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ISCHEMIC STROKES PAELLA DE MARISCOS
SETBACK FOR YOUTH B7
SAILING EXPANSION BID

VIRGIN TRAINS SET TO Accused slayer
START WORK ON TRACKS seeks to stage
HERE BY END OF YEAR religious fast

By George Andreassi | Staff Writer By Lisa Zahner | Staff Writer
[email protected]
Construction on railroad tracks
and crossings for the Virgin Trains Vero in midst of luxury oceanfront building boom Michael David Jones, a former
USA passenger rail expansion PNC Wealth Management financial
through Indian River County will By Steven M. Thomas | Staff Writer the southern edge of the 32963 ZIP code area, the advisor awaiting trial for the 2014
start before the end of the year, [email protected] houses range up to 20,000 square feet and have murder of his girlfriend, nurse and
company officials said Friday. an approximate total value of $150 million, based Moorings resident Diana Duve, has
If more proof is needed to demonstrate the on listing prices, recent oceanfront sales and ex- been preparing for trial in his own
“I think this year, absolutely, growing appeal of Vero Beach, at least 14 major pert estimates. bizarre way – by trying to convince
but we’re just saying imminent at estate homes are under construction or about to the court to grant him a vegan diet
this point,” said Michael Hicks, break ground along the barrier island oceanfront “I don’t think there have been this many estate to facilitate a religious fast.
a Virgin Trains USA spokesman, – the most in memory. homes under construction simultaneously in my
about the construction kickoff in Jones, who had been in Sheriff
Indian River County. Spread out from Ambersand in the north to CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Deryl Loar’s custody at the Indian
River County Jail since complet-
Virgin Trains USA anticipates ing two criminal trials in Broward
sending 32 trains per day through County in 2016, sued Loar when a
Indian River County at 110 mph request on religious grounds for
when passenger service between “a vegan or vegetarian diet” was
Orlando and West Palm Beach denied.
begins. The passenger service
started running last year be- A law-school graduate, Jones
tween West Palm Beach and Mi- is acting as his own attorney and
ami and the company expects to has penned dozens of pages of
have trains passing through Vero hand-written pleadings from jail
Beach by 2022. arguing his case to Circuit Judge
Janet Croom.
Florida East Coast Railway
tracks and crossings will be up- Jones did not claim he’s convert-
graded from West Palm Beach to ed to the Buddhist or Hindu faiths
Cocoa to handle the passenger in which avoiding animal products
trains, Virgin Trains USA said May in favor of a plant-based diet is
highly encouraged. Court records
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 show that Jones instead claims the

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NEWS 1-5 PETS 10
DINING B7
HEALTH 6 GAMES B13 Ken Puttick, longtime auto dealer and developer, dead at 71
CALENDAR B16
REAL ESTATE 11
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ARTS

To advertise call: 772-559-4187 By Michelle Genz | Staff Writer seven-acre tract he bought just east ers appears to have run the clock.
For circulation or where to pick up [email protected] of the Wabasso Causeway. Puttick, longtime area resident, for-
your issue call: 772-226-7925 mer car dealer, father of four and
© 2016 Vero Beach 32963 Media LLC. All rights reserved. In his last days, Ken Puttick came But it didn’t seem to matter what grandfather of seven, died May 26 at
closer than anyone to bringing the Puttick put before the town of Or- age 71. He had suffered from multi-
first full-size supermarket to Vero’s chid, where he himself lived. His ple illnesses over the years, accord-
barrier island. Before that, he nearly plans never passed muster; not with ing to the family.
brought the first assisted living fa- residents, not with officials.
cility to the island. And before that, Puttick leaves behind his wife of 41
Puttick twice proposed residential Change may come slowly in Or- years, Janine Puttick. They met when
developments on the same land, a chid, but the town’s contest with
one of its most tenacious landhold- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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KEN PUTTICK lac. The dealership, on U.S. 1, was a suc- council ruled it was primarily residential, ACCUSED SLAYER
cess. and in 2016, rejected his idea again.
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Son Scott called his dad “a big thinker” By that point, Publix had already been
she came to Puttick’s dealership in New who didn’t shy away from new ideas or new talking to Orchid officials about building on Bible tells him he must embark upon a vege-
York to buy her first car after college. Puttick investments. “He enjoyed taking risks be- the barrier island. Orchid town officials gave tarian fast “to adhere to Petitioner’s religious
took one look at her and told his manager, cause it helped him learn more about busi- the idea the thumbs down. But in early 2018, mandates.” He’s not claiming a jailhouse
“I’m going to marry that girl.” Janine’s de- ness and life.” Publix came back to talk about Puttick’s lo- conversion, but bases his request on being a
cisiveness matched her husband’s. After he cation. This time, things got down to details: “professed Christian since 1995.”
proposed on their first date, she accepted In 2003, Puttick sold his dealership to Publix had a contract with Puttick on the
on the second. concentrate on commercial real estate. property, contingent on Orchid’s approval. Undersheriff Jim Harpring is representing
With a just-competed 10,000-square-foot Loar and the Sheriff’s Office in the case. As
Their affection continued to the end. home on the ocean at the height of the real Puttick by choice stayed out of the pro- of Monday morning, the jail housed 492 in-
“This is my favorite person,” Puttick said estate boom, he bought the 7-acre invest- cess, afraid of jinxing it. But when Publix of- mates, but Harpring said none of the current
as he wrapped his arms around Janine in ment property about a mile away, paying ficials presented residents with its plans in residents is being served a vegan or vegetari-
front of his family a few weeks before his $3.5 million for the parcel on County Road January, the Orchid Island Community Asso- an diet for religious reasons.
death. The tenderness of that moment 510, not far from the Orchid Island Golf and ciation presented results of a survey showing
brought Scott Puttick to tears last week as Beach Club. 87 percent opposition among homeowners. Harpring, who prior to being promoted to
he eulogized his dad following a funeral undersheriff served primarily as chief legal
mass at Holy Cross Catholic Church. A year later, he proposed a mixed-use Faced with overwhelming opposition, counsel for the sheriff, said he reviews each
Puttick’s other children include Tyler Put- plan of golf cottages and commercial de- Publix called off the deal. such request carefully and grants or rejects it
tick, an elder law attorney in Vero; Chelsey velopment similar to one proposed by the based upon relevant facts and the individual
Puttick Ucciferri, whose field is marketing; owners of the Windsor development when After the Publix project tanked, Puttick situation.
and Tiffany Justice, a member of the county’s they owned the same parcel. But Orchid openly declared Orchid’s building code
School Board. turned Puttick’s plan down, claiming it re- too restrictive for any commercial ven- Jones in his initial pleading in February
Puttick was a native of Brooklyn and quired a zoning change to allow residential ture to be viable. “No business can survive said that he’s met at least monthly with clergy
the son of a car dealer. He opened his own construction. How was it not residential with how the code is written,” he told Vero for counseling. Harpring said Jones sporadi-
dealership, selling Cadillacs, in Hemp- when Windsor wanted to build it? Beach 32963. cally attends religious services at the jail, but
stead, New York, when he was just 33, be- that no letter of support for Jones’ “religious
coming the youngest Cadillac dealer in the “I was mystified,” he told Vero Beach He cited a state law that lets developers mandates” from a clergy member was in-
company’s history. 32963. seek relief if a government entity has unfairly cluded with Jones’ request.
With three of their four children born, restricted a property’s use, essentially mak-
Ken and Janine decided to move to Flori- In 2011, Puttick asked for a zoning ing it so the investment is impossible to get He said no prison minister at the jail, to his
da. Criss-crossing the state looking at real change to residential, this time with plans any kind of return on. knowledge, is encouraging inmates awaiting
estate, they found Vero Beach. They moved for 40 two-story townhomes. But the town trial to enter any kind of penance fast.
here in 1987 and started the business he is refused to rezone the property, saying they “I don’t like controversy, and I try to
best known for: Ken Puttick Buick-Cadil- wanted commercial development instead. avoid it when I can,” he said. But, he add- “There was no letter from a Catholic
ed, “I can’t walk away and do nothing.” priest, but that would have been given seri-
In 2015 came his proposal for assisted ous consideration,” Harpring said, adding
living. But that became mired in defini- “My dad was an eternal optimist,” said that inmates sometimes make requests for
tions: Was an assisted living facility a com- Scott Puttick. “He always thought every- special diets in order to trade the food, as
mercial venture, or a residence? The town thing could be bigger and better than it al-
ready was.” 

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fresh fruit and vegetables would be coveted YOUTH SAILING’S BID FOR EXPANSION AT
and could be bartered for other items the in- CENTENNIAL PLACE TERMED PREMATURE
mate wants.
By Nicole Rodriguez | Staff Writer “If your building were there, it would the very least, would like to be a part of the
“We will comply with whatever the court encumber what we do with that property site’s eventual master plan, Keiller said.
orders,” Harpring said, adding that the Sher- A popular sailing nonprofit hoping to and how we develop that property,” Howle
iff’s Office has a duty to Indian River Coun- snag prime property at “Centennial Place” continued. “And I think that would kind of “I know this is valuable land, but our
ty taxpayers to ensure that inmate requests once the city moves forward with redevel- be the backwards way of doing it. I think kids are valuable,” Keiller said. “If you put
that would increase the daily cost of feeding opment plans for the former electric power you most certainly could be part of the a price tag of a million dollars an acre on
or housing them are legally valid. plant site ran into opposition from the City planned development of that property, but the land, which price tag do you put on a
Council. it would be much better for the communi- child?”
If justified according to the law, the jail ty as a whole to have the plan made around
has food suppliers that could provide vegan The Youth Sailing Foundation of Indian whatever we decide is going to be there.” Backup plans for the foundation should
meals, but it would not be cheap. Harpring River County recently made a pitch to the the city deny it a spot at the southeast cor-
said in his 15-year tenure, he has seen “a council to allow the quickly-expanding or- Mayor Val Zudans echoed Howle’s reser- ner of the Big Blue site include a perma-
handful, maybe six or seven” requests, most- ganization to build a larger facility on a 3.5- vations. nent location at the wastewater site or a
ly for kosher meals or for halal, the Muslim acre sliver of land on the southeast corner floating center close by.
equivalent, but Jones asserting a Christian of the electric plant property at the west “I am a big fan of youth sailing. I was
imperative for a vegan or vegetarian fast is a end of the Alma Lee Loy Bridge. at your regatta. I believe in it 100 percent Zudans liked the idea of a floating facil-
new approach. and I want to see it happen,” Zudans said. ity, he said.
The foundation, currently located near- “I am also concerned about having a com-
So new it led Harpring on a journey of by at 17 17th Street, has outgrown its cur- prehensive plan and not encumbering the “There are a lot of potential advantages
sorts, researching what the Bible of his own rent site with the expansion of programs overall idea.” to going that route. It costs less,” Zudans
Catholic faith says about eating meat ver- for children with disabilities and several said. “You probably could raise the mon-
sus a plant-based diet. Harpring said he also fleets of small sailboats, organization exec- Keiller acknowledged that dedicating ey within six months to do something like
studied the history of fasting as a peaceful re- utive director Stu Keiller told the council at land now to the sailing foundation without that as opposed to years from now. And if
ligious protest or as a demonstration by the the board’s May 21 meeting. a redevelopment plan in place is putting you got to the point where you exceed your
imprisoned. His detailed, 67-page response the cart before the horse, but he added it capacity, you can add a second barge.”
to Jones’ petition does not simply or sum- The foundation scoured the city’s water- would be the right choice for area youth
marily dismiss the claim that a vegetarian ways and landed at Centennial Place as its and an economic driver. The foundation at “We want you to be a part of this, but we
diet is supported by the Bible. Instead, Har- preferred spot because it has easy access want to make sure we do it in the best way,”
pring went book by book through the Bible, to a wide section of the lagoon suitable for Zudans added. 
countering and refuting Jones’ arguments sailing and is close to where programs al-
with specific passages of scripture. ready operate, according to Keiller. He pro-
posed constructing a $2.5 million facility
“There is no evidence provided by the Pe- at the Big Blue site. The facility would be
titioner that any tenet of the Christian faith turned over to the city with an endowment
supports his request for a vegan or vegetari- fund to maintain it, Keiller said.
an diet,” Harpring concluded.”
“Our vision is to develop a self-sustain-
Harpring also points out that Jones is ing sailing culture and establish a per-
only requesting the special diet “to engage manent sailing center on the Vero Beach
in a fast in advance of his trial on charges of waterfront,” Keiller said, adding he antici-
first-degree murder,” not to change his diet pates the funds for the new facility could
“as part of a continuous practice.” be raised in two to three years.

Harpring said he is certain Judge Croom The Vero Beach-owned Centennial Place
is taking Jones’ request seriously. ”Judge land is currently occupied by the city’s
Croom is very thoughtful and thorough, she former electric plant on the north side of
is not going to issue some shoot-from-the- the bridge, its aging wastewater treatment
hip ruling on this,” Harpring said. “I have facility on the south side, and the former
not contacted her about it or asked when she postal annex on the southwest corner.
plans to rule because that’s not how these
things are done.” Big Blue will be demolished sometime
after 2020, when Florida Power & Light Co.
It’s the plaintiff’s job to push the case – which purchased the city’s electric utility
along, and last Thursday Jones filed an in- system in December 2018 for $185 million
quiry asking Croom why she had not ruled – builds a new substation nearby and no
yet and urging her to grant his request. The longer needs access to the property.
earliest Jones’ murder case might come to
trial is August or September. The sailing foundation, which has seen
an increase in weekly program participants
State Attorney Bruce Colton’s office is pur- from 100 to 150 in the past year, has added
suing the death penalty and plans to show new boats and activities, including a sail-
that Jones killed 26-year-old Duve by stran- ing program for children with disabilities
gulation, then placed her in the trunk of her and a shuttle service for homeless children
own Nissan Altima and drove her body to to its programs with newly acquired buses,
Melbourne, leaving her to be found by po- Keiller said.
lice in a Publix parking lot after a three-day
search for her as a missing and endangered But Councilman Harry Howle initially
person. raised concerns about dedicating part of
the coveted waterfront site to the sailing
Assistant State Attorney Brian Workman group at this time.
has served as lead prosecutor on the Jones
case for nearly five years, while Assistant “What I’m having trouble swallowing
Public Defender Stanley Glenn manages is that what you’re asking for is the prime
Jones’ defense. piece of property on what’s left of the most
prime piece of land that we have,” Howle
In January, Judge Cynthia Cox handed said.
Jones’ case over to Judge Dan Vaughn after
Cox spent two years trying to get the defense
on track with depositions and expert wit-
nesses so a trial date could be set. 

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OCEANFRONT BUILDING BOOM and who sells many of the most high-end homes is an 18,800-square-foot residence where Marketing Director Jane Smalley
oceanfront properties on the island. being built by lottery winner Barton Bux- says there is a “home under construction
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ton. Located two miles south of the Sebas- on the ocean and another one starting
“As our market has grown so has the tian Inlet, the house stretches for 120 feet soon.”
38 years selling local oceanfront proper- wealth that our area attracts. With that along Highway A1A, has seven bedrooms
ty,” says Michael Thorpe, whose brokerage growth we are seeing larger homes built on and nine bathrooms, and sits on a 1.45- Details of those homes were not avail-
Treasure Coast Sotheby’s International Re- our county’s waterfront which is consistent acre ocean-to-river lot purchased in Au- able at press time but the houses are on
alty handled land transactions for two of with markets like Naples and Palm Beach. gust 2015 for $2.175 million. Eton Way, where lots are currently on offer
the 14 projects. Homes that are in the $10-million-plus cat- for between $3.4 million and $4.2 million,
egory can elevate the values of the entire Treasure Coast Sotheby’s broker-associ- and where an existing oceanfront home is
Several are builder spec houses but most market.” ate Janyne Kenworthy pointed out that a listed for $10.5 million.
are custom homes being built for the fami- newly-built home on a water-to-water lot
lies who plan to reside in them. “It is a phenomenon,” adds Premier in Ambersand recently sold for $778 per Next comes a spec home about to get
Estate Properties broker-associate Cindy square foot. At that rate, Buxton’s house underway in the exclusive North Shore
“The oceanfront has always been the O’Dare of the oceanfront building boom. would be worth approximately $14.7 mil- subdivision, next to the Disney Resort.
most desirable property since we have “I think there is more on the way.” O’Dare lion if it was put on the market when it is
been in the business,” says Dale Sorensen and her partner Richard Boga are leading complete. North Shore developer Yane Zana said
Real Estate broker Matilde Sorensen, oceanfront brokers. the house on lot 5 will include 7,200 square
whose company was founded in the 1970s Heading south, Windsor comes next, feet of air-conditioned living space and
Starting in the north, the first of the 14 have 11,500 square feet under roof. De-
signed by Atelier d’architecture and built
by Zana’s company Coastmark Construc-
tion, the 5-bedroom, 7-bath house sits on
a 1-acre lot with 100 feet of ocean frontage
and has a pre-completion listing price of
$6,995,000.

A little further south in John’s Island,
there is one oceanfront home under con-
struction and another for which plans
have been submitted to the town of Indian
River Shores that will get underway when
the building permit is issued, according to
John’s Island Real Estate broker Bob Gibb.

The house under construction at 676
Ocean Road is only 5,000 square feet un-
der air, with 7,000 square feet under roof,
according to public records, relatively
small for a new oceanfront home on the
island. But it is being built by well-know
Vero builder Vic Lombardi, owner of Wa-
ters Edge Estates, so it will undoubtedly be
rock-solid and beautifully finished.

The architect is Gregory Anderson, PA,
and the engineer is Schulke, Bittle & Stod-
dard, the dominant Vero firm that engi-
neers most oceanfront homes on the is-
land, including many of those now under
construction.

The home sits on a 1.72-acre lot with 130
linear feet of ocean frontage that was pur-
chased for $4,050,000 in June 2018.

Gibb calls the abundant crop of ocean-
front houses going up on the island “good
news for Vero Beach.”

Next comes the magnificent compound
under construction at 2310 Ocean Drive,
one lot north of the Riomar Country Club
golf course. The Greenlee family purchased
the beautifully situated 1.7-acre lot for
$8,875,000 in 2016, and the 17,400-square-
foot home, which comes with two swim-
ming pools and three guest houses, got
underway a year and a half ago.

The house was designed by Jackson
Kirschner, Architects and is being built by
The Hill Group. Matlide Sorensen handled
both sides of the land transaction.

Yet another impressive estate home is
going up on the south side of the country
club, on a prime 1.51-acre lot that over-
looks both the golf course and the ocean.
The Pyles family bought the lot at 1930
Ocean Drive for $4.4 million in January
2018. A building permit was issued in Sep-
tember and the house is now well along in
the construction process.

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The residence, which has 5,330 square overlooking the beach and three interior VIRGIN TRAINS property ownership.”
feet of air-conditioned living space and staircases. So far, 16 people have died on the
14,531 square feet total, including what the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
plans call 6,148 square feet of unfinished A mile or so south, just across the county tracks since passenger service started in
basement, was designed by Harry Gandy line, the shell of the 14th home on the list 21. The work includes the construction January 2018, published reports show.
Howle, Architect and is being built by Reil- is complete at 6600 N. A1A. Designed by of a second main track and the replace-
ly Construction and Development. Trea- Vero architect Tom Hoos and built by Joe ment of 19 bridges. But Rusty Roberts, Virgin Trains USA’s
sure Coast Sotheby’s agent Rory O’Dare Foglia, who is responsible for several of vice president for government affairs,
handled both sides of the land transaction, the largest homes built on the Vero ocean- New tracks will be constructed along says most of the deaths on railroad tracks
according to Michael Thorpe. front in recent years, the 10,000-square- State Road 528 between Cocoa and Or- involved suicidal people and were out-
foot, two-story, contemporary-style house lando International Airport to complete side of the railroad company’s control.
A few miles south, at 1925 Sears Cove sits on 1.32-acre lot with 156 feet of ocean the route.
across fromThe Moorings, a 14,369-square- frontage. “Safety is ‘Mission 1’ for the Virgin
foot house that is nearly complete is being Meanwhile, Indian River County Trains project,” Roberts told the Brevard
built for Denis and Jennifer Manelski on a Stephen and Lisa Basile bought the lot officials have been talking with train County Commission. “There have been
1.51-acre oceanfront lot they bought for $6 for $1.8 million in August 2016, according company and state transportation of- zero deaths, zero incidents that have
million in August 2016. A building permit to public records. Foglia started the job in ficials about safety enhancements for been caused by a malfunction of our gate
was issued in 2017. The home was designed June 2018 and expects to be done by the the county’s 32 railroad crossings and system, signaling system or the trains.”
by Village Architects out of Tequesta, Flori- end of the year. Like most of the beachside roughly 35 miles of track.
da, and is being built by Connecticut build- homes now under construction, this one Virgin Trains USA anticipates starting
er SBP Homes. is designed to take full advantage of the Florida Department of Transportation passenger rail service between Orlando
ocean views and will have $750,000 worth and county officials recently conducted and West Palm Beach in early 2022, Rob-
A few blocks away at 826 Reef Road in of impact-resistant glass when it is fin- field inspections of the crossings and erts said Friday in an interview.
the Floralton Beach neighborhood, Regat- ished, according to Foglia. identified safety issues, said County At-
ta Building and Development is complet- torney Dylan Reingold. The company announced last week
ing a 7-bedroom, 8,626-square-foot home Cindy O’Dare says a desire to have ex- it had contracted HSR Constructors, a
for the Pruskowski family that sits on a actly the home they want is the motivation “We will continue to work with FDOT joint venture of three top railroad and
1.52-acre lot with 153 feet of ocean front- for many of the people building oceanfront and request the agency address specific transit builders, for most of the work be-
age that was purchased two years ago for houses in Vero – a thought echoed by Mi- concerns about the proposed crossing tween West Palm Beach and Cocoa.
$3.3 million. chael Thorpe: “For whatever reason, these designs as submitted by Virgin Trains,”
people prefer a personalized estate home says the county’s 2019 state legislative They are Herzog Railroad Services of
Just down the street at 650 Reef Road, over a number of existing, quality estates program report. St. Joseph, Missouri; Stacy and Witbeck
Yane Zana has begun a luxurious ocean- available on the market for sale. They of Alameda, California; and RailWorks of
front residence for Dawn Howarth. The choose to undertake a multiyear build pro- Commissioner Tim Zorc said the New York.
home, designed by Atelier d’architecture cess to get precisely what they want in a county government wants to make sure
and built by Coastmark Construction, will new oceanfront home and that is driving sidewalks are built across the tracks The other major component of the
have 8,500 square feet of air conditioned the trend.” at several major crossings, including West Palm Beach to Orlando expansion
living space and 12,000 square feet under 45th Street, near Gifford Middle School, is the construction of 35 miles of new
roof. There will be 6 bedrooms, 6 full baths Lower taxes in Florida and the growing among other safety measures. tracks alongside State Road 528 between
and 3 half-baths. Howarth purchased the reputation of Vero Beach as a beautiful, so- Cocoa and Orlando International Air-
1.04-acre lot with 100 feet of ocean front- phisticated but still unpretentious place to In an April 18 letter to state Sen. Deb- port. That will be built by Granite Con-
age for $1,925,000 in August 2017. enjoy seaside living are two other key fac- bie Mayfield, who is working to get FDOT struction Inc., of Watsonville, California.
tors behind the oceanfront building boom, to address safety issues, FDOT Secretary
A few miles south in an area once called top brokers and builders say. Kevin Thibault agreed to assign a top The entire passenger train project is
the Kansas City Colony, Lavelle Construc- state rail administrator to work with In- expected to cost $4 billion, Virgin Trains
tion is building a dramatic high-tech mod- “With recent changes in the tax code, dian River County officials regarding USA said in May.
ernist house for the Lombardo family on a making Florida your domicile is more and their safety concerns.
5.1-acre lot with 300 feet of ocean frontage. more appealing to our clients,” says Rich- Virgin Trains USA is a subsidiary of
ard Boga. But FDOT rejected public calls for Fortress Investment Group LLC.
Only a few years ago, many realtors fencing along the entire length of the
snickered at those who referred to the Kan- “There’s definitely a tax planning strat- Virgin Trains USA tracks, Thibault said, It is the only privately owned and op-
sas City Colony as Vero’s Estate Section. egy,” says Thorpe, “with people who could because of “concerns that this action erated intercity passenger rail service in
Now, it is commonly referred to this way. live wherever they chose leaving areas in would be subject to issues with legal the country. Recent company reports
the Northeast and California, where the authority for right of way and private show that it has been losing increasing
Lombardo bought the parcel at 2020 S. state tax is considerable, and coming to amounts of money and falling short of
Highway A1A from Beachlen Development Florida, where we have no state tax.” its passenger projections on the West
for $7.95 million in June 2016 and the shell Palm to Miami route. 
is now going up. The home was designed In addition to the 14 single-family
by Barnes Coy Architects of New York City oceanfront homes, there is substantial
and engineered by Schulke, Bittle & Stod- multi-family development taking place on
dard. Vero’s beachfront.

A few doors south, at 2120 S. Highway 4091 Ocean, a 5-unit luxury condo on
A1A, what appears to the largest house Ocean Drive across from Conn Beach,
underway on the island is being built for and 8050 Blue, a development in Indian
Trace McCreary. Designed and built by River Shores, both developed by Zana,
Orlando architectural and development are bringing another 60,000 square feet of
powerhouse Phil Kean Designs, the house luxury living space worth more than $30
sits on a 3.44-acre double-lot with hun- million to the market, upping the current
dreds of feet of ocean frontage that Mc- oceanfront development total to $180
Creary picked up for the bargain price million or more.
of $2,570,000 in 2015 and elevated with
13,000 cubic yards of fill. 4091 Ocean is nearly complete with one
unit left for sale, and the town of Indian
With approximately 20,000 square feet River Shores just approved a preliminary
under roof, this house, like all of the ocean- site plan for 8050 Blue where 3,300-square-
front homes under construction on the foot oceanfront condos with loads of com-
island, rests on a forest of steel-reinforced munity amenities are available for around
concrete pilings extending 40 feet or so $2 million.
below grade. It has bedrooms and baths
galore, extensive balconies and terraces “Vero is a Mecca for the best oceanfront
living in the state of Florida if not the coun-
try,” Zana says. 

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New treatments lift hopes of ischemic stroke sufferers

By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer Ischemic strokes occur when the
[email protected] blood supply to the brain is cut off. This
is usually caused by a blood clot that nar-
Nearly 800,000 Americans suffer a rows or blocks an artery delivering blood
stroke each year. to the brain.

Eighty-seven percent of those are what’s The National Institutes of Health adds
known as “ischemic” strokes and these that “stroke is the second most common
strokes are stunningly indiscriminate. cause of death and adult disability,” both
in this country and worldwide.
As Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles
points out, “strokes can happen to a person Worse for Florida residents, the Cen-
of any age, including children. However, ters for Disease Control and Prevention
the older a person is, the higher their risk of says, “the country’s highest death and
stroke. Strokes are more common in men, disability rates from stroke are in the
but more women die from them.”

Dr. Vikas Gupta.

PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE

southeastern United States,” while the opened its doors in Vero.
Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention Cen- One of the very first patients treated,
ter states the risk of stroke in this 11-state
area is 34 percent higher than it is in the according to Gupta, was simply “dropped
rest of the country. off outside our ER” which, he adds, “is not
an uncommon event.”
Despite those gloomy statistics, Dr. Vikas
Gupta of the Cleveland Clinic Indian Riv- “So,” Gupta recalls, “this 22-year-old
er Hospital’s Arubah Neuroscience stroke comes in paralyzed on one side of her
team says there is good news, too, about body. She couldn’t speak. She couldn’t
ischemic strokes and their treatment. talk,” she couldn’t even let Gupta’s team
know she was a medical school student.
How good? Let’s go back to June 2108
when the Cleveland Clinic stroke center An enormous smile comes over Gupta’s
face as he goes on to say that with CCIRH’s

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minogen Activators” (or tPAs), that three- Turning to mathematics to emphasize
and-a-half-hour window can be opened a his point, Gupta adds, “we say that one
bit wider, though Gupta does caution that minute equals 2 million neurons” that
“everyone is different.” are permanently lost. Calling 911 can
save millions upon millions of your brain
Gupta knows from experience some cells. The ER will be notified and given
people will still delay calling 911 even your vital information by the emergency
if they do wake up with symptoms of a medical technicians, which will allow the
stroke such as numbness or weakness in whole stroke team to be prepared to go to
the face, arm or leg, or trouble seeing with work the moment you arrive at the ER.
one or both eyes.
And the EMTs won’t just drop you off at
“The single most important message the front door.
that needs to get out,” says Gupta, raising
his voice a decibel or two, “is to get your- Dr. Vikas Gupta is a vascular and inter-
self to the right place in the right amount ventional neurologist with CCIRH and the
time. Do not wait or delay.” Arubah Neuroscience stroke team. His of-
fice is at 3450 11th Court in Vero Beach. The
That right place is the ER. That right phone number is 772-563-4646. 
time is immediately. And the best first
move is to call 911.

newest and most sophisticated stroke Moreover, some current procedures,
treatments, that drop-off patient went on including what’s known as a mechanical
to fully recover and successfully complete thrombectomy – a minimally-invasive
her medical training. procedure to remove clots – weren’t intro-
duced until almost a decade later.
That young patient was lucky to receive
timely and expert treatment. That three-and-a-half-hour time limit
was particularly onerous because, as the
If blood flow to the brain is not restored American Academy of Neurology admits,
quickly after a stroke, according to NIH, it “at least one in every seven strokes occurs
can result in permanent paralysis, loss of when someone is sleeping,” which creates
the ability to use or understand language, obvious problems for figuring out when
or death. exactly the stroke happened. Someone
waking up with stroke symptoms might
Had that medical school student been not know when during the night the event
dropped off back in 1995 when there was occurred.
only one FDA-approved treatment proto-
col for ischemic stroke, things could have Gupta happily reports that a 2018 clin-
gone very differently. In fact, she might ical trial called “WAKE-UP” shattered
very well have been ineligible for any those 1995 restrictions by showing that
treatment at all. treatment could be successful more than
3 ½ hours after a stroke.
Back then there were a number of ex-
clusions on who could be treated. Peo- Subsequent trials this year called “EX-
ple who showed up more than three- TEND,” “DAWN” and “DEFUSE3” all con-
and-a-half hours after the actual stroke firmed the “WAKE-UP” findings.
occurred, those who’d had a recent fall
or a previous stroke or a recent surgery, Today, with the use of new, sophisticat-
and those taking certain medications all ed scanning such as CT perfusion or MR
could have been denied treatment under perfusion that show blood flow inside the
approved medical guidelines. brain, and the injection of “Tissue Plas-

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Color blindness: Vision deficiency has numerous causes

By Fred Cicetti | Columnist

Q. Do people who are color
blind see everything in black
and white?

“Color blindness” is the too. Usually, diseases affect the percep- arthritis, nervous disorders and psycho- mit information to your brain. If the cells
common term used to de- tion of blue and yellow. Some condi- logical problems. responsible for color don’t work properly,
scribe color vision deficien- tions that can cause color blindness are you suffer from color blindness.
cy. The term is misleading, diabetes, glaucoma, cataracts, macular Exposure to certain chemicals can
because total color blind- degeneration, Alzheimer’s disease, Par- cause color blindness. These include If you think you are having a color-vi-
ness that turns the world into kinson’s disease, leukemia and sickle carbon disulfide, fertilizers, styrene and sion problem, see an eye doctor. You’ll
shades of gray is rare. cell anemia. mercury. be asked to look at a book containing
several multicolored dot patterns. If you
The most common type of Some drugs can alter color perception, The eye is like a camera. There’s a lens have a color vision deficiency, you won’t
color blindness makes it dif- too. These include drugs for heart prob- in the front that focuses images on the be able to pick out numbers and shapes
ficult for people to discrimi- lems, high blood pressure, rheumatoid retina in the back. The retina contains from within the dot patterns. 
nate between red and green. nerve cells that react to light and trans-
The next most common form
of the deficiency affects the
perception of blues and yel-
lows. Those with blue-yellow
blindness almost always have
red-green blindness, too.

Many people with color
blindness don’t know they
have it. For example, they are
taught at an early age that
grass is green. They look at
lawns and see yellow grass.
Subsequently, if you ask them
what color the grass is, they
will tell you it’s green.

(Please don’t ask me how
they handle shopping for ba-
nanas.)

Color blindness affects
about 10 percent of men, but
only 1 percent of women.
Most people with color blindness inher-
ited it. There is no treatment to correct
inherited color blindness. However, there
are specially tinted eyeglasses that can
help people with deficiencies to discrim-
inate between colors.

Another cause of color blindness is sim-
ple aging, which gradually diminishes our
ability to see colors.

Diseases can affect your color vision,

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Bonz: Adventurous JoJo’s always on the go-go-go

human. Maybe she Then I hafta stay in my

Hi Dog Buddies! wants to join me on my crate.

I was at the Vero Beach Dog Park again adVRENshur.’ Nope. “Shortly after I joined
this week, for an innerview with JoJo Gre-
enaway, a very pretty, very, VERY Silky Ter- Instead, she picked me the famly, Momma went
rier or, as her Mom says, a GIANT Yorkie.
Either way, she’s got shiny, wavy, light gold- up, put me in her car, on a Very Brief Errand an
ish hair, an the kinda ears that always re-
mind me of those budderfly dogs. checked my ID collar, didn’t put me in my crate:

Me an my assistant got there early, so an called my famly.” in retrospect, not a good
we sat an watched the pooches playin.’
Thank Lassie, there’s lotsa shady places for “Woof!” I said. “That idea. By the time she
humans an pooches to hang out in. An wa-
ter stations so we can keep Well Hydrated. was a close call. You returned, I’d totally de-
An (I love this) ackshull Fire Hydrants (cuz
we’re all so Well Hydrated). coulda been totally stroyed one set of blinds,

Pretty soon, JoJo, a lady anna liddle girl smushed.” scratched the Dog Bis-
arrived. JoJo ran over to greet some Dog
Park Pals, then trotted up for the Wag-an- “That’s what the lady cuits outta the front door
Sniff.
said. An my first famly and was chewing my way
“Good afternoon, Miss JoJo.”
“That’s me! An you’re Mr. Bonzo the usta say that too, now through the other blinds.”
Columnist! I recognize you from the PAY-
per. Didn’t you usta have a hat? This is my that I think about it. Any- “Oops. (Strategic seg-
Momma, Jen, an my liddle sister an BFF
Lindan. I’m 5 an she’s 3. We’re growin’ UP way, even though I wasn’t ue) Got any pooch pals?”
together. Daddy’s Brad. He’s at work.”
“I usually just wear my hat for phodos. scared, I realized they “Lots here, of course. At
How about we stay right here in the shade,
on this nice cool dirt? First off, how’d you were worryin’ about me, JoJo home, me an my neigh-
an your Forever Famly meet?” bor, Mahi, a Chihuahua,
JoJo plopped down next to me. “I hadda an I promised myself I’d have playdates. We do
a wunnerful other famly. But I guess I was
too much of a Free Spirit. An maybe kinda try real hard to NEVER PHOTO: KAILA JONES
stubborn, too. I just kept goin’ off on ad- run off again.”
VENshurs. I hadda feel the wind in my hair, Zoomies an chase lizards.”
smell new smells, meet new pooches. You
know.” As JoJo was talking, she While we were yap-
“I’m a Homebody myself, but I’ve heard
lotsa stories,” I said. “Continue.” was snifflin’ a liddle bit, “What was it like at first?” ping, a coupla other pooches were playin’
“So, this one day, I ran off again. I was
just struttin’ along onna nice sidewalk, an wipin’ her nose with her paw. “Since I “I was EXCITED! There was so much to nearby. One of ’em, Phoenix, was diggin’
on an adVENshur. Cars were goin’ by, but
I wasn’t scared. Nothin’ scares me. Next was a puppy, my famly’d always tried to see an learn an do. New smells, new places a hole in the sand. She was a great digger.
thing I knew, a car stopped, anna lady got
out. I was thinkin,’ ‘She looks like a nice give me a happy life. They were worried to investigate. I ran all over the place snif- The other pooch jumped in an almost dis-

something TERRIBLE would happen to fin.’ Momma says I was a nosey hurry-cane. appeared. Phoenix’s Dad told her she’d

me on one of my adVENshurs. Also, I al- Me an Lindan hit it off right away. She likes better un-dig it pronto. So JoJo went over

ways wanted to be right there with ’em At adVENshurs, too, but not the runnin’ away an helped Phoenix fill it back up.

All Times an gets LOTS of attenshun when kind. We have the same kinda hair, too, see? “What’s homelife like?” I queried.

I wasn’t Elsewhere, and they knew they My ’riginal name was Zoey, but it got changed “Mostly playin.’ I have three snoozin’

couldn’t give me that cuzza their new, busy cuz Lindan already knew a Zoe, from‘Sesame beds. I don’t like baths, but I LOVE the

work sked-julls. Street.’ They figured Joey sounded sorta like toweling-off part. I don’t do tricks or wear

“So they told the lady that, even though Zoey so it’d be easier for me, and Lindan kept clothes, but I know how to Come, Sit an

it made ’em sad, they’d been thinkin’ about sayin’ JoJo, so that was that.” Fetch. I have a THING for Beggin’ Strips an

takin’ me to a safe shelter so I could have “Now, we have adVENshurs right here at Momma’s pretzels. Can’t resist.”

the life an attention I deserved. The lady home. We’re both Momma’s Girls. We wan- “I hear ya. Mine’s BREAD.”

told ’em she knew a famly that’d be per- na know where Momma is All The Time. “Me an Lindan have this game: Her trike

fect for me. See, she happened to be a fren When we don’t, we whine. When Momma has a liddle trunk, where she stashes treats,

of my Forever Momma. An she knew my an Daddy are away, I have High Anxiety. then peddles off an I chase her. I always get

Forever Famly’s pooch, Walter, had just a treat, of course.”

gone to Dog Heaven, an they were all sad, DON’T BE SHY Heading home, I was thinkin’ about JoJo’s
’specially Lindan, who had been BFFs with
adVENshurs. An about how liddle choices

Walter ever since she was BORN. When We are always looking for pets can have BIG results. An about – bread.
Momma an Daddy an Lindan met me, my with interesting stories.
first famly could see it was The Right Thing The Bonz
To Do.” To set up an interview, email

By then, I was wipin’ my nose with my [email protected].
paw, too.

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Cherish golf-course views in Indian River Club condo

By Debbie Carson | Staff Writer evator if the next resident so chooses. For The windows have remote controlled garden tub beckons one to sit back and relax.
[email protected] Murphy, the stairs give her some welcome shades, too. In the master bedroom, there Closer to the front of the condo are the
exercise. is an expansive window that spans nearly
Elaine Murphy’s Indian River Club con- the entire wall facing the golf course and other two bedrooms, both of which pro-
do is about as close as you can get to the Built in 2007 by Indian River Club res- the shades would have been too heavy vide plenty of natural light and space to be
community fitness center and pool while ident John Carton, of John Carton Con- comfortable.
at the same time feeling so far away from
everything.

The 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2050-square-
foot condo faces the fitness center, but the
screened balcony overlooks the third hole of
the golf course and the Audubon preserve.

After six years in her country club home,
Murphy is ready to move on, to travel the
world as she once did when she was an in-
ternational banker.

“It’s a new phase” of life, she said of put-
ting the condo up for sale. “I’ve got a lot of
traveling to catch up on.”

Offered for $279,000, Murphy’s two-sto-
ry condo has a one-car garage with bonus

storage space large enough to accommo- struction, the residence has many up- for Murphy to open and close on her own Flanking the staircase landing are two
date a golf cart. The front entrance opens grades, including tile floors, 42-inch without automatic feature. “nooks and crannies,” as Murphy calls
into a vestibule with a wrap-around stair- cabinets, and cultured marble and granite them, perfect for quiet reading lounges or
case – not exactly spiral, but plenty of countertops. All the windows are impact “It’s just so comfortable in here,” Murphy computer stations.
little turns. The vestibule reaches to the glass, something Murphy says her next said of her bedroom suite, which includes
ceiling, which could accommodate an el- place must have – non-negotiable. a large closet and spacious bathroom com- “No matter where you are, it’s private,”
plete with linen closet and dual vanities. An Murphy said, explaining that even though
open shower provides ease of access, while a her unit is flanked by two others, the units
were laid out in a way that the windows
don’t line up with each other – allowing for
natural light only to get in.

The kitchen flows into the dining and
living room, providing for a great enter-
tainment space. Not only does the kitchen
have an eat-in nook, but also a bar top that
gives the option for additional seating – a
place where friends can sit and chat while

FEATURES FOR 2360 WATER OAK CT., #323

Neighborhood: Indian River Club
Construction: Concrete block

Year built: 2007 • Size: 2,050 square feet
Bedrooms: 3 • Bathrooms: 2

Additional features: Large kitchen/dining/living space;
screened balcony with view of golf course and preserve; up-
graded floors and cabinets; new water heater and A/C; 2 pets

allowed; social and golf memberships optional.
Listing agency: Berkshire Hathaway Home Services

Listing agent: Peggy Hewett, (772) 321-4282
Listing price: $279,000

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the host completes the final touches on the breeze coming off the coast as the sun most who attended started with the closest Indian River Club features an 18-hole
the meal. begins to rise over the preserve and golf unit, Murphy started at the farthest end. Audubon Signature Sanctuary champion-
course. “There are so many birds,” she ship golf course – membership optional – as
“It’s great cooking here,” Murphy said, said. When she came to unit 323, she knew well as a community and fitness center, offer-
adding that she once hosted 17 people. she had found her home, she said. The ing numerous social groups and activities.
“We had a great time.” Murphy discovered the condo during an Banyan model offers the largest amount
open house, led by her now-listing agent of square footage – and the unit’s location “I’m sure I’m going to miss living here,”
One of Murphy’s favorite places in the Realtor Peggy Hewett. Hewett was showing within the building was best, perfectly sit- Murphy said, even as she looks forward to
condo, though, is the screened balcony. all eight condos in the building. And, while uated above the preserve. her new adventure. 
She can sit under a ceiling fan and enjoy

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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: MAY 27 THROUGH MAY 31

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

The final week of May saw a buzz of activity on the mainland real estate market, with 51 sin-
gle-family residences and lots sold (some shown below).
The top sale of the week was in Vero Beach, where the 6-bedroom, 4.5-bathoom residence at
6045 57th St. – first listed in December for $799,850 – sold on May 20 for $770,000.
Representing the seller in the transaction was agent Michelle Clarke of Berkshire Hathaway
Florida.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

ORIGINAL SELLING
PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$770,000
VERO BEACH 6045 57TH ST 12/6/2018 $799,850 5/30/2019 $725,000
VERO BEACH 29 SAILFISH RD 12/6/2018 $800,000 5/28/2019 $690,000
VERO BEACH 1005 WOOD HAVEN LN SW 10/15/2018 $799,000 5/30/2019 $586,000
VERO BEACH 4795 SAINT JAMES AVE 1/31/2019 $585,000 5/29/2019 $487,000
SEBASTIAN 7710 ROSELAND RD 4/24/2019 $500,000 5/29/2019 $397,000
VERO BEACH 1225 49TH AVE 3/15/2019 $450,000 5/30/2019 $365,000
VERO BEACH 5124 FORMOSA CIR 2/5/2019 $389,000 5/29/2019 $315,000
VERO BEACH 5125 TOPAZ LN SW 4/10/2019 $339,000 5/30/2019 $311,000
VERO BEACH 1289 SCARLET OAK CIR 3/12/2019 $319,000 5/31/2019 $306,000
VERO BEACH 1836 BERKSHIRE CIR SW 1/23/2019 $329,000 5/28/2019 $295,000
SEBASTIAN 1591 SCHOONER LN 2/13/2019 $325,000 5/28/2019 $291,000
VERO BEACH 3785 8TH PL 3/12/2019 $309,900 5/29/2019 $282,500
VERO BEACH 5807 MAGNOLIA LN 6/29/2018 $310,000 5/29/2019 $282,000
SEBASTIAN 111 CURTIS CIR 1/24/2019 $295,000 5/30/2019 $260,000
VERO BEACH 556 CALAMONDIN WAY SW 3/4/2019 $270,000 5/30/2019 $260,000
SEBASTIAN 779 COLLIER CLUB DR 4/3/2019 $278,900 5/30/2019 $255,000
SEBASTIAN 123 MORGAN CIR 4/16/2019 $268,800 5/28/2019 $255,000
VERO BEACH 660 KENWOOD DR 4/12/2019 $269,000 5/30/2019 $255,000
VERO BEACH 6416 33RD LN 2/8/2019 $269,990 5/29/2019 $239,990
VERO BEACH 1375 41ST AVE 5/7/2019 $239,990 5/31/2019 $234,900
SEBASTIAN 1426 BARBER ST 4/11/2019 $234,900 5/28/2019 $232,800
VERO BEACH 5600 W 1ST SQ SW 2/15/2019 $264,900 5/31/2019 $232,000
SEBASTIAN 235 S WIMBROW DR 5/7/2019 $237,900 5/29/2019 $230,000
VERO BEACH 1563 LEXINGTON SQ SW 2/12/2019 $245,000 5/30/2019 $225,000
VERO BEACH 1651 BASELINE LN 1/21/2019 $231,900 5/30/2019 $225,000
VERO BEACH 1540 16TH CT SW 2/16/2019 $235,000 5/28/2019 $224,000
VERO BEACH 2350 SW 6TH WAY 3/11/2019 $239,000 5/31/2019 $220,000
VERO BEACH 4981 CORSICA SQ 3/8/2019 $229,900 5/31/2019

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HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP RECENT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALES.

29 Sailfish Rd, Vero Beach 1005 Wood Haven Ln SW, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 12/6/2018 Listing Date: 10/15/2018
Original Price: $800,000 Original Price: $799,000
Sold: 5/28/2019 Sold: 5/30/2019
Selling Price: $725,000 Selling Price: $690,000
Listing Agent: Megan Raasveldt Listing Agent: Sherri Sproch

Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Selling Agent: RE/MAX Crown Realty

Megan Raasveldt Karen Mathers

Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Keller Williams Realty

4795 Saint James Ave, Vero Beach 7710 Roseland Rd, Sebastian

Listing Date: 1/31/2019 Listing Date: 4/24/2019
Original Price: $585,000 Original Price: $500,000
Sold: 5/29/2019 Sold: 5/29/2019
Selling Price: $586,000 Selling Price: $487,000
Listing Agent: Jim Knapp Listing Agent: Jen Goodall

Selling Agent: Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Selling Agent: RE/MAX Crown Realty

Martin Carder Adam Goodall

Alex MacWilliam, Inc. RE/MAX Crown Realty

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By Samantha Baita | Staff Writer
[email protected]

1 A rare, international, musi-
cal treat: The traveling per-
formance troupe from Israel – the
Israel Scouts Friendship Caravan
2019 – makes a visit this Saturday,
June 8, to Vero’s Temple Beth Sha-
lom, bringing an evening of Israeli
music, high-energy dancing, and
youthful joy and exuberance you
will thoroughly enjoy. The Cara-
van – 10 “incredibly motivated and
capable” Israeli students, 16 and
17 years old, and two Scout lead-
ers – are part of the International
Scouting Movement which is a sis-
ter organization of the Boy and Girl
Scouts of America. Every summer,
the Caravan troupes bring their
performances to a variety of venues
across North America in what the
promo describes as “an energetic
and patriotic display of goodwill
and friendship between countries,
for audiences of all ages, cultures
and religions.” In addition to the
singing and dancing, these warm

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Multi-layered meaning in Funk’s ‘Forced to Flee’ quilt show

By Ellen Fischer | Columnist PHOTOS: BENJAMIN THACKER ested in the design, techniques and execu-
[email protected] tion of a piece. But all of those things had to
come together as a vision and a feeling that
A thought-provoking traveling art quilt affected the viewer.”
exhibition from Studio Art Quilt Associates
is on display now through Aug. 24 at Florida For many of us, the word “quilt” evokes
Institute of Technology’s Ruth Funk Center a folksy bed cover, tea cozy or other useful
for Textile Arts in Melbourne. Titled Forced what-have-you, composed of a multicol-
to Flee, the show takes up two-thirds of ored top layer of pieced fabric, a middle
the Center’s gallery, with an unrelated solo layer of batting and a bottom (or back) lay-
show by Viennese artist Tanja Boukal occu- er of plain fabric, sewn through with an all-
pying the remaining third. over pattern of stitches.

Forced to Flee opened with a crowd- “And there’s nothing wrong with that,”
ed gallery talk by its curator, Susan Beryl says Marks. “But quilt artists, artists in the
Marks, Ph.D., an art historian who special- textile world, often use their art to address
izes in the techniques and ideas behind difficult situations.”
contemporary quilt making. Marks select-
ed the 36 works in the current exhibition The artworks in this exhibition retain
from about 200 submitted to her by SAQA’s elements of traditional quilt making, but
world-wide membership. you would not dream of cuddling up under
them. As defined by SAQA, an art quilt is
Opening her remarks with a confession, “a creative visual work that is layered and
she notes, “I could have curated a second stitched, or that references this form of
exhibition from those that did not make stitched layered structure.”
the cut this time. It was really, really hard to
make those choices; and very emotional.” The purpose of an art quilt is to be dis-
played and appreciated as a work of fine
That last comment refers to the show’s art, akin to an oil painting or a marble
theme. Forced to Flee addresses the plight sculpture. The quilts in Forced to Flee are
of refugees, including the dangerous routes hung on the walls, suspended from the
and means by which they escape, and the ceiling or, in one instance, placed atop a
perils from which they flee. pedestal.

All of the art in this show comes from The latter is an artwork from Margaret L.
first-world nations: France, Germany, Swit- Abramshe of St. George, Utah. Her “Road-
zerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Ja- map” provides a look at the route many ref-
pan, South Korea, Australia and the United ugees take to the U.S. from Honduras, Ec-
States. All of them receive thousands of re- uador, Guatemala and Mexico. Its size and
quests for asylum every year, just a fraction format will be familiar to anyone who has
of which are granted. ever had a stash of maps in a driver’s side
door pocket. Measuring 14 inches high and
Wealthy countries are not alone in trying 49 inches wide, the accordion-pleated art
to deal with the crush of people yearning quilt stands open to present both front and
for a better life. In her essay for the exhi- back to inspection.
bition’s catalog, Marks points out that the
refugee crisis has especially strained the In colorful paints, dyes, thread and
social, economic and political structures of photo transfers on cotton fabric, Abram-
poor and developing host countries. she tells the story of the brutal conditions
under which the migrants travel, and the
The aim of Forced to Flee, she says, is to uncertain welcome they receive at the U.S.
present artistic images of the crisis that will border. The front of the artwork includes
etch themselves into the memories of those excerpts from the poem “Borderbus” by the
who view them. 2015 Poet Laureate of the United States,
Juan Felipe Herrera. The back cover repro-
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duces tweets from President Trump. ‘... quilt artists, artists in the textile world, often painting, drawing, dying, felting, hand
To tell their complex stories, the show’s use their art to address difficult situations.’ stitching, machine embroidery, screen
printing, rust dying and scorching.
artists used a multiplicity of materials, ev- – Susan Beryl Marks
erything from the expected (fabrics, thread One-quarter of the quilts on display
and sewing notions), to paint, wax, seeds, depict women and children. While all but
wire, lifejackets, rubber raft material, plastic one of the artists is female, sympathet-
bags and construction fencing, among oth- ic identification is not the primary rea-
er things. Their varied techniques include
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son for their inclusion.
Women and children
are often the most
vulnerable of refu-
gees; the ones most
likely to be targets of
crime or exploitation
during their jour-
ney. The dangers
from which they
flee, however, must
make the rigors of
travel seem worth it.

In her work ti-
tled “Amnesty,”
Carol J. Vinick of
West Hartford, Conn.,
contrasts Fauziya
Kassindja’s care-
free childhood in
Togo, Africa, with
the year-long deten-
tion the 17-year-old
endured after arriving
in the U.S. Her crime? Escaping the
ritual genital cutting and enforced
marriage to an older man that
awaited her coming of age in Togo.
Kassindja eventually won her bid
for asylum in the U.S.

The top part of Vinick’s composi-
tion shows dancing children limned in
colorful appliqué. Underneath that scene,
drab brown and black fabrics depict the

bars and watchtower of a prison. background of dark-colored and rust-
Other quilts attest that male and female, stained fabrics.

young and old, are all one when ethnic vi- Harriet Cherry Cheney of Dobbs Ferry,
olence pits one people against another, or N.Y., presents “Pogrom,” a colorful confec-
when depraved governments decree the tion of fabric, yarn, plastic tubing, beads
deportation or mass murder of millions of and feathers that, at first glance, looks like
citizens. an innocent tangle of stuffed toys. A clos-
er look reveals a brutal, mustachioed face
Christine Vinh of Arlington, Va., is repre- near the composition’s center that lords
sented by “Forty Years after the Zero Years,” over the confusion around him: depictions
her remembrance of Cambodia’s reign of of burning houses, bloody limbs, scream-
terror under the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. ing mouths, a naked breast and a curl of
It is composed of collaged, stenciled and intestine. In this context, a gore-covered
photo transferred-imagery on fragments of toy knife jutting from the carnage at lower
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right seems all too real. had an out-of-control fire in my sink and 1 Coming to Temple Beth Shalom June 8.
A few of the art quilts in Forced to Flee needed help to extinguish it. How quickly
these fires can start and spread became ev- CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1
address environmental disasters that make ident.”
refugees not only of people but of animals, and talented young people will share
too. These include the loss of homes and A fully illustrated catalog published by what it’s like to be a teenager in Israel, and
habitat from the massive fires, years-long SAQA for the show is available for purchase you can get to know them even better at a
droughts, rising tides and monster storms at the Ruth Funk Center’s gift shop. For more reception after the performance. Time: 7
associated with a world-wide climb in information, visit textiles.fit.edu.  p.m. Tickets: $10. 772-569-4700.
earth’s temperature.
Zach Newton. 2 Yes. It’s another let-your-hair-down stump them. Most have failed. Meanwhile,
Global warming was addressed in one of Howl at the Moon weekend at River- out front, it’s Live in the Loop, a free concert
the very few non-representational works side Theatre this Friday and Saturday, June all evening long. Friday you’ll hear South-
in the exhibition. “Scorched Earth” by Pa- 7 and 8. If you’re already a fan, you know ern Vine, an acoustic-string mix of “folksy,
mela S. Burns of Martinsville, Ind., fea- the drill. If you’re not, you should totally try islandy, county and lots of harmonies.”
tures a hand-dyed and reverse-appliquéd it. In a nutshell: The high-energy Howl at Then, Saturday, it’ll be the String Assassins,
background material that suggests a forest the Moon experience is three crazy talent- an “all string, all acoustic jam band” with
of saplings lit from behind by amber fire. ed and funny musicians – two pianos and a songs you know from Pink Floyd, Grateful
Atop this, a crust of scorched material lies drum set – who play pretty much anything
like a pall. you can come up with from classic rock, to CONTINUED ON PAGE B6
pop, doo wop, country, even dance tunes.
In the accompanying label for the piece, The audience picks. Many have tried to
Burns notes that she was inspired by wild-
fires in the U.S. that, between January and
October 2018, laid waste to 8.1 million
acres of land.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B5 3 Al Ernst and Carmen Vallone at Riverside Comedy Zone this weekend. pealing, lively, artsy vibe. Both galleries and
5 “Rent” at Henegar June 7-16. select businesses exhibit new artwork each
Dead and more. Plus, there is always all month in a lively gallery reception atmo-
sorts of food and bevs from the full bar and showtimes: 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets: and pubs, more and more people are dis- sphere. Gallery 14, for example, will open its
grill. You can’t bring your own stuff in. Also, side seats, $12, table seating, $14 to $18. covering and enjoying the First Friday Gal- June/July exhibit, “Celebrate Summer: New
no pets, except pet rocks. There are always Live in the Loop showtime: 6 p.m. to 9:30 lery Stroll held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the Work and Old Favorites,” with an artists re-
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3 From the sublime to the hilarious, 5 A pop cultural icon, “Rent,” opens at
and you don’t even have to leave Riv- the Henegar in Melbourne this Fri-
erside Park. Across from the Museum is Riv- day, June 7. Set in New York City’s East Vil-
erside Theatre which, this very weekend, lage, this 1996 rock musical drama, which
May 31 and June 1, will be the venue for is a re-imagining of Puccini’s “La Boheme,”
the ever-popular Comedy Zone shows and took the Best Musical Tony and the Pulitzer
live free outdoor concert – Live in the Loop. for drama. According to Wikipedia, “Rent”
If you are an official adult and don’t mind follows a year in the lives of a group of im-
the occasional coarse patter and grown-up poverished young Bohemians struggling to
content, come on down. Bringing the funny survive and create a life “during the thriving
this weekend will be Al Ernst and Carmen days of Bohemian Alphabet City under the
Vallone, very different comedians with very shadow of HIV/AIDS.” How they negotiate
different ways to score laughs. According
to their bios and Riverside’s promo, Ernst their dreams, loves and conflicts, says the
has been Carnival Cruise Line Entertainer Henegar promo, “provides the narrative for
of the Year, a pretty big deal when you con- this groundbreaking musical,” which ran
sider Carnival fills upwards of 5,000 enter- on Broadway for 12 years – 5,123 perfor-
tainment gigs every year. His non-confron- mances – and grossed over $280 million.
tational humor has gotten him hundreds of “Rent” runs through June 16. Curtain: Fri-
corporation gigs; he’s been a professional days and Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m.
wrestling announcer (talk about a non se- Tickets: $19, $26, $29. 321-723-8698. 
quitur); and has performed on a bunch of
major TV networks. Vallone, says the pro-
mo, “has an enthusiastic smile and a hap-
pily twisted view of everyday life.” At his
shows, he promises, you needn’t fear sitting
in the front row. He likes to say he’s drunk
champagne with Joan Rivers and attend-
ed a BBQ with Jim Carrey. He also likes to
say he’s been doing comedy for seven years
but, has been to so many places and done
so many gigs “you’d think he’d been doing it
for eight.” Ba-dum-PUM. Meanwhile, out-
side, Live in the Loop, you can enjoy mu-
sic and all sorts of food and bevs from the
outside bar and grill all evening long. Don’t
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Costa del Sol: In search of the ultimate paella de mariscos

By TIna Rondeau | Columnist Paella de prized, giant
[email protected] Mariscos. red prawns that
reign supreme in the
While paella originated in the coastal Mediterranean – high-
Valencia region of Spain, a “true” paella lighting a mix of fresh local sea-
Valencia – a mixture of chicken, rabbit and food.
snails with green and white beans – has Far too full to even
no seafood. consider des-

I’ve had some very good paella
Valencias over the years, but that is
not my favorite.

I prefer paella de mariscos – sea-
food paella – which I would assert is
equally authentic, and today per-
haps even more popular. On a re-
cent visit to Malaga, a seaside city
about 300 miles south of Valencia,
I set out to find the best possible
version of this dish.

Needless to say, on a subject
like this, there are as many opin-
ions as there are chefs. But a couple
of Malaga foodies finally put me on
to a family-friendly seafood restaurant
named Los Mellizos, and I called for a
reservation.

When I proposed dining at 8, the pro-
prietor laughed at me. Come at 8:30, I was
told with a chuckle, and you
will be the first

Boquerones
Vinagre.

Dorada.

one seated. Span- not a paella enthusiast – decid- Almejas. sert, we conclud-
iards really do like to dine ed to try the dorada ($21.70). ed the evening with perfect
late! But by 9:30, Los Mellizos was packed. And the paella de mariscos espressos.
My husband’s fish, grilled with garlic, totally lived up to anticipation, the saf- So was this the ultimate pa-
Before getting to the paella, my com- could not have been fresher. fron rice infused with the flavors of the ella de mariscos? Close, but I think I will
panions and I ordered a plate of bo- sea and heads-on carabineros – the continue the search for the grail on future
querones vinagre ($13.40) – a delicacy travels.
popular throughout the Mediterranean Meantime, if you should make it to the
that you do not often find in the United Costa del Sol, there are outposts of Los
States. These fresh white anchovies are Mellizos in a couple of neighboring towns
marinated in vinegar, drizzled with the to Malaga, as well as one 40 miles down the
local extra virgin olive oil, and went ex- coast in Marbella. I’m guessing all produce
tremely well with a chilled glass of white paellas de mariscos that would make them
wine. A great start. worth a visit.

Then I spotted on the menu almejas I welcome your comments, and encourage
($13.50). Regular readers of this column you to send feedback to me at tina@verobe-
will know how I love steamed clams with ach32963.com.
garlic and oil. Well, these tender little
beauties were nothing short of spectac- Prices shown in dollars are converted
ular. from the prices of these dishes in Euros. 

Finally it came time for the main event.
A companion and I ordered the paella de
mariscos ($54 for two), and my husband –

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Delicious rosés by John Legend, Jon Bon Jovi and Brangelina

By Dave McIntyre of Long Island and downing “pink juice” marketing is attractively sophisticated, too, well-made, high-quality wines. After all,
The Washington Post as if it were water, Bongiovi recalled in an from the label with its message of summer Brangelina, Jon Bon Jovi and John Legend
email. “I told my father, this is not pink luxury to the punt, the dimple in the bottom aren’t making wines to diminish the value
If you’re invited to a party with a lot of juice, it’s Hampton Water,” he said. of the bottle, shaped like strawberry to sug- of their brands. Jesse Bongiovi quoted to
celebrities, keep an ear open for how many gest fresh flavors of spring and summer. me the advice his father gave him when he
mention “my rosé.” Bonus points if you “Essentially, we wanted to bottle up the had the idea for Hampton Water:
overhear celebs arguing over whose pink relaxed lifestyles of the Hamptons and the Singer-songwriter John Legend has also
wine is better. South of France,” Bongiovi said. entered the winemaking game, in part- “He said to me, ‘You know a lot of suc-
nership with Jean-Charles Boisset, owner cessful people. Talk to them and educate
Celebrity rosés are almost as prevalent “We created Hampton Water to share the of Raymond Vineyards in Napa Valley and yourself on how to start a successful busi-
as pink wine itself. Perhaps the first, and Hamptons and its lifestyle with the world,” several other wineries in California and ness, study the wine industry, specifically
certainly the most famous, is Miraval, from he explained. “Essentially, we wanted to Boisset’s native Burgundy. Legend Vine- rosé, then put together a legitimate busi-
Provence, the brand of Angelina Jolie and bottle up that feeling of enjoying life and yard Exclusive wines are primarily from ness plan, and come back to me.’ ”
Brad Pitt. Produced in a partnership with making memories with the people you Napa, but the line includes a rosé and a
the Perrin family of Chateauneuf-du-Pape love most. Hampton Water represents that sparkling pink from southern France. Any of these celebrity wines would im-
fame, the wine has been a market sensation sense of place, not necessarily geographi- press at a rosé-themed party this weekend
since its introduction with the 2012 vintage. cally, but emotionally.” The LVE rosé is less fruity than the on National Rosé Day, June 8. 
Hampton Water and Miraval, with an ap-
Despite their very public split, Brangeli- If you’re sensing a little noblesse oblige, pealing herbal note that suggests a stroll
na remain involved with the brand, which I hear you. Lerner and Loewe’s “Camelot” along a scraggly bluff overlooking the Med-
now includes a second rosé called Studio comes to my mind, with King Arthur and iterranean, with a John Legend song puls-
and two white wines. Guinevere singing, “What do the simple ing through my AirPods, of course.
folk do?”
Rock star Jon Bon Jovi and his son Jes- There are a lot of rosés on the market,
se Bongiovi teamed up with French wine- But before I get too snarky, let me stipulate: and many are less expensive than these.
maker Gerard Bertrand to create Hamp- Hampton Water 2018 is delicious. It’s a blend You will pay for the celebrity connec-
ton Water, now in its second vintage. The of grenache, syrah, cinsault and mourvedre, tion. But don’t dismiss these wines sim-
inspiration came as father and son were a classic Provençal recipe, with a pretty, pale ply because of that celebrity. These are
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TWO LINES OF PLAY, EACH OF WHICH WORKS WEST NORTH EAST
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By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist J852 Q K 10 6 3
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Sigmund Freud said, “From error to error one discovers the entire truth.” 10 7 4 QJ5 K982

Bridge players make lots of mistakes. Bridge writers ought to make far fewer, if only because SOUTH
there is software to help with deal analysis. Q J 10 5 2
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When I read about today’s deal, the author said that if declarer in four spades played to ruff 10
hearts in the dummy after the trump lead, he would fail. Is that true? A63

South was right to open one spade despite having only 11 high-card points. He had the Dealer: South; Vulnerable: East-West
majors, two aces and an easy rebid. He also had a seven-loser hand (two spades, two
hearts, one diamond and two clubs) should partner have a fit for one of the majors. North The Bidding:
described a game-force with three-card spade support. (In two-over-one game-forcing,
North would have rebid two spades, and South would have jumped to game with his SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
minimum opening.) 1 Spades Pass 2 Diamonds Pass
2 Hearts Pass 3 Spades Pass LEAD:
First, South checked his losers. He had none in spades, three in hearts, one in 4 Spades Pass Pass Pass 7 Spades
diamonds and one in clubs — two too many. But then he wisely counted winners if he
did ruff two hearts on the board. He saw five spades, one heart, two clubs and those
two ruffs — 10 in all.

Declarer won the first trick with dummy’s spade king, played the heart queen to the king and
ace, ruffed a heart low, played a club to his ace and ruffed another heart. Then he could have
either led the club queen to establish his second trick in the suit or exited with a diamond to
open up a channel to his hand with a diamond ruff so that he could draw trumps.

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ACROSS 98 June 6 event 44 Menial honors? The Washington Post
99 Spoil 45 Frat’s coll. counterpart
1 Outrigger canoe 101 Go 47 Chrysler model for many UNDER MY THUMB By Merl Reagle
5 Trojan stronghold? 103 Make sure (that)
8 Speak freely 104 Ahead of the pack years
11 Phi/Kappa center 106 The talk of the town 49 John Paul Jones’s man-of-
15 P.J. O’Rourke’s forte 109 Slammin’ Sammy
18 Menial’s favorite Bruce 112 Aral Sea feeder, war, the Bonhomme ___
50 Canadian Indian
Springsteen tune? the ___ Darya 51 Insect wings
21 Prima donna problems 113 Disgorge 53 Onetime Alt. fast flight that
22 “Smart guy” 115 Scow or scull
23 Menial’s rebuke? 117 Out on ___ may return
24 Tom, Dick, or Harry 120 Slugger Williams 55 “Flattery ___ you nowhere”
25 59 121 Ponder 58 Type of transmission: abbr.
26 Looks 122 Carpenter’s menial? 60 Fig treats
27 Memo start 125 Droopy spot 62 Quite old
28 Back-of-the-book list 126 Kerrigan maneuver 63 Some QB protectors
29 See 17 Down 127 Massachusetts menial? 64 Uncle’s predecessor?
30 Lunch containers 128 Direct-dial starter 70 Caustic cleaner
32 Gets a kick out of 129 Some votes 72 “___-la-la!”
34 Exploiters 130 Big blue 73 Like some ales
36 VP monogram 131 Blade adjective 74 Bounder
39 Office promise 132 Alien-seeking org. 75 Bulwer-Lytton’s Eugene ___
41 Jones in the Journal 76 Avoid
42 Morse bits in Contact 78 Degrade
43 Helps hoods 80 Bandleader Shaw
46 France’s Santa, DOWN 84 “___ little teapot ... ”
1 Very, very softly, 85 Ticked off
Père ___ 87 San Francisco or Green
48 1992 Olympics city in mus. 89 Rear-view mirror sight
52 Come home ___ 2 Charlotte et al. 92 Upside-down nametag?
54 Church bench 3 “Alas!” 93 Actor Jannings
56 Fiery emotion 4 Queen ___ lace 94 Typhus carrier
57 Kinfolk: abbr. 5 Peace org. wing, HQ’d in 96 Pet on a poster
59 Applies in daubs 100 Reserve anew, as a flight
61 The Devil’s Dictionary Paris 102 In a malicious manner
6 Racetrack fluid 104 Porky one
author 7 “Running Fence” artist 105 “That is to say ...”
64 Mar. honoree 8 Six Degrees of Separation 106 Marquand’s late George
65 A followup? 107 Carter and Gwyn
66 Italian number playwright 108 Timid
67 With 71 and 76 Across, 9 Lift off 110 Bit of pond scum
10 Comment to Cratchit 111 Stack for the phono
menial’s philosophy? 11 Hill of burlesque 114 Popular Latin-American kid’s-
68 ___ as a beet 12 Displeased exclamations
69 Segar’s Olive and Castor 13 Weighty read show host
71 See 67 Across 14 Like budding or fission 116 Tiny tunneler
73 Correspondent Ernie 15 Menial film intro? 118 Fiji dance festival (and a
74 Hand-soap brand 16 Less cordial
76 See 67 Across 17 With 29 Across, oil sterling word
77 Vitamin stat, briefly 19 Shirley’s hooker it is, too)
79 A king of Judah 20 Prodigious period 119 Harte or Maverick
81 “___ there yet?” 28 Bridges of Madison County 122 Frontline network
82 Big name in harmonicas 123 “Contessa” Garten
83 Comes through in the clutch state 124 Memo abbr.
86 Art movement 31 Andersonville author
87 Burger bread 33 Unemployment cure
88 Pampering, briefly 35 Five-foot menials?
90 Keepsake 36 Pate protectors
91 Diving duck 37 Destructive device, briefly
95 New Haven campus 38 Announcement of a menial’s
97 Up and about
arrival?
40 “Like, cool, daddy”
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