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MY TAKE 57 CASES OF COVID-19 – AND County buys 20
5 DEATHS – AT SEA BREEZE thermometers –
BY RAY MCNULTY for $2,200 each

How do we get officials to
require masks in public?

So, what’s it going to take? PHOTO: ROSS ROWLINSON By Lisa Zahner | Staff Writer
How many more of our friends [email protected]
and neighbors must become in- By Michelle Genz | Staff Writer Deaths from coronavirus: Carmella Aspromonte, Annie Rowe and Norvell Gaynor.
fected and get sick before our local [email protected] For the past couple of months,
elected officials stop playing poli- Clinic when people are getting the staff of Sea Breeze only recent- as COVID-19 infections here have
tics with the community’s health The wave of coronavirus in- sick enough that we can’t manage ly. “None of us have ever dealt with climbed week after week to an av-
and get serious about a worsening fections swamping Indian River them,” said Sea Breeze’s director of this before. We’re doing the best we erage of 55 new cases a day – with
coronavirus pandemic? County senior care facilities ap- nursing, Steven Pendleton. can to take care of our patients.” 10 more local residents aged 38 to
How many more people must peared to have crested this past 95 dying last week from complica-
die here before our Indian River week. “It’s going to be the new normal Asked to confirm if a staff mem- tions of the virus – the Vero Beach
County commissioners and Vero around here,” said Pendleton, an ber brought the virus in, Pendleton City Council and the Indian River
Beach City Council members Three nursing homes that con- RN for the past 37 years who joined County Commission have done
embrace their responsibilities to sistently rank at the bottom of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 next to nothing.
act in the public’s best interest Medicare’s Star ratings – Sea Breeze
and find the fortitude needed to Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, We thought that was as bad as
make the tough decisions during Consulate Health Care and Palm it could get. Now we almost want
a time of crisis? Garden – as of Monday reported a to beg them to just go back to do-
How many new COVID-19 cas- combined total of 60 patients and ing nothing. Indian River County
es must be reported daily to con- 32 staff members currently infect- got a few million dollars in CARES
vince our local leaders to require ed with COVID-19. Act money and they needed to
everyone – excluding those with figure out what to spend it on.
documented medical exemptions, The largest publicly reported Lo and behold, they found some
of course – to wear masks in indoor outbreak in the county was at Sea $2,200 thermometers to buy to
public places? Breeze, which peaked on Friday protect themselves from sick peo-
We had 104 new cases reported with 39 active cases among resi- ple potentially coming into county
last Saturday.Was that not enough? dents and 18 infected staff mem- buildings to take care of business
What’s the magic number? bers. Five of those infected at Sea or attend a meeting.
Breeze died.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 More than $44,000 spent on
“We have opened up a COVID no-touch thermometers!! Many
INSIDE unit so we can take care of our businesses or families have prob-
patients here, and we are setting ably purchased these gadgets in
NEWS 1-6 PETS B8 up something with Cleveland recent months. How much did you
pay for yours? Indian River County

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HEALTH 7 GAMES B9

REAL ESTATE 11 CALENDAR B12
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ARTS Retired Vero fighter pilot aims to bring down Congressman Posey

To advertise call: 772-559-4187 By Ray McNulty | Staff Writer He’s a staunch conserva-
For circulation or where to pick up [email protected] tive who supports a balanced
your issue call: 772-226-7925 budget and term limits, and
Even though he is a political proudly identifies himself as
newcomer, Vero Beach’s Scott pro-gun and pro-life. He’s also
Caine brings impressive cre- a retired Air Force colonel and
dentials to his run for Congress fighter pilot whose 30 years of
as he tries to knock off longtime military service included mul-
U.S. Rep. Bill Posey in the up-
coming Republican primary. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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SEA BREEZE hospital with nausea and difficul- was there over two years, and they
ty breathing. By Thursday, Millie
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 was well enough to go back to Sea didn’t know her?”
Breeze. But by Friday evening, she
said only that “they should have stayed home was back at the hospital. Rigsby strongly believes it was
like they were supposed to.”
The couple rushed to the hos- a mistake to ban family from el-
While the numbers at Sea Breeze were pital themselves. “I asked the
down a bit on Monday, Consulate of Vero nurse where’s our mom?” re- der-care facilities.
rose to 17 positive residents and 11 staff called Cindy. “She said, ‘She’s be-
members. Palm Garden had 12 positive res- hind you in that room.’ I looked, “I’m sure it’s been difficult to
idents and 10 staff. and she was lying there staring
at the ceiling.” Millie was near staff up for something like this at
In all, 167 people connected to 19 of the death, the nurse told her. She would not let
county’s 25 senior-care facilities have tested Cindy in the room. a facility,” said Rigsby. “But when
positive for the coronavirus. That includes 76
infected residents currently in the facilities, Prior to those final moments, the only you work at a place like a nursing
29 residents transferred out, and 62 positive time they had seen Millie was through the
staff members, a significant portion of the window of her room at Sea Breeze, just a home and you don’t have family
long-term care workforce. couple of weeks before her death.
members come in and check, do
More than half of the COVID-19 related Millie had called that day, upset with the PHOTO: KAILA JONES you become lax about the care
deaths in Indian River County – 19 out of 35 – food, upset with her care, and missing her
are connected to senior-care facilities. Along grandchildren. Cindy piled the kids in the week, before we even knew she was positive.” you give? Were they really looking in on my
with five deaths at Sea Breeze, there were car and called Sea Breeze to arrange for a
five deaths at HarborChase in April and four nurse to wheel Millie to her window. Schwanke called the VNA, hoping to mother to make sure she had something to
deaths at Rosewood Manor in late June and
early July. There, the kids pressed their hands to the get an outside nurse to get past the facili- drink?
cobwebbed screen while Millie from the in-
Over the weekend, the families of affected side pressed her hand to the glass. ty lockdown and examine her mother in “No one has even called back to say,
residents were frantically expressing wor-
ries on social media about loved ones they “All we could do is look at her crying,” person. The VNA has nurses trained to do ‘Hey, how is your mom doing?’ OK, so she
have not seen since March. One post by the Cindy recalled. “This is real,” she said in an
daughter of a positive resident at Sea Breeze imploring tone aimed at COVID-19 skeptics. just that for COVID-19 patients and some was nothing to you? She lived there for two
drew more than 450 comments. “This is not political.”
facilities welcome them. But Schwanke was years.”
Suddenly, ailments ranging from hallu- Melissa Schwanke said last week her
cinations to headaches took on frightening mother, who tested positive for COVID-19, told Sea Breeze would not let their nurses No one has called from Sea Breeze to ex-
significance to families of patients the facility hadn’t been bathed in three weeks, presum-
called asymptomatic, believed to comprise ably due to the shortage of nurse’s aides. She in, she said. tend sympathy, or to ask what to do with
most of the positive cases. and other positive residents are confined to
one wing within Sea Breeze, blinds drawn “It’s been a challenge,” said VNA CEO Lun- Rowe’s belongings – family photos and a bi-
At the same time, families were burying and doors closed. Even housekeeping has
loved ones, all suffering through the maca- stayed away, Schwanke said, apart from dy Fields. “There’s no coordinated approach ble.
bre restrictions COVID-19 imposes. One son, changing sheets.
Tom Aspromonte, was told he couldn’t bury to facilities from the state level.” Wendy Rhyant didn’t get a sympathy call
his mother Carmella in the favorite outfit Last week, her mom went for days without
she had picked out. So he and his wife Cindy ice in her water glass because staff couldn’t Friday night, Schwanke dialed the either. She had been caregiver for 10 years to
asked the funeral director to lay the clothes take ice into the COVID wing. Her mom
– including her favorite gold slip-on shoes – won’t drink water without ice, she said. non-emergency number at the police de- Norvell Gaynor, 82, a retired St. Lucie Coun-
next to her in the coffin.
As frantic as she and her sister are over partment and told them her concerns. ty parks department worker. Rhyant stays in
Cindy Aspromonte said her 89-year-old their mother’s diagnosis, they are frustrated
mother-in-law, who went by Millie, had gone beyond measure to not be able to check on They forwarded her call to the sheriff’s of- close contact with Gaynor’s daughter, who
to Sea Breeze at the end of May to recover her in person. Instead they rely on phone
from a medical procedure. Twice she was calls to decipher how she is doing, demand- fice which offered to send an ambulance to lives in the U.K.
tested for COVID-19 and twice she was neg- ing answers from staff as to why she has not
ative. been hospitalized. take her mother to the hospital. But when it Gaynor died July 16 after being taken to

She was slated to move to HarborChase, “How can they say she’s asymptomatic? arrived at Sea Breeze, employees turned the the hospital by ambulance from Sea Breeze
an assisted living facility, on Monday, July 13. I can hear her coughing on the phone. Her
But that weekend, Sea Breeze sent her to the diaphragm hurts from coughing,” said Me- ambulance away, Schwanke said. on July 11, the same day as two other resi-
lissa. “She begged me for cough drops last
“How could he know it wasn’t an emer- dents. Like those residents, he too tested

gency since no one has looked at her or given positive for COVID-19 at the hospital ER, ap-

her an X-ray?” she said. parently triggering the widespread testing of

For Judy Rigsby, there was no tip-off that fellow residents that revealed the true extent

something was wrong with her mom. She got of the outbreak.

a call at 1 a.m. Sunday that Annie Rowe, 88, Rhyant said a hospital nurse set up a call

had left Sea Breeze by ambulance with what to the U.K. so relatives could say goodbye.

the medical examiner’s report would later Rhyant’s husband, Gaynor’s pastor, helped

call a “decreased level of consciousness.” her stage a graveside service for Gaynor last

Tested for COVID-19 in the Cleveland Friday. The only family member in atten-

Clinic Indian River emergency room, the re- dance was a cousin who drove down from

tired packing house worker of 40 years was Ocoee, north of Orlando.

found to be positive. For Rigsby, another Rhyant had tried unsuccessfully to see

test was equally alarming. “The doctor told Gaynor in the hospital. That failure still trou-

me her sodium level was the highest he’s ever bles her.

seen, and that she probably hadn’t had any- “You think about how the patients die

thing to drink for four days,” she said. By 5 alone,” Rhyant said. “That’s what puzzles

a.m. the next day, her mother had died. me. What were they thinking at the time of

Rigsby had been taken aback when a their transition? It’s not a good thing. It’s not

nurse at the ER told her Sea Breeze “didn’t a good thing to take your last breath, and

know much about your mother,” Rigsby you don’t have one person standing by? Not

said. “She said they said she was new. She a thank you? Nobody?” 

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$2,200 THERMOMETERS “Most of the other vendors/products that Vero City Councilman Joe Graves. PHOTO: KAILA JONES masks, to the city not having the legal au-
we looked at were in the $4,000 the $5,000 thority to enforce a mask mandate.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 range per unit,” he said. order mandating that face masks be worn,
Vero now has up for consideration on Fri- On Monday, a judge in Palm Beach
Emergency Services Director Chief Tad Stone The most compelling argument Stone day the most idiotic piece of bureaucracy County affirmed that county’s ordinance
said he paid $150 each for the no-touch ther- made for pricey, automated thermome- we’ve seen recently. mask mandate was legally valid, tossing
mometers used at all the county fire stations ters was their potential for use in isolation out a lawsuit filed by anti-maskers. We
to check firefighters and paramedics for fe- rooms at the county’s hurricane shelters, Councilman Joe Graves wants the city think Circuit Court Judge John Kastrenakes
ver at shift change, but he said those won’t and for separating people with infection to pass an ordinance that would make all was a bit ticked off about this seemingly
work for entry checks into county buildings upon entry, from healthy people sheltered businesses that are requiring masks to be frivolous lawsuit.
because they require a person to point the during a storm. worn to fill out a form and register with the
thermometer at peoples’ foreheads. city, so a list can be made of these busi- “The ideals of limited government do
“As shelters open, the county needs to nesses. Graves also wants those businesses not absolve a citizen from the real-world
“If the county was to use the handheld make sure we can meet the initial push of to obtain official signs from the city saying consequences of their individual choices,
units (similar to those we use at the fire citizens that may present themselves to a masks are required. or allow them to wholly shirk their social
stations), we would have had to have per- shelter. That was the primary purpose for obligation to their fellow Americans or to
sonnel assigned to all of the entry points in the screening equipment, the use in the What good does this do? It creates a society as a whole,” the judge wrote.
all of the buildings to screen people as they county buildings was a secondary consid- hoop for local businesses to jump through,
enter,” Stone said. eration on my part. It was a good fit at the and it creates ridiculous busy work for the “This is particularly true when one’s in-
end of the day to dual purpose this equip- city staff. But it still does nothing to stop dividual choices can result in drastic, cost-
“The raw, long-term economics of buy- ment,” Stone said. the spread of coronavirus in the City of ly and sometimes deadly consequences to
ing the equipment vs. pulling people off Vero Beach, where the number of cases in others.
the job or hiring additional part time em- Hopefully nothing will happen to this the 32960 ZIP code soared to 525 on Mon-
ployees was one, among many, of the driv- very expensive equipment while deployed day. “After all, we do not have a constitution-
ing issues,” Stone said. every day at county facilities in the mean- al or protected right to infect others,” Kas-
time. Graves’ arguments range from his trenakes wrote in his ruling.
But doesn’t a real person need to be sta- doubts about the science behind wearing
tioned at entry points anyway, to let people What’s Brevard County doing with its He characterized the legislation being
into the building after their temperature tens of millions in CARES Act money? Bre- litigated by saying: “It is reasonable and
is taken? That same person could pre- vard is giving away kits full of Personal Pro- logical that our elected officials are throw-
sumably perform the temperature checks. tective Equipment (PPE) to small business- ing the citizens of Palm Beach County a
Won’t employees and visitors be funneled es with fewer than 25 employees – masks, lifeline in an attempt to ameliorate the
through main entry points, similar to the gloves and other items to protect employ- spread of this deadly, unbridled and wide-
security check point at the courthouse? ees and the public. Seems like a much bet- spread disease.”
ter use of the CARES Act money.
Stone said he made the decision, in- Vero and Indian River County officials
vesting in the best equipment for the long And then there’s Vero Beach, where we need to throw citizens here that same life-
haul, and stands behind it. He also said the can say without hesitation that no amount line. Not a layer of bureaucracy registering
$2,200 thermometers were in the lower of effort is ever spared in pursuit of a bad businesses that are already doing the right
cost range of the ones the county looked at. idea. thing. Not wildly expensive thermometers.
What we need now is some serious com-
Failing twice to approve an ordinance or mon sense. 

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MY TAKE Council meetings and telling us – that wear- True, the must-wear-masks signs proba- In addition, a mandate also would de-
ing masks helps slow the spread of infection. bly prompt more customers to wear them, crease the likelihood of potentially violent
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 but in some places the policy isn’t enforced conflicts between those who wear masks
We also know merely asking and urging any more than social-distancing require- and those who refuse by removing the need
We had a whopping 470 new cases report- people to wear masks doesn’t work. ments, which are widely ignored and seem for the parties to publicly confront each oth-
ed from Sunday through Sunday, July 19 to to have gone the way of the pay phone. er. They can call the police.
July 26. Did that get their attention? What How do we know that?
about the 11 virus-connected deaths during Because small-but-passionate groups of When confronted, anti-maskers simply Another concern is that some employees,
that same span? anti-maskers also keep showing up at these can say they’ve got health issues, and no too, are not masked – or they’re covering
public meetings, marching to the podiums, business owner is going to challenge their only their mouths – claiming health issues
Surely, by now, everyone knows this pan- spewing nonsense about their “individu- claim and risk being sued. A government prevent them from wearing masks or wear-
demic isn’t going away anytime soon and al liberties” and telling us – in no uncer- mandate, however, would allow such mat- ing them properly.
that there’s a real chance we’ll be forced to tain terms – why they don’t and won’t wear ters to be handled by local law enforcement
endure its consequences until a vaccine masks. agencies. Yet, as the number of COVID-19 cases
comes to our rescue. We also see too many unmasked peo- continues to climb at an alarming rate and
ple in too many places around town, even And, contrary to what some city and the death toll rises, three county commis-
We know – because the medical experts at in business establishments that claim to county officials have said, such a mandate sioners and two City Council members have
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital keep require customers to wear face coverings would not be difficult to enforce: Wear a chosen to do nothing to slow the spread of
showing up at County Commission and City when they enter the premises. mask or pay a fine. infection.

Their arguments are as feeble and wrong-
headed as they are gutless and reckless, but
their opposition was enough to prevent the
county and city from requiring that masks
be worn in indoor public places, at least
when social distancing isn’t possible.

Watching the City Council’s meeting last
week was especially frustrating, particular-
ly listening to Joe Graves’ hypocrisy as he
strongly encouraged all of us to wear masks
but, at the same time, questioned their effec-
tiveness and scrambled to find any excuse to
not support a mandate, citing cherry-picked
articles to back his argument.

One minute, he was saying there was
“nothing definitive” and no “scientific cer-
tainty” that masks significantly slow the
spread of infection. The next minute, he
was proclaiming that he was “all for wearing
masks” and saying, “We should do all that
we possibly can.”

But neither he nor his fellow councilman,
Robbie Brackett, would endorse a mask
mandate. Nor did either of them address the
flaw in their passive position on masks:

What about the folks who refuse to wear
them?

Fact is, not everyone in our community
cares enough about their neighbor to vol-
untarily do what’s right. Some people are
selfish. Others are misinformed, ignorant
or – as we’ve seen at these public meetings
– delusional.

We’re in a state of emergency. Local medi-
cal experts and health officials are imploring
our elected officials to act. We need our city
and county officials to force people to put
first the well-being of their friends, neigh-
bors and communities and serve the greater
good. It’s not asking much.

“We cannot do nothing,” Vero Beach May-
or Tony Young said. “Doing nothing is negli-
gence.” Yes, it is.

All five of the local elected officials who
refuse to make masks mandatory – Graves,
Brackett and county commissioners Tim
Zorc, Joe Flescher and Bob Solari – say they
believe masks will slow the spread of infec-
tion.

They know the longer we go without
a mask mandate, the more this virus will
spread, making people sick and, in some
cases, killing them.

They say they want to protect the public
health and our local economy.

So, what’s it going to take? 



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CAINE CHALLENGES POSEY valuable in Washington. dio, and I’m talking to newspapers. support of a constitutional amendment
“This country is at an inflexion point, We’ve also been busy with our phone that would limit House members to
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 banks and canvassing. three terms and senators to two terms.
and we need new voices and new ideas,”
tiple combat missions and several com- he added. “We need to change the cul- “It’s just a matter of getting my name “I’m saying loudly and up front: I be-
mand-level assignments. ture in Congress and get rid of the crip- in front of enough people enough lieve in term limits,” he added.
pling divisiveness. I’m ready to lead the times.”
As the Orlando Sentinel wrote in way.” “You don’t need to hang around for-
endorsing the Vero Beach High School Caine also needs to overcome Posey’s ever to get something accomplished. We
graduate in his party’s August primary First, though, Caine needs to unseat campaign fundraising, which began al- saw that with [former South Carolina
for the 8th Congressional District seat: Posey in the Aug. 18 primary, and that most immediately after his 2018 elec- Congressman] Trey Gowdy on the Re-
“Caine checks a lot of boxes …” won’t be easy. tion and has brought in more than publican side. We’re seeing it with AOC
$600,000 so far. More than 40 percent of [New York Congresswoman Alexandria
And Caine’s campaign has deposit- Posey, 72, enjoys several advantages, that money, however, was contributed Ocasio-Cortez] on the other side of the
ed a lot of checks: He has raised more not the least of which is name recog- by political action committees. aisle.
than $160,000 since he announced his nition, particularly in Brevard County,
candidacy in April – during a worsening which has a population of 600,000 – or In addition, Posey has received an en- “If you do, then maybe you don’t have
coronavirus pandemic – with 90 percent 440,000 more than Indian River County. dorsement from President Trump. the leadership qualities needed to do
of that money coming from individual the job.”
donors. The Republican-leaning district Still, Caine believes Posey is vulner-
covers all of Indian River and Brevard able – particularly on the issue of term Caine said he’s plunging into poli-
So, you can’t blame him for being op- counties and a mostly rural slice of east- limits. tics because he is concerned about the
timistic about his chances, even against ern Orange County. The winner of the problems and challenges confronting
an entrenched incumbent with lots of Posey-Caine primary will face Demo- In 2010, Posey co-sponsored an the U.S., and he believes he can help –
cash. crat Jim Kennedy of Merritt Island in the amendment to the U.S. Constitution to especially in the areas of foreign policy
Nov. 3 general election. impose term limits of 12 years on mem- and national security.
Meanwhile, Posey, a Rockledge realtor bers of the House of Representatives
who is seeking a seventh two-year term, “That’s certainly a challenge,” Caine, and Senate, saying at the time: “Our “Retiring from the Air Force at 55,
finds himself facing a primary challenge 59, said of Posey’s Brevard roots. “It’s an government needs fresh faces with new there were a lot of things I could do, but
for the first time since winning the seat even greater challenge during a pan- ideas and different approaches.” none was as attractive to me as serving
in 2008. demic, when there’s limited face-to- in Congress,” Caine said.
face interaction with voters. But we’re Congress never voted on the propos-
“I’ve got a unique set of skills, and I overcoming those challenges using dig- al, and Posey is now seeking re-election “Some people have asked why I’m
bring a lot of tools and experiences to ital-age technology and social media, to a seat he already has held for 12 years, not starting at the local level, but you’ve
the job that Posey doesn’t have,” Caine which is quite effective. a clear contradiction of the platform he got to do what fits your experiences and
said. “Throughout my Air Force career, ran on in 2008. abilities.
the American taxpayers have provided “I launched my campaign on Zoom
me with a wealth of training and lead- and I’ve done a lot on Facebook,” he “If he believes 12 years is enough and “What I have to offer lines up well
ership skills that would prove extremely added. “I’ve been making the most of that we need fresh faces and new ideas, with national issues more than local
my opportunities to get on TV and ra- then why is he running again?” said issues, so it only makes sense for me to
Caine, who recently signed a pledge in jump in at that level.” 

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New heart surgeon pumped to join innovative Vero team

By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer Dr. Mariano Brizzio. hospital because of their fear of being in- Dr. Stowe started here,” continuing to work
[email protected] fected by the virus. with trans-catheter technology and the
PHOTO: KAILA JONES staff that Stowe built. “That’s something I’m
Cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Mariano “I can tell you,” Brizzio says in a slow and going to be working hard to develop even
Brizzio arrived at the Cleveland Clinic In- Why is that important? measured pace, “that at this point, the hos- more and help bring this technology to ev-
dian River Hospital just a few weeks ago but Because, as Brizzio explains, “proba- pital is probably the safest place to be. The erybody. The bottom line is we have a very
he’s already got something of a minor chal- bly 99 percent of all valve replacements in protocols that we follow here are extremely good team here and I hope to help make this
lenge on his hands. the heart are either the aortic or the mitral strict. So, what I can tell you is that we are team even better.”
valves so if you can take care of 99 percent of working in a very safe forum, probably the
Local scuttlebutt had pegged the engag- valve replacements, you’re doing all right.” last place we are going to get COVID-19 is Dr. Mariano Brizzio is with Cleveland
ing Brizzio as the “replacement” for the With the thoroughness you might expect the hospital. Trust me.” Clinic Indian River Hospital and the Welsh
now-retired Dr. Cary Stowe who, for all in- from a highly qualified surgeon, Brizzio Heart Center’s cardiovascular surgical ser-
tents and purposes, is the one who put the adds that while there are two other valves in Finally, Brizzio reiterates that while he vices. His office is at 3450 11th Court, Suite
Vero Beach hospital “on the map” as a first the heart – the pulmonic valve and the cast- is not here in Vero Beach to “replace” Dr. 105. The phone number is 772-563-4580. 
rate heart center. er valve – he states it is “very, very uncom- Stowe, he does plan “to continue doing what
mon that we need to replace them.”
Brizzio, however, makes no claim at all Brizzio seems to have meshed well with Serving Indian River County For Over 25 Years
that he’s capable of “replacing” Stowe. a key colleague, Stowe’s former partner in
surgery Dr. Malias. INDIAN RIVER
“I can’t replace Dr. Stowe,” Brizzio ex- “I’m the happiest guy in the county,” Ma- HEARING CENTER
plains. Instead, he calls the now-retired lias exclaims, “because I now have a person
Stowe “the father” of Vero’s highly regarded who’s affable, kind and capable. His surgi- What would you wear if you were me? I have
Welsh Heart Center. cal skill sets are meticulous. I’m so delighted been wearing hearing aids for over 40 years.
to have someone [like Brizzio] to help share
He does, however, share a passion for the the work and take care of people in our com- GN RESOUND? (BELTONE)
same procedure that helped Stowe and car- munity.” PHONAK? • SIEMENS? (SIGNIA)
dio-thoracic surgeon Dr. Mark Malias build Still, as most of us are all-too-aware,
the Vero hospital’s reputation: Trans-cathe- America’s hospitals have been under a range OTICON? • WIDEX?
ter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). of strains and stressed these past several STARKEY? (AUDIBEL)
months. Brizzio certainly knows that all too
In a nutshell, TAVR is a minimally inva- well. “I’m coming from New Jersey,” Brizzio LATEST
sive heart valve replacement procedure. explains, “and as you know, New Jersey was
a major COVID-19 hot spot. A very, very hot
It is done by running a catheter – usually spot [at the time].”
through the femoral artery in the groin – up It was in New Jersey that Brizzio faced a
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An unabashed fan of the TAVR proce-
dure, Brizzio smiles and adds, “one of the
things that drove me to join the team here
in Florida is because, I think, the potential
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approach has been limited to aortic valve
replacements but Brizzio thinks it may soon
be adapted to mitral valve replacement pro-
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Gyms lure back cautious members with outdoor classes

By ZACHARY LEWIS | The Washington Post same guidelines they would indoors. Distancing, smaller class sizes and clean- Seven in Logan Circle, which now holds up
“We can’t put a bubble around ourselves ing certainly help, Raymond said. Nothing, to eight socially distant outdoor classes a
Some gyms at this stage of the coronavi- however, fundamentally alters the fact that day, first at Bundy Field and now at Marie
rus pandemic are like bar owners anticipat- all the time,” said Humberto Choi, a triath- an infected person in an enclosed setting Reed Field, and plans to rent an open-air
ing a brawl. They’re ordering their instruc- lete and pulmonologist at the Cleveland could unwittingly spread the coronavirus studio later this summer. “We almost dou-
tors to take it outside. Clinic. “We just need to follow the precau- with little more than a cough. bled within a week.”
tions by the book … Taking those activities
In efforts to meet state regulations, outdoors whenever the weather allows is Outdoors, Raymond said, it’s easier to Before the pandemic, Newport Fitness
boost business and lure back members one safe way to do that.” maintain distances of six feet or more, in Newport, Ky., was a bustling gym with
wary of exercising indoors with others, and members are unlikely to breathe the 375 members interested in a wide array of
these facilities are moving group fitness Though it’s now permitted again in some same air, as long as they’re not in shoul- classes. Owner Emily Wagner said it was not
classes into the fresh air, where, experts states, indoor group exercise is still highly der-to-shoulder cycling or running groups, uncommon there to see 60 people at a time
say, transmission of the virus is less like- risky, said Henry Raymond, an associate which he advises against. during peak hours.
ly than in enclosed spaces. Still, they’re professor in the School of Public Health at
being cautious and following many of the Rutgers University. Solo exercise is still preferable, Raymond The view is different today. Gyms in Ken-
said, but if participants in outdoor group tucky are only allowed to operate at one-
classes avoid clustering, and instructors third capacity. At Newport Fitness, that
wear masks, mark off personal exercise translates to just 22 people in the facility,
zones and wipe down equipment, the risk Wagner said, less than enough to meet de-
of transmission drops to a level he said he mand.
can tolerate. “If it’s really important to your
mental and physical health, maybe this is Her solution? The gym’s large parking lot.
the way to go,” he said. There, in June, Wagner launched four out-
door boot camps on weekdays, each capable
Some gym junkies are seeing the benefit of hosting 20 people in separate, marked-off
of exercising in the great outdoors. spaces. The workouts consist primarily of
calisthenics and use no equipment other
When West Virginia reopened gyms and than bands. “We’re still improvising a little,”
fitness centers last month, Dewana Waters Wagner said.
Grillot, co-owner of Balanced Life Studio in
Beckley, figured her 200-plus clients would Some members attend because they have
be beating down her door, eager to return to little choice, Wagner said. Their preferred
in-person yoga classes. indoor classes are full. Others attend be-
cause that’s the only place they feel comfort-
Not so. Even at the 40 percent capacity able. At least one member, she said, held off
mandated by West Virginia, slots were go- returning until outdoor classes appeared,
ing unfilled. Participation in virtual classes, and some 20 have joined the gym since the
meanwhile, remained steady. A May survey boot camps’ launch. “We’ve had people spe-
by the Associated Press-NORC Center for cifically reach out, saying they were looking
Public Affairs Research found that only half for outdoor workouts,” Wagner said.
of those who regularly exercised in a gym
before the pandemic would feel comfort- At $5 a class, the outdoor sessions aren’t
able doing so again. yet a significant source of revenue, Wag-
ner said. They are, however, pulling their
“I saw it in the numbers,” Waters Gril- weight, prompting her to consider giving
lot said. “I couldn’t believe people weren’t trainers more hours. “It’s definitely helped,”
flocking back into the studio.” Wagner said. “We’re in a much better posi-
tion than a lot of places.”
Turns out, they were just waiting for a dif-
ferent kind of class. As soon as Waters Gril- The shift outdoors has been even more
lot began conducting classes on an outdoor beneficial to I Perform Fitness, in Wickliffe,
deck newly built for that purpose, members Ohio. Since he began holding classes out-
returned in droves, she said. The classes doors, owner Jordan Taylor has seen mem-
were so popular, Balanced Life launched a bership at his small personal training and
boot camp, combining calisthenics on the group exercise studio nearly double.
deck with running on nearby wooded trails.
Zoom classes and a smartphone app kept
“I think people feel safer this way,” Wa- Taylor’s fledgling business (he opened in
ters Grillot said. “I think they don’t feel so January) afloat during the shutdown. But
cooped up. The distancing in that class is the return to live sessions wasn’t as reward-
easy.” ing as he’d hoped. State regulations limit his
indoor class sizes to 10.
One of those who felt safer was Lori Smith,
of Beckley. She wasn’t ready for indoor class- By contrast, in his parking lot, Taylor said
es but felt actively drawn to the deck and its he’s able to host as many as 22 at a time for
picturesque surroundings. “It’s the place to high-intensity interval classes and youth
be,” she said. “Even with the gym open, you exercise programs. He wears a mask and
really don’t want to go back in, anyway.” pre-loads individual spaces with whatever
equipment participants will need. He also
Neither the American College of Sports cleans up. Business has increased as a re-
Medicine nor the Association of Fitness sult. “It’s kind of refreshing,” Taylor said.
Studios has numbers on how many gyms “It’s been a real blessing, for sure.”
are turning to outdoor classes. But exam-
ples are popping up all over the country. In “We’ve found that happy medium,” Tay-
the D.C. region, instructors are turning to lor said. “As long as people are safe and we’re
parks, tennis courts and sports fields. meeting the health concerns people have,
we’ll just continue on this path.” 
“We had to add time slots the day we
opened,” said Alex Perrin, co-owner of Cut



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How to wash your hands properly to prevent disease

By FRED CICETTI | Columnist Washing your hands with soap and
water works well. Here are the correct
Health officials have been telling us techniques:
to wash our hands to prevent the spread
of coronavirus. What is the best way to  Wet your hands with warm, running
wash your hands? water.

Answer: Handwashing is the best and  Rub on soap and make a thick lather.
simplest way to prevent infection and ill-  Scrub vigorously over every surface of
ness, but it must be done properly and of- your hands and wrists for about 20 seconds.
ten to be effective. Below are some tips I’ve  Use a scrub brush to get under your fin-
collected from several reliable sources. gernails.
 Rinse completely.

 Dry your hands with a disposable pa- Here’s a list of some important befores and
per towel or air dryer. afters:

 Use the paper towel to shut the faucet.  Before and after preparing food
Alcohol-based hand sanitizing gels  Before eating
are better than soap-and-water in killing  After going to the bathroom
bacteria and viruses that cause disease.  After changing a diaper
If you clean your hands with one of these  After touching animals
sanitizers, apply the gel to one palm. Then  Before and after treating wounds
rub your hands together and spread the  After blowing your nose
sanitizer on all surfaces until dry. The gel  After coughing or sneezing into your
doesn’t need water to work; the alcohol in it
kills the germs on your hands. hands
Not all hand sanitizers are the same. You  Before and after touching a sick or
should use only sanitizers that contain at
least 60 percent alcohol. injured person
Antibacterial soaps, which are different  After handling garbage
from alcohol-based sanitizers, are no bet-  Before inserting or removing contact
ter at killing germs than regular soap. The lenses
combination of scrubbing your hands with It’s important to wash frequently be-
soap – antibacterial or not – and rinsing cause we collect germs on our hands
them with water loosens and removes bac- during the entire day from most objects we
teria from your hands. touch. We can infect ourselves by touching
When should you wash your hands? our eyes, noses or mouths with infected
hands. We can infect others by touch-
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5520 N. Harbor Village Drive Unit 203 in Harbor Village at Grand Harbor: 2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,400-square-foot home
offered for $312,500 by Patty Valdes, Alex MacWilliam Real Estate: 772-473-8810

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Grand Harbor condo offers marina views, resort lifestyle

By Stephanie LaBaff | Staff Writer Grand Harbor offers a wide range of other balcony overlooking docks A and B. It’s The entry opens directly into a central
recreational options with social, golf and ten- hard to decide which is more interesting, hallway that divides the sleeping areas
The fully furnished, two-bedroom, two- nis memberships, which include the use of the comings and goings of beautiful boats from the rest of the unit. The guest suite
bath condominium overlooking the ma- the Beach Club with ocean access, beachside or the abundance of dolphin, snook and and laundry area are near the front door so
rina at 5520 N. Harbor Village Drive, Unit pool, a sun deck, cabanas and dining. manatee that visit the marina. visitors can come and go without disturb-
203 in Grand Harbor offers the best of wa- ing their hosts.
terfront living, whether you’re an old sea The sunrises are spectacular from this Jim and Mary Ann O’Hearn purchased
dog or a landlubber. perfect little hideaway as you sit on the the condominium as their winter resi- Further down the hall, the master suite
dence after Jim suggested looking for a encompasses the remainder of the pas-
Located on the second floor of the home in Vero Beach, which he knew from sage with marina views and balcony ac-
two-building waterfront condominium coming here to pick up airplanes from Pip- cess. The master bathroom has all the es-
in Harbor Village, this sunny apartment er for sale and to be used as trainers in the sentials with dual sinks, separate shower
resides in a Grand Harbor neighborhood New England area. and bathtub.
that is fathoms above similar communi-
ties, according to listing agent Patty Valdes Valdes introduced the couple to Grand “The bedrooms are nicely split, so you’re
with Alex MacWilliam Real Estate. Harbor, and they fell in love. not right on top of each other,” notes Valdes.

“This is the least expensive condomini- “We really enjoyed sitting on the deck The left portion of the unit includes
um on the marina right now, and it’s being and watching the boats. There’s such a nice an eat-in kitchen, dining room and living
sold fully furnished,” said Valdes. “They breeze in December and January that you room. The open space allows for full views
also have a one-car garage, which a lot of can open the slider door out onto the bal- of the marina whether you’re washing
places don’t offer.” cony and the front door with the screen. dishes in the kitchen, eating dinner or re-
Most of the time, we didn’t have to run the laxing in front of the TV.
Hailed as the most protected harbor on air conditioner,” says Jim O’Hearn.
the Treasure Coast, Loggerhead Marina In addition to the glorious views, resi-
offers slip rentals, a Captain’s Lounge, a Valdes notes the property has a great dents of Harbor Front can float in the ma-
marine center, pool and more. With direct rental history for those not choosing to rina-front pool. “There’s hardly ever any-
access to the Intracoastal Waterway and live in the unit year-round. “There’s even one there. It’s like we have our own private
the Atlantic Ocean via Fort Pierce and Se- a large walk-in closet with a split owner’s pool,” says O’Hearn.
bastian inlets, your choice of water-based closet, which can be locked.”
adventures is endless. Association fees include common areas,

If life on the water isn’t your cup of tea,

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cable TV, insurance, grounds and structure tied to a golf course. It gives you the best of
maintenance, parking, recreation facili- both worlds,” says O’Hearn.
ties, roof and security.
Grand Harbor amenities include a 24-
“Grand Harbor has a wonderful resort hour guard, gated security, two champi-
lifestyle. You feel like you’re on vacation onship golf courses, tennis and bocce as
365 days a year. You can walk or bike for well as dining. Shopping and dining ven-
miles on the numerous trails,” says Val- ues are just minutes away; and it’s a quick
des, adding that you can have two pets in trip over the bridge to the private beach
the condo, which, by the way, make great club on the Atlantic Ocean, Ocean Drive
walking partners. shopping and dining in Vero’s lovely Vil-
lage by the Sea, and cultural events at Riv-
“This is a perfect unit in a perfect place erside Theatre, the Vero Beach Museum of
for somebody who either wants to play Art and other venues. 
golf or enjoy the social life that’s not just

FEATURES FOR 5520 N. HARBOR VILLAGE DRIVE UNIT 203

Neighborhood: Harbor Village at Grand Harbor
Year built: 1994

Construction: Concrete block with stucco
Home size: 1,400 square feet
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2
View: Harbor/marina

Additional features: Second floor; fully furnished; dishwasher;
disposal; microwave; refrigerator; eat-in kitchen; owner’s clos-

et; balcony and one-car garage
Listing agency: Alex MacWilliam Real Estate
Listing agent: Patty Valdes, 772-473-8810

Listing price: $312,500

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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: JULY 20 THROUGH JULY 24

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

A strong week of activity on the mainland real estate market saw 41 transactions of single-family
residences and lots reported (most shown below).
The top sale of the week was in Vero Beach, where the 6-bedroom, 7-bathroom estate at 4615 4th St. –
first listed in May for $1,300,000 – sold for $1,100,000 on July 21.
Representing the seller in the transaction was agent Jorge I. Penagos of Billero & Billero.
Representing the buyer was agent Heather K. Delamarter of Berkshire Hathaway Florida.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

ORIGINAL SELLING
PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$1,100,000
VERO BEACH 4615 4TH ST 5/8/2020 $1,300,000 7/21/2020 $850,000
VERO BEACH 6975 65TH ST 2/22/2020 $975,000 7/20/2020 $809,000
VERO BEACH 2195 7TH AVE SE 1/8/2020 $845,000 7/22/2020 $560,000
VERO BEACH 4575 JACQUELINE MNR SW 5/27/2020 $590,700 7/23/2020 $525,000
VERO BEACH 4140 AMELIA PLANTATION CT 1/29/2019 $625,000 7/22/2020 $469,000
VERO BEACH 2985 PIEDMONT PL SW 5/2/2020 $497,000 7/22/2020 $410,000
VERO BEACH 664 TANGELO CIR SW 3/20/2020 $419,000 7/22/2020 $400,000
VERO BEACH 5315 ANTIGUA CIR 3/5/2020 $415,000 7/22/2020 $388,000
VERO BEACH 5785 35TH ST 5/28/2020 $400,000 7/21/2020 $375,000
VERO BEACH 7169 EAST VILLAGE SQ 11/23/2019 $380,738 7/20/2020 $375,000
VERO BEACH 670 TANGELO CIR 1/24/2020 $424,670 7/20/2020 $365,000
VERO BEACH 2106 NEVARRA AVE 6/24/2020 $365,000 7/21/2020 $350,990
VERO BEACH 6455 MONSERRAT DR 11/26/2019 $358,153 7/20/2020 $345,000
VERO BEACH 5598 1ST SQ 3/11/2020 $356,662 7/22/2020 $335,000
SEBASTIAN 688 BRUSH FOOT DR 5/26/2020 $338,900 7/24/2020 $320,000
VERO BEACH 5922 RIDGE LAKE CIR 6/30/2020 $325,000 7/20/2020 $304,900
VERO BEACH 4127 W 16TH SQ 4/30/2020 $320,000 7/20/2020 $304,000
VERO BEACH 6237 ARCADIA SQUARE 4/17/2020 $312,900 7/22/2020 $295,000
SEBASTIAN 742 CONCHA DR 6/19/2020 $299,000 7/20/2020 $275,000
SEBASTIAN 142 COCONUT ST 5/15/2020 $285,000 7/20/2020 $273,750
SEBASTIAN 426 PONOKA ST 3/20/2020 $274,350 7/20/2020 $270,000
VERO BEACH 4104 56TH LN 5/28/2020 $280,000 7/20/2020 $270,000
VERO BEACH 1825 TARPON LN UNIT#H102 8/2/2019 $295,000 7/21/2020 $262,500
VERO BEACH 2546 BELLA VISTA CIR 2/17/2020 $272,015 7/21/2020 $260,000
SEBASTIAN 110 KARRIGAN ST 3/29/2020 $269,900 7/24/2020 $248,000
SEBASTIAN 1610 SEAHOUSE ST 5/21/2020 $254,500 7/22/2020 $245,000
SEBASTIAN 601 LAYPORT DR 3/12/2020 $264,900 7/21/2020 $242,000
VERO BEACH 3149 ASHFORD SQ 5/1/2020 $250,000 7/24/2020

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HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP RECENT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALES.

6975 65th St, Vero Beach 2195 7th Ave SE, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 2/22/2020 Listing Date: 1/8/2020
Original Price: $975,000 Original Price: $845,000
Sold: 7/20/2020 Sold: 7/22/2020
Selling Price: $850,000 Selling Price: $809,000
Listing Agent: Sam Robbins Listing Agent: Stephanie Wilber

Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Selling Agent: Keller Williams Realty

Sam Robbins Sarah Tafoya

Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

4575 Jacqueline Mnr SW, Vero Beach 4140 Amelia Plantation Ct, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 5/27/2020 Listing Date: 1/29/2019
Original Price: $590,700 Original Price: $625,000
Sold: 7/23/2020 Sold: 7/22/2020
Selling Price: $560,000 Selling Price: $525,000
Listing Agent: Kristine Gabor Listing Agent: Lynn O’Malley

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

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NEW HEART SURGEON 7 RESORT LIFESTYLE 12 B8GOLDEN DOODLE PAPI
JOINS INNOVATIVE TEAM WITH MARINA VIEWS HAS A SERIOUS BARK

COMING UP!

MUSEUM’S ONLINE PAGE B2 A PIRATE’S LIFE ETREAT CLIFFS by Joel R. Johnson Mark Wygonik, Lee Smith
OFFERINGS ENTICE and Judy Burgarella
8ARMS2HOLDU (VERSION 2) by Gina Carra FOR ME
By Pam Harbaugh | Correspondent by Merana Cadorette NEW BRUSHES by Isabel Garrett

1 Stay up to date with your
art education by visiting the
website for the Vero Beach Muse-
um of Art. The website has some
smart and illuminative videos
with its senior curator, Anke Van
Wagenberg. Her “Anke’s Art Mo-
ment” series takes a look at works
in the museum’s permanent col-
lection. One of the most recent
is her exploration of the muse-
um’s iconic outdoor sculpture,
“Yorkshire Soul III” by celebrated
artist Jaume Plensa of Barcelona.
Her easy explanation of the art-
ist’s interests gives wonderful in-
sight into the thoughts behind his
works, which are shown the world
over. Visit VBMuseum.org and
click onto “enjoy art 24/7.” Addi-
tionally, art lovers will want to sign
up for the VBMA’s online Gallery
Tours Art Talk. Presentations will
feature up to an hour of careful
inspection of select subjects. The
first one, “Redefining the Artist,”
begins noon Aug. 19. The second,
“Women Artists,” begins noon
Sept. 16. Even though these are
online, space is limited and regis-
tration required, so act now.

2 Don’t forget that lovable
family member who can’t
put two words together – Fido. The
Vero Beach Dog Park is an off-leash,
5-acre green space that gives you
and your beloved pet some good
exercise. There’s a fenced-in area
along the Indian River Lagoon that
allows your dog to run to its heart’s
content. Just remember, while dog-
gies don’t have to practice social
distancing, you do. The Vero Beach
Dog Park is at 3449 Indian River
Drive East. For more information,
visit VeroBeachDogPark.org.

CONTINUED ON PAGE B3

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ROYAL MY POINCIANA by Josh McMiller SEBASTIAN MANGROVE by Richard Gillmor BEACH DAY by Barbara Landry the general theme has been; things that have
brought me happiness or that have brought
By Mary Schenkel | Staff Writer Wygonik, who coordinates shows at the In- out there seeing what other artists are doing; a smile to my face in the past,” saysWygonik.
tergenerational (IG) Center and in the Vero how they display their work, how they show
When public buildings, art galleries and Beach Regional Airport passenger lounge. their work and the shows they put together,” “I don’t see a lot of dark subject matter,
museums began shutting their doors in Wygonik explains. which is interesting. I think that artists are
March to comply with the shutdown, their When access to in-person viewing came to trying to find the light and the happiness and
closures also temporarily put a halt to the a standstill, Wygonik, an artist, arts advocate “I think there’s a real art to choosing the optimism right now. But art can also be a
Cultural Council’s decades-long Art in Public and former Cultural Council board member, pieces; some artists are very good at mak- reflection of the political and the social times,
Places initiative. came up with the idea for an offshoot of the ing cohesive shows. I feed off of that and I and I think we’re going to see some of that. I
program. Although he calls it the more de- know a lot of other artists, friends of mine, think there’s going to be a period when we’re
Art in Public Places, which offers rotating scriptive ‘Art in Public Places in the Age of So- that also feed off of that. They get inspira- going to see some darker subject matter.”
shows of local artists’ works, is coordinated cial Distancing,’ the virtual art gallery on the tion from seeing other artists’ work.”
by Lee Smith, who handles the solo shows Cultural Council website is called Art for Art’s Wygonik says he has read about arts orga-
at the Indian River County Courthouse; Judy Sake (located under the Community tab). As viewing works in public was no longer nizations around the world that are similarly
Burgarella, who manages shows at County possible,Wygonik began asking artists about promoting virtual art shows during this time
Administration Buildings A and B; and Mark “I’m the kind of person who likes to be their current projects, and how the isolation of greater isolation.
was affecting their creative process.
“The New York Times had a huge project
“I was hoping maybe it would help me as where there were artists all over the world
well. I was being community-minded, but who were submitting what they are doing
I was also being very selfish. Artists have during this time. We’re talking about sculp-
to be self-centered in terms of what they tors, photographers, architects, and they
do,” says Wygonik, noting that in essence, were also pulling in the written arts, with
artists continually put a part of themselves poetry and short stories.”
out there for the world to see.
Of particular interest to him were the
“It’s great to see what influences and in- shows where people, sometimes even
spires people at this point, when they can’t masked, have been putting their own spin
go out to see other people’s work. What is on classical paintings.
their influence? What is pulling them, what
is driving them right now?” “They are the ones where people are
looking at classical paintings and sculp-
Hundreds of pieces have been submitted tures, and they’re reinterpreting that for to-
to the virtual show, which has been online day. There’s some beautiful stuff being done
for the past several months. in the big arts centers,” says Wygonik. “So
that’s really great.”
“A lot of them (artists) are remembering
places they’ve been or things that have made Although some galleries and buildings
them happy. That’s the one thing I think that are gradually reopening, he is rightly con-
cerned that the rapidly increasing corona-
virus levels in Florida may soon drive peo-
ple back into isolation.

In the meantime, he says he has been
impressed by the work being churned out
by two of the artists recently profiled in
Vero Beach 32963, Xaque Gruber and Josh
McMiller. Despite the isolation, Wygonik
says McMiller has been “turning out things
left and right; it’s amazing.”

“It’s inspirational for me, but honestly,
it’s also frustrating from a personal level.
I’m working on several pieces but I’m find-
ing it still very hard to get past my block,”
says Wygonik. He adds that it isn’t unusu-
al for artists to find their creative juices
blocked at some point in their lives.

“It started before the isolation and this
whole shutdown, but it has been an effort
for me to see how other artists get past a

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block that is not necessarily self-imposed, that’s down the line. Again, we’re just now COMING UP! CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 illusions.” What makes it particularly intrigu-
but is imposed upon us,” says Wygonik. having things loosen up a little bit.” ing is that “The Present” is an interactive
“That block of not being able to go out in 3 Fans of Riverside Theatre’s Comedy show presented on Zoom and limited to 25
the public and see things. As an advocate In the meantime, he says, “we’re con- Zone need to know that this weekend households per show. Each household will
for Art in Public Places and as an advocate tinuing this project right now because we’re is the last time the shows will be pre- be mailed a mystery package, which they
for galleries and museums and being able seeing that people are still hunkering down sented at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Next week, are supposed to open during the show. To
to get out there and see what’s going on in and painting in their creating studios. Even they’ll be moved up 30 minutes. And by the that end, you have to provide a mailing ad-
the world, this is my frustration right now.” though the gallery strolls are open again, way, this weekend the Comedy Zone pres- dress at least four days out. The run time is
it’s not anywhere like it used to be. And ents standup comics Tim “The Dairy Farm- 70 minutes with no intermission. It will be
To those artists who might also be hav- the museum is still not open. We’re dealing er” and BC Murphy. There’s indoor dining presented until Oct. 11. It is recommended
ing a hard time connecting, Wygonik wants with a time that is very uncertain, so we’re and free music before the show in the the- for ages 12 years and older. The only prob-
them to know they are certainly not alone. still asking artists to send us work.” ater’s Live in the Loop spot just past the box lem is that the only tickets still available are
It’s one of the reasons he feels that having office. Tickets to the comedy shows are $14 the $30 lottery tickets, which are distribut-
this virtual outlet might be constructive. Wygonik says their newest idea is to cre- and $16. They are recommended for ages 16 ed weekly for upcoming performances. Go
ate at least a dozen good-sized banners years and older. Riverside Theatre is at 3250 to TodayTix.com and scroll down.
“I hear it from artists, I hear it from col- that will hang in the main lobby of the Vero Riverside Park Dr. Call 772-231-6990 or visit
lectors and I hear it from the general pub- Beach Municipal Airport for several months RiversideTheatre.com. Masks are required. 5 While everyone else is watching
lic, that this project has been very helpful before being transitioned to other places. “Hamilton” for the umpteenth time
to them. It’s been beneficial, it’s been up- 4 For those who have been wonder- on Disney Plus, you can head to YouTube
lifting, it’s been enlightening,” he says. The Cultural Council will be sending out ing how to spend money, you can to see some free Broadway musical shows.
invitations to its member artists to submit de- drop a lot of it with some online classes by They’re part of the lineup on “Full Length
“I think that’s important. There are a lot signs, which will be juried down to the chosen Broadway luminaries. Called “Tomorrow- Stage Plays.” The offerings there are numer-
of artists in this county. They’re seeing this number and then printed. Tix Classes,” this is a series created by To- ous, from “Rent” and “Legally Blonde” to
art that’s being submitted and they’re get- day Tix, a go-to spot for tickets to Broadway “Into the Woods” and “Hairspray.”
ting a little bit of inspiration from it. This “We are in the process of looking for un- shows, which have been shuttered now for
is a way to be able to show the public what derwriters or sponsors to cover the costs months and probably will remain that way 6 Now that you’re in the “screening”
they’re doing. Even if it can’t be in a public and I’m working with the airport to come for months to come. The classes include Ti- mode, why not create your own
place, it can still be online.” up with a final theme; probably flight or tus Burgess teaching “Storytelling Through “Coming Up” event – outdoor movies! Find a
aviation related,” said Wygonik. Song” ($40), Alex Brightman teaching audi- spot in the garage or in your yard where you
His hope is that much of the artwork tion techniques and confidence ($100), and can hang a sheet, prop up a projector and
that has been shown online will, at some When buildings do reopen to on-site more. Visit TodayTix.com. TodayTix also has a Bluetooth party speaker. Next, grab the
point, be exhibited for in-person viewing. viewing, the Art in Public Places program an intriguing offering: the Geffen Playhouse blankets, sleeping bags, lawn furniture and
exhibits are on the first-floor of the court- online production of “The Present,” which popcorn. Just make sure you choose a film
“I hope to have Lee and Judy and myself house; the first floor of County Adminis- is described as a show with “mind-bending that is appropriate for public viewing be-
be able to coordinate one big exhibit of all of tration Buildings A and B; the classroom
this work, in all four of the different venues,” hallways of the IG Center; and in the Vero cause for sure neighbors will be curious. 
says Wygonik. “There are several artists who Beach Airport passenger lounge and, with
have submitted images that might be great the banners, in the main lobby.
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Bonz is happy to meet Papi, a delightful ‘Doodle’

Hi Dog Buddies! get a DOG to bond with Pup an ‘encourage “I love takin’ care of Pup an Mom an our daughter and her Lab, Buddy, visit from Ore-
his ack-TIV-iddy.’ Mom wanted a Golden human neighbors: There’s a neighbor lady gon (which is way far ThatWay), we have The
This week I innerviewed a pooch with the Doodle cuz we’re Smart, Gentle an Com- I like to visit, just to cheer her up. (Lotsa Best Time. I also hang out with my neighbor,
coolest name EVER: Papillon Stribley! It’s PAH-shunnit. She searched On The Line humans are gloomy and stressed these Stecker, a Golden Retriever. An I meet up
not cuz she’s a Papillon breed, though. She’s for months an finally found an ad from days cuzza that Soggy Dog Biscuits VIE- with my BFF, Piper, on our morning walks.
a Golden Doodle. It’s cuz her French cousin Miss Lisa. Before she even got my pick- russ. Maybe you’ve noticed.)” She’s a mini Schnauzer and, to tell you the
said, when she runs, her long, wavy ears fly shur, Mom hadda fill out truth, the only time I ever pull on my leash is
out from her head like a beautiful budderfly. Papi when I see Piper. Or a Ra-butt. I know it’s not
this 3-page-long form so Miss Lisa could puh-lite, but I just can’t help it.”
A Big, Serious Bark answered our knock. be sure Mom an Pup’d be excellent pet “For sure!”
If I hadn’t known there was a Golden Doo- parents. There was a CON-track an every- “Anyway, the other day, she fell over an “I totally understand.”
dle on the other side of the door, I wudda thing. Miss Lisa was Very Suh-LECK-tive. was layin’ there, nose down. So I lay down “I usta catch Geckos in my paws, I didn’t
thought it was a Big, Serious Doberman. Mom an Pup hadda promise they wouldn’t right next to her an put my chin on her hurt ’em. I was just playin,’ but I don’t think
Actually, Papillon’s bark is her only Serious give me to anybuddy else, an that they back to protect her an help her feel Not they saw it that way. One time, I peeked to
characteristic. In the fur, Papillon Stribley wouldn’t dye my eyelashes, anna bunch of Scared till she could get back up. She’s bet- see if the Gecko was still there, an he shot
is frenly, gentle, an real pretty: snowy white other stuff.” ter now, Thank Lassie. outta my paw so fast he ackshully left his
with golden glimmers on her back, ears, el- “I also have several pooch pals. On our tail behind. I guess it was buttoned on or
bows, tail an around her snoot an mouth. “Dye your … are you Woofin’ me?” morning leash walks, Mom an me usual- something. Now, outta respect for a fellow
“Nope! It’s true. Anyway, Last October, ly meet up with frens. When Mom and her creature, I don’t do that anymore.”
“Come IN, Mr. Bonzo! I’m Papillon Strib- I was scheduled for a Meet-an-Greet with frens yak for a Really Long Time (’specially “A wise decision.”
ley. Call me Papi. This is my Mom Margie. another famly, who had Dibs on me. Miss if you figure it in Dog Time), I just sit down “When I ride around with Pup, in my
My Dad, Strib (I call him Pup), is wa-ay Lisa said if they didn’t adopt me, Mom an in a cool spot an chill. When my neighbor’s golf cart, I Totally Own the World! Every
over there.” She pointed toward another Pup could. ‘I’ll let you know tomorrow,’ morning, I wake Mom up, then I go nudge
room. A man waved. “He has Health Issues, she told them.” DON’T BE SHY Pup. If he’s not up by 9:15, I stand nose-to-
so he hasta be Extra Careful.” “Thank Lassie it worked out,” I exclaimed. nose with my chin on the bed an Stare Him
“The moment we met, I wanted to crawl We are always looking for pets Down. Works real well, too. When I’m not
Me an my assistant waved back. We got into Pup’s lap. I KNEW they were my For- with interesting stories. playin’, I’m usually nappin’ on Mom’s foot.
settled, an Papi gently accepted a duh- ever Famly. Now, when Pup gets a liddle, I’m real protective of Mom.”
li-shus turkey-an-sweet puh-tay-do treat well, lazy, I get a toy and drop it smack in To set up an interview, email “I like your short haircut,” I observed.
from my assistant. his lap for a game of catch. He knows I [email protected]. “It’s Super Sheek.”
won’t give up til’ he starts playin’ with me. “Thanks, Mr. Bonzo. Ackshully, I got
“I understand that neighborhood weight into a Big Buncha of Bugs an hadda have it
restrictions caused you to loose your first shaved. It freaked me out cuz its naturally
home,” I began. much longer an wavier. Usually I prance
outta the Groomer’s, but this time I slunk.
“Yes,” Papi replied. “It was in Sarasota. It was embarrassing.”
My family had me anna Toy Poodle. When “Not to worry, Miss Papi. It’s suh-FIS-
we moved, our new neighborhood had a TA-caded! Plus, it makes your gold places
40-pounds-per-pooch limit, which I was and extra-long eyelashes really Pop!”
over. So they kept the Poo, an surrendered “That is so sweet, Mr. Bonzo,” she
me to a shelter. I was 2.” smiled.
Headin’ home, I was thinking about the
“Woof! Soggy Dog Biscuits!” Series of Events that led to Papi and her
“Totally. I was bummed,” Papi replied. Forever Famly finding each other. I’ve long
“But Miss Lisa an her shelter, Tender Heart believed that every dog, sooner or later,
Charity Rescue, were SO KIND. I didn’t feel finds his or her Purpose. I know I did.
as if I was cast aside like an ol’ sock.”
“Thank Lassie! Then what happened?” The Bonz
“Mom calls it ‘Duh-vine Inner-VEN-
shun.’ I call it Doggone Good Luck. See, cuz
Pup is sick, he doesn’t usually feel like doin’
anything. So his doctor said they should

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A RUFF NEEDS CAREFUL PLANNING WEST NORTH EAST
K63 QJ9 52
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist K83 Q6 A 10 9 7 4
962 AK75 Q J 10 8
Howard Ruff, a financial adviser, helped popularize the proverb, “It wasn’t raining when Noah J 10 9 8 7632 54
built the ark.”
SOUTH
Bridge has a faint connection with Noah because each side plays two cards to each trick, and A 10 8 7 4
more often than not, they will be from the same species — I mean suit. In today’s deal, how J52
should South play to make sure that he moors safely on Mount Ararat? The declarer is in four 43
spades, and West leads the club jack. AKQ

North might have raised one spade to two. Then, South’s two-club rebid was New Minor Dealer: North; Vulnerable: Both
Forcing, which promised at least game-invitational values and primarily asked opener if he had
three-card spade support. The Bidding:

South saw immediately that if the spade finesse was working, he would have 10 top tricks. SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
Then he noticed that if the spade king was offside, he might find clubs 3-3 or be able to ruff a 1 Diamonds Pass
heart on the board. So, there was an immediate reaction to play a heart to the queen at trick 1 Spades Pass 1 NT Pass LEAD:
two. However, here, that would have been fatal if East had taken the trick and shifted to a 2 Clubs Pass 2 Spades Pass J Clubs
trump. 4 Spades Pass Pass Pass

Instead, declarer spotted an unusual type of avoidance play. He crossed to dummy with a
diamond, then led the heart six. If East had won with his ace to shift to a trump, he would have
gifted South a heart trick. But when West took South’s jack with his king and led a trump,
declarer won on the board and played the heart queen. East won and returned his second
trump, but South took the trick with the ace and ruffed his last heart on the board. He collected
four spades, two diamonds, three clubs and the key heart ruff.

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ACROSS DOWN
1 Dog (3) 1 Blokes (5)
3 Light brown (3) 2 Dismissal (7)
5 Gets colder (5) 3 Neat (4)
8 Having weapons (5) 4 Peers (6)
9 Equilibrium (7) 5 Educational institutions (8)
10 Retain (4) 6 Possessed (5)
11 Guarded (8) 7 Slim (7)
13 Topped up (6) 12 Banter (8)
14 Improved (6) 13 Red flea (anag.) (7)
17 Theatrical (8) 15 Mocking (7)
19 Battles (4) 16 Aperture (6)
22 Connected (7) 18 Assign (5)
23 Similar (5) 20 Doze (5)
24 Unit of capacity (5) 21 Quick (4)
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94 Certain computer memory 51 Nikita’s cops
1 Green shots 95 Second publication: abbr. 52 Ventilates IF YOUR DIET STARTS TODAY... By Merl Reagle
6 Perignon, e.g. 96 Go for ___ in the pool 54 Figurative language
9 My, in French 97 ... forget this car! 55 Some horses
12 TV horse 99 Sub or trans, e.g.: abbr. 56 Yemen’s capital
18 Parts of hearts 101 Carpet type 59 Able to drive, perhaps
19 ... avoid this boxer! 103 “Today ___ a man” 63 Sacred Jewish text
21 Send anew 106 De plume intro 64 Actor Cassidy et al.
22 Shower place 108 Pluck from peril 65 ... steer clear of these
23 ... don’t read this book! 110 A woodwind
25 Playboy No. 1 112 Hockey Hall of Famer craftspeople!
26 Not just any 113 WWII theater 67 Fast flyers
28 Exxon, before 114 ... don’t visit these parks! 68 Fill, as a van
29 Who-kicks-off decider 118 Sneeze sound 69 Olympian Comaneci
30 Ellington’s inits. 120 Nero’s tutor 70 Sydney the astrologer
31 Kennel sound 121 ... and if someone does 71 ... don’t tour this building!
32 Last place? 74 Ten Commandments site,
34 Do per diem work this, ignore him!
36 ... turn off this old show! 122 Item of food today
38 Leaning type: abbr. 123 CEO, Editor-in-Chief, etc. 75 ... don’t wear this!
40 Less than medium 124 Parallel bar perfection 76 Blue Angels, e.g.
42 Old college cheer 125 Right angle from 77 Like some 1960s attire
44 Exceedingly 80 Everglade’s kin
47 Chew out 116 Down 82 ... avoid this exclamation!
48 Mexican bear 126 Eastwood’s Rawhide role, 84 “Life ___ picnic”
49 Retina receptor 85 Solver’s cry
50 Fight souvenir Rowdy ___ 86 Frozen-sculpture chippers
51 Lieutenant with a lollipop 91 German industrial area
52 Piercing tools DOWN 93 Oft-disputed French region
53 ... don’t ask someone to give 94 Invitation notation
1 Turkish title 95 Violin precursor
you this! 2 Say
57 Finishing-school folks? 3 ... don’t get caught (or, the start of a girl’s name)
58 Ending of many animal 98 “Tra” followers
in this! 100 Anti-slippage aid for a
adjectives 4 Store hrs. word
59 Family member 5 ... avoid these negotiations! gymnast
60 Extinct bird 6 “Silly me!” 102 Big Cartwright
61 Beer-bust buy 7 Ugly character 104 Make amends
62 “Will you ___ valentine?” 8 Conductors 105 Ambiences
63 Tests, as vests 9 Garr-Keaton film of 1983 106 Boss Tweed caricaturist
65 Actor James 10 Mer contents 107 “You’re the ___ love”
66 24 Down et al. 11 Part of PBS: abbr. 109 Formerly, formerly
67 ... shun this actor! 12 Just picked 111 After sundown, in ads
69 OK indication 13 Opens doors for 115 Blanc who voiced Bugs
72 Love god 14 “Colour” ending 116 Compass pt.
73 Free-oxygen bacteria 15 ... ignore these photos! 117 Before, before
74 Hormel product 16 Beamed-up captain 119 A Bush org., once
78 French soul 17 Church section
79 Ankh letter 19 Plant part
80 Big ___, Calif. 20 Consult again
81 Shortened, as a ref. work 24 Three-term N.Y.C. mayor
82 Game, in Italian 27 Phone limbo
83 ... don’t visit this place! 33 ... don’t think about these girls!
86 In an uncaring way 35 Bosses of TAs
87 No turn ___ 37 Uptown
88 Name of the garage in the 39 Yes-man
41 Like Dracula by day
comic strip Shoe 43 Nabokov novel
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