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MY VERO The challenge of
joining up with
BY RAY MCNULTY Cleveland Clinic

Still no arrest 2 years after
Deputy Chambliss killed

Several times each week, I A plane crash in 1941 saw Cleveland Clinic co-founder Dr. George Crile brought to Indian River Hospital for treatment. PHOTO BY DEAN STRAW BY MICHELLE GENZ
drive past the street sign post- Staff Writer
ed on 28th Avenue in Gifford to A Cleveland Clinic leader’s first visit to Vero’s hospital
honor longtime deputy Garry It was Day 37 of the Cleve-
Chambliss, who was off duty BY MICHELLE GENZ somber young man was hung etched with the name Dr. J.B. land Clinic/Indian River Medi-
when he was shot and killed Staff Writer on a conference room wall, Kollar. cal Center merger and if anyone
by a stray bullet while visiting the painting’s gilt frame set was wondering who’s count-
a relative’s home, across from The day before the first off by walls freshly painted A modest object recently ing, Dr. Gregory Rosencrance
Mount Sinai Missionary Bap- board meeting of the newly in a shade jokingly known as discovered coated with dust made it clear: He is.
tist Church. minted Cleveland Clinic In- Cleveland Clinic White. The in a hospital storage room, the
dian River, a portrait of a frame bears a discrete plate painting conjures up dramatic In an hour-long, town-hall
Never do I fail to notice it. style presentation at Quail Val-
Always, it makes me won- CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 ley’s River Club last week – the
der: Why hasn’t the thug who 14th such presentation he has
fired that fatal shot been ar- given – the new president of
rested and charged with mur- Cleveland Clinic Indian Riv-
der, especially since sheriff’s er discussed the many tasks
detectives believe the killer still involved and the progress
lives in the community? made so far in integrating an
How is it possible that depu- 86-year-old small-town com-
ties, knowing one of their own munity hospital into one of
was senselessly slain on our the top healthcare systems in
streets, haven’t rousted enough the world.
drug dealers and squeezed
enough snitches to identify the Among other things, he talk-
gunman? ed about how joining Cleve-
land has already benefited
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What’s really going on with former INEOS facility? If Publix supermarket does not come to
Orchid,Village Beach Market interested
BY LISA ZAHNER
Staff Writer BY RAY MCNULTY Jason Keen, chief operating
Staff Writer officer of the Vero Beach Mar-
Less than a month after ket, said he’s closely moni-
trying to auction off the en- Overwhelming local opposi- toring the situation, waiting
tire defunct INEOS plant, tion to Publix’s plan to build a to see if Publix withdraws its
or sell its surplus land and supermarket-anchored shop- application after a recent sur-
equipment piecemeal, Indi- ping center in Orchid has re- vey of the town’s homeowners
an River Eco-District Man- newed the Village Beach Mar- revealed 87 percent of them
aging Partner Alain Castro ket owners’ interest in putting opposed the Florida-based
last week told the County a second island store on the supermarket chain’s proposal.
seven-acre parcel a half mile
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Orchid market “We’re not going to do anything property’s owner, longtime Vero Keen said his company and its part-
with the town until we know Publix is Beach businessman Ken Puttick, early ners could submit a plan for a smaller
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 out, one way or another, but we still last year to inquire about purchasing market – in a cozier, town-center-type
definitely have an interest in doing the land. By then, however, Puttick al- setting that would include retail shops
last month by the Orchid Island Com- something up there,” Keen said. “We ready had a contract to sell to Publix, and a restaurant and become a gather-
munity Association after Publix repre- think we’d be a good fit with the town contingent on the town’s approval of ing spot for local residents – which he
sentatives gave a presentation in the and the surrounding community.” the project. believes is more compatible with the
town, showed that 221 of 255 respon- Orchid community.
dents opposed the project. Only 14 Keen, whose family has been in Given the results of the survey, along
homeowners – just 6 percent – were in the grocery-store business in Indian with the opposition expressed by resi- “I’ve been watching the process play
favor of it. River County since 1951 and operat- dents in neighboring subdivisions out- out, and I’ve learned a lot about what
ed the Village Beach Market on State side the town of Orchid who did not the people in that community want,”
Nicole Krauss, Publix’s corporate Road A1A since 1980, said he already participate in the poll, it now appears said Keen, who told Orchid Town
spokesperson for Florida’s southeast has had preliminary discussions with unlikely the Town Council will approve Manager Noah Powers last March that
region, did not respond to email and potential partners he’d need to devel- the plan submitted by Publix, which is his company would seriously consider
phone messages seeking comment op the property. seeking significant variances and waiv- building a grocery store on the same
on the survey’s results. ers to the town’s building code. site if Publix’s plans fell through.
He said he initially contacted the
“They don’t want anything big
there,” he added. “They want some-
thing they can feel comfortable with,
something that’s going to fit in aes-
thetically with the natural beauty of
the area and have minimal impact on
environment.

“I think we could meet their de-
mands, and they’d be receptive to our
plans for a smaller store.”

Keen said he believes he could build
a 6,000-square-foot store in accor-
dance with the maximum size permit-
ted under the town code, which also
limits business hours and prohibits
Sunday operations.

“I wouldn’t object to being closed on
Sundays up there,” he said. “It might
add a quaintness and small-town feel
to the setting, and it might even save
us money during the summer months.
We’re working the numbers to see how
it would work.

“We want to be ready if the opportu-
nity presents itself.”

In the meantime, Keen said the Vil-
lage Beach Market is planning a mas-
sive renovation to update infrastruc-
ture and give the store a “fresh, new
look and feel.” Work is scheduled to be-
gin in May and be completed in June.

“That’s what we’ve been working on,
because we didn’t know what would
happen in Orchid,” he said. “Besides,
it’s been 20 years. It’s time.”

Keen’s company also is exploring
the possibility of building another Vil-
lage Beach Market in the Vero area.
He said the new store, however, likely
would be a franchise run by a local
owner-operator, similar to the Chick-
fil-A model.

“That’s our goal going forward,”
Keen said. “We’d like to grow our com-
pany and expand our business. It
would be another small store with the
same customer service and neighbor-
hood feel.”

An Orchid store, though, would still
be owned and operated by the Keen
family.

“If we put a store up there, it’ll be a
second store for us – not an outside
owner-operator situation,” Keen said.
“We’d own it. We’d run it. Hopefully,
we’ll get that chance.” 

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My Vero night, but we need the right people to Is it a fear of retaliation from the shoot- “The sheriff can say and do all the
talk, and we need them to talk to the er’s friends or relatives? Or might there be right things, but that needs to perme-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 right people,” said Tony Brown, chair- a deeply ingrained aversion to helping ate all segments of the agency’s hierar-
man of the local NAACP chapter. “Law police send another young black man chy,” Brown said. “If I snitch on some-
Doesn’t anyone in Gifford, where enforcement doesn’t solve crimes. The from the Gifford community to prison? body in our community, you expect
Chambliss grew up and was a be- community does. law enforcement to do something.
loved member of the community, care Both are possible deterrents, Brown Well, I should expect the same reaction
enough to do what’s right and drop a “But the people in this community said, but he believes it has more to do when I tell you somebody is a bad cop.
dime on the shooter? have a tendency to not say anything with the community’s lack of trust in
in these situations, so I’m not really the Sheriff’s Office, particularly con- “It comes down to trust, respect and
Two years have passed since that surprised nobody has come forward.” cerning complaints about deputies.
tragic February Friday night – four CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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“Problem is, all we’ve got right now is
forensics,” he added. “We’re getting clos-
er and closer with the forensics, but we’d
prefer to have a witness come forward.”

For those who don’t remember: It
was shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 17,
2017, when gunfire erupted between
the 4300 and 4400 block of 28th Avenue,
where groups of people were gathered
after a wake at the Mount Sinai church.

Apparently, a bottle was thrown at a
passing car and the driver responded
by firing gunshots, which prompted
someone in one of the groups to return
fire. Chambliss, known in the commu-
nity as “Kool-Aid” because of his in-
fectious smile, was standing near the
road and, upon hearing the gunshots,
yelled for people to get down before he
was struck by one of the bullets, which
detectives say was fired from 150 to
200 feet away.

So there were witnesses.
There was even an arrest.
Only hours after the shooting, dep-
uties searching for the car involved
in the incident arrested a 21-year-old
man, charging him with “discharging
a firearm from a vehicle,” which is a
felony under Florida law.
That suspect was Makhail Cham-
bliss, a distant relative of the deceased.
However, detectives determined that
the bullets he allegedly fired didn’t
match the caliber of the bullet that
killed the deputy.
But does Makhail Chambliss know
who was in the crowd from which the
fatal bullet was fired? What about all
the other people on the street? Surely,
somebody saw something.
“People are still talking about that

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My Vero ford, so I can’t really say I’m surprised Plane crash to Cleveland from Africa. The flight
they haven’t arrested anyone.” that crashed in the marsh had origi-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 nated in Miami, made a stop in West
She said she has “no idea” who killed Palm, and was on its way to Jackson-
relationships, and it needs to go both her father. events that took place in and near Vero ville when just after 9 a.m. it hit what
ways,” he added. “I’m not incriminating Beach that forged a life-and-death link one account called a tornado.
law enforcement. I’m not defending it, “I could be walking around with some- between the town and Cleveland Clin-
either. But I can understand the com- one who killed my dad,” Briyunna Cham- ic nearly 80 years before Cleveland Several miles from the nearest high-
munity’s reluctance.” bliss said. “It could be somebody I see all took over the county’s largest hospital. way and one mile from dry ground,
the time, somebody I talk to, or some- the pilot, his chest crushed and a leg
Brown also pointed to more than a body I’ve never met. It wasn’t like my dad On April 3, 1941, an Eastern Airlines likely broken, huddled with two crew
half-dozen other unsolved murders in was the target. It was a stray bullet. passenger plane crashed in a swamp members and the 13 passengers,
the Gifford community, where some 11 miles west of Vero during a violent nearly all with injuries, in waist-deep
cases pre-date the shooting of Garry “Someone was shooting out in the storm. Onboard was renowned sur- water until after nightfall. A plane
Chambliss, who was a road deputy open,” she added. “Anyone could’ve geon Dr. George Crile, along with his sent out from Daytona to look for the
before transferring to the corrections been hit. A child could’ve been killed. wife, Grace, and 11 other passengers. wreck discovered the half-submerged
division and becoming a transport The only people that know who did Douglas DC-3 in the darkness, and set
deputy. it are the people who were there, and After being rescued, Crile, a co-found- the ensuing rescue in motion.
they’re not talking.” er of Cleveland Clinic, was treated at a
“Again, I’m not necessarily putting tiny hospital on Dixie Highway. Many Harry “Bump” Holman, a barrier is-
it on law enforcement, because we all Not yet, anyway, even with Treasure years and several incarnations later, land resident whose family has long
have to work together,” Brown said, Coast Crime Stoppers offering a $5,000 Indian River Hospital would eventually owned Sun Aviation, remembers hear-
“but there are mothers in our commu- reward for information leading to the become a part of the Cleveland Clinic, in ing all about the crash. His father, the late
nity asking: ‘What about my child?’” killer’s arrest – an amount Brown, Garry a merger finalized on Jan. 1. Bud Holman, flew with the Eastern pilot
Chambliss’ family and others in the Gif- sent out to search for the missing plane.
Still, Brown said he empathizes with ford community say should be greater. Adding to the sense of coincidence, it
the deputy’s daughters – Briyunna is 27, turned out that J.B. Kollar, M.D., the doc- “My dad’s the one who spotted the
De’ja is 18 – who won’t feel any sense of Some prominent Gifford residents, tor who treated Crile at the little hospital wreck,” said Bump Holman. “Then he
closure until their father’s killer is caught. who asked that their names not be in Vero, had trained with him in Cleve- got down on Route 60 and waded out
revealed, want the Sheriff’s Office to land earlier in his career, according to in the swamp first. He was the first one
Briyunna Chambliss, however, isn’t seize on the two-year anniversary of Dr. Greg Rosencrance, the new presi- that got there.”
overly optimistic. Chambliss’ death to post and circulate dent of Cleveland Clinic Indian River.
fliers seeking the community’s help in With no ambulances in the county,
“If they were going to catch him, solving the case. County historian Ruth Stanbridge hearses were called to meet the fleet of
they would’ve caught him that night,” knows all about the crash, which she boats ferrying stranded passengers to
she said. “Sheriff Loar keeps in touch Loar said he’s still hopeful someone said “was a very big deal” in Vero. dry land a mile from the crash site.
and checks to make sure we’re OK, and eventually will offer to identify the
I believe they want to get the killer. But shooter, though he doesn’t expect that On the day of the accident, Crile and Crile and his wife were the first to
they don’t solve many murders in Gif- to happen until one of the witnesses his wife were making the journey back be rescued, according to the accounts.

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“Dr. Crile had a broken rib and was contusions. Grace Crile broke two ribs, first aid treatment despite the handi- The plane left the coast and was
bruised. His wife was cheerful despite her sternum, and a vertebra. cap of a dislocated shoulder.” flying over mist-covered marshland;
the shock and a bruised eye.” Crile noted it reminded him of “water-
Passenger Dr. Daniel P. Quiring, Crile’s own colorful account of events hole country in Africa.”
In fact, Crile was severely injured, suf- Crile’s aide at the Cleveland Clinic, that day came much later, in an autobi-
fering three fractures to the pelvis, three who was making his virgin flight, ography compiled by his wife and ex- Another pilot in the same area,
broken ribs, fractures to the transverse “earned the praise of the passengers cerpted in a book about the origins of encountering turbulence near Vero,
processes of two vertebrae and severe for moving about the plane and giving Cleveland Clinic.
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Plane crash the 1970s, a much larger complex was “We’re big, and we want to be big, but hospital to be employed by Cleveland
built in its current location on 37th Street. we want to act small,” he said. “Healthcare Clinic. “That is very true at the Weston
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 is a one-on-one, individual endeavor.” campus, and it’s very true at the down-
The crash “is a connection that Indi- town Cleveland Clinic campus,” he
warned the doomed flight’s pilot to stay an River has with Cleveland Clinic that Already, the benefits of being part of said, but at 14 regional hospitals in
away. The pilot circled north of West most of you probably weren’t aware of, a system rather than a stand-alone hos- northeast Ohio, “it’s about a 50-50 mix
Palm, then forged ahead toward Dayto- and we weren’t, quite frankly, aware of pital are becoming obvious. “Last week, of employed and private physicians.
na. According to the FAA investigation, until [now],” Rosencrance told an au- there was a shortage here of a certain
the pilot suddenly encountered “severe dience last week at Quail Valley Club. medication that Weston had plenty of,” “Those of you that have physi-
turbulence and a violent updraft.” said Rosencrance. “It was shipped up cians that are private, as long as we’re
Crile’s encounter with Vero was here, and in two-and-a-half hours, we aligned in quality goals, safety goals
The pilot told the FAA there was brief in the span of a long life. But Ros- no longer had a shortage.” and those things, we embrace that.”
“extremely strong rotation in the up- encrance’s point was clear.
drafts.” In the third and final downdraft Another shortage in Florida, this time Rosencrance went on to outline the
they broke through the lowest clouds at “Every person we touch through a certain type of pressure transducer: process for evaluating physicians, in-
around 200 mph. Shortly after, they hit healthcare – the caregiver, the patient, “We were told it won’t be available on cluding patient experience scores on
the water. the colleague, the community – has the market until March. They were post-treatment surveys, and keeping
an impact. We may not know it at the flown in from Cleveland the next day.” track of data on key metrics such as
After five weeks in the Vero hospital, time, but it’ll have an impact.”  rates of infection.
Crile and his wife finally flew home to Soon, the Duke University-affiliat-
Cleveland. Not much is known about Hospital transition challenges ed heart program at what was Indian There is also an annual review pro-
Dr. Kollar. Stanbridge said she could CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 River Medical Center will be shifting cess for every employed physician, a
not recall ever having hearing his to an affiliation with Cleveland Clinic’s task that in his former position as head
name, even though there were only a healthcare at Indian River, how Cleve- Heart and Vascular Institute, ranked of the Medicine Institute in Cleveland
few doctors in Vero in the 1940s. land evaluates doctors and the future of No. 1 in the world. involved sitting down individually each
medical education at the hospital here. year with more than 500 doctors. Those
The original Indian River Hospital on The cancer center, too, will make sessions cover not only scores and mea-
Dixie south of 12th Street eventually be- “What happened Jan. 1 was about the transition, after a six-month “lag,” sures but physician burn-out. “We’ll
came apartments. The building was seri- a seven-fold expansion of beds” in as Rosencrance put it. He said patients have a pretty significant rigor with how
ously damaged in the 2004 hurricanes, Cleveland’s Florida network, Rosen- involved in research protocols would we evaluate everyone,” he promised.
and burned down in 2007. That was 61 crance said, as a map of the state pep- be getting a letter this week regarding “We’re not there yet, but it’s Day 37.”
years after Indian River Hospital had pered with dots flashed on a screen the transition.
been moved to the old Naval Air Station to indicate Cleveland Clinic’s creep Rosencrance said teams are arriv-
at the airport, then to a larger building along Florida’s east coast. He also spoke to the audience of ing in March to study the emergency
north of Vero’s downtown, and finally, in almost 200 about the public’s impres- department, currently contracted out
sion that Cleveland’s model of care to Envision, a national chain. Presum-
requires all physicians working at the

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ably those teams will be looking for future teaching hospital status, Dr. Ju- Construction about to get started on
ways to reduce ER wait times and im- liette Lomax-Homier, dean of the Fort Lawnwood’s Vero emergency room
prove care, among other tasks. Pierce campus of FSU med school,
was named to the Cleveland Clinic In- BY MICHELLE GENZ Lawnwood’s sign for the new ER has
In response to a question from a dian River board of directors. Staff Writer been up since then. MacDonald said
young couple in the Quail Valley au- the last of the required permits were
dience, Rosencrance said pediatric “Will you have residency training Construction of a freestanding emer- finally received in the past two weeks.
emergency care will be one of the top- programs at some point in the future? gency room on the former site of the
ics the teams will examine. Currently, Yes. It’s not going to happen tomor- Quilted Giraffe on U.S. 1 is about to get Freestanding emergency rooms
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center row, but the answer is yes. I wouldn’t underway, according to builders as well have increased in popularity over the
in Fort Pierce is the only nearby hospi- have come here if I didn’t think that is as Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, past decade, though they are consider-
tal fully equipped to deal with pediat- part of the plan,” Rosencrance said. which will own the building. ably more expensive for patients than
ric emergencies. urgent care centers. Like a hospital ER,
As chairman of the Medicine Institute “We’re full steam ahead, getting they can charge a facility fee as well as
He said there is an “opportunity” to at Cleveland’s main campus in Ohio, ready to come out of the ground,” said fees for providers. They typically care
upgrade pediatric care here. Rosencrance oversaw 564 physicians, Proctor Construction project manager for less-critical emergencies than hos-
260 advanced practice providers, and Rick MacDonald. pital emergency departments.
Regarding medical education at 216 residents, the largest internal medi-
Cleveland Clinic Indian River, Ros- cine residency program in the nation. Lawnwood spokeswoman Landy An- The 11,000-square-foot structure,
encrance said his team will “explore gelone said groundbreaking is sched- near South Vero Square just north
initially our undergraduate medical At the campus in Cleveland, he cir- uled for next week, with an anticipated of Oslo Road, will be the first foray
education, and we will be exploring culated among the leaders of 66,000 opening in October. “We look forward into Indian River County by Lawn-
graduate medical education [too].” employees, 7,000 physicians plus thou- to offering care to the community as wood’s parent company HCA, which
sands more scientists and researchers. we continue to grow through additional has moved aggressively to expand its
Prior to the takeover, Indian River an- freestanding emergency department portfolio of freestanding ERs as well as
nounced a significant expansion of its By contrast, in Vero, he oversees 2,000 and surgery center expansions,” she urgent care centers.
medical education program, which cur- employees. said.
rently amounts to just 15 medical stu- The giant for-profit hospital chain
dents from the Florida State University “People ask me, well, golly, why did Proctor demolished two buildings tried to persuade leaders of Indian
College of Medicine Fort Pierce campus. you come here?” said Rosencrance. on the south Vero site last fall and
“It’s really a once-in-a-generational CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
In November, Dr. George Mitchell opportunity. That’s one of the reasons
was named director of medical edu- I came. This doesn’t happen too often.
cation at the hospital in a move seen To be the best healthcare system in the
as laying the groundwork for greater state and the best healthcare system
numbers and higher levels of medical in the world – that’s a heck of an op-
education. In another move hinting at portunity.” 

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Lawnwood Emergency Room The ER, estimated to cost $10 mil- pete with the powerhouse brand of new president, Dr. Greg Rosencrance,
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 lion to build, will include an ambu- Cleveland Clinic Indian River. said Cleveland Clinic Florida is dis-
lance bay, a CT scan, X-ray rooms and patching a team of emergency medi-
River Medical Center to join its system a bariatric treatment room. It is similar Cleveland Clinic Indian River’s ER is cine specialists to its new Vero hospital
but Cleveland Clinic was chosen in- to an existing freestanding ER owned currently being run by Envision, a na- to look at “opportunities,” to use the
stead in January of last year. by HCA in Port St. Lucie. tional contractor. business jargon for ways to improve
operations, outcomes or profits. 
In Vero, the HCA facility will com- That may be up for review with new
management in place. The hospital’s



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Former INEOS facility iary of Texas-based Frankens Energy 1,300 different auction lots listed for sale Since Frankens Energy and the In-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 that bought the defunct INEOS facility via sealed bid on Jan. 8, or online on Jan. dian River Eco-District are private en-
for a bargain basement price a year ago 15, but before the auction date, most ev- tities, the outcome of those auctions is
Commission the latest grandiose plan – to sell it the gas that is currently be- erything in the catalog was up for sale as not public record.
to host a group of businesses at the site ing burned off for safety reasons as it is a package deal if anyone wanted it all.
would collapse if he doesn’t get cheap emitted from the landfill and released Multiple requests to Maas Compa-
methane gas from the county landfill. through an exhaust system. “The ethanol plant, biomass plant, nies resulted in courteous replies from
equipment and surplus land are avail- Sales and Marketing Director Tyler
Castro said the as-yet-unnamed But amazingly, there was no discus- able as an Entirety Purchase prior Maas, but he said he had contacted
companies that allegedly are poised to sion during all this of the fact that last to auction,” the advertisement said. the Eco-District principals and relayed
launch operations at the former etha- month, the Eco-District attempted to “Potential bidders are encouraged to Vero Beach 32963’s requests, but had
nol plant – companies, he says, that auction off the INEOS property – land, explore this option in a timely man- gotten no response.
ultimately could employ hundreds of buildings and miscellaneous equip- ner and submit their sealed bids by
local people – had to have access to ment and vehicles – via an online auc- Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 4 PM EST. Calls to owner David Frankens seek-
the gas to move forward. tion company in Minnesota that spe- If an entirety offer is not accepted, the ing information about the auction, and
cializes in marketing industrial sites. equipment will be sold piecemeal via how the Eco-District can move ahead
The county finally voted to negotiate a timed online auction ending Tues- with the new businesses if the property
a contract with Eco-District – a subsid- Maas Companies published a 113- day, January 15, 2019 at 4 PM EST.” has been sold, also were not returned.
page, detailed catalog of more than
The County Commission did hedge
last week on entering into additional
contracts Frankens and the Eco-District
were seeking for processing yard waste
and recycling concrete, deciding to so-
licit more bids.

“My concern is if we enter into a new
agreement and there is some problem
with getting final disposal of yard waste,
I’m concerned about that,” said County
Administrator Jason Brown. “I want to
make sure any agreement we enter into,
final disposal is taken care of.”

Commission Chair Bob Solari said
the Eco-District proposal’s attempt
to craft a public-private partnership
“was a stretch to begin with” and that it
doesn’t really address the problems to
be solved at the landfill. 

My Vero

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gets in trouble with the law and wants
to make a deal.

In the meantime, he won’t risk
botching the case by rushing into the
arrest of the wrong person or arresting
the right person without being confi-
dent he has provided prosecutors with
enough evidence to convict the killer.

“It’s a tough case and we’ve got to be
meticulous, but we’ve got a full-time
detective working it, and I absolutely
believe we will make an arrest,” Loar
said. “It would be nice if someone came
forward and gave us something to com-
plement our forensics, but I understand
why people might not want to do that.

“We’ll continue to work the case until
it’s solved, with or without a witness,”
he added. “It’s only a matter of time.”

It already has been two years, which
is already too long – something I think
about every time I drive past that
street sign in Gifford, where 28th Av-
enue, between 41st and 45th streets,
has been renamed: DEPUTY SHERIFF
Garry Chambliss Avenue.

“People say it’s a shame it’s taking
so long,” Briyunna Chambliss said.
“If other people feel that way, you can
imagine how my sister and I feel. We’re
still grieving.” 

McKee Motor Car
committee member
Jerry Weick.

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Everyone’s heart in right place at UP Valentine Ball

Austin and Ginny Hunt. Silvia Cancio, Faye Potts and Barbara Lowry. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE PHOTOS CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
Arik Attas and Annabel Robertson.

BY MARY SCHENKEL dined on a gourmet dinner, enjoyed last three years, 322 people started peal for donations toward the $1,000
Staff Writer listening and dancing to music by down the road to financial indepen- tuition per person needed to fund
the Street Talk Band, and through- dence, enjoying the pride of being those students.
Cupid shot an early arrow last Sat- out the evening bid on a large selec- able to provide for their children. To
urday evening at the sixth annual tion of silent- and live-auction items. show their children that there’s hope In 2018 alone, United Against Pov-
Valentine Ball, finding its mark in and that with the right attitude and erty assisted 6,069 unique families
the hearts of guests who contributed “I so appreciate each and every the right work, their lives can be suc- through its numerous services; 4,765
generously to the mission of Unit- one of you joining us,” said Annabel cessful and fruitful.” families were served through its
ed Against Poverty of Indian River Robertson, UP executive director, Member Share Grocery Program and
County to empower individuals to welcoming guests on behalf of the As she spoke, staff members un- 1,304 families were assisted through
transition from poverty into self- staff, board of directors and the 640 furled a dramatic visual collage fea- education, job training and crisis
sufficiency. individuals who participate daily in turing the faces of all the individu- stabilization.
their programs. “Tonight we cele- als who have graduated from their
“This event was all done by the brate and raise money for a wonder- Success Training for Employment The organization, currently in
committee; they did everything,” ful organization.” Program (STEP). The three-phase Phase II of its Lifting Lives out of
said Austin Hunt, UP founder with program includes 120 hours of class- Poverty Capital Campaign, is seek-
wife Ginny, referencing co-chairs “Every year, I pick out an indi- room training; internships, on-the- ing to raise $3.9 million to retrofit
Faye Potts and Silvia Cancio and vidual who can share their success job training and placement assis- its New UP Center, a 44,000-square-
their hard-working committee. story and tell you what your gener- tance; and an ongoing relationship foot, multi-function campus. The
osity has done to improve their lives of support. move will enable an expansion of
The Oak Harbor Club took on a and the future of their children, and their current services, the launch
rosy hue at the elegant affair, where to become role models in this com- Lowry noted that when their New of new programs, and will provide
blush tablecloths with a hint of spar- munity,” said board chair Barbara UP Center is fully operational, they space for agency partners and a
kle were complemented by lovely Lowry. will be able to increase the number medical clinic.
pink and white floral arrangements. of people in STEP from 100 per year
Stylish guests in gowns and tuxedos “But this year, there’s no way I to 300 per year, and made an ap- For more information, visit upirc.
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Raquel Tilton and Simon Jenkins with Cindy Galant and Pam Harmon.

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Elke and George Fetterolf. Olivia and Matt McCain. Judge Janet Croom and David Croom. Mary and Chris Ryan.

Libby and Bill King. Dick and Sally Daley.

Nelson and Gretchen Cover with Trudie and Dennie See. Don Reeser and Amy Patterson.

Marlen and George Higgs. Peter and Kjestine Bijur.

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‘Building brains’: Early education extolled at Starfest

Suzi Shriner, Nancy Easton and Janet Gefaell. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE Sally Spilman, Karla Spooner and Judy Munn.

BY MARY SCHENKEL sources and its mission to elevate
Staff Writer and promote high-quality educa-
tion in Indian River County.
Roughly 400 proponents of early
childhood education packed the Janet Gefaell and Suzi McCoy
Quail Valley River Club dining Shriner stepped up as co-chairs of
room last Monday and Tuesday to the popular event, taking the reins
attend the eighth annual Starfest from event founders Judy Munn and
Luncheon to benefit Childcare Re- Karla Spooner.

Shriner elicited laughter as she

Nancy Hopwood and Shannon McGuire Bowman. Georgia Hennig and Nancy McKown.

described one flamboyant 4-year- name is Zoe, and when I grow up,
old who stood out on a visit to a I’m going to be a fashion designer
board of directors meeting – outfit- and live in Paris.’ You all are allow-
ted with a unicorn headband, se- ing them to dream that big.”
quined vest, tutu, rainbow leggings
and gold platform shoes. A brief video described the growth
of the nonprofit, founded by Sherry
After the other children shared Waddell, Cathy Marshall and Sandy
their future dreams, Shriner said Kahle, which is celebrating its 25th
of the little girl, “She stood forward a n n iver sa r y.
in all of her zest and she said, ‘My
Childcare Resources provides

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John and Maureen Hendricks with Mary and Jim Weiss. Barbara Morgan, Christine Osborne, Tara Van DerVort and Mary Van DerVort.

quality early childhood education City, the now national organization PHOTOS CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
to lower-income working families utilizes top chefs and athletes to Brigit Kelly, Gloria Nicely and Kiana Lozano.
who earn too much to be eligible promote healthy food choices and
for state or federal subsidies, yet not active recess programs to 100,000
enough to afford quality childcare. students in more than 140 public
They now also reach thousands schools.
more children through partner-
ships with childcare contracting “We stare at a very serious obe-
centers and through innovative sity epidemic,” said Easton, noting
programs and services such as their that obesity rates among children
Credentialing Program for Early have tripled since the 1970s, with 17
Educators. percent of children and 30 percent
of adults now overweight or obese.
“The human brain is built over Frighteningly, one in three chil-
time, and from the bottom up. dren is on track to develop diabetes,
This process begins before birth heart disease and/or cancer.
and goes well into adulthood,” said
Shannon McGuire Bowman, execu- “This generation of children, the
tive director, on the video. ones that we are raising now, will
be the first generation that will not
Later she told guests, “Many of outlive their parents, if we continue
you have heard me say that we are to feed children the way we are, and
not in the business of daycare. The if we continue to take away oppor-
short answer of what we do every tunities for play,” said Easton.
day is we are building brains. Ear-
ly childcare education is a game “We must continue to prove that
changer. What happens with ear- healthy children, active children,
ly childhood stays with someone will do much better on all the city
not only through kindergarten but tests and state tests and all the big
through their whole life.” exams that they take.”

Nancy Easton, this year’s guest She applauded the efforts of
speaker, is executive director and Childcare Resources, where chil-
co-founder of Wellness in the dren are growing and enjoying the
Schools, which is addressing the fruits of their labor in the facility’s
national childhood obesity crisis by vegetable garden..
promoting healthy eating and fit-
ness. Founded in 2005 in New York For more information, visit child-
careresourcesir.org or wellnessinthe-
schools.org. 

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PHOTOS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 Marie Ek and Wivi-Anne Weber. Megan Knurr, Colene Israel, Becky Stiles and Diane Henninger.
Matilde Sorensen and Marlynn Scully.

Richard Geissert and Cynthia Hultquist.

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Helen O’Connor and Nancy Murphy. Pat Brier and Brooke Megrue. Mark and Mary Soufleris.

John O’Steen with Donna and Peter Polk. Ann Strupp, Gale McMullin, Marcia Poutiatine and Kathy Johnston.

Ricki Michals, Joan Fay, Lynn Wilson and Jeannie Lindsay.

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Sebastian Art Studio Tour: An inside look at ingenuity

BY STEPHANIE LaBAFF
Staff Writer

Art aficionados gave last Satur- Rinda Reiss with artist Sheila Lougheed, Sonja Reiss and Janet Harvey. Judith Bairstow and Louise Novello with artist Roy Woodall.
day’s eighth annual Sebastian Art
Studio Tour a perfect 10 after local Hewitt uses palette knives, brushes, Rita Bernstein’s studio was a ca- artists,” explained Ploszay. “They’re
artists threw open the doors to their an air compressor, straws and sticks cophony of color and design, from curious about our art brains. Artists
inner sanctums for all the world to to manipulate the paint. the painted floors to the ceilings, not as a species are something that peo-
see. Visitors exclaimed over sculp- a single wall in the house is the same ple want to understand, because we
tures, jewelry, paintings and wear- “People are looking at the art and color. Her studio is as much a canvas seem to have something people who
able art, and relished the chance asking about the process,” she said. as the multiple mediums she uses to aren’t artists can’t identify.”
to chat with the artists about their “I think it’s that personal connection express herself, including silk paint-
techniques. of knowing how I do it that draws ings, wearable art, iconography, Robert and Lynn Johnson have
people to the tour.” miniature sculptures, painted eggs forged a creative environment with
“Art tour studio season is a big and aromatherapy. their steel sculpture and jewelry.
thing in New Mexico where I lived, Oil painter Lana McConnell said Lynn shared insight into her jewelry
and I thought why not do that here,” she enjoyed chatting with fellow art- Trekking west of town, visitors designs as Robert demonstrated the
said mixed-media artist Mary Segal, ists who stopped by, adding, “I’m were treated to a trio of creative en- tools used to bend red-hot metals
who introduced the concept to Se- trying to do a new thing with oil ergy at the Richard Ramirez studio into art.
bastian. Segal said she enjoys visit- pours, so it’s been fun to talk to some where the ceramic artist and painter
ing other artist studios to “see how acrylic artists and find out how they was joined by his daughter, jewelry “It’s nice to see original artworks
people are making things. You get a do it.” designer Elena Ramirez, and guest and how they’re created,” said Lanie
much fuller picture of the artist that artist Crystal Ploszay, a concrete art- Dreer, a former art teacher as she
way.” Shelia Lougheed’s house, where ist. walked through Roy Woodall’s stu-
she and studio mate Suze Lavender dio. “I like to see the different media
Visitors to Stouthouse got a twofer work, was so full of artwork that it “People come because they like and different interpretations of what
– viewing the Seth Thelonious Alvin spilled out onto the lawn with color- art and they want to support the the artists do with it.” 
Foster Art Collection and stained- ful abandon.
glass pieces by the late Weldon J.
Stout, as well as works by Mary Pratt,
the current artist-in-residence.

“This community is very art-
minded,” said Pratt, sharing the
plethora of work completed since ar-
riving just five weeks ago.

At Geoffrey Myers’ studio, im-
promptu jam sessions accompanied
the sculptural artist as he discussed
his art and music with passersby.

This was Julie Hewitt’s first year on
the tour, and her fluid acrylic paint-
ings attracted quite a bit of chatter.

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Jeremy and Julie Hewitt. Jeff Warfield and Beth Herbert with artist Suze Lavender. Kathleen Sullivan, Theresa Prokop and Sally Kirby.

Donna Woodall with Beth and Barry Young.

Ron Lavender, Jeff Prete and Denise Bersos. Art by Suze Lavender. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE

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Glasses raised to lagoon’s health at ‘Cheers and Beers’

Staton Grant, Pastor Jack Diehl and Mike Murphy. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE PHOTOS CONTINUED ON PAGE 24
Kevin Rollin, Ray Hooker, Brenda Kasper and Jenifer Hanley.

BY STEPHANIE LaBAFF Healthy Lagoon last Friday evening mental education and community victuals for the foodies’ consump-
Staff Writer at the Walking Tree Brewery. action. tion, such as stuffed mushrooms,
lamb chops, smoked shrimp, potato
Members and supporters of Sun- This year, Sunrise Rotary partnered Robin Pelensky, who chaired the poppers, Gambretti with spicy po-
rise Rotary Vero Beach raised their with S.E.A. a Difference, a grassroots fifth annual VIP event, said the eve- lenta, a coconut coffee porter pork
glasses to help protect the envi- environmental organization whose ning was a way to thank donors and slider, chimichangas and even a blue
ronment at Cheers and Beers for a mission is to protect coastal ecosys- all those affiliated with their annual crab donut.
tems through stewardship, environ- Florida Craft Brew and Wingfest.
This is the eighth year for the popular For those opting to taste the fruit
Brew and Wingfest, which takes place of the vine instead of the chaff, Vari-
from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Satur- etals and More offered a Maggio Pe-
day, Feb. 16, at Royal Palm Pointe. tite Sirah and a Fault Line Sauvignon
Blanc paired with cheese, chorizo
At Cheers and Beers, nearly 250 at- and smoked fish dip.
tendees savored the gastronomic cel-
ebration by sipping craft brews from The silent auction featured Trashed
a keg-full of Treasure Coast home- Treasures – sculptures made from
brewers hailing from Sebastian to items collected by volunteers during
Stuart, and noshing on tapas-style lagoon cleanups. Each piece focused
dishes from 12 local restaurants. on an environmental theme, includ-
ing creatures from the Indian River
The suds scientists had brewed up Lagoon, a turtle, octopus, stingray
concoctions christened with names and jellyfish.
like Washed up Coconut, Cocoa Co-
cus Robusticus and Stick in the Eye, An original depiction of “The Lo-
made with atypical ingredients that rax” sat center stage to raise aware-
included a hint of chocolate, spices ness of the over-consumption of
and fruits among others. single-use plastics, which find their
way into the ocean and lagoon. Plas-
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tic toys, barrettes, utensils and straws message – perhaps a subliminal note Jason Flinn from Sebastian-based Proceeds from the eighth annual
comprised the outside of a Seuss-in- to observers – to LOVE the lagoon. Red Buoy won first place in the Florida Craft Brew and Wingfest will
spired display filled with plastic food Homebrewers category with his Slack benefit Sunrise Rotary community
wrappers and bags. “This collaboration just made Tide, an American Lager. Wild Thyme projects and scholarships.
sense,” said Pelensky. “Sunrise Rota- Catering’s herb-crusted lamb chops
A majority of the pieces were cre- ry puts quite a bit of time and money with blackberry lime coulis took first For more information visit sunrise-
ated by S.E.A. a Difference founder into helping our lagoon.” place in the Restaurant division. rotaryverobeach.org or floridacraft-
Missy Weiss, and included a hidden brewandwingfest.com. 
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Thanking ‘Habitat’ donors for building something special

BY STEPHANIE LaBAFF PHOTOS CONTINUED ON PAGE 28 asked her daughter why she thought a family, and we partner with you as
Staff Writer she would have to change schools. donors. We at habitat have the honor
Barbara and David Crosby. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE Her daughter’s reply, “Every year we and the privilege to actually connect
Benefactors of Indian River Habi- go to a different school because we families and donors who actually
tat for Humanity were thanked for helping hand to lift herself and her have to move.” want to give back to those in need
helping families in need build bet- children from the clutches of gen- in Indian River County of affordable
ter futures for themselves during the erational poverty into a place of self- “That touched me,” said Noel. housing.”
annual Donor Appreciation Night at reliance. “That’s what encouraged me to apply
Northern Trust Bank last Tuesday again; that was my third time apply- Habitat helps qualified buyers
evening. Noel said that for her, things were ing. It’s not just a house; it’s our home, purchase new homes, assists with
set in motion when her daughter it’s stability, it gave me confidence. neighborhood beautification and
While feasting on hors d’oeuvres asked where she was going to go to Thank you to everyone who donates. revitalization projects, and aids in
catered by Adrienne Drew and lis- school the next year. Confused, Noel I’m still overjoyed and thankful.” the repair of damaged homes for in-
tening to music by Jerzi and Josiah, dividuals in need who want to age
donors chatted and hammered home The mother of four moved into her in their own homes but cannot af-
their belief in Habitat’s goal of build- Habitat home in May 2015 with chil- ford to make the repairs themselves.
ing homes, communities and hope, dren ranging in age from 16 months Habitat is currently slated to build
by helping families build stability to 19 years old. Noel and her 19-year- 18 homes this year and hopes to in-
and self-sufficiency as homeowners. old daughter are also both Habitat crease the number to 20 per year in
Scholars; Noel is attending Indian the future.
Sheryl Vittitoe, IR Habitat presi- River State College and her daughter
dent/CEO, related an illustration of is attending the University of Central “This year we will be intentional in
Habitat’s axiom, “If you tell a man a Florida. Noel’s son is enlisting in the why we do, what we do, when we do
fact, he’ll learn something. If you tell Air Force. it, how we do it and who we do it for,”
him the truth, perhaps he’ll be a be- said Vittitoe, noting it is the same
liever. But if you tell a man a story, it “Your support has been very tan- way Habitat families are intentional
may actually live with him forever.” gible and very real for her [Noel] and in achieving their dreams of becom-
her family,” said Vittitoe. “What I ing homeowners.
Vittitoe shared the story of Habi- loved best about tonight is that we’ve
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PHOTOS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26 Keith Vittitoe, Fabienne Noel and David Pearson. Alice and Rene Donars with Eve Kyomya.
Scott Alexander, Sheryl Vittitoe and Pat Schulke.

France Kenyon and Jerry Weick. Bob and Jan Garrison. Patricia and Howard Leary.

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Ron and Rose Virgin with Joan and Bob Mark.
John and Emilie Brady with Sheila and Joel Rockwell.
Kent and Ann Seeley with Andy Bowler, Connie Poppell and Sandra Bowler.

Jerzi and Josiah David.

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Starry-studded ‘Outreach’ gala was truly Grand occasion

BY KERRY FIRTH profit, which supports 32 local chari- auction, which also included numer-
Staff Writer ties. ous other items, and even an evening
dinner with Winston Scott, retired U.S.
The Grand Harbor Clubhouse was Residents dressed in their finest Navy captain and former NASA astro-
illuminated by twinkling lights for a evening attire for an impressionistic naut.
Starry Starry Night Gala Dinner and night of sensory delights that included
Auction to benefit the Grand Harbor exotic appetizers, expressive wines, an Live-auction items included extrav-
Community Outreach program. The elegant dinner, a live auction and exu- agant private dinner parties, vacation
formal gala is the largest fundraising berant dancing. stays, a Caribbean cruise and a beau-
event for the community-based non- tiful recreation of Van Gogh’s “Starry
The clubhouse was magically trans- Night” painting painted by local artist
formed by Sue Post and Kelli Martin Cynthia Kusmer.

665 4TH STREET, VERO BEACH, FL 32962 Simon and Eleanor Caldecott. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE “All of the auction items were donat-
ed by residents or sponsors so that 100
(772) 567-2005 into a dreamscape worthy of a paint- percent of the earnings goes directly to
ing. Towering centerpieces featured charity,” explained DeFrancisci. “This
1”Thin Paver Overlays  2 3/8”Thick Pavers tall glass vases with soft lighting, and evening is the direct result of residents
Cleaning & Sealing  Repairs  Travertine & Marble elegant white feathers which reflect- giving their time, talent and trea-
ed the lights, giving the effect of their sures for other residents to purchase.
Fire Pits  Concrete Removal  Asphalt Removal dancing on the ceiling. Grand Harbor is a very tight-knit, phil-
Bobcat Service  Pool Decks  Retaining Walls anthropic community and this just
“We start planning the theme and makes giving even more enjoyable.”
decorations before Christmas, but we
only started assembling it three days The Grand Harbor Community
ago,” said Post. “We only had a couple Outreach Program, nominated by the
of hours to decorate the clubhouse to- Veterans Council of Indian River, was
day, so we have to be very organized. recognized with the 2018 Outstanding
We’ve been doing this together since Group Supporting Philanthropy award
2011 so we’ve got it down to a science.” at November’s National Philanthropy
Day Awards Dinner.
“We raised over $65,000 at this event
last year and half of it came from auc- “We focus on combating generation-
tion items,” said Susanne Sweeny, co- al poverty,” explained Doug Sweeny,
chair with Diane DeFrancisci. “The ex-officio. “We’ve adopted Gifford as
other half was from the angel auction, a community, and provide them with
where residents can donate to one the help they need to lift themselves
of our three designated causes. This up and help themselves through jobs,
year those categories were veterans, family stability and education. Those
children and homeless. We collect the three things work together for good.
donations and turn them over to our We work with United Against Poverty
philanthropy committee, who decide and their job readiness STEP program,
which charities to support.” and we’ve partnered with community
leaders to host two job fairs, where at
In keeping with the Starry Starry least 50 people secured jobs.”
Night theme, 14 original pieces of art-
work were created and donated by Last year the Grand Harbor Com-
Grand Harbor residents for the silent munity Outreach Program raised
$338,000 for charity through their an-
nual fund drive and special events;
overall gifts have exceeded $4 million
since its inception 18 years ago. 

Come and see our newly
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Raynor Reavis and Diane DeFrancisci with Susanne and Don Sweeny. Jim Heaviside and Rosemary Catanzaro with Carol Jones and Nick Halchak. Mike and Helen Evans with Lyn and Ron Wnek.

Dale and Betty Jacobs with Ed Churney.

Kelli Martin and Sue Post.

Mary Potter with Bill and Anne LaViolette.
Jeff and Susan Sawyer.

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Garden of speedin’: McKee makes vroom for motorcars

BY MARY SCHENKEL
Staff Writer

Vibrantly colored sports cars dot- Brittany and Brad Lindsey with their sons Declan and Keaton. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE John and Kathie Schumann with Norm Ridgely.
ted the landscape of McKee Botanical
Garden last Saturday during the 10th Cathie and Dr. Rob Callery. Chuck Roberts. Paul Magee.
annual Motorcar Exhibition featuring Doris Carpentier and Janis Meola. Desirey Earick and Sheryl Bessant.
the Corvette, ‘America’s Sports Car.’ formance goes. And I prove it every
month on a track.”
A total of 42 cars, 20 of them owned by
local residents and all of them lovingly In addition to the motorcars nestled
maintained by their owners, spanned among the flora of the lush garden
the decades from 1953 to 2019. Tech- were the 20 sculptures of the Seward
nical terms were interspersed with Johnson ‘Celebrating the Familiar’ ex-
oohs and ahhs as upwards of 3,000 hibition. “I’m real,” called out a man to
car enthusiasts wandered about for a passersby, as he relaxed in a chair next
glimpse of the beauties and chatted to the lifelike sculpture ‘Quiet Please’
with their owners. of a girl napping on the grass.

“We have a car from each of the first The Seward Johnson exhibit will
20 years of production; so from 1953 to be on display through April 28. For
1973,” said Christine Hobart, McKee more information, visit mckeegar-
executive director. “We think it’s the den.org. 
first show that they’ve all been rep-
resented in one place. And we think
that’s very cool. We also have the Hall-
strom car, the Corvette that she used
to deliver eggs in.”

Hobart was referencing the 1962
white Corvette formerly owned by
Ruth Hallstrom. The daughter of Vero
pioneer Axel Hallstrom, Ruth was
known for her lead foot as she sped
about town in her treasured sports car.

When asked when he was bitten by
the Corvette bug, Dr. Rob Callery ex-
plained, “My father worked for Gen-
eral Motors for 43 years. I built every
model available of Corvettes growing
up as a kid. Then I started playing with
Hot Wheels, and the Corvettes were
my favorite. I always loved Corvettes.”

The love carried over into adult-
hood as well. “I got my first one in ’92;
it was an ’85 that I still have, and then
the ’04 and now this one,” said Callery,
standing beside his 2016 Grand Sport,
the 12th Grand Sport in production.
“It’s the best sports car you can buy
for the money, bar none, as far as per-

‘LAST ROMANCE’: A CELEBRATION
OF SENTIMENTALITY AND SOUL

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‘Last Romance’: A celebration of sentimentality and soul

BY PAM HARBAUGH Louisa Flaningam as Carol and
Correspondent P.J. Benjamin as Ralph Bellini.

Riverside Theatre brings intimacy PHOTOS BY HOLLY PORCH
to its mainstage with its affectionate
production of “The Last Romance,” a
play by one of its favorite playwrights,
Joe DiPietro.

For sure, a play about two senior citi-
zens falling in love is sentimentality
served with a ladle. Not that there’s any-
thing wrong with that. Sentimentality is
too derided in our sophisticated society.
Where would we be without heart?

In fact, we seem to be growing up
with DiPietro. In “I Love You, You’re Per-
fect, Now Change” we were told that we
were perfect but that we had to change
in order to maintain our young mar-
riage. Then we went “Over the River and
Through the Woods” to visit our aging
grandparents. Now, we ARE those aging
grandparents struggling with loneliness.

There are also plenty of laughs in
this, thanks to actor P.J. Benjamin. He
disappears into his role of Ralph Belli-
ni, a widower who lives with his sister
Rose in the Italian section of Hoboken,
New Jersey.

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Colten Blair as the Young Man
with P.J. Benjamin.

P.J. Benjamin and
Andrea Gallo as Rose.

Benjamin brings a rich, well-round- opportunity to sing at the Met haunt
ed portrayal to Ralph. You won’t be him. He’s lonely but funny; a lovable
surprised by that if you read the pro- grouch who, at the beginning of the
gram: Benjamin had 3,500 perfor- play, repeatedly calls out “Madonne” –
mances as the Wizard in “Wicked” on each one a complete sentence – when
Broadway and on tour. his pushy sister finds him. But she’s just
happy he’s “not dead in the gutter.”
While his Ralph is full of life, there’s
a pervasive sadness to him as well. Portraying Rose is the ever-excellent
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Andrea Gallo, who nearly stole the show From the believable characters to the
as the French maid in Riverside’s 2017 polished stage efficiency, director Chris
production of “Private Lives.” Here, she Clavelli, resident director at the Florida
serves up love laced with irascibility, es- Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers, brings
pecially when she calls out to the dogs to warmth and soul to this production.
“shaddup.” We know she feels protective
of her brother when she sees him on a His designers, Ray Recht (scenery),
park bench talking with a strange wom- Susan Mickey (costume), Todd Wren
an, Carol. In Gallo’s hands, the truths (lighting) and Trevor Peters (sound),
we learn about Rose tug at our hearts as work in wonderful harmony here. Just
much as the budding relationship be- as the writing and performances eas-
tween Ralph and Carol. ily move us along the storyline, so too
do all these technical elements.
As portrayed by Broadway, off-Broad-
way and regional theater veteran ac- We see a tree-lined street with an au-
tress Louisa Flaningam, Carol traverses tumn canopy of oranges and reds, like
a wide spectrum. When she first meets Carol’s hair. A branch of leaves suggests
Ralph, she has come to a dog park to the movement of time as they cast a
walk “Peaches,” her dog. At first suspi- moving shadow on the exterior of the
cious of this strange man, Carol eventu- brownstones. Carol’s brown boots in
ally warms to him and we cheer for the her first scene are as stolid and rooted
possibility of a “last romance.” Flanin- in place as are the tree trunks; neither
gam and Benjamin are real-life hus- she nor those trees are moving any-
band and wife, so their warm, easy con- where. And a sweet sound design of oc-
nection is very convincing. casional yapping dogs make you feel as
if you are in the midst of this park.
A fourth character is the Young
Man. He is played by Colten Blair, an Yes, a conflict does arise. It may
up-and-coming performer who has make you want to pull out your hair
toured with “The Sound of Music” and when DiPietro has Rose intone “Oc-
has sung opera professionally. It’s the tober 25” a few times, suggesting its
Young Man who steps in and sings op- looming nature, just to discover, meh.
eratic interludes, oh with such beauty And you’ll end up wondering “who”
and earnestness. He also serves as a (or “what,” for the more philosophical)
clever personal valet for Ralph, help- the villain was in the story. It makes
ing to change scenes and settings. for a good post-theater conversation.

But if tenderness mixed with mel-

ancholy and ratcheted up with a “will “The Last Romance” runs through
they, won’t they” urgency make for a Feb. 24 at Riverside Theatre, 3250 Riv-
good trip to the theater for you, then erside Drive, Vero Beach. Tickets start
“The Last Romance” is your cup of at $35. Call 772-231-6990 or visit River-
chamomile. sideTheatre.com. 



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Troupe’s on! Theatre-Go-Round right at home at ‘Costa’

BY STEPHANIE LABAFF manage Musicana, a dinner theater at
Staff Writer the old Sheraton, where the cast per-
formed and waited on the tables.”
After 11 years of making the rounds
at a number of venues, Theatre-Go- When that hotel was sold, the new
Round, Vero’s only professional din- management closed down the show.
ner theater, has settled into new digs But Putzke continued to make mu-
in the Crystal Room of the Costa d’Este sic for Vero Beach audiences wher-
Beach Resort & Spa. ever he could stage a show. He rented
space at Riverside Theatre and at one
“It’s ironic,” says Jon Putzke, found- point set up shop at the Vero Beach
er and artistic director. “I moved to Book Center building, which he af-
Vero Beach more than 30 years ago to fectionately referred to as “Encore

Marg and Jon Putzke.

PHOTO BY DENISE RITCHIE

Alley.” Yet always at the back of his and no real funding. I remembered the
mind was the idea for a professional Chicago cocktail lounge concept and I
dinner theater. remembered the impression it made
on me about performing at people’s
“My wife, Marg, and I spent a lot of tables. And so that was it. I started
time in Chicago seeing all different Theatre-Go-Round to do exactly that.”
types of theater in our younger married
life. One of them was in a cocktail lounge The idea behind the name was be-
where the wait staff did Broadway show ing able to “go around to any dining
numbers,” says Putzke, still able to de- room that would have us and around
scribe the setting in great detail. to the tables in the dining room.”

“The cocktail tables would light up Over the years, the troupe has daz-
and the servers would jump up on them zled audiences all around town, oper-
and perform Broadway numbers. It was ating out of seven locations and adapt-
the coolest thing in the world.” ing to each before finally ending up in
the ultimate venue, Costa d’Este.
The couple has staged shows togeth-
er since high school and a little over a Putzke’s tenacity gives new meaning
decade ago decided it was time to de- to the “show must go on” mentality. No
but their own version. matter the address, their band of en-
tertainers has provided quality enter-
“Vero Beach was really ripe for din- tainment that speaks to the confirmed
ner theater. There was no specific place

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habitués of nearly 3,000 return patrons. high school chorus class. He went on to Gregory Harris, Caitlin Harris, with “True Colors of the ’80s,” featur-
“That’s a lot of people who have fol- earn a degree in music in Music Theater Beth Shestak and Brendan Wenger. ing 1980s hits “Karma Chameleon,”
from Catholic University of America in “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and
lowed us from one dining room to the Washington, D.C. Following his high “Dinner theater is more immer- “True Colors.” The show runs through
next,” says Putzke with a chuckle. school sweetheart to Florida, he landed sive than other types of theater,” March 17. “The Best of ABBA” opens on
a spot with the Walt Disney Company says Wenger. “The audience plays a March 24 and runs through May 5.
The troupe also includes choreogra- before settling in Vero Beach. much bigger part in the show than a
pher Beth McKenzie-Shestak and vo- regular stage play. Actors feed off the The Costa d’Este family has wel-
cal director Gregory Harris, along with They both teach at Storm Grove audience, but at dinner theater, ev- comed Theatre-Go-Round with open
Caitlin Harris and Brendan Wenger. Middle School – he teaches choral erything is amplified. The audience arms, says Putzke.
and drama and she sixth grade – and has a lot more influence on bringing
“We are a professional company initially met Putzke through the Vero their energy to the show and feel like “They have been wonderful about
and we’re fortunate to have such tal- Beach Theatre Guild. they’re adding to the performance.” us coming in; working with us on the
ented people here in Vero Beach,” menu and listening to what has always
says Putzke. “Working with these wonderful peo- The troupe kicked off their first per- worked for us in the past. We are so ex-
ple in a town that really supports the formance at their new home Feb. 10 cited to be back in an intimate situa-
Shestak, also the cantor at St. John arts – everything from high school plays tion with a stage and with lights. What
of the Cross Catholic Church, has been to community theater to professional a great meshing of two organizations.”
with Theatre-Go-Round since its early theater over at Riverside – it’s not sur-
days. She studied at the Burt Reynolds prising that our audience is attracted So far, he says, all signs point to a suc-
Institute in her teens, taking Master to the idea of dinner and a show,” says cessful season. “We’re already close to
Classes with theater greats Dom DeLu- Gregory Harris. “When you take your eight sellouts out of the 12 that we an-
ise and Charles Nelson Reilly. Later, she own instrument with you everywhere, nounced. If that continues, then we’re
majored in musical theater at Univer- you really can perform anywhere. In the going to make the productions bigger
sity of the Arts in Philadelphia before words of Shakespeare, ‘All the world’s a and better.”
moving to New York. where she was the stage.’ We just need a venue.”
lead in “Agrippina,” an Off-Broadway Putzke’s secret to success? While the
show at Studio 54. Brendan Wenger, an accountant audience may enjoy a spectacular three-
by day, began his musical career at course gourmet dinner, the performers
“I love dinner theater. The audienc- the children’s theater at Indian River always leave them hungry for more.
es are very receptive. It doesn’t matter State College, where he later received
how they come in, they always leave a theater scholarship. After perform- Performances take place each Sun-
happy. So that, in turn, makes you ing at numerous community theaters, day with dinner at 4 p.m. and the show
happy,” says Shestak. Wenger discovered Theatre-Go-Round. at 6 p.m. Tickets are $65 per person
and include tax and gratuity. For res-
“What I like about Theatre-Go- ervations, call 772-252-9341. For more
Round is the inter-activeness between information and the menu, visit the-
the cast and the audience,” adds Marg atregorounddinnertheatre.com. 
Putzke, the troupe’s costume designer
and the organist at Holy Cross Catho-
lic Church. “The cast is so good about
getting into the audiences’ faces, sing-
ing right to them and making them a
part of the show.”

To make things interesting, Putzke
chooses a different theme for each
show, based on a timeframe, decade,
performer or composer, says Shestak.

“Jon casts very well,” says Marg
Putzke. “He really sees the strengths
in everybody. He throws them a curve-
ball and shows them what they are re-
ally made of.”

“Part of our success, I think, is know-
ing the cast so well that I write the
shows for them. They can’t go wrong.
I bring out the best of their talents in
each show,” adds Jon Putzke.

Gregory and Caitlin Harris met in a

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Coming Up: Take flight with Vero High’s magical ‘Mary Poppins’

BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA old friends,” and quotes Billboard
Staff Writer Magazine as saying of Bonoff’s work
that its “soul-searching, heartache and
1 Umbrellas at the ready! Of all the joy touch souls in a way few can mus-
beloved, magical, musical Dis- ter today.” Bonoff had been scheduled
to perform in Vero last year, but fires
ney movies, “Mary Poppins” is cer- near her California home forced her
to cancel. Time: 7 p.m. Tickets: start at
tainly among the tops, and the new- $25. 1-800-595-4849.

est film iteration is charming a whole

new generation. So right now is the

perfect time for the Vero Beach High

School Drama Department to bring 3 Have you ever watched a daz-
zling Broadway musical filled
the exciting “Mary Poppins – The New

Musical” to its Performing Arts Center with eye-popping dance numbers

stage, this Friday, Saturday and Sun- and wondered how all that fancy foot-

day, Feb. 15-17. The show is, of course, 1 “Mary Poppins - The New Musical” at VBHS Performing Arts Center this weekend. work and complicated routines hap-

based on the books by P.L. Travers, as pen, and who the choreographer was

well as the classic Walt Disney film behind such terpsichorean magic?

“Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s If you have, you’ll want to attend the

Mary Poppins.” Says a source close how seriously, amazingly talented our in store as singer/songwriters Karla Vero Beach Museum of Art’s Interna-
high school theater kids are. If not, Bonoff and Jonathan Edwards take
to the show, the irresistible tale will you’re in for a huge treat. “Mary Pop- the Emerson Center stage this com- tional Lecture Series Simulcast pre-
pins” is a show your entire family will ing Thursday, Feb. 21. This Live! From
include awesome stage craft, includ- love sharing. Time: Friday and Satur- Vero Beach show will be the series’ sentation this Monday, Feb. 18, “A Life
day, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets: $10 first non-tribute act of the season, and
ing Mary Poppins’ preferred form of and $15. 772-564-5537 or www.indi- a supremely satisfying vocal and inter- of Opening Nights,” with Tony, Emmy,
anriverschools.tix.com. pretive pairing. Musicworksconcerts.
transportation, and some ‘oh, wow!’ com describes an Edwards concert as Drama Desk and Outer Circle Critics
“warm as summer sunshine, real as
aerial work from Bert, as well as, says the truth, intimate as a visit between award-winning choreographer (and

the show promo, “unforgettable songs Orlando native) Rob Ashford. Obvi-

and breathtaking dance numbers.” If ously, this will be a singularly fasci-

you’ve already had the pleasure and nating presentation. Time: 4:30 p.m.

fun of seeing local high school theat- 2 An intimate evening of won- Tickets: Member: $70; non-member,
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Some 115,000 years ago, homo sapi- “It’s very hard to come up with any problem. We have geological records sheet did not melt at the time. That’s
ens were still living in bands of hunter other explanation, except that at least of sea levels from the Eemian. And the why researchers also suspect a collapse
gatherers, largely confined to Africa. in that one area where we’re working oceans, scientists believe, were 20 to of the most vulnerable part of Antarc-
We still shared the globe with the Ne- ... the last century is as warm as any 30 feet higher. tica, the West Antarctic ice sheet. This
anderthals, although it’s not clear we century in the last 115,000 years,” said region could easily supply another 10
had met them yet. Gifford Miller, a geologist at the Uni- Some extra water likely came from feet of sea level rise, or more.
versity of Colorado in Boulder who led Greenland, whose ice currently con-
And though these various hominids the research on Baffin Island. tains over 20 feet of potential sea lev- "There’s no way to get tens of meters
didn’t know it, the Earth was coming el rise. But it couldn’t have been just of sea level rise without getting tens of
to the end of a major warm period. It But if Miller is right, there’s a big Greenland, because that entire ice meters of sea level rise from Antarcti-
was one that’s quite close to our cur- ca,” said Rob DeConto, an Antarctic ex-
rent climate, but with one major dis- pert at the University of Massachusetts.
crepancy – seas at the time were 20 to
30 feet higher. Scientists are now intensely debat-
ing precisely which processes could
During this ancient period, some- have played out then – and how soon
times called the Eemian, the oceans they’ll play out again. After all, West
were about as warm as they are today. Antarctica has already been shown,
And last month, intriguing new re- once again, to be beginning a retreat.
search emerged suggesting that North-
ern Hemisphere glaciers have already Some researchers, including DeCon-
retreated just as far as they did in the to, think they have found a key process
Eemian, driven by dramatic warming – called marine ice cliff collapse – that
in Arctic regions. can release a lot of sea level rise from
West Antarctica in a hurry. But they’re
The finding arose when a team of being challenged by another group,
researchers working on Baffin Island, whose members suspect the chang-
in northeastern Canada, sampled the es in the past were slow – and will be
remains of ancient plants that had again.
emerged from beneath fast-retreating
mountain glaciers. And they found that To understand the dispute, consider
the plants were very old indeed, and the vulnerable setting of West Antarc-
had probably last grown in these spots tica itself. Essentially, it’s an enormous
some 115,000 years ago. That’s the last block of ice mostly submerged in very
time the areas were actually not cov- cold water. Its glaciers sit up against
ered by ice, the scientists believe. the ocean in all directions, and toward
the center of the ice sheet, the seafloor
slopes rapidly downward, even as the
surface of the ice sheet itself grows
much thicker, as much as two miles
thick in total.

As much as a mile and a half of that
ice rests below the sea level, but there
is still plenty of ice above it, too.

So if the gateway glaciers start to
move backward – particularly a glacier

Thwaites
Glacier

named Thwaites, by far the largest of that used to grow out over the ocean Pollard, that’s the problem. That’s too the ocean, you would have ice cliffs
them – the ocean would quickly have at the front of the glacier and stabilize much to be sustained. hundreds of meters above the surface
access to much thicker ice. it. The shelf collapsed as Greenland of the water.
warmed in the past two decades. Ice is not steel. It breaks. And breaks.
The idea is that during the Eemian, And breaks. DeConto and Pollard say that such
this whole area was not a block of ice As a result, Jakobshavn now pres- cliffs would continually fall into the
at all, but an unnamed sea. Somehow, ents a steep vertical front to the sea. This additional process, called ‘ma- sea. And when they added this com-
the ocean got in, toppling the outer Most of the glacier’s ice is under the rine ice cliff collapse,’ causes an utter putation, it not only recreated Eemian
glacial defenses, and gradually setting water, but more than 100 meters ex- disaster if you apply it to Thwaites. If sea level rise, it greatly increased their
all of West Antarctica afloat and on tend above it – and for DeConto and Thwaites someday loses its own ice projection of how much ice Antarctica
course to melting. shelf and exposes a vertical front to could yield in this century – more than
three feet.
DeConto, with his colleague Da-
vid Pollard, built a model that looked Since there are other drivers of sea
to the Eemian, and another ancient level rise, like Greenland, this meant
warm period called the Pliocene, to that we could see as much as six feet
try to understand how this could hap- in total in this century, roughly double
pen. prior projections. And in the next cen-
tury, the ice loss would get even worse.
In particular, they included two pro-
cesses that can remove glaciers. One, “What we pointed out was, if the
dubbed ‘marine ice sheet instability,’ kind of calving that we see in Green-
describes a situation in which a partial- land today were to start turning on in
ly submerged glacier gets deeper and analogous settings in Antarctica, then
thicker as you move toward its center. Antarctica has way thicker ice, it’s a
In this configuration, warm water can way bigger ice sheet, the consequences
cause a glacier to move backward and would be potentially really monumen-
downhill, exposing ever thicker ice to tal for sea level rise,” DeConto said.
the ocean – and thicker ice flows out-
ward faster. Moreover, the process, he argues, is
essential to understanding the past –
So the loss feeds upon itself. and thus how we could replicate it.
Marine ice sheet instability is proba-
bly underway already in West Antarcti- “We cannot recreate six meters of
ca, but in the model, it wasn’t enough.
DeConto and Pollard also added an- STORY CONTINUED ON PAGE 46
other process that they say is currently
playing out in Greenland, at a large
glacier called Jakobshavn.
Jakobshavn is moving backward
down an undersea hill slope, just in
the way that it is feared the much larg-
er Thwaites will drift. But Jakobshavn
is also doing something else. It is con-
stantly breaking off thick pieces at its
front, almost like a loaf of bread, drop-
ping slice after slice.
That’s because Jakobshavn no longer
has an ice shelf, a floating extension

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sea level rise early in the Eemian without account- Glaciers and ice caps on Baffin Island in Arctic Canada have been The big difference, this time around, is that hu-
ing for some brittle fracture in the ice sheet mod- retreating rapidly in recent decades. Dead moss collected at the mans are heating things up far faster than what is
el,” said DeConto. believed to have happened in the geologic past.
margin this ice cap was dated by radiocarbon to have been
Tamsin Edwards is not convinced. A glaciologist killed more than 48,000 years ago. And that makes a key difference, said Ted Scam-
at Kings College London, she is lead author – with bos, an Antarctic researcher who is leading the U.S.
a number of other Antarctic experts – of a study to our 2016 model output, but the models are evolv- side of an international multimillion dollar mis-
published Wednesday in Nature (the same journal ing rapidly and they have already changed consid- sion to study Thwaites Glacier, and who is a senior
that published DeConto and Pollard in 2016) that erably since 2016,” he said in a written statement. researcher at the National Snow and Ice Data Cen-
disputes their model, in great detail. ter in Colorado.
But he’s not backing down on marine ice cliffs. The
Using a statistical technique to examine the re- new critique, DeConto said, implies that “these pro- “The current pace of climate change is very fast,”
sults, Edwards and her collaborators find that the cesses aren’t important for future sea level rise. And I Scambos said, and the rate of warming might cause
toppling of ice cliffs is not necessary to reproduce think to me, that’s kind of a dangerous message.” glaciers to behave differently than they did in the past.
past warm periods after all. They also present lower
sea level rise possibilities from Antarctica in this He certainly has his allies. Richard Alley, a well Accordingly, Scambos says he sees the current
century. If they’re right, the worst case is back down known glaciologist at Penn State University who has debate as fruitful – “it’s the discussion that needs to
to about 40 centimeters, or a little over a foot, rather published with DeConto and Pollard, wrote in an happen” – but that it doesn’t lessen his worry about
than three to four feet. email that “cliff retreat is not some strange and unex- the fate of Thwaites Glacier if it retreats far enough.
pected physical process; it is happening now in some
“Things may not be as absolutely terrible as that places, has happened in the past, and is expected “There’s no model that says the glacier won’t ac-
last study predicted,” Edwards said. “But they’re still wherever sufficiently high temperatures occur in celerate if it gets into those conditions,” said Scam-
bad.” ocean or air around ice flowing into the ocean.” bos. “It just has to.”

It is a new science, she said, and without more There’s one important thing to consider – the Humans were nowhere near the Antarctic in the
modeling it’s unclear how ice cliffs will ultimately Eemian occurred without humans emitting lots Eemian – and we have never, in the modern period,
affect sea level rise. of greenhouse gases. Atmospheric carbon dioxide seen a glacier as big as Thwaites retreat. It’s possible
was far lower than it is today. The event was instead something is going to happen that we don’t have
But then what happened in the Eemian? Edwards driven by changes in the Earth’s orbit around the any precedent or predictions for.
thinks it just took a long time to lose West Antarc- sun, leading to more sunlight falling on the north-
tica. That it wasn’t fast. After all, the entire geologic ern hemisphere. Just last week, for instance, scientists reported a
period was thousands of years long. large cavity opening beneath one part of the glacier
– something they said models could not have pre-
“We’re an impatient lot, humans, and the ice dicted.
sheets don’t respond in a decade, they’re slow
beasts,” she said. There is a massive stake involved now in at least
trying to figure out what could happen – before it
DeConto says he’s learned something from the actually does. It will help determine whether hu-
critique. mans, now organized and industrialized and mas-
ters of fossil fuels, are poised to drive a repeat of our
“The Edwards study does illustrate the need for own geological history. 
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Why you should care about the U.S.- Huawei spat

Over the past few months, the U.S. government in building these relay stations, has invested $17.7 bil- nearly 10 times more sites per 10 square miles than
has launched an assault against Chinese telecom- lion since 2015, beating all its U.S. rivals combined. in the United States. But neither Japan nor Germany
munications giant Huawei for three publicly ac- are considered threats to the United States.
knowledged reasons. Nationwide, China today has 1.9 million wireless
sites compared to 200,000 in the United States. For ev- At root, the issue here is trust.
Huawei, as the Justice Department alleges, was in- ery 10 square miles, China has 5.3 sites, while the Unit- U.S. moves against Huawei are driven by a fear
volved in sanctions-busting with Iran. The company ed States has a paltry 0.4. Chinese telecommunica- that the Chinese Communist Party not only rejects
also allegedly stole U.S. technology. And third, because tions firms are on track to begin standalone 5G service the values of a Western liberal economic system
Huawei is a Chinese company and Chinese law man- in 2020, five years ahead of their U.S. counterparts. but also is at war with those values across the globe.
dates that it follow the orders of its security services, Faced with this disparity, the Deloitte reports warns What’s more, U.S. officials worry that the Communist
anything Huawei installs in equipment used by a U.S. that “China and other countries may be creating a 5G Party has conscripted Huawei in this battle, both as
ally could pose a security risk to the United States. tsunami, making it near impossible to catch up.” a weapon to dominate cutting-edge technology and
as an agent that can conduct espionage on the West.
But, in the three-dimensional chess game that is A few decades ago, American analysts scoffed at Despite Huawei’s protestations that American wor-
U.S.-China relations, underlying this battle is an- China’s continued use of communist-era “Five-Year ries about espionage are unwarranted, its executives
other conflict with China over technology and U.S. Plans” to manage its economy. Not anymore. Accord- routinely cross the line between state and private ac-
concerns that it is losing the fight. ing to Deloitte, China’s most recent plan earmarks tors. Take Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial
$400 billion for 5G-related investments, dwarfing officer, who was detained in Vancouver in December
This battle centers on the rollout of 5G telecommu- anything similar in the United States. and has now been charged with bank fraud in con-
nications technology that is expected to reshape not nection with Huawei’s alleged sanctions busting in
only modern economies but modern warfare, too. China has harnessed the full weight of its national Iran. She reportedly had eight passports, one a Chi-
And so far, China appears to be ahead – very far ahead. government to ensure that Chinese firms are at the nese government official passport.
forefront of standards-setting negotiations worldwide. Wang Weijing, the Chinese employee arrested in
This matters because 5G will produce enormously In a report released in November, the Eurasia Group January in Poland on espionage charges, worked
faster broadband speeds – upward of 10 gigabits per consulting firm estimated that, while China was on the for the Chinese consulate in Gdansk before joining
second – with no lags. This web of connectivity could sidelines of the standards setting for 3G and 4G, Chi- Huawei, again blurring the distinction between Chi-
facilitate the introduction of highways with driver- nese firms could end up holding upward of 40 percent nese officialdom and private sector.
less cars, advanced automation on factory floors and of the standard essential patents for standalone 5G. Seen in this light, the American actions against
a brave new world where machines effortlessly ex- Huawei mix both an independent law enforcement
change oceans of data. China is not the only country ahead of the United action and a high-stakes worldwide contest with a
States in 5G. Japan has far more sites per 10 square government whose core ideology is increasingly in-
It could also transform warfare with integrated miles – 15.2 – than both China or the United States. imical to U.S. values.
military operations that would make today’s joint Germany has made similar progress to China’s – with So, what’s next? Just a few years ago, pundits herald-
operations look like children playing in a kindergar- ed the victory of globalization and the onset of a border-
ten sandbox. Imagine squadrons of pilotless fight- less world. Now, the Huawei case raises the prospect of
ers, drones and smart missiles along with a coordi- a globe, split into technological spheres of influence.
nated cyberattack. The United States and its closest allies – Canada,
Great Britain, – are coalescing into one. China leads
Tragically for the United States, China’s efforts to another. In the developed world, Germany and
roll out its 5G network have lacked any of the catalyz- France are sitting on the fence.
ing drama associated with the Soviet Union’s launch And Huawei is at the center. 
of Sputnik, the world’s first satellite, in 1957. Accord- This column by John Pomfret first appeared in The
ing to a report last year by Deloitte, since 2015, China Washington Post. It does not necessarily reflect the
has outspent the United States by an estimated $24 views of Vero Beach 32963.
billion in wireless communications infrastructure.

Density is key to 5G. A successful network needs
more cell towers than 4G. That means more small
cells on telephone polls and street lamps. According
to the Deloitte report, China Tower, the world’s leader

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It’s a bull market for fic- Seoul’s assassins start picking one another off in an “The Plotters” is being touted as possibly doing
tional hit men. Among recent internecine war, Reseng graduates from potential for Korea what so many Scandinavian crime books
assassin-centric thrillers is victim to active target. have done for their countries: give readers a feel for
Malcolm Mackay’s brilliant a lesser-known part of the world by showing how its
Glasgow Trilogy: “The Neces- While going about his work – and, later, defend- inhabitants handle crime and punishment. That’s
sary Death of Lewis Winter,” ing himself – Reseng interacts with one vivid char- a lofty but misguided goal, because the Seoul in
“How a Gunman Says Good- acter after another. In addition to his bibliomania- which this novel’s action takes place is more dream-
bye” and “The Sudden Arrival cal father, there is the Barber, who not only cuts hair scape than gritty reality.
of Violence,” plus a couple of and shaves faces but also devotes his razor to less
stand-alones by the same au- benign pursuits. And there are three oddball wom- “The Plotters” is no primer for a visit to Korea.
thor. Now comes another grip- en: a homicidal avenger who is fond of “spicy stir- What it does offer is a vivid portrait of a mesmerizing
ping portrait of a killer for hire, fried tripe with a side of liver and blood sausage”; central character – the stoic Reseng. It will also keep
“The Plotters,” by Korean novel- her crippled sister, who laughs more than seems readers delightfully off-balance. In “The Plotters”
ist Un-Su Kim. humanly possible; and Old Raccoon’s cross-eyed Kim has mixed bookishness, crackpots and commis-
ex-librarian, who makes a great snoop because no sioned murder into a rich and unsettling blend. 
Kim’s protagonist, 32-year-old one has the nerve to ask her what she’s looking at.
Reseng, began life as someone’s Turns out the three women are conspiring to end THE PLOTTERS
discard. Found in a garbage can the vicious cycle of assassination – a project Reseng
outside a convent, he was raised mocks as “an awesome plot to save the world.” It is TRANSLATED FROM THE KOREAN BY SORA KIM-RUSSELL
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The love of Old Raccoon’s life is
his immense library, and yet he
neither sent the boy to school nor
taught him to read.

Even so, Old Raccoon caught
Reseng with his nose in a book at
the age of 9. Given the run of the library, the boy had
“deciphered how the Korean alphabet worked by
matching pictures to words.” Old Raccoon reacted
to the discovery by warning that “reading books will
doom you to a life of fear and shame.” But Old Rac-
coon’s prophecy has not come true. For one thing,
Reseng reads the way some people knit or doodle.
“I don’t read for any particular reason,” he says. “…
I just don’t know what else to do with my free time.”

But books sometimes fail to distract. After mak-
ing a kill, Reseng typically numbs himself by getting
drunk on beer – a tactic he considers perfectly natu-
ral. “What would be really strange, he thought, was
if someone who earned their living by killing others
felt revitalized by it.” Reseng views assassination as
his fate, which he accepts in full knowledge that he
himself is likely to be offed someday – an outcome
to be resisted not because he fears death, but be-
cause going peacefully would be beneath him. As

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