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involvement by the Kremlin in the security and arms control during the During the Cold War, Soviet leaders in part by competition with the Unit-
March 4 nerve-agent attack and sug- Obama administration, said that even spent vast sums to create weaponized ed States. Washington maintained its
gested that it was the United States and before Putin, U.S. officials questioned versions of 11 different pathogens – own stockpile of nerve agents dur-
Britain, not Russia, that were continu- whether the Kremlin had owned up to including the microbes that cause ing the Cold War and manufactured
ing to conduct illegal research to create its past “fully and transparently.” anthrax, smallpox and the plague – biological weapons until 1969, when
“new toxic substances.” while also experimenting with geneti- President Richard M. Nixon disman-
But over the past six years, official cally altered strains. They created new tled the program.
The research by Zilinskas and distrust has grown as Moscow has classes of chemical toxins, such as
Mauger appears to bear out long-held embraced a more aggressive foreign Novichok, reportedly used in the at- But the Kremlin pressed ahead, con-
concerns by the State Department, policy that includes intimidation of tempted assassination of former Rus- vinced that the Pentagon was continu-
which has sharply criticized Russia in Russia’s neighbors and an unabashed sian spy Sergei Skripal and his daugh- ing bioweapons research in secret. Fi-
recent years over a lack of transpar- support for a Syrian dictator who uses ter, Yulia, in Salisbury, England. nally, in 1992, newly installed Russian
ency in its military-related biological nerve agents to kill his own people. President Boris Yeltsin acknowledged
and chemical research. Since 2012, A fourth-generation nerve agent the existence of the secret program to
State Department officials have issued “Moscow’s full-throated defense of more deadly than VX, Novichok is U.S. officials and reported that all So-
a series of reports faulting Moscow for Syrian use of chemical weapons – and, the stuff of legend. Russia denies that viet bioweapons had been destroyed.
refusing to open its military research especially, its apparent use of chemi- it ever researched or manufactured
laboratories to outside inspectors, and cal agents in targeted assassinations such nerve agents, but it arrested a In the years immediately following
for failing to provide proof that it de- – only add to the concerns,” Country- former Soviet weapons scientist on the Cold War, securing and disman-
stroyed the highly lethal arsenals cre- man said. charges of divulging state secrets af- tling Soviet weapons of mass destruc-
ated by Red Army scientists in the years ter he published details about Soviet tion united Americans and Russians
before the Soviet Union’s collapse. When the Soviet Union was dis- Novichok production in newspaper in a common cause. The United States
mantled in 1991, the Russian Federa- articles and a memoir. helped Russia build incinerators for
Thomas Countryman, an assistant tion became the heir to history’s most destroying its chemical weapons, and
secretary of state for international dangerous arsenal of chemical and The Soviet program was motivated
biological weapons. STORY CONTINUED ON PAGE 54

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it sponsored programs that paired for- THE CENTER FOR MILITARY TECHNICAL ior that we’ve been seeing for years,” townspeople – satellite images show
mer Soviet bioweapons scientists with PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE Holgate said. clusters of newly built, warehouse-
Western companies to keep them em- OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF size industrial buildings dotting a
ployed during the country’s economic MICROBIOLOGY IN EKATERINABURG, Whatever the explanation, the build- walled campus. Renovations can be
transition. RUSSIA, IN 2015. THE RED BOXES up is striking. Data collected by Zil- observed in older buildings that in So-
INDICATE AREAS THAT CHANGED inskas and Mauger includes contract viet times were factories for mass-pro-
Such U.S.-Russian technical coop- SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 2005. documents, Russian-language reports ducing bacillus anthracis, the bacteria
eration began to wane after Putin’s and aerial imagery that shed light on that causes anthrax.
election as president, and it collapsed allowed Moscow to plausibly deny cul- a dramatic expansion at the four se-
after the Russian strongman won a pability. Another was crowd control: cret Defense Ministry laboratories and At the 33rd Central Research Test In-
second term in 2012. Yet, even dur- the use of controversial “knockout” numerous government-run civilian re- stitute at Shikhany – formerly a“closed”
ing the Yeltsin years, Russia refused to chemicals to incapacitate individuals search centers across the country. Russian military city on the Volga River
grant access to key weapons sites, in- involved in hostage standoffs and oth- in southwest Russia – records point to
cluding four biodefense laboratories er mass disturbances. At one military complex at Yekat- a recent spending spree for specialized
run by the Russian military and per- erinburg – the scene of an accidental equipment such as freeze-drying ma-
petually sealed off from outside visi- Officials familiar with Russia’s pro- release of anthrax spores in 1979 that chines used in microbial production.
tors, former U.S. officials said. gram said the expanded activity at is said to have killed 100 workers and
military labs may be partly aimed at Lab officials are shown soliciting
“We were always curious: Were they honing those capabilities, giving Pu- bids for repairs to a wind tunnel, the
embarrassed to let us in because of the tin a variety of tools for dealing with type used in testing aerosolized bac-
shape of their labs? Or were they hiding adversaries while seeking to avoid teria and viruses, as well as upgrades
something?” said Laura Holgate, a se- the most flagrant violations of Rus- to an area of bermed storage pens
nior adviser to President Barack Obama sia’s treaty obligations. that the researchers say are probably
on preventing biological, chemical and intended for open-air testing involv-
nuclear terrorism. “That would be in line with behav- ing explosives.

Holgate allowed that Russia’s reluc- Wind tunnels and outdoor testing
tance also may have reflected a “para- facilities can be used legitimately to
noia about what the U.S. might be develop defenses against biological
learning” about the country’s military and chemical attacks. Indeed, the Pen-
capabilities. In any case, she said, it be- tagon employs similar equipment at its
came clear over time that Putin intend- biodefense research facilities in Mary-
ed to preserve some Soviet-era capabil- land and Utah.
ities for use in very specific situations.
But Zilinskas and Mauger say the
One of these was assassination – the Russian expansion invites a higher level
killing of the Kremlin’s opponents us- of scrutiny in light of the explicit calls by
ing methods that were dramatic, yet Russian leaders for work on novel kinds

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of weapons, including “genetic” ones. researchers note. Serdyukov specifi- out further specification,” Zilinskas of top Russian officials, they write.
After Putin’s essay in 2012, several cally pledged to incorporate “genet- and Mauger write. At minimum, the “When taken in conjunction with
ic” research in creating Russia’s next- vagueness of such statements poten-
senior military officials, including the generation arsenals. tially opens the door for any military the [military’s] apparent support for
defense minister at the time, Anatoly official or “ambitious scientist” to lob- the development of ‘genetic’ weap-
Serdyukov, publicly endorsed Putin’s “We noted the numerous high-level by for a chance to develop a new kind ons, these statements erode norma-
appeal for new kinds of weapons and calls for the development of biotech- of weapon – with the implicit blessing tive barriers toward biological weap-
promised to start building them, the nology-based weapons in Russia, with- ons in Russia,” the authors say. 

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INSIGHT OPINION

FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, YOUR REIGN MAY SOON BE OVER

We might look back on 2017 as the last moment dominated by just a few mammoth companies that tional impact, it was necessary for the government
of unbridled faith and optimism in the technology effectively create a barrier to entry for newcomers. to play some role in protecting individuals and re-
industry. straining the huge new winners in the economy.
In Silicon Valley, new start-ups don’t even pretend
The revelations about Cambridge Analytica’s that they will become independent companies. Change is likely to come from two directions.
use of Facebook data – mining more than 50 mil- Their business plan is to be acquired by Google, Regulatory action in the West will give more con-
lion users’ personal information – came at a time Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft or Apple. The situa- trol to the individual. The European Union has es-
when people were already considering appropriate tion looks more like an oligopoly than a free market. tablished rules, which will go into effect on May 25,
ways to curb the handful of tech companies that In fact, through the age of big tech, the number of that will make it much easier for people to know
dominate not just the American economy but also, new business start-ups has been declining. how their data is being used and to limit that use. It
increasingly, American life. is likely that the United States will follow suit.
The other noticeable consequence has been the
As the information revolution took off in the erosion of privacy, highlighted by the Cambridge The second direction is even more intriguing
1990s, we got caught up in the excitement of the Analytica/Facebook scandal. and comes from the East. Until recently, as Indian
age, along with the novelty of the products and entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani pointed out to me,
their transformative power. We were dazzled by Because technology companies now deal with there were just a handful of digital platforms with
the wealth created by nebbishy 25-year-olds, who billions of consumers, any individual is a speck, more than 1 billion users, all run by companies in
became instant billionaires – the ultimate re- a tiny data point. And since for most technology the United States or China, such as Google, Face-
venge of the nerds. And in the midst of all this, as companies the individual consumer is also a prod- book and Tencent.
the United States was transitioning into a digital uct, whose information is sold to others for a prof-
economy, we neglected to ask: What is the role for it, he or she is doubly disempowered. But now India has its own billion-person digital
government? platform: the extraordinary “Aadhaar” biometric
The tech giants would surely respond that they ID system, which includes almost all of the nation’s
The image of technology companies springing have democratized information, created products 1.3 billion residents (and whose creation Nilekani
forth from unfettered free markets was never quite of extraordinary power and potential, and trans- oversaw). It is the only one of these massive plat-
accurate. Today’s digital economy rests on three formed life for the better. All of this is true. So did forms that is publicly owned. That means it does
major technologies: the computer chip, the Inter- previous innovations such as the telephone, the au- not need to make money off user data.
net and GPS. All three owe their existence in large tomobile, antibiotics and electricity. But precisely
part to the federal government. because of these products’ power and transforma- It’s possible to imagine that in India, it will be-
come normal to think of data as personal property
The latter two were, of course, developed from that individuals can keep or rent or sell as they
scratch, owned and run by the government until wish in a very open and democratic free market.
they were opened up to the private sector. Most India might well become the global innovator for
people don’t realize that GPS – the global position- individuals’ data rights.
ing system of satellites and control centers that is
so crucial to the modern economy – is, even now, Add innovations in blockchain technology, and
owned by the U.S. government and operated by the we are likely to see even more challenges to the
Air Force. current gatekeepers of the Internet in the near fu-
ture.
And yet, as these revolutionary technologies
created new industries, destroyed others and re- Whether from East or West, top down or bottom
shaped communities and cities, we simply as- up, change is coming to transform the world of
sumed that this was the way of the world and that technology. Properly handled, it can produce freer
nothing could be done to affect it. That would have markets and greater individual empowerment. 
been socialist-style interference with the free mar-
ket. This column by Fareed Zakaria for The Washington
Post does not necessarily reflect the views ofVero Beach
But the result does not seem one that a libertar- 32963.
ian would celebrate. We now have a tech economy

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the essence of life is “to serve others and do good.” According to the U.S. and also helps cells repair themselves, store nutrients and grow.
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent report, 25 percent of Americans
are doing just that. Approximately 62.6 million people volunteer for their According to a 2012 study published in the journal Health Psychology,
favorite causes. participants who volunteered with some regularity derived health ben-
efits and lived longer, but only if their intensions were altruistic, given in
In addition to doing good for others, volunteering can benefit students, a selfless manner.
working people, retirees and others in many ways.
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 Build self-esteem and self-confidence Research shows that most adults with disabilities or health conditions,
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For all, but especially retirees: show improvement after volunteering.
 Meet new people
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Volunteering increases self-confidence, providing a healthy boost to your The adage is true: The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a
self-esteem and life satisfaction. And the better you feel about yourself, cause greater than yourself. If you want to make the world a better place,
the more likely you are to have a positive view of your life and future meet people, try something new, or see a different way of life and new
goals. It also provides a sense of purpose. Older adults, especially those places, consider volunteering. 
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INSIGHT TRAVEL

It’s conceivable to join the jet set, if only for a day

BY LIZ LANGLEY But being overwhelmed was just what
The Washington Post I was trying to avoid.

The jet set. To people of a certain age I kept it simple and chose one thing
(middle and older), it denotes the sky- I really wanted to see. My destination
high style of a bygone era. The phrase was in the Rittenhouse Square area, on
was coined in the mid-20th century for what promised to be a beautiful day,
the leisure class, who could afford to and there were numerous options in
fly and did so frequently, resort-hop- case I needed a backup.
ping around the globe.
Final preparations
Flying somewhere and back – just After figuring out if Philadelphia In-
for a day, just for fun – has long been ternational Airport had ride hailing (it
does), what the drive time was to my
my idea of glamour, and last spring I destination (15 minutes) and if it would
realized I could. be open (yes), the plan was sewn up
and it was time to purchase the tickets,
Actually, I realized I’d better. Obliga- which I did with two one-way fares. I got
tions were pouring in like junk mail, a leisurely 10 a.m. flight out, but when
and the sense of being cornered was trying to book a ridiculously cheap re-
making me one of the mean girls. I was turn fare through Orbitz proved dif-
living that Zen story about the man fu- ficult, I called the website to see if the
riously trying to chop down a tree down problem was heavy traffic, which I sus-
with a dull saw because he thinks he pected, and spoke to a customer service
doesn’t have time to sharpen it; a short rep who became my most eager ally
respite to refresh his equipment would when I told him this fly-away-for-a-day
ease his work tremendously. plan had been a desire of mine for years.
“I want to help you realize your
I needed my saw sharpened. I need- dream,” he said, words that I don’t
ed a mini-escape. think anyone has ever said to me be-
fore. It felt fantastic and he was as moti-
It wasn’t going to be a road trip. I live vated as I was. As I suspected, so many
in Florida, a long peninsula which is people were after that cheap fare that
harder to get out of than a wedding in- it was totally bogged down. If I could
vitation – at least by car. go another $20 higher, he told me, he
could book me an evening flight back. I
Nope, I was going to live my dream of said yes and he did so within minutes;
jet setting, fly out and back in the same I felt like I’d won it instead of bought it.
day, just for fun. I felt like Jackie O. Total air travel cost for lifelong dream
fulfilled: $213.17.
Neither of those fine ladies had a If you plan your caprice farther out
budget to consider, though, and I did: than I did – a month in advance in-
one day and about $200-ish for a flight. stead of two weeks, you can probably
Caprice in constraints was going to do it for less.
take some planning. What I spent altogether would have
been the same as a few visits to my
Picking priorities shrink and was itself worthy therapy.
The autonomy of this adventure The trip was as smooth as a bowling
was the most important thing to me, lane and the exhilaration of getting on a
but frankly, that was satisfied by plan- plane without dragging a bloated carry-
ning it. A claustrophobic only has to on behind me was as freeing as going
see an exit sign to start breathing a commando on a spring day. There were
little easier. so few travelers on my return flight that
Going somewhere new was another I was even allowed to go through TSA
key, but it couldn’t be a cross-country pre-check, something Moynihan rec-
flight: it’s called jet-setting, not jet-sit- ommends investing in and now I know
ting. Looking through numerous desir- why. The absence of that oppressive
able locales in the “great deal!” emails ritual lightened my afternoon so much
I get from numerous airlines made it a it felt like an out-of-body experience.
simple Goldilocks process: Charleston? I was elated for weeks, and still am
Too close. Bangor, Maine? Awesome, every time I think about realizing this
but too far. dream, not because of my can-do at-
Philadelphia, though, where I had titude but because of my I’m-done
never been, was just right. attitude. Putting 30,000 feet between
A city that has one of the homes of you and your problems won’t erase
Edgar Allan Poe, the building where them, but it will sure make them look
the Declaration of Independence was smaller. Being cornered can be bear-
signed and a trove of art museums able if you know there’s a flight at the
presents a dizzying number of things end of the tunnel. 
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INSIGHT ST. ED’S

All news is good news for 9-0 St. Ed’s girls lacrosse

BY RON HOLUB ST. EDWARDS VS. MELBOURNE CENTRAL CATHOLIC and she is continuing to develop a new
group coming up.
Correspondent #11 ELIZABETH ZOLTAK AND #8 ELLIE TOMLINSON
“Carolyn DePalma played at Lehigh
St. Ed’s varsity girls lacrosse team “Amber Mullins is in her second and she moved up from the middle
soared to 9-0 after routing Holy Trin- year working our goalies,” Cassara school team to help with the varsity.
ity Episcopal, 21-8, last Friday night in explained. “If you don’t have a goalie Cami Kramer played at VBHS and had
Melbourne. The result of the game left coach, the goalies become a forgotten a great career at Johns Hopkins. Her fo-
head coach Rick Cassara wondering breed. Amber has done a fantastic job cus is micro-training for the really spe-
just how good his team might really be. cialized skills.

“We should have been very closely “So we combine great athletes, a lot
matched and it was a close game for of enthusiasm, with some really good
the first quarter or so,” Cassara told us coaching. And I’m not including my-
afterwards. “Then the girls just started self. I’m more of a manager than a
to blow it up. Totally unexpected. They coach. Those three ladies are the ex-
moved to a new level tonight.” perts on this game.”

Undefeated, and getting better. The For senior leadership the coaching
second-year coach could not ask for staff relies on captains Julie Young, El-
anything beyond that. The Pirates al- lie Tomlinson and Maya Jenkins.
ready have more wins in any season
since the 2012 team went 11-5. “We are all very happy with the po-
sition we are in right now, but we are
“We have a very strong set of ath- aware that we have to continue to work
letes,” Cassara said. “That’s the starting hard for the rest of the season,” said
point for any really successful team. We Young, a midfielder. “We are still going
have good athletes – not athletic kids – to play some really difficult teams. As
but good athletes. By that I mean they captains we try maintain the positivity
know what it takes to get the job done. and encourage everyone to be confi-
They want to get better, they have a dent and play hard. As a team I think
good work ethic, and they want to win. we have a great dynamic on the field
because of how we are off the field. I
“We are a little bit older compared believe that has really helped.”
to last year. We have five really strong
seniors. They are all starters and have “I play attack for the team, a lot of
been playing the game for a long time. the time with Lauren (Savage), Tea
We are not only getting good produc- (Tee) and Hailey (Rhymes)” Tomlin-
tion out of them, but good leadership son said. “We work together really well.
as well. I think the entire team works well to-
gether. Our stick skills have definitely
“Our five sophomores are a little bit improved. Our coaches like us to keep
faster, a little bit stronger, and a little the ball in our possession and keep it
bit smarter than they were a year ago. moving. And the defense has improved
Everyone is doing the things necessary a lot from last year. It is definitely one
to get better, both individually and as of our strong points.”
a team. Those are the keys, I think, to
doing well.” St. Ed’s had five games remaining at
the beginning of this week and, play-
Cassara turned a common sports phi- ing as an independent, there will be
losophy inside-out when he described no postseason. Accordingly, Cassara
the way he wants his team to play. wants his team to finish strong and
have a good feeling about what they
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Junior Jane Callaghan gets the bulk of
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“Jane is having a really good season,”
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percent. The best college goalies are
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off that mark. She’s got the experience,

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INSIGHT BOOK REVIEW

Its influence begins before birth and holds sway “Class Matters” arrives on the scene just in time ed, Harris and Curtis noted that the percentage of
beyond the grave. It can determine who goes to for the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commis- Americans living in extreme poverty has increased
prison and who goes to the Ivy League, who drinks sion report, which was ordered by President Lyn- since the 1970s and that the top 1 percent receives
bottled prestige water and who swigs from a foul don Johnson in reaction to the urban uprisings of 52 percent of all new income.
tap, who rents rooms and who rattles around in a 1967 that engulfed despairing black communities
McMansion. in more than 100 cities. Nowadays, the impact of An “invidious pursuit of inequality happens un-
class and economics – and not just race – is seen in der the smiley face of equality for all,” Fraser writes.
In his new book, “Class Matters: The Strange Ca- the report’s oft-repeated warning that “our nation is “Officially, we all subscribe to the American Dream.
reer of an American Delusion,” historian Steve Fra- moving toward two societies, one black, one white – But as we also all know, as George Carlin once blunt-
ser explores the notion of class as a power that has separate and unequal.” ly put it, ‘They call it that because you have to be
shaped our nation but is only lately being openly asleep to believe it.’”
acknowledged. “Healing Our Divided Society: Investing in Amer-
ica Fifty Years After the Kerner Report,” a series of Politicians are not alone in selling a classless delu-
His interpretation is intriguing, provocative and essays co-edited by Fred Harris, a former commis- sion, Fraser argues. He puts historians, political sci-
revealing. While Fraser could have used a good edi- sion member, and Alan Curtis, president and CEO entists, sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers,
tor to declutter some wordy passages, and some of of the Eisenhower Foundation, shows how much scholars of the law, social critics and theologians on
his arguments will raise eyebrows, “Class Matters” is worse things are. In their recent New York Times op- the list, too.
a welcome addition to the growing body of scholar-
ship examining the country’s rising inequality. Fraser’s six essays laying out his case coincide with
distinctive periods in American history. He starts
Fraser uses iconic events, documents and images with the settlements at Plymouth and Jamestown,
from American history as his raw material for six es- examines the ratification of the Constitution, re-
says on why class matters. The reality of class – not flects on the Statue of Liberty and the symbol of the
just patterns of consumption and markers of wealth cowboy, probes the capitalism vs. communism de-
and privilege, but raw power – had largely been ex- bate between Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev,
punged from our national vocabulary by political and finally ponders Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I
elites pushing the American Dream, he argues. But Have a Dream” speech and the black struggle for
the dirty secret of class emerged a decade or so ago power and inclusion.
in the unequal wreckage of the global financial melt-
down, he contends. The arrivals at Plymouth and Jamestown and the
writing of the Constitution came when the future of
“Class is the secret of the American experience, its the country as a capitalist society was not yet settled,
past, present and likely future,” Fraser writes. “Every- Fraser writes. The Statue of Liberty and the cowboy,
day life in every way bears the stigmata of class,” he he contends, are figures that characterized a time
asserts in his attack on who we are and how we treat when “family capitalism” flourished, a way of life
one another. The problem of class, inequality and that evolved into “unanticipated modes of subordi-
social mobility has moved center stage as a growing nation.” In his encounter with Khrushchev in 1959,
number of scholars, journalists and activists have be- Vice President Nixon celebrated a classless, trium-
gun to address the pressures of our new Gilded Age. phant, postwar America.

Or as Chris Rock jokes: “Whole Foods does not say Class, in Fraser’s estimation, is a condition of
‘No Blacks Allowed.’ But a $7 orange does. That’s the “power and subordination.” “Before it was re-
new Jim Crow.” Many still debate whether President duced to an abstract economic category, capital
Trump’s victory was an expression of white econom- first of all existed and continues to exist as a vessel
ic anxiety or racial backlash, or both. A Facebook of power, a political relationship between those
co-founder, Chris Hughes, has helped form the Eco- who have it and those who, because they don’t,
nomic Security Project, which proposes giving peo- must submit.”
ple earning less than $50,000 a guaranteed income
of $500 a month by taxing high earners. He explores Fraser sprinkles personal stories among his es-
it all in his new book, “Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequal- says. He writes about growing up in suburbia, for
ity and How We Earn.” instance, and his work as a political activist, includ-
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fighter. The side trip renditions are uneven: Some fare dependence, drug addiction, mass incarcera- guments. His contribution is one of many that we
feel like distractions, some are inserted clumsily, tion and family breakdown. should embrace in this time of reckoning over what
others are instructive. this country stands for and where it needs to go. 
In the chapter on King’s “I Have a Dream” speech,
And while “Class Matters” is shot through with il- Fraser duly notes that King’s words have been co- CLASS MATTERS
luminating passages, Fraser could have said more opted by conservatives and repackaged for corpo-
about how class intersects with race and gender and rate consumption by annulling the marriage be- THE STRANGE CAREER OF AN AMERICAN DELUSION
how political power has been maintained by the di- tween economic justice and racial justice. BY STEVE FRASER | YALE. 287 PP. $25
vide-and-conquer calculus of attaching a black face
to many problems that stem from inequality: wel- Whether you agree with all he says or how he REVIEW BY FELICIA R. LEE | THE WASHINGTON POST
says it, Fraser forces the reader to consider his ar-

Writing in a Chicago magazine in 1917, Basanta Superficially, India has changed. People have big-
ger apartments; they have cars, mobile phones and
Koomar Roy, an American journalist of Indian origin, disposable incomes. Substantively, how different are
these marriages from the ones Roy discussed a century
demystified marriages in the old country for read- ago? None of the six characters has really outgrown his
or her inherited identity; all of these men and women,
ers in his new homeland. If “a girl gets to be sixteen meant to epitomize India’s energetic departure from
the past, have married people like themselves, down
years of age,” he wrote, “her parents feel humiliated to their caste and sect. The matchmaker has been sup-
planted by matrimonial websites, choice remains an il-
for having a such an ‘old maid’ in the family.” In In- lusion, and traditions and customs are still paramount.
Men and women continue to fall back on the fatalism
dia in those days, matchmakers introduced potential of old India.

spouses, and parents made the selection. “The boy Flock doesn’t claim to speak for all marriages;
yet her book functions as a stealthy argument for
and the girl themselves have little or nothing to say in the wisdom of arranged marriage, even if not all
end in harmony. Veer and Maya’s union, forged
the matter,” Roy explained. The entire business was in defiance of tradition, culminates in adultery,
withdrawal and ennui; Shahzad and Sabeena’s ar-
governed by the laws and customs of Hinduism. For ranged marriage matures into an amicable part-
nership; Ashok and his atavistic young wife, Par-
betrothed couples, the wise course was to be stoical vati, find love.

and to reconcile themselves to their fate. Men and Flock closes the book in 2015, with Parvati, who
is pregnant with her first child in her happy ar-
women, in matters of marriage and other life jour- ranged marriage, singing a lullaby to her unborn
baby. This sweet scene should not lessen readers’
neys, typically gave in to “Hindu fatalism.” wariness of arranged marriage, a practice that,
for all its outward refinements, remains rooted
Elizabeth Flock landed nine years ago in an India in the denial of choice and autonomy, especially
for women. In the same year of Parvati’s pregnan-
unrecognizably different from the one Roy inhab- cy, 7,634 Indian women were killed by their hus-
bands or their husbands’ families for not bringing
ited. A 22-year-old American, she came to Mumbai enough dowry, according to the country’s National
Crime Records Bureau. An overwhelming majority
in search of a career. Her choice suggests that India of those homicides occurred within arranged mar-
riages. 
had indeed undergone a dramatic transformation
THE HEART IS A SHIFTING SEA
in recent decades from a stalwart of socialism into
LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN MUMBAI
a land of progress and opportunity. BY ELIZABETH FLOCK | HARPER. 358 PP. $27.99
REVIEW BY KAPIL KOMIREDDI | THE WASHINGTON POST
In “The Heart Is a Shifting Sea,” Flock seeks to

understand the evolution of Indian marriages. She

follows three couples – Veer and Maya, Marwari

Hindus; Shahzad and Sabeena, Sunni Muslims; and

Ashok and Parvati, Tamil Brahmins – in Mumbai, “In-

dia’s most frenetic city.” What unfolds is a book that

truly is impossible to put down.

Veer and Maya, Hindus from the Marwari caste,

eloped to marry for love. But they were ill-equipped AUTHOR
to survive the backlash provoked by their trans- ELIZABETH
gression against tradition. Sabeena and Shahzad FLOCK

saw each other only once before being paired off in

a marriage arranged by their Sunni Muslim fami-

lies. No matter. Sabeena grows to care deeply for

her infertile husband. Parvati and Ashok are mar-

ried after Parvati, unsure of her love for a Christian

student at her university, ultimately yields to her

Brahmin father and finds a fellow Brahmin on a

matrimonial website.

On one level, there is nothing unique about these

marriages: The couples cope with infidelity and in-

fertility, and struggle to balance the demands of work and home life. What dis-

tinguishes them is their backdrop: the ferment of modern India.

And it is here that Flock falters. A book that would have merited wide read-

ership as a narrative of three marriages struggles to capture the nuances of a

country in transition. Flock strives to meet the challenge by layering in histori-

cal detail. But facts sometimes get the better of her. She notes that the British

“abruptly [withdrew] from India after three hundred years,” which adds a full

century to British dominion over the subcontinent.

Flock discusses India’s political change largely in terms of Muslim-Hindu

antagonism, neglecting the seemingly innocuous attitudes of the majority

Hindus that have permeated the country’s nominally secular political space.

For instance, Parvati, the youngest of the book’s characters, who briefly dat-

ed and considered marrying a Christian in college, morphs by the end into a

rigidly orthodox Hindu much like her father. Educated at the most advanced

Indian schools of science and living in the most cosmopolitan Indian city, she

has decided that she will not allow her children to marry non-Hindus. Parvati’s

resistance to the change Flock sees everywhere is emblematic of the resistance

of old India to genuine reform.

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BY REV. DRS. CASEY & BOB BAGGOTT | COLUMNISTS

LET YOUR INNER FAITH SHAPE YOUR OUTER WORLD

Have you ever been accused of being Idealists can be easy targets for ridicule Brooks considered the topic of idealism condition or state, was just too opti-
an idealist? Maybe the label was applied because the sober-minded realists of and its place in politics in an intriguing mistic. On the other hand, he declared
to you to suggest that you were hope- the world tend to focus upon things and article entitled, “The Case for Low Ide- himself a proponent of what he termed
lessly naïve and innocently unrealistic people as they find them, which is usu- als.” (The New York Times, 10/16/14). He “low” idealism, which begins with a
about the ways of the world. Anyone ally rather distant from any ideal. Real- argued for what might be considered a warts-and-all mentality, but refuses to
who was truly in the know, it may have ists are more reluctant than idealists to happy medium between idealism and concede that modest but significant
been implied, would be too savvy to sup- suppose things and people might dra- realism. He claimed that “high” ideal- goals just might, one day, become po-
pose admirable values, noble virtues, matically change for the better. ism, which assumes the possibility of litically achievable. Low idealism recog-
and lofty visions might ever materialize. easy transformation to some better nizes the interdependence of our inner
Some time ago the columnist David

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life and our outer world, of our thoughts get real, when even Jesus’ closest al- guidance, living without regard for our- our outer world? What if we allow hard
and how reality unfolds. Low idealism lies and disciples were unable to fulfill selves, and with highest commitment to work to mold our characters, failures
acknowledges that virtue, values, hard his mandate to live with selfless and faith’s calling. Realistically, though, we’d to season us, and grand dreams to in-
work, experience, and common sense courageous love, then what hope was have to admit that we dare not hope for spire our hearts? Could a weary, war
all matter in the grand scheme of things. there for the rest of us? perfection in meeting that goal. Still, a torn, embittered world begin to accept
sensible, humble, hopeful “low ideal- a new vision? Well, it’s happened be-
Brooks’ article got us thinking. May- And yet. Though Jesus’ friends and ism” seems defensible, doesn’t it? fore. And by God’s grace, it just might
be low idealism isn’t just a way to con- followers may not have initially glowed happen again. 
ceive of the possibilities for political with blinding faithfulness or acted with What if we let our inner faith shape
life. Maybe low idealism could be an ef- stunning courage, their stories didn’t
fective approach for our spiritual lives. end there. Their stories of faith were
actually just beginning. Just days after
This is Maundy Thursday, the day their betrayals, these same warts-and-
in the Christian world that begins the all disciples set out in Easter joy to share
great triduum, the three days preced- all they had been taught and all they
ing Easter. On Maundy Thursday the had been given. Barely twenty people
church classically remembers all the would have counted themselves as
scenes of betrayal, denial, and deser- committed followers of Jesus at the
tion that Jesus faced before his cruci- time of his crucifixion, but within a few
fixion. One after another, his closest hundred years, his followers were more
friends and followers turned away numerous than any other religious
from him out of fear and for self- group in the Mediterranean world. So
preservation. An idealist could hardly while those first disciples were far from
look at that tragic scenario with- perfect, there’s no denying, in the end,
out acknowledging that any dreams they were certainly effective.
which Jesus’ followers may have had
of God’s compassionate, peaceable, Idealistically speaking, we’d like to
and just Kingdom swiftly material- believe that all of us could be similarly
izing had been dreamt in vain. Let’s inspired to cling tenaciously to God for



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NORTH

IF YOU DOUBLE, THE PRESSURE IS ON Q 10 8 6 2

By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist Q96

The second-most prolific author of bridge books is Ron Klinger from Australia. He is Q75
known for packing a lot of material into a small space. His latest book is “Defending
Doubled Contracts” (Weidenfeld & Nicolson). WEST Q5
K3 EAST
The complexity of the deals is variable, as are the levels of the contracts (the one-level A842
to the seven-level) and the sizes of the available penalties (from down one to down six). 4 AJ974
All the deals occurred at the table; Klinger composed none himself. K J 10 7 6 3
K3
In this deal, how did East-West defend against five diamonds doubled after West led
the spade king? K8

Many Souths would have opened three diamonds with the seven-card suit, hoping that A984
a good heart fit did not exist. This South tried to catch up on the next round. If West
had not doubled, maybe East would have bid six no-trump, which would have failed on SOUTH
a non-diamond lead; or six clubs, which could have been made; or, best of all, five no-
trump pick a slam. 5

Sitting East-West were two Australian internationals, Ted Chadwick and David J 10 7 5
Beauchamp. Under West’s spade king, East dropped the nine, a suit-preference signal
for hearts. (He wondered if West had led a singleton and thought it highly likely that A J 10 9 6 3 2
West had the heart ace.)
2
West shifted to the heart deuce. East won with his king, returned the suit and received a
ruff. Then he underled his club ace to give partner the lead for a fourth round of hearts, Dealer: South; Vulnerable: Neither
East overruffing dummy’s diamond queen with his king.
The Bidding:
Have you been counting? That was the first six tricks for East-West, resulting in down
four and plus 800. SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
2 Diamonds 3 Clubs 3 Diamonds 3 Spades
5 Diamonds Dbl. All Pass LEAD:
K Spades

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past 77 Game result 12 Actor Cook Jr. 78 Conductance unit
20 Hotelero’s 78 Global Village 13 Indochina 79 Actress Lili St. ___
conceptualist 80 Word for an
vacancy 81 W.C. Fields watchdog,
21 “Boy, he hit that classic, ___ Gift 1954-70 ostrich or
83 Does what 14 Bulletin board Greenland
one ___!” 49 Across do abbr. 82 Jolson gem of
22 Formal wear 87 Major hotels 15 Secular 1933, Hallelujah,
23 The “wearing 88 Old name of 16 Guys on 24-hour I’m ___
Tokyo alert 84 Actor Estevez et
down” war 89 ___ Mawr 17 Irlande is one al.
25 Goodrich or 91 Russian space 18 Female finale 85 Sentras
station 24 Mineral ender 86 ___ get a word in
Goodyear goodies 92 Hockey great 26 Chaps, hose, etc. edgewise
27 An invention’s first 93 Actor Holm 28 ___ few words 88 Main dish
95 Motion to start (comment) 90 Change again,
stage, according 96 Birthplace of St. 33 With “bucket,” a as copy
to adventurer- Francis raucous style of 94 Worry and
statesman 99 Continuation of 71 jazz children, e.g.
Alexander von Across 34 G.I. watchdogs 95 Short, imaginative
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31 Word with road or 109 Gunk like glue betting 97 Roget entry: abbr.
sweat 110 Scream, sneeze, 39 Sat on a low heat 98 “___ as a seal
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Great Musicals 111 The forceful type, 42 Caesar fan (Song of
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His sedentary ways don’t sit well with worried wife

BY CAROLYN HAX Anticipate and budget for the caretaking, too, so it
Washington Post doesn’t chain you to home.

Dear Carolyn: My husband I won’t pretend this is a great solution. “Bye, I’m
off to do Y while you yell at the TV” is not a scene out
and I are both 61 and fat.I,how- of anyone’s epic romance.

ever, am active and work to keep But it’s a solution that’s real, achievable and po-
tentially lifesaving, since simmering anger will kill
moving and have no health is- off these last years for you – emotionally, if not for
real – faster than the sofa is killing your husband. Be
sues. My husband is sedentary, active in peace.

and I have watched him go

from pre-diabetes to diabetes to

now having to take insulin and

a recent hospitalization with diabetes complications. Dear Carolyn: We have gone on weekend getaways

I am growing angry at his disregard for what I with another couple for years. They are now asking

thought was our shared retirement of hiking, biking about a longer vacation. The trouble is, the entire

and travel. I am worried I will lose him or worse, watch time they are calling or texting their children about

him suffer. How do I keep my resentment at bay? everyday things. We love our kids, but connect with

– M. them when we return home. I’ve jokingly hinted at

the amount of time on the phone, but it doesn’t seem

M.: Know you will watch him suffer, be his care- to get to them.
taker and lose him.
The wife also receives constant Facebook notifica-
For sure? No, anything’s possible; we’re all one acci-
dent or diagnosis away from a future we never imag- And make the best you can of who your husband tions that she immediately checks.
ined. actually is.
If I tell the truth, I’m afraid we’ll lose their friend-
But your resentment lives in the gap between what That can mean a lot of things. Even with the hard
you have and what you want, so close it. Stop hop- limits of age and weight and health conditions and ship, which I value greatly. They would do anything
ing things will be different. Accept the worst-case expenses and whatever else, there always remains
scenario, grieve, express your anger about it to your a high degree of choice. You can adjust what you for us, if needed.
husband. Tell him that you love him and envisioned think, what you do, what you plan and with whom,
years of his company and that it pains you to spend and what you expect of it all. – Too Much
this time instead witnessing his self-destruction.
It seems your choice is between an active retire- Too Much: Possibly the one good thing about
Unless you’ve said so already. In that case, skip ment or a shared one – but not both. Or one that dumbphones ruining everything is that you needn’t
the harping and move to the next step: the life you toggles between the two: X diversions you share point fingers. Everyone’s guilty! So: “Yes, we’d love
lead in this truth. with your husband, because he is physically capa- a longer vacation! A warning, though – I’m on an
ble of them; Y activities you do independently. anti-phone crusade and will only go unplugged.
That OK?” If they refuse: “I understand – another
time then.” 

TEAM CHAVEZ CONSUMED WITH
CHRONIC CARE MANAGEMENT

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Team Chavez consumed with chronic care management

BY TOM LLOYD According to iSalus Healthcare, a times more likely to be admitted to
Staff Writer cloud-based electronic health records hospitals than those who do not suffer
service, “data from the United States from multiple chronic conditions.
According to the New York Times, a Agency for Healthcare Research and
mere 5 percent of this country’s popu- Quality found that people who have What are these “chronic conditions?
lation accounts for nearly half the na- multiple chronic conditions are pre- Take your pick – dementia, asthma,
tion’s healthcare spending. scribed more than 14 times the amount atrial fibrillation, cancer, depression,
of medication versus those that did not COPD, hypertension, arthritis, cystic
It’s not the patients’ fault, and it’s have chronic conditions,” and, it says, fibrosis, diabetes and osteoporosis are
their doctors’ fault, either. The problem those patients require eight times the some of them.
is the growing number of Americans number of doctor visits and are five The Centers for Medicare & Medic-
with two or more chronic conditions. aid Services (CMS) estimates that na-
tionwide, 70 percent of Medicare ben-
eficiaries – roughly 35 million people Dr. Katiusca Chavez and Dr. Edgard Chavez.
– have two or more chronic conditions.
Here on the Treasure Coast, the PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE
husband and wife team of Dr. Edgard
and Dr. Katiusca Chavez of the Sebas- gram that need to be overcome.
tian Medical Group put that figure As Dr. Edgard Chavez explains of
even higher.
There is, however, some good news. his current practice, “we have patients
Modern Healthcare reports that “a with chronic diseases who take at least
CMS experiment [started in 2015] that 10 or more medications … when they
compensates doctors to improve care start to have problems, for whatever
for the sickest Medicare beneficiaries reason, that’s when they come into our
called ‘Chronic Care Management’ or
CMM, is showing signs of both saving
money and improving quality.”
Good as that sounds, though, phy-
sicians say there are flaws in the pro-

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office and we handle [their problems] New research may tilt debate over PSA screening
here and we don’t have to send them to
the hospital.” That alone is a massive BY MARIA CANFIELD Dr. Raul Storey.
savings for Medicare. Correspondent
PHOTO BY DENISE RITCHIE
However, as the American College The debate going on in the medical
of Physicians points out, to officially community about whether prostate-
participate in the CCM program, phy- specific antigen (PSA) screening re-
sicians must not only offer “face-to- duces the risk of death from prostate
face encounters” – the CMS definition cancer has no easy or clear-cut an-
of an office visit – but also 24-hour ac- swer, according to Dr. Raul Storey, a
cessibility by phone or online. medical oncologist affiliated with Se-

Indeed, having “electronic care CONTINUED ON PAGE 72
plans” already in place is a key com-
ponent for participation in CCM.

Dr. Katiusca Chavez says to meet
that requirement, “we’d need to add
staff” just to qualify, and with CCM’s
new coding and billing system that,
quite frankly, can be something of a roll
of the dice from a financial and busi-
ness point of view. In fact, Dr. Edgard
Chavez candidly says the new system
can be “a pain in the neck.”

“It’s not the chronic care or the pa-
tients that’s the problem,” he explains.
“The problem is how [CMS] created
this system. We finish our jobs at 5
p.m. now, but we don’t go home until
8 to 8:30 p.m. Every single day.” Meet-
ing all the CCM requirements would
require even more hours in the office
for the Chavez team.

How many more? Edgard Chavez
rolls his eyes at the question, suggest-
ing it would be many more.

Adding two or three more fulltime
staff members while simultaneously
increasing their own office hours
makes full participation in CCM an
“iffy” proposition for many primary
care practices, especially when the
“reward” is only $50 a month in reim-
bursements for each patient with mul-
tiple chronic conditions.

Still, it’s clear this bilingual pair
of internal medicine specialists will
do whatever they have to do to keep
building their relationships with –
and caring for – their chronically ill
patients. And that’s a very good thing.

As the trade journal Medical Eco-
nomics points out, “the increasing
prevalence of chronic diseases will con-
tinue to be felt acutely in every primary
care physician’s office nationwide.” In
fact, it projects that “by the year 2020,
157 million Americans will have mul-
tiple chronic health conditions.”

Those patients, just like today’s,
include “veterans with disabilities,
grandparents with Alzheimer’s, young
women with lupus, kidney transplant
recipients and factory workers with
cancers that rage through rounds
of chemo,” according to the New
York Times. One way or another, the
Chavez team will be here to treat their
share of those patients.

Drs. Edgard and Katiusca Chavez’s
offices are at 705 Sebastian Blvd. The
phone number is 772-388-9066. 

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 71 HEALTH

bastian River Medical Center. There is no specific recommendation plexity of this issue, he stresses that
PSA screening, well-known to men about PSA screening that will apply this is not a definite conclusion.

of a certain age, is the most common to all men. There are too many While the Mayo Clinic has not
method used to diagnose prostate variables for that to be possible. weighed in on this debate, it does pro-
cancer. It assesses the levels of an an- vide notes of caution about the reli-
tigen (a protein) produced by the cells -Dr. Raul Storey ability of PSA testing. In addition to
in the prostate gland; the levels are ex- the false positives that lead to further
pressed as “nanograms per milliliter.” The researchers, led by Ruth Etzioni, slow-growing and some are aggressive. testing and (perhaps) unnecessary
Ph.D., recently reported their results So the life expectancy of the man, based treatment, the Mayo Clinic website
However, PSA tests can yield “false in the Annals of Internal Medicine. on his age and overall health, has to be states that between 23 percent and
positive” results, as there are health con- They re-examined the two studies on taken into account.” 42 percent of men with prostate can-
ditions other than prostate cancer that which the Task Force guidelines were cer detected by PSA tests have tumors
can raise a man’s PSA levels – including based, using a mathematical model to One thing that is clear is the asso- that wouldn’t result in symptoms dur-
an enlarged or infected prostate and the account for differences in how each ciation between PSA levels and the ing their lifetimes. These men are con-
presence of a urinary tract infection. In study was conducted. In doing so, risk of developing prostate cancer. Dr. sidered to be “overdiagnosed”; having
light of this, the United States Preventive Etzioni and her colleagues found that Storey says “men with a PSA level un- cancer that’s not likely to cause poor
Services Task Force (USPSTF) states that both studies demonstrated evidence of der 4 have a 15 percent chance of de- health or to present a risk of death.
“there is convincing evidence that PSA- a significant reduction in prostate can- veloping prostate cancer in the next 10
based screening for prostate cancer re- cer death as a result of PSA screening. years. That percentage goes up to 30 or The message Dr. Storey wants to
sults in considerable overtreatment and 35 percent if the PSA level is between 4 share with the men of our community
its associated harms.” Back to Sebastian’s Dr. Storey. He says and 10, and 67 percent if the PSA level is this: “There is no specific recommen-
whether or not to screen for PSA levels is is over 10.” And a PSA test may help de- dation about PSA screening that will
The Task Force actually goes one a controversial and complicated topic, tect prostate cancer at an early stage, apply to all men. There are too many
step further, recommending against and suggests the research out of Seattle when it’s easier to treat and more likely variables for that to be possible. It is im-
PSA-based screening, saying that ex- may be somewhat oversimplified, say- to be cured. portant that men over the age of 50 have
isting studies have demonstrated only ing, “if a screening test shows a high PSA a discussion with their primary care
a “very small” decrease in deaths from level, additional tests are done, which Dr. Storey says that some studies physician or urologist about whether
prostate cancer as a result of the test. are not without risk and side effects, and have shown that men over 70 do not PSA screening is right for them, based
can cause anxiety. And not every case of reduce their risk of dying from pros- on their individual circumstances.”
However, a new review, conducted prostate cancer is the same. Some are tate cancer by getting their PSA levels
by researchers from the Fred Hutchin- tested. But, in keeping with the com- Dr. Storey’s private practice is part
son Cancer Research Center in Seattle, of Florida Cancer Specialists, with lo-
concludes that PSA screening is in fact cations at 1880 37th St. in Vero Beach:
linked with a considerable reduction in 772-589-0879; and 13060 U.S. 1, Suite
the risk of prostate cancer death, and A, in Sebastian: 772-228-3381. 
suggests that the Task Force guidelines
may need to be reviewed.



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The 18 fashion hacks everyone should know

BY GEORGINA LUCAS
The Telegraph

Getting dressed comes with its fair
share of dilemmas. And even the most
meticulously styled wardrobe can fall
prey to disaster.

From time-saving tips to solutions
for irritating niggles, we’ve rounded
up the top hacks to style out a fashion
crisis like a pro.

Knitted up
• Lovingly hand-washed cashmere
emerges from the washing bucket
sopping, no matter how much you
squeeze it out. Avoid wringing (and
misshaping your precious knits) by
popping it into a salad spinner to shed
excess water before drying.
• Sort out bobbling sweaters with an
everyday item we all have in our bath-
room cupboard (and likely never use)
– a pumice stone brushed softly over
the surface of a knit makes an efficient
defuzzer.
• The other bane of our knitwear
lives? Shedding. A solution comes via
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overnight chill prevents the fibers • Fast-fading jeans are the bane of our Vaseline, we’re told, works as well. ironed garments for at least five min-
from dropping. lives. But pairs that are worn every day Fit and finish utes for the press to set.
demand regular washing (we don’t buy • On the hunt for a perfectly worn-in
Shoes day the freezer trick). The answer? A half • Protect delicate buttons from the
• There are few small pleasures cup of white vinegar in the final rinse T-shirt? Soften up your favorite styles by perils of melting by placing the bowl
greater than slipping into a pair of helps slow the color loss. soaking in water with ½ cup of salt for 3 of a spoon over the fastening for pro-
brand new shoes. Until they start to days. A speedy route to a vintage finish. tection while you press.
rub. If your pair are leather, speed up • Sticky zip? Reach for a pencil – a
the breaking in process by wearing scribble of graphite over the teeth will • The morning rush to iron a shirt • Squeaky new leather jacket? A trip
with thick socks and blasting a hair loosen even the most stubborn zipper. and run out of the door? You may well out in the rain will quickly break it in -
dryer over stiff spots. end up with more creases. Try to leave water softens leather letting it mold to
• Still suffering? Try a sprinkling the right fit.
of baby powder to slip feet in seam-
lessly. A roll of deodorant over trouble • If you love a style but need to tweak
spots (heels and toes we’re looking at it, most details can be sorted by a good
you) works wonders to guard against tailor. The one exception is shoulder
blisters. seams – check these sit perfectly along
• Leather shoes worn without socks your shoulder bone before investing.
are best stored lined with a soft cloth to
soak up moisture and keep their shape. The details
• Going without socks can lead to • A silk scarf doubles as a getting
other perils. Combat stinky shoes dressed tool. Place over your hair and
with dry teabags (leave in shoes over- face before pulling on your sweater/T-
night), a sprinkling of baking soda (try shirt/dress to save yourself from neck-
a few tablespoons), or spraying the in- line make-up stains.
side of shoes with a water and distilled • Crumpled collar and cuffs? Reach
vinegar half and half mix. for the hair-straighteners – the minia-
ture irons are perfect for smoothing
Good jeans creases from small areas.
• No time to try on new jeans? Button • Spilled make-up, or sticky fingers,
up the pair and loop round your neck in oil on leather sticks out like a sore
lieu of the changing room. If it fits flat thumb. Soak up the stains by sprin-
around your neck, you’re likely to be able kling on baby powder – the fine dry
to button them up around your waist – particles soak up the excess oil.
who knew? • There are few things more infuri-
ating than dropping a small earring.
Find tiny items at speed by putting
tights over a vacuum nozzle. 

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96-year-old Iris Apfel shares her wardrobe secrets

The Telegraph Here, in an exclusive extract from out when she was pregnant with me –
her new book, “Iris Apfel: Accidental went back to work, opening a boutique
Fashion icon Iris Apfel is as well known Icon: Musings of a Geriatric Starlet,” the during the Great Depression.
for her enormous glasses and flamboyant 96-year-old looks back to the origins of
outfits, usually finished with layers of col- her trademark style. In spring 1933, Easter was coming and
orful jewelry, as she is for being the only I had no new finery suitable for walking
nonagenarian in the fashion industry to I started buying my own clothes down Fifth Avenue in the Easter Parade.
grace magazine covers and best-dressed when I was 12. My mother – who always My mother was too busy working to ac-
lists – earning her legions of fans and dressed beautifully and was extraordi- company me – she felt truly sorry about
824,000 Instagram followers. nary for her time in that she went to col- that. But she did give me the magnifi-
lege and then law school but dropped cent sum of $25 to go out and assemble
an outfit by myself. I spent my first five
cents on the subway ride from Astoria or my ‘favor-
to Manhattan’s S Klein on the Square, ite’ that. I hate
probably the granddaddy of discount that question!
shopping and one of my mother’s regu- If I like some-
lar shopping spots. thing, I just like it.
It’s a gut feeling.
I walked into the store and fell mad- I didn’t set out to build a wardrobe, ei-
ly in love with a dress I saw on the first ther. I bought pieces when I found them
rack. I wanted to buy it very badly, but – and when I could afford to buy them. I
heeding Mama’s advice to nev- built my wardrobe slowly. I’ve been for-
er buy the first thing I saw, but tunate to have assembled a collection of
to comparison-shop instead, I couture pieces, beginning in the 1950s
headed for the department stores when I often travelled to Paris for my
uptown, where I saw nothing I textile business. I’d go to the ateliers of
liked. Suddenly, it occurred to the haute couture at the end of the sea-
me that someone else might’ve son and ask whether there might be any
bought my dress. I panicked and runway pieces available for sale. I dis-
headed back downtown to S Klein,
where I embarked on a breathless
search for my prize, which was no
longer in its original location.
I found it on another rack
fairly quickly. I grabbed it
and gave thanks to God
and $12.95 to the cashier.
I then trucked down to A
S Beck, the leading shoe emporium,
where I selected a lovely pair of pumps
for $3.95. That left enough money for a
straw bonnet, a very light lunch, and five
cents to get back home to Astoria.

My mother approved my fashion
sense. My father praised my financial
skill. All in all, it was a big success and
the beginning of my career as a black-
belt shopper.

I buy clothing to wear it, not collect it.
I’m always asked about my ‘favorite’ this

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covered the houses – Lanvin, Nina Ricci, How gorgeous!’ In the end she was sic work jeans that I couldn’t get out of dinner, and whatever happened to be
Christian Dior, and Jean-Louis Scherrer, much better and less expensive than a my head. I entered the local army-navy going on in between. As she dressed me
for example – who used mannequins marriage counsellor: Carl turned green store and enquired about said item. My and made her final adjustments to my
with torsos similar in dimension to and gave in. enquiry was met with a strange look, outfit, she would stand me on an orange
mine. I couldn’t afford to have a one-of- both quizzical and dismayed. If I recall crate she must’ve found somewhere on
a-kind piece made for me at a couturier. I duplicated the fabric in our Old correctly, I may have even detected a the premises.
I also buy what I like: if a bracelet is fan- World Weavers line, and had pants and whiff of disgust.
tastic and it’s only $5 all the better. slippers made to complete the outfit. I One night during this ritual, as I was
never wore anything so much in my life, ‘Don’t you know? Young ladies don’t later told, I began to scream, howling
European flea markets were also a and I still have the outfit. wear jeans.’ my head off, which led to all these peo-
favorite haunt, and I found a lot of great ple running into our room to see what
pieces – not the usual ready-to-wear. I will admit that I should get my clos- I didn’t care if young ladies didn’t sort of abuse my parents were doling
One day while shopping at one of my fa- ets in better order. I have a lot of pieces, wear jeans – I wanted those jeans. out. I was shrieking like I was being at-
vorite textile stalls, I stumbled upon this and they’re all over the place – but who tacked by a madman with an axe. Yet
eye-popping 19th-century chasuble in has time to organize? Certainly not me. I begged the shopkeeper to help me. fellow guests and resort staff found me
its original box. It had never been worn He kept saying that they had nothing. I alive and well and dressed beautifully,
and was perfectly preserved. It was I just hang things up on pipe racks. asked him to size down a pair for me. To as usual.
the typical outer vestment that a priest I’m often asked by my guests if they no avail. He did everything but kick me
would wear during mass, except this can see my closets, and I’ve had 100 edi- out. ‘It doesn’t match! It doesn’t match!
one had sleeves. It looked like a magnifi- tors from big-time magazines ask if they It doesn’t match! It doesn’t match! It
cent tunic: ruby-red silk Lyonnaise vel- can come over for a tour. That’s never I went back the following week, and doesn’t match! It doesn’t match!’
vet with a whole panel of silk broché and going to happen. we repeated the routine. And I went
a border of handcrafted passementerie. I was one of the first women to wear back again the week after that. I did this My mother had put a ribbon in my
Beautiful. jeans. I love denim and have never tired for several weeks. I was Little Girl Blue, hair that didn’t match the rest of the
of wearing it. When I was in college in but I was determined to triumph. outfit, and I just went bananas.
I wanted to buy it, which made Carl Wisconsin in 1940, women couldn’t buy
[Iris’s husband] hopping mad. jeans like they can now. Jeans were not One day, the shopkeeper either came Later I realized, as usual, that Mama
a fashion item. They were only sold in around and pitied me or decided he knows best, because now I hate matchy
‘Absolutely not!’ he said. stores that carried work clothes for men couldn’t bear the sight of me again, so matchy. But I didn’t know any better
I think he didn’t want me to buy it be- sized like Paul Bunyan. You couldn’t he mail-ordered a pair of boys’ jeans then.
cause he believed people would think buy smaller sizes, and certainly not for me. When I got the call, I was deliri-
he couldn’t afford to buy me regular anything that would fit me. ous with joy, visions of my ensemble to I was married for 68 years. That is a
clothes. We were about to have one of Nonetheless, I was wholly dedicated come dancing in my head. long time to be together. Sometimes it
our rare combustions, when the good to the pursuit of indigo; I had a vision of felt like a century, sometimes it felt like
Lord sent the renowned fashion jour- little old moi in a checkered cotton tur- When I was about 4 years old, my par- a nanosecond. We had a wonderful re-
nalist Eugenia Sheppard our way. She ban, oversize gold earrings, and a crisp ents and I went on a summer vacation lationship; the hows, whys, and whens
saw the piece and swooned, ‘Oh, my. white shirt, anchored by a pair of clas- at a resort. of it are too private and painful for me
to relay at the moment, having recently
My mother loved dressing me up for lost my darling. 
the various events of the day, pulling to-
gether ensembles for swimming, lunch,

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DINING REVIEW

Trattoria Dario: Simply superb for Italian cuisine

BY TINA RONDEAU Tagliolini with Porcini
Columnist Mushrooms and Shaved

Fresh Truffle.

On a night when you are craving Italian Ink Pasta with Shrimp
cuisine, Vero offers many fine choices. and Swordfish.

Near the top of the list is Trattoria Crème Brûlée,
Dario on Vero’s South Beach, and our Pistacchio Cheescake and
visit last Thursday evening could not
possibly have been more of a success. Fondant au Chocolat.

Proprietor Dario Bordoli, as usual, Branzino alla Griglia.
was at the front door to greet us, and
while on our previous visit we had opted PHOTOS BY GORDON RADFORD
for a table in the red dining room, on
this evening we decided to dine out on Grilled Caesar Wedge. Hours:
the enclosed seaside patio. Daily 4:30 pm to 1 am
The seafood is very fresh and tender, The reason, in my view, lies in the sump-
Even before we placed our wine order, and the broth is well seasoned and ex- tuous simplicity of its many fine dishes. Beverages: Full Bar
our veteran server Bernardo brought us a tremely flavorful.
basket of hot bread out of the oven and a I welcome your comments, and en- Address:
dish of olive oil and herbs. In addition to wonderful seafood and courage you to send feedback to me at 1555 Ocean Drive,
pasta entrées, Dario’s also offers excel- [email protected].
For an appetizer on this evening, lent steaks, veal chops and ossobuco. Vero Beach
we decided to share an order of pepata The reviewer dines anonymously at
clams ($15). These peppered steamed In its sixth year, this trattoria has be- restaurants at the expense of Vero Beach Phone:
clams were sauteed with garlic, and come a favorite of many island residents. 32963.  (772) 231-1818
served in a luscious light broth that
included heirloom cherry tomatoes. A
wonderful start.

We then enjoyed the very nice house
salads included with meals.

For entrées, I chose one of the day’s
pasta specials, the tagliolini porcini
($36), and my husband opted for a spe-
cial seafood dish, the grilled whole bran-
zino ($44).

These two dishes turned out to be an
affirmation of my belief that the sim-
plest dishes – when done well – are fre-
quently the best.

My pasta dish consisted of fresh
homemade thin fettuccine pasta, tossed
with porcini mushrooms and shaved
fresh truffles. This was an exceptionally
good dish, just loaded with porcinis, all
with a wonderful truffle flavor. Simple,
but perfectly executed.

And my husband’s branzino, a Euro-
pean sea bass starting to gain popular-
ity in the U.S., also benefited from a very
simple preparation – a fresh fish grilled
in extra virgin olive oil.

Brought from the kitchen whole, it
was fileted and deboned tableside, and
plated beautifully. Tender and juicy, and
served alongside tasty veggies, the bran-
zino transported the flavors of the Medi-
terranean to the table.

For dessert, we had a crème brulee
($10), and finished our meal with a dou-
ble espresso ($7).

On a previous visit, I also enjoyed the
cioppino introduced here by Chef Gre-
gorio Silipo, who took over the kitchen at
Dario’s a year and a half ago.

There are many versions of this mar-
itime stew. Chef Silipo’s cioppino is an
array of calamari, shrimp, diver scal-
lops, mussels, clams, cherry tomatoes
and carrots, served in a light broth.

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WINE COLUMN

Why is it becoming harder to purchase wine online?

BY DAVE MCINTYRE What’s happening? operated by the National Association of shipments from out-of-state retailers.
We thought we’d won the direct ship- Wine Retailers. The plaintiffs in that case are an Indi-
The Washington Post ping battle a decade ago when the Su- ana retailer and three Michigan wine
preme Court ruled in 2005 that states Tom Wark, the association’s executive collectors. Similar lawsuits have been
In a day when we can buy almost any- should not treat their wineries favor- director, says states have been cracking filed in Missouri and Illinois.
thing online and have it shipped to our ably over wineries from other states. As down on common carriers such as Fe-
door – from shirts to cabbage to replace- a result, most of us can now buy direct- dEx, and the carriers are refusing to ship “Can a state allow domestic wines to
ment motors for our basement freezers ly from wineries in California, Oregon wines to certain states where they may be shipped into the state but ban im-
(to be installed DIY after watching a or elsewhere in the United States – but have before. ported wines from being shipped into
YouTube video), it is becoming harder to not from retailers in those states. the state?” Wark asks.
buy wine. In fact, only 13 states and the District Wark’s beef isn’t with the carriers,
of Columbia allow shipments from out- but with state laws that he says dis- The Michigan plaintiffs put the situ-
Ask David Godolphin. The Concord, of-state retailers to their residents, while criminate unfairly and deny consum- ation in stark terms in a recent mo-
Mass., resident maintains a collection more than 40 states allow such ship- ers access to wines, especially import- tion for summary judgment. There are
of about 350 bottles in his temperature- ments from out-of-state wineries, ac- ed wines, which can only be purchased about 200,000 different wines for sale
controlled cellar. That’s large enough to cording to winefreedom.org, a website from retailers. His group supports a in the United States, but only a frac-
have fantastic wine on hand for any oc- lawsuit challenging a Michigan law tion are available in any one market.
casion, but still modest enough that he that took effect early last year banning A small retail store might carry a few
needs to indulge in the wine lover’s joy hundred wines, while a big-box store
of shopping from time to time to main- in a major metropolitan area might
tain his stash. (The only thing wine carry a few thousand.
fiends love more than drinking wine –
and talking about it – is buying it.) Only about 10 percent are approved
by Michigan for distribution and sale
Godolphin is especially fond of wines there, and these are likely to be large-
from Alsace, in France, such as grand production wines. Older vintages or
cru Riesling and pinot gris, top Ries- rare wines, for example, are more likely
lings from Germany and the red wines to be available from one of the larger In-
from cru appellations of Beaujolais. But ternet purveyors, and most of them are
these aren’t typically available in his lo- in California, New York, New Jersey and
cal shops, so he looks to stores outside Florida. But Michigan’s law makes them
Massachusetts. unavailable to Michigan consumers.

“Fifteen years ago, wine could be “Wholesalers in the majority of states
shipped to me via FedEx with a wink simply can’t carry the majority of wines,
and a nod,” Godolphin told me in an and they have no interest in doing so,”
email. “Then that approach became Wark says.
too risky. I’ve been told I cannot receive
wine from out of state.” Meanwhile, legislation has been in-
troduced in four states to allow direct
At MacArthur Beverages, one of shipping from out-of-state retailers.
Washington’s premier wine stores, ship- Wark says his winefreedom.org website
ments account for about 40 percent of has generated more than a thousand
revenue, Bernstein says. Yet the store messages to state lawmakers in favor of
has been told by carriers such as FedEx the bills. “If any of those states pass such
that they will no longer accept packages legislation, it will be because consumers
bound for certain states. ask for it,” he says. 

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Hurricane survivor Andy’s one plucky pooch

Hi Dog Buddies! PHOTO: GORDON RADFORD Andy on top). Then we stayed in a fancy,
pooch-frenly hotel with a big, comfy
Woof! Some of you pooches sure be adopted together cuz we were pals, was also a Big Mess. So now I stay in bed. We got to go cuzza a group called
have dramatic tails to tell. Like Andy but Ho-zay has Health Issues so he my comfy crate when they go out. the ASPCA.
Morgan. Andy got caught in that hur- can’t be adopted. After 8 weeks, they
rycane in Puerto Rico last year and hadda split us up. I really miss him, “Also, I didn’t make a peep for 10 “Majorly Cool Kibbles!”
hadda be rescued, like a whole buncha but I know they’re takin’ good care of whole days. Then Dad taught me how “I KNOW, right? Me an Mom an
of other pooches. He’s been with his him. So, one day a buncha us were to sing.” Dad an some frens watched the Super
Forever Famly for about seven weeks playin’ in the Humane So-ci-uh-dee Bowl on TV. It was just humans runnin’
now. Play Group, just when Mom and Dad “No Woof!” Just then, Andy’s Dad around, crashin’ into each other an fal-
were there, lookin’ for The Right Dog. walked in an started singing “How lin’ over in heaps, an I never saw ANY
Andy’s middle-sized, auburn and We spotted each other. It was Serendi- Much Is That Doggy in the Window?” bowls, but I got lotsa pats an tummy
white with lotsa polka dots. His ears biddy. We had a Meet-n-Greet, an in- Right after “Window” he pointed to rubs. I get along great with everybuddy.”
stick out to the sides with a liddle flop nerviewed each other. I started a bran Andy, and Andy made growly noises. “Whaddya like to eat?”
at the ends. (I wish mine did that.) I new, pawsome life the very next day! And they kept singin’ back an forth. “In Puerto Rico, I did lotsa Dump-
thought he’d speak Spanish, but he When they finished, Andy said, “Dad ster Divin.’ I’d score the occasional
doesn’t. “I’d NEVER had my own STUFF. Like thinks ‘Doggy in the Window’ is my leftover McDonald’s hamburger. But
my L.L. BEAN COMferder! An food an favorite, but it’s ackshully ‘Some En- not any more. I’ve discovered fish an
“I’m real happy to meet you, Mr. water in ackshual BOWLS. Since I’d chanted Evening.’ I’m workin’ on my scrambled eggs, an I get haffa slice of
Bonzo. This is my Mom Betsy. My Dad never been inna house, I didn’t know upper range.” coldcuts or chiggen or roast beast with
Howard’s around here somewhere.” where to go potty. There wasn’t any my kibbles. It’s WUNNERful!
grass or dirt, so I tried a few spots. “Pawsome! Any pooch pals?” “Mom’s teachin’ me how to Snug-
Andy hopped on the couch next to They were NOT The Right Ones. Mom “There’s a Black Lab rescue and a gle. Me an Dad do Guy Stuff. Every
his Mom. “Mom an Dad say I’m relat- an Dad weren’t mad, though. They un- liddle Westie on my daily leash walk. morning he comes down, an sees my
ed to a juh-RAFF cuzza my spots, but I nerstood.” I’d never hadda leash or collar, an it ears stickin’ up over the couch, so he
think they’re teasing.” was kind scary till Marcel (a human knows I’m ready for breakfast. We go
“Woof! Your whole life is totally dif- from the Humane So-ci-uh-dee) made for walks an car rides, and hang out on
“I do, too.” I opened my notebook. ferent!” a doghousecall an gave us some Valu- the beach. It’s a long way from bein’ a
“So, Andy, you’ve really been through a able Tips. street mutt in San Juan. I’m sure lucky
lot, haven’t you? Tell me about it.” “Totally! I couldn’t buh-lieve it was “An guess what? While I was at the the Humane So-ci-uh-dee rescued
really real. Like, if I closed my eyes, shelter, I got to go to Tallahassee for me!”
“OK. After the hurrycane, there it’d disappear. The first time Mom an Humane Lobby Day, to ask Important Heading home, I was thinking how
were dozens of us pooches wanderin’ Dad went Out For the Evening after I Humans called Led-jus-laters to make wonderful it is that so many humans
around the streets in San Juan. It wasn’t moved in, they put me on the screen laws that protect us animals. And they reach out to help Pooches In Need. I
just us pooches who were homeless, porch. I thought they were Gone For- DID! I was Official Spokespooch. Me wonder whether humans help each
either. Lotsa humans were, too. Me an ever. So I ate part of the porch. A pretty an my assistant, Lynn, went into a other like that.
my pooch paI Ho-zay stuck together, large part. I’m told it was a Manifes- buncha Led-jus-laters’ offices and had Till next time,
lookin’ for food an water. Finally some tation of Major Separation Anxiety. It a Press Confrunce (you talk to a hu-
humans rescued us an took us to a man holding a stick with a liddle ball The Bonz
kennel. Then, other humans from the
Vero Beach Humane So-ci-uh-dee Don’t Be Shy
came all the way to San Juan and took
as many of us as they could onna big We are always looking for pets with
airplane, back to their place. It was interesting stories.
kinda scary cuz we didn’t know what
was happening. We were inna truck, To set up an interview, email
then the kennel, then another truck, [email protected].
then the plane, then another truck,
then the shelter. We were POOPED. A
pooch doctor checked us out and the
shelter humans got us ready to be aD-
OPted. They wanted me an Ho-zay to

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ONGOING 29 Emerson Center’s Humanities Series p.m. at Fire Rescue Station #2 (Barber Bridge). winner Hannah Lash, Prokofiev’s Concerto No.
presents journalist Janie Gould on Open to the public. 772-410-7965 3 with soloist Alon Goldstein, and Brahms’ Sec-
Riverside Theatre – Buyer & Cellar, relation- Global Events that Touched Florida: Great De- ond Symphony, 7:30 p.m. at St. Edward’s Waxlax
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on the Waxlax Stage thru April 8. 772-231-6990 Center. Free. 772-778-5249
1 Swinging with the Stars, 7 p.m. at the Em- 6|7 Ballet Vero Beach presents Circle
Vero Beach Museum of Art - Medieval To 30 Live from Vero Beach presents singer/ erson Center featuring the Las Vegas Ed- of Influence, a tribute to the late
Metal: The Art & Evolution of the Guitar thru songwriter John Sebastian of The wards Twins to benefit Healthy Start Coalition choreographer Samuel Kurkjian, 8 p.m. Fri. and
May 6, Paul Outerbridge: New Color Photo- Lovin’ Spoonful, 7 p.m. at Emerson Center. 800- through Dancing with Vero Stars contestant Da- 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sat. at VBHS Performing Arts
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Park Night Sounds concert series, 7 to benefit Hibiscus Children’s Center, 11 around Florida Institute of Tech-
MARCH p.m. at Coconut Point pavilions. Free with park a.m. at Oak Harbor Club. $150. 772-299-6011 nology’s Foosaner Art Museum opens 6 p.m.
entry fee. 772-388-2750 x 313 Apr. 6 in Eau Gallie Square with Parisian Street
29 Vero Beach Easter Parade, 6 p.m. on Festival and free presentation of Visages Villages
Ocean Drive preceded by 4:30 p.m. 31 HabiTrot & Realtors ‘Hop for Habitat’ 5 Miss Hibiscus Pageant, 7 p.m. at Heritage (“Faces Places”). Continues with 2 screenings/
Children’s Easter Egg Hunt and other activities at 5K Run/Walk at South Beach Park to Center hosted by Main Street Vero Beach. week at Foosaner, $5/film at door or Festival
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of IRC; no charge for other activities. 772-231-4712 5 Atlantic Classical Orchestra presents com-
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51st Annual Fish Fry, 10:30 a.m. to 3 Walk to benefit Maya Matters, 7:30 a.m.
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OCEAN-TO-RIVER ESTATE ON MARKET
IN AMBERSAND BEACH

12760 Highway A1A in Ambersand Beach: 3-story, 4-bedroom, 4.5-bath, 3,400-square-foot home, offered
for $2.6 million by Janyne Kenworthy of Treasure Coast Sotheby’s International Realty: 772-696-5110

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Ocean-to-river estate on market in Ambersand Beach

BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA
Staff Writer

From several vantage points within
this well-thought-out beach house
at 12760 Highway A1A, one can see
both the sparkling blue Atlantic and
the county’s treasured namesake, the
beautiful Indian River Lagoon: sim-
ply by looking toward the east and
then to the west.

This captivating, meticulously de-
signed house uses both its ample in-
terior space and its world-class views
to great advantage in a home that
families who love all things aquatic
will find impossible to resist.

Flanked by low grasses and palms,
a curving, paved courtyard leads to
the attached, two-car garage. Also on
the ground floor, through the double
front doors, visitors enter the foyer,
with its graceful Brazilian hardwood
staircase to the second and third lev-
els. From the foyer, a short hallway
leads to a “breakaway” room with a
bathroom, and the laundry room, the
concrete floor beautifully faux fin-
ished to mimic tile.

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Owners Marie and Ray Morrow use
this light-filled space as a studio for
artist Marie, whose colorful paint-
ings and striking pieces created from
gourds and palm fronds not only
populate the studio but also delight-
fully adorn upstairs areas. There is,
she comments, lots of wall space
throughout the house on which to
display favorite works. The Morrows
decided to sell their wonderful home
so she could be closer to her job as a
teacher in Vero Beach.

Marie, who designed much of the
interior, says this first-level space,
which opens onto the pool deck,
could easily be transformed into an
additional bedroom, an in-law suite
or even a teen “cave.”

The second level houses the sump-
tuous master suite with its arched,
plantation-shuttered bay windows,
exquisite millwork, and stunning
Brazilian hardwood floor. The master
bath, designed by Marie, is extraor-
dinarily appealing: light pours in
through plantation-shuttered win-
dows, which occupy most of the ex-
terior wall area. His and hers sinks
flank the huge, Roman soaking tub,
and there is a charming, built-in
dressing table along one windowed
wall. Here, the white woodwork glows
against pale green walls, Saturna
tile and Travertine marble cover the
floors and shower. With generous use
of windows, the homeowners can en-
joy a water view even when relaxing
in the tub, or grabbing a quick shower.

The master suite water closet offers
a top-of-the-line Toto bidet with blow
dryer; and the fabulous, millwork-
finished, walk-in closet is designed
to totally spoil the lady of the house
with is thoughtful, custom design,
and convenient electric outlets.

Also on the second level are two
spacious en suite guest bedrooms
and, of course, fabulous views.

The third floor houses a spacious,
welcoming kitchen/living area be-
neath a vaulted, 14-foot ceiling, where
family or guests will want to gather
for food and conversation. Here you’ll
also find some of the best seats in the

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house for enjoying the Atlantic, in all further enhances the plentiful stor-
its many incarnations. age. Crown molding completes the
striking kitchen.
The chef’s kitchen features a
large black granite-topped island In a three-section bay window off
with breakfast bar, double sink and the kitchen is a casual dining nook,
plenty of storage, illuminated by a with access to the covered porch. A
graceful, three-lamp, wrought-iron pass-through at the other end of the
chandelier. The kitchen cabinetry kitchen contains a butler’s pantry
is stunning – beautifully detailed, and leads to the formal dining room,
weathered, off-white, centered by a with its view of the Indian River La-
contrasting dark wood cooktop hood. goon.
Narrow cabinetry columns slide out
to reveal clever cutlery storage; all Another striking room on the third
the doors and drawers are flush. A floor is the office/den, with its vibrant
millwork-finished, walk-in pantry wall color – Red Cent; white wood
trim; glowing Brazilian hardwood

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floor; and bamboo/blackout shades. the lagoon. Marie says the den could ping bags, boxes, laundry and other right outside your back door, along
One of Marie’s favorite spots in this be converted to a bedroom, if de- inconvenient burdens from floor to the wooden dune walkover, through
handsome room is the comfy win- sired, with its half-bath up-graded to f loor. a green canopy of sea grape.
dow seat, flanked by built-in, floor- a full bath.
to-ceiling shelving and file-drawers, When the Florida temperatures Or perhaps the lagoon will beckon.
and a perfect hideaway for reading, A major convenience in this three- climb, it’s the perfect time to cool off The property includes 55 feet of river
daydreaming or simply gazing out at level home is its roomy elevator, hap- in the inviting pool/spa, and, when- frontage just across A1A, with a pri-
pily eliminating the need for schlep- ever you need a break, the beach is vate, 310-foot riverfront dock and a

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10,000-pound, electric boat lift. Am- spots to grab a bite to eat and perhaps
bersand Beach is directly across the explore the Working Waterfront ex-
lagoon from Sebastian, opening up hibits at Crab E Bill’s or check out one
the opportunity for quick boat rides of the frequent, fun events in River-
over to Capt. Hiram’s, the Tiki Bar view Park.
and Grill and other boater-friendly
Marie especially loves the fact that

VITAL STATISTICS
12760 HIGHWAY A1A

Neighborhood: Ambersand Beach
Year built: 2007

Construction: concrete block/stucco
Lot size: 55’ X 330’

Home size: 3,400 sq. ft.
Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms: 4 full baths; 1 half-bath
Additional features: heated pool/spa/hot tub; walk-in closets; intercom
system; washer/dryer included; dishwasher; fenced yard; granite coun-

tertops; security system; central air; ceiling fans; nearby jogging/bike
paths; sidewalk; tile/marble/hardwood flooring; wet bar; well irrigation;

outdoor shower; shades/blinds furnished
Listing agency: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s International Realty

Listing agent: Janyne Kenworthy, 772-696-5110
Listing price: $2,600,000

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this particular stretch of beach is a REAL ESTATE
favorite location for sea turtles to lay
their eggs, March to November. She name. A king’s ransom in treasure still
also explains that, just offshore, is lies out there somewhere, artifacts are
where the Spanish Plate Fleet went being discovered, and treasure hunt-
down in a hurricane in 1715, the event ers continue to discover caches of gold
from which the Treasure Coast got its coins in the local waters.

“So,” says Marie, “bring your metal
detector.” 

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AutoHaus billed as ‘the Mercedes of storage units’

BY KATHLEEN SLOAN Geoff Barkett, Jodah Bittle, Vic Lombardi, Joe Schulke, and William Stoddard. PHOTO BY GORDON RADFORD
Staff Writer

A fancy new storage facility, which
will be built like Fort Knox on the out-
side and finished as lavishly as de-
sired inside with big doors, high ceil-
ings and wide turning lanes, is likely
to attract large-item collectors living
on the island who want close-by, any-
time access.

A group of longtime friends, some
of them partners in a local engineer-
ing firm and one a building contrac-
tor, were seeking the perfect space to
store their collectable cars and boats.
When they discovered no such facil-
ity existed in the area, designing and
building one was the next logical step.

Finding there was pent-up demand
for high-end storage, they enlarged
the scope of the plan beyond their
personal needs and spread out the
cost of the investment by making the
project a commercial condominium.

William Stoddard, Jodah Bittle,
Geoff Barkett and Joe Schulke of the
local engineering firm Schulke, Bittle
& Stoddard, and Vic Lombardi, own-

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er of local contracting firm Water’s said “are very hard to find. Most com-
Edge Estates, are building AutoHaus, mercial storage units have 10-foot-
which Stoddard described as “The high doors.”
Mercedes of storage units.”
The door and ceiling height will al-
The partners bought 2.8 acres of low for storage of big boats and RVs.
vacant land at 950 12th St. last sum- Stoddard said the tall walls will also
mer, paying $420,000. They chose allow collectors to “lift and stack” cars,
the location because of its proximity or build a mezzanine, “which can be
to the 17th Street Bridge, making it a outfitted as a man cave, where you can
quick hop for wealthy island collec- escape and ride out a hurricane.”
tors, their primary market.
The steel-reinforced, poured con-
The parcel was the most island- crete buildings are much stronger
adjacent suitable land with industrial than concrete block construction, de-

zoning, a designation needed to build signed to withstand a 170-mile wind.
storage units larger than 300 square “It’s ‘tilt-wall’ construction,” Stod-
feet.
dard said, “which isn’t feasible unless
The 37 units will range from 800 to you’re building over 40,000 square
1,320 square feet and will be grouped feet,” about the size of the AutoHaus
in six buildings. More than one unit facility.
can be purchased, specifying the in-
tervening wall be left out, to gain up After the concrete floor is poured,
to 7,000 square feet. the 7.5-inch thick walls are framed,
poured and cured, and then lifted by
All the units will have 20-foot-high crane into place. “The mobilization
ceilings and wide, 14-foot-high in- required to do the job is costly,” Stod-
sulated garage doors, which Schulke dard added.

VITAL STATISTICS
VERO AUTOHAUS, 950 12TH ST.

Neighborhood:
Near 17th Street Bridge, just beyond the train tracks on the right hand

side on 12th Street
Lot size: 2.8 acres
Units: 37 units ranging in size from 800 sq. ft. to 1,320 sq. ft., although
more than one unit may be purchased to gain up to 7,000 sq. ft. by leav-
ing out interior walls. Ceilings are 20 feet high.
Construction: Steel-reinforced, poured concrete, including roof
Additional features: Garage doors are 14’ by 14’ and are insulated, as is
the roof. Interiors may include a mezzanine floor within the 20-foot-high
unit. Plumbing may include a full bath. All units wired for air condition-
ing. A common bathroom will be available onsite.
Ownership: Commercial condominium, pre-construction-price units at
$168 to $171 a square foot, prices ranging from $139,900 to $249,900
Owners: Vero AutoHaus, 772-696-4287

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Artist rendering.

The ceilings, too, are poured con- and plans to lay out his inherited
crete over steel, forming “a secure antique train set on the mezzanine.
bunker,” Schulke said. Schulke owns 1964 and 1978 Cor-
vettes, a 1965 Pontiac 2 + 2 and a 2004
The complex will have three secu- BMW M3. Lombardi shook his head
rity gates, enough security cameras and said, “Not me. I have kids in col-
to challenge Ocean’s Eleven, and a lege.”
67-foot-wide “turning drive,” provid-
ing plenty of room for maneuvering “Several contracts are boat and RV
large vehicles and trailers. owners,” Schulke said, “but one is an
artist and will use the space as his
“We are prohibiting commercial studio. Another owns several homes
occupancy,” Schulke said. “People and rents them furnished and un-
will be storing valuable assets and furnished and needs ready access to
they won’t want to be bothered with store or retrieve furniture.”
people coming and going. It’s in a
good location – secure, exclusive, How extensively the interior is fin-
safe, strong and multi-use – but no ished is up to the owner. It will be
commercial.” “ready for climate control – to bring
AC in,” Stoddard said. “Every unit is
The ownership structure will be pre-plumbed for a full bath and has a
“commercial condominium,” and 150-amp electrical service.”
once all the units are sold, the Au-
toHaus developers expect owners “That’s enough electricity for a
will likely make friends and want to good size house, enough to lift a car
hold group social events, such as car or to connect an RV,” Lombardi said.
shows.
The condominium fee will be $120
Pre-construction prices are $168 to a month and covers property dam-
$171 a square foot, making the units age and liability insurance, water and
range from $139,900 to $249,900. “We sewer bills, gate and camera secu-
know we’ve hit the right price point,” rity, fire-alarm system, two common
Schulke said, “because we have eight bathrooms, landscaping, cleaning
contracts and six are pending out of and future repairs.
37 units. And that doesn’t include
partner-purchased units.” The project is slated to break
ground in April and will probably be
Stoddard owns a 1997 Porsche 911 completed by November 2018. 

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Mortgage shopping can save you tens of thousands

BY KENNETH R. HARNEY to find the best deals on hotel rooms, they assume that lenders quote
Washington Post kitchen appliances, furniture, cloth- roughly the same rates and fees, so
ing and tons of other stuff. Or they why bother? Maybe their real estate
It’s one of the weirder documented drive out of their way for the lowest agents whispered in their ears that
facts about home-buying in America: price on gas. But for some reason, their brokerage enjoys a special rela-
Surprising numbers of consumers many go limp when it’s time to make tionship with a particular lender – in
don’t bother to shop for mortgage a really high-dollar purchase – a fact, they’re partners, sharing profits
money, even though they could save home mortgage, often the biggest ex- generated from clients – and will give
tens of thousands of dollars through penditure of their lives. them the best deal around, guaran-
lower interest payments by doing so. teed. Uh-huh.
Maybe they’re shell-shocked from
People search incessantly online the home-search process. Maybe When the Consumer Financial Pro-
tection Bureau surveyed 5,000 recent
PHASE home purchasers several years ago in
TWO the first national study of its type, it
found that fully 47 percent of buyers
NOW didn’t even “seriously consider” more
SELLING! than one lender; 77 percent applied to
only one.
ISLAND-STYLE Verona Model
ESTATE HOMES CFPB researchers also found that
WITH POOLS FROM rate-quote variations among compet-
THE HIGH $400S ing lenders for the same prime bor-
rower – with a high credit score, a 20
Magnolia living room Gated, natural gas community FEATURING percent down payment, seeking the
Magnolia kitchen with lush landscaping, walking 18 NEW same mortgage amount – frequently
Jasmine kitchen paths and parks all surrounding vary by half of one percentage point.
Lake Sapphire - the beautiful HOMESITES That may not sound like much, but
lake the community is named AND 3 NEW the bigger the loan and the longer it
after and inspired by. FLOORPLANS continues, the heftier the dollar sav-
ings for borrowers who shop and nail
Lake Sapphire is located on 5th down the best-priced money.
Street SW between 43rd Avenue
and 58th Avenue convenient to Even on a $200,000, 30-year fixed-
shopping and centrally located rate loan, choosing a lender quoting
to take advantage of everything a 4.5 percent rate, compared with
Vero Beach has to offer! a lender who’ll do the loan at 4 per-
cent, can cost you $3,500 in the first
CALL LISA KRYNSKI Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. Oral representation 60 months alone. Compare that with
AT 772.521.0954 OR cannot be relied upon as correctly stated representations of the developer. For correct saving a few bucks filling up on gas.
VISIT OUR SALES CENTER representations, make reference to this advertisement and to the documents required
4624 5TH ST SW, VERO BEACH by section 718.503, Florida Statutes, to be furnished by a developer to a buyer or New studies suggest that the spread
MON - SAT: 10AM - 5 PM, lessee. Images displayed may not be the actual property for sale, but may be model between high and low quotes avail-
SUN: NOON - 5 PM or other homes built of similar design. able to borrowers often is higher than
half a percentage point – and may
even be increasing.

Lending Tree, an online network
with 342 mortgage companies com-
peting for home buyers’ business,
found that the median spread be-
tween annual percentage rate (APR)
quotes to individual borrowers for
each loan request on its platform was
six-tenths of a percentage point dur-
ing the week ending March 11. That
was up by more than a tenth of a per-
centage point from a year ago.

What that means is that you as a
potential applicant, presenting the
identical characteristics to each com-
peting lender – same credit score,
same loan amount, same everything
– would probably see a high-low
spread of nearly six-tenths of a per-
centage point in quoted APRs. (The
APR measures the cost of the loan
when fees are added into the quoted
interest rate, thereby giving a fuller
picture of the true cost per year.) In
the case of a $300,000, 30-year fixed
rate mortgage, that spread translates

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into $26,780 over the life of the loan. Although there are other online
Another online platform that allows shopping platforms, Lending Tree and
Zillow are major players, easy to use
lenders to make competing offers, and free. There are noteworthy differ-
Zillow Mortgage, conducted a data ence, s however. Lending Tree prom-
analysis exclusively for this column ises you up to five firm offers from
that showed the median high-low competitors but requires you to submit
APR spread in offers on its network of personal identifying information so
hundreds of lenders and brokers to be lenders can evaluate your application.
even wider: just under seven-tenths of
a percentage point on a 30-year fixed Zillow Mortgage does not require
loan with 20 percent down. personal information and says it av-
erages 30 return quotes per inquiry,
Erin Lantz, vice president of mort- but the quotes become firm only
gages at Zillow Group, says home when you actually apply to a specific
buyers’ willingness to forgo shopping lender, and that requires submission
among multiple lenders “is a head of the usual personal information
scratcher.” A “fear bar” may be part needed for underwriting.
of the problem, Lantz believes. There
“are a lot of numbers, a lot of terms Bottom line: Don’t go limp. Get
that are foreign” in mortgages, she active, shop for your mortgage mon-
says, which for some buyers can be ey, and save a bunch when it really
intimidating. counts. 

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Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: March 16 to March 22

The real estate market on the barrier island was active last week with 9 transactions reported,
including four for more than $1 million.
The featured sale of the week was of home directly across the street from the ocean in Riomar.
The residence at 1807 Ocean Drive was placed on the market Nov. 9 for $1.95 million. The sale
closed on March 16 for $1.675 million.
Both the seller and the purchaser in the transaction were represented by Matilde Sorensen of
Dale Sorensen Real Estate.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$2,150,000 $2,050,000
$2,225,000
WINDSOR 2925 HAMMOCK WAY 4/4/2017 $2,250,000 $2,150,000 3/22/2018 $1,200,000
$700,000
WINDSOR 2945 HAMMOCK WAY 3/15/2017 $1,750,000 $2,250,000 3/22/2018 $429,500
$850,000
RIOMAR BAY 501 RIVER DRIVE 1/12/2018 $839,000 $1,495,000 3/22/2018
$237,500
SEA OAKS 8789 E ORCHID ISLAND CIRCLE 1/8/2018 $429,500 $839,000 3/20/2018 $450,000

CASTAWAY COVE 1112 OLDE GALLEON LANE 1/24/2018 $950,000 $429,500 3/16/2018

ORCHID ISLAND 291 SEABREEZE COURT 7/18/2017 $850,000 3/16/2018

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

SEA OAKS 8745 LAKESIDE BOULEVARD, #103 1/24/2018 $245,500 $237,500 3/16/2018
VERO BEACH HOTEL AND CLUB 3500 OCEAN DRIVE, #331 8/15/2017 $525,000 $499,900 3/16/2018