To Advertise (772-633-1115) ST. LUCIE VOICE | ST. LUCIE WEST AND TRADITION | COMMUNITY February 16, 2023 19 Guardians for New Futures is pleased to announce the addition of Melissa Winstead, CFRE, to their team of dedicated professionals. In her new position as chief innovation officer, Winstead will oversee all aspects of fund development, including major giving, planned giving, grant writing, fundraising events and community engagement. A proud United States Navy Veteran, Winstead and her family moved to Port St. Lucie in 2001. In March 2021, she earned the distinguished Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), a designation held by less than 7,000 fundraising professionals in the United States. Winstead attributes her success in fundraising to the many volunteers and colleagues she feels privileged to have worked with at organizations like St. Lucie Habitat for Humanity, Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, March of Dimes, Orange County Regional History Center, SafeHouse of Seminole, – CONTRIBUTED WINSTEAD TO LEAD GUARDIANS FOR NEW FUTURES’ FUNDRAISING EFFORTS PHOTOS: LINDA KLOORFAIN All the winners show off the various awards they won following the Treasure Coast Builders Association Parade of Homes Grand Award Gala on Feb. 7 in Port St. Lucie. The celebration recognized home builders for their home models based on price categories, features and more. BUILDERS’ BIG NIGHT Heart of Florida United Way, and Kids House Children’s Advocacy Center in Sanford, Florida. Looking forward, Winstead plans to use her skills in outreach, volunteer management, community organizing and strategic planning to further foster a culture of philanthropy at GFNF4Kids Children’s Advocacy Center. Her previous role at Kids House Children’s Advocacy Center gives Winstead a unique insight on the best practices for promoting the GFNF4Kids mission and fulfilling the fundraising goals of the Children’s Advocacy Center all while serving the needs of abused children in St. Lucie, Martin, Okeechobee and Indian River (the 19th Circuit). When asked about her passion for the work of the Children’s Advocacy Center, Winstead said, “In my mind, there is nothing more noble than championing children and my goal is to bring our Treasure Coast community together – because together, we can put an end to child abuse. For me, serving GFNF4Kids Children’s Advocacy Center is like coming home.”
20 February 16, 2023 ST. LUCIE VOICE | ST. LUCIE WEST AND TRADITION | PETS www.stlucievoice.com Henley Gandy’s a Total People Pooch. I mean, she’s great with fellow pooches, but she love, love, loves humans and Gettin’ Atten-shun from ’em. She came right up for the Wag-an-Sniff, an nosed the pages around a liddle when I opened my notebook, but she mostly hung out with her Mom, an my assistant who, of course, gave her pats an friffles pretty much the whole time. Henley is about 4: She’s a middle-size grrrl with a great smile, an short white hair with several big black spots. (One on her caboose, I happened to notice, was shaped like a heart.) She has freckles, too, an pink skin with black polka dots all over, sparkly eyes, anna pink collar. “This is my Mom, Taylor. My Dad’s Jean Paul. He’s at work,” she told me as we were gettin’ situated in the livin’ room. Her voice was soft an nice. “Ah’ve only been here since Ock-TOE-bur, so ah don’t know too many fellow pooches.” “Where were you before? And how’d you find you Furever Famly?” I inquired. “Ah’m a Southern Grrrl born-’n-raised, but mah puppyhood was sorta dizzmull an, when ah was about 9 months old, ah found mahself inna town called MEM-fuss, TENNAH-seee, with a whole buncha other pooches inna place called a Pound. It’s like what y’all down here call a shelter. We were in liddle cages, all lined up. Ah mean, it wasn’t awful, but ah was kinda still puppy-ish an ah was a liddle confused. An con-CERNED. “Meanwhile, my future Mom’s buh-loved pooch, Hootie (he was an Australian Shepherd), had recently gone to Dog Heaven an Mom was Very Sad. But she was also lonely without a pooch so she decided to look around. There were lotsa shelters in MEM-fuss, an she looked an looked, but she didn’t wanna go to the same one where she’d found Hootie, cuz it’d make her More Sad. But, when she couldn’t find The Dog after lookin’ everywhere else, she did. An, guess what?” I ree-lized her question was rhetorical. “She hadn’t even been there 5 minutes when, only two cages down the row – in the Very Same Cage where she had found Hootie – There Ah WAS! I looked just like him, too. (’Cept for bein’ a grrrl, of course.) The Pound Person asked if Mom wanted to check me out, maybe take me for a liddle walk or somethin’. But Mom didn’t haff to. She said, ‘She’s the One. Ah want HER!’” “Woof, Miss Henley, that’s such a Crispy Biscuits story!” “Ah KNOW! Ah have such a lovely Furever Famly, an ah’m SO Happy. (Turns out, ah hafta take the same allergy meds as Hootie, too.)” “So, what was your new life like at first?” I asked. “Turned out ah LOVE car rides. Which was a good thing since when we moved down here, we hadda two-day car ride. Ah mostly snoozed. An ah found out I pruh-FUR boddled water. Mom an Dad got me all fixed up with a lovely fluffy bed an BLANKETS. An mah own dishes. An this wonda-full pink collah. Ah love it So Much. It’s been washed, like, a zillion times since ah got it.” “Well, it’s still lovely, Miss Henley,” I told her. Durin’ the innerview, Miss Henley moved back an forth between her Mom an my assistant. As we talked, she’d lay on her back as her Mom patted her pink-with-black-polka-dots tummy with her foot. Then Miss Henley’d pad over to My Assistant for head scratches an Ear Friffles. “What are some of you favrite activities? Favrite foodstuffs? Any toys?” I wondered. “Ah guess ah’d say my most favrite 772.336.8111 • Computerized state of the art facility • Boarding • Digital radiography • Acupuncture • Affordable vaccine packages available 150 NW CENTRAL PARK PLAZA • PORT ST. LUCIE visit our website @ www.kellysanimalhospital.com Hours: Monday 7:30-8:00 • Tuesday 7:30-8:00 • Wednesday 7:30-8:00 • Thursday 7:30-5:30 • Friday 7:30-8:00 • Saturday 8:00-4:00 • Sunday - Closed A FULL SERVICE VETERINARIAN CLINIC We at Kelly’s Animal Hospital are the one-stop practice for all your best friend’s needs: PROVIDING EXCELLENCE SINCE 1986 GROOMING AVAILABLE -call for appointment Patrick A. Kelly, D.V.M. • Wellness plans from all stages of life for dogs & cats. • Fully stocked pharmacy • In house laboratory which allows us to do most blood - work in house and have results in 30 minutes Hi Dog Buddies! Bonz hangs with Henley, a real Southern sweetheart Henley. PHOTO: JOSHUA KODIS
To Advertise (772-633-1115) ST. LUCIE VOICE | ST. LUCIE WEST AND TRADITION | ADVICE February 16, 2023 21 When the glass door on Lauren Butcher’s new GE range shattered, the company made her wait … and wait … for a repair. Shouldn’t they replace the oven? Q: I purchased a new GE electric range. I had it for 12 days. On the 13th day, the door glass shattered. When a technician came out, he discovered that there was no insulation in the door. All oven doors are supposed to have insulation. This was a product defect. GE says it is covering the replacement part. But I have been without a working oven for two months. GE says the insulation is backordered. I paid $800 for a range that never should have made it off the production line. They took my money and gave me a fundamentally defective product. Now I am a hostage to GE’s supply chain issues. My situation is not the same as purchasing a product where a part eventually goes bad. This stove was fundamentally defective when I bought it. I have two renters living with me. They pay me to have access to certain basic amenities, including an oven. One of my roommates is in culinary school. Can you help me? A: You’re right, this is not a warranty case. GE should have quickly replaced the unit, which should never have passed inspection at the factory. When you told them you had a housemate in culinary school, GE should have double-timed it. But, instead, GE treated your situation like an ordinary warranty case. I’ve seen more of these backorder delays recently. They are probably related to the supply chain issues some companies are having. The problem is, what do you do about it? Do you make your customers wait for weeks or months? Or do you get them a working appliance quickly? The answer, of course, is you get them a replacement quickly. A brief, polite email to one of the company’s executives might have done the trick. I list the names, numbers and emails of the top executives at GE on my site. I would start by contacting one of the vice presidents and then work your way up the ladder. I contacted GE on your behalf. A representative reached out to you and arranged to have a new range delivered. “Our customer service team spoke with Ms. Butcher this morning, and she is all set,” a GE representative told me. “This case is now closed.” Maybe. But it would have been interesting to hear how GE is improving its inspections to avoid any more shattering ovens. And I suspect that after this is published, I’ll hear from a few more customers with broken ovens. We shall see. Get help with any consumer problem by contacting Christopher Elliott at http://www.elliott.org/help. How long must she wait to get defective GE range replaced? Dear Carolyn: Several years ago, my parents faded and entered assisted living. My siblings and I quickly had to sell and empty their house. What made the most sense was giving their furniture and home goods to my sister who lives four hours away, for her children to eventually use when they move out. My parents and I talked frequently about how nice it would be for them to have practically fully furnished apartments right out of the gate. My parents died in 2020. A few weeks ago, I visited my sister and asked to see the stored furniture. She told me that she had taken what she could fit in her car but that it didn’t “make sense” to rent a truck and store furniture until her kids needed it, so she took the rest to the dump. I am so shocked and hurt. When I asked why she agreed to it, she said she just wanted to get Mom and Dad’s house empty. She lied to me, to our parents, and denied her children items to start their lives. My other siblings refuse to discuss this with me. My sister sent me flowers and a note, but it’s clear she doesn’t think she did anything wrong. I always considered my family to be close, but now I don’t know what to think. – Betrayed Betrayed: Your sibs (I suspect all of them) lied. I won’t pretend it didn’t happen or didn’t hurt. But I’d argue this was an act of pragmatism and compassion, not betrayal. First, a reality check on old furniture: When this happened, boomers had been downsizing for years, and there were more hand-me-downs than hands to receive them. Plus, tastes, lifestyles and needs change. Moving and storage, meanwhile, are pricey. Years of it would probably cost many times over what new stuff would cost when the kids launch. Plus, stored furniture doesn’t always fare well unless fussily packed and cared for – a job you fobbed off on your sister. Yes, there’s sentimental value – but you valued it, for others. Second, this stuff had to go “quickly.” Yikes. Third, you were at the time obviously upset and highly emotionally invested. Fourth, you were done with it all. Any saving was for others. So I’d wager your sibs told a lie of compassion. It’s like the pet dog who “goes to live on a farm.” You got to feel assured and see your parents at peace that their possessions “went to a farm,” too. It obviously backfired, but can you embrace any part of this as proof of sibs’ meaning well under duress? FAMILY TREASURES IN ‘STORAGE’ ACTUALLY WENT TO DUMP CAROLYN HAX – THE WASHINGTON POST The Bonz DON’T BE SHY! We are always looking for pets with interesting stories. To set up an interview, email [email protected]. things to do are Nappin’, Eatin’ an Contemplatin’ Squirrels. Ah have an en-TAR box fulla toys: One of mah favrites is mah squirrel stuffy. Ah do, on occasion, chew mah blankets or toys. Like mah stuffy Grinch. Ah’ve had it for 3 years. It’s been washed a LOT. An Mom’s sewed the leg back on several times. “Ah also like cats,” she mentioned casually. “One time there was this neighborhood cat who’d come around. Ah’d bark a liddle bark, but jus to be so-shul. He was cool. Dogs, too, of course. I’m jus an outgoin’ sorta grrrl. I do feel pruh-TECK-tive of Mom. An I SO look fah-ward to when Dad comes home an we take our evenin’ leash walk. “Which ruh-mines me: YES-terday I saw my fist LIZZ-urd. Ah was a liddle disconcerted. Neve saw anything like it. Mom said, ‘Henley, it’s OK, It’s jus’ a lizz-urd.’ Ah’m still a tad puzzled. Whatsa LIZZ-urd? How come it didn’t have any clothes? Oh well.” Before I could share my limited knowledge of REP-tiles, she continued. “I have lotsa human famly up in TENNAH-see. There’s Gramma Diane. An Uncle Jake. An Great-Uncle Mark. He dove the U-Haul when we moved down. They’re So Fun! But as far as pooch pals, ah’m a happy solo kinda grrrl. Ah expect it’s cuz ah like ALL the atten-shun.” “I can understand that. I’m a Solo Dog as well,” I told her. Then, “Any favrite foodstuffs?” “Ah enjoy turkey treats,” she replied. “AN … CHEESE. Duh-lishus! Ah only get it when ah hafta take mah allergy medicine. Mom doesn’t know that AH know but,” she leaned closer an lowered her voice. “She hides my medicine in cheese.” “Sly,” I commented. “It works, too,” she happily agreed. “Full disclosure, Ah DO tend to SHED, even though ah have short hair. It’s SO annoying, but what can ah do? Mom says she wishes ah knew how to use a broom or vacuum. Also, AH DON’T LIKE WATER. Baths are Dismal Dog Biscuits. Even face washin’. No clothes, either. ’Cept antlers at Christmas cuzza the Grinch’s dog Max. He wears antlers.” Heading home, I was thinkin’ about sweet, lovin,’ polka-dotted Henley, livin’ her best life an eager to make frens with all livin’ creatures. Even lizards, I expect, once she gets ’em figured out. I was also thinkin’ about cheese. Till next time,
22 February 16, 2023 ST. LUCIE VOICE | ST. LUCIE WEST AND TRADITION | GAMES www.stlucievoice.com THE BIG SLEEP WAS EXPENSIVE By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist Professor Noam Chomsky wanted to write a sentence that was grammatically correct but had no meaning. He produced: “Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.” At the bridge table, it doesn’t pay to sleep, whether furiously or calmly, unless you are the dummy and can trust partner not to lead from the wrong hand or renege. You must keep your eyes open and mind awake. A few contracts you can make “in your sleep,” but most of the time a catnap will result in im-purr-fect play! North’s sequence showed exactly what he had: a good six-card club suit with about 10 high-card points. (If playing two-over-one, I think North should respond three clubs, sending the same message.) South’s three-no-trump rebid was iffy with no guaranteed spade stopper and a blocking singleton club ace. The bid would have been much better if holding two clubs and one fewer diamond. West led a spade. East won with his king and returned a spade to declarer’s queen. South unblocked the club ace, then played three rounds of hearts. East won the last of these with the 10, cashed the heart queen and exited with the diamond jack. However South wriggled, he couldn’t come to nine tricks. As often happens, declarer was dozing peacefully at trick one. Under the spade king, he should have unblocked the queen. What can East return? If a suit other than spades, the spade ace still sits in the dummy as an entry to the club winners. If East plays back a spade, declarer wins in the dummy, cashes the second top spade and discards the club ace. Dealer: South; Vulnerable: North-South NORTH A 10 4 8 4 8 3 K Q J 10 8 3 WEST J 9 8 6 3 J 2 Q 5 9 5 4 2 SOUTH Q 2 A K 7 6 3 A 7 6 4 2 A EAST K 7 5 Q 10 9 5 K J 10 9 7 6 The Bidding: OPENING LEAD: 6 Spades SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1 Hearts Pass 2 Clubs Pass 2 Diamonds Pass 3 Clubs Pass 3 NT Pass Pass Pass New Book Details Many Natural / Wholistic Techniques to Improve Your Life - Especially Your Health Available on Amazon: Digital Version: $4.99 Print Version: $9.99 “Tactical Yoga is filled with useful tips and techniques which I applied right away and changed several areas of my life.” Howard, NY The Author, November 2022. Mr. Allman often speaks to Book Clubs and Community Associations: [email protected] Chapters Include: Create A Yoga Life That Works Breath Asanas Meditation Diet Digestion Fasting Sleep Stress Vibrations OM Chakras Yoga Mudras Tantra / Tantric Sex Karma Waking Up In The Morning In Yoga Class Yoga For The Elderly Other Important Yoga Subjects TACTICAL YOGA A Guide to the Strategic Use Of Posture Breath and Meditation BY LARRY DAVID ALLMAN
To Advertise (772-633-1115) ST. LUCIE VOICE | ST. LUCIE WEST AND TRADITION | BOOKS February 16, 2023 23 In the “police procedural” category of thriller books, one of the most beloved and respected of all the cop/protagonists is Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch. His dedication to duty, i.e., actually serving and protecting, closing cases and making sure justice is done, is second to none. Rarely do the bad guys escape his reach, even if it takes 12 years, his retirement and un-retirement, and the re-opening of the Open/Cold Case Unit at the Los Angeles Police Department. And that’s exactly what we get in Connelly’s latest, “Desert Star”: Michael Connelly and Harry Bosch at their best. After Bosch’s protégé, Detective Renee Ballard, quit the LAPD in disgust at the calcified, male-dominated power structure, the chief of police strongly asks her to come back and offers her whatever position she wants. She chooses the newly formed Open/Unsolved Unit (OU), and her most important personal recruit is her mentor, former Detective Harry Bosch. He jumps at the opportunity – even though he will be serving as a volunteer, i.e., no “active badge” – because there was a case 12 years ago he was not able to clear: A family of four was viciously killed and dumped up in the high desert. This OU case is like an open wound for Bosch; it still stings because of its gruesome nature and because he did not finish the job … but now he will! As is usual for Connelly books featuring Bosch (he also writes the Lincoln Lawyer series and, fortunately, we will be getting a new one later this year), there are two separate cases which the plotline follows, both murders, both unsolved, each having a different dynamic. The first case involves an L.A. City Councilman’s sister, murdered in her bedroom. Councilman Pearlman and his chief of staff constantly intervene into the investigation, generally in unhelpful ways, but it was Pearlman who pushed for the re-opening of the OU, so Bosch and mainly Ballard – who is the chief of the unit – assuage their intrusions while moving the investigation forward. In this and the other case, we see Bosch as the brilliant cop that he is: Every detail can have the biggest impact on solving the case. He starts every cold case by reviewing the murder book(s), and that is where we first feel his genius. Bosch notes a partial palm print, which was never connected to any suspect in the various databases, and suggests that it be checked for possible DNA evidence. Bingo: Bosch has catapulted the investigation into high gear. That leads to some other blood evidence, which connects a kidney to the murderer. This is one example (of many) of Connelly’s mastery of police work and investigation details where he is so effective (he was a crime journalist for the Lost Angeles Times, but you might think he was an actual detective), and one of the several reasons he has successfully written 37 novels and sold millions of them. Bosch’s efforts, several of which he undertakes without the approval of Unit Chief Ballard, lead to another unsolved murder by this serial killer, as well as a wrongful conviction which Ballard passes off to Bosch’s half-brother, famed criminal lawyer Mickey Haller (the Lincoln Lawyer). Thanks to Bosch, justice is rendered, although it takes a shootout between Bosch and the killer. Guess who survives that one. The second case, which is pursued concurrently throughout the story, has stuck with Bosch like no other. A father, a mother and their two children were murdered and dumped up in the high desert north of Los Angeles. Bosch was on that case at the time he retired, but he was never able to close it. And it still hurts. As part of OU, he dives back in, re-examines every little detail, and re-interviews two of the witnesses/persons of interest. His investigative skills and, mainly, his instinct and “gut” tell him who perpetrated these murders. And he sets out to find that guy … and bring justice to him. As an army veteran who served in Vietnam, and as a longtime LAPD detective, Bosch knows a lot about justice, and how to achieve it, even while being part of the system/institution. Step back, reader: Harry Bosch is on the case! By re-interviewing two witnesses, a mother and her son who worked for the murdered family’s business, and by bringing his subtle, yet powerful pressure on them to finally tell the truth, Bosch singlehandedly identifies the killer. Now he just needs to find him. And in this part of the story, Connelly gives us full-Bosch: flushing out the details, connecting dots, and then taking off in the middle of the night, with no back-up and no weapon, without notifying Ballard or even his daughter Mads, who is also now a cop, to bring justice to the front door of a vicious murderer who escaped until now. Bosch follows all of his leads to Key West, and through his cunning as well as his ability to glean critical information from fellow law enforcement guys who recognize that Bosch is the real deal, Bosch identifies the killer. What happens on the houseboat where the killer has assumed a new identify is pure Michael Connelly and Harry Bosch. Is justice rendered? Connelly fans will be happy with this latest outing – but you will have to read this book to find out, no giveaways here. Hint: Harry Bosch will be available for work on future cases. Larry David Allman is a resident of PGA Village Verano. 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The Telegraph How to do Sudoku: Fill in the grid so the numbers one through nine appear just once in every column, row and three-by-three square. The Telegraph SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (FEBRUARY 9) ON PAGE B12 ACROSS 7 Field (6) 8 Breakfast foodc(6) 9 Diary (8) 10 Remain (4) 11 Even (5) 13 Mysteries (7) 15 School bag (7) 17 Banquet (5) 20 Gravel (4) 21 Norm (8) 23 Supper (6) 24 Journey (6) DOWN 1 Empathise (6) 2 Brim (4) 3 Root vegetable (5) 4 Brilliant red (7) 5 Jam or marmalade (8) 6 Empty (6) 12 Thrilling (8) 14 Free time (7) 16 Scared (6) 18 Road (6) 19 Celebration (5) 22 Sketch (4) PREVIOUS EDITION’S SOLUTIONS, SEE PAGE B16 24 February 16, 2023 ST. LUCIE VOICE | ST. LUCIE WEST AND TRADITION | GAMES www.stlucievoice.com
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To Advertise (772-633-1115) ST. LUCIE VOICE | ST. LUCIE WEST AND TRADITION | SPORTS February 16, 2023 27 Another fortnight, another five holes-in-one from local golfing sharpshooters. At PGA Golf Club, Bob Bilbo aced the Wanamaker course’s sixth hole with a 6-iron shot from 150 yards; Angela Aulenti made her second career ace, also on the Wanamaker’s sixth hole, via a wedge from 109 yards; Andy Santor made a hole-inone on the Dye course’s third hole, using a 7-iron from 155 yards; and Marianne Vishno aced the Dye course’s 13th hole with a 6-rescue shot from 115 yards. Meanwhile, at the Osprey Golf Course at Martin Downs Golf Club and Resort, Dina Hollobaugh made a hole-in-one on the 14th hole, using hole 7-iron from 113 yards. Congrats Bob, Angela, Andy, Marianne and Dina! We have all been there before. A beautiful morning, the sun is shining, the dew is glistening off beautifully manicured grass and, man, are we going to have a great day of golf! Then it happens. You make a quadruple-bogey 8 on the par-4 first hole. Wow, all the wind is out of your sails and all of the air has come out of your balloon. What we thought was going to be such a promising and fun day of golf has been completely destroyed with an awful first hole. If you’re like me and have been playing poorly of late, is it ever easy to get into the rut of saying, “Here we go again, my game is in shambles.” Again, I know a lot of you can relate to this psychological funk. Let’s dig in and go over a number of “Kures” to help you cope with this challenging start of a round and some good general thoughts going forward. 1. Body language. When you are struggling or off to a tough start, don’t allow your body language and posture to deteriorate. Even though you don’t feel up to it, keep your chin up, extending your shoulders and arms back, shake out the tension in your arms and wrists, and try to smile and not frown. We know from well-respected research that good posture and positive body language will infuse your blood stream with the good hormones such as testosterone, endorphins, serotonin and dopamine, and encourage less cortisol, resulting in you physiologically being able to perform better. So watch your body language, and guard against looking down by dropping your chin, crossing your arms, frowning and kicking the dirt. Maintaining good body language is one of the keys to recovering from a low point during your round. 2. Proper breathing techniques. Going hand in hand with your good body language, is to breathe properly. Taking deep breaths through your nose and exhaling fully out through your mouth is very important. You have heard numerous times to take a cleansing breath which helps you re-focus, relax your muscles and help reduce your heart rate. Proper breathing cannot be over-emphasized. 2. Go through your normal pre-shot routine. It is imperative you stick to your normal routine. Again, it will be an important factor in you turning around your poor play. Use your recall memory to relate to how you move, look and feel when you are playing well. Relate to how wonderfully tunneled and channeled your eyes function when you are in a good zone. Don’t give in to the “I don’t care” attitude by performing your pre-shot routine in a haphazard fashion. 3. Positive self-talk. Stay positive, even though by nature you want to feel sorry for yourself and focus on how poorly you are performing. Keep the self-talk positive and start to look for a positive shot or bounce that you can key on to turn the round around. A good attitude or shifting your focus to something as simple as enjoying the weather, the great course conditions or how you are fortunate to be among some close friends, and how fortunate you are to be playing golf, can turn your momentum around. Remember why you are playing golf, and that is to have fun. Our thoughts can be very powerful and can turn the round from an exercise of suffering to one we can enjoy fully. Kevin Perkins is a PGA Master Professional and operates his Golf Academy at the Sailfish Sands Golf Course in Stuart. Kevin has hosted and produced his own television and radio golf shows, and co-authored the instructional Book “Golf Everyone,” published by Hunter Textbooks. He may be reached at 561-301-3783 or email at dkperkins4@ cs.com. Visit his website at kevinperkins golfacademy.com. OFF TO ROUGH START? DON’T LET THE ROUND GET AWAY FROM YOU KEVIN’S KURES By Kevin Perkins Quintet’s quintessential moments! Bob Bilbo. Angela Aulenti. Andy Santor. Marianne Vishno. Dina Hollobaugh.