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PAGE B2 4 6PROSTATE CANCER DOCTOR SCULPTOR HAS LONG PAGE 6
HAS UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE HAD A LOVE OF ART
DOLPHIN POPULATION B2
IN THE LAGOON STABLE

Vaccines not required Construction on
under schools’ COVID 17th St. bridge
plan for upcoming year to drag into fall

By George Andreassi | Staff Writer

Public school students will PHOTO: BRENDA AHEARN By Lisa Zahner | Staff Writer
not be required to be immunized [email protected]
against COVID-19 for the upcom- Municipal Marina feuds with non-marina boaters
ing school year, School Super- The 17th Street bridge will be
intendent David Moore said last By Samantha Rohlfing Baita | Staff Writer ically 30- to 40-foot sailboats, anchored legally in the under construction with limit-
week. Facemasks will be optional [email protected] Indian River Lagoon, within city limits but outside ed traffic flow through at least
when schools reopen Aug. 10, but the marina – complain they are being treated unfairly. October, when the first wave of
“mask shaming” is banned. The Vero Beach Municipal Marina, which “prides seasonal residents returns to the
itself on being a center for maritime information According to several of these boaters, a Vero city barrier island.
Facial coverings won’t even be and hospitality for over 3,000 visiting boats each ordinance that prohibits docking or tying up on
required on school buses, Moore year,” isn’t showing much love to one segment of the city property anywhere “except at the city marina” The Florida Department of
told the School Board last Tuesday local boating community. leaves them very few legal locations to land the din- Transportation last fall said re-
during a workshop meeting while pairs on both sides of the bridge
presenting his COVID-19 Transi- Boaters who live year-round on their vessels – typ- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 would take a total of six months,
tion Plan. with the westbound side closed
first until January, then the east-
Almost everything else in stu- bound side closed through March.
dents’ daily routine is due to get
back to normal in the post-pan- But the westbound side wasn’t
demic school year, with extracur- closed until December, suppos-
ricular activities resuming and vis- edly pushing the finish date back
itors again welcome on campuses, to June. It’s now July, however, and
Moore said. work is not complete on the west-
bound side.
A key point for School Board
Vice Chairwoman Teri Barenborg Meantime, no work has been
was the absence of a vaccination done on the eastbound side,
policy from the 12-page transition where one-way traffic has been
plan for 2021-2022. moving for months in both direc-
tions. The $1.1 million project has
“I don’t see in here – and I’m glad taken twice as long as expected
for the westbound side so far.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
A June 25 FDOT construction
INSIDE update sent to Vero City Manager

CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

NEWS 1-5 ARTS B1

HEALTH 6 GAMES B13 MY PAINTED BY SPACE ALIENS? ROAD SYMBOLS QUITE THE MYSTERY
TAKE
PETS B12 CALENDAR B16

REAL ESTATE 11

To advertise call: 772-559-4187 By Ray McNulty | Staff Writer that I became aware of their existence,
For circulation or where to pick up
your issue call: 772-226-7925 [email protected] began looking for them and started ask-

Maybe you noticed them while driving ing questions.

around town – white chevrons, outlined Here’s what I’ve learned:

in dark blue, painted on the far-right side  The roadway markings are ground

of some of our roadways. reference points used in aerial surveys

I didn’t. needed for mapping.

It wasn’t until someone posted a  Nobody in our local governments

phone-shot photo on Facebook’s “Vero – including County Administrator Jason PHOTO: BRENDA AHEARN

Beach Neighborhood” page last week CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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MY TAKE throughout the Vero Beach area last about them, “but it’s not a big concern.” MARINA, BOATERS FEUD
weekend. Obviously, someone is planning to con-
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It’s possible the markings are con- duct an aerial survey of the Vero Beach area,
Brown, County Community Development nected to some Florida Department if not the entire county. At this point, we ghies they use to get to shore.
Director Phil Matson, Vero Beach Public of Transportation project. don’t know if the marking has been com- “I don’t understand the city’s attitude,”
Works Director Matt Mitts and Vero Beach pleted, or if more of our roadways will be
Regional Airport Director Todd Scher – But phone calls and emails to the painted. said Greg Husak, who lives aboard a 36-
knows who painted the markings or the agency’s Tallahassee headquarters foot sailboat in the lagoon. “We’re not a
project for which they’re intended. and regional office in Fort Lauder- But we should. nuisance. Our boats are our homes, and
dale produced no answers. We also need to ask: How could work our dinghies are like our cars. They are
 Neither the city nor county has re- crews stop traffic and paint these chevrons our transportation. People leave their
ceived a request from or authorized any “We’ll check on it,” an FDOT on our roadways without anyone noticing? cars on city property for a lot longer than
other governmental agency or private entity spokesman said last week, producing Because, apparently, they did. we leave our dinghies.
to paint the markings on our local roadways. no response by Monday afternoon. Vero Beach Police Lt. Dan Cook said he
was unaware of any calls to the agency re- “They don’t seem to have problems
“It’s a bit of a mystery,” Brown said. “If A regional adviser from the Na- garding the roadway markings, but the mat- with kayaks. There are even places to lock
it were some state or federal agency, you’d tional Geodetic Survey suggested I call the ter will be investigated. up your bicycle. It’s public property. And
think someone locally would’ve been told Florida Department of Revenue, which Eventually, I’m sure, we’ll find out who’s we’re generally gone for only few hours.
about it.” conducts aerial surveys for Property Ap- painting the roadways and why. Meanwhile We’re not storing the dinghy or abandon-
praiser’s Offices around the state. it is anybody’s guess. ing it.”
Dan Rodriguez, manager of the Vero As Cook quipped during our conversa-
Beach Public Works Department’s Streets Instead, I called our Property Appraiser, tion: “Maybe it has something to do with Ryan Newkirk, who lives aboard the
Division, said he began seeing the roadway Wesley Davis, who acknowledged that his all those UFOs everyone has been talking 41-foot ketch Wonderlust, agreed. “By
markings in May, adding that they were “not office is required by law to fund aerial sur- about.”  trying to eliminate our access to city-
just in the city.” veys of the county every three years – but he owned property,” Newkirk said, Vero is
said one was completed earlier this year. making it clear “they basically don’t want
I found a few of them last week – three us here.”
along Aviation Boulevard near the Vero “It’s not us,” Davis said, adding that the
Beach Regional Airport and four on 37th new markings could be for a survey to be Husak, Newkirk and their friends have
Street west of Cleveland Clinic Indian River done this winter. the option of tying up at the Municipal
Hospital. Marina, where they can board the free
“This is not the time of year to do an ae- GoLine bus to the mainland which stops
There also was one on Pickerill Lane, rial survey,” he explained. “It’s cloudy, hazy there several times a day, but there is a
outside the parking lot of the Center for Ad- and we get a lot of storms. I don’t know for $20 charge to moor their dinghies at the
vanced Eye Care at 3500 U.S. 1, and anoth- sure, but my guess is that those markings marina.
er on the sidewalk that runs along the west are for a survey to be done in early 2022.”
side of 27th Avenue between Aviation and “Twenty dollars to catch a bus?”
Atlantic boulevards. Again, city and county officials say Newkirk shakes his head.
they’ve not been approached by anyone re-
I’m sure there are more, but I was un- questing permission to paint our roadways. By contrast, a spokesperson for the
able to locate them during a two-hour drive Fort Pierce City Marina says dinghies can
Mitts said his office has seen some
of the markings and received a few calls
from city residents who were curious

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dock for free, in order to get water, use 17TH ST. BRIDGE REPAIRS in 2018 and was deemed structurally defi- and construction begins on the eastbound
the restrooms or, for $7.50 a person, use cient in May 2020 according to FDOT inspec- side in August, the soonest both sides of the
the shower. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 tion reports. According to FDOT records, DBI bridge would be open to normal traffic flow
Services was contracted to repair “spalls” in would be about Nov. 1 – if everything goes
Marina Director Sean Collins says Monte Falls said work on the westbound side the concrete beams under the bridge, mean- perfectly repairing the eastbound side.
there are a dozen or more live-aboard of the bridge is now expected to continue ing that the bridge has been cracking and
boats moored in city waters outside the through July: “Eastbound and westbound shedding flakes of concrete in certain places That means one side of the bridge will be
marina, and that the city is concerned traffic on the 17th Street Bridge is down to and the concrete needed to be shored up and closed and under construction for most all of
about the possibility of unlawful waste one lane in each direction around the clock repaired. the remainder of the 2021 hurricane season.
dumping by those boaters. through summer 2021 for bridge beam re-
pairs. Currently, westbound traffic on 17th A request to FDOT for the reason for the Should a hurricane come our way and
But Newkirk, Husak and their friends Street Bridge is diverted to the eastbound delay, and whether the bridge was in worse South Beach residents need both of the
say they abide by state waste disposal travel lane through July 2021,” the update shape than anticipated, was pending as of lanes on the one open side of that bridge to
regulations and have on-board equip- stated. press time, as was a request for a detailed up- evacuate, Indian River County Emergency
ment that properly handles waste – dated timeline for project completion. Services Director Chief Tad Stone said the
though they admit to seeing other live- The bridge, completed in 1979 and named county, under its duties in a declared emer-
aboard boaters dump waste illegally, after Alma Lee Loy in 2012, was found to be But based upon projections that repairs gency, would request that FDOT “contra-
even though the marina offers pump- in critical condition needing prompt repair would take three months for each side, if the flow the bridge,” so more cars could get off
outs for only $5. westbound side re-opens at the end of July the island faster. 

Florida Fish and Wildlife conducts ran-
dom checks for waste law compliance,
boarding vessels unannounced, includ-
ing those in and outside the marina, and
the live-aboard boaters said they under-
stand the need to police the waterway.

But they say their vessels are boarded
too frequently, to an extent that borders
on harassment.

“During COVID, FWC officers boarded
my boat, my home, my personal space,
twice, with no mask, with total disregard
for public health and safety,” said anoth-
er boater who asked that his name not be
used.

“In the Keys, they check you [for prop-
er waste disposal] once a year and give
you a sticker.”

Vero Beach Mayor Robert Brackett says
the city has other concerns besides waste
dumping.

The ordinance limiting moorings, he
said, is in place to “maintain control of
where any boats, not only dinghies, land.
If you have one boat somewhere, then
pretty soon you have 30.”

In addition, Brackett says the city re-
ceives regular complaints about dinghies,
most often from Vero Isles, a community
of single-street peninsulas separated by
deep-water canals on the west side of riv-
er.

Residents are concerned about boaters
frequently leaving their vessels tied up in
the mangroves along these private canals
or the adjacent AW Young Park, and then
“going to Publix.”

The simmering conflict between the
city and the live-aboard boaters turned
contentious on Sunday when Husak went
to the marina and requested a pump out.

He says he was refused, given no ex-
planation and treated rudely. According
to Husak, he asked the marina attendant:
“If you won’t give me a pump out what
should I do, just dump it in the river?”

The marina attendant allegedly re-
sponded, “If you do, I’ll call the FWC.”

Husak says he has patronized local
restaurants and stores, and spent plenty
of money in Vero Beach when he man-
aged to get ashore since arriving in De-
cember.

But now, he said, he has had enough
of Vero’s hostility and plans to up anchor
and relocate to Fort Pierce. 

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Bottlenose dolphin population in lagoon remains stable

By Sue Cocking | Staff Writer animals by notches on their dorsal fins. “I view these results optimistically,” most important habitat for a variety of crea-
The resulting study, co-authored by re- Durden said. “We are cautiously optimistic tures living in the estuary, including fish
Despite a recent slew of bad news about it documents that the population does re- that dolphins dine on. Other studies have
the health of the Indian River Lagoon – searchers from the Harbor Branch Ocean- main stable. We’re grateful dolphins aren’t revealed high concentrations of the heavy
which was given a grade of F+ in the latest ographic Institute, University of Central going how manatees are going right now.” metal mercury in lagoon dolphins, as well
assessment by the Marine Resources Coun- Florida, and the Georgia Aquarium’s St. Au- as skin diseases and tumors.
cil – there is a splash of good news. gustine field station, was published in the The dolphin research was conducted fol-
scientific journal PLOS 1. lowing several “unusual mortality events” But the dolphins seem to have perse-
A new study by Hubbs SeaWorld Re- of dolphins in the lagoon that occurred in vered through all of it, with the number of
search Institute scientist Wendy Nokes The findings clarified previous popula- 2001, 2008, and 2013-15. In 2013, at least 77 animals unchanged at 1,032, according to
Durden and her colleagues found the bot- tion estimates performed using aerial sur- dolphins died – about 8 percent of the pop- this most recent study. 
tlenose dolphin population in the lagoon veys because the photo-ID method was ulation, which was then estimated at 1,032.
has remained stable over the past decade able to separate resident “lagoon” dolphins
at just over 1,000. from transients. That kind of demographic Earlier, in 2011, Harbor Branch research-
information is vital to resource managers ers estimated the population in the same
Durden and other scientists fol- from NOAA Fisheries, the federal agency in range, “about 1,000.”
lowed the marine mammals around the charge of protecting the animals from man-
156-mile-long estuary in a dozen boats made threats such as pollution and run-ins In subsequent years, the lagoon was
for about 10 months, shooting 150,000 with fishing gear. plagued by repeated algae blooms that
photographs and identifying individual killed seagrass meadows, considered the

COVID-19 SCHOOL PLAN It’s up to individual families to decide Some quarantining rules will remain in cluding Health Room procedures requir-
whether their children receive COVID-19 effect for unvaccinated people, the plan ing hand-washing on the way in and out,
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 vaccinations, which are widely available, says. Individuals who for 15 minutes or physical distancing and barriers, and face-
Moore said. more were within six feet of someone who masks while in the nurse’s office.
I don’t see it in here – anything that has to do tests positive for the virus will be notified to
with vaccinations,” Barenborg told Moore. The COVID-19 vaccine is not among those self-quarantine for 7-to-14 days. “Communicable Disease Tracking
required for admission in public schools Logs” for students and employees who get
“We’re not going to require vaccina- in Florida, the state Department of Health However, fully vaccinated students and COVID-19 will be maintained by health
tions and we’re not going to mention that,” website shows. Required vaccines include staff members may not need to quarantine aides and provided to the state Health De-
Barenborg said. “We’re not going to talk diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, inac- after coming in close contact with someone partment’s Indian River County office for
about whether kids have a vaccination card tivated polio vaccine, measles-mumps-ru- with the virus, the plan says. monitoring, the plan says.
or not?” bella, hepatitis B, chicken pox and teta-
nus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis. Likewise, students and staff members Water bottle filling stations will remain
“Correct,” Moore replied. who have been diagnosed with the virus in in place at the schools, Moore said. Deep
the last three months also may not be re- cleaning during the evenings will also con-
quired to quarantine because of a close con- tinue.
tact with a COVID-19 patient.
However, schools are going back to face-
A total of 3,124 students and 59 employ- to-face parental orientation meetings in
ees were quarantined during the 2020-2021 advance of reopening. Extracurricular ac-
school year, school district records show. tivities, sports and field trips will resume
A total of 390 students and 116 employees as will volunteer and mentorship pro-
tested positive for COVID-19. grams, Moore said.

So far, there have been two COVID-19 School Board member Peggy Jones
cases during the district’s summer pro- praised Moore for having a no-tolerance pol-
grams, Moore said. icy for negative commentary or treatment of
students and staff members regarding their
Like last year, students diagnosed with choice of whether to wear a facemask.
a mild or moderate case of COVID-19
may return to the classroom 10 days af- “Thank you for adding in there about
ter symptoms first appear and at least 24 mask-shaming,” Jones said. “I want to make
hours after symptoms improve. sure our students, staff, administrators – ev-
eryone – if they choose to wear a mask, it’s a
The school district will also maintain choice and we need to support that.” 
COVID-19 protocols at each school, in-

Dr. Charles Celano
will return to

private Cardiology
practice on
7-1-2021.

Both routine insurance and
Medicare will continue, as well

as hospital privileges and
services. Concierge services

will also be available.
Location and telephone number

will stay the same.

3607 15th Avenue, Suite A., Vero Beach, FL 32960

772-562-8522

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EFFORT UNDERWAY TO PUSH STATE TO
APPROVE ALTERNATE K-5 CURRICULUM

By George Andreassi | Staff Writer the Houghton Mifflin curriculum, so the For true independence this Fourth of July,
materials arrive in time for teachers to take control of your hearing health.
The Florida Board of Education has prepare for the reopening of schools on Left untreated, hearing loss can affect
until Tuesday, July 6 to approve the K-5 Aug. 10. your relationships, your physical health
English Language Arts curriculum desired and cognitive function.
by the county School Board and dozens of School Superintendent David Moore
vocal parents and political activists. said he is ready to deploy either curricu- New or upgraded hearing devices provide you with:
lum so students can learn enough to earn
That’s the deadline for the school dis- high scores on standardized tests. • More natural sound processing for improved speech
trict to order its K-5 ELA curriculum for the recognition and sound quality.
upcoming year for 13 elementary schools The district’s administrators, principals
from the list of educational programs ap- and teachers can be trusted to protect • Bluetooth® connectivity to your devices.
proved by the state Board of Education. against any inappropriate lessons from • Long-lasting, rechargable batteries.
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appealing the state board’s rejection of its agendas, Moore said. will help you to find the best fit for your hearing and lifestyle needs!
K-5 ELA curriculum and the company’s ef-
forts are being reinforced by School Board “We’re very comfortable we are doing the Aaron’s Hearing Care
member Teri Barenborg and conservative will of the community,” Moore said Friday
political organizer Susan Mehiel. during a radio interview. “We can’t create Trust your hearing to an AUDIOLOGIST with 30+
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produced by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt While preferring the Amplify curricu-
that was the second choice of school dis- lum, school district officials dispute the TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT
trict officials but met with unrelenting op- idea there is anything subversive or overly
position from Mehiel and her Education political in the Houghton Mifflin textbooks. Only Doctor of Audiology owned office in Indian River County
Action Committee for purportedly pro-
moting a “progressive” political agenda. Some 30 people attended the June 22
School Board business meeting to speak
The controversy has raged for three out about the controversy after Mehiel
months as parents at School Board meet- and others held a pep rally against the
ings have debated whether the Houghton Houghton Mifflin curriculum on June 21
Mifflin curriculum contains lessons based at the Vero Beach Heritage Center.
on “Social Emotional Learning” and “Crit-
ical Race Theory” and whether those con- Lamarre Notargiacomo, a parent and
cepts are subversive. grandparent, told the School Board she
believes the Houghton Mifflin curriculum
Critical Race Theory puts forth the idea contained “political bias” and “racially
that racism is embedded in U.S. society charged indoctrination.”
and institutions.
“The overall tone of the materials is po-
Mehiel sent out an email blast Sunday litically and racially divisive as well as ex-
rallying her supporters to “melt the phone tremely negative,” Notargiacomo said.
lines” at the state Board of Ed in Tallahassee
on Monday and Tuesday and “simply say, But Joseph Parr, a Stetson University
‘the DOE must approve Amplify by July 6.’” student who graduated from Vero Beach
High School, complained he and other
But there’s no guarantee the appeal will members of We The Parents for Equality
succeed, and the state Board of Education “were pretty much accused of pushing a
doesn’t meet again until July 14 Communist-Marxist agenda.”

Consequently, the School Board contin- “Diversity, equity and inclusion aren’t
ued on a dual path, voting 4-to-1 to buy euphemisms and code words,” Parr told
the Amplify K-5 ELA curriculum, if it re- the School Board. “They are practices we
ceives approval by July 6. live by because they are the right and just
things to do.” 
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Surviving prostate cancer changed urologist’s perspective

By Kerry Firth | Correspondent Dr. R. Carrington Mason. changed my approach to treatment. The
National Cancer Care Network guidelines
Every year about 185,000 new cases of PHOTO: KAILA JONES have helped with stratification and devel-
prostate cancer will be diagnosed in the opment of active surveillance and there are
United States. However, while one in eight so many modalities that can be offered. It
men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer depends entirely on the individual and the
in their lifetime, only one in 35 will die from progression of the disease.”
the disease, thanks in part to early detec-
tion and advanced treatments. Prostate cancer is a slow growing ma-
lignant tumor that begins in the outer part
Dr. R. Carrington Mason, a urologist with of the prostate. Most men will never even
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in know they have it and the majority will live
Vero Beach, knows first-hand the toll a pros- for years with no problems. Because there
tate cancer diagnosis can take on a patient. are no symptoms, it’s imperative to get year-
He was diagnosed with the disease 17 years ly checkups with PSA (a protein excreted by
ago when he was only 41, and he recalls viv- the prostate gland) screenings and digital
idly the range of emotions he felt when his rectal examinations to find localized pros-
doctor delivered the news. tate cancers in the early stages.

“If it had not been for a routine PSA Men with no family history of the cancer
screening, I wouldn’t be here today to help should start yearly screenings between the
others,” he said candidly. “I got my first ages of 50 to 55. African Americans and men
screening at age 40 because my father had with a family history of prostate cancer are
prostate cancer, which automatically put at higher risk, so they should start screening
me at a higher risk. My PSA was 2.3. Accord- between the ages of 40 to 45. The screening
ing to the lab sheet that should be nothing is carried on until about age 70 to 75 – or
to worry about, even though young people even later for active men who have a life ex-
should have a PSA less than 2. pectancy of 10 years or more ahead of them.

“The next year my PSA had elevated to Fortunately, most prostate cancers are
2.6 and my doctor decided to take a biop- confined to the prostate gland and have
sy, and sure enough I had prostate can- not spread at the time they are diagnosed.
cer. Having been through it myself has To help predict the aggressiveness the can-

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“Not everyone with
prostate cancer needs
“Those with a Gleason 6 tumor and tempt to spare the nerves that control erec- that help them dry up after surgery.
“Being diagnosed with prostate cancer
treatment ...We have a favorable PSA can be put on active tions and the muscles that control urine
a lot of young active surveillance. We’ll check the PSA ev- flow, yet they can potentially cause erectile is a tough pill to swallow, especially when
ery three months and check imaging dysfunction and incontinence. you feel fine,” Dr. Mason said. “I spend
time with my patients and take them to
60-year-olds that are once a year. Then every couple of “Most men ask what will happen to their the point of understanding. I want them
living great lives with years we’ll get another biopsy. We’ll sex life, and I answer quite bluntly that to have realistic expectations of the treat-
follow them along and monitor their any treatment they have will change their ments and what the healing process will
no treatment.” progression. We have a lot of young, sexual function,” Dr. Mason confided. “I look like. One of the toughest parts of my
active 60-year-olds that are living encourage patients to make their decision job is taking them psychologically to the
other side. Prostate cancer is very treatable
– Dr. R. Carrington Mason great lives with no treatment.” on survival and not on sexual function. if detected early, and I’m living proof that
life is great after treatment.”
For those with more aggressive The time spent in intimacy is a fraction of
Dr. R. Carrington Mason received his
prostate cancer there are many op- the time spent in living. I also remind them medical degree from Texas College of Os-
teopathic Medicine and has practiced
cer, your physician will calculate a Gleason tions. If it appears that the cancer that there are medical procedures and medicine for more than 20 years. He can be
reached at 772-794-9771. 
score, which is a scoring system that assigns has not spread beyond the prostate, a urol- medicines that can restore sexual func-

a number from 2 to 10 to describe how ab- ogist or surgeon may first try non-surgical tion, so that intimacy can remain in their

normal the cells appear under the micro- options like radiation therapy, cryothera- life. Urinary control is a bigger issue.

scope. The more altered the cells look, the py or hormone therapy. “Many have to relearn how to control

more dangerous the cancer. “Hormonal therapy is utilized along- their bladder but there are interventions

“When the pathologist looks at a biopsy side radiation as an adjunctive measure

slide there are five architectural forms they for curative therapy, but by itself it is not

see,” Dr. Mason explained. “The largest curative,” Dr. Mason said. “It really just

area of the tumor will be given a number delays the growth of the tumor until it be-

from 1-5. The second largest will also be comes resistant to the treatment. I think

given a number of 1-5. We add them togeth- it’s better to do definitive therapy and

er and get the Gleason score. The lowest it get rid of the tumor. It’s kind of like hav-

could be being 1 plus 1 equaling 2, and the ing a fire on the stove and waiting for it

highest would be 5 plus 5 equaling 10. We to spread throughout the kitchen prior to

know that Gleason scores 2-6 are moder- calling the fire department.”

ately slow growing and a less aggressive Or your surgeon may suggest a complete

type of cancer. Gleason scores of 8-10 are removal of the prostate through a proce-

more aggressive and will spread quickly. dure called radical prostatectomy. Whether

Based on the Gleason score we’ll formulate a patient has open, laparoscopic or robotic

treatment options and therapy. prostatectomy, the pain and recovery time

“Not everyone with prostate cancer are similar. Most of the surgical procedures

needs treatment,” Dr. Mason continued. for prostate cancer are done in ways that at-

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Scientists: Carcinogen found in sunscreens not a big risk

By Janna Mandell was conducted, and dermatologists are
The Washington Post emphasizing that the news does not mean
sunscreen is unsafe.
When independent laboratory Valisure
announced it had found the known car- Valisure CEO David Light defended the
cinogen benzene – a compound linked methodology used in the testing of 294
to blood cancers such as leukemia – in batches of products from 69 different com-
78 sunscreens and after-sun products, panies. He also said the company did not
the news prompted a flurry of alarming intend “for anything to be misconstrued,
headlines and articles. But some experts and we’ve stated many times that we want
are raising questions about how the study to make sure that people understand this

DR. KEITH KALISH particular problem doesn’t appear to be an called, but you aren’t likely to stop driving.”
issue directly with sunscreen.” Hirsch posted a cheat sheet on Instagram
OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE
Still, dermatologist Ranella Hirsch, a to try to quell confusion. Bottom line, she
Bunions • Hammertoes self-described “myth debunker” on Insta- wrote: “Sunscreen ingredients are safe and
Corns • Ingrown • Fungal gram, said she was deluged with questions should be used to protect from the known
after the study was released, such as, “Does and established risk of skin cancer.”
Warts • Calluses • Heel this mean I shouldn’t wear sunscreen?”
Arthritis & Diabetic and, “Is benzene listed in the ingredients According to the Skin Cancer Founda-
Custom Orthotics on the back of the bottle?” tion, more people are diagnosed with skin
& Diabetic Shoes cancer every year in the United States than
What consumers need to understand, all the other cancers combined, and regu-
Same Day the Cambridge, Mass.-based Hirsch said, lar use of broad-spectrum sunscreen with
Appointments is that this isn’t a sunscreen problem, it’s a at least an SPF of 15 can decrease your risk
contamination problem. of skin cancer and skin precancers.
DUAL BOARD CERTIFIED MEDICAL
& SURGICAL FOOT “Contaminations happen and mecha- Benzene, the contaminant Valisure de-
nisms exist for this very thing. An individu- tected in the 78 products, is a component
SPECIALIST PODIATRIST al make and model of car can have a part re-
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 and other things. It’s also found in all fos- worst-case scenario, result in absorbing about public health,” Light said.
sil fuels, and anytime you burn anything about half the amount of benzene one gets When asked whether Valisure could
of gasoline and a frequently used solvent – from a wood-burning fire to a candle – from breathing city air in for a day.
for rubber and waxes. It is also used in the you are exposed to benzene.” benefit if the FDA implemented more reg-
extraction of oils from seeds and nuts, and He also noted that 16 of the 20 most con- ulation of drug and consumer products,
in the manufacturing of detergents and Chemistry professor Joe Schwarcz, di- taminated products according to the Vali- Light said: “We certainly want companies
pharmaceuticals. The chemical is found in rector of the Office for Science and Society sure report were sunscreen sprays. Despite to have additional quality assurance – that
the air from emissions from burning coal at McGill University in Montreal, agreed. their high contamination levels, Smith is our whole business. We hope that there
and oil, tobacco smoking, gas stations, and said the risk of benzene exposure would are many independent laboratories that
vehicle exhaust. “Because of our analytical capabilities, be extremely low. can help, because these are serious qual-
you can find contaminants in everything,” ity problems that exist in drugs, and the
Martyn Smith, a professor of toxicolo- he said. “If you look for it, you will find it.” Another issue with the study, according overall creation of independent analysis we
gy and the Kenneth Howard and Marjo- The presence of a chemical does not equal to Schwarcz, is that it’s not clear how much think is incredibly important.”
rie Witherspoon Kaiser Endowed Chair the presence of risk, Schwarcz added. benzene in contaminated sunscreen would
in Cancer Epidemiology at University get into a person’s blood. A representative from the FDA said in
of California at Berkeley, said he wasn’t Smith said he compared the highest lev- an emailed statement that the agency is
surprised by Valisure’s findings, because el of benzene contamination mentioned “Benzene is a very volatile compound evaluating the petition. “The FDA takes
benzene is difficult to avoid. “It’s the in Valisure’s report to urban air breathing that evaporates quickly so when you put it seriously any safety concerns raised about
building block for many chemicals in our for 24 hours and estimated that applying on your skin, I suspect most of it will evap- products we regulate, including sun-
world, including many drugs like aspirin 10 ml of the contaminated sunscreen – ap- orate before it has a chance of being ab- screen,” the statement said. “While the
proximately one application – could, in the sorbed,” he said. agency evaluates the submitted citizen
petition, we will continue to monitor the
When Valisure announced its findings, it sunscreen marketplace and manufactur-
also released a citizen petition to the FDA ing efforts to help ensure the availability of
asking for a recall of the contaminated safe sunscreens for U.S. consumers.”
products. It also asks for changes in reg-
ulations including the creation of “rules The statement added that the FDA would
or administrative orders requiring robust both respond directly to Valisure and post
independent chemical batch level testing its response on www.regulations.gov.
and verification of the chemical content of
batches of drugs and other regulated con- The experts said that while there is val-
sumer products and, while these are pend- ue in the sort of consumer testing Valisure
ing, issue guidance requesting such testing does, independent labs should be careful
and verification” and support for indepen- with their rhetoric and mindful of how their
dent drug quality testing programs. research may be construed by the public.
“I don’t usually like downplaying public
Light said one of the “core values” of the health risks,” Smith said, “but I also don’t
company is consumer advocacy. like scaring the public unnecessarily when
there’s no need no need for that.” 
“I spent most of my time in the bio-
tech industry, and for that reason I care

Charming Frank Lloyd Wright-like
cottage hidden in woods

2100 Stewart Lane in Indian River Farms: 1-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,017-square-foot home offered for $460,000
by Cheryl Gerstner, Alex MacWilliam Real Estate Broker Associate Realtor: 772-539-2100

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Charming Frank Lloyd Wright-like cottage hidden in woods

By Stephanie LaBaff | Staff Writer ing through clerestory windows, and min- guests during special occasions celebrated and mudroom. The adjacent carport has
imal front exposure with wide-open views here but also convenient to the rear door, a doorway into the home so that you can
Down a hidden dirt road in the middle of the outside to the rear of the structure so grandchildren don’t have to traipse unload luggage and groceries under cover.
of town sits a cottage in the woods. If you – all of which are apparent at the cottage. through the house when playing outside.
weren’t looking for it – and even if you The adventure of the property contin-
were – you probably wouldn’t stumble The front entry is cloistered behind a Further down the hallway, the owner’s ues when you head outside. There’s a brick
across Robert and Jerrie Connelly’s secret brick fence, where a courtyard area allows suite extends from the front to the back of fireplace just off the rear of the house,
waiting for a flame to rekindle nostalgic
memories of cooking hot dogs over an
open fire and toasting marshmallows for
gooey s’mores.

With native vegetation growing at will,
it feels like you’re deep in the woods, far
from civilization, when in reality you are
mere minutes from the Vero Beach shop-
ping corridor with beaches and I-95 easily
reached in either direction.

At the center of the backyard, an arte-
sian-fed pond appears as if from “Briga-
doon.” Alongside it is a screened gazebo
where the Connellys admit they wiled
away many a day napping in the ham-

getaway at 2100 Stewart Lane in Indian for pets to roam while you watch from the the house. The generous proportions allow mock, listing to the sounds of nature and
River Farms. comfort of the screened porch. Once in- for seating areas at opposite ends of the watching as critters stop by for a visit.
side, vaulted ceilings add to spaciousness room, a walk-in closet, an updated bath- Among them, Jerrie recalls a panther, bob-
When the Connellys purchased the of the open floor plan, with the dining room and a shower. cats, an alligator, a turtle that is currently
property, they were looking for a place room, kitchen, living room and a wet bar in residence, and a fluffle of rabbits.
closer to town where they could store their all sharing the uninterrupted view through On the opposite side of the house, the
RV. Jerrie, a longtime resident and local Re- a wall of windows. Accent features like a laundry room serves as a storage space Nearby a pump house keeps the wa-
altor, knew properties like this didn’t come beamed ceiling, glass block walls and high ter treatment equipment protected from
along often. ledges add to the charm. the elements, providing the house with a
seemingly endless supply of pristine wa-
“This is just amazing,” says Cheryl Ger- A full bathroom is located just off the ter. It’s also a great place to store outdoor
stner, Alex MacWilliam Real Estate Broker communal living area for easy access by games and yard equipment.
Associate Realtor, noting the location of
the secluded, old Florida home “right in
the center of town. This is a true retreat.”

In addition to the 1.33 acres of prop-
erty – with plenty of room to build a
1,300-square-foot RV storage space – sur-
rounded by lush vegetation with an ar-
tesian-fed pond, there was a one-bed-
room cottage reminiscent of Frank Lloyd
Wright’s Usonian design.

Key features likening the home to the
Usonian architectural style include a sin-
gle-story dwelling with a carport designed
around a garden or terrace, located on an
unusual site with a flat roof, cantilevered
overhangs, an abundance of natural light-

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On the western side of the property, pit, offering an activity for young and old With four grown children, the cottage was enjoyed it. It’s a fun place to be,” says Jerrie.
barely visible, stands the 1,300-square-foot to engage in during family gatherings. perfect for guests to stay and enjoy some The possibilities are endless with a
RV storage building. This multi-use space solitude.
also has an office, storage loft and a basket- Jerrie recalls birthday parties, Thanks- property like this, explains Gerstner. “It is
ball court. Jerrie says that Bob would back giving and Friday night social gatherings “The kids absolutely adore it out here zoned RS6. Someone could use [the cot-
the RV out so he could shoot hoops, bring- fondly. The cottage also gave them an- because they can run wild,” adds Gerstner. tage] as a guest house and build another
ing back memories of his college days. other place for company to stay when house. There’s plenty of room for that. And
in town besides their primary residence. “It’s been a gathering place for us. It’s such a there aren’t any deed restrictions.” 
“There’s tons of room for someone who simple, peaceful, pleasant house. We’ve really
has a car collection or an RV. There are
even skylight panels, so there’s plenty of
light,” notes Gerstner of what many would
consider the ultimate man cave.

Behind the building, there’s a horseshoe

2100 STEWART LANE

Neighborhood:
Indian River Farms
Year built: 1951 with
major renovations in 1975
Construction: Concrete block
Architecture: Usonian
Lot size: 200 feet by 290 feet
Home size: 1,017 square feet

Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 2
View: Artesian fed pond
Additional features: Walk-
in closet; wet bar; laundry
room; carport; propane tank;
gazebo; new air conditioner;
security lights; 1,300-square-
foot boat storage with loft,
indoor basketball court and
office; artesian well with
pump house and water
treatment equipment
Listing agency:
Alex MacWilliam Real Estate
Listing Agent:
Cheryl Gerstner,
Broker Associate, Realtor,
772-539-2100
Listing price: $460,000

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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: JUNE 21 THROUGH JUNE 25

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

Activity slowed a bit last week in the mainland real estate market, with a modest 36 transactions
of single-family residences and lots reported (some shown below).
The top sale of the week was in Vero Beach, where the 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home at 3546
Marsha Lane – first listed in April for $779,000 – sold for $815,250 on June 25.
Representing the seller in the transaction was agent Lynda Jayne Robinson of Keller Williams Re-
alty of Vero Beach. Representing the buyer was agent Ashleigh Lovell of Dale Sorensen Real Estate
Inc.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

ORIGINAL SELLING
PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$815,250
VERO BEACH 3546 MARSHA LN 4/30/2021 $779,000 6/25/2021 $752,940
VERO BEACH 1070 RIVER WIND CIR 3/24/2021 $799,000 6/22/2021 $476,500
VERO BEACH 7659 FIELDSTONE RANCH SQ 5/7/2021 $459,999 6/21/2021 $475,000
VERO BEACH 4085 55TH ST 5/21/2021 $450,000 6/23/2021 $466,000
VERO BEACH 5085 PENDELTON SQ 3/22/2021 $469,900 6/21/2021 $410,000
VERO BEACH 3174 SUSSEX WAY 5/17/2021 $400,000 6/24/2021 $389,000
VERO BEACH 1933 GREY FALCON CIR 3/30/2021 $389,000 6/23/2021 $354,000
VERO BEACH 5445 TEMPLE TER SW 12/4/2020 $339,000 6/22/2021 $325,000
VERO BEACH 1762 WILLOWS SQ 1/4/2021 $330,000 6/21/2021 $315,000
VERO BEACH 1076 SW 17TH PL SW 4/9/2021 $350,000 6/21/2021 $312,415
VERO BEACH 2231 ARLINGTON DR 10/9/2020 $312,415 6/22/2021 $292,500
VERO BEACH 6675 51ST AVE 3/29/2021 $292,500 6/23/2021 $292,500
SEBASTIAN 1191 BLOSSOM DR 2/18/2021 $295,000 6/22/2021 $269,000
SEBASTIAN 190 DEL MONTE RD 4/15/2021 $269,000 6/25/2021 $265,000
SEBASTIAN 141 MORGAN CIR 5/3/2021 $265,000 6/21/2021 $254,900
SEBASTIAN 6240 E MIRROR LAKE DR UNIT#203 5/2/2021 $254,900 6/21/2021 $252,400
VERO BEACH 823 4TH LN 4/11/2021 $252,400 6/21/2021 $235,000
SEBASTIAN 6155 S MIRROR LAKE DR UNIT#301 5/5/2021 $249,900 6/21/2021 $231,000
VERO BEACH 9841 E VILLA CIR 2/22/2021 $225,000 6/21/2021 $225,500
VERO BEACH 4430 1ST ST SW 5/19/2021 $219,000 6/21/2021 $220,000
VERO BEACH 1226 37TH AVE 4/11/2021 $225,000 6/22/2021 $215,000
SEBASTIAN 174 JOY HAVEN DR 5/7/2021 $234,900 6/24/2021 $208,220
VERO BEACH 6225 4TH LN 6/4/2021 $215,000 6/25/2021 $200,000
VERO BEACH 6436 4TH PL 3/12/2021 $199,000 6/22/2021 $186,000
VERO BEACH 295 GRAND ROYALE CIR UNIT#203 2/19/2020 $185,000 6/21/2021 $180,000
VERO BEACH 1816 5TH ST 4/27/2021 $175,000 6/24/2021 $175,000
VERO BEACH 43 PLANTATION DR UNIT#205 4/23/2021 $178,500 6/24/2021 $164,500
VERO BEACH 655 W LAKE JASMINE CIR UNIT#105 4/23/2021 $164,500 6/21/2021

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

1070 River Wind Cir, Vero Beach 7659 Fieldstone Ranch Sq, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 3/24/2021 Listing Date: 5/7/2021
Original Price: $799,000 Original Price: $459,999
Sold: 6/22/2021 Sold: 6/21/2021
Selling Price: $752,940 Selling Price: $476,500
Listing Agent: Talle Genoni Listing Agent: Desiree McCluskey

Selling Agent: ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

Henriette Churney Ben Bryk

ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty Coldwell Banker Paradise

4085 55th St, Vero Beach 5085 Pendelton Sq, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 5/21/2021 Listing Date: 3/22/2021
Original Price: $450,000 Original Price: $469,900
Sold: 6/23/2021 Sold: 6/21/2021
Selling Price: $475,000 Selling Price: $466,000
Listing Agent: Kyle Von Kohorn Listing Agent: Katrina Stawara

Selling Agent: Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Selling Agent: Berkshire Hathaway Florida

Becky Stirrat Tripp Hernandez

Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.



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UROLOGIST’S PERSPECTIVE 6 JUNETEENTH FETE B6 ‘FEEDTHE LAMBS’ B7
ON PROSTATE CANCER PROVES EDUCATIONAL OFFERS SUMMER CAMP

Coming Up LIFELONG LOVE OF ART INFORMS
SCULPTOR TRUESDALE’S TALENTS PAGEB2
RUN-UP TO FOURTH
INCLUDES THE ‘RED,
WHITE & BREW 5K’

By Pam Harbaugh | Correspondent

1 With the Fourth of
July approach-
ing, you know that
means hot dogs,
barbecue, potato
chips, drinks of
many varieties …
in a word “calories.”
So start the weekend
off with the “Red, White
& Brew 5K.” The event begins
6:45 a.m. this Saturday, July 3 at
the American Icon Brewery, 1133
19th Place, Vero Beach. After the
run there will be a light post-race
breakfast, free beer, a patriotic
costume contest and a free kids
run. For more info, visit RunVe-
ro.com.

2 A couple of all-day festivals
take place this weekend,
both to celebrate Independence
Day. On Saturday, July 3, the
“Sebastian River Area Freedom
Festival” begins at 8:30 a.m.
when a parade goes from North
Central Avenue and proceeds
south on Indian River Drive to
Riverview Park, U.S. 1 and Coun-
ty Road 512, Sebastian. From
there, the festival grounds open
at 10 a.m. There will be music,
food and beer all day. Then, at
dusk, fireworks will be set off.
The fireworks will be set off over
the lagoon, so you can view them
from along Indian River Drive,
the Wabasso Bridge and Wabas-
so Causeway Park. It is hosted
by the City of Sebastian, Sebas-
tian Lions Club and the Sebas-
tian Masonic Lodge. Meanwhile,
Vero Beach’s “Boom on the La-
goon” takes place Sunday, July 4
at Riverside Park beginning at 5

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Lifelong love of art informs
sculptor Truesdale’s talents

Brenda Truesdale.

PHOTOS: KAILA JONES

BY PAM HARBAUGH | CORRESPONDENT

Brenda Truesdale declares emphatically
that she’s not afraid of fire. In fact, if she had
her way, she would spend most of her time in
her garage, blowtorch in hand and up to her
elbows in caustic chemicals.

“It’s just me and my work,” she says.
Truesdale is becoming increasingly well
known as an accomplished sculptor, whose
graceful, linear sculptures are filled with
movement, capturing moments of beauty.
Such is the case with her “Mother and Child
II,” “Anhinga,” “Moondance” and “Fur Elise.”
Truesdale’s pieces are frequently shown
at galleries and exhibitions, including

throughout the Vero Beach area. Most re- when I was younger. Copy it, paint it.
cently, she received one of the top awards – “I used to like to spend my time in my
the Ron Miller Excellence in Art Award – at
the Vero Beach Art Club’s 2021 Under the room, making things (like) candles. My
Oaks Fine Arts and Crafts Show. mom hated that. It’s so funny, because it
was way back when I was working with wax;
She has shown twice at the A.E. Backus doing that in my room which had a carpet
Museum in Fort Pierce; she had a solo show … oops, I spilled!”
in 2008 and won the Director’s Choice Award
in the 2020 Best of the Best Show. She was She enrolled in all the art classes offered
also the featured artist in the W.O.M.A.N. Art by Melbourne High School, and initially
Show at the Orlando Museum of Art. also got involved singing with the chorus.
At one point, her art teacher said she had to
Truesdale, who turns 60 this month, make a choice – art or music. The decision
says she has always filled her life with art. was an easy one.
She began drawing as a little girl growing
up in Florida. After high school, she studied under
artist Nancy Baur Dillen, who ran the
“It was something that was always busy and acclaimed art department for
there,” she says. “I used to paint. I’d see the Melbourne campus of what was then
something I liked, and I’d just copy it Brevard Community College (today’s

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for the production of “Miss Saigon.” The couple raised their two children,
“She always has a piece going, or modify- Rachel and Grant, there, but when Bren-
da’s mother became ill, the family moved
ing, or bringing back something she started back to Melbourne Beach to help out. She
before and put to the side,” he adds. took a job in a bank for a little while, until a
friend suggested she teach, and she inves-
During the roughly 13 years that Brenda tigated the possibility.
worked at the Bronzart Foundry in Sarasota,
Joe worked at the Asolo Repertory Theatre “That was not on my radar,” she says. “I
and with the Feld Entertainment production am so far from being in front of people. I
company. However, when Joe was offered a don’t know if I’d say ‘shy’; I let people know
job working at an architectural stone busi- what I think. I’m not one to say things out
ness in Michigan, the couple moved north. loud right away.”

“I did a lot of freelance work there,” she Still, the idea of teaching appealed to
says. “I had a little extra studio next to the ga-
rage. But it was freezing.” CONTINUED ON PAGE B4

Eastern Florida State College). many of the same classes at Ringling. In fact,
But then, the Ringling College of Art & De- most of their time together, even on dates,
was spent in artsy pursuits.
sign in Sarasota caught her attention. There,
she encountered the two loves of her live – One of their favorite spots was the “The Big
sculpture and her husband, Joe Truesdale – Dig” – a pop-up gallery in a loft where a group
while also earning her BFA degree. of friends lived. The young artists would
gather and put on art shows with live music,
“I remember in figure drawing class, she sending out invitations all around town.
was very good,” Joe recalls. “She had good
work. And her work ethic, mainly, she was al- “When you are an artist, you think about
ways putting the time in for sure.” it all the time,” says Joe, who builds sets for
Riverside Theatre, including the helicopter
The two had a lot in common and were in

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B3 projects can be bit startling. She recalls but they are not solid.” This hollow wax pat-
a time in 2009, shortly after she and Joe tern is then taken to the foundry, where it is
her, so she took education classes designed had moved into their home in Melbourne cast in bronze.
for degreed professionals to get teaching Beach. She was in her garage, door raised,
certifications. For 11 years now, she has using a roaster to melt wax, while at the The last step is the patina, for which the
taught in the Exceptional Student Educa- same time wielding a blowtorch connected sculptor uses a blowtorch to coax colors out
tion Transition program (continuing ed- to a propane cylinder. of such chemicals as titanium, silver nitrate,
ucation for students who have completed ferric nitrate and potassium sulfide. “It’s a
their academic education) at Sebastian
River High School.

“I use art
a lot with what I do
there,” she says. “I bring
it in to the students, to get
them engaged. The art lessons
teach self-advocacy. The students
learn that they have a voice to make
their own choices. When their work is
completed, they can be proud, because
it’s theirs.”

Teaching aside, her real passion is cre-
ating art, and she looks forward to
the time when she can retire
and go back to working on
her art full time.

Of course, Truesdale is well
aware that working on her

The process, naturally, creates smoke. design, a movement, a feel-
A neighbor spotted her and approached. ing. When I start with some-
thing it never ends up with
“He said ‘What are you doing over
there?’” Truesdale recalls. “I’m just how I thought it would be.
out there with my shorts and scruffy It’s a series of decisions as
shirt, barefoot.” you go,” she says.

She explained to him that she “I did a lion for
was working on some art and, the University of
looking back, adds, “I should
have invited him over.” Michigan soror-
ity,” she says.
The subject of her focus at “I would love
the time was “Flamenco Dance to get some-
1,” a 19-inch bronze sculpture thing large to
of a white and pink flamenco,
poised exquisitely on one leg, its do again. That’s
long neck curled into a graceful, fun, because
preening curve. I can focus on
that.”
Truesdale says she spent
about a year working on that To view her
piece and explained a little art, visit Trues-
about her process. daleBronze.
com. 
“It’s a very laborious
field,” she says. “That’s why
it’s so expensive. When you
get into larger pieces, you can
only cast in certain sizes, then piece it
back together (by) welding the metal.”

Unlike some other bronze sculp-
tors who begin their projects with clay,
Truesdale first creates a wax sculpture,
at which she’s more skilled. That wax
piece is then made into a rubber mold
into which more wax is poured, resulting
in a hollow wax sculpture called a “pat-
tern,” about a quarter inch in thickness.

“Compare that to a chocolate bunny,” she
explains. “All these bronzes, they are heavy,

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can spend a good amount of time viewing Sept. 5. The Glass Works exhibition has
beautiful works, browsing through art- been curated from the museum’s own
sy gift shops and maybe chancing upon collection of high-quality glass artworks,
a special event. Vero residents have the including the large “Lapis Blue Persian,”
opportunity to do just that by visiting the created by celebrated glass artist Dale
wonderful Vero Beach Museum of Art. Chihuly. There are also Karen LaMonte’s
Situated in Riverside Park, the museum “Reclining Dress Absence” and works
has ample parking and easy access. Cur- by Kenneth Kerslake, Jon Kuhn, Dante
rently, it has two exhibitions on view: Marioni and more. That exhibition runs
“A Tribute to Christo & Jeanne-Claude: through Sept. 1. Admission to the muse-
The Tom Golden Collection” and “Glass um is $8 general, $7 seniors and free to
Works.” The Christo exhibition comes children under 17 years. Members receive
from the Museum of Sonoma County in free admission. Membership begins at
Santa Rosa, California. It has a wealth of $50. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is at
artifacts from the amazing and well-doc- 3001 Riverside Park Dr. Regular hours are
umented careers of Christo and Jeanne- 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Sat-
Claude, frequently referred to as “wrap urdays, and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Call
artists.” That exhibition runs through 772-231-0707 or visit VBMuseum.org. 

CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 intern to staffer for the organization. “The
last cleanup we did we had about 20 bags.”
p.m. with vendors, children’s activities, The organization supplies gloves, trash
food trucks, contests, live entertainment bags, water and hand sanitizer to the vol-
and a big Zambelli Fireworks display at 9 unteers. Of course, that means they need
p.m., which will be set to synchronized to know how many are going to show up,
music on iHeartRadio stations (iHeart. so they request that you go to their web-
com). The Boom on the Lagoon festival site, KeepIndianRiverBeautiful.org, and
is hosted, in part, by the City of Vero RSVP. And don’t be surprised if you, like
Beach, Indian River County and Mulli- Elaina, find the organization and the peo-
gan’s Beach House. ple who volunteer so much fun and so en-
gaging that it ends up becoming a big part
3 Now, after all that celebrating, time of your life and that you end up making
to do some cleanup. But you can have new friends. “Oh yeah, for sure,” Elaina
a good time doing that by joining the Keep said. “People find out about other events
Indian River Beautiful folks as they gather we have. We keep people coming and keep
at the Wabasso Causeway Park to pick up people involved. I love the mission they
the firework debris and litter. They’ll be have. It’s an amazing organization.” For
doing that from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Mon- more information, call 772-226-7738 or
day, July 5. Frequently, volunteers will KeepIndianRiverBeautiful.org.
gather afterwards and head someplace for
lunch. “Everybody has a great time clean- 4 Summer days, filled with heat and
ing up, just seeing how much garbage and frequent rain, are a great time to
trash we get from it,” said Elaina Ledford, head to your local art museum. There, you
a 17-year-old who recently graduated from

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‘Juneteenth Celebration’ proves inspirational and educational

By Mary Schenkel | Staff Writer
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Paige Mcdonald and Ireann Jelks. Jemal Hayes.

By Mary Schenkel | Staff Writer Bella, Elena, Kayden and Samuel with Liz Hunter. PHOTOS: KAILA JONES & STEPHANIE LABAFF IRC Sheriff Eric Flowers with Moonshot the Puppet.
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cines also offer vital protection against grades and was operated by parents and came all inclusive, serving first through
The recent Juneteenth Celebration the highly infectious and deadly Delta church members. 12th grades, and was known as Gifford
at the Victor Hart Sr. Community En- variant. High School. In 1952 a new Gifford High
hancement Complex brought the com- “If you wanted to go past sixth grade, School was built on 45th Street, home to-
munity together to commemorate June Earlier in the day, the value of a good then you had to go to Brevard or Fort day to Gifford Middle School.
19, 1865, the day enslaved people in Tex- education was showcased with the un- Pierce,” said Perry, explaining that be-
as were informed that they were free. veiling of a historic marker at Hosie Shu- cause of segregation, Black children The marker was unveiled by Anna
The date, sometimes known as Black mann Park, the site of the original Gif- were not allowed to attend school in Reagans Lane, 100 years old and the
Independence Day, was two and a half ford School. Vero Beach. school’s oldest known living gradu-
years after the signing of the Emancipa- ate, and Joe Idlette Jr., a graduate of the
tion Proclamation and was nearly nine “This was a labor of love for Anthony She said that one man, John Broxton, school who, despite threats from the Ku
decades after the signing of the Declara- “Tony” Brown, president of the NAACP,” wanted an education for his and oth- Klux Klan, courageously led the fight for
tion of Independence. said Jonnie Mae Perry, CEO of the Gif- er Black children, so he began driving local schools to be integrated in 1969.
ford Community Cultural and Resource them to school in Fort Pierce; eventual- He also served on the School Board for
The celebratory day featured perfor- Center. ly purchasing a bus to transport them. 20 years. Other notable graduates at
mances by members of various local His daughter, Bernice Broxton Johnson, the unveiling included Dr. A. Ronald
nonprofit organizations, such as Youth The original school, built on land do- would later become a teacher at Gifford Hudson, a co-founder of Gifford Youth
Guidance, Boys and Girls Clubs, Big nated in 1901 by William Edward Geof- High School. In 1937, the school be- Achievement Center, and Godfrey Gib-
Brothers Big Sisters and Gifford Youth frey, initially served first through sixth son, president of the Gifford High School
Orchestra. There were also speeches by Alumni and Friends Association.
local notables, great food, vendors, foot-
ball games and children’s activities at Perry said that the church was anoth-
the Moonshot Moment Rocket bus, be- er important foundation of the Black
fore a lightning storm brought activities community throughout slavery and be-
to an end. yond, noting: “During the horrific days
of slavery, it provided relief and nour-
At the nearby Gifford Youth Achieve- ishment for the soul with its promise
ment Center, Faz Zaidi, a 16-year-old stu- of a better life after death. The church
dent at Holy Trinity in Melbourne, had gave the slave dignity and assured him
teamed up with Treasure Coast Commu- he was equal in the eyes of God. No
nity Health to administer COVID vac- matter how difficult his unbearable
cines and enlisted the support of local suffering was, it was religious faith that
physicians Dr. Robert Henley and Dr. Ai- sustained the slaves and enabled them
sha Thomas-St. Cyr to answer questions to endure such bondage.” 
and alleviate concerns.

Zaidi said he had started a podcast in
March 2020 featuring pandemic-relat-
ed issues, and learned about the June-
teenth Celebration through an interview
with Freddie Woolfork, director of pub-
lic relations and facilities management
at GYAC.

“I thought that would be a really good
way to get people vaccinated,” said Zaidi,
whose parents, Dr. Saatia Jaffry and Dr.
Farhan Zaidi, are area physicians.

“It’s really important, because we’re
seeing that the COVID cases and deaths
are centered among those who are not
vaccinated,” said Zaidi, adding that vac-

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‘Feed the Lambs’ camp: Lots of outside and upside for kids

By Stephanie LaBaff | Staff Writer Feed the Lambs staff and students. PHOTOS: KAILA JONES
[email protected]
of land in the Oslo area with a structure
With students out of school during that they plan to renovate and add onto.
the summer break, many parents
sought enrichment programs that They anticipate that having their
would keep their children off the own facility will help to reduce costs
streets and engaged, and the summer and ensure the sustainability of their
camp offered by Feed the Lambs, a mission to provide free recreation,
South County faith-based nonprofit, education and mentorship services to
offered that and more. underprivileged children who would
otherwise be unable to obtain these
Similar to the programs it offers services.
during the school year, Feed the Lambs’
free, seven-week summer camp at Oslo Entirely reliant upon donations,
Middle School has a goal of engaging, fundraising and grants to run its pro-
educating and empowering children grams, the nonprofit is actively seek-
through education and recreation. ing contributions toward construction
costs for the new building.
In 2020, to comply with CDC guide-
lines and ensure the health and well- “After 20 some years of moving
ness of its campers during the pandem- around here and there, we will have ev-
ic, the nonprofit was compelled to cap erything that we need at our own facil-
participation at 40 students. It was a far ity to continue the important work we
cry from 2019, when the summer camp are doing,” said May.
reached a record attendance of 125 stu-
dents. John May, board president, said While the program is open to chil-
that this year they expected to register dren throughout Indian River County,
50 children. most of the students that participate
live in the Oslo area. Before Feed the
Children enrolled in kindergarten Lambs settled into the South County
through eighth grade participate in area, May said there were no similar
recreational activities, math and read- programs nearby.
ing tutoring, arts and crafts with week-
ly guest speakers, and field trips. “The kids need a place to come and
be able to get an education, recreation
“We’re going to do most of our activi- and mentorship. Having a place to go,
ties outside because of COVID-19,” said besides being out in the streets or sit-
May. “We want to keep the kids outside ting home all the time, can make a big
having fun and getting them tired be- difference in a child’s life,” added May.
fore they go home. We want to get them
ready for the new school year.” For more information, visit
feedthelambsep.com. To donate to the
The program’s foundation is based Building Fund, contact John May at 772-
on the three R’s – rules, responsibility 501-2617. 
and respect – according to Kenya May,
program coordinator. They hope to in-
still in the children a sense of respect
for themselves, so that they can then
take on additional responsibilities as
well as an appreciation for following
the rules.

During the school year, Feed the
Lambs provides afterschool tutoring
and a mentorship program at Oslo Mid-
dle School, with sessions offered three
days a week.

“We had 27 students that needed help
to improve their grades,” said John May,
referencing the 2020-21 school year.
“We had a couple that were getting F’s,
and they brought their grades up.”

He noted that 85 percent of the chil-
dren in the program received math,
reading and homework tutoring, and
were passed through to the next grade
level. The remaining 15 percent either
didn’t return to the program after im-
proving their grades or moved out of
the area.

Looking to the future, Feed the
Lambs hopes to expand its programs.
John May was excited to share that they
recently were able to purchase an acre

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White wines to try based on ones you already love

By Dave McIntyre without new oak, so it doesn’t have the still some old vineyards minerality suggests riesling.
The Washington Post toasty character of a burgundy or top Cali- in California and Wash- That takes us to Germany and Alsace,
fornia chardonnay, but it can impress with ington state, and some
Wine is fascinating for a number of rea- mineral complexity and intensity. newer ones in the East, in then back home to the United States for ries-
sons, not least for its sheer variety. We can New York and New Jersey. ling from the Columbia Valley in Washing-
drink a different wine each day and not re- France’s Loire Valley is chenin’s home, ton state, Oregon’s Willamette Valley and, of
peat a bottle for a pandemic or maybe even with the appellations of Savennières and Of course, chardon- course, New York’s Finger Lakes.
longer. Still, we are creatures of routine Vouvray leading the way. Vouvray can be nay offers great diversity
and it’s easy to fall into a rut. off-dry and even sweet, and the Quarts de itself – even within Bur- If you celebrate life’s little victories with
Chaume appellation makes lovely, complex gundy, from Chablis to prosecco, try cava from Spain. Some great
There’s nothing wrong with having and sweet wines from raisined grapes. Meursault to Mâcon. If examples cost less than $20 – Juvé y Camps,
favorites, of course. But if vinous wan- you’re a burgundy fan, Segura Viudas, 1+1=3 and Biutiful are
derlust strikes and you’d like to explore Chenin’s New World champion is South try chardonnay from among my favorite labels. On the high end,
wine’s diversity, here are some ideas for Africa, with delicious, inexpensive wines Mendoza in Argentina, brands such as Raventós i Blanc make gor-
white wines (we’ll continue this topic and stunningly good examples from old such as Catena Zapata’s geous sparkling wine that rivals champagne
with red wine in a subsequent issue). bush vines, especially in the Swartland re- White Bones and White Stones, or Bodegas in quality and nuance.
gion. Look for wines from A.A. Badenhorst Salentein’s fine chardonnay.
If you like chardonnay, consider chenin and Ken Forrester, among others. A few U.S. And if champagne is your favored bub-
blanc. Chenin has similar weight to char- wineries produce chenin blanc, especial- If you’re a fan of California chard, look bly, branch out with a crémant de Bour-
donnay and also features orchard fruit fla- ly from the Clarksburg area of the Sacra- for other New World-style examples from gogne from Burgundy, usually made from
vors of peach and pear. It’s usually made mento River delta in California. There are Oregon’s Willamette Valley, Nelson in chardonnay and pinot noir but at a frac-
New Zealand, Tasmania in Australia and tion of the price of their more prestigious
Canada’s Okanagan Valley. These regions neighbor to the north. From Italy, Franci-
are producing outstanding chardonnay, if acorta and Trentodoc are sparkling wines
sometimes in small quantities and fairly made in the same way as champagne and
high prices. achieve impressive quality.

Exploration doesn’t always have to be And the New World makes great fizz,
expensive. If you favor pinot grigio as your too. Some of my favorites from California
house white, venture into Italy’s amazing include Domaine Carneros, Schramsberg,
diversity of white wines: roero d’arneis, Roederer Estate and Iron Horse. And I’ll
vermentino, verdicchio, grechetto, fa- never say no to a glass of Argyle from Or-
langhina and fiano, to name just a few. egon, Hermann J. Wiemer from the Finger
These are terrific values and delicious Lakes, or Virginia’s Thibaut-Janisson. 
white wines for light pasta and grilled sea-
food dishes. And when you’re done explor-
ing Italy, sail over to the Greek islands for
some assyrtiko from Santorini.

Sauvignon blanc has great travel poten-
tial. Fans of New Zealand’s grassy, peppery
savvie may also enjoy the less assertive
styles of Chile and South Africa. If you’re
a devotee of French sauvignon blanc from
the Loire Valley, punch a ticket for Austria
to try some grüner veltliner. Grüner’s
acidity and flavors of white flowers may
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Bonz falls head over paws for mesmerizing Missy

Susie: She found a breeder budder on the table. Then

Hi Dog Buddies! in a state called Indy-AN- her fren pointed an said,

This week I enjoyed a Crispy Biscuits NA, but they didn’t have any ‘Um, Gail, what’s that?’
yap with Missy “Yoda” Beveridge-Norris,
an eee-BOO-lee-unt liddle rescue pooch puppies at the time, so she Mom looked an saw funny
with a short, sorta wavy gold coat. Missy
greeted me an my assistant with puh-light decided to check with HAY- marks in the budder. She
wiggles anna big smile, trotting right up for
the Wag-an-Sniff. low. ree-lized they were tooth-

I fluffed my ruff an looked into her “They didn’t have any marks. Mine. She quickly
sparkly brown eyes. “Good morning, Miss
Beveridge-Norris. It’s a great pleasure.” Westie-Poos, but Miss Jackie switched the budder, an

She laughed a tiny liddle laugh, an in- heard Mom explainin’ what decided not to tell her fren
nerduced her Mom, Gail. “Likewise! I’ve
never been innerviewed. I don’t know if my kinda dog she wanted, and the DEE-tails. I had eat-
story is exciting or anything, but I’m SO ex-
cited to share it. Please come in.” told Mom about me. So Mom en almost the whole stick

Missy led us Into her livin’ room, which came to meet me: She was an, Woof! Was I sick. So I
faced a nice yard anna path along a liddle
lake. I opened my notebook, an Missy deli- so nice, Mr. Bonzo, but, even learned to NEVER eat bud-
cately nosed about in my assistant’s Satchel,
wherein a bag of treats resides. She got the though I was all clean and der EVER AGAIN.
OK from her Mom, delicately nibbled her
treat, one half atta time, then began her tail. healthy, I was still pretty skin- “Me an Mom love

“I’m hazy about some of my life buh- ny and a liddle rag-tag lookin’, hangin’ out on the screen-
fore I got rescued. I was a young single
mama, about 2 (I’m about 6 now), when an I was afraid she wouldn’t Missy porch. I greet our pooch an
me an my four puppies were found on a human neighbors walkin’
street in Fellsmere. I was tired, weak, an want me. But, Thank Lassie, PHOTO: KAILA JONES
very afraid for my babies. Then, just when I she knew right away I was The
thought we were DOOMED, some humans by. An I AM a watchdog if
scooped us all up an took us to a wonder-
ful, safe place called HAY-low, where very Dog. An I knew it, too!” I need to be. That’s when
kind humans got us tidied up and fed. One
of ’em, Miss Jackie, took us to her house for I wiped my nose with my an affectionate an what Mom calls in- I do my Big Dog Bark. (Also when this one
the whole time my puppies needed their
Mommy Milk. Then, when they were old paw. I always feel a liddle Wet-Eyes when TOOEY-tive. Like, I always know how she squirrel climbs up the screen.) It makes me
enough, HAY-low found Forever Homes
for all of them. I can’t tell you how ruh- The Ex-ackly-Right Pooch an the Ex-ackly- feels, an whether to be all bouncy an play- Totally Woofin’ NUTS! Then I bark my ears
LEEVED I was.”
Right Human find each other. ful or quiet an snuggly. Me an Mom take off. So Mom throws a pillow at the screen
“But what about you?”
“Well, my future forever Mom had a “The HAY-low humans called me Bam- care of each other. Also, I don’t remember an the squirrel splits. On the other paw, the
Westie-Poo, Susie. When Susie was Really
Really old in Dog (12 in human), she Went bi, but Mom decided Missy was my ack- how I learned it, but I always knew where birds are Cool Kibbles. Mostly CAR-duh-
to Dog Heaven. After a year, Mom decided
It Was Time to look for another pooch like shully name. I like it, don’t you?” to Do My Duty an where to Not. No acci- nulls. Mom feeds ’em. I’ve learned some

“It suits you,” I agreed. dents ever!” Basic Bird. Just enough to say hi.

“Plus, Mom had my D(og)NA checked “Impressive,” I said, with admiration. “I also like leash walks, an my pals at Ca-

and guess what? I’m a Poo-Chi-Pom!” “I am, I hafta admit, a Climber. (Of- nine Country Club. My BFF is CB, he’s even

“Er … a what?” ten chocolate or snacks are involved. I’m liddler than me, looks like a teeny teddy

“A Poodle, Chihuahua an Pomeranian stealthy, don’t leave a trace, but Mom says bear. I hafta be real gentle with him. I can

mixture.” the suspect list is limited.) I can get out of swim, but I don’t like it that much. Oh, an

“Cool Kibbles!” I exclaimed. “It does or up on pretty much anything: counter- I won a Halloween contest dressed up in a

have a ring to it.” tops, tables, crates, fences, gates, boxes. Sombrero, ruffles an a tutu.

“An guess what else? Mom made my Don’t Fence Me In: That’s my motto. So “At night me an Mom get in bed an I get

middle name Yoda. Wanna know why?” Mom gives me freedom. Not outside, of a chewstick while we watch TV. My favrite

“Um, yes, ackshully,” I admitted. course. is ‘NCIS’, cuzza Mark Harmon. Then I get

“OK. Look!” “I remember, this one time, Mom hadda down, into my own cozy bed. I am such a

She smiled, then stuck her ears straight fren over for lunch. There was bread-an- lucky grrrl!”

up like sailboat sails. She looked Very Alert. Headin’ home, I was thinkin about how

Then she folded her ears over, stuck ’em DON’T BE SHY adorable Missy looked, tellin’ me her story,
out to the sides an gazed straight at me. I
sittin’ all ladylike, paws crossed daintily in

hadda laugh. Yep, totally Yoda. We are always looking for pets front of her, ears up. Sigh.
“Woof! That’s huh-LARRY-us!” with interesting stories.
“I KNOW! Right?” The Bonz
“So, tell me all about life with your For- To set up an interview, email

ever Mom.” [email protected].

“Well, not to brag, but I am very smart,

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THE HAIRDRESSER KNEW WHAT TO DO WEST NORTH EAST
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By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist 7542 K 10 9 83
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Phyllis Diller quipped, “It’s an ill wind that blows when you leave the hairdresser.” That’s Q2 A63 K J 10 9 7
similar to the sudden rainstorm after you have washed your car.
SOUTH
There is one card-play technique that a hairdresser should find easy to spot, but is AKQ93
harder for the rest of us. What is that play, and how does it arise in today’s deal? AQJ6
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East’s two-no-trump overcall showed at least 5-5 in the minors. (Some pairs treat it as 854
any two suits; others prefer it to be natural, despite the danger of being at such a high
level.) Dealer: South; Vulnerable: East-West

South rebid three hearts as a game-try, which North was happy to accept with his The Bidding:
helpful heart honor and side-suit ace.
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
South saw 10 top tricks: five spades, four hearts and one club. However, after winning 1 Spades Pass 2 Spades 2 NT
trick one with dummy’s club ace and drawing two rounds of trumps, East’s diamond 3 Hearts Pass 4 Spades All Pass LEAD:
discard was a blow. Q Clubs

Now South ran his heart winners, discarding a club loser from the board. What did he
do next?

Declarer exited with a club, planning to ruff the third round on the board. However, East
took that trick and led a club, which West ruffed with the spade eight. Then a diamond
to East’s queen and another club promoted West’s spade jack — down one.

Instead of playing a club at trick eight, South should have led his diamond. East could
have won, cashed a club and led another club, which West could have ruffed, but
declarer would have lost only one spade, one diamond and one club.

This is called a scissors coup because it cuts the defensive communications and stops
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18 Where some athletes retire? retire?
19 Where writers retire? 123 Where generals retire? ___
21 Computer pioneer Lovelace 126 Where bottlers retire? 67 Ark-hunting cinema villains
22 Predecessor of the CW 127 Where crossword puzzle 68 Wharf
23 Labor org. 69 Covers the downtown area?
24 Curtain follower makers retire? 70 Fly’s wings
25 School subj. 128 Reinforces 71 A Mrs. Chaplin
26 The land of moshavim 129 Learn ___ 72 Life spans of plays
29 Delivery co. 73 Tormentor of Sylvester
30 Oct ending DOWN 77 Amaretto source
31 Range rover’s rope 1 Of a bone 78 Good-___
33 Where truck drivers retire? 2 Danielle’s denial 79 Come ___ (inherit)
37 Farmer’s place 3 Monique’s monarch 80 West of Hollywood
39 Oxen connectors 4 She’s in She 82 No effort at all
42 Org. that discusses each 5 Call a spade a thpade 83 Keystone’s structure
6 Anne Rice book, 84 With War,
other’s suits
43 Tokyo, once Exit to ___ a racehorse
45 Betray, in a way 7 Nobel-winning S. Korean 85 By and by
49 Open ___ of worms 89 Suffer in the sun
50 Introduction president, Kim ___-jung 92 Subsides
53 Curious one 8 Hit the jackpot 94 Woolly one
55 Musical sound 9 The ___ Highway 96 Remaindered-book holder
56 Where philosophers retire? 10 Cut the bologna 98 Eat it or wear it
58 Where haberdashers retire? 11 Chip flavoring 100 Scheherazade’s number
61 Lyrical 12 First name in popcorn 101 Tricky
62 Start of Tanzania’s capital 13 Lamb’s opinion 102 Those born in 26 Across
63 Exodus character 14 Best and Buchanan 103 Classic tattoo
64 Token of esteem 15 Agitates 104 Out on ___
65 Where polite people 16 Ness et al. 105 Name in electronics
17 Corp. head 107 Earlier
retire? 18 With Pan, 110 Wears
70 Heart hookup 111 Like some wines
74 Clod a Clavell title 112 “___ hoppen?”
75 Fan 19 Galileo’s birthplace 115 “I hate to break
76 Lawrence’s land 20 In the past
81 Where smokers retire? 23 PFC’s superior up ___”
84 Where sexy blondes 27 “We ___ alone” 116 Refreshing stop
28 Dawn goddess 117 Dudley Do-Right’s love
retire? 29 Abbr. on a jet 118 Up to the task
86 Fashionable Klein 30 Perform an operation? 121 Weekend Update show:
87 Liston’s heir 32 Extremely
88 Popular sunglasses 34 “Rats!” abbr.
90 Tarsal preceder 35 “___ to differ” 122 Law enforcement grps.
91 They hold up the works 36 Do-well preceder 123 Ms. Peeples
93 Wine word 38 Jazzy James 124 Solution: abbr.
95 Yolanda’s year 39 Utter a loud, 125 ___ Balls (“coconut &
96 ___ buddies
97 Abound harsh cry marsh-mallow covered
99 Where broom makers retire? 40 Eight, in Madrid chocolate cakes with creamy
103 Store with a parade 41 Funny Danny filling” made by Hostess)
106 Unlock, to Shylock 44 Earth hue
108 Violinist Bull, with an apt first 46 Help for a new business
47 Come ___
name
109 “You ain’t kiddin’!” (try to date)
113 Pay ending 48 Next to
114 Dino tail 50 Prefix meaning one trillionth
51 Golgi’s sci.
52 Greek poetess

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ONGOING JULY ment, concluding with Zambelli Fireworks at 9 31 Back to School Family Fun Day, 11
p.m. with synchronized music on iHeartRadio a.m. to 1 p.m. at LaPorte Farms, with
Check with organizations directly for up- 3 Red, White & Brew 5K, 6:45 a.m. at Amer- stations. 772-778-2832 or covb.org/fireworks child finger printing, free bookbag giveaway (12
dates/cancellations. ican Icon Brewery, with light post-race p.m.), vendors, pony rides and visits with nu-
breakfast, free beer (21+), patriotic costume 5 Fireworks Cleanup, 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. merous critters. Laportefarms.com
Vero Beach Museum of Art: VBMA Glass Works, contest and free kids run to benefit United at Wabasso Causeway Park, to help Keep
chosen from the permanent collection, through Against Poverty. Runvero.com Indian River Beautiful clean up firework debris AUGUST
Sept. 1; and A Tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude: and litter. Keepindianriverbeautiful.org
Selections from the Tom Golden Collection through 3 Sebastian River Area Freedom Festival, 5-7 City of Vero Beach Recreation Dept.
Sept. 5. Free admission to U.S. military personnel with Parade beginning at 8:30 a.m. fol- 14-25 Vero Beach Theatre presents the 47th annual Aerial Antics
and their families through Sept. 6. 772-231-0707 lowed by Freedom Festival at Riverview Park Guild presents the Tony Youth Circus, 7 p.m. at Saint Edward’s School, high-
and nighttime Fireworks, hosted by City of Se- Award-winning play “One Flew Over the Cuck- lighting the gymnastics, dance and aerial feats of
First Friday Gallery Strolls in Downtown Vero bastian, Sebastian Lions Club and Sebastian Ma- oo’s Nest.” 772-562-8300 more than 250 students ages 3 to 25. Adults $8;
Beach Arts District, monthly from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. sonic Lodge #232. children and seniors $7. 772-567-2144 or covb.org
18 Space Coast Symphony Orchestra pres-
Turtle Walks, 9 p.m. to midnight June and 4 Boom on the Lagoon, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at ents Dance Party – Rachmaninoff’s 6|7 Riverside Dance Festival present-
July, registration required: Coastal Connections, Riverside Park, a collaborative present- thrilling Symphonic Dances, 3 p.m. at Communi- ed by Ballet Vero Beach and River-
coastal-connections.org; Archie Carr National ed by City of Vero Beach, Indian River County, ty Church of Vero Beach. 855-252-7276 side Theatre, features performances by the NYC
Wildlife Refuge, carrrefuge.org; Sea Turtle Con- Mulligan’s Beach House and other business and company, konverjdans alongside BVB resident
servancy, conserveturtles.org; Sebastian Inlet community members, begins with children’s ac- 23|24 Riverside Theatre for Kids professional dancers, 7:30 p.m. on the Stark
State Parks, floridastateparks.org tivities, food trucks, contests and live entertain- presents “Puffs,” about a Stage. 772-905-2651 or balletverobeach.org.
‘Certain School of Magic and Magic.’ 772-231-6990

Solutions from Games Pages ACROSS DOWN 8 Space Coast Symphony Orchestra pres-
in June 17, 2021 Edition 1 CANTER 2 ALLIN ents Summon the Heroes: Music of the
5 KNEES 3 TOPICAL Olympics, 3 p.m. at Vero Beach High School
9 TELEPATHY 4 ROT PAC. 855-252-7276
10 GOO 5 KAYAK
11 GIN 6 ENGROSS 13 Grill out Night, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
12 CHEEKBONE 7 STOKEONTRENT presented by Sebastian River Area
14 WEE 8 STAGEWHISPER Chamber of Commerce, with local businesses
16 LOCAL 13 EMCEE opening their doors to offer music, door prizes,
18 SUN 15 EXPLAIN nibbles and specials. 772-589-5969
19 IMPERFECT 17 LOTTERY
21 FAR 20 RUDDY 14 Art Unwrapped Summer Party, 5 p.m.
22 PEA 21 FAITH to 8 p.m. at the Vero Beach Museum
23 DANDELION 24 NIP of Art, with docent tours, art projects and a
25 RUNNY film. $8 nonmembers; free for members and
26 PSYCHO children 17 and under. Vbmuseum.org

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