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reason, Thomas Insel said, was “its lack of validity.” Psychiatrist Hasan Asif and visiting neuroscientist Aza Mantashashvili their lives,” said Richard Shulman, a Hartford, Conn.,
First published in 1952, the manual has changed analyze brain-wave activity of Marris Szeliga as she undergoes an EEG. clinical psychologist and one of the founders of Vol-
unteers in Psychotherapy, a nonprofit that provides af-
over the years. Yet its categorization of mental ill- relationships and access to care is just as important fordable psychotherapy to the community in exchange
nesses is based nearly entirely on symptoms either as finding the biological markers of their illness. for volunteer work that clients perform for charities.
reported by the patient or observed by the clinician.
New funding, Insel said, would be based on the prem- Other skeptics of Insel’s approach say it is impos- “What has led to a real confusion or distress in their
ise that “mental disorders are biological disorders in- sible to understand mental illness solely by trying to lives, and how these things come up, that’s when you
volving brain circuits.” Research into diagnosis and understand the brain. get a real idea of how and why something upset them.
treatments such as talk therapy would be relegated to . . . You look at things through their eyes and say, yes,
the bottom rung of the research ladder. “The main thing is looking at what people say about this person has gone through the wringer.”

Insel later softened his criticism of the DSM. But From the time of the ancient Greeks, medical prac-
the battle had been joined, and with millions of lives titioners have searched for biomarkers for physi-
and billions of dollars at stake, the fight over the fu- cal illnesses. Hippocrates tasted patients’ urine for
ture of psychiatry was on. sweetness (he is thought to have been the first to
diagnose diabetes mellitus), smelled their breath for
“There are two camps: the very biologically oriented signs of kidney and liver disease, and assessed the
and the patient-oriented,” said Moira Rynn, director of stickiness of their sweat.
child and adolescent psychiatry at the New York State
Psychiatric Institute. Rynn, who is both a clinician and More recently, doctors relied on patients’ com-
a researcher, describes herself as “in the middle” of plaints about the severity of their chest pains in or-
this tug-of-war. She’s worried, she says, that “we’re go- der to diagnose a heart attack. Today, they measure
ing to lose a generation of researchers” who think that cardiac enzymes in the bloodstream.
identifying the influences of a patient’s environment,
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“Cancer treatment doesn’t treat the symptoms of Psychiatrist Hasan Asif studies and listens to brain wave activity. genetics, which uses light to manipulate neurons.
cancer. You don’t want the swelling to go down or the In the past, brain imaging allowed scientists to iden-
pain to disappear; you want to get rid of the cancer,” Experts also can’t explain why antidepressants
said Kenneth Kaitin, director of the Tufts Univer- work only 40 percent of the time or why, when they tify which groups of neurons were active when, say, a
sity Center for the Study of Drug Development. “But do, it takes weeks for most patients to feel the effects lab mouse was aggressive, but not whether the neurons
that’s what we’re doing in psychiatry,” treating the since the levels are boosted almost immediately. were causing the aggressive behavior. Then a few years
symptoms of mental disorders – the sadness or the ago, researchers at the California Institute of Technol-
restlessness or the hallucinations – not the causes. The chief complaint about today’s psychiatric ogy injected into the hypothalamus of a mouse a mod-
medications is the same one cited by those frustrat- ified gene that made certain cells sensitive to light.
What is known is that the brain looks different in ed by the lack of progress on Alzheimer’s: They don’t
those who struggle with mental illness. This does treat the disease, just the symptoms, and they don’t They then inserted a hair-thin fiber-optic thread
not necessarily mean all mental disorders originate even do that very well. into the mouse’s skull and delivered bursts of light into
in the brain. Post-traumatic stress disorder, for in- those cells to activate them. The mouse became ag-
stance, occurs because of emotionally scarring expe- Rather than targeting brain chemistry to reduce gressive. When the researchers turned the light off, the
riences, but those experiences change the brain and symptoms, people such as Insel want to focus on activity in those specific hypothalamic cells ceased,
the brain’s responses to the environment. brain circuitry. Their efforts have been bolstered by and the mouse returned to a calm, normal state.
advances in technology and imaging that now al-
Nearly every day, researchers report findings about low scientists not only to see deeper into the brain, Because the technique is too invasive for people,
genetic or cellular associations with mental illness. but also to study single brain cells to determine researchers are now looking at nanotechnology and
But despite years of searching, no one has identified a which circuits and neurons underlie specific men- even magnets as a way to switch cells on and off in
single biological cause for any mental illness, proved tal and emotional states. Many of these advances humans. Connecting specific symptoms with specif-
that a chemical imbalance in the brain is at the root come from fields as disparate as physics and elec- ic groups of neurons, and then manipulating those
of any mental disorder, or positively shown that any trical engineering – as well as the new field of opto- cells, would represent a watershed moment.
medication corrects such a chemical imbalance.
Hasan Asif, who was born and raised in Pakistan,
“There’s been an intense search for biomarkers for is a board-certified psychiatrist who first trained as a
the last 40 years, and so far we’ve come up empty,” psychoanalyst. When he came to the United States in
said psychiatrist Allen Frances, a professor emeritus 1990 for post-graduate training at New York Medical
at the Duke University School of Medicine. “It’s been College in Valhalla, he was swept up in the biological
oversold. The decade of the brain came up empty. It psychiatry movement.
should teach us to be humbler.”
He opened a private practice in New York and
The leading drugs for depression – the selective se- eventually spent tens of thousands of dollars outfit-
rotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs – are designed ting his office with new neurological tools. On his
to ease symptoms by boosting serotonin, one of the walls are colorful microscopic close-ups of neurons,
brain’s pleasure chemicals. But it’s not known wheth- and on his bookcase and tables are replicas of Greek
er that corrects an imbalance, because there’s no way and Egyptian antiquities once collected by Freud.
to directly measure a person’s neurochemical levels.
Asif evolved into a “neurotherapist,” someone who
first tries to understand a patient’s brain circuitry,

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then combines that with both psychological and most likely involved. Then his patients undergo a subjects. A patient’s brain map will pulse with red
physiological information to create a treatment plan. quantitative electroencephalograph, or qEEG. or blue if it is either overactive or underactive, com-
pared with the norm.
While a traditional psychotherapist might begin The EEG, which has been around for more than
sessions by asking patients about their thoughts, 90 years, is a map of the brain’s electrical activity and “The brain is almost screaming out loud: ‘Read
feelings and problems, Asif has them fill out a col- reflects a patient’s emotional and cognitive states. me! I’m showing you everything!’ ” Asif said.
or-coded form that matches statements about their The qEEG compares that information, in real time,
thoughts and feelings with the parts of the brain to a digital database of hundreds of EEGs of healthy Patient treatment plans might include psycho-

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therapy and medication as well as
neurofeedback, a technique in which
patients are trained to increase or de-
crease brain-wave activity in the parts
of the brain related to their complaints.

Another tool is transcranial magnet-
ic stimulation, a noninvasive method
of delivering pulses of energy to the
head, which has been approved by
the Food and Drug Administration for
the treatment of depression. But al-
most always, Asif begins with a qEEG.
It acts as a kind of map, helping him to
identify a patient’s troublesome brain
circuits, which he then targets with his
various therapeutic techniques.

Tina Raymond, 61, says her treat-
ment produced almost immediate
results. In 2006, Raymond was robbed
and beaten inside her storefront of-
fice in Mount Vernon, N.Y., where she
designed seasonal displays for depart-
ment stores. She saw several doctors,
including Asif, for memory loss and
PTSD from the attack, and she eventu-
ally recovered. Then, in May 2014, just
as Asif was ramping up his neurother-
apy practice, Raymond returned, com-
plaining of feelings of worthlessness.

“I was hitting a lull, an emotional lull,”
she said.“I was depressed. Getting out of
bed was harder than usual. I’m a pretty
upbeat person in general, so for depres-
sion to hit me . . . was distressing.”

“He looked at me, and I’ll never forget it, he
said, ‘Just give me nine days, and I’ll pull you
out of this.’ From that moment, I thought,
thank God, someone’s going to help me.”

– One of Asif’s patients

Raymond filled out the color-coded information to patients who then try to
form and scored the statements on a alter their physical responses.
scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the highest.
Neurofeedback has had a popular,
“I feel unfocused, tired, and bored”: 7. if controversial, commercial applica-
“I have difficulty planning and orga- tion as a kind of relaxation therapy,
nizing”: 9. but recently psychiatry has studied it
“I worry a lot, and have difficulty in combination with real-time brain
stopping repetitive negative thoughts imaging. In 2013, for example, a team
and actions”: 6. at Yale University found that neuro-
Asif next wired Raymond for a feedback used with functional MRI,
qEEG. The most striking image was another brain imaging technology,
a red blotch on the right side of her substantially reduced depression and
brain map, indicating too much slow- anxiety in patients.
wave delta activity in the temple area.
It’s a part of the brain that plays a role For some neurofeedback sessions,
in mood regulation and motivation, Asif plays a pleasant nature movie
and it wasn’t firing properly or com- during which the patient’s brain-wave
municating well with the left side of activity is automatically compared ev-
her brain. Asif now had his target ar- ery half-second to the goal. If the two
eas. He would use neurofeedback, are in sync, the patient’s brain is “re-
employing a video-aided reward sys- warded” by the movie’s continuation.
tem, to retrain Raymond’s brain. If they are not, the movie stops. Which
Neurofeedback is a descendant of means that in one 50-minute session,
biofeedback, which uses medical in- Raymond’s brain experienced 6,000
struments, such as a blood pressure cuff, chances to be “rewarded” for learning
to monitor body functions and relay the how to reduce the delta-wave activity
in the right hemisphere and re-estab-

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lish its normal firing pattern. Her con- medication after medication, and he each visit, and there was a side benefit: he said, he tweaks his patients from
centration kept the video – she substi- can turn them around in two or three Her migraines ended. the bottom up, identifying the brain ar-
tuted a 1992 comedy by Italian director treatments,” said Gopal, who lives in eas involved and then retraining those
Lina Wertmüller for the nature film – Danbury, Conn., and now runs her own Another of Asif’s patients, who asked circuits to fire differently, resulting in
playing without interruption. medical communications business. that she not be identified, said she be- changed moods or mental outlooks.
gan treatment for major depression
If all this seems mysterious, scien- For several years the doctor had in January 2014 when she lost weight, “When they are shown the cause of
tists say it is no more inexplicable than dealt with her own, occasionally par- became paranoid about eating and their suffering in their brain circuits
children learning on their own how alyzing anxiety, for which she took and body function,” Asif said, “it gives
to play a video game or ride a bicycle. medication. When the problems wors- “He looked at me, and I’ll never for- them immense power in having con-
Our brains simply figure things out be- ened in 2014, she turned to Asif. get it, he said, ‘Just give me nine days, trol over things.”
cause that’s what they were built to do. and I’ll pull you out of this.’ From that
For patients, the sense of control over Gopal was skeptical about neu- moment, I thought, thank God, some- Because he is a full-time clinician, Asif
their own treatment, of helping to heal rofeedback, having undergone bio- one’s going to help me.” has done little formal research, although
themselves, is often exhilarating. feedback sessions for migraines with he has been published in Neuroconnec-
another doctor; they hadn’t helped. Five times a week, she underwent tions, the journal of the International
After those five sessions, Raymond Then Gopal went through Asif’’s mov- transcranial magnetic stimulation, Society for Neurofeedback & Research.
felt her depression lift. Those overac- ie-watching exercise. She also listened which delivers bursts of energy de- He also gives frequent talks to medical
tive delta waves nearly disappeared, to a series of pleasant tones that de- signed to stimulate the underactive professionals, including the Society for
and her improving mood matched generated into noise if she didn’t focus area of the brain thought to be in- the Advancement of Brain Analysis, the
her brain map, evident by the diag- on modulating her brain-wave activity. volved in depression. The progress annual conference of the International
nostic form she filled in before each was virtually immediate. Neuropsychoanalysis Society and the
session. Soon the 9’s and 7’s she had “You have to relax. And he tells you Biofeedback Federation of Europe.
recorded before her first session were to focus on something,” she said. “I re- “As the treatments went on, I’d put
manageable 2’s and 3’s. She felt better member specifically one session feel- a ring on or makeup. Then I noticed I Insel, who stepped down from NIMH
in the same amount of time it takes for ing like I was going to crawl out of my started to cook. I hadn’t done my laundry last year, supports the direction clini-
most psychiatric medications to begin skin. And I remember at the end of one in months and did it,” she said, and after cians such as Asif are taking. But he
working, and she experienced no side session I felt so relaxed and so calm, I two weeks she was significantly better. cautions that this is still “the beginning
effects, except for the goop in her hair thought, ‘Wow, this really works.’ ” of a long road” and that “rigorous stud-
after each session. “It was like being reborn,” she said. ies are required to establish evidence”
Asif charges between $275 and $350 Asif says that a person’s mental make- for biological tests of mental illness.
Asif, she said,“put my pieces back per session after an initial interview up is a kind of hierarchy, with person-
together.” and evaluation, which includes a ality on top, which is created by brain “The field needs biomarkers and
qEEG and costs about $550. Sessions states that arise from circuits firing in cognitive tools to define more specific
Internist Alexis Gopal often referred are billed as either psychotherapy or a certain pattern below. With psycho- diagnostic groups and to predict an
patients to Asif. medication management for insur- therapy, you tweak the brain from the individual’s response to treatment,”
ance purposes. top down, dealing first with a patient’s Insel said. “We call that precision med-
“I’ve sent him adolescents who have personality and temperament. But with icine. It sure beats trial and error.” 
gone to successive psychiatrists and Gopal said that she felt better with neurofeedback, combined with qEEG,

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Surprise! Another Mayfield legislative effort goes down in flames

Call us cynical, but we never had powerful Disney-led tourism lobby even earlier than her FMPA legislation. from Vero, we could still be stuck with
any belief that state Rep. Debbie May- pushed through legislation that to- What Mayfield did manage to do in her representing us. Indian River
field could actually get a bill seeking day limits what the City of Vero Beach County has now been lumped with a
more accountability from the Florida can do – and renders the county vir- her time in Tallahassee is raise hun- large chunk of Brevard County in the
Municipal Power Agency through the tually powerless – in dealing with va- dreds and hundreds of thousands of new Senate District 17.
state Legislature. cation rentals. dollars from lobbyists for her re-elec-
tion campaigns. Will Indian River County never be
In her eight years of representing In the years since, just as Mayfield more than an afterthought in Tallahas-
Vero Beach and Indian River County has regularly introduced electricity Now, after eight years in the House, see? Sure would be nice to have a sena-
in Tallahassee, Mayfield has proven regulation, she has sought to appease she is term-limited. So what is she do- tor or representative who might one-
herself totally useless. her constituents by filing bills to tough- ing? Moving north to Brevard County, day gain enough knowledge of how the
en regulation of short-term rentals. where her new husband lives, and hop- game is played – and enough influence
So we were shocked – shocked! –last ing to win election to the state Senate. – to accomplish something for us. 
week when, seemingly out of the blue, Her vacation rental bill died this year
word came from Tallahassee that this Unfortunately, while she is gone
year’s Mayfield bill to impose even the
weakest regulation on FMPA was dead. WARREN BUFFETT’S CASE FOR A BRIGHT AMERICAN FUTURE

Actually, the legislation had been so Sourpusses take note: One of the nodded toward growing inequality. It’s an election year, and candi-
watered down by the time she aban- world’s wealthiest and most respect- Though the pie to be shared by dates can’t stop speaking about
doned it that it probably didn’t matter. ed investors thinks you’re dead wrong our country’s problems (which, of
about the future of the country. the next generation will be far larg- course, only they can solve). As a re-
But we apologize to our readers for er than today’s, how it will be divid- sult of this negative drumbeat, many
not publishing a disclaimer in our In his annual letter to sharehold- ed will remain fiercely contentious. Americans now believe their children
news columns on stories earlier this ers, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman will not live as well as they do.
year reporting on Mayfield’s introduc- Warren Buffett made a forceful ar- Congress will be the battlefield; mon-
tion of FMPA legislation. gument that Americans should look ey and votes will be the weapons. Lob- That view is dead wrong, Buffett
to the future with optimism, despite bying will remain a growth industry. said. The babies being born in America
The stories should have been pre- the dour messages broadcast from today are the luckiest crop in history.
ceded by an italic paragraph that said: the presidential campaign trail. But, Buffett argued, there is a
silver lining: Even members of the Today’s politicians need not shed
We are running the following story “For 240 years it’s been a terrible ‘losing’ sides will almost certainly tears for tomorrow’s children.
because we feel obliged to report on mistake to bet against America, and enjoy – as they should – far more
what our state representative is saying, now is no time to start,” he said in goods and services in the future Buffett noted that American eco-
but don’t for a minute conclude there the letter. than they have in the past,” he said. nomic output, per person, has grown
actually is any chance of her getting tremendously over his lifetime.
anything meaningful accomplished. For 50 years, Buffett has written The market excels at producing
the annual letters, which are widely things people don’t know they want, he “American GDP per capita is now
In fact, we could have put that pre- read for his pithy and incisive analy- said. For example, Buffett noted that he about $56,000,” he said. “That – in real
cede on all of our stories about May- sis of the past, present and future of never thought as a child that he would terms – is a staggering six times the
field’s eight years supposedly represent- the holding company and the econ- someday need a personal computer. amount in 1930, the year I was born.”
ing our community in the Legislature. omy. This year, he laid out the case
for a bright American future, even as “I now spend ten hours a week American efficiency and produc-
During that time, there really have he notes some cause for concern. playing bridge online,” he said. tivity drove – and will continue to
been only two big issues of impor- drive – that growth, he argued.
tance to our readers – electricity, and Even though he said the Ameri- A history of growth drives Buffett’s
the ability of our local governments can economy is growing, Buffett argument for optimism, which he “This all-powerful trend is certain to
to regulate short-term vacation rent- framed as a response to the modern continue,” he said. “America’s econom-
als in residential neighborhoods. politics of fear. ic magic remains alive and well.” 

Earlier in her time in Tallahassee,
while Mayfield was still trying to find
the restrooms in the State Capital, the

HEART ATTACK VS. CARDIAC ARREST, PART III Clot-Busting Drugs

Would you know what to do if you saw someone having a heart attack? In a hospital that isn’t PCI-capable, or for patients who cannot withstand
a PCI procedure, clot-busting medicines can be used to dissolve blood clots
TREATMENT FOR HEART ATTACK blocking the coronary arteries. “Clot busters” must be administered within
several hours of the start of heart attack symptoms to be successful.
Emergency
Medications
Act fast. Call 911 at the first symptoms of a heart attack. If emergency
personnel suspect a heart attack, they can begin certain treatments, even The doctor may also prescribe one or more of the following medicines:
before reaching the hospital.  ACE inhibitors, which lower blood pressure, reduce strain on the
heart and help slow down further weakening of the heart muscle
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has proven to be the  Anti-clotting medicines (such as aspirin and clopidogrel), to stop
preferred method for treating heart attack, specifically a type called platelets from clumping together and forming unwanted blood clots
STEMI, which stands for “ST segment elevation myocardial infarc-  Anticoagulants (blood thinners) to prevent blood clots from form-
tion.” According to the American Heart Association not all hospitals ing in the arteries and to keep existing clots from getting larger
in the U.S. have the equipment, expertise and facilities to administer  Beta blockers, which decrease the heart’s workload, relieve chest
PCI. Find out which hospital in your area is PCI-equipped. The other pain and discomfort and help prevent another heart attack. They also treat
method is clot-busting drugs. A patient does not receive both types of arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats).
treatment – it’s one or the other.  Statin medicines, which control or lower your blood cholesterol
 Pain and anxiety medications
PCI
Bypass Surgery
PCI is a procedure used to open the blocked coronary arteries. During
the PCI, a thin, flexible tube (catheter) with a balloon or other device on Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) also may be used to treat a
the end is threaded through a blood vessel, usually starting in the groin heart attack. During coronary artery bypass grafting, a surgeon removes
or wrist, to the narrowed or blocked part of the coronary artery. Once in a healthy artery or vein from your body. The artery or vein is then con-
place, the balloon located at the tip of the catheter is inflated to compress nected, or grafted, to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery.
the plaque and related clot against the wall of the artery. This restores This provides a new route for blood to flow to the heart muscle. 
blood flow through the artery. The doctor may put a small mesh tube
called a stent in the artery to keep the blood vessel open and prevent Your comments and suggestions for future topics are always welcome.
future blockages in that area. Email us at [email protected].

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How Iraqi special forces drove ISIS from Ramadi

BY JANE ARRAF Iraqi security forces in the face of the Iraqi army trucks take up position inside capable of succeeding against ISIS. “It’s
Washington Post Writers Group ISIS onslaught in 2014, recapturing the government, that was recaptured from not even a matter of opinion” he says.
Ramadi in late December has clearly “We’re doing it on the ground. We just
Feral cats roam the deserted, rub- restored confidence. ISIS, in central Ramadi. took over a city.”
ble-strewn streets. The rusted skel-
eton of a burnt-out car sits outside “Iraqis are conquering everywhere now,” says Sergeant Major Hussein It was not easy. More than 40 spe-
a house used as a bomb factory; in- Youssef, who holds his rifle aloft as cial forces troops and several hundred
side, the kitchen floor is littered with if he is posing for a recruiting poster. regular Iraqi army soldiers were killed
mortar parts and metal shavings. Youssef, a 26-year-old from Nasiriyah in this latest battle for Ramadi. Spe-
Two months after Iraqi special forces in southern Iraq, has been wounded cial forces commanders say they killed
reclaimed Ramadi from the Islamic four times and spent a total of six around 130 ISIS fighters in the city and
State militant group, Iraqi troops are months in the hospital since he joined that about 180 civilians were killed in
still patrolling the streets and clear- the special forces six years ago. retaking the city – most by ISIS snipers
ing booby-trapped buildings. and explosives laid by the group.
In a house on the edge of Ramadi
“Real estate office” reads a hand- that serves as a tactical operations As Iraqi troops approached the city
lettered metal sign featuring the center, Major General Sami al-Aridhi, late last year, ISIS detonated trucks
now-familiar logo of ISIS, an organi- 3rd Division commander of the Iraqi packed with tons of explosives on
zation in retreat in Iraq but far from Special Operations Forces, gives his bridges across the Euphrates River
defeated. The Iraqi special forces of- go-ahead for a U.S. airstrike on the to keep the troops from advancing.
ficers with whom I’m on patrol fling edge of the city. The radio crackles Digging in for a fight, the militants
the sign onto the empty street. with grid coordinates as an Iraqi col- laid explosives throughout the center
onel at the center, in barely accented of the city, connecting bombs to the
In the seven months that it held Ra- English, answers an Australian officer wiring of houses and laying trip wire
madi, the capital of Anbar province, who is part of the U.S.-led coalition under carpets. “Iraqis have a lot of ex-
ISIS financed itself in part by sell- at Taqqadum air base, about 24 miles perience in war, but we’ve never seen
ing off public property, according to southeast of Ramadi. these methods of fighting,” says Ari-
residents. In some places, it punished dhi, adding that almost all the build-
former police officers by forcing them The colonel tells Aridhi the target ings, even hospitals, were rigged with
to buy back their own homes. is 12 armed men on the outskirts of improvised explosive devices.
Ramadi in an area where there are no
After the catastrophic collapse of friendly forces. Aridhi agrees to the U.S. As the special forces troops ad-
airstrike. “Sometimes we locate the tar- vanced in Ramadi, they evacuated al-
gets, and sometimes it’s the Americans, most 4,000 civilians, whom they say
but they don’t hit it until they get our ISIS had herded from district to district
permission,” says Aridhi, a former Iraqi to use as protection against airstrikes.
army commander who was asked to
return to duty in 2008. The Iraqi special forces found that the
city had been divided into sectors. Fight-
The Iraqi colonel is from a different ers from Southeast Asia held one area,
generation. A full colonel at the age of for example, and Russian and Chechen
34, Akram spent four years receiving fighters had control of another neigh-
training in the United States. He does borhood, one where ISIS leaders report-
not want to give his last name or be pho- edly used to live. In some areas, ISIS
tographed, but his relaxed, self-assured bombs, Iraqi artillery and U.S. airstrikes
demeanor, as well as his black trousers had leveled almost entire city blocks.
and shirt and desert boots, are reminis-
cent of the American special forces. The special forces troops say they
are fighting to save Iraq. “We have Mus-
He says such training has continued lims, Christians, Yazidis, Kurds, Turk-
in Iraq, and it’s paying off. Iraqi secu- men,” says one noncommissioned of-
rity forces, Akram says, are certainly ficer, referring to most of the religious
and ethnic groups in the country. But
the ISIS takeover of large parts of Iraq
has again laid bare the ethnic, tribal
and sectarian fault lines that have been
widening since President Saddam Hus-
sein was toppled in 2003.

After the victory in Ramadi, the na-
tional police website featured a video
of policemen beheading a captured
ISIS fighter. In another photo, a fighter
was hanged from the ceiling. The im-
ages were removed after complaints
from Western officials.

At the destroyed police headquarters
in Ramadi, glass has been punched out
of the window frames, leaving shards
like broken teeth. Lampposts lean into
the rubble of concrete and twisted steel
bars. Police Constable Mazen Adel says
the new national police unit he joined

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Iraqi military vehicles and troops advance towards cupiers after they toppled Hussein
the centre of Hasiba district, east of Ramadi city. and then stayed in Iraq.

PHOTOS BY EPA Using sweeping anti-terrorism laws
over Prime Minister Maliki’s eight
fought with the special forces to retake The victory in Ramadi now frees As has been the case since 2003, years in office, his security forces rep-
the city and are staying to hold it. tens of thousands of Iraqi troops to the toughest fight in the deeply con- licated some of the most contentious
move farther up the Euphrates into servative tribal province is expected U.S. military practices, arresting hun-
The government recruited 2,000 western Anbar, toward the Syrian bor- to be there. Anbar’s biggest city, Fallu- dreds of men at a time in villages ac-
Sunni fighters from Anbar to play a der. But first, Fallujah, to the southeast, jah was the site of the fiercest clashes cused of sympathizing with Al-Qaeda
supporting role in the battle of Ra- remains in ISIS hands. with U.S. forces, seen as foreign oc- and later ISIS. His markedly sectarian
madi. Another 4,000, including Adel, government went further, holding
will become part of the new police thousands of Sunnis for years with-
force formed as an alternative to the out charge and sentencing hundreds
widely distrusted Shiite-dominated to death based on what human rights
federal police. groups say were coerced confessions.
Many Fallujah residents initially wel-
“There will never be reconciliation. comed ISIS.
We will completely crush them,” Adel
says of the former ISIS supporters seek- In a measure of how difficult the
ing amnesty, using the Arabic acronym fight there is expected to be, Iraqi
for the group. “The people who sup- military officials are talking about sur-
port Daesh have no place in Anbar.” rounding Fallujah to cut off ISIS sup-
ply lines rather than immediately re-
The fall of Ramadi to ISIS in May taking it. Isolating the city would also
2015 was more than just a military set- risk starving the civilian population.
back. Iraqi security forces had aban-
doned the city, leaving tanks, artillery As for Mosul, in northern Iraq, secu-
and weapons behind, prompting a rity forces are still in the planning stag-
parliamentary inquiry, as well as accu- es for an assault. Mosul, Iraq’s third big-
sations from the U.S. defense secretary gest city and one of the capitals of the
that Iraqi forces were unwilling to fight. self-declared ISIS caliphate, is divided
among mostly Sunni Arabs, Kurds and
other ethnic and religious minorities.

“Mosul will be a very hard fight, and
it will have to be very, very carefully
choreographed” to use the right type
of forces, says a senior Western official.
In a U.S.-brokered thaw in otherwise
chilly relations, the Iraqi government
and Kurdish leaders have recently
agreed to stage Iraqi troops at a Kurd-
ish military base in Makhmour, about
70 miles southeast of Mosul, in prepa-
ration for an assault on the city.

“I think, as a fighting force, give
them a few months to re-equip and
to rest and move on up the Euphra-
tes River and across to Mosul,” says a
senior Western diplomat. “I think they
are capable of doing it, but…it will be a
stretch to ask them to do it in the next
six months, and then you’re into sum-
mer. These guys have been fighting
solid for two years, and you just can’t
keep going. 

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From the opening song that de- Author Jack Viertel even as the tools for conveying new
clares what’s at stake to the closing ideas and new musical idioms remain
number that wraps it all up, most generally the same.
successful Broadway musicals share
a sturdy structure. That basic design, Classics continue to mingle with
hammered out by Rodgers and Ham- contemporaries as Viertel explains
merstein in the 1940s, still frames the how various kinds of songs advance
characters’ antics in such we’re-not- the story. The so-called “I Want”
in-“Oklahoma”-anymore shows as song can be belted by Ethel Mer-
“Wicked” and “Kinky Boots.” Veteran man (“Some People” in “Gypsy”) or
producer Jack Viertel offers a savvy rapped by Lin-Manuel Miranda (“My
tour of this architecture in “The Secret Shot” in “Hamilton”), but it must tell
Life of the American Musical.” us who the protagonist is and what
she or he wants. The “conditional
Expanded from Viertel’s classes for love song” establishes an inappro-
aspiring theater professionals at New priate couple with more in common
York University, his book delves deeply than they realize (“I’ll Know” from
and seriously into a handful of shows – “Guys and Dolls”). “The noise” gives
“Gypsy,” “Guys and Dolls,” “Fiddler on the audience a jolt of energy after
the Roof,” “Hairspray” and “The Book a lot of plot (“The Bitch of Living”
of Mormon” most prominently – that from “Spring Awakening”). The first-
best serve his analysis of what makes act curtain may leave the characters
a musical work. But this is showbiz, flailing amid smashed dreams (“Ev-
so he also lards his text with plenty of erything’s Coming Up Roses” from
jokes and asides. (Acknowledging the “Gypsy”) or quivering with antici-
stormy collaborations of such com- pation (“A Weekend in the Country”
poser-lyricist teams as Rodgers and from “A Little Night Music”), but in
Hart, he comments, “The history of either case, it must dangle enough
the Broadway musicals is the history loose ends to ensure that the audi-
of short Jewish men yelling at each ence returns from intermission eager
other.”) to see what happens next.

Viertel favors backstage anecdotes, Things get a little more complicated
many of them often retold, but em- after that. Viertel acknowledges that in
ployed here to good effect. Take his Act II any really good musical must de-
chapter on beginnings. The primary velop a distinctive path, and the sign-
job of the opening number, Viertel posts along the way are not securely
avers, is to answer the question, “What fixed. Perhaps that’s why he takes a
kind of show is it?” If the first song is personal intermission to sketch his
a delicate ballad, the audience will be own path from theater critic to pro-
confused and unhappy when a knock- ducer for Jujamcyn Theaters. Now in
about farce ensues. For just that rea- his late 60s, he makes no secret of his
son, Stephen Sondheim had to replace affection for the gritty theater district
“Love Is in the Air” with “Comedy To- that catered mainly to native New
night” in order to save “A Funny Thing Yorkers before Times Square became
Happened on the Way to the Forum.” a Disneyfied tourist playground. Now
This well-known bit of theatre lore il- that Broadway is an international
lustrates how an opening number brand name, he sighs, some of its
must perform its traditional function product is, inevitably, “more generic
of orienting the audience and telling and less eccentric, less unusual, less
them what to expect. New York.”

In “A Chorus Line,” by contrast, the But recent hits like “Hairspray,” fea-
curtain rises on dancers scrambling turing a male star in flamboyant drag,
to learn an audition step. Director Mi- and “The Book of Mormon,” sporting
chael Bennett wanted the audience the most scatological language ever
to be as confused and disoriented as heard in a musical, still have plenty
the characters. On that opening night of New York edge. More to the point,
in 1975, “the Golden Age of classic the 21st-century attitudes of these
Broadway had vanished into the mist, productions hang comfortably on a
like Brigadoon,” Viertel writes. None- framework that has supported every
theless, the song that accompanies kind of musical across eight decades.
the frenzied audition, “I Hope I Get It,” Viertel’s knowledgeable, engaging
maps the show’s emotional territory blueprint of that framework is instruc-
as surely as Rodgers and Hammerstein tive fun for cognoscenti and general
did three decades earlier with “Oh, readers alike. 
What a Beautiful Mornin’.”
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE
Viertel offers such examples AMERICAN MUSICAL
throughout, making related but differ-
ent points. His close analysis of craft How Broadway Shows Are Built
doubles nicely as an account of the By Jack Viertel,
American musical’s evolution over the
past century. From “Carousel” to “Hel- Sarah Crichton, 312 pp. $28.
lo, Dolly!” to “Hamilton,” we see style Review by Wendy Smith,
and content changing dramatically, The Washington Post

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In 1847, as Charlotte Brontë’s first novel was places his faith in his fragile son. Yes, they endure Emily as a primitive in her introduction to the 1850
bounced yet again to Haworth parsonage, her sisters their brother’s drug addiction and craziness – and use reissue of her sisters’ novels. Why? Wild, tough-mind-
Emily and Anne made a deal with a London pub- it in their books. Branwell set fire to his bed, and five ed Emily functioned as Charlotte’s id puppet – stand-
lisher to bring out their novels, “Wuthering Heights” minutes later, Bertha Mason did the same in the attic ing in for her own appetites for sex and rage – much
and “Agnes Grey.” Charlotte read her sisters’ books of Charlotte’s fictional Thornfield Hall. the way in “Wuthering Heights” Heathcliff serves as
and took what she needed. Enough with restraint Cathy’s id puppet and Rochester as Jane’s in “Jane
and the unspoken. She would give readers what they After her marriage to a minister at 38, Charlotte Eyre.” Charlotte wanted to get Emily under control.
wanted – what she wanted: sex, ambition and Gothic did not write much and died nine months later from
shenanigans. The heroines of her sisters’ books were a complicated pregnancy, but until that time and Harman’s Charlotte says yes to life more than no,
beautiful, however, and Charlotte bristled. They said except for harrowing stints as a teacher or a govern- advancing against all odds. In 1837, she seeks en-
they did not think the public would embrace a plain ess, she lived at home with her siblings, and they couragement from Poet Laureate Robert Southey,
woman. In the spirit of a dare, Charlotte wrote “Jane wrote all the time. No boyfriends, no husbands, no who tells her women should not write. After the
Eyre,” in which a plain, orphaned governess wins the children. Their escape from traditional roles is at publication of “Jane Eyre,” she mentions to her fa-
heart of a rogue addicted to beautiful women. the core of their radicalism. It made them scary and ther that she has written a novel, that it has earned
thrilling in their time and continues to in ours. praising reviews and that she is making money. Wea-
When “Jane Eyre” was published later, in 1847, it rily, he says he may consider reading it.
was an immediate rage. The intimate voice of the sto- Oddly, Harman skips over Lucasta Miller’s star-
ryteller made people feel as though she was speaking tling and convincing charge in “The Brontë Myth” Harman acknowledges her debt to the scholar-
directly to them. Charlotte, not Dickens, invented the (2001) that Charlotte was the one who, after her sis- ship of Margaret Smith, who published and anno-
child narrator who acutely registers pain. Before pub- ters’ deaths, destroyed their letters as well as Emily’s tated more than 900 of Charlotte’s letters, and the
lication, Charlotte’s editors urged her to tone down unpublished second novel. The evidence? Charlotte figure that emerges most indelibly here is lovesick
the harshness of the opening chapters set at Lowood bowdlerized one of Emily’s poems and tried to spin Charlotte. The bulk of Charlotte’s extant letters were
School and the agonizing death of Helen Burns (based written to Ellen Nussey, a school friend remarkable
on Charlotte’s older sister Elizabeth), but she refused. only for preserving her mail. Charlotte fell deeply
and unrequitedly in love with two men: a married
Contemporary reviewers praised Emily’s morally professor at a school she attended in Brussels and
enigmatic novel, but its genius was apparent to few her publisher, George Smith, who famously believed
in her time. Her nest of stories within stories, explor- she would have traded her literary gifts for beauty.
ing the space between dream and wakefulness, feels
postmodern and boasts two unreliable narrators. Charlotte would no doubt have asked, “Why do I
Sadistic and witty, it issues from a private vision. have to choose?” She wanted “to be forever known”
Charlotte looks out, speaking for everyone ever sold – and more. Her outcries of grief over the men break
short. She speaks for the right of women, plain or your heart and astound in their dog-with-a-bone te-
beautiful, to claim love. nacity. She understood the way emotion creates al-
tered mind states. The realness of lived experience,
She has found an affectionate champion in British pretty or not, is her great contribution to literature.
biographer Claire Harman, whose lively and exhaus- Harriet Martineau tried to slut shame her before the
tively researched “Charlotte Brontë: A Fiery Heart” publication of “Villette,” saying the book diminished
arrives on the 200th anniversary of Charlotte’s birth. women by representing them as abject slaves to one
emotion. Charlotte responded: “I know what love is as
Do we need another Brontë bio, given the dozen I understand it – & if man or woman shd. feel ashamed
or so captivating meditations that have followed of feeling such love – then there is nothing right, noble,
Elizabeth Gaskell’s brilliant and gossipy pioneer faithful, truthful, unselfish on this earth.” 
study, published in 1857?
CHARLOTTE BRONTË A Fiery Heart
Of course we do.
Harman’s story is about how writers write. Her sub- By Claire Harman, Knopf, 462 pp. $30.
jects are not accidental geniuses, rather women with
time. Yes, the sisters are socially isolated in Haworth. Review by Laurie Stone, The Washington Post
(They don’t care, as long as they have each other.) Yes,
they are burdened by a pompous, needy father who

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Exploring New York’s array of specialty bookstores

BY NEVIN MARTELL Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks ture culinary projects dancing in my
head, I hopped on the F subway two
The Washington Post Singularity & Co. stops over to Brooklyn.

It was a chilly mid-November day Singularity & Co. is just a few blocks
whose slate-gray sky constantly from the station, down an old cobble-
threatened showers, so I bundled stone street patched with black as-
up in both a fleece and a raincoat. In phalt and engraved with long-disused
such intemperate weather, I usually trolley tracks. Devoted to used sci-
arm myself with a strong cup of cof- ence-fiction, fantasy and pulp favor-
fee and a good book. One problem: I ites, it’s the kind of bookstore I would
didn’t have anything to read. Luckily, have visited as frequently as possible
I was in New York City. Though there in my teenage years. I knew I had ar-
has been much talk in recent years rived when I saw a door buzzer next
about the death of the printed word, to a sign that read, “Join the Singular-
Gotham is home to a wealth of excel- ity,” a double reference to entering the
lent bookstores. The best aren’t nec- bookstore and embracing the hypo-
essarily the sprawling general-inter- thetical moment when machines be-
est shops; they’re the ones designed come smarter than the humans who
to be the ultimate geek-out spots for created them. Up a short set of steps
subject-specific bookworms. and past a bulletin board decorated
with old paperback covers was a one-
Case in point is Bonnie Slotnick room bookstore brimming with genre
Cookbooks in Manhattan’s East Vil- favorites from Asimov to Zelazny.
lage, which spent 17 years in the West
Village before moving to its current A mishmash of anachronistic and
location last February. Tucked be- futuristic ephemera decorated the
low street level in a basement, it has mostly gray room – a suit of armor,
a comfortable, lived-in feel. Coming an old video-game system, models
in, I heard the whirl of a dryer punc- of the Millennium Falcon and the
tuated by the metallic clinks of but- USS Enterprise. Titles were generally
tons and zippers hitting the inside of organized alphabetically by author,
the drum — a remnant from the days though there was no accounting for
when the space was an apartment. A what may or may not have been in
door in the back provided a glimpse stock. I was on the hunt for Alfred
of an open-air courtyard garden. Its Bester’s tough-to-find 1957 cult clas-
inviting warmth practically demand- sic “The Stars My Destination.” Sure, I
ed I shuck my jackets and relax. could pick up a copy on Amazon, but
what’s the fun in that?
But there was no doubt this was
a commercial rather than domes- After half an hour of fruitless
tic enterprise. The small space was searching, I happily settled for Ben
chockablock with out-of-print cook- Bova’s “The Exiles Trilogy” – an un-
books. Organized by region or spe- checked box on my sci-fi bucket list
cialty, they filled the shelves lining – and Fred Saberhagen’s “Pyramids.”
every wall and the tables punctuat- I knew nothing about the latter, but
ing the room. In between the nearly since it had a pharaoh and a space-
5,000 tomes were a slew of culinary ship on the cover, I figured it couldn’t
tools and tchotchkes — egg cups, a be too bad since that shtick worked
vintage waffle iron, cookie cutters, well for “Stargate SG-1” for 10 sea-
old matchbooks, antique postcards, sons. (I only think dorky thoughts
muffin tins and a white porcelain like this; I swear I come across as well
mannequin with a toque jauntily adjusted at cocktail parties.) Only $10
perched on its head. for the two, which went right into my
backpack.
Where to begin? I asked the su-
premely knowledgeable Slotnick for That evening, I returned to the Al-
some guidance on Southern baking gonquin Hotel, the most literary ho-
bibles. “Have you read this? Do you tel in the city. Dorothy Parker and her
know this one?” she asked as she Vicious Circle helped invent modern
helped me collect a stack of nearly a snark over regular lunches there. J.D.
dozen contenders. Salinger, Gertrude Stein, Tennessee
Williams and Maya Angelou were all
It was soon apparent that Bill Ne- regulars. William Faulkner knocked out
al’s “Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet his 1950 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance
Potato Pie” was what my library – and speech in his hotel room. The musicals
stomach – was missing. After all, here “My Fair Lady” and “Camelot” were
were recipes for brown sugar pie, written there. Entrepreneurial editor
hominy cheese waffles and Zephyri- Harold Ross secured funding for the
nas (old-fashioned, Charleston-style New Yorker from a backer who played
crackers). With my purchase tucked
into my backpack and visions of fu- CONTINUED ON PAGE 66



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Books of Wonder Idlewild Books

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 64 The next morning, Books of Won- through my reminiscing about Hen- English to explain the finest points.
der in the Flatiron District was at the ry’s escapades, then graciously intro- As the group chatted energetically,
in the same poker game at the hotel. It top of my check-out list. Focusing on duced me to “Sam & Dave Dig a Hole,”
was equally intimidating and inspiring children’s literature and young-adult written by Mac Barnett and illustrat- I browsed the excellent selection of
as a writer to be around even just the fiction, as well as rare books, signed ed by Jon Klassen, who also did the travel guides, global literature and
echoes of such talent. editions and original artwork, the artwork for one of my son’s favorite children’s books in English, French and
shop was a true delight. The upper books, Lemony Snicket’s “The Dark.” Spanish. I opted for a novel: Sebastian
I was staying in a well-appointed reaches were decorated with cutouts Sold! Into the backpack it went. Barry’s “The Temporary Gentleman,”
two-room suite on the 12th floor of instantly recognizable characters which is set in my wife’s home coun-
named after the hotel’s late manager- – Pooh, the Mad Hatter, the Wimpy The final stop on my tour was the try of Ghana. Always looking for ways
turned-owner, Frank Case. He, too, Kid – all hovering over an impeccably travel-focused Idlewild Books, just a to educate myself on a country I have
was an author, with three titles to his curated selection of iconic titles and couple of blocks away. When I made it yet to visit, I purchased it and headed
name, including the cookbook “Feed- freshly minted classics-in-the-mak- up to the second-story shop, I found a back into the brisk midday.
ing the Lions,” which features recipes ing. My son was on the verge of turn- spirited Spanish class being conducted
from some of the hotel’s most famous ing 3, so I was aiming to get him an in the front window area overlooking My backpack was heavy. All I need-
guests. The hotel instantly endeared adventure-driven picture book in the the street. Though every once in a while ed was a bracing cup of coffee or two.
itself to me when I put out the do-not- same vein as Mark Taylor’s “Henry the a proper noun would slip into the con- Then I remembered the Algonquin of-
disturb door hanger, which read, “Qui- Explorer,” which I still deeply treasure. versation (Trump, Putin and Lady Gaga fered free coffee 24 hours a day in the
et, please. Writing the Great American all made appearances – what were they lobby. They really did know how to
Novel.” I will definitely accidentally A helpful clerk politely suffered talking about?!), the teacher spoke only make a writer – and a reader – feel right
walk out with that at the end of my visit. at home. 

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Girls lacrosse benefits from coach's championship pedigree

BY RON HOLUB
Correspondent

First year head coach Krista Grab- Left: Julie Young gets past Pine School's Mia Isdaner. Right: Julie Young outmaneuvers Pine School Players. PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE
her certainly has the pedigree, ex-
perience and background needed to
take the St. Ed’s varsity girls lacrosse
team to new heights.

“I played Division 1 lacrosse for the
University of Florida and I’m from
Vero Beach,” Grabher said. “I went
to St. Edward’s from third through
eighth grade so I’m familiar with the
school. I saw that a teaching position
was open and that the school needed
a lacrosse coach.”

Grabher arrived last year and fit
right in as a middle school English
teacher and assistant coach to Don
Balch with the girls lacrosse team.
She was promoted to the top job this
year.

After her time as a student at St.

“I see really good things for this ment from last year. We are a really
team,” Bespolka said. “It is totally a young team without much experi-
team effort for every goal I’ve had a ence, but we are motivated and we all
part in. We’ve had so much improve-
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Meg Bespolka scores for St. Edwards.

Ed’s, Grabher transferred to Vero “We have huge numbers now com-
Beach High where she was an inte- pared to last year, and it’s great to see
gral part of four state championship that a lot of girls are really getting into
teams under Shannon Dean from the sport,” Grabher said. “We have a
2007 through 2010. She is among a lot of young girls coming up and that
growing cluster of players from those hopefully shows that we will have a
decade-long state dynasty teams that good future ahead of us.
has branched out to fill coaching po-
sitions after college. “The games we have lost have been
really close (14-9 to South Fork and
The Pirates defeated Pine School 11-10 to Jupiter), so we are definitely
10-7 at home last week behind the showing signs of improvement. And
steady hand of leading scorer Meg hopefully as we progress through
Bespolka. The senior midfielder put the season those close games will be
two more into the net, giving her a wins.”
total of 12 goals through four games.
The win evened St. Ed’s record at 2-2 The three seniors on the roster this
and set the stage for two road games year have all been designated team
this week leading up to spring break. captains. Bespolka, Grace Kahle and
Autumn Meadows were thrust into
The team will play an independent leadership roles as juniors. Even
schedule in the 2016 season, and more responsibility will be on their
Grabher has already noticed quite a shoulders this year guiding four ju-
bit of progress over last year when the niors, eight sophomores and eight
team had no seniors. freshmen.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 67 “As a senior it’s important for
me to be a role model for the girls,”
work very hard in all of our games. We Kahle said. “I’m really close with all
have really great fight. of them. I just want to see everyone
succeed, individually and as a team.
“The three seniors were the oldest If everyone strives to reach their own
girls on the team last year and this personal goals, that in turn will help
year we have been able to improve us reach our team goals. Obviously
upon our leadership skills. We have a big part of that is winning, but we
great team building exercises to keep should also enjoy ourselves and make
everyone close on and off the field. the most of every single practice and
We rely on our experience to try to every single game.
help everyone else out.”
“I want to be involved as much as
Grabher has six players in a mid- I can. You definitely think about it
field rotation to keep everyone fresh, when you’re a senior since it is com-
but Bespolka takes the lead role on of- ing to an end. So I’m going to take it
fense and Kahle anchors the defense
in front of goalie Kendra Mathes.

Tea Tee heads to the goal.

Alex Marshall beats Pine School players to the end zone.

all in as much as I can.” ing, and making sure the girls have
That type of mature leadership food at the right time.

would clearly be beneficial for any “I was on four state championship
new head coach, although in this teams and that prepared me for what
particular case St. Ed’s got someone I was going to be doing at the Uni-
who was thoroughly prepared for the versity of Florida. (Shannon Dean’s)
task. coaching taught me how to be pre-
pared physically and mentally for all
“I coached club lacrosse and of the experiences and knowledge
younger kids even through college,” that I can now pass on to these girls.
Grabher said. “So it wasn’t a very hard
transition into this position. The ac- “I believe we have made some real-
tual coaching part for me is easy. The ly big improvements here in one year.
tricky part is putting everything else I’m going to say that we are not going
together like scheduling, team bond- to slow down in any way.” 

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LOSE THOSE LOSERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 96

By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist A Q J 10

Harry Truman said, “It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression QJ8
when you lose yours.”
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At the bridge table, if you successfully eliminate losers, your opponents will be
depressed. That applies in today’s deal. How did South make East-West sad after West WEST EAST
led the heart two against five clubs doubled? A73
982 K Q 10 5 4
South had a so-so hand for a three-level weak jump overcall, but the vulnerability was 97542
in his favor. West’s three-spade response showed the values for a single raise. (With K4 K7643
game-invitational strength, he would have jumped to four spades; and with game-
forcing power, he would have cue-bid four clubs.) Then North adopted a bad tactic: If A6
you are willing to go to five clubs, do it immediately; do not give the opponents extra
bidding space. Also, after East showed his second suit, and West retreated to four 3
spades, North ought to have doubled and probably gone plus 500.
SOUTH
If West had led the spade ace, five clubs doubled would have failed. But when he led
a heart, South took full advantage. He won with dummy’s heart ace and continued with J82
the heart queen. East defended well by playing low, but South discarded a spade. That
scenario was repeated at trick three: heart jack not covered and spade pitched. Then 5
declarer correctly led dummy’s last heart, and even though East played his king, South
threw his last spade. A moment later, declarer got into his hand with a spade ruff to take K 10 3
the club finesse and ended with plus 550.
Q J 10 9 7 6

Dealer: East; Vulnerable: East-West

The Bidding:

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1 Spades
3 Clubs 3 Spades 4 Clubs 4 Hearts OPENING
Pass 4 Spades 5 Clubs Pass
Pass Dbl. All Pass LEAD:
2 Hearts

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SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (FEBRUARY 25) ON PAGE 87

The Telegraph ACROSS DOWN
1 Internal (5) 1 Blurred (10)
4 Without doubt (6) 2 Goads (7)
7 Bottom scraper (7) 3 Alter rating (7)
8 Rip (4) 4 Tension (6)
10 Spicy sauce (5) 5 Irritable (5)
11 Songbird; frolic (7) 6 Andean animal (5)
14 Measure (med.) (4) 9 Tall building (10)
16 Published (6) 12 Avid (4)
18 Commands (6) 13 Garland (3)
21 Completed (4) 15 Probability (4)
23 Demureness (7) 17 Pot (3)
26 Adder (5) 19 Evolve (7)
27 Mark of injury (4) 20 Seed money (7)
28 Type of desk (43) 22 Large seabird (6)
29 Floor (6) 24 Sailboat (5)
30 Of the far North (5) 25 Mistake (5)

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ACROSS 74 Shiner in the DOWN Congress The Washington Post
1 She’s bad luck, ring? 1 Clapton’s “___ 60 Stamp-mill
ON THE WAGGIN’ By Merl Reagle
says Sam 76 Apollo’s pop the Sheriff” contents
5 Doggie 77 Ritz cracker 2 Aquarium fish 61 Signaling word
3 Grofe’s “Grand 63 Primeval gunk
reprimand competitor 65 Beginning
8 With 124 Across, 78 “J’accepte” Canyon,” for one 68 Reason for an
79 Short time, 4 Tennis-score
a spray can oil-price drop
12 Prefix in Sierra shortly word 70 Where 40 Down
80 Selfish types 5 The going price?
Club lit. 82 Start of a San 6 Shake like ___ has a 17 Down
15 Cinematographers’ 7 Two-part: abbr. 72 Runs smoothly
Francisco tune 8 Old name of a 73 Would-be
org. 84 Cascades peak
18 Heartfelt tune (3 French province destination in The
(4 letters) 9 Ms. Lanchester Producers
letters) 89 Mrs. McKinley 10 “Nobody does it 74 Merely, to Br’er
21 Dog, for short 91 Name, in Nimes Fox
22 ___-de-sac 92 Amer. alliance deader” product 75 Off-the-wall
23 Prince Ras Tafari, 94 Famous litigant 11 Billie Joe’s tale, answer
95 Tic-Tac-Dough 79 Originates (from)
later e.g. 81 Duel weapon
(6 letters) line 12 City opposite 83 Donut shapes
24 Babble 96 Yaz was one of 85 Spenser: For
26 World Series mo. Juárez Hire’s Robert
27 Coll. degree ’em 13 Barker’s show 86 Writer-director
28 Electric catfish of 98 They make 14 Bk. before Jonah Ephron
Africa 15 Be a brat 87 Songwriter Hoyt
29 It’s off the top of palms sweat 16 Family of drugs 88 Old French coin
your head (4 100 Terra ___ 17 Divided spot 90 Firewood tool
letters) 102 Guidance 19 Punxsutawney 93 ___ a doornail
30 Your opponents 104 Operation 97 First name of
32 Going on Phil’s mo. fashion
34 ___ Fan Tutte Mongoose target 20 Real name of 99 ___ worse than
35 ___ the crack of (5 letters) death
dawn 107 Ger. empire that Red Buttons, ___ 100 Brouhaha
36 Stroker’s prop ended in 1806 Chwatt 101 Bears witness
38 Laugh about 108 Contemporary of 25 Nova Scotia town 103 Beat ___ (win a
secretly K.T. 29 Notes, or a lottery, e.g.)
(5 letters) and Wynonna Previn 105 Literary Leonard
42 Most unyielding 111 Where David 31 Beetle Bailey 106 Lower the lights
46 Come to light slew Goliath cartoonist Walker again
47 “Half ___ is better 112 Irritable partner? 33 Big name in 108 Team race
than 114 Bonkers blenders 109 Isolation
none” 118 Way off? (5 34 Girdles of ancient 110 Velodrome
50 Entertainment letters) Greece vehicles
preceder 120 Did no business, 37 Williams of 113 Santino Corleone
51 Silk-jammied as a movie Happy Days 115 Defense Les,
CEO 122 Hamlin’s Alley 39 Sing like Sinatra circa 1992
53 Table scrap ___ 40 Michael’s actor- 116 Berry’s Johnny B.
54 ___ Miss 124 See 8 Across dad 117 Some singers
55 Hound 125 “I don’t know why 41 Type of engr. 119 Shot through
57 Certain muscle, I love you ___ ... 42 Letters on an 120 Couples
briefly ” Indy car 121 “___ that
58 Missing (4 letters) 126 Ivan was one (4 43 Theme of this special?”
62 Women’s mag letters) puzzle, Part 1 123 I.M. or Mario
64 Macbeth, for one 129 Ginger drink 44 Theme of this 126 Thunder and
66 Final resting 130 So or go follower puzzle, Part 2 Tobacco: abbr.
place? 131 “Gee, thanks!” (4 45 Andress film 127 Afflict
67 92 Across, e.g. letters) 48 Theme of this 128 Giants’ city, to an
69 “Alas!” 132 A word to Virginia puzzle, Part 3 airline
70 Dog dodgers, 133 Language ending 49 Theme of this
usually 134 Fast flyers puzzle, Part 4
71 Poker player’s 135 French-Belgian 52 Chimney duct
request river 54 Damsel victimizer
136 Binary digits 56 Is known (by)
59 Rebuff to

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The gear you need to scale a mountain of grief

BY CAROLYN HAX Obviously you know exactly what you’ve been this very dark place. Uphill with a heavy pack; physi-
Washington Post through, but it can help to remain mindful of your cally exhausting; emotionally uncertain. There are no
circumstances. “My body has been through a lot,” for shortcuts or escapes, it’s just you and you have to do it.
Dear Carolyn, example. “New jobs are more tiring mentally than fa-
I’m in the middle of a messy miliar ones.” Now: Self-care is what sustains you on this trip.
divorce, six months after my son – If you don’t sleep, if you eat poorly and are quick to
conceived after years of IVF – died I agree with your counselor that self-care is the berate yourself, then you will falter physically and
at birth. I’ve also just started a new job with a lot more answer, but not to “escape” or “change the reality.” be easily discouraged.
responsibility and am living in temporary accom- That’s impossible, as you rightly point out, and also
modations since my soon-to-be-ex is in the marital not the point of self-care. But if you give yourself proper rest, good nutri-
home. tion, emotional or spiritual relief (church, poetry,
I’m constantly either furious or in deep, black grief. To illustrate the point, I’ll suggest a different meta- meditation, nature . . . ?), access to outside encour-
It’s exhausting. My counselor says I need to take bet- phor. Imagine your grief as a literal journey through agement and a lot of breaks – not just physical ones,
ter care of myself. I agree, but I don’t know how. If I but also some emotional ones by choosing not to
take some time off, or go on vacation, or treat myself, be tough on yourself when you think you’re falling
it won’t change the reality – my son will still be dead short – then it’ll be no less grueling; you’ll just be
and my marriage will still have collapsed. It’s not like better equipped to manage the burden.
I can just take a break from this stressful situation to
recharge. The stressful situation is inside me, it’s the Better equipped, you can open yourself to the grief
grief over the loss of my family, and I don’t know how instead of pushing it back. Vertigo-inducing, but it can
to take a break and escape from it. help.
I feel like I’m spending down an emotional savings
account and don’t know how to replenish it. How do I That is the self-care I’m talking about, not palm
do self-care in an unfixable situation? trees and umbrella drinks (not that there’s anything
All My Pretty Chickens and Their Dam wrong with those).

Dear 'All My Pretty Chickens and Their Dam': Beyond sleep and nutrition, such care is a matter
I am so sorry. Either of these can knock a person flat. of personal preference, but an easy option – we’re all
You not only have both at once, but they’re also book- about easy here – is to pick one from each category:
ended by two emotional and physical drains — infertil- exercise, art, sensory comfort, empathy.
ity treatment/pregnancy/childbirth, and the new job.
So, for example, try yoga, favorite music playlists,
making your temporary home more homey and con-
tacting Compassionate Friends.

Or: Run, paint, bake, lean hard on friends.
Keep it simple; whatever feeds and (eventually) re-
stores you through this grief is self-care. Peace and
good luck. 

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How to wear sequins

BY BARBARA MCMILLAN Take on the trophy trouser sparkle, as will a pair of white plimsoll- Update your outerwear collection
The Telegraph Expert dressers will want to try some- style trainers. Don't be afraid to throw in with a sequin jacket
thing new. A clever cut trouser covered some color. Go for a bold clutch bag, or
Take things up a notch in your ward- in sequins is bound to shake-up any opt for a slick of red lipstick. Add some pizzazz to your outfit with a
robe and take on the sequin trend. Not wardrobe. Take note of the loose-fit sequin jacket. Consider dark shades for
for the fainthearted, this one's loud, shape and muted colors worn together. wearability (steer clear of brights) and
glitzy and all kinds of fun to wear. A tonal off-the-shoulder knit is the per- team with tailored trousers and a basic
fect companion to your glitzy bottom top for maximum impact. Flats will add
Party season is the perfect time to half, and will look equally chic with flats polish to your look, as will an oversized
shine, but what to do with those sparkly or heels. clutch bag. 
separates in between?We say wear them
with pride. Day, night, work or weekend
– there's plenty of ways to incorporate
sequins into your everyday wardrobe.
The key is all in the styling. Remember,
less is definitely more, with knitwear
and denim playing a crucial role in the
success of trans-seasonal sequin dress-
ing. A head-to-toe look works great for
a night out, but for day? Not so much.
Look to team your statement sequin
piece with soft sweatshirts, button-up
blouses and skinny jeans.

Here's our guide to getting your se-
quins right ...

Do add unexpected accessories
An unexpected accessory goes a long
way, and nothing could be more unex-
pected than a sparkly scarf. Cast aside
any initial concerns, this look is actually
ultra-chic. Go for a slim style in a berry
shade and wear wrapped once around
the neck with a printed mini dress and
ankle boots.

Trade in your pencil skirt for some-
thing sparkly

The key to getting this look right is by
mixing your sequin skirt with basics. A
grey marl knit will perfectly balance the

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How to design an Oscar gown that even a star might pay retail for

BY ROBING GIVHAN Jenny Packham
The Washington Post

The prep area at the Jenny Pack- lywood stars who take loaners from
ham show was crowded with racks of design houses, Howard had gone to
glittery dresses in a rainbow of colors the mall in preparation for a big, fancy
all dripping with sequins and icicle night out — just like a normal person.
paillettes. Reporters nosing around She’d done so, Howard said, because
backstage before her fall 2016 runway she is a size 6 and because most of
production fingered the cocktail and
evening gowns and asked all the im-
portant questions — about her color
palette and fabric choices and who
will you dress for the Oscars?

Packham, a British designer who
launched her brand in 1988, is known
as a favorite of Catherine, Duchess
of Cambridge, as well as Taylor Swift,
Emily Blunt and America Ferrera, who
wear her clothes on the red carpet. But
in January Packham got an enormous
boost of notoriety because of a shop-
ping trip.

The actress Bryce Dallas Howard
announced on the Golden Globes red
carpet that she’d actually purchased
her navy lace Jenny Packham dress,
from Neiman Marcus. Unlike the Hol-

Bryce Dallas Howard

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those borrowed designer dresses are It’s weird to think that it was “shock- experimental or particularly daring, for us.” So any actress looking to do
sized for models and or teeny-tiny ac- ing that (Howard) had gone out and which means they are just right for the some honest-to-goodness retail shop-
tresses — which means that they are a bought her own dress,” Packham adds. Oscar red carpet. When her gowns are ping will have to be satisfied with a
size two, maybe. So rather than have “There was so much coverage of that. low cut, they often have a scrim of net- dress from a season or two ago. (How-
a limited choice of free dresses, she People were so impressed that some- ting across the torso. When they are ard’s dress, which she wore in January,
opted for the near limitless selection one like that buys her own dress.” slit, they stop before they become the was from the 2016 pre-spring collec-
of dresses for sale. subject of post-awards show memes. tion.) Or go straight to the designer.
For her fall collection, Packham was
“We knew nothing about it at all, inspired by the 1980s, the era of big Packham, however, hasn’t signed “We’re working on a few bespoke
but obviously for Neiman Marcus and shoulders and high-wattage glamour. onto the fashion industry’s new-found pieces,” says Packham when asked
for us it was great,” Packham says. “I There were searing fuchsia gowns, love affair with see-now-buy-now run- about the Oscars. The lucky recipients?
think for us, as an evening wear line, others in butter yellow, and plenty way shows.” Our dresses take a long The designer isn’t saying. After all, it’s a
anytime someone on the red carpet that were lacquered in sequins. Pack- time to make,” Packham says, “and lot easier for an actress to change her
wears our dress, it’s an endorsement.” ham’s clothes are not eccentric or we’re still grappling with how it’ll work mind if she’s not footing the bill. 

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DINING REVIEW

The Tides: Kicking it up a notch year after year

BY TINA RONDEAU Tuscan Herb and Pancetta Crusted Redfish. PHOTOS BY LEAH DUBOIS
Columnist

Reviewing The Tides each year is al- Beets Berries and Burrata. Buffalo Style Connecticut Blue Point Oysters.
ways a challenge.
Salmon Tuna Tartare. often. This was a beautiful piece of most any evening if you are feeling
The initial challenge, unless you are redfish, perfectly prepared, and served adventuresome, dining at The Tides
better at planning ahead than I am, lies etta crusted redfish ($38), my husband with a brown butter sauce over risotto is much the same as it has been for 16
in getting a reservation. This venerable opted for the pompano special ($38), cake and Brussel sprout leaves. years – which is to say, the food and
restaurant has become such a favorite and our companion returned to the overall experience at this beachside
of island diners that it is packed even on menu for an old favorite, the herb crust- Our companion’s herb crusted chick- restaurant is very, very good, indeed.
weeknights. ed chicken saltimbocca ($28). en, stuffed with fresh spinach, pro-
sciutto, and smoked mozzarella, was I welcome your comments, and en-
But the larger challenge for a review- You don’t see redfish on menus too accompanied by roasted garlic mashed courage you to send feedback to me at
er is to find new superlatives to describe potatoes. [email protected].
the dishes of Chef Leanne Kelleher,
who just seems to keep kicking it up a My husband’s pompano – lightly The reviewer dines anonymously at
notch year after year. floured, egg washed, and pan sautéed restaurants at the expense of Vero Beach
– was served with an extremely tasty 32963. 
While the printed menu at The Maine lobster beurre blanc sauce
Tides doesn’t stray too far from dishes and roasted corn relish. He loved the The Tides
that have become comfort food for preparation.
Vero's culinary cognoscenti, Kelleher Hours: Nightly from 5 pm
brings her creativity to bear on each We decided to conclude the evening during season
night’s specials with The Tides’ housemade key lime
pie. It was wonderfully tart, the way Adult Beverages: Full bar
So for the most part, the three of us the key lime pie should be. Address:
dining on the patio last week went with
the specials temptingly recited by Ken- Dinner for two with a modest bottle 3103 Cardinal Drive,
ny, one of our long-time favorite servers. of wine, if you have dessert, will run Vero Beach
approximately $150 before tip.
I couldn’t resist trying the beets, ber- Phone: 772-234-3966
ries and burrata salad ($14). At first, it If it sounds like we love The Tides, we
sounded a bit much: A creamy burrata are pleased to be in the company of its
served with beets, tomato, three dif- legion of fans.
ferent kinds of berries, pecan brittle,
mixed greens and a raspberry vinai- While there are new tastes to be had
grette?

“There’s a lot of action going on
there,” Kenny observed. But it all magi-
cally worked – an excellent coming to-
gether of tastes.

Our companion went for the soup
of the moment – a lightly curried car-
rot cucumber soup with noodles, and
a little bit of chicken meatball ($8).
Delicious.

My husband, however, was the one
with the tough choice. Ultimately, he
went with Kenny’s recommendation
of the salmon tuna tartare ($16) – a
melding of two favorites served on a
bed of cucumber with a little avocado
cream, a little seaweed and flat bread.
Sensational.

But midway through our appetizers,
über-host Claudia Arens, who directs
the front-of-the-house staff, came by
the table. “I heard you were think-
ing about the oyster special,” she said.
“We’re bringing you a couple of the oys-
ters to try.”

We’re not talking here about blue
points prepared the conventional way
– raw with cocktail sauce – though The
Tides serves them that way as well.
These were Buffalo-style blue points
grilled with barbecue sauce, cream
cheese, bacon, and chives. Wow! My
husband knows what he is ordering on
our next visit.

Then for entrées, I chose the panc-

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WINE COLUMN

At $12,000 a bottle, this sherry better be a fine wine

BY VICTORIA MOORE elevated the status of this wine, don’t locked up – and occasionally topped its scarcity.” The bottle has been de-
normally have price tags that run up – in a secure part of the cellar signed to resemble an inkwell, with
The Telegraph into three figures. known as the sacristia, the personal a deep base and square shoulders,
property of the Barbadillo family, and the name reflects the literary in-
One of the great unsolved mysteries Had Barbadillo, I wondered, been which still owns this sherry bodega. terests of Manuel Senior, who wrote
of the drink world is the cheapness of squinting across the border into Por- about 80 publications, including a
sherry. It seems crazy that for just $7 tugal and taking inspiration from Wine producers don’t always ad- diary in which he documented his
you can buy a half-bottle of Barbadillo the port producers who have been mit to refreshing, but Holt says it impressions of all the people shot by
Solear – an intensely salty, sea-spray- packaging old tawny port into fancy would be disingenuous not to do so. the firing squad in the castle oppo-
scented manzanilla that’s as crisp and bottles and selling it for $5,000 to “If there was a cask that hadn’t been site during the civil war.
bracing as a frosty morning. $6,000 a throw, in the hope of catch- touched in 150 years, there either
ing the attention of the luxury mar- wouldn’t be anything left, or it would The wine itself is insanely intense.
The idea of prestige sherry feels ket and creating a trickle-down ef- be so concentrated as to be undrink- It’s sitting on the table in a cork-
like an oxymoron, so I was intrigued fect on prices? able. Water and alcohol evaporate, sealed glass decanter when I enter
to be invited last week to taste a limit- but the other things stay there.” the room, but I can smell it from a dis-
ed bottling of an old wine. Barbadillo It turned out that they’d been way tance of several yards. “Yes, when we
Versos is not just the most expensive more ambitious than that. “It was The cask selected was the one that worked with that wine I’d go home,
sherry but, at $12,000 a bottle, the more that we’d looked at the whis- had belonged to Manuel Barbadillo, shower, sleep, and wake my children
most expensive wine of any sort that ky brands,” says Barbadillo’s Tim born in 1891, a poet, writer and one- the next morning and they’d say, 'Oh,
I have ever tasted – and it’s from the Holt, “and seen them putting 70- or time head of the bodega. Was it hard your hands still smell of the winery,’”
least likely place in the world. 80-year-old whiskies in a lovely bottle to persuade the current director, an- says winemaker Montse Molina. It’s
and selling them for $22,000. We felt other Manuel, to put the wine on the not a wine that makes you want to
The first question you have to ask that we in the sherry trade were miss- market? “Ah, he did say, 'You’re not go- talk about dried fruits and nuts.
yourself on trying a wine like this is ing a trick. It got me thinking: Have ing to sell all of it, are you?’” says Holt.
not: Is it nice? It had better bloody we got something in our own cellars Tasting it is more like standing in
well be nice. The correct question is: that could be used for such a thing?” “It’s a bit like selling the fam- an antique wardrobe that’s been very
What exactly is going on here? ily silver, so it was a delicate thing to well looked after with polish, and has
A search was begun and attention broach, but they realize what we’re a history to tell. “It smells of old church
As I have already said, it is possible to soon focused on a set of amontillado trying to do, which is to create a pews,” says Holt. Yes, that’s better.
drink high-quality sherry on a prosec- sherries known as “las botas de los wake-up call, not just for Barbadillo
co budget. Scour Google, and it is pos- niños” that had been given to five but the sherry region as a whole, to I probably won’t be selling my car
sible to find sherry that costs as much Barbadillo brothers as christening say, 'Look – we have some world-class to buy a bottle, and not just because
as $1,500 a bottle – an Equipo Navazos presents at the end of the 19th cen- wines that deserve a much better rep- I don’t own a car. But Versos, which
number, Amontillado, 26, La Bota. tury for their own personal use. utation than sherry currently has.’” was officially launched Tuesday, is a
reminder of the history that is con-
But even the Equipo Navazos bot- The brothers had not drunk the Just 100 bottles of Versos will be re- tained within even an inexpensive
tlings of rare sherries, hunted out by 500-liter casks dry and, after their leased, “and no more in this genera- bottle of sherry. 
the enterprising Jesús Barquín and deaths, the barrels had remained tion,” says Holt, “so the price reflects
his dynamic team and which have

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ON FAITH

On sparrows and facing up to our fears

BY REV. DRS. CASEY AND BOB BAGGOTT Russia are in the news and raising reason the Bible offers for a fear- When Jesus offers the reflection
Columnists concerns. The pesky and ever-pres- less facing of the future is that God about God’s care of the sparrows,
ent mosquito is spreading a dan- will intervene, overcome or prevent he is instructing his followers about
There is a good bit of fear-induc- gerous new virus in our region of the dreaded outcome. But often, how to go out into the fearsome and
ing uncertainty in our lives these the world. And you may have your the reason for fearlessness is more uncertain world. Although hard-
days, isn’t there? The stock mar- own personal uncertainties as well, subtle and more profound. Some- ship, betrayal and rejection may
ket is bouncing up and down like concerning health issues, or rela- times we are told not to fear simply lie ahead for them, their mission is
a 4-year-old on a trampoline. Po- tionships, or financial interests, or because we are loved. nevertheless to fearlessly do their
litical rhetoric is peppered with dire business matters. best to heal, to teach, to care, and to
predictions. North Korea, Syria and In one of the most beautiful and uplift. In other words, they are sent
So yes, uncertainty for our future memorable Gospel passages related out to tend all the other fragile spar-
is fairly likely, and fear can be the to soothing fears, Jesus notes that rows.
outcome of all that uncertainty. But even the sparrows are watched and
must fear inevitably be the result of maintained aloft by God. If God We wonder, could our fears be
uncertainty? Is it possible to engage watches over the tiny sparrows, will lessened if we, too, focused less
the uncertainties, worries and dilem- he not also, because you are so deeply upon the uncertainties of our own
mas of life with some other frame of valued, watch over you? lives and more upon the prospect
mind? of being sparrow-savers ourselves?
It’s interesting to be compared to a Maybe attending to the needs of
The Bible would encourage us to sparrow, isn’t it? A sparrow, after all, others is the best antidote to our
face whatever is before us without is small, fragile, and vulnerable. But own fears. And caring widely and
the debilitating encumbrance of perhaps we are, too. And acknowledg- well for others is made possible
fear. “Fear not” (and related phras- ing that human condition may actual- when we recognize that we are
es) is found over 150 times in the ly be a soother of our fears, rather than loved in a way, and at a depth, and
Bible – making it one of the most a multiplier, if we also acknowledge by a God who sees a future beyond
frequently offered commands. And that we fragile, sparrow-like folks are our sight and protectively takes us
the command to “fear not” is un- in the care of one much more capable, there.
dergirded with reasoning meant to much more powerful, and much more
quell every doubt. Sometimes the compassionate than ourselves. So fear not! 

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Bonzo yaps with Portuguese Water Dog

Hi Dog Buddies! something in his mouth ev- Kingston. PHOTO BY LEAH DUBOIS is really the hunter. He chases crabs,
ery single minute! When we but Mom’s afraid they’ll bite his nose.
This week I had fun yapping with a play tug-of-war, Kingston’s used to work for Portuguese sailors. He’s little, but he’s fearless. Me, I love
playful pupster, Kingston Dixon. He’s a really strong, and he sorta They’d jump into the ocean and swim to jump. I can jump way high, straight
Portuguese Water Dog, and he lives in drags me around. I usually re- back and forth between boats carrying up. Dad holds a toy over his head and
the perfect place for a pooch like him, treat, under a chair or behind important messages and stuff.” I jump up and grab it. I go to Mom for
right on the Lagoon. the couch, outta his reach. snuggles, but I go to Dad for play!
The only time I’m The Boss “Cool Dog Biscuits!” I exclaimed.
Soon as his Mom opened the door, is when he tries to get my “‘Cept for the haircut,” he said. “I play and play. Then I’m all
there he was, all bouncy and smiling. Sweet Potato chew stick. Then “Huh?” pooped, so I go to bed at 8 p.m. I get
He was bigger than me, curly black I growl my Serious Growl and “Well, see, so they could swim faster, in my comfy crate with my toys and go
hair head to toe, ‘cept for a little white he leaves me alone.” they had their hair shaved off from the right to sleep. Max gets to stay up later
bib and white toes. waist down. No Pants!” than me. Then, next morning, it’s time
Kingston was chewing on “Wha-at? No Pants?” for another fun day. We’re so lucky to
“Hi, Mr. Bonzo! It’s me, Kingston. the alligator. He petooied it “Yep. Plus, their tails were shaved off live right by the Lagoon. I know I’m
this is my Mom, Cindi, (Dad’s Karl, out and said, “Mom says I too, ‘cept for a fluffy piece at the end, still a puppy, but I already know how
he’s at work) and this is my big broth- shouldn’t be rude and chew sorta like a rudder.” special it is. Mom and Dad say we
er, Maximus. You can call him Max.” stuff during the interview, so “Are you woofin’ me?” have to protect it ‘cuz it’s Delicate and
Right next to Kingston was a little, I promised I’d just chew my “It’s true. Mom and Dad said so. In Danger. I tell all my pooch pals.
curly-haired white fluffball. alligator while you’re talking, They even cut my hair like that once, The lagoon is important to all of us,
then petooey it out when it’s to see what it’d be like. I looked like doncha think? A bunch of animals and
“I know!” the little fluffball said. “I my turn. OK?” a total doof, plus it was really chilly. birds and fish and even those goofy
don’t look like a big brother. But I’m 4 Thank Lassie they didn’t like it either. crabs live there. You should tell all your
and he’s just 10 months. A total puppy “Sure!” I replied. “So, how’d you all That would have been Majorly Soggy pooch pals, Mr. Bonzo.”
still. I’m a Bichon Frise. We’re small but get together?” Kibbles!”
mighty.” “Fer Sure!” “You’re absolutely right, Kingston. I
“Well, Mom and Dad had Max since “We have fun every day! We chase will!”
“Come on, let’s go out on the deck,” he was the size of a softball. He was a squirrels, and bark at the pelicans and
Kingston said, and they dashed across Valentine present. He had a brother, a herons, just to be neighborly. Well, Max Heading home, I was remembering
the living room and out the sliders. rescue Lab, who went to dog heaven. what Kingston had said. He’s a pretty
The deck was up high, with a railing, They wanted to get another brother smart pup, and I know all you pooches
a yard below, and a dock sticking out for Max: Dad said it had to be a Real feel the same way about the Lagoon. I
on the water. Dog (which means not Little Bitty) and sure do. Let’s hope all our humans do,
Mom said it had to not shed and not too.
“Wow! You must have so much fun make her sneeze. They did a bunch of
here!” research and decided my breed was Till next time,
Perfect. They got me on Mother’s Day.
“Living on the Lagoon is The Best!” I have a Champion Bloodline and Pa- The Bonz
Kingston said. “Watch this!” pers. I don’t akshully know what that
means, but it must be good ‘cuz here I Don’t Be Shy
He picked up a floppy munched- am. Mom and Dad named me Kings-
on sock toy (I think it was s’pose to ton ‘cuz they love Jamaica.” We are always looking for pets with interest-
be an alligator) and brought it to his ing stories.
Mom. She flung it over the rail, onto “I bet you like to swim.”
the grass, and Kingston raced down “Oh, Woof, yes! I learned how in my To set up an interview, email
the spiral staircase, grabbed the alliga- Grandma’s pool. Me and Max ride our [email protected].
tor and flew back up the stairs. Took paddle board and kayak with Mom
maybe 10 seconds. and Dad. I just love bein’ wet. Baths,
pools, the Lagoon, rain. My ancestors
“He’s like that all day long,” said
Max, curled up next to their Mom. “Up
and down, back and forth. Gotta have

Feline Cardlomyopathy er, the most commonly seen abnormality (called saddle thrombi) create weakness, heart failure. Ultrasound can be used to
is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This is a pain, or paralysis in the rear limbs. Imme- noninvasively look at the heart and its valves
Our feline kids can have some very serious condition where the heart muscle becomes diate care is needed if this complication and chambers. This disease is also linked
health problems as they enter their golden concentrically hypertrophied. The ventricu- occurs and many cats are euthanized due with hyperthyroidism so thyroid screening is
years. Since pets age faster than, human par- lar walls become very thick and less compli- to permanent paralysis from damage re- recommended. Catching this disease early is
ents, they can have changes in organs that ant and can hold less blood. Heart failure, sulting from compromised blood flow. essential for cats’ long term survival.
often aren’t apparent until they become sick. murmur, and arrythmias may result.
Cats tend to be very good at hiding symp- Early diagnoses of hypertrophic cardiomy- We offer in-house ultrasound and
toms until the late stages of disease. Pooling of blood in the left ventricle can opathy can allow heart medications, dietary complete diagnostic services! One exciting
result in clot formation. These clots can therapy, and preventative anti-thrombotic new therapy involves stem cells. Stem cell
Cats can have many different congenital lodge in many locations including the renal drugs to be started to help slow the pro- therapy may soon become a mainstay of
or degenerative heart conditions; howev- arteries and aorta. Thrombi in the aorta gression of the disease and delay or prevent heart disease treatment!

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ONGOING 4 Library Coffee House performance by At- Humanity, with cocktails, dinner, dancing and with dinner and parties in Orchid Lobby and
lantic Bluegrass Band, 7 p.m. at North Indi- games. $75. 772-562-9860 x 209. performance on Stark Stage. $550 - $1000. 772-
Vero Beach Theatre Guild: The King and I thru an River County Library. Donations appreciated. 231-6990
March 20. 772-562-8300 772-589-1355 5 Space Coast Symphony Jazz Orchestra fea-
tures Ellington’s Three Black Kings Suite, 8 Shining Light Garden annual fundrais-
Vero Beach Museum of Art: Oscar Bluemner: 5 Botanical Fest plant and garden sale, 8 Williams’ Escapades from Catch Me if You Can, ing dinner, 5 p.m. cash-bar social fol-
Selection from the Vera Bluemnar Kouba Col- a.m. to 4 p.m. at Florida Tech Campus, with Milhaud’s Creation du Monde, and Bernstein’s Pre- lowed by dinner at Osceola Bistro, to fund
lection thru May 22, John Baeder’s American vendors, Master Gardeners and guided tours of lude, Fugue and Riffs, 7 p.m. at Vero Beach High fresh garden produce for local food kitchens.
Roadside thru May 15 and Nature Illuminated: FIT Botanical Garden. 321-674-8537 School Performing Arts Center. 855-252-7276 $75. 772-532-8777
Landscapes and Still Lifes by Heade and his Con-
temporaries thru June 5. 772-231-0707 5 Jazz at Noon presented by Treasure Coast 6 EcoFest, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Environ- 8-27 Riverside Theatre presents the
Jazz Society featuring the Shelly Berg Trio, mental Learning Center. 772-589-5050 Tony Award-winning musical
McKee Botanical Garden: Roar of the Dino- with Ken Peplowski, 12:30 p.m. at Vero Beach Hello, Dolly! on the Stark Stage. 772-231-6990
saur exhibit thru May 1. 772-794-0601 Yacht Club. 772-234-4600 6 Indian River Symphonic Association pres-
ents the Russian National Orchestra and 9 Distinguished Professor Series presents
Polo Sundays at BG Polo, gates open at 1 p.m. 5 Walk with Me, a celebratory walk with Conductor Kirill Karabits performing Borodin’s In Phillip Stone, Sweet Briar College on
for 2 p.m. matches thru May 1. 772-999-3709 East Florida Chapter of UN Women in ob- the Steppes of Central Asia, Mendelssohn’s Vio- ‘The death and legacy of Abraham Lincoln,’ 2
servance of International Women’s Day, 4 p.m. lin Concerto and Prokofiev’s Suite from Romeo p.m. at Vero Beach Museum of Art. $15 - $35.
MARCH at Riverside Park. Members free; $10 nonmem- and Juliet, 7:30 p.m. at Community Church of 772-231-0707
bers. 772-770-4811 Vero Beach. 772-778-1070
4 Educate and Celebrate, featuring Haitian 10 Art in Bloom Luncheon and Exhibition,
art auctions, and food and wine pairings 5 7Habitat Cracker Hoedown, 6 p.m. at Sun- Riverside Theatre Gala and Premier Ben- 11:30 a.m. at the Vero Beach Museum
to benefit Haiti Partners, 5:30 p.m. at Northern Jet Aviation Hangar to benefit Habitat for efit Performance of Hello, Dolly!, 5:30 p.m. of Art. 772-231-0707
Trust. 772-539-8521
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Master of Music Series presents famed 3 PURSE 2 MARIACHI
folksingers, The Kingston Trio, 7 p.m. at the Em- 6 TIC 3 PRECIS
erson Center to benefit Cultural Council of IRC. 8 CURSE 4 RECESS
$38 - $83. $28 students. 772-778-5249 9 CEZANNE 5 ECZEMA
10 PIANISSIMO 6 TANK
4 The celebrated Cornerstone University 12 ARC 7 CHEF
Chorale will perform a free concert at 7 15 SOHO 11 ORE
p.m. at First Baptist Church of Vero Beach dur- 17 EAST 13 CADILLAC
ing their 12-stop Spring Break Tour of Florida. 18 ILK 14 STANDARD
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10 Starlight & Sneakers to benefit The Arc, Edward’s Waxlax PAC, featuring Beethoven’s 11-13 Under the Oaks Fine Arts the Green encouraged; no cost to participate.
6 p.m. at Rock City Garden, with cock- Piano concerto No 4 in G with pianist Jon Naka- & Crafts Show at Riverside 772-492-0523
tails, dinner, dancing and prize for best sneakers. matsu. $50 & $60; students $5. Meet the Mae- Park hosted by the Vero Beach Art Club, featur-
$175. 772-562-6854 x 228 stro Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. at Northern Trust ing 220+ artists from around the country and 12 Dash in the Sand, 5K run/walk along
Bank, $30. 772-460-0850 beyond to benefit VBAC Scholarship Fund and the water’s edge at South Beach to
10 Emerson Center Florida Humanities educational programs. Fri. & Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 benefit Hibiscus Children’s Center. $25 advance;
Series presents Michael Francis, Ph.D., 11 Winning Every Day, an Evening with Lou p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. 772-231-0303 $30 race day. 772-299-6011, ext. 313
La Florida before Jamestown: Europeans, Afri- Holtz, coach, ESPN analyst and author,
cans, and Indians in La Florida 1513-1607, 7 p.m. 5:30 reception, 7 p.m. presentation at Waxlax 11-20 Indian River County Fire- 12 Pelican Island Wildlife Festival, with
at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. Free; no Center for Performing Arts to benefit Scholarship fighters Fair, with games, exhibits, entertainment, shows and
tickets required. 772-778-5249 Foundation of IRC. $500 reception/presentation; rides, entertainment, 4-H competitions and car- activities, 10 to 4 p.m. at Riverview Park in Se-
$100 presentation only. 772-569-9869 ny food at the Indian River County Fairgrounds. bastian hosted by Pelican Island Preservation
10 Atlantic Classical Orchestra, Master- Society. 772-202-0697
works Guest Conductor Series, with 11 Rock the Boat fundraiser to benefit 12 Vero Beach St. Patrick’s Parade, 10
Rei Hotoda, Assoc. Conductor, Utah Symphony Youth Sailing Foundation, 6 p.m. at a.m. (9 a.m. lineup) along Ocean 13 Big Bang Quiet Click to benefit Environ-
Orchestra, 6:40 lecture; 7:30 concert at St. Marsh Island. 772 925-2521 Drive, from Flamevine to Azalea. Wearing of mental Learning Center, 3 to 7 p.m. at
Blackwater Creek Ranch, with choice of clay pi-
geon shooting, guided photography lesson/hike,
or ranch tour by swamp buggy, all followed by
seated dinner. $125. 772-589-5050 x105

13 Atlantic Classical Orchestra and Vero
Beach Museum of Art Chamber Music
Series present Beethoven and Messiaen, 3 p.m.
at VBMA. $30/$40; $5 students/children. 772-
231-0707 x 136

13 Treasure Coast Chorale presents Take
me Home, Country Roads: A Coun-
try Music Extravaganza, 7 p.m. at First Baptist
Church. Donations appreciated. 772-567-4341

13 Indian River Symphonic Association pres-
ents the Brevard Symphony Orchestra’s
Spring Classics Concert conducted by Christopher
Confessore, with Schumann’s Symphony No. 1
Spring, Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Or-
chestra with soloist Paul Huang, and Maxwell-Da-
vies’ An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise, 7:30 p.m. at
Community Church of Vero Beach. 772-778-1070

14 AAUW Book Review Breakfast, 9:30
a.m. at IRSC Richardson Center, dis-
cussing Devil in the Grove, by Gilbert King. Free.
772-231-9172

14 Distinguished Lecture Series former
Secretary of State (2005-09) Condo-
leezza Rice, 4 and 6 p.m. at Riverside Theatre.
772-231-6990

14 International Lecture Series presents
Eating Our Words, with Ruth Reichl,
author and culinary icon, 4:30 p.m. at Vero
Beach Museum of Art. Simulcast $40 & $55.
772-231-0707 x 136

15 Vero Beach Museum of Art Film Stud-
ies – Trends in International Cinema:
Partners, Tuesdays 1:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. thru April
12. $50 & $70. 772-231-0707

15 U.S. Navy League Speaker Series Din-
ner presents Dr. William Clancey,
NASA Ames Research Center on Exploring Be-
yond Earth: Recent Discoveries about the Plan-
ets, Moons and Stars, 5:30 p.m. at Pointe West
Country Club. $27. 772-492-9652

16 Bingo Luncheon, 11 a.m. at Oak Har-
bor Club to benefit Senior Resource
Association. 772-469-3148

CHARMING RIVERFRONT HOME
EMBODIES SIMPLE ELEGANCE

1315 Little Harbour Lane: 3-bedroom; 3.5-bath; 3,958-square-foot home offered for $2,250,000 by
Kay Brown and Jeanine Harris of Premier Estate Properties: 772-234-5555

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Charming riverfront home embodies simple elegance

BY SIOBHAN MCDONOUGH when they first saw it. She, a fourth Lane just south of the 17th Street covered lanai, patio and pool, and
Staff Writer generation Indian River County resi- Bridge on the barrier island has 3,958 it’s hard to imagine a better a place
dent, and he, a prominent executive square feet of living space with 3 bed- for the Vero Beach couple to have
The lovely oak hammock on a in the citrus business who grew up on rooms, 3.5 baths and an air about it raised their two children and accrued
beautifully sited lot in the Little Har- the water in Winter Haven, knew they that is irresistibly inviting. countless hours of quality time with
bour subdivision overlooking the could build their dream home there. their grandchildren.
Intracoastal Waterway resonated The home has a spacious living
deeply with Faye and W. Cody Estes And that they did. The lovely riv- room and family room/kitchen tak- This riverfront retreat, built in
erfront home at 1315 Little Harbour ing in the magnificent southwesterly 1995, embodies the spirit of the cou-
view of the Indian River Lagoon. Add ple’s past and present. That said, it is
a billiard room with wet bar, com- time for them to downsize. The home
fortable en suite guest rooms, office, is currently listed with Premier Es-

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tate Properties broker associate Kay skiing is out the back door. It’s been
Brown for $2,250,000. an active lifestyle.”

“It’s a good family home,” Faye Es- Given that W. Cody Estes grew up
tes said, sitting comfortably in her on a lake in Winter Haven, the couple
living room overlooking the sprawl- wanted their children to have a simi-
ing outdoor spaces, ideal for a game lar experience growing up on the wa-
of badminton, hide-and-seek and ter. “Oak hammocks are even more
accessing the family dock to board a prevalent in Winter Haven, and the
boat and head out on the Indian River oak hammock here caught his eye,
Lagoon. “It’s been full of kids who go and this was the best view.”
out on the river all day long. Water
Whether frolicking in a myriad of

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outdoor activities on the property or Walking through the front door of To one side, is a large dining room great views of the river and yard. The
doing hobbies such as creating one the solidly constructed house, the that flows gracefully into the. High 27-foot by 20-foot family room is ide-
of her wonderful floral displays in sense of spaciousness sweeps across ceilings throughout the home afford ally situated near the kitchen to allow
the large pergola, or indoors, play- you. Standing in the entryway, one a grandness. for good flow and conversation be-
ing billiards in the 18-foot by 14-foot can’t help but marvel at the live oak tween the two spaces.
game room, reading or watching tree seen through the French doors The comforts of home continue to
television in the family room, en- and windows of the expansive 29- be felt throughout the house, with The luxuriousness of the house is
tertaining in the living room or en- foot by 20-foot living room, the river one room after another offering ideal also punctuated by the 23-foot by
joying any of the other comfortable in the near distance. It immediately spaces to partake in daytime and eve- 20-foot master bedroom with French
spaces throughout the home, this draws you in. One can imagine being ning activities. The 17-foot by 13-foot doors leading to the covered lanai.
house delights at every turn nestled in a chair, reading by the fire. kitchen includes a breakfast nook The view of the river is jaw-drop-
with a large corner window offering ping. There are two spacious foot

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VITAL STATISTICS
1315 LITTLE HARBOUR LANE

Year built: 1995
Lot size: 0.78-acre
Home size: 3,958 square feet under air

Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3 full baths; 1 half-bath

Additional features:
Direct riverfront, boat dock, pool, hot tub, steam shower, billiard room,

office, 3-car garage with air conditioned storage.
Listing agency: Premier Estate Properties

Listing agents: Jeanine Harris and Kay Brown: 772-234-5555
Listing Price: $2,250,000

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guest bedrooms with bathrooms There is a 15-foot by 11-foot den/
and generous closets overlooking office off the master bedroom. The
lush landscaping. large billiard room could also be used
as a handsome office/den.
Faye Estes, a Garden Club member
who once owned a flower business, is “We wanted simple elegance,” Faye
especially fond of the landscape de- Estes said of the interior design. As
sign, which features abundant green- for the architecture: “It’s got different
ery, foliage and plants often used in styles, it’s eclectic; a mix of Mediter-
her arrangements. ranean and Georgian.” Throughout

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the house, the couple chose natural of sea breezes that originate from
materials such as marble in the mas- down the canal.
ter bath and granite in the kitchen.
Kay Brown and Jeanine Harris are
“We wanted a timeless home,” she listing agents. “Every time I walk out
said. “I wouldn’t do a thing differ- the back door into the incredible back
ently.” garden with river sunset, I feel like I
am on a movie set or in the midst of a
The house is well protected, offer- Highwayman painting!” said Brown.
ing great privacy but also affording a “It is paradise!” 
gorgeous view. There is a steady flow

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Commercial real estate market gains momentum

BY KATHLEEN SLOAN
Staff Writer

Vero’s booming residential real es-
tate market has been picking up mo-
mentum since 2013, on and off the
island, and the commercial real es-
tate market, which typically follows
residential, is finally strengthening
in its wake, according to three local
commercial real estate brokers.

Billy Moss, of Lambert Commercial
Real Estate, said the lag time between
residential and commercial booms is
“about 24 to 36 months.” Keith Kite,
of Kite Properties, estimated a simi-
lar timeframe.

“The (current) residential market
has a three- to four-month inventory,
which is considered a sellers’ mar-
ket,” said Michael Yurocko, of SLC
Commercial Realty & Development.
“When people buy houses, they have
to buy stuff.”

When people buy “stuff,” retail
thrives and commercial real estate
benefits.

Office occupancy and rental rates
have improved apace, as the overall

File Photo

economy has strengthened. Cush- commercial real estate is up 7 to 8
man & Wakefield, a global real estate percent (year over year). The prime
services firm, recently reported Flor- market is up 10 to 15 percent, which
ida’s Class A office space – the best includes Ocean Drive, Cardinal
constructed, located, managed and Drive, Miracle Mile and downtown,”
newest – saw a 5-percent increase in he said.
rental rates over the last year.
Moss said retail space on the is-
Kite said the Vero Beach area is land is now going for $30 to $35 a
doing even better. “Across the board, square foot, up $10 or more per foot

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since the trough of the real estate bertsons grocery store that has re-
recession. On Ocean Drive, the is- mained empty since 2012. Walmart
land’s prime retail location, rates are has moved Neighborhood Market
even higher, averaging $40 per foot. operations into a number of closed
Albertsons in other parts of Florida.
Office space on the island is gen-
erally around $25 a square foot, Harbor Point, at 53rd Street and U.S.
with higher rates on Ocean Drive, Highway 1, was recently built, Kite
where space rents for about $35 a said, and Dunkin’ Donuts, AT&T and
square foot. other tenants have signed leases.

Supply and demand determine Yurocko said he’s involved with
price, so an increase in rental rates the 11th Street and U.S. Highway
typically indicates a decrease in va- 1 development, which was an “old
cancies. Lincoln Mercury car dealership.” An
O’Reilly Auto Parts is going in, with
“Beach side is 100-percent leased,” “build-to-suit, mostly retail uses”
Kite said. also being marketed for the site.

Lease and occupancy rates have Roberts Equities, based in Boca
risen on the mainland, as well, with Raton, purchased the 3.65-acre
retail space in the Miracle Mile area bank-owned parcel about a year ago
going for $25 a square foot, a big for $1.25 million. O’Reilly Auto Parts
jump since the recession. will occupy 7,000 square feet and
front the highway, according to Ran-
“Miracle Mile is 95- to 97-percent dy Tulepan of Roberts Equities.
leased,” Kite said, noting that a Pet’s
Mart recently opened in Miracle After the auto store is complete,
Mile Plaza in a large space next to two other buildings are planned. A
Fresh Market. 4,000-square-foot structure will be
built that could house a small res-
Three Avenues Shopping Center taurant, cellphone store and one
on the opposite side of 21st Street other small tenant. A 12,000-square-
has all but two spaces rented, Kite foot retail building with multiple
said. tenants will sit behind the first two
buildings.
Kollin Kite, a leasing specialist
with Kite Properties, recently leased A few blocks south, at 12th Street
8,000 square feet to Tax Savings Pro- and U.S. Highway 1, Moss said he’s
fessionals in the Bank of America Fi- working on a four-acre development,
nancial Center at 601 21st Street, as which will feature Wawa, a conve-
well as 5,000 square feet to Bailey’s nience and retail store, as well as a
Pharmacy and Medical Supplies in gas station. “Wawa has a cult follow-
what was the Oculina Bank building ing,” said Moss, who brokered the
at 780 U.S. Highway 1. deal that is bringing what he calls “a
restaurant with gas pumps, not a gas
Yurocko said national retail chains station with food,” to Vero.
coming into Vero may be a factor
in driving rents up. “Local opera- Also on the site will be 5,000 square
tors can only afford so much, while feet of retail space. The lease rate is
national stores pay higher rent per about $30 a square foot, Moss said,
square foot,” he said. dramatically higher than the $15-a-
square-foot rate for existing retail
He estimated industrial rents have space along U.S. Highway 1, he said.
increased about 5 percent “because
availability has declined. It’s supply “A couple of national fast-food
and demand.” franchises” are also planned for the
site, Moss said, and one such fran-
The most asked-for space, Yurocko chise is almost landed. “It’s still in
said, is “flex space, with an office due diligence,” Moss said, “so I can’t
in the front and 1,500 square feet of say the name.”
warehouse in the back. I could lease
those all day, but they’re hard to Further south, Elysian Partners,
find.” LLC, also of Boca Raton, is remodel-
ing the Tropic Square shopping cen-
Moss, Yurocko and Kite, in separate ter at 6th Avenue and U.S. 1, adding
interviews, agreed new construction to the upgraded U.S. 1 environment
on U.S. Highway 1 is the main act in that is pushing lease rates higher.
the commercial real estate uptick on
the mainland. “The 12,000 square foot post office
that used to be there will be divid-
“That’s what everyone is noticing,” ed up into 1,000-square-foot retail
Moss said. spaces,” said Moss, who is represent-
ing the owner.
“New building is very strong,” Kite
said. “Three Cumberland Farms have “Last year was a great year and we
recently been built and a Walmart is have our sights set on an even better
going in at 17th Street and U.S. High- one this year,” Moss said.
way 1.”
“Shopping centers are filling up,
The Walmart “will just have a gro- new businesses are coming and old
cery store and not the other stuff,” businesses are looking for new loca-
Moss said, and is termed a “Walmart tions.” 
Neighborhood Market.”

The Walmart is expected to re-
vive the location, which was an Al-

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REAL ESTATE

House bill gives hope to would-be condo buyers

BY KENNETH R. HARNEY insures mortgages made by private ers from selling to buyers using FHA These may not sound like dramat-
Washington Post lenders. FHA requires a down pay- mortgages. ic changes, but condo-industry ex-
ment of as little as a 3.5 percent on perts say they will have major posi-
Everybody knows that congres- loans it insures, allows more-flexi- Because of these and other restric- tive effects. Seth Task, a real estate
sional Democrats and Republicans ble debt-to-income ratios than most tions, thousands of condo associa- broker and condo specialist with
can barely agree on anything. Yet in other mortgage sources and tends to tions nationwide have dropped out of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
a rare and fleeting moment of una- be more lenient on applicants’ past FHA eligibility altogether. Today, ac- Professional Realty in Solon, Ohio,
nimity in the House of Representa- credit problems. As a result, FHA has cording to congressional estimates, says the reduction in the owner-
tives, they recently approved legis- long been the go-to mortgage source barely 10 percent of all condo devel- occupancy requirement is crucial to
lation that could expand purchase for young, first-time buyers, many opments in the country are eligible the financial health of many condo
prospects for thousands of people of them minorities. The condo-unit for FHA-financed purchases. Total projects where the ownership ratio
looking to buy their first home. financing program was especially FHA loan volume has shrunk from doesn’t meet the 50 percent thresh-
attractive because in most markets just under 100,000 condo units seven old. In those developments, no units
By a 427-0 vote, the House passed condo units cost a median 20 percent years ago to 22,800 in 2014. currently can be sold to buyers who
the Housing Opportunity Through to 30 percent less than single-family choose or need to use FHA financ-
Modernization Act, co-sponsored by detached houses. Under the bill, FHA would be re- ing. The net effect in many cases,
Reps. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.) and quired to: according to Task and other critics,
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) Among But at the start of this decade, FHA has been to reduce the number of
other provisions, the bill would force adopted a series of controversial re- –● Streamline its recertification proce- potential buyers for any given unit
the Federal Housing Administration strictions that have sent its condo dures to make them “substantially less and ultimately reduce the unit’s
to ease rules and restrictions that mortgage business plummeting. burdensome” for condo associations. market value.
have essentially turned the agency’s
once-vibrant condominium-unit fi- It required condo associations –● Lower the minimum owner-oc- Bottom line: The bill is great news
nancing program into a minefield for to obtain onerous and sometimes cupancy ratio to 35 percent from the for first-time and moderate-income
would-be purchasers, condo associa- costly certifications of their finan- current 50 percent, unless the agency buyers, but don’t expect changes
tions and lenders. cial eligibility, plus recertifications adopts and justifies a different mini- overnight
every two years. mum within 90 days of enactment of
The FHA is the government’s prin- the legislation. It still must pass the Senate and get
cipal agency for helping consum- The agency also stopped insuring the president’s signature, but a 427-0
ers buy affordable homes. It does what are called “spot loans” on in- ●– Abandon its current restrictions bipartisan vote in the House bodes
not lend money itself but instead dividual units in uncertified condo on the “transfer fees” that many con- well for both. 
developments, cutting off unit own- do associations collect when units
are sold. The fees typically are used
to support community services.

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REAL ESTATE

Lenders look to turn more renters into homeowners

BY KENNETH R. HARNEY Bank of America, giant mortgage in- have a lot of cash on hand. Fannie
vestor Freddie Mac and the Self-Help Mae’s HomeReady and Freddie Mac’s
Washington Post Ventures Fund, an affiliate of Self- Home Possible programs, which both
Help Credit Union, a community de- offer 3 percent minimum down pay-
So you say you want to buy a home velopment lender. Starting Feb. 22, ments and flexible underwriting
but you’re locked out of the mar- Bank of America began offering these terms, are available through multiple
ket because you don’t have enough mortgages through its network of lenders nationwide.
money for a down payment. Or you 4,800 local financial centers around
don’t have adequate savings to meet the country as well as through its If you think you might fit the pro-
lenders’ requirements on financial online and call-center channels. The file, get in touch with several lenders
reserves. Or you have a thin credit bank plans to sell the mortgages to and learn what they’ve got to offer.
file that lenders find tough to score Self-Help, which will provide early- You just might be surprised. 
and accept. intervention servicing to borrowers
who experience payment difficulties.
Understood. But have you checked Freddie Mac will ultimately purchase
out what’s been going on in the mort- the loans. Self-Help will provide a
gage market lately? Are you aware financial backstop to cover default
of the multiple low-down-payment, losses in lieu of traditional private
consumer-friendly options that have mortgage insurance coverage.
been launched recently – the latest
just within the past week? Affordable Loan Solution mort-
gages are likely to compete with
Maybe not, so here’s a quick Federal Housing Administration
overview. Pushed by regulators loans, which offer minimum down
and consumer groups to expand payments of 3.5 percent. For many
home-loan opportunities for first- applicants, the new program could
time and moderate-income buyers, prove to be the superior choice. Take
major mortgage players have come this hypothetical case provided
out with nationwide programs de- by Bank of America: On a $150,000
signed to turn renters who are cred- mortgage with prevailing rates as of
itworthy – but don’t have big down mid-February, FHA’s 30-year fixed
payments or closing-cost cash – rate loan with a 3.5 percent down
into homeowners. payment and mortgage insurance
would require monthly payments
The newest option, known as of $887.31, exclusive of taxes and
the Affordable Loan Solution plan, hazard insurance. An Affordable
launched Feb. 22. It allows for down Loan Solution mortgage in the same
payments as low as 3 percent, no amount with 3 percent down would
minimum cash reserves and loan cost the borrower nearly $105 less
amounts as high as $417,000 – and, per month – $782.47.
unlike other low-down-payment
mortgages, there are no charges for However, there are important re-
traditional private mortgage insur- strictions that come with the new
ance. Just by itself, such insurance loans. Borrowers can’t have incomes
can sometimes add hundreds of dol- higher than the area median, they
lars a month to buyers’ costs and generally can’t have total debt-to-in-
make ownership difficult to afford, come ratios higher than 43 percent,
so this is a big deal. For applicants and they need FICO credit scores of
with thin or no credit bureau files, 660 or higher. FHA, by contrast, goes
the program allows for consideration as low as FICO 580 on loans with 3.5
of nontraditional forms of credit his- percent down and is often more gen-
tory, such as monthly rent payments, erous on debt-to-income and previ-
utility bills and the like. ous credit issues.

Also, there is no minimum re- Some Affordable Loan Solution
quired contribution toward the down applicants, including all first-time
payment and closing costs, so appli- buyers, will need to participate in
cants can supplement their own cash home buyer education sessions con-
with gifts – from parents, for example ducted by housing counselors. D.
– or even use grants or secondary Steve Boland, Bank of America’s con-
financing that is available through sumer lending executive, stressed in
some local government agencies. an interview that this is a program
designed for people “who have es-
Significantly, applications won’t tablished histories of paying debts,”
go through the usual automated un- even if not all their histories show up
derwriting systems that generate in- in the national credit bureau files.
stantaneous approval-disapproval
decisions. Instead, they’ll be han- The Affordable Loan Solution plan
dled the old-fashioned, “manual” joins two other relatively recent ef-
way, allowing for more individual- forts to reach out to creditworthy
ized evaluation – and verification – moderate-income renters who don’t
of applicants’ situations.

The program is a joint effort of

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REAL ESTATE

Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Feb. 18 to Feb. 24

The third week of February saw 10 real estate transactions close on the barrier island, including three for
more than $1 million.

Our top sale this week was of a waterfront home in Pebble Bay Estates. The property at 4586 Pebble Bay
South was placed on the market May 14, 2015 for $1.895 million. The home was sold on Feb. 18 for $1.725
million.

The seller in the transaction was represented by Kay Brown of Premier Estate Properties. The purchaser
was represented by Alex MacWilliam IV of Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$1,320,000
$1,325,000 $1,375,000
OCEAN COLONY 241 OCEAN BEACH TRAIL 10/20/2015 $1,625,000 $1,325,000 2/24/2016 $502,000
OCEANRIDGE 1960 OCEAN RIDGE CIRCLE 8/14/2015 $539,000 $1,625,000 2/24/2016 $725,000
$815,000 $724,100
SPRING PLACE 2096 MAGNOLIA LANE 10/13/2015 $779,500 $539,000 2/23/2016 $664,919
$663,000 $400,000
CACHE CAY 64 CACHE CAY DRIVE 4/15/2015 $409,000 $789,000 2/19/2016
$216,250
INDIAN BAY POINT 1636 INDIAN BAY DRIVE 8/16/2015 $774,500 2/19/2016 $375,000

MOORINGS 1976 MOORINGLINE DRIVE 10/28/2015 $663,000 2/19/2016

SEA OAKS 8826 LAKESIDE CIRCLE 10/2/2015 $399,000 2/18/2016

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

RIVERSIDE GARDENS 200 GREYTWIG ROAD, #103 1/21/2016 $245,000 $245,000 2/24/2016
VILLAGE SPIRES DEVEL 3554 OCEAN DRIVE, #2025 11/9/2015 $375,000 $375,000 2/19/2016