the his harsh judgment of U.S. policymakers is perva-
CIA’s battlefield commander describes as a “burn- sive. Absolutely nothing works; “the United States
ing need for retribution.” This attitude inspired nu- and Europe,” Coll writes, “have remade Afghanistan
merous shortsighted policies in the war on terror- with billions of dollars in humanitarian and con-
ism, including the opening of Guantanamo Bay’s struction aid while simultaneously contributing to
prison camp and the policy of making no distinc- its violence, corruption, and instability.” “Director-
tion between al-Qaeda militants and those who ate S” is one of the most unrelentingly bleak assess-
harbored them. Most of the Taliban fighters were ments of U.S. policy of recent years, and it shows,
ornery yokels, with only the vaguest understand- regrettably, that American errors have accumulated
ing of what America was. They did not require an- beyond recovery. 
nihilation – of course, we slowly discovered that
we couldn’t kill them all anyway – and they could, DIRECTORATE S
at some point, have been incorporated into the
Afghan state rather than hunted in endless war. THE C.I.A. AND AMERICA’S SECRET WARS
Moreover, the Taliban had provided order, and the
United States had no plan to install and nurture IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
BY STEVE COLL | PENGUIN PRESS. 757 PP. $35
REVIEW BY GRAEME WOOD, THE WASHINGTON POST



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Two winners helped coach revive St. Edward’s program

BY RON HOLUB St. Ed’s varsity girls basketball team co-captains Maya Jenkins and Tea Tee. PHOTO BY DENISE RITCHIE year everything started to jell a little
more for her.
Correspondent well deserved recognition. They were future as a coach if that is her choice,
raw beginners in the sport and were but one thing for sure is that her two “She is a very versatile player. She
Last week the curtain came down elated to score one basket or grab a re- stalwarts over this five-year period will can play guard and post. Defensively
on the season for St. Ed’s varsity girls bound. More to the point, they helped always be remembered with fondness she always hustles. When we put the
basketball team, and the 46-23 victory the team survive by simply being there and gratitude. They never met in her ball in her hands she sees the floor
over Master’s Academy also signaled when sheer numbers mattered. World Languages classroom, but got well and makes quick decisions. She
the end of an eventful era for head to know each other well after all of the really wants to win and when she puts
coach Paula Robinson and her senior “It was weird not having those three hours together on the hardcourt. her mind to it, she goes after it.”
co-captains Maya Jenkins and Tea Tee. girls with us this year,” Robinson told
us. “It’s a credit to them that we were “It’s hard to believe that they are se- Jenkins led the team in scoring and
Four straight wins at the end put the able to save the program. If they hadn’t niors right now,” Robinson said. “They her shooting range extended beyond
proper punctuation mark on the final joined us we wouldn’t have been able to are both very likeable people and I en- the arc. Tee was second on the team
2017-18 record of 9-6. That this ended put a team on the floor. I am very grate- joyed having them on the team. scoresheet and first in her specialty,
on an upbeat note was symbolic of the ful for what they have done for us.” steals.
journey that Robinson, Jenkins and “Maya has grown tremendously in
Tee originally embarked upon togeth- While more than a few were key fig- her style of play, her knowledge of the “The first thing I saw in Tea was her
er when the program was teetering on ures in this high school sports project, game, and in her decision-making. speed on the middle school team,”
the brink of dissolution. this year in particular belonged to Jen- This year by far has been her best sea- Robinson recalled. “I thought, oh my
kins and Tee. Robinson has a bright son. I think because it was her final gosh, she’s so fast. I’ve got to have her
“This is my fifth year here and Maya on my varsity team. Just about every
and Tea have been with me since I got year she has been our Hustle Award
here,” Robinson said. “I first spotted winner. Once she steps on the floor
both of them when they were playing she’s going after it 110 percent.
middle school basketball. We pulled
both of them up when we needed help “Her asset is her speed and she uses
to fill out the upper school team.” it to frustrate the other teams. She
wants to do well, and when she doesn’t
Recognizing middle school talent meet the standards she sets for herself,
was important. Robinson inherited a she gets upset. But then she shakes it
varsity team that had bottomed out in off, puts on her smile, and gets back
terms of interest. In that first season out there and goes after it.
returnees like Nicole Alden (class of
2016) and Sophia Castraberti (class of “Yes, it is the end of an era and it’s
2014) were certainly capable enough, kind of sad. Every year they helped
but reinforcements were priority one. build up the team. There will be a huge
hole to fill, but I’m very optimistic that
Into that void stepped several unsung the girls left behind and those coming
heroes who had prominent roles in up will be able to fill that hole a little bit.
keeping this ship afloat through rough
times. When Jenkins and Tea were hon- “The program is absolutely much
ored on Senior Night, classmates Zoey better now than where is was five
Zhou, Yuenni Ho and Jocelyn Xiong years ago. Maya and Tea were there at
– on the team last year but ineligible the beginning and they are part of the
this year – stepped forward to accept foundation of where St. Edward’s girls
basketball is right now.” 

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Grasping the immensity of a spiritual Grand Unification Theory

BY REV. DRS. CASEY & BOB BAGGOTT introduced a complicated theory that named GUT, intrigued us because we’ve sive. We think he’s on to something. Af-
Columnists physicists had been working on. It was got some big questions ourselves and ter all, people of faith have always tried
a theory that could hold all of experi- we’d like some big answers. Aren’t there to think big, to expand the scope of their
We certainly couldn’t claim any ex- ence together; a theory that could de- puzzles of everyday life we’d like to have vision, and to extend the reach of their
pertise in physics, but we’re curious. scribe all the forces of nature that gov- a grand theory to explain? How about care. What motivates that outlook?
So we were fascinated some years ago erned everything from the dust of the managing the precariousness of our
to read the best seller entitled A Brief ground to the sweep of the stars. It was torn and tattered world that seems to In the Christian scriptures we find
History of Time by the physicist, Ste- called the Grand Unification Theory. forever teeter on the edge of violence or the writers struggling again and again
phen Hawking. In this book, Hawking war or disaster? How about the personal to find categories big enough and lan-
This Grand Unification Theory, nick- dilemmas we can’t seem to sort out? guage rich enough to capture the great-
ness of what they are asserting. They
When you ask yourself the seemingly claim, you see, that into their troubled
unanswerable questions, where do you and embattled world, someone had
turn for insight? What is your Grand come from God as the bringer of light,
Unification Theory? Is your theory big the source of all peace, the hope of the
enough to help you face the difficult world, the way, the truth, and the life.
questions? This one was both the alpha and the
omega - the beginning and the end.
Bernard Loomer was a theology pro-
fessor at Berkeley who had a big vision. Those are big claims, intended to
Before he died, as an older man reflect- express the notion that everything,
ing on how he had come to make sense from the dust of the ground to the
of the world, he said that the one ba- sweep of the stars, and perhaps most
sic principle he operated with was the importantly, every human life, existed
principle of size. In an article called S-I- as part of God’s eternal, loving plan.
Z-E he wrote: “If [a thing] is small, I am
not interested in whether it is true. I do That’s an idea of size – of truly divine
not care. It really is not worth bothering proportions. You could call it a spiritual
with.” Only if the idea was big, he said, Grand Unification Theory. Once we
did he care - only if it had size. grasp the immensity of it, we might just
understand that anything less signifi-
Loomer’s sizeable outlook is impres- cant is not worth worrying about. 

Marjorie E. Leopold

Marjorie E. Leopold, 94, of Indian River Shores, FL passed away
peacefully on January 25, 2018. She was born to Gabriel and Pauline
Meyer on October 20, 1923 in New York City and attended boarding
school in Virginia before volunteering her time with the Red Cross on
the homefront during World War 2.
In February, 1944 she married Warren S. Leopold of Woodmere, New
York who was a lieutenant in the Air Force. Marjorie was the beloved
mother of three surviving children: Lynne L. DelMonte of Indian River
Shores, FL, Gregory W. Leopold of Benicia, CA and Wendy E. Morrow
of Port St. Lucie, FL and was predeceased by her son Thomas A.
Leopold. She was a devoted grandmother to Holly D. Joy of North
Reading, MA and Jaimie D. Galbreath of McLean VA and to her five
great granddaughters. Marjorie is the granddaughter of Emil Stern who
co-founded Stern and Stern Textiles of New York City and Lyon France
which was known for manufacturing fine lace for many years and also
for collaborating with DuPont to develop a safer fabric for astronauts
during the Apollo program.
In addition to raising her family, Marjorie was a committed volunteer at
North Shore University Hospital serving in several positions and earning
her thirty year service award. She also faithfully supported local and
national charities benefiting veterans, children and animals. Marjorie
was a gifted sculptor and her artwork will be cherished by her family for
generations to come. She was a great lady and will be sorely missed.

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NORTH

IT WILL GIVE THREE IF YOU RETURN ONE KQJ7

4

Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric and a bridge player, said, J52
“Number one, cash is king ... number two, communicate ... number three, buy or bury the
competition.” J9632

At the bridge table, number one, make or break the contract ... number two, WEST EAST
communicate with your partner ... number three, bury the opposition. 9652
J9853 10 8 4 3
This week’s deal has elements of that, but also three and one are relevant — why? 3
South is in three notrump. West leads his fourth-highest heart, and East puts up the A74 K 10 7 6
king. What should declarer do?
Q87
South’s three-notrump rebid shows some 18-20 high-card points, at least six diamonds,
in principle stoppers in the two unbid suits and often a singleton in responder’s suit. (It K5
is a hand too strong for one diamond - one spade - three diamonds.)
SOUTH
South apparently starts with eight top tricks: four spades, two hearts (given trick one)
and two diamonds. He can also establish three or four more diamond winners. But to A
collect all of those spade tricks, how does declarer get into the dummy?
AQ2
The temptation is to cash the top diamonds and assume that the queen will drop, which
it is supposed to do 58 percent of the time. Note, though, that if declarer can win six A K 10 9 6 4
diamond tricks, he has nine tricks via one spade, two hearts and six diamonds. But just
in case the diamond queen will not drop, South should be willing to sacrifice one trick to Q 10 8
get the three spade winners in return.
Dealer: South; Vulnerable: Neither
After winning trick one and cashing the spade ace, declarer should lead his diamond 10
or nine. If East ducks, South has six diamond tricks. If East wins, the diamond jack is a The Bidding:
dummy entry.
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8 Bureaucrat (8) 3 Set aside (8)
9 Very poor (7) 4 Worth (5)
10 Pest (8) 5 Eventful journey (7)
11 Bombardment (7) 6 Suntanned (7)
12 Soft cap (5) 7 Add to the end (5)
15 Hard question (5) 8 Tropical fruit (5)
18 Alpine song (5) 13 Unruly behaviour (8)
19 Lowest point (5) 14 Skiing manoeuvre (8)
22 Young child (7) 16 Young tree (7)
23 Belief system (8) 17 Lock of hair (7)
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ACROSS 55 SST 7 75 Across helped 57 Left in a rocket The Washington Post
1 Times up 57 Testing, as build a big one 58 Primary
7 Sound of a 59 Certain WORD SALAD, CHUNKY-STYLE By Merl Reagle
mattresses, kid- 8 Pub pint
French financier style 9 Neither trailer Japanese-
being hit on the 60 Shapes of some 10 Jolly Roger American
head? lenses 60 Klinger’s rank:
11 Mu ___ pork 61 Major mistakes features abbr.
14 North Pole 62 Celeb 11 More like a 61 Pierre who wrote
addressee 64 Claimed to be, in The Bridge on
19 Hot pink or lime court Sharon the River Kwai
green 65 Members of the Stone love scene and Planet of the
21 Faucet house 12 Accelerates Apes
22 Red as ___ 66 Price of rice, 13 Increasing 63 Location of the
23 The Joker on maybe 14 Bass or Bellow sentry
TV’s 67 NewsHour host 15 Sit-ups tone ’em 65 Indigo D&C No.
Batman 68 Windy, as a day 16 Shipshape 6 and others
24 Position or a senator 17 Airing 66 Salon offering
statements 69 Shimon who 18 Classic 68 Woody Allen
26 Make out schmoozes with documentary, comedy featuring
27 Poet’s foot Shamir Victory ___ Howard Cosell
28 Like the 70 Lubricates 20 Make it 69 Volkswagen
relationship of 71 Flaw finders 25 Meal or cake inventor’s
two architects 72 Dickens’s Little opener other car
in love ___ 29 Bit of buckshot 71 Cooked cereal or
30 Prop for Arnie 73 Metry preceder 32 Nefertiti, to Tut Little Rascal
31 ___ latté (popular 74 Some wall 33 Indecorousness 72 Unhook
hot drink, Italian- installers 34 Betakes (oneself) 73 Joyce Carol or
style) 75 Atomic chain- away Warren
33 Where the reaction pioneer 35 Mercenary 74 Riley or
furnace is, 76 Try: abbr. 36 Tennis star who Robertson
usually 77 Showed off took his 75 Bean preferred
35 “___ Nagila” 78 Victuals apartheid fight to by Hannibal
(traditional 79 Short on watts the United Lecter
Jewish song) 82 Itty-bitty Nations 77 The “fire” type of
36 Perceptive 84 Sabin’s 37 “See the USA” maniac
38 Getting involved breakthrough singer 78 Desire Under
(in) superficially 88 Trial partner 38 Stretches out the ___
39 “Sure! No 89 Scot’s negative 39 “Freak Brothers” 80 Arrow poison
problema!” 90 Transmission creator Gilbert 81 State of disarray
40 Like a new devices and Bull Durham 83 Ph. directory
penny 91 In Rome, it director Ron contents
41 Certain layers in means 41 Noted talking 85 Charlotte of Car
shoes “stone,” not “back horse 54, Where Are
42 Put into words talk” 42 Blends You?
44 Holler mate 92 Jerk beforehand, as 86 Jack’s weapon in
45 One with his ear 93 Extra costs yogurt The Shining
to 94 Benson partner 43 Chang’s twin 87 El ___
the ground DOWN 45 Stays the night
46 Enter stealthily 1 First-grade 46 Division of Great
47 North extension lesson Britain’s High
48 One of a 2 The monkey Court of Justice
flamenco pair puzzle, 48 Waterfalls
49 Stripping Mr. for example 49 Water-depth
Peanut 3 Angle operations announcers
50 Tough exams, for 4 A Khan 51 Teatro ___
some 5 Boy Scout Law (opera house in
52 Rodomontade item Naples)
53 Yeses 6 Rake with gunfire 52 Cads, or cats,
54 Trust in sometimes
54 Wooer
55 Beetles’ order
56 Near-perfect
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She wants a big rock, leaving him in a hard place

BY CAROLYN HAX can a person see what’s really there when her whole
Washington Post field of vision is occupied by expectations she built
before she met you and apparently hasn’t reflected
Dear Carolyn: My girlfriend on since?

of three years always badgered The way it usually plays out, unfortunately, is that
people use fixed expectations to build relationships
me about getting married be- that work for a while as role-playing before they in-
evitably collapse – when, as the years pile up, reality
fore our four-year anniversary. refuses to be ignored.

At first, the arbitrary deadline It’s also possible I’m overstating the role of expec-
tations here and your girlfriend really does see you
annoyed me, but after living and know you and love you. But that’s not what you
see. You see “badgered” and “annoyed” and “arbi-
together for two years and trary” and “particular about jewelry” and “beyond my
means” and “lost patience” and “refused to discuss”
working through the death of and “impossible stunts” and, mercifully, “I’m starting
to wonder if I can ever live up to her fantasy.”
her mother, I really am taking the thought seriously.
So, yes. Please escalate from “starting to wonder”
I’ve even started to save up for a ring. to full-on, hot-lights questioning of this three-year
relationship where she writes emotional invoices
She’s very particular about jewelry, and I’ve never and you pony up.

bought her any before, so I opened up a conversation What are you getting out of it emotionally? What is
she getting out of her life with you that she couldn’t
about engagement rings and she immediately be- get from any other guy who agreed to her terms?

came uncomfortable. A few days later, she brought it What would happen if you proposed without an
audience, performed zero stunts, used a Cracker
back up and had talked to some of her friends who I Jack ring and said, “Hey, let’s elope”? Would the sim-
ple, profound act of your giving yourself to her for
suspect might have given her ideas for a ring beyond the rest of your lives be enough?

my means. When I attempted to temper her expecta- Anyone willing to go into stupid debt can find a
way to buy a big ring.
tions, she immediately lost patience with me and re-
Only you can be you.
fused to discuss the matter any further. Don’t give yourself away cheap. 

When we started dating she’d always tell me she

had a pretty elaborate picture of how her wedding

would go down and often showed me fantastic on- ness to squeeze yourself into the role she’s imagined
since she was a kid?
line videos of guys proposing while pulling off im-
This isn’t about your worthiness as a partner, to
possible stunts. I love my girlfriend, but I’m starting her or anyone else; she might like or even love who
you really are if she stops thinking about herself
to wonder if I can ever live up to her fantasy, espe- long enough to see it.

cially when talking about the future only crushes It’s strictly about the danger of such a single-
minded focus on what a romance is supposed to
her dreams. look like and the attention it can afford her. How

– Confused

Confused: Does she love you? Or just your willing-



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HEALTH

IRMC’s new Scully Endoscopy Center opens for business

BY TOM LLOYD Dr. Gregory MacKay.
Staff Writer
PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE
After roughly seven months of
construction, IRMC’s new $6.1 million
Scully Endoscopy Center opened
for business last week, with an open
house held for those who wanted to
see all that it has to offer.

The center is 50 percent larger than
the hospital’s old endoscopy center
and has lots of bright new equipment,
according to gastroenterologist Dr.
Gregory MacKay, who is on the cen-
ter’s staff.

Endoscopy, in a nutshell, is the use
of miniaturized cameras inside flexible
tubing. It allows physicians to view, in
real time, areas inside the body that
may be infected, damaged or cancerous
without cutting a patient open.

MacKay is excited about the cen-
ter’s covered drive-up entrance and
spacious lobby, but he is even more
enthused that two new doctors will
soon join him and Drs. Ashley Ca-
nipe, Charles Eberhart, Bruce Gross-
man and Joseph Zerega on the cen-
ter’s staff.

Dr. Yakov Gitin “trained in Boston over $1.6 million worth of what
at a Harvard affiliate and is an out- MacKay says is equipment that even
standing guy,” according to MacKay. the nation’s top teaching hospitals
would envy.
MacKay is comparably effusive
about the second newcomer, Dr. Jim Included in that equipment,
Gordon, calling him “an excellent according to MacKay, are “scopes
gastroenterologist who did his that will now go up into the bile duct
training at the University of Florida,” so we can do biopsies up in there and
adding, “we’re thrilled they are actually see what bits of tissue were
joining us full-time now.” biopsied,” as well as “a specialized
scope with basically an electric
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Diseases reports that well over 70 Aside from endoscopy’s well- while also tackling a staggering disorders, gallbladder issues and
million Americans are currently documented success in finding and array of other issues including acid pancreatitis.
affected by gastroenterological issues, removing colon polyps and cancers, reflux, GERD, dyspepsia, irritable
it’s no surprise that the number it also allows physicians like MacKay bowel syndrome, hemorrhoids, anal Indeed, the U.S. National Library of
of endoscopy cases at IRMC has to look for gastric, rectal, pancreatic, fistulas, peptic ulcers, abdominal Medicine calls endoscopy simply “the
ballooned over the past five years. esophageal, liver and other cancers pain syndrome, biliary tract keystone of modern gastroenterology.”

MacKay wholeheartedly agrees
with that assessment and says the
new center and new equipment will
allow the hospital to better meet “the
needs of the community.”

“We did about 3,800 procedures
here last year,” he says, “and now we’ve
increased our capacity by 50 percent.
That will help us really take care of
not only the acute, urgently ill people
who need urgent procedures but also
the people that need less urgent, more
preventative care like those screening
colonoscopies.”

Equipment and physicians aside,
however, MacKay concludes with a
tribute to the rest of new center’s staff
by saying: “We also have a great team
of nurses and technicians assisting us
and a volunteer staff that is thrilled for
the opportunity to be able to take care
of our community.”

The new Scully Endoscopy Center
is located on the south side of Indian
River Medical Center’s main building.
Dr. MacKay’s office in Vero Beach is at
3450 11th Court, Suite 206. The phone
number is 772-299-3511. 

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Medical pot can be ‘godsend’ for chronic pain sufferers

BY TOM LLOYD WebMD adds that “with integra-
Staff Writer tive medicine, you get science-backed
therapies that your doctor has chosen
Dr. Alita Sikora practices integrative to treat your condition.”
medicine, which Duke Medicine
defines as “an approach to care that In Dr. Sikora’s case, those therapies
puts the patient at the center and include medical marijuana to treat
addresses the full range of physical, chronic pain. She says medical
emotional, mental, social, spiritual marijuana isn’t for everyone, but in
and environmental influences that certain cases it can be a godsend.
affect a person’s health.”
“I have one lady with ALS [Lou
Gehrig’s disease]. It took forever for

Dr. Alita Sikora.

PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE

Integrative medicine
An approach to care that puts the patient
at the center and addresses the full range

of physical, emotional, mental, social,
spiritual and environmental influences

that affect a person’s health.

the state to get it but this is one per- largely been fueled by ever-increasing
son who I felt really, really needed it,” prescriptions to treat chronic pain.
Sikora recalls. Then she happily adds
that what was once “a horrible quality The American Academy of Pain
of life” for that particular patient has Management says dependence
gotten much, much better now with on pain medications “exacts a
medical marijuana. tremendous cost on this country,”
and if you want to put a price tag on
More than 100 million Americans, that, the Institute of Medicine claims
says the Institute of Medicine at the it is “a minimum of $560-$635 billion
National Academy of Sciences, suffer annually.”
from chronic pain.
Dr. Sikora, who has spent nearly
That’s nearly one-third of the a decade in practice here, started
country’s total population. And, looking for a better way of treating
according to the World Health chronic pain than – as she puts it – just
Organization, today’s epidemic of “giving pills and medications. That’s
opioid overdoses and deaths has where my interest began in more

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no marijuana (oil, pills or otherwise) to get it. through the USPS, since medical
on the premises and even if she did, “First they need to send an marijuana is still a prohibited class-
the drugs would not get anyone high. one drug under federal law – despite
application to the state of Florida to being legal in 29 states and the District
“Most of these older people, they’re get a medical marijuana card. Until of Columbia. Sikora can explain how
getting low-THC marijuana so they recently, you had to have a Florida to set up delivery.
are not getting high from this.” driver’s license or ID [but] I just found
out yesterday that ‘snowbirds’ can Of course, anyone considering any
The active ingredients in low- actually get one, too. If you’re in the “outside-the-box” form of treatment –
THC marijuana, according to the state of Florida for 31 days and you integrative or otherwise – should first
National Cancer Institute, can still have a temporary Florida address, you consult their primary care physician
“relieve pain, lower inflammation and can get [a card].” and talk about their options.
decrease anxiety,” without causing
the ‘high’ that THC does. And in Vero, be prepared to wait Dr. Alita Sikora can be reached at
some more, even after you get the Sikora Integrative Medicine at 1040
If you want to try medical card. With no local dispensaries, 37th Place, Suite 102 in Vero Beach. The
marijuana, be prepared to wait a bit. you’ll probably have to arrange some phone number is 772-228-6882. 
kind of home delivery – though not
According to Sikora, “It takes
usually about four weeks” for patients

integrative therapies.”
Besides medical marijuana, she

uses acupuncture, platelet-rich-
plasma injections and bio-identical
hormone therapies.

“In 2011,” Sikora explains, “I took an
acupuncture class for physicians at
the University of Miami and I started
doing that as part of my practice, so I
would have a non-medication or non-
injection alternative to help patients
with really minimal risks and I found
it helped a lot of people.”

Sikora, who earned her medical
degree at the University of
Connecticut and served her residency
at New York Presbyterian Hospital,
knows the medical marijuana aspect
is likely the most controversial part of
her practice, but she is quick to point
out she isn’t operating a marijuana
clinic and quicker still to share some
other insider information.

For starters, she says, to get an
order for medical marijuana, “You
have to meet one of the qualifying
conditions, which include cancer,
epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, Crones
disease, glaucoma or HIV-AIDS” or
be suffering from a diagnosed form of
chronic non-malignant pain.

“I have many older beachside residents
coming to me for this. They’ve gone
through pain medications, epidural
injections and surgeries, and they’re
saying ‘What more can I do? I don’t want
to be on narcotics,’ so a lot of them come
to me. Because I’ve been here for almost
10 years, a lot of people know me [and]
their physicians know me.”

Sikora emphasizes that she keeps

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How to resist sugar and escape a dangerous addiction

BY CASEY SEIDENBERG Blood sugar issues: Many sugar crav- cados and olive oil can help your body Perhaps you can distract yourself out of
ings stem from a blood-sugar imbal- adjust to getting its energy elsewhere. at least one sugar fix.
The Washington Post ance. When your body ingests sugar, Protein helps you feel satiated, which
your blood sugar spikes and your body can reduce hunger and cravings, and 5. To satisfy your sugar cravings in a
It is the beginning of February, and releases insulin to lower it to a safer many of the amino acids in protein more healthful way, turn to vegetables
Instagram is bursting with self-effacing level. If the insulin brings your blood- help build the brain chemicals – such such as sweet potatoes, squash, beets
pictures of people who swore off sugar sugar level a bit too low, as often hap- as dopamine – that make us feel good. and carrots. Other naturally sweet
at the start of the new year, only to fail. pens, your body craves foods that will When we feel balanced and energized, foods include coconut, bananas, fro-
My boys both decided to cut back on raise it and increase your energy. You we are less likely to seek a sugar high. zen grapes, dates, vanilla, raw cacao
the sweet stuff that became common- are on the blood-sugar roller coaster and cinnamon (which has been shown
place over the holidays, but they too are and it’s hard to get off it. Lifestyle red flags: Some cravings to reduce sugar cravings by helping to
struggling. emanate not from your belly, but from manage insulin sensitivity). Berries
The key to balancing blood sugar is your brain, as a result of lifestyle. Stress are another option, and their sugars
Sugar has been shown to have an ef- to eat foods that prevent too much in- causes the hormone cortisol to flood are released more slowly than those of
fect on the brain similar to that of an ad- sulin from being released, such as pro- your body, releasing glucose from your other fruits. And high-fiber foods such
dictive drug. In fact, quickly removing tein and healthy fats, and consuming liver, which in turn raises your blood as broccoli, cauliflower and kale make
it from your diet can cause withdrawal only small amounts of sugar or none sugar. We know fluctuations in blood you feel full longer than many quickly
symptoms, including fatigue, depres- at all. It’s also important to eat regular sugar can cause cravings, so being digested foods such as cereal, bagels
sion, headaches and muscle aches. No meals and snacks, because blood sugar constantly stressed is like begging for and other simple carbohydrates.
wonder it isn’t easy to quit. drops when you skip a meal. trouble. Poor sleep also can trigger ex-
cess eating, including increased sugar 6. Smoothies are a sweet treat that,
Not easy, but not impossible, al- Consume the essential nutrients: consumption, as you seek energy to if made without added sugars or too
though there are a few questions to an- Protein and fat are crucial to kicking combat your fatigue. many sweet foods and with plenty of fi-
swer before weaning yourself off sugar. a sugar habit. Unlike sugar, healthy ber, will satisfy without causing a blood
fats and protein provide a slow, steady Sometimes we experience crav- sugar surge.
First, is your blood sugar unbal- stream of energy, more like a flat, newly ings that are nothing but a habit. Per-
anced? Next, are you getting enough of paved road rather than that glucose- haps throughout your childhood, 7. Avoid artificial sweeteners, such as
the right nutrients? Last, do you sleep flavored roller coaster. you watched your parents overeat on aspartame, saccharin and sucralose,
enough, and are you able to manage Thanksgiving, so now you do the same, which have been shown to increase
stress? The answers to those questions When your body doesn’t find sugar eating too much pie, for example, even sugar cravings.
will help you figure out what, specifi- for fuel, it turns to fats, so eating plenty when you are not hungry. Listen to
cally, you need to address to beat sugar of healthy fats such as nuts, seeds, avo- cravings and try to determine their 8. Trick your body by eating some-
successfully. root: true hunger, emotional eating or thing sour when you want something
habit. sweet. The sour flavor can stimulate
the taste buds and distract you from
Hacks to outsmart cravings and suc- the sugar craving.
cessfully kick the sugar habit:
9. Ginger and turmeric help prevent
1. Start with a solid breakfast. The insulin resistance, so don’t be afraid to
less sugar you eat in the morning, the consume them freely, in turmeric lattes
more balanced you will be all day. or ginger-infused smoothies, as you
High-protein breakfasts have been work to balance your blood sugar.
proven to reduce cravings.
If sugar has hijacked your body and
2. Plan your meals in advance, to pre- you want off the scary ride, hold on
vent dips in blood sugar. tight because you will likely have those
drug-like withdrawal symptoms for
3. Dehydration can make you feel two or three days, and the cravings
hungry, so drink plenty of water. Add will likely remain for at least the first
lemon, berries or other fruit to your wa- week. After that, some of the negative
ter to make it more flavorful. habits and hankerings will dissipate,
and hopefully, you can take off your
4. When you crave sweets, wait 10 seat belt and enjoy a smoother transit
minutes and change your environ- through life. 
ment. Take a walk, or get into a project.



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Can Marchesa label ever shake its Weinstein connection?

BY BETHAN HOLT Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie,
The Telegraph exposed a litany of tyrannical abuses
by the film mogul, his downfall is now
Marchesa, the fashion label co- sealed and he can barely leave his
owned by Harvey Weinstein’s es- rehabilitation clinic in Arizona without
tranged wife Georgina Chapman, has facing vitriol.
canceled its New York Fashion week
show which had been scheduled to Days after the accusations began
take place on Feb. 14. to emerge in October, Chapman an-
nounced that she was leaving her hus-
While Valentine’s Day is usually band of 10 years. “My heart breaks for all
portrayed as one of the most romantic the women who have suffered tremen-
times of the year, the event had been dous pain because of these unforgivable
seen as an opportunity for Chapman actions. I have chosen to leave my hus-
to publicly distance herself from Wein- band,” she said.
stein and begin to rehabilitate the repu-
tation of her brand. The couple has reportedly reached
a divorce settlement in recent weeks.
“Georgina couldn’t go through with Weinstein is thought to have agreed
it,” a source told the New York Post. “She to pay 41-year-old Chapman up to $20
was too scared.” Although few details of million. She will also have primary
the show had been released, the report custody of their children India Pearl, 7,
suggests that “they were gung-ho” but and Dashiell, 4.
that Chapman “choked” with just two
weeks to go until the show. But Marchesa, known for its deca-
dently romantic eveningwear and
Instead, Marchesa will show in a founded by Chapman and her friend
digital format which means Chapman Keren Craig in 2004, nevertheless be-
can avoid making a public appearance came embroiled in the stories of bully-
and facing difficult questions about her ing by the film mogul meaning that re-
husband’s actions. demption will never be straightforward.

After dozens of women, including

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In an interview earlier in Janu- Chapman has kept a low profile. She was Instead, she had chosen a pastel- Barbara Meier
ary, Jessica Chastain revealed that last photographed in November, walking hued, flower-strewn gown which looked
Weinstein had pressured her to wear through London wearing a black coat, remarkably like, well, Marchesa. In the reputation of the label in the eyes of
Marchesa at the Cannes Film Festival black leggings, trainers and no wedding end, it emerged that it was, in fact, the celebrities, press (Anna Wintour used
premiere of “The Disappearance of ring. She has also stopped posting to her work of Austrian designer Eve Pole- to sit beside Weinstein on the front
Eleanor Rigby” in 2014. When she re- Instagram account, where she once gave schinski. Nevertheless, Meier’s point row) and switched-on consumers, a
fused and chose Versace instead, the her 230,000 followers regular insights may have been made more potently had statement needs to be made which
producer made his displeasure pub- into her life, from her latest yoga routine she not chosen a look which so closely distances Marchesa as much as possible
licly apparent. “He actually told the au- to behind-the-scenes snapshots from emulated a label which has become in- from its own past.
dience, ‘If I had to get in a boxing ring the Marchesa atelier. extricably linked to the very acts of ha-
with Muhammad Ali or Jessica Chas- rassment being protested. If Chapman does choose to continue
tain, I would choose Muhammad Ali,’” The Golden Globes threw into sharp her design career and keep Marchesa
she told WSJ magazine. focus the repair job which Chapman One tact which Chapman and Craig open, then her next move must be
and Craig must now embark upon if could have chosen for the NYFW show meticulously orchestrated, but it seems
Chastain’s story reflects how Wein- their designs are ever to be worn on a was to carry on as if nothing has really that it won’t be coming any time soon. 
stein would wield his influence to en- red carpet again. As actresses came happened. It’s a modus operandi they
sure Marchesa had a spot on all the together to wear black as a statement opted for a few weeks ago when they
most important red carpets. Felicity of solidarity with victims of sexual released images of their pre-Fall collec-
Huffman has confirmed that he threat- harassment and to launch the Time’s tions as if all was as dreamily lovely as
ened to halt promotion of “Transameri- Up campaign to raise money for women ever in Marchesa-land, with references
ca” if she didn’t choose the label for the who are affected from all walks of life, made to “a nocturnal garden party,
Golden Globes in 2006. Chapman has Marchesa was notable by its absence. boasting dramatic silhouettes and col-
said that Renée Zellweger was “enor- Who would dare? ors” and a “vibrant, tropical fantasy that
mous” in helping to launch Marchesa was the kingdom of Hawaii and their last
when she wore three custom dresses A moment of toe-curling irony was crown princess, Ka’iulani.”
while promoting “Bridget Jones: The narrowly avoided when German mod-
Edge of Reason.” “Maybe I helped, but el Barbara Meier was one of just three Perhaps this would have been enough.
just very, very little,” Weinstein later women to arrive at the ceremony not When WWD spoke with several retail-
said, in words which now seem laced wearing black. “If we want this to be ers which stock Marchesa (and its bridal
with understatement. the Golden Globes of the strong wom- and Notte, a little sister to the main la-
en who stand up for their rights, I think bel) following last autumn’s revelations,
As actresses came together to wear it’s the wrong way not to wear any sexy many expressed support – if it sells, why
black as a statement of solidarity, clothes any more or let people take change anything? The gowns are still
Marchesa was notable by its absence. away our joy of showing our personal- available to buy on sites including Net-a-
Who would dare? ity through fashion,” she wrote by way Porter and Neiman Marcus.
of explanation.
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Hello, happy fashion! The b enefits of a joy-bringing wardrobe

BY CAROLINE LEAPER Valentino Saint Dior Céline do for the spirits. The singer Celine Dion
The Telegraph Laurent hired him following the deaths of both
her husband and brother from cancer,
Ice-cream colors! Sequins for day! on the agenda for every fashion house. O’Connor, personal stylist and author of and ended up finding a new lease of life
Feathers with everything! Even a cursory Whether you’ll allow it all into your self-help guide The Happy Closet. “I’m as well as a new sense of style.
glance at the trends on the menu for own wardrobe, though, is another mat- not suggesting that you need a ward-
Spring/Summer 2018 will tell you that ter. Why, when it comes to our personal robe full of it, but having a few pieces “Partnering up when we did and hav-
the overarching message for the season style, do we so easily dismiss anything that make your heart sing, or that make ing that amazing time was meant to
ahead is this: designers want us to feel fun as ‘frivolous fluff,’ without consider- you see yourself in a different light is be,” Law said of encouraging Dion to
uplifted. ing the health benefits of embracing a proven to enhance your mood and re- try bolder silhouettes than her comfort-
little glitter every now and again? lease feel-good hormones.” zone combo of black trousers and a
At Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli blitzed white or grey jacket. Puff sleeves, giant
anoraks and khakis with sparkles. “Everybody needs some fairy dust Last year, celebrity stylist Law Roach bows, sequins and embroidery are all
Fringes trimmed almost every look at in their wardrobe,” says Annmarie demonstrated exactly what fashion can now in her style repertoire. “She was go-
Saint Laurent, and there was a rainbow ing through a lot of tragedy and – these
finale of tulle skirts following all the sen- are her words – the dresses and the bags
sible denim at Dior. “I wanted to be opti- and these lighter moments have helped
mistic,” Céline’s Phoebe Philo enthused with her recovery.”
backstage after presenting swooshing
pleated skirts and clashing sorbet hues. Watching the singer in action while
“I thought, if there’s anything to say at on tour in Paris (whether she was doing
the moment, let it be joyful.” Yes, in the ‘Dion in Dior’ or ‘Celine in Céline’) was
current political and social climate, even remarkable. At 49, she has rediscovered
the designer who invented our favorite color and print in her wardrobe, and
minimalism-with-sneakers aesthetic is her confidence is brimming – she’ll
looking for a change of tack. now strike a daily outfit pose for the pa-
parazzi waiting in front of her hotel, or
Sure, there were practical things to be greet fans in their droves with a twirl of
found in all the catwalk collections, but her fuchsia Gucci skirt.
injecting some fun into even our most
ordinary, necessary garments was high Victoria Beckham, one of the many
designers pushing pastels this season,

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is also practicing what she preaches. influence and a power to change the way instinct and our sense of identity and clothes should be purposeful – i.e.
“Recently I’ve been wearing much we look and feel about ourselves and the self. We get a hormone release when we things you can wear every day – and 40
more color myself,” she told The way others view us too,” explains Jules see something we think is beautiful, percent should be potential, so a mix of
Telegraph after her s/s 2018 show in Standish, color counselor and author of and it can make our judgment fuzzy for trends, occasionwear pieces, and fun
September. “It’s finding a new take How Not to Wear Black. “Seeing colors 20 minutes before the adrenalin and things that you love ‘just because.’”
on color, and that’s why I love these [on ourselves or others] can trigger a dopamine subside – by which time you
shades, whether you call them Play- neurological response; putting on a may well have paid for that Chloé bag So in moderation, a feel-good hit or
Doh, sherbet or ice-cream colors.” shade that harmonizes with your skin and left the store with it. two might just get you through gray
tone and personality has a positive winter. That’s surely worth smiling
“Every color has a purpose, an effect, and your whole appearance can “As a stylist I have been on shop- about. 
instantly be transformed.” ping trips with a lot of women, many of
whom have had an illness, or perhaps
Standish says that delicate pastels gained or lost weight and their confi-
and pale blues and purples cause a re- dence is suffering. So often it’s a feel-
lease of the hormone oxytocin to calm ing of self-worth; people think for some
us, while brights cause dopamine to reason that they don’t deserve to look
lift our moods. Hot reds and oranges well, even if they’ve been through the
deliver adrenalin, which speeds up our wars, and this holds them back.”
metabolism and gives us a confidence
boost, but darks do the opposite, and In order to find true fashion zen,
will drain our energy more quickly. though, O’Connor is keen to add that
the thrills and frills in our wardrobes
“Many people love to wear black be- must be balanced with practical pieces.
cause they think it’s slimming, func- Too much ‘happy fashion,’ she warns,
tional, safe, and a way to hide,” Standish will make us even more stressed about
adds. “But it means an absence of the getting dressed – just think of the cloud
light that we need for our overall well- that descends when nothing goes to-
being. In winter, wearing lots of color gether or you can’t find a basic white
can help to keep our immune systems shirt to wear on the morning of a job
strong and our moods positive to coun- interview.
teract the lack of sunlight.”
“My wardrobe used to look like
What’s more, the act of going Cher’s dressing room at Caesars
shopping can also be incredibly good Palace, but the reality was that I
for the soul. “There is a reason it’s lived in Dublin and didn’t even own
called retail therapy,” says O’Connor. “It a raincoat,” O’Connor laughs. “Now,
taps into our primal ‘hunter gatherer’ I would say that 60 percent of your

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Disney influences the runway, both princesses and villains

With award season in full swing, what Disney princesses aren’t the only Amy Adams as Ariel. Reese Witherspoon as Aurora. Katie Holmes as Belle.
better inspiration do the celebrities characters to influence the red carpet,
need than Disney? Celebrities are ba- however. Sometimes celebrities look to-
sically Disney princesses, they get to ward the darker side of Disney for inspi-
dress up and go to the best parties/ ration ... the villains; the Disney villains
balls, they tend to marry other celeb- we love to hate. Some Hollywood dar-
rities (dare we say Prince Charming), lings want to be “bad” and so what bet-
many of them started off with humble ter way to do that than through fashion.
beginnings and now little girls every- Disney villains – they are evil, dastardly,
where look up to them and want to be and wicked. But don’t you agree they do
just like them. it all with style? 

Claire Danes as Cinderella. Maria Menounos as Jasmine. Bar Refaeli as Megara.

Emma Stone as Merida. Olivia Munn as Mulan. Michelle Monaghan as Pocahontas.

Keira Knightley as Rapunzel. Marion Cotillard as Snow White. Lupita Nyong’o as Tiana.
Brie Larson as Ursula.
V
Janelle Monae as Cruella Deville.
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A Lady Gaga as the Evil Queen.

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Lily Collins as Maleficent.

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PETS

Bonz meets sweet friends Norman and Candy Cane
Norman, the
Hi Dog Buddies! trotted over for a liddle nose bump. Welsh Corgi. CanSidaymCeasenec,atth. e
“Hi, Mr. Bonzo! I never met a re-
This week I innerviewed Norman PHOTOS BY of the land, but
Inglehart, a 15-year-old Welsh Corgi, and PORder before! I promised Norman, if GORDON RADFORD now I’m good. My nose sorta
his cat, Candy Cane the 4th. They usta I could meet you in the Fur, I’d just sit took over for my eyes. An Her Fluffy-
live in Colorado onna ranch with horses. over here quietly, OK?” whiskers! I may look small an weak, ness here keeps track of me, hangs out
but I survived the Mean Streets, scroung- with me a lot.”
Norman, a big, pretty pooch, an a lady “Of course, Miss Isabel.” ing through garbudge for food and stan- “It’s a bummer you can’t compete
holding a liddle cat were at the door. Sur- “Norman,” Candy sat up suddenly, din’ up to ferocious dogs.” anymore. You must miss it.”
prisingly Norman didn’t come up for the “you should tell your story now.” And “Fer sure. But I still do the course
Wag-and-Sniff, he stood next to his Mom she went back to her catnap. “But then,” Norman continued, “Molly just for fun, with Mom, even the off-
and sniffed around in my general direc- “Oh, right. So Bonz, may I call you went to Dog Heaven. Woof, did I miss the-ground parts, an I’m still not
tion, so I said, “Good morning. I’m Bonzo Bonz? Cool name. Like The Fonz, on her. The cats an horses were fine, but I scared. I also love rollin’ in the grass or
the Columnist. You must be Norman. I’m TV, back in the day, right? So you’re missed my pooch Bestie. So Mommy an the rug. I make a special rollin’-in-the-
happy to meet, er, ALL of you.” a Springer, eh? I always pictured Dad got Isabel.” grass sound Mommy says sounds like
you Springer Spaniels boinging up Chewbacca.
“Ah, yes, I thought it was you. an down like a Jack Russell-in-the-box, Isabel walked over to Norman, an To demonstrate, Norman’s Mommy
Welcome.” Norman finally came over for with those big ol’ ears just a flappin,’” he gave him a liddle nose bump an slurp. got down on all fours with Norman:
the Wag-and-Sniff, then, “Come along. chuckled, an nudged me. “Thanks, Izzy!” Norman said. “We hit it They began to ruff-house and Nor-
We’ll sit.” As we were getting settled, I “That’s me – The Bonz.” (This is One off right away, which was a real fortunate man burst out with this woofy-growly-
noticed the liddle cat was quite pretty, Cool Poocheroo, I said to myself.) “And thing for me, cuz it wasn’t long after that howly sound.
delicate-looking, Siamese-y but with I always thought, when you Corgis were the Kibbles Hit the Fan.” “Yep! Definitely Chewbacca!”
long fluffy hair. getting all your parts, you forgot to get in Heading home, I couldn’t get over how
the Legs Line.” “Why, what happened?” well Norman faces all his challenges. It’s
“This is my Mommy, Julie, and my “Now THAT’s funny,” he said. “So “Well, here I was, doing terrific in no wonder he sounds like Chewbacca.
cat and dear friend, Candy Cane the 4th let’s get to business. When I first joined Agility, really goin’ places, LOVED the The force is strong in this one.
(on accounta Mommy an Dad had three the famly, back in Colorado, there was competition! I mean nothing motivated
cats named Candy Cane before). We call a buncha animals, like now. Mommy me more than runnin’ those courses, or Till next time,
her Candy.” an Dad got me as a pooch pal for Molly, a good Tug-of-War, the harder the better.
an Australian cattle dog called a Blue Not even food could compare.” The Bonz
“Or Ma’am,” the German Shepherd Heeler. I was startin’ to learn Agility (had “Woof! That’s sayin’ something!” I
interjected, helpfully. a Natural Gift), and me an Molly played exclaimed. Don’t Be Shy
all the time. But suddenly Molly went Then, Bonz, if you can buhLEAVE it,
“She’s a real old lady now: 17 anna half blind. Just like that. So then I was her one day – I went blind.” We are always looking for pets
human years,” Norman explained. Seeing-Eye dog.” Wait!! WHAAAT? YOU? … You’re with interesting stories.
“Oh, Woof! That’s Soggy Dog Biscuits!” BLIND?”
“Puh-lease,” said Candy, with a small “Sure was. But we did OK. An I kept get- “As a bat!” To set up an interview, email
smile. “I am the Dowager Queen. And ting’ better an better at Agility. I wasn’t I had noticed that he moved delib- [email protected].
WHO rules the house?” scared of ANYthing. It was about that erately, an did a LOTTA sniffin,’ but it
time we got Her Fluffyness. See, Mom- wasn’t like he was bumpin’ into every-
“You do, your Fluffyness!” Norman my’s Mom worked for a vet, an there was thing. “I had no idea,” I said.
said. this liddle cat, not a kitten, already 6 years “Took me a liddle time to learn the lay
old, and kinda wild an sickly. She wasn’t
Their mom placed her gently on the aDOPtubble, so she got on the Put To
couch, where she curled up regally, Sleep List. (We all know what THAT is.)
tucking her tail around her paws. But Mommy’s Mom said, ‘NO WAY.’ So I
gotta cat. Even though she was sick (dia-
“It’s an honor, Miss Candy, or should betes), from the minute she walked in,
I call you Your Fluffyness?” I said she was QUEEN. Still runs things.”
respectfully. Miss Candy looked up. “You bet your

“I rather like Miss Candy. Reminds
me of my kitten days.” She closed
her eyes, and Norman continued the
introductions.

“Our Dad is Mark. He’s workin.’ This is
our sister, Isabel.” The German Shepherd

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DINING REVIEW

Vero Prime: Great steaks, chicken and osso buco

BY TINA RONDEAU
Columnist

Is Vero Prime getting better and Prime Bone-in Ribeye. Braised Pork Apple Crisp
better, or did we just happen to hit it on Osso Buco. Bread Pudding.
a magic night? PHOTOS BY GORDON RADFORD
We were way too full on this most re- else, Vero Prime is delivering sumptuous
During the recent chilly weather, we Perfectly seasoned, and served with cent visit for dessert, but we previously meals at prices that are hard to beat.
were craving comfort food – which my cheesy grits and asparagus, it could not have enjoyed the bread pudding and the
husband defines as steak – so we headed have been better. caramel cheesecake. I welcome your comments, and
off to Vero Prime, the chophouse on encourage you to send feedback to me
21st Street. Our companion’s chicken also ex- On previous visits, we also have en- at [email protected].
ceeded expectations, juicy and flavorful joyed dishes other than steak here. My
Arriving around 7:30, our party of with a lemon oregano sauce and accom- husband particularly likes the pan- The reviewer dines anonymously at
three was shown to a comfortable booth panied by potato wedges. seared calves liver, and I recently had restaurants at the expense of Vero Beach
and we quickly ordered a bottle of a one of the best pot roasts I have had 32963. 
medium-priced cabernet. But my anywhere.
husband was Hours:
Vero Prime has the right atmosphere still raving two A big plus for Vero Prime is you get Monday through Saturday,
for a steak house – dark and hushed, days later about a choice of two steakhouse sides with
black ceilings, burnt sienna walls, a lot his ribeye – cooked your entrée at no additional charge. 5 pm to late
of brick. Everything about it says steak. Pittsburgh style, rare Check the price of the sides and salads at Beverages: Full bar
And as we perused the menu, we were and luscious on the in- the big city steakhouses, where a single
thinking steak, steak, steak. side, but with a charred veggie can run into the teens, and you Address:
outside crust. Served with quickly realize that what you are getting 901 21St Street
True to form, when it came time to a twice-baked potato and here is quite a bargain.
order, my husband went for the bone-in creamed spinach, this is his Phone:
ribeye ($58). idea of the quintessential steak- Dinner for two with a modest bottle (772) 226-7870
house dinner. of wine could range from $90 to $150
But our server, Heather, talked me before tip.
into trying the pork osso bucco ($32),
and our companion also veered off and While this is not yet Peter Luger –
ordered the Greek chicken ($24). named the best steakhouse in New York
City by Zagat for 30 years in a row – this
First, however, it was time for appe- certainly is the best steakhouse in this
tizers. Our companion and I decided to area, and does seem to be getting better
share the fire-grilled Caesar salad ($8), and better.
and my husband went for the crock of
French onion soup ($7). Whether you are in the mood for
steak, or wind up ordering something
The onion soup was right on the mark
for a chilly night, and our salad – just like
a Caesar, but with the fire grilling add-
ing a touch of smoky flavor to the ro-
maine – was delicious.

Then came the entrées.
How glad I am that I lis-
tened to Heather. My
pork osso bucco may
be the best rendition
of this traditional
Milanese dish
that I have
ever had.

Steak Tartare.

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WINE COLUMN

More than one reason to taste wine with chocolate

BY DAVE MCINTYRE
The Washington Post

A conversation with Elyce Zahn can Zahn sells her creations online and menu for Valentine’s Day, Zahn has go for something that blushes, like
be fattening. I probably gained a pound through wineries, where she likes some pointers. strawberry. If it’s something deeper,
while chatting with her at a recent to play a “Dating Game.” Customers go for blackberry or raspberry. You
wine convention as she plied me with are given a box with eight chocolates “Look at the color,” she advises. “If can use the color of the wine as a
chocolates, some fruity and others to pair with different wines. “You the wine is a blanc de blanc, that’s helpful hint.”
nutty, and urged me to sip a different know five of them, but three are blind pretty clear, so look for a chocolate
wine with each. dates,” she says. with lighter notes to it, filled chocolate And it would get your Valentine’s
especially. A lot of times I’ll go to the evening off to a fun and delicious
This is the type of experiment wine “You’re looking for the perfect mar- lemon side, or lavender. If it’s a blush, start. 
lovers enjoy, and Zahn fed a steady riage, flavors that have to be together.
stream of vinophiles at the Zinfandel Best friends are fine, but they don’t
Experience, an annual event hosted have to be together. Divorce is you
by a trade group called Zinfandel thought it was a great idea initially,
Advocates and Producers. but then you experience it. Then
there’s the neighbor down the street
“Describe the wine you just tasted,” you don’t like – that’s peppermint and
Zahn would cheerfully ask each cabernet. There are things that just
new customer at the booth for her don’t go together.”
chocolate and confection company,
CocoTutti. There were about two You don’t need fancy chocolates to
dozen zinfandels available at the table do this at home. “Just take a few bars
next to hers and hundreds more in and break them up, then try them with
the main hall. They varied from rich whatever wines you enjoyed during
and savory to powerful fruit bombs dinner,” Zahn advises.
packing an alcoholic punch. (I’ve
yet to encounter a subtle zinfandel, That would also be fun with wines
though I spent a happy three days more traditionally suited to chocolate,
searching.) such as port or a sweet fizzy red such
as Brachetto. And don’t be afraid to
Based on the description of the think outside the box of chocolates.
wine’s characteristics, she would One of the best chocolate pairings
suggest one of her confections. I’ve ever enjoyed was a chocolate
brownie with an Italian pinot grigio.
“Is it old and dusty?” she asked The dessert liberated a hidden beam
Brian Russell, who was savoring a of fruitiness in the wine.
1999 Ravenswood. She offered him a
strawberry-balsamic chocolate. And if sparkling wine is on your

“It brings out the fruit in the wine,”
Russell said after taking another sip.

“Try this almond butter crunch
with cinnamon,” Zahn offered. “If
there’s no spice after you taste the
wine again, it means there’s a lot of
spice in the wine to match the spice in
the chocolate.”

“You can pair chocolate with
anything,” Zahn told me. “It depends
on the ingredient match, and breaking
through the mind-set some people
have that chocolate doesn’t go well
with wine.”

She uses many savory ingredients
in her candies, including chile,
curry, Lapsang souchong tea, fennel
pollen and pink peppercorns. “And
bacon, of course,” she adds. “I’ve
been trying to smoke honey, but it
doesn’t work.”

Chocolate can draw out flavors in a
wine we may not have noticed, and it
can also point us to dishes to pair with
wine. “Who would think of curry with
cabernet?” Zahn asked rhetorically.
But when a curry-flavored chocolate
resonates with cab, “People – especial-
ly those who don’t drink often – will
say, ‘I love curry, and I want to try it
with this wine.’ ”

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OF SANCTUARY AT THE ESTUARY

115 Waterway Lane in The Estuary: 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath, 4,288-square-foot waterfront home offered for
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‘Amazing architecture’ is hallmark of Estuary home

BY STEPHANIE LABAFF
Staff Writer

When Elaine Bresnee and John Fla-
vin moved to Vero Beach, they were
looking for a sanctuary by the wa-
ter. Several homes later they found
it at 115 Waterway Lane in The Estu-
ary, a small community tucked away
among moss-covered live oaks in In-
dian River Shores.

“I play a lot of tennis, and I’ve been
to every club in town, and I think
The Estuary is the best,” says Flavin.
“Pound for pound the quaintness,
tranquility and natural beauty are
everything we were looking for.”

With the custom millwork, built-
ins, canal views and convenient loca-
tion, there’s much to love about this
home with the lushly landscaped
front yard hinting at the natural habi-
tat created by the ecologically abun-
dant estuarine waters surrounding
the area.

The house is fronted by dormers
adding to the typical symmetry as-
sociated with West Indies architec-
ture. High ceilings and French doors

leading to the covered veranda open ing the space so it doesn’t get lost in
up the home to sunlight and outdoor the open plan. Tray ceilings add vi-
living areas. sual interest to the dining room, den
and master bedroom, and a coffered
“This is a bright, happy house,” says ceiling adds visual weight to the for-
Bresnee. “This house has amazing ar- mal living area. Brazilian hardwood
chitecture. All the ceilings are differ- flooring extends throughout, mak-
ent, and the millwork is tremendous.” ing for a seamless transition from one
space to the next.
A Windsor ceiling in the family
room adds greater dimension, defin-

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The house was built for entertain-
ing according to Bresnee. “A year ago
the Garden Club held their big fund-
raiser here. We had 65 people for a sit-
down luncheon and auction.”

The layout creates a buffer between
the master wing and shared areas of
the home. The dining room, wet bar,
and butler’s pantry are situated to the
right of the front entry allowing for a
natural flow for gatherings of all siz-
es. Elegant affairs are carried off with
panache in the more formal atmo-
sphere of the dining room while ca-
sual events can spill into the outdoor
living space.

The spacious, gourmet kitchen –
boasting a gas stove, Subzero refrig-
erator and KitchenAid appliances
– opens into the family room and
breakfast nook allowing the cook to
prep meals on the large island without
missing out on any of the fun. Guests
can gather around the gas fireplace
while sipping wine and watching the
sunset over the water. Sunlight floods
into the family room through French
doors that open to the covered patio
and backyard.

Two generous bedrooms with en-
suite baths, a laundry room, and a
two-car garage are conveniently lo-
cated for easy access and optimal
privacy for guests. Attention to detail
is evident in the décor of the bath-
rooms, especially the wallpaper and
tilework. The bathroom in the rear
bedroom doubles as the pool bath
with a second entrance from the pool.

Bresnee admits she will miss the
abundance of closets in the home.
“We updated the house when we
moved in four years ago. There is a
tremendous amount of storage space
in this house. All the closets are cus-
tom. They’re to die for.”

The master suite holds court on the
opposite side of the house along with
the den and a powder room. The dark
richness of the built-ins adds warmth
to the cozy bibliophile’s space.

The generous bedroom has a cof-
fered ceiling and a view of the sun-
set through the bay windows and
the French doors that lead out to the

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screened terrace by the pool. out on balmy summer evenings. The adding to the feeling of seclusion. Maine to be closer to children and
The master bathroom features a saltwater pool and waterfall provide The private dock with running water, grandchildren. “We love Vero. We
a soothing backdrop to the tranquil electricity and a 7,500-pound boat lift like the quaintness of The Estuary.
large soaking tub, walk-in shower, setting. makes it easy to reach the Intracoast- As long as there’s water around, that’s
double vanity sinks, his and her water al Waterway within minutes. where we want to be,” says Flavin.
closets, and walk-in closets. English The backyard is fenced with extra
wallpaper, custom curtains and mo- greenspace for Winnie, the current True to its name, The Estuary is a “This is a beautiful community
saic detailing around the mirror fin- canine of the house. The area has sanctuary for a wide variety of wild- with the added convenience of be-
ish the room. plenty of shade cast by mature trees life. “We see manatees, birds, people ing close to town,” adds Debbie Bell,
with more than enough sunny patch- on paddleboards and in kayaks all the a Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway
Brick pavers and distressed wood es for pets and people to enjoy pleas- time,” says Flavin as he points to the HomeServices Florida Realty. “To get
add a charm to the outdoor oasis. ant days. place he spotted a manatee recently. this quality of home in this location
The screened porch runs the length on the water is such an opportunity.”
of the house with cozy seating areas Mangroves provide a barrier be- The couple is downsizing because She says the community has a mixed
and a built-in barbecue for grilling tween the backyard and the canal they will be spending more time in

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LUXURY HAS A NEW ADDRESS FROM THE MID $400S demographic with to retired couples
and families with young children.
Allow yourself to be inspired by the Bermuda and West Indies architectural style of
GHO Homes’ newest floor plans and elevations featured in Lily’s Cay. The Estuary is a guard-gated
community located in Indian River
Located at the intersection of 41st Street and Indian River Boulevard, Lily’s Cay is just minutes Shores. With only 89 home sites, the
from five-star restaurants, trendy beachside boutiques, golf courses, medical care, theaters, water-based neighborhood is remi-
museums, galleries and more! niscent of old Florida. Streets lined
MOVE-IN READY HOMES AVAILABLE with mature oak trees wind through
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advertisement and to the documents required by section 718.503, Florida Statutes, to be furnished by a developer to a buyer or lessee. Images displayed may not be the actual property for sale, but may be ary, the Indian River Shores Public
model or other homes built of similar design. Safety Department offers police, fire
and emergency medical services. The
Village Shops and Atlantic Ocean
beaches are a short walk away with
Ocean Drive shopping and dining,
Riverside Park, Riverside Theatre and
the Vero Beach Museum of Art just a
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VITAL STATISTICS
115 WATERWAY LANE

Neighborhood: The Estuary

Year built: 2001

Lot Size: 113’ X 133’

Home size:
Approximately 4,288 square feet

Construction:
Concrete block with

stucco exterior

Bedrooms: 3

Bathrooms: 3 full baths and
1 half-bath

Additional features: Waterfront
property with dock and 7,500-lb
boat lift, outdoor grill, salt water
pool, jetted tub, storm shutters,

butler’s pantry, wet bar, wine
refrigerator, Brazilian hardwood

floors, and 2-car garage.

Listing Agency:
Berkshire Hathaway
HomeServices Florida Realty

Realtor:
Debbie Bell 772-473-7255

Listing Price: $ 1,595,000

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County keeps pressure on Millstone subdivision developer

BY KATHLEEN SLOAN but commissioners did not buy that developer, homes are being built by county is sharing blame for this not
Staff Writer reasoning. They gave Starwood three Lennar, GHO Homes and D.R. Hor- getting done.”
weeks to show “significant progress” ton. Those companies stand to suf-
Following up on a Jan. 9 vote to before resuming certificates of occu- fer because of the restrictions, even Starwood’s attorney, Bruce Barkett
withhold certificates of occupancy pancy and building permit issuances. though they are not responsible for of Collins Brown Barkett Garavaglia
and building permits at Millstone the intersection improvements. & Lawn, said Starwood would prefer
Landing, after subdivision developer At the Jan. 30 meeting, the board to put up a bond instead of having
Starwood Land Ventures missed a decided Starwood had not done suf- County Administrator Jason Brown permits and certificates of occupan-
deadline to complete the 17th Street, ficient work in the interim to be re- said the county has been criticized in cy withheld. He also asked for a list
SW and 27th Avenue intersection, leased from restrictions. It agreed to the past for not working with devel- of requirements for establishing “sig-
county commissioners kept the pres- issue eight certificates of occupancy opers and gave the developer a break nificant progress” at the intersection,
sure on Starwood at a Jan. 30 special for homes that had passed final in- on the bond for that reason. “Now the
call meeting. spection but will continue to with- CONTINUED ON PAGE 95
hold certificates of occupancy for
The developer, which bought the 39 homes now under construction.
partially completed subdivision out Another 33 homes are in the permit-
of bankruptcy in May 2016, entered ting process, but no more building
into an agreement with the county permits will be issued either until the
to upgrade the intersection to handle intersection is complete.

PHOTOS BY GORDON RADFORD

increased traffic created by Millstone “That includes sidewalks, lights
Landing. Currently there are 356 oc- and striping,” Chairman Peter
cupied homes in the subdivision us- O’Bryan said. Millstone Landing is
ing one exit-entrance on 21st Street, in his district and he meets with resi-
SW, with no light. dents once a month.

About 200 homes have been built Three homeowners who spoke at
since the Starwood acquired the the Jan. 9 meeting urged the county
property in May 2016 and another 257 to continue pressuring the developer
are planned, for a total of 613 single- until the intersection is finished. One
family houses. asked why the county didn’t make
Starwood put up a completion bond,
At the Jan. 9 meeting, Starwood a requirement that would impact
claimed the intersection was not the developer, not homebuilders and
complete because Florida Power & homebuyers.
Light had not removed powerline
poles that are obstructing progress, While Starwood is the subdivision

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Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Jan. 26 to Feb. 1

The real estate market on the barrier island came roaring to life the last week in January with 17
transactions reported, including two for more than $1 million.

The top sale of the week was of a home on almost an acre of land in Historic Riomar. The property at
945 Painted Bunting Lane was placed on the market Oct. 25 with an asking price of $2.9 million. The sale
closed on Feb. 1 for $2.6 million.

The seller in the transaction was represented by Matilde Sorensen of Dale Sorensen Real Estate. The
purchaser was represented by Charlotte Terry of Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$365,000
$389,000 $699,000
VERO BEACH ESTATES 556 DAHLIA LANE 11/16/2017 $699,000 $389,000 1/31/2018 $1,296,750
SEA FOREST COURT 130 N CATALINA COURT 11/17/2017 $2,720,000 $699,000 1/31/2018 $640,000
$695,000 $650,000
RIOMAR BAY 520 RIVER DRIVE 8/30/2017 $799,000 $1,543,900 1/31/2018 $510,000
$525,000 $320,000
CASTAWAY COVE 990 CARIB LANE 11/20/2017 $399,900 $695,000 1/30/2018
$525,000
MARBRISA 380 MARBRISA DRIVE 10/24/2017 $799,000 1/30/2018 $297,000
$632,500
RIVER OAKS ESTATES 511 HONEYSUCKLE LANE 12/7/2017 $525,000 1/30/2018

ISLAND CLUB OF VERO 891 ISLAND CLUB SQUARE 11/21/2017 $349,900 1/29/2018

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

PORPOISE BAY VILLAS 300 HARBOUR DRIVE, #305A 10/17/2017 $595,000 $550,000 2/1/2018
VERA CRUZ CONDO 5151 HIGHWAY A1A, #110 5/1/2017 $324,900 $324,900 1/31/2018
VILLAGE SPIRES DEVEL 3554 N OCEAN DR, #1102 N 10/17/2017 $689,000 $689,000 1/31/2018

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Sea Forest Court, Address: 130 N Catalina Court Subdivision: Riomar Bay, Address: 520 River Drive

Listing Date: 11/17/2017 Listing Date: 8/30/2017
Original Price: $699,000 Original Price: $2,720,000
Recent Price: $699,000 Recent Price: $1,543,900
Sold: 1/31/2018 Sold: 1/31/2018
Selling Price: $699,000 Selling Price: $1,296,750
Listing Agent: Steven Rennick Listing Agent: Greg Mancini

Selling Agent: Rennick Real Estate Selling Agent: AJI of Florida, LLC

Joan Cook Not provided

Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Not provided

Subdivision: Cache Cay, Address: 121 Cache Cay Drive Subdivision: Spinnaker Point Cond, Address: 1870 Bay Road, #G211

Listing Date: 10/10/2017 Listing Date: 8/16/2017
Original Price: $849,000 Original Price: $699,000
Recent Price: $799,000 Recent Price: $680,000
Sold: 1/29/2018 Sold: 1/26/2018
Selling Price: $700,000 Selling Price: $650,000
Listing Agent: Mike Thorpe Listing Agent: Bob DeWaters

Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

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instead of being judged by the need failure.” He said the deadline should O’Bryan that it would set bad prec-
“to put a smile on Mr. Szpyrka’s face,” be 65 days after FP&L removes the edent to waffle on enforcing the de-
referring to the county public works poles, but the commission stood firm veloper’s agreement.
director. on the date.
“If the shoe were on the other foot, I
The county wants the intersection “We are set to have a lot of develop- guarantee we would be held account-
completed within 60 days, but Bar- ment in the future,” Commissioner able,” Adams said. “I think this is a
kett said that date is “setting us up for Susan Adams said, agreeing with self-created crisis.” 