03/23/2017 ISSUE 12

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INSIGHT BACK PAGE

How couple can tell who is/isn’t pulling their weight

BY CAROLYN HAX ing is inevitable, and so my advice is to count using as
Washington Post broad a scope as possible. It’s not just hours worked
or chores done, either, and it’s not even just about the
Dear Carolyn: household – it’s a system of Whole Marriage Think-
ing. It’s about hours worked, chores done, goals sup-
My husband easily makes ported, emotional needs met, everything.

four times my salary (I’m in Paying loans is part of that, supporting the sister
is part of that, delegating housework is part of that,
healthcare and he’s in bank- your career choices are part of that. What it all takes
out of you, what it all gives back. It all factors in.
ing) and works 60-80 hours per
So look at your marriage and ask yourself:
week. I do shift-based work, so I 1. Are you really putting in more than you’re get-
ting out, and/or is he putting in less than he takes?
often have consecutive days off 2. If yes, then is this a temporary condition in
service of a mutual goal, like paying off debt? Or is
after pulling several long shifts. Obviously this gives there a power imbalance between you? Or are you
taking more upon yourself than you need to?
me a lot more time to deal with household tasks than 3. Are there things you agreed to initially that
you’re questioning now? Say, does it bug you that the
he does, but I’m starting to get fed up with doing all sister goes to Mexico on spring break while you’re
too broke to hire a housekeeper? Or is it all still OK
the housework. for now, and you’re more fearful of something that
hasn’t happened yet? Or are you OK with it but need
Since he makes so much more than I do, is it fair to be reassured it’s only temporary?
Once you’ve identified your ducks, rounded them
that he doesn’t do a lot of housework? We can’t afford up and got them in a formation you can live with,
then you have the conversation with your husband
to hire outside help yet, because we still have a ton of accordingly.
Or not, of course, if you realize it’s all OK with you,
student loans to pay off. My husband is also financ- and you just needed to look at it all again with fresh
eyes – and maybe an open mind, too, to things you
ing his younger sister’s education. too quickly ruled out. 

He works in a fairly intense and high-stress envi-

ronment, so as a spouse, I feel inclined to do whatever

it takes to make his life a little easier. However, I get

annoyed every time I think about how he’ll probably

also be OK leaving me with the bulk of child-care/

household duties in the future. What do you think?

– Clarifying

Dear Clarifying: ably you can do your 40 hours plus an hour a day of
I think money earned has nothing to do with housework.
these calculations.
I think time, though, does. He works 60 to 80 I don’t mean to imply that every bean needs to be
hours per week for your family’s benefit, so argu- counted like this. To the contrary. But, when there’s a
sense of injustice brewing between you, some count-

Nobel laureate’s
protégé signs on
at Scully-Welsh

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HEALTH

Nobel laureate’s protégé signs on at Scully-Welsh

BY TOM LLOYD phoma is Non-Hodg-
Staff Writer
kin’s lymphoma (NHL),
Dr. Suzanne Kirby, a medical he-
matologist and oncologist, joined the which accounts for
Scully-Welsh Cancer Center staff this
month. roughly 90 percent of

A protégé of Dr. Oliver Smithies, a all cases.
British-born American geneticist who
won the Nobel Prize for Medicine Kirby pauses brief-
in 2007, Kirby brings both a medi-
cal degree and a Ph.D. in pathology ly and then explains,
to Scully-Welsh, along with exten-
sive expertise in treating leukemia “There many, many
and lymphoma, according to Scully-
Welsh director, Dr. James Grichnik. types of Non-Hodgkin’s

Leukemia and lymphoma are two lymphomas and some
of the deadliest – and most common
– forms of cancer in the world. of them grow slowly and

The National Cancer Institute people can live with for
says leukemia is the sixth most com-
mon cancer in this country with Dr. Suzanne Kirby. PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE a long time; others are
over 62,000 new cases diagnosed very aggressive and if
each year. The disease claims almost
25,000 lives in the U.S. annually. you don’t treat them

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, mean- aggressively, they’re go-
while, will account for an even larg-
er number of new diagnoses, with ing to get you in a short
72,000 cases likely to be uncovered
time. So, there’s a wide

range of therapies that

are available, depend-

ing on what subtype of

lymphoma you have.”

Like almost all forms

of cancer, treatments

for both leukemia and

over the next 12 months, and it will been “underserved” in this area. lymphoma have evolved
claim a further 20,000 American lives.
Until now, that is. dramatically over the past few years.
Yet, according to Grichnik, these
two types of blood cancer have often In addition to her work with Smith- Kirby says, “We used to just use

ies, Kirby is also a winner of the pres- general toxic agents – chemothera-

tigious Leukemia Society of America pies – that would damage the DNA

Special Fellow Award as well as the and cause cells to die. Then we start-

American Society of Hematology ed using antibody therapy, which are

Scholar Award. products that can stick to the protein

And while Kirby was also recruited on the surface of, say, a lymphocyte,

by Duke Health in Durham, N.C., she and then use the body’s own immune

elected to come to Vero Beach instead. system” to kill only the cancer cells.

Leukemia is cancer of the body’s “As we’ve gotten more and more

blood-forming tissues, especially the data about particular gene muta-

bone marrow. Unlike most other can- tions that happen in lymphomas and

cers, leukemia does not produce tu- leukemias,” Kirby continues, “we’ve

mors. Instead it causes an overproduc- been able to see more and more tar-

tion of abnormal blood cells in general geted agents come along.”

and white blood cells in particular. Turning the tables on cancer, says

“I always tell people,” says the di- Kirby, those agents can now create

minutive Kirby, “that bone marrow mutations within the cancer cells

cancers happen a lot of times because themselves causing them to – instead

the bone marrow is kind of like the of growing all the time – literally shut

canary in the coal mine. It’s the first down and go into a “resting” state.

one to show some signs of all the tox- Almost beaming at the arrival of

ins we get exposed to in life.” his center’s newest doctor/scientist,

Those toxins can come from pesti- Grichnik says Kirby “really has a

cides or from any number of the vari- wealth of experience in hematology,

ous man-made chemicals we’re all both in benign and the malignant

exposed to in our daily lives. Almost counterparts, and particularly leuke-

ominously, Kirby points out, “We all mias and lymphomas.”

have around 400 chemicals, at least, Then he quickly adds, “We’re ba-

in our bodies.” sically bringing her in to help take

Lymphoma, meanwhile, accord- care of our community,” and to be a

ing to New York’s Memorial Sloan valuable resource and asset for other

Kettering Cancer Center, is another area hematologists and oncologists to

form of cancer that affects the im- work with.

mune system.

Specifically, it affects the lymphat- Dr. Suzanne Kirby is now with the

ic system which includes the lymph Scully-Welsh Cancer Center. For more

nodes, the thymus, the spleen and information or to schedule an appoint-

tonsils, as well as in the digestive tract. ment or consultation the phone num-

The most common form of lym- ber is 772-226-4810. 

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HEALTH

3 blinded by stem-cell ‘treatment’ at Florida clinic

BY LAURIE MCGINLEY also known as U.S. Stem Cell Inc., and last year, Comella said that two of the case “was resolved to the mu-
says that the study was “withdrawn” the clinic’s patients had suffered de- tual satisfaction of the parties” but
The Washington Post before patients were enrolled. The tached retinas following treatments, that neither he nor his clients could
clinic still has other stem-cell stud- prompting the clinic to stop doing comment beyond that. The third pa-
Three women with macular de- ies listed on the site, including for eye procedures. tient was an 88-year-old Oklahoma
generation became permanently chronic obstructive pulmonary dis- resident who sought medical help a
blind after undergoing an unproven ease and degenerative disc disease. According to Florida court filings, week after the stem-cell procedure
stem-cell treatment touted as a clini- two of the patients involved, ages 72 at the Dean McGee Eye Institute in
cal trial at a South Florida clinic. Repeated calls to U.S. Stem Cell and 78 at the time, sued the clinic Oklahoma City.
Medical experts said the episode and to Kristin Comella, who is listed and some individuals involved in
raises questions about whether the as the chief scientific officer, have the procedures. Their attorney, An- Albini said the eye damage could
government and doctors are doing not been returned. In an NPR story drew Yaffa of Coral Gables, said that
enough to protect patients from the CONTINUED ON PAGE 60
dangers of unapproved therapies.

The episode, described in an ar-
ticle in the New England Journal of
Medicine, represents one of the most
egregious examples of patient injury
involving a stem-cell clinic. These
facilities have sprung up by the hun-
dreds across the country over the
past several years. Many offer sup-
posed experimental treatments for
ailments ranging from hip problems
to autism to ALS.

Of special concern, said Jeffrey
Goldberg, professor of ophthalmol-
ogy at the Stanford University School
of Medicine and one of the authors
of the report, was the clinic’s abil-
ity to list its study on a comprehen-
sive database of clinical trials called
ClinicalTrials.gov, which is run by
the National Institutes of Health. At
least one of the patients – and maybe
more – believed that she was taking
part in a government-sanctioned
study, he said.

Goldberg called the incident a
“wake-up call across the spectrum”
– for patients, physicians and gov-
ernment regulators. “Surely,” he
said, “it’s an opportunity for the FDA
to increase patient safety for these
unapproved clinical trials.”

Thomas Albini, a University of Mi-
ami ophthalmologist and another
one of the authors, said that he and
his colleagues at the Bascom Palmer
Eye Institute had treated two of the
patients for severe complications in
2015, shortly after they had under-
gone the stem-cell procedures at
a clinic in Sunrise, Fla. The severe
complications included detached
retinas, hemorrhages and vision loss.

“It’s a disaster,” Albini said, noting
that the patients, before the stem-
cell treatments, had only moderate
vision loss. “Buyer beware: These
stem-cell clinics that function in this
very unregulated way are doing pro-
cedures that are not approved … and
they can be quite dangerous.”

The NEJM article did not identify
the clinic or the patients, but its list-
ing on the ClinicalTrials.gov website
shows the sponsor as Bioheart Inc.,















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WINE COLUMN

The importance of the barrel to the blending of wine

BY DAVE MCINTYRE
The Washington Post

When a winemaker invites you into base of Lost Mountain, where the var- cooperages emphasized the wine’s in Napa catering to California winer-
the cellar and draws a sample from ious wines are blended by Eric Bois- inherent sappy ripeness. I could eas- ies) that controls the heat and toast ap-
a barrel for you, that’s called a barrel senot, RdV’s winemaking consultant. ily see how these could accentuate the plied to the wood.
tasting. It’s an honor, an illicit thrill The wine in each glass was the same, wine’s strengths, while other barrels
and great marketing. You are being in- but each was aged for six months in added complexity. The 2016 Lost Mountain will be
vited to steal a taste of an unfinished barrels from each of the coopers. blended next month, and the wine will
wine – the glass pipette he or she uses Grainer and de Vink expressed a spend 18 more months in barrel. Be-
is called a “thief” – in hopes you will Why have such a variety? preference for wines aged in barrels fore the various barrels are blended in
forge a connection to the winemaker “It’s like a spice box,” Grainer said. from Taransaud, a traditional cooper a vat to be bottled, Grainer and de Vink
and winery, and purchase that wine “You might really love turmeric, but that uses open flames to toast and will taste the wines again to see how
when it is released to the market. when you taste a dish, you realize co- bend the barrel staves. But they were the different barrels influenced the
riander adds a different dimension. clearly fascinated by Vicard, a modern, blend over time.
I recently enjoyed a barrel tasting Each of these barrels adds something high-tech operation (with an outpost
with a different purpose: to assess the different to the wine.” I hope they invite me back. 
effect of different barrels on a wine. It “When you start making wine, the
was a wonky, geeky exercise; the type first thing people tell you is, ‘Don’t buy
of afternoon only the most obsessed barrels from other wineries, because
oenophiliacs would get excited about. you don’t know how they’ve been han-
It also opened a window into how dled,’ ” de Vink said. “The second truth
winemakers hone their craft, trying about barrels is to buy a variety. A bar-
year after year to make better wine by rel maker has a signature, but you don’t
better understanding the vintages that want that signature on your wine – you
came before. want your own. So it’s better to have a
mix of barrels.”
My hosts were Joshua Grainer and And while RdV makes Bordeaux-
Rutger de Vink of RdV Vineyards. I style wines, it does not make Bordeaux.
first wrote about them six years ago “In Bordeaux, they want barrels that
when they released their debut wines. will give the wines fatness and body,”
Their wines have evolved beautifully de Vink said. “We have that fatness,
and improved vintage by vintage; this and we want barrels that will impose
barrel trial was another example of some focus on the wines.”
how they are always trying to improve The cabernet aged just six months in
their craft. oak from Taransaud, Saint Martin and
Sylvain cooperages displayed spicy
RdV uses Bordeaux-style barrels, notes, plus some classic Bordeaux
which hold about 225 liters, or 25 cases character called “pencil shavings.”
of wine. French oak, of course, which Barrels from Ermitage and Vicard
is the gold standard for its tight grain
(limiting oxygen) and superior flavor.
The vineyard buys about 80 new bar-
rels a year, at an average price of nearly
$1,300 per barrel. That adds about
$4.33 to the cost of making each bottle
– a cost that gets magnified as it rico-
chets through the distribution system
to the consumer.

RdV uses about 120 barrels each
vintage for its three Bordeaux-style
red wines, so two-thirds is aged in
new oak. Most of that new oak is used
on wine that goes into Lost Mountain,
the winery’s premier blend. Its other
two wines, Rendezvous and Friends
& Family, receive less influence from
new barrels.

Last year at about this time, de Vink
and Grainer took samples of their 2015
wines to France to meet with sev-
eral barrel makers. They asked each
of them to craft several barrels with a
range of flavor variables to be used on
their 2016 wines. I was invited to an
early assessment of the results.

We tasted five glasses of caber-
net sauvignon from a premier area
in RdV’s vineyards. Wines from this
block have consistently formed the

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REAL ESTATE

River Club home offers elegance and vistas galore

BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA most historic and scenic vistas in all leads to a front double gate flanked by The creamy hues of the stone and
Staff Writer of Indian River County: Jungle Trail white, lighted columns, opening onto Travertine floors, the walls, millwork
and the iconic Indian River, both red- a large formal courtyard. Around a and stunningly designed ceilings,
From the broad second-floor bal- olent of a Florida long past. 4-tiered centerpiece fountain, palms further enhance the effect, imbuing
cony of the elegant West Indies-de- and grass expanses edge paved walk- the interior with a soft, natural glow.
signed estate at 1321 River Club Drive, The driveway of this spacious home ways, which lead left to the 3-bay ga- Recessed lighting supplements the
one can gaze down upon two of the circles a graceful trio of Royal Palms rage and service wing, and right to various elegant fixtures throughout
and low landscape greenery, and the separate guest house, which of- the home.
fers comfort, privacy and all the same
materials and touches as those of the Broad gallery hallways extend
main house. from the foyer, providing ample wall
space for the display of art collec-
The home’s white, 2-story, col- tions. The living room is breathtak-
umned facade features three banks ing, with soaring 15-foot ceilings,
of tall glass doors and windows, white and three sets of double-glass doors
on the second level, lustrous ma- across the length of the west wall,
hogany on the ground floor, where adorned only with flows of graceful
the blue/green architectural shutters pale sheers framing the lovely view.
enclose hurricane shutters. A broad Adding a cozy touch here is a hand-
loggia extends across the entire sec- some stone fireplace, flanked by cus-
ond level. tom, floor-to-ceiling shelving, ready
to display favorite objets d’art. In the
The home’s placement on the living room, as throughout, the triple
property and the well-considered crown molding and other custom
positioning of its many doors and millwork further enhance the home’s
windows allow a continuous flow clean elegance.
of ambient light into virtually every
living space during daylight hours. The entertaining possibilities will

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be virtually limitless when all these formed into an office, den or library.
doors are flung open, creating a big, The kitchen is downright gorgeous,
beautiful indoor-outdoor space for
gatherings as large or as intimate, as truly a chef’s dream-come-true, with
formal or as casual, as the homeown- KitchenAid appliances throughout:
ers choose. On the south end of the double oven, electric cooktop (that
wide covered patio, beneath a pergo- can be converted to gas), a hidden
la, is a summer kitchen, with built-in microwave, abundant custom stor-
barbecue; a second fireplace anchors age within the furniture quality cabi-
the north end. netry, including a cabinet-front, dou-
ble-door fridge.
The formal dining room opens into
the courtyard, via double mahogany The island and counter are topped
doors, and features a spectacular with the most beautiful (gold, cream,
gold-hued chandelier. Opposite the cocoa, gray, black) polished granite.
dining room, to the north, is an iden- The island houses the dishwasher, a
tical “flex” room, ready to be trans- deep sink and a convenient electrical
outlet. It’s lighted by one of the kitch-



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en’s two wrought-iron chandeliers, ex- is given over to one of the two mas-
tending from the striking coffered ceil- ter suites. The other occupies much
ing. Here, too, you’ll find the home’s of the second level. Both are beauti-
signature crown molding and fine ful hideaways, with walk-in closets,
millwork detailing; roll-down bamboo spectacular views from the master
shades stylishly control the light. bedroom, and access to the covered
loggia, a perfect retreat for unwind-
The kitchen extends into a space ing and taking in the natural beauty
well-suited for an informal dining or of one of the most serene stretches of
casual seating area. the river, and the sandy Jungle Trail.

The garage bays and a parking In the downstairs master bath, the
area are accessed from the side, large cream-colored tiles are crossed,
keeping the home’s front facade vi- at wide intervals, with diagonal rows
sually balanced. A covered walkway of small square tiles in dark brown,
from the garage leads to a service which also, in a horizontal, triple
area, which includes a wine cellar, row, give a bit of punch to the shower
laundry room, storage area/mud walls, a pleasing effect.
room and bathroom.
On the second level, three sets of
Ascending to the second level, it is double glass doors span the west wall
worth a brief pause on the landing to of the master bedroom. A short hall-
take in the beauty of the 2-story-tall way with twin walk-in closets leads
glass window wall, flooding the stair- to a charming little sitting room,
well with light. with white wainscoting and a wall of

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Neighborhood: River Club
Year built: 2009

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Lot size: 120’ X 234’

Home size: 4,600 square feet
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 5
Flex room: 1

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Joseph & Joseph spec homes rising in Central Beach

BY DEBBIE CARSON And they want it all within walking projects – taking on the construction as new-to-the-area buyers are coming,
Staff Writer distance to great restaurants, shops of two homes side by side at the same looking for the convenience and fun of
and, of course, the beach, all the things time. living “close to town” without being in a
Opportunity on Central Beach isn’t that make the central island blocks be- big city.
just knocking, it’s hammering, bang- tween Live Oak Road and Iris Land so “We saw a big need” in the area, he
ing and clanging, especially for a two desirable. said. Sprawling Riverside Park, Riverside
brothers-in-law who decided to build Theatre, Vero Beach Museum of Art,
what would-be homebuyers in the area “It’s a supply and demand world,” It’s a need fellow Realtor Cindy restaurants, shops, the ocean and the
Schlitt said, explaining that many of the O’Dare of Premier Estate Properties lagoon constitute the “biggest motiva-
sees every day. tor” for the increased market interest
and rising prices in Central Beach said
“Central Beach has been popular
these last few years,” she said, noting CONTINUED ON PAGE 87
that the market has begun to heat up

Joseph O’Neill, Kelly Kite and
Joseph Schlitt. PHOTOS BY GORDON RADFORD

have been searching for. buyers he and his partner meet want
Coldwell Banker Paradise realtors homes that offer more than what is cur-
rently available.
Joseph O’Neill and Joseph Schlitt, who
formed their partnership Joseph & Jo- Seeing the need and sensing oppor-
seph several years ago, have been busy tunity, Schlitt and his brother-in-law
showing potential buyers around Cen- decided to develop two luxury spec
tral Beach, and while some are happy homes side-by-side on an empty lot at
to snap up available homes, others are Dahlia Lane and Eagle Drive and of-
looking for a bit more. They want pri- fer them for $1,195,000 each, betting
vate outdoor living space, a pool and that brand-new construction tailored
two-car garages. They want a master to what buyers want in 2017 will sell at
bedroom on the ground floor and room that price.
upstairs for guests. They want the latest
appliances and upscale trimmings. The houses the Coldwell Banker
team are building have a townhome
feel to them – minimal space between
the lots, multiple story height – but they
are single-family homes, which gives
the residents much more space indoors
and outdoors than townhomes typi-
cally offer.

O’Neill said this is one of their bigger