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Children’s Services Council
vows to fight ‘disband’ edict

HOW’S THE LAGOON? LISTEN FOR THE TROUT STORIES BY HENRY A. STEPHENS CORRESPONDENT vard County Commission, in a
[email protected] 5-0 vote, repealed the 1990 or-
The results of a sea trout study are seen as an important tool in shedding light on the water quality of the estuary. PHOTO: RYAN CLAPPER dinance that created the chil-
The Brevard County Chil- dren’s agency and dissolved
dren’s Services Council, a the board itself.
10-member board of political
appointees created in 1990 to County Commission Chair
help fund childcare for low-in- Kristine Isnardi, of Palm Bay,
come families, won’t roll over introduced the repeal mea-
in the wake of county com- sure mainly to prevent the
missioners last week disband- agency from gaining a taxing
ing them. authority, by referendum, that
she said would be unfair to
“Oh no, it’ll go to court. They homeowners.
don’t have the legal standing
to do this,” Satellite Beach resi- “In a referendum, all voters
dent Kathryn Rudloff, a volun- would decide (the tax ques-
teer with the council, said Jan.
22 after the commission meet- CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
ing.
STORY BY SUE COCKING STAFF WRITER study by prominent marine scientist Dr. Grant Kathryn Rudloff. Kristine Isnardi.
Gilmore – a former Harbor Branch researcher She said the council will
More spotted sea trout than ever before and founder of Estuarine Coastal and Ocean likely seek a court venue out-
have been recorded reproducing in the Indian Science – and a cadre of local fisherman-vol- side the 18th Judicial Circuit,
River Lagoon between Vero Beach and Fort unteers using underwater sound technology. which includes Brevard and
Pierce, but there’s little spawning going on in Seminole counties, to get a fair
portions of the Banana River off Merritt Island The findings are important because sea hearing.
and none in Martin County to the south. trout – a major recreational and commercial
Rudloff spoke after the Bre-
That’s the gist of a just-completed scientific CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

After healthy debate, city will Less than third of eligible students on board with bus program
keep adding fluoride to water
PHOTO: RYAN CLAPPER STORY BY JAN WESNER CHILDS CORRESPONDENT The district spent $3.7 mil-
STORY BY MICHELLE CANNON EPTING CORRESPONDENT lion on new buses. Operating
Less than one third of the costs for regional busing are
After three months of research and debate, the students estimated to $1.3 million for the 2018-2019
Melbourne City Council voted last Thursday to be eligible for a new school year.
continue adding fluoride to the city’s water supply. magnet and choice
school busing pro- District officials estimated
On Oct. 23, the topic of the fluoridation of last year that about 3,000 stu-
Melbourne’s drinking water came before the gram are taking advantage dents would qualify for the
Melbourne City Council with subsequent discus- of it, according to numbers program. About 1,278 stu-
sion. City officials scheduled a special meeting dents signed up. Average rid-
Jan. 24 and requested information and experts provided by Brevard Pub- ership is 957 students per day.
be available to fully vet the issue. lic Schools. With the School Board and

CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 The regional busing CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
program rolled out at the
beginning of the school year.

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Prospective beachside neighbors not buying couple’s home bakery plan

STORIES BY HENRY A. STEPHENS CORRESPONDENT say the bakery is way too commercial of multifamily developments – con- board of the website the couple al-
[email protected] for their quiet, single-family section dos, townhouses, etc.” resident Brian ready have, as Liansss Bakery, even
of State Road A1A – and could open it Hennessey wrote in a Jan. 8 email sent before getting the approval. It’s not
Mainland Melbourne residents up to increased densities like condo- to the Melbourne Beachsider. just a small bakery, she said.
Tony Andrade and Nestle “Lian” Lar- miniums.
racas say they just want to move Hennessey lives north of the 0.18- “It’s an online wholesale catering
beachside, build a two-story home “It’s been 30 years since (Brevard acre vacant lot, on the west side of bakery that’s already got an estab-
and add a small bakery to the first County officials) approved zoning A1A, between Flamingo and Cardinal lished website,” she said. “It’s not just
floor to provide retirement income. for a Residential 6 (land-use designa- drives, where Andrade and Larracas a small bakery where we could meet
tion), so this means that they are set- hope to build. for coffee. They are shipping in the
But some of their prospective Mel- ting up a precedent and opening up morning. There’s trucks, there’s pollu-
bourne Beach neighbors, who ordi- the south beaches to the development He and other prospective neigh- tion, there’s traffic.”
narily might welcome the new home, bors objected the day before his
email, when the county Planning and The Hennesseys also planned to
Zoning Board considered the matter. retire in the neighborhood when they
The board: bought in 2015, she said. But even if
Andrade and Larracas don’t build the
• Increased the lot’s land-use desig- bakery, and rather get the zoning to
nation from the neighborhood’s one sell at a higher price, she said, that
home per acre to six homes per acre. zoning would allow for “a used car lot
This would allow the one home on … a motorcycle club, a laundromat”
less than an acre. or other uses that would bring down
property values.
• Rezoned the lot from Rural Resi-
dential to Restricted Neighborhood “I’m concerned that this is going
Retail Commercial to allow for the to become a commercial hub of the
bakery on a mixed-use lot. South Beaches area,” Cardinal Drive
resident James Tuohig told the board.
The planning panel’s action was
advisory only. The County Commis- Larracas and Andrade told the
sion is scheduled to take the final vote board their plan wouldn’t be for
in a meeting starting at 5 p.m. on Feb. wholesale customers with trucks –
7 in Building C of the County Govern- or even patrons coming in on foot
ment Complex in Viera. to sit and eat pastries. The walk-up
bakery would simply have a display
“This is the place where we’re go- case where customers could look over
ing to live,” Andrade told the Planning the items, buy what they wanted and
and Zoning Board. “But we also want move on.
to put a bakery inside of it because my
wife has a dream to retire in a place But they made clear to the planning
where we have a bakery on the bot- advisers they didn’t want the home or
tom. The only commercial part will the bakery alone without the other
be the first floor.” component. 

Hennessy’s wife, Theresa, told the

School rezoning eliminates zig-zag commute

STORY BY JAN WESNER CHILDS CORRESPONDENT path on the north side. To the west is
city-owned property where the emer-
The School Board voted unani- gency radio tower is, adjacent to the
mously last week to rezone the west Algonquin Sports
end of Poinsettia Drive in Indian Complex.
Harbour Beach, allowing any stu-
dents living there to attend The rezoning was part of a broad-
Delaura Middle School. er vote on boundary changes, but
thisonewastheonlychangebeach-
The change takes effect side. 
next school year.

The one middle school stu-
dent living on the block al-
ready attends Delaura.

The vote by the School Board
eliminates a zig-zagged school
commute that currently would
take students through the De-
laura boundary area on their
way to Hoover.

The change affects the west
end of Poinsetta Drive, south of Ver-
benia Drive, where the Ocean Breeze
townhomes are located.

The block is bordered by a walking

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New groundwater tests reveal less contamination than feared

STORY BY GEORGE WHITE STAFF WRITER regulatory standards for protec- to be consistent. The county also has were no detectable concentrations for
[email protected] tion of human health or environment. a lot more staff expertise than we do, any of the 37 volatiles and 60 semi-
so we really relied on their advice volatiles, or the 19 priority pollutant
Questions remain about cancer in- The city had paid $9,000 for the first throughout the process. pesticides and 11 herbicides.
cidence and its cause in and around round of testing released in August,
South Patrick Shores and Satellite including shallow monitoring wells ‘The city wanted to determine if any “We learned that our groundwa-
Beach, but a follow-up round of test- installed by the City at Satellite Beach contaminates existed in the ground- ter is safe. Other than the PFOS and
ing in both areas shows that the city City Hall, Jackson Avenue, Delaura water beyond the PFOS/PFOA, which PFOA, we do not have groundwater
has less contamination than was once Middle School, and Sea Park Com- we were already aware of (from the contamination,’’ Barker said.
feared. munity Park. first round of testing), that could be
contributing to any possible elevated One unexpected result showed el-
The Satellite Beach City Council on Then in September, environmental cancer cases,’’ she said. evated contaminant levels at some
Jan. 23 agreed to pay $2,000 to mail a activist Erin Brockovich took aim at locations in the Indian River Lagoon.
letter on the groundwater test results the Satellite Beach area about water- The tests confirmed those PFOS “We were surprised by the lagoon re-
from Applied Ecology Inc. to every quality issues and decades-old mili- and PFOA results and provided data sults being higher than we expected.
resident, addressing concerns regard- tary-industrial debris that had been from other areas of the county and We were expecting more dilution,’’
ing Perfluoroalkyl/Polyfluoroalkyl unearthed near Patrick Air Force Base. the lagoon for comparison with the Barker said.
Substances (PFAS) related to proxim- Satellite Beach results.
ity to Patrick Air Force Base. Brockovich traveled to Florida and The city is waiting for a report from
hosted a packed town hall on Sept. 28 Additionally, according to the letter, the Florida Department of Health to
According to the letter, none of the to keep the heat on public officials. the three shallow monitoring wells determine if there have any elevated
nine locations tested above the U.S. installed by the city were selected for cancer rates as was suspected earlier,
Environmental Protection Agency’s The second round of testing cost a full suite of federally listed priority along with fears that “cancer clusters”
Irrigation Water Safety Levels (IWSLs) $17,000 and was coordinated with pollutants, carcinogens, volatile and occurred due to contamination.
for any of the substances. The only Brevard County, said Satellite Beach semi-volatile organics, pesticides,
locations that tested positive for the City Manager Courtney Barker. herbicides, perchlorate and radionu- The full report can be seen on satel-
PFOA and PFOS had levels below the clides tests. Of these three sites, there litebeachfl.org. 
“We used the same (testing) com-
pany and reviewed each of the scopes

SEA TROUT STUDY Gilmore taught the Scientist Grant FLUORIDATION
volunteers how to distin- Gilmore.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 guish the sounds of trout CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
making whoopee from charges from Lake Okeechobee into
fishery all along the 150-mile-plus la- noises made by other the St. Lucie estuary. One thing they were particularly inter-
goon – are regarded as a ‘canary in the spawning species such as ested in was the rationale and evidence
coal mine’ for water quality in the estu- toadfish and silver perch In Brevard, he said, the main spawn- relied upon by the growing number of
ary. – “kind of like bird calls,” ing location was two to three miles cities that have stopped fluoridating
Gilmore said. south of the Cocoa Beach Recreation their water supply. They requested in-
The fish need clear, clean water that Center, with very little activity ob- formation related to the city’s process
is more salty than fresh to thrive and For example, when served to the north. The northern la- for fluoridation and presentations sup-
reproduce. spawning trout really get goon is much more stagnant than the porting and opposing the practice, and
into the swing of things, area near the Fort Pierce Inlet and was provided notice to the affected commu-
For that reason, their presence and they emit sounds from hard hit by destructive algae blooms in nities’ residents, including barrier island
spawning activity is a marker for good vibrations in their gas recent years. customers from Melbourne Beach to
water quality in the lagoon, while the bladders like the clickety- Satellite Beach, giving them the oppor-
absence of spawning trout indicates clacking of a freight train Gilmore said the hydrophone stud- tunity to provide input.
polluted or otherwise out of whack on a track. ies should be continued throughout
parts of the estuary, where there is too this summer’s spawning season and During the follow-up meeting, the
much fresh water and too little sea- The volunteers learned how to make expanded to include the lagoon be- council received information from all
grass. underwater recordings, rated the in- tween the Wabasso Causeway and Se- sides on the topic. Documents had pre-
tensity of the spawning activity on a bastian Inlet, and from Sebastian Inlet viously been submitted from various
“Down here, we had trout spawn- scale from 1 to 3, and then submitted north to Grant. national, state and local experts. After
ing everywhere we checked,” Gilmore those reports to Gilmore. an introduction by City Manager Shan-
said, referring to lagoon waters be- Trout spawning, he said, “is a good non Lewis, subject matter experts gave
tween Oslo Road in Vero Beach and Gilmore has been listening in on barometer for the health of the lagoon. presentations supporting and opposing
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Insti- amorous trout and other species To me, this project is extremely impor- water fluoridation. The opposing pre-
tute in Fort Pierce. “No trout spawn- throughout the lagoon for about 40 tant. Anglers need to do something senters were Melissa Gallico, an science/
ing in Martin County, period. It’s the years, so he has amassed plenty of about this and fight for clear water and technology analyst, author and activist;
first time ever they completely disap- data for comparison. He said his field fight for protecting spawning sites.”  and Dr. Paul Connett, a retired chemis-
peared. studies match findings from research try professor emeritus at St. Lawrence
conducted in the lab that show trout University, a specialist in environmental
“Brevard County is a mixed bag – require clear water at higher salinities chemistry and toxicology, author and
trout still spawn, but the locations in order to thrive. executive director of the nonprofit Flu-
they used to spawn, they aren’t spawn- oride Action Network. The supporting
ing anymore.” “From Indian River County down to presenter was Dr. Johnny Johnson Jr.,
Fort Pierce, it’s good as gold,” Gilmore retired pediatric dentist and president of
Armed with a $25,000 grant and vol- said of trout spawning activity. “The the American Fluoridation Society. Fol-
unteer manpower from the recreation- Fort Pierce Inlet keeps the lagoon alive lowing the presentations, the public was
al fishing and conservation group CCA- with seagrass and trout … the water allowed time to provide comments on
Florida, Gilmore arrived at his findings quality is mediated by Fort Pierce Inlet the topic before the council discussion
by using underwater microphones to tidal flow.”
eavesdrop on trout spawning in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
north, central and southern portions The scientist said Martin County
of the lagoon on full and new moon lost its seagrass to fresh water dis-
nights from May through September.

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FLUORIDATION neurotoxicity and thyroid function de- ponents to fluoridation could get a re- because they have lost so much of their
pression. She discussed special interest verse osmosis filter to remove most of gum tissue, and our fluoridated wa-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 groups influencing current policy and the fluoride. ter is preventing any decay in them as
decisions regarding water fluoridation; well. I went to the University of Florida
and vote on action concerning the is- among the groups mentioned were the Teresa Lopez, a former City Council for seven years, four years for dental
sue. Public utilities staff members were phosphate fertilizer industry, the sugar member, introduced the topic for dis- school and then three more years for
also present to address any questions industry and the dental lobby. She gave cussion in October and requested the my masters in research and orthodon-
from the council. reasons why all of these groups sup- council’s research on fluoridation. She tic training,” she continued, “but they
ported the fluoridation of water for the provided her own research and a list would not be one of the top dental
Melbourne has added fluoride to purpose of corporate gain. of 20 countries and 14 Florida coun- schools in the nation if they were not
its water supply since 1966. The fluo- ties that either never fluoridated water showing us the correct research that
ridation was authorized and intro- Dr. Connett stressed the difference or stopped the practice. Lopez offered is out there. They are telling their stu-
duced based on recommendations between science and public relations. the following comments Jan. 24: “My dents, their residents, their research
by the State Board of Health. Mel- His key arguments against fluoridation research revealed that fluoride is only that fluoridated community water is
bourne reached its original decision related to the individual’s freedom of a chemical added to our water for the safe, and it is backed by all of the re-
based on research by the CDC, the choice/informed consent, the preven- purpose of a medical treatment and search that was on all of our test ques-
American Dental Association and the tion of tooth decay by proper diet and considered a drug by the U.S. Food and tions.”
World Health Organization regarding dental hygiene, the advantage of topi- Drug Administration. It is unethical
their positions on fluoridation of wa- cal fluoride over its ingestion, and fluo- for our city government to require our Following a discussion by members
ter. The ordinance was not adopted ride’s negative impacts on childhood water users to digest this drug that has of the council, a vote was taken. Over-
by the city after its incorporation. As brain development, those with topical no real value to our bodies, including all the City Council members were
it currently stands, the addition of sensitivities, and carcinogenic toxins fighting tooth decay. Fluoride is con- impressed with the testimony of both
fluoride is a practice rather than a city included in the form of fluoride used. sumed by all of our water users, regard- sides. Most believed that the subject-
code requirement. There is currently Dr. Connett stressed the lack of toxicol- less of age, health and vulnerability.” matter experts and medical profes-
no state or local law requirement for ogy training for most dentists and cited sionals would not support the addition
adding fluoride to a water supply. The a 2017 Mexican study showing the de- Linda Palmisano, a resident of Satel- of fluoride if it were unsafe for their
vote of this meeting was determined crease in IQ points in children born to lite Beach, offered additional opposing own families and patients. Another
to be the new policy and would be mothers who had high urine fluoride comments. Palmisano described her point made by several members was
followed. levels during pregnancy. personal experience of reversing her the potential adverse health impact of
own hypothyroidism and cystic acne removing fluoride from the water sup-
Melbourne utilizes a chemical Most supporters of water fluorida- condition by removing fluoridated ply, specifically for the indigent popu-
known as hydrofluorosilicic acid 23 tion cite the benefit of reduced cavities water and toothpaste from her life. “Al- lation. In order to protect individual
percent in the process. There is one in- and tooth decay. Dr. Johnson stated though fluoride is considered a drug, rights form being sacrificed for the best
troduction of the chemical feed during that his own family drinks fluoridated the FDA has never approved the addi- interest of all residents, the possibility
production for the entire distribution water because he considers it safe. He tion of hydroflurosilicic acid to public of a referendum and public vote on the
system. It is added at the origination dismissed the idea of fluoride allergies, water systems to prevent dental decay.” topic was also discussed. Based on 70-
site, and there are slight variations in as he stated that it is in all water and is She mentioned numerous cases of pe- plus years of evidence from respected
the levels throughout the system. Cur- twice as prevalent in saltwater without diatric and adult cancer patients she organizations, and ongoing studies
rently, 117 water suppliers in Florida ill effects. He attributed allergies to the knows and asked, “Why and What if? and research supporting fluoridation,
add fluoride to water supplies, and 74 sudsing agent in toothpastes. He stated Why are these people getting cancer? several members believed it was im-
cities nationwide have voted to remove the addition of fluoride is important to And what if the fluoridation chemicals portant to maintain the status quo of
it in response to public concerns. those who cannot afford regular den- are causing it?” adding fluoride to the water supply.
tal care and that there are no negative The motion was passed to keep adding
Opponents to water supply fluorida- health impacts. Instead he stated that Among the community members fluoride to the water supply with the
tion claim that fluoride deceases IQ and the reduction in tooth pain and infec- and residents giving supporting feed- possibility of a future public vote. The
causes conditions like acne, anemia tion allows children to learn easier back was Dr. Angela McNeight, a life- areas affected will include Melbourne,
and Alzheimer’s. Gallico focused her and decreases abscess infections and long resident of Brevard County cur- Melbourne Beach, Indialantic, Indian
presentation on her own experience deaths. He stated that no court has ever rently living in Satellite Beach and Harbor each, Satellite Beach, Palm
with severe acne attributed to fluoride ruled fluoridation illegal, and the 2017 practicing orthodontics in Melbourne. Shores, Melbourne Village, West Mel-
consumption, as well as adverse health Mexican study concluded more fluo- “I am proud to have no cavities be- bourne, as well as unincorporated ar-
effects caused by fluoride air pollu- ride was ingested from salt rather than cause I grew up with Melbourne water. eas of Brevard County south of Pineda
tion and water addition. Some of the water. In the spirit of public health be- My grandparents still drink Melbourne Causeway. 
adverse health impacts she discussed ing for the greater good, he said op- water in Indialantic, and they have
included fluorosis of teeth and bones, roots that are showing in their mouth
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CHILDREN’S SERVICES COUNCIL rate of 25 cents per every $1,000 of tax- have gone to 33 cents per $1,000 of tax- money should go to which provider for
able property value in the first year. able property value – or $49.50 in the what services.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 South Beaches. And that would have
That would have meant $37.50 in yielded $11.4 million. During the meeting, Isnardi referred
tion), but only homeowners would be taxes from the typical South Beaches to County Attorney Eden Bentley’s ad-
paying the tax,” Isnardi said. homeowner. And local United Way And while council leaders had a gen- vice, saying the commission could dis-
President Rob Trains calculated it would eral idea for allocating the revenue, solve the children’s agency because the
Commissioners in July rejected the yield $8.4 million for children’s services. commissioners complained, they commission had created it – and the
agency’s call for such a referendum. never had a specific plan of how much
The council had proposed a special tax But in future years, the rate could CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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CHILDREN’S SERVICES COUNCIL representation” because most of the 10 back on poor children. “I’ve got all the time you want, Kris-
council leaders were appointed. While former county commissioners tine.”
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5
Three were elected – Isnardi, former created the agency in 1990, using new Nick Tomboulides, vice chairman
agency hadn’t collected taxes. School Board member Andy Ziegler authority from Florida statutes, neither of the Brevard County Republican Ex-
“If they had, that’s what would have and the chair, Circuit Judge Kelly McK- commissioners nor voters granted the ecutive Committee, accused Rudloff
ibben. agency a source of tax revenue since of going after a $200,000 salary as chief
required a referendum,” Isnardi said. then. The agency only has received pri- executive if the children’s agency got
But Cocoa attorney Kim Rezanka, But they didn’t hail from the same vate donations. taxing authority.
authority, Isnardi said, and couldn’t
who takes on pro bono cases for the have voted as an elected body. “They never actually did anything,” “The CSC has existed for 30 years and
children’s agency, said the council Isnardi said. “All they did was strat- accomplished nothing,” he said. “It is
had the authority granted by Florida Emotions ran high in the Jan. 22 egize. They spent 30 years strategizing. run by politicians, bureaucrats, lobby-
statutes to collect taxes – regardless of meeting, with Isnardi’s supporters And conducting expensive polls.” ists and political insiders for no purpose
whether the commission approved it – calling the council a “scam,” arguing but to plot for a future property tax hike
and that alone requires a referendum that individuals, not the government, In fact, a $17,000 poll led Isnardi and so they can line their own pockets.”
to dissolve it. should determine how to support Rudloff into a heated one-on-one con-
charities. Council supporters, mean- frontation. Rudloff, who runs the Business Voice
Isnardi frequently compared the while, accused Isnardi of turning her political committee, later said she has
council’s tax goal to “taxation without Isnardi said $17,000 was a waste of neither the qualifications nor interest
donations to survey 400 people. Rudl- in a chief executive job with the chil-
off said that was a typical price for what dren’s agency. And she said Tombou-
she said was a lengthy survey of re- lides’ comments were an insult to the
spondents’ views of Brevard childcare council’s volunteers.
issues and which politician could best
“sell” the proposed referendum. In the end, commission Vice Chair
Bryan Lober, of Rockledge, made the
Each of the two women discounted motion to repeal. The children’s agency
the other’s familiarity with survey sta- no doubt addressed serious issues, he
tistics. said.

Isnardi proposed putting on the “But those issues are no different
chamber’s overhead projector a copy from the homeless, cancer, disabled
of a Facebook page, in which she said veterans, etc. And I’ve not heard any
Rudloff misinformed the public of her reason why this group is more deserv-
intentions. ing than those,” he added. 

“Let’s do this,” Rudloff responded.

SCHOOL BUS USAGE student this year. The cost-per-pupil
to transport students on regular bus
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 routes was not immediately available.
Overall, BPS transports some 23,000
the teachers’ union at an impasse over students a day with an annual budget
salary increases, Brevard Federation of $10.5 million
of Teachers Anthony Colucci says re-
gional busing is an unnecessary cost The National Center for Educa-
for the district. tion Statistics estimates that, on aver-
age, school districts nationwide spent
“This district is infamous for trying about $933 on transportation per stu-
to offer every program under the sun dent annually in 2014, the latest year
and funding it with money that really for which statistics were available.
should go toward teacher pay,” Coluc-
ci said Friday. “That’s exactly what they “On a cost-per-child basis, regional
did in this situation.” busing costs more per child due to the
distance traveled,” BPS spokesperson
School Board member Tina Desco- Nicki Hensley said.
vich said she tried twice to bring re-
gional busing up for discussion as There are 31 regional bus routes,
something that could be cut from the traversing some 1,600 miles a day, ac-
budget. A similar program was elimi- cording to Hensley. The most popular
nated in 2013. routes go to West Shore High School.
The least-used are those that go to
But, Descovich added, even giving South Lake Elementary.
teachers a 1 percent raise would cost
the district about $4 million a year. Regional busing is an effort to pro-
The union has asked for much more vide not only convenience, but also
than that – as much as 7.6 percent to ensure that all students have ac-
based on the current average teach- cess to special “Educational Program
er salary. District officials have said Opportunities” throughout the dis-
they would have to lay off employ- trict. Those educational programs in-
ees and drastically cut costs to meet clude choice schools, magnet schools
BFT’s demands. and career and technical academies
spread out across some 21 elementa-
The district and BFT are currently at ry, middle and high schools county-
an impasse. Both sides have agreed to wide.
voluntary mediation, but as of Friday
no date had been set. Mediation is not “I would hate to see low-income
binding, and the School Board has the students denied the opportunity to go
final say on teacher contracts. to some of these schools,” union presi-
dent Colucci said. “But they might
Based on the number of riders and need to limit those who qualify for
the operating budget, regional busing those buses.” 
is costing the district about $1,358 per

What a hoot!
Tiny Gonzo rules roost
at Wildlife Hospital P. 10

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Joust do it! Days and knights of fun at ‘Ren Fair’

Jesse Love, Ann Love and their children Deelan and Saddie. PHOTOS: TIM WIRTH Jeri Russell, Mckenna Russell and Kayson Barley.

STORY BY LUANN MANDERVILLE CORRESPONDENT hear strolling minstrels singing about best, Chris McCoy said “the Brevard night after the show closes, there is a
[email protected] dragging their dragon and other silly (Renaissance) fair has done a really separate ticketed themed concert.
songs while teasing the folks in the good job and they have such great en-
Step back in time with heroes and ticket lines. tertainment and acts.” Oh, and come hungry and thirsty,
heroines, horses, mayhem and Mer- because your choices of food and
maids and embrace a fantasy week- Chris and Chrissy McCoy from En- One of the biggest things that adds drink include giant turkey legs, mead,
end at the Brevard Renaissance Fair glewood, Florida, have been to four to the event is the unique and self- and the many themed libations you
at Wickham Park in Melbourne. “Ren fairs” recently and plan to make made costumes worn by fair-goers; would expect from the period.
their 6-month-old son a big fan, too. most of said costumes are adorned
As you hit the front gates, you will with leather belts, boots, jackets, hats, The last weekend of the Brevard Re-
begin to enjoy yourself when you All decked out in his costumed horns, beer steins and more. naissance Fair on Feb. 2-3 is themed
‘Highland Weekend’ and will feature
But not to worry: If you don’t have a a Scottish Games contest with prizes,
costume worthy of a Renaissance fair, and another themed evening concert.
there are vendors galore selling cloth- Gates are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
ing, jewelry, belts, mugs and fake furs. with special tickets evening events
beginning at 7 p.m.
Some of the not-to-be-missed
shows and entertainment include the Single day admission is $19 for
Brevard Renaissance Acting Troupe ages 12 and older; $29 for adults with
and Noble Cause Productions of night show; $9 for children ages 5-11;
“The Knights Tale,” “Joust of Cham- and $17 for seniors 55 and older, and
pions,” “The Craic Show,” “Washing military; Saturday evening show $15.
Well Wenches,” “Wonder Elixir of Life Children ages 5 and younger are ad-
Show” and much more. mitted at no cost.

Aside from the concerts and stage Weekend admission is $33 for ages
shows, you will also want to visit 12 and older; $86 with night shows;
the village-like encampments of $25 for children ages 5-11; $49 for se-
the Panama Pearl Pirate World, Bre- niors 55 and older, and military; and
vard County Vikings, Black Rose En- $115 for the Royal Family package.
campment, and Society for Creative Children ages 5 and younger are ad-
Anachronism staged throughout the mitted at no cost.
grounds.
Singe day group admission tickets
Kids will love dressing the part too, are available at the gate, open only to
along with meeting a live unicorn, groups of 20 or more. $15 for adults; $6
being part of a stage show, dancing, for children.
medieval writing, seeing how chain-
mail is made, playing games, climb- Leashed pets, cats or dogs, are $13.
ing aboard a pirate ship, having a Education Day on Feb. 1 is closed
photo taken with live mermaids, see- to the public and is a reduced show
ing a giant walking tree, and enjoying with limited hours. Admission is $10
the live falcon show. Plus, the biggest for adults; $5 for children; and $2 for a
highlight for the entire family is the school group adult. The day is open to
jousting show complete with bleach- all students and schools, public, pri-
ers, royal court, horses and knights. vate and home schooled.
The kids can pet the horses after the Special event tickets are valid after
show. the gates close. Parking is free.
All major credit cards will be
While the huge majority of shows accepted at the gate or may be purchase
are fun for all ages, there are some at https://brevardrenaissancefair.com/
are geared for ages 18 and older. Each tickets/prices. 

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What a hoot! Tiny Gonzo rules roost at Wildlife Hospital

STORY BY MARIA SONNENBERG CORRESPONDENT another important job.
[email protected] “He still serves an even larger role

He may be tiny, but Gonzo the as a foster dad to owl babies that come
through the hospital,” said Frampton.
Eastern screech owl is the big bird on
The male of many bird species is a
campus at Florida Wildlife Hospital. party animal with no interest in the
duties of fatherhood. Gonzo, on the
Physically, there is not much to other hand, takes his role as foster dad
very seriously.
Gonzo, about 4 or 5 ounces of feath-
“Gonzo will help feed baby screech
ers, beak and saucer-like eyes that owls, allowing staff to be much more
hands-off when it comes to raising the
miss nothing, but emotionally, he is babies,” explained Frampton.

a giant in the avian hemisphere, or at “This greatly increases their chance
of survival in the wild because they do
least at the Palm Shores rehabilita- not habituate to humans.”

tion facility that annually cares for As the concerned dad, Gonzo also
teaches the fledglings to eat on their
approximately 5,000 injured or or- own and serves as a model for proper
screech owl behavior. Screech owls
phaned creatures of the wild. typically mate for life, with both par-
ents sharing the responsibilities of
He arrived at the hospital in 2003 child rearing.

as a hapless adolescent. Screechers are not nest makers, but
instead make their homes on tree cav-
“He came to the hospital due to a ities that they line with the feathers
and fur left over from previous meals.
broken wing, but we’re not sure how As Brevard grows, the birds are los-
ing their nesting sites, but fortunately
he received the injury,” said hospital they also use artificial nests, such as
those Florida Wildlife Hospital sells.
director Tracy Frampton. Chelsea Goss with Gonzo the owl. PHOTOS: RYAN CLAPPER Having a screech owl nearby guar-
antees fewer vermin in the property,
While the hospital whenever pos- for these are prodigious and effective
little hunters.
sible heals its patients so they can re- While Eastern screech owls can and a chance to serve his brethren.
The golden years have brought
turn to their wild lifestyle, in Gonzo’s live for 20 years or more in captivity, He might not be able to fly, but as an Gonzo some well-earned “me” time,
coupled with plenty of babying from
case the injury was so severe that he they seldom make it that long in the ambassador bird, he covered much staff and volunteers, and an abun-
dance of owl delicacies such as meal-
would never have survived on his wild, for the little raptors often fall territory raising awareness about the worms, crickets and the occasional
small mouse. He has also become an
own. Instead, he was hired as an “am- prey to bigger owls, and to hawks, hospital and its role in saving our wild administrator of sorts.

bassador bird” 17 years ago, making cars, habitat loss and windows. Gon- neighbors. “Volunteers and staff will take him
for walks around the property and
him the longest resident at the hospi- zo may have lost his freedom, but he “Like all of our ambassador ani- he will also spend time with staff
when they are working on paper-
tal, and its most popular. gained a longer life, a loving home mals, when Gonzo was on active duty work,” said Frampton. 

he would travel to off-site programs

such as schools, festivals, business

meetings, scouting events, nursing

MEDICARE HEALTH INSURANCE homes, etc. and help spread the mes-
sage of what the hospital does and

why it is so important to save our na-

FREE MEDICARE SEMINAR tive Florida wildlife,” said Frampton.
“Having a live animal participate in
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He retired in 2017 from ambassador

duties, but still occasionally comes

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“I didn’t realize I had so many options. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FLORIDA WILDLIFE HOSPITAL:
Thank you for educating me.” Florida Wildlife Hospital, 4560 N. U.S. 1, Palm Shores, will host the “Walk on
the Wild Side” behind-the-scenes experience from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Feb.
-Richard L., Melbourne Beach 23. Guests will discover the workings of the hospital, learn the “tricks of the
trade” in wildlife medicine, meet staff, volunteers and board members and en-
“Very informative. I learned so much!” joy snacks.
Fee is $65 for non-hospital members and $50 for members. Fees benefit the
-Katie W., Melbourne Beach hospital, which receives no government funds and relies entirely on donations.
From 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on April 6, the hospital will also host “Wild About
Questions: Please Call Or Text: Wildlife” at Wild Ocean Market in Port Canaveral. The event features fresh sea-
Kim Adkinson-Cowles • Local Resident food, music, raffle and auction. Advance tickets are $50.
321.305.2554 For reservations, call 321-254-8843.
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High-seas hijinks in merry
musical ‘Anything Goes’

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High-seas hijinks in merry musical ‘Anything Goes’

STORY BY PAM HARBAUGH CORRESPONDENT Jason Carl Crase as Billy Crocker and Kayla Canada as Hope Harcourt. PHOTOS BY MEGAN ABBOTT PHOTOGRAPHY thoroughly infatuated with the young
man. But Billy has eyes for Hope, who
A complex story line, a huge variety happens to be onboard.
of costumes and intricate, syncopated
music have all come together on stage In the meantime, Billy innocently
at Cocoa Village Playhouse to do one helps Moonface Martin disguise him-
simple thing – entertain. self as a priest. Knowing Billy would
like to stay onboard the SS American
It’s Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” to pursue Hope, Moonface rewards
which opened Friday and runs the young man by giving him the
through Feb. 10 at the Cocoa Village passport and ticket of his partner in
Playhouse. crime, who has missed the boat.

The musical is known best for its Whew. This is just setting the stage.
music and lyrics by the legendary Cole Complications ensue, setting the stage
Porter. Indeed, try to even think “any- for a wealth of jokes and silly situations.
thing goes” without humming “In
olden days a glimpse of stocking was “It’s a lot of fun,” Crase said. “A lot
looked on as something shocking …” of hijinks.”

The storyline comes from the origi- And the musical has a legendary his-
nal book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wode- tory almost as complicated as its plot:
house. Created at the height of the Art
Deco movement when glamour was The original work came from an
both king and queen, the musical is idea of Broadway producer Vinton
set on a luxury ocean liner making its Freedley who commissioned Bolton
way from New York to London. The and Wodehouse to write the libretto.
main characters are earnest stock That original libretto included a ship-
broker Billy Crocker, beautiful young wreck. But the timing was indelicate
heiress Hope Harcourt, stuffy Eng- given a tragedy involving a ship fire
lish aristocrat Lord Evelyn Oakleigh, which killed scores of people. Because
popular evangelist turned nightclub the original writers were busy with
other projects, Freedley went to a sec-
singer Reno Sweeney and notorious ond team, Howard Lindsay and Guy
criminal Moonface Martin, who is Bolton, who rewrote the storyline.
trying to avoid the law.
Its title is also a piece of showbiz leg-
“It’s classic musical theater,” said end. The title reportedly comes from
Jason Carl Crase, who plays Billy actor William Gaxton agreeing to make
Crocker. “My character runs into an early entrance. “If the show could be
Hope, his love interest, who he hasn’t said to be about anything, it’s about im-
seen in months, only to discover that provising and vamping your way out of a
she is boarding the ship to be married tight corner,” wrote the New York Times.
to Sir Evelyn Oakleigh. They are sail-
ing to England to be married. Leading performers in the cast of
nearly 50 performers include: Sara
“The plot sort of has a bunch of DaSilva as Reno Sweeney, Amy Lacy as
holes, so you use your imagination to Bonnie, Brian Smith as Moonface Mar-
fill them in. It’s more about delivering tin, Kayla Canada as Hope Harcourt and
musical numbers.” Brenda Sheets as Evangeline Harcourt.

Here, those numbers are choreo- Its big numbers include: “I Get a
graphed by Tracy Wines and Martha Kick Out of You” and, of course, “Any-
Seymour. Wines is owner and teacher thing Goes.” Other popular numbers
of Marta’s Legacy Dance Studio, and from the show include the more ro-
Seymour is the director of the Gold- mantic songs “You’re the Top,” “It’s
en Steppers, a wildly popular senior Delovely” and “The Gypsy in Me.”
dance company.
“The tap numbers are just wonder-
One of regional, community and aca- ful,” Crase said. “They are all very pol-
demic theater’s most popular musicals, ished and tight. We have a good group
“Anything Goes” has a storied history of dancers for this show, too, so it’s
and has been produced four times on that much better.”
Broadway. Its most recent production,
in 2011, won three Tony Awards includ- The show is directed by Anastacia
ing one for actress Sutton Foster, whose Hawkins Smith and music-directed
performance of Reno Sweeney was by Bob Barone, who conducts the
hailed as brilliant. 13-member pit orchestra. It is scenic-
designed by Joseph Lark Riley, who has
The musical has four librettos. Co- turned the CVP stage into the deck of an
coa Village Playhouse is using the orig- ocean liner with plenty of room for the
inal 1934 libretto. The complicated ac- big dance numbers.
tion includes Billy Crocker boarding
the SS American to say bon voyage to There are nearly 200 costumes, all
his boss and to Reno Sweeney, who is of them designed or coordinated by
CVP’s popular costume designer Dan
Hill, who also has a turn on stage as
Evelyn Oakleigh.

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Sara DaSilva as Reno Sweeney Shannon Reid, Tara Giovannone, Hannah Goodman and Carley Spradlin. Amy Lacy as Bonnie and Brian Smith as Moonface Martin.
and Dan Hill as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh. Left to right: Brady Fritz, Nathaniel K.Q., Tara Giovannone, Carley Spradlin,
five people involved,” he said. “One
There are fur coats, lavish sequined Sara DaSilva, Shannon Reid and Hannah Goodman. holding a light, one removing jewelry,
dresses, shimmery chorine gowns one helping take off the dress and put
and sparkling accessories galore. on a new one, another putting jewelry
on. It’s very detailed and a choreo-
All that makes for as much action graphed thing. You have to do it the
offstage as on, Crase said. same way every time or it won’t work.”

“I always say we should set up a web- But since this is Cocoa Village Play-
cam back there,” he said. “It’s hilarious. house’s revival of a 2005 production,
If the audience could only see what chances are they’ve figured out all the
happens backstage. It’s a riot. We have complicated goings on, both on stage
such small wing space so a lot of people and off.
set up quick changes in the workshop.
Reno Sweeney has a very quick change.” “Anything Goes” runs through Feb.
10 at the Cocoa Village Playhouse, 300
To make it work, actors find a little Brevard Ave., Cocoa. Tickets are $26
spot all their own. You’re lucky if you general, $24 seniors, students and ac-
can find a spot where you can hang tive military and $18 for children. Call
up a costume. Otherwise, you lay out 321-636-5050 or visit CocoaVillage-
your costumes in such a way that you Playhouse.com. 
can wriggle into it easily, Crase said.

“For Reno’s quick change, there are

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Coming Up: Boy-wonder piano genius plays Beethoven

STORY BY SAMANTHA BAITA STAFF WRITER Jane Houghton, are also “some of the
most talented and athletic dogs in
1 “Having autism doesn’t mean show business.” Here’s the back story:
we aren’t capable of great for three decades, the Houghtons had
a physical comedy, circus-artisty act
things,” is the straightforward and “from Tokyo to Vegas.” Then, in 1996,
their career literally went to the dogs
moving statement on the website of when they adopted a rescue pooch
and started fostering others. By 2007,
a quite remarkable young man, Ja- the whole show had been re-invented
into – “Mutts Gone Nuts.” You’ll love
cob Velazquez, an 11-year-old music watching these pooch performers,
and not to worry, the training is all
prodigy who is coming to the Scott reward-based, and you’ll quickly see
these pups obviously love showing
Center for the Performing Arts in off their skills or, as they call it, “Play-
in’!” Showtime: 2 p.m. Tickets: start at
Suntree this Saturday, Feb. 2. The $20. 321-242-2219.

concert, “Jacob Plays Beethoven,” is

a collaboration with the Space Coast

Symphony Orchestra to help raise

autism awareness. According to his

bio, the Miami superstar has been 1 Jacob Velazquez at Scott Center Saturday.

playing the piano since he was 3, and

was called up on stage to perform by

his great pal – legendary pianist Har-

ry Connick Jr. – during his concert at ready caught the eye of none other el’s “Piano Concerto in G Major”; and 4 Had Michael Bolton lived in
than Taylor Swift; made his orches- 16-year-old Isaac Moorman, playing another time (during the early
the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and tral debut with the SCSO at ONLY 8, Elgar’s “Cello Concerto.” I expect the
and is filming a documentary, “The audience will be supportive, enthusi-
Casino. According to the Orchestra Colorful World of Jacob Velazquez.” astic and uplifted. Time: 7 p.m. Tick- 19th century’s Romantic Movement,
On Saturday, Velazquez will play ets: $25 advance/$30 at the door; 18
promo, the young prodigy has ap- Beethoven’s “Piano Concerto No. 1.” and under or with student ID, free. for example), he might well have
The program will include two other Furloughed federal employees and
peared on “Good Morning Ameri- rising stars: Orlando high school ju- active duty Coast Guard will be ad- been one of the Lake poets. Hap-
nior Monet Jowers, performing Rav- mitted free to SCSO concerts for the
ca,” “The View,” “The Steve Harvey duration of the government shut- pily for us, the gorgeous, heartfelt
down. 855-252-7276 or www.Space-
Show,” CNN, HLN, Telemundo and CoastSymphony.org. love songs of the Grammy-winning

more, and possesses not only as- singer, songwriter (and social activ-

tounding talent, but also a thorough- ist) have become part of the fabric

ly charming stage presence. He’s al- of our lives, and he’ll bring his mu-

sic to the King Center this Wednes-

day, Feb. 6, in “Michael Bolton: The

Symphony Sessions.” According to

the show promo, expect an evening

2 “From Bach to Ragtime” (on a pipe of timeless hits – from “When a Man
organ) this Sunday, Feb. 3, is the
Loves a Woman” to “How Am I Sup-

next installment in the Advent Luther- posed to Live Without You” – and “a

an Church Concert Series in Suntree. musical journey through pop, rock,

If the range of musical genres doesn’t soul, standards, even classical,”

pique your interest sufficiently, know all arranged for symphony orches-

that this is no ordinary pipe organ, it is tra. Showtime: 8 p.m. Tickets: from

the church’s heralded 36-rank, 2,196- $44.50. 321-242-2219.

pipe A.E. Schlueter pipe organ; and it

is no ordinary organist either, it is Yale 5 Coming to the King Center’s
Studio Theatre this Friday,
University- and Julliard-trained profes-

sor, lecturer, composer, award-winning Feb. 1, it’s “the sound, excitement

musician and social justice advocate and emotion of three decades of

Mark Miller. Miller has performed in hits from Chicago’s hey-day,” says

more than 100 venues in 20 states, and the show promo. Top-flight musi-

led choirs in Sweden, South Africa, Aus- cians and vocalists, packing per-

tria, Russia and the Baltic region. And forming creds from some of the top

now he has journeyed from the frozen platinum-recording and Hall-of-

north (New York City) so you can take Fame rock and soul artists, come

in an extraordinary and diverse pro- together in “Beginnings – The Mu-

gram of compositions by Bach, Duruflé, sic of Chicago.” They don’t use pre-

Ralph Vaughn Williams and others of recorded tracks, but bring their au-

similar ilk, as well as Joplin’s lively “Rag- diences “a vibrant and high-energy

time King.” “From Bach to Ragtime” live performance of Chicago’s best

will conclude with Miller’s own tour de of the best,” including: “Saturday in

force, “Variations on Engelberg.” Time: the Park,” “25 or 6 to 4,” “Just You ’n’

3 p.m. Admission: free. 321-426-9378. Me,” “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” and, of

course, “Beginnings.” According to

3 From a shelter cage to center their website, former Chicago gui-
stage: I’m betting the show Sun-
tarist Donnie Dacus joined the band

day, Feb. 3, at the King Center will be on-stage a while back and com-

a hit. “Mutts Gone Nuts” stars a cast mented, “These guys are so good it’s

of funny, adorable rescue dogs, who, scary!” Showtime: 7:30 p.m. Tickets:

say their human assistants, Scott and start at $42. 321-242-2219. 



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Is Japan about to lead the world in introducing fly- integration – we have all the ingredients,” he con- in Tokyo, says it’s fully behind them.
ing cars? tinued. “This is a big chance for us.” But its recent record of providing a hospitable en-

Ensuring that Japan doesn’t fall behind the tech- The members of Japan’s small, passionate flying- vironment for disruptive ideas is abysmal. Thanks
nological curve has for decades been the job of the car community are mostly young, English-speak- to ferocious opposition from taxi companies, ride-
Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. The bu- ing, and dismissive of the sclerotic orthodoxies that hailing apps have never arrived in force. Japan’s fly-
reaucrats of METI guided Japan’s postwar econom- have kept their country from seizing recent oppor- ing-car advocates intend, in less than a decade, for
ic miracle, a boom that gave the world the transis- it to be possible for anyone in Osaka or Sapporo to
tor radio, the Walkman, and the Prius – and almost FUMIAKI EBIHARA WAS summon a flying Uber at the tap of a smartphone.
no transformative innovations since. A MIDLEVEL STAFFER AT Yet today it’s difficult even to hail one on wheels.

None of the automakers championed by METI are JAPAN’S MINISTRY OF At the time he began conceiving of the flying-car
today on the leading edge of robotic driving. For the ECONOMY, TRADE, AND initiative in 2017, Ebihara was an unknown mid-
most part, Japan’s faded tech companies can’t lay INDUSTRY WHEN HE CON- level METI staffer with responsibility for liaising
claim to either smartphone or internet greatness. CONVINCED HIS BOSSES with aircraft manufacturers. In one of those dis-
cussions, “a large aerospace company” briefed him
Not long ago, 33-year-old Fumiaki Ebihara be- TO EMBRACE FLYING on its plans to develop an airborne taxi and wanted
gan worrying from his desk inside METI that Japan CARS. to know about Japan’s policies. He was befuddled;
risked being wedded to another antiquated prac- for the most part, Japan didn’t have any.
tice: traveling on solid ground. INDUSTRIAL POLICY
SET BY BUREAUCRATS In fairness, relatively few government agencies
The flying-car future is coming, he wagered, INSIDE METI’S TOKYO anywhere have begun coming to grips with what
and Japan could realistically figure it out first. He’s HEADQUARTERS HELP- it will take to regulate flying cars. While Dubai, Sin-
since put himself at the center of what might be the ED SPARK JAPAN’S gapore, and New Zealand have expressed similar
world’s most comprehensive government effort to POSTWAR ECONOMIC intentions to be first movers – the latter entering
understand and encourage flying cars – defined as MIRACLE. a partnership with Google co-founder Larry Page’s
electric-powered vertical takeoff and landing vehi- Kitty Hawk Corp. – larger countries with more
cles that will ultimately be largely or fully autono- tunities. They also believe they have a genuine shot complex airspace are moving gradually.
mous – as a way to revamp everyday mobility. to assume global leadership.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration told at-
This effort has produced a national road map for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government, eager tendees at a flying-car summit convened by Uber
flying-car development embraced by industry lead- to reinvigorate the economy and sell a fresh na- Technologies Inc. that they may need to lower their
ers and set up a government structure to define tional image in time for the 2020 Olympic Games expectations for the speed at which regulators will
and advance regulations. If all goes well, Ebihara greenlight the vehicles. The same agency still hasn’t
believes the skies of Tokyo could be traversed with finalized rules that would allow drone operators to
aerial taxis and delivery trucks by the late 2020s. fly at night or above crowds. In the U.K., meanwhile,
relatively liberal rules on drones haven’t translated
“Compared to other countries, Japan already has into an enthusiasm for stuffing them with people.
many of the strengths we’ll need for flying cars,”
Ebihara said in an interview. “Mass production, Even at METI, flying cars were a hard sell for Ebi-
materials science, battery technologies, systems

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hara. “At first they didn’t believe it was important,” tury-old logistics. Last year it began a partnership with For cars to take flight in Japan, they will have to
Ebihara said of his bosses’ attitude toward his new Bell, a unit of Textron Inc. that builds aircraft including overcome a force that can be just as fundamental as
idea. “But they saw the logic eventually.” the U.S. military’s V-22 Osprey, to roll out futuristic he- gravity: other arms of the state bureaucracy.
licopters designed to make deliveries in urban areas.
Japan might have greater-than-average incentives Many agencies beyond METI will have to sign off
to move quickly. Navigating the congested cities on “Yamato must be the leader in this field,” executive on a viable plan for mass air mobility, and perhaps
its four main landmasses by car is difficult: A drive Shinji Makiura said. “If someone else does it, we’re the most important is the Ministry of Land, Infra-
from central Tokyo to the capital’s main international going to be disrupted.” structure, Transport, and Tourism. In addition to
airport, Narita, can take two hours. certifying the safety of proposed new vehicles, it will
The company, which delivers some 1.8 billion be responsible for the design and administration of
The government unveiled its flying-car program packages annually, is planning a test flight this year a control system far more complex than those now
last August, with partners that included Boeing Co. and an entry into service in the mid-2020s. The chief employed for even the busiest airspace.
and Airbus SE as well as domestic players such as researcher behind the effort is a 28-year-old, Yu Ito,
Yamato Holdings Co., Japan’s largest delivery opera- who was working as a management trainee when Japan’s safety culture is perhaps the most pervasive
tion, and the carmaker Subaru. Makiura spotted on his desk a copy of his graduate and uncompromising on the planet.
thesis on the technical feasibility of flying cars.
Despite its difficulties in Japan, Uber was also on Since the horrific crash of a Japan Airlines 747 in
board, and the government is hopeful that the U.S. Ito soon had a team, a budget, and an enthusiastic 1985, no Japanese carrier has had a fatal accident; in
company will choose Tokyo as a test bed for its flying- partner in Bell – a rise that might have taken decades some 50 years of operation, the Shinkansen bullet-
car program, Uber Air. The idea is for these corporate to pull off in a traditional Japanese hierarchy. train network has never experienced a serious collision
partners to collaborate with bureaucrats on develop- or derailment. But it seems inevitable that as flying cars
ing a comprehensive plan to safely deploy and regu- But even at this most fly-curious of Japanese com- are adopted some will crash, perhaps fatally – a scenar-
late flying cars across Japan, with test flights begin- panies, the flying part is largely up to someone else. io that could sorely test risk-averse Japanese officials’
ning as soon as this year. In addition to developing an economic model for enthusiasm for moving faster than other countries.
operating flying trucks, Yamato’s principal role in the
Yet rather awkwardly for an ostensible effort to The practical obstacles don’t stop there. One of the
vault Japan to the forefront of the nascent flying-car ABOVE: A MODEL OF KOTARO CHIBA RUNS reasons Japan appears ripe for flying-car deployment
industry, almost none of the Japanese participants is UBER AIR’S ELECTRIC THE DRONE FUND AND – the nature of its huge, densely populated cities –
building or planning to build flying cars. VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND HAS IN-VESTED IN SKY- cuts both ways. Barring the construction of a vast
LANDING JET DISPLAYED archipelago of rooftop garages, it’s not clear where
Many of the relevant innovations will come from AT AN EXPO IN TOKYO DRIVE AND OTHER thousands of new airborne vehicles would find plac-
foreign companies: Airbus, Uber, and Bell Helicopter LAST YEAR. STARTUPS RELATED es to park in such metropolises as Tokyo or Osaka.
are all working on vertical takeoff and landing vehi-
cles suitable for urban environments. Most of Japan’s BELOW: MODEL TEST TO FLIGHT. And thanks to decades of government attempts to
homegrown contenders are aiming at providing FLIGHT OF THE CARTIVA- stimulate the somnolent economy with grand con-
some smaller component of a flying-car ecosystem, TOR FLYING CAR IN 2017. struction projects, those same cities have perhaps
like batteries, control software, or air traffic services. the world’s finest existing infrastructure, with rail and
CARTIVATOR’S expressway networks of a complexity that’s hard for
There is at least one Japan-made flying-car proto- TSUBASA foreigners to grasp. Flying cars are undoubtedly cool,
type, and it only recently received permission to leave NAKAMURA. but perhaps less so when competing with the Shink-
its warehouse near Nagoya, the nation’s traditional ansen, a separate planned system of 300-mile-an-
aerospace capital. It’s a rough version of a planned Bell collaboration is to develop a modular, air-mobile hour magnetic levitation trains, and, in Tokyo’s case,
two-seater craft, three-and-a-half meters long and cargo pod, perhaps with the capability to make the a rail and subway system so intricate that no single
just over a meter high, capable of vertical takeoff on final leg of some deliveries by scooting about autono- map of all its lines exists.
four helicopter blades mounted on legs that protrude mously on the ground. The actual aircraft is being left
slightly downward from the fuselage like pontoons. to the Americans. Kotaro Chiba might be the most fervent flying-car
believer in all of Japan, if not the world. Until three
Getting sign-off from Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau years ago, however, the Tokyo investor was putting
for outdoor flights was a laborious process for Cartiva- his money into more earthbound industries like trav-
tor, a collective of Tokyo- and Nagoya-based engineers. el and mobile gaming. Then someone bought him a
drone as a gift, and Chiba became smitten with flight.
“Regulation here is strict and conservative, and Ja- He now owns more than 30 drones and flies a Piper
pan does not have a lot of experience building whole Cherokee plane that he keeps at an airfield in Nagoya.
aircraft,” co-founder Tsubasa Nakamura. “Develop-
ing a flying car here is not easy.” Chiba is now the proprietor of the Drone Fund, a
$15 million pool devoted to investing in autonomous
Nakamura started Cartivator in 2012 while work- aircraft in general and flying-car businesses in partic-
ing as an engineer at “a major Japanese automotive ular. And he is now trying to raise about $50 million
company” and has been fascinated by the notion of for a second fund, enough to get some of his projects
a flying car since seeing Back to the Future as a kid. fully off the ground.

Cartivator is not a startup. Rather, it’s a volunteer Overall, Chiba’s goal is to invest in a suite of com-
organization with more than 100 members who con- panies that together can build a Japanese flying-car
tribute up to 20 hours a week of spare time and re- ecosystem.
ceive modest funding from Toyota Motor, Panasonic,
and NEC, among others. “At first, drones will only carry cargo,” he said.
“Then if that succeeds, it will be celebrities, execu-
“Venture capital money in Japan is not so easy to tives, the time-is-money people. And then the mass
get at the scale you need” for a hardware business, market. If we really get it right, the price will be less
Nakamura said, let alone one in the capital-intensive than a taxi.” This is a lower bar in Tokyo, where a short
world of flying machines. “Engineers tend to remain cab ride can easily top $20, than elsewhere.
in the big companies, so a volunteer model is an eas-
ier way to do it,” he added. And Chiba believes Japan has what it takes to make
it happen. “If you look only at drone manufacturing,
But flying cars need to be a business in the end, so maybe China is No. 1,” he said. “And if you look at
Nakamura and a co-founder,Tomohiro Fukuzawa, cre- only the software, maybe the U.S. is No. 1. But if you
ated a spinoff company, Skydrive, that’s raised about look at integrating it all together in an absolutely safe
$3 million in venture funding. That’s a small fraction of way, that’s the Japanese strength.”
what Nakamura says he’ll need to accomplish his me-
dium-term goal: using a flying car to light the Olympic In Chiba’s telling, flying cars represent the ultimate
torch at the Tokyo 2020 opening ceremony. systems integration challenge – an amalgam of engi-
neering, regulation, and network management that
Still, it wouldn’t be fair to say that Japan’s major Japan can tackle like no one else. 
corporate players are absent from flying-car develop-
ment. One of the more enthusiastic is Yamato, a cen-

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Say what you will about Victorian England’s you really must read. I cannot tell you ment and descriptions of storms at sea that Joseph
prime ministers and business leaders, at least why because its quality is indescribable – it is called Conrad would envy. Falkner’s breathless, breath-
they weren’t Yahoos. Besides heading the Con- ‘The Nebuly Coat,’” to which the arms manufacturer taking tale of revenge and self-sacrifice sweeps the
servative Party, Benjamin Disraeli wrote serious replied, “I wrote it.” reader irresistibly along, like the deadly undertow
and witty novels that we still read today. His rival at Moonfleet Beach.
William Gladstone published scholarly studies of In fact, John Meade Falkner published three novels:
classical and biblical subjects. Even the busiest “The Lost Stradivarius” (1895), “Moonfleet” (1898) and As for “The Nebuly Coat”: Imagine an amalgam
captain of industry envied erudition and yearned “The Nebuly Coat” (1903). Each was composed in the of the churchy mysteriousness of Dorothy L. Say-
to be more than just an ignorant millionaire. Con- late evening after an already tiring day, mainly as a ers’s “The Nine Tailors,” that pervasive feeling of
sider, for instance, the subject of “John Meade form of relaxation. That suggests a possible amateur- wrongness one finds in M.R. James’ “Ghost Sto-
Falkner: Abnormal Romantic,” an enthralling, ishness, yet Falkner’s books are actually virtuosic mas- ries of an Antiquary” and the plot complexities
beautifully composed biography by Richard ¬Dav- terpieces of their respective genres – the supernatural – and sardonic humor – of Wilkie Collins’ “The
enport-Hines. tale, the adventure story and the gothic romance. Woman in White.” An architect named Westray
arrives in Cullerne to restore its medieval cathe-
The oldest son of a clergyman, Falkner was born In “The Lost Stradivarius” a sensitive young baronet
in 1858 and died at age 74, in 1932. A big man, he named John Maltravers acquires a violin that once be- dral but soon experiences an unshakable sense
stood an impressive 6 feet 6 inches tall. After gradu- longed to an exceptionally decadent member of the of foreboding. The cathedral’s organist claims
ating from Oxford – for which his father somehow 18th-century Hellfire Club. Before long, Maltravers is he is being pursued by a shadowy figure with a
scraped together the money – he started his working ignoring his heartbroken wife and spending increas- hammer. The original name of a boardinghouse
life as a tutor in the household of Sir Andrew Noble, ing amounts of time in a villa at Naples, where he plays turns out to be The Hand of God. Questions surround
a partner in Armstrong Whitworth, one of the world’s over and over the same ecstatic piece of music. There, the charming and chilling Lord Blandamer: Is he the
top three armaments manufacturers (along with Vick- too, he studies various esoteric manuscripts and lav- rightful heir to his title? Ambiguity and undecidabil-
ers and Krupp). Through social skills that Davenport- ishes nervous affection on a pale Italian boy. Rumor ity flourish. Meanwhile, inside the cathedral Westray
Hines likens to those of a Renaissance courtier, Falkner spreads that the villa – which once belonged to the vio- imagines he hears the stone buttresses shifting, mur-
soon made himself into his employer’s indispensable lin’s original owner – has again become the temple of muring: “The arch never sleeps. They have bound on
right-hand man, commuting daily to the company’s pagan rites and unspeakable vice. Has Maltravers been us a burden too heavy to be borne.”
mammoth industrial park at Elswick in Newcastle- possessed and corrupted – or spiritually liberated and All three of Falkner’s richly atmospheric novels
Upon-Tyne. After Noble’s death in 1915, Falkner was freed to become his true self? are readily and cheaply available. Not so Daven-
elected to succeed him as chairman, overseeing Arm- port-Hines’s elegant biography. Published by the
strong Whitworth during World War I before retiring in Somewhat similar to Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Kid- Roxburghe Club, it must be ordered from the Lon-
1921. napped,” “Moonfleet” is set in the 18th century and re- don bookseller Maggs, something which only pas-
counts the adventures of young John Trenchard after sionate Falknerians are likely to do. Still, libraries
While Falkner never stinted his day job, he occupied he teams up with the daring smuggler Elzevir Block. should buy it. Anglophiles, especially, will revel in
his off time with writing and antiquarian research. He The nonstop action embraces ghosts and secret codes, its author’s delectably learned and tangy prose:
loved old churches and achieved considerable renown the search for an accursed diamond, murder charges, “Meade Falkner savoured quaint failure, historic
as an expert on ecclesiastical architecture, liturgical impossibly thrilling chase scenes, wrongful imprison- redundancy and the pensive charm of dereliction.
music and medieval manuscripts. He also penned Abandoned wharfs and backwaters put him into the
rather melancholy occasional verse – much of it quot- same temper of mind as Gibbon hearing the bare-
ed by Davenport-Hines – and produced pioneering foot friars singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter.”
travel and topographical guides to Oxfordshire and Because Falkner left few personal letters and confes-
Berkshire. For pleasure, Falkner might reread “The sional documents, Davenport-Hines compensates
Odyssey” in Greek. In later years, he served as the li- for their lack with anecdote-rich asides about 19th-
brarian of Durham Cathedral and passed many happy century Oxford, eccentric dons and sharp-tongued
months at the Vatican Library poring over its medieval clerics, regional history, naval ordnance, masculine
English missals and breviaries. friendship and much else, not least a lively pen por-
trait of the Athenaeum Club. 
Even this wasn’t all.
In 1915, Prime Minister Herbert Asquith toured Els- JOHN MEADE FALKNER
wick along with his daughter Violet Bonham-Carter.
The young woman found herself standing next to ABNORMAL ROMANTIC
a middle-aged gentleman whose name she hadn’t
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Bonz meets Tiger Lily, a rescue who’s now lovin’ life

Hi Dog Buddies! was wunnerful having different plac-

This week I met a liddle Scot- es to play, Do My Duty, sleep, eat, an
tish lady, Tiger Lily Macintosh, a
Cairn Terrier who was rescued with snuggle with Mom an Dad.
a buncha other lady pooches who’d
lived in cages their whole life, an “Back then we lived in New York,
were used as “Breeders.” We’ve all
heard stories about that, right on Shelter Island, which you can only

Anyway, Tiger Lily saw a pickshur get to onna ferry. THAT was exciting.
in my column of McCormick Del
Brocco Riippa sittin’ in front of his There were lotsa deer livin’ there so,
Christmas tree, and woof-mailed
me a pickshur of her an her Forever when I found out a Cairn Terrier’s job
Dad puttin’ up THEIR tree. She said
she was a rescue, an wondered if I’d was to hunt Highlands deer, I tried
like to innerview her, too. Of course I
would. So we set it up. chasin’ ’em. But they were too fast.

She was very fem-uh-nun and That was kinda embarrassing, but I
frenly. Came right up for the Wag-an-
Sniff, an innerduced me to her Mom ree-lized it was For The Best. I mean,
an Dad, Cathy an Rich.
what if I had ackhully caught UP to
“Can I get you anything?” she in-
quired puh-litely. “Some water. A one?
Pupperoni?”
“Good point,” I innerjected. “What
“I’m good,” I said. “Thank you,
do you do for fun?”
though.” I opened my notebook.
“I’d love to hear how you an your For- “I love playin’ with other dogs. An
ever Mom an Dad first met. An about
your previous life, if it’s not too up- I like leash walks with Dad, cuz we
setting.”
get to meet all our neighbors. I usta
“It used to be, but I’m better now,”
she said sweetly. “Ever since we left pull a liddle (well, a lot), but now I
our pooch Mommies an siblings, me
an a buncha other girl pooches lived slow down an smell the flowers. An
in cages an, soon as we could, we
hadda have puppies, as fast as possi- bushes. An blades of grass. An bugs.
ble. The Humans in Charge sold our
puppies as fast as we had ’em. I don’t I have NU-mer-us toys. I carefully put
even know how many I had. An in be-
tween we stayed in our cages. It was them all inna circle, an put some kib-
awful. It still makes me sad thinkin’
about it. bles in front of each one. Mom says

“Then, this one day, some Good it’s probly my in-stinks, cuz I didn’t
Humans swooped in an saved us an
took us to a place where other Good have a chance to be a mommy to my

puppies.

“When Mom has a buncha ladies

over for bridge or mahjong, they just

Tiger Lily. sit at tables, an I get BORED, so Dad
PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE
takes me out for a cheeseburger an ice
Humans were workin’ to
find us Forever Homes. dream. (Did I mention, I’m a Daddy’s
Here’s the amazin’ part,
Mr. Bonzo. My Mom an Girl?) Me an Dad also put up all our
Dad had been lookin’
for a dog. At first, Mom Christmas decorations: liddle white
wanted a Cocker Span-
lights an special, old orna-mutts on
iel. (Don’t ask me why).
But when they were the tree, and white lights outside in
lookin’ at pickshurs in the paper of
all us rescued Mommy Dogs, they de- “Well, Dad asked the Rescue Per- the bushes. It’s a Very Important Job.
cided to check us out in the fur. We
were all in a big bunch, but I was at son to let him try: they put my leash “Here where I live now, there’s big
the back of the pack, an I caught their
eyes. Dad said, ‘I like THAT one!’ The on and handed it to Dad. Buh-leave fireworks evry year. Lotsa my pooch
Rescue Person said, “You Don’t Want
THAT one. She’s a Spinner.’” it or not, Mr. Bonzo, I wasn’t scared frens go all Frantic an ’Fraidydog an
“Whatsa spinner?” I interrupted.
“It’s when you’re onna leash or nervous or ANYthing. I somehow hide under the bed. But not ME. I
and you keep spinnin’ around and
around, so you an the leash an the knew Dad was a Kind Human. I don’t don’t really like the noise, but I don’t
human holdin’ it get all tangled up.
An sometimes they can just topple know how. I just knew. Anyway, we get scared. Now thunder, that’s an
right over. If you’re walkin’ with other
dogs, it’s even worse. Well, I admit, I walked way up an way back, an it was entirely different matter. But I still
did do that with the Rescue Person. I
didn’t mean to be bad, but I’d never ackshully nice. I didn’t even think don’t hide under the bed. That’s just
really hadda leash walk, an I didn’t
have a clue about Leash Etiquette. An about spinning. An that’s when my silly … I hide in the bathroom.”
when I got scared or nervous, I’d spin.
new life began.” Heading home, I was contemplat-

“What was it like at first?” I in- ing what I would do if I happened

quired. to be chasing a deer and ackshully

“Since I’d only ever lived inna cage, caught up with it. Even though I’m a

I didn’t even know what a HOUSE retriever, I don’t think I could carry

was. Or STAIRS. It was a liddle scary. him or her. Maybe I’d just invite ’em

Evrything was So Big. Also, I didn’t over for a water … or a Pupperoni. 

know about Potty Training. I had No

-The BonzIdea there were different places for

different things. When Mom an Dad
taught me about Outside, an grass, an
trees an bushes, I was So Excited. It

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NORTH

IT HELPS TO PICTURE THE PICTURE CARDS A 10 9 6 5 2

By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist K7

Jack Youngblood, a 14-season defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams, said, “I visualize 843
things in my mind before I have to do them. It is like having a mental workshop.”
WEST K5
Bridge players visualize the cards in their minds before proceeding with the play at trick one. — EAST
The more focused their pictures, the better they play. J 10 9 8 3
A976 QJ3
In this week’s deal, South was in four spades. West led the heart jack. Declarer took that J874
trick with his queen and cashed a high trump, but West discarded a heart. How should 6542
South have visualized the play proceeding?
Q J 10
North’s four-heart response was a Texas transfer, which showed at least a six-card spade
suit and said North was planning either to stop in game or to drive on to a slam. If he had Q 10 2
transferred at the two-level, then jumped to four spades, that would have been a slam-
invitation. SOUTH

South had nine winners: five spades, two hearts and two clubs. If East held the diamond K874
ace, there would be no problems. But if West had that key card, declarer could lose one
spade and three diamonds. Was there a chance even when West had the diamond ace? AQ

Declarer took his second top spade trick, cashed the club king, played a club to his ace, K52
ruffed a club on the board and returned to his hand with a heart. Then, when South led his
last club and West followed suit, declarer discarded a diamond from the dummy. West was A963
endplayed, forced to lead away from the diamond ace or concede a ruff-and-sluff. Also, it
would not have helped East to ruff the fourth club, because South would have lost only one Dealer: South; Vulnerable: North-South
spade and two diamonds.
The Bidding:

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
1 NT Pass 4 Hearts Pass
4 Spades Pass Pass Pass LEAD:
J Hearts

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3 Arm or leg (4) 2 Title (4)
5 Boyfriend (4) 3 Oiled (10)
8 Motionless (8) 4 Hammer (6)
10 Present (4) 6 Proof (8)
11 Witness (3) 7 Final (8)
13 Off-white (5) 9 Large fruit (5)
14 Law practitioner (9) 12 Moral (10)
16 Cardinal number (3) 14 Broad-brimmed hat (8)
17 Small bed (3) 15 Carbonated drink (8)
19 Clock, for example (9) 18 Happen (5)
21 Penniless (5) 20 Cope (6)
22 Small carpet (3) 22 Status (4)
24 Dutch cheese (4) 23 Profit (4)
25 Goodbye (8)
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27 Not so much (4)
28 Family (3)

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ACROSS 104 Payoff 60 Language that gave us The Washington Post
1 Ex-student who’ll make you 107 Backtalk “khaki”
109 Harem room
pucker up? 110 Ness was one 61 Color changers
5 Winter woe 111 With 121 Across, 62 Work the teeth
8 Toy-making shorty 64 Once around the pool
11 Agnus ___ “forget it!” 65 “God’s tears”
14 Robot banker, briefly 114 Rafting dangers 66 Uncover
17 Lee who’s in the dough 117 Smack or switch ending 67 Start of a Poitier film
18 Service’s McGrew 120 P.O. alternative 68 Lovelace of computer fame
19 It has great expectorations 121 See 111 Across 73 Lamb’s lament
21 A personal question 125 Robbins of The Player 74 Rifle refill
22 “I’ll work the Across 126 Highly thought of 75 Time between holidays?
127 Forty-niner’s find 76 Blood of the gods
clues; ___” 128 Online search result 77 Long
25 Leading cause of inflation? 129 A 78 Rio quest, 2016
26 “Love muffin” 130 Tijuana tango minimum 79 He’s very elf-reliant
131 Curse of a sort 84 Tear vessel
27 With 33 Across, 132 “___ cracking!” 86 Cut in two
an arm of the Mediterranean 133 Rx amount 87 Colonist with mandibles
89 Flew, in a way
28 Coin-flipper’s words DOWN 90 “Stop!”
30 Asian holiday 1 Tree with winged seeds 92 O.K. type of wireless
32 Ryan’s Love Story co-star 2 Praise
33 See 27 Across 3 Primal feeling connection
35 Things under computers, 4 Venerated one 94 American article
often 5 Pill approver, briefly 96 Messy beef entree
36 Architect 6 Tinseltown Turner 97 “___ Meet Again”
39 Castaway’s relief 7 Still on deck? 98 “Bali ___”
41 Joel of Hollywood 8 Old Hebrew weight 99 Pig on the highway
9 Homeowners’ debts 100 Cyborg’s cousin
44 Get irked in traffic 10 Florists’ network 104 Olive chaser
49 Money for udon 11 Op-Ed writer Maureen 105 Affix anew, as a brooch
50 Groundwater: abbr. 12 Truly, a serious wait 106 Knocker’s I.D., perhaps
51 Pisa’s river 13 Within 108 TV plug?
52 Bullet’s path: abbr. 14 Some distance, 112 “I see,” to Mr. Moto
53 Lumberjill’s feller? 113 Soaks, as flax
55 Critter’s coat colloquially 115 Answer-reader Trebek
57 Bit of advice 15 Burn up some brain cells 116 “Your Grace”
59 A minor accomplishment? 16 A.m. times 118 “Yes ___”
62 Crossword diagram 19 Film composer Max 119 Pay or play ending
63 Instruction to a contestant 20 “___ his own” 122 Like some cats
69 With “tar,” a paving 23 Baskets for bass 123 CPA’s column
material 24 Some Sioux 124 Enemy
70 Not strict 29 Reason for depreciation
71 Lyrical oeuvre 31 Bosch’s Garden SPLIT PERSONALITIES By Merl Reagle
72 Operetta princess, 1884
73 Waiter’s query of Earthly Delights, for one
80 Stock page abbr. 34 Paramedic: abbr.
81 Lake transportation 36 Ointment spoiler
82 “Or ___ thought” 37 Coral buildup
83 Fooled 38 Per ___ (yearly)
85 Club Med.? 40 Director Stanley
86 Humbug preface 42 Typical People mag topic
88 Cummerbund 43 P, in Greece
91 Allow 45 The Andrew Sisters were
93 Snickers-bar crunchy
95 “Emerge from your one
shell, ___” 46 “___ shabby”
101 Northern Adriatic 47 Crack investigator
peninsula 48 Theater sign
102 ___ contendere 54 Conductor de Waart
103 Busy, design-wise 56 New version of an old song
58 ___ fast one

The Telegraph

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INSIGHT BACK PAGE

There isn’t a compromise over whether to have kids

BY CAROLYN HAX isn’t compromise, it’s concession. It’s about who of your life that you had made a different choice.
Washington Post gives up on having something because the other Note the phrasing: “that you had made a differ-
doesn’t want it, and how to do that without hold-
Dear Carolyn: ing grudges. ent choice.” If you even begin to think it’s about
My girlfriend of three years does wishing she had chosen differently, then you’re
not want biological kids, where- And we might as well just say it since the biol- out of the realm of healthy concession. Respon-
as to me it’s very important. She ogy is on her side, unless you’re game and able to sibility, healthy; blame, unhealthy. She’s making
thinks I’m naive and don’t under- hire a surrogate to bear your child. a choice, yes, but for her body, which is her pur-
stand how completely life-altering view. You still have agency with your mind and
and difficult childbearing and child-rearing are. I feel This is about your giving up the idea of bio- body so whatever you do is on you.
I understand all that, and understand the greater bio- logical children because your girlfriend does not
logical burden on her, but it’s still important to me. want to bear them, and your finding a way to be If you want her companionship more than you
We have talked about adopting, and I am open to happy about that instead of wishing for the rest want genetic continuation, then you choose her
adopting a child, but would want a biological child as your life partner, and you own your choice as
as well. I know it’s somewhat selfish and maybe old- something you did vs. something she made you
fashioned to “pass on my genes,” but I feel it strongly do, and put your full heart into your family of two
nevertheless. or family by adoption, and you happily-ever-after
How do we compromise on these issues that have yourself by not looking back.
massive repercussions for both involved? I’m worried
that whichever way we compromise, the compromis- Again – not a matter of compromise. It’s a mat-
ing partner will resent and regret the outcome and this ter of your either taking no for an answer on this
will ruin our relationship in the long run. Do couples particular vision of your future, or breaking up
just need to be on the same page regarding big issues with your girlfriend in hopes of meeting someone
to make the relationship work, or are healthy compro- else who falls in love with you and who happens
mises possible? to want to bear children.
–V.
V.: Healthy compromises are possible, of course. What else can I tell you. “Yes” to anything will
But what you’re talking about isn’t compromise. You always mean “no” to something else. Accepting
don’t have a halfway kid, or a partial pregnancy, or that as the foundation from which you operate,
a halfway-biological kid … well, that’s doable. You on large decisions and small, is the most effective
see my point, though. What you’re talking about vaccine we have against resentment and regret.

That, and knowing and respecting what your
own voice is telling you, and knowing life some-
times gets the last word – but those are two col-
umns unto themselves. 

New diabetes treatment
guidelines get to heart of matter

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YOUR HEALTH

New diabetes treatment guidelines get to heart of matter

Dr. Deborah Brown.

PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE

Collins & Montz STORY BY TOM LLOYD STAFF WRITER atherosclerosis, can eventually block
[email protected] blood flow to the heart or brain, lead-
DCOESMNETTICI&SFTAMRILYY ing to heart attack or stroke,” accord-
Experience the fusion of traditional The American Diabetes Association ing to everydayhealth.com.
values and modern dentistry. has released its new “2019 Standards of
At Collins & Montz, DMD, Medical Care in Diabetes.” The American Heart Association
reports that “at least 68 percent of
we will focus on improving every aspect of your smile for optimal appearance, Printed copies are just now mak- people age 65 or older with diabetes
function, and comfort through our general family dentistry, and restorative ing their way into doctors’ offices in die from some form of heart disease
procedures such as dental implants. Our comprehensive range of services and Vero Beach but one local family prac- [and] … Adults with diabetes are two
dedication of quality set us apart. Call today to schedule your appointment. tice physician, Dr. Deborah Brown, at to four times more likely to die from
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital heart disease than adults without
524 OCEAN AVENUE, MELBOURNE BEACH, FL 32951 already is an enthusiastic fan of the diabetes.”
new guidelines.
(321) 725-6565 • MELBOURNEBEACHDENTISTRY.COM Type 2 Diabetes, the most com-
“They are,” exclaims Brown, “in- mon form of the disease, is a complex
credibly exciting. Absolutely. They’re chronic illness. It requires continu-
evidence-based guidelines and that’s ous medical care and risk-reduction
what makes them important and spe- strategies, but it can be successfully
cial. The old guidelines were turned on treated – and when it is, a patient’s
their head.” risk of heart disease generally goes
down too.
Brown is especially pleased that the
updated guidelines reflect a sort of al- More than 100 million American
liance between the American Diabetes adults – nearly a third of the U.S. pop-
Association and the American College ulation – are now living with diabe-
of Cardiology. tes or pre-diabetes, according to the
Centers for Disease Control, includ-
The alliance is important because ing well over 30 million who actually
many of the risk factors and bodily im- have the disease.
balances that go along with diabetes
also can cause or are correlated with Many who are pre-diabetic aren’t
heart disease. aware of their condition or the risk it
poses. Brown knows that particular
“The connection between diabe- aspect of the disease all too well.
tes and heart disease starts with high
blood-sugar levels. Over time, the Back in 2009 this former U.S. Navy
high glucose in the bloodstream can corpsman was, as she puts it, “on the
damage the arteries, causing them to other side of the table with my pri-
become stiff and hard. Fatty material mary care physician … and he’s say-
that builds up on the inside of these ing, ‘Deb, slow it down girlfriend. Your
blood vessels, a condition known as blood sugar is 126 and your hemoglo-

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HEALTHY SENIOR

bin A1c is 6.3 percent.’” That, says a smiling Brown, “is neighborhood” in diabetic treat- cusing on lowering your blood glu-
Brown was well aware that blood- pretty cool.” ment – which can include diabetic cose and getting your hemoglobin
educators, RNs, medical nutrition- A1c in line. Now it is a collaborative
sugar levels between 100 to 125 consti- Cooperation between members ists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, effort,” Brown says.
tuted pre-diabetes, so her 126 level was of what Brown calls “your medical endocrinologists and even personal
a real wakeup call. trainers – is essential, and she says If you or a family member has dia-
these new standards of care will betes or pre-diabetes, now is a good
She also knew that meant she had a definitely help. time to check with your primary care
25 percent chance of developing dia- physician and see how these new
betes in the next three to five years. “If “I think the most important thing standards of care might affect you or
the odds of winning the lottery were is that we’re going to start treating your loved one.
1-in-4, we’d all be to buying tickets,” diabetes like we do other chronic
Brown says, but developing full-blown disease models. The patient comes Dr. Deborah Brown is with the
diabetes was not a jackpot she had any first and is in the center of that Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospi-
interest in winning. neighborhood. You’re surrounded tal. Her office is at 3450 11th Court.
with a team that helps you manage Suite 201 in Vero Beach. The phone
So she launched into her own “life- the disease. We’re no longer just fo- number is 772-794-3364. 
style modification” regimen, including
a healthier diet, weight loss, exercise
and even participating in triathlons
and half-marathons.

Now armed with a medical degree
and a growing family practice in Vero
Beach, Brown is excited about the new
diabetes standards of care.

In a nutshell, these new standards
include new “goals of care” along
with new language to help patients
better understand their treatments, a
new “treatment algorithm” designed
to simplify insulin treatment plans,
new tables to help guide healthcare
providers like Brown in simplifying
medication plans for older adults,
new treatment recommendations for
children and adolescents, and, per-
haps most strikingly, an all-new col-
laboration with the American Col-
lege of Cardiology.

“It is incredibly exciting,” says
Brown, “that the American Diabetes
Association and the American College
of Cardiology came together.”

Cardiologists, Brown explains,
have been calling on their colleagues
for years to treat diabetes patients as
if “they’ve already had a heart attack:
manage their blood pressure, man-
age their lipids, manage their activ-
ity levels so we are not developing so
much cardiovascular disease in this
country.”

With the new standards of care,
Brown continues, “this is the first year
that we’ll be making our medication
treatment decisions based on your
cardiovascular disease risk. It’s not
just to bring down your fasting blood
sugar levels and bring down your he-
moglobin A1c. We [will also be] paying
attention to what your cardiovascular
risk is, what your kidney disease risk is,
what your heart failure risk is.”

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HEALTHY SENIOR

Dizziness upon standing may be caused by low blood pressure

STORY BY FRED CICETTI COLUMNIST drate foods such as potatoes, rice, seniors. Here are some pointers for pressure may increase the risk of
pasta and bread. avoiding the dangers of low blood Alzheimer’s-type dementia in some
Q. I usually get a bit light-headed pressure: older adults.
when I stand, but this feeling is much There’s another form of low blood
worse when I get up from the dinner pressure called “postural hypoten- When arising, let your feet hang Low blood pressure without symp-
table. I don’t drink. Any ideas? sion” that affects some people when over the side of your bed. Then flex toms rarely requires treatment. In
they stand up. Also called “ortho- your toes up and down about a doz- symptomatic cases, doctors address
There’s a possibility you have “post- static hypotension,” this is especial- en times. Stand up slowly. Count to the primary problems such as heart
prandial hypotension,” or, in layman’s ly common in older adults who are 10 before you start walking. This is a failure. When hypotension is drug-
language, low blood pressure after more likely to use high blood pres- good idea whenever you get up from induced, treatment usually involves
a meal. This is a senior malady; few sure drugs. When you experience lying or sitting for more than 20 min- altering the drug regimen.
younger people experience this. Other postural hypotension, blood pools in utes. Crossing your legs while sitting
possible symptoms include dizziness, your legs. upright may also help increase blood It is possible to raise blood pressure
blurred vision, nausea and fainting. I pressure. when that is required. Here are some
recommend going to a doctor to have Low blood pressure is commonly ways:
your symptoms checked. caused by drugs for high blood pres- Some experts define low blood pres-
sure, surgical medications, anti-anxi- sure as readings lower than 90 systolic Eating more salt. However, too
When you eat, blood pours into ety agents, diuretics, heart medicines, (the first number) or 60 diastolic (the much sodium can cause heart failure,
your digestive system. To main- antidepressants, narcotic painkillers second number). However, low blood especially among seniors, so don’t in-
tain your blood pressure, your heart and alcohol. pressure is relative, so doctors often crease your salt without consulting
pumps more often and your blood define blood pressure as too low only if with your doctor.
vessels constrict. But these compen- Other causes of low blood pressure there are symptoms.
satory mechanisms don’t work for include dehydration, heart failure, Drink more water. Fluids increase
some people. heart arrhythmias, shock from infec- In many instances, low blood blood volume and help prevent dehy-
tion, stroke, severe allergic reaction, pressure isn’t serious. However, it is dration.
To help prevent postprandial hy- major trauma, heart attack and ad- important to see your doctor if you
potension, eat small portions several vanced diabetes. have hypotension symptoms, be- Compression stockings used to
times a day and limit high-carbohy- cause they sometimes can point to treat varicose veins may help reduce
The effects of hypotension can serious problems. Chronic low blood the pooling of blood in your legs.
lead to falls, which can be serious for
There are also medications your doc-
tor may prescribe. 

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FINE & CASUAL DINING

Crab Stop: Worth a go for ‘Maryland-style’ blue crabs

REVIEW BY TINA RONDEAU Snow Special.
[email protected]
PHOTOS BY ANTHONY INSWASTY
Many years ago when I lived in
Washington, D.C., on summer week- Shrimp Special.
ends we would visit the Eastern Shore
of Maryland.

July and August are the peak of blue
crab season on the Chesapeake Bay,
and these outings would frequently
take us to a waterfront crab shack for a
Maryland-style crab feast.

Those were the days. I sure do miss
sitting down at a newspaper-covered
table, and pounding away at
those Old Bay-encrusted
steamed crabs.

But while the
Chesapeake blue
crabs that I dream
about are regard-
ed as the
most deli-

Lobster Bites.

cious of with shrimp and lob- blue crab shells. RESTAURANT HOURS
the species, ster. An attractive presentation, Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
blue crabs can be but not great crab cakes.
found up and down the But I was intent on trying Sunday, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
East Coast – including in Florida. the blue crabs. I wanted to or- Before our entrées, we had started BEVERAGES
der a half dozen – pretty much with two bowls of soup – the New Eng- Full Bar
So recently, spotting the words a normal portion – but neither the land clam chowder ($5.95) and the ADDRESS
“Maryland-style” in an ad for the Crab menu nor the server seemed to indicate lobster bisque ($5.95). I liked the clam
Stop on the Sebastian waterfront, I that was possible. We could have had a chowder better than my Massachusetts 1550 Indian River Drive,
stopped by to try the blue crabs avail- “table combo” of a dozen medium blue husband, but we both gave high marks Sebastian
able there. crabs for $39, or 18 for $59, but there to the homemade lobster bisque en- PHONE
seemed to be no way of just having six. hanced with a dash of sherry.
The Crab Stop in Sebastian has been 772-571-6767
open just about a year, and the first Sharing an order might have been Bottom line: Round up a couple of
thing I noticed was the ambiance is fine under other circumstances, but friends who love Maryland-style blue
more that of a bright-and-cheery wa- my husband has never been a fan of the crabs, and go order a mound of these
terfront seafood restaurant than crab whole blue-crab experience. beauties. They are what makes giving
shack. the Crab Stop a try.
So at my server’s suggestion, I wound
No newspaper-covered tables or up with the “blue snack pack” ($18.95) I welcome your comments, and encour-
wooden mallets here. consisting of three blue crabs, three age you to send feedback to me at tina@
jumbo shrimp, sausage, egg and a half- verobeach32963.com.
And the personable proprietor, Ellis pound of potatoes. My husband or-
Buckner, a retired county fireman who dered the crab cake dinner ($15.95). The reviewer dines anonymously at
went into the restaurant business after restaurants at the expense of this
a near-fatal heart attack, quickly made My blue crabs turned out, in fact, to newspaper. 
it clear that his blue crabs were not be very tasty. The Crab Stop seasons
from Maryland, but were brought here the crabs not with Old Bay but its own
live from the Gulf Coast and prepared spice mixture. I should have gone for
“Maryland-style.” the full dozen! And the sausage and
garlic potatoes were also delicious.
Blue crabs, in fact, turn out to be only
one of the two types of crabs featured My husband’s two “crab cakes,” how-
at the Crab Stop. Equal billing goes to ever, consisted of a mixture that was
snow crab clusters, which come mostly more breading than crab, stuffed into
from the northern Pacific and Alaska.
The Crab Stop also offers an array of
seafood combinations including some

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WINE COLUMN

Five simple ways to get out of your wine-drinking rut

STORY BY DAVE MCINTYRE scribblings you rarely, if ever, look Cultivate a wine retailer (or two). other wines they represent.
The Washington Post at. That’s the old-fashioned way. Use A personal connection with a retailer
your smartphone camera and keep could be the most important relation- Try something new. Expand your
Each year, I try to shake up my your bottle shots in a folder. Or enter ship in your wine exploration (after a comfort zone. If white wine means
wine habits a bit. I like to visit a new them into a wine app such as Vivino, rich relative or friend with a great cel- chardonnay to you, try some riesling
wine region. Usually I promise my- CellarTracker or Delectable. Insta- lar). Your best bet is an independent or gruner veltliner. Some stores offer
self to drink more riesling, cham- gram is as popular for wine as it is for retailer, someone who knows every occasional sampler packs, discount-
pagne or pinot noir. Sometimes I vow the rest of our lives. Those platforms wine in the store. Tell them what you ed selections by the staff. These can
to drink less. will let you share impressions with like and don’t like. Try a wine they rec- be a great opportunity to try some-
others, and you can get suggestions ommend, then on your next visit to the thing you haven’t tasted before.
Here are five ways you, too, can en- from them. store, explain why you liked or disliked
hance your wine experience. Whether it. This will lead to more recommenda- If you subscribe to a favorite win-
you are a novice who has just caught As you pay attention to what you tions. If your retailer recommends sev- ery’s club, you’ll receive regular ship-
the wine bug, or an old hand trying to drink, notice differences among eral wines you don’t like, find some- ments of new-release wines, often
get out of a rut, these can keep your wines that seem similar. That grassy one else. special bottlings that are not avail-
wine tasting enjoyable and rewarding. flavor of a sauvignon blanc from New able in retail. Or start your own club.
Zealand or South Africa, for instance, Read the back label. Specifically,
Pay attention to the wines you may be mellower in one from Cali- pay attention to the name of the im- Visit a winery you’ve never been to.
drink. All too often, I hear people ex- fornia or Chile, while those from the porter. This is a benefit we don’t have This one obviously takes some time
press enthusiasm about a nice wine Loire Valley in France have a mineral on the label of a domestic wine, but and effort. Visiting wineries, whether
they enjoyed recently, but when I ask character. Compare a rich chardon- U.S. regulations require the importer on travel or a weekend excursion to
its name, they give me a blank stare. nay from Sonoma County’s Russian to be identified. You won’t have the your closest “wine country,” can be
Maybe the label was blue, or had a River Valley with a lithe example personal interaction as with a re- a great way to learn about how and
rooster on it, but such vague details from Fort Ross-Seaview, farther tailer, but if you like an importer’s where wine is made. You may also dis-
don’t narrow it down much. If you north and west, where the ocean’s Cotes-du-Rhone, you might like his cover a new favorite grape variety. The
can’t remember the wine you liked, influence gives the wines extra back- or her Burgundy as well. I list the im- bottle you bring home will be a great
you may not be able to find it again. bone. Those differences make wine porter in my reviews to help you find conversation starter with friends as
infinitely variable and exciting. well as a memory of your trip. 
So take notes. You don’t need to
keep a stack of Moleskines with old

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CALENDAR

Please send calendar information Topics to be discussed will be Medicare parts A, B,
at least two weeks prior to your D(Rx) as well as Medicare supplements and Ad-
vantage plans. All are welcome. Call Kim Adkin-
event to son-Cowles at (321)305-2554.

[email protected] 6 Swing Dancing Class begins, and runs for 8
weeks through March 27 at the Melbourne
ONGOING Athletic Club. This is $8.00 per class for members
and $12 for non-members. Call (321)425-5838
Satellite Beach Farmers‘ Market, 10 a.m. to or go to www.melbourneathleticclub.com
5 p.m. Thursdays at Pelican Beach Park on A1A,
(321)773-6458 8 The League of Women Voters of the Space
Coast (LWVSC) will host its biennial fundrais-
JANUARY ing luncheon and fashion show “Politicos on Pa-
rade” 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This event, which is
31 Jazz Up the New Year with a collabora- February 9 | Brevard Symphony Orchestra Pops concert open to the public, will be held at the Indian River
tion of the Melbourne Community Or- Colony Club, 1936 Freedom Drive, Melbourne.
chestra and the Swingtime Jazz Band, 7:30 p.m. way’s golden era, as well as classic rock numbers 2-3 Brevard Renaissance Fair, runs Event cost is $40 for League members and $45 for
at the Melbourne Auditorium at 625 Hibiscus from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Tickets in advance only, $20 through Feb. 3 at Wickham Park non-members. Advance ticket purchase is recom-
Boulevard, 32901. Admission is free, with no tick- for adults, $10 for children 10 and under. Proceeds in Melbourne. Education Day for schools and mended, and menu selection is required. RSVP
ets required. A hit parade of more than 25 jazz will benefit the educational grants and scholarships homeschoolers is Feb. 1. Advance tickets now deadline is Friday, February 1st. To register, go to
and big band standards, including Cole Porter’s of the Philanthropic Educational Organization for on sale at www.brevardrenaissancefair.com www.lwv-spacecoast.org (events/timely topics).
“Night and Day”; “The Pink Panther” and “Moon women, P.E.O. Call (321)727-2976. For more information, contact Doreen Archer at
River” by Henry Mancini; “Embraceable You” and 3 Prayer Rally with Lou Engle, 6 p.m. at the (321)622-4071 or [email protected].
“Someone To Watch Over Me” by Gershwin; Duke 2 Miami superstar, Jacob Velazquez, high Kingdom Gate Worship Cebter, 535 Cassia
Ellington’s Medley for Orchestra and many more. school junior Monet Jowers and local fa- Blvd, Satellite Beach. www.kgwcsb.org 8 Sound Collage, Concert for the Soul, 7-9pm
Doors open at 6:30 PM for best seating. Call 321- vorite 16-year-old Isaac Moorman join the Space at The Foosaner Art Museum at 1463 High-
285-6724 or visit www.MCOrchestra.org. Coast Symphony continues their 10th anniversary 3 AdventLutheranChurchConcertSeries,“From land Avenue in Melbourne. A magical meditative
season during Jacob Plays Beethoven, 7 p.m. at Bach to Gospel” featuring organist Mark Miller, journey into sound featuring Anthony Profeta on
31 Satellite Beach Library Book sale noon the Scott Center for the Performing Arts at Holy 3 p.m. at Advent Lu-theran Church Suntree. Free ad- crystal and Himalayan singing bowl with special ac-
to 7 p.m. Jan. 31, plus 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Academy, Suntree. Tickets at the mission. (321)426-9378 or www.adventbrevard.org. companiment by local Grammy-recognized pianist
Feb. 1-2 at 751 Jamaica Blvd, Satellite Beach. door are $30. Jacob Plays Beethoven is free for Kevin Keough and local harpist Sasha O’Kane. This
those aged 18 and under or with a student ID. Fur- 5 Free Medicare seminar with Kim Adkinson- unique collage of sounds pairs perfectly with the
FEBRUARY loughed federal employees and active duty Coast Cowles, 6 p.m. at the Melbourne Beach current exhibition at the museum. Participants
Guard will also be admitted free to SCSO concerts Library on Ocean Avenue. Designed for anyone will be surrounded by beautiful artwork which will
2 Star-Studded Broadway Brunch for PEO Schol- for the duration of the government shutdown. For who is interested in understanding Medicare, support the process of healing the body and mind.
arships, 10:45 a.m. at Eastminster Presbyterian more information, call toll free to 855-252-7276 or anyone turning 65 in the next six months or any- A portion of the proceeds benefit The Indian River
Church in Indialantic. Enjoy a delicious brunch while visit www.SpaceCoastSymphony.org. one who has questions about their current plan. Lagoon Research Institute. For more info and Ad-
being entertained by favorite melodies from Broad- vance tickets, pls go to facebook/sound collage or
https://sound-collage.eventbrite.com
Solutions from Games Pages ACROSS DOWN
in January 24, 2019 Edition 1 CAULS 1 COMBAT 9 Brevard Symphony Orchestra Pops con-
4 ENTERS 2 UNDER cert, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the King Center
9 MODICUM 3 SACK for the Performing Arts. This annual Pops con-
10 CHOIR 5 NICOTINE cert will feature music from The Sting, The Pink
11 AURA 6 EGOTISM Panther, Forrest Gump, Somewhere in Time, Ex-
12 CUTTING 7 SHRUGS odus, The Lord of the Rings, Superman, and Up.
13 YAK 8 SMOCK The guest artist will be pianist Rich Ridenour,
14 WAGE 13 YEARBOOK who returns after his very successful appear-
16 NAME 15 AUDITOR ance with the orchestra two years ago.
18 WOE 17 HERMES
20 ENDORSE 18 WEARY 9 Surfside Playhouse “Party for the
21 PAIR 19 BRONZE Playhouse!”fundraiser w/dinner, music,
24 MOTTO 22 ACORN auction and stars of the Surfside Playhouse,
25 RACCOON 23 ACID 5:30 p.m. at the Cocoa Beach Hilton, 1550 N.
26 STROKE Atlantic Ave. Tickets cost $50 per person. Call
27 DANTE (321)783-3127 or go to www.SurfsidePlay-
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REAL ESTATE

Spacious island home now available at reduced price

STORY BY GEORGE WHITE STAFF WRITER Located in the Sea Park subdivi- corner of the home, also continues One special feature of the home
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convenient to the Pineda Causeway, windows. The master bathroom suite project is a large multipurpose room
Reduced to sell and in a prime lo- the 2,456-square-foot home gives the has dual vanity sinks, a walk-in show- with several windows and a south-
cation, the spacious four-bedroom, illusion of even more space by having er and an oversized walk-in closet ern exposure that could be used for
three-bath home at 540 4th Street,

Satellite Beach, is the perfect option 10-foot vaulted ceilings and numer- with an organizer shelving system. bright office space, hobby room, ex-
for affordable beachside living or for a ous sky lights that bring in an abun- The split floor plan, Old Florida- tra bedroom or children’s play area.
growing family that wants to live near dance of natural light. The master
good schools. bedroom suite, located in the back style home, built in 1959 of concrete “The previous owners made it their
block and stucco, was recently up- own with additional updates and
Todd Ostrander Top 1% of Brevard dated. New features and finishes added another room,” said Treasure
“Door to the East Shore” ® County Agents include low-maintenance gray lami- Coast Sotheby’s agent Gibbs Baum,
321.749.8405 nate flooring throughout. There are who is co-listing the house with So-
Over 175 Million new granite countertops in the large theby’s agent Greg Zimmerman. “To
eat-in kitchen with breakfast bar, get nearly 2,500 square feet of living
SOLD! new cabinets and up-to-date appli- square feet in this area is abnormal
ances. The kitchen is located next to and because of that it’s listed at a val-
a room which could serve as a large ue per-square-foot price point ($133
dining area. per square foot).’’

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VITAL STATISTICS
540 4TH AVE.,

SATELLITE BEACH

Baum and Zimmerman believe in online show digital representations ing high-resolution photographs of Neighborhood:
the home’s potential enough to have of furniture and window treatments the virtual settings placed in each Sea Park subdivision
the property “virtually staged,” “to help define the property.” They of the rooms on easels to show the
meaning the photographs you see even went one step farther by creat- Year built:
CONTINUED ON PAGE 39 1959 (recently renovated)

Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3

Home size:
2,456 square feet under air;
2,830 square feet under roof

Lot size: 0.2 acre
Architectural style: Old Florida

Construction:
concrete block, stucco
Additional features: New gray
laminate flooring, breakfast bar,
granite countertops, vaulted
ceilings, skylights, large master
suite with walk-in closet with
organizer shelving, double van-
ity sinks and walk-in shower in
master bath, one-car attached
garage with laundry.
Listing agency: Treasure Coast
Sotheby’s International Realty

Co-Listing agents:
Gibbs Baum, 321-432-2009;
Greg Zimmerman, 321-704-3025

Listing price: $329,000

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Real Estate Sales on South Brevard island: Jan. 18 to Jan. 24

The short holiday week brought a lull in real estate sales last week in ZIP codes 32951, 32903 and
32937. Melbourne Beach led the way with 4 sales followed by Indian Harbor Beach reporting 3,
Satellite Beach with 2 and Indialantic 1.
The top sale of the week was of a townhouse with river views in Melbourne Beach. The residence
at 3130 River Villa Way was placed on the market Oct. 11 for $519,000. The sale closed on Jan. 18
for $480,000
Both the seller and the purchaser were represented by Effy McGuire of Coldwell Banker.

SALES FOR 32951

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$445,000
$260,000
BCH WDS STG 7 PHS 3R 3124 RIVER VILLA WAY 1/1/2019 $450,000 $450,000 1/22/2019 $237,000
COVE S BCH CNDO P2 29 COVE RD 29 1/18/2019 $260,000 $260,000 1/18/2019
NONE 231 CRYSTAL BAY LN 5/9/2018 $270,000 $255,000 1/24/2019 $120,000

SALES FOR 32903 $469,000
$405,000
PALM COLONY CLUB CON 2700 N HIGHWAY A1A 20-103 10/24/2018 $120,000 $120,000 1/23/2019 $222,000
$202,000
SALES FOR 32937 $172,500

CARRIAGE PRK PHS 3 390 MAPLE DR 9/26/2018 $519,000 $475,000 1/22/2019
BCCNR BCH CLB CND P2 1125 HIGHWAY A1A 506 6/25/2018 $440,000 $425,000 1/18/2019
TOWNHOUSE ESTATES NO 611 DESOTO LN 12/12/2018 $222,000 $222,000 1/22/2019
SUBD OF W 270 FT OF 837 POINSETTA DR 11/5/2018 $234,000 $210,000 1/24/2019
HARBOUR ROYALE NORTH 500 PALM SPRINGS BLVD 713 10/10/2018 $192,000 $185,000 1/21/2019

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Bch Wds Stg 7 Phs 3R, Address: 3124 River Villa Way

Listing Date: 1/1/2019
Original Price: $450,000
Recent Price: $450,000
Sold: 1/22/2019
Selling Price: $445,000
Listing Agent: Silvia Mozer

Selling Agent: RE/MAX Elite

Bridget Sentz & Carolyn Smith

RE/MAX Elite

Subdivision: None, Address: 231 Crystal Bay Ln

Listing Date: 5/9/2018
Original Price: $270,000
Recent Price: $255,000
Sold: 1/24/2019
Selling Price: $237,000
Listing Agent: Wendy Murray

Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl

David Settgast

Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl

Subdivision: Bccnr Bch Clb Cnd P2, Address: 1125 Highway A1A 506

Listing Date: 6/25/2018
Original Price: $440,000
Recent Price: $425,000
Sold: 1/18/2019
Selling Price: $405,000
Listing Agent: Nancy Rozzelle

Selling Agent: NextHome Results Realty

Gwendolyn Woods

Florida Oasis Realty

Subdivision: Carriage Prk Phs 3, Address: 390 Maple Dr

Listing Date: 9/26/2018
Original Price: $519,000
Recent Price: $475,000
Sold: 1/22/2019
Selling Price: $469,000
Listing Agent: Matt Canina

Selling Agent: Florida Elite Real Estate

Kyle Hogan

My Florida Homes For Sale

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Cove S Bch Cndo P2, Address: 29 Cove Rd 29 Subdivision: Palm Colony Club Con, Address: 2700 N Highway A1A 20-103

Listing Date: 1/18/2019 Listing Date: 10/24/2018
Original Price: $260,000 Original Price: $120,000
Recent Price: $260,000 Recent Price: $120,000
Sold: 1/18/2019 Sold: 1/23/2019
Selling Price: $260,000 Selling Price: $120,000
Listing Agent: Not Provided Listing Agent: Anthony Scaramouche

Selling Agent: Not Provided Selling Agent: Coldwell Banker Paradise

Joan Shepherd Froy Velasquez

Prominent Properties of FL,LLC Vincent Keenan, REALTORS

JUST LISTED IN THE CLOISTERS! Subdivision: Subd Of W 270 Ft Of, Address: 837 Poinsetta Dr

Waterfrontbrevard.com Listing Date: 11/5/2018
Original Price: $234,000
THE HOUSING MARKET IS MOVING FAST - DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND. Recent Price: $210,000
Sold: 1/24/2019
BUYING OR SELLING Selling Price: $202,000
WE’LL GET YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. Listing Agent: Leslie Bryan

70013P1USEESVTAENDTEHL SAOVELNPULAEZ•AIN•DINIADLIANLATNICT,IFCL, F3L293023903 Selling Agent: BHHS Florida Realty

PRICE REDUCED! $468,000 Shane Burgman
3 BED 2 BATH • 2,080 SF • SPARKLING POOL
2290 VENETIA PL • MELBOURNE, FL 32903 Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc

Subdivision: Townhouse Estates No, Address: 611 Desoto Ln

Listing Date: 12/12/2018
Original Price: $222,000
Recent Price: $222,000
Sold: 1/22/2019
Selling Price: $222,000
Listing Agent: Stephanie Dandridge

Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc

Roger Bakst

Coldwell Banker Residential RE

Subdivision: Harbour Royale North, Address: 500 Palm Springs Blvd 713

NEW LISTING! $329,000 Listing Date: 10/10/2018
3 BEDROOM 3 BATHROOM • 2,287 SF • COMPLETELY REMODELED Original Price: $192,000
Recent Price: $185,000
OUR CK PROMISE Sold: 1/21/2019
TO YOU... Selling Price: $172,500
Listing Agent: Michelle Mckinney & Karin Mann
MAXIMUM EXPOSURE
EXPERTS IN NEGOTIATIONS Selling Agent: RE/MAX Elite

GUARANTEED RESULTS Janet Allen

[email protected] Sandy Shoes Realty, Inc.

321.890.9911

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specific vision. how to put together the house,’’ Baum within walking distance to the beach, perfect for tropical plants. The .2-acre
“I’ve done it three or four times and said. he said. yard was recently re-sodded with an
irrigation system added.
interestingly enough, the buyers have Choosing a “coastal style” in this The exterior of the home is in good
asked to have the canvas prints. They case for the virtual furniture was a shape with a large front porch with This spacious island home is listed
like it because they can see exactly natural considering that the home is decorative arches, which would be for $329,000. 

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