03/03/2022 ISSUE 09

17th St. bridge project may go
on for years. P8
Orchid nixes

Children’s Trust. P14
Some parents knew in advance
of planned Vero high school brawl. P13

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MY VERO PHOTO BY KAILA JONES Vero finally in
‘Green Zone’
BY RAY MCNULTY Economic impact of tourism here at all-time high for COVID-19

Aren’t all Black political BY RAY McNULTY ly visiting its hotels: Tourism is Tourist Development Council. BY LISA ZAHNER
candidates Democrats? Staff Writer booming here. So many tourists are flocking Staff Writer

If School Board candidate This is no secret to anyone “More and more people are to the Vero Beach and Sebas- Most of Florida has stayed
LaDonna Corbin’s version of who has spent time sunning choosing to vacation where tian areas, in fact, that Indian in the public health ‘Red Zone’
what happened last week at on the island’s beaches, dining we live,” said County Commis- River County officials expect throughout the Omicron surge
Mainstreet Vero’s Downtown in its restaurants and especial- sioner Joe Flescher, who serves to see annual bed tax revenues this winter, but as our commu-
Friday is accurate – and there’s as the chairman of the county’s nity enters March, new federal
no reason to believe it’s not – CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 criteria has finally moved In-
Indian River County Repub- dian River County into the
lican Executive Committee ‘Green Zone.’
precinct chairwoman Karen
Osborne saw a Black woman The number of new infec-
and immediately thought: tions dropped another 47 per-
cent with 151 new cases this
Democrat! past week – down from 286
“When I told her I was a regis- the previous week. That’s still
tered Republican,” Corbin said, about 21 new cases per day,
“she looked like something hit three times the infection rate
her in the gut.” here during the lull between
Perhaps Osborne forgot there the Delta and Omicron surges.
were Black women in the Re-
publican Party. From the standpoint of new
But there’s no excuse for COVID-19 infections reported
the shabby way Corbin was to the Florida Department of
treated when she approached Health, Indian River County
the REC booth at the festive has made big progress from our
Friday night event and po-
litely asked Osborne if she CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
could place her petition cards
on the table containing those

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Douglas Elliman opens beachside office. St. Edward’s senior Benjamin Evans headed toWest Point
Is top agent Fredrik Eklund on the way?
BY NANCY SAPEY The 18-year-old Evans was
BY STEVEN M. THOMAS The office launched with Correspondent checking his email at 3:30 in
Staff Writer seven agents, including the the morning when he learned
complete team from Daley & Family, friends, classmates his years of focused scho-
New York residential real es- Company Real Estate and The and teachers were elated at lastic work and community
tate powerhouse Douglas Elli- Josephs – Joseph O’Neill and the news that St. Edward’s volunteerism had been re-
man announced last Tuesday Joseph Schlitt – with their as- School senior Benjamin Ev- warded with a spot as a West
it has opened a boutique office sociate Chris Mickley. ans has been accepted into Point cadet.
in Vero Beach with the goal of the United States Military
quickly becoming a dominant The office will be located next Academy at West Point. “It’s truly an honor to rep-
force in the 32963 luxury market. door to the Red Onion restau-
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Douglas Elliman PHOTO BY KAILA JONES other markets that would support ours
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 to be able to refer and get leads to and
Joseph O'Neill, Sally Daley and Joseph Schlitt across from the future Douglas Elliman office. from those locations.”
rant in the Park Place building at 3001
Ocean Dr. across from Humiston Park. – was not based on analytics related lion is sales in 2021, more than double He said they started talking with
to the number of luxury properties or the group’s 2020 total. Elliman last summer and joined the
The space is being built out now with sales volume in the area but on Vero’s company in early February, a couple
a goal of completion in late March. In unique look, lifestyle and appeal to “I was blown away by the beauty of of weeks before the Feb. 22 announce-
the meantime, Daley and her agents luxury buyers. the island and the depth of the charm. ment about the new office here.
will continue to operate from their Vero is a very mature market with all
current offices, listing properties and “After making a couple of pilgrimag- the great restaurants and private clubs “Douglas Elliman liked that we are
doing deals under the Elliman banner. es up here from Miami to look around, and gated communities. It is the kind well connected and deeply rooted in our
The Josephs will operate from a tem- we quickly realized that Vero Beach of place our clients want to be, and we community,” O’Neill said. “Our families
porary office. aligns perfectly with our strategy,” said want to help other people who might have been here for over 80 years, and we
Parker, who oversees 22 Florida offices not know about this special place dis- have a comprehensive understanding
Elliman’s Florida CEO Jay Phillip with 1,200 agents who closed $14.6 bil- cover and appreciate it. of the local real estate market.”
Parker says Vero fits like a puzzle piece
into the company’s network of high- “Our coming here puts a spotlight The Josephs’ experience with new
end markets and its strategy of having on Vero Beach that will likely con- development was part of their appeal
a strong presence in “places our cli- tribute to a continuing escalation of to Elliman, according to O’Neill. Park-
ents want to be.” prices. We will bring new high-quality er told 32963 he wants to work with
buyers here. We want to help tell Vero’s area developers to bring new product
“We have been hearing about Vero story and help shape the growth of the to the island market, and Schlitt and
for a long time,” Parker told Vero market.” O’Neill have a track record in that area.
Beach 32963 last week, noting that the
chatter has increased during the pan- Longtime island broker Daley got “We are constantly identifying new
demic migration. into the picture when a friend of Park- construction and development op-
er’s introduced them. portunities for our clients, develop-
“Clients from the Northeast, Cali- ers, builders and investors,” O’Neill
fornia and South Florida have been “My friend told me, ‘You have to said. “We do our best to find what a
bringing Vero up more and more of- meet Sally Daley,’ and he was right. developer, client or investor is look-
ten.” Our first phone conversation lasted an ing for and we are often involved in
hour and when I got off I told my fiancé the entire process from land acquisi-
Parker said the decision to open in that I had never talked to anyone be- tion to the final sale.
Vero – which is a tiny market com- fore who more perfectly aligned with
pared to places like Miami, Los Ange- our company. I was deeply impressed “We believe it is important to work
les and New York City, where Elliman by the palette of real estate knowledge side by side with developers, builders,
has long been a powerful presence she brings to the table.” architects, and designers to help shape
new inventory that will ultimately fit
The same friend introduced him to within our market conditions and be
Joseph Schlitt and Joseph O’Neill, who perceived well by buyers. Douglas El-
teamed up four years ago at Coldwell liman has one of the largest new de-
Banker under the heading Joseph & velopment portfolios in the world,
Joseph. They’re also called “The Jo- they currently have over $87 billion of
sephs,” which evokes the moniker of new luxury development that they will
the famous multibillion-dollar Miami lease or sell throughout the globe.”
real estate sales team long known as
“The Jills.” Daley said she has been thinking
about acquisition for the past five years,
Joseph O’Neill told Vero Beach and that she has been approached by
32963 that he and his partner have numerous real estate companies.
been open for a while “to the idea of
joining a new firm that aligns well with “When I spoke with Elliman it was
our goals and marketing strategies. clear they were the best fit for our of-
fice and Vero. Them coming here is a
“We wanted a firm with unmatched complement to Vero Beach that shows
reach and strong influence amongst we have become an important Florida
luxury buyers and sellers throughout market. They want to be here because
the world’s biggest markets. We also their clients are coming here.
wanted a company that is located in
“We chose to partner with Elliman
for a host of reasons – their superlative
reputation, their deep national and in-
ternational networks, and their sophis-
ticated marketing tools, to name a few.

“Perhaps most importantly, Elli-
man’s corporate values of defining ex-
cellence by providing clients with un-
paralleled service as trusted real estate
advisors aligns beautifully with our
core corporate values.

“When I first made the five-year
plan, Douglas Elliman was one of two
brokerages I thought would be the
best fit for us, so it is cool to see that
come to fruition. I also think it’s kind
of cool that we launched on Feb. 22,
becoming the company’s 22nd office
in Florida on 2-22-22!”

Daley will have a leadership role at

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the new office as senior recruitment million for that is now worth $10 million “They will help us be more success- “Luxury has a new home in Vero
advisor, reporting to Parker. may want to take their chips off the ta- ful in reaching those feeder markets Beach!”
ble and explore a new market like Vero. and allow us to accelerate and im-
“I am very excited to help Elliman prove,” Daley said. “We have already Douglas Elliman is a 111-year-old
understand the market and grow their “I think when we look back a year heard from many Elliman agents in company that was listed on the New
presence here as an important new from now, you will be fascinated by other markets, welcoming us to the York Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, be-
player in the luxury market on the is- how quickly we have” gained ground family. As we build relationships with coming part of the S&P SmallCap 600.
land,” Daley said. in the luxury space, he said. “We are those agents our referrals will in-
very respectful and want to get along crease. I can’t wait to see what the fu- The sixth largest brokerage in the
Her company closed $135,359,296 with everyone, but I am also competi- ture holds. U.S., Elliman operates in eight states
in sales in 2021, up from $96,115,304 tive, and I want to win!” that fit into its strategy of deal flow both
in 2020.
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According to Elliman’s press release,
the Joseph & Joseph Team ... “has sold
over $350 million in total sales volume
since it was formed four years ago,”
and O’Neill said the partners volume
was up 30 percent in 2021 compared
to 2020.

Parker said the new office the two
teams will share on Ocean Drive will
have “a little bit different format. We
are looking to create a less formal en-
vironment that is a comfortable place
for agents to meet with clients. With
agents working mostly from home
now, the office has a different purpose
than it used to have. We want to make
the space inviting for people to come
in and see us.”

Parker says he is in conversation
with several additional Vero agents
who he hopes will end up bringing
their expertise and talents to Elliman’s
new office, but his vision for growth is
not a big office with lots of agents.

“We believe in growth that comes
from helping agents do better more so
than by getting more agents,” he said.
“I would rather help an existing agent
double their business than hire another
person. We want to be an inch wide and
a mile deep in the luxury market here.”

Parker and Daley know they are
launching into a market with histori-
cally low inventory, but they are confi-
dent they can build the business they
envision despite that challenge.

“The increase in demand is off the
chain,” says Daley. “And I don’t think
it is going to stop. Boomers are get-
ting older, there is more and more
work from home that allows people to
live where they want to, and we have
a uniquely attractive low-rise lifestyle.
Those low-growth decisions made by
community leaders years ago are com-
ing home to roost in good way.

“Inventory is going to remain a chal-
lenge, but creative and smart agents
figure out how to put buyers and sell-
ers together, whether a property is on
the MLS or not.”

“Prices will bring buyers to markets
eventually,” says Parker. “When peo-
ple see that they can achieve a certain
result with the sale of a property, they
will put it on the market, and we are
excited to help those people relocate –
maybe not in Vero but close to Vero or
someplace else they want to be.

“Directing people to new markets –
that is the way our ship sails. Someone
who has a home in Miami they paid $1

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Douglas Elliman adding that she was taken aback, disap- treatment of Corbin that she said they’re a joke and don’t give them
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 pointed and hurt by the REC’s rejection. would file a complaint with the Re- much thought,” said Barefoot, whom
publican Party of Florida and call oth- the REC voted to censure last year af-
within and between markets. “Nation- Corbin, a Treasure Coast Community er party leaders in Tallahassee, includ- ter he supported a mask mandate in
wide sales totaled approximately $51.2 Health Center wellness coordinator and ing some in the governor’s office. the county’s public schools to prevent
billion in 2021, with approximately Gifford resident, is challenging District the spread of COVID-19.
32,400 sales transactions,” according 2 incumbent Jackie Rosario in hopes of She is concerned with the hostile
to its website. becoming only the third Black School takeover of the REC here by an extreme “But when you treat a legitimate lo-
Board member in county history. fringe faction that she said doesn’t fol- cal Republican candidate like this …
The company also has a power- low rules, shuns decorum and no lon- It’s tough to ignore them,” he added.
ful international referral network via She’s a political newcomer, but she ger embraces traditional Republican “Who do they think they are?”
its longstanding alliance with Knight already has met with several influen- values – behavior that has driven out
Frank, an international luxury real es- tial local Republicans and groups, and many longtime members. They’re Rosario supporters.
tate firm with more than 300 offices in her fledgling campaign is gaining trac- That’s what Corbin said she was told
51 countries that can funnel wealthy tion in what’s supposed to be a non- “They’re downright mean, and it’s by Osborne and another REC member
buyers to U.S. markets. partisan race. gotten ugly,” Teetz said. “To do what who declared, “This is Rosario coun-
they did to a Black woman running as a try,” and urged her to go away.
Most of the top agents that appear In fact, Corbin’s candidacy was vet- Republican? You know how that looks? Apparently, the REC – the umbrella
in “Million Dollar Listings Los Ange- ted by one of our community’s most This has to stop. organization that oversees all other lo-
les” and “Million Dollar Listings New prominent Republicans, Linda Teetz, cal Republican clubs – doesn’t much
York” – including Fredrik Eklund, Josh former president of the Republican “The REC is losing its credibility and care about the Republican Party of
Altman and Josh Flagg – are Elliman Women of Indian River and a big-mon- stature, and unless something chang- Florida’s “Rules of Procedure.”
agents, which has added to the com- ey fundraiser for the party on the local, es, that’s going to hurt local Republi- RPOF rules prohibit county RECs
pany’s cachet in recent years.  state and national levels. can candidates.” from endorsing specific candidates
prior to primaries until all of the par-
My Vero “I’ve not only vetted her, but I spent Former Indian River Shores Mayor ty’s candidates have been notified and
almost two hours interviewing her,” and current School Board member Bri- permitted to speak to the group. Then,
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Teetz said during a phone call Satur- an Barefoot, another well-respected lo- at least two-thirds of the members in
day morning on her drive to Orlando cal Republican, agreed with Teetz’s as- attendance at that meeting must vote
of other local Republican candidates for Conservative Political Action Con- sessment and supported her decision in favor of the endorsement.
hoping to get the signatures needed to ference 2022. “She’s got a lot of cred- to appeal to the party’s state leaders. However, local REC Chairman and
qualify for this year’s elections. ibility. She’s a legitimate candidate. former Vero Beach Mayor Jay Kramer
She had every right to be there with He learned of the REC’s snubbing said his group has held no meeting or
“She told me to take my Democrat her petitions. of Corbin the next morning and de- conducted any vote on endorsing a can-
mess someplace else,” Corbin said, scribed it as “disgraceful,” saying such didate in the District 2 School Board race.
“The REC is supposed to support conduct doesn’t reflect well on Repub- “It’s up to the group to decide wheth-
all Republican candidates, at least licans and undermines the party’s ef-
through the primary.” forts to reach the Black community.

Teetz was so disturbed by the REC’s “This crowd there now, I think

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er we do or not, but first we’d have to go immediately, when he received a call sponse to the incident on Facebook right in front of the REC booth, and I
through a process,” Kramer said. “The from Corbin’s campaign manager, Jeff Live, but Kramer wasn’t eager to ad- saw Osborne on the phone.”
earliest something like that could hap- Andros, who couldn’t get Osborne to dress the situation.
pen is probably May or June.” come to the phone. Minutes later, Osborne reversed
“When I told him I planned to file field and told Corbin she could leave
So why turn Corbin away? Andros said he explained to Kramer a grievance with the RPOF, he hung her petition cards on the table – but
Kramer wasn’t on site – but he was what Corbin told him had occurred, up,” Andros said. “So I went back to Corbin declined.
made aware of the situation almost adding that she was streaming her re- LaDonna’s live stream, which she did
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My Vero booth to help her get them signed.”
He also cited Corbin’s failure to no-
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tify him that she was coming to the
“After everything that happened, I booth to leave petition cards, as he
was concerned that, if I left them, they’d said other candidates do.
either not get signed or be thrown
away,” Corbin said. “I just went home “Keep in mind that when somebody
and regrouped. It’s just a minor setback. puts something on our table, we’ve got
This isn’t going to be an easy campaign.” to verify that they’re a Republican, es-
pecially when they show up out of the
It’s already a three-woman race, blue,” Kramer said.
with Democrat Cynthia Gibbs also
seeking Rosario’s seat, but why would Andros’ response?
the REC make it more difficult for one “If that’s the case,” he said, “why
of its own candidates? didn’t Osborne simply explain that to
LaDonna?”
“While other Republican politicians Kramer said he was “sorry the whole
were allowed to have their petition thing happened,” but as of Sunday
cards on that table, it’s evident that the night, Corbin still hadn’t heard from
people running that booth did not want anyone connected to the REC. No one
the African-American lady to leave should be surprised.
her petitions, too,” Andros said. “Is it For whatever reasons, Corbin is not
a question of race? Or do they realize the REC’s candidate. But she is a Re-
she’s the best candidate in this race?” publican.
“It’s not a black or white issue for me,”
Kramer tried to downplay the inci- Corbin said. “I was just upset because
dent, initially saying that Corbin was of the way I was shut down, but it does
ultimately given the opportunity to hurt to see we’re not treated equal even
leave her petition cards on the table, when we’re the same.”
then adding in a snarky tone, “I guess Sometimes, they’re treated like Dem-
she expected people behind the ocrats. 

Tourism booming here ing to decompress and unwind and en-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 joy a true rest-and-relaxation vacation.”

reach $4 million for the first time this Bed tax revenues are used to fund
fiscal year. tourism development agencies and ef-
forts, beach restoration projects and the
“We’re at an all-time high now, and county’s lease obligations at the Jackie
the numbers have been headed there Robinson complex.
for a while,” said Flescher.
For every 4 cents collected, the coun-
According to the latest numbers ty designates 1 2/3 cents for tourism de-
provided by the TDC, bed tax revenues velopment agencies such as the Indian
for the first quarter of the 2021-22 fis- River County Chamber of Commerce,
cal year are up 49 percent – more than 1 5/6 cents for beach sand replenish-
$330,000 – over the previous year. ment, and ½ cent for the Jackie Robin-
son complex lease obligation.
That’s 85.7 percent, or more than
$475,000, above theTDC’s budgeted pro- Flescher attributed the surge in bed-
jections for the quarter, which began in tax revenues to “many factors,” includ-
October and produced record-high col- ing the marketing done by the TDC’s
lections in each of the three months. tourism partners – particularly the In-
dian River County and Sebastian cham-
December bed tax revenues soared bers of commerce – and activities at the
from $274,392 in 2018 to $397,372 this Jackie Robinson Training Complex.
past December.
He also noted the addition of new
Even with the COVID-19 pandemic hotels in recent years and the spike in
wreaking havoc across America in fis- room rates in recent months.
cal year 2020-21, the county’s bed-tax
revenues hit an all-time high of $3.65 “We’ve seen an increase in the num-
million. The only other time collec- ber of hotel rooms for years now, and
tions surpassed $3 million was in fis- they’re quality hotels that offer nice fa-
cal year 2017-18, when room nights cilities and amenities,” Flescher said.
generated $3.02 million. “We’ve also seen room rates increase sig-
nificantly. Rooms that were $149 or $229
“When you consider that those mil- a night are now $459 per night or more.
lions are generated by a 4-cent tax,” Fle-
scher said, “that’s a lot of room nights.” “I guess when a place is worth go-
ing to, price isn’t a factor,” he added,
Flescher said the annual economic “and the reputation of our hotels and
impact of tourism in the county has beaches – and especially our commu-
exceeded $60 million and is rapidly ap- nity – certainly have played a role in
proaching $70 million – a significant what we’re seeing.”
sum for a community that lacks theme
parks and other high-profile attractions. Another factor Flescher cited was the
creative way the TDC’s tourism partners
What we do have, he said, “is an envi- seized on Florida’s open-for-business
ronment that is coveted by people look-
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Tourism booming here preparing for his future during the four summer involved vulnerability issues Point is a stringent one, but the col-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 years he has attended Saint Edward’s. in a modern military which relies on lege education Evans will now receive
GPS and satellites. is top notch, and free.
strategy to promote the county as a tour- “In my 40 years of teaching, Ben
ism destination during the pandemic. Evans is one of the most disciplined, “It is an honor to know him,” Mitch- “The United States Military Acad-
committed students I’ve met,” said ell said. “I told him that our nation has emy at West Point offers you a fully
“Even locally, we embraced policies Terrance Mitchell, a St. Ed’s advanced selected him. He will serve the nation funded, prestigious four-year aca-
that were considerably more open than placement teacher and advisor to Ev- and make our community proud.” demic, physical, and mental educa-
other parts of the nation, including those ans. tion that develops personal character,
communities to the south, and people Evans’ community service includes leads to a Bachelor of Science, guaran-
gravitated toward us,” Flescher said. Under Evans’ leadership as the Sec- participation in United States Naval tees employability as a trusted leader,
retary General in the Model United Sea Cadet Corps, which meets at the and employs you in a respected and
“A lot of people decided, ‘Hey, let’s go Nations program at St. Ed’s, member- Fort Pierce Coast Guard Auxiliary. Ev- rewarding profession as an officer in
to Vero for the week,’” he added. “As a ship increased to 40, making it one of ans holds the highest rank in the pro- the U.S. Army,” the academy’s website
result, we saw an abundance of people the largest groups on campus. gram as Chief Petty Officer. states. 
on our beaches, in our restaurant and
in our hotels.” His independent study project last The application process to West

Flescher believes more than a few Four more years? Would you believe two new 17th Street projects?
of these tourists have decided to move
here, contributing to the county’s real- BY LISA ZAHNER the bridge, and finally resurfacing and A1A and East Causeway Boulevard.
estate boom. Staff Writer reconfiguring both the eastbound and That phase of the construction is ex-
westbound legs of the bridge, widen- pected to be complete by spring 2026.
“It’s like test-driving a car,” he said. Nearly a year and a half into the epic ing bike lanes to 8 feet, 3 inches.
“People spend three days here and 17th Street bridge repair project, the The timing of those projects is only
they know this is the place to live.”  Florida Department of Transportation Immediately following that effort, preliminary, as commencement hing-
unveiled plans to keep crews working East Causeway Boulevard at the island- es upon state contractors wrapping up
West Point on the bridge, and on East Causeway side base of the bridge will be milled the refurbishment of the spalling or
Boulevard, through 2026. and resurfaced as part of a $1.5 mil- cracked, flaking concrete that’s wide-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 lion effort. The center turn lane will be spread on the supports of the bridge.
Beginning in the summer of 2023, reduced a bit to provide for wider bike
resent Vero Beach,” said Evans, “and I FDOT plans to embark upon a $12 mil- lanes to match those on the bridge. FDOT hopes the current struc-
will do everything in my power to rep- lion job replacing the eastern 400 feet tural repairs to the underside of the
resent it well.” of the bridge, sealing the entire deck of FDOT will upgrade the lighting and bridge will be completed by “the very
signage at the intersection of Highway beginning of June,” meaning June
Homeschooled by his mother
through eighth grade, Evans has been

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of this year, but by now dates from Work started two months late and is concrete taking longer than expected The agency seems to be getting back
FDOT are rarely taken seriously. When now nearly one year behind schedule, to cure, to the job being more involved on track with a new contractor, but only
work was scheduled to commence in disrupting traffic for two busy tourist than anticipated, to the contractor time will tell, as locals grow increasingly
October 2020, the project was slated to seasons after the bridge was found to be folding its international construction weary of sharing one side of the bridge
take six months – three months for each “structurally deficient” on inspection. firm five months ago, leaving FDOT with oncoming traffic.
side of the bridge – to be completed by stuck with dozens of projects in various
about Easter 2021. Explanations given by state officials states of completion. It’s not only the closures but the
have ranged from bad weather, to the
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Bridge repairs pairs are completed. But for now, the barrier island swell with tourists and “These projects are funded during
eastbound side of the bridge is closed seasonal residents all winter, and if so, a certain time period. We will start
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 for repairs, requiring both eastbound why did the agency seem to dispatch when the funding is in. We really did
and westbound traffic to use the west- crews to tear up busy thoroughfares, not purposely disrupt the holiday
construction barricades and barrels bound span of bridge. close lanes and reroute traffic at the winter season,” Project Manager Hong
that are proving a pain to live and drive worst possible time. Benitez said. 
with. Indian Bay Drive and Bay Lane FDOT engineers say the two new
residents on the southeast end of the projects won’t be as disruptive. The state COVID ‘Green Zone’ with COVID-19 should wear a mask.”
FDOT work area complained and sub- will work on one directional side of the CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 A rural county with a small, ill-
mitted a petition to FDOT about the bridge at a time, but only one lane at a
construction barrels which they say time will need to be closed. For example, record week of 2,225 new cases. But on equipped hospital or lack of doctors
block visibility and cause accidents. one eastbound lane will be closed and this basis, we still would have been in might have had the same numbers and
one left open while both westbound the ‘Orange Zone.’ been placed in a category of higher risk.
FDOT said during a 45-minute com- lanes remain open and undisturbed.
munity meeting held at Vero Beach But the CDC is now focusing on hos- But Indian River County has a sub-
City Hall that those barrels will disap- During a question-and answer pe- pital capacity, and Indian River Coun- stantial hospital – part of a highly re-
pear in June when the structural re- riod, one of the 38 attendees asked ty’s weekly hospitalization rate also has garded hospital group – with the abil-
if FDOT was aware that Vero and the been steadily declining, with only 10 ity to expand capacity and bring in
new admissions in the past seven days. resources to care for people with seri-
ous COVID-19 illness.
On Monday, Cleveland Clinic In-
dian River Hospital reported only six Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Greg Ros-
COVID-positive patients in its facility. encrance said the loosened CDC guid-
That number is down drastically from ance has not affected hospital opera-
20 patients the previous week, and 41 tions.
patients the week before that.
“The safety of our patients and
What all this means is that our county caregivers remains our first priority
is now in the new ‘Green Zone,’ and in- and we continue to follow COVID-19
door masking is optional, unless some- protocols such as masking, hand
one is knowingly at risk of spreading sanitizing and social distancing. Cur-
the virus. “People may choose to mask rent operations remain unchanged
at any time. People with symptoms, a at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hos-
positive test or exposure to someone pital, and we will continue to moni-
tor the situation,” Rosencrance said
Monday. 

Trial begins of civil suit against deputy in
fatal shooting of wife of Dr. Dudley Teel

BY RAY MCNULTY 26, 2017, after he responded to a 911
Staff Writer call at the family’s home where the pe-
tite, 62-year-old woman attempted to
More than 4 ½ years after his wife commit suicide by slashing her wrists.
was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy,
Vero Beach doctor Dudley Teel en- In January 2018, a grand jury declined
tered the U.S. District Courthouse in to indict Lozada on criminal charges.
Fort Pierce on Monday for the long- Dr. Teel filed his lawsuit, which pro-
awaited start of a trial that will deter- duced testimony that called into ques-
mine the fate of his $10 million civil- tion Lozada’s actions and his account of
rights lawsuit. the shooting.

As jury selection began, however, Lozada, who had been a deputy for
Indian River County Sheriff’s Deputy five years at the time of the incident,
Jonathan Lozada was the lone defen- wrote in his report that he pulled his
dant. handgun as he climbed the stairs and
confronted Mrs. Teel in a second-floor
According to Todd Norbraten, who bedroom, where she lunged at him
is serving as co-counsel to lead at- with a knife.
torney Guy Rubin as a member of the
Stuart-based Rubin & Rubin law firm Court records, however, revealed that
representing Teel, a wrongful-death Lozada stated under oath Mrs. Teel was
claim against the Sheriff’s Office was 6 to 10 feet away and moving toward
dismissed. him slowly – not lunging – when the
deputy fired.
“No matter what happens at trial, we
still have an appellate right to claims U.S. District Judge Donald Middle-
against the agency,” Norbraten said. brooks, who is presiding over the trial,
“But we can’t file that appeal until after initially dismissed the case, saying the
the trial is over.” shooting was justified. Dr. Teel then
appealed to the U.S. 11th Circuit Court
Instead, Teel’s legal team is focusing of Appeals, where a three-judge panel
on Lozada, who they claim panicked issued a strongly worded, 22-page
and needlessly shot Susan Teel on July
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Teel trial begins Mrs. Teel – and she’s dead,” Norbraten was hired by the Florida Sheriff’s As- Gas pipeline to
said. “His own testimony proves he sociation. island could be
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 violated her constitutional rights.” set by year-end
Norbraten said he expected to have
opinion reinstating the lawsuit and Norbraten said a six-person federal a jury selected, get through opening BY GEORGE ANDREASSI
describing Lozada’s lethal actions as court jury will answer the question at statements and seat the first witness
“wholly unnecessary.” the heart of Dr. Teel’s case: What would – probably Dr. Teel – on Monday, with Staff Writer
a reasonable, objective law enforce- Lozada likely to take the stand Tuesday.
In April, the attorney representing ment officer do under those circum- Peninsula Pipeline Corp. has ob-
Lozada filed a 33-page petition asking stances? He said there were 12 names on the tained two of the five major approv-
the U.S. Supreme Court to review the plaintiff’s witness list and fewer on the als required to construct a natural gas
11th Circuit’s ruling, but the justices “Their side is arguing that the offi- defense’s list, and attorneys for both pipeline to Indian River County’s bar-
declined, sending the case back to cer would’ve responded the same way sides expected the trial to be conclud- rier island, and hopes to have the pipe-
Middlebrooks. Deputy Lozada did,” he said. “We dis- ed this week. line finished by the end of the year.
agree.”
“There are only two people who Norbraten said a decision to pursue However, Florida City Gas may be
know what happened after the deputy Lozada is being represented by an appellate claim against the Sheriff’s able to provide natural gas service
went upstairs – Deputy Lozada and Summer Barranco, a Fort Lauder- Office likely would depend on the out- to residents and businesses even be-
dale-based attorney Norbraten said come of this trial.  fore the pipeline is completed if it can
find sites for compressed natural gas
trailers on the barrier island, a utility
spokeswoman said last week.

“The timing piece is still in flux,”
said Bianca Soriano, a spokeswoman
for FPL, FCG’s parent company.

“Where and when is something we
have to determine with private land
owners, the county and local munici-
palities, and then we can arrange for
temporary land use for the trailers,”
Soriano said. “They are very common
throughout the industry to transport
compressed natural gas.”

Construction on the 11.5-mile pipe-
line is set to start in the second quarter
of 2022 and be completed by the end
of the year, said Brianna Patterson, a
spokeswoman for Peninsula Pipeline, a
subsidiary of Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

So far, Peninsula Pipeline has ob-
tained permits from the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers and Florida Depart-
ment of Transportation, Patterson said.

The project still needs permits from
the Florida Department of Environ-
mental Protection and Indian River
County and a license from Florida East
Coast Railway, Patterson said.

The pipeline will start at a natural gas
facility in the vicinity of 58th Avenue
and 85th Street on the mainland, extend
east across the Indian River Lagoon
near the Wabasso Causeway Bridge to
State Road A1A, then go south until it
reaches the Beachland Boulevard busi-
ness district, a PPC map shows.

“PPC has procedures in place to pro-
tect the environment during and af-
ter construction,” Patterson said. “The
pipeline will be designed, constructed
and operated in accordance with all
regulations and environmental permits.

“We monitor construction activity
that occurs within our right-of-way
and on-call technicians are available
every day of the year to respond quick-
ly to any situation,” Patterson said. “In
addition, should the need arise, valves
are installed at key locations along the

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pipeline that enable the flow of gas to FCG is setting up meetings with lo-
be diverted or stopped as needed. cal officials in hopes of getting gas ser-
vice started on the barrier island even
“Through our rigorous maintenance before the pipeline is completed, So-
and inspection programs, along with a riano said.
strong community partnership, we can
ensure that the pipeline will operate “We’ve met with some and we’re
safely and reliably, virtually unnoticed, going to meet with others in the next
in perpetuity,” Patterson said. couple of weeks to have those discus-
sions,” Soriano said. “There are op-
Peninsula Pipeline is building the portunities to be able to start serving
pipeline pursuant to a transportation customers through compressed natu-
service agreement, Soriano said. ral gas.

Florida City Gas expects the pipe- “Were that granted, yes, you could
line will be ready to start bringing potentially start serving customers
natural gas service to homes and busi- through the compressed natural gas
nesses on Indian River County’s bar- while construction is ongoing,” Soria-
rier island next year and it hopes to no said. “Those are all still in discus-
complete most pipeline connections sion.” 
within five years, Soriano said.

Orchid Town Council may move its town hall

BY SAM ROHLFING BAITA The town hall occupies a
Staff Writer 1,450-square-foot office in Proctor
Plaza on U.S. 1, from which the town
The Orchid Town Council is explor- manager and town clerk have conduct-
ing new locations for its town hall, ed Orchid’s administrative operations
including a planned DiVosta Homes since 2013.
development on the west side of the
Wabasso Causeway about a mile and “The size of our present town hall
a half from the Orchid Island Golf and is adequate for our current needs,”
Beach Club’s south entrance. Stowe said. But having a location
closer to the town itself, she notes,
At the Feb. 15 Town Council meet- “would be advantageous to our resi-
ing, Town Manager Cherry Stowe said dents as well as the contractors for
she’d been in touch with the develop- whom we process building permit
er who, at the time, was in the early applications.
stages of planning Bridge Market-
place, the commercial component of “With the Florida Department of
the residential development Harbor Transportation’s plans to widen the
Isles. busy thoroughfare (U.S. 1) along which
Town Hall is currently located,” said
Stowe said the developer was “in- Stowe, “the Town Council is eager to
trigued by the town’s interest in a new consider a move to a location more eas-
town hall facility on the property.” ily accessible.”

The current Orchid town hall location The Town Council is interested in
is in Wabasso almost 4.5 miles from exploring other nearby options also,
the barrier island community across including rental properties to which
the intracoastal. the town hall might be relocated. 

Some parents knew in advance of
February 16 brawl at Vero High

BY RAY MCNULTY Unfortunately, that’s too often the case.”
Staff Writer While Moore said there were no fights

Some parents had been aware that on-campus anywhere in the county last
a fight was going to take place in ad- week, 358 students have been combat-
vance of the Feb. 16 brawl at Vero ants in on-campus fights this school
Beach High School’s Freshman Learn- year, according to the school district.
ing Center, School Superintendent
David Moore has discovered. Of that number, 56 were referred to
law enforcement, a spokesman said.
“School administrators who reached
out to parents learned that parents Neither the district nor the Sheriff’s
knew it was going to happen,” Moore Office tracks how many of those fights
said. “The whole thing could’ve been prompted a School Resource Officer to
avoided, but nobody said anything. respond.

In addition, Moore said the 358 in-

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Vero high school brawl suited for the more-structured environ- Meanwhile, Moore continued his see- The Orchid Town
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 ment of the district’s Alternative Center something, say-something campaign Council nixes
for Education, or even virtual schooling. during a visit last week to the Freshman Children’s Trust
cluded some repeat offenders, but he Learning Center, where he told students
didn’t know how many. The “alternative school,” as it’s com- that fighting won’t be tolerated. BY SAM ROHLFING BAITA
monly known, is designed to allow
“Sometimes, good kids make bad de- troubled students in grades 6 to 12 – in- He said he was aware that some of the Staff Writer
cisions and get into fights,” Moore said. cluding those who’ve been expelled – to on-campus fights at district schools were
“An A-B student, in heat of the moment, continue their education. planned in advance, even orchestrated The Orchid Town Council at its Feb-
can make a bad decision. They’re not by students who record them on videos ruary meeting voted down a resolution
the problem. It’s usually the continually Moore said the “alternative school” to be shared on social media outlets. that would have included the small
disruptive and disconnected kid that currently has 65 to 70 students, but the oceanside community in the proposed
ends up in a lot of these fights.” enrollment can approach 100. “It’s simple: When you get caught Indian River County Children’s Tax
fighting on school grounds, you’re go- District referendum,
Moore said some troubled students “It’s a great program that offers a lot of ing to pay the price,” Moore said. “And
aren’t capable of functioning in a nor- support to the kids who go there,” Moore if you’re doing this for ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ By a vote of four to one, the Orchid
mal school setting and might be better said. “The goal is to get them there, give on social media, you need to know that council joined the only other bar-
them an opportunity to learn from the once I’ve got the video, I’ve got you.”  rier island municipality, Indian River
experience, and then get them back.” Shores, in opting out.

OCEANFRONT The referendum, planned for the
November ballot, would create a spe-
CRISTELLE CAY cial tax district to fund The Children’s
Trust of Indian River County – creat-
One must not wait until dusk to see how splendid life can be ing a dedicated revenue stream to in-
vest in a variety of programs and ser-
Oceanfront Cristelle Cay is entirely surrounded by preserves in perpetuity vices including early child care, mental
Find matchless quality and value in a wide pristine beach setting health, afterschool recreation and ath-
Each condominium has a 32’ x 8’ direct oceanfront patio balcony letic programs, and others.

All windows and sliding glass doors exceed the Florida Building Code Last year, the Vero Beach, Sebastian
Custom design ceilings~Marble Bathrooms~Engineered wood floors~Painting and Fellsmere city councils voted to be
included in the proposed new tax dis-
Custom Gourmet Kitchen trict, and the county commission was
9-unit SAILFISH has one 3-bedroom & 3-bathroom condos unanimous in directing County Attor-
12-unit MAHI-MAHI has two 2-bedroom & 3-bathroom condos ney Dylan Reingold to plan a November
Garage parking - AC storage units - Gym - Gated Entry - Dog Walk - Barbecue referendum.

Design-Developed by Cardinal Ocean Development LLC But with the loss of the county’s only
53-years Florida oceanfront condominium development two barrier island municipalities, the
proposed new tax district’s available
Peer-reviewed engineering integrity revenues would be significantly cut.

Now Under Construction Additionally, as County Commis-
sion Chair Peter O’Bryan has noted,
4804 Atlantic Beach Boulevard (A1A) North Hutchinson Island, Florida the loss of the island towns could
Fifteen minutes south of Vero Beach 17th Street Bridge make the initiative difficult to pass.
Email: [email protected] Tel: 772.321.9590
from $1,320,000 Orchid residents opposed to the
new fund said they already gener-
Sailfish Mahi Mahi ously donate to many county organi-
zations supporting children’s needs.
Some raised concerns about where
and how the money will be spent, and
about the accountability of the Trust’s
board.

Following the nay vote, Michael Kint,
Children’s Trust tax district steering
committee member and former United
Way of Indian River County CEO, said:
“We were certainly disappointed by the
Orchid council's vote, but it wasn't un-
expected (and) we continue to believe
that the solution needs to be a county/
community-wide engagement on be-
half of our children.”

Kint said that while the Orchid and
Indian River Shores town councils
feel philanthropy is the solution, “it
is clear to many Children’s Trust sup-
porters that philanthropy alone will
not provide the needed funding. We
absolutely believe that the solution is
a public/private partnership.” 

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Moorings celebrates raising record funds for ‘Habitat’

Dick and Kim Standish. PHOTOS: KAILA JONES Essie Humphrey and Kevin Grant.

Beth and David Johnston. Jeanne Benjamin and Barrie Jones. CROQUET
David Sommers and Trevor Loomis.

BY STEPHANIE LaBAFF son Habitat party. This party is the of the Moorings philanthropic tradi- unlock future possibility. At Indian
culmination of our weekend. We had tion,” he continued. River Habitat, it’s our mission to help
Staff Writer more fundraising and more partici- people in need unlock their own po-
pation than we’ve ever had before,” Sommers paused to honor the late tential. We build opportunities for
Moorings residents and friends said event chair David Sommers. Brad Burnham, the “founder of our hardworking homebuyers that want
gathered with much fanfare at the relationship with Habitat in 1998,” to build a better life,” said Loomis be-
Moorings Yacht & Country Club last Sommers said more than 100 mem- along with several others. He said fore showing a video that chronicled
Monday evening for the Habitat Live bers assisted in making the four-day they had instituted the first Moor- the journey of a recent homebuyer.
Auction and Celebration, the culmi- event a big success. To further illus- ings fundraising appeal in 1999 and
nation of a record-breaking 19th an- trate their commitment to Habitat, established the first golf tournament Another video featured the late Bob
nual Moorings Habitat Classic Week- he asked all Moorings residents who in 2004. Samuels, another Mooring’s Habitat
end to benefit Indian River Habitat had ever volunteered for Habitat in leader, whose passion still resonates
for Humanity. any capacity to stand up and, not sur- Trevor Loomis, who assumed the with guests, reminding them why
prisingly, a majority of the attendees role of president/CEO at Indian River they continue their support of the
Golfers showed up with sun-kissed rose. Habitat last November, said he was club’s signature philanthropic part-
faces, fresh off the golf course, along surprised at how seriously club mem- ner.
with those who had participated “For over 24 years, we have raised bers took their golf, tennis and cro-
over the weekend in tennis, pickle- money for Indian River Habitat. Last quet competitions. “Friends, we’re gathered here to-
ball, croquet, putt-putt, bridge and year alone, we funded six new homes. night to help keep building homes for
Mah Jongg tournaments, a 5K run/ Overall, we’ve had 84 Vero Beach “This has been a great weekend. It’s the neediest families in Indian River
walk/bike, and even shopping at J. families buy safe, secure homes in been fun to experience this. The real County. Every time you raise your
McLaughlin. which to raise their families as proud reason that we do this is the support paddle tonight, every dollar goes to-
homeowners,” said Sommers. for Habitat and those families that we ward changing lives and building
After catching up and perusing serve. I am blown away by the contri- futures right here in our backyard,”
silent-auction items over cocktails in In addition to home construction, bution,” he said. said Johns, calling for bids from the
the Governor’s Lounge, guests head- proceeds from the annual event sup- heart. “The goal tonight is to keep
ed into the dining room to feast on an port home revitalization projects and “What you have done is empower building homes.”
extensive buffet dinner, before set- scholarships for Habitat homeown- people to change their lives. Habitat
tling in for a heated live auction with ers and their children. isn’t just about how we build and the On April 2, help IR Habitat cele-
Chris Johns at the helm. homes we repair. We use the power of brate 30 years of “building strength,
“We’ve provided over $250,000 in home to create opportunities where community, and hope” at its annual
Attendees good-naturedly vied for scholarship funding for Habitat fam- it didn’t exist before. We use housing Habitat Island Gala.
a dizzying array of jewelry, dining ex- ilies. In the 24 years we’ve been doing security as a foundation upon which
periences, travel, wine and paintings this, the Moorings has donated over generational change can happen,” For more information, visit irc
by two accomplished artist residents. $10 million for Habitat. The Habitat added Loomis. habitat.org. 
Classic Weekend has become a part
“It’s great to get back to an in-per- “What homeownership does is

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Steeped in gratitude at Windsor Polo Cup player reception

BY MARY SCHENKEL Vicky Poklewski-Koziell and Hilary Weston. the biannual Windsor Charity Polo filled with toxic algae that is making
Staff Writer Cup, was founded in 2012. With in- humans and animals sick and reduc-
a contemporary artist who currently put from Windsor residents, many of ing real estate values. So, at ORCA,
Sponsors and beneficiary repre- resides in London, but was one of whom are involved in local charities, our focus is on using science to drive
sentatives of the Windsor Charity Windsor’s first residents. Windsor the foundation chose the Ocean Re- change, and trying to figure out how
Polo Cup were recognized at a Play- properties was founded in 1989 by search & Conservation Association to stop pollution at its source. And we
er Reception at the lovely Windsor the late Galen Weston and wife Hil- and the Environmental Learning thank you so much for your help in
Beach Club the Friday evening pre- ary, a former lieutenant governor of Center to be this year’s beneficiaries. making that possible.”
ceding the sixth biennial Windsor Ontario.
Charity Polo Cup, presented by PNC Edith (Edie) Widder, Ph.D., found- “I just want to reiterate the incred-
Bank. The Windsor Charitable Founda- er, CEO and senior scientist at ORCA, ible gratitude we are feeling. This is
tion’s signature fundraising event, and Barbara Schlitt Ford, executive an amazingly fun event, but the good
Guests mingled over cocktails director of the ELC, were on hand to work that you are making possible
and hors d’oeuvres while perusing share information with guests about really makes a difference to our non-
the selection of raffle items, includ- their causes. profits. The Environmental Learning
ing a stunning dragonfly necklace Center is just at the western foot of
by Paul Morelli, jewelry co-sponsor “I want to thank presenting spon- the Wabasso Bridge, so we’re neigh-
with Belle Cose at the Village Shops. sor PNC Bank for returning at our bors to the Windsor community,”
Morelli and Belle Cose also offered a highest sponsorship for the second said Schlitt Ford, inviting everyone to
curated selection of pieces for guests time. We really appreciate your fi- visit and learn about ways to protect
to purchase at the reception and the nancial contributions and also the and restore our natural resources.
following day at the Special Retail behind-the-scenes support we re-
Village, with a portion of proceeds ceive from the PNC team,” said Jane “We invite you to become part of
donated to the Windsor Charitable Smalley, Windsor Properties market- the learning. As we know better, we
Foundation for the designated event ing director, to the assembled guests. do better, so that’s what we are all
beneficiaries. about. We have programs all the way
“I’d also like to thank the sponsors from toddlers to our field trips, green
Hilary Weston, as gracious as ever, of this event this evening, Windsor teens, a very strong adult volunteer
attended the reception with her long- residents Timothy and Mary Mullan program and adult learning commu-
time friend, Vicky Poklewski-Koziell, and Manly and Mary Johnson. Both nity called our eco-action society. So,
the Mullins and the Johnsons have check us out, get on our mailing list
been strong supporters of this event and come and see us.”
since its inception in 2012, and we
sincerely appreciate their ongoing Dr. Johnson Haygood, a local den-
support,” said Smalley, before in- tist whose artwork is shown at the
viting the beneficiaries to say a few Artists Guild Gallery, was also at the
words. reception, pleased to have been se-
lected as this year’s commemora-
“It’s an enormous pleasure to be tive poster artist. His acrylic piece
here. We are just so incredibly grate- “The Match” graced the cover of the
ful for the generosity of Windsor and Charity Cup program, and the actual
all of the sponsors who have made painting was auctioned at the lun-
this possible,” said Widder. cheon.

“I have said for some time that I He said he was even more pleased
think in the future, as we put more when Hilary Weston purchased a
and more strain on our ecosystems, larger polo painting that now hangs
the places where people are going in the Windsor Beach Club. “Her
to want to live are where people and driver came to my house today and
communities have come together to they hung it this afternoon,” said
protect those local ecosystems. No- Haygood with a smile. 
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Windsor Charity Polo Cup runneth over with good will

BY MARY SCHENKEL Mary and Tim Mullan. PHOTOS: STEPHANIE LABAFF PHOTOS CONTINUED ON PAGE 28 and grandson Grayden, who continue
Staff Writer to carry on the family tradition.
shawls to ward off the chill. Jay Newman with Cynthia and David Bardes.
Cloudy skies and the occasional New this year was a display of the “It’s an incredible privilege to be co-
drizzle couldn’t dampen the spirits of Schreiber and impeccably served by chair with Hilary of this very special
the large crowd that turned out for the actual front portion of a luxury Net- Windsor’s efficient staff. occasion,” said Ferragamo, president
sixth biennial Windsor Charity Polo Jets aircraft. The company, which of Il Borro Winery and grandson of the
Cup, once again co-chaired by Hilary sells fractional ownership shares, en- As they enjoyed their meal, Jane renowned Italian designer, remem-
M. Weston and Salvatore Ferragamo, ticed folks to get a glimpse of the jet’s Smalley, Windsor Properties market- bering Galen Weston as “an incredible
and presented by PNC Bank. spacious interior. ing director, introduced the luncheon polo player and fantastic person that I
emcee John Walsh, a Vero Beach polo hold dear in my heart.”
This year’s beneficiaries of the At the tented pavilion, guests pur- player and television host of “Amer-
Windsor Charitable Foundation’s sig- chased raffle tickets for the large as- ica’s Most Wanted,” “The Hunt” and The luncheon’s guest speaker was
nature fundraiser were the Ocean Re- sortment of prizes available, before “In Pursuit with John Walsh.” Julian Hipwood, former captain of the
search Conservation Association and dining on luscious tenderloin with English National team, who attained
the Environmental Learning Center. a Maine lobster hollandaise sauce, “He is one of the founders of the the highest handicap of an English
created by Executive Chef Justin Windsor Charity Polo Cup and has re- player since the 1930s – a feat still not
It was a day of first-class activities, mained thoroughly involved since its equaled – and later became a success-
whether ticketholders purchased inception in 2012,” said Smalley. ful coach. Hipwood shared stories and
grandstand tickets, participated in fond remembrances of his friendship
the tailgate competition, or went all Walsh thanked the sponsors and with Galen Weston, including win-
out with top-tier luncheon tickets. praised Hilary Weston for her hard ning the Gold Cup with him in 1985 as
work and dedicated support of the players on the Maple Leafs team.
Prior to the match, guests strolled event.
among a selection of gorgeous cars Over on the other side of the polo
presented by the Space Coast Region “As I said, this event is bittersweet field, tailgaters went all out to try and
of Porsche Club of America. At the because it’s the first Windsor Charity sway the judges with their eco-con-
Specialty Retail Village, where a per- Polo Cup to be held since the passing scious displays. The First Place win-
centage of sales were donated to the of Hilary’s dear husband and Wind- ners were a delightful trio of young la-
charities, many took advantage of the sor’s co-founder Galen,” said Walsh. dies – Juju Simoes, Emma Hardie and
selection of goodies, including lovely Verena Gonzalez – who impressed
He noted that the name of the not only with their Amazon-themed
Windsor Charity Polo Cup will now display, but their knowledge of the
be called the W. Galen Weston Memo- rainforest which, they said, is still the
rial Trophy, to honor the memory of largest in the world despite devastat-
the late business tycoon and philan- ing deforestation.
thropist, who co-founded Windsor
33 years ago with wife Hilary. An avid Match director Max Secunda pulled
polo player who played with the likes together another impressive roster of
of Prince Charles, Weston passed his world-class players for the match. At
love of the sport down to his son Galen the end of the day, Ferragamo led his
team to a close victory with teammates
Fefu Pansillo, Lucitas Criado and Pe-
dro Guttierez. On Dr. Sebastian Koga’s
team, Hope Arellano, recognized as
one of the best female polo players in
the world, was named Most Valuable
Player. That team’s other players were
Mike Azarro and Freddie Mannix.

For more information, visit windsor-
charitypolocup.com. 



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Christine Ferragamo, Julian Hipwood, Hilary Weston, John Walsh and Salvatore Ferragamo.

Fred and Kelsea Mannix, Erin Reicher, Celina Caset, Augustin Merlos and Craig Reicher.

Peggotty Gilson, Ale Podesta and Barclay Kass.

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PHOTOS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28 Kait Hicks, Trudie Rainone and Trish Carroll. Cindy O’Dare, Beth Grosshans and Marlene O’Reilly.
Tracy Wheeler, Christine Barrett and Mary Graham.

Gail Boger, Lindy Meyer and Paula Savage. Ken Koldenhoven and Dick DeVos. Hope Woodhouse and Joan McLaughlin.

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Kate Antle, Irina Fernandez, Christine Kahler and Kristin Hazelton.

Leslie Bergstrom and John Campione. Blake Fritz and Sloan Overstrom.

Samantha Foerster and Travis West. Patrick O’Neill and Lily O’Dare.

Wendy Rebanks, Kate Lindsay, Cordelia Appleyard and Leslie Rebanks.

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‘Friends of Wheels & Keels’ fete whets appetite for real deal

BY STEPHANIE LaBAFF ing Wheels & Keels Weekend, April 22-
Staff Writer 23.

The Wheels & Keels Foundation re- During the garden reception, guests
cently hosted an inaugural Friends of got their engines revving by getting
Wheels & Keels wine and cheese re- an up-close-and-personal look at the
ception at the Moorings home of Mar- Ruotolos’ vintage car collection. The
cia and Gavin Ruotolo, W&K founder evening was perfectly suited for stroll-
and CEO, to thank longtime friends of ing among the classic cars while nib-
the nonprofit, welcome newcomers, bling on sumptuous hors d’oeuvres by
and garner excitement for the upcom- Wild Thyme catering.

“Wheels & Keels has been here for 12

Gavin and Marcia Ruotolo. PHOTOS: KAILA JONES

hair • nails • skin care

We are proud to introduce . . .

Sal and Anne Giordano.

Ariel specializes in Blow Outs, ALL Barbara has relocated from Hair Biz, years,” said Ruotolo to the crowd, who Foundation of Indian River County, Arc
hair types. First visit blow dry $40 across from Studio Gabriel North in gathered in one of his pristine garages. Oyster Reef Restoration, Navy SEAL
(must mention ad when booking). Pelican Plaza. Trident House Charities, Vero Beach
“We started as a rag-tag gang put- Rowing and Lines in the Lagoon. New
Suzanne specializes in clinical and Fernanda Specializes in all types of ting on a show in the parking lot of this year are Special Equestrians of the
relation facials. Book your first body waxing. She is bilingual and the Moorings. It worked out very well Treasure Coast and Crossover Mission.
facial with Suzanne and receive a from Brazil. She was trained by her through the good graces of our volun-
complimentary dermaplane (value mother, a respected body waxing teers and the support of the Moorings The Wheels & Keels Foundation pro-
$70). instructor in Brazil. Fernanda also Yacht & Country Club.” vides funding to selected local chari-
specializes in make-up and blowouts. ties whose activities strive to improve
Call for complimentary consultation. Ruotolo said the volunteer-driven the lives of children and adults in the
Wheels & Keels event initially had just Treasure Coast community, with spe-
Studio Gabriel Main Location in the Portales de Vero Building one nonprofit, the Youth Sailing Foun- cial interest in organizations less able
2855 Ocean Drive, Vero Beach, Florida 32963 • (772) 234-8105 dation of Indian River County, which to secure funding from other sources.
benefited from the $1,200 raised at
Studio Gabriel North Location in Pelican Plaza that first event. “We wanted to make sure that our
4893 Highway A1A, Vero Beach, Florida 32963 • (772) 360-4744 money touched the actual individual
“We’ve been able to expand the ven- at each of these charities,” said De-
@studiogabrielvb • www.studiogabriel.com ture to what it is today. We have been Turris.
able to raise $500,000 in the last 10
years. It would not happen if it weren’t After the presentation guests were
for the support of people like you,” able to mingle with representatives
said Ruotolo. He noted that the Moor- from each of the respective nonprof-
ings has “one of the best venues in all its to learn more about their pro-
of Florida. On a real golf course sur- gramming and services.
rounded by water.”
Wheels & Keels Foundation of Vero
Board president Vince DeTurris Beach will host its 11th annual Char-
shared a retrospective video high- ity Fundraiser Weekend on April 22-
lighting the roots of the car and boat 23. The Dinner and Auction event is
show, which later evolved into a foun- April 22, and the Car and Boat Show
dation to support charities that “need- at the Moorings Yacht & Country Club
ed a little kickstart.” is April 23. For more information, visit
wkvero.com. 
The number of charities that benefit
has since grown to seven: Youth Sailing

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Vince and Barbara DeTurris. Chris and Terri Ryan.

James Gregg and Tom Juliano. Sue Rundborg and Mary Jacoby. PHOTOS CONTINUED ON PAGE 34
Chris Pope, Richard Sameth and Noreen Davis.

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PHOTOS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33
Melinda Clarke with Sam Gagliano and Linda Sposato.

Marley Butcher, Karen Johnson and Gordon Sulcer.

Francisco and Mary San Miguel. Clint and Cary Black.

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Maritime mysteries are not un- First developed to listen to hump- and track a Royal Navy submarine in a couple of hundred meters. Radio
known on the ragged western flank of back whales, the vessels’ ability to an exercise; and it is past those north- waves fare even worse, making un-
the British Isles, buffeted by cruel seas carry sensors slowly through the seas western coasts that Britain’s nuclear derwater radar a non-starter. Sound
and bitter winds. But the tiny stranded – utilizing an ingenious way of turn- armed submarines (SSBNs) make their carries, but the boats can be remark-
vessel reported to the coastguard on ing the rise and fall of waves into for- way from their base at Faslane, near ably silent; the noise made by a mod-
Tiree, the most westerly island of the ward motion – has seen them put to all Glasgow, to the open ocean. ern SSBN is less than a millionth of
Inner Hebrides, in October 2020 was sorts of uses by researchers and navies the racket produced by the first such
particularly mysterious. It bore no alike; over 500 have been sold to date. The idea that submarines loitering boats.
markings, broadcast no identifying in the depths are undetectable is fun-
signal and carried no running lights. Whales are not the only things they damental to modern nuclear deter- That leaves active sonar, which
listen to. When contacted about the rence. America, Britain, China, France, rather than listening for noises made
Once pictures showing its distinc- Wave Glider found in Tiree, and others India, Israel and Russia act on the basis by its quarry, emits sounds designed
tive surfboard shape and solar pan- that have washed up on the coasts of that though a nuclear-armed adver- to bounce off them. This lets an adver-
eling were put online, though, it was Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Unst in sary could conceivably destroy their sary locate a submerged submarine
quickly identified as a “Wave Glider”– Shetland and Donegal, Liquid Robot- land-based forces in a first strike, it precisely enough to attack it. But it is
an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) ics simply said it would let the owners could not wipe out their submarines. limited in its range, and by the ways
built by Liquid Robotics, a California know. sounds are distorted and dissipated by
company owned by the aerospace gi- A submarine at depth cannot be changes in pressure, temperature and
ant Boeing. But it is a matter of record that in seen from afar – daylight is all but salinity.
2016, Wave Gliders were used to detect undetectable at depths of more than

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This is all taken to mean that weap- Trends making it harder to hide above submarines and aircraft available to set The sensors available for such arrays
ons on SSBNs can be relied on for the waves – more numerous and more about tracking anything they detect. have improved greatly, according to
retaliation if a first strike devastates capable sensors and more powerful Bryan Clark, a former submariner now
everything else. That guaranteed ca- ways of sifting through their output – Owen Cote, a submarine expert at at the Hudson Institute, a think-tank in
pability to respond is held to keep de- are at play underwater, too. MIT, says that such listening arrays Washington. New solid-state “vector”
terrence stable. remain, for now, the only truly effec- sensors measure the velocity and ac-
To put a submarine at risk you must tive method of detecting a very quiet celeration of water molecules, which
America’s most recent review of nu- first detect it, then track it. Since the submarine. Their drawback is that, means they get more information out
clear policy concluded that “There are 1980s America and its allies have re- being quite short range, they cannot of a sound wave than a simply pres-
no known, near-term credible threats lied on the hydrophone arrays of the cover whole ocean basins. They just sure-sensitive hydrophone does. The
to the survivability of the SSBN force.” Fixed Distributed System (FDS) for cover choke points, such as the gaps signal-processing systems required to
But what is near-term, and for that such detection. The sensors, teth- between Greenland and Iceland and discern a submarine’s screw in the din
matter credible, is a matter of opinion. ered to the sea floor, float at a “criti- Iceland and Britain, or the entrances of the ocean are improving even more
cal depth” where acoustical geometry to the Philippine Sea. quickly.
In 2020 a panel of experts assem- shields them from extraneous noise
bled by the National Security College and makes the faint sounds of a sub- Arrays that can be towed behind ships They are also shrinking. Ken Perry,
of the Australian National University marine passing overhead stand out. are crucial to tracking what has been a retired rear-admiral and vice-presi-
concluded that, “The oceans are, in thus detected. If they could be made far dent of ThayerMahan, a Connecticut-
most circumstances, at least likely… America now has FDS systems in both more numerous, they might be able to
to become transparent by the 2050s.” the Atlantic and the Pacific, with ships, do more detecting themselves. CONTINUED ON PAGE 38

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based firm which builds maritime- which carry ten times the payload ca-
surveillance platforms, recalls a time pacity and move a lot quicker.
when sonar computers were so large
and inefficient that submariners A fleet of array-towing USVs could
warmed up their coffee on them. cover millions of square miles of
ocean for “a fraction of the cost of a
Now a surfboard’s worth of solar single frigate or submarine,” says Per-
panels can run them and still provide ry, whose company has tested the con-
enough juice to transmit the infor- cept in exercises with America’s navy.
mation thus produced. Hence the in-
terest in things like Wave Gliders and The bit of the Pentagon charged
ThayerMahan’s rather larger USVs, with pushing technological boundar-
ies, DARPA, is working on an “Ocean of

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Things” project which would contain warfare. The oceans do not just make specialized submarines – and then up a slip into the open ocean. Both con-
thousands of “low-cost floats…that it hard to gather information; they continental shelf that rose, sharply, on straints would be to its disadvantage in
drift as a distributed sensor network”. also make it hard to pass it on. Sensors to allied territory. wartime.
The idea is that armadas of prowling hy- which spend all their time submerged
drophones could eventually plug into have either to be hard wired to cables By contrast, if China wanted to as- But they would not render its SS-
a wider network of sensors, including or to communicate using acoustic mo- semble a sonar net across the Philip- BNs useless. Such submarines do not
fixed arrays, sonobuoys dropped from dems that are slow, cumbersome and pine Sea, it would have to lay fibre- need to be able to prowl every ocean
the air and autonomous underwater limited in range. This is a real bottleneck optic cable all across the South China with impunity. They just need an area
vehicles (AUVs) – drone submarines. for systems trying to make use of AUVs. Sea, bits of which are shallow enough within range of their missiles’ targets
that cables there are frequently cut by but out of bounds to other navies
Another DARPA project has worked This requirement for cables on the fishing vessels. Those cables would be and their sensors – what navies call a
on new ways to follow up such de- sea floor makes geography important. at the mercy of foreign navies. “bastion.”
tections. In 2016 it produced a USV Navies fight above the seabed they
called Sea Hunter, a robot prototype have, not the one they would like. In the That could make it hard for China Seeing through an ocean will be
designed to follow a submarine for North Atlantic, America enjoyed the ad- to stop submarines getting close to its hard enough if you have access to its
thousands of miles entirely autono- vantage of laying its cables in very deep shores. And sonar systems at choke surface and its depths. Seeing through
mously while respecting all the inter- water – inaccessible to all but highly points like the Luzon Strait could make a sea you can be kept out of is a differ-
national rules designed to avoid colli- it difficult for Chinese submarines to ent kettle of invisible fish. ■ 
sions at sea. Such vessels – a lot bigger
than most surface drones but much
smaller, and far cheaper, than a frig-
ate with a crew – could in theory be
deployed in fairly large numbers, and
in contested waters.

An ocean that is suffused with sen-
sors above and below the surface and
which has sub-tracking robots on the
prowl is certainly a more inhospitable
place for a submarine – or at least, for
one that does not belong to Amer-
ica or one of its allies. Flooding the
world’s oceans with such sensors is
something only a great power can do.
As far as most people are concerned,
says Cote, “the oceans are opaque,
and will probably remain so.”

Changing this would require some
new technique to supplement what is
available, and there is lots of research
on detecting magnetic disturbances
and very faint wakes, sniffing out tell-
tale chemicals or radiation, and ping-
ing targets with lasers tuned to the
blue-green wavelengths which best
penetrate seawater.

Some of these techniques might work
best underwater. Pictures of curious
appendages that might hold sensors
of various sorts on submarines com-
ing into or leaving port reliably spark
discussion in the sub-curious parts of
the internet. Others could be deployed
from aerial drones, and thus could be
used a lot more if such drones became
more numerous.

But short ranges look likely to re-
main a problem for all these methods,
as does the fundamental challenge
of separating signal from noise in big
messy oceans.

And submariners could fight back,
notes David Blagden of the University of
Exeter. A submarine leaving port might
“delouse” itself of inquisitive USVs by
using technology as rudimentary as a
tugboat and rope netting. Should wake
detection show promise, submarines
could simply head to rougher seas. The
low-power transmissions from USVs to
satellites or nearby warships could be
jammed by other USVs, or by drones.

The last of those tactics speaks to a
perennial problem for anti-submarine

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BY ROBERT KAGAN Indeed, with Poland, Hungary and five other NATO spending increased now that the United States genu-
Let’s assume for a moment that Vladimir Putin members sharing a border with a new, expanded Rus- inely faces a two-theater crisis remains to be seen. But
succeeds in gaining full control of Ukraine, as he sia, the ability of the United States and NATO to defend it is time to start imagining a world where Russia effec-
shows every intention of doing. What are the strate- the alliance’s eastern flank will be seriously diminished. tively controls much of Eastern Europe and China con-
gic and geopolitical consequences? trols much of East Asia and the Western Pacific. Ameri-
The first will be a new front line of conflict in Central The new situation could force a significant adjust- cans and their democratic allies in Europe and Asia will
Europe. Until now, Russian forces could deploy only as ment in the meaning and purpose of the alliance. have to decide, again, whether that world is tolerable.
far as Ukraine’s eastern border, several hundred miles
from Poland and other NATO countries to Ukraine’s Today, Putin seeks at the very least a two-tier A final word about Ukraine: It will likely cease to
west. When the Russians complete their operation, NATO, in which no allied forces are deployed on exist as an independent entity. Putin and other Rus-
they will be able to station forces – land, air and missile former Warsaw Pact territory. The inevitable nego- sians have long insisted it is not a nation at all; it is
– in bases in western Ukraine as well as Belarus, which tiations over this and other elements of a new Eu- part of Russia. Setting history and sentiment aside,
has effectively become a Russian satrapy. ropean security “architecture” would be conducted it would be bad strategy for Putin to allow Ukraine to
Russian forces will thus be arrayed along Poland’s with Russian forces poised all along NATO’s eastern continue to exist as a nation after all the trouble and
entire 650-mile eastern border, as well as along the borders and therefore amid real uncertainty about expense of an invasion.
eastern borders of Slovakia and Hungary and the NATO’s ability to resist Putin’s demands.
northern border of Romania. (Moldova will likely be Some analysts today imagine a Ukrainian insur-
brought under Russian control, too, when Russian This takes place, moreover, as China threatens to gency sprouting up against Russian domination.
troops are able to form a land bridge from Crimea to upend the strategic balance in East Asia, perhaps Perhaps. But to have any hope against Russian occu-
Moldova’s breakaway province of Transnistria.) with an attack of some kind against Taiwan. pation forces, an insurgency will need to be supplied
The most immediate threat will be to the Baltic and supported from neighboring countries.
states. Russia already borders Estonia and Latvia di- These simultaneous strategic challenges in two
rectly and touches Lithuania through Belarus and distant theaters are reminiscent of the 1930s, when Will Poland play that role, with Russian forces di-
through its outpost in Kaliningrad. Even before the in- Germany and Japan sought to overturn the existing rectly across the border? Will the Baltics? Or Hun-
vasion, some questioned whether NATO could actu- order in their respective regions. They were never gary? And if they do, will the Russians not feel justi-
ally defend its Baltic members from a Russian attack. true allies, did not trust each other and did not di- fied in attacking the insurgents’ supply routes, even
Once Russia has completed its conquest of Ukraine, rectly coordinate their strategies. Nevertheless, each if they happen to lie in the territory of neighboring
that question will acquire new urgency. benefited from the other’s actions. NATO members? It is wishful thinking to imagine
One likely flash point will be Kaliningrad. The head- that this conflict stops with Ukraine.
quarters of the Russian Baltic Fleet, this city and its Today, it should be obvious to Xi Jinping that the
surrounding territory were cut off from the rest of United States has its hands full in Europe. Whatever The map of Europe has experienced many chang-
Russia when the Soviet Union broke up. Since then, his calculus before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he es over the centuries. Its current shape reflects the
Russians have been able to access Kaliningrad only can conclude only that his chances of successfully expansion of U.S. power and the collapse of Russian
through Poland and Lithuania. pulling something off, either in Taiwan or the South power from the 1980s until now; the next one will
Expect a Russian demand for a direct corridor that China Sea, have gone up. likely reflect the revival of Russian military power
would put strips of the countries under Russian con- and the retraction of U.S. influence.
trol. But even that would be just one piece of what is While some argue that U.S. policies drove Moscow and
sure to be a new Russian strategy to delink the Bal- Beijing together, it is really their shared desire to disrupt If combined with Chinese gains in East Asia and
tics from NATO by demonstrating that the alliance the international order that creates a common interest. the Western Pacific, it will herald the end of the pres-
cannot any longer hope to protect those countries. ent order and the beginning of an era of global disor-
Long ago, American defense strategy was pre- der and conflict as every region in the world shakily
mised on the possibility of such a two-front conflict. adjusts to a new configuration of power. 
But since the early 1990s, the United States has grad-
ually dismantled that force. The two-war doctrine A version of this column first appeared in TheWash-
was whittled down and then officially abandoned in ington Post. It does not necessarily reflect the views of
the 2012 defense policy guidance. Vero Beach 32963.

Whether that trend will be reversed and defense

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BY CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT "This way, at least your Plan B won’t inflate your ex- Generali Global Assistance’s travel insurance plans of-
Now more than ever, you need a COVID Plan B when isting trip’s costs more than it has to," he says. fer a concierge service that can help.
you travel abroad. Otherwise, you could find yourself
stuck in quarantine, which may feel like prison. What will they do to you if you have COVID? If you know the rules of the country you're visit-
Susan Bilhorn had a COVID-19 Plan B, which in- ing, understand what happens to you when you get
cluded buying travel insurance, packing extra med- You've probably seen the horror stories of people infected, and have the right insurance, you're well
ications – and booking her trip with the right tour being sent to COVID prisons when they're infected. on your way to having a good Plan B when you're
company. Good thing she did. While visiting Croatia Cruise lines are some of the worst offenders. traveling abroad, say experts.
recently, her tour guide discreetly notified her she'd
tested positive for COVID. "If you are traveling overseas, research how your "When it comes to COVID and travel, you have to
Minutes later, an ambulance picked her up and destination country will handle tourists with COV- plan for the best but prepare for the worst," says Carrie
delivered her to a quarantine hotel in Dubrovnik, ID," says Joe Cronin, president of International Citi- Pasquarello, co-founder of Global Secure Resources, a
where she spent the next 10 days. zens Insurance. "Plan accordingly." travel safety company.
"The accommodations were comfortable and the
staff was very gracious," remembers Bilhorn, an execu- Some countries may mandate that you stay at a ho- "It's better to have a plan and not use it than to need
tive consultant from Laguna Niguel, Calif. "I had more tel, which you have to pay for. Others may put you in a plan and not have one."
than enough food – good quality and a nice variety." government quarantine with inedible food and noth-
So how did her Plan B work out? Her tour opera- ing to pass the time, and bill you for the privilege, he Expert tips on developing a Plan B
tor, smarTours, coordinated with local authorities says.
for her quarantine. Local medical authorities man- Get access to reliable COVID tests. Don't just wing
aged her quarantine arrangements. And her travel "Make sure to budget for either situation," advises it when you get to your destination. You could end up
insurance company, TripMate, reimbursed virtually Cronin. waiting in a long line at a public hospital and then
all of her quarantine bills. missing your flight because the results didn't arrive
"Any effective Plan B starts with visualizing how Do you have the right insurance and financial on time. Tour operators can arrange for the entire
you’d handle every single worst-case scenario you resources to quarantine? group to get tested in their hotel. "But this service
can imagine," says John Gobbels, chief operating of- might not be available to individuals," notes Chris-
ficer of Medjet. "The best way to approach that is to Most travel insurance will cover a trip interruption tine Petersen, CEO of smarTours.
sit down and list out each of your biggest fears, and caused by a COVID-19 infection. But the question is,
create a tangible solution for each one before you go." how much will it cover? Check the fine print in your Upgrade your insurance. Time and again, I hear
But how do you develop one? It takes some re- policy to see what the limits are. Ask yourself: How far from travelers who are unhappy that their travel insur-
search on the country's rules and what might hap- will $2,000 go in a quarantine hotel? (In some coun- ance won't cover fear of travel. Actually, that's not cor-
pen to you if you're infected. You'll also need insur- tries, not very far.) rect, according to Jeremy Murchland, president of Sev-
ance and extra money to survive your quarantine. en Corners. You can upgrade your policy to a "cancel
"Unfortunately, part of the new normal of travel in- Katelynn Sortino, a digital nomad who lives in Mo- for any reason" policy, which covers a percentage of
volves planning ahead," says Rajeev Shrivastava, CEO of rocco, knew that if she caught COVID, she couldn't rely your nonrefundable trip costs when you cancel. "This
VisitorsCoverage.com, a travel insurance marketplace. on her local healthcare system. So she set up a savings means that even if you aren’t sick but are concerned
account to cover the possible expense of quarantining. about infection rates at your destination, you can still
What are the COVID rules in the country cancel your trip due to a fear of travel," he says.
you're visiting? "Thankfully, my case was really mild and I didn't
end up needing it," she says. Bring your laptop
"Your first step is understanding the COVID regu-
lations in your destination country," says Narendra "But I think it's important, particularly for those If you have a job that you can do remotely, take
Khatri, principal of Insubuy, a travel insurance com- from industrialized countries who are visiting or your laptop with you – even if it's a vacation. That's
pany. "Do they have quarantine rules if you get in- moving to developing countries. You don't want the advice of Charles Neville, a marketing director at
fected, and if so, for how long?" to put an extra strain on the local healthcare sys- JayWay Travel, a European tour company. "I know,
tem that needs to focus on taking care of its own you're supposed to unwind," he says. "But if you do
This is also a good time to check your travel insur- people." end up in quarantine, if you have a job that can be
ance to ensure it covers accommodation expenses done remotely, you'll still be productive." 
for your required quarantine duration. Your travel insurance company may offer resources
to help you even if you don't have a Plan B. For ex- Email Christopher Elliott at [email protected] or get
ample, Allianz Travel Insurance gives its policyholders help with any consumer problem by contacting him
24/7 travel assistance and a support team to trouble- at http://www.elliott.org/help.
shoot travel-related problems, such as trip delays and
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You can also access its services through its app. And

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For nearly a month, a blind electricity or running but even she has her limits. “It gets me so angry,” she says
lamb named Bradley has been water and was strewn of people who abandon pets when they move. “I think to
sleeping in Laurie Zaleski’s living with garbage. “Its few myself, I’m glad I’m not your child. Are you going to leave
room. Also sharing her humble windows were broken them behind, too?”
two-bedroom abode: 11 dogs, or cracked, and one of
4 chickens (in diapers), 23 cats, the wooden sills hung The animals on the Funny Farm seem never to want
several kittens, a baby duck and down, as if someone to leave Zaleski behind. As we walk, a trail of critters fol-
a very loud cockatoo. Yes, says Za- had stepped on it to lows, including a tall and surprisingly fast-moving emu
leski, author of the just-released named Connor. Zaleski, dressed in full-on cowgirl gear,
memoir “Funny Farm,” she is crawl inside. If there flashes her long eyelashes as she greets, kisses and feeds
overdue for a home expansion. once had been steps her furry and feathered friends. For her beloved German
But she would never consider the out front, they were shepherd Tucker, who has a malformed esophagus, that
alternative: fewer animals under long gone – it was a means propping him up in a special dog highchair so he
her roof. straight drop, five feet can lick a bowl of liquefied puppy food.
from the doorsill to
“I have a hard time saying no,” the ground,” Zaleski Zaleski bought the farm in 2000 intending to give it to
Zaleski explains without needing writes. Soon after the her mother. Two weeks before the sale closed, though,
to, as we walk around her 25-acre her mom died of cancer, at 52. “I used to joke and say I
Mays Landing, N.J., farm one re- family moved in, van- was going to live in Philly and have cappuccinos with my
cent sunny afternoon. There were dals tried to run them friends, but I ended up at the Funny Farm,” she writes
animals popping out everywhere out, trashing the in her book. “Mom always said everything happens for
– and no wonder. Currently on the place and stealing a reason.”
premises are, give or take, 11 dogs, valuables the family
15 horses, 131 chickens, 210 cats, could barely afford “Funny Farm” – the place and the memoir – serve as
two cows, 22 peacocks, four alpacas, in the first place. a kind of tribute to McNulty. “My mother was a shining
24 pigs, five donkeys, 20 goats, four example of someone who would literally stop at noth-
sheep, 160 ducks, two emu, seven Five-year-old Za- ing to save an animal and in a way, helping them took
turkeys, two llama, several geese and leski was terrified. our minds off our horrible situation living in poverty,”
one skunk. They’re here to take refuge, to escape abuse, But her mother, Zaleski says. McNulty, who grew up in Philadelphia, fol-
recover from injury or sickness or simply to experience “unwavering in her cheerfulness,” found lowed her instincts and learned animal care from friends
being wanted. Even the skunk – whose scent glands had a way to protect her family: a dog. Zaleski’s mom got and neighbors and library books. One book helped her
been removed – was once someone’s pet. their first animal, a German shepherd named Wolf, in figure out how to butcher goats, a practice she put to use
1973 through one of her three jobs, cleaning cages at – to her family’s horror, and despite her own heartbreak
This is the Funny Farm, double-entendre intended: the local animal control. Wolf was meant to scare off the – when the animals were accidentally poisoned by wild
“Because it’s full of animals, and fit for lunatics,” Zaleski troublemakers, and for a while it worked – until Zaleski’s berries and the family needed to eat. “It was a biology
jokes of the sanctuary that she built here, some 20 miles father figured out his family’s whereabouts and terror- lesson like no other,” Zaleski writes. She’s been a vegetar-
from Atlantic City, more than two decades ago. ized them. ian ever since.
Zaleski’s mom, Annie McNulty, had a weakness for dif-
Zaleski’s love of animals was born of personal mis- ficult men and needy animals. The former nearly got her Zaleski is not a farmer, a wrangler, a vet or a formally
fortune. “It was a happy accident,” she writes in “Funny killed; the latter saved her life. Shortly after Wolf’s arrival trained writer. She works 30-plus hours a week at Art-
Farm,” a chronicle of the hardscrabble childhood that came other animals, each with its own sad story – a baby Z Graphics, a photography and graphics company she
sparked her devotion to all creatures great and small. horse with a broken leg, a runaway pig, a discarded dog. owns that specializes in government contracts. She has
Don’t be fooled by the whimsical cover: This is a tale “Every time I turned around, the menagerie seemed to hundreds of volunteers to help run the Funny Farm, a
that’s heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure. grow. Two by two, four by four, as if Noah had parked his 501(c)(3) charity that relies on donations; two days a
(Think “Educated” meets “Dr. Dolittle.”) ark in the woods near Turnersville, dropped the tailgate week it’s open to the public, free of charge. “My only
and said, ‘Welcome home,’” writes Zaleski in the same time to myself is when I go to sleep and even then,
The story begins in the early ’70s in Turnersville, about matter-of-fact style in which she speaks. there’s a pile of animals on top of me,” she says. Need-
30 miles from the Funny Farm. There Zaleski lived in a Zaleski has her own biblical ship here, though some- less to say, she doesn’t have the time or energy for hu-
well-appointed suburban home with her parents and times she has to send some animals elsewhere – reptiles, man children. 
two siblings; they had a nanny and a beach house and amphibians and wildlife – where they can be cared for
cocktail parties. But Zaleski’s father had violent out- by specialists. “My bathtub and sometimes kitchen sink FUNNY FARM
bursts. One day, after being threatened at knifepoint, become a trauma center for animals that get hit by cars
Laurie’s mother finally had enough. She drove off with or wildlife before they get transferred to a local wildlife MY UNEXPECTED LIFE WITH 600 RESCUE ANIMALS
the kids and settled into a new house, a ramshackle one- rescue,” she says. Zaleski may be generous and patient,
bedroom in the woods that, when they arrived, had no BY LAURIE ZALESKI | ST. MARTIN’S. 244 PP. $27.99
REVIEW BY NORA KRUG, THE WASHINGTON POST

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NORTH

DEFENSE CONTINUES TO CAUSE PROBLEMS Q J 10 9

By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist K852

Holly Lisle, an author of fantasy and science fiction, wrote, “If you don’t accept 76
responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense.”
984
When you are “chained” to defense at the bridge table, you must both be responsible for
your signals and watch the cards closely, especially if your partner is signaling. Of course, WEST EAST
if your partner isn’t signaling helpfully, get a new partner! 8743
6 652
Let’s look at some useful defensive principles. Against four hearts, West leads the club A Q 10 9 8
ace. What should happen after that? AK5 93

Over the takeout double, North jumped to three hearts to show a relatively weak hand with 532
four-card heart support. With a limit raise or stronger, he would have responded two no-
trump, a bit that is not needed in a natural sense, because North can redouble. South bid QJ632
game, hoping his partner had the heart king and diamond queen.
SOUTH
At trick one, East’s job is to say whether he does or does not have the club queen. With
the queen and spot cards, he would play the highest spot he could. Here, though, he can AK
do much better, signaling with the queen. This guarantees the jack is held also (or the
queen was a singleton, which here is next to impossible). Then West ought to see the A Q J 10 7 4
advantage of putting his partner on lead for a diamond shift through declarer.
KJ4
Luckily, when East takes the second trick with his club jack, he knows South is out of
clubs. Also, if West has a spade trick, it isn’t going anywhere. So East should return a 10 7
diamond.
Dealer: South; Vulnerable: Neither

The Bidding:

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
1 Hearts Dbl. 3 Hearts Pass
4 Hearts Pass Pass Pass LEAD:
A Clubs





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SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (FEBRUARY 24) ON PAGE 72

ACROSS DOWN
3 Rain heavily (4) 1 Boo (4)
7 Retain; observe (4) 2 Magnesium sulphate (5,5)
8 Looks at (4) 3 Bard (4)
9 Aroma (5) 4 Without instruction (8)
10 Therefore (Latin) (4) 5Printing error (4)
11 Recess (6) 6Candy scene (anag.) (10)
13 Estimating (8) 10 Betrothal (10)
15 Poke (4) 12 Financier (10)
16 Impudence; bile (4) 14 Implied and not stated (8)
17 Formal request (8) 19 Way out (4)
18 US lime (anag.) (6) 20 Box verbally (4)
21 Indolent (4) 22 Enthusiasm (4)
23 Italian island (5)
The Telegraph 24 Arrest; pin (4)
25 Char (4)
26 Agitate; prison (sl.)(4)

How to do Sudoku:

Fill in the grid so the
numbers one through
nine appear just once
in every column, row
and three-by-three
square.

The Telegraph

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ACROSS 97 “The ___ Generation” 46 Book shop founded by 52 The Washington Post
1 Tomato impact 99 Deep-drilling project of the Across
6 Hamlet and Laertes’ arbiter SAN FRANCISCO BEAT By Merl Reagle
11 ___ d’art 1950s 47 Swamp plant
16 Novel by 13 Down 104 Spanish queen 50 The whole ___
20 Flintstone’s boss 107 Siegel and Shuster’s 51 “It’s possible”
21 The Beats’ beat 53 Bird’s beak
23 Vanzetti’s co-victim creation 56 Nervous twitch
24 Strong-scented, weedy herb 110 Wedding need 57 Athlete in Salt Lake City
25 Head over there? 111 Flying tests 61 Actress Rula
26 Behind ___ (furtively) 113 Insect stage 63 Christmas contraction
28 Wonder 115 What 52 Across said he 64 Actress Hagen
29 Frequent Ali interviewer 65 Nick Nolte in Heart Beat
31 “Now ___ me down could get in San Francisco 67 Make up (for)
and nowhere else 69 Gen-___ (baby boomer’s
to ...” 118 Letter after pe, in Hebrew
32 Old notation for a chess 119 35 Down opus kid)
120 Rendezvous 75 City near Salt Lake City
piece 121 Counsels, old-style 77 Chicken follower of fiction
35 Mute trumpet’s sound 122 Drinking glass 79 Bible book: abbr.
37 Russian river embarrassments 80 Give the once-over
39 “I ___ !” (“Yuck!”) 81 Luau staple
41 Sugar processor DOWN 82 Paris’s Notre Dame is on
45 Peaks 1 Bedding in the barn
47 Space-age cars, once? 2 Give a ring one
48 Elevate, in a way 3 Dancing Diamond 83 Mil. rank
49 Catches sight of 4 Not ___ eye in the house 85 Arthur the actress
51 El ___, Calif. 5 Everyday article 88 He’s the last to know
52 He wrote A Coney Island of 6 Cockney steeds 89 Before, of yore
7 Whack 90 Hook on
the Mind 8 Bolero composer 92 The last of 26
54 Off-the-wall 9 “How can ___ certain?” 94 Ex-Turkish president Inonu
55 Ballet outfit 10 King pooch 98 Municipal rule: abbr.
58 Complete, as a deal 11 Bones 100 Eightsome
59 1975 Doc Savage portrayer 12 S.F. coffeehouse garb, circa 101 Wouk’s Youngblood
60 Deal with deadbeats, 102 Certain laborers, or a watch
1960
à la Mike Hammer 13 “Beat Generation” coiner company spelled backward
62 Milk, to Mimi 14 Plus other stuff, briefly 103 Offer temporarily
63 Salad fish 15 Race car driver Fabi 104 Imperative on banners
66 Scene of noise and 17 Concerning 105 Webster et al.
18 Cabbage Patch Dolls and 106 Egyptian cobra
confusion 108 Kenneth Rexroth, for
68 Fax forerunner their ilk
70 Behold, to Brutus 19 Conductor Georg example
71 Grist for a Caen column 21 Jeannie C. Riley topic 109 ___-do-well
72 Filmmaker Jacques 22 50 per cent of a Gabor 111 Atlantic food fish
73 “The result being ...?” 27 Manually 112 Words of worry
74 Millisecond’s antithesis 29 Evita character 113 Adherent’s ending
76 Swedish auto of old 30 Director Sidney 114 Dent
77 Jr. or Sr. of moviedom 33 Star material? 116 Wind dir.
78 Howl 34 Scoring nos. 117 Overhead trains
84 Doing a mechanic’s job 35 Beat author whose
86 Prizzi portrayer William
87 Abbr. after Gary Hart’s grandfather founded a
famous adding machine
name, once company
88 Hide 36 Playful
90 Confused 38 The forte of rebels
91 Bible book 40 Try: abbr.
93 Ark’s landing place 41 Clean-fight watchdog
94 “___ pleasure” 42 River in Devon
95 Oh preceders 43 Quite a ways
96 In Mexico, it’s a small 44 Not special: abbr.
45 King Kong, in the beginning
price to pay

The Telegraph

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Brother’s baby is a heavy secret to keep from their mom

BY CAROLYN HAX would have been so even if you were at each other’s
Washington Post sides for every childhood moment you spent with
your mother.
Hi Carolyn: Recently, I found out
So he will, and has every right to, make his decisions
that my younger brother is expect- for his own family based on his own experience. It
may be awkward for you and strain your relationship
ing his first child. This exciting news with Mom, which you can say to him when you ask
him just to tell her – but your judgment still doesn’t
is tempered by the fact that he in- govern your brother, and you don’t get to judge his
choices based on your information.
tends to indefinitely keep this news
Please get these lines clear in your mind now, before
from our mother. the baby gets here. His news/your news. His family/
your family. His experience with your mother/your
Our mom can be a difficult person, but I believe her experience with her. His beliefs/your beliefs. These
lines do often blur in families led by “difficult” people,
heart was always in the right place and she is a won- so therapy is also an option.

derful grandmother to my children. While it isn’t my As for the weirdness of keeping such a huge secret
against the forces of social media nature, I’m sympa-
approach, I respect his decision to have a limited rela- thetic. But the impossibility of it is actually another
reason not to tell: Why spill beans that are bound to
tionship with her. However, I find it absurd that he ex- spill on their own?

pects us to keep his child a secret indefinitely in the age You can also make a reasonable agreement with
your brother that you will not lie to anyone about what
of social media, photographs and major family events. you know. Instead, you will deflect and refer people
to him, no gymnastics required. “I’m not at liberty to
My hope is that he’ll change his mind before the baby say,” and, “You’ll have to talk to [Brother] about that”
are good phrases to have on hand – and to repeat
arrives. But, he’s young and bullheaded. Would I be verbatim to people who won’t take no answer for an
answer. And if your mom blames you when she finds
completely in the wrong if I spilled the beans when the out? “It wasn’t my news to deliver. If you ever need me
to, I’ll guard your privacy as forcefully as I did his.” 
baby is born? I can’t stand the logistical gymnastics and

emotional drain the family and I are going have to go though, is a bigger wrong that will risk your relation-
ship with your brother eventually, even if you keep his
through to keep his secret. secret about the baby.

– Overwhelmed There’s a hint of this problem elsewhere in your let-
ter: that you “believe [your mother’s] heart was always
Overwhelmed: Yes, you would be completely in the in the right place.” What you believe is true about her
wrong. Do not “spill the beans,” and do not even en- motives doesn’t apply to your brother.
tertain the idea that your inconvenience trumps his
emotional needs. There’s good reason for this. You decided she
meant/means well based on your experience with
But I’m getting ahead of myself. Blabbing is wrong her – which was your determination to make. But his
just because it’s not your information to give. Full stop. experience with her was different, automatically, and

Superimposing your needs onto his business,

THEATRE GUILD OPENS
NEW DOORS WITH A FIRST-RATE

SECOND STAGE

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THEATRE GUILD OPENSARTS & THEATRE
NEW DOORS WITH
A FIRST-RATE
SECOND STAGE

BY PAM HARBAUGH JoLnisaPuMtzcNkeamanede Lainsda JMocnNPaumtzekee..
CORRESPONDENT
PHPHOOTOTOS SBYBYKAKIALIALAJOJONNESES
While professional equity
theaters have had a rough
time during the pandemic,
community theaters have
soldiered on and, in some
cases, even flourished. A
good example of that is
our own Vero Beach
Theatre Guild.

In fact, the
64-year-old institu-
tion is popping its
buttons with renova-
tion, expansion and