01/24/2019 ISSUE 04

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SPORTS

Vero girls soccer using loss as fuel for playoff drive

BY RON HOLUB
Correspondent

You would be hard pressed to iden- Coach Dan Dickens. Lauren Barkett, Kate Hassell and Madelaine Rhodes. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE
tify any team that didn’t want to ride
into the postseason on a high note, it on. Practice like a champion and you “We have a really fun group of girls Scoring at about half the pace of
but the defeat experienced by the Vero are more apt to be a champion. and it’s definitely a team effort at all a year ago, Rhodes told us, “I just
Beach High varsity girls soccer team times. This is our year to make it to haven’t really needed to. Other peo-
last Wednesday evening could be ex- “This is the first time the seniors states. We are driven. That is what we ple like Kate (Hassell), (sophomore)
actly what was needed to kick every- have been with me all four years. All are working for.” Emma (Romans) and all of our oth-
one into gear before the district tour- of the players have gotten to know me er forwards have really stepped up.
nament. and understand my style. This is just a Barkett plays defense and leaves the When they key on me the other play-
fun group of kids. They work togeth- scoring headlines for her fellow cap- ers are open and able to finish. The
Losing to Montverde Academy 4-0 er as a team and as a family – and it tains. Rhodes set a school record last need hasn’t been there for me to do it
was no reason to panic, for that is the shows on the field. We are seeing some year with 54 goals and led this regular all by myself.
No. 1 team in the state. On Friday night success because everybody works to- season with 27 goals and 11 assists.
Vero got back on course with a 2-0 win gether as a unit.” Hassell was next with 15 and 13. “Of my three years here this has
over West Shore to conclude the regu- been the most fun team to play on.
lar season ranked 18th statewide with Seventeen different players have “Making it to the Final Four would The chemistry has been great. I see
a record of 15-2-1. scored at least once. Dickens empha- be a real nice accomplishment after that taking us to states.”
sizes spreading the wealth in precisely getting shut down in the regional fi-
Montverde was the first team to find that manner. The program is also built nals the past two years,” Hassell said. If this team journeys deep into the
the net against Vero since Jupiter pre- to last with 12 sophomores dominat- postseason, assists will go to the un-
vailed 4-2 on Dec. 4. The final regular- ing a roster that also includes five se- “But getting to the finals and win- friendly outcomes against Jupiter and
season total of 14 zeroes for the op- niors, one junior and two freshmen. ning it all would be the ultimate goal. Montverde.
position in 18 games left the Fighting Seniors Lauren Barkett, Kate Hassell We know that it gets much more dif-
Indians holding an 89-10 advantage in and junior Madzy Rhodes are tri-cap- ficult at that point because the goals “After Jupiter we made some adjust-
goals scored. tains. don’t come easy. ments with our formations, and that
paid dividends,” Dickens said. “We
The challenge ahead is recapturing “We have very strong relationships “There are a lot of different parts won’t see Montverde in the playoffs
the district championship that was de- on and off the field.” Barkett said. “We to this team. Lauren (Barkett) says (different class), but a big challenge
nied last year after seven straight. Ju- communicate well and maintain our the defense doesn’t get much rec- like that at the end of the year helps
piter stands in the way once again. The focus in practices and games because ognition, but they are still doing a us identify the weaknesses we need
schools split a pair during the regular that is one of the priorities set by our lot of hard work. We don’t want to to work on. That helps us clean things
season and are expected to meet for coach. single anyone out; we want to praise up – and that’s always important.” 
the title. Should that occur, both will the team as a whole.”
advance to the regionals.

After that the consensus among the
players is to make it to states – and that
means the Final Four. Fourth-year
head coach Dan Dickens took his first
team that far, but the past two fell one
game short in the regional finals. Ac-
cordingly, there is no merit in aban-
doning a process that has been so re-
warding.

“We talk about one practice at a
time, one game at a time, and the fo-
cus that is required to get you there,”
Dickens explained. “You can’t just turn

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ON FAITH

Don’t entomb yourself in misery and apathy ...‘Come Out!’

BY REV. DRS. CASEY AND BOB BAGGOTT Wouldn’t we all avoid the inevitability
Columnists of death if we possibly could? But, death
will come – not just our ultimate physi-
Have you heard the humorous story cal deaths, but countless smaller deaths
about the friends who were discuss- will precede that final demise. As Rev.
ing death? One of them asked the oth- Craig Barnes asked: Do you get to hang
ers, “What would you like people to say onto your parents forever? Or your chil-
about you at your funeral?” The first of dren? Do you get to keep your youth?
the friends replied, “I would like them Your work? Your health? Even if you do
to say, ‘He was a great humanitarian, succeed in holding onto these things for
who cared about his community.’” The a time, eventually you will lose them, or
second of the friends said, “I would like “die” to them.
them to say, ‘She was a caring wife and
mother, who set an example for many to In light of the losses we are certain
follow.’” The third friend said, “I would to experience, some people try to hide
like them to say, ‘Look, he’s moving!’” themselves away from life, as a form
of self-protection. Ironically, they take
themselves to virtual tombs of their
own making. They may think that by
remaining entombed and unengaged
in life, they won’t be wounded again.
Safely tucked away, they will not face
further loss.

Do you know people like that? Peo-
ple who have just given up, closed up,
boarded up the warmth of their spirits
like a beach home before the threat of a
hurricane? Maybe you’ve been tempted
to close yourself up and shut yourself

away from engagement with life for The story of Lazarus from the Chris-
some reason. Grief or anger can lead tian scriptures seems to say no. Laza-
you into a tomb. Resentment, apathy, rus was Jesus’ dear friend who sud-
bitterness or addiction can do it. Even denly died and was placed in a tomb.
grumpiness, cynicism and pessimism, When Jesus arrived several days later,
those persistent little dissatisfactions he called into that place of certain
with life, can be the maladies that seal death, “Come out!” and out came
you away from life. Lazarus, still wrapped in grave clothes,
but stumbling toward the bright light
The danger that comes with linger- and new life.
ing in self-imposed tombs is that it
leads insidiously to further loss. While We think the call to newness of life
we may enter as a temporary means of extends to us, too. When we’ve prema-
self-protection, staying there in those turely entombed ourselves, submit-
airless, dreary places can lead to mor- ting to the spiritually and emotion-
al, spiritual and emotional decline. ally deadening things of life, that need
Finally, those places will become the not be the end. Can you hear it? God’s
cold sites of our physical deaths, too. voice of hope and comfort and re-
Is that what we really want? Is that newal is calling us to something more,
what God wants for us? “Come out!” 

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INSIGHT BRIDGE

VISUALIZATION IS A VISUAL ART WEST NORTH EAST
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Robert L. Schwartz, a prominent lawyer, said, “The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer 97542 Q63 10 8
and an actualizer. He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it, he sees exactly how
to make it happen.” SOUTH
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The other day, one of my students said to me, “You can visualize where the cards are. I find AJ5
that impossible to do.” 9643
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It is true — mentally seeing the cards in an opponent’s hand makes it easier to visualize how
the play will proceed. In this deal, it was not hard for South to see where the missing honor Dealer: West; Vulnerable: East-West
cards lay, but East could have set a small trap for declarer.
The Bidding:
South was in three no-trump. How should he have played after West led the spade six?
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
Declarer began with seven top tricks: one spade, two hearts, one diamond and three clubs. 1 NT Pass 3 NT 1 Spades
Given that only 12 high-card points were missing — you did count those, didn’t you? — the All Pass LEAD:
heart finesse was clearly winning. If a second diamond winner could be found, perhaps by 6 Spades
endplaying East, then the contract would succeed.

South ducked the first spade trick and took the second, seeing that West began with a
doubleton. Declarer cashed his three club winners, and East discarded the diamond seven.
Then, after taking three heart tricks with the aid of the finesse, South led his last spade. East
took three winners in the suit, but at Trick 12 had to lead away from the diamond king-jack
into dummy’s ace-queen.

East should have thrown the diamond jack, not the seven, trying to look like someone who
began with 5-4-2-2 distribution. It probably wouldn’t have worked, but it was worth a try.

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INSIGHT GAMES SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (JANUARY 17) ON PAGE 76

ACROSS DOWN
1 Embryonic membranes (5) 1 Fighting (6)
4 Inserts (6) 2 Below (5)
9 Small amount (7) 3 Fire (4)
10 Singing group (5) 5 Chemical in cigarette (8)
11 Atmosphere (4) 6 Items go (anag.) (7)
12 Hurtful (7) 7 Shoulder movements (6)
13 Wild ox (3) 8 Loose garment (5)
14 Money earned (4) 13 Annual (8)
16 Identify (4) 15 Checker of accounts (7)
18 Misery (3) 17 Winged messenger (6)
20 Back (7) 18 Tired (5)
21 Twosome (4) 19 Alloy (6)
24 Saying (5) 22 Fruit of oak (5)
25 Furry animal (7) 23 Sour (4)
26 Member of rowing crew (6)
The Telegraph 27 Italian poet (5)

How to do Sudoku:

Fill in the grid so the
numbers one through
nine appear just once
in every column, row
and three-by-three
square.

The Telegraph

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ACROSS 112 Where the sauce lover “Able was I ___ ...” The Washington Post
1 Arp’s art movement goes? 59 Keep an ___ (watch)
5 Wal-mart wheels 60 “Adroit” negater A VAST PUN-ORAMA By Merl Reagle
9 Feel ___ (get chilly) 117 Tragic Greek hero with a 61 Pierce portrayer
15 Gore and Green weight problem? 62 “At Nite” network
18 Notable 63 German article
19 Maturing agent 118 Word after film or rock 68 Clock face
20 Action film with less- 119 They’ll follow you 69 “Not ___ eye in the house”
anywhere 70 Large-scale
than-thrilling sea chases? 120 Olympic maximum 72 Diamond stat
22 Ore-poor region? 121 Cure 73 Editors’ reconsiderations
25 Part of A.D. 74 Oat bristle
26 President’s prerogative 122 Plying the Pacific 75 Racetrack rejections?
27 Hunky-dory 123 Singer Elliott or architect 76 Remington, not Danielle
28 Ex-veep Joe 77 Undiluted
29 i topper or Y.A. Gilbert 78 Give off
31 Baba et al. DOWN 81 “Indubitably”
33 Air, junk, or voice 1 “Nuts!” 82 Sailor’s story
35 X-rated video gala? 2 ___ of Sundays 83 Coal ending
39 Map abbr. 3 Signify 84 Coll. hoop champs
42 Rap sheet 4 Tally
43 Sahl-itary man 5 Espresso establishment of 2000
44 Wonka’s creator 6 Excitedly, in music 85 Dye-approving org.
45 Shakespeare’s merry month 7 Dye anew 86 Gushing guys
48 Two-term pres. 8 Athlon opener 91 Wise guys?
49 Q: “What’s a synonym 9 River near the Leaning 92 Beat back
Tower 94 A ___ All Seasons
for useless, señor?” 10 Landing place 95 Melodic
A: “___” 11 41 Down run on one: abbr. 96 Witnesses are
53 Worship 12 Lawyers’ org.
55 Flycatching bird 13 Prohibit under it
(anagram of WE TIP) 14 People of Sri Lanka 97 Japanese motorcycle and
57 Domesticator 15 Bane of teens
58 Elope with Rebecca? 16 Meat cut musical instrument co.
64 Regarded with interest 17 Gym with a pool 98 BVDs
65 New Haven campus 18 Italian car 99 Talks back
66 Place 21 Williams out in left field 103 Ooze
67 Cracker cheese 23 Equalized 104 Follower of à la
71 Title of a still-life painting 24 Relaxed 105 Ex-African strongman
with sort of a garage setting? 30 Filled with fat 106 Agent, briefly
77 Balladeer Bryson 32 B-side of “Help,” 107 Throw (light on)
79 Pinch in the nose by the Beatles 108 Hot or hunky
80 Tchaikovsky’s leaders (July 1965) 110 “Toodle-oo”
81 Signature line of a noted 33 Earth neighbor 112 Boater, for one
Swedish-Arab comic? 34 Funny Johnson 113 Type of sleep
85 Rival 36 Expert 114 Uno plus due
87 French-Belgian river 37 Friendship 115 “Tears ___ Clown”
88 Pennsylvania city 38 Something to pitch 116 Brit. military honor
89 Adjutant: abbr. 39 Firestorms do it
90 Hockey’s Howe 40 Norse god with a magic
93 In place hammer
94 Easily surprised Roman? 41 Overhead trains
100 English composer 44 Low light
101 Quickly, quickly 45 Adam, to Eve
102 ___ a junkyard dog 46 Call it ___
104 Hollywood voice-dubber 47 Pain in the neck, perhaps
Nixon 50 Spanish aunt
107 High-priced flier ’til 2003 51 “Based on ___ story”
109 Adorable 52 Written twice, a 1952
111 Goods: abbr. Kenyan terrorist
54 Official forms and routine
55 Electorate sampler
56 Start of an old palindrome,

The Telegraph

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INSIGHT BACK PAGE

Alas, you can’t turn a bad match into a good marriage

BY CAROLYN HAX hurt in the process. How much is enough? Is this worth But first, please know this, because it’s impor-
Washington Post trying to salvage, or should I try to minimize the dam- tant: It doesn’t mean you’re “not the most exciting
age to both of us and move on? person to hang out with.” Your wife’s unhappiness
Dear Carolyn: is not rooted in your failure to provide what she
I got married two years ago to a – Frustrated and Confused needed. It’s rooted in her decision to marry some-
wonderful woman. We are in our one who didn’t provide what she needed – to think
mid-30s and decided to wait one Frustrated and Confused: I’m so sorry. she could set those misalignments aside for the
year before trying to have kids. We And of course you’re hurt. You thought she purpose of getting the family she wanted. (Not un-
waited the year and started trying, married you for love, and you just found out she common – even with “wonderful” people.)
but despite neither of us having any obvious medical hired you for a job.
issues, we’ve been unable to conceive. What is “enough,” you ask? That. That is enough. This matters because what you provide is what
About three months ago my wife told me she was somebody wants, needs, finds exciting. Someone
unsure about our relationship. She said the reason she else. Maybe you haven’t met her yet, and I won’t
fell in love with me was because I would make a good give you empty assurances that you will, but it’s a
father, but since kids aren’t immediately on the hori- no-brainer that there are women “more in love”
zon, she feels I don’t give her enough energy as a cou- with an introverted, respectful, fun, he’d-make-a-
ple, and that, while she loves me, she has felt more in good-father style.
love with previous boyfriends. This would have been
great to hear before we got married. Which is why this wretched thing might be
I’ll be the first to admit I’m an introvert and prob- good for you. When your wife married you for
ably not the most exciting person to hang out with, but the wrong reasons – I take her word for all this,
I treat her well, and we have fun. I should emphasize, and draw no conclusions of
We’re in therapy, but it’s been very hard for her to my own – she stopped your search for that wom-
come to grips with her emotions. I can’t help feeling an.
like she married a concept instead of me. I also think
part of the difficulty is her coming to terms with not So step away from your marriage, for now if not
being able to have a child as quickly and easily as she permanently, and think it all over, and heal. May-
wanted. be then you’ll see what you were denied by this
While I love her and want to continue the relation- marriage, that “more in love” feeling, and you’ll
ship, I can’t help but think the foundation of our mar- grow ready to look again. We all deserve people
riage isn’t solid enough to last, and I’m getting deeply who feel lucky to have us.

It’s a long shot, but maybe, too, it’ll help her see
you differently. Good news for you either way, if
painfully achieved. 

4

NEW DIABETES TREATMENT
GUIDELINES GET TO HEART OF MATTER

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HEALTH

New diabetes treatment guidelines get to heart of matter

Dr. Deborah Brown.

PHOTOS BY DENISE RITCHIE

BY TOM LLOYD were turned on their head.”
Staff Writer Brown is especially pleased that

The American Diabetes Associa- the updated guidelines reflect a sort
tion has released its new “2019 Stan- of alliance between the American Di-
dards of Medical Care in Diabetes.” abetes Association and the American
College of Cardiology.
Printed copies are just now mak-
ing their way into doctors’ offices in The alliance is important because
Vero Beach but one local family prac- many of the risk factors and bodily
tice physician, Dr. Deborah Brown, at imbalances that go along with dia-
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospi- betes also can cause or are correlated
tal, already is an enthusiastic fan of with heart disease.
the new guidelines.
“The connection between diabetes
“They are,” exclaims Brown, and heart disease starts with high
“incredibly exciting. Absolutely. blood-sugar levels. Over time, the
They’re evidence-based guidelines high glucose in the bloodstream can
and that’s what makes them impor- damage the arteries, causing them to
tant and special. The old guidelines become stiff and hard. Fatty material
that builds up on the inside of these

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HEALTH

That, says a smiling Brown, “is that helps you manage the disease.
pretty cool.” We’re no longer just focusing on low-
ering your blood glucose and getting
Cooperation between members your hemoglobin A1c in line. Now it
of what Brown calls “your medical is a collaborative effort,” Brown says.
neighborhood” in diabetic treatment
– which can include diabetic educa- If you or a family member has dia-
tors, RNs, medical nutritionists, po- betes or pre-diabetes, now is a good
diatrists, ophthalmologists, endocri- time to check with your primary care
nologists and even personal trainers physician and see how these new
– is essential, and she says these new standards of care might affect you or
standards of care will definitely help. your loved one.

“I think the most important thing Dr. Deborah Brown is with the Cleve-
is that we’re going to start treating land Clinic Indian River Hospital. Her
diabetes like we do other chronic dis- office is at 3450 11th Court. Suite 201
ease models. The patient comes first in Vero Beach. The phone number is
and is in the center of that neighbor- 772-794-3364. 
hood. You’re surrounded with a team

blood vessels, a condition known as blown diabetes was not a jackpot she
atherosclerosis, can eventually block had any interest in winning.
blood flow to the heart or brain, lead-
ing to heart attack or stroke,” accord- So she launched into her own
ing to everydayhealth.com. “lifestyle modification” regimen, in-
cluding a healthier diet, weight loss,
The American Heart Association re- exercise and even participating in tri-
ports that “at least 68 percent of peo- athlons and half-marathons.
ple age 65 or older with diabetes die
from some form of heart disease [and] Now armed with a medical degree
… Adults with diabetes are two to four and a growing family practice in Vero
times more likely to die from heart Beach, Brown is excited about the
disease than adults without diabetes.” new diabetes standards of care.

Type 2 Diabetes, the most com- In a nutshell, these new standards
mon form of the disease, is a complex include new “goals of care” along
chronic illness. It requires continu- with new language to help patients
ous medical care and risk-reduction better understand their treatments, a
strategies, but it can be successfully new “treatment algorithm” designed
treated – and when it is, a patient’s to simplify insulin treatment plans,
risk of heart disease generally goes new tables to help guide healthcare
down too. providers like Brown in simplifying
medication plans for older adults,
More than 100 million American new treatment recommendations for
adults – nearly a third of the U.S. pop- children and adolescents, and, per-
ulation – are now living with diabe- haps most strikingly, an all-new col-
tes or pre-diabetes, according to the laboration with the American Col-
Centers for Disease Control, includ- lege of Cardiology.
ing well over 30 million who actually
have the disease. “It is incredibly exciting,” says
Brown, “that the American Diabetes
Many who are pre-diabetic aren’t Association and the American Col-
aware of their condition or the risk it lege of Cardiology came together.”
poses. Brown knows that particular
aspect of the disease all too well. Cardiologists, Brown explains, have
been calling on their colleagues for
Back in 2009 this former U.S. Navy years to treat diabetes patients as if
corpsman was, as she puts it, “on the “they’ve already had a heart attack:
other side of the table with my prima- manage their blood pressure, manage
ry care physician … and he’s saying, their lipids, manage their activity levels
‘Deb, slow it down girlfriend. Your so we are not developing so much car-
blood sugar is 126 and your hemoglo- diovascular disease in this country.”
bin A1c is 6.3 percent.’”
With the new standards of care,
Brown was well aware that blood- Brown continues, “this is the first year
sugar levels between 100 to 125 con- that we’ll be making our medication
stituted pre-diabetes, so her 126 level treatment decisions based on your
was a real wakeup call. cardiovascular disease risk. It’s not
just to bring down your fasting blood
She also knew that meant she had a sugar levels and bring down your he-
25 percent chance of developing dia- moglobin A1c. We [will also be] paying
betes in the next three to five years. attention to what your cardiovascular
“If the odds of winning the lottery risk is, what your kidney disease risk
were 1-in-4, we’d all be to buying tick- is, what your heart failure risk is.”
ets,” Brown says, but developing full-

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HEALTH

Scully-Welsh specialist buoyed by surge of new cancer drugs

BY TOM LLOYD think it’s kind of a record. The ones that Dr. Alan Grosset.
Staff Writer I use more often than others are things
like pembrolizumab and nivolumab.” PHOTO BY DENISE RITCHIE
Dr. Alan Grosset, who joined the staff
at the Scully-Welsh Cancer Center in Nivolumab, or Opdivo, is used to treat
September, has a pair of specialties – patients with un-resectable or meta-
medical oncology and hematology – static melanomas as well as metastatic
that make him a valuable hybrid cancer squamous, non-small-cell lung cancer.
expert to have onboard. while Pembrolizumab is most com-
monly used on advanced melanomas.
As the Mayo clinic explains, oncol-
ogist-hematologists “do not usually But there are many more tools in
treat operable cancers such as pros- Grosset’s toolbox. A class of drugs
tate cancer but specialize, instead, in called biologics is one of the newest
treating blood cancers such as Hodg- forms of medication used to treat the
kin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, cancers he deals with.
leukemias and multiple myelomas,”
and in the management and treat- “Biological therapy,” says the Dana
ment of solid tumors. Farber Cancer Institute, “uses liv-
ing organisms, substances derived
While the conditions he treats are from organisms, or laboratory-made
dire, Grosset has a steady stream of versions of those substances to act
new drugs to help him help his pa- against cancer cells,” and it has be-
tients. In 2018 alone more than 60 he- come a burgeoning business for phar-
matology/oncology drugs were either maceutical companies.
newly approved or cleared for treating
cancers other than the ones they were Why? Because while traditional che-
initially designed to treat. motherapy drugs work by destroying
cancer cells directly, they also destroy
Grosset sits back and marvels as normal healthy cells in the process and
he says, “There are a lot of new drugs, often produce decidedly unpleasant
aren’t there? In the last three years, I side effects including nausea, fatigue,
hair loss and other complications.

Biotherapies work by attacking spe- over 100 distinct types of cancer which
cific tumor cells directly or by stimulat- “can vary substantially in their behav-
ing the patients’ own immune system ior and response to treatment,” the fi-
to target only the cancer. nancial incentive for developing more
and more specialized cancer drugs is
As a result, the Mayo Clinic states that substantial.
biotherapies “cause fewer toxic side ef-
fects,” and new biotherapy drugs are There is, however, at least some
hitting the market at breakneck speed. bad news about this new generation
of cancer drugs. Many are extremely
“I think it’s really interesting that expensive and relatively few have any
we’ve got so many different classes of generic – or what the FDA calls “bio-
drugs now,” says Grosset. “Everybody similar” – competition.
talks about the [biologic and immuno-
therapy] drugs, but you might not know Both cancer and treatments for it are
that there are also things called ‘hedge- complex, but Grosset says he has been
hog inhibitors.’” impressed during his first five months
in Vero Beach with his patients’ willing-
Unlike the small, spiny mammal, ness and ability to do some pretty thor-
the hedgehog Grosset is referring to is ough research on their own.
“a biological pathway,” and by block-
ing or inhibiting cancer cells’ access to “That’s definitely a help,” says Gros-
that pathway, hedgehog inhibitors have set, “because we’re here to leverage
proven highly effective in treating both people to get up to where they need
metastatic basal-cell carcinomas (skin to get to, and if they’re doing some of
cancer) and as well as leukemia. their own work, it’s always appreciated.
Some of the materials that people bring
Asked if the current flood tide of new in are very high quality and very useful.
cancer drugs is likely to slow down or There is,” he says, “every reason in the
even narrow any time in the near fu- world to go and read about your own
ture, Grosset offers an emphatic re- medications or your own illness.”
sponse: “No,” he states flatly, “it’s work-
ing the opposite way.” Dr. Alan Grosset is with the Scully
Welsh Cancer Center in Vero Beach. His
Given that the National Center for office is at 3555 10th Court. The phone
Biotechnology Information at the Na- number is 772-226-4810. 
tional Institutes of Health says there are

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Chew on this: Gum is one cause of excessive gas

BY FRED CICETTI • Avoid gassy foods. Some of the intake gradually.
usual suspects are beans, onions, • Reduce consumption of dairy
Columnist broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflow-
er, artichokes, asparagus, pears, ap- products. Or try using products that
Q. I get a lot of gas and someone told ples, peaches, prunes, whole-wheat help digest milk sugar (lactose).
me it would help if I stopped chewing bread, bran, beer, soda, ice cream.
gum all the time (ex-smoker). That • Use over-the-counter aids. Add
sounds like bunk to me. What do you • Cut down on fatty foods. Fat slows products such as Beano to high-fi-
think? digestion, giving food more time to ber foods to help reduce the amount
ferment. of gas they produce. Try using si-
It’s not bunk. When you chew gum, methicone, which helps break up
you swallow more often and some of • If you take a fiber supplement, try the bubbles in gas. Charcoal tablets
what you’re swallowing is air. In ad- cutting back and then build up your also may help. 
dition, artificial sweeteners such as
sorbitol that is found in some gums
can give you gas.

But, what exactly, is gas?
Most people produce between a
pint and a half-gallon of gas each
day. Oxygen, carbon dioxide and ni-
trogen from swallowed air make up
a large part of gas or “flatus.” Fer-
menting foods in the colon produce
hydrogen and methane as well as
carbon dioxide and oxygen.
The unpleasant odor of some fla-
tus is the result of trace gases, such
as hydrogen sulfide, indole and ska-
tole, which are produced when foods
decompose in the colon.
We release gas upwardly by belch-
ing and downwardly by flatulence.
When we swallow air and don’t re-
lease it by belching, the air will work
its way down and out the rectum.
About half the gas passed from the
rectum comes from swallowed air.
For the record, normal people
pass gas about 10 times each day.
Twenty times daily is still consid-
ered normal.
Some people suffer from bloating
caused by gas. Most who suffer from
bloating do not generate excessive
gas, but they don’t move swallowed
air fast enough. Sometimes, gas in
these people moves in the wrong di-
rection, returning to the stomach.
The gas accumulates and produces
discomfort. Some feel more discom-
fort than others because they don’t
tolerate intestinal stretching well.
Another major cause of gas is par-
tially digested food passing from the
small intestines to the colon, where
bacteria process the food further and
produce gases.
Here are some ways to alleviate
bloating:
• Eat multiple small meals during
the day instead of two or three large
ones.
• Chew food thoroughly and don’t
gulp. Eat slowly.
• Don’t eat when you’re nervous or
hurried.
• Don’t smoke; it makes you swal-
low more air.

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Gabriela Hearst is dressing women for new era of political power

BY ROBIN GIVHAN to mind the late 1960s and ’70s, the hey-
The Washington Post day of black activist Angela Davis, after
whom the jacket is named.
Suits don’t usually cause a stir, but this
one did – in part, because it looked so The suit was modeled by then-incom-
sharp and snazzy. ing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-
N.Y.) in the pages of Interview magazine.
Teal-blue skinny trousers were A stylist had paired the suit with the kind
matched with a trim jacket dubbed the of spiky, high-heeled pumps that look in-
Angela. Contrasting stitching outlined credible but feel awful, to create the per-
the blazer’s pockets and its extra-wide la- fect visual of power at its most romanti-
pels, giving it a retro aesthetic that called cized, fine-tuned, Aaron Sorkinized best.

Gabriela Hearst.

When critics pointed to the expen- as the equivalent of a snuggie, but who
sive suit as proof that Ocasio-Cortez was instead view it as a tool that can help
not the friend-to-the-working-class that smooth the road to success – however
she claimed to be, Ocasio-Cortez not that might be defined. Not a lot of brands
so gently explained via Twitter that she aim to serve a woman who is in the thick
didn’t get to keep the suit just because of her life, who is done with adulting and
she was photographed wearing it. She is a full-blown, glorious adult. Of the few
also defended her politics, and instead of brands that did, many have cut and run.
apologizing for her fashion pursuits, she
declared a discerning eye for style, an ad- Hearst stands firm. She is the rare
mirable and valuable skill. designer who has set her sights on the
professional woman who is proudly
That suit was created by Gabri- tethered to reality.
ela Hearst, an American designer who
thinks that fashion, power and poli- From the beginning, Hearst assumed
tics can be mutually beneficial. Hearst, that her clothes were not likely to appeal
who was born in Uruguay, launched her to the typical starlet or influencer looking
namesake company here three years ago to cause a social media stir. Her designs
premised on translating female author- aren’t flashy. Hearst was more attuned
ity into a fashion aesthetic. to a boardroom badass, a contemporary
Georgia O’Keefe, a loudmouthed activist
“I’m trying to create something that is – and her mother.
timeless,” Hearst says. “People use this
word, and sometimes they associate Her cropped trousers, blanket pattern
it with boring. But for me, timeless is a dresses and fringed throws are based on
Greek earring done in the third century memories of her self-possessed mother
A.D. It’s like a design that is so intriguing roaming the family ranch in Uruguay
that it can’t be put in one era.” on horseback. “My mom had some really
beautiful clothes, but she didn’t have a
Hearst’s clothes are for women unin- lot of it. When it was a special occasion,
terested in fashion as daily costume or [she] would have some things done with

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the seamstress, and the nicest thing you ficking in eccentricity, youthful trans- as well be the stuff of wide-eyed fanta- duction. When she decided to elevate
could do was buy European fabric and gression and a stubbornness to be as sies. Suits are a Hearst signature. the quality of her clothes, she realized
make your own clothes,” she says. “The self-consciously ugly as possible. Fash- she’d need to start all over, because the
clothes that she had were beautifully ion has been obsessed with pajama Her fashion career began in a torrent clothes she envisioned were going to
done, but not in abundance.” shirts, track pants and, most recently, of fringe and ruffles. In 2004, Hearst cost a lot more – $1,000 for trousers and
prairie dresses. A modern power suit – launched a line of relatively inexpen- $3,000 for a blazer.
In the past two years, since the pres- an old-fashioned term but nonetheless sive women’s clothes with a Bohemian
idential election put Donald Trump in an accurate one – is so rare that it might sensibility and, in the process, learned Hearst’s goal was to manufacture
the White House, Hearst has also used a lot about manufacturing and pro- clothes “the way that I remember my
fashion as a language of political en- mom’s clothes being made.” Each
gagement. piece should outlast the use of the
original owner, she says, to become “a
She’s been inspired by rebel-rousers hand-me-down.”
such as Davis, who wore wide-lapel
jackets with turtlenecks. Hearst de- Hearst had always been drawn to the
signed a “ram-ovaries” sweater, with a work of female designers – Elsa Schiapa-
stylized depiction of the female repro- relli, Chitose Abe of Sacai, Rei Kawakubo.
ductive system emblazoned across the She had also been a fan of Phoebe Philo
front, to benefit Planned Parenthood. at Céline. Philo crafted an aesthetic that
She has made handbags reminiscent of spoke in a whisper, yet still commanded
the lunchboxes that early female coal a room. And she attracted customers
miners carried to work. She plastered who were willing to pay handsomely for
images of Sens. Kamala D. Harris (D- a white shirt with just the right propor-
Calif.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) tions, or a pair of trousers with a perfect
on her mood board for motivation. menswear slouch.

Hearst’s work is beautiful – not in an In 2017, Philo left her perch at Céline.
ostentatious, look-at-that-embroidery She was replaced by Hedi Slimane, who
way, but quietly. The drape of a coat is gave the clothes his personal aesthetic,
luxurious. The lines of a blazer are well- which might best be described as young-
defined. A sweater is as light as a cloud. Hollywood-with-a-hangover. This staff-
Her handbags, with their distinctive geo- ing change roiled certain consumers
metric shapes, feel solid and substantial, like no other. Women decried the shift in
without a burdensome heaviness. aesthetics as symptomatic of an industry
with few female creative directors at the
The clothes are sometimes sexy, and most prestigious brands.
unabashedly chic at a time when so
many of the big luxury brands are traf- CONTINUED ON PAGE 64

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 63 lenge of packing for a business trip. The
task left them exasperated, but compro-
“There’s not that many women de- mising their style for the ease of mix-
signing for women,” Hearst says. “I and-match black separates was not an
always say this as a joke, but it’s kind option. And so, said the dinner’s co-host,
of true: I understand water retention. journalist Katty Kay, they were left re-
Right? Right. Our bodies change through senting how much “brain time” is taken
the month. They change through our up trying to sort out a “perfect pack.”
lifetime. And I think being in the body
of a woman gives you an advantage.” Hearst understands. “Women who
are full professionals in their careers,
A handful of design houses are now they don’t have time to think about what
angling to step into the void. Bottega they’re wearing,” she says. “They’re a
Veneta and Jil Sander show streamlined little bit insecure because that’s not what
collections in Milan. Dior’s Maria Grazia they do all day.”
Chiuri serves up her collections along
with a feminist credo. Victoria Beckham “I just want to give [women] uniforms
injects a bit of working-mother pragma- for their lives so they feel comfortable in
tism into her clothes. And The Row, with their power,” Hearst says. “I don’t want
its $5,000 oversize cashmere sweaters, them to waste too much time thinking of
offers art-gallery-owner chic. what they’re wearing. I want to give you
like, tuk-tuk-tuk-tuk, you’re done.”
Hearst’s clothes speak at a more pro-
nounced volume than Philo’s did, but in To that end, Hearst has a lot of dress-
measured tones. The industry is scream- es in her collection that could fit under
ing, Let your freak flag fly! Hearst’s the category of perfect-for-every-occa-
clothes quietly murmur: “You could sion. They are comfortable knit dresses
change the world.” that always look sharp, not sloppy – the
kind of dresses that live at the front of
Hearst, and by extension her clothes, the closet. There are also dresses with
are part of a cultural conversation that sleeves that fend off roaring air condi-
revolves around institutional power and tioning. (And after all these years, how
who has it. Fashion is not merely a guilty many more sleeveless sheaths can a
pleasure or the occasional symbolic ges- woman stomach?) Her fine-knit sweat-
ture. From a historic crowd of pink pussy ers slip easily under blazers. And, of
hats to the first lady’s Zara coat, fashion course, there are suits.
is increasingly being used as an exclama-
tion point at the end of a pointed state- They don’t come in 50 shades of beige
– they swagger in full color. They signi-
ment, as a wordless introduction or a fy Establishment clout but without the
middle finger. stodginess. They are Establishment 2.0
or, perhaps, even 3.0: post-St. John Knits,
In December, for instance, when post-Giorgio Armani.
now-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
walked out of the White House, along Hearst, 42, describes herself as a femi-
with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. nist, an environmentalist and a mother
Schumer (D-N.Y.), after an Oval Office of five – ages 3 to 23. She’s married to
confrontation with President Trump, the John Augustine Hearst, a grandson of the
high collar of her russet-colored MaxMa- “Citizen Kane” Hearsts. She hesitated to
ra coat framed her face like a superhero’s use the Hearst name on the label for fear
cloak. And in a certain quarter of social she’d be pigeonholed as a dilettante. But
media, a funnel-neck coat became a new her maiden name, Perezutti, was a chal-
symbol of female strength. lenging mouthful, and her husband was
also her business partner in the privately
Women believe in fashion’s power – owned company.
even when it outrages, frustrates and
bewilders them. At a recent Georgetown Temperamentally, Gabriela Hearst
dinner party, a group of excessively ac- comes across as sure-footed and blunt;
complished women lamented the chal- accommodating but without a golden

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retriever’s need to please. Physically, she gradable packaging, including recycled its recycling programs and environmen- markup taken by retailers, “we needed
has the sleek figure of a model, which she cardboard hangers. tal activism. “I have the luxury of selling to make double the amount of handbags,
once was, and the kind of short, choppy people things that people don’t need,” which means double the amount of natu-
haircut that makes bed-head cool. “People say, ‘Oh you know we need Hearst says. “If we’re going to do that, ral resources, to make the same amount
to save the planet.’ No, no, no. Obvi- make sure it’s good and that you’re doing of money. And why would you do that if
Her modest showroom on the far ously you do not expose yourself to na- some good.” you’re to get the same money at the end?
West Side of Manhattan is filled with ture. You think you’re going to save the The only reason you would do that is to
sample boards and bolts of fabric, and planet? Nature is a natural force. We are In the fall, Hearst opened her first become very well known, very quickly.
one table is covered with handbags. going to get exterminated,” Hearst says. store, in the Carlyle hotel on Manhattan’s But if you’re doing this long-term, you
Her private office sits just off the work- “First it’s going to happen to the people Upper East Side. The small boutique car- want to pace yourself,” Hearst says. “Ob-
room and is dominated by a large white that have the least, but then it’s going to ries the full complement of her prod- viously for us, we’re a small company.
cashmere sectional that makes her happen to all of us.” ucts, including her handbags, which she It’s easier to make these choices because
desk look like an afterthought. A pho- sells directly to consumers. She did the we’re not a publicly traded company.”
tograph of her mother on horseback is Her lodestar on sustainability is the math and realized that with a 50 percent
the dominant artwork. outdoor gear company Patagonia, with On a winter evening, several women
are browsing in the store; a gentleman is
Hearst became a U.S. citizen shortly eyeing the shoes and a tourist is debating
after the last presidential election and is the sales tax advantage of shipping her
evangelical about voting, which she did purchases back to Texas.
for the first time in November. “I felt very
emotional to vote,” Hearst says. “Uru- The company is profitable, Hearst
guay was a dictatorship when I was born. says, with wholesale revenue of $18
. . . The democracy came in 1984, and million in 2018. This month, Hearst an-
sometimes I don’t know if Americans re- nounced an investment from LVMH
alize how fragile that is.” Luxury Ventures, a division of the Paris-
based luxury conglomerate, a sign that
“Civic responsibility and profes- the industry sees potential in Gabri-
sional responsibility and personal re- ella Hearst LLC becoming a significant
sponsibility,” she declares with a gentle global business.
thump on her desk.
The designer has won awards and has
Her company has tried to build sus- been elected to the board of Save the
tainability into its business. A sweater Children. And there have even been red
is likely to have been knit from wool carpet sightings of her work on actresses
from her ranch’s sheep. A coat might such as Laura Dern, Diane Lane, Gabri-
be constructed from remnants from a elle Union and Zoe Kravitz. More than
luxury fabric mill. The brand has set one of them was wearing a suit. 
April as its deadline for using all biode-

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DINING REVIEW

Rib City: Outstanding barbeque ... no bones about it!

BY TINA RONDEAU full rack of baby backs ($15.99). As
Columnist usual, the baby backs were
just falling off the bone,
Mention Grant to a local foodie, and and the St. Louis ribs
the first thing that comes to mind usu- – while meatier –
ally is the Grant Seafood Festival – a were just about
half-century-old annual event coming as tender.
up this season on March 2 and 3.
All entrées Baby Back Ribs.
But when I hear the word Grant, I are served with
think of the old general store – Historic PHOTOS BY LEIGH GREEN
Grant Station, a landmark that has been
there since the 1890s – which is now garlic toast and a
home of Rib City, my favorite area bar-
becue restaurant. choice of two sides,

Let’s face it. While there are a number so on this visit I picked
of rib joints here in Vero, none of them
would get a second glance in Austin, the sliced tomatoes and the
Kansas City, Nashville, or any of a dozen
other barbecue belt cities. BBQ beans, and my husband opt-

But I have been a fan of Rib City ever ed for the cole slaw and a baked potato.
since discovering it on U.S. 1 a couple
of years ago while driving home from
Melbourne.

I was immediately struck by their
promise – “If you have to pick up a knife
to eat our baby back ribs, we will pick up
your meal.” Spoiler alert: I have never

Pulled Pork Fried Okra.
Sandwich.

scored a free meal at Rib City. The garlic toast is nothing to write home Homemade Coconut Cream Pie. Hours:
So last week, we went back for anoth- about, and the sides here tend to be dis- 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. (10 p.m. on
appointing. But it’s the ribs you come for open each day at 11 for lunch.
er visit. As usual, we arrived a bit after 7 – and the BBQ beans were delicious. Fridays and Saturdays)
p.m. on a weeknight, and as usual, there I welcome your comments, and encour- Beverages: Beer & Wine
were still people camped out in the foyer By the time we finished our ribs, there age you to send feedback to me at tina@
waiting for a table. was no room left for dessert – though my verobeach32963.com. Address:
husband thought several looked tempt- 5390 S. U.S. 1, Grant-Valkaria
But we got a glass of wine from the bar, ing as they passed our table. This reviewer dines anonymously at
and fortunately only had a 20-minute restaurants at the expense of Vero Beach Phone:
wait before a table opened up on the far Rib City has a variety of other items 32963.  321-241-6510
side of the eclectic room. (During season, on the menu. Of the ones we’ve tried,
you’re probably always looking at a wait; the pulled pork – smoked onsite, and
Rib City doesn’t take reservations.) mixed with Rib City’s tangy BBQ sauce
and unique spices – was the best.
For starters on this evening, my hus-
band talked me into sharing an order of Bottom line: This place – which turns
baked potato skins topped with bacon out to be the lone East Coast outpost of
and cheese. He really liked them. a group of family owned rib joints by the
same name over on the Gulf Coast of
Then for entrées, we both went for our Florida – serves great flavorful ribs.
favorites. I ordered the rib and rib combo
($17.99) – a plate of baby backs and St. And if you are disinclined to drive
Louis ribs – and my husband went for a there and wait for a table at night, they

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WINE COLUMN

2019 preview: Some things to look for in world of wine

BY VICTORIA MOORE bought en primeur in the hope of selling Look for wines from Veuve Fourny, Expect others to follow suit.
The Telegraph it for profit a few years later. Now ready to growers who work solely with vine- Drinkers are more environmentally
drink is becoming a big thing. yards in Vertus, and Eric Rodez who is
From a focus on sustainability and based in Ambonnay. conscious – and when a product is being
provenance to drinks suitable for veg- The expectations of today’s interna- enjoyed as the fruit of the (healthy) land,
ans, current trends in wine reflect the tional élite are of instant access to a high- Sustainable and organic credentials a green approach to agriculture is fast
concerns seen in the wider landscape. ly curated and effort-free lifestyle, which When Saskia de Rothschild gave her becoming a vital part of the brand.
Even the classic fine wine regions, such in vinous terms means there’s a rise in first interviews this year as the new chair
as Champagne and Bordeaux, are adapt- interest in wines that are already mature. of Domaines Baron de Rothschild (whose Discover Crete
ing to meet the desires and expectations properties include Château Lafite), she Greek wine remains criminally un-
of modern drinkers. Such wines can be bought at auction made it clear that she intended focus on der-appreciated. The country produces
(incidentally, Sotheby’s annual world- viticultural practices, specifically from beautiful, wild reds (look out for the xi-
Of course, most drinkers are also on wide wine sales crossed the $100M a sustainable point of view – “It’s what nomavro grape) as well as whites that are
the lookout for new wines to try too – and mark for the first time in 2018), and consumers want.” characterful and refreshing.
for those, I’m suggesting looking towards from online platforms such as wine- Elsewhere in Bordeaux changes are Crete is the largest of the Greek is-
Greece and specifically Crete, for crisp owners.com, which put sellers and also afoot. Château Latour was granted lands and its white wines are now be-
white summer drinking in 2019. Here’s buyers in direct contact. organic certification this year. Château ginning to find their way into restaurant
what to look out for: Palmer is already certified biodynamic. lists and onto the shelves of wine mer-
However, the full concierge-style ser- chants. Try them. 
Vegan wine vice is now being offered more proac-
Plant-based eating is a huge – and well- tively by merchants and brokers, who
acknowledged – global trend in food and effectively say – tell us your tastes, tell us
both sommeliers and wine buyers now where in the world your homes are, and
report an increased interest in drinking how you like to entertain, give us a bud-
vegan too. get, and we’ll send you the bottles.
You thought all wine was vegan? It’s
not. Animal-derived products such as Site-specific champagne
albumen (egg white); isinglass (from fish According to the American wine
bladders) and casein (from milk) may be critic and author of Champagne Peter
used in the fining (clarifying) process. Liem, the first site-specific champagne
Some producers are moving across to of the modern era was Salon, made in
vegan fining agents where they feel it is 1905 from grapes grown exclusively in
possible to do so without compromising Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Thirty years later,
quality; others make wine without fin- Philipponnat’s Clos des Goisses became
ing at all. But the biggest change lies in the first single-vineyard super-cham-
how this is communicated: expect to see pagne.
more smart restaurants flagging vegan Now, with producers of fine cham-
wines on their lists in 2019. pagne thinking about their champagnes
in the same way that you would expect
Ready to drink a producer of fine burgundy to consider
Fine wine was traditionally bought theirs, there has been a proliferation of
very young, then carefully cellared until site-specific wines and these are now
it matured by those intending to drink it. gaining more traction amongst collec-
It then became an investment vehicle, tors and oenophiles as people seek to
appreciate the terroir rather than just sit-
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PETS

Bonz is totally taken by tiny Tuesday’s touching tale

Hi Dog Buddies! can tell your story.” shun, I felt much better, but I
So, with me scrunched
This week I innerviewed a fellow kept tryin’ to bite my bandag-
pet of the feline purr-suasion, Tuesday down on the floor and
Jess, who’s a rescue. Tuesday halfway out an es, so I hadda wear a tube sock.
halfway under the couch,
Soon as we rang, a lady opened the the innerview proceeded. Mom has ’em in all colors, so I
door an invited us in. But there was no
cat in sight. “Humm,” I thought. We “I’m ready to hear your was very fashionubble.”
were getting settled in, when this fren- story,” I told her, pencil
ly brownish-grayish tiger cat strolled poised. Tuesday showed me a
over, all frenly. “Ah ha,” I thought.
“My Mom was working pickshur of herself tucked
“Good morning! I’’m Bonzo the Col- in the far-muh-see at Tar-
umnist. You must be Miss Tues …” get, an also volunteerin’ into her tube sock. It was
at that nice rescue place,
“I’m Maverick Jess. Welcome to our H.A.L.O., so everybuddy so cute an funny, I almost
home. This is our Mom, Amanda. Our knew she was always help-
Dad, Jon, is at work. Tuesday is a lid- in’ Animals Less Fortunate. laughed.
dle shy with strangers. How ’bout you Well, one day the Target Security Hu-
scrunch down, so you don’t seem so big.” man came over to Mom and said, ‘Hey, “While I was getting’ better,
you rescue animals, right? Well, there’s a
I’d never thought of myself as big, kitten in the bushes out front.’ It was me, Tuesday an wearin’ my tube sock, I was
but I scrunched. all alone an real hungry an real scared. s’pose to stay calm. Bein’ a
kitten, it wasn’t easy, till Mom
Maverick turned toward the sofa “It took Mom an the Security Human
and called, loudly, “TUESDAY! I KNOW an hour anna half to get me into this put YouTube for Animals
YOU’RE UNDER THERE! GET YOUR funny carrier thingy cuz I didn’t know
FLUFFY CABOOSE OUT HERE AND what was happening, an I got even brothers,” Tuesday con- videos on her phone, the ones with
MEET MR. BONZO!” more scared. Finely they got me in it, an
Mom took me home. It was aMAZing, tinued. “Anyway, one day I started feel- birds. I could watch ’em for hours.”
I jumped, an the couch cover Mr. Bonzo: when Mom took me outta
moved. Then a liddle nose poked out, the carrier thingy an put me down in ing so tired I couldn’t play or anything. “Now that you’re all better, what’s
an a soft liddle voice said, “Is that you, her house, I stopped being scared. I just
Mr. Bonzo? You sure have big paws.” KNEW it was My House, too, an I was My tummy was all poochy, an I kept your day like?”
gonna be OK. She gave me a liddle food
I addressed the nose politely. an wadder an I was So Happy.” barfing an barfing. So Mom took me to “Mom’s a furniture artist, an I help
“They’re mostly fluff, Miss Tuesday. I’d
really like to hear your story. I’ll just sit Another cat voice chimed in. “Me an the doctor. They took lotsa pickshurs her. I delicately walk in the paint an
right here, nice an quiet, OK? I’m really Mav were the welcoming committee.
a big fan of cats. I’ve ackshully innerv- We wanted this liddle gal to feel comf- of my insides, an guess what?” create lovely paw prints on Mom’s
iewed several.” tubble an happy in her new home.”
I was afraid to ask. “Er, what?” drop cloth, an other spots. It’s my SIG-
After a brief paws, Tuesday emerged I looked up. A dark fluffy cat I hadn’t
– about half way. She had one of those noticed before sat in a big chair across “The pickshurs showed this big nuh-chur. I play with Mav an Bosco, an
super pretty orange, white an black the room. “I’m Bosco, by the way,” he
coats called cally-co, which I’d never said. “I was Mom an Dad’s First Res- buncha something in my tummy. our pooch siblings an bunny siblings,
seen in the fur before. cue. I was a Stray an just sorta wan-
dered in one day. Dad said, ‘What’s Not the usual cat stuff, either. They too. I like nappin’ in the Bunny Room.”
“You have a beautiful coat, Miss that?’ an Mom said, ‘I guess it’s our
Tuesday,” I told her. new cat.’ An that was that.” couldn’t tell what it was, but they knew Heading home I was thinking about

With the tiniest liddle smile, she “A pleasure,” I replied, writing as fast it was A Big Problem an I hadda have 2-pound Tuesday havin’ her oppa-
purred, “Thank you, Mr. Bonzo.” as I could.
an oppa-RAY-shun.” RAY-shun, an how the doctor was like
“See, Tues, Mr. Bonzo’s not scary at “Mav an Bosco are wunnerful big
all,” Maverick told her, curling up next “Oh, Woof!” an artist, too, with those special, tee-
to me. “I’ll just hang right here an you
“Trouble was, I only weighed 1 ny liddle instruments. An now liddle

pound. The doctor said it was Too Tuesday’s part of a Blended Forever

Risky, an we hadda wait till I weighed Famly, with a Bunny Room: imagine

2 pounds. They gave me medicine an that. Happy endings are the best, don’t

food till finally I made it to 2 pounds, you think?

an had the oppa-RAY-shun. They Till next time,

hadda use special, teeny liddle instru-

ments. An guess what?” The Bonz
I was even more afraid to ask this

time, but I did.

“There was a rubber glove in my Don’t Be Shy
tummy.”
We are always looking for pets with
I was speechless. interesting stories.
“My memry’s fuzzy, but I remem- To set up an interview, email
ber being SO HUNgry, an findin’ this

funny-shaped thing that smelled like

maybe it was food. It was real chewy, [email protected].
though. Anyway, after the oppa-RAY-

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ONGOING tion Charities, with wild game buffet, bullwhip FEBRUARY can Island Audubon Society, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
and corn-hole competitions, live music and auc- Indian River County Fairgrounds, with experts
Riverside Theatre - Evita on the Stark Stage tions. $35. 772-299-1383 1 Stories of Gratitude Luncheon, Noon at discussing local flora and fauna, demonstrations
thru Jan. 27; Next to Normal on the Waxlax Costa d’Este to benefit Haiti Partners and and native plant sale. $10 advance; $15 at door.
Stage thru Feb. 10. 772-231-6990 26 Winter-themed Snow Ball to benefit its Children’s Academy and Learning Center. 772-567-3520
Gifford Youth Achievement Center, 772-539-8521
Vero Beach Theatre Guild - Miracle on South 5:30 p.m. at Oak Harbor Club, with cocktails, 2 Centennial Downtown Dapper Daze, 9
Division Street thru Jan. 27. 772-562-8300 dinner, dancing to the Ladies of Soul, and raffle 1 Love your Lagoon Gala, 6 p.m. at Quail a.m. to 10:30 p.m. – a day filled with activi-
prizes. $150. 772-794-1005 Valley River Club to benefit Harbor Branch ties, food, shopping and music, ending with out-
McKee Botanical Garden - Seward Johnson Oceanographic Institute Foundation’s Indian door showing of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” down-
exhibit thru April 28. 772-794-0601 26 Presentation, snacks and conversation River Lagoon Graduate Research Fellows pro- towndapperdaze.com
with Coalition for Racial Justice, a di- gram. 772-466-9876 ext. 200
King of the Hill Tennis Tournaments, 6 p.m. verse, multi-race group, 5:30 p.m. at Unitarian 2 Vero Beach Opera presents Bel Canto Con-
Tuesdays thru Feb. 26 at the Moorings Club. Universalist Fellowship of VB followed by filming 2 Launch of SDIRC Moonshot Literacy Lane cert, featuring Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti
772-979-5582 of the 2018 comedy ‘Sorry to Bother You.’ 772- fueled by The Learning Alliance to support arias duets and ensembles, 7 p.m. at Vero Beach
562-0515 Moonshot Moment Literacy Movement, 9:30 High School PAC. 772-564-5537
JANUARY and 10:30 a.m. guided one-mile story walk tours
26 Inaugural Toast to the Coast fundraiser from Main Library to engage families with local 2|3 Gardenfest! Nature’s Finest Market-
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at Grand Harbor Golf Club to benefit mental initiatives of S.E.A. Difference, 6 to 10 Garden Club of IRC, with 85 vendors featuring a
Camp Haven, with guest Pat Rogers, and enter- p.m. at Walking Tree Brewery, with food and 2 Conference on Transforming Landscapes huge selection of quality garden items, Ask the
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25 Vero Beach Museum of Art Gala - The 26|27 ChamberFest Vero Beach,
Golden Age of Television, 6 p.m. at an annual chamber music
VBMA with cocktails, dinner and retrospective festival integrating performances, workshops
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p.m. at First Presbyterian Church featuring fes-
25 American Guild of Organists TC Chap- tival artists Jessica Tong, Yuri Namkung, Amadi
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p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Free; dona- Free; $10 donation toward VBHS Orchestral pro-
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25 Indian River Symphonic Association 28 Distinguished Lecturer Series pres-
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26 Purple Heart Cane Ceremony, 1 p.m. featuring Vero Beach High
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26 Wild Game Feast, 4 p.m. at Summer 31 Live from Vero Beach presents The
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STYLISH, RENOVATED POOL HOME
NEAR OCEAN IS LOADED WITH CHARM

100 Mariner Beach Lane in Mariner Village: 2-story, 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath, 2,701-square-foot home offered
for $1,100,000 by Janyne Kenworthy of Treasure Coast Sotheby’s International Realty: 772-696-5110

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Stylish, renovated home near ocean is loaded with charm

BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA immaculate color palette combining
Staff Writer to offer its fortunate owners a beauti-
ful abode that radiates tranquility.
Rarely will you come upon a home
like the airy, light-filled beauty at 100 The recently-renovated house sits
Mariner Beach Lane. Mere steps from back from the street, nestled within
the blue Atlantic, this 3-bedroom, tropical landscaping: a pleasant mix
3.5-bath gem possesses perfect flow of low foliage and palms of varying
from room to lovely room and from heights. The exterior is a pale yellow,
indoors to outdoors, the lofty ceilings, the trim white, and the roof lines,
unique architectural features and arches, columns, bays and balconies
assure an abundance of curb appeal.

Homeowners Christie and John lights. Stepping across the thresh-
Brooks, recently undertook extensive old into the great room is an almost
updating. With a love of nature and theatrical wow moment. The walls
a delightful sense of whimsy, Chris- are whisper yellow, the soaring oc-
tie Brooks has showcased the home’s tagonal tray ceiling a soft blue-green-
unique charm with brilliant material, gray with white crown molding; a low
color and design choices. fireplace with pale tile surround and

As you tour the home, you’ll see white mantle is the centerpiece of a
that the furniture and interior décor gray-blue bump-out wall; the hon-
has been chosen to perfectly enhance ey-warm hardwood floors continue
the home’s design. Christie Brooks throughout the main level. This stun-
says that, except for the dining room ning room opens to most of the other
set, all the furniture can be negoti- main-level rooms and offers a truly
ated as a package, separate from the gorgeous, expansive view to the lanai
home itself. and beautiful lagoon pool and spa.

A short, arched portico leads to The covered lanai extends into a
the home’s entrance – an elegant large exterior space with dining area,
etched-glass door with glass side- casual seating and pool deck.

Off the great room, the open dining
room features a mirror wall topped
with three rows of glass blocks; and
an arched display alcove in contrast-
ing blue-gray. Also off the great room
is a study with custom, wall-to-wall
shelving, cabinet and TV unit. This
flexible room could easily serve as

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library, office or extra bedroom. The
powder room is a charming surprise,
with a lovely honey-colored, furni-
ture-style vanity, gold-framed oval
mirror and flowered wall covering.

Another smile-maker is the well-
equipped laundry room, bright and
airy with blue and white gingham
print wall covering.

The Brooks’ favorite renovation
is the kitchen, an appealing chef-
friendly space that will certainly con-
tinue to be a gathering hub for family
and friends. The white cabinets and
white Corian countertops; blue-gray,
Italian tile splash; above-cabinet dis-

play shelving and white suspended
display shelf above the island create a
kitchen like no other.

The top-of-the-line (GE Cafe) appli-
ances include a 4-burner, plus grill,
gas cook-top, double oven, a large
French door fridge with wine bottle
chiller feature and freezer drawer.
The Corian-topped island sports blue
sides and accommodates a deep dou-
ble sink, dishwasher and roomy lunch
bar; a side counter boasts lighted,
glass front cabinets and a small ad-
ditional sink. A panel of glass blocks
high on the exterior wall assures am-
bient light all though the day.

There is a charming breakfast nook
with graceful chandelier within a
glass-paneled bay looking out on the
lanai, the ever-changing deep greens
of the lagoon pool and the blue Flor-
ida sky.

All three bedrooms open to the
lanai and all have new dove-gray
carpeting. The master suite features
the most delicate of blue-gray walls,
white ceiling and crown molding,

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with tall, arched plantation-shuttered As much an art element as a func-
windows flanking the bed. Above tional feature, the beautifully tiled
the doors that open to the pool area, shower is configured so that it needs
a long glass transom ensures a day- no door or curtain. The bathroom also
long flow of natural light; and there features high, glass block “windows”;
are a pair of roomy walk-in closets. high-end fixtures; a water closet with
a fancy Toto loo; and a deep, arched
Another of Christie Brooks’ favor- alcove with glass display shelves and
ite spaces, which she designed down nifty little towel cabinet.
to the last shimmering tile, is the de-
luxe master bath: a Carrera marble- With walls a delicious shade of peri-
dressed getaway that will entice you winkle, the first-level guest suite opens
to linger and relax. The flooring is to the lanai via double glass doors with
basket-weave tile in shades of frost plantation door panels that open sepa-
and silver gray. The white double rately. This guest bath also has an exte-
vanity features a pair of gold framed rior door, and a shower with deep blue
mirrors and frosted glass sconces. tile and whimsical fish tile trim.

Among the room’s appealing fea- The second level suite is a wonder-
tures is a large, jetted soaking tub ful hideaway, occupied over the years
with a truly decadent heated back by the Brooks’ grandchildren. It is ac-
rest, set beneath a double plantation- cessed from the screened patio via a
shuttered window. Think candles, a wide outside staircase. From the top
mystery novel and a glass of Sauvi- of the stairs, you can look across the
gnon Blanc, and bid farewell to the street to the neighborhood’s eastern-
pressures of the outside world. most row of lovely homes, for a breezy
view of the ocean.

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VITAL STATISTICS
100 MARINER BEACH LANE

Christie Brooks points out another mere seconds, and to enjoy the sea bies. This and so many other wonder- Neighborhood: Mariner Village
favorite feature of this Indian River breezes and surf sounds throughout ful memories will go with the couple Year built:
Shores home: while buffered from the day. as they enter the next chapter of their
the direct impact of storms off the lives. And the home at 100 Mariner 1999 (recently renovated)
coast, the house is still close enough This second-floor suite features a Beach Lane is waiting to make mem- Construction:
to the ocean to access the beach in balcony overlooking the pool, where ories with its next family. 
the Brooks’ daughter rocked her ba- Concrete block/stucco
Lot size: 63 feet by 141 feet
Home size: 2,701 square feet

Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3.5
Additional features: Flex room
that could be a library, den, of-
fice or extra bedroom; surround
sound; 2-bay garage; fireplace;
screened lagoon pool w/spa;
custom closets; crown mold-
ing; 12-foot ceilings; jetted tub;
hardwood flooring; ceiling fans;
recessed lighting; plantation
shutters; smoke detector; irriga-
tion sprinkler; steps to beach

access
Listing agency:
Treasure Coast Sotheby’s
International Realty
Listing agent:
Janyne Kenworthy,
772-696-5110
Listing price: $1,100,000

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‘Fresh look’: Moorings transforms interior of realty office

BY STEVEN M. THOMAS brass-handled front doors, Moor-
Staff Writer ings residents and real estate clients
now enter a much brighter and more
From the outside, The Moorings contemporary setting, the result of
Realty Sales office looks the same as a multi-month, $285,000 renovation
it has for decades – a handsome tim- project that completely updated the
ber-framed structure that would be iconic building while preserving its
at home by the water anywhere from dockside charm.
Cape Cod to Key West – but the inte-
rior has been transformed. “We started talking about giving
the office a fresh look about a year
When they step through the ago,” says Moorings Realty broker

Marsha Sherry. “It was hard, because siding up on the walls and painted
so many people loved the building the old dark wood white. There are
the way it was, but we wanted to up- new lifestyle photos and a flat-screen
date and lighten it while maintaining display that shows our properties.
the nautical feel.
“We totally remodeled the recep-
“All the flooring and the ceilings tion area to make it more attrac-
were replaced, and we have all-new tive and functional and redid the
windows that open up the office and back deck – took down railings and
bring the outside in. We put shiplap trimmed bushes – so that you see the

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water now as soon as you walk in.” The new design center at Moorings Realty Sales Co. Remodeled reception area.
Electrical upgrades, new LED A model of the Southwinds neighborhood at The Moorings.
“Everything was designed to be
lights, and a new sound system were suitable for an older couple who have
part of the renovation, along with the children and grandchildren who vis-
installation of a design center on the it, or for a family with kids who would
second floor. live here full time. It will be a very
luxurious home, with creamy white
“We put that in to help developers marble floors and a gourmet kitchen
who are building in The Moorings with Thermador appliances, but also
who have their properties listed with casual and in a way that fits with the
us,” Sherry says. “It allows buyers Moorings lifestyle.”
to look at and handle materials and
study floor plans instead of just look- Miller and her husband, Rodney
ing at concrete block going up at the Miller, bought the .56-acre property
building site.” they are redeveloping for $935,000 in
February 2018 and tore down the out-
“The design center has been fantas- dated house that occupied the prime,
tic, very well received,” says Kimberly deep-water lot with long views of the
Miller, a developer who is building Indian River. The new 4-bedroom,
a waterfront home on Mooringline
Drive that is listed with Moorings Re-
alty for $3.2 million. “It is very help-
ful in the sales process. We have had
some people go back a second time to
look at the design and materials. It is
a big plus.”

Miller says The Moorings Realty
Sales Company has helped with her
project in other ways as well, provid-
ing valuable advice based on knowl-
edge of the community. “Marsha and
my realtor, Erika Ross, gave me a lot
of input about lifestyle during the
design process. They said, ‘You ab-
solutely have to have four bedrooms
and a three-car garage.’

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4.5-bath, 3,989-square-foot home with “all the bells ping by all the time to look.”
and whistles” is slated for completion by Sept. 1. “We are holding an open house for area brokers

Miller says there has already been a great deal of on Friday, Feb. 15 and then having a ‘sneak peek’
interest from potential buyers inside and outside party for the neighbors on Saturday the 16th. The
The Moorings who have contacted Ross or visited roof will be on by then and people will be able to get
the design center. In addition, she says, “the con- a good sense of the scale and layout of the house.”
struction foreman tells me there are people stop-
Meanwhile, back at the real estate office, Sherry

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Artist’s rendering of Kim Miller’s $3.2M spec house.

Bryan Loseke of 3-D Design Solutions She has a business degree and cor-
and input from Moorings realtors porate background, working for Gen-
and others. It is being built by Indian eral Electric and other companies,
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says she has gotten positive feedback “We updated the office with a red,
on the renovation, with “lots of lovely white and blue nautical color scheme,”
compliments.” Mickley says. “It was starting to feel a
little bit dingy and outdated and our
Well-known Vero Beach interior de- aim was to freshen it up. Everyone is
signer Rod Mickley came up with the happy with the result.”
contemporary look of the remodeled
office and the renovation was done by Miller designed the spec house
a subcontractor working for Proctor she is developing at 1786 Mooring-
Construction, according to Sherry. line Drive, with the aid of draftsman

County pays premium for 66th Ave.
parcel to avoid eminent domain fight

BY KATHLEEN SLOAN ing another $87,530, for a grand total
of $742,828.
Staff Writer
DeBraal said court procedures for
Indian River County will pay a pre- eminent domain takings are “weight-
mium price and buy more land than ed in favor of the private property
needed for a 66th Avenue widening owner.” The county would have to
project rather than take the land in a pay expert witness, appraiser, attor-
contentious and expensive “eminent ney and court fees for both parties,
domain” court process. which could easily exceed the differ-
ence between the county’s appraised
The County Commission voted value and the owner’s, which is about
unanimously at its Jan. 15 meeting to $230,000, he said.
purchase 18.5 acres of old citrus fields
from Ben Bailey of Central Groves Cor- The extra cost may be offset in a
poration, although less than 8 acres are future sale. “The remainder parcel of
needed for the road project, which will 10.87 acres could be sold at the end of
widen 66th Avenue from a two-lane the construction process [to a home-
road to a four-lane divided highway builder or other buyer] in order to
along a 4.5-mile stretch between 49th defray the cost of the purchase of the
Street and County Road 510. entire parcel,” DeBraal told commis-
sioners.
County Attorney William DeBraal
said Bailey’s attorney, Andrew Diaz of Commissioner Tim Zorc asked that
the law firm Gaylord Merlin of Tampa, Public Works Director Richard Szpyrka
argued that taking just 41 percent of first determine if the land is needed for
the land would diminish the value of other county functions, such as a fire
the remaining property, adding “sever- station, which is the usual practice.
ance damages” to the purchase price.
Bailey, whose family established
Central Groves’ appraiser valued Central Groves Corporation in 1943,
the 8 acres at $55,000 an acre com- said “I didn’t want to sell the land,
pared to $22,800 an acre assigned by but understand the county and DOT
the county’s appraiser. The final deal need that extra land – you can’t stop
has the county purchasing the entire progress. It was good working with
18.5 acres at $35,250 an acre; $655,298 the county. Mr. DeBraal is great and
total. The county will also pay Cen- the county has a lot of integrity. I
tral Groves’ appraisal, engineering, wanted them to buy the whole parcel
land planning and attorney fees, add-
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REAL ESTATE

Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Jan. 11 to Jan. 17

The barrier island real estate market had got the season off to a strong start last week, with 12
sales recorded including two for more than $1 million.

The top sale of the week was of a lakefront home in John’s Island. The residence at 205 Waxmyrtle
Way was listed on Feb. 8, 2018 for $5.75 million. The sale closed on Jan. 16 for $5.25 million.

Both the seller and the purchaser of the property were represented by John’s Island Real Estate.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$515,000
$555,000 $612,500
BETHEL BY THE SEA 3906 SABAL PALM DRIVE 9/13/2018 $660,000 $555,000 1/15/2019 $645,000
OCEANSIDE 2160 SANFORD COURT 10/24/2018 $679,000 $649,000 1/14/2019 $962,500
$999,000 $529,000
RIVER OAKS ESTATES 516 HONEYSUCKLE LANE 12/7/2018 $539,000 $679,000 1/14/2019 $1,025,000
$1,450,000
ESTUARY THE 270 LAKEVIEW WAY 12/12/2017 $999,000 1/11/2019 $975,000
$360,000
SEASONS 2071 INDIAN SUMMER LANE 8/28/2018 $529,000 1/11/2019 $565,000
$775,000
ORCHID ISLAND 933 ORCHID POINT WAY 3/23/2016 $1,150,000 1/11/2019

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

ORCHID ISLAND 70 BEACHSIDE DRIVE, #202 9/12/2018 $1,075,000 $1,075,000 1/15/2019
HARBOUR SIDE SOUTH 1850 BAY ROAD, #1B 10/18/2018 $389,000 $389,000 1/15/2019
SPINNAKER POINT COND 1855 BAY ROAD, #102 11/30/2018 $580,000 $580,000 1/15/2019
VICTORIA CONDO 5680 HIGHWAY A1A, #210 12/7/2017 $875,000 $799,000 1/11/2019

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Oceanside, Address: 2160 Sanford Court Subdivision: Estuary The, Address: 270 Lakeview Way

Listing Date: 10/24/2018 Listing Date: 12/12/2017
Original Price: $660,000 Original Price: $999,000
Recent Price: $649,000 Recent Price: $999,000
Sold: 1/14/2019 Sold: 1/11/2019
Selling Price: $612,500 Selling Price: $962,500
Listing Agent: Erika Ross Listing Agent: Matilde Sorensen

Selling Agent: The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

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Subdivision: Orchid Island, Address: 933 Orchid Point Way Subdivision: Orchid Island, Address: 70 Beachside Drive, #202

Listing Date: 3/23/2016 Listing Date: 9/12/2018
Original Price: $1,450,000 Original Price: $1,075,000
Recent Price: $1,150,000 Recent Price: $1,075,000
Sold: 1/11/2019 Sold: 1/15/2019
Selling Price: $1,025,000 Selling Price: $975,000
Listing Agent: Scott Oberlink & Heidi Levy Listing Agent: Heidi Levy & Scott Oberlink

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: River Oaks Estates, Address: 516 Honeysuckle Lane Subdivision: Seasons, Address: 2071 Indian Summer Lane

Listing Date: 12/7/2018 Listing Date: 8/28/2018
Original Price: $679,000 Original Price: $539,000
Recent Price: $679,000 Recent Price: $529,000
Sold: 1/14/2019 Sold: 1/11/2019
Selling Price: $645,000 Selling Price: $529,000
Listing Agent: Carolyn Lange Listing Agent: Scott Reynolds

Selling Agent: Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl

Carolyn Lange Janyne Kenworthy

Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl

Subdivision: Spinnaker Point Cond, Address: 1855 Bay Road, #102 Subdivision: Victoria Condo, Address: 5680 Highway A1A, #210

Listing Date: 11/30/2018 Listing Date: 12/7/2017
Original Price: $580,000 Original Price: $875,000
Recent Price: $580,000 Recent Price: $799,000
Sold: 1/15/2019 Sold: 1/11/2019
Selling Price: $565,000 Selling Price: $775,000
Listing Agent: Judy Hargarten Listing Agent: Matilde Sorensen

Selling Agent: The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

Nancy Browning Freiheit Matilde Sorensen

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

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because there wasn’t much I could do Bailey, the Greene family did want to Szpyrka said the county is still in Szpyrka estimates will take “two to
with it [after 8 acres was subtracted]. sell 18.7 acres at 66th Avenue and 53rd the process of acquiring all the land three years to construct.”
The county got a great piece of prop- Street, needed for a stormwater park. needed for the 66th Avenue widening
erty at a very good price.” The county purchased it for $29,855 an project. He expects all the right-of- “The 66th Avenue project is on the
acre ($558,900 total) in February 2017, way should be “obtained within the County’s Long Range Transportation
DeBraal gave the county commis- “in an arm’s-length transaction, with next 18 to 24 months.” The county Plan,” Szpyrka said, “and is needed to
sion a price comparison between a a willing buyer and willing seller.” will seek bids on the project, which maintain the County’s adopted level
willing and unwilling seller. Unlike of service for its road network.” 