02/15/2018 ISSUE 07

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE PART1  Nausea and/or vomiting © 2018 Vero Beach 32963 Media, all rights reserved
Symptoms, Risk and Causes of GERD  Chest pain
 Difficult or painful swallowing, narrowing of the throat
Are you one of the more than 3 million Americans who suffers  Respiratory and lung problems, including recurrent
with gastroesophageal reflux? Although heartburn is really a pneumonia
symptom of this, many people use the terms gastroesophageal  Upper abdominal pain
reflux, acid indigestion, acid reflux, acid regurgitation, reflux and  Wearing away of tooth enamel
heartburn synonymously. Many people get acid reflux from time
to time and it’s nothing to worry about. If you have nighttime acid reflux, you might also experience:
 Asthma (new or worsening), trouble breathing
But if you experience acid reflux and/or heartburn more than  Chronic cough
twice a week over a prolonged period, you may have gastro-  Hoarseness/laryngitis
esophageal reflux disease (GERD), a more significant problem  Disruptive sleep
that can lead to trouble swallowing, tooth enamel erosion,
throat irritation and more serious issues like asthma, pulmonary WHO IS AT RISK?
injury (including pneumonia) and even cancer of the esophagus.
When acid wears away the lining of the esophagus, inflamma- While anyone can get GERD, people who are overweight, preg-
tion, bleeding and a precancerous condition called Barrett’s nant, have asthma or diabetes, smoke or suffer from connec-
esophagus, which can lead to esophageal cancer, can result. Ac- tive tissue disorders (such as scleroderma) are more likely to
cording to a study reported in Digestive Diseases and Sciences get GERD.
magazine, the risk of esophageal cancer is more than seven
times higher among people who regularly suffer acid reflux. WHAT CAUSES GERD?

SYMPTOMS OF GERD Digestion is an intricate process that begins as soon as you
put something in your mouth. After you swallow, food passes
The most common symptom of GERD is heartburn, a painful, down into the esophagus. A circular band of muscle around
burning feeling in the middle of the chest, behind the breast- the bottom of the esophagus called the lower esophagus
bone, in the middle of the abdomen that usually occurs after sphincter (LES) relaxes to allow food and liquid to flow into
eating and worsens when lying down. It’s important to note, the stomach. The LES valve is supposed to open briefly then
however, that not all people with GERD experience heartburn. shut tightly as soon as food moves into the stomach and acid
is released. However, if the valve is weak or relaxes when it
Other common symptoms include: shouldn’t, stomach contents rise back up into the esophagus.
 Regurgitation of food or sour acid liquid in the back of mouth And as stomach acid or bile flows back into the food pipe, it can
 Burning sensation in the throat or chest, usually after eating, irritate and inflame the lining of the esophagus, the pharynx
which might be worse at night and even the respiratory tract.
 Bad breath
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INSIGHT BOOK REVIEW

In “Women Who Fly: Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, named Hasan sees Rabi’ah near a lake and, to show ment of matriarchal religions by new belief systems
and Other Airborne Females,” Serinity Young argues off his supposed spiritual superiority, throws his privileging male deities. This pattern of appropriation
that tales of flying women, widespread throughout the prayer rug onto the surface of the water, then invites – or should we say misappropriation? – recurs in cul-
world’s mythologies, should be interpreted as visions her to join him in prayer. Instead, Rabi’ah tosses her tures around the world. By the time of the European
of female emancipation from the constraints imposed prayer rug into the air and flies up to it. “Come up witch craze of the 15th to 17th centuries, women who
by patriarchal cultures: As she says,“the ability to break here, Hasan,” she cries, then adds that they should be “were not under the rule of a man … must be under
free of the earth and to soar is a profound expression above such competitive foolishness and apply them- the rule of the devil. It was inconceivable that they
of freedom.” The many stories Young retells prove her selves to the real business of loving God. could be autonomous.” Still, it has always been easy
point and are fascinating in themselves. for men to believe in witches. AsYoung observes, from
Besides female ascetics and saints, Young regularly the perspective of a male, especially a married male,
“The human desire to break through earthly re- points out examples of what she calls the “monstrous- the members of the other sex are “shape-shifters par
straints took many forms,” she writes. “It could be feminine,” figures such as Medusa, the Sphinx, the excellence, changing from desirable, young, acquies-
achieved through dreams or ecstatic experiences; Harpies, Medea and the Furies. In these creatures we cent women into ruthless shrews.”
by ascending a mountain, tree, ladder or ritual pole; see“the demonization of aerial females” and“the male
through self-cultivation, asceticism, or spiritual dis- need to make these independent beings into monsters While Young’s occasionally academic tone may
cipline; or through rituals. Multiple terms exist for and destroy them. … It seems there is nothing more limit her audience, this provocative but convincing
the varieties of aerial experience, including magical perverse and ugly than an independent woman.” book certainly belongs on, or at least near, the shelf
flight, transvection, bilocation, ascension, assump- containing some of the most intellectually exhilarat-
tion, and apotheosis.” Transvection, in case you Much early myth and literature – Aeschylus’ “Eu- ing books I know. I’m thinking of such masterworks as
wondered, “refers to being carried through the air menides” is a good example – dramatizes the displace- Vladimir Propp’s “Morphology of the Folktale”; Claude
by another entity, for example a witch.” Bilocation is Levi-Strauss’ studies in structural anthropology (es-
the ability to be in two places at once. The most glori- pecially “The Story of Asdiwal”); Robert Graves’s his-
ous of all assumptions is, of course, that of the Vir- torical grammar of poetic myth, “TheWhite Goddess”;
gin Mary’s bodily ascent into heaven. Symbolically Carl Jung’s papers on the Anima, Shadow and other ar-
speaking, flying creatures are messengers, passing chetypes; Joseph Campbell’s classic “The Hero With a
freely back and forth between the heavenly realm of Thousand Faces”; and, not least, that encyclopedia of
the gods, the Land of the Dead, the OtherWorld of the pagan ritual, J.G. Frazer’s “The Golden Bough.”
fairies and the familiar earth most of us are bound to.
One last point: “Women Who Fly” shows how rel-
Young opens her book with reflections on the Lou- evant even seemingly arcane scholarship can be to
vre’s famous sculpture of the winged but headless contemporary life. Young does this by simply un-
Nike – commonly known as the “Victory of Samo- packing the meanings of “a single motif or trope in
thrace” – and ends with a chapter on aviators such the human imagination – that of women not defined
as Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch. In between by the restrictive gravity of men’s wishes or desires,
one finds discussions of many of the most famous but women whose ability to fly empowered them to
females of myth: the Middle Eastern goddess Isis, impose conditions on men, or to escape roles they
Adam’s first wife, Lilith, Homer’s Circe, the vengeful found constricting,” For centuries patriarchal cul-
sorcerer Medea, the Norse Valkyrie Brunhilde, and tures reflexively aimed to keep down or marginalize
the witchy Morgan le Fay of the Arthurian romances, defiant and powerful females. Not for much longer.
just to name a few. Young also examines swan-maid- During the last half century, and particularly during
ens, fairy-brides and succubi, as well as Christian the last year, more and more women can finally say
and Daoist mystics, female shamans and even the that from now on, baby, the sky’s the limit. 
comic book superheroine Wonder Woman. Being a
specialist in Middle Eastern and Asian mythologies, WOMEN WHO FLY
she relates numerous accounts of aerial women from
Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist tradition. GODDESSES, WITCHES, MYSTICS AND OTHER AIRBORNE FEMALES
BY SERINITY YOUNG | OXFORD. 358 PP. $29.95
Take, for instance, one of the stories about the Sufi
mystic Rabi’ah al-’Adawiyya. One day a Sufi master REVIEW BY MICHAEL DIRDA, THE WASHINGTON POST

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 47 INSIGHT COVER STORY

TEMPORARY ROOFS CRAFTED FROM BLUE TARPS PROTECT HOMES Hugo Emil Robert Uyterhoeven
IN THE ESTATE TUTU DISTRICT OF ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
Hugo Emil Robert Uyterhoeven, an
Hurricane Sandy, caps most appli- On St. Croix, the debate about wheth- BaedSxcieephmadeocerhoomt.lnHfboaJenaecrnuw.glota2eyfs9nf,8eton6rhra.eelmarHmohraaiersnvthaahgoraedmnme5Be0inuntsyiVenaaeenrrssdos,
cants at $25,000 in construction costs. er to stay or go already is taking place. U6,yt1e9r3h1o,evinenEiwndashovbeonrn, NoentheArluagnudsst.
As a child, he experienced the
Local contractors say it will cost at At Mahogany Road Chocolate, a Nazi occupation and hardships of
least $50,000 to repair many roofs on the roadside stand where well-off resi- World War II. At age 17, he went to
islands, which is one reason Del. Stacey dents gather to buy $10 chocolate Switzerland where he obtained his high school diploma and a doctor of
Plaskett (D), the Virgin Islands’ nonvot- bars or mango cream sponge cake, Ua(yDlaHedwyeaBtvoredeScralet)hosogaoprarsemeorvaeefe,esBlnmneaatawakrrigeecndncrheeaSLgaivccrsaheeusudoeomsclaaahintlarainttsuwheedeMi,atetUhS,BtwfnhHArieiovitgmzdIenehrersttgDlehiartreyeninseUdotaitffnnirbGocioevnthmfeioaoerlrnsnHeiIttniynaiesnroat1virfBt9anuZe5ritduln7egr.gifBiuHocuamrhes.M.idwHnoaoeecnrstoksaobegrSdteacamtfhieonoereniondatl
ing congressional representative, is skep- Keith Moore and Glenda Smith said business administration from HBS in 1963.
tical the program will get off the ground. couples like them are starting to sec- At Harvard, he taught international business, business policy, competitive
ond-guess their decision to retire in analysis and business and government in the international economy in both
She wants Congress to consider in- the Virgin Islands. the MBA and executive programs. He also served in several administrative
dividualized aid packages for the Vir- positions, such as Business Policy course head, General Management Unit
gin Islands and Puerto Rico, where “Things were hard before, and now hDaocrnfeeeadaaEdntex,isntoctegahfrbEanalixairnselheocwiRfuntetgfihlovaecectoiuAEorsnpddoosuv,nracanaUdttceeiyeovatdneenrl.MdohFporpamoeunmvbaeeglnni1ect9,mrr8reeee0lsvnattattroimuoP1cnrp9tosiu8nger9grfe,fadoatmhsrtet,Sshae.cannltadisogsrSrroeAenuusipsnoo’sirocAianactsftesoiovDrcimteiiaeaatsnte,,
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló (D) has request- you just don’t know what is going to Hfaceilaitliseos aspnedairthsemadaiendatdhme inreinstorvataitvioenbuoilfdtihneg,SMchoorgoal’ns Hexaelcl.uUtiyvteerchaomevpeuns
ed $94 billion in aid. authored or coauthored numerous cases, teaching notes, articles, and
A VIEW FROM A STORM-DAMAGED HOME books. His 1989 Harvard Business Review article “General Managers in
“We are saying, listen, this is not like IN ST. THOMAS ON JAN. 22. the Middle” was a bestseller for many years.
the flooding that occurred during Har- He consulted for major corporations including Chemical Bank, General
vey,” Plaskett said in an interview, re- happen,” said Smith, 63, who previ- Electric, Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, and the Arthur Young accounting
ferring to the hurricane that struck the ously lived in Miami and runs an art &pi(HGnnaeücoDrnlltwusnee,dcreAakiErnlseB,cghroBt)ihBlp.)aeH,.ebACnS,edcnawGhirdxatre,e,osnhrBdieenHeorsradmealrBewbvmCalaeenriadynkdnae,iHdesmaraaan,alsddeB,a,ioTrGsCenhpcrideebotoaawSIkr-nttGeaothrenfe,rmligFnegiyuaovytnirWin(eodngtnoohtraowaaklflnskGNAas(onomidlnovdoewa,EzrreBnitScnigrstaoa)lc,i,wnosDhHlmne,eaypDBgraBcuounolsvtaiucseecahrrsk-ti,,
Houston area last year. “We had whole project that seeks to beautify the is- French, and German.
roofs blow off, plus enormous shipping lands by painting murals. “These are A resident of Weston, MA, from 1960 until 2005, Uyterhoeven served as
and rebuilding costs, and the costs asso- my retirement years. Do you want to a member of the Planning Board and the Conservation Commission and
ciated with building on volcanic rock.” be struggling the entire time?” as president of the Weston Forest and Trail Association. In 1972, with
development rapidly covering Weston’s remaining open space, he initiated
But Warren Mosler, a local economist A few miles away in Frederiksted, UanaJ1us0eylslawiotpeneceprdir(haacZaotteihhcenoqusvtn,ue)o,a.nifmsiHnitmthoiietoeouianvnsttoeetipndirwnlvgantgeno’dsatnoJtaohsdcahearbvetneoeax’rsnugeaIectissuyloaeaetsndnianecdrs-ogsohinnmaaaslseVfemropev$afrra5joeWotsimrBoiednefisaelatllncoicaoetnhnln’isdoifnt.6afHn5o2hdf0emis0hhpi2ilrecseelowspsbneieoutdrdfhivoltedehrmsdaiitnsiialnsgsbwoi..lumiiAfsmehes,
who lives on St. Croix and is running for where most traffic lights still don’t president, he restructured John’s Island’s management company, by
governor, notes that Mapp’s request for work, Cynthia Rivers said she does not reducing costs and improving services and hurricane protection practices.
$7.5 billion equates to $75,000 per resi- have the option to leave. At the John’s Island Club, he was a regular speaker and co-chair of the
dent. He doubts Congress and Trump history-focused Gold Seminar.
will agree to the request, noting a simi- A widow and retired cook, Rivers, In his final years, Uyterhoeven applied his professorial zeal to researching,
65, now takes home $500 a month in uwnridteinrsgtapnadpienrgs,anadndderlievfelercintignsgpeuepcohnes eosntattheesaentdopeicnsd. -of-life planning,
A CONTRACTOR WORKS ON AN ESTIMATE FOR Social Security benefits. In early 2017, UwPdInaiiyeuftaeceg,dzrhadhStriaeoatnrieoosdv,nferMHantooa((ncBMJkiuuqeBnlunieAtes),aKhcU2uki0sys,1tiNweg9r)Joih,f,feoaoSnefouvdfnCe2Lnna1aymuovybfarealrCaeiMdr,asCgm,oeAUo,bn,yrMAitdoeAnfgrhie;WS,otiweeMesvloteeAornns;oi,sihfstMSeisserAusad,rt,atvMalueilvgl,aeWbhydytaAebhrM,yiSsEoofrforinirakuisnaart
A REPLACEMENT ROOF IN ST. THOMAS. Rivers combined her life savings of Manny of San Rafael, CA, and Joanne Sluijter-Uyterhoeven of Bloemendaal,
$9,000 with a $5,000 loan to subdivide Netherlands; five sons-in-law; seven nephews; and five grandchildren.
lar funding formula for Puerto Rico her house in hopes of earning rental In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to: Indian River Symphonic
would amount to about $250 billion. income throughout her golden years. Association (www.irsymphonic.org, P.O. Box 2801, Vero Beach, FL,
32961), Vero Beach Museum of Art (www.verobeachmuseum.org, 3001
Instead, Mosler said, the territory But Hurricane Maria damaged her RAisvseorcsiiadteioPna(rwk wDwri.vwee,sVtoenrofoBreesatcthra,iFl.Lor3g2).963), or Weston Forest and Trail
needs to start “resizing everything” roof, meaning she cannot find a ten-
based on the assumption that its ant until she comes up with at least
economy – and its population – is just $25,000 to repair it. She said FEMA
going to have to get smaller. gave her only $5,500.

“It’s very difficult to scale an econ- “If you are not here, you just would
omy down like that, but it has to be never understand,” said Rivers, her eyes
done before you get any meaningful welling up with tears. “This was my re-
bounce back up,” said Mosler. tirement. This was my everything.” 

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INSIGHT WORLD

BY LIZ SLY | WASHINGTON POST ABIR, 17, HOLDS BESHAYER, A 1-YEAR-OLD idly alongside one another. A boy was have killed more than 300,000 people
WHO SURVIVED THE FREEZING JOURNEY IN crouched beside a wall. elsewhere, and their lives had re-
THE mountain range that THE MOUNTAINS. SHE SUFFERS FROSTBITE mained mostly peaceful, Shihab said,
forms a natural bound- ON HER FACE. A woman had huddled in a thorn recounting the tale from his brother’s
ary between Syria and bush, the child she was carrying tipped home in the northern Lebanese city of
Lebanon has long served also as a which is hosting about a million Syrian upside down from her arms, feet clad Tripoli.
wartime conduit for people who can- refugees, the only way in is across one in pink sneakers pointing skyward.
not travel legally – the gunrunners, of the mountain smuggling routes. Late last year, everything changed.
the rebels, the dissidents and the ordi- And one little girl was found alive, The Islamic State was rapidly being
nary citizens who just want to escape. The fate of these recent refugees lying in the snow. Someone picked her driven out of all of its major strong-
first came to light after rescue work- up and took her to the hospital in the holds. More and more of its fighters
On one night last month, it became ers posted photographs on Facebook, nearby town of Chtaura. Half of her began showing up in the village as they
a death trap. A storm whipped up at offering clues to the horrors of the face was burned away from frostbite, fled from other areas.
the moment a group of about 70 Syrian night. Three adults and a child lay rig- and she was comatose from the cold. In November, the Syrian army over-
refugees was climbing over the moun- ran the nearby town of Bukamal, and
tain to try to reach Lebanon. In the intensive care unit, she be- Barghouz suddenly found itself on
came another small question mark in the last front line of the Islamic State’s
In the darkness, wind and snow, the tragedy of a larger war. The doctors dwindling defenses.
they began to falter. The elderly fell be- wondered: Who was she? Why didn’t After a night of intense fighting in
hind. Children tripped. Men slipped. any relatives come to claim her? And late December, during which their
Unable to see their guide, the refugees would she survive? house was hit by a shell, the family de-
became lost and scattered. cided they would have to flee to sur-
Among those on the mountain that vive, Shihab said. They piled into vehi-
One small group became so tired night were Shihab alAbed, 43, and cles and made their way to Damascus,
that they decided to lie down on the more than a dozen other members of the Syrian capital – Shihab and his
cold, hard ground and go to sleep. his extended family, who had come mother, wife, sister, three daughters
from the small village of Barghouz in and a son, three grandchildren, a sis-
By daybreak, 15 people had frozen Deir al-Zour province. The village had ter-inlaw, and two nieces.
to death, a sad new milestone in the been under Islamic State control for
tragedy of Syria’s seven-year-old war. years but was too small and unimport-
Refugees have drowned trying to reach ant to be caught up in the battles that
Europe and are regularly shot on the
Turkish border. But this was the first
known instance of a group dying of
cold, according to the United Nations
refugee agency and Lebanese authori-
ties.

It was also a reminder of the con-
tinued desperate efforts of Syrians to
escape the fighting, even as the world
closes its doors. The United States and
Europe are not alone in restricting the
entry of Syrians – Syria’s neighbors also
long ago shut their borders to refu-
gees. For those still fleeing to Lebanon,

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Once in Damascus, they made con- arms had grown lifeless and cold. He niece Sarah, her sister and her mother the same day, said George Kortas, a
tact with a smuggler who said he could could hardly walk. So he lay his niece were unaccounted for. doctor and the head of the hospital.
take them to safety in Lebanon. The down in the snow and continued on But one small girl, estimated to be
journey would cost $140 per person, his way. “She was cold and motion- At the hospital in the nearby town about 3 years old, was in critical condi-
and the route would be easy and short, less,” he said. “I thought she had died.” of Chtaura, civil defense rescuers were tion, barely responsive and with third-
the smuggler promised – just a half- ferrying in others they had found on degree ice burns to her face.
hour walk, alongside the main road, When dawn broke, Abir awoke. Her the mountain, some dead, some alive.
and they would be in Lebanon. For two days she lay comatose in
SHIHAB AL-ABED, 43, IS ONE OF THE SURVIVORS SARAH MISHAN, A 3-YEAR-OLD SYRIAN RE- the ICU. Half of her face was a mass of
“But he was lying,” Shihab said. OF A GROUP THAT CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS FUGEE, LIES IN A HOSPITAL BED AT THE BEKAA blackened scars from where her cheek
When they arrived at the border on SEPARATING SYRIA FROM LEBANON. HE AND HOSPITAL IN LEBANON AFTER BEING RESCUED had lain in the snow. The doctors fret-
the evening of Jan. 18, instead of re- 13 MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY ATTEMPTED THE ON THE MOUNTAINS SEPARATING SYRIA FROM ted that she would die.
maining alongside the road, the smug- CROSSING; SIX DIED. LEBANON.
gler pointed the family up the nearby On the third day, she began to show
mountain, indicating a series of blink- HANAN AL-ABED, 13, SURVIVED THE TREK IN Over the next two days they would signs of life. And on the fourth day, she
ing lights high in the darkness that he THE FREEZING MOUNTAINS. WEARING PLASTIC find a total of 15 bodies, all but three spoke for the first time. “I want to go to
said they were to follow. There they SANDALS, SHE HAD KICKED THEM OFF SO THAT of them fleeing battles in Deir alZour, Mama,” she said in a weak little voice.
were met by another smuggler, who SHE COULD WALK FASTER. and six of them from the Abed family,
gave his name as Abu Hashish, their according to police. “It’s a miracle she is still alive. She is
guide for the rest of the journey. grandmother, mother, sister and neph- a strong little girl, and her organs have
It is a common ploy of smugglers to ew lay immobile beside her. “They Most of the survivors were in good recovered well,” Kortas said. “But she is
deceive their customers into believing were stiff and frozen. I hoped they were shape and were treated and released going to need many, many plastic sur-
they will take an easy route, accord- just asleep,” she said. “I could see a geries to lead a normal life.”
ing to Lebanese security officials and house, so I went to get help. It turned
local civil defense workers who have out to be an army post. They went to He and the other doctors puzzled
rescued people from the mountain fetch them.” over who she was. All of the refugees
before. Many people might refuse to who had perished had relatives in
make the trek at all if they knew in ad- Seven hours after they had set Lebanon who slowly trickled into the
vance how challenging it would be. off, Shihab and the other survivors morgues of the Bekaa Valley to claim
The Abed family still had no idea reached the bottom of the mountain. the bodies.
what lay ahead. They struck out into He learned that his wife, mother, sister
the darkness and driving rain, follow- and grandson Yasser were dead. His But no one came to claim the girl
ing Abu Hashish and the big, white let- – until the fifth day, when her father
tering emblazoned on the back of his showed up. Living in Tripoli, he had
jacket: “Police.” discovered the fate of his missing fam-
The path grew steeper, the weather ily members only when he saw the
worsened. The wind became a howl- photos on Facebook.
ing gale. The rain turned to snow. Like
most of the refugees in the group, they The woman found huddled in the
were lightly dressed. Hanan, Shihab’s thorn bush was his wife. The girl in
13-year-old daughter, was wearing her arms was his 4-year-old daughter,
plastic sandals and kicked them off so Heba. He scoured the morgues until he
that she could walk faster. found them and took them for burial
It quickly became clear that not all in Tripoli. Only later did he learn there
of them were able to keep up. was an unclaimed girl in the hospital,
Shihab’s 70-year-old mother, Has- his other child.
ba, was the first to fall back. Shihab’s
wife, Anout, sister Dalal and daugh- It was an awkward reunion. He had
ters Amal and Abir stayed with her to seen Sarah only once, when she was an
try to help her along. Soon they had infant, because he was living in Leba-
lost sight of Abu Hashish and the rest non while his family remained in Syria.
of the party. Then, in the buffeting “She doesn’t know me, and I don’t know
winds, they lost Hasba. Amal was car- her,” he said, cradling her inexpertly as
rying her 1-year-old son, Yasser. Abir, he fed her spoonfuls of egg, soup and
seven months pregnant, was strug- salad from a hospital tray.
gling, too. She handed her year-old
daughter, Beshayer, to another refu- She ate weakly but hungrily, point-
gee. ing to the dishes she wanted to taste.
The women grew colder and colder Then she repeated the only words she
and sleepier and sleepier. “So we de- had spoken so far. “I want to go to
cided just to take a rest,” recalled Abir, Mama.” 
who survived that night.
“We lay down and said we would
find the way in the morning.”
Up ahead, Shihab was carrying on,
his 3-year-old niece Sarah in his arms.
The rest of the night is a blur, he said.
They ascended one mountain peak,
descended, and then another lay
ahead. They passed a dead man on the
way, a teenage girl crying over his body.
At one point, Shihab slipped and
fell and cracked his ribs. The girl in his

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INSIGHT TRAVEL

Other viable options have travelers rethinking rental cars

BY CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT
Washington Post

If you are planning a vacation, then guest-transit passes for the duration of to reach some of their destinations. All “Picture this,” says Jason Penketh-
renting a car may be as automatic as their stay,” he says. “The idea is to cre- told, they spent about $60 for ground man, chief product officer at Spireon.
making hotel or restaurant reserva- ate a more sustainable transportation transportation, about half of what they “A consumer visits a name-brand car
tions. Or not. New ground transpor- system and reducing car use.” would have on a rental car. dealership, downloads that dealer’s mo-
tation options are blossoming in the bile app, peruses a list of available cars
sharing and hailing economies. A re- Travelers already had lots of choic- Another option that is gaining trac- – including all colors and trim-levels of-
cent Bank of America review of its card es, even before multimodality. Ride- tion: car sharing. Lawrence Sorace, a fered, selects a specific vehicle from the
users found that people are thinking hailing services such as Uber and Lyft financial adviser from Matawan, N.J., list, specifies the time frame and other
differently about how they get around. have been embraced by travelers such recently discovered Turo, which allows rental terms, uses the vehicle GPS to im-
as Amy O’Hara, who works for an on- you to rent a car from an owner. Think mediately locate the vehicle on a mobile
Total ride-hailing transactions in- line car-buying company in Tempe, of it as Airbnb for cars. “People can map, walks over, unlocks the door using
creased 109 percent over a one-year Ariz., and took her 8-year-old daughter list their cars for rental during specific the mobile app and drives away.”
period, according to the company. The to Denver for the Labor Day weekend times in a particular city that can be
average customer spent $118 on ride to catch a preview of the Broadway rented for an advertised amount,” he Drive On Demand is not available
hailing in the summer of 2016, with an show “Frozen.” says. “It seems like a great idea.” yet, so there are no test dealerships or
average transaction cost of $12, com- drivers I could ask about their expe-
pared with $116 the previous summer “Knowing we were staying in the It is also cost-effective. Sorace says the rience. If Spireon’s idea catches on, it
and an average transaction cost of $13. downtown area near the theater, I de- prices are about 30 percent lower than could extend a traveler’s options con-
The number of car-rental transactions, cided against renting a car, to save on car-rental rates. I have spoken with nu- siderably.
meanwhile, remained flat, with the av- parking costs and the hassle of navi- merous renters who say they have seen
erage renter spending $373 at an aver- gating an unfamiliar area,” she says. similar savings on their shared vehicle. Even car sharing is not what it
age transaction cost of $251. The O’Haras also went multimodal, seems in a multimodal world. Con-
using the free 16th Street Mall trolley Even ride hailing can reduce your sider Lyft, one of the fastest growing
The newest options still include hy- transportation expenses significantly. on-demand transportation services.
brid ride-hailing services, flexible own- When Jeff Young and his wife recently This summer, it passed a milestone of
ership platforms and courtesy-car ser- visited his niece, Kathy, in Sacramen- 1 million daily rides and is now avail-
vices. While renting a car still remains to, he decided to skip the rental car able to 95 percent of the U.S. popula-
a viable choice for many travelers, it is and use Uber. “We used ride sharing tion, an increase from 54 percent in the
nice to know you have more options – for trips to and from restaurants, her beginning of 2017. Lyft also has part-
perhaps more than you thought. school, museums, her apartment and nerships with public transit agencies.
finally back to the airport,” says Young, Its most popular route in San Francisco
It is part of a slow-moving industry a financial planner from Scottsdale, is a first-mile, last-mile connection to
trend away from relying on a single Ariz. “Most of the rides were under $10, the Caltrain station. These agreements
mode of transportation, experts say. and it was a far better experience than allow you to hail a Lyft from your hotel
Ralph Buehler, an associate profes- a car rental and much less expensive.” and then connect to mass transit with
sor in the urban affairs and planning Lyft’s app, which is often a more effi-
program at Virginia Tech’s Alexandria What if car sharing could be scaled cient and cost-effective way to reach
Center, studies the rise of multimodal- up – way up? That’s the idea behind your destination.
ity transportation options at home. “It a concept called Drive On Demand,
makes sense that people also use mul- introduced earlier by Spireon, a com- “Lyft is an important complement
tiple modes and non-car modes on va- pany that develops fleet-tracking soft- to public transportation,” said Woody
cation,” he says. ware. The concept is simple: Imagine Hartman, Lyft’s vice president of glob-
if your car dealership got into the rent- al operations. 
There are so many examples of mul- al business.
timodality, it is difficult to track all of
them. Europe, which has a robust mass
transit infrastructure, is ahead of the
trend, Buehler says. “In several Euro-
pean cities, hotels are offering visitors

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AN ECHO OF LOSE ONE TO GAIN MORE INSIGHT GAMES

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said, “Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks WEST NORTH EAST
together.” A bridge deal starts when you carefully put 13 cards together. How you play J 10 8754 962
those cards, of course, will determine your score on the deal. J754 AK62 Q 10 9
763 A K J 10 Q85
This week, South is in six spades. What should he do after West finds the best lead of a KJ74 9 Q 10 8 3
trump?
SOUTH
North’s four-club rebid was a splinter: four-card spade support, game-going values and AKQ3
a singleton (or void) in clubs. It was a slight overbid, especially since North has such 83
bad trumps. If South had had weak spades and strong clubs, making three no-trump 942
the best game, it would have been hard to get there over four clubs! But a three-spade A652
rebid would have been a tad cautious. If only he could have bid three-and-two-thirds
spades. Dealer: North; Vulnerable: Both

The winning line, assuming there was one, depended upon guessing correctly. If trumps The Bidding:
were 4-1, declarer needed the diamond finesse to be winning. But if the spades were
the more-likely 3-2, he could afford to lose a diamond as long as he took two club ruffs SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
on the board. Then, his 12 tricks would be four spades, two hearts, three diamonds, one 1Diamonds Pass
club and the two ruffs. 1 Spades Pass 4 Clubs Pass OPENING
5 Clubs Pass 5 Diamonds Pass
However, it was not that straightforward. After quite some time running different play 6 Spades Pass Pass Pass LEAD:
sequences through his mind, South saw the best plan. After the club ruff at trick three, J Spades
he led a low diamond from the dummy. East won and played another trump, but declarer
won, ruffed a second club, took the top hearts, ruffed a heart, drew the missing trump
and claimed.

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SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS ISSUE (FEBRUARY 8) ON PAGE 82
INSIGHT GAMES

The Telegraph ACROSS DOWN
1 Dandies (French style) (5) 2 Do very well (5)
4 Natives of former Siam (5) 3 Novel by James Joyce (7)
10 Decomposed (7) 5 Wished (5)
11 Offence taken (5) 6 Post-mortem investigation (7)
12 Rods (5) 7 Espouse (5)
13 Location (7) 8 Brainwaves (5)
15 Simple (4) 9 Long-necked birds (5)
17 Supporting beam (5) 14 Offa’s -- (4)
19 Pool of money (5) 16 Small particle (4)
22 Sign (4) 18 Applause (7)
25 World of scholarship (7) 20 Imprecise (7)
27 Support for canvas (5) 21 Look at; timepiece (5)
29 Town’s announcer (5) 23 Female voice (5)
30 Avid (7) 24 Cathedral’s precincts (5)
31 Animal hunted in verse (5) 26 Mistake (5)
32 Group of employees (5) 28 Parody (5)

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ACROSS 79 Part of a German carrier? (1970) 69 Mail carrier’s The Washington Post
name 4 Prophet words to a 47
1 Arctic birds 5 Workplace Across? (1968) SPECIAL DELIVERY By Merl Reagle
5 Of the ear 80 One of Henry’s six
9 “If ___ be so bold 81 Type of income or watchdog: abbr. 70 “___ Who Tread
6 Not dangerous the Narrow Way”
...” result 7 ___ Saud (Kipling)
13 Alaska adjective 83 With 96 Across, 8 Sid, Julius, and a
18 Response to a 73 Little egg
a postal order? salad 74 Work on this
Dear John letter? (1962) 9 16 oz. 75 Derisive
(1961) 85 Turkey Day 10 ___ d’
21 Ooh trailer device 11 Pond plants responses
22 Mediterranean 87 Gob’s agreement 12 Start of a 78 Like a quilt
tree 88 Noted numero 82 Work unit
23 What it takes to 91 Corduroy ridge Flintstonism 84 Smidge
mail 92 Airline to Tokyo 13 Painter 86 Deli-cutter option
things? (1956) 94 Mohammed’s 88 Salt Lake players
24 The Postmaster flight Hieronymus 89 Lower-class, in
General? (1967) 96 See 83 Across 14 VP namesakes
26 Spring for (dinner) 98 Meager poker 15 Actress Basinger Britain
27 Armada’s milieu hand 16 Hungarian sister 90 Mexican honey-
29 Cigar contents, in 101 Four Seasons hit 17 Animal refuge
Calais 103 Grandson of 19 Caustic stuff lovers
30 Bill’s Hulk costar Adam 20 Color changer 92 Pleasures
32 Lonely Street 104 Murphy’s show 25 Popular wood 93 Feminine side, to
address? 105 Noted nummer 28 Skylit courts
(1956) 106 The Man of 30 White Diamonds Jung
39 Furniture designer baseball 95 37 Down
William 107 Possible lady
41 Of wings requirement of 31 How long Express counterparts
42 Regret postal inspectors? 97 Feat of thought
43 Prime seat (1969) Mail takes? (1958) 99 Next-to-last
44 Farmer’s name, in 113 Decorator’s asset 33 Put it away
cartoons 114 Tomato impact 34 Gladiolus-to-be syllables
45 Shove off 115 Puncture preceder 35 Previous 100 Assistance
47 Postal carrier’s 116 Richard Dysart TV 36 Uproar 102 Travel dir.
worry? series 37 They’re esteem- 104 It’s coming
(1956) 120 Mail carrier’s 108 “___ an arrow ...”
51 Certain women’s condition powered 109 USN rank
wear after a 47 Across 38 What 51 Across 110 Kael’s ___ It at the
53 Typewriter feature run-in? (1957)
54 Roughly 125 Inspiration for the cover Movies
55 “Wild Bill” 15 songs in this 40 Fanged danger 111 Jack of The Great
Donovan’s org. puzzle
56 Peace, to Pushkin 129 “Swell!” for divers Dictator
57 Monopoly 130 Monarch’s 41 Slow as ___ 112 Cold desserts
imperative address 46 Wisp of an island 117 Pops the question
60 Postal guy? 131 Like stubborn 47 Sellers of 51 118 British ensemble
(1968) stamps? (1960)
62 Court ace Andre 132 Opening Across that Previn once
64 Backer 133 Four follower 48 Abalone, to a Brit led: abbr.
66 Green situation 134 Candy company 49 This land is your 119 ___ extra cost
67 Calf catcher 135 Russian poet 120 It often comes
71 Debt marker Mandelstam land between two
72 Mail containing 50 Steelers coach people
X’s and DOWN 121 Civil War figure
O’s? (1966) 1 Intent Chuck who 122 Testing place
76 Son of Adam 2 Project Blue Book won four Super 123 VW intro?
77 Burners named Bowls 124 The write thing
for a listing 52 Photo ___ (PR 126 Sight, on the
volcano 3 Something that ploys) Seine
56 Spice with a 127 Pronoun, on the
won’t deter a mail wallop? Seine
58 Taste lover 128 Doggie
59 Early astronaut
60 Extremely
61 Portland OR to
Portland ME
63 Shiner of a sort
65 Slangy affirmative
68 Shipping by land
or air? (1972)

The Telegraph

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INSIGHT BACK PAGE

Actually listening could finally stop in-law’s nagging

BY CAROLYN HAX Maryland: You’ve “ignored her”; she’s “trying to “Milly, I understand. You want the sisters to be in-
Washington Post rope me into this”; he says “keep ignoring her”; you cluded. You want the family to be close. I do, too!”
propose saying “it isn’t my job” to “interfere” – why
Dear Carolyn: My husband all the dancing instead of just communicating? Because you do want that! You tried! You made
is not close with his sisters, overtures!
who do not live locally. They
text sometimes, but don’t see [Pause for her to say her piece. To which you listen
one another more than once a carefully.]
year, and almost always when
we travel to them. If she resumes her push to have you be the agent
of family unity, then remind her, warmly and with
We had a baby this summer empathy, that you have made efforts over the years
whom his sisters and their families have never met. that were rebuffed.
My mother-in-law, who lives much closer to us, keeps
asking and telling me – and sometimes also my hus- That her children are the ones who have opened
band – that I need to help her coordinate a meeting. this distance between them and so must be the
So far I have just ignored her comments and emails. ones who close it.

I know she is trying to rope me into this because That it pains you to see a future where your baby
my family has seen the baby a lot more; I am much isn’t close to these aunties.
closer to my family, and they are willing to travel. I
resent being told that coordinating with his family Up till now you’ve deflected her as a nuisance
is my responsibility. without first, as far as I can tell, approaching her as
a fellow parent. Please rethink that and summon
My husband says to keep ignoring her. Next time the patience to engage.
she brings it up, I would like to tell her it isn’t my
job to manage my husband’s relationships with his Her knowing you want the same thing she does,
sisters and ask her to stop asking me to interfere. Is and your knowing her pain in not being able to
that making a mountain out of a molehill? make it happen, may not do anything to bring these
siblings closer.
I do think it is sad my husband isn’t closer with his
sisters, but he isn’t, and my overtures to connect with It does have the power, though, to redefine how
them over the years have been rejected. I feel guilty you and your mother-in-law interact. Less stiff-
because the baby has spent so much more time with arm, more respect.
my family, and I know that’s why my mother-in-law
is trying. Once you’ve heard each other out, then you can
go back to deflecting any continuing, unwelcome
– Maryland pressure from your mother-in-law – lightly, sym-
pathetically and as needed: “You know how I feel
about this: I’ve tried, you’ve tried – and it’s not up to
us anyway. Take it up with those stubborn offspring
of yours.” Streamline as needed. 



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HEALTH

Scully-Welsh confronts rare case of acute myeloid leukemia

BY TOM LLOYD
Staff Writer

Delivering bad news is something no with a couple of aces up her sleeve cells in the marrow,” and used them in DDrr..SSuuzzaannnneeKKiirrbbyy..
doctor enjoys, but it is part of the job in the form of newly approved drugs a new way.
for Scully-Welsh medical hematologist and sophisticated genetic testing. PPHHOOTTOOSSBBYYDDEENNISISEERRITITCCHHIEIE
and oncologist Dr. Suzanne Kirby. “With Vyxeos, they coated those
“There have been a number of new same drugs in a lipid membrane so
Just last August, for example, she drugs approved for acute leukemia the drug is inside of a lipid bubble,”
had to tell an affable and easy-going this year, including one named Vyx- which causes the medicine to mi-
patient, whose main complaint at the eos. We haven’t had a lot of new drugs grate to places “where there are a lot
time was that he was feeling “tired,” for acute leukemia in a long time,” so of other lipids … like in your bone
that he needed a lot more than a nap. the new medicines are “exciting.” marrow.”

She informed him that he had leu- “The neat thing about the Vyxeos,” In other words, the drug is attracted
kemia, specifically “myelodysplastic Kirby continues, “is they’ve taken to the very area that needs it.
syndrome” or MDS, and “acute my- two drugs we’ve used for many, many
eloid leukemia,” and needed extensive years – Daunorubicin and Cytarabine Vyxeos has been approved specifi-
treatment. – for acute leukemia induction therapy, cally for patients with myelodysplas-
which is where you try to really blast tic AML so, Kirby says, this particu-
Given that diagnosis, the term “bad them to get rid of all those leukemia lar patient “is a perfect candidate to
news” is something of an understate- get it.”
ment. According to the American So-
ciety of Clinical Oncology, the cur-
rent five-year survival rate for acute
myeloid leukemia patients in only 27
percent.

Leukemia, in the words of Medical
News Today, “is a cancer of the blood
or bone marrow” that usually affects
white blood cells and is most likely to
afflict people over the age of 55.

AML is a particularly fast-growing
form of blood cancer in which “the
body makes unhealthy blood-form-
ing cells that don’t develop properly,”
according to bethematch.org and the
National Bone Marrow Donor Pro-
gram.

The diseased cells grow very rapidly
and prevent the bone marrow from
making normal red blood cells, white
blood cells and platelets.

The result is the body can’t fight in-
fections and it can’t stop bleeding.

The diagnosis was daunting not just
to the patient but to the doctor, too,
since Kirby knew that “we had not
treated an acute leukemia patient at
this institution before.”

But Kirby was up to the challenge,

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But Kirby admits Vyxeos therapy is Home healthcare firm Trilogy plans Vero office
no picnic.
BY TOM LLOYD Kim Weir.
This particular drug combina-
tion, she explains, has “a lot of tox- Staff Writer PHOTO BY DENISE RITCHIE
icity” and will “wipe out your blood
counts” and may cause the lining of Kim Weir may be a self-professed
the mouth and the intestines to get “small-town girl from Michigan,” but
raw and extremely uncomfortable as the executive vice president for Tril-
and can also become a source of in- ogy Home Healthcare, she’s currently
fections. People also sometimes lose smack dab in the middle of a boom-
their hair on this combo and, frankly, ing, multibillion-dollar industry.
they often feel “terrible.”
Founded in 2016, Trilogy has al-
Meanwhile, on the genetics side, us- ready opened offices in Port St. Lucie,
ing what Kirby calls “some very sensi- Coral Springs, Fort Myers, Palm Beach,
tive genetic tests and next generation Okeechobee, Jacksonville, Daytona,
sequencing,” she was able to spot a Sarasota and St. Augustine, and plans
specific gene mutation in her patient to open an office in Vero.
– a critical piece of information, as it
happens, since the FDA just approved “We are a growing agency,” says
another new drug called “Idhifa” to Weir. “We have between 80 and 100
treat this particular mutation. active patients in Indian River, includ-
ing Vero, Sebastian and Fellsmere.”
Despite those successes, there’s still
a long road ahead for Kirby’s patient. Until the Vero office goes online,
care for patients in Indian River Coun-
With those drugs, the patient’s AML ty is managed from the company’s St.
is now in remission, which means he Lucie office.
can begin the bone marrow trans-
plant process with the hope new mar- The Centers for Medicare and Medic-
row will someday begin producing aid Services estimates there are now well
healthy, mature blood cells. over 8,000 licensed home healthcare
agencies providing care for elderly and
But both patient and doctor are disabled Americans, and many times
aware that, as Kirby says, “any leuke- that number of unlicensed providers.
mia in an adult is always tough. The
long-term prognosis – if you just went According to AARP, “nearly 10 mil-
by numbers – is probably about 25 lion adults age 65 and older receive care
percent. [However], as well as he’s do- at home or in residential care settings
ing getting into remission, he might other than nursing homes,” and that
be up closer to the 50 percent if we do number is projected to skyrocket in the
well with the right donor.” next decade, according to U.S. Census
Bureau figures. With rapid growth in the
As the patient prepares for what is home healthcare industry, consumers
likely a three-month transplant pro- have to be careful about who they hire.
cess, Kirby probably wishes she could Rules, regulations and licensing require-
clone his outlook to share with future ments vary wildly from state to state.
patients.
The Medicare Rights Center warns,
With a combination of resolve and “Before you sign up with any home
quiet understatement, he says, “I’m a health agency, make sure you know
person who likes challenges. I’ve al- what kind of services your loved one
ways kind of looked forward to chal- needs,” and how those agencies can
lenges. And this is one of the big ones.” cover them.

Dr. Suzanne Kirby is with the Scully- AARP offers this checklist: Is the
Welsh Cancer Center and has offices
at 3555 10th Court in Vero Beach. The CONTINUED ON PAGE 64
phone number is 772-226-4810. 

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 63 HEALTH

agency licensed by the state? What I trust] in a nursing staff that follows or- Four ways aging athletes
services does it provide? Are services ders and has the foresight to reach out to can help prevent injury
available 24 hours a day, seven days me when they see changes in a patient
a week? Would services begin imme- that need to be addressed. That is why BY CAROLEE BELKIN WALKER TRACK YOUR RESTING HEART
diately? If not, how long is the wait? I am a firm believer in the services that RATE: One way is to monitor your rest-
How does the agency decide what ser- Trilogy provides and trust their care to The Washington Post ing heart rate, which can help you un-
vices will be needed over time? Is the help my patients after a procedure.” derstand how well you are recovering
agency familiar with the area? And I have a meaningful exercise rou- from your previous exercise session. If
perhaps most importantly, what’s its “We’re a very community-focused tine, and I have never felt better. I am you keep a log of your resting heart rate,
reputation with local physicians? company, and much more high-tech still glowing from that moment a few you will get a sense of what is normal
than most people understand,” says months ago when, at the age of 59, I for you. If it is higher than usual, Mc-
Sitting in the Trilogy office near I-95 Weir. “We do chemotherapy in the crossed the finish, for the first time, at Guinness said, that is often a sign your
in Port St. Lucie, Weir explains that home. We do hydration and antibiotic the Marine Corps Marathon. nervous system may be overstressed,
her own home healthcare career got therapy in the home. indicating a lower level of recovery.
started in Vero. “I spent many years However, at a certain point, when
working in home healthcare in Indian “We also do something called ZOE you get to a certain age – say, 60, which “There is research that shows that
River County.” monitor, which is technology that’s I’ll be this month – it is not just about changes in your resting heart rate over
built into the pacemakers that are in- your willingness to exercise. It is about time can be a measure of total stress
Apparently she made a good im- serted nowadays.” your readiness for exercise. level in the body,” Sharp said. “And
pression on the Vero Beach healthcare what you want to focus on is trends.”
community – from head to toe. Trilogy-trained nurses are among Aging athletes know we need more For example, over time with aerobic
the first in the state to employ the time to recover from our workouts, but training we should expect our resting
For example, plastic surgeon, Dr. “Prometheus” bladder biofeedback how can we tell if we have recovered heart rate to decrease, which is a sign
Ralph Rosato of Vero Beach’s Rosato device, which, Weir says, “has made enough? Or whether we are not push- of improved cardiovascular fitness,
Plastic Surgery Center says, “I know an amazing difference,” in the lives of ing hard enough for our exercise to Sharp said. If your resting heart rate
most people don’t immediately con- people suffering from frequent urina- matter? When we were younger all we is going up over time, despite exercise,
nect home healthcare with plastic tion and incontinence. had to do was lace up our shoes and go. that can be a sign your body is expe-
surgery, but I’ve known and worked riencing too much chronic stress and
with Trilogy for [some time] … and I For more information on home “Whether you’re a competitive ath- needs more rest.
trust their top-notch people to help healthcare, consult your physician and lete or a recreational one, either find-
my patients during their recoveries.” be sure to research any company you ing an intuitive understanding of your There’s huge variability in resting
consider hiring to care for you or a fam- readiness to exercise or using some heart rate among people depending
Dr. Michael Hansen, a WebMD five- ily member. external measures can improve your on genetics, fitness level and other
star-rated podiatric surgeon at Foot & overall fitness and help you avoid in- factors, Sharp said. “It’s not so much,
Ankle Total Care in Vero Beach and Se- Trilogy Home Healthcare is located at jury,” according to sports medicine ‘hey, it’s really high today,’ it’s ‘what
bastian, adds, “I order home care for a 549 NW Lake Whitney Place, Suite 204 specialist and physical therapist Kevin was it yesterday?’ What was it the past
lot of reasons: for things like helping pa- in Port St. Lucie. The phone number is McGuinness. Exercising, particularly few days and during past week or two?
tients with the healing process; [because 772-621-2701. The website is www.tril- as you age, might also require a more One person’s high might be somebody
ogyhomehealthcare.com.  scientific approach to how you are feel- else’s normal.”
ing and how you are doing, he said.
You can take your resting heart rate
The good news is there is some by lightly pressing your index and
promising research on exercise readi- third fingers on the inside of your
ness, according to Carwyn Sharp, chief wrist below your thumb next to your
science officer at the National Strength tendon and counting the beats for 60
and Conditioning Association in Colo- seconds. There are also plenty of au-
rado Springs. Although there are no tomated options, including using an
specific guidelines yet for recreational exercise tracker, which can monitor
athletes, what experts have learned so your heart rate as you sleep.
far can help us enhance our intuitive
sense of readiness by throwing some Sharp said individuals can measure
objective measures into the mix.

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their heart rate first thing in the morn- tired you are. Sharp suggested logging some low-level fatigue.” Your body 5 or a 6 for three or four days in a row,
ing, but the first few seconds after wak- your level of fatigue on a scale of 1 to will only get stronger and better if you that you should take a closer look at
ing up might not be the ideal time be- 10 and noting any patterns. stress it beyond your normal daily lev- your exercise schedule, which should
cause people may be startled by their els, he said. It’s when the fatigue be- include recovery days allowing your
alarm or stressed about getting ready for “A little fatigue is good,” Sharp said, comes unmanageable or severe, say a fatigue level to return to 0 or 1. If it
work or needing to use the bathroom. “because training should be causing doesn’t, and you continue to exercise at
the same level, you risk becoming run
Sharp recommends going to the down, according to Sharp, and suscep-
bathroom as soon as you wake up but tible to illnesses and minor injuries.
then returning to a quiet room and ly-
ing down or sitting for two to five min- “Some coaches say, ‘go easy on easy
utes before measuring your heart rate. days and hard on hard days,’” Sharp
added. “I say, ‘go easy on easy days
“Use the same protocol each time,” so you can go hard on hard days.’ Be-
he added. “Then you can see how your cause it’s those hard days where you
rate is changing over time.” get the biggest bang for your buck.” 

TEST YOUR GRIP STRENGTH:
Testing your grip strength is another
way to measure your readiness for
exercise, McGuinness said. While sig-
nificant grip strength research focus-
es on frailty and cardiovascular risk,
there is a growing body of work con-
necting grip strength to sports recov-
ery and performance.

Even if you’re a runner and think
grip strength has nothing to do with
running, McGuinness says you can
benefit from testing your grip strength
with a dynamometer, or grip trainer,
commercially available in most sport-
ing goods stores.

You can start by getting a baseline
of how many pounds of force you can
squeeze easily on a good day. Using that
reading, times when your grip is stronger
may indicate you are ready for a harder
workout, and weaker days may be a sign
you need more recovery, he said.

TRACK YOUR QUALITY SLEEP: Us-
ing sleep trackers to plot the amount
of quality sleep you are getting, based
on the time you go to bed and the time
you wake up and your movement dur-
ing the night, can also help you de-
termine how well you are recovering
from your training, McGuinness said.

MULTIPLE MEASURES ARE BEST:
While each of the techniques above
can be useful, combining multiple
measures of recovery and readiness
together – such as heart rate and sleep
– to determine an athlete’s readiness
for exercise, seems to be more valid
than any single factor, Sharp said.

“If your heart rate is tracking up,
that’s something, but you have to look
at your sleep, too,” he said. The reason
your heart rate is raised might be be-
cause you are not getting enough sleep.
Or you might not be getting enough
quality sleep. If you are getting enough
good-quality sleep, he added, but your
heart rate is still drifting up, it might
be because your volume or intensity
of training is going up too quickly and
you need to back off a bit.

KEEP TRACK OF FATIGUE: You
also want to track how you feel, how

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A normal person’s guide to understanding Fashion Week

BY ROBIN GIVHAN ward parade of models in expensive but
The Washington Post familiar-looking clothes, presenting a
simple idea: This is what I will offer for
In one of the most dynamic runway sale next season.
shows last fall, Thom Browne ended
his Paris presentation with a model Most designers need to project and to
dressed in white guiding an enormous exaggerate so that their message reach-
unicorn puppet. Two dancers, padded es the cheap seats – or at least the most
like marshmallows, had opened the oversaturated viewers. Tom Ford sells
show, flitting and twirling across the glamour and sex appeal to a confident,
wooden floor of the majestic City Hall. sophisticated customer. But on the run-
In between, models crept precariously way, he turns up the volume. Nipples
atop daunting heels in exquisite attire are visible, blazers are worn over bras,
one could never wear to the neighbor- models wear tops but no bottoms. He
hood market. forces the observer to ask: Is that accept-
able? Is that decent?
What is a casual consumer of fash-
ion supposed to make of such a sight? Others have more complicated aspi-
rations. Prabal Gurung says he wants
Browne does not like to explain his to connect his runway show to the
shows. Interpretation, he has said, is broader cultural conversation. Alex-
up to the beholder. ander Wang treats his presentations as
parties – emphasizing the street-cool,
Not that long ago, the only people nightlife-loving attitude of his clothes.
who would get to see such a fantasti- Tommy Hilfiger has used the runway
cal presentation were fashion industry as an enormous Instagram backdrop,
insiders and the journalists who cover organizing a two-day carnival for his
that world. Now, however, some of the fall 2016 collection. Marc Jacobs crafts a
most theatrical and esoteric runway mysterious fairy tale – sometimes with
shows can be viewed by virtually any- provocative music, or more recently
one. Sponsors and charities enable with a soundtrack of silence.
those with a healthy bank account
But whether the shows are straight-
to buy their way into a show. Fashion forward or avant-garde, they leave many
houses live-stream their presentations, civilians with questions:
and journalists upload show videos al-
most before the designer has taken a Why don’t the models smile? (Because
bow – or you can see pretty much the they are in character, and have been giv-
entirety of a collection on Instagram. en directions by the designer to appear
strong, confident, aloof, whatever.)
When runway shows veer toward the
more experimental, they can be as con- Why are they walking so fast? (Be-
founding as expressionist art or atonal cause speed exudes energy and urgency.
music. What does it mean? What is the And when there are 10 shows in a single
point? Doesn’t anyone offer the equiva- day, dawdling is annoying.)
lent of “music appreciation” classes to
help a newcomer make sense of fashion? What’s with all the weird stuff?
(Wouldn’t you get bored looking at little
A few fundamentals can make the ex- black dresses?)
perience more rewarding – or, at least,
less exasperating. Who would wear that? (Plenty of folks,
maybe just not you.)
As the fall 2018 runway shows begin
in New York, some will be a straightfor- “A novice should simply sit and enjoy
a fashion show – not over-intellectual-
ize it or under-intellectualize it,” says

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PTIEORMMY
SIMORNASF

Browne. “Everyone should have their Valerie Steele, director of the Museum at says. “A lot of brilliant clothes fall flat the turn of the century, the old obses-
own opinion to what they see in fashion Fashion Institute of Technology. A mod- when looking at them strictly from a sion with symmetrical bone structure
shows. A good fashion show provokes el dressed as a witch, for example, may front-only, two-dimensional view.” had given way to a desire to showcase
some type of emotion, some type of be intended to explore “the transgres- racial diversity and gender ambiguity.
feeling. A good fashion show you should sive aspects of women,” she says. She adds that “hearing the
either love or hate.” soundtrack, watching the clothes Hyperbole and shock on the runway
“The point of a more extreme show move and being entirely in that mo- evolve into subtle changes and shifts
The mushy middle is forgettable. Dis- is to give you an idea, a feeling,” Steele ment is the only way to be truly capti- in your closet. Frayed edges and un-
passion is failure. says. “Clothes are not really a lan- vated by these awesome 15 minutes of finished hems were once head-spin-
guage, but more like music.” showmanship. Otherwise, they’re just ningly strange. No more. Big shoulder
Designers have been staging run- clothes versus moments in time.” pads come and go, and each time they
way shows in New York since the 1940s Photographer Maria Valentino, return they jar the eye – until, sudden-
when a rudimentary version of fashion whose company has shot runway Runway images are part of a contin- ly, they don’t.
week was established by the publicist shows for this newspaper and other uum, representing shifts in the culture,
Eleanor Lambert. A new book from publications, warns baffled observers: changes in the way we think about gen- Steele, of Fashion Institute, says it
the Council of Fashion Designers of “Don’t necessarily take it personally! A der and beauty. A single runway image helps to view runway images with a
America, “American Runway: 75 Years show is like an essay, a designer’s opin- situates a viewer in a particular era; a sense of context and history. “Do the re-
of Fashion and the Front Row,” cel- ion written in fabric on the body, in a series of them serve as a timeline. search to know who [the designers] are
ebrates this tradition, noting the cul- given time period.” and what they do. Otherwise, in a way,
tural shifts that have transformed the Consider that in the 1980s models it’s kind of meaningless.”
runway, and the simple mechanics of “It’s natural to see a fashion show were like Amazons – tall and toned,
how a show works, from set construc- and try to place it in the context of one’s with hourglass figures. The 1990s ush- They want to get consumers to look
tion to the models’ facial expressions. own wardrobe or tastes,” she says. “But ered in the era of waifs, brutally thin but their way. And ultimately, buy their
it’s amazing how delightful a show can refreshingly quirky, jolie laide. And by clothes. 
It’s written by Booth Moore, who has be when you keep an open mind.”
covered the fashion industry for the
Los Angeles Times and the Hollywood Kors once noted that during his de-
Reporter, reviewing countless runway sign process, he’d always ask his team:
shows over a decade. Still, her research Where is a woman going in that? The
left her surprised by both the amount of answer, he said, does not have to be the
planning and the inevitable chaos that office, a restaurant or a soccer match.
epitomize these productions. That woman could be Rihanna and she
could be heading to center stage. Fash-
Even the most mainstream shows – ion needs to be wearable, but it doesn’t
Tory Burch or Michael Kors, for example have to be practical.
– will exaggerate the hair and makeup
on the models to create a heightened For anyone lucky enough to sit in the
reality. “And every photo is photo- audience of a fashion show, the spec-
shopped,” Moore notes, if only to cor- tacle can be intoxicating. “There is really
rect for color or lighting. something special about being part of
the live experience,” Moore says. “It’s the
For designers determined to tell a arriving, the buildup, the lights down. . . .
whimsical story or challenge the pre- There’s a community aspect to it. It’s like
vailing wisdom, an audience must sus- if you’re at a Broadway play: It’s different
pend disbelief, as with a novel that in- from being at home watching on TV.”
dulges in magical realism.
Filmmaker Reiner Holzemer, who re-
“Why a unicorn on the runway in cently released an intimate documen-
Paris – at this moment in history?” she tary about Belgian designer Dries Van
asks rhetorically. “You’re not meant to Noten, was something of a fashion show
take everything at face value.” novice when he began work on the proj-
ect. “In order to get a real impression
Browne, she notes, “takes a certain of a runway show and the work of a de-
delight in making you feel uncom- signer,” Holzemer says, “look through
fortable.” And Marc Jacobs tries “to your eyes and not through your mobile
take you out of your comfort zone, phone, trying to get a good shot for your
make you scratch your head and say, Instagram.” Otherwise, you’ll miss the
‘Whaaaat?’ ” That’s why those design- visceral pleasure of it.
ers don’t offer show notes to explain
their source of inspiration. Most people, however, will con-
sume runway visuals as video or still
For many avant-garde designers, such photography. Liz Cabral, a New York-
as Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Gar- based stylist, recommends viewing a
cons, the runway isn’t even about show- collection in a video, if possible. “Find
ing off clothes. It’s devoted to an intellec- the most immersive, 360-degree out-
tual exercise, “an exaggerated metaphor let or experience available,” Cabral
for what the collection is about,” says

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When the world gets tough, the fashion gets pretty

BY BETHAN HOLT
The Telegraph

In a week when the stock markets
slumped and against the backdrop of
ongoing revelations about sexual mis-
conduct in the film and fashion indus-
tries, New York fashion week opened
facing the challenge of measuring the
mood of consumers while continuing
with the job in hand – to generate up
to $900 million in revenue over the
year, more than the Super Bowl or the
U.S. Open.

Tory Burch, one of America’s rich-
est self-made women, was one of the
first designers to show last week. She
displayed a tactic which seems likely
to be replicated across many shows:
when the world gets tough, the fash-
ion gets pretty.

The biggest concern at her airy mid-
town venue was for the carnation gar-
den which she had installed across the
catwalk; as guests trampled in to find
their seats, conscientious gardeners
filled in patches of turf and returned
the pale pink stems to their uniform
positions. But inspired as it was by

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Tom Ford’s new collection is tawdry and vulgar

choreographer Pina Bausch’s ‘Nelken,’ BY ROBIN GIVHAN exactly what we need, or what we’ve lianne Moore sat in the front row wear-
an emotional portrayal of oppression, sowed. Tawdriness is what we will ulti- ing an expression of nonjudgmental
the carnation meadow did perhaps The Washington Post mately succumb to. We will sink into a contentment. The level of craftsman-
come with a more poignant, if subtle, swamp of sleaze. The muck is already ship of the clothes was, as it has always
meaning than its bucolic appearance Where has Tom Ford been living? pretty high. been: high.
first suggested. What cultural landscape, what taste-
less void, what kaleidoscopic head Ford unveiled his women’s collec- But oof. Those patchwork bomber
Lee Radziwill, the younger sister space spawned a collection full of tion last Thursday evening under dra- jackets were strange and unwieldy con-
of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, has searing, raucous colors, patchwork matic and seductive lighting in the coctions. Black dresses with side cut-
acted as a muse for designers plenty coats, cutout dresses, leopard print Park Avenue Armory, where the air outs looked uncomfortably like the en-
of times in the past thanks to her Up- suits, sequin leggings and sparkling was scented with his Vanilla Fatale semble worn by Julia Roberts in “Pretty
town elegance, but backstage Burch, door-knocker earrings? fragrance. The exquisitely talented Ju-
who began her design empire in 2004, CONTINUED ON PAGE 70
said that it was her socialite friend’s Why does Ford give his male cus-
“resilience and wit” which had made tomers a perfect balance of sexy,
her a starting point for the collection. glamorous sophistication but tarts
the ladies up like a bunch of honeys,
There was the classic, and much- babies, sweethearts, dolls? Sorry,
loved by a certain breed of woman, but no, despite a handbag that read
Tory Burch combination of flattering “Pussy Power,” these women did not
tailoring – knife-pleated midi skirts appear to be particularly confident
and nip-waisted blazers with over- or powerful or self-possessed. (Well,
sized lapels – with bountiful flowing except for model Joan Smalls, whose
chiffon or petticoat-style silk dress- first baby steps were a proud swagger.)
es, some layered over smart flared They were simply draped in ostenta-
trousers to give a sophisticated, ’70s- tious excess and a particularly unflat-
tinged kick or chinking with beads tering shade of green. Who could see
and sequin embellishments. the woman behind the glitz?

Ruffled blouses and handkerchief- To say that Ford has missed the mark
hemmed muumuus came in the deli- is to say something significant. So per-
cate ‘Happy Times’ floral print which haps floating somewhere in the blech
had been named after Radziwill’s of the runway is also a sad prescience.
photographic memoirs and which
was also seen on roomy tote bags. Ford is the designer who outfits
men for the red carpet in suits tai-
“It’s really always how I like to lored to the millimeter. Jay-Z rapped
dress,” Burch shrugged backstage, an ode to him. Ford has directed the
dressed in a fitted black sweater and critically acclaimed “A Single Man”
floral pencil skirt. “I’m a bit feminine and the noir thriller “Nocturnal Ani-
and a bit of a tomboy.” mals.” In the 1990s, he resurrected
Gucci from near-financial ruin with
Asked whether the post #metoo his design and marketing acumen.
climate had had any effect on this He is provocative. He is one of the few
season’s design process, Burch sim- designers who is as recognizable as
ply said: “I’ve always believed in the many of the celebrities he dresses.
strength of women and women’s
rights.” Her foundation, established in All of which is to say that Ford knows
2014 to provide support for women en- how to home in on an aesthetic that
trepreneurs, is testament to that. The speaks to the moment and beyond.
magenta pussy bow tea dress which People whose image is their livelihood
comprised one of the catwalk looks have entrusted him with their future.
was also the perfect cheerful but pow- Ford knows cultural zeitgeist.
erful uniform for now. 
So maybe he knows that garish is

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 69 example of his tendency to go too far – Bottega Veneta’s luminous colors
to go full frontal when a suggestion of will wake you up, calm you down
Woman” in the scenes before her Rodeo nudity would suffice – because he has
Drive makeover. And the metallic leop- been right before about what consum-
ard prints had a sheen that cheapened ers will want. During his time at Gucci
them instead of enlivening them. from the late 1990s into the mid-2000s,
he anticipated a mood – mod, louche,
Ford, who calls Los Angeles home, sexually explicit – before we knew that
went for the aesthetic jugular, taking we wanted it, before we had the vocab-
the audience time traveling to the big- ulary to define it.
shouldered 1980s, through the era of
ghetto fabulous excess and down into So perhaps this tawdriness is what
a trippy psychedelic hole. This was in- we desire somewhere in the back of our
tentional vulgarity of the highest or- mind? At minimum, the collection feels
der: like swilling Cristal from a red Solo like a reflection of the times: uncivil,
cup or low-riding in a Bentley. loud, chaotic, overwhelming, exhaust-
ing – and utterly, grotesquely vulgar. 
Ford’s collection is hard to complete-
ly dismiss as an aesthetic misfire, as an

BY ROBIN GIVHAN to debut the collection here rather
than in Milan, as is usual.
The Washington Post
He presented his collection Friday
Bottega Veneta, the Italian luxury night in the American Stock Exchange
house known for its woven leather Building in the Financial District. A
handbags, made a one-time visit to line of taxis and Ubers and hired se-
this city to present its fall 2018 mens- dans snaked down the narrow Trinity
wear and womenswear collections Place on a cold night. A bottleneck of
and brought with it a lustrous color guests slowly made their way through
palette that was both soothing and the narrow doorway, past the yellow
invigorating. labrador working security and into an
event space so dark that ushers need-
The collection’s shades of pump- ed flashlights.
kin orange, marigold yellow and
deep purple bridged the divide be- When the lights came up, the mod-
tween the rural landscape and the els walked around a stage shaped like
incandescence of the city. The colors a square and set with Bottega Vener-
were sophisticated and soulful. They ate furniture (You like that sofa? It can
weren’t searing or shrill or obnoxious. be yours!) along with vintage pieces
They were reassuring. Yes, color can from Gio Ponti and an abstract steel
be all that. sculpture by John Chamberlain. It
was a recreation of the kind of stark
Founded in 1966, Bottega Veneta but stunning Italian design that is the
was thrust into the fashion spotlight antithesis of Versace/Gucci/Dolce &
in 2001 when German-born Tomas Gabbana exuberance that tends to
Maier became creative director. Ma- dominate the public imagination.
ier espoused a philosophy of under-
statement and discretion. He does not The dark set provided a dramatic
believe in logos and initials – unless background for pumpkin-orange
they are the customers’ – and so Bot- pantsuits, a mossy-green fuzzy over-
tega Veneta is defined, in part, by its coat, a saffron jacket and trouser, but-
constant refusal of frills and distrac- terscotch-colored pajama pants and
tions. For some people, that anonym- marigold-hued velvet dresses.
ity is a key selling point. For others, it
leaves them asking: What’s the point The shapes at Bottega Veneta
of making the purchase at all? weren’t edgy. There were no hom-
ages to street style, no giving in to
During a preview of the collection sloppiness. But there were pajama
earlier in the week, Maier noted that pants with side stripes and velvet
the fall collection was inspired by the evening dresses that had the ease of
metalwork in the city’s elevators and nightgowns. These weren’t stodgy
building railings, by the steel beams clothes or clothes that were out of
that form the skeleton of skyscrapers, sync with the times. They looked of-
by the energy of Times Square and the the-moment. They were beautiful.
quiet bird’s-eye view of the city that re-
sembles a colorful checkerboard. But it was the color that told the
story. And it was the color that served
Maier offered his remarks in the as a reminder that one of fashion’s
brand’s new store on Madison Av- most powerful attributes is its ability
enue, a shrine to luxury merchan- to push us out of the gloom of black,
dise whose opening prompted him gray and tan – and into the light. 

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Victoria Beckham embraces the leopard-print comeback

BY BETHAN HOLT ences had all been filtered through the dominated recent offerings. Instead, It will no doubt be Beckham herself
The Telegraph lens of modern sophistication which “neat” and “nipped-waist” were Beck- who is first off the mark to wear her new
Beckham has fine-tuned as her confi- ham’s buzzwords as she leafed through collection – she is her own most brilliant
When Victoria Beckham posted a dence as a designer has grown. samples of slim belted coats, tailored marketer, after all. 
group photo with her fellow Spice Girls tops with exaggerated hip details and
on Instagram earlier this month, the “I will be wearing the leopard print dresses with pleated spiral sections
Internet quickly ignited with feverish but I’ve never worn it before,” she said on the rail at her studio. “I want to cel-
speculation about what the girl-power at a preview, adding that it was, in ebrate the female form,” she said.
quintet might be cooking up. fact, an upholstery fabric discovered
in Venice which had made her fall in Beckham used the show to address
A week on, and Beckham was back love with that most divisive of motifs. two of fashion’s most pressing conver-
hard at work in the role of designer “It’s ironic. It feels different and fresh. sational topics. First, a textural faux-fur
which has occupied her for the past de- When we had the collection hanging print was her version of a fur coat. “It
cade as she showed her autumn/win- in the office, everyone from the design [real fur] isn’t right for me and my brand,
ter 2018 collection in New York. It was team was hanging around the leopard. so this is a new and modern take.” Beck-
a smaller show than usual to kick off a Women just can’t help it.” ham found her way to make it so, using
year of 10th-anniversary celebrations, contrasting versions of the print on a
and its more intimate setting meant It is this instinct for pieces that will double-layered belted midi skirt.
that Beckham could pause to kiss hus- both tug at the heartstrings and provide
band David and children Romeo, Cruz a pragmatic wardrobe solution (that The show was Beckham’s last in
and Harper after she took her bow. coat would be an instant outfit maker New York for a while before she moves
over jeans or wide-legged trousers) back to London fashion week in Sep-
There were a few indicators, how- which has taken Beckham’s business tember as part of the anniversary cel-
ever, that her bandmates had sub- from a carefully edited line of silhouette- ebrations. “I’m excited to be celebrat-
liminally been on her mind when she hugging dresses in 2008 to the $140 mil- ing at home. I’m nervous too, I’m not
created the collection. A leopard-print lion complete-wardrobe empire which it going to lie,” she said of the forthcom-
chenille coat brought to mind Scary is today. And there was evidence aplenty ing move. “I’ve never shown there be-
Spice’s penchant for wildcat one- of more designs to tick both those boxes fore. It’s time to change things up and
sies, while leather tracksuit cuffs and of desire. try something new. I’ve always liked
hooded sweatshirts brought plenty of being entrepreneurial and thinking
‘Sporty’ details. Of course, these refer- There was a move away from the outside the box.”
oversized, tailored look which has

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ST. EDWARD’S

Underdog St. Ed’s hoopsters realistic and optimistic

BY RON HOLUB
Correspondent

When the playoffs finally arrive and

the second season tips off across any

athletic landscape, everyone has an

identical 0-0 record. The slate is clean

and the history of sports is cluttered

with strange and unpredictable ex-

amples of “anything is possible.”

St. Ed’s varsity boys basketball team

went into the first round of the District

7-3A tournament this past Tuesday with

precisely that in mind. Lower-seeded

St. Ed’s drew Jupiter Christian in the

opener. The metrics pointed to an enor-

mous upset if the bus ride to Jupiter was

destined to end well for the Pirates.

Head coach Greg Zugrave realized

that his team was established as an

underdog the size of a Great Dane.

With a 7-16 record overall – 3-5 in the

district – combined with a regular-

season 74-39 loss to Jupiter Christian,

the pressure was off the road team

and the burden of expectations on the

other guys. The game plan was to just

go out and give it your all. Spencer Lindenthal, Jackson Jennings, Brandon Succes and Andrew MacIntyre. PHOTOS BY GORDON RADFORD

St. Ed’s season was highlighted by

hosting the D5 Alive Holiday Tourna- Those four players combined will Spencer as part of the program (go-

ment in December. Cincinnati Coun- leave behind nearly two decades of ex- ing all the way back to the sixth grade

try Day School came down to Vero and perience in the basketball program at team in middle school). His intel-

claimed the title over an eight-team St. Ed’s. Coaches appreciate that type ligence and insight did not go unno-

field in a three day event. The Pirates of dedication from everyone, but es- ticed by the coaching staff.”

edged Community Christian Acad- pecially from the players who tend to Succes averaged 17.2 ppg while Ma-

emy, 59-47, in their side of the bracket create more personal memories than cIntyre chipped in with a dozen more.

before dropping two straight and set- headlines. They were all over the stat sheet in oth-

tling for fourth place. Jennings was second on the team in er categories as well. MacIntyre was

Senior Night on Jan. 26 was an op- assists and steals. Lindenthal got into second in rebounding. Succes cement-

portunity to bid farewell to Jackson only nine games but always brought ed his stature as a complete player by

Jennings, Spencer Lindenthal, Andrew a cerebral element to practices and in leading his team in assists and steals.

MacIntyre and Brandon Succes. Zu- the locker room. The pair also led the team by far in

grave speculated from the beginning “Jackson always gave us a maximum three-point production. MacIntyre

that Succes and MacIntyre would be effort every time he set foot on the floor,” shot 32 percent from beyond the arc,

one-two on the scoresheet. He couldn’t Zugrave said. “He guarded the other Succes was right behind at 28 percent.

have been more correct. The pair ac- team’s best player every game and often “Andrew added much-needed out-

counted for 58 percent of the offensive did a very good job of containing him. side shooting and scoring,” Zugrave Jackson Jennings.
Brandon Succes.
output this year. “It has been such a pleasure having told us. “He was a great teammate and

always willing to lend a helping hand.

Certified Collision “Brandon has worked his way into
an elite class of players in Saint Ed-
Repair Center ward’s basketball history. His hard

work and determination to succeed

will serve well for him in the future.”

All things being equal, the team left

behind will feature another group of

four seniors next season. T.J. Kenney, J.P.

Scott and Anand Chundi all got plenty of

playing time and experience this year as

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Three middle school teams were a
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PETS

Bonz hits it off with the magnificent Miss Maggie

Hi Dog Buddies! “I was born way out in the country, Maggie, the things called ligga-mutts that hold
near a place called Indiantown. There Chocolate Lab. pooches’ knees together, an mine got
This week I yapped with a charming were nine of us puppies an I was the lid- torn. So Dr. Horn used fishing line to
Chocolate Lab, Maggie Johnson. She’ll dlest. By the time David an Alice started PHOTO BY replace the ligga-mutts. I couldn’t do
be 8 in May, but she has one of those askin,’ there were only two of us left. GORDON RADFORD ANYTHING FUN for three months. It
Puppy Personalities, came right up for They got to meet my pooch Mom and wasn’t that fun for David an Alice either,
the Wag-an-Sniff, then shared some Dad so they could see how gorgeous like adventures, but NOT boats. They’re but by August I was back swimmin’ an
frenly bumps an nudges with my Assis- I’d be when I grew up. If David an Alice wobbly an I can’t see over the side an I reTREEVin.’ Hey, Mr. Bonzo, if you’re
tant. had picked their puppy on adorableness get all Shaky Paws and Barfy. But New- ever up in Newport, we can do Yappy
alone, I woulda won, Paws Down. But port’s Cool Kibbles. There’s a lotta re- Hour at the Vanderbilt!”
“Oh, goody, it’s YOU, Mr. BONzo. It’s they had NEVER had a dog. Ever. Or even trievers, an pooch-frenly rest-runts. The
Super Cool Dog Biscuits you’re gonna a human puppy. funnest is Yappy Hour at the Vanderbilt. I could have listened to Miss Maggie’s
innerview ME. These are my Humans, Sometimes, Mr. Bonzo, I just can’t help adventures all day. Heading home, I was
David and Alice, I’ve been with ’em for “So they read every Puppy Raising it, I show off a teeny bit by takin’ a dip in thinking I should get a liddle more exer-
almost my whole entire life. I’m an Only book they could find an that’s when Alice the fountain. cise. Running from my bed to my dinner
Dog. So, let’s go sit on the porch. I’ll show found The Puppy Test. She read the in- dish probly isn’t quite enough. I’m gon-
you my yard. I watch the birds an the structions and David followed ’em: First, “I love the beaches here, too, playin’ na give it shot, because I might just be
boats goin’ by on the river. I have my own he let me chew on his hands (just liddle in the waves mostly. David throws my havin’ Yappy Hour at the Vanderbilt with
room, too. An a buncha bumpers to re- puppy nibbles). Then he took a ball away bumper and I zoom through the waves, a certain lady friend one of these days.
TREEVE an chew on.” from me. Then he played with my paws. reTREEVE it and body surf to shore!
Then he just walked away. WELL, I had Till next time,
I followed her to a nice screen porch it figured out by then, and you bet your “But my Favorite Thing To Do is hikin’
with a pooch door. biscuits I followed him. I thought it was with David. I’m a Nature Girl! We hike The Bonz
all pretty fun, ackshully. The last part of all over the place, specially the Indrio
“So, whaddya wanna know?” she the test was when Alice sneaked sneak- Savannahs Preserve. Have you heard of Don’t Be Shy
asked. ily up behind me while I was playin; and it? Lotsa hikin’ trails. Plus, I learn stuff
banged two frying pans together!” about birds, an fish, an plants, an TOR- We are always looking for pets
“Well, first off – what’s a bumper?” I dusses, an EEEK-oh systems, which with interesting stories.
was hopin’ I wasn’t the only pooch on “Are you woofin’ me right now?” are nature neighborhoods, I think. On
the planet who didn’t know. I mean, I “I woof you not. It made this big, loud my daily walks with Alice, I hafta be To set up an interview, email
figured it wasn’t the metal kind that go noise, but I wasn’t scared. I glanced up, On Leash. But on our weekend nature [email protected].
on cars. I couldn’t pickshur her draggin’ then kept right on playin.’ Of course, I hikes, I get to be Off Leash cuz I’m Well-
that across the yard. passed The Puppy Test. Now, big noises Behaved. When I get way ahead of David
never scare me. Even thunderstorms. and don’t know which way next, I look
“Oh, silly me. It’s a boat thing.” She Cool, right?” back at him, he points, an I go that way.”
went off into the house and returned “Totes! So, whaddya do for fun? Any
with a white oblong object, about the pooch pals?” “You sure are one active Nature
size of a liddle loaf of French Bread. (How “I’m mostly a People Pooch (no of- Pooch,” I said, with admiration.
do I know about French Bread? That’s fense). My favorite pal is M-I-K-E the Pool
another story.) Guy. He gives me treats. David an Alice “It’s hard to stay still. Last year, I hurt
spell his name cuz they think I’ll get my knee. There’s a bunch of stringy
Maggie explained, “David an Alice are all excited if they just say it regular. My
Boat People, an they put these on the pooch bestie’s a dachshund, Huck Wall.
outside of their boats so they don’t, like, Me an him an our humans go on vaca-
BUMP into the dock an get all dinged up. tions together, to North Carolina. It’s
You can see they’re the PERfect size for real pretty and they’ve got streams with
reTREEVEing an chewin.’” yummy cool water!
“In the summer I pant a LOT, so we
“Yep, I can see that.” go to our house in Newport, an David
“I can go get one for you,” she offered, an Alice go boating. Not me, though. I
between munches.
“That’s so thoughtful, but I’d better
keep takin’ notes. Tell me how you and
you humans got together.”

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DINING REVIEW

Lola’s Seafood Eatery: Tastes of Massachusetts

BY TINA RONDEAU
Columnist

Recently, I was glancing through a very Fried Belly Clams. Seafood Bowl.
copy of the St. Lucie Voice (the weekly
newspaper just to our south; Vero Beach tasty red clam sauce, Lobster Roll. pear a very
32963 Media publishes it) and two words served with two cheeses, fresh basil, good idea.
in an ad for Lola’s Seafood Eatery caught and a couple of slices of grilled bread. But this is an excellent seafood Last weekend,
my eye – “belly clams.” restaurant. It’s not fancy – the clam we decided to go back
As you might guess, we did not have chowder was served in a styrofoam at lunch time and try Lola’s lob-
As regular readers of this column room for dessert – though we since have bowl – but you get real knives and forks, ster roll ($19.90). This turned out to be
know, my Boston-born husband has heard a lot of good things about Lola’s real glasses for your wine, and real the real deal – large chunks of sweet
dragged me from Melbourne Beach (the house-made beignets (had we known plates for your entrees. knuckle and claw lobster meat, thinly
New England Eatery) to Jensen Beach about those, doubtful we could have coated with mayonnaise, stuffed into a
(the New England Fish Market) in search passed them up at Mardi Gras time). Best of all, they take reservations – top-split hotdog bun lightly toasted in
of fried whole belly clams. and if you are thinking of trying Lola’s butter. Very tasty, and if the lobster had
on a Friday or Saturday, that would ap- been freshly cooked, it would have been
You don’t get authentic versions of perfection! Well, give it an A-minus.
that staple of life in Vero Beach, he But for those in need of a Massachu-
contends. setts seafood fix (much of what they
serve comes from New Bedford), Lola’s
So no sooner had I said the magic is less than an hour from Vero – and
words “belly clams” to my husband than joins restaurants with the word “New
we were on our way to St. Lucie West to England” in their name as worth a try.
try Lola’s. I welcome your comments, and en-
courage you to send feedback to me at
From the outside, the restaurant – [email protected].
set in a strip mall next to a mattress The reviewer dines anonymously at
store – doesn’t look like much. But in- restaurants at the expense of Vero Beach
side, several dozen people were seated 32963. 
at high-top and low-top tables in a
pleasant dining space, clearly enjoy- Hours:
ing their meals. Daily, 11 am to 8:30 pm
(9 pm Friday and Saturday)
We had heard that Lola’s was a coun- Beverages: Beer & Wine
ter-service restaurant – place your or-
der and servers bring it to your table Address:
– so we went to the counter, where we 962 St. Lucie West Blvd.,
stood in a bit of a daze grappling with
the wide variety of dishes offered on Port St. Lucie
the menu boards. (We subsequently Phone:
were told you can simply be seated, and
the very pleasant servers will take your (772) 871-5533
order at your table.)

After a few minutes, my husband
decided to start with the New England
clam chowder (surprise!), and I went for
the grilled octopus salad.

Lola’s New England clam chowder
– which certainly had the requisite
number of tender clams and potatoes
– was very good, though my husband
would have voted for a slightly thicker,
creamier version. But it got more than
passing marks.

The Octopus salad, on the other
hand, was fantastic – grilled octopus
that was both tasty and very tender (not
easy to achieve) set amid a salad of pick-
led onions, hot peppers, tomato, and
corn and black bean salsa.

Then for entrées, my husband or-
dered the basket of fried belly clams
($19.50) and I opted to try the seafood
bowl ($17.50).

The fried clams more than lived up to
his hopes – medium-sized belly clams,
not overly breaded, succulent and tasty.
They were served over bottleneck fries.

My seafood bowl proved an ex-
cellent choice: mussels, shrimp and
clams tossed with linguini pasta, in a

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WINE COLUMN

The wine vernacular: Decoding taste descriptions

BY DAVE MCINTYRE
The Washington Post

Describing wines is – to me, at least old and even more recently were in- session with finding a fruit basket is the “University of California Sotheby
– the toughest part of writing about terested less in wine’s flavors than a recent phenomenon spurred on by Book of California Wine”: “Wine is life,
them. I enjoy telling the story of a wine, its effects. They extolled its ability to wine magazines and the need to make and my life and wine are inextricable.
the people who make it and the land cheer or heal us, help us escape the some sense out of all the different la- And the saving grace of all wine’s many
where it was grown, its role in history travails of daily life and, of course, bels we have to choose from. graces, probably, is that it can never be
or culture. I don’t join other wine writ- promote romance. dull. ... But wine is an older thing than
ers who compete to discern the most And maybe we’ve lost something by we are, and is forgiving of even the most
flavors out of a wine. Because what it Pliny found truth in wine, while focusing too narrowly on wine’s flavors. boring explanation of its élan vital.” 
tastes like is, ultimately, subjective. Hemingway found company. Our ob- As M.F.K. Fisher wrote, in a preface to

A wine’s flavor at any given moment
is an interaction between the liquid
and the taster, and all sorts of factors
influence that interaction. What makes
me think of tobacco leaf might remind
you of tea or olives. That’s why som-
meliers suggest describing the body or
structure of wines you like, rather than
specific flavors. Those characteristics
we can usually agree on.

So how to decode my descriptions?
I described Protos ’27 2014 from Ri-
bera del Duero, Spain, which I gave
three stars (“exceptional”) in January,
as having “Deep flavors of black fruit.”
That suggests a fairly substantial (deep)
wine that tastes like blackberries, black
currants or dark cherries – one from a
warmer climate; red fruit flavors sug-
gest cooler growing areas for red grapes.

Tobacco is my personal marker
for tempranillo, a major red grape in
Spain and Portugal. The mushroom
indicates a savory, umami character.

I try to give clues about a wine’s
structure and body. “Rich” or “power-
ful” signal a bigger wine, while “lithe”
or “refreshing” indicate wines with
noticeable acidity. “Ripe” or “jammy”
should lead you to expect sweet flavors.

For example, I recently described
the Stillman St. Chardonnay 2016 from
Sonoma County as “good, straightfor-
ward chardonnay, rich with stone fruit
flavors, [and] just a little bit of influence
from older oak barrels.” Expect that
wine to have some weight, as chardon-
nay should. It might also remind you of
peaches or apricots. But don’t expect
it to taste at all like the “delicate, gos-
samer” Roero Arneis 2016 from Fratelli
Rabino in Italy’s Piemonte.

When I started paying attention to
wine, I also became more aware of the
scents and flavors in the world around
me. Now whenever I see a honeysuckle
bush, I get thirsty for Viognier. Smell
everything, taste with discretion. That
way, when your francophile friend says
a sauvignon blanc tastes like “pipi de
chat,” you’ll know what she means.

I sought insight on how wine has
been described through the centu-
ries from an old dog-eared book of
quotes about wine. But the poets of

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ON FAITH

Master the lost art of patiently waiting

BY REV. DRS. CASEY AND BOB BAGGOTT single-minded focus and effort. We shut the door and bolt it, draw up the You could say that for the belea-
Columnists may justify all this urgent activity with interior rope ladders, and wait. You see, guered monks, waiting was a kind of
the argument that we’re not just sitting these clever ancient folk knew they were doing. Patient waiting could actually
There’s an old joke about a man who around waiting – we’re doing some- no match on the battlefield with the change their situation more effectively
knew his weaknesses and wanted God’s thing. But maybe we should reconsider fierce Vikings. But they trusted that the than anything else they might try.
help in overcoming them. He knelt one the lost art of patient waiting. Vikings knew there was plenty of trea-
evening at his bedside, folded his hands sure to plunder elsewhere. If the monks Sometimes, even today, patient waiting
in prayer, and earnestly began. “God,” Consider the great cylindrical stone could simply wait them out, the Vikings can be one of the most prudent, thoughtful,
he said, “you who created the universe round towers that were constructed would grow frustrated and move on. andeffectivemodesofactionwehavewhen
and brought each living soul into be- across Ireland between the 7th and we feel threatened, or hurt, or afraid. 
ing, can surely do anything. I need your 10th centuries. While some have fallen
help. I ask you to make me patient. And into ruin, many remain to the delight
I need you to do it RIGHT NOW.” of tourists who enjoy climbing to their
peaks. Interestingly, the original pur-
Of course, patience is not something pose for building these tall round towers
this man, alone, lacks. So many of us are is disputed. But some researchers make
impatient, aren’t we? Sometimes it even quite a fascinating claim about the tow-
seems that we consider our impatience ers’ likely function. Typically built with-
to be a virtue. We want what we want in monastery grounds, the round towers
and we want it now. And if we don’t get may have been constructed to protect
what we want immediately, well, we set the monks from Viking raids.
out to find it, achieve it, demand it, or
assure we get it, somehow – soon. We’re Across the centuries the maraud-
not lazy, after all. We take pride in our ing Vikings relentlessly struck the Irish
monasteries to plunder their provisions
and their valuable relics. But, with a
view from the peak of a round tower, a
watching sentry’s warning cry could
alert the monks to the approaching Vi-
kings. Then the monks could simply fill
their tall stone tower with provisions,

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REAL ESTATE

Palm Island Plantation home is a tropical retreat

BY SAMANTHA ROHLFING BAITA

Staff Writer

The delightful ambiance of the wa-
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themselves: “From the moment we
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Our home was designed offering the
same peaceful feeling, as a welcome
retreat for family and friends. One of
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Inspired by the charming architec-
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Plantation itself is nestled between
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at the western edge of the exclusive
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in this desirable section, adjacent to
the lovely Jungle Trail and overlook-
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of privacy and seclusion, a retreat in
every sense of the word.

A brick-paved walkway leads from
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With generous windows and doors,

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REAL ESTATE

soaring ceilings, crown molding and grass cloth wall covering. From here, a
custom white millwork, the spacious staircase leads to the second level, dark
interior glows with ambient light. wood treads and rail dramatic against
Well-chosen wall coverings offer sub- the white balusters and risers.
tle contrast, all well-grounded by the
dark hardwood floors. Off the foyer is a wonderful room
that can serve as office, den, library
In the foyer, white chair rail and wain- or simply an imagination space.
scoting are warmed by honey-hued Stretching from wall to wall, a furni-
ture-grade built-in contains cabinets,
display shelving, space for a large
screen TV, and a desk with computer
hook-ups. Matching crown molding
completes this handsome floor-to-
ceiling unit. Windows on the oppo-
site wall assure ample ambient light.

The great room boasts a vaulted
ceiling finished in tan grass cloth

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with white wood accents. A simple,
elegant fireplace is built into a custom
floor-to-ceiling display shelf unit,
and recessed shelf units also flank
the wide entryway into the dining
room. A trio of double French doors
occupies the west wall, opening onto
a screened veranda, and affording a
view of the sweeping backyard “oa-
sis,” the historic Jungle Trail and the
Indian River.

The kitchen will please any chef,
both practically and aesthetically,
with KitchenAid appliances, includ-
ing a 6-burner gas range and cabinet-
front fridge; furniture-grade, butter-
milk-colored cabinetry; and a white,
exposed-beam ceiling.

Counter and island tops are pol-
ished brown granite. The two-level,
white beadboard island has a large
sink with polished brass fixtures, il-

VITAL STATISTICS
522 FEATHER PALM DRIVE

Neighborhood:
Palm Island Plantation

Year Built: 2006
Construction: Concrete block

Lot size: 112’ X 253’
Home size:

4,866 sq. ft. under air
Bedrooms: 6
Bathroom:

6 full baths, 1 half-bath
Additional features: Intracoast-

al views; central vac; impact
glass plus storm shutters; 3-bay
garage; volume ceilings; crown

molding; wet bar; fireplace;
security system; 14 ceiling fans;
pool; private bocce ball court;

generator; irrigation system;
manned, gated subdivision
entry; clubhouse with pool and
fitness center; beach club; river

marina; manager on site
Listing agency:

Premier Estate Properties
Listing agent:

Kay Brown, 772-321-8626
Listing price: $2,998,000

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luminated by a beautiful brass chan- kitchen – to the broad lanai, and the
delier, and plenty of room for four party configurations are limited only
stools. A wet bar/butler’s pantry off by one’s imagination.
the kitchen offers a wine cooler, ice
maker, under-cabinet lighting and The screened lanai with its stone
chic, patterned wall paper. floor, wood plank ceiling and tropical
fans, will likely continue to be a fa-
The thoughtful design, by architect vorite gathering place for family and
Gregory Anderson and Leah Mueller guests alike no matter who purchases
Interiors, allows a flow of space from the home.
great room to dining room to kitch-
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offering an unimpeded and pleasing able seating, it is a relaxing place for
view from end to end. pleasant conversation or reading or
even a quiet nap. It is also, of course,
This wonderful open space can be a wonderful spot from which to enjoy
easily transformed for entertaining. the unparalleled Florida sunsets.
Fling open the five double French
doors – great room, dining room and The north end of the lanai contains
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fridge. This area can be transformed Back inside, the ground-floor mas-
into a separate, informal dining room ter suite is an airy retreat, embracing
via a screened wall and door. the colors of the sea. The ceiling de-
sign here is another example of the
Off the lanai, the tropically land- home’s elegant millwork. A large win-
scaped, backyard oasis extends river- dow bay and small door provide se-
ward beneath stately palm trees. A large rene views of the lawn and river and
deck surrounds the sparkling lagoon access to the backyard.
style pool and tempting spa, and can
easily accommodate several lounge The suite includes two customized
chairs or a crowd of party guests, chat- walk-in closets and a beautiful bath,
ting poolside, cocktails in hand. with a pair of stylish cabinet vanities
and a water closet. The centerpiece
The lavish emerald lawn that is a gleaming white oval soaking tub
stretches west toward the water en- mounted beneath a double window
compasses a bocce ball court.

with white plantation shutters. The the east side for sunrises.
walls are papered in a subtle sea Residents of Palm Island Plantation
green.
enjoy resort-like amenities includ-
Two ground-floor guest bedrooms ing an oceanfront beach club, fitness
that share a Jack-and-Jill bath occupy club, pool, and marine complex with
another wing. deep-water dockage. 

At the top of the stairs is a cozy
seating area, leading to three ad-
ditional sisal-carpeted bedroom
suites, and one dubbed the pink
room for obvious reasons. (It’s a gen-
tle pink.) Each opens onto a covered
balcony with stunning water views:
the river for sunsets, or the lake on

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Harmony Reserve unveils sparkling new clubhouse

BY KATHLEEN SLOAN to sink millions into a full-featured,
Staff Writer upscale clubhouse because it sees the
facility as a key driver of sales in the
Harmony Reserve held the grand 400-home community, which is lo-
opening of its 13,000-square-foot, cated on a 128-acre tract on 33rd St.
$4.5 million clubhouse last week, with between 58th Ave. and 66th Ave., half
Karen and Chuck Mechling, consul- a mile north of the Indian River Mall.
tants for the 55-plus residential resort
community, hosting a crowd of im- The Mechlings studied the local
pressively fit seniors. market and took Woodfield, the only
other senior-lifestyle community in
The development group was willing the county, as a “roadmap” for Har-
mony Reserve, Karen Mechling said.
LUXURY HAS A NEW ADDRESS FROM THE MID $400S
Woodfield, which built a
Allow yourself to be inspired by the Bermuda and West Indies architectural style of 14,000-square-foot clubhouse to attract
GHO Homes’ newest floor plans and elevations featured in Lily’s Cay. active seniors when it opened more
than a decade ago, was “the most suc-
Located at the intersection of 41st Street and Indian River Boulevard, Lily’s Cay is just minutes cessful, No. 1-selling community in In-
from five-star restaurants, trendy beachside boutiques, golf courses, medical care, theaters, dian River County, ever, in terms of ve-
museums, galleries and more! locity of sales,” according to Mechling.
MOVE-IN READY HOMES AVAILABLE
About 13 years old now, Woodfield’s
772.342.0061 y ghohomes.com winning formula restricted residen-
tial sales to those 55 years and older
Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice. Oral representation cannot be relied upon as correctly stated representations of the developer. For correct representations, make reference to this who didn’t just want a home, but to
advertisement and to the documents required by section 718.503, Florida Statutes, to be furnished by a developer to a buyer or lessee. Images displayed may not be the actual property for sale, but may be socialize and play with fellow home-
model or other homes built of similar design. owners within a resort-like gated
community. The Mechlings realized it
was the only 55-and-over community
in the county and believed the market
was ripe for an updated version.

“We’re selling lifestyle,” Karen
Mechling said, noting that the club-
house is integral to providing the
social and physical activities senior
homebuyers want.

Built in the Old Florida style by Toby
Hill of the Hill Group, who is one of
the five investors in the development
group, the clubhouse has front porch-
es, metal roofing and rooms that feel
like “an extension of your living room.”
Tony Donadio, of Donadio and Associ-
ates of Vero Beach, was the architect.

The front façade is rather grand,
with two-story columns and an ex-
pansive porte cochere. The front hall
lets on to a “belvedere tower,” Chuck
Mechling said, and light pours in
from transom and double-stacked
windows. Meeting rooms have 12-
inch base board, coffered ceilings
and soft-touch custom cabinets.

The bar and fireside lounge was the
place to be during the Super Bowl,
residents watching it together on the
big-screen television. They had a best-
chili contest and shared their private
stocks of alcoholic drinks from their
custom-made liquor drawers embla-
zoned with their names. The antique
bar, with carved lions rampant, is
topped with a leather-like counter
and has a brass foot rail.

The universal machines in the
weight room would please Arnold
Schwarzenegger and the “movement
studio,” complete with ballet barre,
mirrors and cork-lined floor, would

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Jodie Love and Karen Mechling. PHOTOS BY GORDON RADFORD

please senior fitness guru, Miranda ite counters. It is adjacent is a large,
Esmonde-White, who can be piped in resort-style pool designed to accom-
over the large screen. modate simultaneous aerobics class
and lap swimmers. The spa is nestled
A demonstration kitchen large among an oasis of palms for privacy.
enough for classes, with a camera cap-
turing culinary techniques shown on Eight pickleball courts are set off
a large overhead screen, has already to the side with a covered pavilion,
seen use. “The foodie thing is huge,” designed to handle pickleball tourna-
Karen Mechling said. ments. A loggia and fireplace will give
socializing outside in the winter a ro-
Local chefs and caterers will give mantic setting.
classes off-season, but homeowner
gourmands are already giving class- “It’s the nicest thing on the main-
es to each other. Caterers were con- land,” Karen said. “There isn’t any-
sulted on equipment, flow and layout thing else like it.”
from parking lot to dining area.
Harmony Reserve will have about
Outside, clubhouse grounds in- 300 single-family homes and 100 vil-
clude a summer kitchen with gran-
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Real Estate Sales on the Barrier Island: Feb. 2 to Feb. 8

The real estate market on the barrier island saw moderate activity last week with 8 transactions reported,
including two for more than $1 million.

The top sale of the week was of direct riverfront home in the Shores. The property at 100 Twin Island Reach
was placed on the market Nov. 22 with an asking price of $2.225 million. The sale closed on Feb. 7 for $2.2
million.

Both the seller and the purchaser in the transaction were represented by Grier McFarland of Dale
Sorensen Real Estate.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

SUBDIVISION ADDRESS LISTED ORIGINAL MOST RECENT SOLD SELLING
ASKING PRICE ASKING PRICE PRICE
$850,000
$895,000 $1,125,000
RIOMAR 926 SEAGRAPE LANE 11/21/2017 $895,000 2/6/2018 $440,000
$700,000
RIOMAR 1931 CLUB DRIVE 6/2/2017 $1,399,000 $1,199,000 2/5/2018 $782,500
$430,000
CASTAWAY COVE 1025 POITRAS DRIVE 2/11/2017 $499,999 $470,000 2/5/2018
$502,000
INDIAN TRAILS 550 N SUNDANCE TRAIL 4/4/2017 $749,900 $725,000 2/5/2018

RIVER CLUB 1714 LAKE CLUB COURT 3/21/2017 $899,000 $899,000 2/2/2018

DUNES 1301 WHITE HERON LANE 1/17/2018 $469,000 $469,000 2/2/2018

TOWNHOMES, VILLAS, CONDOS, MULTIFAMILY AND INVESTMENT

SPINNAKER POINT COND 1880 BAY ROAD, #I-321 5/3/2017 $559,000 $520,000 2/8/2018

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Here are some of the top recent barrier island sales.

Subdivision: Riomar, Address: 926 Seagrape Lane Subdivision: Riomar, Address: 1931 Club Drive

Listing Date: 11/21/2017 Listing Date: 6/2/2017
Original Price: $895,000 Original Price: $1,399,000
Recent Price: $895,000 Recent Price: $1,199,000
Sold: 2/6/2018 Sold: 2/5/2018
Selling Price: $850,000 Selling Price: $1,125,000
Listing Agent: Matilde Sorensen Listing Agent: Matilde Sorensen

Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

Matilde Sorensen Matilde Sorensen

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

Subdivision: Indian Trails, Address: 550 N Sundance Trail Subdivision: River Club, Address: 1714 Lake Club Court

Listing Date: 4/4/2017 Listing Date: 3/21/2017
Original Price: $749,900 Original Price: $899,000
Recent Price: $725,000 Recent Price: $899,000
Sold: 2/5/2018 Sold: 2/2/2018
Selling Price: $700,000 Selling Price: $782,500
Listing Agent: Sherry Brown Listing Agent: Sally Woods

Selling Agent: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Selling Agent: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc.

Charlotte Terry Sherry Brown

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las, most priced between $250,000 Karen Mechling said pricing the club
and $350,000, when all four phases membership correctly has been a key
are completed. Holiday Builders and to attracting buyers. Each homeown-
Maronda Homes, exclusive builders in er will pay $7,000 upfront, along with
the subdivision, have sold all but two yearly dues of about $3,600, “which is
of the 84 lots in phase one and about extremely reasonable and unmatched
50 homes are already occupied. in the area for what you get.” 