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JUDGE: NEW TRIAL OF ACCUSED KILLER TO START APRIL 8 Sheriff won’t seek re-election;
Flowers, Rosell quickly in race
By Federico Martinez | Staff Writer
A request last week by murder Henry Lee Jones By Ray McNulty | Staff Writer other elected office – beyond the
suspect Henry Lee Jones to re- in court last week. [email protected] county level – or serve as a political
place his current public defend- appointee.
er was swiftly shot down by Cir- PHOTO: KAILA JONES Deryl Loar will be 53 years old
cuit Court Judge Daniel Vaughn, when his third and final term as In- “I’m certainly not going to rule
who gave Jones two options: Simpson family’s Fiddlewood Road house. dian River County’s sheriff expires that out,” Loar said. “I already have
“Utilize your current public de- But Jones, now 30, was granted a second trial in January 2021 – young enough to a very good political team around
fender,” or “represent yourself.” pursue other opportunities as he me, if that’s the way I want to go,
in 2017 after the fourth District Court of Appeals embarks on the next phase of his and I love state government. But
Either way, the judge said, overturned his conviction. Justices argued that life after leaving the sheriff’s office. I’m also looking at the private sec-
Jones’ retrial for the killing of Bri- a new trial was warranted because Jones’ public tor, and there might even be some-
an Simpson during a 2011 bur- “I’ve gotten a few calls about thing else in law enforcement.
glary at Vero resident’s Central CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 things I’ll consider doing when I’m
Beach home will begin April 8. finished here,” Loar said Monday, “Anything I do would have to
shortly after the sheriff’s office re- wait 19 months,” he added. “I’m
Vaughn issued his deci- leased a statement announcing not leaving early.”
sion during a brief hearing that he would not seek re-election
on Feb. 28, and did not wait to a fourth term. Loar, 51, has spent the past 30
for a response from Jones, who years in law enforcement, putting
was hustled out of the court- “I’m not going to retire at 53 and
room and back to the county jail. go sit on the couch,” he added. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
“Financially, I should be fine, but
Jones, who was convicted of I have to do something. There are VAL ZUDANS IS
a 2011 murder on the island but opportunities out there, and I’ve SURPRISE PICK
then had his conviction over- got to see which one fits best. AS VERO MAYOR
turned on appeal, has a history
of requesting and then dismissing his court-ap- “It’s going to be exciting to see By Lisa Zahner | Staff Writer
pointed attorneys. what happens, but it’s too soon to [email protected]
say what I’m going to do.”
Jones was found guilty of first-degree murder Those who expected the
in 2014 and received a life sentence. According It wasn’t too soon, though, for Vero Beach City Council
to testimony at his trial, Jones shot Simpson Loar to say he might not be done to go with a sentimental
after he and an associate got caught inside the with politics, leaving open the pos- choice for mayor on Mon-
sibility he would either run for an-
day – choosing
INSIDE With new No. 2, Cleveland Clinic to focus on efficiencies Tony Young to
lead the city
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DINING B9 his grandfather
HEALTH 8 GAMES B16 By Samantha Rohlfing Baita | Staff Writer at the healthcare company’s recently became Vero’s
CALENDAR B19 [email protected] acquired Florida hospitals and other Val Zudans. first mayor –
REAL ESTATE 15 expansion projects. were a bit shell-shocked
B1 Cleveland Clinic Indian River has a when Val Zudans was over-
ARTS new chief operating officer, after a year Mihaljevik’s announcement was part whelmingly elected mayor
and a half during which that position of his annual State of the Clinic address, for the next eight months.
To advertise call: 772-559-4187 was vacant at the Vero hospital. Ralph which revealed the health system’s op- Harry Howle nominated
For circulation or where to pick up D. Turner, who for the last two years was erating income fell last year by 19 per- Zudans, saying he’d given
your issue call: 772-226-7925 Cleveland Clinic’s executive director for cent. Operating income is equivalent the matter a great deal of
patient support services, arrives in Vero to operating profit, the amount that consideration. Laura Moss
next week. remains after a company pays its oper- nominated new council
ating expenses.
That’s just in time to begin work on CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
what system-wide CEO Dr. Tom Mihal- Mihaljevik said increasing costs of
© 2016 Vero Beach 32963 Media LLC. All rights reserved. jevik announced last week is a new focus New COO Ralph D. Turner. care and decreasing reimbursements
on operational efficiencies, particularly
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LAGOON DOLPHIN STUDY YIELDS SOME SURPRISES ACCUSED KILLER
By Sue Cocking | Staff Writer most surprising, the notoriously social an- rupted and damaged the lagoon CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
imals spent as much as 72 percent of their ecosystem during the past eight
Scientists from Florida Atlan- time alone, interspersed with brief meet- years. defender was not allowed to question
tic University’s Harbor Branch ings with many other dolphins. potential jurors about racial preju-
Oceanographic Institute in Fort The scientists and their collab- dice or bias. Jones is African-Ameri-
Pierce and Hubbs-SeaWorld Re- “They do, for the most part, live in the la- orators collected the newly pub- can. Simpson, 41, was white.
search Institute have revealed goon,” Durden said. “Whatever happens in lished dolphin intel by attaching
surprising new information the lagoon is going to impact them. From earring-size transmitters to the In March 2018, Jones became dis-
about bottlenose dolphins in what we’ve seen, their ranges are pretty animals’ dorsal fins and tracking satisfied with the lawyers represent-
the Indian River Lagoon in a fixed. If they don’t move very much, they them by boat and aircraft with ing him in his retrial and requested a
just-published study based on are going to be in trouble [if the lagoon be- radio receivers daily or several different attorney. After Circuit Court
radio tracking research con- comes more polluted].” times a week up and down the Judge Cynthia Cox turned down his
ducted over a three-year period. 156-mile lagoon. All tracking was request, Jones decided to represent
Since the study was conducted, the la- conducted in daylight so that the himself. His attempt did not go well,
In what they call the most goon has been afflicted with a series of researchers could locate each in- and in December he was back in
comprehensive radio tracking destructive algal blooms fueled by excess dividual through its unique radio court asking for legal assistance.
study of dolphins ever conduct- nitrogen and phosphorous, seagrass die- signal and then visually observe
ed in the lagoon, co-authors Dr. offs and fish kills that have periodically dis- and record its behavior. Judge Cox agreed to appoint a new
Greg O’Corry-Crowe, a Harbor Branch re- O’Corry-Crowe said the dolphins ob- public defender to represent Jones
search professor, and Wendy Noke Durden, served in very shallow waters were mostly and approved his request that all mo-
a Hubbs research scientist based in Mel- feeding. “They often use these shallow hab- tions filed by him, and all evidence
bourne Beach, confirmed that the nine an- itats around islands and close to shore. It’s submitted by him since he began
imals they tracked from 2007 to 2010 con- helping them to successfully hunt,” he said. representing himself, be wiped from
sider the lagoon their home, seldom if ever Both O’Corry-Crowe and Durden em- court records.
venturing out into the open ocean. phasized that learning how dolphins spend
their time is critical to managing and con- Cox noted in her judgment on
No surprise there, the researchers said – serving the species. Dec. 20 that although it was Jones’
earlier Harbor Branch research had found “Our finding that shallow water habitats decision to represent himself, it was
the same thing – but several other behav- are used extensively by Indian River La- clear that he didn’t know what he was
iors raised eyebrows: The highly-intelligent goon bottlenose dolphins, particularly for doing in court. She stated that his ac-
marine mammals spent a lot of time in wa- foraging, indicates that these habitats are tions were so detrimental to his own
ters less than 3 feet deep; they spent 53 per- likely critical to their health and fitness,” case that the court would be denying
cent of their time traveling, but didn’t travel O’Corry-Crowe said. him a fair trial by allowing him to
very far, ranging on average only about 17 If those shallow-water habitats are de- continue serving as his own counsel.
miles away from their home waters; and, graded by pollution and ecological chang-
es, it follows that dolphins would likely be In his latest request for new coun-
harmed. cil, Jones told Vaughn that he wanted
Other Harbor Branch research has his current public defender, Doro-
shown that many bottlenose dolphins in thy Naumann, dismissed because
the lagoon are already sick, suffering from she had refused to file motions and
a variety of diseases. subpoenas that he wanted filed. He
Meanwhile, O’Corry-Crowe and col- declined to give Vaughn any specific
leagues have embarked on a new satellite details.
tagging study of lagoon dolphins that en-
ables round-the-clock monitoring of their “I don’t want to go into the evidence,
movements – including nocturnal behav- or people that I want to subpoena at
ior. He said findings could be published this time,” Jones told Vaughn. “There
later this year. has been a lack of communication. We
Results of the radio tracking project have disagreed on trial strategy and
were published in the journal Aquatic tactics your honor.”
Mammals.
Naumann told Vaughn that there
were some motions and subpoenas
that she didn’t file on behalf of Jones
because, in her legal opinion, they
had nothing to do with his case and
lacked merit.
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SHERIFF WON’T SEEK RE-ELECTION many as four challengers. “The training background I have in both high school next year, and I’ve worked my
“It’s a huge uphill battle,” Flowers said, the police service and the military has al- tail off, especially as sheriff. My first eight
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ways allowed me to identify the best prac- years, I didn’t really take a vacation.
adding that he welcomes Loar’s support. tices available, implement them where I see
in 20 years with the Florida Highway Patrol “I’m honored and humbled to get his en- the need and make every place I’ve been “I’m also leaving on a high note, which
before winning the sheriff’s race here in dorsement. He has been a great friend and better,” Rosell said. isn’t easy in a world where people are so anx-
2008. mentor the past few years. ious to see somebody fail and point fingers.”
Some members of Loar’s command staff
In his statement, Loar said he was “es- “In 2012, I told Sheriff Loar that I wanted were surprised Monday morning when the The untimely deaths of two deputies –
pecially proud to have successfully led this to replace him when he was ready to step sheriff informed them he would not seek Garry Chambliss was shot while off duty and
agency through one of the worst econom- down, and I’m blessed that he was willing re-election. “I’ve been in law enforcement Capt. Ryan Haffield suffered a heart attack –
ic downturns in decades” and to oversee a to take me in and train me,” he continued. for three decades, and I’ve been on call since in 2017 also took a toll.
wave of “innovative advancements” in crim- “This is an agency with 500 employees and I made corporal with the Highway Patrol in
inal justice, including the creation of mental a $52 million budget, so it’s a big operation, 1992,” Loar said. “That’s a long time to be So did what Loar called the “political cli-
health court and addition of a Homeland a daunting task. But he got me ready for it.” answering phone calls at all hours of the day mate,” which he expects to “get nasty,” espe-
Security Section. He also cited state accred- and night. cially in the 2020 sheriff’s race.
itation and professional recognition earned One candidate to succeed Loar, however,
by different aspects of the agency. had less flattering words for the sheriff’s op- “Sometimes, I can’t believe it’s been 30 “You have to be a candidate to under-
eration as he threw his own hat into the ring years, but this is the right time for me,” he stand what it’s like and what it does to your
“There are only 67 sheriff’s offices in the Monday. Indian River Shores Public Safety added. “My youngest will graduate from family,” Loar said. “It’s not pleasant.”
state, and I’d put our group in the top 10 per- Chief Rich Rosell, in declaring his candida-
cent in terms of qualifications and track re- cy, cited “weak, inexperienced management Staff Writer Lisa Zahner contributed to
cord,” Loar said. “I feel like a coach who has at the top levels” as his major concern about this story.
developed a heck of a team of young people, Loar’s administration.
and we’ve got talented people in different
positions. Except for a year and a half of active duty
military service, the 59-year-old Rosell has
“I’ve also groomed several of them to be devoted all of his adult life to professional
ready to lead.” Heading that group is Maj. law enforcement.
Eric Flowers, who, with Loar’s enthusiastic
endorsement, announced Monday he was He retired from the New Jersey State Po-
running to succeed his boss as sheriff. lice at the rank of captain with 27 years of
service and held top positions in two other
Loar described Flowers, 39, as a “smart municipalities before being hired on by In-
young man who has been with me every dian River Shores in March 2015.
day, making serious decisions” – someone
who has been preparing for the job for more A graduate of the FBI National Academy
than five years. in 2004, Rosell’s experience in disaster plan-
ning and response includes hurricanes San-
He said he will “push hard” and active- dy (in New Jersey), plus Matthew, Irma and
ly campaign for Flowers, who could face as leading a 140-member task force to New Or-
leans to assist after Hurricane Katrina.
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ZUDANS CHOSEN MAYOR the mayor’s middle seat and the gavel. The choice of mayor also matters be- tion of whether the position will temper
Laura Moss thought she should be cause, typically, the mayoral pick signals his approach somewhat. Will he be less
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the general direction the council intends likely to take on relatively radioactive is-
awarded the ceremonial vice mayor title to take. Young would have been a vote to sues without regard for the political cli-
member Robbie Brackett, but Brackett because of her public involvement and honor Vero’s rich history and heritage. mate or the fallout now that he leads the
politely declined, citing his need to learn appearances at public and social events Zudans represents more of a question council?
how to be a councilman first. in the city, but Young was then unani- mark, as he’s thrown a lot of ideas against
mously chosen as vice mayor and will the proverbial wall to see which ones Howle said after Monday’s meeting
Prompted by shouts from the public lead council meetings in the event Zu- stick during his time on the council. that he and his wife Heather are both
dans is absent. ecstatic over him not being mayor any-
NEWS ANALYSIS Since being elected in November 2017, more. He immediately cleaned out his
Zudans thanked his wife Tracey for her Zudans has shaken up the Vero estab- belongings and vacated the mayor’s of-
in the gallery, “Tony, nominate yourself,” support, and said he would do his best to lishment – at times appearing politically fice, and said he looks forward to the
Young reluctantly and uncharacteris- honor the trust his colleagues had placed tone deaf and blind to the fact that Vero next council election eight months from
tically finally nominated himself. But in him as mayor. harbors a significant number of sacred now after which he’ll be able to fully re-
when it came down to a decision, Zu- cows. claim his life as a private citizen.
dans got four of the five votes, giving him Vero’s mayoral seat is largely ceremoni-
al, but there is some power to control the His election as mayor raises the ques- Selection of the mayor and vice mayor
tone and flow of City Council meetings. on Monday took place against the linger-
ing backdrop of some bad blood among
council members over a deal to sell the
old Dodgertown golf course property to
Indian River County at a loss.
Young voted against selling to the
county, and then was seen as using his
position as the swing vote to enter into
11th-hour negotiations with the coun-
ty. Zudans and Moss openly lashed out
at Young, saying he had undermined
the city’s negotiating power, and had
circumvented months of efforts by City
Manager Jim O’Connor, city staff and
Howle to get more money for the city.
Getting passed over for mayor on
Monday could be viewed as a slap on the
wrist by Young’s colleagues.
Howle said nominating Zudans for
mayor was more of a business decision
than a political one.
“I was thinking that we need to keep
these meetings going as quickly and as
efficiently as possible and I think Val is
the best person to facilitate that need,”
Howle said. “We have to facilitate meet-
ings that have to do with the administra-
tive actions of government. “
In other words, Howle chose Zudans
as the best person to get things done.
What Zudans prioritizes, and how he
reacts to and manages dissent from the
public and discord on the council, will be
the test of his mettle.
Zudans is not known to be natural-
ly diplomatic. Up to now, he’s routine-
ly lobbed political grenades from the
wings, leaving Howle to get everybody
settled back down and working together
again.
Howle said he likes Young personally
and thinks Young will do a tremendous
job as vice mayor while simultaneously
heading up running the city’s centenni-
al. “Tony’s been a man of the people and
he’s very invested in protecting the inter-
ests of the city.”
Since last Tuesday’s special election
means abbreviated eight-month terms
until the next organizational meeting in
November, where a mayor and vice may-
or again will be chosen, Howle pointed
out that there’s still time for Young to be
picked as mayor during the centennial
calendar year to honor the Young fami-
ly’s deep commitment to Vero Beach and
its heritage.
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High-speed rail critics seek upgraded safety measures for Virgin Trains
By George Andreassi | Staff Writer of the train tracks to protect against tres- ommendations in an Oct. 31, 2018 report have more stringent regulations to deal
passers was among the initiatives FAST about the Florida Passenger Rail System with local safety or security hazards, the
A new railroad watchdog group wants promoted during a news conference on by the state Office of Program Policy OPPAGA report says.
Gov. Ron DeSantis to require Virgin Feb. 26 at the Vero Beach Heritage Center. Analysis and Government Accountability.
Trains USA to pay for extra safety mea- For example, several states require
sures if the high-speed passenger rail ser- Additional safety measures are also Sen. Debbie Mayfield (R-Vero Beach) fencing along railroad right-of-ways to
vice eventually zips through the Treasure needed to prevent mishaps at hundreds said she will ask DeSantis, FDOT and new prevent trespassing, but Florida does
Coast as planned. of at-grade railroad crossings throughout legislative leaders to consider requiring not, the report says. Virgin Trains is ex-
the state, several FAST members said. Virgin Trains to institute the safety initia- pected to reach speeds of up to 110 mph
The Florida Alliance for Safe Trains is tives outlined in the OPPAGA report. between West Palm Beach and Orlando,
calling upon DeSantis to ratchet up the There are 32 at-grade railroad cross- well below the 125 mph limit at which
Florida Department of Transportation’s ings on Virgin Trains tracks in Indian Riv- “I think with the new administration federal regulations prohibit at-grade rail-
scrutiny of the Virgin Trains project and er County and 21 in St. Lucie County. that we have and the new FDOT secretary road crossings.
require stronger safety protections. that has been appointed that we’re going
Potential safety initiatives for Virgin to start seeing some of the discussion “However, there is a gap in regulations
Installing security fencing the length Trains operations were among the rec- continue,” Mayfield said. for some aspects of safety and operations
between 81 mph and 125 mph,” the OP-
The DeSantis Administration and PAGA report says. “FDOT is working with
FDOT did not respond to requests for diagnostic teams to require a sealed cor-
comment by deadline. Neither did a Vir- ridor in Florida in an area of higher-speed
gin Trains spokeswoman. train operations,” the report says.
Federal railroad laws allow states to
Ryan and Melissa Weaver, Agency Owners HOSPITAL NAMES NEW NO. 2 He also pointed out the need for more
Ryan Weaver Insurance, Inc. is a locally owned security measures after the system confis-
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 cated more than 30,000 items considered
independent agency that has been serving weapons from visitors and patients at its
Indian River County for over 12 years. were to blame for the decline. To study northeast Ohio hospitals. While only 17
those factors, he announced the formation guns were seized, there were knives, box
All lines of commercial or personal insurance available. of the Center for the Study of Healthcare cutters, cans of mace and tools, prompting
Delivery at Cleveland Clinic. Mayo Clinic Mihaljevic to mandate metal detectors at
OLD DOMINION launched a similar initiative in 2011. all emergency room entrances as well as
INSURANCE COMPANY panic buttons on the name badges of care-
Last year’s numbers remain staggering givers in certain hospitals.
A member of Main Street America Group even with the decline: Operating income
was $266 million on revenues of nearly Here in Indian River County, COO Turn-
855 21st Street – CenterState Bank Building $9 billion, which reflected a 6 percent in- er will take over a position last held by
2nd Floor – Vero Beach crease in revenue compared to 2017. Camie Patterson, who left for a Bradenton
hospital in August 2017, just 13 months
(772) 567-4930 • [email protected] Equally impressive is Mihaljevic’s 5-year after joining what was then Indian River
www.rweaverinsurance.com goal of doubling the number of patients Medical Center.
the system serves. A sizable portion of
Conveniently located just off of Miracle Mile, that growth is expected to come from tele- Turner grew up in Valdosta, Georgia,
across from Classic Car Wash on US-1 health, which last year grew 67 percent at and graduated from Troy University in Al-
the health system. The prior year, virtual abama. He went to the University of Mary-
visits grew by 183 percent. Overall Cleve- land for his undergraduate and graduate
land Clinic cared for 2 million patients last degrees, focusing on business, healthcare
year. and public administration.
Mihaljevic also discussed the first He served 21 years in the U.S. Army’s
step toward a systemwide $15 minimum Health Services Command, including a
wage, a goal announced last year. That stint in Seoul, South Korea. At the time
interim step, a raise to $14 in January, of his retirement, he was a Chief Warrant
did not apply to the newly minted Flor- Officer Four and a director in the clinical
ida employees because of a clause in the engineering department of Walter Reed
takeover agreements that pay and bene- Medical Center in Bethesda.
fits for those employees would stay the
same for one year. After the army, Turner was vice-pres-
ident of MedStar Washington Hospital
Speaking to caregivers gathered in the Center in Washington, D.C., for four years
ballroom of the Cleveland campus’ Inter- before going on to spend five years with
continental Hotel last Wednesday, Mihal- the health system of the University of Wis-
jevic declared the health system “a beacon consin, UW Health, as vice president of fa-
of hope for millions.” cilities and support services.
“The world looks to us for innovative He recently earned a doctorate in busi-
solutions to the greatest challenges in ness administration from the University of
healthcare,” he said. Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Among those innovations is a “speak “Ralph Turner brings 32 years of health-
up award” he instituted to encourage care experience and a proven track record
caregivers to alert management about pa- for successful operations,” said Dr. Greg
tient safety issues. “Silence is the enemy Rosencrance, president Cleveland Clinic
of safety,” he declared. “Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, in a statement. “I’m
supports a culture where every caregiver excited that he will be joining our leader-
can speak up, without fear, on matters of ship team, as his extensive knowledge of
patient safety.” operations will serve us well.”
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By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer
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Speech pathologists’ expertise extends far and wide
By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer Mike Gaughran and
[email protected] Jessica Fitzgerald.
Speech pathologists, including Jessi- PHOTO: KAILA JONES
ca Fitzgerald and Mike Gaughran at the
Steward Medical Group’s Sebastian Riv-
er Medical Center, may have one of the
most incomplete job titles in all of med-
icine.
Like their counterparts across the
country, Fitzgerald and Gaughran do
much more than work with people who
have speech problems.
They also help treat stroke, traumat-
ic brain injury, Parkinson’s and Alzhei-
mer’s patients.
Those four problems make up a huge
universe of potential patients.
According to the American Heart As-
sociation, “stroke affects nearly 500,000
people a year and is the leading cause
of disability in older adults. Another 1.7
million people sustain some form of
traumatic brain injury.”
Add to that what the Alzheimer’s As-
sociation says is an “estimated 5.7 mil-
lion Americans of all ages living with
Alzheimer’s dementia” and the 60,000
people diagnosed with Parkinson’s dis-
ease in the U.S. each year, and it starts
to become clear that speech pathologists
are tasked with much more than helping
clear up simple speech problems.
For example, the National Stroke As-
sociation points out, after a stroke it is
very common for patients to have mul-
tiple communication problems. “This
condition,” says the NSA, “is known
as aphasia and can affect your ability
to find the right words, to understand
what others are saying and/or reading
and writing.”
Gaughran estimates 50 percent of the
patients he and Fitzgerald see in their Se-
bastian offices are stroke or Alzheimer’s
patients – and the initial consultations
don’t always go smoothly.
“When you go in and introduce
yourself as a speech pathologist,” says
Fitzgerald, “it’s not uncommon to hear
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And while both Gaughran and Fitz- under-educated or the faint of heart. The
gerald are keenly aware that everyone job requires both a bachelor’s and mas-
wants a “magic pill” that will instantly ter’s degree along with a nine-month
cure their speech or cognitive problems, clinical fellowship and 30 hours of con-
the hard fact is no such pill exists, so pre- tinuing education every two years. And
serving and building on what speech and a lot of drive.
cognitive abilities patients still have be-
comes the top priority. “There really are lots of folks out there
that have difficulty with organization,
“In Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and some planning, some of those higher-func-
of those degenerative kind of problems, tion skills, short-term memory and
it’s not so much about restoring [what’s word-finding,” Gaughran concludes. He
been lost],” says Gaughran. “It’s more and Fitzgerald are confident they can
about maintaining what they still have help.
– we’re trying to preserve some of that
remaining function. If we can maintain Mike Gaughran and Jessica Fitzgerald
what they do have, well, that’s a win for are with the rehab services at the Sebas-
the patient.” tian River Medical Center in Sebastian.
The phone number is 772-581-2068.
Speech pathology is not a field for the
‘It’s more about
maintaining what they
still have – we’re trying
to preserve some of that
remaining function.’
– Mike Gaughran
a patient say, ‘there’s nothing wrong strategies,” to help them retrieve that in-
with my speech.’ But we don’t just treat formation.
speech.
Fitzgerald quickly adds, “the root of
“If someone has aphasia from a our profession is function,” and to that
stroke, maybe they also have some end, role-playing and specific situational
cognitive impairment and that’s where strategies can be a big help for patients.
I think we have to determine which
problems are more speech- or lan- For instance, “when a patient is cook-
guage-based and which ones are more ing at the stove and the doorbell rings,
cognitive-based.” my strategy would be to complete one
task at a time: Move that pot off of the
Asked how – or if – it is possible to teach stove, turn the stove off and then go an-
or re-teach cognition, Gaughran paus- swer the door. Don’t just leave [the stove]
es briefly before saying, “that’s a good going because then by the time you [fin-
question. We’ve got a couple of things. ish dealing with whatever distracted
If a patient comes in with memory prob- you], you’ll come back and have burned
lems, we might show them the stages of the house down.”
memory – I might explain there are three
stages to memory. We take information While that might sound extreme,
in, we store it and then we retrieve it. And cooking fires are an all-too-common
then we would give them some memory occurrence for patients with dementia
or aphasia.
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Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery seen as big success
By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer the Mayo Clinic, it “is one of the leading Dr. Stephen Tate.
[email protected] causes of blindness for people over the
age of 60.” PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE
New Vision Eye Center’s Dr. Stephen
Tate is excited about the success of min- Glaucoma is caused by pressure on
imally invasive glaucoma surgery – aptly the optic nerve – which transmits images
dubbed “MIGS” – and a new type of ocular from your eye to your brain – that results
stent intended to “provide glaucoma pa- when fluids that build up inside the eye
tients surgical interventions much earlier are unable to drain properly.
in the disease that are safer than tradi-
tional glaucoma surgeries.” The Glaucoma Research Foundation
reports that “standard glaucoma surger-
Better glaucoma surgery is a big deal ies are major surgeries. While they are
because more than 3 million Ameri- very often effective at lowering eye pres-
cans have the disease and, according to sure and preventing progression of glau-
‘....just about “The hydrus stent was part of one of
everybody will the largest FDA studies for a glauco-
have cataracts ma device that’s ever been done,” Tate
if they live long says. The study, which followed 4,000
patients, found that “close to 80 percent
enough.’ of patients were able to stop one of their
eyedrop medications afterward and the
– Dr. Stephen pressure-lowering effect of the device
Tate continued over several years.
coma, they have a long list of potential “The patients who had this implanted,
complications.” their pressure actually tended to trend
down over the duration [of the study] …
Now, MIGS and a newly FDA-approved which is really nice.”
stent are offering a safer way to treat this
sight-stealing disease in patients who are As an added bonus, the MIGS proce-
diagnosed early. dure and micro-stent implantation can
be easily incorporated into cataract re-
When the disease is detected early, Tate moval surgery.
says, MIGS surgeries “have been shown to
be very, very safe with very, very low risk of Why bring cataracts into the conver-
adding any untoward event to the surgery sation?
and they can very safely get people a pres-
sure reduction” on their optic nerve. That’s simple. As Tate points out, “just
about everybody will have cataracts if
He adds that “people who have very se- they live long enough. That’s a fact of
vere glaucoma and are getting visual field life,” and almost all studies have shown
loss or vision loss and are maxed out on “no significant difference in risks by
medications” still have to rely on the old, adding this [MIGS] to cataract surgery.
tried-and-true glaucoma surgery to save The patients are not at any additional
their vision, because, by that time, there risk by doing this and they have been
are “no other alternatives.” shown to decrease the odds that their
glaucoma continues to progress. And if
The key to the success of the new- it does progress, that progress is slower
er technique is the new stent that helps than in somebody who has not had one
drain the fluid that can damage the optic of these interventions.”
nerve. Produced by Ivantis, the “hydrus”
micro-stent was approved by the FDA in “We’ve been very happy” with both
August of 2018. the MIGS procedures and the new stents,
says Tate.
It is now available at New Vision where
doctors say it is much more effective in He adds that New Vision’s own inter-
relieving pressure on the optic nerve by nal data mimics the FDA studies. “A little
draining more fluid from the eye than over 80 percent” of New Vision patients
earlier stents. who’ve had these new procedures and
stents “have now been taken off one their
medications.”
Dr. Stephen Tate is with New Vision Eye
Center at 1055 37th Place in Vero Beach.
The phone number is 772-257-8700.
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Celery juice: A healthy beverage, but it won’t work miracles
By Carrie Dennett said Charleston, S.C.-based registered di- woman for the Academy of Nutrition and get apigenin from parsley and lettuce, and
The Washington Post etitian Debbie Petitpain, a spokeswoman Dietetics, said it is potentially dangerous to luteolin from beets and cabbage. “You get
for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietet- try to fight cancer with food alone – or with a wonderful collection of antioxidant nu-
What’s that bright green “miracle elix- ics. “There is no one ‘superfood’ that can a particular food or supplement. “Cancer is trients from a variety of foods, but there is
ir” in the hands of countless smiling Ins- meet all of our daily requirements and in a complicated disease that often requires a no proof that one in particular is a cure for
tagrammers? It’s celery juice. No longer fact, research continually shows that the multifaceted therapy approach,” she said. disease,” she said.
the wallflower of the crudité platter, the best nutrition comes from consuming a
sidekick of Buffalo wings, the backbone variety of food groups and various foods To be fair, celery does contain some Petitpain suggests thinking of each
of ants on a log, celery has achieved food within each group.” phytochemicals, notably apigenin and vegetable’s color as its “advertisement” for
celebrity status. Could celery be the new luteolin, that may have antioxidant, an- a nutrient the body needs. “For example,
kale? What’s behind the hype? Among William’s many claims – largely ti-inflammatory and anti-cancer prop- red tomatoes are rich in lycopene, which
unsupported by scientific research or ba- erties, but the research in this area is not can prevent heart disease,” she said.
Origin story and health claims sic physiology – are that celery juice revers- quite ready for prime time. The majority “Sweet potatoes are rich in beta-carotene,
The self-proclaimed father of the celery es inflammation by starving pathogenic of the research uses isolated apigenin and which promotes eye health. Both are high
juice trend is Anthony William, aka the bacteria and viruses. He also said celery luteolin, not the foods that contain those in fiber, which is critical for a healthy gut.”
“Medical Medium.” William, who has no contains “an undiscovered subgroup of compounds, and most of the research in-
medical or scientific certification, claims sodium that I call cluster salts” that attacks volves rodents or isolated cancer cells in a The bottom line
he communicates with Spirit of Com- pathogens and rebuilds the hydrochloric petri dish. Celery juice offers water and some nu-
passion to get “extraordinarily accurate acid in your stomach so that it can break trients – although not nearly as many as,
health information that’s often far ahead down protein, preventing “gut rot and Many phytochemicals also show prom- say, kale – so if you like the taste and have
of its time.” Writing on Gwyneth Paltrow’s bloating.” Gut rot is not real, nor are cluster ise for cancer prevention and even treat- a generous beverage budget, enjoy. “Cel-
website Goop, William says: “Celery juice salts, but low stomach acid can be – and it ment – one reason the American Cancer ery juice can be a refreshing, healthy bev-
is a miracle juice. It’s one of the greatest requires medical treatment to prevent po- Society recommends consuming 2 1/2 cups erage to include as part of a well-rounded
healing tonics of all time. I’ve seen thou- tentially serious nutrient deficiencies. of vegetables and fruits daily – so looking to diet,” Petitpain said. “It is a much better
sands of people who suffer from chronic celery alone as an anti-cancer miracle food choice than full sugar drinks like sweet
and mystery illnesses restore their health Nutrition facts is misguided. Hultin points out we can also tea, regular soda and sports drinks.”
by drinking sixteen ounces of celery juice William’s pseudoscientific claims are
daily on an empty stomach.” repeated as fact across the Internet, and
If that sounds too good to be true, it is. some bloggers are even advocating drink-
“Unfortunately, there is no magic bullet ing celery juice instead of undergoing che-
or, in this case, ‘miracle food’ that can motherapy for breast cancer. Seattle-based
deliver on such extraordinary claims,” registered dietitian Ginger Hultin, a spokes-
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Male breast cancer risk factors and treatment, explained
By Fred Cicetti | Columnist
Breast cancer strikes most often when can cause gynecomastia, too. so removing the cancer usually means ex- procedure, a surgeon removes the entire
men are in their 60s. Estrogen – the risk is small for men who cising most of the tissue. The procedures breast and some underarm lymph nodes,
that are used on women to save breast tis- but leaves chest muscles intact.
Male breast cancer? Men do have breast take estrogen, the main female hormone. sue aren’t practicable for men.
cells that can become cancerous. The dis- Estrogen drugs may be used to treat pros- [This is the last installment of a three-part
ease is uncommon in men. It represents tate cancer. Most men with breast cancer require series on breast cancer.]
only 1 percent of all breast cancers. Be- a modified radical mastectomy. In this
cause of its rarity, many men aren’t aware Liver disease – this can increase your
it exists. And that’s a problem. risk of gynecomastia and breast cancer.
For unknown reasons, the incidence of Obesity – fat cells convert androgens
male breast cancer has been increasing. into estrogen.
About 2,000 men in the U.S. are diagnosed
with breast cancer annually. Alcohol – drinking alcohol raises the
odds that a man will develop breast can-
Young boys and girls have a small cer. The risk increases with the amount of
amount of breast tissue made up of a few alcohol consumed.
ducts. At puberty, female hormones in
girls make breast ducts grow, milk glands If a man has a family history of the dis-
form and fat increase. The male hormones ease, he should consult a doctor about
in boys prevent further growth of breast regular testing. Diagnostic tests for men
tissue. Men’s breast tissue contains ducts, include a clinical breast exam, mammo-
but only a few if any lobules. grams, ultrasound, biopsy and, if indicat-
ed, a nipple discharge exam.
The most common symptom of male
breast cancer is the same as it is for wom- Breast cancer treatment for men is simi-
en – a lump. Other signs include: skin lar to that given to women. Some men may
dimpling, a new indentation of the nipple, need only surgery. Others will need sur-
redness or scaling of breast skin, a clear or gery and radiation, chemotherapy or hor-
bloody discharge from the nipple. mone therapy.
Some risk factors for male breast can- There isn’t much tissue to a man’s breast,
cer are:
Age – the average age for a man diag-
nosed with breast cancer is 67.
Family – about 20 percent of men with
breast cancer are related to someone with
the disease.
Genes – about 7 percent of breast can-
cers in men are inherited.
Radiation – there’s a higher risk to men
who underwent chest radiation treatments
when they were younger.
Klinefelter Syndrome – men with this
syndrome make lower levels of male hor-
mones (androgens) and more female hor-
mones. This can cause gynecomastia,
benign breast enlargement. Men with this
condition may be at greater risk of breast
cancer. Many medicines used to treat ul-
cers, high blood pressure and heart failure
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Bonz meets Cletis the Beagle, a good ol’ country boy
Hi Dog Buddies! PHOTO: KAILA JONES Cletis “Maybe later,” I replied quickly.
“Back in our puppy days,” Cletis con-
This week I got to yap with a gen-you- Rascal, were whelped in Okeechobee, a vet who’d rescued ’em from a dog track tinued, “nothin’ was safe. The miss-chuff
wine Florida Cracker pooch from Okee- 14 years ago. Cow country. Real pretty in Orlando so they could be dog blood do- one of us didn’t think of, another did.
cho-bee. I’d heard he was 14 in human, out there. We’re purebreds, ya know. Got nors. Cuz us three were real liddle, wiggly Bein’ Beagles an all, we loved trackin’
an a tad crotch-iddy, so, walkin’ up to the those dad-gum silly long names nobody puppies, who racing greyhounds might stuff. One liddle sniff an off we’d go. Mom
door, I was remindin’ myself to always uses. Anyways, Mom and Big Pop heard we mistake for something they outta chase, an Big Pop hadda be sure we didn’t go
respect my elders. We could hear a lot- needed a home. They already had a Beagle, Mom an Big Pop innerduced us outside, out without our leashes cuz, if we caught
ta woofin’ even before the door opened. name o’ Foots. Mom wanted a girl pooch. one atta time. Evenshully, everything an innersting smell, POW! we were off
When it did, a lady an this older-lookin’ That was Biscuit. But Big Pop was playin’ worked out just dandy. like a flea collar, noses to the ground.
Beagle were standin’ there. The barkin’ with me an I was a real cute liddle fellar We’d stick to that smell like glue. Why,
was comin’ from a coupla pooches be- back then. Big Pop gave Mom Puppy Eyes “An, when the four of us got togther un- you could set off a stick o’ dynamite and
hind a pooch gate in another room. They better’n any pooch I’ve ever seen. So I got der a big ol’ tree an practiced our bayin,’ we wouldn’t pay no mind. That’s fine
schushed soon as the lady told ’em to. The to go, too. That left Rascal. Me an Biscuit we usta drive the squirrels NUTS! Mom’s when you’re workin’ inna field or some-
older pooch came over for a Basic Wag-an- didn’t wanna leave without our brother, always remindin’ the tree-trimmin’ guys place like that, but not where you can
Sniff. He was getting’ gray and kinda faded so we all three gave Mom an Big Pop three to leave a path though the treetops for the get smushed by a truck.”
all over, but I could still see his Beagle-y sets of our very best Major Puppy Eyes. An squirrels.”
colors, an he had that pawsome Beagle it worked, Thank Lassie.” “I see your point.”
profile I always admired. “That’s so thoughtful,” I commented. “One time I got in Big Trouble. Mom
“Woof! What was it like, all four of you “You wanna hear my bay, young fella? I an Big Pop’s daudder-in-law had these
“Hey, there, sonny. I’m Cletis Taylor. I’m pupsters, in your new home? I guess it was still got it!” real fancy, ’spensive shoes, called ’em
the boss around here, just so you know. real fun an maybe a liddle rowdy,” I ven- SAN-dulls. Well, I accidently sorta ate
Come right on in. This here’s my Mom, tured. DON’T BE SHY one. The other one was jus fine, but ev-
Debra. Those two squawky mutts are my erybody was still Real Peeved. I also usta
liddle sisters, Gabby an Smiley. Our dad, “Bet your Dog Biscuits it was. Back then We are always looking for pets love toilet paper. Grab it real gentle-like,
we call him Big Pop, he’s workin.’ So, let’s go Mom an Big Pop were takin’ care of some with interesting stories. then take off runnin,’ fancy up the whole
take a load off. You’ll hafta speak up a tad greyhounds: Charleston an Fawn were house. Those were good times. I quit toilet
cuz my ears ain’t what they usta be. Mom rescues who buh-longed to Mom and Big To set up an interview, email paper for years, but, recently, I’ve been re-
an Big Pop call me an ol’ man, an I can’t Pop’s human son, an were just visitin.’ [email protected]. livin’ those glory days again. They usta call
argue. I ain’t as quick as I once was, ’cept Baby an Fig Newton were adopted from us the Beagle Brigade. We were somethin’
when I hear the cookie jar lid. Then I’m On to see.”
It, like a puppy with springs in his tail. No- Cletis gave a sigh. A faraway look crossed
body better get between me an my dried his face. “Over the years, they’ve all crossed
liver cookie treats. Know what I’m sayin’?” the Rainbow Bridge, ’cept me. I’m the Last
Remaining Beagle. Now I hang out with my
“Yes, sir! It’s a pleasure to meet you, sir,” sisters. They’re big girls, ain’t nothin’ like
I said in my most respectful, outside voice me. Smiley, we call her Dennis the Men-
as we followed Cletis an his Mom out to ace, an Gabby, she’s real calm an laid back.
the patio. He immediately flopped down, They know I love ’em. Hey now, before you
front paws straight out in front, back paws head out, I’ll show you my bay. You ain’t
straight out in back. I couldn’t help thinkin’ never heard anything like it.”
he looked sorta like a smushed frog (no of- Heading home, I was re-playin’ all Cle-
fense to frogs or dogs). tis’ Cool Kibbles stories. An the sound of
his big beautiful bay was still echoing in
“OK, shoot. Whaddya wanna know, my ears.
young fella?”
The Bonz
“Well, for starters, where you’re from.
How you got here.”
“Me an my sister an brother, Biscuit an
Lennar set to build 86 luxe
homes at Huntington Place
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Lennar set to build 86 luxe homes at Huntington Place
By Debbie Carson | Staff Writer and a two-car garage, to the 2,807-square- LLC, a real estate investment company something for everyone who wants the best
[email protected] foot Venice model, with three bedrooms, based in California, but the market tanked in amenities, and everything the Treasure
three and a half baths, and a three-car ga- before the subdivision got going. Coast lifestyle has to offer.”
A major subdivision that faltered during rage. All Lennar homes will feature Wi-Fi
the real estate downturn and lay fallow for Certified Smart Home Design utilizing Am- When the market rebounded, GHO and A community clubhouse with a pool and
years is about to see a burst of new activi- azon’s voice-controlled device, Alexa. Lifestyle bought lots from the property cabana has been built and the subdivision
ty, as Lennar gears up to build 86 luxury owner and began building homes. GHO includes several conservation areas, in-
single-family homes with base prices that GHO Homes and Lifestyle Homes have Homes president Bill Handler says his com- cluding a nearly 6-acre parcel on the south-
range from $295,000 to $368,000. already completed homes in Hunting- pany has completed about a dozen homes east corner at 58th Avenue and 59th Street.
ARTIST RENDERING ARTIST RENDERING
Lennar Palm Atlantic, a division of the ton Place, offering a wide array of models in Huntington Place and is sold out in the The original developer preserved many
mega-builder that operates on Florida’s priced from the low to high $300,000s. subdivision. Lifestyle Homes has finished mature trees when the land was first pre-
east coast, is offering five models that range approximately 15 homes and has 11 lots left. pared for construction.
in size from the Aqua, a 1,966-square-foot The 55-acre property at 58th Avenue and
home with three bedrooms, two bathrooms 61st Street was purchased for development But Lennar’s Palm Atlantic division Homes in Huntington Place offer archi-
purposes in the early 2000s by Foster IRC, is just getting started. The company has tectural variety with a blend of traditional
purchased the remaining lots and opened and modern details. Some homes are shin-
a sales office in Huntington Place. It ex- gled, others have barrel tile roofs. Some
pects to deliver its first home in about five have stucco facades, others brick.
months, with plans to complete the subdi-
vision during the next two years. Despite the differences in styles, the
homes coordinate and blend well with
“The target buyer at Huntington Place each other without looking “cookie-cut-
is really a mix,” said Lennar Palm Atlan- ter.” Many homes are arranged around five
tic Director of Sales Richelle Smart. “It’s small lakes and have water views.
a gated, luxury community that truly has
“Huntington Place is going to have tre-
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTINGTON PLACE, VISIT THE BUILDERS’ WEBSITES
GHO
www.ghohomes.com/community-huntington-place-39.cfm
Lennar Palm Atlantic
www.lennar.com/new-homes/florida/treasure-coast/vero-beach/huntington-place
Lifestyle Homes
https://buildingalifestyle.com/community/huntington-place/
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mendous curb appeal,” Smart said. PHOTOS BY KAILA JONES The subdivision will have community-wide irrigation
All of Lennar’s homes will feature the “Everything’s and all lawns will be sodded. Electricity will be provided
by Florida Power & Light and the county will provide wa-
Included” package, according to Smart. The package in- ter and sewer services. Huntington Place is less than half a
cludes stainless-steel appliances, wood-finish cabinetry, mile from the county’s Sandridge Golf Club and basically
quartz or granite countertops and oversized ceramic tile across the street from Bent Pine Golf Club. It is 15 minutes
flooring. Lennar also offers buyers the opportunity to from the beach and close to Indian River Mall and other
customize their home, selecting flooring materials, cab- shopping and dining venues along SR-60.
inet styles and other finishes.
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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: FEB. 25 THROUGH MAR. 1
TOP SALES OF THE WEEK
A remarkably busy week in the mainland real estate market saw a whopping 52 transactions
of single-family residences and lots reported from Feb. 25-March 1 (some shown below).
The top sale of the week was in Vero Beach, where the condominium at 5340 E Harbor Village
Drive, Unit #203 – first listed in November for $750,000 – sold for $728,000 on Feb. 28.
Representing both the seller and the buyer in the transaction was agent Diane DeFrancisci of Alex
MacWilliam, Inc.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS
ORIGINAL SELLING
PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$728,000
VERO BEACH 5340 E HARBOR VILLAGE DR #203 11/5/2018 $750,000 2/28/2019 $699,000
VERO BEACH 450 SAPPHIRE WAY SW 10/18/2018 $699,000 3/1/2019 $575,000
VERO BEACH 7175 69TH ST 10/20/2018 $675,000 3/1/2019 $385,000
VERO BEACH 1185 ANSLEY AVE SW 10/5/2018 $399,000 2/28/2019 $369,000
VERO BEACH 1155 BUCKHEAD DR SW 12/28/2018 $434,000 2/28/2019 $365,000
VERO BEACH 4390 2ND SQR SW 1/16/2019 $400,000 3/1/2019 $315,000
VERO BEACH 4360 10TH ST SW 11/9/2018 $334,900 2/25/2019 $306,500
VERO BEACH 7573 14TH LN 2/18/2019 $306,500 2/28/2019 $295,000
VERO BEACH 5128 KIPPER WAY 8/15/2018 $335,000 2/27/2019 $294,000
VERO BEACH 2025 GREY FALCON CIR 1/9/2019 $319,000 2/28/2019 $265,000
VERO BEACH 454 11TH SQR SW 5/10/2018 $319,990 2/28/2019 $257,250
SEBASTIAN 637 COLLINS ST 1/30/2019 $260,000 2/25/2019 $255,000
VERO BEACH 545 FOX RUNSW 1/10/2019 $257,500 2/28/2019 $255,000
SEBASTIAN 108 BRIARCLIFF CIR 1/7/2019 $259,990 2/25/2019
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HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP RECENT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALES.
450 Sapphire Way SW, Vero Beach 7175 69th St, Vero Beach
Listing Date: 10/18/2018 Listing Date: 10/20/2018
Original Price: $699,000 Original Price: $675,000
Sold: 3/1/2019 Sold: 3/1/2019
Selling Price: $699,000 Selling Price: $575,000
Listing Agent: Scott Reynolds Listing Agent: Brittany Schlitt
Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Selling Agent: Farless Properties LLC
Karen Morris Brittany Schlitt
Laurel Agency, Inc. Farless Properties LLC
1185 Ansley Ave SW, Vero Beach 1155 Buckhead Dr SW, Vero Beach
Listing Date: 10/5/2018 Listing Date: 12/28/2018
Original Price: $399,000 Original Price: $434,000
Sold: 2/28/2019 Sold: 2/28/2019
Selling Price: $385,000 Selling Price: $369,000
Listing Agent: Melinda Pampallona Listing Agent: Richard Beneduce
Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Selling Agent: Beneduce Realty Inc
Michelle Clarke Vincent Beneduce
Berkshire Hathaway Florida Beneduce Realty Inc
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A ‘SUPER TUESDAY’ Artist Prokop preaches, teaches Adam Schnell.
OF ENTERTAINMENT the ‘Joy’ of painting PAGE B2
IDEAS TO CONSIDER PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE
By Samantha Baita | Staff Writer
[email protected]
1 This coming Tuesday, March
12, is bursting at the seams
with terrific entertainment choices.
Complete this phrase: “The rain in
Spain …….” Yes! Lerner and Lowe’s
wondrous 1956 musical “My Fair
Lady,” a triumph New York Her-
ald Tribune critic Walter Kerr
called “wise, witty and winning,
in short, a miraculous musical,”
opens at Riverside Theatre this
coming Tuesday, March 12. Based
on George Bernard Shaw’s play
“Pygmalion,” the plot of the show
frequently called “the perfect mu-
sical” centers on Cockney flower
girl Eliza Doolittle, who agrees to
take speech lessons from a set-in-
his-ways phoneticist, Professor
Henry Higgins. Higgins, appalled
by Eliza’s way with the King’s En-
glish, bets a friend he can teach
her to speak so beautifully that
she will be able to pass as a “Lady.”
The clever dialogue and unfor-
gettable songs – “I Could Have
CONTINUED ON PAGE B6
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Artist Prokop preaches, teaches the ‘Joy’ of painting
By Kerry Firth | Correspondent Theresa Frappier Prokop.
[email protected]
PHOTOS: KAILA JONES
Theresa Frappier Prokop looked as if she
had just stepped out of one of her whim-
sical paintings; dressed in flowing water-
color pants, turquoise blouse and bold
hand-painted denim jacket, yet even the
large bauble earrings and oversized beads
she wore couldn’t compete with her effer-
vescent smile. And that’s just the first im-
pression of the dynamic artist, who gets
more colorful and exciting as the conversa-
tion continues.
A renowned folk artist from Connecticut,
Prokop now happily winters in Sebastian,
and is one of several artists in the Wabas-
so-based Coral Mermaid Gallery.
Prokop says she uses her vivid imagina-
tion to depict whimsical scenes tell stories,
blending life experiences and memories to
depict the kinder, gentler side of life, such as
children playing at the park, trick or treat-
ing on Halloween, or opening presents on
Christmas Day.
“Folk art is as old as Grandma Moses,”
says Prokop. “It’s simply painting or drawing
something that tells a story. It might incorpo-
rate people doing things, or boats or swans.
It’s not really depicting a reality as much as it’s
creating a dream. It’s whimsical and magical.”
Her foray into art began at a very young age,
when she colored everything she could get her
hands on, including shoes, jackets, sidewalks
and walls. Heeding the advice of an elementa-
ry school teacher who had noticed her talent,
her parents enrolled her in a few sculpting and
painting classes at the local museum.
“I didn’t want anything to do with sculpt-
ing,” Prokop recalls with a laugh. “I just
wanted to paint.”
Her artistic side truly blossomed when
the late, great art instructor, Bob Ross, came
to town. She immediately signed up for one
of his ‘Joy of Painting’ classes, all while jug-
gling a full-time job as a staff nursing coor-
dinator at a local hospital, as well as her role
as wife and mother. She was hooked.
“I had never really had formalized instruc-
tion since childhood, but his method made it
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easy. I took three years of his classes and be- are breathtaking.” played at the Marietta Museum of Art and the magazines to publish my patterns, and
came a certified Bob Ross instructor in 1986.” Prokop has sold her work at arts and crafts Whimsy in Sarasota, Fla. then I get the original painting back to sell
outright. Basically, I get paid three times for
When he wanted her to travel with him shows throughout New England for 30-plus “The Internet has taken my work world- a single painting.”
and teach, she chose to stay home with her years, and also became the largest seller of wide,” she explains. “I didn’t even know what
family. She began teaching two classes per folk art on eBay. Exciting new opportunities a paint pattern was until I was approached After coming to Florida a couple of years
week, while working local art shows on the began to come her way when she created her by Deco Art to create instructions for one ago, she created a whimsical ‘Sassy Ole La-
weekends. NewEnglandFolkArtists.com website. of my designs. Basically, I give step-by-step dies’ greeting card line inspired by her Flor-
instructions on how to duplicate one of my ida girlfriends, humorously depicting ma-
“My sister and I would do arts and crafts Patterns of her designs are now sold paintings. I list all of the supplies, provide a ture, fun-loving women letting it all hang
shows every weekend, selling paintings on through decorative paint stores and cata- stencil and even specify which paint brush- out in their teeny bikinis.
canvas, clothing, furniture and pretty much logs. She is sponsored by art supply com- es and brush strokes to use in the process.”
anything that paint would stick to,” she re- panies, and is featured regularly in various “Their bodies may not be perfect but
calls. “Quite frankly, I started painting to painting magazines. She also has free acryl- Prokop adds with a smile, “It’s almost too their attitude sure is,” jokes Prokop. “Laugh-
make money for my family. We had two chil- ic and watercolor pencil instructional vid- good to be true. I get all my supplies donat- ing at the aging process makes it palatable.”
dren to educate and bills to be paid.” eos available on YouTube and her art is dis- ed by the companies I endorse; I get paid by
Her Internet successes aside, Prokop says
Prokop says her husband was very sup- she thrives on teaching people on a one-on-
portive of her efforts, traveling with her to one basis.
Lancaster, Penn., to buy unfinished furni-
ture at auctions and later purchasing it di- “Helping someone tap into their inner tal-
rectly from the Amish. ent brings me great joy,” she explains. “I am
currently teaching a class on painting garden
“We’d fill the trailer and haul it back home poles at Whispering Palms (a manufactured
where I would paint it,” she says. “The kids home community in Sebastian). Watching
came with us and we always made an adven- the joy that my students get when their own
ture out of the trip. It truly was a family affair. artwork comes to life is so rewarding.”
I consider myself a decorative folk artist be-
cause I will literally paint on anything.” She also teaches an adult painting class
at the Sebastian River Art Club and soon
While her preferred paint is acrylic – find- hopes to offer classes elsewhere.
ing oils messy and tedious to dry – Prokop
says she also enjoys the transparency of “I have been fortunate enough to win
water color and is quick to experiment with Best of Show, First Place and Judges’ awards
new mediums. many times over, but the best award is the
simple ‘thank you’ you get from a student.”
“I’ve recently been enjoying the wonder
of poured paint. It’s a process where you Commenting that the inspiration for her
simply pour a puddle of each color onto a art comes from her faith, family, community
canvas and watch the paints expand and and home, she says, “Painting has gotten me
blend the colors harmoniously. The results through life. It’s therapy when times are tough
and pure elation when times are good.”
BACKUS & BUTCHER
AND THE FLORIDA LANDSCAPE
Two Paths • One Passion
A. E. BACKUS (American, 1906-1990). EVERGLADES ISLAND, c. 1970. CLYDE BUTCHER (American, b.1941). CRYSTAL RIVER, 1994.
Oil on canvas. Collection of the A. E. Backus Museum & Gallery, 2008.B2.OC.3 Analog-Archival Silver Gelatin Print. Courtesy of the artist.
March 9 - April 28, 2019
Opening Reception
Friday, March 15, 2019 6 - 8 pm
Members Free / Not-Yet Members $20
SEE THE REVERENT VISION OF TWO MASTER ARTISTS CAPTURE THE ICONIC
MAJESTY OF THE SWAMPS, SHORES, GLADES AND SAVANNAS OF
THEIR HOME.
Exhibition Misty and
Sponsors: Michael
Minton
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Historic Downtown Fort Pierce
(772) 465-0630
www.BackusMuseum.com
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Out with the new, in with old ‘Radicals’ at art museum
By Ellen Fischer | Columnist
[email protected]
An exhibition that fills all four galleries at the
Vero Beach Museum of Art with glittering dis-
plays of paintings, drawings, book art, jewelry,
ceramics, metalwork and textile art is large
enough that you can’t appreciate it all in one
visit. “Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Rapha-
elites to the Arts and Crafts Movement” con-
tains 144 objects, each of which has the power
to fascinate. To give the show its due, you will
want to visit the exhibit more than once before
the show closes on May 5.
The exhibition was organized by the Mu-
seum and Art Gallery of the Birmingham
(England) Museum Trust, in cooperation with
the American Federation of Arts. The latter is
a nonprofit organization that partners with
museums to develop and present exhibitions
around the world. The VBMA is the second
venue on the exhibition’s U.S. tour; its first stop
was the Oklahoma City Museum of Art last
fall. From here, Victorian Radicals will trav-
el to the Seattle Art Museum, Yale Center for
British art in New Haven, Conn., Nevada Mu-
seum of Art in
Reno and the Frick Pittsburgh. PHOTOS: KAILA JONES
“This is the first exhibition in the
Danielle Johnson, curator of
museum’s history to occupy all four of Modern and Contemporary Art.
the museum’s galleries: the Holmes,
Titelman, Schumann and Stark, plus
the Stark Rotunda,” says Danielle John-
son, VBMA curator of modern and con-
temporary art. Johnson’s work with Victo-
rian Radicals included selecting, in concert
with Matthew Mangold, VBMA chief
preparator, paint colors for the gallery
walls to set off the objects on display. In
the Holmes Gallery, wine-red accent walls
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reflect mid-19th century England’s taste for gy, but the pleasures and ills of life in Victorian
deep hues and detailed ornamentation. The England are also represented. In the latter cat-
earliest Pre-Raphaelite paintings, as well as egory is one of Johnson’s favorites, “The Long
craft objects from London’s Great Exposition Engagement,” painted between 1854 and 1859
of 1851, are located here. by Arthur Hughes.
For the normally antiseptic white tran- In it, a young woman is shown clasping
sition area between the Holmes, Titelman the hand of her cleric fiancé (no Adonis, he)
and Schumann Galleries, Johnson selected a in their woodland meeting place.
perennially chic Morris and Company acan-
thus wallpaper to put the visitor in the mood The tree they stand under bears her name,
for the second-generation Pre-Raphaelite “Amy.” Presumably carved by the young man
paintings and Arts and Crafts objects in the at the beginning of their engagement, that
latter two galleries. love token is now almost obscured by the ivy.
You see, he yet is too poor to marry and pro-
The Titelman and Schumann galleries are vide a home for her. Hughes knew of what he
painted in lighter colors, to reflect what the painted; his own engagement was five years
artists themselves were using, Johnson says. old when he finally married his sweetheart,
Tryphena, in late 1855.
At the main entrance to the exhibition, the
first artwork in the Holmes Gallery represents their pictures.Their inspiration was the culture
an English painting in the decades preceding of medieval northern Europe, with its rich his-
the advent, in 1848, of the artists who called tory of textile design, stained glass and illumi-
themselves Pre-Raphaelites. It is Charles Lock nated manuscripts.
Eastlake’s “The Champion” of 1824, depicting
a medieval knight accepting a challenge from a “The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was co-
turbaned messenger at left. Between them, in hesive and worked closely with one another,
the distance, the knight’s mounted rival raises for only about five years,” says Johnson.
his sword to signal, “Here I am!” At the knight’s
left, a fair maiden ties a pink sash around the But the styles and ideas they developed
hero’s breastplate, as a grave monk looks on. during that time were carried forward not only
by their own cohort, but also by succeeding
A Royal Academician and a director of Lon- generations of English painters for the next 50
don’s National Gallery, Eastlake “was defini- years, as exemplified by objects throughout
tively part of the establishment,” says Johnson. the exhibition.
Eastlake populated “The Challenge” with To illustrate the difference between the old
type-cast characters that go back to the ideals style and the new, Johnson points to an 1851
of the Italian Renaissance, which in turn found painting by William Holman Hunt, “Two Gen-
inspiration for the human form in classical tlemen of Verona,” that depicts a scene from
Greek and Roman statuary. “The Challenge,” Shakespeare’s comedy.
therefore, gives us the expected European hero
of aquiline nose, lowering brow and cheek- It shows the moment when, at center
bones to die for; a blond maiden who could stage, the knight Valentine rescues his girl-
double for the Virgin Mary; a middle-aged friend Sylvia from the amorous advances of
man, gray of beard but hale of body; and a his friend Proteus. Disguised as a boy, Prote-
dark-skinned male in the role of exotic “other.” us’ true love, Julia, has seen everything – and
leans sulking against a tree. Evidently, Prote-
The grace of Eastlake’s figures is surpassed us is as changeable as the shape-shifting sea
only by those in another academic paint- god he is named after.
ing in the exhibition, William Etty’s “Pandora
Crowned by the Seasons,” completed between “You are immediately struck by how bright
1824 and 1830. Talk about your classical ideals the colors are that Hunt used,” says Johnson,
– Etty’s beauties look like the figures in an an- remarking on the purple and flame-red of Ju-
cient marble frieze. lia’s garments, and the pink pants (hot in more
ways than one) of Proteus.
In reaction to this type of art, a Pre-Rapha-
elite Brotherhood was founded in 1848 by Also remarkable are the naturalistic poses
artistsWilliam Holman Hunt, John Everett Mil- of the characters. Take Proteus, who is seen
lais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. They sought on awkwardly bended knee. He holds his left
to give their paintings modernity by looking hand to the back of his neck, as though to sig-
back to a time in art before the humanistic val- nify the place where Valentine grabbed him
ues and art forms of the Renaissance spread (impudent pup!) away from Sylvia. Proteus’
throughout Europe. right hand is clasped in Valentine’s left. It is un-
certain whether Valentine is giving him a hand
For the Pre-Raphaelites, the art of the Ital- up, or forcing him to remain kneeling before
ian painter Raphael, born Raffaello Sanzio da Sylvia in apology.
Urbino in 1483, exemplified the Renaissance.
The softly rounded forms, subtle color and Sylvia’s reddish hair bespeaks Celtic ances-
gracefulness of Raphael’s figures – indeed, his try; her slightly bulging eyes suggest myopia.
suppression of anything that could be consid- Her pallor does not do for a spirited Italian girl;
ered inharmonious within the picture – soon Shakespeare’s Sylvia was the Duke of Milan’s
became the academic model for generations courageous daughter, determined to risk all for
of art students, well into the 19th century. her Valentine. Hunt’s Sylvia is neither the ideal
of the ancients, nor of the Renaissance. More
Raphael’s example also summed up exactly hothouse lily than Lombardy sunflower, this
what the Pre-Raphaelites abhorred. Theirs was Sylvia is an Englishwoman.
not to be an art of bland harmony, or truisms
masquerading as truth. They wanted to show You can spend much of your time in the
life as they knew it -- in all its complicated show reading the story every painting has to
abundance and prismatic color. No detail was tell. There are plenty of high-minded subjects
too small, or too profuse, to be excluded from from literature, the Bible and Greek mytholo-
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 dians, lovers, schemers, courtesans – all
far more “appealing than appalling” – this
Danced All Night,” “On the Street Where coming Tuesday, March 12, through the
You Live,” “The Rain in Spain” and “I’ve 31st. This bawdy, farcical, toga-clad pas-
Grown Accustomed to Her Face” – are tiche premiered on Broadway in 1962
just as fresh and enchanting as they were (with the incomparable Zero Mostel in
when they first delighted audiences over the lead as Pseudolus) and ran for 964
half a century ago. “My Fair Lady” runs laugh-saturated performances. Wikipedia
through March 31. Tickets are going very sums up the story. In an ancient Roman
fast. Curtain: 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. Tick- neighborhood are three adjacent hous-
ets: start at $70. 772-231-6990 or www. es. In the middle house lives Senex, his
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including head slave Hysterium and the
2 A racy romp through ancient Rome: main character Pseudolus, who is deter-
Stephen Sondheim’s multiple To- mined to gain his freedom by any means
ny-winning Broadway musical smash, “A necessary, and attempts to do so by help-
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ing his lovesick young master, Hero, win
Forum,” will fill the Vero Beach Theatre the love of his major crush, the gorgeous
Guild stage with singers, dancers, come-
An Unforgettable Musical Saint Patrick’s Day
Celebration!
2 At Vero Beach Theatre Guild March 12-31.
Irish Culture Abounds Through girl next door, Philia. Next door happens by the Irish Culture Academy “as some
Traditional Music, Song & Dance to be the home of Marcus Lycus, who is “a of its finest exponents of Irish traditional
buyer and seller of beautiful women,” and music,” and will bring to the PAC stage a
Tuesday, March 12 • 7 p.m. Philia happens to be a courtesan, but also “unique and multi-faceted sound,” a meld-
a virgin. (Go figure.) The third house be- ing of traditional Irish, Celtic, folk, world,
VERO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL longs to the ancient Erronius, who is away, jazz, country and popular music. Wear
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER searching for his long-lost children, who something green and get ready for great vo-
were stolen in infancy by pirates. Curtain: cals, energetic Irish folk dancing, and flute,
1707 16th Street, Vero Beach Tuesdays through Fridays, at 7:30 p.m.; banjo, accordion, guitar and fiddle with an
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Vero Beach just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day.
3 Get your Irish revved up just in time 4 Or. For the first time in Vero Beach,
Their extraordinary talents will long be for St. Paddy’s Day with an exuber- the internationally renowned Brussels
remembered. ant troupe of young singers and dancers Philharmonic Orchestra, heralded through-
indianriverschools.tix.com or from the Emerald Isle, this coming Tuesday, out Europe, will perform in concert at Com-
March 12, when the Young Irelanders bring munity Church this coming Tuesday, March
TICKETS Call the Box Office at their “Wild Atlantic Way Tour” to the VBHS 12, at 7:30 p.m. Founded in 1935, the Brus-
772-564-5537 Performing Arts Center. It’s a Saint Patrick’s sels Philharmonic has played worldwide,
This show is brought to Vero Beach by Day celebration you won’t want to miss. including regular performances in the great
NOW Walsh & Palmer Promotions, LLC This unique troupe, all in their 20s and 30s, capitals of Europe (Paris, London, Berlin, Vi-
and is a partial fundraiser for says the show promo, has been recognized enna, Salzburg), as well as in Japan, during
ON SALE! HALO-Animal Rescue in Sebastian. 5 Pablo Cruise at King Center March 13.
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4 Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra at Community Church March 12.
its 2016-2017 world tour. The orchestra’s 6 March 15 at Emerson Center.
Tuesday performance will be under the ba-
ton of its music director and famed French no question, announces the promo, “Pablo
conductor Stéphane Denève, who’s also Cruise is back and they are letting the world
music director of the St. Louis Symphony know ... ‘It’s Good To Be Live!’” Showtime: 8
and principal guest conductor of the Phil- p.m. Tickets: start at $53.50. 321-242-2219.
adelphia Orchestra. The maestro’s current
mission for the orchestra, according to its 6 Spend “One Night in Memphis” this
website, is to design programs combining coming Friday. Some music just
21st century music with the great classics, never, ever goes out of style. For example,
“thereby opening up a dialogue between the that of the “Million Dollar Quartet,” the
repertoire of the past and that of the future.” cognomen given to legendary artists Carl
Tuesday’s program will feature music of Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and
Denève’s native France, including such mas- Elvis Presley in the Broadway smash of the
terpieces as Ravel’s lush tribute to the waltz; same name. On March 15, at the Emerson
“La Valse,” Roussel’s sumptuous ballet suite, Center, a tribute to that stellar foursome of
“Bacchus et Ariane Suite No. 2”; and the col- Sun Records recording artists, “One Night
orful “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by Dukas, in Memphis,” will take the stage, starring
which, says the concert promo, “inspired, former cast members of the Broadway
and became the score for Disney’s animated show. The “One Night in Memphis” web-
film ‘Fantasia,’” starring Mickey Mouse as site promises “over 90 minutes of authen-
the apprentice. Time: 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $90. tic rockabilly, country, gospel and 1950s
772-778-1070 or www.irsymphonic.org. rock and roll.” Need we say more. Tickets
to these Live! From Vero Beach shows tend
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stage this Wednesday, March 13. According
to the King Center promo, after completing
several national tours and releasing seven
albums in all, “the band took a hiatus that
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With original members David Jenkins, Cory
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traordinaire (he’s played with the likes of Air
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Vero Prime: Sumptuous steaks and, now, much more
By TIna Rondeau | Columnist
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What do you call a restaurant that com- Dinner for two with a modest bottle of Veal Avanzare. Ribeye.
bines the best of two Vero eateries? wine could range from $90 to $150 before
tip. enjoy at Avanzare, Vero Prime is deliver- PHOTOS: KAILA JONES
Answer: Vero Prime. ing sumptuous meals at prices that are
When Vero’s most prolific restaurateur, While this is not yet Peter Luger – hard to beat. Crab Stuffed
Roger Lenzi, closed Avanzare last spring named the best steakhouse in New York Oysters.
after a decade-plus run as the area’s fa- City by Zagat for 30 years in a row – this I welcome your comments, and encour-
vorite Tuscan trattoria, he added some is certainly the best chophouse for miles age you to send feedback to me at tina@ver- Hours:
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Vero Prime, the area’s top steakhouse.
Vero Prime has the right atmosphere Whether you are in the mood for steak, The reviewer is a beachside resident who 5 p.m. to late
for a steak house – dark and hushed, black or one of those special dishes you used to dines anonymously at restaurants at the ex- Beverages: Full Bar
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Everything about it says steak. But with Address:
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That worked out great last Friday when
our party of six turned out to have two
diners more interested in rekindling
memories of Tuscany than in tackling
slabs of beef.
After a couple of glasses of wine and some
appetizers – the best of which were the crab
stuffed oysters Vero Prime was serving that
evening – the men in our group got down to
serious business.
For entrées, one ordered the prime filet
mignon ($52), another went for the cow-
boy steak ($49) and my husband chose the
dry aged rib eye ($52).
I was also thinking meat, but decided
to go small (well, not all that small) with
the filet tips ($28)
One of our companions, however, opt-
ed for the parmesan crusted chicken ($18)
and I almost changed my own order when
the other ordered the short rib lasagna
($24). That was always my favorite dish at
Avanzare.
The steaks, I am pleased to report,
universally got raves from the guys. My
husband’s ribeye was perfectly cooked
Pittsburgh style, rare and luscious on the
inside, but with a charred outside crust.
Served with a twice-baked potato and
creamed spinach, this is his idea of the
quintessential steakhouse dinner.
And our friend who had the cowboy
steak – cooked exactly the same way – was
still talking about his truffle fries two days
later. I, for my part, loved the whipped po-
tatoes with mushroom and onion gravy
that came with my tasty filet tips.
A big plus for Vero Prime is you get a
choice of two steakhouse sides with your
entrée at no additional charge. Check the
price of the sides and salads at the big city
steakhouses, where a single veggie can
run into the teens, and you quickly real-
ize that what you are getting here is quite
a bargain.
For dessert on this evening, we shared
a brownie, a carrot cake and a crème bru-
lee (each $8), and a bread pudding ($10).
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It’s high time you paid attention to the other cabernet
By Elin McCoy ture. Because the grape ripens a week or the U.S. such as Virginia and Michigan. ing has helped cabernet francs in the very
Bloomberg two earlier than cabernet sauvignon, it’s Acreage in Argentina is growing, and cool Loire Valley develop more fruit and
ideally suited to cool climates like New sensuality.
Quick: When you hear a wine is cab- York’s Finger Lakes and other places in the grape is planted in Hungary and Ka-
ernet, do you automatically think caber- zakhstan. At the same time, global warm- So what are you waiting for?
net sauvignon? Of course you do. It’s the
world’s most widely planted red grape,
noted for big, rich, power-packed wines
you can swoon over and even invest in.
But I’m here to convince you to re-
member cabernet franc, its lighter, fresh-
er, juicier, and more versatile relative. (In
fact, cabernet franc turns out to be one of
the parents of cabernet sauvignon.) Once
an underdog, cabernet franc has become
the new insider choice for wine geeks,
somms, and those who like to be up on
the fashionable grape of the moment.
That’s partly because of the current
craze for all things Loire Valley, where
cabernet franc is the grape of wines la-
beled Chinon, Bourgueuil, Saumur
Champigny, Anjou Rouge.
In Bordeaux and California, cab franc
was mostly relegated to a blending grape,
adding acidity, spark, savory herbs, and
lush floral aromas to fat-bottomed merlot
and cabernet sauvignon blends.
But the all-cab franc style of France’s
Loire Valley is inspiring more winemak-
ers around the world, from Argentina to
Italy, to create their own lively versions.
Canada even uses it for ice wine.
In 2018, the volume of direct shipments
of cabernet franc in the U.S. jumped 19
percent, according to the recently re-
leased Direct to Consumer Wine Shipping
Report. The growth trend, it says, started
in 2014.
California, naturally, is behind a new
wave of cabernet franc wines. Last week-
end, at Napa’s annual barrel auction
Premiere, where cabernet sauvignon is
always the star, eight special lots of caber-
net franc were auctioned, leading off with
Lot #1, “Gravity’s Rainbow” made by wine
whiz Aaron Pott, who has long champi-
oned the grape.
What’s cabernet franc’s appeal? Na-
pa’s Rob Sinskey, owner of Robert Sinskey
Vineyards, likes to say that if wine were
cars, cabernet franc would be a Citroen
DS from the early ’60s (still a collectible
that placed third in the 1999 Car of the
Century poll).
Cab franc, he says, is misunderstood
and quirky, yet smooth and elegant. The
medium-bodied wines are different from
cabernet sauvignon: loaded with charm
and finesse, soft bright raspberry-ish
fruit, aromas of violets and mint, less tan-
nin, and a silky texture that can remind
you of pinot noir.
While some top examples sell for three
digits, the majority are modestly priced.
Examples from outside the Loire are
fruitier and sunnier, often with softer
edges.
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8 Dappled (8) 2 Joie de vivre (4)
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ACROSS 98 Lacking salty expanses The Washington Post59 Transfixed
99 Grower’s tool 61 Impatient exclamations
1 River runners 100 Guts 63 Statesmen
6 “Call” has one; 101 Nescafé rival 66 When prompted
102 Like movie monsters, often 67 U.S. space station of the
“cell” doesn’t 106 Nitpicking
11 Czech city 111 Sadie Thompson drama 1970s
15 The buck stops here, 112 Enclosure 68 Nader title word
113 Encircling attack 70 Slangy money
temporarily 114 Sewing cases 71 Parlor pieces
19 “ ... ___ of cherries” 115 Get a load of 73 Colonel’s insignias
20 “___ Pretty” 116 Actress Martha 74 Victor’s take
21 Mane attraction? 117 Some collars 76 Webber-Rice effort
22 Brainstorm 118 Wheelchair accesses 77 Cola opener?
23 Nondomestic concerns 82 Calydonian boar-hunt figure
25 Domestic concern? DOWN 84 Put in new grass
27 “Do, ___ ...” 1 The “so few” to whom “so 86 Cereal for kids
28 Perry and Skywalker 87 Fur-lined cloak
30 Dedicated work much” was owed: abbr. 88 Type of quarry
31 Hardcover coverups 2 Blood letters 89 Less confident
34 Lightens 3 Part of FYI 92 Gregory McDonald’s
35 Taxi co-star 4 Small-pain inflictors
39 Anesthetics 5 Some pitches undercover reporter
40 Bandleader’s first name 6 Cake mix biggie Duncan 94 Numismatist’s find
41 Nursing a grudge 7 A long ways off 96 River into Lake Geneva
42 Before 8 He makes the call 97 Entrance hall
43 Heyerdahl et al. 9 Collapse, in a way 98 Gratifies completely
44 TV bar boss actress 10 Actress Cardinale 100 15- or 30-yr. item
46 Prom goers 11 B.B. King’s thing 101 Endorse
48 Short times 12 Uses a letter opener 102 Buddy
49 Beatles’ meter maid 13 Inmate I.D.s 103 Fall behind
50 Other rte. 14 Traveling in a show 104 Can for the car
51 Herd animal 15 Used a 105 Barn grass
52 It makes God good 107 Titanic star, in Hollywood
53 Certain water supplies stopwatch on
57 Coffee-and-milk order 16 Operetta princess headlines
58 Vague, uneasy feeling 17 Island wear 108 Bubble material
60 Golf position 18 Young pup 109 Six-gun site
61 Commotion 24 Becomes 110 Fool
62 Daisy resemblers 26 “No ___ sugar”
64 Smash 29 Fall (over) IN A PERFECT WORLD By Merl Reagle
65 Mollify 31 Discarded things
67 Mill owner, ca. 1849 32 The Parthenon is dedicated
69 Supposed
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75 Work, as dough 33 Filled sweets
76 Final resting places? 34 Roasters?
78 Gen. Arnold’s nickname 35 “___ the World”
79 Belgian river 36 Princes, for example
80 Front-cover abbr. 37 Invent
81 Part of RSVP 38 Little Pearl’s mom
82 Jason’s vessel 40 Court fig.
83 Corset closer, once 41 Our attachment?
85 No. 1 44 Windy-weather hobbyist
89 Popular vodka, familiarly 45 ___ de triomphe
90 CIO partner 47 Whodunit queen
91 Salamanders 49 Bed leaver
93 Queen, in Juarez 53 Honored or penalized
94 Legendary French couturière 54 Credo
95 Hibernatin’ havens 55 Patrick, for one
97 Cannes cans contents, once 56 Parking-lot welcome
57 “Whole ___ Shakin’ Goin’
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ONE DEAL CONTAINING TWO PLAY POINTS WEST NORTH EAST
— Q 10 6 5 4 KJ3
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist J8653 Q72 10 9 4
J942 5 Q 10 8 7 6
Oscar Wilde said, “I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I 7632 AKJ8 Q5
am saying.”
SOUTH
Bridge players who do not understand their partner’s bids are in trouble. This week, we are A9872
looking at the splinter bid, which shows a good fit for partner’s suit, at least game-going AK
values and a singleton (or void) in the suit just named. AK3
10 9 4
Once, my partner opened one club. I had 15 high-card points with six clubs to the ace-king-
queen-jack. I also had a singleton spade, so I responded three spades. It went all pass! Then Dealer: South; Vulnerable: North-South
partner put a singleton spade down in the dummy! I tried hard to make it, but I unluckily ran
out of trumps. Six clubs was cold. The Bidding:
In this week’s deal, North’s four diamonds was a splinter bid. Then South used 14-30 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
Roman Key Card Blackwood, understandably believing that his partner had something in 1 Spades Pass 4 Diamonds Pass
clubs to justify his game-force. When North showed one key card (an ace or the spade 4 NT Pass 5 Clubs Pass LEAD:
king), South jumped to six spades. 6 Spades Pass Pass Pass 7 Clubs
West, who disliked leading from a jack, chose the club seven. After winning with dummy’s
king, how did declarer play?
South saw that the danger was a 3-0 trump split. So, he called for the spade four and
underplayed East’s three with his two! When dummy’s four held the trick, declarer drew one
more round of trumps and discarded his club loser on dummy’s heart queen.
Note that if West could have taken the second trick, trumps would have been 2-1 and the
contract safe — sort of. Tune in again tomorrow.
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16 Airport Heritage Day, Noon to 4 p.m. 18 2019 Vero’s Top Chef Finale to bene- with singer/songwriter Jimmy
15-17 Shrimpfest & Craft Brew Hul- at Vero Beach Airport, commemorates fit Hope for Families Center, 6 p.m. at Webb, whose book “The Cake and the Rain” speaks
labaloo at Sebastian’s River- its 90-year history with family friendly activities Bent Pine Golf Club with top four finalist chefs to the stories behind his songs, 4 p.m. Wed. at Vero
view Park, Fri 3 to 9 p.m. St. Patty’s Day party; and displays by Experimental Aircraft Assn., Pip- competing for the title. $150. 772-567-5537 Beach Book Center (free); and An Evening with Jim-
Sat 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. (1 to 5 p.m. Craft Beer Tast- er Aircraft, FlightSafety, Paris Air, Corporate Air, my Webb presented by Live from Vero Beach, 7 p.m.
ing $30); Sun 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. hosted by Sebas- Sun Aviation, TC Seaplanes, and more. Free. 18 Rock the Boat Dinner Dance to ben- Thurs. at the Emerson Center. 800-595-4849
tian Rotary Club and Fellsmere Exchange Club to 772-978-4930 efit Youth Sailing Foundation of IRC,
20-22 Vero Beach Opera presents
Solutions from Games Pages ACROSS DOWN Master Class and Rising Stars
in March 1, 2019 Edition 1 WHETHER 1 HANGUP Vocal Competition, 2 to 5 p.m. Wed. & Thurs.,
8 BEETON 3 TRAVEL culminating with Concert featuring Marcello
9 ENTAILS 4 EELS Giordani and the competition’s Rising Stars,
11 STRAINER 5 PENALTY 7 p.m. Fri.; all at Vero Beach High School PAC.
12 FUSES 6 ATANYRATE 772-564-5537
14 OPAL 7 INARREARS
15 SAUTERNE 10 STRATAGEM 23 Citrus Classic 5K presented by Run
17 AIRSPRAY 12 FORASTART Vero, 7:30 a.m. kid’s race followed by
18 STAR 13 SACRILEGE 5K from Pocahontas Park with post-race festivi-
20 BLESS 16 SPANIEL ties. 772-643-7010
21 TALENTED 18 SLIGHT
23 MONGREL 19 ASSESS
24 RIGGER 22 DODO
25 MORTISE
Sudoku Page B13 Sudoku Page B14 Crossword Page B13 Crossword Page B14 (THIS BUD’S FOR YOU) 23 Treasure Coast Jazz Society presents
Tribute to Doc Grober with Jim Snyder
& the Mudcats, 12:30 p.m. at Vero Heritage Cen-
ter. 772-234-4600
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