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MY VERO Island still has
only handful of
BY RAY MCNULTY COVID-19 cases

Airport manager retires
after unjustified attack

When Eric Menger, Vero BY LISA ZAHNER
Beach’s longtime airport di- Staff Writer
rector, announced recently he
plans to retire in June, he said it Type of mask doesn’t matter in battle against COVID-19 While the number of con-
was so he can spend more time firmed cases of COVID-19
with his six grandchildren, five BY LISA ZAHNER ing up everywhere in Vero were told by medical ex- in Indian River County has
of whom live in other states. Staff Writer this week after the Centers perts, including the U.S. climbed past 60, the barrier
for Disease Control issued Surgeon General Jerome island – where the first local
But the move came imme- Masks – scarves, ban- new guidance suggesting the Adams, not to wear a face case was discovered just three
diately after a harsh, deter- dannas, home-crafted cloth use of face coverings to help mask – that masks were “not weeks ago – still is dealing with
mined public attack by Vero masks, and even a few sturdy slow the spread of COVID-19. effective” in protecting the relatively few infections.
Beach City Council member N95 respirators – were show-
Joe Graves, who questioned For months, Americans CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 As of Monday night, there
Menger’s handling of public had been no deaths from CO-
money and called for him to VID-19 in Indian River County.
be fired, and I can’t help sus-
pecting that egregious assault The number of confirmed
contributed to Menger’s deci- coronavirus cases in ZIP code
sion to part ways with the city 32963 at press time was some-
he has served for 29 years. where between five and nine.

On the one hand, I believe We know the range in 32963
Menger when he says he is thanks to a new feature of the
retiring for personal reasons Florida Department of Health’s
because, in my six-plus years online “dashboard” that is up-
writing columns for Vero dated twice daily.
Beach 32963, I’ve found him
The dashboard shows rang-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 es of cases if the number is

Ann Marie McCrystal, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
eternal optimist, looks
to the future with hope Sebastian River Medical Center, smaller
of county’s hospitals, furloughing staff
BY MICHELLE GENZ
Staff Writer Ann Marie McCrystal (2nd from left) with fellow nurses in front of the VNA bus. BY MICHELLE GENZ dures, a mainstay of hospital
Staff Writer revenue.
Ann Marie McCrystal doesn’t
need to play an accordion on The smaller of the county’s Most of the furloughs here
a balcony like upbeat Italians two hospitals, Sebastian River and around the country in-
seen in news reports to show Medical Center, is furlough- volve non-clinical staff and
her gratitude to caregivers. ing workers as parent compa- those who don’t work with pa-
ny Steward Health deals with tients, according to Steward
But she could if anyone what it calls the “seismic fi- spokesman Darren Grubb.
asked. Once a cardiothoracic nancial shock of COVID-19,”
brought on in part by a dras- “This unprecedented glob-
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 tic fall-off in elective proce- al chain of COVID-related
events is forcing us to con-

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Masks now recommended short supply for hospitals and first re- they’ve been taking the past few weeks. “My mom and dad had to go out
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 sponders. Those masks are at this point “Even prior to the coronavirus, es- to the Stop and Shop on Long Island
hard to find and can be expensive due where I grew up and they were both
general public. Then on Saturday, Dr. to price gouging. pecially during flu season, you’d see a wearing masks and they were grate-
Adams’ advice changed. certain number of people out wearing ful for the other people they saw who
But given the somewhat mixed mes- a basic-type mask and taking that pre- were wearing masks,” he said.
“In light of new evidence, CDC recom- sage on masks, Vero Beach 32963 caution, but you’d be amazed at the
mends wearing cloth face coverings in sought guidance from local healthcare amount of prevention you can do by O’Brien’s daughter, who travels ex-
public settings where other social dis- professionals. washing your hands after you’ve been tensively for work, has been wearing
tancing measures are difficult to main- out and keeping your hands off your a mask for months now. She’s found it
tain (grocery stores, pharmacies, etc.), Indian River Shores Public Safety face,” Iovino said. has the added benefit of people keeping
especially in areas of significant commu- Capt. Albert Iovino, a paramedic and their distance on flights and in airports.
nity-based transmission,” Adams said. registered nurse with 14 years’ expe- New Vision ophthalmologist Dr. Da-
rience, said face masks are “just one vid O’Brien is not an infectious disease “I wear a mask when I need to fly,
Officials still don’t want the average more tool for keeping the virus from specialist, but he’s seen enough to tell and I definitely recommend anyone
person wearing medical-grade N95 spreading,” but wanted to make sure his parents, ages 80 and 87, to wear a wear a mask when they have to travel
masks because those continue to be in residents don’t substitute a mask mask when they must go out for es- by plane, bus or on the subway,” said
for other basic protective measures sential supplies. O’Brien, 57, who completed part of
his medical residency at St. Vincent’s
Hospital in Manhattan, where he saw
a multitude of rare and deadly com-
municable diseases ravage his immu-
nocompromised patients during the
height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. He
also trained in India amid third-world
conditions, with rampant overcrowd-
ing and infectious diseases.

Those scenarios in which O’Brien
trained required strict measures for in-
fection control. But what about, say, go-
ing out to a Publix store in Vero Beach?

Wearing a mask to the grocery store
or the post office is a good idea for ev-
eryone who feels safer wearing a mask,
O’Brien said, or for anyone who is feel-
ing under the weather with seasonal
allergies, or who wants to make sure
they don’t infect anyone if they are a
carrier of the virus but are not having
any symptoms.

“It’s great if it gives you a little peace
of mind,” he said. “I would recom-
mend it, especially if it stops them
from touching their face.”

An N95 mask is a particle filter de-
signed to keep out 95 percent of par-
ticles like respiratory droplets, but this
type of mask can be uncomfortable to
wear and can make breathing more la-
borious.

The cloth masks being recommend-
ed for the average citizen provide a
physical barrier but, unlike disposable
N95 and one-time use surgical masks,
a cloth mask can be washed in be-
tween uses.

For anyone who is even minimally
crafty, the CDC website www.cdc.gov
has patterns and instructions for craft-
ing a homespun mask. There’s even a
no-sew pattern made of an old T-shirt
and rubber bands or elastic hair ties,
so no need to go out to gather special
fabric or supplies. Some patterns in-
sert a cut-up coffee filter to add anoth-
er layer to thinner material.

Masks protect the mouth and nose,
and limit how far a person can project
the virus when breathing, coughing or
sneezing, but O’Brien said people also
need to be mindful of their eyes when
it comes to preventing infection from
the new coronavirus.

He said it’s believed that the con-

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junctiva – the blood-rich lining of the around town as people try to transition “Overall people are doing a pretty “The dog park has been pretty
eyelid – is a point in the body where from very active lifestyles and frequent good job. It’s obviously new to every- busy but we’ve been monitoring that
the virus can enter. He said this is the grocery store trips to hunkering down body and we want the best for the for distancing. Boat launches have
way pollen and other allergens get in at home. Easter and Passover were set community. Even for me, getting out been pretty busy on the weekend,”
to cause allergic reactions. to happen with no large-group worship. has been minimized, but I do try to get he said.
out,” Currey said. “I went up and down
“If you wear glasses, wear them in- Life has indeed changed, but Vero the beach on Friday afternoon right Currey said with so many business-
stead of wearing your contacts be- Beach Police Chief David Currey said before lunch and I was really encour- es closed, he encourages his officers
cause you get some protection from city residents are dealing pretty well aged. If anyone was on the beach it to make their presence known to an
wearing glasses,” O’Brien said. “And with the unfortunate circumstances was in ones and twos walking. even greater extent than usual.
you can use preservative-free artificial and limits on their mobility.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
tears to help wash out the eye area.” 

Coronavirus wrapup
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

below 10, and specific numbers when
there are 10 or more cases.

The greatest concentration of local
cases is in the 32960 ZIP code, or the
Vero Beach city limits on the mainland,
which at press time reported 27 cases.

South Vero has about the same
number of cases as the barrier island,
and all the other county ZIP codes had
fewer than five cases.

The other important set of data that
became available for the first time
this past week is a daily report of how
many hospital beds and intensive care
beds are available at each of the coun-
ty’s two hospitals.

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hos-
pital has a total of 24 fully-staffed ICU
beds, plus Sebastian River Medical
Center has nine fully-staffed ICU beds,
according to the latest report. Eight
ICU beds, or 24 percent of that capac-
ity, were available Monday night.

Meanwhile, of the 60 cases COV-
ID-19 cases countywide, a troubling
25 percent of the local patients were
hospitalized compared to the state-
wide hospitalization rate of 12 per-
cent. Fortunately, most of the local
patients were not in the ICU.

But the higher rate of hospitaliza-
tion is not an encouraging trend as we
head into what officials predict will be
a “very rough” week or two in terms
of mounting case numbers and death
tolls across the United States.

Every day more data comes out on
testing, treating and transmission or
the disease, and on measures resi-
dents must or should take to protect
each other and to prevent the over-
whelming of our healthcare system.

Florida officials report scrapping
their way toward the head of the line
to secure protective equipment, pre-
scription drugs, field hospitals, test
kits and now antibody test kits for the
Sunshine State, competing with other
states and especially with the New
York area for scarce resources.

Local law enforcement agencies are
reporting good compliance with Gov.
Ron DeSantis’ grudgingly issued, 30-
day statewide “Safer at Home” order,
though there’s still a good bit of traffic

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Coronavirus wrapup that he’s seen an uptick in some types Ann Marie McCrystal in her nature, her mother having been
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 of crime in the evenings, and that he CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the sort that “took care of everybody.”
worries about domestic violence and
“We do the business night checks substance abuse as families are holed surgery nurse who earned money for Her family lived in what was then
and house checks all year long, we up in close quarters for days and nursing school playing the accordion the small New Jersey town of Fair-
check doors and leave a business card weeks on end. on Miami Beach, McCrystal now is an lawn, where “there was an accordion
and check on houses, but we’re doing elected Hospital District trustee. She’s teacher on every corner,” Ann Ma-
more during the day now,” Currey said. But Currey said Vero police call vol- also part of a longtime healthcare rie says. She started lessons at age 9;
ume is down a bit, and traffic crashes power couple in Vero: her husband, against her tiny frame, she seemed
“I was saying just this morning to have definitely been reduced, since Dr. Hugh McCrystal, is a retired urolo- to be wielding a baby grand as she
be cognizant of the fact that there “Safer at Home” went into effect. gist and was chief of staff at Indian won multiple competitions. At 16, her
are businesses closed that normally River Medical Center for two decades. “Rhapsody in Blue” won her $100 and
wouldn’t be and to get out of your car “Overall I believe the people in Vero a spot on Ted Mack’s Amateur Hour. “I
and walk to be seen. Beach are heeding to the executive or- Ann Marie McCrystal’s day job for practiced an hour a day, even through
der and to the closures. I’m not saying many years was nurse administra- college,” she recalls.
Sheriff Deryl Loar has mentioned people are not getting cabin fever. I’m tor at her husband’s practice. But she
at weekly county news conferences just saying we haven’t seen any real also was co-founder of Vero’s Visiting It was her mother’s dream to move
Nurse Association and Hospice house to Florida, and they finally made it to
problems,” Currey said.  and was known for volunteering her Miami when Ann Marie was a teenag-
nursing skills in a pinch, including the er. Within a couple of years, it was Ann
time she and the late Pat Moore, a best Marie’s turn to dream, as she drove
friend and fellow registered nurse, past the lights of Miami’s Doctors’
performed free Pap smears on the Hospital one night.
VNA’s mobile clinic bus.
“I’ll never forget it. It was a moment.
McCrystal has championed nurs- I said to myself, ‘I wonder what’s going
ing her entire life, but never more on in there?’ I had to find out.”
than now, as she watches VNA’s home
health nurses deploying throughout It was 1956 and McCrystal was
the county to care for COVID-19 pa- majoring in music and drama at the
tients quarantined in their homes. University of Miami and playing the
accordion with her sister at Miami
“God bless them, those caregivers,” Beach hotels for $50 a gig.
she said, with equal parts concern and
conviction. “If you can keep people at McCrystal had never given a
home to heal, hospitals can use those thought to nursing. Instead, she was
beds for the most seriously ill COV- set on becoming an actress – even
ID-19 patients, or patients with other though she’d never set foot on a stage.
serious illnesses that just happen to
hit in the pandemic.” But the mystery behind those lights
in the hospital gripped her imagina-
The courage of those nurses, show- tion and gave her a sense of purpose
ing up on turf the coronavirus has al- she’d never felt before. She signed up
ready claimed, is secondary to their for a nursing course the next semes-
sense of duty, McCrystal says, just as it ter and started classes in temporary
is for caregivers in the hospital. classrooms in what students called
Cardboard College.
The nurses’ visits to COVID-19 pa-
tients is in addition to all the other There were six students in her class.
patients they visit and care for – 400 “I spent $25 on a nurse’s pinafore, yel-
a day, McCrystal says, some fresh out low over a white dress. It was ador-
of the hospital, some needing hospice able.”
care, and some needing physical, oc-
cupational or respiratory therapy that Today, in its 70th year, UM’s School
VNA also provides. of Nursing and Health Studies is home
to 1,100 students who go to classes in
McCrystal came to nursing almost a five-story, 41,000-square-foot build-
on impulse – though she has nurture ing. The school recently invited Mc-
Crystal back to honor her.

“When I walked into that hospital
the first day of my training, Nursing

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team was on the front lines, too, break-
Imagining today’s nurses being asked ing ground in the field of heart surgery.
to conserve protective gear like masks An open-heart operation that took four
by changing them less frequently – to five hours required far longer than
sometimes wearing them through a that for preparation. “It took me practi-
whole shift – prompts McCrystal to call cally all week to set up the instrument
the nationwide shortage “disgusting.” trays and everything that you needed
for that particular case. It was a very
After graduation in 1959, the newly new thing,” she said.
minted R.N. went on to become head
nurse in charge of open-heart surgery. The open-heart surgery program at
She met Hugh McCrystal at 6 a.m. one Jackson was the only one in the state
morning in the Jackson Memorial cof- at that time, says McCrystal. “In that
fee shop. It was the first day of his sur- day, you lost more than you won, in a
gical internship. A graduate of Johns way, because you were pioneers. You
Hopkins, he had joined the Air Force were trying to perfect the skills and
at the end of the Korean War, becom- you knew you had to do it.”
ing a pilot and “flying generals around
the world,” McCrystal said. After four One particularly painful loss was
years, he enrolled in med school, and the battle to save a 14-year-old boy
on graduation “matched” with Jack- with faulty heart valves. The surgeons
son Memorial. did their best, but the boy did not sur-
vive. As the doctors left the OR, clearly
The couple met in 1960. They were distraught, McCrystal recalls, she was
married three years later and immedi- left to prepare the body to be taken
ately moved to Washington, D.C., for from the room.
Hugh’s residency in urology.
“It was my first loss of a child, and
“We left that night after the wedding it was very moving for me, very diffi-
in my old Ford with a U-Haul with all cult. He was a child, and he had all his
of my belongings plus my accordion,” life to live. But it didn’t stop me from
she recalls. “I-95 ended in Fort Pierce wanting to move on because every day
then, so we pulled over and drove up we did another case. I knew they were
U.S. 1, and at nine o’clock that night, going to figure out a better way to re-
we stopped in Vero Beach. Our first place those valves in a more successful
night as a married couple.” way. I knew there was progress to be
made and I wanted to be a part of it.
The honeymoon cottage, as it were,
was a motel where there is now a CVS. “It was another step in the right di-
“It was the only place where we could rection to perfect open-heart surgery,
pull in with the U-Haul and back out to make it what it is today, which is
again.” just incredible. I’m so glad I lived long
enough to see the result of those pio-
Once in Washington, Ann Marie neering physicians. It was very diffi-
quickly got a job at Georgetown Uni- cult for them, but they were on the
versity Medical Center with a team led cutting edge of it all. I’ll always think
by Dr. Charlie Hufnagel, inventor of for the rest of my life that I was in the
the first artificial heart valve. right place at the right time.”

In 1970, the couple moved to Vero If it helps to imagine COVID-19
Beach and built a home in Riomar Bay, nurses today as pioneers in an equally
where they raised their three children important frontier, the personal risks
– Carolyn, Hugh Jr. and Kelly – and to themselves and their families they
still live today. A month ago, daughter face still break McCrystal’s heart.
Kelly came down from New York, stay-
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Ann Marie McCrystal ever it takes – like Rosie the Riveter in to caring for patients and the commu- ard has said it will not entirely stop per-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 the plants in World War II. nities we serve.” forming elective procedures, despite a
plea by the U.S. surgeon general for
She seems to have trouble even pro- “I think we’re going to have enough Grubb pointed out the employees hospitals to take that action to preserve
cessing that caregivers could be asked of everything. It may not seem like it will continue to get benefits though protective equipment, or PPE.
to wear personal protective equip- today. But tomorrow it’ll be better and they won’t be getting a paycheck.
ment like masks from patient to pa- the day after that, and the day after The action requested by the surgeon
tient without changing them, as many that. Soon you’ll see an overabun- He said the furloughs are temporary general was also meant to keep com-
are today. dance of supply. Just look at Piper. but offered no hint of an end date and plications from such surgeries from
They have orders for airplanes, but no count of how many workers are af- being admitted into hospitals packed
At the same time, McCrystal be- guess what? They’re making PPEs. fected at SRMC or Steward’s other two with COVID-19 patients.
lieves the healthcare community Florida hospitals.
could be learning a useful lesson – “COVID-19 is like World War III. Steward maintains the necessity of
that prior habits of discarding gowns We’re all coming together. And that’s Steward Health, a for-profit system such procedures should be determined
and masks after every patient instead with 36 hospitals in nine states, says it by physicians and their patients, in ac-
of sterilizing and reusing them, as the way it should be.”  has been preparing for COVID-19 for cordance with federal guidelines. Oth-
some hospitals are now ordering, was months. “Steward’s preparations be- er hospitals are tacking the same tack.
wasteful. “Maybe we’ve been a little Sebastian River Medical Center gan months ago, when we launched
extravagant, and this is wake-up call CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 a substantial program to acquire and All three local hospitals – Cleveland
to what the important things are to stockpile specialty equipment required Clinic Indian River, Sebastian River and
keep ourselves and our planet func- sider all our options,” said Grubb. “We to treat COVID-19 patients – includ- Lawnwood Regional Medical Center in
tioning so that we don’t go the way of are optimistic about expected federal ing ventilators and personal protec- Fort Pierce – say they are following cri-
the dinosaur.” government assistance to help get us tive equipment,” the system said in a teria set out by the Centers for Medicare
through the crisis. However, even with statement over the weekend, just as its and Medicaid Services when deciding
“I’m an eternal optimist,” says Mc- significant government support Stew- Massachusetts hospitals anticipated a which elective procedures should go
Crystal. “What is going on today, with ard must make some difficult deci- surge in COVID-19 cases. forward and which can be postponed.
the world rallying around everyone, sions.
pulling together, putting political “Steward continues to work closely “Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hos-
things aside because it doesn’t mat- “While painful for us, many hospital with vendors and the state and feder- pital will use guidelines set by CMS to
ter [is inspiring]. What matters is your systems around the country are taking al government to replenish resources determine which procedures are non-
loved ones, your family, your friends, the same steps. We believe these neces- as needed. Once the surge declines in essential and should be postponed,”
our neighbor, the county, the country. sary measures will help us navigate this Massachusetts, unused personal pro- reads an online statement on the Vero
The people in this country do what- crisis while keeping our focus on the tective equipment can be deployed to hospital’s website. “Going forward,
future – and our ongoing commitment other Steward hospitals, should other procedures must be lifesaving for the
regions begin to surge.” patient, preserving function of organs
or limbs, reducing risk of metastasis
At the same time, systemwide, Stew-

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or progression of disease, or reducing cal Center appears to be staffing less who has served both his country and ond approval from the City Council
risk of severe symptoms.” than half of its 154 licensed beds. As of community with honor and distinction. before spending $152,000 for sod as
Monday, 53 of 64 available beds were part of a $3.3 million taxiway project
On another front, Steward Health occupied, with 11 available, according I believe him because I have spoken that the council previously had ap-
claimed to be the first in the nation to to a new state chart aimed at helping with people who have worked with proved in total. (The taxiway project,
isolate COVID-19 patients in a single determine hospital and ICU capacity him for many years who say Menger, by the way, came in more than $1 mil-
hospital within a region. Carney Hospi- during the pandemic. who turns 61 this month, has been lion under budget.)
tal in Dorchester, Mass., was the first to talking about retiring – and his rea-
be designated all-COVID-19. The same chart Monday showed an sons for wanting to do so – for months. But allow me to explain: City ordi-
ICU with only nine beds, with seven nance requires City Council approval
The hospital has stopped taking of those occupied. On its website, Se- But as a newspaperman, I can’t help of any expenditures of more than
non-COVID-19 in-patients, though its bastian River shows a 16-bed ICU was but believe that what happened during $50,000, and Menger received such ap-
ER remains open to all. Last weekend, added in a 2010 expansion. the Vero Beach City Council’s March 17 proval for the entire project, which in-
Steward was preparing to open a sec- meeting contributed to Menger’s deci- cluded the $152,000 for sod.
ond COVID-19 designated hospital, New space now being built at the sion, or at least to the timing of his an-
also in Massachusetts. hospital would add 24 beds in the first nouncement. As the taxiway project proceeded,
phase, and another 24 in a second the sod part had to be postponed be-
The idea behind the COVID-19 hos- phase. Though that addition was ex- And if that’s the case – if the un- cause the city hadn’t yet received the
pitals is to isolate patients from those pected to open in early February, it has called-for, over-the-top cheap shot Florida Department of Transportation
not infected, and to fully prepare care- been delayed for unexplained reasons. taken by rookie councilman Graves funding needed to pay for it. So Menger
givers with all necessary PPE. That Both county and state officials have sped up his departure – I don’t blame removed it, filing a change order with
should conserve masks and gowns in said the hospital has yet to request a Menger for walking away. his boss, City Manager Monte Falls.
a surge because caregivers won’t be final inspection. Spokesman Grubb
moving from infected patients to non- He deserved better. When the state funding came in,
infected patients. could offer no update on the project.  Certainly, Menger didn’t deserve to Menger moved forward with the sod
be publicly attacked and treated as purchase, but he did so without first get-
It’s still not clear which, if any, of My Vero if he were some sort of criminal who ting the previously approved $152,000
Steward’s Florida hospitals – Sebas- cooked the books in an attempt to slip expenditure reapproved.
tian River, Melbourne Regional or CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 something past the City Council.
Rockledge Regional – will be turned But there was Graves last month ac- Ray Neville, another first-year coun-
into a COVID-19 facility. That would to be a truthful, straight-shooting and cusing Menger of breaking the law and cilman, said he found the process
effectively mean closing one of the accountable public official – exactly asking that the airport director be dis- confusing and chalked up Menger’s
three hospitals to non-COVID-19 pa- what you’d expect from a Naval Acad- missed after decades of stellar service technical error to an honest mistake –
tients and admitting all who have the emy graduate and former Navy pilot managing the airport. which is what it was.
disease to the selected facility. And why?
Because Menger failed to get a sec- The city manager saw it the same way.
These days, Sebastian River Medi-
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My Vero dled. He said he was confident such But Graves refused to let it go. fusing to say whether Graves’ criticism
an error wouldn’t happen again. Instead, he rambled on about Menger nudged him toward the door.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 playing “fast and loose with the rules”
For his part, Menger accepted full and his own “lost confidence” in the air- I expected no less.
“I didn’t see anything there that responsibility for the “administrative port director, at times sounding more “Eric ran that airport beautifully,”
would lead me to believe there was error,” and said he was working with like a prosecutor than a councilman. said Vero Beach Airport Commission
any nefarious activity,” Falls told Falls and City Finance Director Cindy “That was a bit of a shock,” Menger Chairman Barb Drndak, who plans to
the council members. “I think it was Lawson to implement further grant- said last week, when asked about step down when Menger leaves. “Peo-
done in haste to keep the project administration training to prevent Graves’ attack. “We’re all human. Peo- ple have no idea how difficult that job
moving.” any future problems. ple make mistakes. I really wish he had is, juggling Federal Aviation Admin-
come and talked to me.” istration and Florida Department of
Besides, Falls said he already had “We’ve done many, many millions If he had? Transportation rules along with city or-
discussed the matter with Menger of dollars in projects at the airport,” “I’d still be retiring,” Menger replied, dinances, which require the airport to
and the airport staff and explained Menger told the council. “This is the choosing to make a classy exit by re- operate as a self-sustaining business.
how the process should’ve been han- only time in my recollection that
we’ve had this issue.” “This city is going to miss him.” 

Publix revamps ‘senior shopping’ initiative after rough start

BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA The company announced its plan day arrived on Tuesday, March 24, the door, no one was monitoring the
Staff Writer for special Senior Shopping Hours – 7 though, it turned out to be “a night- line outside.
a.m. to 8 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednes- mare,” according to shoppers who
After mob scenes developed at days – in early March, saying it wanted showed up as early as 6 a.m. in hopes “Publix wanted to do something
its first Senior Shopping Hours two to “serve our senior population” who of finding scarce items and shopping good, but this is just the opposite,”
weeks ago, Publix officials moved are “at increased risk of complications in a less crowded environment at the said one of three Indian River County
quickly to try to remedy errors and from coronavirus.” 7 a.m. opening. Sheriff’s deputies who was on site.
make the well-intentioned initiative
safer for shoppers 65 and older, ac- The special hours were intended Except for a few people with grocery “We had been out of a few things for
cording to the company’s director of to make shopping less stressful for carts, there was no “social distanc- days and had waited for elder hour,”
communications Maria Brous. older customers, including those with ing.” Instead, people stood shoulder said one shopper who didn’t want to
health conditions that make them to shoulder and back to front, in close give her name. “It was a big mistake, but
It remains to be seen if the changes more susceptible to COVID-19. proximity. we stayed. We broke all the rules about
make the plan a net health benefit. social distancing, from standing in line
When the first special shopping Except for one Publix employee at to shopping on top of each other.”

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When Vero Beach 32963 contacted from the Centers for Disease Control
Publix headquarters in Lakeland to and Prevention, and local and state
get a comment, a spokesman said the health departments.”
company had already received nu-
merous complaints and that “a team Brous also noted that, prior to the
has been dispatched to deal with the start of senior shopping, Publix had
situation.” already begun closing its stores two
hours early, at 8 p.m., to “focus on a
When Brous was asked a few days heightened cleaning, sanitizing and
later about changes that would be disinfecting program,” to make shop-
forthcoming, she mentioned the in- ping safer for all customers.
stallation of plexiglass shields at regis-
ters; customer service desks and phar- By the end of the second round of
macies; in-store signage and public Senior Shopping Hours last week, the
address announcements reminding measures Brous enumerated had been
customers and associates about social completed or almost completed in all
distancing; and visual reminders of eight Indian River County Publix stores.
appropriate 6-foot spacing via tape on
the floor at registers. Store staff – and shoppers who de-
cided to give it one more try – said that
These and any future measures, she the second week saw slightly smaller
added, “are conducted with guidance crowds and greater adherence to so-

cial distancing protocols. 

FIRST WEEK OF AT-HOME LEARNING FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS SEEN A SUCCESS

BY RAY MCNULTY ourselves on how to modify our prac-
tices and platforms to make sure we’re
Staff Writer doing the best job possible.

The first week of at-home learning “We’ll never be satisfied with ‘just
in Indian River County wasn’t flawless, OK,’ regardless of the circumstances.”
but the rollout of School Superinten-
dent David Moore’s provisional plan Both Moore and Zorc praised the
for continuing to educate students teachers for their extra efforts and will-
during the coronavirus pandemic was ingness to embrace different ways to
more successful than anyone had a connect and interact with students and
right to expect. educate them remotely. In fact, nearly
1,000 of the district’s 1,200 teachers ac-
“We are a model for the nation,” cepted the superintendent’s invitation
School Board Chairman Laura Zorc said. to begin familiarizing themselves with
the online, at-home-learning program
With Florida’s public schools closed during their spring break.
through May 1, the county’s students
returned from an extended spring Moore said he needed teachers to
break last week and resumed classes fully buy into his plan for it to achieve
virtually, connecting with teachers via the best possible results.
computers and telephones.
“We’re implementing a program
The online program allows students that keeps teachers at the forefront
to take classes using home computers and in control yet provides them with
or laptops, including the 6,000-plus the flexibility they need to design les-
laptops distributed by the school dis- sons unique to their kids,” Moore
trict during the break. The district also said. “At the same time, this program
has made available what Moore called is adaptive enough to be modified for
a “paper-based option” for students each student’s home.
whose families lack the necessary
technology. “So, for this to work – and for us to
get up and running as fast as we could
Moore said 90 percent of the dis- – we needed to get everyone on board,
trict’s students were connected to the particularly our teachers,” he added.
online program by the week’s end, and “The teachers have been troopers
he expected that number to increase through this whole thing, and they’re
this week. a big reason we’re doing better than
most districts around the state.”
“It was a busy week, but a success-
ful week,” Moore said. “We’re in a re- While all this was going on, Moore
ally good place, given the reality of this said the district’s Mobile Café provid-
pandemic. We’re prepared to ride this ed more than 34,000 breakfasts and
out as long as we need to – not just put lunches to students throughout the
a Band-Aid on instruction. county last week.

“We’re already looking ahead, ex- Moore expressed his appreciation
ploring how we can become the best to all district employees, including
online teachers moving forward,” he administrators and support staff, in
added. “We’re continuing to educate
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Leatherback turtles making early iPneftlusxheolftaenrsimpraelpsaifreowfonrerpsofsaslilbillel
appearance on our quiet beaches

BY SUE COCKING We are extremely hopeful that we will BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA coronavirus lockdown and comply
Staff Writer observe an increase of leatherback Staff Writer with quarantine directives.
nesting this year.”
Amid all the coronavirus news Indian River County Animal Control The Humane Society and Halo have
comes this positive bellwether from Leatherbacks – the largest marine and local animal shelters are prepar- limited the inflow of dogs and cats,
the sea: Leatherback sea turtles – the turtle in world, growing up to 1,100 ing for a possible influx of dogs and and are working hard to adopt out or
largest of the three species seen on In- pounds – tend to be the earliest nest- cats that could come if pet owners be- find foster homes for as many animals
dian River County beaches – are nest- ers on our beaches, followed by log- come too ill to care for their animals. as possible to open up and preserve
ing here earlier than in previous years. gerheads and then greens. Both of the shelter space for “the most vulnerable
latter two species lay many more nests The Humane Society of Vero Beach, animals which are yet to come,” ac-
The endangered reptile, whose tracks than the leatherbacks; in 2019, 37 leath- H.A.L.O. No-Kill Rescue in Sebastian, cording Humane Society community
resemble bulldozer treads in the sand, erback nests were tallied – lower than and the For the Love of Paws shelter in relations specialist Mindy Miller.
laid its first nest of the 2020 season the historic average of 51. By contrast, Fellsmere said they have not seen a big
March 10 in Indian River Shores. Five loggerheads accounted for more than uptick in animals coming into their “My biggest concern is that our
more nests were deposited by mid- 6,100 and greens for more than 2,300. facilities, but all of them are thinking community has a significant popula-
March – four in the southern part of ahead in case a surge comes. tion of seniors, and also high poverty
the county and one more in the Shores. County spokesman Brian Sullivan, areas,” said Humane Society executive
Then another six were counted through when asked if COVID-19-prompted County Animal Control Manager director Kate Meghji.
April 3, mostly in the south, for a total of beach closures might be having a posi- Jason Ogilvie said his department has
12 so far. tive effect on turtle nesting, said “we not yet seen an increase in calls either “We have been preparing for several
have not observed any obstructions or but is ready. “We have the equipment weeks to ensure we have the appropri-
According to Indian River County's disturbances to nesting.” and we have the suits. We are pre- ate space to take care of pets that come
Coastal Engineering Division, the ear- pared,” he told Vero Beach 32963. from homes where their owners are
liest leatherback nest previously laid Sullivan added that so far, no cita- too ill to care for them. We have consol-
here was on March 11, 2016. tions have been issued this year for For the Love of Paws director Ted idated all of our shelter pets into one of
“dark beach” lighting violations, which Pankiewicz said he has seen a sig- our two buildings and are keeping the
“It is extremely difficult to infer if are aimed at protecting nesting turtles nificant increase in requests for his other empty in preparation.”
early nesting equates to a bumper nest- and their hatchlings from becoming organization’s Meals on Wheels ser-
ing season,” according to the county. disoriented by manmade lighting on vice, which provides pet food delivery, Dogs and cats that are “in distress
“However, the outlook is looking good. as senior pet owners experience the or need” may still be surrendered for
the shore.  non-COVID-19 reasons but other ani-

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mals will be refused for the duration of Anyone who wants to adopt or fos-
the pandemic crisis. ter an animal can check out available
dogs and cats on the shelters’ web-
Miller said the community’s response sites and then call to make an ap-
to the Humane Society’s call for pet fos- pointment.
ter homes has been “incredible.”
The Humane Society conducts po-
“We currently have 67 animals be- tential forever-family meet-and-greets
ing fostered, and we are down to 43 outside its headquarters at 6230 77th
animals in the shelter,” Miller said St. between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Monday.
H.A.L.O.’s adoptable residents meet
Animals can still be adopted as their potential forever families “in the
well as fostered, but that is a more in- parking lot, one family at a time,” said
volved process and some animals are Allyson Bootes, director of develop-
not eligible for adoption because of ment at the north county shelter lo-
medical conditions or other reasons, cated at 710 Jackson St. in Sebastian.
which makes the push for foster care
a good short-term remedy. “These dogs need human contact.” 

VERO BOOK CENTER USING
DOWN TIME TO SPRUCE UP STORE
AND PREPARE FOR REOPENING

BY STEPHANIE LABAFF the drive-through service was dis-
Staff Writer continued.

Amid the COVID-19 chaos, busi- The store, while closed, is not dead
nesses are scrambling to reinvent in the water. Instead Leonard and the
themselves in a fast-changing land- Vero Book Center team are taking care
scape and Vero Book Center – a local of what typically are summer duties,
icon for nearly 45 years – is no excep- things they normally do during the
tion. slower months: returning books to
publishers, cleaning, organizing and
When non-essential stores were re- planning for the upcoming season.
quired to close in March, owner Chad
Leonard’s first move was to put in “Fortunately, we own the building,
place a drive-up service to meet the so we don’t have a lease. I think we’re
needs of devoted bibliophiles. healthy enough where we can get
through it,” said Leonard. “It’s look-
“We wanted to do it for our cus- ing more and more like it’s going to
tomers,” said Leonard. “They wanted be the beginning of summer before
books and puzzles ... and we sold a ton we can reopen, but at least the store
of puzzles.” will look amazing.”

But despite the desire for puzzles, One of Vero Book Center’s claims to
the store was “only doing about 20 per- fame has been a longstanding list of
cent of our normal business,” Leonard highly acclaimed authors who have
added. “In the end, we had to ask, ‘Is it visited the store over the years. Among
worth the risk of being exposed to the the more notable are Steve Allen, Ju-
virus and bringing it home to our fam- lie Andrews, Carl Hiaasen, Emeril La-
ilies and spreading it to customers?’” gasse, Debbie Macomber, Nicholas

The answer ultimately was no, and CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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Vero Book Center ror, Leonard said he expects to sched- At-home learning a short time period could have been a
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lure back his loyal customers.
Sparks, Stuart Woods and even former an email sent to them Friday, when he “However, as a result of your resil-
presidents Jimmy Carter and George At the same time, he is concerned thanked them for their “extraordinary iency and commitment to our stu-
W. Bush. people will get into the habit of buy- efforts” that produced a “tremendous- dents and to one another,” he added,
ing books online. That paired with ly successful” week. “our district has demonstrated to the
Harlan Coben was scheduled to the fact the store was forced to close state what can be accomplished when
visit on March 23 to promote his during the middle of the season and “Over the last several weeks, I have educators join together to serve in the
most recent book, “The Boy from won’t be reopening for weeks is a heard countless horror stories and best interest of children.”
the Woods,” and the store was sell- worry. tremendous frustrations as it relates
ing plenty of his books ahead of what to other districts’ implementation of Zorc said Moore, who was hired in
would have been one of the store’s “Will we lose business when we their plans during this time of uncer- November, has provided the foresight
biggest events this spring. come back? Very possibly. I just don’t tainty,” Moore wrote. “Reorganizing and leadership the district needed to
know. We’ll do the best we can. I look how the entire district works and re- address the current crisis.
The Coben event was canceled but forward to being open again. We’ll be sponds to the need of children in such
when COVID-19 is in the rearview mir- lining things up as soon as we can. It’s “The level of organization and the
thought that has been put into every
just the ‘when’ that I don’t know.”  detail can’t be matched,” Zorc said. “I
don’t know where we would be right
now if we didn’t have Dr. Moore here.”

At Moore’s urging, district officials
announced Friday they had post-
poned the Class of 2020’s graduation
dates at Vero Beach and Sebastian
River high schools to prevent further
spread of COVID-19.

Vero Beach’s graduation has been
rescheduled for June 12, one day be-
fore Sebastian River’s ceremony. Both
dates are tentative, with a final deci-
sion to be made no later than May
29 to give seniors and their families
enough time to prepare for the big day.

However, school officials will con-
tinue to monitor federal, state and lo-
cal guidelines to determine if it’s safe
for such a gathering to take place. If
the current social-distancing recom-
mendations remain unchanged, the
graduation dates will be pushed back
to July 10 for Vero Beach and July 11
for Sebastian River.

“Our seniors have worked for 13 years
to earn the right to walk across the grad-
uation stage,” Moore said. “We are tak-
ing a proactive approach in postponing
the date to ensure the health and safety
of our students – and community as a
whole – and allow families to be part of
the graduation celebration.”

As for operations, Moore said the
coronavirus’ impact on the district
budget has been minimal, and he has
managed to keep support-staff em-
ployees working. Any additional ex-
penses incurred have been offset by
the money saved not running schools
and other facilities.

“Budget-wise,” he said, “we’re fine.”
Moore said next week’s School Board
meeting will be held as scheduled at
the district’s administration building,
which will be open to the public, but
social distancing will be enforced.
Instead of sitting at the dais, board
members and staff will be spread
around the chamber. Members of the
public will be able to watch and listen
from the lobby. Anyone wishing to ad-
dress the board may do so via written
comment or be called into the cham-
ber one person at a time.
“It’s been a crazy ride,” Moore said

of his first four months on the job. 

Phillip Keeling
and Annabel Robertson.

NIMBLE NONPROFIT ‘UP’ TO
THE CHALLENGE AMID CRISIS P. 18

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For ‘Club’ kids, Nesty sets gold standard for inspiration

Jessica Schmitt and Freddie Woolfork.

Jeff Powers, Anthony Nesty and William Powers. PHOTOS CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 Anthony Nesty.

PHOTOS: KAILA JONES

BY MARY SCHENKEL diving. Nesty is also very familiar with tailed, but as he began to win medals, year Nesty broke the national butterfly
Staff Writer Boys & Girls Clubs, which he called his father recognized his potential. record, and not long after competed in
“one of the greatest organizations in the Olympics.
Prior to gatherings being canceled the world,” having served four years as His father challenged him to com-
due to the pandemic, Anthony Nesty, the B&GC aquatics director in Sarasota. pete in a 10K race, saying, “Promise me “I’m telling you all these things,” said
the first black swimmer to win Olym- one thing. If you win the race, you’ll Nesty, “because if I can do it, so can
pic gold, delivered an uplifting mes- The majority of the youngsters who continue to swim.” you.”
sage to children from the Vero Beach, heard his talk in the gymnasium of the
Sebastian and Fellsmere Boys & Girls B&GC Vero facility were also enrolled in Despite his prior disinterest, he prac- He stressed the importance of lis-
Clubs of Indian River County and the Float Hope of IRC, a nonprofit founded ticed even harder than before, swam tening to parents and coaches, add-
Gifford Youth Achievement Center that by Jeff Powers and Scott Barlow. The or- the race – competing against older ing “those people love you the most,
anything is possible through hard work ganization teaches swimming to low- swimmers – and won. whether you believe that or not. Com-
and determination. income students, a skill they can use peting at the level you want to compete
to “swim their way to success” through “It just shows you what you can do at is very difficult, but such is life. Life
Nesty, from the tiny South Ameri- self-confidence, friendships and col- with determination and support from is hard, so you must be honest in what
can country Suriname, was the perfect lege scholarships. your family, friends and coaches,” said you do all the time. If you’re honest and
example of that realization. Racing in Nesty. “If you have that, you can suc- respectful, people will go out of their
the 100-meter butterfly, Nesty won gold Float Hope currently sponsors some ceed in anything in life.” way to help you.”
in the 1987 Pan-American Games fol- 125 financially disadvantaged, pri-
lowed by an Olympic gold medal, Su- marily minority, children, transport- Among the unique challenges of liv- Nesty remarked that swimming of-
riname’s first medal, at the 1988 Sum- ing them to either the North County or ing in a third-world country, he said: fers lots of opportunities for young men
mer Olympics in Korea. Nesty shared Gifford Aquatic Centers, where they are The power would often go out and, and women to get college educations,
that the win was so unexpected and coached by Barlow and his wife, Holly without proper filtering, the pool would and could maybe even lead them to the
the country so little known, it took or- McClain. become unfit to swim in. Olympics.
ganizers some time to track down the
Suriname national anthem. “What we wanted was someone who “It shows you how fortunate you guys “For swimmers, the Olympics is our
the kids could look up to,” said Powers, are to have crystal-clear water,” said Super Bowl, with not only the best ath-
After graduating from the University noting that like them, Nesty was raised Nesty. letes from the U.S., but the best athletes
of Florida in 1994, he served on the Ga- in poverty but used the sport to over- from all over the world competing,”
tor coaching staff 22 years; the last two come adversity. At 16, he was enrolled in the Bolles said Nesty. “It’s very difficult but not
as head coach of men’s swimming and School; a prep school in Jackson- impossible. If you have a good mind-
Nesty shared that he initially didn’t ville, which he called a culture shock. set and you work hard, you can achieve
like swimming and the practice it en- Among the issues, Dutch was his na- your goals.” 
tive language, and competition was
fiercer. Despite all that, by his senior



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Vero Beach Boys & Girls Club members Manuel, Serenity and Jazaria with Anthony Nesty.

Reade Lawson, Scott Barlow, Holly McClain, Anthony Nesty, Mia Martinelli and Caterina Meier.

Kerry Bartlett with Amanda Robinson and her children, Faith and Joe.

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Grand gesture: Donated piano lifts patients’ spirits

Terry Leggett, Doris Hall and Carole Casey. PHOTO: KAILA JONES als, which used to be provided free by circular white rug.
the American Cancer Society, but not “Now there is music in the lobby
anymore,” said Casey. “And then Lori
said, ‘What we’d really love is a piano as patients and caregivers are sitting
for the lobby, preferably a player pia- and waiting,” said Casey. “It is just so
no.’” special. It is such an addition to that
lobby.”
As Casey began to ask around,
neighbor Jan Harrell told her about It is just one more way Answer to
Doris Hall, who she knew had just Cancer has helped to improve the
what they were looking for. lives of patients struggling with can-
cer. Past year donations have funded
“I called her and asked her if she improvements to waiting rooms,
would be willing to donate her piano iPads and rolling carts, blanket warm-
to the Cancer Center,” said Casey. Ten ers, DigniCap machines to reduce
days later, Hall called back to say yes. chemotherapy hair loss, AccuVein
vein finders and the Patient Navigator
In addition to gifting the piano, and program.
offering to pay for it to be tuned twice
yearly, Hall paid White Glove Moving Although understandably disap-
& Storage to handle its relocation. pointed that this year’s Answer to
Cancer event had to be canceled,
“I could not believe how they Casey said “even without having the
wrapped everything up so carefully,” event, we have raised, just in dona-
said Hall. “No wonder they say they’re tions, over $60,000 and counting. I
the ‘White Glove.’ And then we went started getting checks from $50 up to
over and watched them put it back to- about $3,000 just to support it. So to
gether.” take in over $60,000 without an event
is just amazing.”
Advised that the sound would ben-
efit from having a rug underneath, For more information, visit an-
Casey went to Father and Sons Carpet, swertocancer.info. 
who made and donated a beautiful,

BY MARY SCHENKEL and listen to the music, or somebody
Staff Writer can play it.”

The Scully Welsh Cancer Center has Hall is delighted that the piano has
been given the gift of music, thanks found a new home in the bright and
to a generous donation by Doris Hall airy lobby. She was recently shown a
of a Young Chang Baby Grand Player photo of a young man playing the pia-
Piano. The piano was gifted through no for his mother, who was waiting to
Answer to Cancer, a nonprofit found- go into chemotherapy.
ed by Grand Harbor residents 15 years
ago, which has since raised and donat- “He was playing the piano to make
ed more than $750,000 to the Cleve- her feel good,” said Hall. “And to me,
land Clinic Indian River Foundation that was everything.”
to fund equipment and services at the
Cancer Center. When Answer to Cancer co-chairs
Carole Casey and Terry Leggett be-
“I’m 89 years old,” said Hall, add- gan planning this year’s event, which
ing that her late husband, Terry, pur- was to have been held March 23, they
chased the piano about 17 years ago. again met with Dr. James Grichnik,
“This way it will be going somewhere medical director, and Lori McCor-
where it will mean something. And mick, administrative director of On-
believe me, it has. It’s brought so much cology Services, to determine this
joy to many people. People there love year’s ‘wish list’ of items.
it because they can either put a CD in
“This year, they needed two more
chairs for the chemotherapy patients
and they needed educational materi-

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Nimble nonprofit ‘UP’ to the challenge amid crisis

BY STEPHANIE LaBAFF Annabel Robertson and Phillip Keeling. PHOTOS CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 The computer lab is a crucial com-
Staff Writer ponent for participants in their Suc-
maining open,” says Robertson. “We PHOTOS: KAILA JONES cess Training for Employment Pro-
Things had really been looking are here fulfilling essential func- gram (STEP) and graduate coaching,
‘UP’ for United Against Poverty of tions during this time of crisis.” COVID-19 was presenting them with and functions as a way to communi-
Indian River County, especially a whole new set of problems. cate with UP employer partners.
given the recent opening of its new Despite having provided aid and
46,000-square-foot facility, where services in the aftermath of devas- More than 800 people a day are The Treasure Coast Commu-
residents in need can access a num- tating hurricanes such as Frances, generally served at the Indian nity Health clinic at the UP facility
ber of critical services to meet its Jeanne and Irma, they soon realized River facility, which features an is open for anyone needing medi-
mission to “inspire and empower 18,000-square-foot member share cal assistance. TCCH is conducting
people to lift themselves and their grocery, education and job training, screenings on site but not COVID-19
families out of poverty and into eco- crisis stabilization services, small- testing.
nomic self-sufficiency.” business development, and medical
and mental health services. Robertson stresses that anyone
Now, in light of the COVID-19 pan- who is symptomatic or has been di-
demic, as they face the need to fo- The grocery program is fully func- agnosed with the virus should not
cus a significantly greater portion of tioning and, to ensure the facility is visit the UP facility.
their efforts toward crisis manage- CDC compliant, UP has instituted a
ment, the model of the organization rigorous cleaning schedule. “Caring for each other by self-
is being tested to the extreme. quarantining is one of the ways that
Individuals in need of assistance we will be able to keep the center
Staff is working overtime to help need only fill out an application and open as long as possible,” she says.
fill that need, according to Anna- meet with a membership counselor.
bel Robertson, executive director To qualify, applicants must fall under In addition to the added strain on
of United Against Poverty of Indian 200 percent of the federal poverty lev- staff, changes in cleaning protocols
River County. UP also provides ser- el; for instance, a household income and programming have resulted in
vices in St. Lucie County and Orlan- of $52,400 or less for a family of four. an increase in associated costs. Rob-
do. ertson says that despite the upsurge
As this pandemic crisis continues in the need for their services, they
“United Against Poverty is re- to rapidly change, UP has been work- have noticed a decrease in dona-
ing to create ways to fill needs as they tions.
arise.
“To meet the increasing need, we
“We’re currently developing a gro- desperately need support to keep
cery pick-up program, where people this essential function available for
won’t have to get out of their cars. low-income families in the commu-
They will shop by a list and we will nity; particularly at a time when the
bring it to them,” explains Robertson. number of low-income families is in-
creasing,” says Robertson.
She adds that they hope to partner
with other providers to implement She stresses that UP is a privately
home delivery to vulnerable popula- funded nonprofit and does not re-
tions, such as the elderly and those ceive any state or federal funding.
with co-morbidities.
“We have seen a direct impact on
They have also seen an increase in donations. We are struggling to meet
the need for public computer access. the need,” says Robertson.

“As people are social distancing, In response to COVID-19 restric-
a lot of places are closing down and tions, the nonprofit had to cancel its
limiting public access. That’s becom- March 7 Ride Poverty out of Town
ing a crisis need for people,” notes fundraiser, but is holding out hope
Robertson. that the annual Burgers & Brews cel-
ebration will go as scheduled on June
They have moved computer sta- 27.
tions at the facility 6 feet apart, with
stations sterilized after every use. “We all have to come together and
work to help each other through this.
United Against Poverty’s goal is to
keep the doors open,” says Robertson.

“We know that social distancing
is critical, but not everybody has ac-
cess to the tools necessary to get ac-
cess to social support, benefits, food,
the Internet or home delivery. Those
resources are really luxuries, and
therefore we feel it is our public duty
to keep this resource available for
low-income families as long as we
possibly can, and we will continue
to do that.”

If you’re in need or would like to do-
nate, call UPIRC at 772-564-9365 or
visit the COVID-19 tab at UPIRC.org. 



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Imagine having enough Purell to bottles were padlocked to prevent theft, And earlier this month, the meta- other’s butts. Only it wasn’t sexy oil. It
cover not just your hands but your en- like engagement rings at Zales. phor of our times – for our panic and was Purell.
tire body, right now. Imagine covering obliviousness, our desperation and
your entire family. Imagine covering In Tennessee, a former Air Force tech- our delusion, for how much we crave “The cleanest place in New York,”
the entire country. What about the en- nical sergeant hoarded nearly 18,000 safety and how little we are willing to read the tagline, as a dancer ran her
tire world? Just SQUIRT and disinfect bottles from dollar stores across two give up in order to get it – arrived in hand suggestively up an economy-size
every surface at once? Imagine there states, hocking them for up to $70 apiece bottle.
were moments that could, in the mid- the form of an Instagram video. It was
dle of this chaos, feel completely safe on Amazon until the retailer pulled the an advertisement for a strip club in My God, what are we all doing, and
and clean. plug. When the New York Times report- Times Square. It opened on a dimly lit how long will Purell make us feel okay
ed what he had been doing, he received stage. Women in thongs gyrated and doing it?
Purell. Not the only hand sanitizer death threats and said he would donate twerked and rubbed sexy oil on each
out there, but the symbolic one. The his stockpile to churches. In 1946, a curly-haired brunette named
brand name. The future museum arti- Goldie Lippman, who had spent World
fact representing the spring of covid-19. War II making life rafts in a rubber fac-
tory in Ohio, set about looking for a bet-
A clear liquid in a clear bottle in a ter way to clean her hands. The harsh
clear glass box that a cyborg mother chemicals she had used in the factory
points out to her cyborg child: “See worked well but wrecked her skin. She
this? They used to rub this on them- and her husband, Jerry, thought they
selves. It supposedly killed 99.99 per- could come up with an alternative –
cent of germs, but it definitely made and they did, after mixing batch after
them feel 100 percent better.” batch of cleanser in their basement
washing machine.
Purell. Draw it out, and it sounds like
the name of a lady at the beauty salon. Gojo, as they eventually named their
Clip it short, and it sounds like our company, spent the next several de-
current location: We're in pure hell. cades growing and expanding and in-
But while we're in there, we're also in novating the art of hand-washing until,
Purell. Doused, lacquered, chapped, in the late 1980s, Gojo developed a clear,
chilled, smelling vaguely of hospitals. alcohol-based, emollient-enriched, dis-
infecting substance that was dispensed
If, that is, you're lucky enough to have by a pump bottle and required no water
a bottle. On eBay, travel-size Purells at all.
went for $10 or $20 as coronavirus
made its way into the United States. In First sold mostly to medical profes-
gyms and yoga studios, before the gyms sionals, it hit the public nearly a de-
and yoga studios closed, communal cade later, in two-ounce bottles and
scents like Magic Mint. The rollout

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coincided with the 1996 presidential A CLERGYMAN OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UKRAINE PACKS BOTTLES OF HAND Sam. The economy is tailspinning, mil-
campaign. Both the Bill Clinton and SANITIZER AT THE VYDUBYCHI MONASTERY IN KYIV. PRIESTS AND SEMINARY lions of citizens have been told to shel-
Bob Dole camps received early sam- STUDENTS PRODUCE HAND SANITIZER AND DONATE IT TO THOSE IN NEED. ter in place, and your best defense is a
ples. Tipper Gore was a fan. bar of soap.
A PHOTO ILLUSTRATION SHOWING BOTTLES OF PURELL HAND SANITIZERS.
Purell is “just the thing for people Or/and: a bottle of Purell.
who have to shake hands with lots of backs, in joyful, reckless defiance of tect yourself by washing your hands. Late last month, Trump announced
people,” Gore said, “and don’t have science. Protect older people by washing your that at least one major manufacturer
time to wash up between shakes.” hands. “I WANT YOU – TO WASH YOUR of wine and spirits was repurposing
In the middle of all of this: Wash HANDS,” reads a patriotic poster that its alcohol-production capabilities – at
Then came SARS, MERS, bird flu, your hands. It’s the one piece of ad- substitutes President Trump for Uncle plants in Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas
swine flu, Ebola. Every few years, vice that has remained constant. Pro- – to aid the effort.
there was a scary outbreak, and ev- “They’re making a tremendous
ery few years we recommitted to the amount of hand sanitizer,” Trump said
sacrament of Purelling. Gojo Indus- at the White House, “at a very high lev-
tries’ phones in Akron, Ohio, rang off el, by the way.”
the hook during the 2003 epidemic What did he mean by “high level”?
of severe acute respiratory syndrome, Will we soon be drowning in hand
when people wanted to know, Will this sanitizer? (Pretty please?)
protect us? Purell – or Germ-X, or a generic gro-
cery-store brand, we could really be
Gojo tripled production in 2009, talking about any of them – is actually
when swine flu triggered hoarding of a very unmysterious product.
Purell. When a Dallas nurse was diag- We may treat it like holy water, a
nosed with Ebola in 2014, area church- sacrament to precede or follow any
goers added ablutions to their hand- interaction, but any bottle you pick
shakes of peace. up has mostly the same thing: alco-
hol (for disinfecting), glycerin (for
“Just don’t touch me,” columnist moisturizing), polymer (to turn the
Kerry Dougherty wrote then in the Vir- whole mixture into a gel). Percent-
ginian-Pilot. “If you do, don’t be insult- age-wise, the combination should be
ed when I squirt myself with Purell.” strong enough to kill germs, but mild
enough to avoid cracking your epi-
The Purellification of America is dermis and making you more vulner-
about sanitation, but it is really about able to contamination.
sanity. Fear, control, and the fear that The thing is: We are a species that ex-
we have no control. ists in constant symbiosis with germs.
Foreign microbes, in and on our body,
These feelings, in 2020, are brought outnumber our own cells. Our im-
about by any number of mundane, mune system learns from them, ex-
horrid activities: Seeing your neighbor cept when it’s overwhelmed by them.
cough. Imagining a tickle in your own “Your hands are the most diverse
throat. Monitoring virus trackers on- microbial habitat on your body, be-
line, watching infection numbers tick cause you’re touching surfaces every
day,” says cosmetic chemist Kelly Do-
up by the hundreds with every page bos, who helped develop the Purell
refresh, receiving the news alert that Advanced product when she worked
– ding – West Virginia has confirmed for Gojo Industries. She has a bottle
cases now, too, so that makes all 50 that hangs off her purse. She uses it
states. as a supplement, or a Plan B, not as a
miracle goo.
As of last week, the United States “These products are great for when
was testing 125 people per million hand-washing is not possible,” Dobos
while countries like South Korea were says. “But hand-washing is the simple
testing more than 5,000 people per and most effective thing we can do.
million, meaning that there’s a lot of You don’t want to forget that and rely
sickness we don’t even know about, solely on these products.”
the worst is yet to come. Hand sanitizer works, yes, but only
if it is used correctly, says K.P. Ananth,
Doctors don’t have enough masks, professor and director of the cosmetic
hospitals don’t have enough ventila- science program at the University of
tors, and recently a swarming mass Cincinnati’s James L. Winkle College
of spring breakers still clustered on of Pharmacy.
towels at Florida’s Clearwater Beach, “It’s not the product that’s in ques-
smearing sunscreen on one another’s tion, it’s often how well it is used,” An-
anth says. For it to properly disinfect,
you need to use enough to thoroughly
cover your hands, and then let it sit for
30 seconds without touching anything
else. “It’s the practice of it that matters.”
But Purellification is not just about
cleaning the hands. It’s about cleans-

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 team” in December when the com-
pany learned about the coronavirus
ing the mind. It’s about zapping fear outbreak in China and that it is manu-
and anxiety before they get under the facturing Purell around the clock.
skin and seep into the brain. When
people are out there frantically bid- We heard all this about Gojo head-
ding $50 for a little bottle of something quarters but could not verify it with
that doesn’t work any better than the
bottle of Dial by your bathroom sink, A POLICE OFFICER IN PAKISTAN
it’s the idea of it that matters. DISPENSES HAND SANITIZER.

It’s medical, but it’s also mystical. our own eyes: Gojo Industries de-
Which way to the Holy Land? We clined to comment for this story, and
wanted to see the place where this they also declined our request to visit.
thing is brewed and bottled. We
wanted to be sanitized within 99.99 “As you may know, Hand Sanitiz-
percent of our lives. We wanted relief ers are over-the-counter drugs and
from the invisible, microscopic world are regulated by the FDA,” a member
that is screwing up ours. of Gojo’s public relations team wrote
So we set our sights on Akron, Ohio, in response. “The FDA does not allow
to the house Goldie and Jerry Lippman any manufacturers of hand sanitiz-
built. ers or soap to answer questions about
Here are some things we heard, the efficacy of these products against
from various news sources, about the coronavirus or any virus. . . . We are
Gojo headquarters in Akron:
We heard there is a“hand hygiene lab,”
with all kinds of faucets and all kinds of
sinks, used to conduct experiments in
the perfection of hand-washing.
We heard that Gojo has 2,500 em-
ployees, and all of them learn how to
properly wash their hands as part of
orientation, and then after that, all of
them walk around with little bottles of
sanitizer affixed to their belt loops.
We heard that Gojo Industries acti-
vated its “demand surge preparedness

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very sorry that we can’t accommodate is still saving lives against threaten-
your request.” ing diseases and protecting brave
medical professionals.”
This wasn’t about “efficacy,” we tried
to explain. We are not science jour- We wish we could tell you more
nalists. We just wanted to spend one about Hernandez, but we couldn’t
blessed afternoon in the Clean Place, corroborate the story. We couldn’t find
hunkering with cosmetic chemists a patent record. The medical histori-
and professional hand-washers – if not ans and nursing professors we con-
suspended in Purell, then at least sur- tacted had never heard of Hernandez.
rounded by it. We wanted to make the
fantasy real. Her name appeared in the 2018 edi-
tion of a nursing book; the author told
No dice. Gojo and Purell didn’t want us she thought she had read about
to do anything that could be even re- Hernandez in an issue of American
motely viewed as violating Food and Nurse Today. The nurse who men-
Drug Administration rules, and appar- tioned her in American Nurse Today
ently inviting us to the factory might thought she’d read about Hernandez in
be interpreted as crossing a line. a publication named Minority Nurse,
but when we searched all of the avail-
It turns out, the FDA had sent Gojo a able online editions, Hernandez wasn’t
letter in January warning them against mentioned in any of them.
commenting on specific diseases:
“FDA is currently not aware of any Most references to Hernandez ulti-
adequate and well-controlled studies mately seemed to lead back to a 2012
demonstrating that killing or decreas- Guardian article, which briefly men-
ing the number of bacteria or viruses tioned her with the qualifier “The sto-
on the skin by a certain magnitude pro- ry goes . . . ”
duces a corresponding clinical reduc-
tion in infection or disease caused by Laura Barton, the writer of that arti-
such bacteria or virus,” read the letter. cle, told us that she couldn’t remember
where she first learned of Hernandez;
Since then, several class-action she’s written hundreds of articles since
lawsuits have been filed against Gojo, then. Barton was trapped in Greece by
each accusing the company of mis- the virus when we emailed her, and
leading people about the power of her old reporting notebooks were back
Purell. home in England.

“If consumers believe defendant’s We asked Julie Fairman, director
claims,” read a recent filing, “they are emeritas of the Barbara Bates Center
less likely to engage in other precau- for the Study of the History of Nursing,
tionary and preventive behavior which who asked her colleagues.
actually will prevent transmission of
these diseases.” “They have heard the rumors,” she
says, “but that’s about it.”
Gojo chief executive Carey Jaros is-
sued a statement saying that the law- Fairman then suggested we could
suits were “without merit” and that the reach out to hospitals in Bakersfield
company stands “100 percent behind and see whether any of them had
the products.” any record of Lupe Hernandez train-
ing as a nurse, back in 1966. But even
What to believe? We are so vulner- as Fairman was suggesting that, the
able, all of us, so achingly vulnerable, city of Bakersfield was declaring a
in our fragile society in our fragile bod- local emergency in response to the
ies, and membranes between order coronavirus. It didn’t seem right to
and chaos and health and infection, pester hospitals, to ask busy staffers
have never appeared so thin. Creases to dig for records on a student who
become cracks become wounds. may have studied there half a centu-
ry ago. (Lupe, are you out there? Are
While we were trying to talk our your children? Contact us!)
way into the Clean Place, an alterna-
tive origin story was replicating in the Regardless of the facts, this is why
arteries of the Internet: The real in- we think the legend of Lupe went a
ventor of hand sanitizer wasn’t Gojo, little viral this week: because it is the
according to people on Twitter and story of how one woman – without
Reddit, or any other giant pharma- access to a pharmaceutical lab or a
ceutical firm. It was a young woman PhD in chemistry, without the guid-
named Lupe Hernandez. ance of government, diligently and
with a can-do American spirit – came
Hernandez, they said, was a nurs- up with a simple yet ingenious solu-
ing student from Bakersfield, Calif., tion.
who – all the way back in 1966 – got the
idea that disinfecting alcohol could be Her story might not be 99.99 per-
combined with gel to create water-free cent true, or even 0.9 percent true. But
and portable cleanliness. She patented believing it might confer a little bit
it, allegedly, and changed the world, of emotional protection against the
but never got any credit. darkness of this pandemic. She could
do it. You can do it. We can do it. It just
“It’s refreshing to see her get a bit takes a little bit of improvisation. A
of recognition, albeit late,” wrote the little bit of luck. A little bit of hope. If
website Remezcla on Wednesday.
“Over 50 years later, Lupe Hernandez only we could bottle that. 

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BY MILTON R. BENJAMIN cruise we had booked for mid-summer before the coronavirus began picking morgue – was finally allowed to make
For the better part of two decades, to Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier. them off day after day. land in Fort Lauderdale. Two days lat-
you could hardly keep me off cruise er, the Coral Princess put passengers
ships. There was something about ex- It’s not that we don’t want to see Even worse were the tales that fol- ashore in Miami along with two bodies.
ploring the world by sea that my wife those places, but the stories of the lowed of the many cruise ships – filled
and I found addictive. past six weeks have been – in a word with passengers, some sick, most well Can you imagine being trapped on one
We sailed above the Arctic Circle to – horrifying. – turned away by one fearful port af- of these ships, listening to your neigh-
Honningsvag, Europe’s northernmost ter another, leaving the ships with no bor in the next cabin with the wracking
city, and we sailed around Cape Horn, Bad enough the experience of pas- place to disembark passengers. cough, worrying about whether airborne
the southernmost headland of Chile’s sengers on the Diamond Princess, virus particles are being transmitted
Tierra del Fuego archipelago. locked up aboard a ship in the port Just this past week, Holland America’s through the ship’s HVAC system, fretting
In between, we crossed the Atlantic of Yokohama, many of them healthy Zaandam – with four passengers in its about the health of the crewmember
seven times, the Equator twice, tran- leaving a tray of food outside your cabin
sited the Panama Canal in each direc- door, fearing it’s only a matter of time be-
tion, used the ship as a base for multi- fore you become infected?
day visits to Russia, China, Japan and
Cuba, and got to know pretty near Most of all, wondering where – and
every port you can name in the Carib- whether – you are going to be allowed
bean or Mediterranean. to leave the ship?
Big ships or small, old ships or new,
smallish cabins or spacious suites, Well, we can imagine it. We have no
long cruises or short, if the ship had interest in becoming an update to the
wireless internet – as most do these legend of the Flying Dutchman, the
days – I always was ready to go. phantom ship doomed to roam the
But now, after 103 voyages on 56 oceans forever.
ships of 14 different lines, I think our
cruising days may be over. So after spending two years of the
While the cruise industry is bravely last 20 at sea, we are prepared to say:
pretending that everything will be Maybe we shouldn’t press our luck.
back to normal soon – with some lines
now projecting mid-May as the date Cruising is wonderful when every-
their ships will resume sailing 2020 thing goes right. It’s a great way to travel
itineraries – I would say: even when little things go wrong. But
1. Don’t count on it. faced with a pandemic, cruise lines al-
2. If they do go, we won’t be with lowed a lot of big things to go very, very
them. wrong for many passengers.
We’re for sure not going on the cruise
we had planned for late spring that was We suspect even enthusiastic cruisers
to take us to a couple of ports in Ice- – like us – will not get beyond that for a
land. And we’ve already cancelled the
long, long time. 

Benjamin, publisher of this newspa-
per, has sailed (not in order of preference)
on the ships of Azamara, Carnival, Ce-
lebrity, Costa, Crystal, Cunard, Holland
America, MSC, NCL, Oceania, Princess,
Regent, Royal Caribbean, and Seabourn.

During the coronavirus crisis, our Pelican Plaza off ice is closed to visitors. We appreciate your understanding.

The shoulder has the greatest range of motion and is the  B Swaps the natural locations of the ball and socket a very thin needle and then sends it to a laboratory to
most mobile joint of the human body. Let’s see what else of the shoulder joint look for uric acid crystal under a microscope, is the
you’ve retained from our recent shoulder pain series.  C Places the metal ball implant in the shoulder best way to confirm the diagnosis of gout in the shoulder.
blade and the socket into the top of the arm bone  True  False
POP QUIZ  D All of above
6. Since the shoulder socket is shallow: (Pick ONE) ANSWERS
1. The shoulder joint is one of only two ball-and-socket  A The ball has tremendous freedom of movement
joints in the body.  B It allows greater range of motion and flexibility 1. True. The other ball and socket joint is the hip. Shoulder
 True  False than any other joint Pain, Part I. 11/07/19
2. Shoulder injuries most commonly occur as a result of  C It’s easy for the ball to slide partially or completely 2. True. Shoulder Pain, Part I. 11/07/19
sports activities, work-related endeavors, tasks around out of the socket 3. False. Shoulder dislocations can be partial or complete.
the house or falls.  D All of above Shoulder Pain, Part II. 11/14/19
 True  False 4. C. Shoulder Pain, Part III. 11/21/19
3. Shoulder dislocations are always complete, meaning 7. Symptoms of shoulder instability include: 5. D. Shoulder Pain, Part V. 12/05/19
the ball of the upper arm bone comes all the way out n Pain 6. D. Shoulder Pain, Part VI. 1/23/20
of the socket. n A feeling your shoulder will “give way” 7. False. Upset stomach is not a symptom of shoulder
 True  False n Recurring dislocations instability. Shoulder Pain, Part VII. 1/30/20
4. The most common cause for shoulder pain is: (Pick ONE) n Upset stomach 8. True. Shoulder Pain, Part VIX. 2/13/20
 A Arthritis  True  False 9. False. Psoriatic arthritis is a cause of shoulder pain, but
 B A fracture of one of the three bones in the 8. The two most common types of arthritis found in the it is not a type of post-traumatic arthritis. Shoulder
shoulder shoulder are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Pain, Part XIII. 3/12/20
 C Injury to the rotator cuff  True  False 10. True. Shoulder Pain, Part XVI. 4/02/20
 D None of the above 9. Post-traumatic arthritis is caused by the wearing out
5. Reverse shoulder joint replacement surgery: (Pick ONE) of the shoulder joint from an injury from a fall, sports, SCORING Teacher’s pet!
 A May be advised for patients who have serious vehicle accident, other physical trauma and/or a history Awesome
shoulder arthritis and a rotator cuff tear than of psoriasis. A+ (10 correct) Fantastic
cannot be repaired or reattached  True  False A (9 correct) Good job!
10. Joint aspiration (arthrocentesis), in which the doctor B (8 correct) Keep learning
removes a sample of shoulder joint synovial fluid using C (5-7 correct) Keep on keepin’ on
D (3-4 correct)
Under 3 correct

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Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’
home Ainola.

LIVES OF HOUSES The former home of the poet W.H. Auden in Austria.

EDITED BY KATE KENNEDY AND HERMIONE LEE

PRINCETON. 304 PP. $24.95
REVIEW BY MICHAEL DIRDA, THE WASHINGTON POST

For much of the country, sheltering in place over the brothers were about to fight as each slipped lower in his mansion suddenly seemed almost homey.
past three weeks has been a wearisome but essential civ- chair better to be able to kick the other.” To introduce the sorrowful life of World War I poet
ic duty. We don’t want to get sick ourselves, and we don’t
want to bring any sickness to others. So we stay home. It’s In another fine piece the award-winning novelist Al- and composer Ivor Gurney, Kate Kennedy writes,
the right thing to do. exander Masters learns how people become “unhoused” “There are websites, if you know where to look, full of
by talking with the homeless at the Matthew 25 Mission. images compiled by anonymous people with a passion
But where or what is home? According to one old say- (Mathew 25 contains the verse, “Whatever you did for for breaking into derelict asylums and taking photo-
ing, home is where the heart is, and, according to the the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did graphs, the creepier the better.” Gurney was certified
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer song, it’s anywhere we for me.”) Elleke Boehmer, professor of world literature in insane in 1922 and passed the rest of his life in mental
hang our hats. A much less elegant truism can be traced English at Oxford, addresses the trauma of cultural and hospitals, dying in 1937. Deeply attached to his native
back to hokey versifier Edgar A. Guest: “It takes a heap o’ personal displacement through the example of African Gloucestershire, he never saw its countryside again ex-
livin’ in a house t’ make it home.” writer Dambudzo Marechera, whose short story collec- cept as familiar, heartbreaking place-names on an Or-
tion,“The House of Hunger,” won the 1979 Guardian First dinance Survey map.
Having done heaps and heaps of living in Casa Dirda Fiction Prize. Marechera wrote much of the book while
this March, how could I resist “Lives of Houses,” a re- living in a tent in a meadow near Oxford, from which he Two of my favorite essays, by Seamus Perry and
cently published collection of essays derived from a 2017 had been expelled for violent and asocial behavior. Sandra Mayer respectively, offer guided tours of W.H.
conference held at the Oxford Center for Life-Writing? Auden’s apartment at 77 St. Mark’s Place in New York,
Edited by the biographers Kate Kennedy and Hermione An expert on Benjamin Britten, Lucy Walker notes that where the poet lived between 1954 and 1972, and his
Lee, the wide-ranging volume investigates the residences this world-famous composer viewed himself as a region- late-in-life Kirchstetten house in Austria. Auden fa-
of “writers, politicians, composers, collectors, artists, “ in alist, intending his music primarily for the people of his mously united minimum attention to his living condi-
short, “men and women who have shaped and recorded hometown of Aldeburgh. Laura Marcus – Goldsmith’s tions with maximum regard for routine and order. He
the history of their houses through their own work.” Professor of English at Oxford – reminds us that H.G. wore the same suit day after day, padded around Man-
Wells’ mother worked as a housekeeper at Uppark, where hattan in carpet slippers and utilized his kitchen sink as
The book’s contributors are as distinguished as its two underground service tunnels connected the kitchens and a toilet. Composer Igor Stravinsky called him “the dirti-
editors and include novelist Julian Barnes writing about the main house. Years later, when her son came to write est man I have ever liked.” Relying on literary journal-
the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ home Ainola; his- “The Time Machine,” his Morlocks dwell in subterranean ism to pay his bills, Auden toiled at his desk every day
torian David Cannadine on Chartwell, where Winston darkness and feed on the effete Eloi of the surface world. from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m. or 5 p.m., then enjoyed a mas-
Churchill lived; Yeats biographer Roy Foster describing sive cocktail or two, sat down to a well prepared dinner
the poet’s richly symbolic but clammy and inhospitable Edith Wharton, notes Hermione Lee, once compared promptly at 6 and toddled off to bed as early as 9:00,
tower retreat Thoor Ballylee; and Jenny Uglow on Edward a woman’s nature to “a great house full of rooms,” where sometimes shooing guests out the door. In Austria, the
Lear’s Villa Emily in San Remo. most people only see the public reception areas, while poet acquired a yellow Volkswagen, eventually used as
“in the innermost room, the soul sits alone and waits for the getaway car in a series of robberies committed by a
A few of the best essays, however, aren’t about famous a footstep that never comes.” Many footsteps, though, longtime lover.
people. Margaret MacMillan – former warden of St. Anto- have trod the winding stairs and passageways of Sir John
ny’s College, Oxford – re-creates the warmth and security Soanes’ London home, which the neoclassical architect Let me close with one final tidbit: Did you know that
of her Toronto childhood in “My Mother’s House”: stuffed with paintings, sculpture and every kind of bric- Disraeli, Churchill, Sibelius and Yeats all burdened
a-brac. In tracing the private museum’s 200-year history, themselves for years with stomach-churning debt to
“In the winters (was there always snow and ice in those Soanes’ biographer Gillian Darley quotes from its current purchase and maintain their dream houses? Recent
days?) we came into the kitchen in skates, just off the rink deputy director, Helen Dorey, who happens to be a friend home buyers in Washington will doubtless chime in,
that our neighbour across the back fence made every of mine. At that moment this imposing and labyrinthine “Been there, done that.” 
year. She never minded. We argued, talked about the day,
and watched for the warning signs that my two youngest

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NORTH

NATURAL BIDS MAY BACKFIRE UNFORESEEN 10 8 5 4 3 2

By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist A854

Dan Quayle said, “We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.” —

At the bridge table, unforeseen events happen. Look at the North hand in the diagram. Your Q62
partner opens two clubs, and the next player overcalls two diamonds. What would you do?
WEST EAST
Despite the anticipation that, because of the prevailing vulnerability, East will not carry the J9
auction to a high level, it looks like a good opportunity to bid two spades. How bad can it be — 76
to get your six-card suit into the auction? Q J 10 8 7 6
AJ754 Q J 10 9 6 3
Well, on this deal from Bridge Base Online, it resulted in North’s ending in six spades. At
three tables, the clever East led the heart queen. West ruffed and cashed the club ace. 952

At two other tables, North made the slam after a diamond lead by reading the distribution 98
perfectly. Do you see how?
SOUTH
Some Norths passed to let partner describe his hand. When South rebid two no-trump,
North transferred into spades, then control-bid four diamonds. This resulted in six spades by AKQ
South at three tables. Each West led the club ace, giving declarer an easy ride.
K72
After a diamond lead, however, declarer must endplay West in clubs. Declarer discards
a heart and wins with the diamond ace. He draws trumps, throws another heart on the AK43
diamond king, ruffs a diamond, cashes the heart ace, crosses to the heart king and ruffs the
last diamond. Then he plays a club to his king. West wins with the ace and is endplayed. If K 10 3
he returns a low club, declarer runs it to the 10. Or, if West leads a diamond, it concedes a
ruff-and-sluff. Dealer: South; Vulnerable: East-West

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ACROSS DOWN
1 Exhaled audibly (6) 2 Lying on one’s back (6)
4 Grassy plain (6) 2 Currant biscuit (9)
9 Hooded garment (5) 3 Artfully dodge (5)
10 Foolish (7) 5 Set in motion (7)
11 Loud noise (3) 6 Coalmine (3)
12 Illustrious (5) 7 Armed guard (6)
13 Thin and bony (7) 8 Salad dressing (11)
15 Science fiction hero (5,6) 14 Hurry up (4,5)
19 Prickly plant (7) 16 Supremely evil (7)
20 Fertile patch in a desert (5) 17 Thoroughfare (6)
21 Viscid substance (3) 18 Evaluate (6)
22 No longer existing (7) 20 Command (5)
24 Male duck (5) 23 Beverage; meal (3)
25 Hypnotic state (6)
26 Burial places (6)

The Telegraph

How to do Sudoku:

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

The Telegraph

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ACROSS 88 Seems to be freaking out in 42 Captain or coach The Washington Post
46 Benigni and Rossellini
1 Heavenly utensil Jerusalem? 47 Stable period, WHAT’S YOUR NATIONALITY? By Merl Reagle
7 Big-eyed nestling
12 Post’s Honey 95 Morning staples on a graph
48 “Home on ___”
Bunches ___ 98 Tummy muscles, briefly 49 Communist-hunting panel, ca.
18 Out marauding
20 Caribbean stop for 99 Get dry, doggie-style 1950
50 Everyone, in a way
late-filing travelers? 100 Belgian river 51 Gilpin of Frasier
23 A sense of guilt 52 Precise
24 Handy item for those hot 101 Letter limbo: abbr. 53 Light-lunch eatery
54 Start of a Brooklyn novel
rice-paddy visits? 102 Some USMC personnel 55 Like Pinocchio, beforehand
25 Multi-faced 1957 character 56 Monopoly watchdog: abbr.
26 Opposite of dextro- 103 With -bolic, a type of 57 Annul, as a writ
28 RV fillers? 59 With 16 Down,
29 Unit of force steroid
30 Angle prelude condescending
31 Allen and Ferrer 104 Roofer’s hangover? 61 Beatles tune, “___ Leaving
33 Frogspit, e.g.
35 The old soft shoe, 107 Mother ___ I Home”
64 Some ladies of Spain
for short 108 Slow-moving European 65 Final notice?
36 Ufa uh-uh 66 Protuberance
37 Most popular cartoon game? (could be the shoes) 67 Michel’s shout
72 City with a famous opera
show in the Middle East? 112 Florida pie
43 “___ I miss my house
114 Slow-moving Middle East 75 Circus critter
guess ...” 76 “How ___ to know?”
44 Chantilly’s river game? 77 In My Own Fashion guy
45 Tombstone lawman 78 Soared
48 Martin and Lewis, once (could be the sand) 80 QB VII author
49 School interiors 81 Blood pressure-raising
51 Prison present 115 Gone With the Wind
53 With 75 Across, substance
composer Max 84 Three Mile Island nuke
most-often-heard remark
by honeymooners in 116 Saturate again builder,
Scandinavia? ___ & Wilcox
57 Abbr. after a proof 117 Golden Boy penner 85 Actress Hagen
58 Sir Arnold the composer 86 Athletic-shoe giant
59 Cad 118 Your server takes them 87 Athletic shoes, for short
60 Unqualified 89 Basket fiber
61 “No problem!” DOWN 90 ___ in the grass
62 Greek letter 91 Alpine abode
63 Galley prop 1 Slangy money 92 “Vengeance ___”
64 Relaxing spot for travelers to 2 “Well ___!” 93 Pipe cleaner
North Africa? 3 Actress Anderson 94 Laundromat sights
68 Camping, picnicking, 4 In favor of 95 Whirlpool
etc., on signs 5 James Jones, 96 Applier of Elmer’s
69 Author Levin 97 “Honey, you’ve ___ all wrong!”
70 In the sack at heart? 102 867-5309, e.g.: abbr.
71 Tipper and Al 6 Get up 103 Start of a kid’s recitation
72 ERA or RBI 7 Surprised exclamations 105 Pocket power
73 Serious poundage 8 Wisconsin 106 Ogling one
74 It’s rolled in Reno 109 These, to Thérèse
75 See 53 Across insurance city 110 Hubby of 11 Down
79 Frozen dessert 9 Support over a door 111 Mil. ranks
81 “___-porridge hot ...” 10 Caesar says it 113 Steam trapper
82 Some legal degrees: abbr. 11 Certain lady of Spain
83 Nothing more than 12 “You’re the
84 Victoria’s Secret stock
85 Like a gray eminence ___ for me”
13 Belgian composer César
14 Bassoon’s cousin
15 Pilot’s concern: abbr.
16 See 59 Down
17 Frighten
19 William of

Marathon Man
21 Hit-___ (random)
22 Grow back together
27 Early auto man
32 Sty cry
34 Auth. of Mrs. Warren’s

Profession
36 Close to
38 “Love comes

___ the eye ...”
39 Beggar’s plea
40 Hang laxly
41 Crafty

The Telegraph





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Her fiance is pressuring her to change her name

BY CAROLYN HAX dishonesty. Right now he’s a no-go – as in, no-marry.
Washington Post There’s no happiness in a marriage to someone who
doesn’t trust you or take you at your word – because
Dear Carolyn: My fiance and I it’s never just about this one thing you’re fighting
about.
have been butting heads regarding
Dear Carolyn: A good friend of mine is going
changing my last name. I have the through a really hard time, and I see that his hus-
band is getting burned out on playing the caretaker/
typical arguments for not wanting firefighter role. I’d like to offer some sort of help to
the husband, but we are not nearly as close, and I’m
to change it, for my career, but it is afraid my friend might see this as a sort of betrayal (I
won’t go into specifics).
complicated by the fact I work for
How can I do this? I’m afraid of what might happen
a large multinational organization and have spent to my friend if he loses his main support system.

close to a decade building my career in this organiza- – Supporting

tion under this name. I am also the last in my family Supporting: Figure out ways to help that would
also take some weight off the husband; say, taking
to have my maiden name, and we believe it will die off your friend on a day trip. Make the offer to your
friend directly.
with me.
If your friend refuses, then you can say OK, an-
My fiance does not sympathize and believes it is be- other time – and then, next time Husband’s name
comes up in conversation, mention that you won-
cause I don’t want to go through the hassle of going to der how Husband is doing … does he ever need
help?
court, changing all my documents, etc., and he argues
I think there’s an important distinction between
that if society forced the male to change their name, he seeking someone out to say something and taking
advantage of a natural opening to say something.
would do it, no questions asked.
We need a meddling scale that codifies degrees
He acknowledges that short of putting a gun to my of intrusion. 

head, he can’t actually make me do anything, but he is It’s even more disheartening that he treats you as
disingenuous – you gave your reasons! He has decid-
quite upset we will not “look like a family” on paper. I ed you’re not telling the truth. Wow.

am unsure of what else to tell him. Help? If he doesn’t think you’re honest, then why is he
marrying you? And if he doesn’t think you’re honest,
– Name then why are you marrying him?

Name: “[I]f society forced the male to change their His problem-solving skills aren’t so hot either: His
name”? Wha? taking your name would make you “look like a fam-
ily” as surely as your taking his would.
“Society” isn’t forcing you to do it, either. And it’s
disheartening that he’s OK with your paying a signifi- Whatever you decide about the name is your busi-
cant personal price to feed an “on paper” standard ness, but please don’t budge on his accusations of
that is decades past being standard anyway.

ONLINE WITH THE SHOW!
CULTURAL VERO PIVOTS TO WEB

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Online with the show! Cultural Vero pivots to web

BY MARY SCHENKEL
Staff Writer

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ballet Vero Beach dancers in rehearsal for rehearse things so long before the pro- Katherine Eppink and Anders Southerland
members of Vero’s arts and cultural Ariel Grossman's "Rust." duction, we always make sure we film rehearse for Adam Schnell's "Ballade."
community are using the creativity a run-through in the studio. So that
they are known for to connect with the Clarity of Vision, their season fina- very quickly became our Plan C.” Whatever form the film takes, a link
public virtually – taking the show not le, had been scheduled to take place to it, for viewing on your computer,
on the road, but onto the World Wide April 17 and 18 at the Vero Beach High “So we can put together a behind- will be emailed to ‘ticketholders’ at
Web. School Performing Arts Center, featur- the-scenes documentary of as many 7:30 p.m. April 18, and will remain on-
ing a world premier by choreographer of the pieces that were supposed to be line through April 25. People can pur-
Early March was a bewildering time Ariel Grossman, as well as pieces cre- performed as possible. That requires chase a virtual ‘ticket,’ or ‘tickets’ from
for the arts and cultural organiza- ated by Schnell and by Ballet Master no human contact whatsoever; he and their ticketing site; choosing from any
tions. They were at the height of their Camillo Rodriguez and the contempo- I can work over the Internet,” Schnell of the ‘seats’ which, explains Schnell,
season, with planned theatrical and rary ballet company, konverjdans. explains. “is really just a fancy way to say any
ballet performances, and a wide as- price that they want.”
sortment of art exhibitions and shows. “But I just had that nagging voice in “Plan B, which at this point we still
As late as March 6 the administration the back of my head, saying, ‘You bet- may execute, is getting at least some Additionally, Ballet Vero Beach reg-
was saying the virus was contained, so ter come up with a Plan B, C, D, E and of the cast members together and go- ularly provides free performance tick-
the mandate one week later to cancel F,’” says Schnell. “Because you just ing into a theater and filming it as if ets to 16 local nonprofits. Schnell says
large gatherings was as unexpected as never know.” it was from the audience perspective he has already notified them to expect
it was understandable. from the best seat in the house. That the link, which they can share with
Given the uncertainty of the situa- way it still feels like a performance, but their participants.
Fortunately, though, many local arts tion, they spent about a week discuss- the cast is so small and our technical
organizations have found innovative ing their options and realized that for team is so small, it would still be under He is also sending information to
ways to keep the arts afloat by present- at least half of the pieces scheduled 10 people in the theater. We wouldn’t the principals and teachers of the
ing virtual entertainment to residents for the program, they already had re- have an audience so it’s all within cur- schools that would have been attend-
as they hunker down to stay safe. hearsal footage of the complete bal- rent guidelines.” ing their free student matinees – they
lets. had expected upwards of 600 fourth-
BALLET VERO BEACH PRESENTS But with schools shut down, the graders – asking them to forward the
“CLARITY OF VISION: THE FILM” Schnell says that their technical di- overriding issue there is getting ac- link to students.
rector, Lance Glenn, has always filmed cess to the VBHS Performing Arts Cen-
“We were down in Miami rehearsing short documentaries during rehears- ter. Another option may be to film the “The Clarity of Vision: The Film”
for what was to be our Windsor pro- als, which are traditionally played at dancers performing the program in a presentation will highlight Adam
gram and also our collaboration with the beginning of each show. nice studio rather than onstage. In the Schnell’s Ballade and the world pre-
Atlantic Classical Orchestra (sched- meantime, they have storyboarded a miere of Rust by Ariel Grossman.
uled for March 26 and April 5, respec- “He’s a phenomenal documentary template that either film version could
tively). That was the Friday when ev- filmmaker,” says Schnell. “Because we be dropped into. Purchase a pay-what-you-like vir-
erything went south really fast, when tual ticket and a link to the film will be
everything shut down,” recalls Adam “The experience is still going to be emailed to you at 7:30 p.m., April 18.
Schnell, Ballet Vero Beach artistic di- similar and we’re trying to make it as Tickets, $10 to $75, are available at bal-
rector/CEO. rich with extra content and interviews letverobeach.org. They hope to update
as possible. But the thing that I want to the ticket brokering site to offer on-sale
“We didn’t know what to do and I make sure is that whatever we do, that dates from April 18-25.
said, ‘OK, let’s take a breath.’ Clearly it is still of an artistic quality that Bal-
Windsor and the Atlantic Classical let Vero Beach can be proud of,” says If people have trouble buying tickets
Orchestra collaboration were going to Schnell. or have questions, they can call 772-
have to be postponed; possibly even 905-2651.
till next season. But at that point there “And working with Lance in this
was still a shot that it would be fine by way, I know it’s going to be great. It will VERO BEACH MUSEUM
mid-April,” says Schnell. offer people who are interested in us, OF ART: MUSEUM EXTRAS
a sort of behind-the-scenes inside look
that they wouldn’t get normally, and To comply with CDC recommenda-
a glimpse of what the program would tions, the Vero Beach Museum of Art
have been.” closed its doors effective March 14 and
created a COVID-19 task force, consist-
ing of staff from a variety of divisions,
to begin planning their options going

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she explains. “We’ve been creating a on Facebook and Instagram.
variety of memes that we’ve shared “I think that this is something that’s
on social media that are entertaining,
as well as some tableaux on our Insta- very interesting,” says Bentham-
gram and Facebook accounts, both of Wood. “We developed this as a mu-
which people can follow. We’re also seum experience for this crisis, but I
encouraging people to share their mo- think longer term it will open new av-
ments during this time as well and use enues to us to be able to think about
the hashtag, #Museum Extras.” how people can enjoy and engage with
us at the museum. It is something
Because Museum Extras content that we hadn’t necessarily explored as
will be updated on a weekly basis, much before.”
they encourage people to check back
in on a regular weekly basis to see The Museum Extras site is accessible
what’s new. People can also sign up to members and nonmembers alike.
to receive E-News notifications of Visit vbmuseum.org for more informa-
updates or they can learn about them tion. 

THE LAUGHING DOG GALLERY | CELEBRATING

Museum Extras page from Vero Beach Museum of Art's website.

forward, says Sophie Bentham-Wood, ferent areas, and those 10 areas are ex- MORE THAN EVER
VBMA director of marketing and com- actly what she will go through, so that
munications. people can view the exhibit with her Proudly celebrating 20 years of
through a curatorial eye.” American craft and our commitment to
Among the issues to consider was
how the temporary closure would af- Flick Picks, says Bentham-Wood, American-made products.
fect the museum as an institution and is designed “for those of us who love
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us to consider. Finding ways that we Diane Thelen, VBMA film studies
could creatively bring the arts to our coordinator, will be recommending a
members and the community was one series of films each week that are re-
of the highest priorities for us, as well lated to an artist or a period that cor-
as, obviously, the safety of our staff,” relate to the museum’s collections.
says Bentham-Wood. Bentham-Wood notes that while some
films will be available for viewing on
Adhering to CDC guidelines, staff their site, unfortunately, people will
is primarily working remotely, with a have to do their own searching to ac-
skeleton team in the building for secu- cess some of the others.
rity measures.
Museum Stories is meant to rep-
The task force conducted multiple licate the activities they generally
webinars with other institutions in the provide to their youngest audience,
industry, before designing and devel- Wednesdays in the Art Zone.
oping Museum Extras, which became
accessible on their website March 30. “For our babies and toddlers we have
a museum stories program, so this is
The objective, Bentham-Wood says, now being virtually created for this
is “to give value to our members, pa- particular audience,” Bentham-Wood
trons and art visitors to stay connected explains. “We’re going to present a
with us while we’re under this time of creative lesson plan, with suggestions
disconnection.” of books and music and artmaking for
babies and toddlers.”
Museum Extras is comprised of five
categories, each with a curated sched- Art Tutorials will offer short tuto-
ule of contents that will be updated on rials presented by the museum’s art
a weekly basis. school faculty.

Anke’s Art Minute is named for the “On a weekly basis, we’re going to be
museum’s new senior curator, Anke providing a little inspiration for people
Van Wagenberg. to sort of spark off their creativity, by
providing a short art making tutorial
“She is going to be providing a series from one of our museum faculty in-
of weekly one-to two-minute videos structors,” says Bentham-Wood.
highlighting works from our perma-
nent collection, and other unique in- Museum Fun will be focused on a
sights, as well as pieces from the Hom- collection of fun social media activi-
er to Hopper Exhibition, which would ties.
normally have been on view for every-
body to enjoy,” says Bentham-Wood. “The majority are going to be muse-
um-related photos from social media,”
“The exhibition was split into 10 dif-

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COMING UP! Feel right at home with virtual smorgasbord

BY PAM HARBAUGH with Ben Forster as Jesus Christ, Tim
Correspondent Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Melanie C
as Mary Magdalene, and Chris Moyles
Get out of those pajamas and get dressed. as King Herrod. You can view it for
You’re going out, for heaven’s sake. Via free on the channel called “The Shows
the Internet, that is. Nevertheless, it Must Go On!” on YouTube.com.
should be a comfy outing, complete with
footrests, tables for your libations and 4 The Actors Theatre of Louisville
maybe a bowl of popcorn. Here’s what’s has postponed its 44th annual
up for this week’s entertainment:
Humana Festival of New American

Plays. This is a major event in the south-

1 The Vero Beach Museum of Art east, drawing audiences and people in
may be closed for actual in-per-
the industry to Louisville to experi-

son visits, but its website is filled with ence some new voices in the Ameri-

smart, educational, enlightening and can theater. Arguably, this is where

entertaining content. Film Studies 1 One of the films available through the VBMA website. celebrated playwright Lucas Hnath got

coordinator Diane Thelen is curating his first firm footing. Because the fes-

some most artful and eye-opening tival was postponed, ATL has created

films which speak to museum exhib- to create at home. There is much more, with serious and artful intent. In the Actors Theatre Direct, which streams
so be sure to familiarize yourself with meantime, whet your appetite by vis-
its. New art films will be announced this. You’ll enter into a fresh space, no iting the website and taking its video shows from the Humana. This is a
doubt. Visit VBMuseum.org. tour as well as view work by acclaimed
each Tuesday. You will be enchanted artist Mary Garrish, who paints such pay-per-view streaming of two shows:
evocative landscapes and florals; and
by these films. One already shone, “El- works by Kyle Stuckey, who paints Jeff Augustin’s “Where the Mountain
beautiful figurative and landscape
oquent Nude: The Love and Legacy of paintings inspired by his world travels Meets the Sea” is a play with music
as well as still lifes. J.M. Stringer Gal-
Edward Weston and Charis Wilson,” 2 Art lovers can discover the won- lery is at 3465 Ocean Dr., Vero Beach. and concerns a Haitian immigrant
derful J.M. Stringer Gallery as Call 772-231-3900 or visit JMStringer-
is smart and sophisticated and defi- Gallery.com. and his American born son; Vivian

nitely high art. Viewers can then share well via online video tours. Then, when Barnes, Jonathan Norton and Gab Re-

their impressions on social media. On all this madness is in the rearview mir- isman’s “Are You There?” explores how

Fridays the VBMA website launches ror, you can actually go in person and technology has changed how we com-

new art tutorials designed for anyone experience this Vero Beach gallery, run municate with each other. Given our

current situation and how one is now

viewing this play, the word “ironic”

might come to mind. Tickets for each

You can get your fill of the perform- show cost $15. Visit ActorsTheatre.org.
ing arts by a number of world-class
theaters that are streaming videos of 5 Vero Beach’s Youth Guidance
past performances. In addition to the Mentoring Academy has a good
websites shared last week, here are
some additions: deal of videos and more designed to

delight children and educate them

as well. They have Virtual Field Trips

3 Famed composer Andrew Lloyd with links to a trip to Mars via the
Webber has arranged with Uni-
Rover Curiosity. There are also read-

versal to present “The Shows Must Go ings of children’s books and virtual

On.” A different Webber musical will mentoring programs 5:30 p.m. to

be streamed every Friday and remain 7:30 p.m. Mondays through Thurs-

up for 48 hours, making it convenient days. To get more information, visit

for viewers to watch it as often as they YouthGuidanceProgram.org and

want over the weekend. This week- then click onto their Facebook or In-

end’s show is “Jesus Christ Superstar” stagram links. 

HOLY ‘MOSES’! HIGH-TECH LASER
BUSTS UP KIDNEY STONES

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HEALTH

Holy ‘MOSES’! High-tech laser busts up kidney stones

BY TOM LLOYD
Staff Writer

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hos- Dr. Marc Rose. “push the stone away” forcing the op- for the acquisition of this MOSES laser
pital urologist Dr. Marc Rose just had erator to “chase it” through the ureter to Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hos-
an ‘up-close-and-personal’ experi- PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE tube; a spaghetti-thin passageway in pital OR Director Patty Lees and Chief
ence with MOSES. which many stones get caught or stuck. Operating Officer Ralph Turner.
lost time from work because of those
Or, more specifically, the MOSES stones – now costs the U.S. economy The reason it is called this MOSES, It was, says Rose, “a team effort”
holmium lithotripsy laser: a new, more than $5.3 billion each year. according to Rose, is a reference to the to bring this advanced technology to
high-tech tool for safely and quickly Biblical story of the parting the Red Sea. Vero Beach.
removing painful kidney stones. In But how, exactly, did a Biblical icon
this case, it was used to remove Rose’s like “MOSES” get associated with kid- This laser has two pulses. The first He also singles out fellow urologist,
own kidney stone. ney stones? one pushes the irrigation fluid or sa- Dr. R. Carrington Mason, who per-
line and urine in front of the stone formed the MOSES procedure.
According to the Urology Care “In urology,” Rose explains, “using away, allowing the second pulse to hit
Foundation, “more than 1 million lasers for stones has been going on and break up the stone into minute And, despite Rose’s vast experience,
Americans will get a kidney stone this since about 30 years ago, but the la- pieces that can then be collected with he says he learned something from
year alone [and] the number of people sers that were originally used were not a tiny scoop. Often it breaks the stone his personal experience with kidney
in the U.S. getting stones is rising.” very good. They didn’t work very well into such small pieces that they can stones: “I thought I was sympathetic
Statistically, Rose is just one more or accomplish what you wanted, but pass through the system on their own to my patients who had stones before.
such patient. as time has gone on [new laser tech- without causing any pain. Now I know I really am.”
nology] has gotten better and better.
Kidney stones, according to the Equally to the point, Rose contin- The National Institutes of Health
Mayo Clinic, “form when your urine “What’s great about the [new] MO- ues, “it’s much more efficient and the says the MOSES technology has been
contains more crystal-forming sub- SES laser,” Rose says, is that unlike operating time and the time under shown to decrease the procedure time
stances – such as calcium, oxalate and earlier lasers, the energy pulse doesn’t, anesthesia goes down significantly. for kidney stone removal by about 35
uric acid – than the fluid in your urine And, what we’re really happy about, is percent when compared to older lasers
can dilute. At the same time, your that we are one of the very few hospi- and that, along with a comparably low-
urine may lack substances that pre- tals in Florida” to have this laser. er need for anesthesia, lowers the cost
vent crystals from sticking together, while delivering superior results.
creating an ideal environment for kid- That, according to Rose, is especial-
ney stones to form.” ly important in that “Florida, Georgia In fact, Urology Today calls these
and the deep south are considered the new MOSES lasers today's “gold stan-
And form they did in Rose. kidney stone belt. There seem to be dard” for removing kidney stones.
“Yes,” Rose deadpans, “I recently more stones in this area and the rea-
had my first kidney stone and I en- son is probably the heat and that peo- Dr. Marc Rose is a urologist with the
joyed every minute of it, of course,” ple don’t drink enough water. The No. Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital.
though he quickly adds, with a wry 1 reason people get stones is they’re His office is at 3450 11th Court, Suite
smile, “my wife said I very crabby, not hydrating adequately.” 303 in Vero Beach. The phone num-
which I find impossible to believe.” ber is 772-567-3003. Dr. Rose has been
In the 1980s about 3 in every 100 Pausing briefly, the now-kidney- named one of Indian River County’s
people got a kidney stone sometime in stone-free Rose, a dyed-in-the-wool Top Doctors by Castle Connolly Medi-
their life, but by 2010 that number had Ohio State Buckeye fan, gives credit cal Ltd. 
tripled to 9 in every 100 and has only
continued to increase over the past
decade.
If you’re the sort who wants to ‘fol-
low the money,’ rather than the num-
bers, the 2 million healthcare provider
visits and over 600,000 ER visits re-
lated to kidney stones – as well as the

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HEALTHY SENIOR

Trouble swallowing can be sign of a serious condition

BY FRED CICETTI Occasional dysphagia can be pre- measure muscle contractions of the for the severe cases.
vented by chewing thoroughly and esophagus; video fluoroscopy and ul- Some people are taught a differ-
Columnist slowing down when you eat. Treating trasound, two forms of imaging that
GERD can reduce swallowing prob- record patients swallowing. ent way to eat. For example, they may
Question: I’ve been having some dif- lems caused by the narrowing of the have to eat with their head turned to
ficulty swallowing food for the past few esophagus. Treatments include exercises to one side.
weeks. Is this something to worry about or help coordinate swallowing muscles
is it just another one of those age things? There are a variety of tests for dys- or stimulate nerves responsible for Preparing food differently may help
phagia. They include: an X-ray of a the swallowing reflex; expanding the others. People with problems swal-
You shouldn’t worry about occasional barium-coated esophagus; direct esophagus with an endoscope and lowing liquids may need thickeners for
difficulty swallowing. But persistent examination of the esophagus with balloon attachment; surgery to re- their drinks.
swallowing problems can be a symptom an endoscope, a lighted instrument; move tumors; drugs to reduce stom-
of a serious condition – so it is something a test with a pressure recorder to ach acid; liquid diets or feeding tubes Avoiding some foods – such as very
to be concerned about. I’d get it checked hot or very cold foods – can help some
out by a physician as soon as possible. dysphagia victims. 

And, yes, difficulty swallowing –
called “dysphagia” – is one of those age
things … yet again.

As we get older, the esophagus, which
is the tube that connects your throat to
your stomach, loses its ability to move
food downward. So, while difficulty
swallowing can happen to anyone, it is
most common in older adults.

Swallowing is a three-step process
that involves dozens of muscles and
nerves to work properly.

Step 1: The tongue gathers the food in
your mouth.

Step 2: The tongue pushes the food
to the back of the mouth. A swallow-
ing reflex moves the food through the
pharynx, a canal linking the mouth and
esophagus.

Step 3: The food enters the esophagus.
It then takes the esophagus about three
seconds for the food to be pushed into
the stomach.

There are a variety of causes for dys-
phagia. Probably the most common
causes for occasional problems are
chewing improperly or gobbling food.
Here are others:

• The muscle at the base of the esopha-
gus doesn’t let food enter your stomach.

• Narrowing of the esophagus.
• Tumors in the esophagus.
• Food or foreign objects stuck in your
throat.
• Stomach acid backing up causing the
esophagus to spasm or form scar tissue
that narrows this canal. This condition
is known as gastroesophageal reflux dis-
ease (GERD).
• The formation of a small pouch
that collects food particles in your
throat. This happens more often in
older people.
• Weakened throat muscles caused by
disease, stroke or spinal-cord injury.
• Improperly coordinated contrac-
tions of the esophagus.
Dysphagia can impede nutrition
and hydration. And, if food or drinks
get into your windpipe when you’re
trying to swallow, you can suffer
from respiratory problems, including
pneumonia.

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HEALTH

ODDS ARE YOU CAN WALK YOUR WAY TO A LONGER LIFE

BY LINDA SEARING
The Washington Post

Take 8,000 steps a day and you may calls for people to become more The current Physical Activity Guide- to add steps to your daily routine –
be increasing your odds of a longer physically active, to sit less and move lines for Americans, which recom- even now – such as taking a walk or
life – or so suggests new research by more, which can be challenging for mend that adults do moderate-in- hike (while keeping your distant from
the Centers for Disease Control and those dealing with coronavirus stay- tensity physical activity for at least others), getting your garden ready for
Prevention, the National Institute on at-home orders or more restrictive 30 minutes a day, five days a week, spring planting and dance lessons
Aging and the National Cancer Insti- quarantines. include suggestions for simple ways (which can be done virtually). 
tute, published recently in JAMA.

The researchers found that, com-
pared with people who walk 4,000
steps (roughly two miles) a day, those
who walk 8,000 steps (4 miles) a day
are about half as likely to die in the
next 10 years for any reason, includ-
ing cardiovascular disease and can-
cer. Walk even more – 12,000 steps, or
six miles, a day – and your chances of
dying in that time frame drop from
51 percent lower to 65 percent lower
than 2-mile-a-day walkers.

The findings stem from the analy-
sis of data on a nationally representa-
tive sample of 4,840 U.S. residents 40
and older. They wore a device, called
an accelerometer, on their hip that
recorded data for about a week on
the number of steps they took each
day, and were then tracked for about
the 10 years.

In that time, 1,165 participants
died. Regardless of age, sex or race,
the more steps taken, the lower the
risk for dying. The intensity or ca-
dence of a person’s walk – how many
steps taken in a minute – had no
independent effect on the person’s
mortality risk. Rather, what mattered
was the number of steps taken.

The finding adds credence to the

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10 simple pieces you need to create a capsule wardrobe

BY KRISSY TURNER pensive items in your new capsule 8. The T-shirt I like a weightier cotton: It means
wardrobe, but the effortlessly chic Once you’ve found your perfect it will tuck and hang nicely while
The Telegraph vibe it denotes will make it a very T-shirt, it is worth investing in as wearing, and it isn't at all sheer and
worthy investment. Wear it with many colorways as you can afford. washes very well.
If it hasn’t been done already, I smart trousers and mules or pair it
think it’s a safe bet to say a spring with jeans and strappy sandals for a It's worth noting that a higher
wardrobe clear out is high on your smart/casual dress code. price tag doesn’t necessarily guar-
things-to-complete-while-staying- antee a better Tee.
safe-at-home list over the next few
weeks, and rightly so: Once we’re 9. The shirt dress
all back to normal, it’ll make get- A day-to-night dress that looks
ting dressed a breeze, from heading just as good with burgundy knee-
to the office to brunch plans on the high boots, as it does white train-
weekend. ers will be a staple. Look for one
in a lightweight fabric and with
If yours is crowded and slightly sleeves, so it can be easily layered
unorganized, you might be look- and works whatever the weather.
ing to scale it back, see what you’re
lacking and come up with some new 10. The tailored jacket
ways to wear your existing pieces. A lightweight jacket in a struc-
This is where a capsule wardrobe tured shape is a must: throw it on
comes in handy. over jeans and a T-shirt for the
weekend, and wear it with trousers
From experience (I tackled mine and a light knit for the office.
over this past weekend), I edited
it down to 10 essential pieces that Tailoring fans should look to
work for a multitude of occasions, a smart blazer to tick this box,
and feel spring-ready. They’re all while petites may opt for a slightly
versatile items in chic pared-back cropped jacket. Curvy frames or
hues: The key to an effective capsule those with a bigger bust might like
wardrobe is that everything is easily to try a flattering belted number. 
mixed and matched. It’s likely you
already have most of these in your
wardrobe, but if not, you know what
to add to your e-baskets.

Here are the 10 pieces you need in 5. A pair of flattering trousers
your capsule wardrobe, and the out- ‘Flattering’ trousers are different
fit combinations they’ll create ... for every woman: for petites, a crop
that hits just above the ankle stops
1. The slightly-oversized shirt the frame from being swamped,
Be it over a T-shirt while lounging while taller frames can get away
on the weekend, or tucked into high- with full-length iterations. Curvy
waisted trousers and worn with shapes look best with a higher waist
loafers for a meeting, a classic shirt and slight flare, while straight-
is an underrated wardrobe hero. up-and-down figures could ben-
efit from a tapered or carrot-shaped
2. The ‘smart’ blue jeans style.
To ensure your jeans work for as Once you find your perfect fit, you
many different dressing dilemmas won't want to take them off.
as possible, look for a mid-blue wash
and a slim, tailored shape. 6. An expensive-looking cardigan
Rips, raw hems and pale washes A cardigan in a sumptuous hue
are a big no-no. Not only is a darker (think oatmeal, ivory or merlot) is
wash most flattering, but a clean de- the layer that you'll turn to year-
sign means they will look smart in round: It works as an extra in-be-
video-conference meetings, as well. tween over a T-shirt and between a
wool coat for colder days, then acts
3. A modern midi skirt as a jacket over pretty dresses come
Bias-cut skirts are undoubtedly warmer months.
the easiest way to elevate evening
ensembles, and look particularly 7. The trench 2.0
chic with white shirts and ballet It is likely a classic camel number
pumps by day. A leather midi skirt is already in your wardrobe, but if it
is at once timeless and edgy: Wear isn’t and you’re in the market for one,
with a denim shirt or a fine-gauge look to a trench with a twist. A shade
knit for a pleasing texture clash. such as khaki or grey will prove just
as versatile, while a checked print
4. A silk blouse will add a subtle statement in your
This will be one of the most ex- neutral capsule wardrobe.

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The 6 most fabulously escapist fashion films to watch now

BY CHARLIE GOWANS-EGLINTON, BETHAN HOLT, Funny Face (1957) but Vreeland deemed it ‘never to be Available to watch on Amazon Prime.
CAROLINE LEAPER,EMILY CRONIN, TONA STELL, The bookish to beauty makeover is a discussed’ after seeing a screening).
filmic cliché, but Audrey Hepburn pulls Hepburn’s Left Bank intellectual ward- Phantom Thread (2017)
TAMARA ABRAHAM, & HIKMAT MOHAMMED it off despite the laughable claim that robe – the film’s costume designer was This was the film which led to ru-
The Telegraph she has ’no illusions’ about her looks. the legendary Edith Head – of cropped mors that Daniel Day-Lewis was pre-
‘Bookish' is quite literal – Hepburn's black trousers, roll neck and loafers are paring to pivot from winning Oscars
Portrayals of the fashion industry – character actually works in a bookshop a lesson in wearing black – though you to launching a fashion label. Alas, so
behind the scenes at glossy magazines and thinks fashion is utterly frivolous, might equally come away with a desire far the gossip is unfounded but DDL
or design houses, modeling rags-to- until a photographer and fashion edi- to ’think pink’, as outlined in a musical did acquire all the right skills for his
riches stories – make for some of the tor – Fred Astaire and Kay Thompson number and the pages of the fictitious role as Reynolds Woodcock, a British
most eye-wateringly beautiful mo- in roles modeled on Richard Avedon and fabulous Quality magazine, or to couturier heading up his eponymous
ments in cinematic history. If you’ve and Diana Vreeland – tempt her into live out a fantasy life wearing couture house in 1950s London; he trained
exhausted Netflix’s new in section and a modeling career with a trip to Paris thanks to custom gowns, including a for a year before filming began to
are in need of a few hours of high fash- (Avedon actually shot many of the pho- wedding dress, created by Hubert de assume the flair and technique of a
ion escapism, these are the films to tographs of Hepburn used in the film, Givenchy for the film. CGE practiced designer, even recreating
watch now.

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a Balenciaga gown for his wife and side of the industry too. Over the 1975 – and even then, it was only in a and ‘last single girl’ in New York Carrie
working on costumes for the New years, countless friends have asked film. HM Bradshaw got engaged to her long-term
York City ballet. me, “Is that really what fashion is on-off boyfriend, ‘Mr. Big,’ it warranted
like?” While the film is largely a witty Available to watch on YouTube. an over-the-top bridal couture photo-
Everything about this film is de- parody, there are grains of truth that shoot with cameos from several real
lightfully unsettling, with a cast of reflect the industry in the Eighties Sex and the City (2008) life fashion editors and photographers,
on-edge personalities and an atmo- and Nineties, from assistants swan- When the fictional Vogue writer as she whirled through dresses by Dior,
sphere of unrelenting angst against ning around Manhattan in luxury Lanvin and Vivienne Westwood. This
a backdrop of sumptuous glamour. cars to the implied disordered eating is just one memorable fashion scene
But amid it all is a clever study of among magazine staff. These days, as from the movie spin-off of the hit tele-
the whimsical mores of the creative my colleague Emily Cronin has point- vision series “Sex and the City,” which
mind and a thrillingly twisted sto- ed out, much has changed – fashion follows Bradshaw’s messy journey into
ryline which mean that even those is thankfully a more practical and in- marriage. With costuming efforts by
who aren't fashion fans will still love clusive space but this will forever be a Patricia Field throughout, arguably ev-
it. For those of us who do appreciate fun watch. TA ery scene is worth pausing for a closer
a great frock, prepare to swoon over inspection of Bradshaw’s signature
scene-after-scene of salon shows and Available to watch on Amazon Prime. styling and her endlessly fun closet full
aristocratic dress fittings. BH of designer clothes. See our take, here,
Mahogany (1975) on some of the most memorable cos-
Available to watch on Netflix. Diana Ross is a camp icon – in real tumes from the original series. CL
life, music and especially on screen.
Coco Before Chanel (2009) You just need to watch the three films Available to watch on Netflix. 
This film tells the story of Gabri- she starred in during the 1970s to see
elle ‘Coco’ Chanel’s early life as an it: “Lady Sing the Blues,” “Mahogany”
orphan turned seamstress and caba- and “The Wiz.” But it’s “Mahogany”
ret singer. It beautifully illustrates that’s given the age-defying star diva
her journey as a young outspoken status. It follows the story of fashion
woman, and the development of her design student Tracy Chambers who
personal style as she begins to make gets the ‘call’ to go to Rome as Sean
bold fashion statements for her time. McAvoy’s (played by Anthony Hop-
While other women wore tightly fit- kins and based on Richard Avedon)
ted corsets and overly embellished muse, where she reinvents herself as
accessories, Coco chose to wear Mahogany. Ross not only played the
flat shoes and loose fitting ‘boyish’ leading role but also recorded the
clothes for she had, as she called it, soundtrack and even designed the
“a good sense of distaste.” After a costumes (apart from that one rain-
tragic loss, she put all her energy into bow Bob Mackie dress).
her art, and launched her first collec- The rise of Ross’ character to fash-
tion of Chanel the brand, which went ion stardom sees her act outlandish-
on to become the symbol of success, ly, with the over-the-shoulder coat
freedom and style for women. TS behavior you often see in films de-
Available to watch on Amazon Prime. picting the fashion industry. But the
real talking point here is that the last
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) time anyone saw a highly successful
In my first ever job, a brief stint black female fashion designer was in
as an assistant to an erratic and de-
manding boss, a sympathetic col-
league handed me a copy of Lauren
Weisberger’s “The Devil Wears Pra-
da,” a book loosely based on the au-
thor’s experience as an assistant to
Anna Wintour at Vogue. “You’ll iden-
tify with it,” she told me.
I did; the tale of aspiring writer Andy
doing what she felt it took to find a foot-
hold in a competitive industry reso-
nated deeply, and the subsequent 2006
film adaptation was one of those rare
instances in which the movie is as en-
tertaining as the book.
It struck a chord with people out-

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DINING & WINE COLUMN

Amalfi Grille: A pivot for the pandemic to premier pizza

BY TINA RONDEAU
Columnist

While COVID-19 has certainly put a
damper on fine dining, one thing not
in short-supply is take-out pizza.

Many of the eateries that keep Vero
in pizza during normal times remain
open, and now a white table-cloth
restaurant is getting into the act.

The Amalfi Grille – best known for
its chops and fresh seafood – is pro-
ducing a limited number of gourmet
Neapolitan pizzas for take-out that
are, in a word, sensational.

A couple years ago, proprietor Bob
Rose invested in a Blodgett – the
Bentley of pizza ovens – with Rok-

ite stone deck, and he and his team You may have to get in line to try one.
have been experimenting with flour I welcome your comments, and en-
and water ever since, trying to create courage you to send feedback to me at
a dough that yields a perfect, crispy [email protected]. 
crust.
Address:
Based on our sampling of one of his 398 21st Street, Vero Beach
white pizzas, the Roberto, I’d have to
say he’s nailed it. Phone: 772-564-8218

Over the years, several of our com-
munity’s top chefs have toyed with
bringing their take on a great pizza to
Vero. Now, Rose has actually done it.

But he’s only taking orders for a
handful of pizzas a couple of nights
a week.

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PETS

Bonzo says Quigley’s always ‘red’-dy for fun

Hi Dog Buddies! mented. (OK, so, I happen to be an Eng- the ackshull food, which was kinda a “My favrite treat, paws down, is my
lish Springer.) bummer. LickiMat!”
Quigley Miller is one stylish pooch-
eroo, ALWAYS ready for his close-up, far “When their last pooch went to Dog “Now I get Mommy’s an Daddy’s sox “What’s a LickiMat?” I asked.
as I could tell. He’s a Red Australian Lab- Heaven, they didn’t want to be that an slippers and bring ’em to the living “It’s this Cool Kibbles mat with a lot-
radoodle with the Most Pawsome coat I sad EVER again. But they really missed room. But I don’t chew ’em up or any- ta liddle biddy bumps all over it. Mom
EVER saw, masses of tight curls all over, havin’ a dog. So Mommy went On The thing so Mommy an Daddy don’t mind.” smears kibbles on it OR my Favorite-
an wavy, long red ears. When he pranc- Line an started doin’ pooch research. Treat-in-the-Whole-World – PEANUT
es, his caboose has a Cool Kibbles liddle It took her 2 years to finally decide “Do you have a lotta pooch pals?” BUTTER! I could lick it for EVER. I get
do-wop to it. to look for an Australian Doodle, cuz it when Mommy an Daddy go out, cuz
we’re So Cute an Smart but also – Quigley I don’t like ’em to do that. But when I
We met outside of his condo, cuzza mostly – cuz we don’t shed. So they get my LickiMat with peanut butter, I’m
that scary bug that’s makin’ lotsa hu- put their name on The Waiting-for-a- PHOTO: KAILA JONES like, ‘Bye-bye.’ I don’t even notice ’em
mans sick. It was real pretty back there, puppy List. leavin’.”
plenty of room an lotsa grass an handy “Oh, woof, yes! Lemme see, there’s “With his hansome red coat and egg-
bushes. “They wanted a black-an-white Shelby, she’s a Red Australian Labradoo- cellent poss-chur,” I hadda ask, “have
pooch but, by the time their name dle like me; so’s Phoebe, ’cept she’s an you ever thought about bein’ a show
Quigley pranced right up for the Wag- came up, the only pupper left in the apricot mini version. Then there’s Lady, pooch? I mean, you got it goin’ ON!”
an-Sniff. Even though he’s young – just new litter was not-black-an-white me. a Golden Retriever; an Rocket, a Westie; “I’d be fun, probly,” he said, “but
turned 2 – he was very confident, puh- Even though I was extremely adorable, an Buddy an Oakley, they’re Cockapoos. apparently Australian Labradoodles
lite an frenly as he innerduced his Mom I had this one tiny flaw, so I couldn’t be When we go up to Cuh-nedda-cut to aren’t Officially Recognized here. I
an Dad, Susan an Alan. a puppy daddy. My Mommy an Daddy visit my human sisters Laura an Rachel, don’t understand that, cuz Mommy an
didn’t want other puppies anyway, an, I get to hang out with Laura’s pooch, Daddy recognize me. My pooch pals
“I’m so interested in your backstory,” the minute Daddy saw my beautiful red Lucy, she’s a Labradoodle like me; an recognize me. Our frens say I could
I told him. “Where you were born, how coat, he said, ‘Oh, Wow!’ So they adopt- Rachel’s pooches Chewy, a liddle mix- knock evrybody’s sox off and win Best
you got here, you know.” ed me, Thank Lassie. ture; an Julio, a Havanese. of Show atWestminster. But, you know
what, Bonzo. I really like just hangin’
“Well, I can’t wait to tell you! I love my “Daddy drove Mommy an me an my “You shudda been here for my first out with my pooch an human frens. I
story. Stop me if I go too fast.” basket of stuff to my Forever Home. I birthday party last St. Patrick’s Day. It don’t wanna be a Snobnose. Anyway,
tucked my nose under Mommy’s arm: was Super Crunchy Dog Biscuits. The Mommy an Daddy say I’m their Best of
I got my notebook out. “I can’t wait to I was all comftubble an happy. It was were 25 pooch frens, with their humans. Show!”
hear it, Quigley,” I replied. Instant Love. Even though I was only 8 Mommy made a special birthday cake Headin’ home, I was thinkin’ perhaps
weeks old, an only 4 pounds, I was Very outta vanilla frozen yo-gurt, decorated I should lay off the bread an practice
“I was born in New HAM-sure on St. Good the whole way home. Mommy with liddle dog bone treats an a big can- my prance. An maybe see if Grandma
Patrick’s Day. My litter name was James, and Daddy’d stop about evry hour and dle. or Grandpa could find me some vanilla
but my Mommy an Daddy named me put me on the ground. Mommy said, yo-gurt.
Quigley, after a human onna TV show ‘Potty, Potty,’ an, I DID. They were SO “Whaddya like to eat, other than Till next time,
about Australia. PLUS, Quigley means proud me, an I was proud of me, too.” cocktail napkins?”
‘unruly hair’ in Irish.” The Bonz
“As you should be,” I acknowledged.
“Woof, Quig!” I exclaimed. “You’ve “How did you like your new home?” Don’t Be Shy
got the totally perfect name!”
“It was Super Crispy Dog Biscuits, We are always looking for pets with
“Yep, it’s TRUE! My pooch Mom, Pep- except I wasn’t thrilled about the crate interesting stories.
permint, an my Dad, Findlay, were real I hadda stay in when Mommy an Daddy
fancy, from a place called Pine State went out. But, after 6 months, I got the To set up an interview, email
Australian Labradoodles, in OR-uh- run of the house. [email protected].
gone, which is way far away. Before my
litter came along, they moved to new “I never really got into the usual
HAM-sure, which was much closer to Puppy Trouble. Like, I never chewed
my Forever Famly in Cuh-nedda-cut. stuff. Except that one time. Mommy an
(They were Florida Snowbirds). Daddy had some frens over for snacks
an stuff an I ate the cocktail napkins.
“My Forever Mommy an Daddy had They caught me doin’ it before I got to
always had English Springer Spaniels …”

“Ah, yes, an excellent choice,” I com-