10/13/2017 ISSUE 41

Foundry SEALs the deal

A4 A12 B5‘Frogman’ experience for youth
MasSpec Pen on mark Her French connection

Tool detects cancerous tissue Our columnist returns to France

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State VA seeks hire of 4 ‘key’ supervisors for Copas home

BY PATRICK McCALLISTER | Correspondent erans’ Nursing Home, and run it The legislature will have to state veterans department will Murray said.
when it’s built. approve the FDVA’s more than likely advertise them next sum- He said that hiring locally is
The Florida Department of $100 million budget request for mer and fall. The state’s fiscal
Veteran Affairs is asking the state “We’re scheduled to break the 2018-2019 fiscal year during year starts in July. important, but not essential,
legislature for money to hire a ground in the first half of the cal- its next session, which will start to the FDVA for numerous rea-
director and three supervisors to endar year of 2018,” Steve Murray, in January. If the legislature ap- “We’re talking about key posi- sons. He said the veterans home
be on hand during construction communications director at the proves the four positions, the tions to be there throughout the supervisors understanding the
of the Ardie R. Copas State Vet- state veterans department, said. construction in the local area,”
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NEW CHAPTER: LEWIS LIBRARY SET TO OPEN AT LAST

POLKA SPOT! BY PATRICK McCALLISTER | Correspondent The new Paula A. Lewis Branch Library is
being prepared the Oct. 24 grand opening.
Zoltan Grof tooted his own horn with the in- After a two-decade wait, the
ternational polka band at the Paula A. Lewis Branch Library PHOTO: MITCH KLOORFAIN
annual German-themed is opening this month. The rib-
Oktoberfest event last bon-cutting will be at 10:30 a.m.
weekend at the on Tuesday, Oct. 24. Attendees will
Port St. Lucie Civic be able to take self-guided tours
Center. Hundreds of assisted by staff and – most likely –
attendees filed under check out books.
the tents to dance,
eat brats and “The collection is approximate-
drink beer at ly 40,000 volumes,” Susan Jacob,
the 3-day the library system’s manager, said.
fest. 
More than a quarter, 15,000, are
PHOTOS: MITCH children’s books. The library will
KLOORFAIN fill the gap between children and
adults, too. “The young adult area
is going to feature a video gaming
area,” Jacob said. “That’s different.”

There’s a reason for the focus
on youths. “Young teenagers is the

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Swimmers warned about poor water quality at North Fork

BY DEBBIE CARSON | Staff Writer set stomach, diarrhea, eye irritation Florida’s statewide testing program,
[email protected] and skin rashes. Pets, too, should avoid samples and tests every two weeks as
the water. The Florida Department of established by Florida Department of
Swimming is currently not advised Health’s St. Lucie County office issued Health protocol,” said Environmental
for those seeking to splash around in the swimming advisory last week for Health Director David Koerner.
Veterans Park, South Beach Cause-
the North Fork of the St. Lucie River way and JC Park Beach. A previously Advisories are issued when the
near Veterans Park. That’s because issued advisory for Jetty Park Beach bacteria level is higher than normal.
has since been lifted. For Veterans Park, a reading of more
too much of a particular bacteria than 70 is considered too high. The
has been found in the water. “The Healthy Beaches Program,
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Cops: Bank-fraud suspect said he sent cut of proceeds to ‘crime organizer’

NABBED: Bank-fraud suspect David Anthony Sanchez. PHOTO COURTESY PORT ST. LUCIE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY DEBBIE CARSON | Staff Writer a fellow St. Lucie West resident to use his account.
[email protected] That resident admitted to investigators he sold ac-
cess to his account – which is not legal – but did
He was working for organized crime – at least, not know Sanchez was using that access to commit
that’s what he allegedly told investigators after they bank fraud. All he knew was that he was broke and
started closing in on him. David Anthony Sanchez, Sanchez’s cash would help pay his bills, according
a St. Lucie West resident, stands accused of com- to the warrant complaint.
mitting 24 felonies related to pulling off multiple
bank-fraud incidents earlier this year. In another case, the target account owner told
investigators she had lost her debit card and San-
Sanchez was arrested in September following chez must have guessed her pin to gain access.
a months-long investigation. The Port St. Lucie
Police Department announced the arrest late last According to investigators, the woman had
week. been involved in an account access scheme two
years prior. However, she swore to investigators
Sanchez has since been released from jail on this go-round that she had not provided access to
$360,000 bond and is expected back in court in her Seacoast account.
November, according to court records.
After defrauding two accounts, authorities
Sanchez, along with his attorney, reached out said Sanchez decided to pull the same scam with
to the Port St. Lucie Police Department once they his own Seacoast account, depositing more than
realized he had been identified as the suspect in $4,300 in phony checks and withdrawing the cash
the bank-fraud cases. According to the warrant before the bank caught on and froze his account.
complaint, Sanchez admitted to committing bank
fraud and sending a portion of his ill-gotten funds In all, Sanchez is believed to have deposited
to a “crime organizer” in North Florida. nearly $13,000 into the various accounts and with-
drawing about the same.
Starting in March, Sanchez targeted bank ac-
counts at Seacoast and Bank of America, depos- In June, the Port St. Lucie Police Department is-
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drawing the funds. The checks were drawn on a suspect based on surveillance images taken from
real bank from a real bank account number, but the ATMs used to withdraw the funds. Numerous
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According to the investigation, in at least one social media profiles, authorities confirmed their
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Frogman Foundry immerses youngsters in SEAL experience

BY PATRICK McCALLISTER | Correspondent Youths get instruction at the National Navy UTD-SEAL Museum’s jobs well and we won the war. Most of the
monthly Frogman Foundry. The next is scheduled for Saturday. units were closed down.
The Frogman Foundry is going into its
third month, and the SEALs are making PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM The Navy kept on two underwater
plenty of BUD/S. demolition teams. They’d come in handy
endurance challenges are important to the when they’re around. But, still, the foundry during the Korean War. The Navy guys were
“The Frogman Foundry was developed Navy’s storied frogmen and everybody else. talks and activities are geared to youths. experts at covertly moving in water, so were
in an effort to create a family-friendly, called upon to use those skills in the Kore-
child-friendly experience, so kids could “(The SEALs are) excited to interact with “The SEALS who are helping to support an Peninsula’s many rivers. They also knew
come in for a hands-on educational experi- this age group,” Ryan said. “It’s a neat expe- it are so dynamic,” Ryan said. “They are el- a lot about explosives. That moved the
ence with a SEAL,” Elaine Ryan, marketing rience for everybody.” egant speakers. They’re passionate, clearly, frogmen from the shores inland. Thus the
director at the National Navy UDT-SEAL about what they do.” first stirrings of Sea, Air and Land – SEAL –
Museum, said. She said while the foundry is geared to teams.
10- to 15-year-olds, it’s not exclusively open The Fort Pierce museum is on North
OK, most everybody knows that the to them. “We’ve seen a lot of adults,” Ryan Hutchinson Island – where the Navy es- The foundry is run in half-hour incre-
SEALs are the Navy’s elite Sea, Air,and Land said. “Parents come and are really fired up tablished its Amphibious Training Base ments over its two hours every month. Par-
special-warfare teams, which is where we about it.” in 1943. It’s where the Navy Scouts and ticipants can filter and jump in at any time.
get the acronym. SEALs took on legendary Raiders – the predecessors to SEALs – were They do have to pay regular museum ad-
status during the Vietnam War, which lat- There’s just something about meeting a born, and about 3,500 were also trained for mission, $10 for those 13 and older, $5 for
er intensified as the public learned more real live SEAL. the Naval Combat Demolition Units, the those 12 and younger.
about some of their daring missions after forerunner of the Underwater Demolition
the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Ryan said many of the SEALs are fathers teams. The Scouts and Raiders did their Ryan said the most important aim of the
who do a good job modifying the hands-on foundry is to give youths ideals and values
BUD/S is acronym for Basic Underwater parts of the foundry for younger children to live by. “The main focus is we want to
Demolition/SEAL training. It’s designed promote positive role models,” she said.
to not only train, but also to test recruits’ “That’s really our goal – to share the history
physical and mental strength and endur- and heritage of the Navy SEALS.”
ance. Those who choose may ring a bell at
any time to leave the training. Those who All are invited to the annual Muster and
stay do so knowing things are only going to Music Festival, Nov. 3-4. The U.S. Navy
get harder tomorrow. Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, will drop
in as will Uncle Si, of “Duck Dynasty” fame.
On Saturday, the UDT-SEAL museum in He’ll be on hand with his band, the Si-Cot-
Fort Pierce will open to 10- to 15-year-olds ics. The museum is open Tuesdays to Sat-
to meet retired SEALs who’ll tell them about urdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s open on Sun-
BUD/S training and give them a small taste day from noon to 4 p.m. It’s at 3300 N. U.S.
of its famed Hell Week. Participants should A1A, Fort Pierce.
go dressed for running the Ops Course next
to the museum. The foundry will be 11 a.m. To learn more about the Frogman Found-
to 1 p.m. ry and annual Muster and Music Festival,
visit www.navysealmuseum.org. 
Attendees will not only run the obstacle
course with SEALs, they’ll also learn why

POOR WATER QUALITY “All natural bodies of water contain water treatment plants.” or alarming since Hurricane Irma in the
microscopic organisms including fecal While the advisory is for swimming, City’s waterways regarding water quality,”
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 bacteria and parasites that cause gastro- City spokeswoman Sarah Prohaska said.
intestinal illness in people,” Koerner said. anyone planning on being in or near the
latest test had a reading of 1,180 – nearly “The fecal organisms come from a variety water should use caution. “Activities that For results of all St. Lucie County beach-
17 times more than “normal.” of sources including human or animal result in larger amounts of water being in- es sampled, visit the Florida Department
waste from activity in or near the water, gested through the mouth or nose, such of Health in St. Lucie County website at:
Why the current level is so high was rain water washing waste or debris into as putting your head under water, pose a www.stluciecountyhealth.com click on
not immediately known. The bacteria in the water, or discharges of incompletely greater risk of infections,” Koerner said. Environmental Health, then select Healthy
question, enterococcus, is essentially nat- treated wastewaters from nearby waste- Beaches Program, then select Florida
urally occurring. The Port St. Lucie Public Works De- Healthy Beaches Website. 
partment has “not seen anything unusual



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Enjoy A Happier, Healthier, More Well Rounded LEWIS BRANCH LIBRARY The county bought the 21,400-square-
Lifestyle with our NEW Lifestyle 360 foot building – a former Port St. Lucie po-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 lice station – for $2.3 million in 2013. Work
THE PALMS OF ST. LUCIE WEST to convert it to a library started in the sum-
INDEPENDENT, ASSISTED & MEMORY CARE hardest population to get into the library,” mer of 2016.
Jacob explained.
Our new Lifestyle 360 brings the Five dimensions of wellness into perfect Jacob said the architecture is warm-
What those teenagers seem to want at ly airy. “It’s an open floor plan,” she ex-
harmony for a more balanced & fulfilled life. Intellectual, Social, Physical, libraries is meet-up spots. plained. “From the entrance you can see
Emotional & Spiritual. Come & Check out the various programs throughout the library.”
we offer to our residents. “There’s a wonderful hangout area for
the teens,” Jacob said. “We hope (the Lewis Jacob added, “Libraries have really
• Independent, Assisted • Weekly house • Active social, library is) going to be a gathering place for changed over the years. We offer all the tra-
& Memory Care keeping and recreational and young people.” ditional services, but the library has also
personal laundry become a place where the public gathers
• Five Star Rehab educational programs Of course, teens also like the latest tech. to imagine and think and discuss.”
on-site service • Scheduled local “Residents will be able to bring their cre-
ations to life in 3D,” Jacob said. The library has space for about 44,000
• Fine Dining to include • All utilities and transportation items. The local Friends of the Library do-
As in, the new library has a 3D printer nated $300,000 to get the first items. The
three nutritious meals basic cable available with the software to make it go. You can be library will seek visitors’ ideas for purchas-
sure teens won’t be the only ones using it; ing the additional 6,000 items after the li-
per day, plus snacks people with artistic urges will, too. brary opens.

Participating October 14th 501 NW Cashmere Blvd. Port St. Lucie West, FL 34986 “Your thing is created before your eyes,” The library is being built with a com-
9:00am Start Jacob said. “It’s like a modeling tool.” bination of a $500,000 state grant and the
772-344-7441 library portion of impact fees. The pur-
Indian Riverside Park Jacob said teens and tech-heads aren’t chase, construction and equipping all told
Jensen Beach www.ThePalmsOfStLucieWest.com the only ones who’ll love the new library is about $5 million.
space. So will folks who need to talk to a
License #AL10438 © 2012 Five Star Quality Care, Inc. lot of people. Once opened, the library will cost about
$650,000 to $750,000 a year to operate.
“The other things that’s different, we
have a 200-person meeting room and lec- The Lewis Branch will be the second
ture hall,” Jacob said. Library patrons will largest in the county’s system. The Fort
be able to rent that facility. Pierce Branch is 23,000 square feet. The
county library system has a joint-use fa-
The new library is about three driving cility at Indian River State College’s Pruitt
miles southeast of Tradition Village Square Campus, in St. Lucie West. That’s 25,000
at 2950 SW Rosser Blvd. It’s named after a square feet. The Port St. Lucie Branch Li-
former county commissioner. brary is 4,400, and Morningside Branch, in
Port St. Lucie, is 19,000. 
“The county has been trying to build a
library in southwestern Port St. Lucie for
20 years,” Jacob said. “We’re excited.”

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Care for Caregivers supports those affected by mental health

BY PATRICK McCALLISTER | Correspondent Gonzalez. “When the doctor first told me cations at Suncoast, said the organization associations. To con-
I had asthma, I ignored it,” he said. “When opened in 1998 and has more than 1,300
Diego Gonzalez knows about dealing they told me I had high blood pressure, I clients in three counties. It’s a not-for-profit tact her for appear-
with mental-health issues when they’re not said, ‘C’mon, I’m too young to have high set up to provide care to whomever needs it,
your own. blood pressure.’” however that needs to be financed. ances, call 772-489-

“From personal experience I can say The caregiver support group, Gonzalez “We treat patients with no insurance,” 4726.
with help you find hope,” Gonzalez offered. said, is just that – a support group. While she said. “If you don’t have the means to pay,
“With hope you can change your approach therapeutic, he said it’s not intended to re- we’re going to take care of you. We’ll figure Registration isn’t
to help the people you love.” place therapy friends and family members out a way.”
of those with mental-health problems may needed for the Octo-
Gonzalez facilitates the Care for Care- need. “I’m not a psychiatrist,” he said. “I am Suncoast started with treating children
givers Support Group at Suncoast Mental not a psycho-therapist.” and youths, but later opened services to ber Care for Caregiv- Diego Gonzalez.
Health Center in Fort Pierce. The group will adults. Pizzimenti said she speaks to groups
have its last meeting of the year on Wednes- Deb Pizzimenti, director of communi- such as clubs, churches and homeowner ers Support Group,
day, Oct. 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The
center is at 2814 S. U.S. 1, suite D6. but will be when meetings start again in

The support group started in April and so January.
far has had disappointing turnout. Gonza-
lez said he’s making changes, including in- To learn more contact Gonzalez at
troducing registration, hoping to increase [email protected]. 
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WHEN YOU PLAN AHEAD been selected and a project manager is on the emphasis will be on renovating the old-
board. est portions of the stadium and maximizing
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$60 million renovations and repairs to spectators the ability to keep an eye on the
First Data Field – formerly known as Tra- game while they get concessions. The con-
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bles and a possible shop or two.
The firm will receive more than $4 million
to conduct its work, according to the con- The main concourse, too, will be redone
tract the Commission approved. with upgraded and updated concession
stands and restrooms. And seats in the
Commission Chair Chris Dzadovsky laud- 7,000-seat stadium will be replaced, improv-
ed the recently minted agreement that keeps ing spectator comfort.
the Mets coming back for spring training for
another 25 years. He also noted that this new For the St. Lucie Mets, New York Mets and
architect needs to ensure that all the public’s the other teams that make use of First Data
needs are addressed in the redesign. Field, plans include a new full-size practice
field, batting cages, and an upgraded club-
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did not take into consideration the need
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DANCERS GET KICK OUT OF ‘PAL’ FUNDRAISER COPAS VETERANS HOME

CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

Annette Strothers, left, gets a leg up during her performance with professional dancer community is important, because the
four will be liaisons between Tallahassee
Manolo Soler during the 8th Annual Dancing with our PALS last Saturday at the Sunrise and Port St. Lucie during the 18 months
to two years of construction.
Theatre in Fort Pierce. Strothers and Soler earned the first-place spot with their perfect score
The budget for building the home was
and fundraising efforts. Above, Michele Leckenbusch of Port St. Lucie and pro dancer Patrick already approved by the legislature earlier
this year. The Florida Legislature agreed
Esper perform. Leckenbush earned recognition as the top fundraiser, raising over $60,000 on $38.7 million over a couple of budget
cycles to get the home built. The state
for the Fort Pierce Police Athletic League programs. PHOTOS: MITCH KLOORFAIN is paying for 35 percent of construction
costs.

The federal Department of Veteran Af-
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ilarly named, the state and federal veter-
ans departments are separate.

Local discussion about the proposed
121,000-square foot facility started in
2014. The state legislature started a site-se-
lection process in 2013. By fall of 2014, a
site-selection committee had picked a 28-
acre location on Tradition Parkway.

The state veterans department an-
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groundbreaking by fall of 2015 and to
start construction in 2016.

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federal governments got into a spat over
design standards.

The state had invested time and money
into a design, but then the federal veterans
department changed its standards, which
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As the difference got resolved, Murray proposed veterans nursing home built and capacity, about 120 each. The last home home the VA handed over to the state
opened, because it’s expected to hire 150 the state built opened in 2010. That was last year. That home is in Orlando’s Lake
said the state went into high gear to get the or more workers. the Clyde E. Lassen State Veterans’ Nurs- Baldwin area, beside the former Orlan-
home designed and permitting started. ing Home in St. Augustine. do VA Medical Center. That’s now a VA
In February, the Port St. Lucie City Coun- Murray said the state veterans nursing community-based outpatient clinic. The
cil unanimously approved the home’s site homes generate about $20 million a year In addition to the Copas home, the new Orlando VA Medical Center is at Lake
plan and agreed to pay the building and to local economies. state veterans department is asking the Nona. 
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BY MARIA CANFIELD | Correspondent Dr. Georgia Daniela Shapiro. to distinguish between cancerous and
non-cancerous tissue by inputting data
Researchers from the University of Texas PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE from hundreds of human tissue samples.
at Austin believe their newly-created de- Later, when tested on 253 tissue samples
vice, called the MasSpec Pen, may trans- from both healthy patients and patients
form cancer treatment by vastly improv- with cancer, the device took around 10 sec-
ing the accuracy of cancer surgery and onds to identify cancerous tissue, with 96.3
reducing the risk of recurrence, and Trea- percent accuracy.
sure Coast oncologist Dr. Georgia Daniela
Shapiro agrees, saying the device has tre- Dr. Shapiro inserts one caveat in the face
mendous potential to more effectively and of these impressive results. “While it does
efficiently detect cancer cells during onco- have significant potential, it should be not-
logic surgery. ed that there was a relatively small number
of tissue samples utilized in the study,” she
When surgery is used as a treatment says. “As such, further confirmation of the
strategy for cancer, the goal is to detect results on a larger scale sample would be
and remove cancerous tissue, preventing it ideal.”
from spreading to other parts of the body.
However, it can be difficult for surgeons to Currently, “frozen section analysis”
distinguish between healthy and cancer- (cryosection) is commonly used to assess
ous tissue, which can result in surgeons tissues as being cancerous or non-can-
removing healthy tissue to be on the safe
side, making surgery more traumatic, or in cerous. In this technique, a tissue sam-
cancer cells remaining in the body. ple is taken from the patient during
surgery and transferred to a labora-
That’s where the MasSpec Pen comes in. tory, frozen, and then assessed by a
Without getting too technical, the device pathologist. But this is sometimes a
works by identifying tissue metabolites
– substances necessary for metabolism – slow process, which can increase a
that are unique to cancer cells, using an patient’s risk of surgery-related com-
analytical technique called mass spec- plications.
trometry. Dr. Shapiro believes a potential alter-
native to cryosection, such as offered by
In developing the MasSpec Pen, the re- the MasSpec Pen, is important. In addition
search team “trained” the device’s software to the slowness of the cryosection process,

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us to be much more precise in what tissue
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A13 we remove and what we leave behind.”

The researchers recently reported their The MasSpec Pen will have to undergo
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PGA Village, was built in 1995. The resi- has an attached 2-car garage with a pav-
dence is in a quiet, tree-lined neighborhood ered driveway.
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Glades Cut-Off Road exit and Allapattah The home as 2,417 feet of living square
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quarter of an acre; its listing price is $329,000. AFFORDABLE
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the golf course. Sq. Ft.
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The home has an extended doral floor 5Wood $ 99
plan with ceramic tile flooring and carpets Flooring Sq. Ft.
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TRADITION AND ST. LUCIE WEST REAL ESTATE SALES

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

Modest activity characterized the first full week of October on the regional real estate market,
as 10 single-family residences and lots changed hands.
The top sale of the week in Port St. Lucie was the home at 10255 SW Indian Lilac Trail. First
listed in July for $261,990, this 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom, 1,747-square-foot house fetched
$264,667 on Oct. 6.
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SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS
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PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$264,667
PORT SAINT LUCIE 10255 SW INDIAN LILAC TRAIL 7/28/2017 $261,990 10/6/2017 $261,500
PORT SAINT LUCIE 5863 NW JANNEBO COURT 6/12/2017 $264,900 10/4/2017 $239,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 155 NW BERKELEY AVENUE 7/5/2017 $259,000 10/5/2017 $220,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 9631 SW GLENBROOK DRIVE 9/5/2017 $239,900 10/2/2017 $205,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 1664 SW HARBOUR ISLES CIRCLE UNIT 92 7/14/2017 $214,900 10/5/2017 $199,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 5755 NW BELWOOD CIRCLE 8/2/2017 $210,000 10/4/2017 $198,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 9652 SW LINDALE TRACE 6/9/2017 $219,000 10/4/2017 $189,900
PORT SAINT LUCIE 10099 SW BROOKGREEN DRIVE 5/26/2017 $197,999 10/4/2017 $152,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 1200 NW SUN TERRACE CIRCLE UNIT 23 8/17/2017 $152,500 10/2/2017 $122,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 130 SW PEACOCK BOULEVARD 16-205 7/7/2017 $124,900 10/2/2017

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throughout except the bedrooms! All bathrooms have raised vanities with light valance, pop-up and pop-out cabinets, glass doors, 2 fully-expandable
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All dimensions, features, specifications and square footages are approximate and subject to change without notice. Maps, plans, landscaping and elevation All dimensions, features, specifications and square footages are approximate and subject to change without notice. Maps, plans, landscaping and elevation
renderings are artist’s conceptions, are not to scale, and may not accurately depict the homes or lots as they are built. renderings are artist’s conceptions, are not to scale, and may not accurately depict the homes or lots as they are built.

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HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP RECENT TRADITION AND ST. LUCIE WEST REAL ESTATE SALES

5863 NW Jannebo Court, Port Saint Lucie 155 NW Berkeley Avenue, Port Saint Lucie

Listing Date: 6/12/2017 Listing Date: 7/5/2017
Original Price: $264,900 Original Price: $259,000
Sold: 10/4/2017 Sold: 10/5/2017
Selling Price: $261,500 Selling Price: $239,000
Listing Agent: Jillian Von Ohlen Listing Agent: Sumer Oswald

Selling Agent: Keller Williams Realty Selling Agent: True Options Realty

Linda Turney Richele Renee Sirak

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Listing Date: 9/5/2017 Listing Date: 7/14/2017
Original Price: $239,900 Original Price: $214,900
Sold: 10/2/2017 Sold: 10/5/2017
Selling Price: $220,000 Selling Price: $205,000
Listing Agent: Loretta DiRosa Listing Agent: Tabathia Campbell-Flick

Selling Agent: Coldwell Banker Selling Agent: Coldwell Banker Paradise

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GRUBER SHINES A BRIGHT SHOW-BIZ LIGHT ON VERO

BY MICHELLE GENZ | Staff Writer thinks they’re ready for the sil- play of which he wrote after

When Hollywood transplant Xaque ver screen. When Gruber drove working as Kirkland’s assistant.
Gruber shoots his short film “The Pistol”
in December, he’ll have an all-Vero Beach over to the Theatre Guild to Kirkland is best-known for her
cast from the community theater, a Vero
Beach-born producer; a chance to enter drop off audition flyers, one ac- Academy Award-nominated
it in the Vero Beach Wine and Film Festi-
val; and a possible screening at the Vero tress he approached said, “You performance in the 1987 movie,
Beach Museum of Art. He’s even got the
big perfect low-budget set: Vero’s beach. don’t want me! I’m 88!” “Anna.” Julia Taylor-Stanley is

All of which suits Gruber just fine. His “Perfect!” came Gruber’s re- producing, Gruber says.
unbridled love for the town was revealed
when he wrote a piece in the Huffington ply. “The Pistol” has two female In Hollywood, Gruber found
Post that warmed the heart of every real
estate broker in town, to say nothing of leads in their 80s. They will be work people might not even
the Chamber of Commerce. “I hear it’s
still selling houses,” he says with a smile. played by Isabel Garrett and know exists. He wrote questions

Promotion aside, in the short time he’s Anne Talbot. Nick Keeler is the for red-carpet interviewers at
been here – just over a year – Gruber has
become something of an ambassador for fumbling repeat burglar nabbed awards shows. He was a hand
the arts of Vero Beach with his hand in a
half-dozen arts organizations and a so- by Garrett’s brassy character model for Target (his agent
cial life packed with its offerings.
wielding her late husband’s gun. handles only up to his elbows,
Never mind that Vero proved short
on aspiring film actors, though “the line “It’s about older people con- he notes). And he played the
would have been around the block in
L.A.,” he said on a recent afternoon when quering their fears,” says Gru- fictitious party planner Francis-
only a handful had turned out for open
auditions at producer Jared Thomas’ ber. “I love telling older people’s Xaque Gruber at a rehearsal for his upcoming film, “The Pistol.” PHOTO: GORDON RADFORD co on Gordon Ramsay’s “Hell’s
Project Space gallery.
stories.” Kitchen,” a reality show that
Then again, not everyone in Vero
Gruber has been visiting Vero long This is not the first film Gruber has technically shouldn’t use actors anyway.

enough to hear a few. His parents came worked on. In graduate school at Bos- Gruber’s only direction for the impro-

here since 2003; he moved here to be ton University where he was studying for vised role to be annoyingly happy. “Hap-

close to them. “And that’s a million times a second master’s in TV production (his py people always make angry people cra-

more meaningful than working in Holly- first was from Tufts in art education; he zy,” he says. “That was my job, to stir up

wood,” he says. “Besides, there’s so much also has a BFA from Pratt Institute), he the set.”

to do in Vero Beach.” followed around a failing, bizarrely co- The gig, which ran from 2011 to 2013,

“People are open to things here, even if medic nightclub singer and created the had at least one fan in Vero: Marcia Lit-

it’s conservative,” he goes on. “Maybe it documentary, “Laurel Casey: The Hurting tlejohn, local TV personality, who spied

comes with retirement age, but they’re into Truth.” It showed at several film festivals. Gruber at a shopping plaza, and like

living, as opposed to being stressed out with Early next year, after shooting “The something out of a Christopher Guest

the world and bogged down with debt and Pistol,” Gruber flies to London to work on movie, begged him to be on her fawning,

traffic and the weight of it all like in L.A.” a feature film, “Sallywood,” the screen- CONTINUED ON PAGE B6

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BEAUCOUP BEAUTY: MY JOURNEY TO FRANCE

THURSDAY, SEPT. 21. I peaked too soon. Two days before WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27. I had booked a five-hour tour
of some of the villages and Roman sites as it is difficult to
my trip, I’m locked and loaded. I have done everything get to them by public transportation and I am not driving
in France. There were only six of us, three Australians, an
except very last-minute things like getting medications and Englishwoman, a young student from Hong Kong and me.
St Remy de Provence is a delightful village, another place
the cellphone charger together. I am going to make a list of where Van Gogh painted and home of the ancestral home
of the Marquis de Sade and Nostradamus. The temperate
last-minute things and check it twice. I am very grateful that weather makes sitting at a café mandatory, although I
wish the French did not smoke in public places. It’s hard
the trip is happening; the weather and family things made to escape.

me a little insecure that I’d be able to go. Our next stop was Les Baux de Provence, a village of
cobblestone streets and hills and stunning views as you
There’s also the possibility my slave-driving editor will climb and climb. The problem with a van tour is that it is a
“Gilligan’s Island” on wheels with a disparate group wanting
SHELLEY come up with something last-minute. to see different things in limited time. I met a store keeper
KOPPEL Couple that with the fact that mosqui- with a brother who owns a restaurant in Boca Raton; for me,
toes bred in the wake of Irma (we’re on a talking in slow French with people is the real fun. Everyone
has asked about Hurricane Irma when they hear “Florida.”
MY TAKE first-name basis) are feasting on me and We also stopped at the Roman ruins at Granum and it is very
I can’t get out of town fast enough. I am difficult to believe they have survived so much.

staying overnight near the Palm Beach International airport I returned home, ready for a nice shower, which brings
up a delicate fact. Many French hotels have very high tubs
because my flight is at 8:20 and I don’t want to have to worry you have to scale to use the shower. There are no rails and
nothing on the bottom to prevent skidding. You take life and
about getting there so early. Lex Baux de Provence. Cafe in Arles. limb into your hands, quite literally, each time you try to
get clean. I considered showering in clothes, but rejected it.
MONDAY, SEPT. 25. I am in the beautiful city of Avignon, PHOTOS: SHELLEY KOPPEL Each time, I prayed that I wouldn’t fall and that if I did, that
no one would find me. At least I’d have my dignity intact.
but it took a village to get me here. Charles De Gaulle airport painted “Starry Night,” and saw the spot that was sup-
posed to be his inspiration. During the day, in 2017, it’s Next week: The cruise on the Rhone and Paris. 
in Paris is impressive, but it is massive, and nowhere that I not very inspiring, but I wonder what it was like at night so
long ago. I met a couple from Michigan with a Rick Steves
had to be was anywhere near where I was. I found the train walking tour, so I tagged along to the enormous Roman
amphitheater, which is still used for bullfights. We also
to Lyon, but as I stood at the top of a steep escalator with my followed the Van Gogh walk. Arles is up and down and
cobblestones all around, as is much of Provence, and you
luggage, prepared to stand there forever rather than wrangle get a prize if you don’t fall.

my luggage, a nice man took the biggest case and put it in I began to fizzle out and sat at a café with a cold drink
and people-watched. The weather was perfect and I was so
the train. I was fortunate to sit next to Antony, an architec- glad to be there. A walk back to the station, a train back to
Avignon and it was the end to a wonderful day.
ture student who talked politics and philosophy with me

and put me on the train to Avignon. I have been traveling for

more than 24 hours. I remind myself that traveling is a lot

like childbirth. When you hold the masterpiece, you forget

(mostly) the pain.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 26. What a difference a day makes! I

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XAQUE GRUBER Asked by email if she remembered in- in Massachusetts and was nominated for who suffers from Alzheimer’s, wants to
terviewing Francisco, Littlejohn said yes, Teacher of the Year, he says. In just one join in the class; other days he doesn’t.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B2 but only vaguely. She didn’t recognize the year in Vero, he has taught watercolor at His illness has been hard on Gruber’s
name Xaque Gruber “other than in one of the museum as well as a summer series mother and in September Gruber did
small-town talk show. the wild novels I was reading.” on the films of Wes Anderson. He taught some real-life party planning for a deeply
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because I signed these papers that if I’m he says. “My father has been my mother’s
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so nuts.” talked about having him screen one of his living facility. “It’s very intense, but I love will be,” says Gruber. “I left everything
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B7 week, while the younger groups will have a an empty stage or stage area and an audi-
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a portion of the show’s sales will benefit A 16-year survivor, Caldwell said the
the nonprofit founded in 2005 by survivor show resonated with her,
Nancy O’Neill. noting, “I’m used to being in
control and all of a sudden I
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ly of breast cancer survivors and funded erything away from me. The
through private grants, individual donors featured piece in Bodyscapes,
and fundraisers, assists with surgery and “Highwire,” is an acrobat on a
treatment expenses. tightrope between two nipples

“We pay the bills associated with breast on breasts. I tell people, ‘that
cancer surgery and treatment for those was me.’ And every 12 months
diagnosed with breast cancer in Indi-

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when I have to get another exam, it’s me PSL Business Women award $8K in ‘action’ grants
again. I realize once again my life is being
dictated by my illness.” The Community Action Grants committee of the Port St. Lucie Business Women presented awards totaling $8,000 Every year the Port St. Lucie Business
Women awards grants from money raised
Teger’s photography features tiny min- to nine Treasure Coast nonprofit organizations. PHOTO COURTESY OF DIANE GALLAGHER, DSG DESIGNS & PHOTOGRAPHY in the organization’s annual spring Lun-
iatures atop nude bodies, creating whim- cheon and Fashion Show. The Commu-
sical yet thought-provoking ‘landscapes.’ nity Action Grants committee presented
awards totaling $8,000 to nine Treasure
“First you see a landscape, and then you Coast non-profit organizations that ben-
realize that it is the body. The whole point efit women and children in our commu-
of the work was to look at things differ- nity at their Oct. 5 meeting.
ently. To approach things with a different
mindset,” Teger explained. Council On Aging of St. Lucie, Inc. re-
ceived $1,500 for its Meals on Wheels pro-
“I show the body as a landscape to re- gram. Meals on Wheels delivers meals to
mind us things can be viewed many differ- homebound St. Lucie County residents 60
ent ways. I think that’s an important thing and older, especially those with the great-
in looking at the body carefully, taking est economic and social need. This grant
care of it, looking at it as an art object and will provide two women with meals for
in terms of the way in which we relate to the entire year.
the world.”
CONTINUED ON PAGE B12
Caldwell noted, “Our body, no matter
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PSL BUSINESS WOMEN grant of $1,500 for its Sanctuary4Kids pro- of sexual violence, allowing them to bravely fund its Food Pantry Program at its Emer-
gram. Sanctuary4Kids opened its doors in share the truth about their experiences in a gency Shelter, offering nonperishable food
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B11 April. It serves as a temporary location for safe environment in order to actualize emo- items to victims and their children upon ar-
abused, neglected and abandoned children tional strength, hope, health and well-being. rival in their shelter. SafeSpace operates an
Grace Packs Inc. received a grant of $1,000 to wait while investigators work to find a safe emergency shelter for victims of domestic
for its weekend meals for children program. placement for the children. Hibiscus Chil- Learn to Read of St. Lucie County re- violence, provides a Supportive Living pro-
Children continue to struggle with hunger dren’s Center maintains a safe shelter for ceived a grant of $500 for its Family Litera- gram, and offers outreach services for those
on the Treasure Coast. One in four children children who are abused, abandoned and cy program. Disadvantaged parents face a who choose not to enter a shelter but whose
in St. Lucie County are considered food inse- neglected by providing prevention, early in- gap in education, lacking basic reading and lives are being affected by domestic violence.
cure. Grace Packs Inc. will furnish two break- tervention and advocacy in quality residen- writing skills to help their children in school.
fasts, lunch, dinner and snack items at the tial, assessment and recovery programs. Learn to Read of St. Lucie County advocates Sarah’s Kitchen of the Treasure Coast re-
end of each school week to these children to for the most basic of educational skills for ceived a grant of $1,500 to supply hot nutri-
carry them through the weekend. The Inner Truth Project received a grant both child and parent: the ability to read and tious meals to families and individuals who
of $250 for Experiential Education Therapy. write. are struggling financially. Sarah’s Kitchen op-
HANDS of St. Lucie County received a Experiential Education Therapy is an emerg- erates three feeding sites in Fort Pierce and
grant of $500 earmarked for chronic dis- ing treatment in psychotherapy focusing on Mind & Melody received a grant of $750 two in Port St. Lucie. Additionally, Sarah’s
ease diagnostic testing for female patients physically active and experiential approach- for innovative music programs for older Kitchen operates a mobile feeding unit that
suspected of having heart disease or cancer, es. Activities are designed to embody lessons adults with neurological impairment. Wom- it brings to feed the homeless in their camps
two of the three leading causes of death for and skills that teach women who have expe- en comprise two-thirds of the 5.4 million and at local parks.
women. HANDS of St. Lucie County pro- rienced sexual trauma how to overcome life’s Americans living with Alzheimer’s, a major-
vides primary healthcare services and access difficult situations and gain valuable person- ity of whom transition into Long Term Care The Port St. Lucie Business Women is a pro-
to a continuum of healthcare to qualified, al insights so that they may begin the inter- Facilities where there is a lack of enrichment fessional organization dedicated to promot-
low-income, uninsured adult residents of St. nal rewiring of positive messaging. The Inner programs. Mind & Melody’s intergeneration- ing the interests of business women and serv-
Lucie County. Truth Project offers outreach to the commu- al and interactive music programs re-engag- ing our community in an effective way. For
nity and services to teen and adult survivors es static minds. more information visit www.pslbw.com. 
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Bonz meets pretty Pixie, an itsy-bitsy Mini Miki

then the door opened and out she pranced the lady went to heaven an
for the Wag-a-Sniff like she was in the ring
Hi Dog Buddies! at Westminster, this liddle white an gold we went back to the breed-
poocheroo, Big Sparkly Eyes, those butter-
I’m pretty sure Pixie Hadley is the lid- fly ears and a fluffy curvy tail. Woof! er. Then my sister was ad-
dlest pooch I’ve ever met. She sent me a
Woofmail a while back wonderin’ wheth- “Oh, goody, it’s Mr. Bonzo! Hello, Mr. opted an moved to New
er I’d be innerested in interviewing her. Of Bonzo! I’m Pixie Hadley and this is my
course I would, so we set it up. I was espe- Mom Doris an my Dad Steve. I’m so excit- York City. So there I was.
cially intrigued cuz she said she was from ed you answered my Woofmail! I’m a liddle
a place I’d never heard of – Far-Go, North nervous cuz I never had an innerview be- Well, Mom didn’t care that
Duh-coda – and she was also a breed I’d fore. So, come’on, let’s go sit down.”
never heard of – a Mini Miki (which made I wasn’t a liddle puppy. She
me think of those two mouse movie stars). An off she trotted, into the living room.
So I got busy and Googled. This was gonna be fun. just wanted a smart, cute,

I think it’s called Far-Go cuz you hafta “No need to be nervous,” I assured her quiet pooch – which I was.
go really far to get there. You go wa-ay up, as we got settled. “Just tell how you found
then you turn left and go way farther. And your Mom an Dad, an a liddle about your The minute we saw each
you should bring lunch an a sweater. Any- life, too. I must say you look like a Show-
way, then I Googled Mini Mikis and found dog.” other We KNEW!
out they were only invented in the ’80s, an
humans consider ’em rare. They look like She giggled. “I get that a lot. Most of “Cool Dog Biscuits,” I
a cross between a Japanese Chin, a Mal- us are, I think. Mom had seen a piksure
tese an a Papillon. (Didja know Papillon is of a Miki and thought it was the cutest exclaimed.
French for ‘butterfly,’ an Papillon pooches poocheroo she’d ever seen. Then she saw
have big fluffy, fringy ears that ackshully a piksure of ME on my breeder’s Face- “Totally. So Mom flew
look like butterfly wings, which Pixie’s to- book page and called right away, but they
tally do. They’re SO cute.) were all out of puppies by then. Mom was out to Far-Go and picked
bummed, but then the lady said she had
So, we rang the bell, heard some barks, one pooch left, ME, but I was 8 months me up an off we went. I
old (most humans buyin’ purebreds want
liddle puppies). She said me an my sister didn’t know where I was
had been adopted by a lady in Dallas, but
going but I knew I was on

an adVENture. We flew

back home to Missouri an I

got to travel a lot with Mom

on her job, an do a lotta fun

stuff. Then we moved to Pixie.
Florida an Mom and Dad
met each other. Dad had a PHOTO: GORDON RADFORD

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off right away. So we all Got

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went to Dog Heaven. I still miss her a lot, the right temperature to ensure maximum

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me an my neighbor Bella (a Maltese) “Um, I, well, uh …” I responded suavely.

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rooms. The cross-the-street neighbor cat ta unusual for a pooch of your, well, your

Percy even stayed with us when her hu- diminutive stature.”

mans were away. We’re Cool Catnip with “That’s true. I only bark at the doorbell.

each other. But I like to hang with hu- When Dad can’t find me, he just rings the

mans mostly. I have a bed in every room, doorbell, then follows the barks. Ackshully,

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before he Alice ...”
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counties 88 Famous scene in 8 WWII theater 72 Floor for a spore?
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bloodier movies? for one 12 “Able was I ___ 80 Strawberry’s field,
25 Zsa Zsa on 96 “___ ...” (palindrome
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STRANGE BIDDING, BUT GOOD DEFENSE 10 4

AQJ5

A.N. Onymous said, “The best defense against the atom bomb is not to be there when it A J 10 6 5 4
goes off.”
WEST K
Finding the best defense against any contract is always satisfying. East-West were K52 EAST
happy at the end of this deal. 9432
9 A863
First, though, let’s look at the auction. North was a tad weak for the two-heart reverse, J9832
which promised a very good 16-20 points. In the tournament world, after this type of K 10 8 7
reverse, responder’s rebid of fourth suit or two no-trump, whichever is the cheaper,
artificially warns of a very weak hand. This North-South pair did not have that agreement, KQ8
so South rebid two no-trump to show his club stoppers, wondering if they belonged in
no-trump or diamonds. North, aware of the previous overbid, suddenly passed. 54

West led his fourth-highest club. South might have won dummy’s king with his ace to SOUTH
take a diamond finesse, but that would not have worked well here. Instead, declarer won
on the board and played a spade to his jack. West made a commendable smooth duck. QJ97
Now South cashed his top clubs (East throwing a spade) and took the heart finesse (an
error here — a club would have been more successful). East won and worked to strand 6
declarer in the dummy. East cashed the spade ace, then led the heart 10 (in case South
had started with nine-doubleton). South won on the board and cashed the heart ace, 732
under which West carefully played the nine.
A Q 10 7 6
East won the next heart and led a spade to partner’s king. West cashed the club jack,
then pushed a diamond through the dummy to defeat the contract. Dealer: North; Vulnerable: North-South

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