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Sept. 27 showdown COVID’S ‘THIRD WAVE’
looms for apartment
project at ‘Reserve’ County official:
Vaccine only way
BY GEORGE ANDREASSI | Staff Writer out of pandemic
[email protected]

A Miami developer who wants COPAS CEREMONY Vietnam Veterans Chapter 566 Color Guard present the colors BY GEORGE ANDREASSI | Staff Writer
to build a 324-unit apartment to commence the Open House and Flag Raising Ceremony at [email protected]
complex near the Sheraton PGA
Vacation Resort in The Reserve the Ardie R. Copas State Veterans’ Nursing Home last Friday in Tradition. The facility – whose namesake, St. Lucie County officials said
has until Sept. 27 to straighten they hope the U.S. Food and
out a legal technicality and make from Fort Pierce, is St. Lucie County’s only recipient of the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military’s highest Drug Administration’s formal
peace with 2,500 nearby home- approval of the Pfizer vaccine for
owners. award for courage – houses 120 nursing home beds. More photos, Page 4.  PHOTO: LINDA KLOORFAIN COVID-19 last week will encour-
age reluctant residents to get in-
The PGA Village Property oculated.
Owners Association has mount-
ed a vigorous opposition cam- Port St. Lucie scheduled a
paign to the plans to build nine free vaccine clinic for 10 a.m. to
three-story apartment buildings 2 p.m., this Friday, Sept. 3 at St.
on the vacant 18 acres surround- Lucie Catholic Church, 425 SW
ing the 17-year-old resort at 8702 Irving St., with walk-ins welcome.
Champions Way.
“From a Department of Health
“I have lived in St. Lucie Coun- perspective, we know vaccina-
ty for 35 years and have seen a tion is how we will get out of this
lot of development – the good, pandemic,” said Clint Sperber,
the bad and the ugly,” Mary Jean the state Health Department ad-
Navaretta, a PGA Village home- ministrator in St. Lucie County.
owner, told the commissioners
“We’re not where we need
CONTINUED ON PAGE A3 to be at this stage right now,”
Sperber said Aug. 24 during a
SEPT. 11: 20 YEARS ON ... Six vie for City Council seat in Dist. 3 COVID-19 update. “We are in
our third wave right now. Over
A pair of local events will BY GEORGE ANDREASSI | Staff Writer cords show. That’s about 2.7 percent of the the last seven days, we’ve aver-
mark the 20th anniver- [email protected] aged over 300 cases a day. That’s
sary of the Sept. 11, county’s 145,086 registered voters. never happened before.”
2001 terrorist attacks on Port St. Lucie voters face a choice of six
America. The City of Port candidates for City Council in the Sept. 21 The special council election is being held A total of 40,193 county res-
St. Lucie’s annual 9/11 special election for the vacant District 3 seat. idents have tested positive for
Remembrance Ceremo- to replace Shannon Martin, who is running COVID-19 since March 2020,
ny will be at 8:30 a.m. The nonpartisan election features a for- state Health Department records
at the September 11th mer St. Lucie County commissioner who VOTE in the special election to fill show. That amounts to more
Memorial Fountain at boasts support from several Republican of- 2021 the mayoral post vacated than 12 percent of the county’s
the MIDFLORIDA Event fice holders and a former City Council can- June 30 by Greg Oravec who 322,154 residents.
Center. The National Navy didate who has the backing of several prom- took the job of Islamorada
UDT-SEAL Museum in inent Democrats. As of Aug. 26, a total of 180,562
Fort Pierce, meanwhile, village manager. county residents have been vac-
will open its 9/11 20th A total of 3,904 voters cast early ballots in cinated against COVID-19, about
Remembrance exhibition. the special election as of 10 a.m., Tuesday, The Supervisor of Elections office sent 56 percent of the population,
St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections re-
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Port St. Lucie voters for the special election
based on standSiinregorfefquutuersetsA.mazon facility.

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APARTMENT FIGHT tion and a new application filed in June. ELECTION City) and Dana Trabulsy (R-Fort Pierce); and
“There is a discrepancy in the owner’s School Board members Troy Ingersoll and
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 Jennifer Richardson.
authorization scope and the correspond-
during a public hearing August 17. “I’m ing survey, site plan and legal description The deadline to request a vote-by-mail Bonna received contributions from a va-
here tonight to say the proposed develop- considering the acreage of the land for a ballot is 5 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 11. Early vot- riety of companies doing business in Port
ment before you qualifies as both bad and new site plan or PUD for consideration by ing runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Tues- St. Lucie, including developers Tambone
ugly. the board,” Benton said. day, Sept. 11 to Saturday, Sept. 18. Companies of Palm Beach Gardens and
Greenpointe Holdings of Jacksonville, ACR
“It is bad because it fails to integrate “We’re seeking the applicant’s resolu- If none of the candidates receives 50 per- Acquisitions of Delray Beach; and land
into the natural landscape and is in stark tion to ensure clarity as to the scope of cent of the votes cast, a run-off election will planners Lucido & Associates of Stuart and
contrast to original scenery, contrary to the new PUD for consideration,” Benton be held Dec. 7, according to the St. Lucie Daniel Sorrow of Jupiter.
the development philosophy set forth in told the commissioners. “For an action by County Supervisor of Elections.
the PGA Village design standards manual,” the Board of County Commissioners, the Walker also received contributions from
Navaretta said. resolution to be considered by this board The winners of the special elections for a variety of companies doing business in
should particularly adhere to any owner’s mayor and council will complete four-year Port St. Lucie, including developers Wyn-
“It is ugly,” Navaretta said. “The pro- authorizations and legal descriptions by terms that expire in November 2022. That ne Building Corp., of Port St. Lucie; ACR
posed buildings look industrial and insti- the applicant, the authorized signers.” means they will immediately be up for Acquisitions of Delray Beach; and land
tutional and not at all like the single-family re-election to four-year terms of their own. planners Lucido & Associates of Stuart and
homes in their midst.” Consequently, St. Lucie County com- Daniel Sorrow of Jupiter and trash haulers
missioners voted unanimously to contin- The District 3 council race serves as a Waste Pro of Longwood.
But it might be a legal technicality that ue the public hearing to 6 p.m., Monday, test of strength in Port St. Lucie between
blocks the apartment plans proposed by Sept. 27, after listening to several home- the county’s Republican and Democratic Walker received $500 contributions
Reserve Residential Village LLC, a subsid- owners call for them to reject the apart- organizations. from several prominent Democrats, in-
iary of AHS Residential LLC. ment plans. cluding Sheriff Ken Mascara, Tax Collector
So far, former St. Lucie County Com- Chris Craft, Property Appraiser Michelle
The developer requested delay of an “The main reason the people here are missioner Anthony Bonna, a Republican, Franklin and former County Commission-
Aug. 17 public hearing on the apartment objecting to this project is because rental has raised nearly twice as much money as er Doug Coward.
plans to clear up technical questions apartments are not authorized in our (de- Travis Walker, a Democrat who lost a bid for
about the legal description of the property velopment order),” said Pamela Hammer, City Council in 2000. Other Democrats contributing to Walker’s
proposed for development. one of more than 100 PGA Village home- campaign included County Commission-
owners at the meeting. “We do not have Bonna raised $52,897 for his campaign er Chris Dzadovsky, School Board member
“There is an open question that has rental properties in PGA Village.” as of Aug. 20, county records show, while Carol Hilson, former School Board member
not been answered,” said Commission Walker raised $27,537. Kathryn Hensley, former state Rep. Delores
Chairman Chris Dzadovsky. “It would be “I hope you’ll turn this project down be- Hogan Johnson (D-Fort Pierce).
difficult to move forward without that an- cause no matter when you continue it to Republicans hold all four council seats
swer.” – next month, next year, or the following and Bonna boasts the backing of three of the The other four candidates are Fritz Mas-
year – you’re not going to change (county GOP council members: Martin, David Pick- son Alexandre, a perennial candidate;
Kori Benton, the county’s assistant policy): no timeshare conversion to rent- ett and Jolien Caraballo. Gregory Blake, a pharmacist; Jared Michael
planning manager, said there was a mix- al properties,” Hammer told the commis- Greenberg, an engineer; and Tavaris Wil-
up between the legal description of the sioners.  Other prominent Republicans supporting
development site in the original applica- Bonna include U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (R-Palm CONTINUED ON PAGE A4
City); state Reps. Toby Overdorf (R-Palm

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St. Lucie pride at Copas flag ceremony VACCINATION PUSH cent high of 3,925 during the week of July
29 to Aug. 5.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1
The FDA officially approved the Pfizer
state Health Department records show. COVID-19 on Aug. 23, which had previ-
But the number of new COVID-19 cas- ously been available under emergency
approval.
es in St. Lucie County continued to rise
during the past week, state Health De- “Now that we do have the full approval
partment records show. A total of 2,322 from the FDA, we are hopeful our num-
county residents were diagnosed with the bers will increase,” Sperber said. “Hope-
virus during the week of Aug. 20 to Aug. fully, that will be a game-changer.
26. That represents an increase of 193
cases or about 9 percent compared to the “We have been speaking with a lot of
prior week. people who have had reasons for not be-
ing vaccinated and this always seemed to
In addition, 558 public school students rise to the top of the list,” Sperber said.
and 173 school district employees have
tested positive for COVID-19 since the “This vaccine is safe and effective, and
school year started August 10. we highly recommend it,” Sperber said.

“Our largest case count is in 5-to-14- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled to
year-old kids,” Sperber said. “The hospi- Fort Pierce to announce the opening of
tals are seeing younger people who are a monoclonal antibody treatment center
otherwise healthy.” on Aug. 23 at the Havert L. Fenn Center,
2000 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce.
Part of the reason is children under
age 12 are not eligible for a COVID-19 The facility will operate from 9 a.m. to
vaccine, Sperber said. “Approximately 98 5 p.m. daily and can serve up to 300 pa-
percent of our cases are unvaccinated,” tients per day, said county Public Safety
Sperber said. “That tells us the vaccine is Director Ron Parrish. Walk-ins are wel-
effective.” come, but appointments are encouraged.

Yet the number of St. Lucie County res- The site is expected to relieve some
idents getting vaccinated each week has of the burden COVID-19 patients have
declined since Aug. 5, state Health De- placed on Cleveland Clinic Tradition
partment records show. A total of 2,800 Hospital and Lawnwood Regional and St.
county residents were vaccinated during Lucie Medical centers, Sperber said.
the week of Aug. 20 to Aug. 26, a decline of
1,125, or 29 percent, compared to the re- “Our hospitals in St. Lucie, they remain
full,” Sperber said.

The Health Department also teamed
with St. Lucie County and Allied Health to

The American flag is raised during the Open House and ELECTION Clarification

Flag Raising Ceremony at the Ardie R. Copas State Vet- CONTINUED FROM PAGE A3 On Page A3 of the Aug. 19, 2021
edition, under the headline “City’s
erans’ Nursing Home last Friday in Tradition. The home, PHOTOS: LINDA KLOORFAIN liams, a child welfare professional. rapid pace of growth seen as key issue
Williams has raised $5,281 for his cam- in mayoral election,” St. Lucie Voice
which is slated to accept its first patients in the near incorrectly reported Acting Mayor
paign, including $2,500 in loans from him- Shannon Martin’s position on growth
future, has 120 nursing home beds, 60 of which will be devoted to Alzheimer’s/dementia patients. self, records show. Blake has raised $5,281 in the City of Port St. Lucie.
for his campaign, including $4,000 in loans
Among those speaking at the ceremony were, from top: James Hartsell, executive director of the from himself, records show. Here is Martin’s position on growth:
“I have never said I wanted to main-
Florida Department of Veterans Affairs; Florida state Sen. Gayle Harrell; and Shyrell Copas, daughter Greenberg has raised $969 for his cam- tain our growth, I have said repeatedly
paign, including $250 from former state that I want to ‘manage our growth in a
of Ardie Copas, the Fort Pierce Medal of Honor recipient after whom the facility is named. Senate President Joe Negron (R-Stuart) and fiscally responsible manner.’”
his wife, former Martin County School Board
member Rebecca Negron, records show.

Alexandre has not raised any money for
his campaign, records show. 

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open a free COVID-19 testing site at the get tested to go to this location,” Sperber “Community transmission of COVID people have contracted COVID, the vac-
Gwenda Thompson Trades Career Center, said. remains very high in St. Lucie County cine remains your best defense against
3855 S. U.S. 1, Fort Pierce. The testing cen- with a daily positivity rate ranging from this virus,” Parrish said.
ter will operate seven days a week from 9 Parrish advised county residents to 21 percent to 43 percent of the past week,”
a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, continue to follow the basic health prac- Parrish said. “We are not out of harm’s way from this
and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday. “We tices of wearing facemasks, keeping 3 feet pandemic,” Parrish said. “Please help us
highly encourage anyone who wants to away from others, washing hands fre- “While there have been instances of slow the spread. Please get vaccinated. It’s
quently and staying home when sick. breakthrough cases where vaccinated important.” 

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City awards $8M contract to rebuild PSL Boulevard from Gatlin to Darwin

BY GEORGE ANDREASSI | Staff Writer the 0.6-mile segment to Zahelene Enterpris-
[email protected] es Inc., of Medley, the lowest of four bidders.

Port St. Lucie is ready to begin construc- The other bids were $10.6 million by CWR
tion this fall on the $58 million moderniza- Contracting of Palm City; $10.9 million by
tion of Port St. Lucie Boulevard between DP Development of Palm Springs and $12.8
Gatlin Boulevard and Becker Road and million by Halley Engineering Contractors,
complete the 3.5-mile-long project in seven of Medley, city records show.
years.
Zahelene Enterprises’ noteworthy proj-
Construction on the $8 million first phase ects include the Fort Lauderdale Interna-
between Gatlin and Darwin boulevards is tional Airport runway expansion, Port of
expected to start in September and wrap up Palm Beach Slip No. 3 construction and In-
by February 2023. terstate 75 park & ride project.

The City Council voted unanimously The first phase of the Port St. Lucie Boule-
Aug. 23 to award a construction contract for vard modernization includes upgrading the
drainage system and installing landscaped
medians, roadway lighting and multiuse
sidewalks.

A northbound left-turn lane will be add-
ed to Port St. Lucie Boulevard at Gatlin Bou-
levard and a southbound left-turn lane will
be added to Port St. Lucie Boulevard at Dar-
win Boulevard.

An 800-foot segment of Darwin Boule-
vard will also be rebuilt, city records show.

An average of 32,000 vehicles per day
travel on Port St. Lucie Boulevard between
Gatlin and Darwin boulevards, St. Lucie
County transportation planning records
show.

The long-awaited modernization of Port
St. Lucie Boulevard is expected to ease traf-
fic congestion for thousands of city com-
muters who take Port St. Lucie Boulevard
to Becker Road to gain access to Interstate
95 and Florida’s Turnpike and employment
centers in South Florida.

But the overall project is expected to be
costly and time consuming, averaging out
to a half-mile of construction at a cost of
$8.3 million per year.

The city plans to spend $50 million wid-
ening Port St. Lucie Boulevard to four lanes,
from two lanes, between Darwin Boulevard
and Becker Road.

Widening the 0.7-mile stretch of PSL
Boulevard between Darwin and Alcantarra
boulevards is expected to start this Decem-
ber and be completed in two years. That
segment is expected to cost $13.5 million.

It’s expected to cost $16.4 million to
widen the 1.1-mile stretch of Port St. Lucie
Boulevard between Alcantarra Boulevard
and Paar Drive. Construction is set to start
in late 2024 and be completed in two years.
Widening the 1.1-mile segment of PSL Bou-
levard between Paar Drive and Becker Road
is expected to cost $20 million and feature
bridge construction across the E-84 Canal.
Construction is set to start in late 2026 and
be completed in two years.

While the city has identified funding for
the first three phases, officials are still lob-
bying the Florida Department of Transpor-
tation for money for the fourth and final
phase.

An average of 15,200 vehicles per day
travel on PSL Boulevard between Darwin
Boulevard and Becker Road, county trans-
portation planning records show. 



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TREASURE COAST HOSPITALS ‘FULL OF PEOPLE NEEDLESSLY SUFFERING’

BY MICHELLE GENZ | Staff Writer intensive is its rate of use treating the more emergency rooms that are not attached to a suffering and in some cases needlessly dy-
than 400 gasping patients in the system’s hospital, that have patients who need to be ing,” said Lord. “Watching that happen is gut
A panel of top Cleveland Clinic doctors COVID units. transferred to the hospital for care. “But we wrenching on our caregivers.”
gathered recently to describe the ravages of do not have the beds,” he said.
COVID-19 in the hopes of convincing more And they are running out of stamina. Dr. Greg Rosencrance, president of Cleve-
people to get vaccinated – and wear masks Nurses are working 16-hour shifts, some- Rothman said he was asked by one doctor land Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero
until their second dose. times back-to-back, then going home to recently how to triage the sickest patients at Beach, said staff is “a critical concern.”
worry over their children going to school. his practice and the sick patients in the hos-
In their first press conference since the in- pital. Judging by Rothman’s inflection, it was “We are reaching a tipping point,” said
sidious surge of the Delta variant took hold, “No one diagnosis should take up 50 per- a question no doctor should have to pose. Rosencrance. “We ask everyone to consid-
leaders from the health system’s five Florida cent of the beds. No one diagnosis should er what this may mean for your loved ones,
hospitals spelled out the crisis at hand: They take up 80 percent of the resources,” said “We are not an inexhaustible resource,” especially if they experience a health emer-
have reached their limit. Dr. Rick Rothman, chairman of the hospital said Rob Lord of his COVID-19 team at Cleve- gency and need critical care, such as stroke
medicine institute at Cleveland Clinic Flor- land Clinic Martin North, where he serves as or heart attack care.”
All five hospitals are running out of pa- ida. Rothman said there are patients in the president.
tient beds, including in the ICU. area’s freestanding emergency departments, He pointed to the fact that the hospital
“Our hospital is full of people needlessly has already “reduced the scope of care we
They are also running out of oxygen, so normally provide.” In late July, Indian River
halted non-emergent procedures, and two
AASS CCIITTYY CCOOUUNNCCIILLMMAANN,, II WWIILLLL:: The Port St. Lucie Special Election is less than 30 days away weeks ago reduced by 50 percent the num-
and will occur on September 21, 2021, with Early Voting ber of visits to its physicians’ offices, though
• Create bridges from high school completion beginning September 11! primary care visits and trips to the Scully
to job placement Welsh Cancer Center were not affected.
I have spent my years in the great city of Port Saint Lucie
• Continue to reduce property taxes volunteering with some of the city’s incredible service Staff freed up by those cuts in appoint-
• Promote our local small businesses organizations, and I want to continue serving the city that I ments were sent over to the hospital to ease
• Prioritize road, water quality, and water love as its next city councilman. I truly believe that if we all staff shortages.
WORK WITH WILLIAMS, the future of Port Saint Lucie will be
drainage improvements in good hands. Even the layout of the hospital has been
shifted to accommodate the COVID over-
• Bring well-paying jobs to our city by courting As the son of a retired law enforcement officer and a public- flow. “‘We had to open new areas in the hos-
businesses to Port St. Lucie school teacher, the value of hard work and service was pital for COVID-19 care as our previous units
instilled in me early. I have spent my entire career as a child have reached their capacity,” Rosencrance
• Diversify the nightlife, dining, entertainment, welfare professional serving families directly, providing said. “If we continue at this pace, we will see
and recreational opportunities within our city quality oversight of other professionals, and directed more instances where care for non- COVID
departments responsible for community resources and child patients is impacted.”
permanency. These experiences shaped my understanding
of how critical it is for elected officials to understand and be He said to date, no one has been turned
empathetic towards the needs of the citizens they represent, away for emergency care, but added: “We are
as the community’s challenges demand immediate, yet growing more concerned that if we continue
responsible solutions. at this pace we may not be able to care for
all the patients when they need us the most.”
To donate or to volunteer with the campaign, please visit:
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that should you get sick there will be a hospi-
Serving our community by supporting one another is true leadership in action. tal bed available for you,” said Lord.

Paid for by Tavaris Williams for Port St. Lucie City Council District 3 The ripple effect of so many COVID pa-
tients extends to those who are hospitalized
for other conditions. The oxygen shortage is
statewide; two weeks ago the city of Orlando
asked residents to cut back on water use to
save the oxygen used in water treatment so it
can be used in healthcare.

Again and again, doctors at the press con-
ference stressed that most hospitalizations
and nearly all ICU admissions could have
been prevented had the patients gotten the
vaccine.

Those ranks may close somewhat after re-
cent action by the federal government. With
more than 200 million doses given in the
U.S. alone, the FDA gave its full approval to
the Pfizer-Biogen vaccine, which is expected
to push many employers toward implement-
ing vaccine mandates, as dozens of health-
care companies have already done, though
Cleveland Clinic officials say their vaccine
strategy is still limited to education.

In the recently converted COVID ICU at
the Vero hospital recently, staff photogra-
pher Brenda Ahearn found the scene sur-
real, as living patients lay motionless under
the heavy sedation required for a ventila-
tor, many face down in the therapy known
as proning. “These were not old people,”

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Ahearn said. She was moved by hints at the A caregiver checks on a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital. PHOTO: BRENDA AHEARN givers available to look after our patients.”
lives suspended by the virus; the strapping That translates to virtually “no surgeries
builds, the youthful skin, the tan on a man’s chance that they did when states had the “The number of caregivers required to
feet. public health emergencies declared,” said an look after this huge number of patients that aren’t an absolute emergency,” said
executive with a hospital supply purchasing with COVID-19, when taken with the Delaney.
One ICU nurse at the press conference, group, quoted by Bloomberg news. nursing shortages and other caregiver
Melissa Bennett of Martin Health, was simi- shortages in Florida and across the U.S., “Think orthopedics and many other sur-
larly moved by her patients’ youth. She spoke As for staff shortages, Cleveland Clinic means many hospitals in Florida have geries and illnesses that normally would
in a strained voice as she described having to Florida CEO and president Dr. Conor Del- had to reduce the amount of routine be treated in the hospital. That’s how dire
console children who had lost their parents aney described a much larger problem than non-emergency care that we can offer pa- things are going to be providing care to our
to the delta surge. simply fatigue or workers contracting the tients, just so we can have enough care- communities.”
disease themselves.
The patients “are my age, they’re your age. Delaney noted that in July, there were 35
They are younger than what we’ve seen in COVID patients across the region’s five hos-
the past and nearly all of them have been un- pitals. “As of today, we have 397. This is by far
vaccinated,” Bennett said. “Me and my nurs- the highest number of patients we have ever
es, we have held the hands of dying patients. cared for since the pandemic began.”
I have had to console teenagers who lost
their mom or their dad. That is traumatizing. He said 90 percent of the hospitalized
It’s painful for me, it’s painful for the caregiv- COVID patients are unvaccinated. “And
ers that I work alongside every day who are when vaccinated patients need to come into
working tirelessly, extra shifts, 16-hour days.” the hospital, it’s because they have other
conditions or are immune suppressed so the
As those patients try to breathe through vaccines haven’t worked quite as well. Even
COVID -infected lungs, their collective gasps still, these vaccinated patients, when they
are depleting oxygen supplies, now down to come into the hospital, they rarely need to go
a day-and-a-half to two days. The emergency into the ICU and almost never need to go on
is not just here, but across the state of Flori- ventilators,” he said. They are “less likely to
da. Logistics teams are straining to come up be very ill.”
with a plan to ensure trucks will still reach
hospitals in the event of a hurricane. Delaney said COVID fatigue may be a
common complaint, but the remedy to the
The oxygen shortage is blamed not only situation – masking and vaccination -- has
on higher use. Since the start of August, de- to begin in earnest now, and has to be-
liveries have been hampered by a shortage come routine for the future to deal with “the
of drivers trained to transport oxygen safely, strength and longevity of this pandemic.”
and were compounded by a return to limits
on how long truckers can stay on the road. “We aren’t going to wish away this in-
fection. It’s going to be here with us for a
“Hospitals are fighting with a hand tied while,” he said. “We have to be able to deal
behind their back and don’t have the same with COVID and provide health care beyond
COVID 19 for all of you.” 

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NEVER FORGET: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

Navy SEAL Museum marking 20th anniversary with 9/11 exhibition

BY PATRICK McCALLISTER | Correspondent ist attack death counts. They all agree that ists attacked the Pentagon with Flight 77. fruitless negotiations with the Islamic Emir-
almost 3,000 people died at three sites – the It’s uncertain what target the terrorists who ate of Afghanistan – known by the shorthand
The National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in World Trade Center, the Pentagon and near attacked the passengers and crew of Flight Taliban – America was going to war.
Fort Pierce is marking the 20th anniversary Stonycreek Township, Pa. The most com- 93 intended, but most researchers believe it
of the Sept. 11, 2001 coordinated terrorist at- monly accepted number is 2,997. would have been a target in or near Washing- While the Navy SEALs had been around
tack by opening its 9/11 20th Remembrance ton, D.C. since 1962, and their immediate forerunners
exhibition. The attacks reached deep into St. Lucie dated back to World War II, many Americans
County. The first known sworn law enforce- According to a National Park Service re- heard about the special warfare group for the
“We are doing this opening in an effort to ment officer to battle al-Qaeda terrorists counting at the Flight 93 National Memorial, first time in 2001. The SEALs, who prefer an-
honor the innocent lives lost on that day,” during and following the Sept. 11 attack was at 9:48 a.m. Lyles called her husband from onymity, have become entwined in the pub-
said Elaine Ryan, marketing director. Fort Pierce native and former cop CeeCee the Airfone in row 32 on Flight 93 and left lic consciousness with the response to the
Ross Lyles. She had gone to work as a flight a message. “We’re turned around and I’ve 2001 terrorist attacks.
The exhibit opening will be at 10 a.m. on attendant for United Airlines in early 2001. heard that there’s planes that’s been, been
Saturday, Sept. 11. The exhibit will be up un- flown into the World Trade Center,” the park “We actually have a steel beam from the
til Sunday, Sept. 19. Grant Mann, executive United Airlines Flight 93 was going from service narrative quotes Lyles’ message. “I towers,” Ryan said. That’s on permanent dis-
director of the museum, will give remarks at Newark, N.J., to San Francisco on Sept. 11. hope to be able to see your face again.” play at the museum. A video presentation
the exhibit opening. Mann grew up in Vero The Boeing 757 had 37 passengers and sev- accompanies it. “We talk about how SEALS
Beach and graduated from Basic Underwater en crew members. The take-off time was 8:42 Lyles called her husband from her mobile came onto the scene and kicked off the Glob-
Demolition/SEAL Training Class 162 in 1989. a.m. The crew didn’t know that American phone at 9:58 a.m. This time the two talked al War on Terrorism.”
Among others, he has served assignments on Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked at 8:14 a.m. and prayed together briefly. She told him the
the storied SEAL Team Six – the Navy Special About three minutes after Flight 93 took off, crew and passengers opted to fight the ter- The opening of the 9/11 20th Remem-
Warfare group involved in Operation Nep- terrorists hijacked United Airlines Flight 175. rorists. Starting at 9:59 a.m. Lyles and others brance exhibition will be free to all attendees.
tune Spear, the attempted capture and ulti- A few minutes later, the terrorists hijacked on the plane battled the terrorists for about
mate killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden. American Airlines Flight 77. four minutes even as the South Tower col- Normal admission for those 13 and older is
lapsed in New York City. At 10:03 a.m. Flight $15. It’s $7 for those 6 to 12. First responders,
Ryan said the 20th anniversary of the trau- Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade 93 crashed. Whatever their intended target servicemembers and veterans get in for $12.
matic attacks is a good time to recount them Center at 8:46 a.m. The stunned world was was, the terrorists were beat. Children 5 and younger are free. The museum
for those who don’t have direct memories of still unaware terrorists were attacking. That as at 3300 North Highway A1A, Fort Pierce.
that day. “So many of our younger genera- became clear when Flight 175 crashed into There’s a memorial to Lyles at Liberty Gar- Its regular hours are Tuesday to Saturdays 10
tion aren’t familiar with the events,” she said. the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m. den, 600 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce. a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays noon to 4 p.m.
“They don’t realize how much influence it For more information visit www.navyseal-
had on our history going forward.” At about 9:34 a.m. terrorists hijacked On Oct. 7, 2001, President George W. Bush museum.org. 
Flight 93. About three minutes later, terror- made a televised announcement that after
There are a couple Sept. 11, 2001 terror-

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NEVER FORGET: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

CITY PLANS SPECIAL 9/11 REMEMBRANCE AT EVENT CENTER

BY PATRICK McCALLISTER | Correspondent The Port St. Lucie September 11th Memorial Foun- ally, there will be dignitaries from the Port PGA Village commemoration
tain at the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event Center. St. Lucie Police Department and St. Lucie
The City of Port St. Lucie’s annual 9/11 Re- County Sheriff’s Office. The city’s police The PGA Village Social and Recreation
membrance Ceremony will be at 8:30 a.m. at PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MIDFLORIDA CREDIT UNION EVENT CENTER chief, John Boduc, and assistant chief, Rich- Committee will host the 20th anniversary
the September 11th Memorial Fountain at ard Del Toro, will be among them. Addi- commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror-
the MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event Center. a site for remembering what happened 20 tionally, the county’s fire district chief, Nate ist attacks at 9 a.m.
years ago. We will never forget.” Spera, will be on hand.
“We have this incredible monument here Jan Allen, chairperson, said the property
on our property with the beam from the Members of the St. Lucie County Fire Dis- “We’re going to have a tent this year,” Mc- owners association and Castle Management
World Trade Center,” said Linda McCarthy, trict, and the district’s Honor Guard Pipes Carthy said. “The whole program will be un- have put together an educational program
director. and Drums Band will be on hand. Addition- der a tent.” that will feature speakers such as U.S. Rep.
Brian Mast and St. Lucie Sheriff Ken Mascara.
The Port St. Lucie September 11th Memo- At 8:46 a.m. there will be a bell tolling to
rial Fountain was unveiled in 2012. It’s an 11- mark the moment American Airlines Flight “A lot of what we’re doing that morning,
foot steel beam from the World Trade Center 11 crashed into the North Tower at the World particularly speakers, is give a history,” Allen
hoisted upon squared columns reminiscent Trade Center in New York City. A second bell said.
of the World Trade Towers. The names of tolling will be at 9:03 a.m., the time when
those who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist at- United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the One of the speakers, Dr. Ivan Somers, was
tacks are etched under the beam on marble South Tower at the World Trade Center. at the Pentagon when it was attacked. Allen
with a waterfall cascading over them. said a number of children and teens – who
The ceremony will close at 9:15 a.m. have no memory of the attacks – live at PGA
The monument was built during a time “There’ll be a reception after in our lobby,” Village, and it’s important to teach them
when the city was in economic crisis. The McCarthy said. “We’ll go inside the lobby and about the tragic events that have helped
Treasure Coast community rallied with ring the bell for (American Airlines) Flight 77 shape the 21st century.
more than $50,000 in donated services and and (United Airlines) Flight 93.”
materials to build it. In some quarters the “We also encourage people to bring any Following the commemoration, there will
monument represented hopefulness for kind of flowers or anything like that they be a demonstration by the St. Lucie Sheriff’s
Port St. Lucie’s future even as it was reeling want to,” McCarthy said. “We put them by Office K-9 unit and a pickleball match be-
from the housing crash and failed econom- the fountain and it stays there all day.” tween local firefighters and cops, the USA
ic-development projects. Can’t Lose match. The PGA Village events are
The MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event open to members of that community and
“A lot of businesses and individuals do- Center is at 9221 SE Event Center Place.  their guests. 
nated their time and money to have that
built here,” McCarthy said. “We are definitely

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REST EASIER, PATIENTS: ‘ANESTHESIA HAS GOTTEN A LOT SAFER’

BY KERRY FIRTH | Correspondent making sure the patient is optimized for the Dr. Philip Nye. PHOTO: KAILA JONES
surgery so they can safely proceed through
Anesthesiologist Dr. Philip Nye has some their operation and wake up with no ad- It numbs a small area with a one-time in- “We are in constant communication with
good news for those facing surgery: “An- verse effects.” jection of medicine, and you are alert and the surgeon, and if something is going on
esthesia has gotten a lot safer through the awake. during the surgery a conversation happens
years because the anesthetic techniques Anesthesia is administered to keep pa- immediately and together we determine
and equipment we use has gotten better,” tients comfortable and pain free during “The most common medication used for what to do to try to optimize the patient’s
Dr. Nye says. surgery, medical procedures or tests. But colonoscopies and endoscopies is propo- hemodynamic status. We do that by giving
according to the American Society of Anes- fol,” Dr. Nye continued. “It’s known as the intravenous fluids and medications that
“Almost all operating rooms have imme- thesiologists, there some key differences in ‘milk of anesthesia’ because it actually slow or increase the heartrate.”
diate access to fiber optic equipment, which the types of anesthesia administered, de- looks like milk. It’s also used to put you to
makes it much safer to secure an airway. We pending on the procedure, your health and sleep and keep you asleep during general Your anesthesiologist stays with you
can now monitor your oxygen saturation your preference. anesthesia for surgery. It has very few side through the post-operative phase as well,
continuously through the procedure. We effects and is not associated with post-op- managing your vitals in the recovery room.
also have arterial lines which can give us a General Anesthesia is used for major erative nausea.” He makes sure you aren’t having any car-
beat-to-beat variability on what your blood operations such as a knee replacement or diac, pulmonary or blood pressure issues.
pressure is doing throughout the surgery. open-heart surgery and causes you to lose Your anesthesiologist is with you He also monitors your pain level and has
Everything has gotten better and as a result consciousness. It is administered through a throughout the entire surgery. techniques to help with post-op pain and
the recovery time has improved. mask or an IV placed in a vein. A tube may address any side effects such as nausea and
be placed in your throat to help you breathe. “We don’t just give the anesthesia and go vomiting.
“During an anesthetic preoperative as- into cruise control,” Dr. Nye explained. “We
sessment, we consider the nature and ur- IV/Monitored Sedation is used for min- are at the head of the bed monitoring the Even as anesthesia has gotten “a lot saf-
gency of the procedure and evaluate the imally invasive procedures like colonosco- blood pressure and vitals continuously. We er through the years … surgeries have also
patient’s medical history and comorbidi- pies. Your level of consciousness can range want to keep the vitals within 20 percent of gotten better,” noted Dr. Nye. “They are
ty issues like cardio disease, allergies and from being able to talk to being uncon- the patient’s baseline vitals.
medications that might interfere with the scious. Sedation is usually provided through
anesthesia,” said Dr. Nye, who operates an IV placed in a vein.
Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Services of
Florida in Vero Beach. Regional anesthesia is often used during
childbirth and surgeries of the arm, leg or
“We get a baseline assessment of hemo- abdomen. It numbs a large part of the body,
dynamic status to determine if the patient’s but you remain aware. The medication is
blood pressure, heart rate, breathing and delivered through an injection or small tube
oxygenation is stable or not. called a catheter.

“While the surgeon is focused on the Local anesthesia is for procedures like
surgery, the anesthesiologist is focused on having a mole removed or getting stitches.

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sions have become smaller. And more sur- a conversation with me as we are leaving
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so less invasive and faster surgeries typical- patients who had low oxygen levels while
ly reduce the amount of anesthesia drugs anesthetized and those with sleep apnea.
needed for a procedure – but how does the “I was performing a lot of endoscopies and
anesthesiologist know if the patient is really colonoscopies which require the use of in-
feeling no pain? travenous propofol,” Dr. Nye explained. “We
give a large enough dose of propofol to ren-
“If the blood pressure and heart rate are der the patient asleep or unconscious and
high, that may indicate to me there may since we are not intubating the patient, we
by some sympathetic activation and I may are relying on the patient to breathe on their
need to increase the anesthetic level,” said own while also keeping them unconscious.
Dr. Nye. “A BIS monitor is occasionally used
to give us a rough idea of the patient’s level “I noticed a lot of patients were becom-
of awareness. ing apneic. Prior to the surgery they never
reported any issues with sleep apnea but
“Trauma patients have a higher incidence when I talked to them after the surgery and
of reporting recall because when a trauma told them they dropped the oxygen levels
patient comes into the operating room, low, we’d find they had undiagnosed sleep
they are usually unstable and have lost a lot apnea. That’s what piqued my interest in
of blood. You can’t give these patients a very sleep medicine.”
deep level of anesthetic because their blood
pressure is already tenuous and low. Anes- Dr. Philip Nye opened his own sleep medi-
thesia drops blood pressure and too much cine clinic in Vero Beach two years ago where
of it could potentially kill them.” he treats sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome,
insomnia, narcolepsy and a whole gamut
Others have reported they were aware of of sleep disorders. He now splits his time be-
what was going on, when actually what they tween his sleep clinic and as a staff anesthe-
reported was at the end of the surgery when siologist at Good Samaritan Hospital in West
everything was done, and they were coming Palm Beach. He can be reached at Anesthesia
off the propofol and waking up. and Sleep Medicine Services of Florida, 1485
37th St.Vero Beach, 772-266-6855. 
“Medicine doesn’t just shut off like you
turn off a switch,” Dr. Nye explained. “It
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Bonz becomes big fan of Blanche at first glance

Hi Dog Buddies! “So, your Mom’s in the Service. That’s Blanche. PHOTOS: KAILA JONES I’m havin’ fun. An I know Mom’ll be back,
Cool Kibbles!” an we’ll go off to other bases an more
Blanche Hammer is a Really Cute, Very, much get along with everybody. I guess I Cool Kibbles ad-VEN-churs. I’d already
Very Bouncy Mini Poo, with short Super “I KNOW! Right? Mom’s in the Air AM a Pooch-of-the-World.” met Glammy Lora when she visited us in
Curly hair the color of an APPER-cot. She Force, that’s planes an stuff. She’s a flite Vegas. Not Fancy, though at first, Fancy
came zoomin’ up to me an my assistant, ser-juhn. She makes her fellow humans “How was it when you first came here?” was a liddle, ummm, grumpy. No offense,
an didn’t stop bouncin’ long enough for all better.” “It was just this May. I was a little de- Fancy.”
the Wag-an-Sniff. pressed at first, missin’ my Mom, but now
“Woof, I bet you’ve had lotsa adven- Fancy perked up her sailboat ears. “I
“Hi! Hi! Hello! Come IN! Sit over tures!” was. It’s true. I hadn’t been well, I was all
THERE. I just hadda sham-POO. Aren’t I creaky. Could hardly walk. But the funny
nice an FLUFFY? I wanted to look My Best “I have! Like, I was born in Japan. Mom thing was, this ram-BUNK-shus liddle
for the pickshur!” was stationed onna base there when muffin kept bouncin’, and jumpin’ and
she ’dopted me as a pupper. When I was tryin’ to get me to play an, finally, I start-
“Miss Blanche, I presume,” I got in, about a year, she got stationed in a big ed gettin’ up an movin’ more (a liddle
edgewise. “A pleasure.” sparkly place called Las VAY-gus. There more) on my own. An now I feel much
were more colored lights all over the better. Still slow, but I’m havin’ ackshull
“Yep. It’s ME, Blanche. I’m s’pose to place than you’ve EVER SEEN! WAY ex- FUN. An, when Blanche gets a liddle too
innerduce my much older sister, Fancy. citing! The Base wasn’t like that, tho. The bouncy for me, I just go to my Room (it’s
She’s 98 in Human.” humans were Much More Serious. a cozy liddle kennel.).

Blanche nodded to a liddle gold-an- “Anyway, pretty soon Mom got her next Flippin’ another page in my notebook,
white terrier with short hair, sittin’ onna duty. (In the Air Force, jobs are called I asked, “What’s your day like?”
chair. She flashed a small smile. Duty, but it’s way different than yours an
my Duty. Also, WE only hafta go out in “I’m really bouncy, an curious, you
“Delighted, Miss Fancy,” I nodded. the yard, but MOM had to go to Turkey.) might’ve noticed,” Blanche said.
“An THIS my Mom’s mom, Glammy That’s when Glammy Lora said I could
Lora. I’m stayin’ with her an Fancy cuz stay here.” Since she’d just been nosing around in
my ackshull Mom, Doctor Patricia, is The Satchel (an had discovered the treats
stationed in Turkey, which is really far “Crispy Biscuits, Miss Blanche! I therein, and received one from my as-
away. An, buh-leeve it or not, they don’t exclaimed. “You’re, like, a Pooch-of-the- sistant -- Fancy got one, too, of course),
allow dogs on The Base. (That’s where she World. I bet you got to fly, right?” I HAD noticed that she was both bouncy
works.) I think it’s cuz they’re afraid we’d an curious.
scare the turkeys.” “Oh, sure. It’s no biggie. I travel on
military planes. Easy peasy. Plus, I’ve met “I can DANCE,” Blanche announced,
so many different kinds of humans an fel- and popped up onto her back legs, then
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began twirling around an around, an Getting a refund for rescheduled comedy show was no joke
NOT falling on her kazoo like I’m posi-
tive I would have under similar circum- Diane Dukes couldn’t make it to comedian course, they did not respond to that request.
stances. “See, I’m a bal-uh-REE-na,” she Ron White’s show after she received a cancer di- If there is any way you could help, it
said. agnosis. Is there a way to get her money back?
would be appreciated. It’s not like we are
“Pawsome!” I exclaimed. Q: My husband and I had tickets to see losing a ton of money, but all funds count
“We have lotsa stuffies in that big a Ron White show. We bought the tickets now when our medical bills are rising.
basket,” She pointed. “Mostly I just like through Ticketmaster. The event was re-
to push the basket around. I’ve haven’t scheduled twice because of COVID-19. A: I’m so sorry to hear about your illness. At
really met other pooches, so far. It’s just When we bought the tickets in early 2020, a time like this, Ticketmaster and the event or-
me an Fancy, mostly. Glammy Lora takes the event was in April 2020, then due to ganizer should be understanding – particular-
us on Leash Walks. Well, I walk onna COVID, it was postponed to fall 2020 and ly since you were so understanding after they
leash.” again to this spring. All along, we were rescheduled the Ron White show twice before.
Fancy innerjected. “I’m too wobbly planning to keep our tickets and go to the This is like a bad joke.
for leash walks, so Glammy Lora carries rescheduled event.
me in a comfy little thingy she calls a Ticketmaster does, in fact, have managers
Papoose. I can see stuff, an I don’t get all However, in the meantime, I was diag- with phone numbers. I publish the names,
pooped out.” nosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. We were numbers and email addresses of all the Tick-
“Yeah, I’ve been tryin’ to get Glammy still planning on going to the May event un- etmaster executives on my consumer advoca-
Lora to let me ride in it but I’m too Wig- til March, when my surgeons scheduled my double mastec- cy site, Elliott.org. I think you could have also
gly,” Blanche admitted. tomy for May 10. I got my COVID test on May 7, the day of taken this directly to Ron White. You can get in touch with him
“WAAY too wiggly,” Fancy agreed. the concert, and had to quarantine until surgery on Monday, directly through his website.
“We both love ridin’ in the car,” May 10. Therefore, I couldn’t attend this event. I realize that event tickets come with significant restrictions.
Blanche continued. “We get all strapped But when the organizers don’t hold up their end of the bargain
in for SAFETY. We ride down to Palm Ticketmaster would not allow me to re-sell my tickets by canceling the show, then you should expect some flexibility
Beach a lot when Glammy Lora goes online. I was only allowed to transfer my tickets online to on the other end. You don’t expect them to read you the rules
there for BIZZ-ness. friends or family. However, my friends and family were not and refuse to help you.
“When she hasta travel an we can’t go, available or interested in attending. I contacted Ticketmaster on your behalf. The company re-
we stay with Ant Anita. She doesn’t have viewed your request and offered a courtesy refund from the event
a dog so she loves to spoil us. An we love I tried contacting Ticketmaster several times via their chat organizer “given the extenuating circumstances.” I hope that
it too, of course.” and email. There is no phone for customer support. The an- your surgery was successful and that you make a quick recovery.
“What do you ladies like to eat?” swer was always the same: The organizer was not accepting
“Glammy Lora cooks us duh-li-shus cancellations at this time. Well, when they offered refunds, I Get help with any consumer problem by contacting Christopher
sammun with rice, or chiggen with was still planning on going. I asked Ticketmaster in my email Elliott at http://www.elliott.org/help. 
rice an peas, mixed with kibbles,” said if they would connect me with the promoter directly and of
Blanche. “We get all natch-rull treats.
We ’specially like the really smelly ones, When you and your spouse run out of things to talk about ...
which I think Glammy Lora wishes we
didn’t.” Dear Carolyn: What do you talk to your spouse
“You both are so well groomed,” I
observed. “Who’s your stylist?” about? I don’t mean “you” specifically, but it’s
“Ackshully, Glammy Lora is. She’s a
pruh-FESH-unnal. That’s why we look so starting to feel like we’re running out of things to talk
beautiful. An we smell good, too. Also,”
Blanche added, “Glammy Lora brushes CAROLYN HAX about. We’re
my teeth every night, just like Mom does. pretty much
See?” She broke into a Very Wide Smile.
Sure enough, she did have very sparkly, down to news
white teeth.
“I buh-leeve in good oral hi-jean,” from the occasional check-in with friends and then,
Blanche stated solemnly.
Heading home, I was wonderin’ what “What do you want to watch on Netflix tonight?”
it’d be like being a Pooch-of-the-World.
Never knowin’ where I’d hang my hat Once the kids go to bed, there’s not much left to talk
next. Ad-ven-churs around every corner.
Truth is, the farthest I’ve ever traveled about. The silences are starting to feel less compan-
was to here from my breeder in Jupiter
when I was a pupper. Anyway, thinkin’ ionable and more awkward, and I’m worried this is
about my Cozy Easy Chair an my eve-
ning dish of yoghurt, I reelize I’m totally going to start straining our relationship.
happy where I am.
– Running Out
Till next time,
Running Out: You can accept some silences as things fall away, we can shift and invite new ways of connect-
The Bonz normal, since they can be, companionably so.
ing in with each other and with the parts of the earth that have
DON’T BE SHY! Or tell stories about your past, or about the family history.
We are always looking for pets No doubt there’s more to know about each other and pass always been there, waiting for us to say hi.
with interesting stories. To set along to the kids.
· There’s an infinite number of books, websites, blogs and
up an interview, email Or stream more interesting content.
[email protected]. Or join book groups, or just read the same book together. other things you could be reading and then talking about
Or start a little project. Home improvement, culinary, ar-
tistic, competitive – training for a road race, for example. Joint instead of Netflix.
projects are a known method for bringing people together and
breaking down silences. · Perhaps start a conversation about the fact that it’s be-
Raising children is a project in itself, but spread out across
two decades or so. A smaller effort with a nearer-term outcome coming difficult to find things to talk about. Granted, it could
could bring you immediate relief and connection, even if it’s
just making dinner as a team tonight. lead any number of places, not all of them pleasant. But it beats

Readers’ many suggestions: ignoring the elephant in the room.
 Go for walks solo or jointly, or listen in your backyard, and
talk about what the dogs, flowers, and birds were doing. As old · Advice columns are great conversation prompts. One

of us reads a letter out loud, then we stop there and we each

respond to it in turn and keep discussing as long as we’re both

interested. It’s a great way to understand each other, as well as

practice in articulating our own beliefs and values.

 Games – a nice time-filler, light chat.

 AITA on Reddit! Entertaining and definitely gives you

things to discuss.  –­ THE WASHINGTON POST

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Summer sluggishness: Mortgage
rates continue to move sideways

BY KATHY ORTON | The Washington Post Wednesday, it jumped to 1.35 per-
cent, its biggest one-day gain in more
Like most of us, mortgage rates than two weeks. The move came too
seem to be languishing as summer late to affect the Freddie Mac survey,
winds down. which is done early in the week.

According to the latest data re- “The 10-year Treasury … has been
leased last Thursday by Freddie Mac, trading in a narrow range for the
the 30-year fixed-rate average edged last 30 days and has had a bumpy
up to 2.87 percent with an average ride down for the last 90 days from
0.6 point. (Points are fees paid to a around 1.6 percent,” said Mitch Ohl-
lender equal to 1 percent of the loan baum, mortgage banker at Macoy
amount. They are in addition to the Capital Partners.
interest rate.) It was 2.86 percent two
weeks ago and 2.91 percent a year Meanwhile, mortgage applications
ago. The 30-year fixed average has re- drifted higher last week. According
mained below 3 percent the past two
months. to the latest data from the Mortgage
Bankers Association, the market
Freddie Mac, the federally char- composite index – a measure of total
tered mortgage investor, aggregates loan application volume – increased
rates from around 80 lenders across 1.6 percent from a week earlier. The
the country to come up with week- refinance index ticked up 1 percent,
ly national averages. It uses rates for while the purchase index rose 3 per-
high-quality borrowers with strong cent. The refinance share of mort-
credit scores and large down pay- gage activity accounted for 67.3 per-
ments. Because of the criteria, these cent of applications.
rates are not available to every bor-
rower. “Mortgage applications for home
purchases and refinances both in-
The survey is based on home pur- creased last week, with purchase
chase mortgages. Rates for refinanc- activity rising to the highest level in
es may be different. As of Aug. 1, bor- over a month,” said Bob Broeksmit,
rowers refinancing their mortgages president and CEO of the Mortgage
will no longer have to pay the adverse Bankers Association. “Housing sup-
market refinance fee. The fee, which ply is still too low, but recent increas-
was imposed on mortgages sold to es in newly built and existing homes
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, add- bode well for prospective buyers this
ed about $1,500 to a $300,000 loan. fall. Refinancing activity increased
The surcharge was intended to offset on an annual basis for the first time
covid-related losses. since March, as more homeowners
act on this summer’s lower rates.
The 15-year fixed-rate average MBA is forecasting just under $2 tril-
moved slightly higher to 2.17 percent lion in refinance originations this
with an average 0.6 point. It was 2.16 year – the third-highest ever.” 
percent two weeks ago and 2.46 per-
cent a year ago. The five-year adjust-
able rate average slipped to 2.42 per-
cent with an average 0.2 point. It was
2.43 percent two weeks ago and 2.91
percent a year ago.

“When you come to rest after a
bungee jump, you oscillate up and
down slightly,” said Holden Lew-
is, home and mortgage specialist at
NerdWallet. “That’s what mortgage
rates look like nowadays. The pan-
demic’s threat to the economy tugs
rates down and the prospect of tight-
er monetary policy pulls them up.
The net result is a relative standstill
that will remain until the Federal Re-
serve decisively hoists mortgage rates
higher.”

Mortgage rates tend to follow the
same path as long-term bond yields,
though that has been less the case
recently. The yield on the 10-year
Treasury had been stuck below 1.3
percent since Aug. 13. But then last

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Lake views aplenty in this splendid Clubside residence

BY SHELLEY KOPPEL | Columnist
[email protected]

The house at 8309 Riviera Way, in the
Clubside section of PGA Village, sits under
an arbor of trees, with lush landscaping
that provides beauty, shade and privacy.
Step inside, and the foyer is bright with
natural light.

As you pass the dining room and go to-
wards the great room, the view – the stun-
ning view of the lake – is visible from win-
dows and slider doors. This is one of the joys
of this home, a great room 25 feet by 16 feet,
with lots of space for seating, a big-screen
television and the bonus of the wonderful
lake views beyond. Your guests will watch
the big game and you’ll play board games

with your kids or grandkids, all the while The master bedroom is a spacious 13-
with the lake, lawn and trees as a backdrop. by-20, and it has a door that opens to the
lanai. Imagine stepping outside in the ear-
The great room is adjacent to the kitch- ly morning to watch the sun come up or
en, a nicely sized 13-by-10, with light wood coming outside in the evening, to hear the
cabinets, granite countertops and lots of quiet night sounds. It is truly a private oa-
storage. There’s a breakfast nook where your sis. The master bath has double vanities, a
family will enjoy meals or you can relax in soaker tub and a separate shower, and is a
the morning with the paper and a cup of wonderful place to relax. A second bedroom
coffee. Again, the kitchen has the view of (12-by-12) and an additional bath complete
the lake and who could ask for more as you the private rooms.
cook up a storm? The public rooms also in-
clude a den (13-by-13), which has space for Outside, the covered lanai is the perfect
a closet and could easily be converted into place for a book club meeting or ladies’ lun-
an additional bedroom, a laundry room and cheon, or just a place to sit with a book and
powder room. relax. There is so much privacy that you will

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feel that you are alone in your own world. are two bedrooms and a den, which has lake. It’s a really nice home on a really nice that can easily become a third bedroom, it
For Kay Rodriguez of Lang Realty, this is a space for a closet and could easily be turned homesite on a great street.” is a house that is suitable for families, retir-
into a third bedroom. There is a kitchen and ees and snowbirds. It’s the kind of home that
house with a lot to love about it. breakfast area with sliders to the outside. This is a home that offers that real estate you won’t want to miss because, like Goldi-
“The view is to die for,” she said. “It’s at One of the biggest things I love is that it’s truism: location, location, location – and so locks said, “it’s just right.” 
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TRADITION AND ST. LUCIE WEST REAL ESTATE SALES

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

Another busy fortnight of real estate sales in Tradition and St. Lucie West saw 44 transactions of
single-family residences and lots reported (some shown below).
The top recent sale was of the residence at 20085 SW Matera Way. First listed in March for
$1,075,000, this 3-bedroom, 4-bathroom home sold for $895,000 on Aug. 25.
Representing the seller in the transaction was agent Daniel Hammer of Engel & Volkers Stuart.
Representing the buyer was agent Karin Gambon of Coastal Breeze Realty Corp.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS ORIGINAL
SELLING
PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$895,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 20085 SW MATERA WAY 3/8/2021 $1,075,000 8/25/2021 $636,500
PORT SAINT LUCIE 5811 NW BLUE BONNET COURT 7/21/2021 $635,000 8/26/2021 $585,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 309 NW BAYSIDE COURT 7/15/2021 $545,000 8/23/2021 $575,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 925 SW GRAND RESERVES BLVD 7/13/2021 $599,000 8/27/2021 $547,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 11129 SW MAPLE TREE LANE 7/9/2021 $549,888 8/27/2021 $475,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 5820 NW WINDY PINES LANE 7/7/2021 $449,900 8/16/2021 $470,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 11367 SW ROCKINGHAM DRIVE 8/4/2021 $470,000 8/16/2021 $465,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 7637 NW GREENSPRING STREET 7/6/2021 $409,900 8/18/2021 $460,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 921 SW GRAND RESERVE BLVD 6/7/2021 $449,000 8/25/2021 $460,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 1191 SW LIVE OAK COVE 7/14/2021 $449,000 8/19/2021 $435,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 5837 NW ARLEY COURT 8/6/2021 $439,900 8/26/2021 $415,000
PORT SAINT LUCIE 1115 NW DEMEDICI ROAD 6/21/2021 $414,900 8/19/2021 $395,655
PORT SAINT LUCIE 705 SW ARUBA BAY 6/25/2021 $395,655 8/16/2021

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HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP RECENT TRADITION AND ST. LUCIE WEST REAL ESTATE SALES

5811 NW Blue Bonnet Court, Port Saint Lucie 309 NW Bayside Court, Port Saint Lucie

Listing Date: 7/21/2021 Listing Date: 7/15/2021
Original Price: $635,000 Original Price: $545,000
Sold: 8/26/2021 Sold: 8/23/2021
Selling Price: $636,500 Selling Price: $585,000
Listing Agent: Marilyn Sowers Listing Agent: Millie Gil

Selling Agent: Re/Max Direct Selling Agent: Bold Real Estate Group, Inc

Stacey Carey Bonnie Meyo

EXP Realty LLC Berkshire Hathaway Florida RE

925 SW Grand Reserves Boulevard, Port Saint Lucie 11129 SW Maple Tree Lane, Port Saint Lucie

Listing Date: 7/13/2021 Listing Date: 7/9/2021
Original Price: $599,000 Original Price: $549,888
Sold: 8/27/2021 Sold: 8/27/2021
Selling Price: $575,000 Selling Price: $547,000
Listing Agent: Timothy Doody Listing Agent: William Eggeling

Selling Agent: KW Reserve Selling Agent: RE/MAX Masterpiece Realty

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Prepare ahead of time if you plan to buy a home after retiring

BY MICHELE LERNER | The Washington Post that it does function as income,” Baker ers have the ability to repay a loan through the bank learned of the coming retirement
wrote. their planned income, which can some- and that the buyer was just going to have
Planning for retirement includes nu- times be a surprise for seniors making the Social Security as an income flow after re-
merous moving parts, including saving “Unfortunately, capital gains on invest- transition into retirement. tiring, so their future income didn’t match
and investing for daily expenses and deci- ments are not typically eligible for use as the current income when they applied.
sions about where you want to live. qualifying income due to the one-time “I witnessed one situation where a per-
nature of the income. Be sure to talk to a son close to retirement had a difficult time “This was a big red flag and it’s a lesson
While more than three-fourths of Amer- lender about how certain assets, set up acquiring their new retirement home as for buyers to make their lender aware of
icans (76 percent) said they wanted to stay for regular, periodic distributions, can be they were trying to get their income con- any upcoming changes before the income
in their residence in retirement in an AARP used as proof of income.” firmed,” wrote Baker. verification process begins. It is worth
survey, some retirees want to move to a noting that Social Security income can be
new home, downsize or relocate after they Without monthly income that can be “When they submitted their application, grossed up for qualification purposes, but
stop working. confirmed by a bank, qualifying for a loan they were still employed,” he added. “They you’ll want to talk to your lender about the
can be challenging. Lenders must follow didn’t tell the bank they were retiring in two specifics of doing so.”
We asked Dale Baker, president of home regulations that require proof that borrow- months. Through the verification process,
lending at KeyBank in Indianapolis, about Many retirees may plan to sell their
the challenges of buying a home when current home and pay cash for their next
you’re retired. property, but Baker suggests looking care-
fully into the pros and cons of that plan.
“There are multiple factors that can
stand in the way of seniors who are either “It can be worthwhile to meet with a
retired or in the process of retiring from financial adviser to determine whether
being able to quickly and easily purchase it’s worth taking out a mortgage,” Bak-
the home they want,” Baker wrote in an er wrote. “With rates so low, buyers with
email. cash flexibility have the option to invest
their money elsewhere if that investment
“The most complicated hurdle is se- could return more money than the inter-
niors who have all the assets they need, est on a mortgage. It’s also worth factoring
but no income streams to make it through in the potential tax breaks involved if you
the regulations put in place to verify what do obtain a mortgage, rather than paying
they qualify for.” outright for a home. Most lenders have
experienced advisers who can crunch the
Even retirees with $1 million or more numbers on this scenario to see if it can
saved for their post-work life can find it save home buyers money.” 
difficult to qualify for a loan.

“That money needs to be generating in-
come, dividends or interest to help show

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Tips on incorporating wainscoting into your home décor

BY MICHELE LERNER | The Washington Post can implement in a room. Some are really on application rather than raised panel, the walls. Instead, pick one or the other.
intricate and difficult, and thus the space which requires a lot more labor and mate- Q: Can you give me an idea of the cost to
Architectural details such as wainscot- must be all drywall and a blank slate. It’s rials.
ing, coffered ceilings, crown moldings and difficult to do the more formal wainscot- add wainscoting to an existing home?
beadboard panels, often associated with ing in an existing home. When this is not Q: How do homeowners avoid overdoing A: Raised panel wainscoting is proba-
traditional homes, can be introduced to an option, “plant-on” wainscoting is still with wainscoting?
nearly any home regardless of the style. amazing and can be added to an existing bly double, if not triple the cost of plant-
Wainscoting was originally used to insu- home. Essentially, plant-on wainscoting A: I personally don’t think there can be on wainscoting. The pricing encompasses
late the bottom half of plaster walls, add consists of planting a piece of molding di- too much wainscoting. If I had a budget more than just the wainscoting itself, but
durability and to protect the walls from to do it in every room, I would design also the labor and the paint that goes on
every room to have a different wall treat- top. For a frame of reference in terms of
ment. There can be too much of the same pricing, plant-on molding in a dining room
wainscoting, so to avoid this I like to mix would cost somewhere around $5,000.
it up in shape and style. Another applica- Raised panel in a dining room would be
tion to avoid is treating the ceilings and somewhere around $10,000 or $15,000. 

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BIG BLUES!

The Jake & Elwood Blues Revue – the only Blues Brothers act sanctioned
by the Belushi estate and Dan Aykroyd – entertains the crowd at Burgers,
Blues & Brews in Tradition Square last Saturday. Attendees also got to
hear Joey George & the Dead Beat Daddies, top right, at the event, which
also featured burgers, cold brews, beer pong, cornhole and vendors.

PHOTOS: LINDA KLOORFAIN

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BREWERY HOPS ON B’WAY PROJECT TO BENEFIT RIVERSIDE THEATRE

BY MARY SCHENKEL | Staff Writer Jack Wich of scribing it as a ton of work but incredibly re- would just cease to exist over-
Walking Tree Brewery. warding and fun. night. No one.”
Even before the pandemic forced Broad-
way to go dark, actors James Ludwig and PHOTOS: KAILA JONES The next four beers in the Broadway Six Relatively quickly, a num-
Mark Aldrich had found a way to brew up Pack were: ‘School of Hops’ beer, an impe- ber of innovative fundraising
support for the arts through their Broadway their products to raise rial black ale with the “School of Rock” to initiatives began to gain trac-
Brew project. And when COVID put a crimp money for charity, but the benefit Sing for Hope; ‘It’s for Adrienne,’ a tion, including in the world of
in that plan, they crafted a Curtain Up initia- concept was a new one cherry cream ale for “Waitress” to benefit breweries.
tive that is raising funds through breweries for Broadway. the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, that Lud-
nationwide to benefit the Actors Fund and wig says “paired very well with cherry pie”; One that has seen remark-
other performing arts organizations. “So we put this idea out ‘The Pint of No Return,’ a black lager created able success is a charity beer
there to a bunch of Broad- for “Phantom of the Opera” to benefit Musi- called ‘All Together’ that the
Locally, Walking Tree Brewery has signed way shows and got basi- cians on Call; and ‘Islander Pale Ale,’ created Other Half Brewing Company
on to Curtain Up and has concocted a Kölsch cally blank stares. It was laughable; we had a for “Come from Away” to benefit Tuesday’s created to benefit workers in
to benefit Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach. lot of really strange responses,” says Ludwig. the hospitality industry. Tak-
“And then the first show that really saw the Mike Malone and Jack Wich of Walking Tree Brewery. ing the concept a step further,
The Broadway Brews and Curtain Up ini- value of it was ‘Hamilton.’ So our first beer they made it an open-source
tiatives evolved out of an earlier project that for the Broadway Brews project, right out of Children. “And then we were just about to beer, putting the recipe and
the pair of Broadway actors began co-pro- the gate, was ‘Hamilton,’ which was a coup, do the last beer in the six pack, and COVID label online and inviting other
ducing and hosting in 2008 called the Hap- obviously.” happened. We were down to choosing from brewers to become part of the
py Hour Guys, about craft beers and where Their goal was to create a Broad- a couple of different shows to finish up the initiative by brewing the beer
to find them. Over the years, Ludwig says, way Six Pack, consisting of “six dif- whole thing, and it was going to be this great and donating to the cause.
they derived “tons and tons of content” ferent beers with six different shows big shebang, and then our industry com-
through the produc- for six different charities.” pletely collapsed,” says Ludwig. “The All Together beer has
tion of nearly 400 With Hamilton on board, they hundreds and hundreds of
episodes, including soon found a brewer in the Bronx He adds that the shutdown has been breweries worldwide associ-
one filmed at Walk- who whipped up a rye saison beer more devastating than anything they could ated with it. We thought it was
ing Tree in 2019. called ‘Rise Up Rye.’ have imagined. “I mean, no one ever imag- a great idea, so we came up
“They’re still brewing it, and it’s ined any circumstance in which all of theater with the idea of the Curtain
At the time, Lud- now being served at Madison Square Up beer, as the final beer in
wig and wife Kristen Garden and out at Citi Field,” says the Broadway Six Pack,” says
Beth Williams were Ludwig. Fittingly, the chosen charity Ludwig.
gracing the stage at was the Eliza Project, an education- There are currently more than 75 brewer-
Riverside Theatre as al initiative out of the child welfare ies nationwide brewing the Curtain Up beer,
Henry Higgins and organization Graham Windham, using the original Hazy IPA recipe or the
Eliza Doolittle in “My which was co-founded by Hamilton’s wife breweries’ own version of it, to benefit the
Fair Lady.” Eliza. Actors Fund, which assists those involved
Three Happy Hour Guys episodes were in the entertainment industry, or their local
“Oh we had so filmed for each beer. The first was the ex- arts organizations.
much fun doing that; change of ideas at the initial meeting of cast As they already had an established re-
God what a great members and brewers, and next was the ac- lationship with Walking Tree, Ludwig says
show. We love it down in your neck of the tual brew day with cast members becoming they pitched the idea and “they immediately
woods,” says Ludwig. guest brewers of their beer. said, ‘Well, we’ve got to do this for Riverside.’
And finally, the release of the beer, “which They’re a wonderful group of people and ob-
Always on the lookout for potential brew- we turned into a big party, for the brewery, viously Riverside is a national treasure. We
ers to feature, Ludwig recalls that as soon as the cast and the charity,” says Ludwig, de- just adore that theater.”
he arrived in town and unpacked, he made The beer they created is a Kölsch,
his way to Walking Tree. He quickly talked which Jack Wich, Walking Tree sales
Mike Malone, co-founder and head brewer, manager, described as an easy drink-
and wife Brooke, creative director, into tap- ing, German-style ale, reminiscent
ing a Happy Hour Guys episode, complete of a lager. “The original was a big IPA
with a number of “My Fair Lady” cast mem- and we wanted something a little
bers. bit more tailored to the local theater
that would move a little bit faster,”
“Walking Tree is pretty special; they’re re- said Wich. “We took our Kölsch, and
ally doing it up right there. They make some we blended it with a fruited sour – a
great beer, they have an incredible space and pineapple/tangerine sour – and then
they’re also literally around the corner from re-dry hopped the beer with Man-
the new housing for Riverside Theatre,” says darin Bavaria hops, to brighten the
Ludwig, referencing the Star Suites Hotel, flavors up a little bit, and then we
which houses cast and production members kegged it.”
while they’re in town. The beer is currently on tap at Walking
Tree, Riverside Theatre, Waldo’s Restau-
A few years before that Vero visit, when rant and Kilted Mermaid, and a portion of
Broadway was booming and all was right sales benefits Riverside. Better get hopping,
with the theater world, they had begun though. It was a special batch limited to 26
thinking of a way to “get Broadway brewing sixth barrel kegs.
for charity.”
For more information or to view episodes
“So we had this idea. Let’s get a Broadway of Happy Hour Guys, including the one at
show, find some actors in that show who Walking Tree, visit thehappyhourguys.com/
think this is a cool thing, have them become curtain-up-beer. 
the brewers of a one-off beer, and then de-
cide amongst themselves who they would
like the beer to raise money for.”

Through their previous interactions with
brewers, they knew that the craft brewing
community is frequently generous in using

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Seven up! Sunrise adds on with the shows for 2021-22 season

BY SHELLEY KOPPEL | Staff Writer ‘The Nutcracker.’ ‘Popovich Pet Theater.’
[email protected]
PHOTOS COURTESY OF SUNRISE THEATRE
It’s a great sign that local theaters are
adding shows to their lineups after a year juggling featuring Gregory Popovich and his Hearkening back to the variety shows of the “The Ten Tenors: Love is in the Air” come
in which all I seemed to find in my inbox furry costars. There are more than 30 pets ’70s and ’80s, everyone from Neil Diamond to town March 15. They will sing some of
were cancellations. The Sunrise Theatre in in the show, all of whom have been rescued to Bette Midler to Cher to Streisand may the most popular feel-good love songs and
Fort Pierce has added seven shows to its and who love to perform. There will be new drop by and the stars will sing their No. 1 wedding first-dance songs and will surely
2021-2022 season and season tickets are on additions this year, including a goat duo hits as well as your favorite songs. evoke memories of the best kind. They’ll
sale now to members. They go on sale to the named Kurt and Helga and special guest Mr. cover romantic tunes from pop songs with
public Sept. 7, and it is not too late to be- Diamond, the miniature horse. Mike Del Giudice and Big Shot will cele- a twist to classic love songs and even some
come a member and take advantage of all brate the music of Billy Joel March 11. This is love arias. The concert includes “All You
that membership offers. Strictly Sinatra presents “The Rat Pack” the only Billy Joel show endorsed by the art- Need is Love,” “Unchained Melody” (bring
Feb. 3. This show is a tribute to the 1960s era ist. Del Giudice is a 27-year veteran of pay- tissues), “Somebody to Love” and more in
First up is comedian, actor and writer of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy ing tribute to Joel with his band, Big Shot. 10-part harmony. If you’re not in love, by the
Rodney Carrington, who comes to town Davis Jr. in their prime at the Sands in Las In 2013, he received the dream of a lifetime, time you leave, you will be.
Oct. 2. The funnyman has recorded eight Vegas. Strictly Sinatra has produced this when he became the newest member of
major label comedy albums that have sold show for nearly 20 years from Las Vegas to the Billy Joel Band. Big Shot includes other The Sunrise Theatre is located at 117 S.
more than three million copies. Atlantic City and it is a favorite on cruise members of Billy Joel’s band, Tommy By- Second St., Fort Pierce. The box office is open
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State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine presents with Special Guest Johnny T, come to town Paul McCartney, the Beatles and Journey.
the Tchaikovsky classic Dec. 26, which is a Feb. 10 with “An Evening with the Stars.”
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all the toys they opened on Christmas. It’s a
family outing that will build lasting mem-
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McAlpin OnStage: IRSC ready ‘to make magic again’

BY SHELLEY KOPPEL | Staff Writer The play’s the thing for IRSC performing arts students
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BY SHELLEY KOPPEL | Staff Writer and so proud our students, staff, faculty and administration
For Rebecca Shearer, theater manager at
Indian River State College, the last year has [email protected] for refusing to lie down quietly. We took a lot of artistic risks
been spent trying on put on shows, often
outside because of COVID. She is looking The last 16 months have been the best of times and the worst while being safe, health-wise. We tried to continue to provide
forward to a return this season to the newly
renovated McAlpin Fine Arts Center. of times for Alex Kanter, master instructor of theater at Indian performances to our community and I think our audiences

“I’ll never complain again about doing River State College. The pandemic has presented both challeng- responded. People said, ‘That’s different and I thank you for
a show inside again,” she said. “There’s no
worrying about rain and bugs. I’m very es and opportunities for him and his students. doing something.’ Students were grateful and surprised at
proud of our department. We had outside
productions when the rest of the world was “For the performing arts and for IRSC performing arts, the their own growth. They performed outdoors. There were very
shut down. We still gave our students per-
formance opportunities. Our ‘Midsummer last 16 months were clearly a challenge that had never been few blessings to come out of COVID, but creatively, that is a
Night’s Dream’ was sold out and the stu-
dents were amazing. It had our students faced before,” he said. “To this day, I am astounded, thrilled blessing. They learned performance techniques and skillsets,
and local high school students, and the
audiences came out. It was very exciting. and the students hit it out of the park. I was in-
Now it’s time to make magic again at the
McAlpin. There’s magic to do.” spired by them. Our administration and staff

The McAlpin OnStage season begins with and colleagues were incredibly supportive and
“The Uninvited,” a stage adaptation of Dor-
othy Macardle’s classic ghost story. It will be colleagues at other places said they had far more
presented Oct. 28-30 and is a great way to
kick off Halloween festivities. Shearer notes obstacles.”
that they hope to attract a new audience to
this production and theatergoers are en- The conversation moved to some of the choices
couraged to wear costumes.
for the upcoming season. Up first, from Sept. 23-
Next up is a concert from McAlpin Music,
“This One’s for You.” It will feature the IRSC 25, is a series of one-act plays written by Kanter.
Company Singers, Jazz Ensemble and Jazz
Combo, under the direction of Drs. Dale Ri- “The kids come back Aug. 18,” he said. “It’s
eth and John Southall. This will be a celebra-
tion of classic jazz, pop and Broadway. The important to give them a smaller opportunity to
concert will be presented Nov. 18-20.
put something up quickly. I happened to have the
Kick off the holiday season with “Home
for the Holidays,” a concert under the di- plays and it’s a good way to get a lot of roles in a
rection of Drs. Southall and Rieth. The IRSC
Wind Ensemble plays music of the season smaller amount of rehearsal time. Inclusion and
and “The Greatest Hits of the IRSC Chorale”
includes sacred and secular selections. Con- experience are so important to our department.”
cert dates are Dec. 2-4.
“The Uninvited” is a ghost story for Halloween
January brings “The Imaginary Invalid”
by Moliere. Presented in honor of his 400th weekend, Oct. 28-30. It’s an adaptation of Doro-
birthday, this satire of hypochondriacs being
fleeced by con artists has been updated and thy Macardle’s classic ghost story. “My experience
moved to the 1960s, with flash, groovy vibes
and tunes from 1969. The play will be pre- working with theater companies and educational
sented Jan. 13-15, 2022.
institutions is that the trick is to make live theater
“Sing! Sing! Sing!” is a celebration of clas-
sic big-band, Broadway and popular music. an event,” Kanter said. “It’s something you can’t
The Company Singers, Jazz Ensemble and
Jazz Combo will keep your toes tapping. The see streaming online. Younger audiences want to
show will be presented Feb. 17-19.
feel there’s an experience, whether they have to
Another big anniversary will be com-
memorated as IRSC students honor the 50th dress up or have champagne an hour before. It’s
anniversary of the classic Bob Fosse musi-
cal “Pippin.” The Stephen Schwartz score, an event. We’re not pretending it’s Dostoevsky. It’s
influenced by Motown and pop music, tells
the story of the Emperor Charlemagne’s son, fun. Some people may remember the Ray Milland
Pippin, as he searches for meaning in his life.
Among the songs are “Corner of the Sky” and IRSC performing arts students Sebastian Sims and Zhakiah Taylor rehearse a scene from film from the 1940s. It’s fun escapist fantasy.”
“Magic to Do,” the theme of this season. The “What is Love,” a one-act play by Alex Kanter that will be presented Sept. 23-25 as part of For something completely different, Kanter
musical will be presented March 10-12.
an evening of one-act plays written by Kanter. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALEX KANTER CONTINUED ON PAGE B6
“From Classical to Contemporary” is the
last McAlpin OnStage production. The IRSC classical and contemporary works span- Game” by Louise Bryant, and “The Beggar stage and acting for film,” she said. “It’s two
Wind Ensemble and Chorale will present ning more than 60 years, with a sequence of and the King” by Winthrop Parkhurst. Live different styles. We decided to pick a show
Broadway “Pops” selections. The concert will performances with the same casts will follow and perform it on stage and also screen the
take place April 7-9. the screenings and the show concludes with previously filmed show. This is more of the
talkback among the audience, actors and educational side for students and patrons,
The IRSC season always includes some creative team, comparing the film version learning the difference between film and
“extras,” often at the Wynne Black Box with the live performance. stage acting. The E-Learning department is
Theatre on the IRSC Main campus in Fort doing the filming and lighting. It started with
Pierce. The first is “Journeys: An Evening of The extra season ends with “Intimate an idea and we’re very excited.”
One-Act Plays,” featuring five one-act plays Apparel” by Lynn Nottage May 19-21. This
by Alex Kanter of the IRSC theater depart- is a story of a turn-of-the 19th century Afri- Subscription tickets for the McAlpin On-
ment. They will be presented Sept. 23-25 can-American seamstress, grappling with an Stage series are on sale now and individual
and tickets are $5. abusive marriage while helping clients navi- tickets go on sale Sept. 7. Tickets to IRSC
gate their own romantic struggles. programs are among the best values in town
Dr. Dale Rieth will present a piano/vocal and you get to see and hear some of the
concert as part of the McAlpin Music Series The Port St. Lucie Community Band, most talented students around. If you have
Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. He will feature personal fa- under the direction of Dr. John Southall, not yet sampled what they have to offer, this
vorites from the classical repertoire, includ- will present a free concert Dec. 8. This will is the year to do so.
ing Chopin and Ravel, as well as popular mu- be the first time the group has played at the
sic from composers such as Gershwin and McAlpin. The IRSC McAlpin Fine Arts Center is lo-
Kern. There will be a special emphasis on the cated at 3209 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce. Box
Swing Era, with music by Teddy Wilson. For Shearer, the choice of such a diverse office hours are Monday through Friday
program is important to IRSC’s role as an ed- from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Individual tickets will
On April 1-2, in collaboration with the ucational institution as well as a theater. She not be available until Sept. 7. Call 772-462-
Digital Media and E-Learning departments, is particularly excited about the “From Stage 4750 or 1-800-220-9915. 
IRSC students will present entirely filmed to Screen” project at the Black Box Theatre.
adaptations of two avant-garde plays: “The
“For acting majors, there is acting for the

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Coming Up! Rev up for ‘Labor Day Weekend County Kickoff’ at drive-in

BY PAM HARBAUGH | Correspondent Written in the ’60s, the comedy tells the lb.” By the way, “shore lb.” is surfer slang tation” 7 p.m. Sept. 19-21. Needed are one
story of Barney Cashman, a middle-aged for the way waves crash onto the beach. male in his 50s-70s and three females in
1 The big draw this weekend has got restaurateur who makes a try at seduc- Learn more about that organization and their 35s-70s. Written by Evan Smith, the
to be Encore Night’s “Labor Day tion, but discovers that joining the sexual see some of its “merch” at shorelb.com. play concerns two elderly sisters who
Weekend Country Kickoff” with perfor- revolution is more complicated than he The competition begins 9 a.m. Saturday at are Catholic and a door-to-door evan-
mances by Toby Keith and ALABAMA thinks. The show performs 8 p.m. Thurs- Sexton Plaza, 1050 Beachland Blvd. Regis- gelist who tries to save them. It is witty
streamed at the drive-in. This is a national days through Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sun- tration is online at https://liveheats.com/ and written with lively discourse on reli-
event being streamed at select drive-ins. days at the Pineapple Playhouse, 700 W. events/5758. Riders will meet at 8:30 a.m. gious beliefs. You can get a good idea of
Florida has only three places where this Weatherbee Rd., Fort Pierce. Tickets are The awards ceremony will be held 6 p.m. the play by visiting YouTube. Look for the
will be streamed and Fort Pierce is one of $25. Call 772-465-0366 or visit Pineapple Saturday at Walking Tree Brewery, 3209 brief video highlighting the production at
them – the Treasure Coast Park & Watch Playhouse.com. Dodger Rd., Vero Beach. There will also be Playwrights Horizons. More than the play
drive-in. The event also features pre-show raffles and other prizes handed out at the itself, getting involved with the 117-seat
performer Michael Ray and host Blanco 4 Both amateur and professionals will awards ceremony. For more information Pineapple Playhouse might be just the
Brown. The full-length, never-before-seen be showing off their skimboarding call 772-360-7166 or visit shortlb.com. right thing to get back into a post-pan-
concert experience was filmed exclusive- skills at the 14th Annual Mulligan’s Skim demic swing of things. Besides, says box
ly for this one-time-only event. Organiz- Jam Saturday morning at Sexton Plaza 5 With the Pineapple Playhouse on officer manager Leslie Parker-Earll, you
ers suggest that you “drive-in and rock in Vero Beach. This the final skim con- mind, now might be a good time to never know what’s going to happen. “I
out … pop down your tailgate and dance test of the season for the Skim USA Tour. unleash that muse within and go audi- love this theater,” she says. “I met my hus-
the night away.” Treasure Coast Park & It attracts board skimmers from around tion. They’ll be holding auditions for the band here 29 years ago.” She was on stage
Watch wants to make sure you have fun the world. The event is hosted by “shore dramatic comedy “The Savannah Dispu- then, performing as Sister Robert Ann in
but also stay healthy, so they’re having “Nunsense.” Her husband, Randy Earll,
contactless payment and they’re keeping was doing sound for the show. Now, the
vehicles spaced. They also request that two of them have a shared passion for the
you bring masks. The event begins 9 p.m. theater. Randy Earll even wrote a musical,
Thursday, Sept. 2. The remaining tickets “Community,” which is inspired by the
are $76 per car, with up to six people per theater. Pineapple Playhouse is looking
car and with each person having their for new talent both on the stage and be-
own seatbelt. Buy a food and beverage hind the scenes, “whether you are brand
pass for $20 so you can bring your own new to acting or returning to the stage
food and non-alcoholic beverages. Trea- after a long absence,” says Parker-Earll.
sure Coast Park & Watch is at 601 Seaway Call 772-465-0366 or visit Pineapple
Dr., Fort Pierce. Call 772-222-7570 or visit Playhouse.com.
TCParkandWatch.com.

2 Theater lovers will want to plan PHOTO: LINDA KLOORFAIN 6 Those who have kept their acting
ahead for a couple of fun shows. chops well honed may want to au-
The Treasure Coast Theatre will present CHEERS FOR ‘BOO BASH’ Mat Churchey, Boys & dition for “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” at
“Love, Loss and What I Wore” Sept. 10- Girls Clubs of St. Lucie the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. The show runs
26. The play is described as “funny and County VP of operations, presents Adeline Rosslow, 3, with a book during the trick-or- March 24 to April 10, 2022. Audition is by
compelling” and revolves around a group treat portion of the Boo Bash Celebration at Clover Park last Saturday. The Boo Bash was video submission, headshots and resume
of women who reflect on significant mo- the St. Lucie Mets’ pre-fundraiser for this year’s Chili Cookoff, to be held on Oct. 23.  due by noon on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Callbacks
ments in their lives. Tickets are $25 general will be held in person. Videos should in-
and $15 for students with ID. The Trea- clude a recording of the sides and song
sure Coast Theatre is at 10175 South U.S. assigned to the role. Get specific informa-
1, Port St. Lucie. Call 772-418-2439 or visit tion about the show, character breakdown,
TreasureCoastTheatre.com. audition guidelines and COVID policy by
visiting JupiterTheatre.org and clicking
3 A Neil Simon classic comedy “Last on 2021/2022 Season Auditions. The Maltz
of the Red Hot Lovers” runs Sept. Jupiter Theatre is at 1001 East Indiantown
16 to Oct. 3 at the Pineapple Playhouse. Rd., Jupiter. Call 561-575-2223. 

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to 1969 and the hippie move- been in love with since 2003,”

ment and that makes it even he said. “Our students read it

sillier. We added great music last year. It’s very moving and

from the 1960s and visually, we is loosely based on the true

have flower power. I am look- story of her grandmother. It’s

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The big musical this year is mate apparel and has two cus-

“Pippin,” by Stephen Schwartz and Roger tomers, a wealthy, white Fifth Avenue soci-

Hirson. It, too, is celebrating an anniver- ety lady and a Black sex worker, to whom

sary, it’s 50th and will be presented March she is a confidante. She gets married and it

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“I was in a production of ‘Pippin’ and woven. They’re touching and moving and

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“It’s a tough show to love. Pippin makes acters.”

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Witnessing wonders of nature at county Aquarium’s 20th anniversary

Fedna Eliassaint, Yurie Janvier and Brielle Janvier. PHOTOS: KERRY FIRTH BY KERRY FIRTH | Correspondent on how to care for the living ecosystems in our
lagoon. “Our job is to get people to slow down
Bill Hoffman, aquarium manager. Amanda Grabau, husbandry consultant. The St. Lucie County Aquarium celebrat- and see nature,” he explained. “We have our
ed its 20th anniversary with free admission staff and volunteers here to help people see
Children enjoying the touch tank at the St. Lucie County Aquarium. during its open house last Saturday. Guests what’s really going on in our environment. We
were invited to tour the aquarium, talk to the love seeing them get excited during the fish
staff and learn about the diversity of the Indi- feedings and when they can actually touch
an River Lagoon. one of our starfish.”

Families gathered in front of large display Hoffman was hired as the only staffer 20
tanks, each representing an ecosystem that years ago and has been the driving force be-
thrives in Florida’s Atlantic coast. The journey hind the aquarium’s growth. “When I came
began in the shallow waters of the Indian Riv- here everything was blank, just some empty
er Lagoon where rocky outcroppings are great tanks and white cinder block walls,” he re-
hunting grounds for crabs, lobster and game- called. “It was just myself and a couple of vol-
fish. It continued on to the mangrove ecosys- unteers and all of these tanks are filled with
tem, which provides a habitat for juvenile fish, specimens we collected from our lagoon.
crabs and shrimp, and on to the seagrass tank
where the healthy seagrass All of the displays and dioramas were added
beds serve as nurseries for through the years.”
many fish and invertebrates.
The St. Lucie County Aquarium is dedicat-
A cylindrical tank showcased ed to educating the general public and school
the graceful and whimsical groups about the critical need to preserve the
seahorses, while the beauti- diversity and complexity of Florida’s marine
ful yet invasive lionfish, which environment. “We want to educate people
originally came from Indo-Pa- about the state of our environment. Our sea-
cific waters, swam in their grasses are disappearing along with our coral
tank in the discovery room. reefs,” Hoffman said. “We are down to about 2
Children were delighted to see percent coral coverage in the Florida Keys from
some of their colorful movie about 50 to 60 percent. It’s disheartening.”
fish characters like Nemo in
the Indo-Pacific tank and were The St. Lucie Aquarium is located at 420
interested in learning about Seaway Dr., Fort Pierce. Call 772-462-3474 for
the Oculina Reef, which is a hours and ticket information. 
deep-water coral that lives in the dark depths
of the ocean off the East Coast of Florida and
nowhere else on earth.

The 3,000-gallon model of a Caribbean coral
reef ecosystem bursting with color and teem-
ing with sea life was actually brought from the
Smithsonian Marine Ecosystems Exhibit in
the National Museum of National History in
Washington, D.C. when the St. Lucie Aquari-
um opened 20 years ago. Yet the most popular
exhibit by far was the touch tank, where chil-
dren squealed with delight when they touched
starfish, shrimp, sea urchins and other inver-
tebrates that live in the Indian River Lagoon.

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GrowFL tabs county’s Aquaco Farms as ‘Companies to Watch’ finalist

St. Lucie County’s Aquaco Farms has been within 24 to 36 hours of harvest. employment by the end of 2021. “Recogni- we could not be more excited about Joe’s suc-
selected as a 2021 GrowFL Florida Compa- The GrowFL awards program honors tion by GrowFL as a Companies to Watch cess and the well-deserved recognition from
nies to Watch finalist. finalist is a great validation for us at Aquaco. GrowFL,” said EDC President Pete Tesch.
impressive second-stage companies from We headquartered our company in St. Lucie
Aquaco Farms was founded by former throughout the state for developing valuable County four years ago and have continued For more, contact the EDC at 772.336.6250
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focus is wholesaling fresh, never-frozen pom- in revenue. These companies, all of which in Fort Pierce. Farming pompano in St. Lucie
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Treasure Coast Food Bank’s urgent plea: Time to take action against hunger

A year away from the shutdowns of the ery week, there are 250,000 people need- Fort Pierce. Other highlights include Out ange to shine a light on hunger.
COVID-19 pandemic, one in four people ing help with food, more than twice the Laugh Hunger, a comedy show slated for There’s a downloadable calendar of ac-
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possible choices between food and other Cruz, President and CEO of Treasure Coast Pierce, The Fall Flavors Food & Beer Pairing tivities for everyone to do to raise aware-
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THE RUFF IS EASY, BUT WHAT IS NEXT? WEST NORTH EAST
Q43 K9 J 10
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Galileo said, “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is 743 K 10 6 5 2 A98
to discover them.”
SOUTH
At the bridge table, the point is to “discover” the right bids and plays with accurate A87652
analysis. In today’s layout, it is easy for West to analyze his partner’s lead at trick three. A4
The harder task this time is to spot the killing defense. Q95
QJ
How should East-West card to defeat three spades?
Dealer: South; Vulnerable: Both
A pair using two-over-one game-forcing would respond one forcing no-trump with
that North hand. Then, whether using two-over-one or Standard, when South rebids The Bidding:
two spades to guarantee at least a six-card suit, North should invite game with three
spades. But South should pass with such a poor hand. (South could even pass over SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
two diamonds. Then North should balance with a takeout double, and he might pass if 1 Spades Pass 2 Clubs 2 Diamonds
South pulls to two spades.) 2 Spades Pass 3 Spades All Pass LEAD:
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West leads his singleton diamond. East wins with the king, cashes the diamond ace
and leads the diamond two for West to ruff. West, knowing that the two is low, shifts
to the club seven (high from a weak suit). East wins with his ace and ... does what?

South must have the major-suit aces for his opening bid, so there are no more side-
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another diamond. When West ruffs with the spade queen, it effects an uppercut and
promotes a trump trick for East.

Roger Federer is such a master of panoramic views of Lake Zurich. Clarey – underscoring how young Roger was not “coddled in
provides a window into the “low-friction” light of his potential.”
timing, it’s only apt that an expansive world of Federer as a wealthy athlete,
but not before showing the sometimes Through scores of interviews, “The Master” high-
new biography about him arrives at an high-friction risks of devoting your life to lights some of the more publicly undersung but crucial-
the pursuit of tennis glory. ly influential members of Federer’s long-evolving team,
uncanny moment. including fitness trainer and confidant Pierre Paganini;
Federer – so often likened to a maestro, performance psychologist Christian Marcolli; and late
Last month, the Swiss tennis legend a painter, a ballet dancer – can make the coach Peter Carter, whose tragic 2002 death seemed to
game look artfully effortless, such is his prompt a profound maturation in Federer. The book
looked squarely into the camera and uncommon fast-twitch grace. Clarey also illuminates how the Olympics romance between
appreciates the technical qualities that teen Roger and fellow Swiss player Mirka Vavrinec blos-
BOOK shared the news: make Federer such a physical outlier, such somed into a relationship that would blend her personal
He would need an- as how his eyes stay fixed on the contact and professional roles within Team Federer – and into
point just a bit longer than everyone else. a marriage that has been a bedrock of his long-term
REVIEW other knee surgery Yet the good reporter must go deep beneath the success.
“to give myself a beguiling artistry and trove of trophies, including a re-
cord 20 major titles – tying him for the time being with The book also deftly peels backs layers on some of
glimmer of hope to return to the tour Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, the other members the biggest matches of Federer’s career, including a 2001
of the sport’s so-called Big Three. In search of formative Wimbledon victory over Pete Sampras that heralded
in some shape or form.” The emotion moments, Clarey carefully traces the origin story, even teenage Federer’s ascent; his comeback Australian
traveling to the South African neighborhood where the Open title in 2017; and historic Wimbledon heartbreak-
in his voice was as clear as his message: Swiss 23-year-old Robert Federer first fell for an 18-year- ers in losses to Nadal in 2008 and Djokovic in 2019
old co-worker named Lynette, Roger’s mother. (interviews with both those rivals deepen the book’s
His recovery holds no guarantees about whether he That is just the first of several fortuitous twists of fate. reflections).
The author pinpoints some of the key tumblers that had
will return to competitive tennis, to say nothing of the to click into place for the young talent to become the Insights from a host of Hall of Fame players round
branded superstar that is “Roger.” out this portrait of Federer as an easygoing locker-room
rarefied heights he has occupied for decades, as one of The adolescent Federer, for one, had to choose tennis presence with a requisite killer instinct once he steps on
over soccer, which he (like Nadal) probably could have the court, even with tour players who are friends. He is
the greatest ever to hold a racket. played professionally. Coaches and his parents had also the down-to-earth multilingual humanitarian who
to help him harness his rambunctious energy and embraces being a citizen of the world. 
Federer, who turned 40 this month, will miss the U.S. strengthen his emotional fragility. “These are the pivot
points,” Clarey writes, “like Robert Federer requiring his THE MASTER: The Long Run and Beautiful Game
Open, which begins Aug. 30. Because he is at such a ca- temperamental son to find his own ride home in Basel” of Roger Federer

reer crossroads, the time is opportune to reflect on the BY CHRISTOPHER CLAREY. TWELVE/HACHETTE. 421 PP. $30
REVIEW BY MICHAEL CAVNA. THE WASHINGTON POST
man behind and within the image – to consider how a

sensitive and hot-tempered teenager evolved to become

not only an equipoised champion, but also his sport’s

preeminent global ambassador.

Subtitled “The Long Run and Beautiful Game of

Roger Federer,” “The Master” unfolds with the mostly

chronological precision of Swiss clockwork. New

York Times tennis correspondent Christopher Clarey

makes the most of more than 20 years of journalistic

access to Federer across six continents – experienc-

es that include waiting for him in a chauffeured car

outside a packed stadium match near Buenos Aires,

tagging along on an early-morning private flight out of

the California desert, brunching with the star before

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‘Strike Out Hunger’ game is big hit HOW TO MAKE THE GREENSIDE
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You may have heard a TV commentator ker shot. As I recom- KKEUVRINES’S
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bunker shot is the easiest shot in golf. Well, enter the sand 4 inches
not so fast. I will come back to that point
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1. Sand wedge. You must first understand es behind the ball, the
the sand wedge and its unique design and
proper usage. The sand wedge is designed ball will land closer to
with a large, flat flange/bounce, which is
the bottom of the club. It is designed to pro- the flag but will have
vide an anti-digging characteristic, so that
the flange slides, glides or skims through more spin, causing it to
the sand, much like a flat stone skimming
off a lake. The mark you make in the sand finish next to the hole.
is what I call the sand displacement mark.
When performed correctly, the displace- Conversely, if you hit 6 By Kevin Perkins
ment mark will start at approximately 4
inches behind the ball and run 4 inches in inches behind the ball
front of the ball, for a total mark of 8 inch-
es. The proper depth of the mark will be the ball will land farther from the flag but
around 1 inch.
have less spin and roll out to the flag. Both
2. Set-up. Imperative set-up positions:
Dig both your feet 1-to-2 inches into the misses will result in fairly good results. So
sand. The ball is positioned 1 inch inside
your left heel. The clubface must be opened that is a margin of 4 inches for a bunker
and laid back to expose the bounce of the
flange. Lay the clubface back and aim it shot! That is an unheard-of large margin
approximately 10 feet to the right of the
flagstick. Open your stance and aim 7-to- for error, unlike any other shot in golf. So,
8 feet left of the flagstick. Tilt your upper
spine back slightly; however, pressure your if you can improve your bunker technique,
weight into your left side.
you to can be a believer of the old adage that
3. Swing execution. Take a ¾ quarter
swing with an early wrist cock, be very the bunker shot is the easiest in golf! 
rhythmical, fluid and effortless, feeling
the weight of the clubhead and monitor- ACES FLY ON DYE!
ing where the flange is (you will be able to
Branden Fryman, top photo, hits an RBI double to the outfield during the St. Lucie Mets’ Strike Out feel the flange because it contains about 90
percent of the total weight of the club), and
Hunger game last Thursday at Clover Park in St. Lucie West, and later rounds third base to score. accelerate through to a full finish, allowing
the entire body to pick up the rhythm of the
Stephen Nogosek, above, was the starting pitcher for the Mets, who went on to a 4-3 victory over swinging arms and club head.

the Daytona Tortugas. The St. Lucie Mets and Treasure Coast Food Bank partnered to give game 4. Distance control. This will be deter-
mined by angle of approach, the amount of
passes to anyone bringing in five or more food items to be donated. PHOTOS: LINDA KLOORFAIN sand you take, and the length and speed of
your swing.

Let’s go back to my original thought re-
garding the greenside bunker shot being
the easiest shot in golf. Well, it really is, if
you consider the margin of error for a bun-

Solutions from Games Pages ACROSS DOWN Ring up two more aces at PGA Golf
in August 19, 2021 Edition 1 THYME 1 THEOREM Club! Club member Frances Fer-
4 CHER 2 YELLOWHAMMER nandes did it again ... she made her
8 EEL 3 EXAM 11th (!) career hole-in-one recently
9 ASCERTAIN 4 CACTUS at the Dye course, knocking in an
10 ROOK 5 EARLGREY 8-iron shot from 110 yards on the
11 BURGUNDY 6 CARNEGIEHALL sixth hole. Bob Eisenshtat followed
12 HAS 7 ONLY suit on the Dye, with a 7-iron hole-
13 MOHAIR 11 BAR in-one shot from 139 yards.
14 MEAGRE 12 HIAWATHA Congrats Frances and Bob! 
16 PAY 14 MAT
17 SOMEWHAT 15 ELDERLY
18 MEND 16 PALACE
20 GREATDANE 17 SAGA
21 AIR 19 BEEF
22 CARE
23 FILLY

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