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Esports proponents say that it’s the kind of question ers say. Young people who grew up on a steady diet of Blizzard Arena parking lot on a sunny Saturday was a
every generation faces when¬ever new technology video games are coming of age and starting their own family of fans, including a 4-year-old sporting a yellow
comes to the fore. Older generations are often “aghast families. As they do, outdated attitudes around gam- Valiant helmet.
when they see how popular a [new] medium is with ing – that it’s the domain of the Cheetos-eating base-
anyone younger than them,” says Steinkuehler at UCI. ment-dweller, for instance – will naturally fall away. “This isn’t a little niche audience of marginal char-
acters that you can treat as anomalies,” Steinkuehler
Still, the industry is overwhelmingly optimistic. It’s It’s hard to argue with that in the face of dedicated says. “This is a main form of entertainment, and it is
the inevitability of changing demographics, observ- fandom. Among the attendees at a Valiant event in the only at the beginning.” 

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INSIGHT OPINION

SOCIAL MEDIA LOOKS LIKE THE REAL OPIATE OF THE MASSES

With Facebook enduring a wave sides of recreational drugs. As far back going up relentlessly worldwide: Whereas that they’ll be able to exert self-control
of public criticism for its cavalier ap- as 2011, psychologists Daria Kuss and once the internet offered an escape from and stop using an addictive substance
proach to user privacy, it’s becoming Mark Griffiths reported that “negative the real world, now the real world is a in the future. When the addiction be-
more apparent how important social correlates of [social media] usage in- much-needed escape from the internet. comes too strong to quit, they may find
media has become. clude the decrease in real life social themselves trapped in a situation they
community participation and aca- Now, it’s important to emphasize that never would have chosen had they
It probably will be many years before demic achievement, as well as rela- just because a product harms some known what they were getting into.
the true scale and scope of the changes tionship problems, each of which may people doesn’t mean it’s bad for society
are appreciated, and even then much will be indicative of potential addiction.” overall. Cars kill tens of thousands each This interpretation of addiction seems
never be fully understood. The era when year in the U.S. alone and certainly pose especially likely, given the fact that peo-
humans interacted mainly by gather- Meanwhile, a number of more recent a much bigger threat than social-media ple who haven’t been addicted don’t
ing in physical space, or maintained studies find similarities between social- addiction. But no one thinks about ban- know what it’s like – you may tell yourself
personal networks through one-to-one media use and addictive behavior. And ning auto travel, since the benefits for that you’d be able to quit cigarettes eas-
connections, has drawn to a close, and experiments found that smartphone our economy and social lives are so huge. ily, but there’s no way to be sure until it’s
the next generation won’t even really un- deprivation induced anxiety among too late.
derstand what that era was like. young people, a phenomenon that cer- Nor are addictive drugs always bad.
tainly has parallels to drug withdrawal. Many Americans consume caffeine, of- If social media really does act on
Social media has changed the mean- ten in large amounts every day. Some many users in a manner loosely analo-
ing of human life itself. That certainly doesn’t mean that ev- economists have suggested that drug gous to cigarettes or heroin, that means
eryone who uses social media is a junk- addiction is a rational choice, with users the benefits are less than people’s will-
It has also made a lot of money and ie. Evidence shows that moderate usage choosing to pay the price for pleasure. ingness to pay. Junkies would pay quite
investors have given companies like is not harmful. a lot for their fix, but that doesn’t mean
Facebook Inc., Snap Inc., andTwitter Inc. Other economists, however, theorize the money would be well-spent.
multibillion-dollar market valuations. It’s the heaviest users who may be in that addiction can result from short-
the most danger – a recent survey found sightedness. If people are more ori- Much more research is obviously
There’s even an argument that the that a quarter of Americans are online“al- ented toward the short term than they needed before we conclude that social
true economic value created by these most constantly.” And social-media use is realize, they may incorrectly believe media is like tobacco. And even if it is,
companies is much greater than their the harm would need to be very sub-
profits – or, in Snap’s case, their po- stantial in order to get government pol-
tential future profits – suggest. For the icy involved in limiting social-media
most part, the services are free to use. use. That seems unlikely.
But given how much time people spend
using them, it’s probably true that they But even if social media is worth the
would be willing to pay a lot to keep be- costs, it still means that much of soci-
ing able to enjoy social media. ety’s resources – capital investment,
and the time and effort of the smartest
But many of us who lived through workers – have been put into creating
the shift from Internet 1.0 to the new more pleasurable drugs for the popu-
age of social media can’t help but feel lace to become addicted to. And that’s
a nagging worry. In addition to con- a disquieting thought.
cerns about privacy, electoral influ-
ence and online abuse, social media Whereas Karl Marx declared that re-
seems like it has many of the qualities ligion is the opiate of the masses, our
of an addictive drug. modern capitalists may have invented
a real one. 
Research isn’t conclusive on wheth-
er social-media addiction is real. But This column by Noah Smith for
it certainly has some negative side ef- Bloomberg does not necessarily reflect
fects that loosely resemble the down- the views of Vero Beach 32963..

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INSIGHT BOOK REVIEW

There were, in all, 12 Apollo spaceflights.We remem- detail is unerring. For the astronauts of Apollo 8 to Kurson unpacks this and several other critical
ber them by number if history was made (Apollo 11) or orbit the moon, their spacecraft had to be slowed. If maneuvers, effectively escalating the tension. Sev-
things went wrong (1 and 13). By either measure, we it wasn’t, the forces of gravity and inertia would have eral things did go wrong, but the real drama lay in
should remember Apollo 8: the first mission to take whipped them partway around the moon and then the gnawing anticipation of fatal catastrophe. Ev-
humans all the way to (if not yet onto) the moon. back toward Earth. To slow the spacecraft, the pro- eryone involved knew that schedules were rushed,
pulsion system had to be fired in reverse for a pre- steps were skipped and tremendous risks were un-
“Rocket Men” opens in summer 1968, with the cisely calculated duration. Too much “burn,” and dertaken. Engineers were nervous to the point of
space race in high gear. The Soviet Union had already the craft would slow too much, drop out of orbit and passing out. Wives chewed their pearls while they
put the world’s first satellite, Sputnik, as well as the crash into the moon; too little, and it would careen listened to the squawk boxes NASA installed in their
first human, Yuri Gagarin, into Earth’s orbit. The So- off into deep space with no way to reverse course. homes to let them eavesdrop on mission communi-
viets were projected to reach the moon by the end of (The engine on the lunar module could have served cations. Cruelly, a photographer from Life magazine
the year, months ahead of the United States. (Simi- as a backup, had they brought it along.) Adding to was on hand to capture these high-stress moments.
lar drama played out in book publishing last year. the danger, this critical maneuver took place on the
Just as advanced reading galleys of “Rocket Men” dark side, where the moon blocks communication The astronaut wife was the original NASA support
were touching down on reviewers’ desks, Henry Holt with Mission Control. module. These women humanized the cold engi-
launched the hardback of Jeffrey Kluger’s “Apollo 8.”) neering and militaristic strivings of America’s moon
shot, smiling when they felt like screaming, making
The race, at this point, was to get close to the sandwiches and endless pots of coffee for the TV
moon, rather than to land or even to orbit it. The crews decamped in their yards. Space was a man’s
mission was to be a simple flyby: a sort of dress re- world, and so, sometimes, is Kurson’s prose. “Lovell
hearsal for an eventual landing. I say simple the way packed Marilyn and their three kids into the car.”
movie popcorn vendors say small. Simple, only in “Orbital mechanics – the way the universe ordered
that once the spacecraft was blasted out of Earth’s and moved itself – worked. And man had figured it
orbit toward the moon, physics and gravity would out to the split second.” Given the recent book and
handle the rest. film about the women who made some of those
critical calculations, that “man” is a bit of a clanker.
NASA’s progress had been hobbled by problems
with its lunar module – the spidery lander that What Kurson has managed is impressive, giv-
would one day shuttle astronauts from the orbiting en the hundreds of hours of transcripts he waded
mothership down to the surface of the moon and through. Those include transcripts of his own inter-
back up. Although a flyby doesn’t require a lander, views as well as voluminous Apollo 8 mission com-
NASA would have sent it up so the payload would munications. (Note to moon-landing deniers: It is
match that of the eventual landing mission. easier to put a human on the moon than it would be
to fake the hundreds of thousands of pages of Apol-
But, sitting on a beach one day, a NASA engineer lo mission documents on NASA.gov.) A nonfiction
named George Low had an idea: The United States author is a massive filtration system. You’re only as
could beat the Soviets to the moon if NASA left the good as what you leave out. Kurson omits skillfully.
lunar module behind on Earth. NASA brass then “Rocket Man” is close-to-the-bone adventure-tell-
upped the dangers by adding multiple lunar or- ing on a par with Alfred Lansing’s “Endurance” and
bits. Rather than sling-shotting partway around the Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air.” It’s as close to a movie
moon, the crew would circle it 10 times, carrying out as writing gets. 
some of the necessary prep for an eventual landing,
scouting level landing sites and measuring gravity ROCKET MEN
fluctuations, which can alter a spacecraft’s path in
potentially catastrophic ways. THE DARING ODYSSEY OF APOLLO 8 AND THE ASTRONAUTS

To understand the added dangers of a lunar orbit WHO MADE MAN’S FIRST JOURNEY TO THE MOON
mission, the reader must understand some rocketry BY ROBERT KURSON | RANDOM HOUSE. 372 PP. $28
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INSIGHT ON FAITH

Time to let a new influence set to work in your life

BY REV. DRS. CASEY & BOB BAGGOTT Those tenacious demons latch onto
Columnists us; and when we can’t dislodge them,
we make excuses for them. “That’s
There’s an old joke about a little girl Well, the notion that demons in- just who I am,” or “You can’t teach an
who got mad at her younger brother, vade and influence human life was old dog new tricks!” or “I don’t have a
Billy. She pushed him down, called certainly an accepted ancient belief. problem; it’s everyone else who has
him a bad name, and then spit on him. Stories of demons figure prominently the problem.”
The girl’s father took her aside and in biblical stories of Jesus’ ministry.
said: “Honey, you’re a better little girl Time and again, Jesus casts out de- Is there anything with the author-
than that. The devil must have made mons that have overtaken and dam- ity and the capacity to rid us of our
you behave that way to Billy.” The little aged the lives of those who unwill- demons and change things for the
girl responded: “Well, the devil might ingly harbored them. better? Well, certainly the same pro-
have made me push Billy down. And foundly powerful and sacred author-
the devil might have made me call Billy Certainly, many of us would find ity that Jesus employed still exists
names. But I thought up the spitting the notion of demonic presence and today. If we seek to avail ourselves of
part all by myself!” influence to be irrelevant in our mod- it, we’ll discover that in fact, it’s quite
ern world. But then again, maybe it’s near, for nothing can separate us
It makes you stop and think, doesn’t not. Maybe demons, of sorts, inhabit from it – neither heights, nor depth,
it? What does make people do those today’s world, just as they did the nor angels, nor demons, nor any-
things they know they shouldn’t? What ancient world. Just turn on the eve- thing else in all creation can separate
makes them run around with the ning news. We witness there so much us from the love of God. Nothing is so
wrong crowd, or endanger their bod- negativism and cynicism. We see the strong as the love of God. It’s the ulti-
ies and their lives with dangerous sub- demons of rage, of bitterness, of fear, mate authority.
stances, or engage in behavior that is of revenge, of self-interest run amok.
ultimately hurtful and self-defeating? And maybe they even seep into us. What’s gotten into you? If you rec-
What gets into them? ognize the presence of influences that
don’t work in your favor or for the
For that matter, what gets into us? good of others, maybe it’s time to let a
Don’t we all occasionally behave in new influence set to work in your life.
ways that are totally out of character Let a higher authority help. Let it get
with our better selves? Is there some- into you. 
thing foreign to us that invades us,
usurps our better will, and causes us to
behave badly? Or do we think it up all
by ourselves? Or is it a little of each?



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CAN YOU CORRECTLY USE YOUR CONVENTIONS? WEST NORTH EAST
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In this deal, how should South plan the play in three spades after West leads the heart
king? Dealer: South; Vulnerable: East-West

North used a transfer bid, showing five-plus spades and at least zero points! I think The Bidding:
South should have rebid three spades, a superaccept showing four-card support, a
doubleton somewhere and an excellent hand for play in spades. SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
1 NT Pass 2 Hearts Pass
Given the 3-1 spade break, the dummy (the long-trump hand) has six potential losers: 2 Spades Pass Pass 3 Clubs LEAD:
one spade, one heart, two diamonds and two clubs. One of North’s clubs can be ruffed 3 Spades Pass Pass Pass King Hearts
in the South hand, so declarer needs to find East with the diamond ace.

After winning with dummy’s heart ace, South should lead a diamond toward his hand.
Assuming East ducks, declarer wins with his king, takes his top trumps and returns a
heart. West wins, cashes the spade queen and shifts to the club jack, but South wins
with his ace, ruffs his last heart on the board and leads a second diamond toward his
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1 Intolerance 79 “The music is secret forces 95 Scores high on

director ___; let them 18 Expensive an assignment
11 “___ a white play” (Shak.) failures 99 Underdog wins
81 H’s is 1.00794 103 Helium adjective
powder ... ” (A. 85 Naumachy 21 Once-secret 106 “I did it, and
Conan Doyle) setting flying wing
19 Halting words 86 British-battling ___ you!”
20 Watchmaker Bantu 22 Having left a will 109 Dancer
23 Some perform 88 Indicator 30 In the style of To
without nets 90 Bert and John Nazimova
24 Get rid of human 92 Bush was one a Skylark, e.g. 111 Knobby part
bondage 94 Consarned 32 Tax anew 112 No. 2 in the lab
25 Ruby and rose 96 Delaware Indian 34 I love, to Livy 113 Collections
26 Horne and Olin 97 Heavens 37 Dresden donkey 116 She’ll treat your
27 Have ___ mind 98 Nom ___ 39 Laine and Moore
to 100 God or gastropod 40 Necessary to life creature
28 Cleanser-label 101 Milnes milieu 42 Zygote 118 Three or four,
list 102 Lace
29 Chilly river 104 FedEx rival precursors approx.
chunks 105 Pronoun 48 Counsel, old-
31 Any guy, to Sen. 107 Bergen dummy The Washington Post
Claghorn 108 Virginia willow style
32 Kurosawa’s King 110 Nursemaids 50 Pro ___ WORD BUILDING By Merl Reagle
Lear 112 Lhasa ___ 52 Royal sport
33 Equality letters 114 Eye invader 55 Closet-clearing BRADLEY H. REINER, DMD
35 Pharaoh’s pet 115 Like a certain
36 “___ cute?” scale event HAGEN V. HASTINGS, DMD
(Mom’s query) 117 Any compact, 57 Genus of marine
38 Efforts that get easily stored item Family, Cosmetic & Laser Dentistry
compliments 119 Dressed down skates Caring Dentistry for the Entire Family
41 Spondulix 120 Six years, in D.C. 58 Rabbit keepers
43 Old cars 121 Sleep on it 59 “___ know you?”
44 Jethro ___ 122 Crossing 61 “Time ___ the
45 Face of Caesar DOWN
46 Speedy Steve of 1 Causing to look essence”
the 1980s small 63 Cell dweller
47 Marathon, e.g. 2 Turns, often in 64 Be indecisive
49 Come together anger
51 Drawn Alley 3 He’s Sting about
53 Tennis great 4 Risk more, in a 65 Super “scoopers”
54 Dodgers owner way 66 McKinley et al.:
and mover 5 Snit intro
56 Get too big for 6 Plummeted abbr.
one’s britches? 7 Certain buzzers 68 Bovary, Butterfly,
59 Actress Irene 8 “___ rien appris”
60 Noted (“They have et al.
Dogpatcher learned nothing”) 70 Blockhead
62 William Dean (Talleyrand) 73 Namely, in Latin:
Howells’s The 9 Aircraft metal
Rise of Silas ___ 10 Dame Myra abbr.
67 Eschewers of 11 Uris opus 74 Escapes
seconds 12 Anastasia’s last 75 Of tissue
69 Wrong name 78 Anti-crabgrass
71 Start of an Eden 13 Sea that’s a lake
series 14 Edward the ___ product
72 Mesh, or part of 15 Blind MacGyver 80 Thaw
a bird actor Dana 81 Loser to Herbert
76 Returns from the 16 “___ lied”
dead Hoover
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Should she ride it out with motorcycle-loving boyfriend?

BY CAROLYN HAX please spend less time trying to rein in your boy-
Washington Post friend and more on your emotional resilience.

Dear Carolyn: I’m terrified It’s hard. No one (healthy) wants pain. The only
way many of us can face the idea of loss is through
about my boyfriend’s hobby: inevitability – when a loved one’s illness, injury or
death forces us to.
riding motorcycles. We’ve been
But it needn’t be that way. Our minds are power-
together two years and in that ful things, and when we stop telling them life will
be good when everything lines up just right, and tell
time he has crashed twice, them instead that life is good when we enjoy what
we have while we have it – with conviction, with
the last time totaling his bike. joy, with a release of strict expectations – our minds
start to believe it.
Thankfully, both times he only
One mantra to retrain your mind toward strength:
had minor injuries. “I can’t stop this, change this, prevent this. I can
only manage it when it happens.” And when you
However, he is now looking to buy ANOTHER bike, doubt your ability to manage, look around. The
human spirit has withstood war, famine, displace-
and every time I imagine him on a motorcycle I just see ment, genocide, child mortality rates that would
seem unendurable had they not been, in fact, en-
myself at his funeral. I want to be supportive because dured. It has withstood bikers, too – who make it
home, and who don’t.
I know he loves it, but it causes me so much anxiety.
Grief shatters. Most people mend and love again.
What can I do? I’ve talked to him about it, but he Loving a risk-seeker offers two choices: Embrace
the risk or torture you both by fighting it.
gets upset because he feels like I’m not supportive. He Well, three: or break up if you don’t want this life.
Watching “McConkey” or reading “The White Dark-
doesn’t seem to see the risks. He thinks he’s immortal. ness” in the New Yorker offers between-the-lines tuto-
rials on loving adrenaline lovers, and “Six Feet Under”
I don’t know what to do. is a love-and-mortality master class.
For a mind that resists retraining, consider get-
– K. ting screened for anxiety; sometimes our choices do
only so much. 
K: Embrace mortality. That’s what you do. rise, summer will come, boyfriend will return from
Given your boyfriend’s hobby and history, I sug- a run to buy milk.
gest soon.
I am not being facetious. At all. In fact, if I thought But loving someone is a guarantee of heartbreak.
it would help, I’d close every answer with this: “And Well, there is one loophole: when you die first. So if
oh by the way, if you’re not comfortable yet with the you’re building your happy on a belief that it’s pos-
idea of death, then I suggest you work on it.” sible for no bad things to happen, and if your happy
There is no permanence. If collecting kitten post- can be derailed by having to stand closer to reality
ers were your boyfriend’s hobby, then the odds than your heart and imagination want you to, then
would tilt more toward his achieving old age, and –
this is the real thing, I believe – you’d be better able
to trick yourself into a sense of certainty. Sun will

LISTENING TO PATIENT KEY TO
PROPER BAD-BACK DIAGNOSIS

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HEALTH

Listening to patient key to proper bad-back diagnosis

BY TOM LLOYD U.S. adults experience back pain and 50
Staff Writer percent experience neck pain.

Dr. Craig Popp, a board-certified And, according to the Centers for Dis-
and fellowship-trained orthopedic ease Control, those problems get more
surgeon with Vero Orthopaedics & common – and painful – as we age.
Neurology, isn’t likely run out of pa-
tients anytime soon. Diagnosing the exact cause of back
pain can be something of a medical
That’s because, according to both the Rubik’s cube. There are 33 separate
National Institutes of Health and Johns vertebrae in the human spine in five
Hopkins Medicine, nearly 80 percent of separate regions – the cervical, tho-
racic, lumbar, sacrum and coccyx

Dr. Craig Popp.

PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE

– and more than 20 vertebral disks pain isn’t by individually examin-
along with many muscles, ligaments, ing each of the 50-some bones and
tendons and nerve bundles – and all disks in the spine.
those individual elements must work
collaboratively. “The way I approach it,” he says,
“is basically talking to the patient;
When they don’t the result can be getting to know the patient.
pain, sometimes severe.
“Eighty-five percent [of making
It can be neck pain, lower back pain, the right diagnosis has to do with]
middle back pain, upper back pain, taking a history – and listening.”
low back pain with sciatica, leg pain or
some other bone, nerve and muscular Popp says “the vast majority of
problem such as lumbar radiculopa- people [having an episode of back
thy, spinal instability, spinal stenosis, pain] get better without any sort of
arthritis, compression fractures, os- intervention.” But if medical inter-
teoporosis, slipped or herniated discs, vention is needed, he is confident
scoliosis and spondylolisthesis. about his own skill set and those
of his colleagues at Vero Ortho-
In fact, according to the Mayo Clinic, paedics.
two of the top three reasons people in
this country go to see a doctor are back In any event, Popp says,
pain-related. “I’m very fortunate here – it’s
almost like a comprehensive
Popp, who has nearly 20 years of ex- spine program. I have individ-
perience in this field, says the best way uals that can do the injections,
to find the cause of an individual’s back I have individuals that can do

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HEALTH

nerve conduction tests. 3D PRINTING CREATES CUSTOM-FIT KNEE JOINTS
I have a neurologist that
can weed out some of BY TOM LLOYD Dr. Anthony Ware.
those other unusual type Staff Writer
of conditions. PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE
It’s not hard to get Sebastian River
“Then we have Dr. [Seth] Medical Center and Steward Health
Coren. I see a lot of patients orthopedic surgeon Dr. Anthony Ware
with compression fractures to talk about knee replacement sur-
in their back, and while I gery.
used to do some osteoporo-
sis work before, now I have an Keeping up with him? Well, that’s
individual who really concen- another matter altogether.
trates on that type of thing” just
down the hall. CONTINUED ON PAGE 64
Popp says the net result of hav-
ing so many talented colleagues in
one location “is that I can quickly
differentiate things by obtaining
certain types of tests right within
the office.”
Popp continues by saying, “I think
one of the most common problem
people have, and it’s probably the
No. 1 people seek medical care, is
just a simple lumbar strain. Low-
back pain. A lot of those individu-
als will have leg pain associated
with it, and if they have enough
leg pain, or they have instability
in their spine, that’s when sur-
gical intervention becomes
necessary.”

Spinal surgery is – obvi-
ously – serious business,
but Popp points to major

improvements in both the
technology and the proce-
dures in use today.

“The nice thing is tech-
nology has allowed us
to really define what the
pain generator is,” he ex-
plains, “with the imaging
techniques, the image-
guidance techniques and
use of microscopes, you can
really limit the scope of the
surgery that you have to do.”
And since Popp favors a mini-
mally invasive approach to most
surgeries, he adds, “having the right
retractors, the right kind of tubes to
work through, and the right imaging
modalities available really allow you
to do more in less space.”
Asked if he a “favorite” procedure,
Popp pauses briefly and says “I like to
do the procedure that makes the pa-
tient feel the best.”
When pressed for a more specific
response, he adds. “I do like a nice mi-
crodiscectomy. If lumbar disc is put-
ting pressure on the nerve root and
that patient is just dying in pain and
you take the pressure off the nerve
root and they feel really good,” that,
he says smiling, “is really rewarding.”

Dr. Craig Popp is with Vero Orthopae-
dics & Neurology at 1155 37th Lane in
Vero Beach. The phone number is 772-
569-2330. 

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Let’s start with this: The first knee That’s a good thing since, as Fox ers of replacement joints have made a view says patients with custom-made
replacements were performed in this News reports, “every 45 seconds, a pa- limited number of sizes. joints are 1.7 times more likely to have
country back in 1968, and over the en- tient in the U.S. undergoes a knee re- “excellent” results than patients with
suing half-century, according to the placement surgery.” “Most knee systems will have only “off-the-shelf” knee replacements.
Agency for Healthcare Research and about eight different sizes,” Ware says. Likewise, patients with stock parts
Quality, knee replacement operations The positive results have come, in were 2.6 times more likely to achieve a
are now “one of the most successful part, due to a steady evolution in pro- That has in most cases forced or- “poor” rating than those with person-
procedures in all of medicine.” cedures, materials and technical in- thopedic surgeons to saw off part of alized joints. And Ware says the price
novations over the past 50 years, and the patients’ natural femur and/or is about the same for both procedures.
Ware can give you chapter and verse tibia in order to make the off-the-shelf
on the advances. parts fit properly. That said, there are a couple of
things to consider. The first is time.
One of the most recent innovations, That’s a problem Ware’s patients
according to Ware, is the use of 3D don’t have to deal with if they elect to Patients who select the ConforMIS
printing to create a replacement knee have their replacement joints custom- option, Ware says, have to wait “about
joint that precisely matches the dimen- made – 3D printed replacements fit six weeks” for the implant to be made.
sions, curves and contours of the pa- like a Savile Row suit, or better. Second, patients with a “large defor-
tient’s – unlike a pre-made “stock part.” mity of the knee” are not good candi-
It works like this: Patients get a CT dates for a custom-made joint.
Specifically, he points to the Con- scan of their entire limb. Using that
forMIS iTotal CR knee replacements, data, the manufacturer – in this case Currently, Ware says he is “prob-
the third generation of this particular ConforMIS – creates a two-dimen- ably doing 40 percent” custom joints
technology. sional design that is fed into a 3D and 60 percent off-the-shelf ones, in
printer. The printer then, layer-by- part because many people with severe
Ware was the first orthopedic sur- layer, creates an incredibly accurate knee pain want something done now,
geon in Indian River County to em- mold for the replacement joint. not six weeks from now.
ploy this “custom-built” approach for
replacement knee joints and his moti- Are these 3D joints really better? Asked what’s on the horizon for
vation was a simple one. Both Orthopedic Design & Technol- joint replacements, Ware says, “I’m
ogy and the peer-reviewed Journal not sure if it’s public knowledge yet,
Even though knee replacements Arthroplasty Today think so. They but ConforMIS is … working on a cus-
have a high overall success rate, the say “a smaller percentage of knee tom-performance total hip” joint.
outcomes using standard parts are replacement patients treated with
far from perfect. Up to 40 percent of [custom-3D-printed] implants experi- Dr. Anthony Ware is with Steward
knee-replacement patients complain enced any adverse events at discharge Medical and the Sebastian River Medi-
about residual knee pain long after or 90 days after discharge when com- cal Center. He has offices in Vero Beach
their operations and Ware thinks he pared to off-the-shelf replacement and Sebastian. The phone number is
knows why. joints.” 772-563-0146. 
Want more? Becker’s Spine Re-
Since the 1960s, most manufactur-



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ST. EDWARD’S

Van Deinse takes reins of ‘exciting’ St. Ed’s tennis

BY RON HOLUB Alex Harper. son (as an assistant) and The new head coach must be pleased
transition to head about that because this is certainly the
Correspondent PHOTOS GORDON RADFORD time of year to get serious. Senior Night
SES coach Joseph Van Deinse and last week concluded the regular sea-
When the tennis teams from St. Ed’s The Van Deinse family of Traverse VBHS coach James Van Deinse. son. The district tournament is sched-
and Vero Beach High met in a friendly City, Michigan, purchased the facility at uled for April 17-18 at Benjamin School.
exhibition match last week at the Vero Timber Ridge two years ago and, as you Ixtasna Berastegui.
Beach Tennis & Fitness Club, the rival can tell, Joseph, 29, and James, 27, are al- The girls were 7-1 and the boys 6-2
coaches did their best to fill the atmo- ready firmly embedded in the local ten- coach because he had medical issues to in district matches. The projected line-
sphere with brotherly love. nis fabric. The brothers are not exactly attend to,” Van Deinse explained. “I’m ups portend a strong probability for
as “old as time,” just a decade out of high pretty excited to be stepping in to help team or individual advancement.
Just one day earlier, Joseph Van De- school themselves. This rare confluence St. Edward’s pilot their tennis program.
inse took over as St. Ed’s head coach of factors should enhance the St. Ed’s- “Our No. 1 girl is Itxasne Berasategui,
when Francisco “Paco” Munoz left VBHS tennis rivalry in the coming years. “Paco and (assistant coach) Chad an exchange student from Spain,” Van
town for medical reasons. It had been Miller have done a great job of getting
just over three years since Munoz was “Coach Paco approached me and these kids prepared. It’s fun to step into a Deinse said. “She’s only a
nearly killed in a horrific automobile asked if I would help out with the sea- program where the players are real play- sophomore, but very ex-
accident. He has yet to fully recover ers. You don’t always get that with high perienced in tournament
and turned the reins of St. Ed’s tennis school tennis. Sometimes the talent play throughout her ju-
over to Van Deinse for the remainder is very raw, but here at St. Edward’s we nior career. She is a great
of the season while he undergoes addi- have some very serious tennis players.” player and a great asset to
tional treatment in Mexico. By all indi- our team. Right behind
cations it seems that all is progressing her at No. 2 is senior Jas-
well in that regard. mine Jaffe. They are a very
strong one-two punch.”
For his first day on the job Van De-
inse needed no scouting report on the The three through
coach he was pitted against. It was a fa- five spots were shuffled
miliar face very much like his own. His when No. 3 Jolie Montlick was injured.
brother James Van Deinse is the head If Montlick is unavailable, Morey Mi-
coach at VBHS. randa, Zayna Shaikh and Katie Groom
or Sandy Kelso will likely move up in
“This is a tale as old as time, at least the order.
for us,” Joseph Van Deinse told us before “The No. 1 leader for the boys is ju-
the match. “We are always competing nior John Atwater,” Van Deinse said.
against each other, and go figure that “He hits a big ball and if he’s on fire he
the respective high schools that we’re can beat anybody. He can take on all
coaching are going against each other. the big dogs from the other schools. We
We are very happy to host it here at the have another strong No. 2 with senior
VB Tennis & Fitness Club. It’s a great Alex Harper. We have Will Johnson
event for our members, the parents, the at No. 3, Jacob Chesley at 4, and Ben
schools, and the community. Oakes or Omar Shareef at 5.
“We’ve had a lot of good results with-
“It’s fun to have a little crosstown ri- in the district. The strongest team right
valry going on. Some of our kids train now is probably Benjamin. Hopefully
with some of the VBHS kids at the vari- we can get by the other teams and then
ous programs around here. We are really challenge Benjamin at the end.
happy to have them come here and com- “This is very exciting. Another great
pete. To have the schools go against each thing about it is that we don’t have a
other has an extra-special feel to it.” ton of seniors graduating. We have a
lot of kids coming up and we will have
For the record, the VBHS boys and strong teams for years to come.” 
St. Ed’s girls prevailed by identical 7-0
scores.

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Symphony of styles at ‘Blue Ribbon’ Fashion Show

BY MARY SCHENKEL Coo&peCr o. presented a selection of styles from
Staff Writer a day at the beach to an evening out.
Trending this year were perky pique
The latest in stylish spring and sum- and gingham dresses, classic sum-
mer looks was spotlighted last Thursday mery sleeveless shifts, feminine ruf-
afternoon at the Blue Ribbon Luncheon fles, scalloped hems and bell sleeves,
and Fashion Show at the Oak Harbor artistic designs, lace and overlays, and
Club, a benefit for Hibiscus Children’s clothing in easy-to-care-for washable
Center. The fashion show was again fabrics – ideal for Florida.
professionally produced by Miami-
based Sobol Fashion Productions. “It’s really the latest styles; it’s mer-
chandise currently in their store so it’s
This year’s Passion for Fashion wear-now merchandise,” said Karen
theme is precisely the mindset of Loeffler, show coordinator. “It is amaz-
the barrier island boutique partici- ing that you can find iconic brands
pants – Pineapples, J. McLaughlin, like Carolina Herrara, Etro and Pizza
Sara Campbell Ltd., Cashmere Beach, Sempione right here in our local Vero
Frances Brewster, Sassy Boutique and Beach stores. It’s pretty impressive.”
Cooper & Co. – whose designer cloth-
ing and accessories spanned a day in “We have a lot of clean, classic lines
the life of a Vero Beach woman. To with interesting fabrics; we’re going
the delight of the ladies, a new twist back to classic looks but updating
this year was the addition of dapper them,” says Carolyn Redfield, owner
men’s fashions from Vernon Scott of Pineapples, whose fashions were
Resort Wear, including Peter Millar, first on the runway. An early crowd
Smathers & Branson, and their own favorite introduced another trend
Vernon Scott label. this season – bold florals – with a
lovely “ready-to-wear-art” piece by
Chic and carefree daywear transi- the Canadian company Volt Design.
tioned effortlessly into elegant evenin- The original artwork employs a clever
gwear on the runway as each retailer
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Pineapples
J. McLaughlin

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 67 Cindy Williams. “They make great
travel pieces.”
design that allows the shift to be worn
frontwards or backwards. In addition to several of the Ameri-
cana-style crisp, blue-and-white nau-
A stunning black-and-white eve- tical classics they are known for, the
ning gown by Canadian designer boutique also presented festive multi-
Frank Lyman featured a solid black colored leggings, and a soft aqua top
off-the-shoulder bodice topping black- with aqua print ankle pants, closing
and-white floral designs on both un- the lineup with a flirty pink-and-white-
derskirt and overlay chiffon, present- striped dress with ruffled sleeves.
ing an illusion of depth and movement
as it glided down the runway. Art again met fashion with a scal-
loped-trimmed, toile sleeveless shift
Beautiful cashmere wraps and cot- with a design by Cape Cod artist Joan
ton cardigans, vibrant periwinkle and Peters, who provides the print exclu-
soft pink, were the perfect accessories sively to Sara Campbell. “It’s the per-
for J. McLaughlin’s classic summer fect Vero dress,” said Patty Casale.
dresses. “We carry a lot of easy-care
fabrics for today’s busy women,” said Afternoon and evening outfits includ-

FraBnrceewsster
SCaarampbell

ed a black and white gingham ‘magic’ multi-colored A-line shift.
dress with ruching – “because ruching “We’ve actually carried the com-
gives everyone a good figure,” and sig-
nature Sara Campbell party dresses, pany for 58 years; it’s a family-owned
perky numbers with flared jacquard company,” said Cathye Motta. “They
skirts and striped inverted pleats. design and print all their own fabrics;
all of their prints belong only to them.”
Cashmere Beach joined others in
pairing the Florida staple – white And for evening, a simple but stun-
pants and capris – with silken kerchief ning look, with black silk pants paired
tops and jackets in a variety of soft, with a white knit, bell-sleeved jacket
summery colors, and went bold with by New York’s JSS Knit that shim-
black floral ankle pants paired with a mered with subtle snowflake crystals.
fuchsia blouse. “We used a variety of
different vendors that we carry; a little “We love resort looks that can be
bit of everything,” said Niki Ryba. worn year around in Vero Beach and
transition to places like Nantucket and
A fitted lace dress and its cute the Hamptons. Color blocking citrus
matching cape from the Parisian de- colors like tangerine, lemon and cle-
signer Max & Moi was the epitome mentine are important this season,”
of romance, while their extravagant said Deana Marchant, Sassy Boutique
car-length jacket of gold metallic foil co-owner with Tammy Theoharis.
on lambskin showed its ooh-la-la
flair. The European brand 0039 Italy Their collection began with an up-
merged femininity with comfort with date to the denim look; Tory Burch
a voluminous royal blue silk dress. fringed Capris with a vibrantly col-
ored top. Other styles included a
Frances Brewster started down the ruffled cream-colored dress by Milly,
runway with designs from the Italian a fun black-and-white geometric de-
designer Bessy – vibrant floral silk sign by Trina Turk, a girly lilac lace
pants with a jersey top, and a cotton dress by Soshana, and some adorable
MDS Stripes by Mark Sykes dresses in

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white eyelet and green gingham. namented with grommets; Carolina tured in several Etro pieces – orange- black, off-the-shoulder Teri Jon mer-
“It’s always fun to be part of a great Herrera, with a lovely mid-length fringed ankle pants complimented maid fit gown with an open lace back,
sundress highlighted with a splat- by a bright blue top and chartreuse decorated with an unpretentious
show,” said Cooper & Co. owner Me- ter pattern reminiscent of a Jackson sweater, a maxi dress accessorized white seed pearl design.
linda Cooper. “We have so many great Pollack; and American designer Lela by a fringed scarf, and a silky orange
designers to choose from that it’s hard Rose, whose black pants outfit fea- and lime dress with flowing butterfly “The fact that we now have such a
to make the final decision.” tured grid fringe lace cutouts on the sleeves. great selection of stores means that
top and at the ankle. there’s something for everyone in
Her designers included Weil, whose Cooper closed out the show with Vero,” said Motta. “And I think that’s
black and camel block dress was ac- Bold colors and fringe were fea- sophisticated elegance, showing a really great; we’re lucky in Vero.” 
cessorized with a black topper or-

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DINING REVIEW

Capt’n Butcher’s: View hasn’t changed, but food has

BY TINA RONDEAU
Columnist

A year and a half after it closed, Capt’n Blackened Mahi BLT. Lobster Bisque. Stuffed Portobello
Butcher’s is back – sort of. Sandwich.
Capt’n But on the other hand, my husband’s
We were pretty excited when we heard Calamari. blackened mahi BLT ($16) was excellent I welcome your comments, and encour-
that our favorite spot for dining al fresco – and it was accompanied by wonderful age you to send feedback to me at tina@
on the Indian River waterfront in Sebas- Saturday lunch, nursing memories of large French fries! verobeach32963.com.
tian was once again open. lunching on the old Capt’n Butcher’s
steamed clams, lobster rolls, and fried So what to make of all this? Well, for- The reviewer dines anonymously at
But it’s under new ownership, the shrimp and oyster Po Boys. get the old Capt’n Butcher’s. This is a restaurants at the expense of Vero Beach
menu is totally changed, and the food totally new restaurant – run by a group 32963. 
is uneven – some dishes very, very good, Alas, these all have disappeared. The that has a couple of restaurants up north
some . . . well, not so good. Only the view clams, we were told, had been taken off of Melbourne in Rockledge – which has Hours:
is the same. the menu because “we couldn’t get good kept the old name, but has its own ap- Daily from 11 am to 9 pm
ones.” And the lobster rolls are “not com- proach to food.
On a recent warm evening, we ar- ing back for different reasons.” Beverages: Full Bar
rived shortly after 7:30, and told the The old dishes that many loved are Address:
host that we would like to dine on the In any event, my husband started gone. Will we become more enthusiastic
outside deck. with the lobster bisque ($6). Out came about their replacements? All we can say 1732 Indian River Drive,
a half-filled cup of a gummy substance for the moment is Capt’n Butcher’s is still Sebastian
While there was a table free next to more like a pudding than a soup (but in a beautiful spot for al fresco dining. Phone:
water – where you can watch the fishing fairness, cheerfully taken off the bill).
boats coming in and out of the marina – The stuffed portobello sandwich ($13) I 772-918-4229
the host showed us to a not-so-charming finally chose was relatively tasteless.
table on the path to the dock.

When we demurred, he grudgingly
agreed to clear the dishes from the
empty table, and a couple of minutes
later, handed us menus and said, “You
can go over there.”

This less than inviting start was offset
by the arrival of veteran server Misty,
who was both cheerful and attentive.
Misty quickly took our drink order, and
we decided to start with the fried cala-
mari ($11), served here with pickled as-
paragus and onions.

While the dish was crisp and crunchy,
it unfortunately consisted largely of
flash-fried breading. I can’t recall seeing
as few calamari in a squid appetizer.

Next, I ordered a Caesar salad ($6)
and my husband decided to try the
New England clam chowder ($6), which
he remembered quite fondly from the
old Capt’n Butchers. This clam chow-
der was a different story – more, my
husband said, like potato soup. As for
my salad, it was heavily drizzled with a
dark balsamic – not exactly what I was
expecting in a Caesar.

Then for entrées, I opted for the
shrimp and grits ($24) and my husband
decided to go with the fish of the day,
swordfish ($21).

The shrimp sautéed in redeye
gravy were served with cheese gar-
lic grits topped with rendered bacon
and chives. This was a great dish, the
shrimp well prepared and the sauce
very tasty. My husband’s grilled sword-
fish was a nice piece of fish, accompa-
nied by rice and asparagus.

For dessert, we shared a slice of a
house-made cheesecake ($8).

Our dinner for two with a modest
bottle of wine came to $105, before tax
and tip.

A few days later, we returned for a

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WINE COLUMN

New label aims to help you find eco-friendly wines

BY DAVE MCINTYRE fornia’s wines are certified as sustain- there’s an increasing desire, particu- Creek Alexander Valley Sauvignon
able under the program, as are 1,099 larly among younger consumers, for Blanc, to be released this spring, fol-
The Washington Post vineyards farming 134,000 acres, nearly third-party certification, so we’re eager lowed later in the year by some wines
a quarter of California’s vineyard land. to see how the logo resonates,” he said from Cambria, Byron and Kendall-
As Earth Day approaches on April in a telephone interview. Jackson Grand Reserve.
22, some California wines are about to While winery and vineyard practices
sport a new environment-friendly logo have been certified before, the new logo Jackson Family Wines owns more The family-owned company, which
on their labels. is an important evolution in the pro- than 30 California brands, includ- doesn’t release sales figures, hopes to
gram: For the first time, the wine itself ing the ubiquitous Kendall-Jackson have the logo on its popular Kendall-
The new “California Certified Sus- will be certified. To carry the logo, at label. The Certified Sustainable logo Jackson Vintner’s Reserve Chardonnay
tainable” logo was just approved for use least 85 percent of a wine must come will appear first on the 2017 Matanzas with the 2018 vintage, he said. 
on 2017 vintage wines by the California from a certified sustainable vineyard.
Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance, a
joint effort by the Wine Institute, a state Wineries planning to use the logo
trade association, and the California with some 2017 wines include Ponte
Association of Winegrape Growers. Winery, Wente Vineyards, Saracina,
We should begin to see it soon on new Marimar Estate and Jackson Family
white wines and rosés from 2017, and Wines, according to Gladys Horiuchi, a
later on red wines when they are re- spokeswoman for the Wine Institute, a
leased in a year or two. California trade group.

The logo will join others proclaim- Why would wineries subject them-
ing environmentally friendly practices. selves to so many criteria and third-par-
Demeter certifies biodynamic wines, ty audits? Partly out of a sense of doing
while others are “made with organically right by the environment, but also be-
grown grapes.” Wines from Oregon can cause they believe consumers – espe-
be certified as LIVE or Salmon Safe, cially younger ones – will respond.
and Lodi Rules Certified Green denotes
enviro-friendly wines from that area of “If you want your team (especially
California. Sustainability in Practice, or the people under 30), if you want your
SIP, is a similar program that certifies clientele (especially the people under
wineries in California and Michigan. 40), if you want your children to believe
that you’re actually doing it, if it matters
Why should we care about these la- to you as a company, you have to have
bels? To be California Certified Sus- somebody certify it,” says Claudio Pon-
tainable, a winery must adhere to 58 te, owner of Ponte Winery in the Tem-
individual requirements in the vine- ecula region near San Diego.
yard and another 37 in the winery. This
is more than avoiding pesticides and “It gives credibility to our claims,”
herbicides; it’s about energy and water Ponte said in an interview released by
conservation, pest management, wild- the CSWA. “With consumers today, ev-
life habitat protection and monitoring ery small brand is subject to doubt, par-
of greenhouse gas emissions, among ticularly a product that goes inside your
other criteria. Results are audited by body. People rightfully need to be suspi-
third-party accreditors. cious that what’s in the product is what
you say. If a company is willing to put
And the program keeps expanding. themselves through an audit, that reso-
Last year, the Certified Sustainable nates with consumers. Not all consum-
program saw 46 percent growth in the ers, by any means, but enough to make
number of certified vineyards and 20 it worth the effort.”
percent growth in the number of certi-
fied wineries. As of last November, 127 Julien Gervreau, director of sus-
wineries producing 74 percent of Cali- tainability for Jackson Family Wines,
agreed. “Market research tells us

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PETS

Bonzo’s new French friends are beaucoup cool

Hi Dog Buddies! got us, at separate times, Curley had only a tourist. There were no cultural oppor- needed to Do Our Duty. Merci, Lassie.”
two days left, I had but four. In France, tunities. So they decided to fly across “I guess your life is way different here,
This week I really feel like a Dog of the Mommi an Daddy were involved in The Pond. Woof! THAT was an egg-sper-
World, cuz I got to innerview two pooch- dog rescue: a group called ‘Jeshi, Sec- ience!” right?”
es, Curley an Matti LaViolette, who were ond Chance.’ (Jeshi was the first dog “Oui. We love it!” said Matti.
born in The-South-of-FRANCE, an lived it rescued, 18 years ago.) Curley’s been I was writing like crazy, by that time. Lifting his head, Curley added, “We
inna place called San Tro-Pay, on the Riv with Mommi an Daddy since he was “Mommi finally found an airline
vy-AIR-uh. They woofmailed me to see liddle, around 1. But I was 7 when they that could meet our needs. Lufthansa. are most fortunate doggies. We are hap-
whether I’d like to meet ’em, an even got me an, Messieur Bonzo. I was in It’s German an, in Germany, they re- py as larks here in the USA. Mommi an
wrote some stuff in FRENCH. I was ho- ally like dogs. ALL their shelters are no- Daddy have given us a great doggie life.”
pin’ they were bi-linguel, cuz last time PHOTO: GORDON RADFORD
I attempted French, I ordered a shoe Curley & Mattti “What’s your basic day like?”
with cheese. tray, tray bad shape. I “As you can see, we have a so pleas-
was infested with zillions of ticks an so kill. Anyway, for months before we left, ant yard,” Matti gestured. “We do much
They were bigger than me, very well- dirty they thought I was brown. Mommi me an Curley practiced staying in our wrestling around. I frequently swim in
groomed, came right up for the Wag- saved me from the ticks, smushed them comfy boxes, with the doors open at the pool. Curley likes it not so much.
an-Sniff, Curley first, then after gettin’ all to bits, an the veterinaire helped me first, then closed. We had our blankets And me, j’adore l’ocean! We also visit
the nod from Curley, Matti, too. Cur- get beaucoup better. Curley an I be- an toys, and we ackshully really liked the dog park. See-BONE! Curley knows
ley’s, like, 100-plus pounds, honey-col- came best frens the moment we met. I those boxes by the time we were ready all the pooches. He keeps an eye on
ored, part Malinoise an part Ridgeback, was still very weak, and he stayed with to fly. We drove to Munich (that’s in Ger- things. Should things, perchance, get
about 11. Matti’s 9 anna half, a Picardy me everywhere, to protect me. He knew many) and stayed in a pooch-friendly too rowdy, he rushes over and politely
Shepherd, a pretty rare breed, inna rare, what I’d been through.” hotel. The next morning at the airport, a but firmly breaks it up. One of our favor-
white color. She’s All Girl, 70 pounds, veterinaire inspected us, our passports ite dog park frens is a liddle chihuahua,
long wavy hair all over her head, ears “Well, you are both pawsome! But were checked, and we flew straight to no bigger than Curley’s head!”
that stick up, sorta like those butterfly how come you moved? I read some- North Carolina (where Mommi and “Bein’ from France an all, do you like
dogs, um, Papillons, real pretty. They where that lotsa humans think that Daddy spend the summer). We were in fancy food? Sauces? Cheese? Fries?”
both had stylish “Florida cuts.” place where you lived, the Riv vy-AIR- our crates for 13 hours and it was tray They laughed. “Non. Mostly kibbles.
uh, is Totally Cool Dog Biscuits.” bone. When we arrived, Mom acci- Dog tummies are the same everywhere,
“Bone-JURE,” said Curley. (They dently let us out of our boxes too soon. I think,” Matti said.
mention bones a lot, I noticed.) “It was great fun, we drove to many When the customs humans saw how “It’s been a real pleasure,” I said, ris-
places, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, nicely we hopped right back in when ing to leave.
“B’YEN-ve-NEW,” said Matti. “My Spain (we love road tips), but Mommi Mommi asked us to, they EX-paw-dited “For us as well,” Matti said.
passport name is Maquisarde, but, and Daddy retired, and there’s very lid- our check-out, because they knew we “Bone-SWAH-ree, Messieur Bonzo,”
see-voo-PLAY, call me Matti. Meet our dle for humans to do there, if you’re not they called.
Mommi Anne an our Daddy, Bill.” Heading home, I was thinking how To-
tally Cool Kibbles it’d be to have my very
“I shall be the, how you say, ‘Spoke- own passport, with my pikshure an ev-
spooch,’” said Matti. erything. Even if I don’t ackhully go any-
where. Maybe I’ll ask Grampa about that.
We sat in the shade by the pool. I
opened my notebook. “I’m eager to The Bonz
hear your story.”
Don’t Be Shy
“We are both rescues, and we are
both TRAY shan-say (very lucky.) You We are always looking for pets with
see, in France, there aren’t any no-kill interesting stories.
shelters. Should you be so unfortunate
as to be picked up, even if you have a To set up an interview, email
famly but just ran off, you go to dog jail. [email protected].
If you don’t get rescued or adopted in 10
days, you go to a ‘station de morte.’”

“That’s harsh!” I exclaimed.
“See-vray! When Mommi and Daddy

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ONGOING APRIL Sat.; Noon to 4 p.m. Sun. at McKee Botanical nity Center, with guest speaker Rev. Gil Ford and
Garden - replicas of Union Pacific’s Big Boy music by James Broxton. $45. 404-771-3575
Riverside Theatre - Mamma Mia featuring 12 Wine and Wickets, 5 p.m. at John’s and Norfolk and Western’s Y6B trains pre-
the music of ABBA, on the Stark Stage thru April Island West Course Croquet Lawn to sented by the HO Group. Standard admission. 14|15 Indian River Nautical Flea
29. 772-231-6990 benefit Education Foundation of IRC; instruc- 772-794-0601 Market and Fishing Show,
tion (4:30 p.m.) and equipment provided. $100. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Indian River Fairgrounds. FL-
Vero Beach Museum of Art - Medieval To 772-564-0034 14 Treasure Coast Jazz Society presents NauticalFleaMarket.com
Metal: The Art & Evolution of the Guitar thru the Vero Beach High School Jazz Trio
May 6, Paul Outerbridge: New Color Photo- 12 Mint Juleps & Big Hats Cocktail Party at 11:30 a.m. followed by the John DePaola 15 Chimpathon 16K Walk/Run takes
graphs from Mexico and California, 1948-1955 and Auction, 7 p.m. at Courthouse Quintet at 12:30 p.m. at The Plaza. 772-234- runners through 150-acre Save the
thru June 3 and Shadow & Light: The Etchings of Executive Center to benefit Indian River County 4600 Chimps Sanctuary, home to roughly 250 res-
Martin Lewis thru May 13. 4-H Foundation, with appetizers and open bar, cued chimpanzees. 772-429-2225
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saner Art Museum - 2 screenings/week at Foo- ton Plaza to benefit Oceanside Rotary Club with between St. Lucie Mets and Dune-
saner thru April 21. 321-674-8916 12 Vero Beach High School Performing live music, and food available for purchase. din Blue Jays at Historic Dodgertown’s Holman
Arts Dept. presents Petite Master- Contestants must be 18 or older; cash prizes. Stadium to benefit United Way of Indian River
Environmental Learning Center – Lagoon pieces Chamber Concert, 7 p.m. at VBHS PAC. $20 advance entry; $25 on-site. 772 299-1383 County. Gates open at 11:40; ceremony at 1
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April 13. 772-581-8281 Commerce Concerts in the Park pres- generational Recreation Center, with Science, Anniversary Closing Concert, 2 p.m. at
ents Ladies of Soul & the L.O.S. Band, 5:30 to 8 Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math hands- Vero Beach High School PAC, featuring Marcos
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Presbyterian Church spotlighting health- students and families. $5. No. 2. Donations appreciated. 772-562-6125
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nity. Free but RSVP required. 772-978-5515 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fri. & 14 Freedom Fund Banquet hosted by IRC 15 Laura (Riding) Jackson presents Voices:
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SEAGROVE HOME WAS A LABOR OF LOVE
FOR ORIGINAL OWNERS

145 Ocean Way, Seagrove: 5-bedroom, 5.5-bath, 2-story, 5,247-square-foot home on .48-acre corner lot
offered for $2,995,000 by Charlotte Terry Real Estate Group of Alex MacWilliam, Inc.: 772-538-2388

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Seagrove home was a labor of love for original owners

BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA
Staff Writer

A dazzling example of the charm- the surf. The ocean is, literally, just The broad entry porch, with plenty Step through the substantial dou-
ing West Indies style, the warm and across the street and 145 Ocean Way of room for seating, and the second- ble mahogany entrance door into a
welcoming home at 145 Ocean Way is conveniently situated between two floor veranda above it stretch the breathtaking, two-story foyer with
was designed and built with great nearby beach accesses. length of the west facade, and the a coffered, 23-foot ceiling and dra-
attention to detail. With its exqui- double bank of tall, green-shuttered matic chandelier; the dark wood
site color palette, open design and The elegant residence is all that windows adds symmetry and beauty treads and handrails and white ris-
breathtaking millwork, it is the very Valerie envisioned during the build- – very Indies, very inviting. ers and balusters of the open stair-
definition of “flow.” ing process and her artistic, detail-
oriented touch can be seen inside
When Alan and Valerie Grassano and out.
were building the house 10 years ago,
Valerie worked closely with architect
Greg Anderson and builder Joe Sim-
mons to ensure it would be “a home,
not a house,” and that it would not be
too big, cold or overwhelming, but,
rather, balanced, symmetrical and
proportional “exuding warmth and
hominess.”

The generous corner lot presents
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case curve gracefully upward.
Warm wood floors anchor the

main living areas and offset the im-
peccably detailed custom millwork –
columns, cabinetry, crown molding,
coffered ceilings and wainscoting
– that is one of this home’s most im-
pressive features. The colors Valerie
has chosen for walls and ceilings –
light blues, greens and yellows – are
soft and subtle, with the luminous
appearance of sky, water and sun-
filled air.

Wide, double-columned archways
open across the gallery into the spa-
cious great room. Valerie eschewed a
formal living room, saying the fam-
ily/great room is far more welcoming
and useful. Three sets of transom-
topped French doors open from the
great room onto the loggia and pool
patio, providing easy access to the
summer kitchen and gardens.

Valerie points out another feature
she especially appreciates: a wide
span of folding doors between great
room and kitchen that allows either
privacy or unimpeded conversation
and flow between them, so host/
hostess can carry out kitchen tasks
without missing any of the action.
No surprise, this is a terrific house for
entertaining.

The kitchen itself is an absolute

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dream-come-true for the family face throughout the kitchen flow in In the formal dining room, an el- The master bath is as luxurious
foodies, with high-end appliances; the same direction, a subtle but effec- egant chandelier extends from the and indulgent as you could wish: a
custom shaker-style cabinetry with tive touch. coffered ceiling, and soft natural light water closet with bidet; shaker-style
that nifty soft-close feature; a roomy floods in through a trio of tall double dual vanities with onyx-counter; a
island with sink, built-in microwave A welcome practical feature is the windows. white marble floor with mosaic in-
and seating for three; and, between small, sunny office just off the kitch- serts; polished nickel fixtures; a
kitchen and sunny breakfast nook en, featuring custom built-ins and a A 20-foot by 15-foot den/study/ex- decadently large jetted soaking tub
(with French doors to the veranda), charming window seat. The nearby ecutive office features a splendid pair with onyx surround (candles, wine,
a bar counter with seating for four butler’s pantry boasts a beautiful blue of custom floor-to-ceiling cabinets. a good mystery novel, perhaps?);
more The countertops and back- granite countertop and glass-front and the piece de resistance – a deco-
splashes are glowing granite with cabinetry; also nearby is a tempera- The rest of the home’s south side rative-tiled steam shower with aro-
very hard-to-find green striations. So ture-controlled wine closet, which can is occupied by the magnificent mas- matherapy.
attentive to detail is Valerie that the accommodate 450 bottles. A hall off ter suite, a grand retreat designed for
green striations in every granite sur- the breakfast nook leads to the utility/ maximum rest, relaxation, recharg- The master bedroom is just the
laundry room and three-bay garage. ing and privacy, accessible through a right size, Valerie points out: roomy
vestibule and double entry doors.



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enough but not too big, with a cozy outdoor living space and Valerie’s The second level contains a spa- bunny soft carpeting; the two in front
feel. Within a light-filled bay window “garden,” which displays the same cious game room and four guest have walk-in closets and access to the
bank is a seating area, and private thoughtful choices and artistic touch suites, built around the spectacular wide veranda. The large second-floor
French doors open to the beautiful as the interior. 23-foot grand foyer. All four bed- game room features hardwood floor-
rooms have full baths, closets and ing, coffered ceiling and an excellent

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view of the pool and verandas. ble clubs. There are young profession-
Perhaps what Valerie loves best is als and kids and people are friendly
and outgoing. It is a welcoming com-
the neighborhood itself. “This is a munity. The ocean is wonderful but,
very sociable community. We have day to day – it’s the people.” 
block parties and social and charita-

VITAL STATISTICS
145 OCEAN WAY

Neighborhood: Seagrove East
Year built: 2009

Construction: CBS
Lot size: Half an acre
Home size: 5,247 square feet

Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 5.5
Additional features: Three Lennox a/c units, split-zoned system, smart
thermostats; impact double-hung windows, Kolbe French doors, deco-
rative/functional window shutters; Generac 22KW generator; Mohawk
wood flooring throughout; built-in surround-sound system; 6-burner
Wolf gas range, Char-Broil grill, Sub-Zero fridge, 2 Bosch dishwashers;
Deep-water dock in Seagrove West available separately; close to St. Ed-
ward’s School
Listing agency: Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Real Estate
Listing agents: Karen Smith, 772-559-1295,
and Charlotte Terry, 772-538-2388
Listing price: $2,995,000

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Shortage of houses for sale reaches ‘epidemic’ levels

BY KENNETH R. HARNEY able locally. “But I can’t find a place he’s not finding what he wants as a re- is significant. As part of a national
to go” – what’s out there either costs placement. And he’s reluctant to give survey of homeowners in October, the
Washington Post too much, doesn’t have the single- up his 3.1 percent fixed-rate mortgage realty firm Redfin found that among
floor arrangement she needs or isn’t to buy a new place. The result: He’s the top reasons given by a sample of
Call them the frustrated wannabe in good condition. “I don’t want to go not listing. owners who might like to sell but are
sellers – eager to list their homes for into a condo,” she says. “I wouldn’t be not listing were “I’m worried I won’t
sale this spring but feeling locked out happy there” after years in a detached The wannabe-seller squeeze is not be able to find a home to buy,” “I can’t
of their markets by severe inventory the main cause of tight supplies of find another house I like,” and fears
shortages and rising prices in many home on a one-acre lot. So she, too, is about pricing and affordability.
parts of the country. They want to looking but not listing. houses for sale nationwide. Research-
move. They believe they could sell ers cite such key contributors as low In high-demand, high-cost mar-
relatively quickly. But they can’t find O● n Chicago’s North Side, Mark Zip- levels of new home construction, kets, realty agents run into the prob-
affordable, desirable replacements perer, who’s in the business – man- heavy investor activity converting af- lem constantly. Amanda Davidson,
for their current homes because there aging broker/owner of RE/Max Edge fordable homes into rentals, and se- a broker in Alexandria, Virginia told
are fewer to choose from. – finds himself in a sticky situation. niors remaining in their homes rather me, “I have a couple who want to
He wants to sell the condo unit he’s than downsizing. downsize, but they’re reluctant to
So they don’t list, thereby contrib- living in and could do so quickly. But make the move. I don’t blame them,
uting to a pernicious cycle that wors- But the “where-will-we-go?” factor either. If they put their house on the
ens the inventory squeeze. market, it’s going to be gone over-
night, and they’d have no place to
According to the National Associa- live.”
tion of Realtors’ latest data, total list-
ings of homes for sale are down by 8.1 Boston-area realty broker Anthony
percent over the past year alone, and Lamacchia calls this “a national epi-
they have fallen year over year for 33 demic” that might be lessened if sell-
consecutive months. A new study by ers and buyers would consider some
Trulia.com found that inventories win-win compromises, even if they
have sunk to their second-lowest lev- seem unpalatable at first.
el since the company began tracking
them in 2012. Meanwhile, prices are Sellers should be open to buyers
up in major segments: median start- who need to sell their current homes
er homes by 9.6 percent for the year, to come up with the cash to close on a
trade-up homes by a median 7.5 per- new home. Sellers can do that by not
cent. automatically rejecting contract of-
fers that come with “subject-to” con-
The wannabes are folks like these: tingencies giving the buyers a rea-
D● avid Roberts, a high school teach- sonable time to sell and close on their
er in the Nashville area, tells me he’s house.
been looking for months for an af-
fordable replacement for his current For their part, buyers need to be
home, valued at around $188,000. He open to delayed move-outs by sellers
says he’s been told his house “would who haven’t found a new home. Buy-
sell in two weeks.” But prices of suit- ers can offer rent-back arrangements
able replacements are rising fast – up where sellers can stay in the house for
10 percent in the past year – and the a while after closing, paying month-
pickings are slim anywhere close to ly rent to the new buyers and giving
the city. “So where do we go?” he asks. themselves time to find a new place.
“We are looking but not listing.”
I● n Walpole, Mass., 76-year-old Mi- Lamacchia concedes these ideas
chaela Tomaselli wants to sell her won’t work for everybody, but they
four-bedroom ranch house and has “just might loosen up” the inventory
“looked at everything” that’s avail- gridlock a little. They’re definitely
worth considering. 

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Island Realtors love Elite’s new White Plains service

BY STEVEN M. THOMAS earlier this year when rumors of a
Westchester route began to circulate.
Staff Writer “Elite has given our business a shot
in the arm by opening up access and
Island Realtors were thrilled when making it easier for a whole other seg-
the first Bombardier jet flying Elite ment.”
Airways’ new route to and from White
Plains, New York, took off from Vero “Absolutely. There is no doubt
Beach airport on Friday. about it,” broker Sally Daley said in
February. “It has made it easy to say
They said existing Elite flights to yes to Vero.”
New Jersey and other destinations
have already boosted their business “I have clients who go back and
by making Vero more accessible to forth on Elite flights all the time,”
high-end buyers, but the new flight to Premier Estate Properties broker as-
wealthy suburban Westchester Coun- sociate Kay Brown said at the same
ty is a dream come true for top luxury time. “It has made Vero just that much
agents. more attractive. I heard from friends
in Westchester that Elite was think-
Many of the most affluent island ing about a flight from there to Vero.
buyers own or have access to pri-
vate planes or helicopters, but for “That little Westchester airport
another strata of buyers who have is adorable. It is so cool. If people
the money for island homes but use could fly from here to Westchester, so
commercial airlines, the prospect of many people from White Plains, Rye,
having to fly into Orlando or West Greenwich – that whole area up there
Palm and then drive for an hour or – would be more likely to buy in Vero.
hour and a half to Vero has been a It would be incredible!”
major drawback.
That incredible event has now hap-
“That has been a criticism over the pened, with twice-weekly flights de-
years, a reason not to buy in Vero,” parting Vero at 2:45 p.m. and return-
John’s Island broker Bob Gibb said ing at 9 p.m. on Fridays and Mondays.

From left, Vero Beach Airport Executive Director Eric Menger, President of Elite Airways John Pearsall,
Vero Mayor Harry Howle and County Commissioner Peter O’Bryan prepare to welcome the first Elite Airline

passengers from White Plains to Vero.

“The first flight from Westchester ing the ridership remains strong.”
was full, no empty seats,” said Rebec- In fact, if demand is strong enough,
ca Emery, a press spokeswoman with
Elite Airways. “The intention is for Elite “may look to add additional days
this to be a year-round route, assum- of the week to accommodate pas-
sengers. We’ll also try and add extra

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checked bag up to 50 pounds, and ing another new destination in the
there are no ticketing change fees. near future.
The airline is also pet friendly.
Island realtors will be eagerly
Elite Airways flies point-to-point awaiting the announcement.
routes, instead of operating out of
a hub. It launched service in Vero “It absolutely opens up a whole new
in 2015 with twice-weekly flights to market,” Premier Estate Properties
Newark. broker associate Bob Niederpruem
said of the White Plains service.
The current schedule includes
twice-weekly non-stop jet service to “I have clients leaving tomorrow
Newark, White Plains and Asheville, for White Plains,” said Dale Sorensen
North Carolina, where many island- Owner/Broker Matilde Sorensen.
ers have summer homes. Twice- “They are very pleased with the
weekly flights to Portland, Maine, f light!”
will start June 3.
Tickets to Westchester and other Elite
Emery said Elite may be announc- destinations are available on www.
EliteAirways.com. 

flights around end-of-year
holidays and spring school
breaks so families can vaca-
tion together or come visit
their loved ones.”

The two-and-a-half hour
flight is not cheap – seats
start at $239 each way – but
comfort and convenience
make the price worth it for
many travelers.

As on its other flights out
of Vero, Elite is flying 50-
seat Bombardier CRJ-200s
and 70-seat Bombardier
CRJ-700s to and from White
Plains. The jets are equipped
with all-leather seats and
have the same legroom
throughout the cabin, in a
2/2 configuration, which
means there are no middle
seats.

Passengers don’t have
to pay extra for their first

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Taxes tricky when you sell home in one state, buy in another

BY ILYCE GLINK AND SAMUEL J. TAMKIN sue of the sale, you might have to file
Washington Post income taxes with both states if you
earned income during the entire year.
Q: We sold our house in Connecti- Connecticut will want to tax your in-
cut and moved to Virginia. Do we come while you lived in Connecticut,
have to file income taxes in both and Virginia will want to tax your in-
states? Our house was sold at the end come while you lived in Virginia.
of July of last year, and we moved into
our townhouse in November. You lived in Connecticut and sold
your Connecticut home. If you made
A: As with most income tax issues, money on the sale of the Connecti-
it gets complicated. Aside from the is- cut home, Connecticut will want to
collect whatever taxes it is entitled to
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We don’t know what your situation
is with your job or other finances, but
if you do have to file in two states and
your taxes are already complicated,
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Pickings slim, but still hope for millennial homebuyers

BY KATHY ORTON having your own place, having some- Warren said a friend of hers listed making homeownership even more
thing you can fall back on.” his house on a Thursday at 10 a.m. By difficult for millennials who do find a
Washington Post noon, he had six appointments. By the home to buy. Home values have hit an
For years after the recession, most end of the day, he had 10. His house all-time high three months in a row.
For years, millennials looked at millennials couldn’t afford to even sold on Sunday for far more than the
owning a home as a distant fantasy. consider entering the housing market. asking price. Competition is the biggest factor
Student debt and a weak job market Many were saddled with student debt, driving up prices. The Morrisons have
seemed to conspire to keep this gen- and the labor market wasn’t friendly “It is very nerve-racking, the pres- lost out on two homes, getting out-
eration stuck in their parents’ base- even to young college grads, contrib- sure that you have to make a decision bid by $10,000 each time. Now they
ments, if not permanently locked out uting to the stereotypical image of the very quickly,” Warren said. are waiting to hear on a triplex three
of the housing market. barista with a bachelor’s degree. miles east of Inglewood.
At the same time, the dearth of
Now, as millennials find better- But as the economy has improved, homes for sale is driving up prices, CONTINUED ON PAGE 95
paying jobs, start families and begin so have millennials’ fortunes.
searching for their first homes, they’re
encountering an unfortunate reality: The most recent employment data
Just as they’re finally ready to buy, the shows that the percentage of 25-to-34-
housing market has the fewest homes year-olds in the labor force is the larg-
available for sale on record. And those est in eight years. This group has also
that are for sale are increasingly recently begun to enjoy strong wage
priced at values inaccessible to first- gains. Recent census data showed that
time buyers. in 2015, millennials’ incomes jumped
7 percent, far more than most other
As a result, the housing market is groups.’ Seventy-two percent of mil-
booming for those with cash to spare lennials rate their personal financial
– but not for millennials looking to situation as fairly good or very good
own their first home. in 2016, up substantially from three
years earlier, according to a recent
Keona and Cameron Morrison, Harvard Institute of Politics poll.
both 31 and with a combined income
of $150,000, have been looking to buy In a stronger financial position,
in Los Angeles for two years. more millennials are starting fami-
lies. The census projects that house-
“There’s stuff that comes [on the hold formation will average about
market]; literally, a couple days later, 1.5 million per year through 2020, up
it’s pending,” Keona said. “It’s crazy.” from the 900,000 annual average in
the past five years.
Teree Warren, a 31-year-old foren-
sic scientist who grew up in Prince But when looking to leverage some
George’s County, isn’t faring much of their newfound financial strength
better in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. to buy a home for themselves or their
new families, millennials are finding
“The houses go so quickly,” she said. a less optimistic picture.
Overall, millennials are falling be-
hind other generations in homeown- The National Association of Real-
ership, with first-time homebuyers, tors reported in December that the
who usually consist of 40 percent of number of homes for sale nationally
the market, stuck at 34 percent. had fallen to its lowest level since the
That could become damaging to organization began keeping track of
this generation’s future prosperity. inventory in 1999. Inventory picked up
Housing experts say homeownership slightly in January, but the year-over-
remains one of the primary ways for year number of listings has dropped
the middle class to build wealth, de- for 20 consecutive months.
spite the ups and downs of the past
decade. And with mortgage rates be- At the current sales pace, the sup-
ginning to creep up, millennials who ply of homes would be exhausted in
have to wait to buy could miss out on 3½ months. (A healthy market has
historically low rates. about a six-month supply of homes
“Owning a home for a longer peri- for sale.) More than a fifth of hous-
od of time creates more wealth,” said ing markets across the country have a
Christopher E. Herbert, managing di- three-month supply of homes, double
rector of the Harvard Joint Center for the percentage of tight markets two
Housing Studies. “If you shrink that years ago, according to Pro Teck Valu-
amount of time, you’re going to shrink ation Services, a real estate analytics
how much wealth it creates.” company.
For Keona Morrison, the challenge
of finding a home feels deeply per- Entry-level housing, the homes mil-
sonal. lennials can most afford, has been
“I feel like if there were more Af- particularly scarce. The expensive
rican Americans owning homes, we D.C. region has less than a 90-days
could set our children up for greater supply of condos costing between
success,” she said. “It’s all about hav- $400,000 and $600,000. In the Dallas
ing that leverage. . . . I guess what area, where Warren is looking to buy,
homeownership means to me is just barely a one-month supply of those
homes are for sale.

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Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: March 30 to April 5

The real estate market on the barrier island had a strong week with 12 transactions reported, including five
for more than $1 million.

The top sale of the week was of a townhome in John’s Island only a short walk from the beach club. Unit
172 at 400 Ocean Road was placed on the market Nov. 2 for $4.1 million. The condo went under contract
less than three weeks later, and the sale closed on April 4 for $4 million.

Both the seller and the purchaser in the transaction were represented by John’s Island Real Estate.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$515,000
$575,000 $537,900
BETHEL BY THE SEA 3939 SILVER PALM DRIVE 5/10/2017 $539,900 $575,000 4/4/2018 $1,225,000
FLORALTON BEACH 755 LIVE OAK LANE 2/16/2018 $1,485,000 $539,900 4/3/2018 $1,000,000
$1,095,000 $1,210,000
PALM ISL PLANTATION 212 COCONUT CREEK COURT 9/27/2016 $1,349,000 $1,385,000 4/3/2018 $520,000
$525,000
RIVER CLUB 1001 ISLA VERDE SQUARE 2/16/2018 $1,095,000 4/2/2018 $2,200,000
$248,000
RIVER CLUB 1201 ISLANDER WAY 1/18/2018 $1,285,000 4/2/2018 $785,000
$415,000
BERMUDA CLUB 1124 GOVERNORS WAY 2/13/2018 $525,000 3/30/2018

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

ORCHID ISLAND 10 BEACHSIDE DRIVE, #202 11/3/2017 $2,395,000 $2,395,000 4/4/2018
SEA OAKS 1275 WINDING OAKS CIRCLE E, #705 2/20/2018 $257,700 $257,700 4/5/2018
RIVER CLUB 701 N SWIM CLUB DRIVE, #3B 10/16/2017 $875,000 $799,000 4/4/2018
PORPOISE BAY VILLAS 300 HARBOUR DRIVE, #100B 2/23/2018 $415,000 $415,000 4/3/2018

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Palm Isl Plantation, Address: 212 Coconut Creek Court Subdivision: River Club, Address: 1001 Isla Verde Square

Listing Date: 9/27/2016 Listing Date: 2/16/2018
Original Price: $1,485,000 Original Price: $1,095,000
Recent Price: $1,385,000 Recent Price: $1,095,000
Sold: 4/3/2018 Sold: 4/2/2018
Selling Price: $1,225,000 Selling Price: $1,000,000
Listing Agent: Claudia F Pascal Listing Agent: Kathleen Davila

Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Selling Agent: RE/MAX Crown Realty

Linda S Powell Susan Rane

Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Keller Williams Realty

Subdivision: River Club, Address: 1201 Islander Way Subdivision: Orchid Island, Address: 10 Beachside Drive, #202

Listing Date: 1/18/2018 Listing Date: 11/3/2017
Original Price: $1,349,000 Original Price: $2,395,000
Recent Price: $1,285,000 Recent Price: $2,395,000
Sold: 4/2/2018 Sold: 4/4/2018
Selling Price: $1,210,000 Selling Price: $2,200,000
Listing Agent: Matilde G Sorensen Listing Agent: Kathleen Davila

Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Selling Agent: RE/MAX Crown Realty

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Bethel By the Sea, Address: 3939 Silver Palm Drive Subdivision: Floralton Beach, Address: 755 Live Oak Lane

Listing Date: 5/10/2017 Listing Date: 2/16/2018
Original Price: $575,000 Original Price: $539,900
Recent Price: $575,000 Recent Price: $539,900
Sold: 4/4/2018 Sold: 4/3/2018
Selling Price: $515,000 Selling Price: $537,900
Listing Agent: Janyne Kenworthy Listing Agent: Karl Taylor

Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Selling Agent: Redfin Corporartion

Janyne Kenworthy Erika Ross

Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl The Moorings Realty Sales Co.

Subdivision: River Club, Address: 701 N Swim Club Drive, #3B Subdivision: Sawyer Park, Address: 2611 Ocean Drive, #12

Listing Date: 10/16/2017 Listing Date: 11/17/2017
Original Price: $875,000 Original Price: $549,850
Recent Price: $799,000 Recent Price: $544,850
Sold: 4/4/2018 Sold: 4/2/2018
Selling Price: $785,000 Selling Price: $544,000
Listing Agent: Debbie Bell Listing Agent: Debbie Noonan

Selling Agent: Berkshire Hathaway Florida Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

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“This last one my husband offered time a homeowner stays in their home Most housing experts primarily ventory at the entry-level space,” said
$10,000 over asking, and I was like, has grown from six years to an all-time blame low inventory on homebuild- Robert Dietz, chief economist of the
‘Why did you do that?’ ” Keona said. high of 10 years. Some homeowners ers, who scaled way back after the National Association of Home Build-
“He’s like, ‘We lost out on the other aren’t moving because they owe more on recession. Housing starts have slowly ers. “Can builders do that at a cost that
two by offering asking.’ ” their mortgage than their home is worth. begun to rise, but construction re- meets buyers’ expectations, given ris-
Others would like to sell but worry about mains well below healthy levels. ing land development costs, rising
Several factors have contributed to the finding their next home. wages and rising land costs?” 
insufficient inventory. The amount of “The challenge is really adding in-