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VERO PHYSICIANS PRAISE 6 14 20ARTIST MAKES CREATIVE
‘DOXY’ VIDEO PLATFORM USE OF HIS FREE TIME
BONZO MEETS A NEAT
BEAGLE NAMED ROCCO

County’s first death Did HarborChase conceal COVID-19 infections? Three deaths at
from coronavirus HarborChase up
a ‘good, sweet lady’ Ambulances (above) responding to COVID-19 call to HarborChase. Paramedics county total to 4
(right) prepare to transport patient to Cleveland Clinic hospital. PHOTOS: KAILA JONES
By Ray McNulty | Staff Writer By Lisa Zahner | Staff Writer
[email protected] By Michelle Genz | Staff Writer nights even back in February. I [email protected]
[email protected] started thinking, oh, God, I just
Adele Jeantinor was unable can’t handle this,” said one is- Indian River County had lit-
to celebrate her 89th birth- The novel coronavirus had land resident with a loved one erally been beating the odds
day. Instead, she was fighting not even come to Vero Beach in HarborChase, an assisted liv- with only 85 cases of the coro-
for her life at Cleveland Clinic when those with relatives in ing facility with a memory care navirus among our 140,000
Indian River Hospital, where long-term care facilities began unit on Indian River Boulevard. residents plus visitors – a much
she had tested positive for the bracing for the worst. lower rate of infection than in
coronavirus and was diag- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 the country as a whole – but
nosed with pneumonia. “Oh, my gosh, I had sleepless this proved no time to cele-
brate as the past week took a
Two days later, she was tragic turn with three more
dead. deaths confirmed inside a lo-
cal nursing home.
Jeantinor’s April 8 death is
believed to have been the first At first, Indian River Coun-
connected to COVID-19 in In- ty’s cases were largely travel-re-
dian River County – something lated but reports as of Monday
her family didn’t know until night show that we have only
this past Friday night, when had one travel-related case in
her 36-year-old granddaugh- more than two weeks, meaning
ter, Idalia Similien, received a the virus has definitely spread
phone call from Vero News. in our community in general,
making it even more import-
“The doctor called on April ant for seniors and those with
3 and told me she had tested chronic health problems or
positive for COVID, but after compromised immune sys-
she passed, nobody told us she
was the first one here,” Simil- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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INSIDE 2 local banks capture $79M to provide paychecks to workers here

NEWS 1-5 PETS 20
GAMES 21
HEALTH 6 CALENDAR 24 By Steven M. Thomas | Staff Writer
[email protected]
REAL ESTATE 10
14 CenterState Bank Executive VP Chris Bieber was in
ARTS the middle of an interview with Vero News when the
news came through.
To advertise call: 772-559-4187
For circulation or where to pick up Bieber saw a message pop up on one of his com-
your issue call: 772-226-7925 puter screens, looked at his watch and back at the
screen. “It may be over,” he said.
CenterState Bank’s Chris Bieber. Marine Bank’s Bill Penney. PHOTOS: BRENDA AHEARN
It was. The $350 billion Paycheck Protection Pro-
© 2020 Vero Beach 32963 Media LLC. All rights reserved. gram created by the federal government to help small
businesses weather the coronavirus storm by giving
them money for payroll had run out of cash.

Luckily for Vero Beach, CenterState and another

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HARBORCHASE went online last weekend, the woman did
not know the extent of the outbreak at Har-
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By the second week of April, her days “Why all the secrecy?” the woman de-
were a waking nightmare as HarborChase manded. “It makes me angry because I be-
became the site of a COVID-19 cluster. lieve disclosure could save lives.”
What’s worse, no one at the facility had told
her. As far back as March 11, when COVID-19
was declared a pandemic, signs were up on
Just how bad a cluster was publicly con- senior living check-in desks asking visitors
firmed over the weekend when Gov. Ron not to enter if they had a cough or fever or
DeSantis finally caved to pressure from a had traveled to certain countries.
growing group of media outlets threatening
legal action, and ordered staff to release the As March rolled into April, cases of the
names of Florida’s nursing homes and as- infection started popping up in Vero Beach.
sisted living facilities where residents had
tested positive for COVID-19. Sometime around April 10, the Vero resi-
dent heard from one of her loved one’s med-
In Indian River County, it turned out all ical professionals – a person not connected
seven long-term care cases were at Harbor- with HarborChase – that HarborChase had
Chase. Three of those people have died. three confirmed COVID-19 cases.

“I’m in a state of shock that it’s actually That was the first she had heard of any
there,” said the island resident, who wants cases there, she said.
to remain anonymous.
“From my perspective they were ‘breast-
“I’m outraged that I wasn’t told from the ing their cards’ and doing the community
get-go, and that it wasn’t a voluntary thing a huge disservice,” the woman said. “They
from them, instead of me having to hear it potentially have blood on their hands, as
from somebody else and having to call and far as I’m concerned, by not getting it out
get confirmation.” there.”

Until the moment the list of facilities It turns out, on April 10, HarborChase
chose to notify only families of residents
in the memory care unit that there was a

3 DEATHS AT HARBORCHASE for their specific county, city or town.
As of press time, the 32963 ZIP code –
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the barrier island – still had between five
tems to stay home. and nine positive cases of the coronavi-
Fortunately, at least one island com- rus. The 32967 ZIP code where the Har-
bor Chase nursing home is located had
munity full of at-risk people is seeing 12 cases, including seven cases and three
residents take “Safer at Home” to heart, deaths in long-term-care facilities.
helping keep the county’s numbers low.
The mainland part of the City of Vero
“I believe – very strongly – that people Beach, ZIP code 32960, is still the coun-
here are adhering to the recommenda- ty’s local hot spot with 27 cases.
tions,” said Indian River Shores Town
Manager Joe Griffin. “As you know we Vero City Manager Monte Falls said
have a seasoned (older) population that he hasn’t seen any marked increase in
follows orders. I see it every day so con- seasonal residents postponing their de-
grats to them.” parture. But he does field a good number
of calls from city residents and business
In a big win for greater Health Depart- owners. “We are getting calls from peo-
ment transparency, Gov. Ron DeSan- ple that are anxious to get back to work,”
tis ordered the Florida Department of Falls said on Monday.
Health to release the names of nursing
homes and long-term care facilities with Getting Floridians back to work is
COVID-19 outbreaks, so we found out what DeSantis and his Re-Opening Flor-
that HarborChase of Vero Beach is the ida Task Force are focused on this week.
facility working to beat back the virus After twice-daily meetings and breakout
among its residents and staff. sessions involving every major industry
in Florida from theme parks to agricul-
That list of facilities – more than 300 of ture, restaurants and utilities, the task
them at press time – is now public, and force expects to have recommendations
updated daily. The day before DeSan- by Friday for a phased re-opening of the
tis ordered the list made public, Indian state’s economy.
River County officials insisted they could
not divulge that information because it Industries will be categorized as high,
would violate federal law. Either that was medium or low risk and allowed to open
not true or Florida’s governor has will- accordingly.
ingly flouted federal law.
State officials said, for example, that
At the federal level, Dr. Deborah Birx restaurants should be permitted to
pointed to Florida as a good example of open outdoor dining areas at reduced
what she called “granular data” giving the seating capacity. Elective medical pro-
number of cases ZIP code by ZIP code. It cedures would also be a top priority, but
is only through good, ultra-local infor- starting those up would depend great-
mation that community leaders can de- ly upon the availability of protective
cide on the best protective actions to take equipment like masks, gloves, surgical
gowns and face shields. 

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confirmed COVID-19 positive person, ac- to our separate, secured Memory Care exactly what happened to the Vero woman was at HarborChase, she said.
cording to David Dodson, vice president of neighborhood.” and her loved one. “I’d get this nice little upbeat blast, a re-
marketing of parent company HRA.
The woman with the loved one in assist- When the woman called HarborChase corded phone message, that comes to me
The company, headquartered in Vero’s ed living said she never got such a message, around April 10, to confirm what she’d from Gloria in a very positive voice, like,
downtown, has 38 long-term care facilities and Dodson would not say the date that re- heard from her loved one’s caregiver, the ex- ‘Hey! We’re doing just great here. Every-
around the country, including Regency Park cording went out. ecutive director, Gloria Tausch, confirmed body’s happy. We’re doing everything we
in Vero. the fact reluctantly, the woman said. can to keep them safe and active,’” the is-
Informing nursing home and assisted land woman said.
HarborChase, one of 25 long-term care care facility residents and families that there Tausch excused the lack of disclosure by
facilities in the county, has capacity for 100 is confirmed COVID-19 in the building is claiming the cases were in the memory care “At Easter, it was, ‘We’re going to have
residents including in memory care, ac- not optional; since the start of the pandem- unit, and not in the assisted living section, people dressing as Easter bunnies hopping
cording to the state. ic, it has been required by the Agency for the woman recalled. down the halls handing out candy.’ All this
Health Care Administration (AHCA). stuff, but there’s not the first mention of
Dodson claimed late Monday that April “That’s still in the facility,” she countered. COVID-19.”
10 was the date of HarborChase’s first con- Asked if a memory care unit within an as- She pressed Tausch for the number of
firmed case of COVID-19, but state records sisted living facility exempted management cases – she’d already been told the number Easter was April 8, a day after Harbor-
show the first case was confirmed April 7, from informing families of all residents, an by the outside health care provider – but Chase got its first positive COVID-19.
with three cases confirmed by April 10. AHCA spokesman said simply, “All long- Tausch at first mentioned only one, a resi-
term care providers should be adhering to dent. By late last week, when the woman spoke
Dodson’s statement came after more the Agency’s guidance on the notification When the woman asked about staff again with Tausch about her loved one, the
than a week of email and voicemail messag- of families, representatives and staff of con- members, Tausch admitted, “Well, there’ve number of HarborChase cases reported to
es left by Vero News. firmed COVID-19 cases.” been a couple of those.” the state had doubled to six. Yet Tausch said
At that point, the woman’s distrust came nothing about the spread.
“The executive director and her team DeSantis may still face a legal battle from to the fore. “I asked if those were the real
called all families or responsible parties the media for continued secrecy: He has numbers. She was very definitely uncom- “There is no shame in this,” said the
for our memory care residents on April 10, refused to spell out how many cases and fortable with a direct question and giving woman. “This is a horrible thing that we’re
upon positive confirmation of the first case deaths are in each facility, a critical piece for me a straight answer.” all exposed to, and there is no way that any
of COVID-19, and followed with an update concerned families, to say nothing of resi- The robo-call voicemail message Dodson one of us can be 100 percent sure, even with
several days later when we received confir- dents at risk. mentioned was a familiar form of commu- the multitude of precautions we take, that
mation of additional cases,” Dodson said nication from HarborChase. The woman we’re not going to get it.
via email. What DeSantis did say in his brief Satur- said she got such calls two or three times a
day press conference was that he wanted week, addressing various matters. But she “So, it’s not a commentary on them that
“We also sent a recorded message to our specifically to avoid a scenario in which never got one that announced COVID-19 it crept into their facility. But certainly, it is
assisted living residents’ families to inform a family or resident wasn’t told about incumbent upon them to disclose that we
them that there were cases of the virus in COVID-19 being in their facility – which is have had a problem and come right out
the community, all of which were confined with it the day they know about it.” 

FIRST COVID-19 DEATH “This time, she went to the hospital and Privacy laws prevent local health officials her daughter in Fort Pierce and eventually
didn’t make it out,” she added. “They said it from disclosing the names of people who became a citizen.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 was the virus, but I don’t think so. The hos- test positive for the coronavirus or die from
pital never showed me any test results, and related causes. According to the Florida De- In Fort Pierce, Jeantinor helped care for
ien said. “We didn’t see it anywhere.” nobody in my family is sick, so I don’t know. partment of Health, the county’s first victim her grandchildren, including Similien.
Jeantinor, who lived with Similien and I need to see her medical records.” was an 88-year-old woman with no travel
history and no known contact with an in- “I was living there, too, because my
her husband in their South County home, Similien said she would try to get them fected person. mother died when I was three months old,”
had been admitted to area hospitals three from the hospital this week. Similien said.
times previously with respiratory problems Jeantinor was 88 when she was admitted
related to years of smoking cigarettes before All Similien knew last weekend was that to the hospital and tested for the virus. “So she wasn’t just my grandmother. She
she moved from Haiti to Florida in 2000. Jeantinor went to the hospital March 31 be- was like a second mother to me, too. She
cause she had a fever and difficulty breath- More than two dozen mourners attend- raised me.”
As recently as three years ago, Jeantinor ing. Though she wasn’t coughing, her blood ed Jeantinor’s funeral Saturday morning in
spent three nights in what was then Indian pressure was high and her oxygen levels Vero Beach – the services were entirely in Later, Jeantinor followed Similien to Vero
River Medical Center. were low. She was diagnosed with pneumo- Creole, her native tongue – then proceed- Beach and helped raise her great-grand-
nia. ed to a rain-soaked, wind-swept Riverview children, caring for them while her grand-
“She had the same symptoms then, and Memorial Park in Fort Pierce for her burial. daughter was at work. But she never lost
they kept her for three or four days,” said Jeantinor tested positive for COVID-19 her love for farming, continuing to grow
Similien, who is not sure the coronavirus and died six days after her test results According to Similien, Jeantinor spent beans in the backyard.
is what killed her grandmother. “She also came back. “She was starting to feel bet- most of her adult years as a farmer in Haiti,
went to the hospital twice in the four or five ter,” Similien said. “Then, on her birth- where she grew beans, potatoes and oth- “This hurts me so bad because she was
years she lived in Fort Pierce, before moving day, she took a turn for the worse. She was er vegetables. After her husband died, she such a good, sweet lady,” Similien said. “She
to Vero Beach 15 years ago. struggling to breathe.” immigrated to the United States to live with was my best friend. She was everybody’s
best friend. She was very special.

“I miss her so much.” 

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2 LOCAL BANKS COME THROUGH restaurants and retail shops to boat builders on PPP loans, with human resources staff typically handles in a year.
and white-collar firms. and tellers taking applications alongside “It was an amazing rally by our whole
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 loan officers. Penney said he saw emails sent
“Individual loan amounts ranged from as early as 4:30 a. m. and employees logging staff,” Penney said.
community bank – Marine Bank & Trust – $6,000 to $3.2 million. More importantly, on to their home computers at 10:30 p.m. to The scene was similar at CenterState.
had made sure businesses here got their fair those loans covered 3,300 paychecks in the continue working. “Everyone at CenterState is working on
share, securing almost $80 million in low-in- community.”
terest, forgivable loans for hundreds of local “It was hard to sleep with so much going this,” Bieber said on Thursday. “If you are not
companies before the cash ran out. “We’ve gotten nearly 300 loans approved,” on,” Penney said on Friday, after the SBA part of the retail staff, handling customers
said Bieber, who worked a 10-hour day on closed its system. “I’d wake up in the middle daily banking needs at the drive-through,
Working from the pre-dawn hours till late Easter, reviewing and processing loan ap- of the night with my mind racing, thinking you are part of this. If you were in the ap-
at night during the 13 days the program was plications during an intense, nationwide about what we still needed to do to get one praisal department before, you are helping
active, Marine Bank grabbed $32 million for scramble for rapidly diminishing funds. of our customers approved.” process loan docs now.
its customers, according to bank president Those loans totaled more than $47 million
and CEO Bill Penney. – money that will go to Indian River Coun- To grasp the scope of the bank’s accom- “I come in early and go through a col-
ty businesses to pay employee salaries, rent plishment, consider this: Somehow, during or-coded online list of all our pending appli-
“We were able to get 230 loans approved,” and a few other allowed expenses. two hectic weeks in April, Penney and his cations to make sure they are moving ahead.
Penney said, noting that the loans went to staff were able to successfully process near- If you were at point A yesterday, you should
“a microcosm of the local economy,” from In a land rush atmosphere, half of Marine ly twice as many business loans as the bank be at point B today. If you aren’t, I am calling
Bank’s 60 employees were assigned to work you at 7 o’clock in the morning and telling
you to get out of bed and get us the docu-
ments we need.”

The banks achieved their exceptional loan
production numbers in a thoroughly chaotic
situation wherein the SBA was continually
revising rules and changing documentation
requirements.

The Cares Act, which included the Pay-
check Protection Program, was signed into
law on Friday, March 27, but there were
few details about how loans would be doc-
umented and approved, so banks couldn’t
take applications at that time, Bieber and
Penney say.

It wasn’t until a week later, on Friday, April
3, that the SBA put out its approved applica-
tion form and requirements.

Bieber said CenterState took applications
hand over fist all morning that day only to
have the SBA issue a revised application in
the afternoon.

“Monday morning, I had to email every-
one who had applied with us and tell them
they needed to redo the application.”

“The rollout was clunky,” says Penney.
“SBA typically does $25-to-$28 billion in
loans a year. They did more than 10 times
that in two weeks. Rules were late coming
down and kept changing.

“We didn’t get our SBA login password to
enter loans in the system until the middle
of the week (April 8), and we didn’t get clear
guidance on what loan documents could be
used until Thursday (April 9).”

The banks are funding the loans directly.
On Friday, Penney said about 75 percent of
Marine Bank’s loans were funded and he ex-
pected the remaining customers to get their
money this week.

“We are doing the funding,” Bieber said.
“At some point the government will reim-
burse us, but I don’t know when that will be.
Maybe when the loans are forgiven.”

Both bankers said their banks are well
capitalized and can handle the short-term
outflow of cash.

The PPP program’s 1 percent interest rate
is too low for banks to make money by hold-
ing the loans long-term. Instead they will
make money from loan origination fees.

The loans are meant to cover two months
of payroll. After the two-month period, if a
borrower demonstrates they used at least 75
percent of the SBA money to pay employees,
the loan will be forgiven, essentially convert-
ing to a grant. 



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What’s up, ‘Doxy’? Vero physicians praise video platform

By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer field known as Doxy.me as an outstand- the three of us were chat-
[email protected] ing platform for remote healthcare. ting ‘face-to-face’ via Doxy.
me.
This is not a COVID-19 story. Why should these two local physicians
Except it is. In a way. single out Doxy.me when Becker’s Hos- “You don’t have to get out
It’s really a telemedicine story about pital Review says there are hundreds of of your home to see a spe-
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physicians, urologist Dr. Hugo Davila points out that “according to the Amer- can see you. We can see if
and hematologist Dr. Raul Storey-Rojas, ican Hospital Association, 76 percent of you are short of breath or
have hopped onto the video care band- hospitals in the U.S. connect with one if you’re coughing. We can
wagon as Florida’s statewide ‘stay at tele-health service or another”? see a lot by having this in-
home’ order continues in effect. terview with a video cam-
Both Davila and Storey-Rojas point to One factor might be that unlike some era. But of course, we can-
a relative newcomer in the telemedicine of its competitors, according to Techra- not do a physical exam. So
dar.com, Doxy.me is fully HIPAA compli- if I am doing this interview
and I think I need to do a
Dr. Raul Storey-Rojas. physical exam because I’m
concerned [about what I’m
seeing], I’m going to tell
you, ‘Look, you’re going to

Dr. Hugo Davila.

PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE

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personal health informa- cerned about A, B and C.”
tion with encrypted point-
to-point connections that Storey-Rojas points out that certain
keep data secure. conditions can be spotted on video. “If

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 HICCUPS, WHEN PERSISTENT, CAN
BE A SIGN OF HEALTH PROBLEMS
you’re telling me ‘Hey, doctor. I have
a lesion here,’ you can show it to me Meanwhile, in this time of social dis- By Fred Cicetti | Columnist tractions.
through the camera.” tancing, Davila points out that Doxy.me • Drinking alcohol, which can relax your
has helped dramatically reduce the num- Question: Are hiccups dangerous?
“There’s a screening process that our ber of patients in his office waiting area. Answer: Hiccups – sometimes called hic- diaphragm and vocal cords.
staff is trained to do,” Davila explains, “so coughs – are not dangerous themselves and • Stress or sudden excitement.
if the patient has some emergency and They have been able to maintain the so- are rarely a sign of a health problem. • Smoking, which may irritate the nerves
they need to be seen, of course we will see cial distancing recommendations for pa- However, if hiccups persist for more than
them in the office,” but both Davila and tients there and only see the patients who 48 hours, you should see a doctor. Hiccups that control the diaphragm.
Storey-Rojas agree that video visits are need to be seen in the office for patient care, can be a sign of kidney failure, pneumonia, • A sudden internal or external tempera-
a major plus, especially while Flori- infusions, imaging and other procedures. lung tumors, digestion problems and heart
da remains under a statewide ‘stay at attack. ture change.
home’ order. And, for the record, unlike many of its If hiccups are so severe that they inter- • Noxious fumes.
competitors, Doxy.me does have a Medi- fere with your life, see your doctor. If your There are many common remedies to
Using Doxy.me, these physicians care billing code so feel free to ask about hiccups last for more than three hours and
say, they are even able to show CT how that works when you contact the office. you are experiencing severe abdominal stop hiccups. Some are believed to work
scans and other test results to the patient pain, or you spit up blood, you should get because they build up carbon dioxide in
without them having to schedule an office Dr. Raul Storey-Rojas is with Florida emergency medical attention. your blood. These include breathing into
appointment. Cancer Specialists and Research Institute. A hiccup is a sudden, involuntary spasm a paper bag. If you stimulate the nerve be-
Dr. Hugo Davila is with Florida Health- of the diaphragm, the muscle at the base of tween your brain and stomach, you can
It is, both doctors agree, less stressful. care Specialists. Both have offices at 3730 the lungs that helps you breathe. The spasm relieve hiccups. Drinking water stimulates
Or, as Storey-Rojas puts it, “just going 7th Terrance, Suite 101 in Vero Beach and is followed by the vocal cords closing. This the nerve.
to a doctor’s office is stress. It’s a hassle. can be reached at 772-567-2332.  combined action produces a recognizable
So now patients can be at peace at home sound. The term hiccup is an example of Here are some popular techniques to
and relaxed,” and still speak with their onomatopoeia, the formation of words that stop hiccups:
doctor or get their test results even faster imitate sounds. The medical term for hic-
than if they needed to schedule another cup is “singultus.” The Latin word “singult” • Hold your breath.
office visit. means “the act of catching one’s breath • Breathe repeatedly into a paper bag.
Davila shared one stress relief story while sobbing.” • Drink a glass of water quickly.
about a patient who was anxiously await- Almost all cases of hiccups last only a • Use smelling salts.
ing the results of his prostate cancer biopsy. few minutes. If hiccups last longer than • Pull hard on your tongue.
Using Doxy.me, Davila was able to, two days, they are considered “persistent.” • Eat a teaspoon of sugar.
face-to-face via video, tell that patient, “I Hiccups lasting longer than one month are • Have someone frighten you.
have good news for you. We did the pros- termed “intractable.” • Sit down, lean forward and compress
tate biopsy and it came back negative, so The exact cause of hiccups is an ancient the diaphragm against the knees.
this is what we’re doing next,” and the mystery. Hippocrates, the Greek “Father of For more severe, persistent hiccups, your
patient, he says, “was very, very happy.” Medicine,” thought liver inflammation was doctor may try medications. Surgery to dis-
responsible for hiccups. able the nerve that controls the diaphragm
Here are some possible causes that have is often the treatment of last resort.
been proposed: Here are some interesting facts about
• Stomach expansion from a big meal or hiccups:
swallowing air by gobbling food, drinking • Hiccups appear to serve no purpose.
carbonated beverages or chewing gum. • Hiccups occur 4-60 times per minute.
The expanded stomach presses on the di- • Hiccups are more common in the eve-
aphragm. ning.
• Eating spicy food, which may irritate • There’s no difference between the gen-
the nerves controlling diaphragm con- ders when it comes to everyday hiccups.
However, eight out of 10 cases of persistent
and intractable hiccups occur in men.
• Hiccups strike at any age and in utero.
• Hiccups occur less frequently as we
get older. However, intractable hiccups are
more common in adults. 

Haegar Highlands pool home
sits on spacious, desirable lot

256 10th Ave. in Haeger Highlands: 4-bedroom, 3-bath, 2,350-square-foot home on 1-acre lot
offered for $325,000 by Patti Martin of Alex MacWilliam Real Estate: 772-205-5860

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Haegar Highlands pool home sits on spacious, desirable lot

By Samantha Rohlfing Baita | Staff Writer The spacious living room is anchored by
[email protected] a striking flagstone wall, centered with a
wood-burning fireplace with a full-length
Inside and out, this four-bedroom, hearth and simple, warm wood plank man-
three-bath, 2,350-square-foot home is tle, certainly a favorite friends-and-family
a great place to raise a family – located gathering place for enjoying conversation
on a pleasant lane in the small, 10-home and s’mores and making memories.
community of Haeger Highlands, the
well-maintained custom-built house at A glowing wood-look parquet floor ex-
256 10th Ave. sits on a landscaped 1-acre tends from the entrance foyer hallway into
lot with wooded areas and broad sweeps the kitchen/family room space. Neutral
of lawn, the most desirable lot in the one- Berber carpet covers living room, dining
street neighborhood. room and bedroom floors.

David and Evelyn Cairns built the home The roomy kitchen connects to the din-
for their growing family and, through the ing room and the family room, and offers
years, it has been a vibrant, welcoming ample counterspace, with gleaming white
sanctuary full of life and laughter, as tod- countertops and sleek caramel-toned cab-
dlers turned to teens, headed to college inets that provide plenty of upper and low-
and became parents themselves. The er storage and custom features such as a
Cairnses have loved watching the family roomy spice rack, pull-out cutting board
home resonate with the joy and energy of and space-maximizing corner Lazy Susan.
their children and grandchildren – “Eleven
so far, and three greats,” says David. The double sink sits beneath a large slid-
er window/passthrough to the screened
The home’s long front facade is loaded porch and large pool and pool deck en-
with curb appeal. The low-pitched roof closure beyond, facilitating easy-peasy al
with wide eaves, soft peach-hued ce- fresco dining/entertaining.
dar siding, recessed flagstone entry with
wooden entry door, and large, 3-section A breakfast bar, electric oven, side-by-
“picture” window are complimented by side fridge and freezer with door ice and
mature landscaping, a curved driveway water dispenser, roomy pantry cabinet
and lush lawn. and dishwasher, and a crisp green-and-
white leafy wall covering complete this
In planning their family-friendly home, cheery, efficient space.
the Cairns’ priorities included open spac-
es for maximum flow, a split-bedroom de- The dining room is open to both the
sign, wide doorways, lots of storage and kitchen and living room and receives nat-
plenty of room for playing, gathering, en- ural light through large double windows
tertaining – all without sacrificing privacy. looking out upon the covered porch and
pool enclosure. The kitchen flows into the

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spacious family room, with its full-wall
bookshelf/extra-large TV unit. Glass slid-
ers access the porch and pool.

Like other bedrooms in this spacious
home, the master bedroom is large and
bright, with sliders to the porch and pool.
There is a generous walk-in closet; a sepa-
rate vanity/dressing table with large mirror
and make-up friendly illumination; a glass
front tub/shower; and a second, corner sink.

On the other side of the house are three
more large bedrooms. Two share a jack-
and-jill bathroom with tub/shower. The
third currently serves as an office; its full
bath can also be accessed from the outside

and doubles as a pool area. carefully designed exercise regimen in- side and wide sweeps of lawn blending and grandkids – and grown-ups – to play.
A highlight of this big, beautiful family cludes alternate cycling days. The porch into a neighbor’s large, grassy yard, which Despite its semi-rural ambiance, this
extends into the soaring pool cage, in- stretches to the fenced and wooded prop-
home is its exterior: A broad covered porch stalled in 2018. erty of another residence, creating a feeling family home is “convenient to everything”
stretches across the entire back, its sunny of being in the country, with privacy, elbow – stores, restaurants, schools – says David
yellow walls and blue carpeting pleasant On an exterior wall, facing the pool, is room and boundless open space for kids Cairns, just a short drive away from down-
complements to the sparkling aqua pool. a delightful mural of Florida scrub land, a town Vero and the barrier island beaches. 
The porch currently contains chairs, a ta- charming addition to this warm and wel-
ble, and a stationary bike. coming outdoor space. FEATURES FOR 256 10TH AVE.

“We have our coffee out here every At a full acre, the lot is wonderfully spa- Neighborhood: Haeger Highlands
morning,” David says, adding that their cious, with a pretty, wooded area on the Home size: 2,350 square feet
Lot size: 1 acre

Construction: Frame with cedar siding
Year built: 1980
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3

Other features: Spacious, wooded lot; screened pool patio;
heated pool; 2 fridges; wood burning fireplace; ceiling fans;
split plan; laundry room with washer/dryer; 2.5-bay attached
garage; 2-zone heating/A/C; no HOA; beautifully maintained by

the original owner
Listing agency: Alex MacWilliam Real Estate

Listing agent: Patti Martin, 772-205-5860
Listing price: $325,000

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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: APRIL 13 THROUGH APRIL 17

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

A very busy week in the mainland real estate market saw 45 transactions of single-family resi-
dences and lots reported (some shown below).
The top sale of the week was in Vero Beach, where the 4-bedroom, 5-bathroom pool home at
4724 Four Lakes Circle SW – first listed last September for $780,000 – sold for $663,000 on April
14.
Representing the seller in the transaction was agent Rupa Patel of Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.
Representing the buyer was agent Sylvia Sawyer, also of Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS ORIGINAL SELLING
PRICE

TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD $663,000
$570,000
VERO BEACH 4724 FOUR LAKES CIR SW 9/9/2019 $780,000 4/14/2020 $553,750
VERO BEACH 4668 SAINT ELIZABETHS TER 10/25/2019 $585,000 4/15/2020 $490,000
VERO BEACH 1017 RIVER WIND CIR 12/23/2019 $575,000 4/15/2020 $427,500
VERO BEACH 3017 GOLFVIEW DR 2/23/2020 $497,000 4/17/2020 $420,000
VERO BEACH 218 OAK HAMMOCK CIR SW 12/4/2019 $449,000 4/13/2020 $400,000
SEBASTIAN 19 SUNSET DR 10/16/2019 $465,000 4/13/2020 $400,000
VERO BEACH 4405 5TH LN SW 3/5/2020 $399,900 4/13/2020 $396,000
VERO BEACH 1005 48TH TER 4/7/2020 $440,000 4/15/2020 $389,000
VERO BEACH 725 ALEXANDRA AVE SW 1/16/2020 $396,000 4/17/2020 $377,500
SEBASTIAN 11 WEST END LN 2/25/2020 $399,000 4/13/2020 $358,500
VERO BEACH 1594 SEGOVIA CIR 11/14/2019 $425,000 4/14/2020
SEBASTIAN 203 BELLAMY TRL 1/15/2020 $365,000 4/15/2020

4668 Saint Elizabeths Ter, Vero Beach 1017 River Wind Cir, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 10/25/2019 Listing Date: 12/23/2019
Original Price: $585,000 Original Price: $575,000
Sold: 4/15/2020 Sold: 4/15/2020
Selling Price: $570,000 Selling Price: $553,750
Listing Agent: Shaunna Lachnitt Listing Agent: Rick Wykoff

Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Selling Agent: Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

Karen Lloyd Petra King

Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. The Lafferty Group RE

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Pause and effect: Artist makes creative use of free time

By Pam Harbaugh | Correspondent Charles Nalle.
[email protected]
PHOTOS: KAILA JONES
Current events have been unexpected but
surprisingly kind to potter Charles Nalle. It
has given him more time for introspection
and preparation. And, for an artist whose
schedule is generally packed with outdoor
art shows, time is a rare commodity.

A robust and busy 71-year-old artist who
lives in Melbourne Beach and likes to surf,
Nalle had looked forward to participating in
this year’s interrupted Under the Oaks Fine
Arts and Craft Show at Riverside Park.

The Friday of what would have been
a three-day show, he nearly sold out his
popular, vibrant work, which Carla Funk,
Florida Tech’s director of institution muse-
ums, has called “modern, fresh, unique and
soulfully crafted.”

But, the show did not go on; it was forced
to close down at the end of that day. It was
just one of many outdoor art shows can-
celed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, join-
ing a cascade of others that ultimately put
the brakes on Nalle’s annual plans to par-
ticipate in the art show circuit’s lucrative
spring and summer months.

Instead, he is now playing around with
the “Mask” series he began three years ago,
and making plans to ramp up production for

shows that he hopes will start holding cut his wrist and partly severed ar-
up again in November. He has teries and tendons. He was 23 years old and
even toyed with the idea of get- just starting what would become a long,
ting a website up. Nalle hasn’t successful career as an artist.
needed one before, because
he can barely keep up with “There’s a lot of things go through your
the demand for his work. mind,” he says. “First of all, you’re in shock. I
wasn’t aware of the severity of the accident.”
Indeed, Florida’s stay-at-home order has
freed up his time. An hour went by before a friend came
along.
“I worked so hard in the spring to get
ready for so many shows; it’s like running a “She had ridden a bike 7 miles to the farm,
marathon,” he says. “It takes a toll. I had to which was next to a cornfield,” he says. “I’m
decompress for a couple of weeks.” screaming her name and she found me.”

Nalle, who prefers working by himself in After the neurosurgeon explained how
his large, industrial studio, says the time off serious the injury was, Nalle says he came
has given him a chance to consider how his to the realization that he could either
work has evolved, from deeply artistic, to move forward, or be a slacker and wallow
commercially successful and approachable in misery.
and now, perhaps, back to an artistic center
that started a successful career. “I chose to go forward and make the best
of it,” says Nalle, who was eventually able to
“It’s made me rethink what I’m doing,” move forward after a year of physical reha-
he says. “This affords me an opportunity to bilitation for the severed nerve.
work on pieces that are more show pieces
and less oriented toward production. More He returned to school and got an MFA in
one-of-a-kind.” ceramics from Louisiana State University.
Later, he ran the ceramics studio for the re-
Nalle has a personal history and artistic nowned Art Institute of Chicago for a cou-
background that runs ocean to ocean. Born ple of years.
on the Upper West Side of New York City, he
grew up in Pasadena, Calif. He studied art Nalle’s work got him into high-end shows
history at the University of Delaware, and
afterward built his first pottery studio in
Cherry Hill, Md., where he worked until suf-
fering a life-threatening injury.

He was by himself, carrying storm win-
dows down into the basement of his old
farmhouse, when the whole stairwell col-
lapsed. The glass from a window he was

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such as the American Porcelain Artists The next year, in 2000, he bought a
show at the Smithsonian American Art Mu- 3,000-square-foot, 1922 warehouse in
seum in Washington, D.C., and the Ameri- downtown Melbourne. The airy space is
can Craft Museum in Manhattan. divided into a bright showroom and a large
working studio. Rafters support high ceil-
By 1980, his business, Nalle Ceramics, ings and abundant light floods through
showed at big trade shows in Atlantic City, large windows, where work tables, a potters
N.J., at the Javits Center in New York City, wheel, molds, a kiln and more stand at the
and at the American Craft Council in Balti- ready to work clumps of clay into neo-cub-
more. His work also appeared in numerous ist, organic-shaped vases, pitchers, cups,
books and magazines in the 1980s and ’90s. bowls, objet d’art, wild masks and more.

An article he wrote for Ceramic Indus- “I like the structure, the height of the ceil-
try Magazine, questioning the relation- ings, the openness of the space,” he says.
ship among design and mass production “I’m drawn to a warehouse and that kind
was, he says, “a seminal moment and a ca- of space. I can do what I want there. I don’t
reer-changer.” have neighbors, per se,” says Nalle.

“My work was controversial, because it “I feel very strongly as an artist that you
was production work made in a factory, but need to own your own space. Your space in
so artistic it was getting into good shows,” many ways is your career. Your work won’t
he explains. get disrupted. Your landlord can’t raise your
rent. You can’t get kicked out.”
His sails filled with acclaim, he moved
to downtown Wilmington, Del., where he Not having to worry about rent is espe-
bought property by an Amtrak train station cially important now, at a time where every-
and began making high quality neo-deco one has to stay at home, maintain distances
work, usually found only in high-end galler- and basically stay away from others.
ies or museums.
So instead of worrying, Nalle will be
“My price points were great and I really working; experimenting with new forms
started killing it, selling a ton. My reve- while making plenty of pieces to satisfy ex-
nues from the late ’80s to 2000 really took pected demand at autumn art shows and
off. Then, my property was condemned his giant holiday show in December, which
by the state.” is in his studio and open to the public.

Even that ended up being a blessing. “I’ll be throwing pieces so I won’t be
He made tax-free money selling the con- crashing into it at the last minute. I’ll be able
demned property, which he used to pur- to build up a stock of pieces that sell pret-
chase property in Melbourne Beach, an area ty well,” says Nalle, adding, “I’m just about
near the family of his life partner, acclaimed bored enough to do it.” 
glass artist Xochitl Ross.

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COMING UP! Expand online horizons with ‘Whitney Screens’

By Pam Harbaugh | Correspondent called “Whitney Screens.” They begin
[email protected] 7 p.m. Fridays and include video works
that have recently been added to the
Separate-ness makes for unexpected con- Whitney’s permanent collection. Many
nected-ness. For proof, all you need to do of these are very unusual. In fact, you
is sit down at your computer, boot up the might call them “odd.” But if anything
smart TV or even whip out your cellphone. will get you out of a predictable daily
The Internet keeps gaining steam when it schedule, these will. First up is a group
comes to great things to do to keep us all of 57 videos called “Rubber Pencil Devil”
busy, stimulated and, yes, more sophisti- which premiered at the 2019 Venice Art
cated during our “Stay-At-Home” world. biennale. Loaded with pop culture refer-
ences, these videos have been created by
1 For instance, the Whitney Muse- conceptual artist Alex Da Corte, a devo-
um has started a new weekly series

2 Vero Beach Museum of Art’s “Pick Flick” online program.

tee of Jorgen Leth, a Danish filmmaker. honey, soaps, pickles, cheeses, meats and
Leth created a post-modern piece where more all sold by local farms and small
he filmed Andy Warhol eating a ham- businesses. Those who live in the Farm-
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So if you want to expand your mind past “The Loop” at Riverside, display your or-
your own backyard, visit Whitney.org, der number in your window, keep your
click onto events and then into the Whit- windows closed, pop open your trunk …
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in the trunk of your car. Riverside Theatre
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museum’s fascination with works FarmersMarketDropOff.com.
high in concept, or what others might
call pretentious, then by all means take 4 Lionsgate Movies has a special pre-
the suggestion of the Vero Beach Muse- sentation of some of America’s best-
um of Art’s “Pick Flick” online program loved movies. But this is more than just
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Square” follows a museum curator who memories of her own Hollywood career
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set against the backdrop of a dispassion- also on-air trivia games and those fun lit-
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scenes and language. Vero Beach Mu- sion videos during which time you can
seum of Art asks you to watch the film, restock the popcorn bowl. The free screen-
consider your reactions to it and then ings begin 9 p.m. Fridays on YouTube. The
to share those thoughts on social me- schedule includes “Dirty Dancing” 9 p.m.
dia with the hashtags such as #VBMA, Friday, April 26; “La La Land” Friday, 9
#VBMAFlickPick or #artfromhome. For p.m. May 1; and “John Wick” Friday, 9 p.m.
more information, visit VBMuseum.org/ May 8. Go to YouTube.com and search for
f lick-picks. Lionsgate Live: A Night at the Movies.

3 Riverside Theatre goes farm to table 5 YouTube is also where you’ll find
this weekend. It has become a new National Theatre Live’s free stream-
“No Contact Pick Up” place for the Farm- ing of select productions. “Twelfth Night”
ers Market Oceanside. On Saturdays, cus- is running right now through 2 p.m.
tomers who order from the Farmers Mar- Thursday, April 30. So if music be the food
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delivery area can pick up their orders romantic comedy is a favorite of Shake-
by driving up to “The Loop,” the drive- speare’s works. The National Theatre
way which swings right by Riverside’s has a contemporary take on the play. Go
box office. Customers can pick up fresh to YouTube.com and search for National
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Bonzo says Rocco is chock-o full of happiness

Biscuits. I didn’t have ly Favrite treats are

Hi Dog Buddies! a collar, just a rope Green Beans an Ba-

Rocco Taco Romano is a rescue Bee- around my neck. I nanas. When I hear
gull who I was innerduced to by one of my
pooch lady frens, Boo Fallon. Boo an Rocco was skinny, an my the word ‘TREAT’, I
are next door neighbors an BFFs.
tail was broken in run an hop an twirl
Rocco trotted right up for the Wag-an-
Sniff. “How-DO, Mr. Bonzo. I’m Rocco. This three places, prob- an bark all the way to
is my Daddy, Jeff. My Mommy, Wendy Al-
len, is elsewhere.” ly cuzza closin’ my the fridge.

Rocco’s front legs were extra short and cage door on it. I had “But I don’t al-
crooked, but he was one squared-away
poocheroo. Bee-gulls, in my opinion, al- the personality of a ways just play. When
ways look like they’re going to an import-
ant meeting -- all neat an tidy an spiffy, puh-TAY-doh. I didn’t Mommy an Daddy
alert, great poss-chur. I fluffed my ears,
sucked in my tummy as best I could, an sat have a clue how to be are feelin’ sad about
up straight.
a dog. I didn’t know Mac an Gracie, I
Rocco said, “My gran-father, PaPa Den-
nis, usta read your columns every sin- about toys. I was just snuggle up an make
gle week, so I’m fuh-MILL-yer with ’em.
Should I just start yappin’?” lyin’ inna pile in the ’em feel Much Bet-

“That’d be great, Rocco!” I opened my corner. I was a Shad- ter. I might ackshul-
notebook.
ow Dog.” ly get trained as a
“Well, when I was a pupper, about 16
months old, a sorta young human guy got “Woof, Rocco, I therapy dog. I could
me from a pet store in South Florida. He
was OK I guess, but I’m not sure why he can’t even imagine Rocco even help liddle kids
even got a dog cuz I mostly stayed inna who have disabili-
cage ’cept when he wanted to show me to that! I mean, you’re so PHOTO: KAILA JONES
his frens. Anyway, his Dad knew my (fu- outgoing an frenly.” ties like I do with my
ture) Daddy, an when he saw me all droopy
an duh-PRESSED, sittin’ in my cage, he “Now I am. But front legs. Mommy
knew he had to get me outta there, so he
called Daddy. not then. It’s amazin’ too, an I think about him every day. Ack- an Daddy say I have a knack for it.”
shully, Mr. Bonzo, I wanna dedicate my
“Before all that (if I can remember it Mommy an Daddy even wanted me. But, innerview to him. He’d be so proud of me.” “What’s a knack?”
right), Mommy an Daddy had a liddle rat
terrier, Lulu. Then they got another Rat Ter- Thank Lassie, they DID! Everybody was real “I unnerstand, Rocco. Grammas an “I’m not sure. But I hope I get to do it. I
rier, Mac, so Lulu’d have a pooch pal. But Grampas are special.” I wiped my eyes
Lulu was her own BFF so they got Gracie, kind an patient an, after about 3 months, with my paw. “What’s your day like? Any think helpin’ humans is an important part
a Bee-gull like me. It was after Lulu went favrite toys? Snacks?”
to Dog Heaven, they got the call about me, my personality started to uh-MERGE. I be- of a dog’s purpose.”
and decided to drive down to take a look. I “I get two long walks every day. Us
think that’s how it went.” gan to get a New Leash on Life!” Bee-gulls have tons of energy. I also have “You’d be great at that,” I told him.
baskets of toys. I call ’em all ‘balls.’ Me an
“Woof!” I said. Rocco pawsed, sniffled a liddle, then, in Daddy play Tug-of-War or Fetch. When Alluva sudden, there was a loudish noise
“Back then, I was Totally Dismal Dog I’m tired of Fetchin’ my ball, I rip it to bits,
a quieter voice, said, “We’re all feelin’ kin- which is almost as fun as the fetchin’ part. outside. Rocco jumped up an let out this
I also love ridin’ in the car, with my seatbelt
da sad still, cuz Gracie an Mac both went harness on, my ears flappin’ in the wind. big Ah-ROOOoooooooo!!
Sometimes me an Daddy go to Casey’s for
to Dog Heaven just a few weeks ago. They lunch and I get one or two French Fries. I picked my pencil up off the floor.
And when we go to Dunkin Donuts, I get
were both Getting’ Up There, but still … I One-an-Only-One Munchkin. My Total- “Sorry about that. Instinks, ya know. I

miss ’em So Much.” DON’T BE SHY ackshully have three Official Barks: my Fa-

“Oh, Rocco, I’m SO Sorry,” I told him. We are always looking for pets mous Bay, which you just heard; my I Smell
with interesting stories.
“Thank you, Bonzo. They had a wunner- Something Important Bark; an my Basic
To set up an interview, email
ful life, for sure. An, see, I’m wearin’ Mac’s [email protected]. Bark.”

collar.” I wish I coulda hung out with Rocco

It was blue an white with whales on it. longer. Heading home, I was thinkin’ how

“That is so Cool Kibbles. I bet you have a Cool Kibbles it was that Rocco hadn’t let

buncha frens.” his dismal beginning keep him from be-

“Ab-so-woofin’-lutely! I’m glad I have comin’ a happy, loving poocheroo. An tr-

my BFF, Boo. Every morning, I sit by my yin’ to remember if I’d ever had a banana.

gate an wait for her to come out an play;

then there’s Aunt Sydney, she’s Gramma Till next time,

Skinner’s collie; an my special human fren,

PaPa Skinner. I usta jump right in his lap The Bonz

and he let me snuggle as long as I wanted.

I always felt so comfy an happy. I LOVED

snugglin’ with PaPa. He’s in Heaven now,

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NORTH

IS THE KEY CARD ONSIDE OR OFF? Q 10 6 3

By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist Q985

Neal Asher, an English science fiction writer, said, “It wasn’t until I had been writing on and —
off for maybe 10 years that I started to establish any kind of routine.”
AK743
A bridge expert has a routine, counting winners, losers and high-card points. Also,
sometimes he wonders if a key card is on or off — onside or offside. Ideally, he can make his WEST EAST
contract regardless, but sometimes that won’t be possible. Then he needs to be optimistic 8752
or lucky, depending on how one views these things. A43 A
?64
In this deal, South is in four spades. West leads a low trump. East wins with the ace and J92 K 10 7 2
does well, cashing the heart king and leading a low heart to partner’s ace so that West can
play a second round of trumps. How should declarer continue? ?532

In the bidding, South’s one-spade rebid showed a four-card suit and was forcing for one Q 10 8 6
round. (A jump to two spades would have been fourth-suit game-forcing, denying four
spades.) When North raised spades, promising four-card support, South had an easy jump SOUTH
to game.
KJ94
Following West’s excellent lead, East’s demon defense stopped South from discarding a
heart loser on dummy’s second high club. J6

Once declarer sees the 4-1 spade break, he should realize that he needs West to hold the A Q J 10 9 8
diamond king. After taking trick four in his hand, South should cash the diamond ace and run
the diamond queen. When that wins, he continues with another diamond, ruffing out West’s 5
king. Then declarer can draw trumps ending in his hand and claim.
Dealer: North; Vulnerable: Both

The Bidding:

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
1 Clubs Pass
1 Diamonds Pass 1 Hearts Pass LEAD:
1 Spades Pass 2 Spades Pass 2 Spades
4 Spades Pass Pass Pass

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1 Trunk tool 88 Swabs 35 Perfect locations
5 Apple prods. 89 Arresting group 36 Go ___ on about MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS By Merl Reagle
9 Try to get a rise out of 90 Chirping and 37 Lousiest
14 Sgt.’s charge 42 Put, as a question
17 Border, in heraldry rustling, e.g. 43 Not hurt
18 Above it all 91 War god 44 Stair post
20 Actor Hugh 93 Poppycock 45 Slow, in music
22 Reminiscent of 94 Sapporo sport 46 IQ guy Alfred
23 Speaker’s advice to a 95 Judo rank 47 Forced-labor camp
96 Speaker’s advice to 50 Mongolian tent
roofers’ convention? 51 Visit unannounced
26 You must assemble this a battery salesmen’s 52 Sporty Chevy, for short
27 Sequel sequel convention? 53 Matty of baseball
28 Paper amount 100 Builds 56 Brooks of baseball
29 Approximately 104 It merged with Exxon 57 Hayseed
30 Pianist Blake 105 Chow ___ 59 Coil of yarn
32 Darius the Great’s land 106 Spare, for one 60 Longtime National Enquirer
34 Speaker’s advice 108 Actor Stephen
109 The Guv in Blazing Saddles chief Calder
to a conference of 110 Speaker’s advice to an 61 Oliver Hazard’s last name
recovering schizophrenics? agnostics’ convention? 64 Ms. Korbut
38 Flawed service 115 Little bill 65 Formal shoes
39 Trashy place 116 Fin de ___ 66 Feeds (on)
40 Doze 117 The Stranger guy 67 Bard villain
41 On 118 Nabokov’s ___ Fire 68 Tushingham and Hayworth
43 Connected to the world 119 “___ a girl!” 69 Between, to Racine
46 Nota ___ 120 Coward and Harrison 74 They get connected
47 Teri’s favorite fish? 121 Tranquillity, for one 75 “Serves you right!”
48 Letters on G.I. letters 122 Vanderbilt et al. 76 Flat
49 Speaker’s advice to a 77 A certain amount
judges’ conference? DOWN
51 Shakespearean humor, 1 Tito’s real name, ___ Broz of golf
often 2 First name of the leader of 78 Scout unit
52 Wind-direction indicators 79 Get cracking
54 Grain beards the Gramercy Five 80 Big name in vodka
55 Young ___ 3 ___ de lune 81 Think
56 Speaker’s advice to a phone 4 Old garage-door opener 84 Friars’ saint
supervisors’ conference? 5 Shark, e.g. 85 Miss the full
58 Still 6 Lady Bird Johnson, née
59 “Your Highness” potential of
61 Insect stage Claudia ___ Taylor 86 Lion, at times
62 L.A. judge of the 1990s 7 Ravine, to a Brit (anagram 88 1977 Alain Delon film
63 Speaker’s advice to a 89 Adorable one
theater owners’ convention? of COMBO) 92 Donny, to Marie
70 Island souvenir 8 Soak (up) 94 Strainers
71 Green land, in verse 9 Figures the sum of 97 His ___
72 Incline from the vertical 10 Detest
73 One with no party 11 Mr. Geller (important one)
affiliation: abbr. 12 Noted diarist 98 Reek
75 Speaker’s advice to 13 Remnants 99 Original forms of words
a window-washer’s 14 Islamabad resident 101 Best of the best
convention? 15 Is caught by the wind, as a 102 BBC TV
80 Diamond toss 103 Places for valuables
81 Nobel physicist Stern door 107 Bettors’ letters
82 Of bees 16 Scheming animal 109 “Après ___ le déluge”
83 ___-poly 111 It’s a sign
84 Speaker’s advice to a in Babe 112 Pole panorama
barbers’ convention? 19 Chinese dish, 113 Capture
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egg ___
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