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YAGER AT HIS FARM IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. MIKE YAGER’S 300-COW FARM, ONCE
CONSIDERED A SIZABLE OPERATION,
IS ONE-HUNDREDTH THE SIZE OF FAIR

OAKS FARMS.

of when you think of a dairy farm. But ONE OF THE ATTRACTIONS AT FAIR Last fall, Yager attended the World
that’s not the reality anymore.” OAKS FARMS. BEHIND THE POLISHED Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis., where in-
TOURIST DESTINATION IS A MASSIVE dustry leaders floated plans to help dairy
Mike Yager smooths a copy of his WORKING DAIRY FARM. farming thrive. At the event, U.S. Secre-
latest federal milk check on a table in tary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue talked
his equipment barn and studies the to reporters about the consolidations
numbers. that have troubled so many farmers.

Not so long ago, with 300 cows, his “Now, what we see, obviously, is
farm in Mineral Point, Wis would have economies of scale having happened
been considered reasonably large. Now in America – big get bigger, and small
he considers himself one of the little go out,” Perdue said. “I don’t think in
guys, barely managing to stay afloat. America we, for any small business,
have a guaranteed income or a guar-
The price of milk is determined by a anteed probability of survival.” Maybe
complicated government framework he was just stating a hard truth, but
that, generally speaking, has insulat- to a farmer like Yager, it sounded as if
ed the industry from volatile ups and the architects of the U.S. dairy indus-
downs. But in recent decades, even try had all but agreed on a shared as-
with state and federal buffers, the sumption: Small farms are destined,
price of milk – both what farmers re- sooner or later, to fail.
ceive and what consumers pay – has
lagged behind inflation. “Every time you come up with a
plan to maybe make things better, I
As the dairy industry has shifted just feel like there’s someone who’s al-
to large farms, and production has ready a step ahead of you,” Yager says.
continued to outpace demand, profit “So what do you do?”
margins have grown increasingly tight.
This has put a squeeze on everyone in A lot of people go out of business.
the industry, including the major com- In dairy-producing communities na-
panies that depend on smaller farms tionwide, local agriculture extension of-
for supply. In November, Dean Foods, fices are launching programs to encour-
America’s largest milk producer, filed age stressed farmers to try new ventures.
for bankruptcy; in January, Borden
Dairy, founded in 1857, did the same. CONTINUED ON PAGE 52

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Wisconsin’s agriculture department, for The older he got, the more he recog- tional supplements, no hormone treat- because we know what we’re going to be
one, provides farmers with information nized and valued all that had been lost. ments. Instead of acquiring the huge, paid – we’re guaranteed each month’s
about how they might transition farms There’d been 35 or 40 dairies in the com- high-powered heifers that produce 90 prices a year in advance, and they don’t
into bed and breakfasts, petting zoos, munity when he was growing up; now, pounds of milk a day, he assembled a come off that price, unless they go up
or farm-to-table restaurants. wracking his brain, he could come up herd of smaller cows that might give and pay more. So I’m not one of those
with four. “I really wanted my kids to expe- him 35. Because of the animals’ reduced dairy farmers going to the mailbox ev-
Mention these ideas to farmers and rience what I’d experienced, to give them stress, he could keep them on the farm ery month and worrying about what’s
other agricultural professionals, and the chance to grow up on a farm and be longer, saving on livestock costs. going to be in the milk check.”
chances are fair you’ll witness a roll of exposed to the same thing,” he says.
the eyes. Jerry Gander, who helps man- “I’m a realist, and I expected bumps He sells to Maple Hill Creamery LLC, a
age herd nutrition for farmers across He and his brother-in-law, a com- on the road, but – and I shouldn’t say this venture-capital-backed company spe-
the state, including Yager, shakes his puter scientist, decided in 2015 to out loud, probably – but it’s been beyond cializing in organic milk from grass-fed
head in disbelief. “I mean, come on. restart the dairy. They crunched the my expectations, what we’ve been able cows. It collects milk from 158 farms, all
Really? They really think we’re going to numbers and saw that trying to com- to do,” Aubertine says. The price he com- in upstate New York. The average farm
sustain this region with a bunch of bed pete with the 1,000-cow mega-dairies mands for grass-fed organic milk isn’t keeps 48 cows. CEO Carl Gerlach says
and breakfasts?” on their terms was a recipe for disas- double that of regular milk, but it’s close, he believes increasing demand for milk
ter. “I’ve never had an interest in hav- and his expenses are a fraction of what from grass-fed cows has the potential
Gander, just by expressing his ing employees, and $300,000 tractors, a modern dairy would require. He can to transform the American dairy farm.
doubts out loud, seems to tap a deep and all the other stuff you need for raise his kids, take them on vacations, “When I think of what dairy will look
reservoir of frustration. “There’s got to that,” says Aubertine, who’s now 37. buy nice things, and preserve precisely like in 20 years,” he says, “I believe it’ll
be something other than saying, ‘Well, the things about dairy farming that he look like it did 100 years ago.”
you have to be big to survive,’ ” he says. Instead, they decided to produce believed were worth preserving.
milk that could be certified as grass- If that transition actually occurs,
But amid all the angst, some farmers fed and organic. Their cows would “It’s not even so much the prices Aubertine knows it’s unlikely to be a
have found a way to profit on small- graze in the field. Aubertine would buy you’re paid, but it’s the consistency of the smooth one for farmers currently op-
ness itself. no herbicides, no grain feed, no nutri- prices,” he says. “We can make a budget, erating within the standard, modern
dairy system. Aubertine’s organic cer-
Paul Aubertine grew up on a plot of tifications – the ones that enable him
land overlooking the St. Lawrence River to get premium prices – require that
on the northern edge of New York state, his land, for example, has been free of
near Cape Vincent. He was poised to be herbicides and synthetic fertilizers for
the seventh generation of his family to at least three years.
take the reins of the 50-cow dairy farm,
but in 2002 his father and grandfather “If that’s what your farm is running
determined they couldn’t keep the on, how is a farmer going to just stop
business afloat any longer. Aubertine doing that for three years, and still
went to college, pursued a career in keep his head above water?” he asks.
sales, and started a family.

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“So we were kind of lucky, in a way. It’s large dairies; older animals don’t han- cows exceed 70,000. Every one of those watched his nephew try to sell off his
easier to start from scratch.” dle the transition to a new milking sys- times occurred in the second week of cows last fall. “Anything that was over
tem well and produce less milk than January, when slaughterhouses reopen four years old, people didn’t want,” he
When dairy cows no longer pay for those raised in the system. after a holiday hiatus and catch up on a says. “He had to haul them out to be
themselves, they’re often culled – the backlog of work. In 2019 it was a rare week culled.” The very thought pained him.
polite term for being sent to slaugh- According to industry figures, only four when the cull total didn’t exceed 70,000. “I know every one of my cows,” he
ter. As small farms fold, their cows are times in the 25 years before 2019 did the says. “I love these animals.” 
rarely incorporated into the herds of national weekly total of slaughtered dairy Yager, on his farm in Wisconsin,

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BERNIESANDERS’SWARMANDFUZZYSCANDINAVIANFANTASY

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says that his proposals ing flexible labor markets with a strong and gener- is applied to anyone making 1.3 times the average
“are not radical,” pointing again and again to coun- ous safety net. national income.
tries in Northern Europe such as Denmark, Sweden
and Norway as examples of the kind of economic I remember meeting the Danish prime minister, In the United States, this would mean that any
system he wants to bring to the United States. Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, who enacted many of the income above $65,000 would be taxed at the rate
reforms in Denmark in the 1990s. He emphasized of 55.9 percent. In fact, the highest tax rate in the
The image he conjures up is of a warm and fuzzy that the first part of the model was key: ensuring United States, 43.7 percent, applies to income that
social democracy in which market economics are employers had the flexibility to hire and fire workers is 9.3 times the national average, which means
kept on a tight leash through regulation, the rich easily, without excessive regulation or litigation. that only those with incomes over approximately
are heavily taxed and the social safety net is gen- $500,000 pay this rate.
erous. That is, however, an inaccurate and highly In addition, he stressed, countries such as Den-
misleading description of those Northern Europe- mark had to stay extremely open, erecting no bar- The biggest hit to the poor and middle classes in
an countries today. riers to free trade, to gain access to markets abroad Northern Europe comes because they, like everyone,
and keep their local companies competitive. pay a national sales tax (value-added tax) of about
Take billionaires. Sanders has been clear on the 25 percent. These countries raise more than 20 per-
topic: “Billionaires should not exist.” But Sweden and When looking across Northern Europe today, cent of their taxes this way. In the United States, the
Norway both have more billionaires per capita than one finds many innovative market-friendly policies average sales tax rate is 6.6 percent and accounts for
the United States – Sweden almost twice as many. such as educational vouchers, health-care deduct- only 8 percent of tax revenue.
ibles and co-pays, and light regulatory burdens.
Not only that, these billionaires are able to pass None of these countries, for example, has a mini- One final statistic: A 2008 OECD report found that
on their wealth to their children tax-free. Inheri- mum wage. the top 10 percent in the United States pay 45 per-
tance taxes in Sweden and Norway are zero, and in cent of all income taxes, while the top 10 percent in
Denmark 15 percent. The United States, by contrast, It is true that these countries have a generous safe- Denmark pay 26 percent and in Sweden 27 percent.
has the fourth-highest estate taxes in the industrial- ty net and, in order to fund it, high taxes. What is not Among wealthy countries, the average is 32 percent.
ized world at 40 percent. often pointed out, however, is that in order to raise
enough revenue, these taxes fall disproportionately The basic point is worth underlining because
Sanders’s vision of Scandinavian countries, as with on the poor, middle and upper middle class. the American left seems largely unaware of it, and
much of his ideology, seems to be stuck in the 1960s it has only become more true over the past decade:
and 1970s, a period when these countries were in- Denmark has one of the highest top income tax The United States has a significantly more progres-
deed pioneers in creating a social market economy. rates in the Organization for Economic Coopera- sive tax code than Europe, and its top 10 percent
tion and Development, 55.9 percent, but that rate pays a vastly greater share of the country’s taxes
In Sweden, government spending as a percent- than their European counterparts.
age of gross domestic product doubled from 1960
to 1980, going from approximately 30 percent to 60 In other words, bringing the economic system
percent. But as Swedish commentator Johan Nor- of Denmark, Sweden and Norway to the United
berg points out, this experiment in Sanders-style States would mean embracing more flexible labor
democratic socialism tanked the Swedish economy. markets, light regulations and a deeper commit-
ment to free trade.
Between 1970 and 1995, he notes, Sweden did not
create a single net new job in the private sector. In It would mean a more generous set of social ben-
1991, a free-market prime minister, Carl Bildt, initi- efits – to be paid for by taxes on the middle class and
ated a series of reforms to kick-start the economy. poor. If Sanders embraced all that, it would be radical
By the mid-2000s, Sweden had cut the size of its indeed. 
government by a third and emerged from its long
economic slump. This column by Fareed Zakaria first appeared in The
Washington Post.WhileVero Beach 32963 generally does
Versions of this problem and these market re- not publish commentary on national politics, we felt it
forms took place all over Northern Europe, creating useful to set straight some of the misinformation cur-
what is now called the “flexicurity” model, combin- rently being peddled about socialism and Scandinavia.

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On Aug. 17, 1940, John Colville,Winston Churchill’s strength – a strength cratic community” and would therefore
private secretary, was walking in the Sussex country- not really mind if Hitler marched in.
side when he came upon a downed German bomb- rooted in her factories. That same distrust inspired the evacu-
er. It was, writes Erik Larson in “The Splendid and ation of children from working-class
the Vile,” “an alien mechanical presence” – a rude Larson, sadly, falls areas of London. Authorities presumed
anomaly lying in “classically English” countryside. that, in an air raid, the workers would
He senses a metaphor suitable to the war: brutal for the old propa- be too distracted by the threat to their
German modernity assaulting a serene English Ely- children to concentrate on their jobs.
sium. Kultur attacking Culture. ganda, rendering this
Larson, sadly, seems inclined to
Appearances, however, are deceptive; they encour- a rather old-fashioned agree with Lindemann. Churchill,
age dangerous myth. The English have always pro- he argues, taught the British people
moted that Elysium, carefully hiding away the coal book. He carelessly “the art of being fearless.” That, quite
mines and cotton mills that were the real foundation frankly, is nonsense. A Durham coal
of their strength. William Blake abhorred that dirty uses England and Brit- miner did not need to be taught
secret of industrial power, as did Rupert Brooke. In how to be brave. Nor did a fisher-
his poem “Jerusalem” (1804), Blake insisted that the ain interchangeably, man from Peterhead or a welder
real England was the “green & pleasant Land,” not from the Clydeside shipyards. They
the “dark Satanic Mills.” That word “England” is itself never bothering to learn
intentionally exclusionary, since it rejects those from were the real backbone of Britain,
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who do not the subtle but important the men who 25 years earlier had
apparently conform to standards of pastoral civility. endured unimaginable suffering on the Somme.
semantics of a diverse Even Churchill admitted that he “never gave them
Larson, a neophyte when it comes to British his- courage,” but rather only focused the courage they
tory, falls victim to entrenched English propaganda. kingdom. He writes of already had. In any case, there’s nothing particu-
His book, which chronicles the period from May larly British – or English – about wartime resilience.
1940 to May 1941, when Churchill supposedly saved Hitler’s bombing cam- Difficult as it is to admit, German civilians experi-
“England,” is firmly rooted in that green and pleas- enced bombings and shortages much worse and
ant land, conveniently ignoring those dark satanic paign against England, more prolonged than occurred in Britain, yet they
mills. While war rages, his protagonists attend deb- also stoically endured.
utante balls at posh hotels and shoot partridges in as if Welsh and Scottish Larson is a superb storyteller who cleverly weaves
the “cool green of the countryside.” “The girls rode together the colossal and the mundane. Churchill’s
bicycles and horses, played tennis, swam, went to cities were not also at- herculean efforts are juxtaposed with very personal
the movies, and danced with airmen at nearby RAF family stories – his daughter Mary coming of age, his
bases, occasionally bringing them back for … ‘snog- tacked. In one particu- son Randolph dragged down by alcohol and gam-
ging’ sessions in the hayloft.” This was war, but not bling. There’s lots of sex outside marriage. It’s fas-
as most Britons actually knew it. larly atrocious reference, cinating and entertaining, but it’s not remotely the
real story. “The Splendid and the Vile” reveals the
Churchill was a trickster, a brilliant propagandist he writes, “It was here in Glasgow dangers of an author parachuting into a dramatic
who understood the power of English myth. He in- moment of British history without a full understand-
tentionally played on Arthurian imagery to coax gull- that the most important moment of [Harry] Hop- ing of the context. 
ible Americans into the war. A common trope was
“England Alone,” a vulnerable waif brutally raped by kins’s stay in England would occur.” The issue might THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE
the Hun. The myth of Churchill single-handedly in-
spiring a country to gargantuan feats remained im- seem petty to outsiders, but to a Glaswegian it would A SAGA OF CHURCHILL, FAMILY,
mensely popular in the immediate aftermath of the
war. It was, however, demolished in the 1970s and be grounds for gross bodily harm. It’s well to remem- AND DEFIANCE DURING THE BLITZ
1980s by historians like Angus Calder and Paul Addi-
son, who exposed the real nature of Britain’s wartime ber that England is not just a place but an idea, and BY ERIK LARSON | CROWN. 585 PP. $32
REVIEW BY GERARD DEGROOT, THE WASHINGTON POST
that idea is alien and offensive to many outlanders.

Larson is also rather fond of that England Alone

myth. He’s a storyteller, and it makes for a great plot.

In truth, England was not remotely alone. In ad-

dition to the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish, she

could call upon the resources of a vast empire of

more than 500 million people – Canadians, Austra-

lians, Indians, South Africans, etc. Refugees who had

fled Hitler’s army also helped out. About 145 pilots

who fought in the Battle of Britain were Polish, 88

were from Czechoslovakia and 30 from Belgium.

Another prominent component of the English

wartime myth was that the working class needed to

be taught bravery, their tutors being the posh pri-

vate-school types who blithely assumed their social

superiority. The Oxford professor Frederick Linde-

mann, an old friend of Churchill’s, predicted that a

shortage of tea would break the loyalty of the “least

educated and least responsible in the country” – by

which he meant the working class. They have, he

said, “little stake in the good things of a free demo-

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TRY TO SIGNAL WITH AN HONOR WEST NORTH EAST
942 KQ65 J
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist AK2 854 J 10 9 7
QJ6 7532 10 9 8 4
As we all know, defense is the hardest part of the game. You signal carefully to partner, but is 10 8 7 2 AQ K965
he watching? By far the clearest signals, the ones that even inattentive partners won’t miss,
are with honor card: an ace (preferably), king, queen or jack. SOUTH
A 10 8 7 3
Given that unsubtle hint, in this deal, West leads the heart ace against four spades. What Q63
happens after that? AK
J43
North makes a game-invitational limit raise guaranteeing at least four-card support, and
South nudges up one level with reservations, but a vulnerable game bonus is a powerful Dealer: South; Vulnerable: Both
lure.
The Bidding:
At trick one, East should drop the heart jack, top of touching honors when one cannot win
the trick because someone else has already played a higher card in the suit. This play denies SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
holding the heart queen. True, it doesn’t give West any count in the suit; it is coincidental 1 Spades Pass 3 Spades Pass
that East has an even number of hearts. What does West do next? 4 Spades Pass Pass Pass LEAD:
A Hearts
If South has queen-doubleton of hearts, it would be safe for West immediately to cash the
king. However, here, if West does that, the contract makes. Declarer loses only two hearts
and one club. Also, South won’t be able to discard his heart queen except in the very
unlikely layout where he has a singleton club king.

So, at trick two, West should shift. Then, when East gets in with the club king, he returns the
heart nine or 10, snapping up four tricks — three hearts and one club — for the defense.

East’s playing the heart seven would be dangerous, West perhaps thinking it is from Q-7-x.

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8 Breakfast food (6) 2 Brim (4)
9 Diary (8) 3 Root vegetable (5)
10 Remain (4) 4 Brilliant red (7)
11 Even (5) 5 Jam or marmalade (8)
13 Mysteries (7) 6 Empty (6)
15 School bag (7) 12 Thrilling (8)
17 Banquet (5) 14 Free time (7)
20 Gravel (4) 16 Scared (6)
21 Norm (8) 18 Road (6)
23 Supper (6) 19 Celebration (5)
24 Journey (6) 22 Sketch (4)

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ACROSS or a cigarette brand 55 Bolger/Haley colleague The Washington Post
1 “... days ___ September” 106 Brooklyn Bridge river 56 ___ room
5 A pair of hombres 107 Grande et al. 57 Audition for The Crying MODERN LATIN 2 By Merl Reagle
8 Rejects 109 Graphic representation:
14 MiG or gemstone Game?
17 Mea culpa? abbr. 58 Editing smudges
19 Be on a bender 111 Corvallis sch. 59 Katherine, in Cremona
21 Poplar toppler 112 Muscle woe 60 Miscalculates, e.g.
22 Ad infinitum? 115 Ryder Cup coups 66 Small stream
24 Burns or Kesey 117 Rodgers and Hart tune, “Ten 67 Cherbourg church
25 Schnoz 69 Bobbin-holding rods
26 Charges Cents ___” 71 Slangy fellow
27 Vertical 120 On the ___ vive 72 Inner drive
29 Outer limit 121 Ignis fatuus? 73 Expensive watches
30 “The Secretary will 126 David Letterman’s home 75 Link
77 Query
disavow any knowledge” of state: abbr. 80 Hurt with hot liquid
its actions: abbr. 127 Some pianos 83 Japanese aborigine
33 Scouting candidate 128 Ecce homo? 84 Japanese capital, once
34 Withered 129 “Science Guy” Bill 86 Popular dog food
36 Man of Steel portrayer 130 Few and far between 87 CCLIII doubled
39 The Cardinals, on a 131 Performer Peeples 88 “The ___ the limit”
scoreboard 132 Network: abbr. 89 Pelf
41 Terra firma? 90 Tip ___ horse
46 In toto? DOWN 95 “What the–?!”
49 Slangy specialty 1 Lovey-dovey greeting 96 Life’s little twists
50 Med. sci. 2 Changed, as bylaws 97 Of birth or beginning
51 Govt. org. with field offices 3 Enterprise journey 98 Fixes with stickum
52 Vice versa? 4 Sharpen 100 The Silence of the ___
57 Worked like a gland 5 German article 101 Cheese utensil
61 Joy of Cooking author 6 Agcy. or assn. 102 Part of a “dead man’s hand,”
Rombauer et al. 7 Take Quik action?
62 Cuban missile crisis 8 Cinema clips in poker
chronicler Abel 9 Astronomical unit 103 Ray Charles classic,
63 “Is that a yes ___ no?” 10 Champaign’s companion
64 That Garr goil? 11 Runaway win “Born ___”
65 “Oh, Helmut!” 12 Chaucer’s “___’s Priest’s 108 His or her, in Lyon
66 Court respite 110 Type of vinegar
68 Diamond clubs Tale” 112 A 3-by-5 card
70 Sui generis? 13 Nine-digit ID
74 Type of gear when people 14 Just right: slang has 15, e.g.
are revolting 15 Boardroom VIP 113 Pathetic
76 Petallike parts 16 Happy camper’s need 114 West Wing underling
78 Cousin of a 401(k) 18 Half a deficiency 115 Sicilian province, or a girl’s
79 Nader’s targets 20 Peeper people
81 Gallic green-light 22 Heat unit name backward
82 Armageddon author 23 Cry of French frustration 116 With Language, Jerry’s 1994
83 Acute item 28 Target or Walmart
85 Spanish city on the 31 A welcome site? bestseller
Mediterranean 32 Mercury or Mac 118 Attends to
87 Lapsus linguae? 34 Line of garments? 119 Stormin’ Norman’s branch
91 Mr. Mineo 35 1988 Dick Francis book, The 122 FedEx alternative
92 Sell via machine, e.g. 123 Long-snoozing guy
93 ___-Tiki ___ 124 Sigma ___
94 With 99 Across, Nulli 37 To see, to Simone 125 Least risky, as a municipal
secundus? 38 Protected plumed bird
99 See 94 Across 40 Longest-reigning George bond
104 Had haggis, e.g. 42 Baseball stats
105 Miami golf resort, 43 Surgeon’s cut
44 Feints effectively: slang
45 Worth and Wayne: abbr.
47 “Way underpriced!”
48 Tetra minus 1
53 Happy refrain
54 Village People smash

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INSIGHT BACK PAGE

What the family’s last-to-know really needs to know

BY CAROLYN HAX children in a way they are uncomfortable with.
Washington Post
My standard response is, “How can it be bad to

have more people loving your children?” Some are in

Hi, Carolyn: I am fuming af- total agreement with that but still worry. One used

ter learning about the death of an the analogy of making soup: “Some ingredients will

aunt on social media because my change the flavor no matter what the intent is. And as

immediate family members “for- the children’s mother, I want the soup the way I want

got” to call me. This is not the first it.” Any suggestions how to field that?

time I have been the last one noti- –Too Much Garlic?

fied of family issues, including the death of a sibling

and two of my grandparents. I have tried stepping Too Much Garlic?: Now I’m vexed.
Who told these parents they’d ever get the exact
away from my family, raising the issue with individ- soup they wanted?
Kids have the last word in how they turn out,
ual family members and as a group, and no one has no matter what we parents do. We control many
variables, of course, but nowhere near all of them.
changed their behaviors. I have been told not to be so Healthier parents don’t even want to.
The issue also is hardly confined to an ex’s new
dramatic.What should I do? squeeze; just having the two parents in separate
homes now will tweak the recipes for your clients’
– Invisible kids, if not alter it dramatically.
So that’s how I’d field that question:
Invisible: Stop holding out for improvement, to “fix it forward” – as in, make a point of never be- You were never getting the soup exactly the way you
and start expecting it’ll always be thus. It’s a terrible ing this thoughtless toward anyone else in your life. want it. Your kids were always going to be shaped by
answer. It won’t seem like much at first, but it might surprise some influences beyond your control. So, keep do-
you how much better you can feel once you learn to ing the same things that made sense pre-divorce: Be
Making you the perpetual afterthought, especially spin all this dismissiveness into gold. a compassionate, loving, flexible, morally grounded
in response to a sibling’s death, is just shoddy behavior parent; be the best listener you can; and save emer-
by the head(s) of your family. It asks for justice. Dear Carolyn: I am a divorce attorney and often get gency actions for actual emergencies. Either you’ll
a question that vexes me, primarily asked by my female figure out the rest, or your kids will, based on what
But if you’ve tried and tried and they won’t stop clients (no disrespect to us fathers out there). Typically, they’ve learned from you. 
tormenting you by omission, then, fair or not, it’s on when their exes have found new love, they are very
you to Plan-B it: to find ways to become torment- concerned about how their little ones can be raised
proof. You can distance yourself, wedge yourself so as to prevent the ex’s new love from changing their
closer in, accept upfront that you’ll always be their
afterthought, whatever. The only “right” answer is the
one that works and feels best to you.

Whichever you choose, consider also finding ways

‘WIDE AWAKE’ HAND SURGERY
EYED AS A GAME-CHANGER

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HEALTH

‘Wide awake’ hand surgery eyed as a game-changer

BY TOM LLOYD fellowship-trained hand surgeon and
Staff Writer microsurgery expert, the procedures to
treat conditions such as “trigger finger,”
Hand surgery can be incredibly carpal tunnel syndrome, trauma inju-
complex. ries and tendonitis can be tricky in an
aging demographic.
It’s also very common and seniors
needing hand surgery often face a Simply put, the older we get, the
slew of obstacles that younger patients more co-morbidities we develop.
don't.
People on blood thinners or those for
According to Vero Orthopaedics & whom general anesthesia poses a seri-
Neurology’s Dr. Joao (Joe) Panattoni, a ous risk need an alternative to tradi-

Dr. Joao Panattoni.

PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE

Left flexor retinaculum of hand.

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‘aWnedgwivheatth'sebpeasttifeonrttwhehmatathnedywnheeadHt EALTH
makes them happy. If they say, 'No,
I don't want to be awake. I want an “wide awake” during any surgery? and what’s best for them and what
endoscopic procedure,' we can offer To some the idea of watching your makes them happy. If they say, ‘No, I
don’t want to be awake. I want an en-
that option, too.’ surgeon operate on the tendons, doscopic procedure,’ we can offer that
bones, ligaments and such inside your option, too.”
- Dr. Joao Panattoni hand might seem almost ghoulish, but
Panattoni bushes that concern aside. So far Panattoni has performed over
tional surgeries and Panattoni says he for hand surgery and the Royal College 100 WALANT hand procedures in the
has one. of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, “The idea is not [for patients] to watch Vero Beach area and he adds, “We
for popularizing the procedure among me operate,” he says, but adds, that a keep it safe for the patient, of course,
It’s called WALANT surgery. both countries’ aging demographic. ‘wide awake’ patient can help in the and we have been having good results
WALANT stands for “wide awake lo- procedure. Panattoni covers the inci- and good outcomes.”
cal anesthesia no tourniquet” surgery; But seriously. Who wants to be sion area so the patient doesn’t have
in Panattoni’s eyes, it’s something of a to watch, but the doctor can ask the Dr. Joao (Joe) Panattoni is with Vero
game-changer. WALANT patient to, for instance, make Orthopaedics & Neurology with offices
The Mayo Clinic agrees. a fist so he can – instantaneously – at 1155 35th Lane in Vero Beach and
“The ability to safely control bleeding check to see if his repairs are working 801 Wellness Way in Sebastian. The
and extend the duration of local anes- properly before closing the incision. phone number in Vero is 772-569-2330.
thesia,” says the Rochester, Minnesota, In Sebastian it’s 772-388-9510. 
clinic, “allows hand surgeons to per- “We give the patient what they need
form many procedures with minimal
bleeding and without the use of seda-
tion, general anesthesia or a painful
tourniquet to control bleeding.”
Indeed, the Cleveland Clinic points
out that “the common and universally
accepted practice of hand surgery
[usually] consists of applying a fore-
arm or arm tourniquet to allow for a
bloodless surgical field.
“The operative site is often injected
with local anesthetic and sedation is
needed to offset the pain generated by
the applied tourniquet,” but when us-
ing the WALANT technique, according
to the Ohio-based institution, “surgical
cases can be accomplished in an office
setting,” rather than a hospital operat-
ing room.
Using a combination of lidocaine
and epinephrine at the area of incision,
surgeons like Panattoni can provide pa-
tients with the needed constriction of
blood vessels, as well as up to four hours
of pain relief.
Better still, Cleveland Clinic contin-
ues, “by eliminating those operating
room and anesthesia costs, WALANT
significantly diminishes the overall
cost of care [and] patients may leave
immediately after the surgical proce-
dure, without the negative side effects
and inconveniences of sedation.”
“The more available options you have
to offer the patient the better, because
then you can work on patients that have
high co-morbidities and cannot re-
ally go to the hospital,” says Panattoni.
“Some patients cannot stay off their
blood thinners and some of them can-
not even be cleared to have surgery or
anesthesia done, yet they’re still suffer-
ing and having problems.”
WALANT may well be the best op-
tion for these patients.
Panattoni credits Dr. Donald
Lalonde, a past president of both the
American and Canadian associations

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HEALTH

Medicare payment change affecting home health care

BY JUDITH GRAHAM health agencies across the country are payments. Now, therapy isn’t explicit- tional and speech therapy.
grappling with a significant change ly factored into Medicare’s reimburse- The new system encourages a “ho-
The Washington Post as of Jan. 1 in how Medicare pays ment system, known as the Patient-
for services. (Managed-care-styled Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). listic” assessment of patients’ needs,
The decision came out of the blue. Medicare Advantage plans have their and there’s convincing evidence that
“Your husband isn’t going to get any own rules and are not affected.) Instead, payments are based on pa- home health agencies sometimes
better, so we can’t continue services,” tients’ underlying diagnosis, the pres- provided too much therapy under
an occupational therapist told Delo- Agencies are responding aggres- ence of other complicating medical Medicare’s previous system, said Ja-
ise “Del” Holloway in early November. sively, according to multiple inter- conditions, the extent to which the son Falvey, a postdoctoral research
“Medicare isn’t going to pay for it.” views. They are cutting physical, patients are impaired, whether they fellow in the geriatrics division at
occupational and speech therapy are referred for services after a hospi- Yale School of Medicine. Between
The therapist handed Del a no- for patients. They are firing thera- talization or a stay in a rehabilitation 2000 and 2016, Medicare home health
tice explaining why the home health pists. And they are suggesting that center (payments are higher for peo- therapy services soared 112 percent,
agency she represented was terminat- Medicare no longer covers certain ple discharged from institutions) and according to the most recent data
ing care within 48 hours. “All teach- services and terminating services al- the timing of services (payments are published by the Medicare Payment
ing complete,” it concluded. “No fur- together for some longtime, severely higher for the first 30 days and lower Advisory Commission.
ther hands on skilled care. Wife states ill patients. thereafter).
she knows how to perform exercises.” But the risk now is that too little
Altogether, about 12,000 home care Agencies now have a stronger finan- therapy will be offered, Falvey said.
That came as a shock. In May 2017, agencies (most of them for-profit) cial incentive to serve patients who
at age 57, Anthony Holloway was di- provided care to 3.4 million Medicare need short-term therapy after a stay in “We are very concerned about that
agnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lat- beneficiaries in 2017, the most recent the hospital or a rehabilitation facility, potential,” said Kara Gainer, director
eral sclerosis): Anthony can’t walk, get year for which data is available. said Kathleen Holt, associate director of regulatory affairs for the American
out of bed or breathe on his own (he’s of the Center for Medicare Advocacy. Physical Therapy Association.
on a ventilator). He can’t use the toi- To qualify for services, a person Also attractive will be patients who
let, bathe or dress himself. Therapists must be homebound and in need of in- need nursing care for complex condi- Early reports from the field suggest
had been helping Anthony maintain termittent skilled care (less than eight tions such as post-surgical wounds. reason for concern.
his strength, to the extent possible, hours a day) from nurses or therapists.
for two years. At the same time, there are fewer Last fall, the National Association
Previously, Medicare’s home health incentives to serve patients who for Home Care and Hospice asked
“It’s totally inhumane to do some- rates reflected the amount of therapy need extensive physical, occupa- 1,500 agencies how practices would
thing like this,” Del said. “I can’t ver- delivered: More visits meant higher change under PDGM. One-third said
balize how angry it makes you.” “categorically, across the board, we’re
going to reduce our therapy services,”
Why the abrupt termination? Spir- said William Dombi, the association’s
iTrust Lutheran, which provides se- president.
nior services in Pennsylvania and
Maryland, said it could not comment Dombi said his group has advised
on the situation because of privacy agencies that these cuts “may not be
laws. “In every client situation Spir- a good move” medically (patients
iTrust Lutheran is committed to en- might deteriorate without therapy
suring the safety and well-being of and end up in the emergency room
the individual,” Crystal Hull, vice or the hospital) or “from a business
president of communications, wrote perspective.” (If more patients end
in an email. up worse off and going to ERs or are
hospitalized, that will reflect poorly
But its decision comes as home on agencies and may affect referrals.)

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The American Occupational Thera- 30 days, said Sharmila Sandhu, vice provision, at the national, regional, vices; reduce the number of visits in
py Association is also surveying mem- president of regulatory affairs. state, and agency level.” (A similar response to payment; or inappropri-
bers. Based on 526 responses to date, system for skilled nursing facilities ately discharge a patient receiving
occupational therapists and assistants In an email, a spokesman for the that provide rehabilitation was im- Medicare home health services as
are being laid off, asked to decrease Centers for Medicare and Medicaid plemented in October.) these would be violations of [Medi-
the number of visits to clients and di- Services said the federal agency is care] conditions of participation,” the
rected to provide services for less than “monitoring the implementation of “We do not expect home health spokesman wrote. 
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HEALTHY SENIOR

Far fewer seniors need dentures today than in '60

BY FRED CICETTI
Columnist

Q. I have vivid memories of my moth-
er’s dentures in a glass next to her bed. As
I enter my 70s, is this what I have to look
forward to?

Let’s start with a definition. “Den-
tures” – also called “complete den-
tures” or “plates” – are for people with
no teeth. Dentures cover your entire
upper or lower jaw. There are remov-
able partial dentures, too; these are
made of replacement teeth attached to
plastic bases, which are connected by
metal framework.

If you practice good dental hygiene,
you should be able to avoid dentures as
you get older. Losing your teeth is not
considered a normal consequence of ag-
ing. Teeth are designed to last a lifetime.

Advancements in treatment and bet-
ter oral hygiene have made dentures less
necessary. One reputable survey showed
that the rate that seniors lose their teeth
has dropped by 60 percent since 1960.

But, if you are among the unfortunate
who require dentures, here is some use-
ful information.

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dures maintain the denture’s existing
• Don’t bite with your front teeth artificial teeth.
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• Chew food on both sides of your examine your mouth for bone loss, oral
mouth simultaneously to stabilize your cancer, infections and other conditions.
dentures. One last note about adhesives. They
make wearing dentures easier. How-
• Cut food into small pieces. ever, adhesives should not be used to
• When you first eat with your den- compensate for dentures that don’t fit
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• It is more difficult to feel inside
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tures, so be careful with hot foods

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Paris Fashion Week begins with coronavirus anxiety

BY ROBIN GIVHAN
The Washington Post

“Were you in Milan?”
The question was once so inno-
cent. It was a casual conversation
starter among editors, stylists and
retailers as they arrived here for the
final stop on an international fash-
ion show circuit that included New
York, London and then – maybe, just
maybe – Milan, before they settled
into their seat at Christian Dior, the
esteemed French fashion house that
unofficially signals the start of the
ready-to-wear season here.
“Were you in Milan?” That used to be
a shorthand way of asking about run-
way trends, about whether designer
Miuccia Prada still had the creative
chops to leave an audience rapturously
discombobulated. What was once a
question steeped in possibility and op-
timism is now one drenched in anxiety
about the coronavirus, cases of which
spiked in small towns surrounding
Milan in northern Italy and have been
spreading southward. There have been

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 67 dark and surreal?” – not like in Milan where Giorgio Ar- words held steady in bright blue lights.
Last week guests sit shoulder-to- mani live streamed his runway show We are all clitoridian women. The words
374 confirmed cases and 12 deaths, as from an empty theater as a safety leered in brazen pink. But this was not
of noon local time last Wednesday. shoulder at fashion shows from morn- precaution. Some retailers canceled light. This was heavy, burdensome,
ing to evening. And more than ever, their Milan trip and headed direct- dense. The fighting, the resisting, never
“Were you in Milan, where arriving there is a sense that these communal ly to Paris, where they will buy the ends. Dior was exhausting even before
travelers were greeted with uniformed gatherings of aesthetic prognostica- collections in the affected brands’ Chiuri sent out some 100 models in a
officials monitoring people for signs tions are little more than petri dishes showrooms here instead. parade of plaid, fringe, underwear and
of fever?” “Where you in Milan, where of incubating germs rather than ideas. branded shopping bags.
people were itching to leave?” “Were At Dior, designer Maria Grazia Chi-
you in Milan, when everything turned No one has canceled a show here uri’s show notes opened with an ac- Chiuri is a feminist. It is impossible
knowledgment of the realities of our to tell a story about Chiuri and her de-
interconnected economy: “All our sign aesthetic without mentioning this
thoughts are with our teams, clients, fact. This is as she would have it. From
friends and partners in Asia, Italy and her debut collection as the first female
around the world.” At the entrance to creative director at Dior, she has used
the Dries Van Noten show Wednesday her position to elevate the philosophi-
afternoon at the Opéra Bastille, ushers cal writings of women who have dis-
handed out face masks. Large pump sected the patriarchy. Her presenta-
bottles of hand-sanitizer were sta- tions have rallied around women and
tioned just beyond the metal detectors, railed against an intellectual environ-
which now greet guests at every show ment that devalues women’s ideas, ig-
– remnants of last year’s fears, both real nores their creative output and objecti-
and existential. fies their body. Her fall-winter 2020-21
presentation was no different.
Meanwhile, the shows go on. The
anxiety simmers. There is no light. It was organized in collaboration
People obsessively scrub their hands with artist Claire Fontaine, who uses
with Purell. They are not so keen on illuminated signs in public space to
the double-buss greetings when a name our cultural contradictions.
smile at arm’s distance will do. But The models walked on a floor papered
still, they kiss. They take selfies. They with pixelated renderings of Le Monde
step-and-repeat. newspaper. The brand was legible, but
the stories, the content, were not.
There is no light. Every time a bit of
blue sky dares to brighten the day, the Chiuri also found inspiration in
clouds roll in and the wind whips up the writings of the late Italian femi-
and rain pours sideways across the nist Carla Lonzi, who pondered the
stalled traffic. At 2:30 Tuesday after- ways in which we are all complicit in
noon, guests arrived at the entrance to the patriarchy and how women must
the Dior show: a giant box constructed have agency over their body but not
in the Tuileries Gardens. Darkness be defined by it. All hail a woman’s va-
greeted the celebrities: Carla Bruni, gina; but remember she is more than
Sigourney Weaver, Andie MacDowell. her vagina.

Neon words glowed and flashed fem- Chiuri wrestles with complicated
inist incantations and provocations issues – ideas about identity and the
from the rafters. Consent. Consent. role that women play in perpetuat-
Consent. The words flickered off and ing the myth of male supremacy. It is
on in red, orange and green. Women not that fashion does not have the ca-
are the moon that moves the tides. The pacity to grapple with these concerns

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in thoughtful and meaningful ways. ample, highlighting crones, matrons, gaze. His clothes might rile up femi- rello dominated the conversation.
Fashion is the perfect place to explore spinsters and all the other versions of nists – or feminists might take owner- At Dior, folks heard the voices of
questions about social hierarchies, non-nubile women that society rejects. ship of his vision.
sexuality and power. But Chiuri does women. They heard their anxiety,
not allow her clothes to speak to the We are in the thick of a new chapter But his clothes were voluble. Vacca- anger and self-doubt in a stream of
subject matter that has so captured her in feminism. The Harvey Weinstein babble: Were you in Milan? Your va-
intellectual curiosity. guilty verdicts, while not a perfect vic- gina is powerful. You are more than
tory, shifted the tone of the entire con- your anatomy.
The first look down her runway versation surrounding sexual assault.
was a black double-breasted pantsuit. The 2020 presidential race is giving The disappointment is Chiuri herself
Traditional. Masculine. Emblematic us multiple new templates for what it was silent. 
of power. Nice suit, but it seems like a looks like when a woman runs for com-
simplistic response to a question that mander in chief, pushing us just a little
has spawned countless dissertations. bit closer to a time when those tem-
Is that what it means to fight the pa- plates will no longer be necessary.
triarchy? Dress like a gilded era gen-
tleman? Chiuri turns to the densely In fashion, specifically in Milan,
packed writings of feminists, art crit- Prada brokered a new kind of creative
ics and activists. Instead of counter- collaboration, announcing she was
ing their work with her own fashion bringing in Raf Simons as her co-cre-
daring, she offers an apology. She sur- ative director to ostensibly inject out-
renders to the lie that fashion is with- sider energy into the label that bears
out power and authority. her name. It is a seismic shift at a brand
that has exuded feminism by wholly
At Dior, as at so many other shows, redefining what it means to be beauti-
young women walk across a vast run- ful, sexy and powerful without being
way as the object of everyone’s atten- beholden to the male gaze. Prada has
tion, dressed not by themselves but welcomed Simons into her world. Wel-
by a real world Pygmalion. They are come to the matriarchy.
inspected and ogled. Is there a way
for them to retain agency over their What would a matriarchal fashion
identity under these unnatural cir- industry look like? One that was driv-
cumstances? Instead of taking on that en by female desire, self-possession
challenging question, Chiuri throws and creativity? Would it include the
up her hands. latex leggings and pencil skirts An-
thony Vaccarello put on the runway at
She elevates other women’s ground- Saint Laurent Tuesday night? Would
breaking ideas, but she is barely they be worn by models with the legs
scratching the surface of bourgeois of wobbly ponies?
adornment. She amplifies their voices,
but Chiuri’s voice remains muffled. Vaccarello emphasized the tension
She is a feminist enraptured by the big, between polite society and the un-
amorphous fight but who is ignoring derground. He dignified fetish gear
the small discernible victories she can with his sophisticated color palette of
exact on her own runway by, for ex- violet and raspberry and pale blue. He
gave aesthetic credence to the male

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Paris Fashion Week 's most stylish look s

Paris is widely considered the capital of the fashion
industry. Fall 2020 Paris Fashion Week did not

disappoint.We saw looks that celebrated both male
and female elements in the styling and cuts. The
colors were as bold as some of the silhouettes. And

many of the designers' messages were as powerful as
the looks. Here are some of the best looks.

ALEXANDER ALTUZARRA
AKRIS MCQUEEN BALENCIAGA

BALMAIN CELINE CHLOE CHRISTIAN
DIOR

DRIES ELIE GIAMBATTISTA GIVENCHY
VAN NOTEN SAAB VALLI

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HERMÉS ISABEL KENZO Rodarte
MARANT LANVIN

LOEWE MAISON MUGLER Zimmerman
MARGIELA NINA
RICCI

OFF-WHITE RICK ROCHAS Rodarte
OWENS SACAI

SAINT STELLA THOM Zimmerman
LAURENT MCCARTNEY BROWNE VALENTINO

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Natacha Ramsay-Levi produces a confident Chloé collection

BY BETHAN HOLT
The Telegraph

At Chloé last Thursday morning, Looks ranged from the delicately
a more soothing, uplifting message: feminine – a lithe polka-dot silk dress
clothes by a woman, for women and and pieces printed with swirling il-
about women. Men, actually, didn’t lustrations by artist Rita Ackermann
come into it. Creative director Nata- – to the strong and tailored; tweed
sha Ramsay-Levi had enlisted a cast of blazers, high-waisted wide-legs and
her friends and favorite collaborators oversized pea coats. Prompts to indi-
in putting together her show, from to- vidualize came in the form of badges,
temic sculptures by artist Marion Ver- embroidered belts and scrunched-
boom to Marianne Faithful’s haunt- down socks.
ingly beautiful recounting of works by
Byron, Christina Rossetti and Louisa It is shoes and handbags which are
May Alcott as the soundtrack. the main bread and butter at Chloé,
where owner Richemont reported in-
Ramsay-Levi had also thought creased sales of leather goods in its last
about the women who might wear her financial report. As well as a new micro
collections at the creation stage which crossbody style, the ‘Franne,’ there was
may sound like a basic consideration a roomier, more practical ‘Fredy’ tote
but is not one to be taken for granted and plenty of stompy, practical boots
on planet fashion. To that end, cre- and brogues – modern talismans of
atives like Turkish-French film direc- functionality and free spirit. 
tor Deniz Gamze Erguven and singer
Kenzie walked in the show alongside
the usual supermodel lineup of Kaia
Gerber and Gigi Hadid.

"It’s about showing a community
of creative spirits," said Ramsay-Levi.
"These women who are questioning
identity and femininity." It was a ges-
ture which felt like a meaningful step
when, despite numerous designers
professing their commitment to diver-
sity, many shows still cast only pain-
fully slim, young models.

"In the end you make clothes, but
what’s important is the attitude, the
ability to experience what it is to be a
woman," added Ramsay-Levi. But if the
clothes assist in creating that attitude
then Chloé women have an eclectic
moodboard to choose from. The Sev-
enties look which has been omnipres-
ent this season was represented here
in worn-in denim flares, pointed col-
lar shirts, breezy paisley dresses and
shrunken leather bomber jackets.

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ST. EDWARD’S

Big goals in sight for St. Ed’s lacrosse star Jayne

BY RON HOLUB
Correspondent

Senior Luke Jayne was understand- used to get mad because I kept chipping Luke Jayne. about district championships at St. Ed’s
ably concerned about acclimating to a the paint off the wall. I broke a couple and has done his part to produce them.
new environment when he decided to of windows too. But it was well worth PHOTO BY KAILA JONES He has excelled mostly at midfield, some-
transfer to St. Ed’s as a sophomore. Now it. I’m dedicated to lacrosse year-round. times on attack, or “wherever the coach
just a few months from graduation, I’ve played pretty much all over the East “We beat them 16-6 in the district final needs me,” while amassing 63 goals and
he has already solidified his college Coast with club teams, in tournaments last year when my brother was actually 51 assists over two seasons.
plans and foresees the possibility of and at camps.” a coaching assistant for their team. I still
a spectacular conclusion to an al- live in Stuart and it was a lot of fun to play He was voted MVP by his teammates
ready star-studded career on the high In November Jayne signed with D2 against all of the kids that I know. Yeah, I and coaches last year to go with numer-
school lacrosse field. Florida Tech. He has one more spring la- had bragging rights. ous other awards. This year coach Bailey
crosse season to go in high school before envisions potential All-America recog-
“I was at Martin County High for my the dream of playing in college becomes “This year the districts have changed nition. After reaching No. 12 in a 2019
freshman year and I felt that this was a reality. He is currently in the final stages because the classes are now 1A and 2A statewide poll, St. Ed’s is on an upward
much better atmosphere for academ- of rehabbing a shoulder injury and ex- depending on school size. We now have trajectory that should continue through
ics and athletics,” he said. “When I first pects to be cleared to play very soon. Benjamin and John Carroll (along with this season.
came here I had a tough time adapting Jensen Beach, Jupiter Christian and Pine
from a large public school to a smaller The Pirates are aiming at a fourth School in 8-2A). If we stay healthy we Jayne will co-captain the 2020 team
private school. But the teachers were straight district championship, which have a real good shot to win districts. with fellow Florida Tech commit Sam
very welcoming and really made it pos- would make it three in three years at St. Cardosi. The two go way back and will
sible for me to do the best I could.” Ed’s for Jayne. A long-anticipated tweak “Benjamin is going to be a good game, partner up again as lacrosse teammates
to the FHSAA classification system but I feel that we match up well against in college.
Jayne was already an established la- scrambled the schedule a bit. them. They should have a strong offense,
crosse player, but he thrived to an even but their defense isn’t as strong as it was “I grew up with Sam,” said Jayne, who
greater degree working with St. Ed’s head “We were in the same district as Mar- last year. We should win the district likes to work with his hands and plans
coach Doug Bailey. The big picture for tin County last year, and it was awesome championship and hopefully make it to to study mechanical engineering. “We
the newly united coach and player was to play against them,” Jayne explained. the Final Four.” played Pop Warner football together. I’m
making quality high school lacrosse a going to have someone that I know. I al-
prominent factor in forging a pathway We got the thorough scouting report ready have him.
to college. The game plan was launched and bold prediction from someone with
almost immediately. established credentials. Jayne knows “We will scrimmage a couple of teams
in the fall just to keep our sticks warm
“Coach Bailey has done a lot for me,” and get in shape for the main lacrosse
Jayne said. “The first week I was here we season in the spring.” 
had a meeting with my parents. He sent
my resume to about 10 schools interest-
ed in recruiting lacrosse players. He also
helped me a lot getting adjusted to the
academics here.

“I love lacrosse and I wanted to use it
as a route to get to college. I played base-
ball until sixth grade when I went to a
summer camp with my brother and all
of the kids were playing lacrosse. My
brother and I fell in love with the sport.
We would be in the backyard passing the
ball to each other for hours. I just wanted
to get better and better.

“I just kept working at it. My parents

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DINING REVIEW

A wine-pairing dinner at Vero Beach Hotel & Spa

BY TINA RONDEAU other exciting things are taking place at
Columnist the Vero Beach Hotel. Heaton’s Reef, the
poolside bar, is being expanded into an
Over the years, we’ve enjoyed a Venison Cheek. al fresco (but under cover) seaside res-
number of wine-pairing dinners. Brûléed Tomato taurant with by far the best ocean view
These epicurean feasts, generally in Vero.
four to six course affairs, see one tasty and Burrata.
dish after another served together with The new Heaton’s had a soft opening
what’s usually a small pour (2 to 3 ounc- Jamon Reserva. last week, and says it won’t be ready for
es) of a complementary wine. Blackberry Cobbler.
primetime for another month.
Sometimes the wines and the culi-
nary offerings take guests on a journey But if you can’t wait, I can recom-
through a particular region (Bordeaux, mend the jumbo shrimp cocktail
Washington State); other times, they ($15) and the grilled swordfish ($25)
showcase the wines of a single vintner.
on its dinner menu.
Last week, we attended an extremely I also heard
interesting wine-pairing where all five
wines were Louis Martini cabernet Bison Stroganoff.
sauvignons – with all five made
from grapes harvested in dif- ning a Stag’s Leap rumors that toward the end of the sea-
ferent parts of Napa and So- pairing dinner for May. son (probably after the new Heaton’s
noma. In the interim, a bour- Reef is in full gear), Cobalt is going to
bon pairing dinner be transformed into an island steak-
Unlike some wine pair- with five different Old house. Stay tuned.
ings, where a highly knowl- Forester bourbons is
edgeable sommelier selects scheduled on April 1. I welcome your comments, and en-
wines to accompany a menu, Can’t say I have ever courage you to send feedback to me at
Cobalt’s Executive Chef Winston heard of a bourbon [email protected].
Guerrero and his team reversed pairing dinner, but I am
the process. After tasting the quite- assuming the fact it is set The reviewer dines anonymously at
different cabernets, they developed five restaurants at the expense of Vero Beach
courses to pair with them. for April Fool’s Day is only 32963. 
a coincidence.
We confess to having been a little Meanwhile, a number of
skeptical when the first course – a
brûléed tomato and burrata with a bal- Hours:
samic drizzle – was presented to us ac- Daily, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
companied not by a light white wine
but a cabernet sauvignon blended Beverages: Full Bar
of grapes from several of Martini’s
California vineyards. Address:
3500 Ocean Drive
The pairing worked, howev-
er, and the evening was off to a Phone: 772-469-1060
strong start.

The second course consisted of
jamon reserva served with roasted
mission figs, dried fruit and toasted
pine nut, accompanied by a Sonoma
cabernet. The third course was a bi-
son stroganoff with a wild mushroom
ravioli, paired with a rich and full-bod-
ied Napa cabernet.

The fourth course was the piece de
resistance – venison cheek paired with
a cabernet from Louis Martini’s Monte
Rosso vineyard. Located in the Mayac-
amas Mountains nearly 1,300 feet above
the Sonoma Valley, Monte Rosso is one
of California’s most prized locations
for grapes. This is a $100 bottle in wine
shops – and worth every penny.

We finished with a blackberry cob-
bler with a honey goat cheese and cin-
namon streusel, paired with a cabernet
from Sonoma’s Alexander Valley.

During season, Cobalt seems to be
running these special dinners about
once a month. They had a Rodney
Strong pairing in January, and are plan-

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WINE COLUMN

Why are some wine-makers aging reds in bourbon barrels?

BY DAVE MCINTYRE
The Washington Post

The first time I stood in a wine store keeps him from identifying the distill- just to add a bit of complexity.” as Bending Branch, Steele and Gnarly
and saw a label advertising “aged in ery, but he said he buys from the same The barrels also add alcohol. Steele Head’s 1924 Double Black, were well-
bourbon barrels,” I just thought, “Why?” source each year. He made five barrels made wines. Yet the bourbon notes
in 2016, his first vintage with bourbon and Young both acknowledged that were in conflict with the fruit flavors
Don’t get me wrong. I like bourbon. reds, but doubled that production in the hard liquor seeped into the barrels of the wine.
And, of course, I love wine. But to me 2017 after customers raved. affects the wine. Ryan Bogle, of Bogle
they seemed like the points of the Vineyards, told me his winery experi- In a time when many winemak-
compass for Rudyard Kipling. “Never For Jed Steele, producer of good-val- mented with bourbon-barrel aging ers strive for less oak influence on
the twain shall meet.” Yet there on the ue wines from up and down the West but decided against it because of the their wines, adding bourbon flavors
shelves were cabernet sauvignon aged Coast, especially in his base in Lake increase in alcohol. through extra barrel aging seems non-
in bourbon barrels, merlot in rum bar- County in California’s North Coast re- sensical.
rels, even sauvignon blanc in tequila gion, the decision to use bourbon bar- As I tasted these wines, they were
barrels. I kept asking why. rels was driven by market demand. not as bad as I expected. Some, such So, I’m still asking. Why? 

For physician Robert Young the an- “A couple years ago, my distribu- experience the costa vibe...
swer was the Kentucky Derby. Young tor in Nashville said red wines aged
is a Kentucky native and the founder in bourbon barrels were selling well daily happy hour mojito monday rhythm & waves
of Bending Branch Winery in Texas. there, so he asked me to make some
When he planned his first Derby Ex- for him,” Steele told me. Another dis- 1/2 off appetizers $8 specialty mojitos fri & sat | 8 - 11 pm
travaganza at the winery, to bring a tributor in Birmingham, Ala., also $4 draft beer live entertainment
little celebration of Kentucky bourbon expressed interest, and now Steele is $5 house wine taco tuesday $10 speciality martinis
country to Texas, he had a problem. making about 1,000 cases a year of the $5 house wine & $4 draft beer
J.T. Steele Special Red Blend. $6 house cocktails $6 margaritas light bites & sweets
“I was in a dilemma about how we $4 tacos
were going to serve mint juleps at our It sells particularly well in the broad- 4 - 6 pm
Derby party, since winery laws here er bourbon country of the southeast,
don’t allow you to serve hard liquor,” he said. The blend is based on syrah early-bird dinner wednesday steak night sunday brunch
he explained. and zinfandel and is aged for about
four months in regular wine barrels sunday - thursday a la carte a la carte brunch menu
“So I got this barrel from a premium and four more in bourbon barrels. 5 - 6 PM specialty steak menu 11:30 am - 3 pm
Kentucky distillery – I’m not at liberty endless cocktails
to let you know where we get them, but “I’ve been in this business a long two courses thursday paella night $18 mimosas
I’ll tell you it’s some of the finest Ken- time, and I’ve seen fads come and go,” $20 per person $22 bloody marys
tucky bourbon made. So we put some Steele says. “I thought this would fizzle selection of paella dishes
of our sturdiest white wine, called out, but it seems to be gaining steam.”
picpoul blanc, in the barrel and tast- call 772.410.0100 for more information or visit costadeste.com 
ed it every day. And on the 11th day, it What do the bourbon barrels give
was the most magical combination of to the wine? “I get caramel and vanilla
picpoul and bourbon. So we pulled it notes from the bourbon,” Young says.
out and made mint juleps out of it. We “We don’t want it to taste like bourbon,
have made that wine every year for 10
years now.”

Skip ahead a few years.
“We noticed some wineries out on
the West Coast were making reds with
bourbon barrels, and that stimulated
me to try it,” he explained. “So I went
to Total Wine and bought all the ones I
could find and tasted them.” Pause. “A
lot of them were sweet.”
Young then began aging some tan-
nat, a sturdy red grape best known
in wines from southwestern France
and Uruguay, for up to four months in
bourbon barrels after aging in regular
wine barrels. The result was Double
Barrel Tannat, which is distributed
throughout Texas and online from
the winery.
“I chose tannat because in my opin-
ion, if you’re going to age a red wine
very long in these barrels, you need
a wine that is big and bold enough to
stand up to the bourbon,” Young told
me. He sends an employee to Kentucky
each year to bring several barrels –
freshly emptied of bourbon – back to
Texas. A nondisclosure agreement

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PETS

Bonz says this Golden girl has a spunky ‘Spirit’

Hi Dog Buddies! gets this mysterious call from the ride with Toby on his job. He’s Of-
breeder tellin’ him they hadda
Spirit Too Schaeffer is a Golden Re- lovely new litter of Goldens and ficial Driver for humans who live
triever with big brown eyes an a beau- they’d heard he was intrested.
tiful smile. Soon as the door opened, Toby couldn’t figure out how the atta place called Quail, an some
she bounded right up for the Wag-an- breeder even knew he was lookin’,
Sniff. Her thick coat was soft gold an but he decided to check it out.” of ’em want me to ride along, cuz
she wore a pink collar.
“May I assume this was your lit- I’m so soft, an well-behaved an
“Good morning, Miss Schaeffer, it’s ter, Miss Spirit?”
a great pleasure to meet you!” frenly.
She laughed. “It WAS! SO, Toby
“Likewise, Mr. Bonzo,” she replied, came to check us out. There were “Oooo, an I wanna show you
continuing to bounce about. “I just lotsa pooches runnin’ around,
love comp-nee. This is my human, anna few cats. We lived with the my new outfit!”
Toby. Come on, let’s go sit down an I’ll famly, not in kennels, an we were
tell you how we found each other.” all very sociable. Toby knew what Toby brought out a camo vest,
he wanted: soon as he spotted
For much of the innerview, Spirit me, he could see I was not too uh- an helped Spirit into it. She did
was nose-bumping my assistant in a GRESS-ive, but not timid, either. I
frenly way, and even sittin’ in her lap came right over to him. You know how a couple of stylish twirls. The
from time to time. (It might have had all us pooches just know stuff like that,
something to do with the duh-li-shus right, Mr. Bonzo?” matching hat was also quite
sweet potato-an-turkey snacks my as-
sistant usually carries.) “Abso-woofin’-lutely,” I agreed. cute, I observed, in the 3 sec-
“Plus, of course, I was uh-DOOR-ub-
I opened my notebook. “You have a ble. Us puppies look like liddle golden PHOTO: KAILA JONES Spirit onds before she flung it off.
very intresting name. How did you get fluffballs, with happy liddle faces.” “I don’t sneak around that
it?” “Totally true,” I replied.
“Well Toby reached for his check- much,” she said, “but if I ever
“Well, Toby has always loved us book right then an there, but the
Goldens. I’m his third. His first was breeder said it was already taken care do, I’ll be lookin’ GOOD.”
Spirit’s Colossus, then came Spirit’s of! It was, like, a whole year (in human)
Wild Spirit. He liked the name so much before Tina, Nikki an Brian finally told “No woof! A girl’s gotta have her pri- “Indeed,” I agreed (except nobody’d
he named me ‘Spirit Too.’ Get it? I’m Toby it was them.”
glad he didn’t decide on ‘Spirit Also.’” “That is a great story, Miss Spirit! So, vacy. But sometime I don’t WANNA see her since she’d be in camo, I
what’s your life been like?”
“Good point,” I agreed. “It’s lotsa fun! Just me an Toby. Soon go, so I stare at him, but he just keeps thought). “You must be pooped after
“Ackshully, Mr. Bonzo, after Spirit’s as I got here, Toby started my training. I
Wild Spirit went to Dog Heaven about went to puppy kindergarten and pooch pointin’ an I sorta back up till I’m all such an active day.”
7 years ago, Toby was This Close to get- middle school an got my agility and ca-
ting a pooch who wasn’t me. He’d al- nine good citizen certificutts. I totally the way in. My favrite thing is Playin’ “I never miss my beauty sleep. But,
ready picked one out from her puppy know how to do SIT-STAY, an Toby also
pickshur, an he was all set to drive to has a whistle, in case I’m concentratin’ With BALLS. I like balls almost as much before I go to bed, I always give Toby
Maitland to meet her. But (here’s the on some cool smell an not payin’ at-
Cool Kibbles part) my human sisters tention. An, whenever we go outside, as FOOD. Almost. Toby throws ’em my paw, which is how I say ‘I love
an brother, Tina, Nikki an Brian, had I ALWAYS wait till he goes first. He also
already been doin’ some SEE-cret taught me hands signals, like, when he an I grab ’em right outta the AIR. I’m you.’”
REE-search cuz they knew their Dad wants me to go to my room, he points.”
REALLY wanted another Golden, an “You have your own ROOM? No SWIFT. An SMART. Like, I know how Heading home, I was thinkin’ about
they had found a breeder close by. Woof?”
They were Very Stealthy, an Toby didn’t to open doors, even the pocket ones. how pooches an their Forever Famlies
have a CLOO. So, Out of the BLEW, he
I get a leash walk or two every day. We find each other. It’s sorta magic. Like

walk around the lake, which is very ex- the way Toby almost got another dog;

citing cuz there are So Many Intresting if it hadn’t been for his kids’ special

Smells, an lotsa birds an animals, like surprise and that mysterious phone

squirrels, ra-butts, an ar-muh-dillows. call from the breeder at exactly the

I wanna chase ’em, but Toby won’t let right time, that brought Miss Spirit Too

me: he says it’s not puh-light cuz they and her Forever Human together.

think I’m gonna Re-TREEVE ’em, an it

freaks ’em out. Till next time,

“I have a ton of pooch pals: like my

travel companion Dieter, he’s a Dachs- The Bonz
hund. It’s fun watchin’ his ears flap
when he runs. Then there’s my BFF,

Philly, she’s a Boxer-Ridgeback snow- Don’t Be Shy
birddog neighbor from Philly-delphia.
I can’t wait for her to come down every We are always looking for pets with
year; anna bunch more. I really like interesting stories.
humans, too, specially Dieter’s Mom To set up an interview, email

Anita; an, when we go to the drive-

through at Walgreens, the humans al- [email protected].
ways say hello to me; also, sometimes I

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ON FAITH

Remember that initial assessments may be mistaken

er awoke one morning to discover help him with the work of the farm, job we landed, or the move, or the new
that his horse had found the gate of they said. This was disastrous. But relationship, or the prize possession
its enclosure unlatched in the night the farmer simply replied, “Is it bad? we acquired will prove less satisfying
and had disappeared into the sur- Is it good? Who knows?” than we dreamed. And equally possi-
rounding hills. The farmer’s neigh- ble, the losses, the illnesses, the hard-
bors came to offer their condolences. A few days later the old farmer ships and heartaches we think we are
Surely he would starve, they told the watched as columns of marching
farmer, without the help of his horse.
BY REV. DRS. CASEY AND BOB BAGGOTT But the farmer simply replied, “Is it
Columnists bad? Is it good? Who knows?”

How do we assess the events in our The farmer’s only son set off into
lives? Can we truly discern whether the hills to find the lost horse and
the things that happen to us are good returned several days later leading a
or bad? Sometimes it’s hard to tell, as whole herd of wild horses from the
an old Chinese story demonstrates. hills as well as their lost horse. Now
The story says that there was once the farmer’s corral was full. This was
a poor old farmer who relied upon a development that would surely en-
his steady and reliable horse to help rich the old farmer, the neighbors
in the tilling of his fields. The farm- said. But the farmer simply replied,
“Is it bad? Is it good? Who knows?”

The farmer’s son worked hard to
tame the wild horses from the hills,
but one morning a particularly spirit-
ed horse threw the son off its back. In
his fall, the farmer’s son broke his leg
badly and needed to remain in bed
recuperating. The neighbors came
to the old farmer’s house to commis-
erate. Now the farmer had no one to

soldiers approached his house. The unable to survive may become the
war lord leading this army was con- pathways to growth, or fulfillment or
scripting all able-bodied young men an ultimate joy we never envisioned.
to march with him to distant battle
grounds. Seeing that the farmer’s Many, many years ago, Paul of
only son was unable to walk due to a Tarsus made the provocative pro-
broken leg, the soldiers marched on nouncement that all things work to-
without him. Hearing the astonish- gether for good for those who love
ing news, the farmer’s neighbors ran God. With that statement Paul moves
to his home to congratulate him on the analysis of “bad” or “good” from
his good fortune. But the farmer sim- the particular events in question to
ply replied, “Is it bad? Is it good? Who the ultimate trajectory of history.
knows?” Without denying the brokenness of
lives and the hardships in our world,
How do you assess the status of your he encourages us to see that the pur-
life? Is it bad? Is it good? The truth is, poses of God will prevail, no matter
as the Chinese parable makes clear, what. And how would we describe
that our initial assessment of events the purposes of God? They’re good,
may be mistaken. Perhaps the dream they’re all good! 

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ONGOING March 7 | Pelican Island Wildlife Festival 14 Haiti Clinic 5K, 8 a.m. from South on Ocean Drive at Humiston Park featuring The
Beach Park, with proceeds dedicated Landsharks, with food vendors, beer and wine;
Vero Beach Museum of Art: From Homer to relating Stories from the Navy SEAL: Sea, Air, to improving healthcare and health education in featured nonprofit is H.A.L.O. No-Kill Rescue.
Hopper exhibit thru May 31. Land, 7 p.m. at the Emerson Center. Free. 772- Haiti. 772-226-0403 Free. 772-410-8376
778-5249
MARCH 14 Island Themed Spring Party to benefit 15 Vero Beach Chamber Orchestra con-
10-29 Riverside Theatre presents Habitat for Humanity, 6 p.m. at Grand cert, featuring pianist John Korczynski
5 Live from Vero Beach presents Live and Let the multiple Tony Award- Harbor Beach Club, with island-themed food, playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, 2
Die: The music of Paul McCartney, 7 p.m. at winning musical “La Cage aux Folles” on the music and entertainment. $125. 772-562-9860, p.m. at Vero Beach High School PAC. $10 dona-
the Emerson Center. $30 to $95. 800-595-4849 Stark Stage. 772-231-6990 ext. 209 tion appreciated. 772-562-6125

7 Pelican Island Wildlife Festival, 10 a.m. to 11-29 Vero Beach Theatre Guild 14 Oceanside Business Assoc. Sunset 15 Vero Beach Choral Society presents
4 p.m. at Sebastian’s Riverview Park, with presents the award-winning Saturday Night Concert, 6 to 9 p.m. A Musical Menagerie, 4 p.m. at Com-
live wildlife shows, environmental exhibits, arts & Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera Jesus Christ munity Church of Vero Beach. $20; students $5.
crafts, and entertainment. Firstrefuge.org Superstar, directed by Jon Pitzke. 772-562-8300 772-494-5011

7 Toss Out Child Abuse Cornhole Charity Tourna- 12 Art in Bloom luncheon, floral exhibit 16 Vero Beach Museum of Art Interna-
ment to benefit Exchange Club of IR Founda- and lecture, 11 a.m. and 12 Noon seat- tional Lecture Series presents writer/
tion charities, 11 a.m. practice/registration, Noon ings at Vero Beach Museum of Art, featuring documentarian Joe Medeiros on the Unthink-
tournament at Walking Tree Brewery. $50/team of Garden District co-owners Greg Campbell and able Theft of the Mona Lisa, 4:30 p.m. followed
two at door; $40 in advance. 772-532-9375 Erick New. $225. 882231-0707 by reception. 772-231-0707

7 TC Jazz Society presents the New Orleans 12 Educate and Celebrate, an evening of 16 Hanneke Cassel Trio, featuring blue-
Nighthawks, 12:30 p.m. at the Vero Beach Haitian culture, arts and crafts, 6 p.m. grass, Americana musicians Hanneke
Yacht Club, with proceeds benefitting the Jazz at Grand Harbor Golf Club to benefit Haiti Part- Cassel, Mike Block, and Christopher Lewis, 7
Scholarship Fund. 772-234-4600 ners. 772-539-8521 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. $10 suggested
donation. 772- 562-9088
7 Crystal Gazing 17th anniversary fundraiser 12 Live from Vero Beach presents famed
for Gifford Youth Orchestra, 7 p.m. at the folksingers, The Kingston Trio, 7 p.m. at 17 Riverside Theatre Gala Premier Benefit
Heritage Center, featuring performances by stu- the Emerson Center. $30 to $95. 800-595-4849 starring Broadway star Kelli O’Hara;
dent soloists. $50. 772-770-2263 festivities begin 5 p.m. with performances on
13 Rhythm on the River Concert series at the Stark and Outdoor Stages, food and parties
8 Performance by Irish tenor Emmitt Cahill, Riverview Park presented by Sebastian in the Orchid Lobby. $600 to $1,000. 772-231-
3 p.m. at Vero Beach High School PAC. $49; Chamber of Commerce, 5:30 to 8 p.m., with 6990
students $19. 762-564-5537 Sandy Back Porch and Penny Creek Band. Free.

8 Back to Baroque Trumpet Recital, 4 p.m. at 13 Indian River Symphonic Association
First Presbyterian Church featuring Lance presents the Brevard Symphony Or-
Lunceford, accompanied on piano by Jacob Craig, chestra with flutist Amy Porter, 7:30 p.m. at
director of music and arts. $10 donation appreci- Community Church of VB. 772-778-1070
ated. 772-562-9088
13-15 69th annual Under the Oaks
8 Performance by concert organist Stephen Fine Arts and Crafts Show,
Hamilton of The Stations of the Cross by with 200+ juried artists from around the world,
Marcel Dupré, 4 p.m. at Community Church of to benefit Vero Beach Art Club, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
VB. Donations appreciated. 772-562-3633 Fri. & Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun. at Riverside
Park. Free 772-231-0303
9 Riverside Theatre Distinguished Lecturer
Series, 4 and 6 p.m. on the Stark Stage, si- 13-22 Indian River County Fire-
mulcast in Waxlax, featuring Jon Meacham, presi- fighters Fair, with carnival
dential historian and author. 772-231-6990 rides, games and food, 4-H livestock and agricul-
tural competitions and family-friendly entertain-
9 Bromeliad Society’s annual Bromeliad Auc- ment. Firefightersfair.org.
tion, 6:30 p.m. preview, 7 p.m. auction at
the Garden Club of IRC. 772-713-6007

9 Hear My Voice, with solo performances
and archival film, 7 p.m. at IRSC Richardson
Center hosted by Community One Initiative, rec-
ognizing the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right
to Vote. Free.

10 Shining Light Garden Spring Dinner at
Bent Pine Golf Club, 5 p.m. cash-bar
social and dinner at 6 p.m., to help provide fresh
vegetables to feed the homeless, hungry and for-
gotten. $95. 772-643-5092

10 Florida Humanity Series presents Rich-
ard (Rick) Kaiser, U.S. Navy SEAL (Ret.)

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18 Woman of the Year Luncheon hosted by Art to benefit Alzheimer & Parkinson Assoc. of in Sebastian hosted by Rotary Club of Sebastian free Kids Run and post-race festivities. 772-643-
Junior League of Indian River, 11:30 a.m. IRC. $175. 772-563-0505 ext. 107 and Exchange Club of Fellsmere, 2 to 9 p.m. Fri.; 7010
at Oak Harbor Club, honoring women in Business 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sat. and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun.,
Professional, Civic/Non-Profit Professional, Volun- 19 Senior Expo hosted by American Asso- with music, arts & crafts, food, beer and wine. 22 Chamber Music Concert, 3 p.m. at
teer and Rising Star categories. $100. www.jlir.org. ciation of University Women, 9 a.m. to shrimpfestfl.com Christ by the Sea, with a piano con-
1 p.m. at Intergenerational Center, with health certo and strings ensemble works. $10 & $25.
18 Miss Hibiscus Pageant, 7 p.m. at the Heri- checks, information and presentations. Free. 20-22 Garden & Antique Show and 772-231-1661
tage Center, hosted by Main Street Vero Sale at McKee Botanical Gar-
Beach; winner will serve throughout the year be- 19 Live from Vero Beach presents Broken den, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri. & Sat.; 11 a.m. to 4 22 Space Coast Symphony Orchestra
ginning with the Hibiscus Festival. $10 at the door. Arrow: A Neil Young tribute, 7 p.m. at p.m. Sun, featuring 25+ nationwide antique ven- presents Fan Favorites, Redux, 3 p.m.
the Emerson Center. $30 to $95. 800-595-4849 dors. Standard admission. 772-794-0601 at Vero Beach High School PAC. $25 & $30; 18 &
19 Successful Aging Luncheon featuring under free. 855-252-7276
Frances Mayes, author of Under the 20-22 ShrimpFest & Craft Brew 21 Run Vero Race Series Citrus Classic 5K,
Tuscan Sun, 11:30 at the Vero Beach Museum of Hullabaloo at Riverview Park 7:30 a.m. from Pocahontas Park, with 23 Vero Beach Museum of Art Inter-
national Lecture Series presents Ric
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9 ADULTHOOD 5 CLEAR ley River Club to benefit Youth Sailing
10 ARM 6 ALMOST Foundation, with cocktails, sailing demonstra-
12 DRYROT 11 TROLLING tions, dinner, dancing and auctions. $200. 772-
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WATERFRONT HOME DESIGNED IN
SOPHISTICATED WEST INDIES STYLE

1385 Sunset Point Lane in South Beach: 5-bedroom, 4.5-bath, 4,006-square-foot riverfront home on
.71-acre lot offered for $2,450,000 by Michael Bottalico of Alex MacWilliam Real Estate: 772-538-3937

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Waterfront home designed in sophisticated West Indies style

BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA This sleek beauty was designed by and French doors need very little em- and lower plantings. On either side
Staff Writer the owners, former Manhattan resi- bellishment. Because “lots of natural are generous swaths of emerald lawn;
dents who knew precisely what they light” was a non-negotiable require- a separate drive on the home’s south
This waterfront home a mile south wanted, working closely with noted ment, Hoos was lavish in his place- side accesses the 3-bay garage.
of the 17th Street bridge is a must-see. Vero architect Tom Hoos, to create ment of windows and French doors,
With clean lines, soaring ceilings and a the most clear, unimpeded space-to- resulting in a home filled with light Striking in its simplicity, the solid
color palette composed of nature’s soft space flow you’ll come across. mahogany entrance door is flanked
whites and blues, the airy, two-story
waterfront house at 1385 Sunset Point Squares and rectangles, and the
Lane possesses both a New West Indies choice of white as the predominant
ambiance and a stylish uptown vibe. color ensure crisp uncluttered spac-
es; the many white-framed windows

flowing from every direction. by a pair of lantern sconces, its rich,
Another appealing feature of this dark wood a stand-out against the
white walls of the wide, covered en-
home is the privacy provided by at- trance.
tractive hedges and other landscape
elements that surround the property, From the foyer, step into a wide
effectively shielding it from the out- hallway stretching from the south
side world. wing to the north, bedroom wing.
Virtually its entire length is a glass
The front drive curves around a wall, with five double French doors
circle of green: a phalanx of palms

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opening onto the large Travertine- The open-beam, tongue-in-groove
tiled lanai and pool deck. (Note the vaulted ceilings soar to 14 feet, and
changing rectangular shadows cast the north wall of the living room fea-
upon the hallway floor by the French tures a built-in unit with widescreen
doors as the earth turns.) TV hook-up and display shelving.
With the wealth of ambient light, and
Turn left from the foyer and you’re a few well-placed chandeliers, incon-
in the huge, L-shaped, light-filled

space that encompasses the 30-foot, spicuous recessed light is the only
8-inch by 20-foot, 1-inch living room, other illumination required. The en-
17-8-by-21-4 kitchen and the 17-4-by- gineered white oak flooring, a soft,
12-11 dining room, the entire area beautiful honey hue, extends through
completely open, for maximum light, kitchen and dining areas.
conversation flow and flexible enter-
taining opportunities. With its doors The kitchen is big and beautiful,
open, a porch off the dining room ex- with white cabinets, under-cabinet
tends this impressive space even fur- lighting, sleek fixtures and gorgeous
ther, and the owners say they have en- white, charcoal and dove gray-striat-
tertained as many as 100 guests here. ed quartzite countertops. The island
accommodates workspace on top,

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storage below, and a four-stool snack tle wet bar, with dove gray cabinets, bedroom opens onto the lanai. Lie black tile floor, a double-sink vanity
bar. Two handsome, industrial-look lighted glassware shelves, sink and in bed and, without even lifting your top in black leathered granite, a glass
stainless-steel pendant lights provide quartz countertop. head, enjoy a fabulous view of the wa- shower, water closet and gleaming
island illumination. ter and the tropical foliage across the white oval stand-alone tub. A second
Off the kitchen is the sunny din- small inlet that connects to the Indi- bedroom also occupies this wing.
Top-of-the-line appliances include ing room, receiving ambient light an River Lagoon about 200 feet to the
a SubZero fridge with freezer drawer, through a slider wall to the west and west. The owners say manatees often Above the south wing are three ad-
and a 48-inch, 8-burner Wolf cooktop windows to the north. Also off the play in these waters, and the home ditional bedrooms. One has its own
and double oven. The kitchen sink kitchen/dining room are a laundry comes equipped with a dock. bathroom, the other two share a jack-
sits within a long stretch of counter- room, half bath and access to the ga- and-jill bath. Two of the bedrooms
top beneath a trio of windows with a rage. There are two large walk-in closets have private balconies, where there is
soothing green view. in the master and, of course, a splen- almost always a breeze off the water.
The first floor, north wing, con- did en suite bath that is stunning in
Tucked into an alcove between tains the master suite, a cool, elegant black and white, with an eye-popping The homeowner points out the sec-
kitchen and dining room is a tidy lit- hideaway. The light, bright master ond floor can be very flexible – the

VITAL STATISTICS
1385 SUNSET POINT LANE

Neighborhood: South Beach
Year built: 2016 • Construction: CBS/frame/stucco
Lot size: 187 feet by 195 feet • Home size: 4,006 square feet
View: Inlet and intracoastal • Pool: Saltwater swimming pool
Bedrooms: 5 • Bathrooms: 4 full baths, 1 half bath
Additional features: Fine architecture; full-house generator; attached
3-bay garage; metal roof; balconies; volume ceilings; impact glass; irriga-
tion sprinkler; hardwood, carpet, tile flooring; ceiling fans; porch/patio

w/gas grill; private dock w/lift
Listing agency: Alex MacWilliam Real Estate

Listing agent: Michael Bottalico
Listing price: $2,450,000

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front bedroom in particular, with hedge and rock seawall, and a com- the Fort Pierce Inlet and the ocean.
wide French doors to the balcony, munity kayak launch just to the Just up the road is Vero’s charming
which could serve nicely as an office, north. Your deep water Trex T-dock
study or library. with its 10,000-pound lift offers in- island village, with its many excellent
stant access to boating and fishing restaurants, shops, pubs and resorts,
The lanai, pool deck and back- on the Indian River or a quick trip as well as the Vero Beach Museum
yard extend entertaining possi- down the Intracoastal Waterway to of Art and the professional Riverside
bilities. There’s a broad mangrove Theatre. 

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Apartment complex planned for vacant Kmart property

BY DEBBIE CARSON
Staff Writer

The developer responsible for revi-
talizing two aging plazas on U.S. 1 in
Vero Beach in recent years has plans
for the former Kmart building when
its lease expires after 2024 – or even
before that date: a large apartment
complex.

Michael Rechter, president of In-

tegra Real Estate, has had informal tential apartment complex is com-
discussions with the city’s planning patible with the surrounding area.
director about the possibility, though Because it’s on the U.S. 1 corridor and
no paperwork has been filed. near the railroad tracks, “I don’t see
complications,” Jeffries said.
Rechter envisions tearing down the
dated building that housed Kmart Rechter sees the 250 apartments
for decades and building a 250-unit bringing movie-goers, postal custom-
apartment complex on the 8-acre site ers, and diners to the two side-by-side
– a move Director of Planning Jason plazas’ many businesses.
Jeffries supports.
“We’re creating a community
“It’s possible,” Jeffries said, though there,” Rechter said. He also wants
it might take a rezoning to allow. to narrow the road separating the
plazas to reduce speeds. He would
Jeffries said other communities like to see on-street parking there as
with big box stores have been re- part of creating what he envisions as
examining how they can be rede- a “mini-city.”
veloped for future use. Nationwide,
brick and mortar retailers have been Ideally, Kmart Corporate would
scaling back their operations as more reach out to Rechter to see about
business shifts to online shopping. ending the lease early, so that rede-

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“Given what’s going on in the retail velopment could get underway, but
sector,” Jeffries said it’s smart to con- Rechter said he hasn’t heard from the
sider other uses for those properties. company about the lease.
Already, the city’s comprehensive
plan incorporates redevelopment As it stands, the company contin-
and infill strategies to keep the city ues to pay its rent and Rechter has
economically viable. time to fully develop his plans and
get everything in place in anticipa-
The trick will be to ensure the po- tion prior to the lease expiring.

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“There’s more to do,” Rechter said, REAL ESTATE
besides just waiting for Kmart to step
aside. Attempts to get a comment from
Christ Fellowship about its decision
Rechter has made many improve- to hold services at the Majestic Pla-
ments to Indian River Plaza, which za were not successful. Already, the
sits north of 15th place on the west church hosts “pop up” services on se-
side of the highway, and Majestic Pla- lect Sundays at the Emerson Center.
za, located south of 15th Place.
Rechter said refurbishing the pla-
Several years ago, he built an at- za’s facades, adding outbuildings and
tractive outbuilding along U. S. 1 that choices he makes to renew or not re-
now is home to Moe’s Southwest Grill, new leases to bring in new tenants
Eden – The Salon and The Med Spa, are all part of his plan to elevate the
and Vittorio’s Pizza. The building two retail, restaurant and entertain-
marks the northern end of the two ment plazas that occupy a prominent
plazas Rechter owns. stretch of U.S. 1 in the heart of Vero.

He has plans underway now for an- “We’re pulling everybody up,” he
other new building along U.S. 1 that said, adding “we’re not done.” 
will house five or six businesses, in-
cluding several restaurants, and have
courtyard dining. Rechter expects
to break ground on that project this
summer and have the plaza occupied
by summer 2021.

Indian River Plaza is also home to
Energy Spa Salon and Tan, Tropical
Smoothie Cafe, and Spiro’s Taverna,
along with Treasure Coast Commu-
nity Health, the U.S. Post Office de-
pot, Salvation Army Thrift Store, a
chiropractor, a salon, an Asian mar-
ket, a health foods store, a computer
repair shop, and a Spanish church.
There is just one vacant storefront
within Indian River Plaza, not count-
ing Kmart.

On the other side of 15th Place –
the road separating the two plazas
– is Majestic Plaza, which is home to
the Majestic 11 Theatre, as well Vero
Bowl, Stix Billiards Club, Hurricane
Grill and Wings, a fitness club, a cou-
ple of salons, an Army career center,
and other assorted businesses, in-
cluding a Checker’s fast-food restau-
rant on an out-parcel on U.S. 1.

Rechter said he’s unsure of the fu-
ture of Checker’s at the plaza. The
lease isn’t expiring any time soon, but
Rechter is considering various rede-
velopment options that might neces-
sitate Checker’s leaving.

The newest tenant coming to Ma-
jestic Plaza is mega-church Christ
Fellowship, which holds services in
the former Digital Domain build-
ing in Port St. Lucie and has satellite
churches around Florida.

Another church, Christ Church of
Vero Beach, occupied the space at the
south end of Majestic Plaza for sever-
al years. After the church completed
a free-standing sanctuary nearby and
moved out, Rechter spruced up the
facade and then got a call from Christ
Fellowship inquiring about setting
up a satellite church there.

“It’s looking sweet,” Rechter said of
the interior build-out that is under-
way, which the church is responsible
for. “We did the outside.”

The church expects to hold its first
services within the next few weeks.

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U.S. home prices reach new highs in largest metro areas

BY MICHELE LERNER cent by December 2020. CoreLogic’s
The Washington Post December 2019 report shows that
prices increased 4 percent from De-
Home prices achieved new heights cember 2018 to December 2019.
in 105 of the 134 metro areas with a
population of 200,000 or more, ac- CoreLogic’s market analysis found
cording to data from ATTOM Data that 40 percent of the top 50 mar-
Solutions, a real estate data analytics kets in the country were overvalued.
firm in Irvine, Calif. That’s defined as a market in which
home prices are at least 10 percent
ATTOM’s Year-End 2019 U.S. above the long-term sustainable
Home Sales Report found that me- level. 
dian home prices increased 6.2 per-
cent in 2019 to reach a record high
of $258,000. Moreover, home prices
in 2019 reached new peaks in 78
percent of metro areas, including
Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Los
Angeles, Philadelphia and Wash-
ington.

The metro areas with the biggest
year-over-year increases in median
home prices were South Bend, Ind.
(up 18.4 percent); Boise City, Idaho
(up 12.6 percent); Spokane, Wash. (up
10.9 percent); Atlantic City (up 10.6
percent); and Salt Lake City (up 9.6
percent).

ATTOM’s report shows that nation-
wide, home sellers gained $65,500 in
a typical sale, up from $50,027 just
two years earlier. The profit amount,
based on median purchase and re-
sale prices, was the highest level
since 2006, a 13-year high.

Home prices are expected to rise
again in 2020, with CoreLogic, a real
estate data analytics firm, projecting
a national price increase of 5.2 per-

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Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Feb. 21 to Feb. 27

The barrier island real estate market picked up steam last week with 15 transactions reported, including
nine for more than $1 million.

The top sale of the week was of an oceanfront home in Oceanside on Vero’s south beach. The residence at
520 Reef Road was listed Oct. 17, 2018, for $3.8 million. The asking price more recently was $3.25 million.
The sale closed on Feb. 24 for $2.875 million.

The seller of the property was represented by Matilde Sorensen and Kimberly Taylor of Dale Sorensen Real
Estate. Matilde Sorensen also represented the purchaser in the transaction.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$2,375,000
$2,595,000 $1,735,000
OLD OAK LANE 800 OLD OAK LN 5/13/2019 $1,795,000 $2,570,000 2/21/2020 $1,650,000
PALM ISL PLANTATION 510 FEATHER PALM DR 2/26/2019 $1,850,000 $1,795,000 2/26/2020 $1,500,000
$1,625,000 $1,495,000
WINDSOR 10715 N FRAYNE DR 12/11/2019 $1,595,000 $1,850,000 2/21/2020 $1,400,000
$1,595,000 $1,075,000
ORCHID ISLAND 514 WHITE PELICAN CIR 11/13/2019 $1,249,000 $1,625,000 2/27/2020 $1,000,000
$1,060,000
ORCHID ISLAND 432 INDIES DR 1/21/2020 $1,595,000 2/27/2020 $870,000
$439,000
MOORINGS 2025 WINDWARD WAY 3/19/2019 $1,577,000 2/24/2020

RIVERSIDE PARK 3855 INDIAN RIVER DR 7/18/2019 $1,249,000 2/21/2020

MOORINGS 2085 WINDWARD WAY 9/9/2019 $1,060,000 2/25/2020

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

SEA OAKS 8810 S SEA OAKS WAY, #401 1/15/2020 $918,000 $918,000 2/21/2020
SEA OAKS 8840 S SEA OAKS WAY, #109C 10/5/2019 $475,000 $467,777 2/21/2020

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REAL ESTATE

Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Orchid Island, Address: 514 White Pelican Cir Subdivision: Palm Isl Plantation, Address: 510 Feather Palm Dr

Listing Date: 11/13/2019 Listing Date: 2/26/2019
Original Price: $1,625,000 Original Price: $1,795,000
Recent Price: $1,625,000 Recent Price: $1,795,000
Sold: 2/27/2020 Sold: 2/26/2020
Selling Price: $1,500,000 Selling Price: $1,735,000
Listing Agent: Heidi Levy & Anne Torline Listing Agent: Luke Webb & Kay Brown

Selling Agent: Orchid Island Realty Selling Agent: Premier Estate Properties

Jason Pogany Kathryn Worth

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

Subdivision: Moorings, Address: 2085 Windward Way Subdivision: Old Oak Lane, Address: 800 Old Oak Ln

Listing Date: 9/9/2019 Listing Date: 5/13/2019
Original Price: $1,060,000 Original Price: $2,595,000
Recent Price: $1,060,000 Recent Price: $2,570,000
Sold: 2/25/2020 Sold: 2/21/2020
Selling Price: $1,000,000 Selling Price: $2,375,000
Listing Agent: Sally Woods Listing Agent: Matilde Sorensen

Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

Erika Ross Dan Downey

The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Berkshire Hathaway Florida

SallyWoods
PROFESSIONALISM
I N T E G R I T Y ~ R E S U LT S

MOORINGS THE VILLAGE – CENTRAL BEACH CENTRAL BEACH

Boater’s paradise! 3BR/3BA waterfront home, 110ft of deep Rare opportunity, east of A1A! 4BR/3.5BA in small private Renovated 2BR/2BA + den & separate 1BR/1BA guest cabana,
water canal frontage w/dock & lift, enclosed lanai, pool enclave of pristine homes, short walk to shops & the beach totally private rear yard & pool, outdoor kitchen, no HOA
Last Asking Price $1,060,000 $799,000
$829,000

Y our satisfaction is my highest goal, real estate is a lasting relationship.

direct 772.492.5333 | cell 772.538.1861 | [email protected] | www.sallywoods.com

94 Vero Beach 32963 / March 5, 2020 Your Vero Beach Newsweekly ™

LISTED $1,050,000 Subdivision: Orchid Island, Address: 432 Indies Dr
SOLD $1,020,000
SOLD • 1800 FT of Waterfront Listing Date: 1/21/2020
1060 Reef Road #303 • Boat Dock Original Price: $1,595,000
• Most Exclusive Penthouse 7950 145th Street, Recent Price: $1,595,000
Sebastian, FL 32958 Sold: 2/27/2020
in the Galleons at the Moorings Selling Price: $1,495,000
• 3BD/ 3BA with Garage NEW LISTING Listing Agent: Heidi Levy & Anne Torline
• Oceanfront
$945,000 • MLS 228576 East of A1A - Atlantis Selling Agent: Orchid Island Realty
• 3-4 Bedrooms
NEW LISTING • 2.5 Baths Charlotte Terry
• Gated Community
• Beautiful Beach / Best Value Alex MacWilliam, Inc.
$425,000

[email protected]

Gene Billero, Broker
772.532.0011