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NEAR SEBASTIAN INLET ALWAYS THE BEST OPTION
UNSHELTERED HOMELESS 6
HERE HIGHEST IN COUNTRY

Is mall an answer Several women try their luck at slot machines last week at the Palm Arcade on U.S. 1. PHOTO: KAILA JONES Sheriff gives pass
to teacher housing to local arcades
crunch in county? LAWNWOOD’S NEW U.S. 1 EMERGENCY ROOM on illegal slots
BATTLES CLEVELAND CLINIC FOR PATIENTS
By Federico Martinez | Staff Writer By Nicole Rodriguez | Staff Writer
By Michelle Genz | Staff Writer they taken there. That policy was touring the freestanding ER just
Does it make any sense to at- [email protected] enacted by county emergency before it opened. In Indian River County, arcades
tempt to convert vacant retail management officials after meet- conducting illegal gambling oper-
space at the languishing Indian Indian River County’s first ing Lawnwood’s CEO, Now that policy has changed, ate in plain sight in strip malls and
River Mall into apartments for freestanding emergency room Eric Goldman, and following protests by the Indian gas station plazas without interfer-
teachers? opened on South U.S. 1 last De- ence from law enforcement, a Vero
cember under the banner Vero CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 News investigation has found.
That’s one possibility being con- Beach Emergency Room – sig-
sidered by the Indian River County nage that didn’t clearly indicate As part of an agreement with the
School Board, which believes cre- the facility is owned and operated Seminole tribe in 2013, the Flori-
ating more affordable housing in by Lawnwood Regional Medical da Legislature passed a law clear-
Vero Beach would help the district Center, located 12 miles south in ly prohibiting adult arcades from
recruit new teachers and retain St. Lucie County. operating slot machines or other
current instructors. games of chance and paying win-
For weeks after the Lawnwood ners in cash or expensive prizes.
The board recently agreed to ER opened, residents south of 8th
form a committee, which will in- Street with lower-level emergen- Under the law, adult arcades –
clude board members, teachers cies were automatically taken to there are 18 in Indian River Coun-
and community representatives, that new facility when they dialed ty – are only allowed to operate
to explore different affordable 911 for an ambulance. Only if games of skill, and can only give
housing options – including build- they requested to go to Cleveland out non-cash prizes valued at no
ing apartments in the former de- Clinic Indian River Hospital were more than $6.
partment store buildings vacated,
or soon to be vacated, by Sears and But Vero News found numerous
Macy’s. arcades operating illegal games of
chance, including penny slot ma-
“Finding affordable housing in chines similar to those found in
Vero Beach can be very difficult, casinos, and openly offering and
especially for someone on a teach- paying out large cash prizes, which
er’s salary,” said board member multiple sources said sometimes
Teri Barenborg, who proposed the
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Retired asst. fire chief
INSIDE headed for trial by tire

NEWS 1-5 PETS B16 By Lisa Zahner | Staff Writer
DINING B11 [email protected]
HEALTH 6 GAMES B17
CALENDAR B20 Last week, Indian River Coun-
REAL ESTATE 11 ty Fire Rescue’s former second in
B1 command, Brian Burkeen, was
ARTS rumored to have signed a plea
deal. Then the plea deal was mys-
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guilty plea on charges of stealing
a quarter million dollars in tires

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ILLEGAL SLOTS tron said. Another said she wins $50 on a On the public danger front, the Vero tinue to monitor the activities in the ar-
good night and has lost hundreds of dol- Beach Arcade was robbed last week by cades and their compliance with state law
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 lars on other days. a man armed with a tire iron who made ... [but] we cannot comment on any active
off with an undisclosed amount of cash. investigations.”
amount to thousands of dollars. Karen McGuinness, lead customer rep- No injuries were reported, but a clerk
At five arcades visited by two reporters, resentative at Vero Beach Arcade, said she was forced to the ground at one point, The State Attorney’s Office did not re-
believes her machines are legal, but add- Sheriff’s Office spokesman Maj. Eric spond for requests for comment before
multiple players reported winning cash ed state law on the matter is murky. A sign Flowers said. deadline.
prizes on slot machines, employees ad- outside the storefront in the Publix plaza
mitted paying out cash prizes and, in some states, “We pay in cash.” “While we rarely get complaints asso- In Jacksonville, all the arcades in the
cases, signs were posted inside and even ciated with adult arcades, we are com- city, approximately 200, were recently shut
outside in front of arcades promising cash “Some people say it’s illegal and some mitted to enforcing the law,” Loar wrote down by the city due to high crime at the
prizes up to $5,000. say it’s allowed. There are statements that in an email last week. “When complaints establishments. Nassau County, which ad-
are contradicting. It’s certainly not clear,” or tips about crimes occurring within the joins Jacksonville, has also followed suit.
Attendants at every arcade said that ma- McGuinness said of the law. arcades are received, we always follow up
chines in their establishment were games on them.” County Commissioner Tim Zorc be-
of chance, not games of skill. In fact, state law clearly states “Arcade lieves the law must be enforced here, too.
Amusement Centers” can only pay out Loar went on to state that, “in concert
“I’ve come in here with 10 bucks and non-cash prizes worth a minimal amount with the State Attorney’s Office, we con- “Since the one sheriff is outgoing, who-
walked out with $120 in 30 seconds,” said and are prohibited from operating games ever the new sheriff coming in is needs to
Christian Luke, a patron of New Skillz Ar- of chance, and makes it a misdemeanor to address all levels of crime,” Zorc said, refer-
cade, 4113 U.S. 1. violate the statute. ring to Loar who is not seeking reelection
this year.
A patron at the popular Palm Arcade, But Sheriff Deryl Loar said in 2012 that
740 U.S. 1, said she won $150 on a previ- he had no intention of raiding adult ar- “There has to be equal enforcement and
ous visit. A sign inside the arcade states the cades in the county because state law was the community also needs to report these
maximum payout is $5,000. Pirates Arcade, unclear in his mind, and because the es- [illegal arcades] when they become aware
833 8th Street, also pays out a maximum of tablishments rarely pose a physical danger of them,” Zorc also added.
$5,000. Representatives from both arcades to the public.
declined to comment for this story. Two of the candidates seeking to re-
However, in 2016, after the current state place Loar, Charles Kirby and Richard
Attendants at Vero Beach Arcade and law clearly prohibiting cash payouts was Rosell, say if they are elected, they will
New Skillz Arcade, however, admitted to enacted, Loar’s deputies arrested three take a close look at the issue. If the law is
paying out cash and giving winners ex- people for allegedly manipulating ma- being broken, the establishments should
pensive prizes such as Google Home, an chines in several arcades in the county to be warned to comply with the state stat-
electronic entertainment device valued at cheat the arcades out of thousands of dol- utes. If they don’t, they should be shut
more than $50. lars in cash. The arcades have continued down, both men say.
to operate since then, some with signs in
Patrons at the Vero Beach Arcade could front promising cash. No arcades are located in the city of Vero
win up to $2,000 on a machine, one pa- Beach, which has no land use code that al-
lows them. 

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TIRE TRIAL and his county health insurance subsidy, filed lawsuit claims when their vehicle “The county turned this over the Sheriff’s
pending trial. If convicted, Burkeen would tires are damaged due to poor county road Office for law enforcement. They charged
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 lose his pension totally. conditions (hitting a pothole),” the arrest Mr. Burkeen with crimes, but no other
warrant affidavit states. County officials County employees were charged or deter-
purchased using taxpayer money. If the “Mr. Burkeen and his family are no lon- told investigators there is no such pro- mined to be involved based upon the in-
trial goes forward, it will make the county ger members of the county’s health insur- gram, and that Burkeen had nothing to do vestigation,” Brown said when asked if any
government, not to mention Burkeen’s old ance program,” Brown said. with lawsuits filed against the county for employees have been disciplined for buy-
boss, retired Fire Chief John King, look ei- pothole damage. ing tires from Burkeen.
ther incredibly corrupt or incredibly stupid It’s tough for any “reasonable person” to
– or maybe both. think no one knew what Burkeen was (al- What about all the people who alleged- They, too, would probably love it if Bur-
legedly) doing. But it took the fresh eyes ly got sweet deals on more than 1,400 tires keen decided to take a plea.
Investigators say Burkeen presented of Assistant Fire Chief Tad Stone, hired in purchased from Burkeen? Apparently, they
Goodyear with $288,000 in county pur- August 2017 from Seminole County, to see believed one of two stories – that Burkeen But it’s probably better, in the long run,
chase orders for more than 1,400 tires something amiss with the accounts and ask got the tires at cost from his brother-in-law, for public trust in government if Burkeen
that the county did not need, carried the questions that prompted a full audit of the or from his brother. Numerous people who goes to trial. A jury made up of Indian Riv-
tires off by hand, transported them in his purchasing records. purchased stolen property are set to testify, er County taxpayers would then decide
county-owned work truck and in a coun- including county employees. So far, none whether Burkeen is guilty of stealing from
King called in Sheriff Deryl Loar’s de- has been implicated in the scheme. their pocketbooks and any flaws in county
NEWS ANALYSIS tectives to report some suspicious activity government would be exposed. 
– conveniently three weeks after Burkeen
ty-owned trailer to his personal barn in retired in February 2018 with 30 years of
Fellsmere, and sold them to people he service. Then King retired and Stone was
knew though Facebook. tapped to be the new fire chief.

He allegedly got away with doing this for Auditors found that a serious lack of in-
nearly four years. The allegations, if true, ternal controls left the county wide open
make the leadership of the Indian River to the type of theft and loss police say oc-
County Emergency Services District appear curred. Kudos to the auditors and to Chief
clueless. Stone for exposing the issue. It’s not easy to
walk into a job and have one of your first
Members of the County Attorney’s Office official duties be to recommend turning a
have reportedly attended all the deposi- colleague over to the cops.
tions leading up to the trial, so political-
ly, they know exactly what is coming – an Burkeen was a well-known guy long
old-fashioned drag through the mud. before making headlines for being arrest-
ed, and he allegedly operated his scam on
“The county has been monitoring this a large scale in plain sight. So why didn’t
case closely. We are hopeful that the courts somebody blow the whistle on him?
will deliver a strong message that anyone
who steals from government will be prose- County Commissioner Tim Zorc received
cuted vigorously and punished heavily for an anonymous tip when Burkeen was ar-
their crimes,” County Administrator Jason rested that became public record. “There
Brown said Monday. was a very real fear of retribution among
the firefighters, so no one turned Burkeen
On top of what would amount to a theft in, though it was pretty widely known what
from county taxpayers, state coffers were he was doing,” the message said.
allegedly also robbed of sales tax on the
purchase price of the tires. That’s another The guys at Goodyear who sold Burkeen
$20,000 if all the charges against Burkeen $288,000 worth of tires thought the volume
are proven. When he was charged with a Burkeen was carrying out the door was odd,
felony, Burkeen lost his pension payments so they asked.

“Burkeen told them that he buys extra
tires that will be given out to citizens who

HOUSING AT THE MALL? ready have some sort of teacher housing,
but in other parts of the country, the strategy
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 is common and has worked well.

idea during the board’s Feb. 11 work session. Moore and the board noted that creating
“Many teachers can’t afford to live and work apartments at the Indian River Mall isn’t as
here.” Liz Cannon, president of the districts’ far-fetched as it might sound. The Sears store
teachers union, could not be reached for is now closed, and Macy’s is in the final days
comment. of a going-out-of-business sale, and board
members say the massive spaces could be
Superintendent David Moore, who ex- renovated and turned into apartments.
pressed support for the idea, said the issue of
affordable housing for teachers is one many Each store is around 140,000 square feet
districts are facing. Moore said his previous in size, and could conceivably be redevel-
employer, Miami-Dade School District, cre- oped to include two levels, which would
ated housing for teachers that has been very double the square footage.
successful.
And it is not an untested idea. In Rhode
“This could be a unique way to attract Island, a developer revamped shopping
new, young individuals who will invest in the center space into “a complex of micro apart-
community,” Moore told the board. ments so popular that 4,000 people are on
the waiting list to move in,” according to
The idea of creating teacher housing is Businessinsider.com.
growing more popular across the country
as districts located where housing is pric- Moore and board members said they
ey struggle to attract and retain teachers, have not yet discussed their idea with the
Moore and Barenborg said. owners of the empty department stores, and
mall officials could not be reached for com-
Only a handful of districts in Florida al- ment. 

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EMERGENCY ROOM BATTLE Cleveland Clinic Florida now has the long- “We just spent two years to bring in the “The next day, they changed the policy,”
term lease on the property. No. 2 healthcare [system in the nation] to Cunningham told the board. “I give Jason
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 take care of the residents in our county,” she Brown a lot of credit for this.”
Marybeth Cunningham, chairwoman of said. “You cannot bring another county or-
River Hospital District. the hospital district board, is the one who ganization” – fire rescue, which handles am- The change in policy “appears to be work-
When EMTs pick up South County pa- intervened in late January, along with the bulances – “and have them be automatically ing properly,” she added. “[EMTs] will ask for
board’s executive director, Ann Marie Suria- taking people” to the freestanding ER that a choice, and if somebody’s unconscious or
tients, they will explain ER options and no, to have the EMS policy changed. could then transport patients to Lawnwood. it appears somebody is going to be admitted,
let patients choose where they want to go they will go to Cleveland Clinic. Period.”
whenever feasible, with Cleveland Clinic – “As soon as we heard about it, we set up a “In south county, there are a number of
not the new ER – being the default. meeting,” Cunningham said. people who would qualify for Cleveland But the ER debate wasn’t over. The day
Clinic’s financial assistance program,” Cun- after meeting with Brown and Reingold, the
Residents will also get an explanation The two met with County Administrator ningham said. two hospital district leaders headed to the
from ambulance drivers of just who owns Jason Brown and Dylan Reingold, the coun- Sheriff’s Office to talk about another source
the freestanding ER: Lawnwood. As it is, pa- ty attorney, Jan. 28 to discuss the ambulance “If they get taken to the [Lawnwood free- of patients for the freestanding ER – those
tients must squint to see the very fine print policy. standing ER], they’re not going to be able taken in for mental healthcare under Flori-
that explains that Vero Beach Emergency to get that. If they are then transported to da’s Baker Act.
Room is a “campus” of Lawnwood. “We are here because it’s our job to sup- Lawnwood, you’re disadvantaging the resi-
port the county hospital that we have, and dents.” Word had reached the hospital district
Indian River County taxpayers continue the county hospital is Cleveland Clinic,” Cun- office that deputies were taking those pa-
to own the Indian River hospital, though ningham told county officials, as she relayed County officials quickly saw her point. tients to the south Vero ER after being told
the conversation to district trustees last week. by Lawnwood that the freestanding ER was a
designated Baker Act receiving facility, a de-
termination issued by the state. According to
Cunningham, the ER was immediately trans-
porting Baker Act patients to Lawnwood Pa-
vilion on the Lawnwood campus.

District executive director Ann Marie Su-
riano wrote to the Division of Children and
Family Services, the agency overseeing Baker
Act receiving facilities, and was told the free-
standing ER is not a receiving facility, though
Lawnwood itself is, and by virtue of proximi-
ty, Lawnwood Pavilion.

Today, law enforcement is no longer tak-
ing patients to the freestanding ER, Cunning-
ham told the board. Baker-acted patients are
being taken to Cleveland Clinic Indian Riv-
er’s Behavioral Health Center, the only desig-
nated receiving center in the county, accord-
ing to a DCF official who emailed the county
in response to the hospital district’s query.

But county administrator Brown says
Lawnwood continues to dispute the matter.
A Lawnwood spokesperson said the hospital
was not able to comment on the matter by
press time Monday.

For their part, some hospital district lead-
ers believe Lawnwood is intentionally trying
to confuse the public.

“I think the purpose of putting that unit
where it is – and not identifying who it is – is
to disrupt,” Trustee Allen Jones said.

Cunningham agreed. “Oh, [Lawnwood]
understands that. I think a lot of people think
it’s Cleveland Clinic. They do.”

“And it’s making it harder on patients,”
Jones continued.

To remedy any confusion and drive the
point home, Cleveland Clinic Indian River is
mailing out 60,000 wallet-sized cards saying,
“Take me to Cleveland Clinic Indian River.”

The cards are going out to neighborhoods
within a 10-mile radius of the freestanding
ER, including some homes in Fort Pierce.
Hospital spokesperson Angela Dickens says
another batch of cards is expected to go out
in the months ahead to households in and
around Sebastian. “We want patients to be
aware that they do have a choice of where
they want to go,” she said.

Dickens added the caveat that with stroke
or chest pain or some other serious condi-
tions, patients should go to whichever ER is
the closest. “Obviously we don’t want to de-
lay care.” 

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HUD report: Unsheltered homeless here highest in the country

By Nicole Rodriguez | Staff Writer Development’s 2019 Annual Home- area’s homeless population. The agency’s hunger relief, counseling and benefit refer-
less Assessment Report to Congress, which 2019 Point in Time Count taken on Jan. 29, rals to the county’s growing homeless pop-
“This is something we desperately need found that 93 percent of homeless people in 2019, revealed a total of 1,499 individuals – ulation. The group is currently fundraising
to look at,” said Vero Beach Vice Mayor Indian River, St. Lucie and Martin counties 1042 adults and 457 children – are homeless to construct a $2.7 million Dignity Village
Tony Young when he learned that the Trea- are unsheltered, sleeping in the woods, in on the Treasure Coast, a 3 percent decrease on an undisclosed 25-acre property in the
sure Coast, including Indian River County, cars or on the streets. from the previous year. county that will consist of 100 500-square-
has the highest percentage of unsheltered foot homes for the homeless.
homeless people of any suburban area in The Treasure Coast Homeless Services Homelessness in Indian River County,
the United States. Council, which is the lead organization here however, climbed from 447 individuals to “There are no emergency overnight beds
to report homeless statistics to HUD, con- 486 last year. in the city or county,” said Anthony Zor-
The dismal distinction was included in ducts an annual survey to determine the baugh, executive director of The Source.
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Four-hundred of that number were un-
sheltered, according to the report. A lack of affordable housing is one cause
HEARTENING NEWS FOR THE LAGOON: of the problem, according to the county’s Af-
SEAGRASS RECOVERING NEAR INLET “It’s something we need to study and ex- fordable Housing Advisory Committee.
plore, because it’s appalling that we have
By Sue Cocking | Staff Writer continues to recover slowly. It’s not leaps people that are homeless and do not have A recent analysis by the group found there
and bounds. You’re probably looking at de- shelter in our city,” said Vero Beach City are currently no new single-family home or
Seagrass cover in the Indian River La- cades [for complete recovery].” Councilman Joe Graves when Vero News in- townhome purchase options for households
goon surrounding Sebastian Inlet increased formed him of the report’s findings. Graves with annual incomes below $65,000 and no
by nearly eight acres from 2018 to 2019 – a Deis, who drew his data from aerial pho- said the city could potentially partner with market rate rental apartment options for
hopeful sign of recovery for at least one por- tography and from snorkeling and wading local homeless nonprofits and the private households earning less than $50,000 to
tion of the beleaguered estuary following the flats, said seagrass species composition sector to provide shelter for the homeless. $55,000 per year.
devastating seagrass losses wrought by the around the inlet has shifted radically since
algal “superbloom” in 2011. the superbloom. Manatee grass – a stable, County officials, who last week approved Several committee recommendations ad-
slow-growing, bed-forming species that several initiatives to create affordable hous- opted by the commission last week included
While seagrass patches range from small dominated the shallows before 2011 – has ing, were disturbed by the federal figures for setting a five-year county-wide target of add-
and spotty to completely absent in much been overtaken by Johnson’s sea grass, a the Treasure Coast. ing 1,500 affordable housing units produced
of the 156-mile-long waterway, Sebastian threatened species that occurs only here and and secured through assistance by private
Inlet’s 145-acre western flood tidal shoal in Miami’s Biscayne Bay, and shoal grass. “That’s shocking data that reaffirms we sector and public sector efforts, eliminating
boasts about 75 percent recovery, according need to continue to work hard in providing impact fees for very low and low income sin-
to marine biologist Don Deis of Atkins North Deis said dredging done in the inlet by the solutions that will help agencies such as The gle-family housing of less than 1,000 square
America, who has been surveying the area Inlet District last year to keep the Inlet open Source,” Indian River County Commissioner feet, and developing regulations that would
annually for the Sebastian Inlet District for did not harm seagrass. Tim Zorc said. allow for smaller 36-foot wide lots with
the past 12 years. smaller less expensive homes. 
“We were also encouraged to see areas of The Source is a nonprofit organization
Environmental scientists consider sea- new growth after project completion along that provides cold night shelter, emergency
grass to be the foundation of the lagoon eco- multiple transects,” Gray said.
system. The submerged vegetation filters
pollutants from the water, slows down ero- On the downside, Deis documented 34
sion, and provides food and shelter for ev- prop scars on the inlet flats that were inflict-
erything from tiny invertebrates to large fish. ed by careless boaters taking shortcuts from
the Intracoastal Waterway to the channel
Deis and Inlet District executive director or from the channel to a shallow anchor-
James Gray credit the inlet’s twice-daily tidal age area. He said there’s really no excuse for
flushing from the Atlantic for the steady im- damaging sea grass because caution signs
provement in local seagrass coverage. are posted around the flats and a free inlet
navigation guide is distributed at local mari-
“It’s a sign of how important keeping the nas and elsewhere.
inlet open is to maintaining the central part
of the estuary,” Gray said. “We see idiots even though there are signs
everywhere,” Deis said. “They drive all over
“I’m happy with seeing the acreage go the shoals.” 
up,” said Deis. “The area around the inlet

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Knee-to-know: Joint replacement not always best option

By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer Dr. Ron Robinson. “‘I want this joint. I want it done this way, and “They’re not made to be athletic. They’re
[email protected] I want this, and I want that.’ Advertising has not made to be running on them and jump-
PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE made this a whole new thing in orthopedics.” ing on them.”
Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ron Robinson of
Vero Beach’s Pro Sports Medicine & Joint Re- on bone, many knee problems do not require And it’s true, Robinson continues, “in Despite those limitations, Robinson says
placement Center and Cleveland Clinic Indi- joint replacement to alleviate pain. a certain population, total joint replace- many people “still try to do all those things
an River Hospital has some information you ments are great, and they’ve come a long on [replacement joints], but they shouldn’t.
might need to know. According to Cleveland Clinic, “even in the way [but] … my thought is trying to avoid It causes them to wear out, come loose and
case of osteoarthritis, surgery is not the first replacements. break. So, there’s a certain population for
It’s entirely possible, Robinson says, that choice. Whatever the cause, you’ll want to whom we can prolong the life of the existing
you could be better off not replacing your preserve your joints for as long as you can.” “We’ve got a population of patients here knee and put off replacement for a long time.”
aching knee joint with a shiny, new pros- that are just not candidates. They’re too
thetic version. The success of total knee joint replace- young. Even the best, greatest, latest total That’s probably not great news for the folks
ments has led to a range of replacement pro- joint prosthetics are going to wear out at at Stryker Corporation or Smith & Nephew or
Wait a minute. cedures and products, and many patients some point. any of the other total knee replacement man-
Doesn’t the American Academy of Ortho- come in determined to have their joint re- ufacturers, but Robinson clearly states “if you
paedic Surgeons call total knee replacements placed with something new and high-tech. don’t have bone disease in the first place, it
“one of the most successful procedures in all probably doesn’t make sense” to look to a to-
of medicine?” “People come here and order them like tal knee replacement.
Yes, it does. they’re at Baskin-Robbins,” Robinson says.
And doesn’t the Agency for Healthcare Re- Instead, when possible, Robinson sees
search and Quality say “more than 600,000 greater potential in using a patient’s own, ex-
knee replacements are performed each year isting ligaments and cartilage.
in the United States?”
That’s true, too. “I’m talking about regenerating cartilage,
Nevertheless, according to Cleveland Clin- transplanting cartilage, filling potholes in
ic’s Health Library, “if you have recurring or cartilage as opposed to replacing the whole
chronic knee joint pain, you may think joint joint,” he says.
replacement surgery is your only option for
relief. However, you may want to explore sev- Robinson is quick to add that some pa-
eral less invasive options first to help main- tients are not candidates for these types
tain mobility as you age” – and that’s where of procedures. Those who do have severe
Robinson’s expertise can help. osteoarthritis may need to go the replace-
The human knee is the largest joint in the ment route.
body and having healthy knees is essential to
perform most everyday activities. “Once you’ve worn cartilage down to
The mechanics of the knee joint are sur- bone,” he states frankly, “you’re not salvaging
prisingly straightforward. that. You’re not going to get away without a
The knee consists of the lower end of the total joint replacement.”
thighbone (the femur), the upper end of
the shinbone (the tibia), and the kneecap Still, with those 600,000 knee replace-
(the patella). The ends of these three bones, ments being performed each year, Robinson
where they touch, are covered with articu- is keenly aware “we’re just so used to knee
lar cartilage, a dense, smooth, durable sub- replacements that people assume that’s
stance that protects the bones and enables what they need.”
them to move easily, without friction, across
the adjacent bones. But with the proper diagnosis, the proper
But that protective cartilage can be worn imaging technology and the proper orthope-
away or damaged by degenerative arthritis dic surgeon, many people can successfully
(osteoarthritis) or injury. put off a total knee replacement procedure
If cartilage is still present, and knee pain for years. Sometimes forever.
is not caused by bone rubbing unpleasantly
Dr. Ron Robinson is with Pro Sports Medi-
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Women can have heart attacks without chest pain

By Dr. Ersilia M. DeFilippis that evening, she had developed pain just
The Washington Post above her belly button. After a few hours,
when her symptoms did not abate, her
“But, it’s not my heart. It’s not my heart,” family brought her into the hospital to be
my patient repeated to me. “It’s my stom- evaluated. She was sweaty, nauseous and
ach. Nothing is wrong with my heart.” breathing heavily.

A few minutes earlier, I had rushed to She never had chest pain. But even with-
the emergency room in response to an out that symptom, I was fairly certain she
alert from my pager. This pager was re- was having a heart attack. Many people do
served for one specific occasion: Someone not recognize the signs of a heart attack,
was concerned that a patient in the hospi- especially in women. Lack of awareness
tal was having a massive heart attack. can cause people to wait to come to the ER
and potentially suffer damage to the heart.
When I reached the ER, I spotted an old-
er woman looking uncomfortable. Earlier

She thought she had a 24-hour bug. her, we were focused on the wrong thing.
What she really had almost killed her. She wanted us to address her stomach
pain. I showed her the EKG. We discussed
Chest pain remains the most common that she had ongoing injury to the heart
symptom of a heart attack in men and and this was manifesting as the pain she
women. But women having a heart attack experienced in her stomach.
are more likely to have unusual symptoms
– such as nausea, dizziness, pain around Shortly thereafter, we performed an an-
the belly button, feeling of heart racing, giogram and found that one of the arteries
neck or arm pain – when compared with feeding her heart was 100 percent blocked.
men. They are also more likely than men After a stent was placed to keep the artery
to have a heart attack without chest pain. open, her stomach pain went away.
Furthermore, the incidence of heart dis-
ease and hospitalizations for heart attacks A few weeks later, I saw another woman
is rising in young women. in the ER. She had been feeling dizzy and
nauseous at home, and her family had con-
My patient had high blood pressure as vinced her to come to the hospital. When I
well as diabetes, both risk factors for heart spoke to her in more detail, she described
disease. In addition, as part of her initial having left-sided arm pain on and off the
evaluation in the ER, she had received an previous day.
electrocardiogram (or EKG), a picture of
her heart that told me her heart muscle She thought it was probably because of
was injured from lack of blood flow. an issue with her muscles. She, too, did not
think it could be related to her heart be-
After asking her a few questions about cause she never felt any chest discomfort.
how she was feeling and listening to her By the time our paths crossed, she already
heart and lungs, I told her my concerns. We had suffered permanent damage to her
needed to perform a coronary angiogram, heart muscle.
a procedure to check for any blockages in
the blood vessels feeding the heart. If there Heart disease is often thought of as a
were blockages, we would try to open the man’s disease. Typically, the only people
blood vessels with a stent. who get heart attacks in TV shows and
movies are overweight white men clutch-
In cardiology, we know that time is mus- ing their fists over their chests. Therefore,
cle: The more time passes, the more the many feel the signs of a heart attack are
heart muscle is without oxygen during a impossible to miss, but they can be subtle.
heart attack. We needed to act fast. Many women worry about breast cancer,
for instance, but more women are more
She could not understand how she could likely to die of cardiovascular causes than
have a heart attack without feeling pain in all forms of cancer combined.
her chest. I called her daughter from the
ER and explained the situation. “Only 60 percent of women know that
heart disease is the number one killer of
The patient herself was being her own women,” said Sonia Tolani, a cardiologist
advocate, trying to avoid what she felt at Columbia University Irving Medical
would be an unnecessary procedure. To

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Center. “For women of ethnic minorities, old and were preoccupied with getting their heart disease. In 2004, the American Heart the ER who were not clutching their chests
this figure drops to one third.” mammograms but no one was talking about Association created the Go Red For Women but had heart attacks all the same. Heart
their risk of heart disease,” Tolani said. “It initiative to raise awareness about heart disease may not feel or look the same from
Tolani as well as her colleague, Natalie was clear to us that there was not a lot of edu- disease in women, as well as raise research person to person but it can affect every-
Bello, also a cardiologist at Columbia, cre- cation about heart health among our peers.” money to help reduce heart disease and one, heart month or not.
ated a mobile application, Love My Heart stroke in women.
for Women, to help educate women about Since the first American Heart Month in Ersilia M. DeFilippis is a cardiology fellow
cardiovascular disease and their risk. 1964, every February, we have various so- As we partake of these events and wear at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Univer-
cietal initiatives to raise awareness about red, we must also remember the women in sity Irving Medical Center in New York. 
“Many of our friends were turning 40 years

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FLU’S TOLL: OVER 22 MILLION
AND COUNTING IN U.S. SO FAR

By Linda Searing having a high level of flu activity. To keep
The Washington Post from catching the flu, which is a highly
contagious respiratory illness caused by
Four months into the flu season, at a virus, people are advised to take simple
least 22 million U.S. residents have con- precautions, such as washing your hands
tracted influenza – and possibly as many often to reduce the chance of spreading
as 31 million people, according to the germs and staying away from others who
Centers for Disease Control and Preven- are sick.
tion (CDC).

Of those afflicted, about 210,000 have The best way, however, is to get a flu shot
been hospitalized and at least 12,000 have each year, which the CDC recommends for
died of the flu, including 78 children as of nearly everyone 6 months and older. So
Feb. 7. The rate of infection among chil- far this flu season, more than 173 million
dren and young adults so far this flu sea- doses of the flu vaccine have been admin-
son, which officially began Oct. 1, has been istered. People are always encouraged to
higher than normal, the CDC noted in a re- get vaccinated before the flu season starts,
port this month. but the CDC says even now it is still not too
late. Although the season usually winds
All states have been hit with the flu, down in March, risk sometimes remains
according to CDC experts who track its until May. 
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Condo provides affordable entry into Grand Harbor lifestyle

By Debbie Carson | Staff Writer their Harmony Island condo, at 5080 Har-
[email protected] mony Circle, Unit 106, for $265,000. They’ve
already relocated elsewhere in Grand Har-
Homes in the Grand Harbor communi- bor – another condo, this one on the river.
ty are available at a wide range of prices –
from $139,000 to $2.4 million, according to “Everybody in Grand Harbor, it seems,
Zillow – and no matter where you buy, you starts in Harmony Island,” Halley Moriya-
have the opportunity to take advantage ma said – to the point that it’s referred to as
of two golf courses, the tennis and bocce the “freshman quad.”
courts, a magnificent clubhouse, a beauti-
ful beach club and other amenities. The Moriyamas came to Vero to escape
Boston-area winters and Halley Moriyama’s
In addition, the separate neighborhoods best friend from college lived in Grand Har-
that make up Grand Harbor have their own bor and recommended it to the couple.
gathering spaces and amenities available
only to residents of those neighborhood. “It’s such a friendly community,” Mori-
It’s that way for the condo neighborhood of yama said. “Everybody waves, even if you
Harmony Island, the first of the neighbor- don’t know each other.”
hoods built in Grand Harbor in the 1980s.

Harmony Island has a neighborhood
pool and cabana area where residents
gather at least once a month for a pool
party, according to Alex MacWilliam Real
Estate listing agent Diane De Francisci, a
longtime Grand Harbor resident who has
sold many homes in the community.

Each neighborhood has its own asso-
ciation to coordinate activities and meet
residents’ needs, while Grand Harbor
has a master association overseeing the
community-wide common areas, mainte-
nance and the like.

Halley and Helen Moriyama are selling

While living in the condo, the couple living space with glass sliders that open onto
updated the kitchen with new engineered the screened patio, which overlooks one of
quartz countertops and installed new ap- the two golf courses at Grand Harbor.
pliances.
The den is light and bright, having access
“It’s very low maintenance,” Moriyama to the patio and a large window facing out
said of the engineered quartz. the front of the unit. De Francisci said that
most residents now prefer a home office/
The condo is larger-than-typical, De den space rather than a third bedroom.
Francesci said, adding that it’s the most pop- Pocketed doors can be closed to separate
ular of the floorplans in the neighborhood. the den from the living room, providing for
privacy and quiet when desired.
“It’s a really nice space,” De Francisci said.
Entering the condo, a generous kitchen The condo also makes use of pocket
with built-in dining nook and a large pass- doors in closing off the guest bedroom and
through window to aid in serving dinner hall bath, converting that area into a guest
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suite. The guest room, too, faces the front of more homogeneous in their pricing and jong in the club room. The fitness center Grand Harbor has an active tennis center,
the unit and its large window with arched often far more expensive. has three nodes – one for organized class- a bocce ball court, a gorgeous marina and
transom provides a flood of natural light. es, another for weight training and a third an island beach club.
The Grand Harbor community is well- for cardio. Trainers are available to give tu-
The master suite is at the rear of the unit known for its generosity, supporting near- torials on the equipment as well as provide “It’s very much a golf club,” De Francisci
and has direct access to the covered patio and ly 40 charities last season. The clubhouse one-on-one instruction. said, “but there’s still so much else to do.”
a window that looks out over the golf course. is abuzz with activity – whether it’s the
9-hole ladies golf lunch or a game of mah- Along with its two 18-hole golf courses, Moriyama agreed.
The suite features two walk-in closets “It’s a way of life here,” he said. 
that flank the hall to the master bath. “It’s
nicely updated,” De Francisci said of the
bath. There is a soaker tub, two sinks side
by side, a glass enclosed shower, and a se-
cluded toilet – not quite a water closet as
there’s no door.

De Francisci said Harmony Island’s con-
dos were extensively renovated and brought
up to current building codes following the
hurricanes of 2004 and 2005, with new
roofs installed and other upgrades.

Living in Harmony Island gives res-
idents the opportunity to make use of
Grand Harbor’s numerous amenities with-
out having to buy a million-dollar-plus
home, De Francisci said, noting that many
other large country club communities are

5080 HARMONY CIRCLE UNIT 106

Neighborhood: Harmony
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Construction:
Concrete block, stucco
Year built:

1988 – extensively updated
and renovated over years

Size: 1,486 square feet
Bedrooms: 2 • Bathrooms: 2
Additional features: Large
kitchen with built-in dining

nook; tile through living
space; large screened pa-
tio; ground floor unit; den/
home office; carport; locat-
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ships optional; vibrant club-
house with dining, fitness
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meeting space; clubhouse
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Listing agency:
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Listing agent: Diane
De Francisci, 772-231-6509

Listing price: $265,000

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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: FEB. 17 THROUGH FEB. 21

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

A lively week in the mainland real estate market saw an impressive 44 single-family residences
and lots change hands from Feb. 17-21 (some shown below).
The top sale of the week was in Sebastian, where the 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom waterfront home
at 6220 109th St. – first listed in January for $889,000 – sold for the asking price on Feb. 18.
Representing the seller in the transaction was agent Shane Reynolds of Keller Williams Realty of
Vero Beach. Representing the buyer was agent Jorge Garcia Jr. of Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

ORIGINAL SELLING
PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$889,000
SEBASTIAN 6220 109TH ST 1/24/2020 $889,000 2/18/2020 $465,000
VERO BEACH 640 32ND AVE SW 10/17/2019 $500,000 2/21/2020 $446,000
VERO BEACH 1050 ANSLEY AVE SW 1/16/2020 $449,000 2/18/2020 $420,000
VERO BEACH 4225 79TH ST 8/6/2019 $439,000 2/18/2020 $400,000
VERO BEACH 1200 BUCKHEAD DR SW 10/21/2019 $415,000 2/21/2020 $399,000
VERO BEACH 5735 GLEN EAGLE LN 11/13/2019 $425,000 2/19/2020 $370,000
VERO BEACH 600 SW SARINA TER 1/22/2020 $370,000 2/20/2020 $352,000
VERO BEACH 1653 VICTORIA CIR 11/26/2019 $375,000 2/19/2020 $343,000
VERO BEACH 5155 SAINT PHILIPS ISLAND LN 1/8/2019 $399,000 2/18/2020 $309,900
SEBASTIAN 958 GREENBRIER AVE 1/3/2020 $309,900 2/19/2020 $300,000
VERO BEACH 4838 WOOD DUCK CIR 4/5/2019 $359,000 2/18/2020 $295,000
VERO BEACH 4799 WOOD DUCK CIR 1/15/2020 $330,000 2/20/2020 $265,000
SEBASTIAN 925 OSWEGO AVE 12/26/2019 $269,000 2/18/2020 $260,100
SEBASTIAN 1157 FAIRFIELD LN 1/10/2020 $258,500 2/20/2020 $259,000
SEBASTIAN 1342 TEABERRY LN 10/17/2019 $269,955 2/20/2020 $255,000
SEBASTIAN 931 STARFLOWER AVE 11/5/2019 $265,000 2/18/2020 $253,000
SEBASTIAN 105 LARCHMONT TER 1/13/2020 $258,000 2/15/2020 $252,000
VERO BEACH 4585 55TH ST 11/25/2019 $270,000 2/19/2020 $240,500
VERO BEACH 279 MONACO PL 1/17/2020 $244,900 2/21/2020 $233,000
SEBASTIAN 309 TUNISON LN 1/26/2020 $239,500 2/21/2020 $230,165
SEBASTIAN 566 BARBER ST SE 11/1/2019 $240,165 2/19/2020 $228,000
VERO BEACH 6460 OXFORD CIR UNIT#103C 9/5/2019 $288,000 2/19/2020 $225,000
SEBASTIAN 145 ASHBURY BLVD 1/29/2020 $229,900 2/18/2020 $215,000
VERO BEACH 101 11TH CT 11/10/2019 $229,000 2/19/2020 $212,000
SEBASTIAN 658 BEARD AVE 11/14/2019 $229,000 2/21/2020 $208,000
VERO BEACH 4782 51ST CT 8/1/2019 $220,000 2/18/2020 $206,000
SEBASTIAN 108 MAIN ST 9/27/2019 $209,700 2/20/2020 $205,000
VERO BEACH 1116 35TH AVE SW 1/6/2020 $215,000 2/20/2020

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

640 32nd Ave SW, Vero Beach 1050 Ansley Ave SW, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 10/17/2019 Listing Date: 1/16/2020
Original Price: $500,000 Original Price: $449,000
Sold: 2/21/2020 Sold: 2/18/2020
Selling Price: $465,000 Selling Price: $446,000
Listing Agent: Vance Brinkerhoff Listing Agent: Sherrie Coleman

Selling Agent: Coldwell Banker Paradise Selling Agent: Sea Turtle Real Estate LLC

Ashley Fletcher Dana De Kleyn

Sea Turtle Real Estate LLC Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

4225 79th St, Vero Beach 1200 Buckhead Dr SW, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 8/6/2019 Listing Date: 10/21/2019
Original Price: $439,000 Original Price: $415,000
Sold: 2/18/2020 Sold: 2/21/2020
Selling Price: $420,000 Selling Price: $400,000
Listing Agent: Stephanie McPeak Listing Agent: Kelly Fischer

Selling Agent: Tozzolo & Associates RE LLC Selling Agent: ONE Sotheby’s Int’l Realty

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GETTING FILL A THRILL AT

B7 B10 B11‘CRAFTBREW&WINGFEST’
‘LIVABLE INDIAN RIVER’ DINING REVIEW:
INITIATIVE RISTORANTE DI MARE

Coming Up Museum’s ‘Homer to Hopper’: Adam Schnell.
Must-see masterpieces PAGE B2
BALLET VERO BEACH PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE
GETS IN STEP WITH
COMPOSER PAUL GAY

By Pam Harbaugh | Correspondent
[email protected]

1 The musical works of lo-
cal composer Paul Gay will
be put to “the dance” this week-
end when the Ballet Vero Beach
presents its second program in
its “Composer’s Notebook” se-
ries. Gay’s lyrical and classically
informed works will serve as the
backdrop to the ballet compa-
ny’s program exploring love and
loss. Featured will be artistic
director Adam Schnell’s roman-
tic take on “Madama Butterfly”
in which Cio-Cio San goes with
Pinkerton rather than staying be-
hind. The program also includes
“Divertissement Nostalgique” by
choreographer Camilo A. Rodri-
guez, who sets the history of the
ballerina from the Romantic to
contemporary eras. That work is
set to the composer’s “Beethoven
Variants.” And, as a variant on a
dance/music theme, Schnell and
Rodriguez teamed up to create
dance to Gay’s “Sonata for Violin

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Museum’s ‘Homer to Hopper’: Must-see masterpieces

By Ellen Fischer | Columnist VBMA Senior Curator korn: Beginnings,” an exhibition of 106
[email protected] Anke Van Wagenberg. early works organized by the Richard Die-
benkorn Foundation. Other notable shows
February 20020 ushered in two momen- PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE during Van Wagenberg’s tenure there were
tous events at the Vero Beach Museum of a Bill Viola video and sound installation in
Art: the hiring of a new chief curator, and 2015, “Mark Rothko: Selections from the Na-
the opening of “From Homer to Hopper: tional Gallery” in 2013, and “James Turrell:
American Art from the Phillips Collection.” Perspectives,” also in 2013.

The latter fills both the Holmes and the Van Wagenberg’s resume includes a Mas-
Titelman galleries at the VBMA, and is on ters in Art History and Archaeology, as well
view through May 31. The former is Anke as a Ph.D. in Art History from Vrije Univer-
Van Wagenberg, Ph.D., who came to Vero siteit in Amsterdam. A speaker of four lan-
from the Academy Art Museum in Easton, guages, Van Wagenberg recently wasted no
Md., in late January. It is expected that
Van Wagenberg will be at the museum for
some time to come.

VBMA executive director/CEO Brady
Roberts describes the museum in Easton
as “very similar to Vero Beach in that it’s a
wonderful art museum with an art school.”

Roberts praised Van Wagenberg “as an ac-
complished scholar and an expert in Dutch
masters, and also in contemporary art.”

Van Wagenberg served as chief curator
at the Academy Art Museum for over eight
years, during which time she oversaw the
presentation of exhibitions that featured
some of the best-known contemporary art-
ists of the 20th century.

Just last year she oversaw the Academy
Art Museum’s presentation of “Dieben-

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words in getting to the point of the “Homer than two-thirds of the collection.
to Hopper” exhibition. “The main message Von Wagenberg says “that was a very stra-
from this show is that it shows the journey of
one collector. It’s the personal taste of Dun- tegic idea by Duncan Phillips. He thought
can Phillips in many ways,” she said. that (collecting known European artists)
would draw in a bigger audience” to his new
Van Wagenberg explains that Phillips American art museum.
was the foremost collector of contempo-
rary American art of his time, acquiring Born in 1886, Phillips was named after
everything from American Impression- his father, a wealthy window glass man-
ism to Abstract Expressionism. Phillips ufacturer; his mother inherited part of a
also collected some important European steel fortune. A family trip to Japan, Korea
works, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s and China afforded Duncan Jr. and his
“The Boating Party,” a key painting not elder brother, James, an appreciation of
only in the Phillips Collection, but also the material culture of Asia. The brothers
in Renoir’s oeuvre. Phillips did not allow were encouraged not only to value art, but
himself to be distracted by the siren call of also to purchase it. By means of an annu-
European masters, however. At his death al stipend of $10,000 to each of their sons,
in 1966, American art comprised more their parents afforded Duncan and James

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B3 shows to (among others) Marin, Preston Frank, curator at the Phillips Collection. her right, Winslow Homer’s somber “To the
Dickenson, Jacob Lawrence, Milton Avery Turning right as you enter the gallery, the Rescue” of 1886 follows two women and a
the means to collect art for the family’s and Sam Gilliam. All of the above are repre- man as they walk along the edge of an angry
private enjoyment. sented in the current VBMA exhibition. earliest paintings in the show are grouped sea. With their backs to us, the trio is intent
under the heading “Realism and Roman- on arriving at a disaster that is implied, but
The brothers took art-buying seriously; The exhibition’s offering of 65 artworks by ticism.” They include George Inness’ 1869 not shown, beyond the picture’s edge.
together they developed a taste and the eye many of the greatest names in American art Italian idyll “Lake Albano,” a painting whose
for the contemporary art of their day. history – from George Inness’ “Lake Albano” dancing, picnicking, and canoodling holi- In the “Forces of Nature” section, a 1909
of 1869, to Helen Frankenthaler’s “Canyon” daymakers recall Nicolas Poussin’s 17th cen- painting by Rockwell Kent titled “The Road
Tragedy was the impetus for Duncan of 1965 – exemplify the range and diversity of tury bacchanals, except with more clothes. Roller” is one of the most colorful mono-
Phillips to add an addition to his parents’ Phillips’ acquisitions and belies the show’s Thomas Eakins’ circa 1891 portrait “Miss chromatic paintings in the show. It depicts
mansion in Washington, D.C. and open it title, ”From Homer to Hopper.” The works Amelia Van Buren” is also in this section. As several men atop a giant steel roller drawn
as a public museum in 1921. He original- are grouped, sometimes a bit loosely, into 11 immortalized by Eakins, Miss Van Buren’s by six powerful horses. Silhouetted against
ly named the museum the Phillips Me- thematic sections, each with an accompa- pensive, sidelong glance makes her face one a bright winter sky, the remarkable group is
morial Art Gallery in tribute to his father, nying text panel written by Susan Behrends of the most recognizable in American art. To shown tracing a route between somewhere
who died in 1917, and his beloved brother and someplace in the rural New Hamp-
James, who succumbed to Spanish flu shire countryside, leaving a swath of hard-
during the pandemic of 1918. James Phil- packed, traversable snow behind it.
lips was 34 years old and newly married
when his life ended. Because of the Phil- In addition to the Grandma Moses paint-
lips brothers’ mutual love of art, the muse- ing in the show, “Hoosick Falls in Winter” of
um built as a memorial has celebrated the 1944 (in the “Memory and Identity” section),
art of the living for nearly 100 years. the most popular picture in the exhibition is
bound to be Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Ranchos
Says Van Wagenberg, “You have to keep Church No. II, NM” of 1929.
in mind that in 1921 there was no National
Gallery of Art in Washington yet. There was The Titelman Galley holds the most up-
no Museum of Modern Art in New York, to-date pieces in the exhibition. Helen Fran-
there was no Whitney Museum of American kenthaler’s “Canyon” exemplifies of the
Art. None of them had opened yet.” breath of expression New York School took
in the 1950s and 1960s. California painter
Duncan Phillips devoted his life not only Richard Diebenkorn’s works, like “Interior
to purchasing art for his museum’s collec- with View of the Ocean” of 1957, made the
tion, but also to financially assisting artists New York art world sit up and take notice.
in need. He collected multiple examples of
work by artists he felt strongly about, and “This is a show that you will want to come
gave many artists their first solo museum back and see several times,” Van Wagenberg
exhibitions. Phillips infused cash into the says, summing up the embarrassment of
lives of Arthur Dove, Rockwell Kent, Ernest riches currently on display at the VBMA. 
Lawson and John Marin; he awarded solo

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sez les bon temps rouler at the 6th Annual in the Bahamas. This event benefits ORCA.
Mardi Gras Celebration. Guests will enjoy It runs 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. this Saturday, Feb.
a Bourbon Street buffet, casino games and 29, at Triton Submarines, 10055 102nd Ter-
samba dancers. There will also be stilt walk- race, Sebastian. Tickets are $200. Proceeds
ers, beads, prizes, a magician a 50/50 raffle benefit ORCA. Call 772-467-1600 or email
and an open bar. Proceeds benefit the We [email protected].
Care Foundation. Tickets are $175. The fun
runs 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 4 Learn something new about Ameri-
28, at the Oak Harbor Club, 4755 South Har- can artist Georgia O’Keeffe at a lecture
bor Drive, Vero Beach. Call 772-562-0123 or scheduled for Monday at the Vero Beach
visit WeCareOfIRC.org.
CONTINUED ON PAGE B6

3 Learn about the new state-of-the-art 4 Georgia O’Keeffe lecture at
submersibles, see a video of a giant Vero Beach Museum of Art.
squid, talk with explorers and sip glow-in-
the-dark cocktails at ORCA’s Explorer Ex-
perience Saturday evening. This rare event
is sponsored by the Ocean Research &
Conversation Association and Triton Sub-
marines. There will also be a silent auction
with some amazing items like a dive in a Tri-
ton submersible. There’s also going to be an
auction for a deluxe underwater excursion

41 Paul Gay with Ballet Vero Beach this Friday and Saturday
at Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 to $75. Call 772-905-2651 or visit Ballet-
VeroBeach.org.
and Piano.” The program begins 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 28, and Saturday, Feb. 29, at 2 The actual “Fat Tuesday” may have
the Vero Beach High School Performing come and gone, but you can still lais-
Arts Center, 1707 16th St. Tickets are $10

MARTHA MACCALLUM JOHN MCMAHON TERRY HOWARD CHARLIE KIRK

presents presents presents presents
UNKNOWN VALOR THE EVIL MEN DO SIMONE THE MAGA DOCTRINE
Memoir of a French Child of The Only Ideas that Will Win the
A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from A Novel World War II
Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima Future
Putnam Books Wed., March 4th at 4 pm
*Autograph Line Tickets will be issued with book purchases from HarperCollins
the Vero Beach Book Center. *Seating, on a first-arrival basis, is Tues., March 3rd at 6 pm
Thurs., March 5rd at 5 pm
reserved for our book-purchasing customers
-- thank you for supporting our book events.

Sunday, March 1st at 3 pm

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE B5 6 Jamila Tekalli with Space Coast Symphony March 1 at Vero Beach High School Performing Arts Center.

Museum of Art. Wanda M. Corn, professor sic and plenty of opportunity to dance, this
emerita in art history at Stanford Universi- should more fun than you can stand. It runs
ty, will turn a keen eye onto the blurred line 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, and Sat-
between the artist’s work and her person- urday, Feb. 29. Tickets start at $12 for side
al style. This is part of the museum’s pop- seats and go up to $22 for table seating.
ular International Lecture Series. They are Riverside Theatre is at 3250 Riverside Park
so popular that they are simulcast in the Dr., Vero Beach. Call 772-231-6990 or visit
Leonhardt Auditorium. Tickets start at $80. RiversideTheatre.com.
The museum is at 3001 Riverside Park Dr.
The talk coincides with the museum’s cur-
rent exhibition, “From Home to Hopper:
American Art from the Phillips Collection,
Washington, D.C.” Admission to the muse-
um galleries is $12 general, $11 seniors and
$5 for students with I.D. Call 772-231-0707
or visit VBMuseum.org.

5 From pop to Sergei Rachmaninoff to
Paul McCartney, there is bound to
be some music that will fill out your week.

6 It begins Sunday when the Space 7 Tony Kishman at the Emerson Center, March 5.
Coast Symphony presents “The Ro-
It begins Friday and Saturday at “How at mance of Rachmaninoff” with virtuoso 7 The multimedia tribute show “Live the national and international tours of the
the Moon: Mardi Gras Nights” at Riverside pianist Jamila Tekalli and under the baton and Let Die: The Music of Paul Mc- Broadway show “Beatlemania.” He’s been
Theatre. With plenty of festive decor, a New of Aaron Collins. The program begins 3 Cartney” takes the stage 7 p.m. Thursday, doing this show for years. Tickets are $30
Orleans style menu, non-stop upbeat mu- p.m. Sunday, March 1, at the Vero Beach March 5, at the Emerson Center. The show to $95. The Emerson Center is at 1590 27th
High School Performing Arts Center, 1707 stars a Paul McCartney look-a-like, singer/ Ave., Vero Beach. Call 800-595-4849 or visit
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years and younger are admitted free. Call
855-252-7276 or visit SpaceCoastSym-
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Getting their fill was a thrill at ‘Craft Brew & Wingfest’

dorsements for the perfect beverages with chicken wings, including one aptly named
which to chase them down. Stupid Hot. A variety of non-poultry
items, for anyone not wanting to wing
Brewskis flowed from the taps of 70 beer it, included fried shrimp, hush puppies,
tents and, according to Kevin Rollin, chair dirty oysters, pizza, pasta and gourmet
of the planning committee, with between grilled cheese.
three and five craft beers, wines, hard
seltzers and ciders at each of the tents, Sunrise Rotary really stepped up
those visitors who anted up for the tast- the entertainment this year, with two
ing bracelets would have had to consume bands performing on stages at each end
more than four gallons to sample them all. of the green, digital billboards, better
sound quality and louder music, ensur-
Cold refreshments were scattered stra- ing that everyone could enjoy the enter-
tegically along the route to accompany the tainment no matter where they chose to
hot, mild, Carolina, garlic, peach habanero

PHOTOS & STORY CONTINUED ON PAGE B8 & B9 EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR

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PHOTOS CONTINUED FROM PAGE B7

Arianna Soto.

Lyn Kenney.

Samantha Curatalo, Cody Cook, Eric Gonzalez and Amy Munoz.

Kevin Ciarlelli, Elisabeth Schuler, Amy and Squeegie Jenkins.

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settle in for the afternoon. “Service above self,” and its mission is Vero Beach, adding, “Rotary for me was Healthy Kids, Backpacks for Children,
The Chef’s Award in the Individual directed toward “continuous improve- a way to meet like-minded people with Pre-K Book program, scholarships, visits
ment through service to our local com- high ethical standards and very involved to retirement homes and the club’s annu-
Division went to Huff N Puff and in the munity and internationally,” Rollin said in the community.” al visit to the Dominican Republic where
Restaurant Division, Hurricane Grill & Sunrise Rotary is unique because “we’re they fund bio-sand water filters, aqueduct
Wings. Both the People’s Choice and really focused on having fun.” Proceeds from the festival benefit var- systems and books for schools.
Spirit Awards were presented to the ious charitable projects of Sunrise Ro-
Vero Beach Little League. When he moved here about nine years tary. Among them: Adopt-A-School, Ro- For information, visit sunriserotaryver-
ago, Rollin said he wanted to get to know tary Youth Leadership Awards, Growing obeach.org. 
While the motto of Rotary Clubs is

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Shared values inspire ‘Livable Indian River’ initiative

By Mary Schenkel | Staff Writer Peggy Cunningham and Richard Baker. Jeff Johnson, Karen Deigl, Susan Adams and John Moore. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE
[email protected]

Indian River County officially launched
Livable Indian River at an event last
Wednesday afternoon at the IRC Intergen-
erational Center, joining roughly 450 com-
munities nationwide as a member of the
AARP Age-Friendly Network – the United
States affiliate of the World Health Orga-
nization Global Network of Age-Friendly
Cities and Communities.

Recognizing that residents aged 60 and
above represent around 38 percent of the
county’s adult population, the Indian Riv-
er County Commission and the Senior
Collaborative of IRC have committed to a
five-year process to create a more livable
community for all ages, by developing
supportive features and services.

“Over time this county has grown, and

Meredith Egan, David Jackson and Amber Batchelor. Kelly Wilson, Samantha Ramlall and Sabrina Sampson. Marybeth Cunningham and Durga Das Hutner.

done remarkable things,” said attorney James Hughes, Beth Mitchell, Linda Barker and Ryan Hnatiuk. year is focused on developing an action
John Moore, event emcee. plan, and years three through five are
• Outdoor Spaces and Buildings, such as aging older people to work or volunteer dedicated to implementation and evalu-
He noted that according to sociologists, intergenerational indoor and outdoor pub- their skills; ation.
communities grow in four phases of de- lic gathering spaces;
velopment: chaos, infrastructure, vision • Communication and Information, rec- Johnson presented Susan Adams, chair
and mature. Locally, he said, the 1880s to • Transportation, including public tran- ognizing that not everyone has access to of the Indian River County Commission, a
the 1920s marked our chaos phase; major sit and safe walking/biking areas; the Internet; formal certificate recognizing Indian Riv-
infrastructure was developed through the er County as a member of the Age-Friend-
1960s; philanthropic efforts began through • Housing, with safe and affordable op- • Community and Health Services, en- ly Network.
the 1980s during the vision stage, leading tions for differing incomes, ages and life suring care is accessible and affordable.
to today’s mature phase. stages; “Indian River County is such an amaz-
Of the five-year implementation pro- ing place, and having this distinction is
“This effort here today, represents a step • Social Participation, making accessi- cess, Johnson said, “What happens next is just another feather in our cap,” said Ad-
forward as a mature community,” said ble opportunities to socialize in affordable to listen to your residents. If you don’t stop ams, adding that a community that is wel-
Moore, adding that by joining the network, activities; and ask everybody, then you have a chance coming and livable for all ages is also an
we can determine what more can be done of having a really significant blind spot.” economic development driver.
to continue developing a community as vi- • Respect and Social Inclusion, where
brant, special, welcoming, positive, helpful young and old can learn from and honor He stressed that through needs assess- “This launch is a hallmark for our coun-
and giving as it is today. each other; ment surveys, the first year is all about ty,” said Karen Deigl, Senior Collaborative
listening. Based on those results, the next chairman and president/CEO of Senior
Jeff Johnson, AARP state director of Flor- • Work and Civic Engagement, encour- Resource Association. She said the County
ida, said the goal of AARP is to connect Commission voted to join the Age-Friend-
communities with similar challenges and ly Network in June 2019 and asked the Se-
opportunities so they can learn from one nior Collaborative to be its lead agency.
another. In Florida, there are currently 35
cities/counties in the Age-Friendly Net- “That means that our county leaders
work. are committed to creating a change that
makes our community safer, more acces-
“The goal of this work is really to try to sible, more supportive and more livable
make this a great community for people to for people of all ages, especially older
live at any age,” said Johnson. adults,” said Deigl.

He explained that there are eight do- For more information, visit ircsc.org or
mains of livability: AARP.org/livable-communities. 

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Ristorante di Mare: Authentic dishes always hit the spot

Veal Chop Forestiere.

PHOTOS: KAILA JONES

By Tina Rondeau | Columnist duced by his wife Edyta’s mother. (Edyta the grilled Goat Cheese Salad.
[email protected] runs the front of the house). filet of Scottish salmon.
I welcome your comments,
A few seasons ago, Ristorante di Mare The pierogies – Polish dumplings But my husband was wild about his elk and encourage you to send feedback to me at
for a time offered a weekly special it called stuffed with mashed potatoes and chop, grilled medium rare and topped with [email protected].
Wild Game Mondays – bison, elk, wild boar farmer cheese – are pan-sautéed a wild mushroom bourbon sauce. A spec-
and venison, plus a shot of Wild Turkey. here in something resembling tacular treat, he said. The reviewer dines anonymously at restau-
a carbonara sauce that may be rants at the expense of Vero Beach 32963. 
We really liked the elk and bison. They even better than the traditional For dessert, we shared an order of tira-
weren’t truly wild, but were raised on sour cream. Delicious. misu ($10) and an order of bread pud- Hours:
ranches or farms – and unlike their breth- ding ($10 – and pronounced Daily, 5 p.m. to closing
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Then for entrées, I ordered the When it started, a prepon- Phone: 772-234-2809
Alas, it’s been a while since wild game veal forestiere ($42), my husband went derance of the entrées were Ital-
was featured at Ristorante di Mare, so with the elk au bourbon ($56), one of ian. These days, Chef Jean seems to
imagine my husband’s excitement last Fri- our companions chose veal picatta ($29)
day night when he spotted elk chop as one and our other friend opted for the salmon be emphasizing his French culinary roots.
of the evening’s features. Francaise ($29). But over the past decade, di Mare has

Since the South Beach bistro, which spe- My 16-ounce veal chop was perfectly to a greater extent than any other local
cializes in Mediterranean cuisine, was full prepared, sauteed in a brandy cream sauce restaurant offered authentic dishes not of-
when our party of four was seated at 7:30, with wonderful mushrooms, and served ten found in this area. If you haven’t been
he laid claim to the elk chop even before we with fingerling potatoes and carrots. Very there recently, give it a try. And if you don’t
ordered drinks. tasty. Our friends also gave high marks to want to be hooked, stay away from the
the veal picatta (a nice thin cutlet sautéed pierogies.
The other item on the special menu that in lemon, butter, capers
also quickly drew our table’s attention was and a chardonnay
the homemade pierogies appetizer ($15). sauce) and

For the past half dozen years, Chef Bouchee of Brie.
Jean Zana has been supplementing his
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Bonz hangs with perky new pals Remus and Koa

Project. My Mommy’s L.A. “Chicken,” he responded.

Hi Dog Buddies! fren was my Foster Mom- “Um … OK. Any special pals?”

This week I had the Best Time yappin’ my. She knew My Mommy’d “Oh, lots!” said Koa. “You
with a coupla pooches who’ve been BFFs
since they were pupsters: Remus Jameson been lookin’ for the Right shoulda been here last Chinese
Holt an Koa Pfeifer.
Pooch ever since her Lab New Year. We hadda huge bun-
We met at Koa’s house, an we could hear
lotsa bouncin’ around as soon as we rang went to Dog Heaven, so she cha of humans an pooches. It was
the bell. When the door opened, there were
two ladies and two big, bouncy pooches, sent a pickshur of me. Totally PAWsome! Everybody’s
about the same size, wigglin’ an waggin’ like
anything: a leggy, black Standard Poodle “I was, like, the cutest pup- favrite Dog Park human is Uncle
with a short curly body cut and long, luck-
jury-us wavy ears an tail tip, anna gold-an- py in the world, and soon Bob: He always brings snacks
black German Shepherd with alert, pointy
ears. Good lookin’ poocheroos, for sure. I as Mommy saw my pick- for all of us. He’s Way Cool Kib-
felt short.
shur, that was IT! I flew onna bles. Our pooch pals are Tug, a
“Welcome, Bonz. (It’s OK to call you
Bonz, right?)” said the Shepherd. “I’m PLANE from L.A. all the way Burmese Mountain Dog; Abby,
Koa Pfiefer. This is my house. An this is
my Mommy, Mitz, an my best fren in the to Vero. My Daddy Tim an my a Potcake; Hokulani, another
world, Remus.”
human brother Ticer picked PHOTO: KAILA JONES Koa & Remus Burmese; Zeus, Uncle Bob’s Ca-
“Hi, Bonz!” said the Poodle. “I’m Remus me up, an now I have the Best tahoula Leopard; Pico, a chihua-
Jameson Holt. Call me Remus. This is my Forever Famly! My Daddy’s in hua, really gives me a run for my
Mommy, Ruth Ann. Come’on in!” They
led the way to the pawsome back yard: It the Navy (which is a buncha money when I sometimes try to
hadda pool, a shady place with chairs an a
jungly, woody area to explore. humans who work mostly on about how you totally freak out when the grab her toys. Then there’s Winston, Willow,

“It’s great meeting you. This is gonna be boats and help protect The Whole Coun- Chihuahua Mafia from down the block an Tink …”
a fun innerview, I can tell!” I opened my
notebook, an they both came over to nose try). Ticer works on boats, also: underwater barks at you. I mean, you’re, like, 12 times “Willow has a crush on Koa,” Remus
around in it and give frenly snuffle-bumps
to my assistant. ones called Tritons. They went deeper than bigger than they are.” teased. “I know he likes her, too, but he

There were duh-li-shus-lookin’ human any other boat ever went with humans in “Enough with the reminiscing,” said plays it cool.”
an pooch snacks on the table, an Remus’
Mommy kept tellin’ ’em, “Get your face off it. Ticer gets to go to Cool Kibbles places all Remus with a grin. “Koa still loves flyin’ “I’m a happy bachelor,” Koa responded.
the table!”
over the whole PLA-nut. around with his pooch crew at the dog park. “But she IS a nice liddle lady. Then there’s
Koa began. “Even though I look like a to-
tal German Shepherd, I’m ackshully a mix “PLUS, guess what? I can speak Hawai- I’m more laid back. I like hangin’ with my Zena, a Boxer/Great Dane. Oh, an don’t
of German an Australian Shepherd. I usta
have more Aussie Shepherd spots but now ian! Wanna know how? Cuz Mommy’s from human brother Nicholas. He’s way fun. An forget Maui.” Koa turned to me an whis-
they’re only under my chin.”
Hawaii! Isn’t that So Cool Kibbles?” he doesn’t shred my toys to pieces like Koa pered, “She’s the leader of the Chihuahua
He showed me.
“So, almost three years ago, I was a ghet- “Woof, Koa, totally! Your whole sto- the Destroyer does. When Koa’s human sister Mafia.”
to puppy out in L.A. till I got saved by a
wunnerful animal rescue called the Watts ry’s Cool Kibbles! So, how’d you pooches Kalea catches him, she put the toy way high “Don’t get me started,” Remus replied.

meet?” up onna shelf.” I swiftly changed the subject. “How

Remus answered. “Unlike Koa, I am a Alluva sudden, Remus stopped totally about travelin’?”

purebred: a Standard Poodle. But I’m no still and laser-stared at something in the “I go to Maryland with Mommy a cou-

Snobnose. Mommy an Auntie Mitz have air. He watched intently for a couple sec- pla times a year,” said Koa. “When she

been frens for years, so me an Koa grew up onds, then – WHAMMO! – snapped his goes back to Hawaii, I can’t go, but that’s

together. When we were puppies, we’d run jaws shut. okey-dokey cuz then I stay with Uncle Au-

all over each other’s houses like they were “Remus is a terrific fly-catcher,” Koa gie. He’s Totally Crispy Dog Biscuits. We go

speedways. My house is specially fun cuz it’s commented. “I don’t know how he does it. to the park every day, an Nicholas brings

a stilthouse.” Or why.” Remus so we can hang out together.”

“Hey Remus,” Koa spoke up. “Remember Remus was calmly licking his chops. Headin’ home, thinking about how

when we were liddle, an you hadda have a “What does fly taste like,” I inquired. Remus had caught that fly, I was pretty

boost up the stairs? You’d put your front sure I’d never look at chicken the same

paws on a step an your Mommy (Aunt DON’T BE SHY way again.
Rootie Tootie) she’d boost your caboose

up, and then you’d sorta scoootch up with We are always looking for pets Till next time,
your back legs. It was huh-LARRY-us.” with interesting stories.
The Bonz
“Thanks for the memories, K-man. I To set up an interview, email
might mention how you are totally scared [email protected].
to go in the pool.”

“OH, yeah?” Koa woofed back. “An what

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THE TIME TO PLAY THE BOTTOM CARD WEST NORTH EAST
A K 10 9 3 2 65
By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist AQ63 54 9872
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Many years ago, I was asked this question: What is the one thing you teach your students K762 98 QJ43
that they never seem to get and you cannot understand why? My answer is the theme of this
column. SOUTH
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South is in four spades. West guesses well to lead the club two. How should the defenders K J 10
card to defeat the contract? AK
A 10 5
Over West’s takeout double, North applied the main conclusion from the Law of Total Tricks,
jumping to four spades because he knew of a 10-card fit. Dealer: South; Vulnerable: Both

West might have led the spade ace, planning to exit with a diamond in the hope that his four The Bidding:
honor cards would all win tricks. Here, though, that would not have worked.
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
When West leads a low club, which card should East contribute? 1 Spades Dbl. 4 Spades All Pass
LEAD:
East is playing third hand high; his card might even win the trick. In this situation, East must 2 Clubs
play the bottom of his touching cards: the jack.

When South takes the trick with the ace, West knows his partner has the club queen. So,
when South next plays a trump, West can win and continue with a second low club to give
his partner the lead. Then, with luck, East will shift to the heart nine (the high card denying an
honor in the suit), and West will take two tricks in that suit to defeat the contract.

East should not lead to a diamond, because if West has a winner there, it isn’t going to
disappear. But a heart trick might — and will — evaporate.

Finally, if declarer ducks the first trick, East should immediately switch to the heart nine.
West’s lead marks South with the club ace, so returning that suit would be a waste of time.

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4 Eat with tongue (4) 2 Danger sign (3,5)
7 Pound (4) 3 Immaturity (5)
8 Kind of petrol (8) 4 Slim; veer (4)
9 Maturity (9) 5 Plain; unblock (5)
10 Limb; weapon (3) 6 Virtually (6)
12 Timber decay (3,3) 11 Internet bullying (8)
14 Start; become hostile towards (4,2) 13 Orator’s amplifier (6)
16 Evergreen creeping plant (3) 15 Eccentric (7)
18 Eli turned (anag.) (9) 17 Engaged in rivalry (5)
21 Reinforced safety entrance (4,4) 19 Mistake (5)
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ACROSS 101 College sports org. 55 Sing in the Alps The Washington Post
1 Sacred insect 103 Rain forest slitherer 56 Mideast org.
7 Some ring contact 104 (From bottomless vats of 57 Passive-restraint system FATTY PAGE By Merl Reagle
11 Reversed first name 58 It’s drained by the Dnepr
14 Tack on fat!)
17 Zambia neighbor 110 (A veritable oxymoron and Dnestr
18 Critter population 60 Starbuck’s boss
19 Sudan neighbor, of circulation-stopping 63 Starbuck’s arena
fatitude!) 65 Two-way name
once: abbr. 111 Marsh vapor 66 Peptic problem
20 Garage-door opener, 115 Driver’s licenses, e.g. 67 “Ooh-la-la” jeans label of the
116 Mowgli’s python pal
perhaps 117 Touched a second match to 1980s
21 Low tie 118 Long pastry 68 Water weasel
22 (In other words, 119 Nora Charles portrayer 69 Frenzied woman
120 Weather forecasters’ org. 72 Vassal’s parcel
high in fat!) 121 Nervous-stomach 75 Actor Gulager
25 (Real fat, not fake fat!) condition 76 Columbus or Pythias
27 Guy in gray 122 Extremely
30 Ricci of fashion members: abbr.
31 Find out DOWN 77 Current choice
32 Kevin of A Fish Called 1 ___ Paulo 78 That woman
2 News giant 80 Praised
Wanda 3 Grow hair in one’s ears 81 Chinese VIP, once
33 Bible preposition 4 Equine hue 83 Makes scholarly
35 Contemporary of Mehta 5 Haggard’s Quatermain
6 H.L. Mencken’s city corrections in
and Slatkin 7 “Graybar hotels” 85 Attempt
37 God, to Guillermo 8 Bellow’s March 86 Beginning of eight words?
38 JAG’s network 9 Friendly bingo call? 87 Cheers first name
41 (So there’s no scrimping 10 Did duets 89 Excavation peril
11 December wood 90 Roasted, to Raul
on the fat!) 12 Tuesdays, in Troyes 91 Director Vittorio
46 “Thereby hangs ___” 13 “The results ___ ...”
48 Al Roker line? 14 Related (to) De ___
49 Gomorrah regular 15 Agr., for one 93 Actress D’abo of The
50 Stuck, perhaps 16 Colorful group
51 Part of town 18 Monk’s title Living Daylights
53 (Practically mooing with fat!) 22 Says loud and clear 96 Time to pay up: abbr.
56 VCR button 23 Alan of Little Miss Sunshine 97 Taxi mechanic
59 Health, to Julius Caesar 24 Spelled letter 98 Elizabeth of cosmetics
61 Too long to worry about 26 Word on a coin 99 Edison’s Park
62 CIA precursor 27 Gernreich, not Giuliani 100 “___ or lose it”
64 (With 66 Across, 28 Genesis grandson 102 Tea party girl
29 Riboflavin 104 TV doctor
lovingly slathered 34 In scoring position 105 Draw again
with fat!) 36 Stalactite Jr. 106 “Steady now ...”
66 (See 64 Across) 37 Tabloid’s scoop? 107 Tine-y thing?
70 Hockey great 38 Help for a Hyundai hunter 108 MacArthur’s reliever: inits.
71 La-la accompaniment 39 Hopeful firmament 109 Cole Porter’s
72 Eccentric 40 Poised
73 Singer Tucker 42 Home of wine, women, and alma mater
74 (And bushels of fat!) 112 Pine goo
79 Going on 1 a.m. eunuchs 113 Big number,
81 Sending imperative 43 1994 sitcom,
82 Taco topper for short
84 Show stopper? ___ Own 114 Custom finish?
88 ___ Dei 44 Responsibility
89 (With pure, raw fat!) 45 Documentarian Burns
92 Sugar ending 46 “Farm” dweller
93 Sundry: abbr. 47 Longest river in Scotland
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