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PAGE B4 2 3SOMERSET MOVING AHEAD DINING: VERO PRIME PAGE B6
WITH CHARTER SCHOOL MOVES TO NEW HOME
2 NURSING HOMES STILL B7
DON’T HAVE GENERATORS

MY TAKE How city spent
money from sale
BY RAY MCNULTY of Vero Electric

Centennial Place should
feature waterfront dining

Cruise along Indian River Drive Historic house completes move to Indian River State College By Nicole Rodriguez | Staff Writer
in Sebastian and you’ll find seven
lagoon-front, dining-and-cocktail By Samantha Rohlfing Baita | Staff Writer vironmental Learning Center just off the Wabasso The city of Vero Beach pocketed
options – from Mulligan’s Beach [email protected] Causeway to its new home at the 140-acre Vero only about 22 percent of the $183.3
House Bar & Grill north to Capt’n Beach campus of Indian River State College. million it got from Florida Power &
Butcher’s Seafood Grill, Bar & Ma- The three partially dismantled structures were Light when it sold its electrical util-
rina, including the wildly popular hulking, barely discernible shadows as dawn The fragile house’s kitchen, porch and bedroom ity late last year, and that money is
Capt. Hiram’s Resort. broke over the island. wings had made the trip a week before. The final already spent or encumbered.
pieces – the main section of the house, roof and
Vero Beach has only one – and The historic Laura Riding Jackson homestead – rangy pole barn – rested on painstakingly placed After paying off debts and other
that’s on the island. a 110-year-old Cracker house and pole barn – was obligations to the Florida Munic-
about to embark on its final journey from the En- CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 ipal Power Agency, the Orlando
Drive along Fort Pierce’s water- Utilities Commission and bond-
front and you’ll find Cobb’s Landing holders, the city walked away with
and 12A Buoy on the lagoon, Square $39.1 million from the December
Grouper Tiki Bar and On The Edge 2018 sale of its electric power infra-
Bar & Grill on the inlet, and Bluewa- structure and customer base.
ter Beach Grill and Hurricane Grill
& Wings on the jetty. “The sale was very much like
any kind of other property sale or
Vero Beach has the Riverside real estate sale like a closing on a
Café. house,” said Cindy Lawson, the
city’s finance director. “There was a
Celebrated in song by our home- sale price, there were some minor
grown country music star, Jake adjustments and then there were
Owen, who occasionally performs disbursements of the sale price to
there when in town, Riverside is various entities.”
the city’s only lagoon-front, din-
ing-and-drinking option. Budget documents and deliber-
ations last week showed that the
That needs to change – and city has since spent or committed
sooner rather than later. the entire net sale proceeds of $39
million plus a few million more to
CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 retire old debt, fund pension ob-
ligations and bolster the general
INSIDE fund, which for years was subsi-

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DINING B7
HEALTH 6 GAMES B13
CALENDAR B16
REAL ESTATE 11
B1
ARTS CAPT. MILO THORNTON PROMOTED TO HIGH-RANKING POSITION

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For circulation or where to pick up [email protected] – with the same rank as Eric Flowers necessary to run a law-enforcement
your issue call: 772-226-7925 and Selby Strickland – behind only agency. “It wouldn’t surprise me to
The highest-ranking black law en- Sheriff Deryl Loar and Undersheriff see Milo as a police chief someday,”
© 2016 Vero Beach 32963 Media LLC. All rights reserved. forcement officer in the 94-year his- Jim Harpring. Loar said last weekend, “or in a few
tory of Indian River County, Sheriff’s years, even run for sheriff.”
Capt. Milo Thornton, has been pro- Loar already has announced his
moted again. endorsement of Flowers’ 2020 can- A black sheriff in Indian River
didacy to succeed him as sheriff, but County, which has never elected a
Thornton last week was promot- he said Thornton also possesses the
ed to major, making him one of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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Two nursing homes don’t have generators for hurricane season

By Michelle Genz | Staff Writer ahead of some surrounding counties. non-compliance, including delays up to four tirement Center, has its generator in place.
[email protected] In St. Lucie County only 40 percent of res- months to get utility companies to change But AHCA inspectors found the weather-
out power meters and four to five months to proofing of the generator’s enclosure inad-
As the season’s first hurricane made land- idents are protected by backup power, while get a fuel tank delivered. equate. Florida Baptist, which has already
fall on the Gulf Coast last weekend, two Vero in Martin County 62 percent of residents live won approval for a separate generator for
nursing homes – Sea Breeze and Consul- in facilities that meet state requirements. Sea Breeze’s most recent appeal for an ex- its assisted living component, was finishing
ate – were months away from completing a tension included a letter from a generator up the stucco of the enclosure last week and
state-mandated emergency power plan that In Broward County, home to the now- installation contractor blaming AHCA in- considers both facilities to be “absolutely in
includes installation of a backup generator closed Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood spectors, saying “differences of opinion” with compliance,” according to executive director
able to cool the entire facility for 96 hours. Hills, where the loss of air conditioning over the contractor’s engineers caused numerous Gretchen Ward.
three days during Hurricane Irma caused the delays; future delays could be expected from
Another nursing home, Florida Baptist, deaths of a dozen elderly residents, only 42 local government as well. As for assisted living facilities, only Har-
was still installing weatherproofing around percent of residents are protected by backup borchase of Vero is past the state implemen-
the already-installed generators. And an as- AC. Statewide, 70 percent of nursing homes In making a case for another extension, tation deadline, though its existing portable
sisted living facility, Harborchase, was wait- and assisted living facilities are in compli- Sea Breeze’s executive director Kenneth generator is acceptable to AHCA because the
ing on the registration of its fuel tank so that ance with state regulations. Ragin said Sea Breeze also has portable AC facility is in the primary evacuation zone and
diesel could be delivered to its portable gen- units that can run on its existing generator. would be emptied should a hurricane head
erator. In Vero, Sea Breeze, a 110-bed nursing And the contractor claimed in a May 7 letter for Vero,
home formerly known as Atlantic Care and filed with AHCA that he would able to sup-
The state began requiring backup pow- Rehab, and Consulate of Vero Beach, a 159- plement that with more generators he could AHCA hasn’t signed off on Harborchase’s
er in nursing homes in the fall of 2017 af- bed nursing home, still don’t have the re- access around the state. emergency plans because the state’s Depart-
ter a dozen residents in a Broward nursing quired fixed generator installed, despite ment of Environmental Protection has yet to
home died due to heat after Hurricane Irma four extensions from the state’s Agency for So far, no facilities in the county have been authorize the fuel tank’s registration.
knocked out electricity for three days. Health Care Administration, or AHCA, since fined over the new regulations. But just a day
the mandate for backup AC went into effect after AHCA granted Sea Breeze its fourth “You have to have a registration number
According to state figures, Vero’s six nurs- more than a year and a half ago with a 60-day variance, it slapped the nursing home with to get product delivered,” said Tim Reidy, di-
ing homes house close to 500 people. More deadline. a $1,000 fine that goes back to August 2018, rector of development for Harbor Retirement
than 1,000 others live in the county’s 21 as- when an inspection found the nursing home Associates, the Vero-based headquarters of
sisted living facilities. Independent senior In late June, both Consulate and Sea did not have a disaster plan with the county. the national senior living chain. Normally, he
living facilities are not included in the new Breeze received extensions until December. A month later, it still had no such plan ap- says, DEP approval takes about a day. So far,
law requiring backup power. proved, triggering the just-imposed fine. it’s taken more than three weeks.
Consulate’s executive director, Nicole Jor-
Currently 78 percent of residents in Vero dan, did not return phone messages. But in That infraction got Sea Breeze placed on “This is the last thing we have to do,” Reidy
Beach nursing homes and assisted living fa- documents on the AHCA website, Consul- the state’s nursing home watch list. said. “We’ve actually had all our equipment
cilities are assured of staying cool in a power ate’s designers, electricians and construction since May.” 
outage, which puts Indian River County well contractors offer a long list of excuses for A third nursing home, Florida Baptist Re-

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SOMERSET ACADEMY IS MOVING AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR MILO THORNTON
NEW 1,700-STUDENT CHARTER SCHOOL NEAR POINTE WEST
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By Federico Martinez | Staff Writer add up to 500 eighth grade students. ed academy in Miami. According to its
“The committee’s job is to review the Indian River County application, Som- black county commissioner or constitu-
Somerset Academy has been granted erset wants to open an academy with tional officer?
tentative approval to open a new K-8 plans for the school,” McCoy said. “Af- a STEAM curriculum focused on Sci-
charter school that will eventually enroll ter that is completed the committee will ence, Technology, Engineering, Arts and “Why not?” Thornton said of the possi-
1,700 students in Indian River Coun- look to other departments, such as the Math. bility, adding that such a run could be in
ty, despite a long-running effort by the drainage and engineering departments his future. “That’s probably going to scare
School Board to block the Texas-based to help with the process.” Somerset officials have also vowed to some people, but I’d be lying if I said the
company from opening a school here. adhere to a 50-year-old federal desegre- thought hasn’t crossed my mind.
Officials for Somerset Academy, gation order that the Indian River Coun-
The new charter school will be built which is based in San Antonio, could ty School Board fought for years but has “There’s no rush, though. I’m only 41. I’ve
on a 14-acre site located at 7645 16th not be reached for comment. now embraced. got plenty of time.”
Manor, adjacent to the Pointe West de-
velopment. No beginning construction The Indian River School District, led Meanwhile, a local church is plan- The vacancy on Loar’s command staff
date or projected opening has yet been by former Superintendent Mark Ren- ning another new school campus in the was created when Maj. John Burdock re-
announced. dell, tried for years to stop the new county. tired in January. Loar said he decided to
charter school from being constructed promote Thornton based on his job per-
The county’s technical review com- because officials feared it would siphon The County Commission recently ap- formance, test results and work in the com-
mittee was scheduled to go over the students and funding from non-charter proved a conceptual site plan and spe- munity – not because of his skin color.
school’s application on July 17, an initial schools in the district. cial exception use request by Glendale
step to make sure construction of the Baptist Church, Inc. to construct a com- “Obviously, this is big stuff in terms of
school adheres to county construction Somerset Academy eventually won bined church and school building on an legacy, but that’s not why I promoted him,”
and building codes, said John McCoy, the three-year administrative and legal 8.78-acre site, located at the southeast Loar said. “I’ve been impressed by Milo
chief planner of current development battle and announced one year ago its corner of 27th Avenue and 4th Street. from the first time I met him as a young
for Indian River County. goal was to open the new school in Au- deputy and, throughout my years as sheriff,
gust 2019. The proposed site is currently vacant. he has done everything he needed to do to
“Somerset Academy’s plan is to build The site is zoned residential only, so the earn this opportunity. He’s getting this pro-
the school in three phases,” McCoy said. Those plans have been modified as church needed the board to grant an ex- motion because he deserves it.”
“The first phase will include room for the school continues the process of get- ception so that it can build at the site.
up to 600 students for students K-6; the ting the county’s planning department The promotion puts Thornton in charge
second phase, expansion for 600 sev- to approve its plans. The private K-8 school will house of the Sheriff’s Office’s Bureau of Adminis-
enth graders; and the third phase will up to 250 students, according to the tration, where he’ll replace Flowers, who
Somerset operates 67 charter schools church’s proposed plans.  has been moved into the position vacated
nationwide, including its highly-rat- by Burdock atop the Bureau of Law En-
forcement.

Flowers, though, will retain his duties
as the agency’s public information officer,

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MY TAKE thoughtfully developed into an on-the-la- who now travel to Sebastian, Fort Pierce ing, afternoon cocktails and nightlife, as well
goon public destination that becomes as and other nearby coastal towns for their wa- as a boutique hotel, marina, small-shop retail
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 much a part of the city’s fabric as downtown terfront dining and nightlife will opt to stay stores, picnic area and, perhaps, even a band
and the Central Beach business district. closer to home. shell for concerts.
With all due respect to the Keep Vero Vero
folks, there’s no sense in keeping Vero Vero In fact, as the county attracts more resi- We might even draw people from outside All of this can be done in a park-like set-
when we can make Vero better and still pre- dential construction and an increasing num- the Vero area, possibly from nearby counties, ting that complements the lagoon’s natural
serve what makes Vero special. ber of newcomers flock to Ocean Drive, the just as Sebastian and Fort Pierce do now. beauty, embraces the small-town charm that
development of Centennial Place could ease makes Vero Beach special and enhances our
We can do exactly that at Centennial Central Beach’s parking shortage by provid- “If we do this right,” Vero Beach City Coun- quality of life.
Place, the 35 acres of lagoon-front property ing a waterfront alternative on the mainland. cilman Harry Howle said, “we can create a lot
currently containing Vero Beach’s shuttered of jobs, too.” “We want kids who grew up here to want
power plant and its wastewater treatment Such development also would provide an to stay here or, if they’ve gone away to school,
plant, which is slated for removal. additional tax base Vero Beach sorely needs Converting that lagoon-front property to want to come back here,” said Vero Beach
to replace the revenue stream lost when the into another non-revenue-producing city Mayor Val Zudans, who supports the devel-
And we should. city sold its electric utility to Florida Power & park does none of those things. Besides, opment of Centennial Place. “For that to hap-
Once the power plant is removed and the Light in December. we’ve already got a Riverside Park. We don’t pen, we need a place for younger people to go
wastewater treatment plant is relocated to need another one. and hang out.” Yes, we do.
the airport – which could happen within the In addition, if Centennial Place becomes
next five years – Centennial Place should be the destination it should be, there’s no doubt What we do need is a mainland gathering But those waterfront restaurants and bars
many of the Vero-area residents and visitors place with a boardwalk and series of path- along Indian River Drive in Sebastian – as
ways that provide access to waterfront din- well as similar establishments on the lagoon,
inlet and jetty in Fort Pierce – attract plenty of
middle-aged and older customers, too.

The same would happen in Vero Beach, if
the city’s leaders and the citizens they repre-
sent are wise enough to seize this wonder-
ful opportunity to make our seaside slice of
heaven more glorious.

But are they? “I don’t know what people are
afraid of,” Howle said.

Nobody wants to see the Vero Beach area
morph into another Fort Lauderdale or West
Palm Beach or even Port St. Lucie, and local
zoning restrictions are in place to prevent
that kind of over-development, despite the
residential and commercial growth we’ve
been seeing.

If done correctly, developing that prime
stretch of lagoon-front property into Cen-
tennial Place doesn’t move us closer to South
Florida, and it won’t make Vero less Vero.

Still, there are those who want to pro-
ceed slowly – so slowly that it could be four
years before a plan is approved and at least
a decade before ground is broken, assuming
Vero Beach citizens agree via referendum to
amend the City Charter to allow commercial
development of the property.

The City Council decided last month to
hire an outside consultant to come up with
a plan to develop the lagoon-front property,
along with the adjacent 3-acre parcel on the
southwest corner of the 17th Avenue-Indian
River Boulevard intersection, site of the for-
mer postal annex.

With Howle announcing he will not seek
re-election and Zudans currently uncommit-
ted to another term, the next City Council will
make the early decisions on the fate of Cen-
tennial Place.

So it’s fair to wonder: If voters elect a let’s-
slam-on-the-brakes City Council majority,
will Centennial Place vanish into the ether as
the Keep Vero Vero crowd endlessly ponders
the future of what soon could be Three Cor-
ners of Nothing?

Another 35-acre parcel – the former Dodg-
ertown Golf Club property – sat idle and un-
productive for 14 years before the city finally
sold it to the county in February.

“I don’t think it (Centennial Place) will be
developed right away,” City Councilwoman
Laura Moss said, “but we do need to have an
idea what to with it.”

Here’s one you should consider. 

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VERO ELECTRIC SALE use for other current or future municipal loan taken out by the marina to buy prop- sion plan before it was terminated. The city
needs. At budget workshops last week, erty and build a boat storage building. Pay- has since replaced its pension system with a
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 council members expressed interest in ing off that loan early frees up $338,000 an- traditional 401K retirement plan.
using that remaining money to cushion nually for 10 years in the marina fund that
dized by millions transferred from the prof- emergency fund coffers and for capital im- can be used for maintenance and improve- Another $2.3 million will be paid in a
itable electric utility. provements, including street paving and ments, city officials said. lump sum to fund pensions for former
stormwater projects. electric utility employees enrolled in the
At the time of the sale, the city had an ex- Another $6.7 million was committed to city’s pension plan prior to 2015.
isting “audited electric fund cash balance” Here is where the $42.5 million went: provide a multi-year transition subsidy to
that came from utility customer payments In February, the city used $8.2 million in the general fund though budget year 2022- Roughly $9.5 million is earmarked to
and contained approximately $27.6 mil- sale proceeds to pay off loans associated 2023, including $1.71 million transferred to fund a trust dedicated to cover health in-
lion. Combined with the net sale proceeds, with the former Dodgertown golf course the general fund this budget year, city offi- surance for retired city electric utility work-
that gave the city a $66.7 million reserve and Municipal Marina. cials said. ers for the next 25 years.
fund to use in its 2020 budget and beyond. Approximately $5 million was used to
retire a loan the city took out to buy the Roughly $15.8 million was set aside by All of that adds up to more than $42 mil-
So far this year, the City Council has golf course, which was sold to Indian River the city for underfunded employee pension lion and puts the city in much better finan-
spent or committed $42.5 million of that County in February for $2.45 million. plans. The added cash will fully replenish cial shape, according to city officials.
amount, putting the city back at square Roughly $3.2 million went to pay off a the pension fund to pay benefits to former
one with a little more than $24 million to and current employees enrolled in the pen- “This is a good way to show a positive ef-
fect of what happened with the sale,” City
Manager Monte Falls said. 

HISTORIC HOME MOVED clearance. From time to time, he lifted the ranging from $200 to $1,500. around,” he advised, laughing.
lower cables that crossed the roads, and On the causeway bridges and scattered Traffic was halted at the State Road
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 once he manhandled a traffic light out
of the way. The clearance seemed mostly along the route, people grabbed photos 60/66th Avenue intersection, and drivers
bases awaiting first light. measured in inches. and waved while drones recorded the event snapped phone shots as the southbound
Brownie Structural Movers chose the from above. We clipped along a brisk 8 mph convoy crossed the highway and headed to
Just after crossing the U.S. 1 intersection past some of Indian River County’s pretti- College Lane on the final leg.
time, a Sunday morning, and the zig-zag- on 510, there was brief delay. The Florida est rural land – palm-dotted pasture, hors-
ging northeast-to-southwest route, with East Coast Railway official who was re- es, cattle, the ghosts of abandoned groves At last, the trip was over. It had taken
only two major highway crossings, to avoid quired to “escort us” over the tracks had – a lot of natural beauty mostly unnoticed about an hour and a half on Sunday morn-
as much traffic as possible. A trio of sheriff’s gone to the wrong crossing. He arrived from within an air-conditioned vehicle ing, but, actually, the journey had taken
officers would escort the convoy and con- shortly, walked to the tracks and waved. traveling 55 mph. more than two years.
trol traffic flow.
We could proceed. On the longer stretches, along 58th and When the Laura Riding Jackson Home
At dawn, the deputies took positions “That was the most expensive wave 66th avenues, James mentioned that we Foundation was informed, in the sum-
at either end of the Wabasso Causeway you’ll ever see,” said James, explaining that were able to “pick up steam,” accelerating mer of 2017, that the Environmental
bridge and the parade eased out onto the the FEC charges movers for this “escort ser- to maybe 10 mph. Learning Center’s ambitious expan-
road: In front was the pole barn, weigh- vice;” over the years, he’s received invoices sion plans did not include a place for
ing 8,000 pounds, on a trailer pulled by “Be careful your papers don’t start flyin’ the historic structure, which had stood
a backhoe operated by Kim Brownie, the there for a quarter-century, the Foun-
company’s highly-experienced owner; dation board scrambled to find another
then the main house, weighing roughly location while also striving to raise hun-
40,000 pounds, behind a Mack truck, with dreds of thousands of dollars to fund the
Brownie’s son James at the wheel; and fi- relocation.
nally the roof, behind another Mack.
It was an uncertain, stressful time, but
The expertise of the moving crew was once the college enthusiastically offered a
immediately obvious – and impressive. .71-acre site on its campus as a new home
Brownie’s crew has moved thousands for the historic house, it became quickly
of structures, most far larger and more obvious that the partnership would be a
complicated than this one, and had stud- major win-win.
ied every aspect of the route. It was thrill-
ing to watch as they negotiated corners, At the college the quaint house will con-
curbs, traffic lights and overhead cables tinue to serve as a historical beacon, pro-
with the precision of a jeweler cutting a viding learning and teaching opportunities
facet on a diamond. in the disciplines of Florida history, litera-
ture, poetry, culture and environment for
Crew member Joseph Massenet rode students of all ages.
on top on the house, to ensure sufficient
Reconstruction is expected to begin im-
mediately. 

MILO THORNTON sergeant in 2012, lieutenant in March 2016 forcement – patrol, investigations, correc- whole – especially its youth.
and captain in February 2017. tions – and at a supervisory level. This is the “It shows we’ve evolved from the days
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 next challenge.”
In addition, Thornton is an adjunct in- when this wasn’t possible,” Floyd said.
while Strickland will continue to head the structor at his alma mater, Indian River As major in charge of the Bureau of Ad- “Now, we know it can be done. Now, when
Bureau of Corrections. State College, where he has taught at the ministration, Thornton will oversee more we talk to black kids in our community, we
Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Com- than 50 deputies and 150 civilian employ- can point to Milo and say, ‘You can be that.
Thornton, who began life in Fort Pierce plex in Fort Pierce for more than a decade. ees. His new command will include: school You can shoot for the stars. The opportuni-
before moving to Gifford as a teenager, resource officers, courthouse security, ty is there.’”
embarked on his law-enforcement career “When you look at the numbers, I have human resources, fleet services, central
in 1997 with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s been promoted quickly, but my promo- records, information technology, purchas- Thornton said he embraces the chal-
Office, where he started in the corrections tions have been directly linked to others’ ing, government affairs, crime prevention lenges and expectations that accompany
division. retirements,” Thornton said. “Positions and homeland security. the distinction of being the highest-ranked
weren’t created for me. Nothing was hand- black law enforcement officer in the coun-
He was hired by the Vero Beach Police ed to me. I’ve just always prepared myself Sheriff’s Office veteran Teddy Floyd said ty’s history, and he’s determined to not let
Department in 1999. After three years as a to be the next guy. the promotion “speaks volumes” about down those who’ve supported him along
patrolman and traffic homicide investiga- both Thornton and Loar, and sends a mes- the way.
tor, he joined the Indian River County Sher- “Besides, I’m not motivated by rank; I’m sage to not only other black deputies but
iff’s Office in 2002, earning promotions to motivated by responsibility,” he added. also to the county’s black community as a “I’d rather be an inspiration,” he said,
“I’ve worked every other aspect of law en- “than an icon.” 

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Beat goes on: Tiny new pacemaker is a big improvement

By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer There’s a new, improved pacemaker by ous health condition.”
[email protected] Medtronics called the Micra that works Pacemakers, which have been around
well for the condition.
The American College of Cardiology in one form or another since 1958, are
says approximately 200,000 American According to the Memorial Hermann “small devices that are placed in the
will have a pacemaker implanted in Heart and Vascular Institute in Houston, chest or abdomen to help control abnor-
their chest this year as a result of one “if the heart rate is too slow, not enough mal heart rhythms. These devices use
specific type of arrhythmia or irregular blood reaches the brain, and the person electrical pulses to prompt the heart to
heartbeat called “bradycardia,” which is can lose consciousness. For most adults, beat at a normal rate,” according to the
a heartbeat that’s too slow. a heart rate slower than 60 beats per min- National Institutes of Health.
ute is a bradyarrhythmia.”
Dr. Vikranth Gongidi, a cardiologist at That said, what was small in 1958
the Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospi- For people who are very physically seems enormous now. The first com-
tal, has some good news for people with fit, a slow heart rate like this might not mercially available pacemakers were
this type of heart problem. be dangerous, but for others “it’s a seri- about the size of a large bar of Ivory soap
and featured steel handles or loops on
either side so a leather strap could be Dr. Vikranth Gongidi.
used to hold them in place around
the patients’ chest. They were not PHOTO: DENISE RITCHIE
implanted.
into the chest.
The Micra device is much, As Medtronics explains, “the Micra is
much smaller and therefore
far easier to place inside placed into the heart via a catheter insert-
not just the chest but the ed in a vein in the leg, thus no chest inci-
heart itself. sions, no scars and no bumps” like those
that can result from implanting conven-
Roughly the size of tional pacemakers.
a large vitamin cap-
sule, this new-genera- And while it didn’t matter much in
tion device boasts other 1958, Gongidi points out the Micra pace-
serious advantages as well, makers “are FDA-approved for magnetic
according to Gongidi. resonance imaging or MRIs,” though he
adds that you can’t have an MRI immedi-
For starters, it has no “leads” ately after a Micra is implanted.
or wires running to the heart.
“You’d have to wait at least four to six
The American College of Cardiology weeks for the device to fully imbed,” he
points out that those electrical leads “are says. But that is a big improvement com-
considered the weakest link of any pacing pared to older pacemakers. For patients
system. The majority of pacemaker com- with earlier generation pacemakers, MRI
plications are related to lead placement.”
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The Micra has no wire leads because,
thanks to its small size, it is implanted di-
rectly into the heart.

Another issue with those electrical
leads, Gongidi explains, has been recalls.
“Over the last few years [there has been
a major problem with] the leads of pace-
makers having fractures in them. There
have been a lot of recalls and that causes
a lot of anxiety with patients” who have
those devices in their chest.

Another advantage of the Micra is that
implanting it does not involve cutting



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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 Gongidi, “the recovery is usually a few NEW SKIN CANCER IMAGING
days, whereas if you have a tradition- TOOL WILL LEAVE NO SCARS
exams are strictly off limits. al pacemaker implanted you can’t use
And then there’s battery life. [your] arm for at least four to six weeks.” By Tom Lloyd | Staff Writer Americans do not realize that some skin
While the National Heart, Lung and No golf and no bowling. But with the Mi- [email protected] cancers can and do spread to other parts
cra, “you can go play golf within two or of the body, including the liver and brain.
Blood Institute says the average pace- three days.” If you think you know all you need to
maker battery has an expected life of know about skin cancer, here are two Moreover, there are no fewer than
about six-to-seven years, Gongidi says Is the Micra pacemaker the right choice words of advice – think again. eight different types of basal cell carcino-
the Micra’s battery should last “10-to-12 for you? Gongidi suggests you consult mas while the squamous cell variety adds
years.” your cardiologist. He or she will know For example, polls show most Amer- at least 10 more variants. And then there
your specific heart situation and be able icans think melanoma is the most com- are four separate subsets of melanoma,
“These Micra pacemakers have been to offer sound advice. mon form of skin cancer. It’s not. the deadliest skin cancer out there.
around for a little over a year but they’re
not being implanted in many facilities. Dr. Vikranth Gongidi is with Cleveland According to the Skin Cancer Founda- That’s 22 different types of skin can-
We are the only ones here in this coun- Clinic Indian River Hospital. He has offic- tion, basal cell carcinomas take that du- cer, and accurately diagnosing exactly
ty,” Gongidi says, who are implanting the es at 3450 11th Court in Vero Beach and bious honor with some 4.3 million new
Micra. 801 Wellness Way in Sebastian. The phone
number is 772-778-8687. 
Gongidi’s colleague, electrophysiol-
ogist Dr. Brett Faulknier, handles the
implantation process, and according to

Dr. James Grichnik with Dr. Lilia Correa-Selm and imaging specialist Katharine Hanlon. PHOTOS: DENISE RITCHIE

cases diagnosed each year. After that which type a patient has and determin-
comes squamous cell carcinomas, with ing the best treatment for the condition
just over 1 million cases a year, while has proven to be a tall task.
melanoma brings up the rear with close
to 100,000 new cases diagnosed annually. That’s why Dr. James Grichnik, direc-
tor of the Scully Welsh Cancer Center at
OK. That’s three types of skin cancer. Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital,
What’s so tough about that? dermatologist Dr. Lilia Correa and im-
aging specialist Katharine Hanlon are
Well, for starters, fully 56 percent of

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delighted they have access to an imaging Patient Beverly Whipple with neoplasms, particularly in cosmetically
tool that employs Reflectance Confocal Dr. James Grichnik and imaging and functionally sensitive areas such as
Microscopy, or RCM. the face.”
specialist Katharine Hanlon.
“When a patient comes to the clinic,” The American Academy of Dermatolo-
Grichnik explains, “the first thing that we gy and the College of American Pathology
do is look at them clinically. Sometimes also have recognized RCM’s effectiveness.
we know right away – this is a skin cancer
or this is not a skin cancer, but there are That said, RCM is not a simple tool to
subgroups of lesions where you look at use. The U.S. National Library of Med-
them and you look at them again and use icine says “a minimum of four to six
your surface microscope, and you know months of training, including the eval-
what? You’re still just not sure.” uation of several thousands of cases, is
required for a clinician to reach an ac-
What could be an early-stage mel- ceptable level of diagnostic accuracy and
anoma could also just be an area of expertise.”
sun-damaged skin. And as Grichnik puts
it, “confocal is really good at helping us Imaging specialist Hanlon says “it’s a
sort those out.” similar art to learn how to read the im-
ages as it would be to do a dermato-pa-
Why does that matter? The most obvi- thology fellowship. Pathologists have to
ous reason is scars. look at a lot of slides to learn how to read
those slides. We need to look at a lot of
“In order to get a diagnosis from a pa- pictures to learn how to read these pic-
thologist,” Grichnik says, “you have to tures.”
remove a fair amount of tissue so that
they have enough cells to make a diagno- That kind of proficiency and innova-
sis, and you are going to have to scar that tion is especially important here in Vero
person … [even though] many times it’s Beach, where delivering a more accurate
going to turn out to be a benign lesion. diagnosis and eliminating the risk of
scarring for patients who come to Scul-
If the lesion is benign, “we’re putting ly-Welsh worried about skin cancer is, in
a scar on your face that didn’t need to be the dermatology team’s eyes, a major plus
there. By using this technology, we can for everyone.
avoid biopsying those benign lesions,” and
leave no scars on the The Scully-Welsh Cancer Center at
[patient’s] skin. Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital
is at 3555 10th Court in Vero Beach. The
How is that pos- phone number is 772-563-4673. 
sible? Low energy
laser light. improved accura-
cy in skin cancer
The confocal can detection. The
actually “focus light technology uses a
down through the low-power laser to
skin and look at light provide real-time imaging of the epider-
that’s returning mis and superficial papillary dermis. It
from different lev- captures the natural reflectivity of differ-
els in the skin,” Grichnik says. “You can ent cellular structures and can be quite
see the keratinocytes in different stages useful to diagnose both benign and ma-
of differentiation. You can see the der- lignant lesions.”
mal epidermal junction when you leave The American College of Genetics
something called the epidermis. Then in Medicine is also on board the RCM
you can get into the dermis where you ac- bandwagon, saying “RCM imaging is
tually see blood flow. So you see cellular unique in that it allows for the evaluation
detail,” all without any cuts or incisions of the skin at the cellular-level and has
or the scars biopsies leave behind. been shown to increase the accuracy of
non-invasive diagnosis of common skin
New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center agrees with Grichnik’s
evaluation. It says “RCM is an exciting,
non-invasive imaging tool that provides



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Move-in ready Riverwind home is an ‘amazing value’

By Debbie Carson | Staff Writer friends – something Patricia Kimbis and on Indian River Boulevard, just north of cabinets and a marble backsplash sets off
[email protected] her husband, James, did when they called the Barber Bridge, they were mere minutes the flat-top cooking surface opposite the
Riverwind home. from the beach, shopping, dining and, of double-oven.
Stepping inside 1033 Riverwind Circle, course, Riverside Theatre and the Vero
it’s easy to imagine great pieces of artwork “It was quite a wonderful home,” Kim- Beach Museum of Art. Through the living room is the covered
on the wall, highlighted by placement in bis said, adding that they have decided it and screened lanai, which looks out onto

any number of architectural niches. The is time to downsize, which is why they’ve When it was time to buy, they knew they lush landscaping.
grand foyer features several such insets listed their home of 10 years. They are the wanted to look within Riverwind and land- Burge explained that past the commu-
that beg to be filled. only residents the house has known. ed on 1033 Riverwind Circle. “It was just
meant to be,” Kimbis said. nity’s landscape buffer is Oak Harbor –
“It’s a great space for art,” said Cheryl The Kimbises moved to Vero Beach there are no backyard adjacent neighbors.
Burge, the house’s listing agent through from Maryland more than a decade ago, The three-bedroom, three-and-half-
Berkshire Hathaway Home Services. first renting a house in Riverwind before bath, 2,656-square-foot home is listed for “The backyard is very private,” Burge
deciding to buy, after getting a feel for the sale at $459,000. “It’s an amazing value for said.
The formal dining room is straight neighborhood. the community,” Burge said.
through the foyer and has convenient The master suite has a door out to the
access to the kitchen as well, perfect for Kimbis said Vero Beach had a “small The house boasts a large den that could lanai, giving residents an easy way to start
hosting formal gatherings for family and town flavor,” and being in a neighborhood easily accommodate an in-home office or their day with fresh air and sunshine. The
a guest room, as well as a guest bedroom suite features a large bedroom to accom-
Sturgis with its own en-suite. modate just about any furniture set, as
Lumber well as two spacious walk-in closets.
“It’s truly move-in ready,” Burge said.
The kitchen sits in the center of the The en suite bath has separated dual
house, opened to the great room. vanities, a soaker tub, a separate shower, a
The stainless-steel appliances, which water closet, as well as a linen closet.
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units to keep the home cool and comfortable. landscaping and lawns. The $405-month- CAN YOU WALK FROM A REAL ESTATE
The home is a Charleston model, built ly fee, paid quarterly, covers those costs, DEAL AFTER SIGNING A CONTRACT?
as well as irrigation, trash service and the
by Dennis Witherow of Regatta Construc- community center. BY ILYCE GLINK & SAMUEL J. TAMKIN | The Washington Post selling it to someone else if prices have
tion, with the garage facing Riverwind Cir- gone up in the interim.
cle while the front door faces the neighbor- The community center has a heated Q: My wife and I have a contract to buy a
ing house. Visitors are treated to a lovely pool and tennis center, a fitness center, home. All contingencies have been met. But The problem is that real estate sales
walk along the brick paver path lined with and gathering space complete with a full since late last year my wife has had many are weak in some parts of the country.
foliage as they approach the front door. kitchen residents may use. operations leaving unhealed wounds and If you live in an area where real estate is
other health issues. The house has a pool, not moving, or prices have come down,
The front porch is the perfect place for a Burge said Riverwind would appeal to but the doctor has told her never to use it. you may find that the seller isn’t thrilled
seating area to enjoy a quiet cup of coffee those wishing to move off the island but We want to break the contract with the sell- about you trying to cancel the deal, es-
er because of my wife’s medical condition. pecially if the seller has already pur-
or tea while taking in the sounds of birds still maintain neighborhood relationships, Do we have a right to cancel because of that chased another home.
and the breeze. shopping and dining at the same places, complication?
and taking in the culture of the theatre and However, the seller might be willing
The Riverwind community is governed museum. A: The answer to your question lies to take some money from you to cover
by an HOA that maintains not only the in how the language of your contract to any expenses and the inconvenience. In
common areas but also homeowners’ “The is the place to come,” she said.  purchase is written. some situations, sellers will recognize
that a buyer has gone through a death
FEATURES FOR 1033 RIVERWIND CIRCLE When you sign a contract to buy a or health problems and may be willing
home, you are signing a legal document
Neighborhood: Riverwind that obligates you to do something and to work something out with the buyer or
Lot size: .21 acres obligates the seller to perform, as well. even let the buyer out of the deal. The sell-
In your case, you are obligated to buy er may not have the obligation to do that
Construction: Concrete block and stucco and the seller is obligated to sell. but is willing to do so to be considerate.
Year built: 2006
Now, if the seller refuses to sell, you Unfortunately, it’s likely that your
Model: Charleston • Size: 2,656 square feet under air can sue the seller to force the sale or contract may bind you to the deal. If
Bedrooms: 3 plus den for the damages you might incur as a that’s the case, then it will be up to the
result of the seller’s failure to sell you sellers to decide how they want to pro-
Bathrooms: 3 full baths, 1 half-bath the home. Likewise, if you fail to buy, ceed with you when you tell them you
Additional features: Tile floors and volume ceilings through- the seller can sue you for the damages want out. You would likely benefit from
out; open concept plus formal dining room; architectural niches the seller might sustain, but the seller the help of a real estate attorney in tack-
perfect for highlighting artwork; granite counters throughout; can’t sue to force you to buy the home. ling this negotiation, especially if you
plantation shutters; upgraded cabinetry; updated appliances Since real estate is considered unique put a lot of money into escrow.
and air conditioning; gated community; community center with and special, the legal thinking is that a
heated pool and tennis, fitness center, and gathering space. buyer might not be able to find another One last item that concerns us. You
home exactly like the one under con- mentioned that your wife has had these
Listing agency: Berkshire Hathaway Home Services tract and is therefore entitled to try to issues for the past eight or so months.
Listing agent: Cheryl Burges, 772-774-4442 force the seller to sell. But a seller can This timing raises certain questions
Listing price: $459,000 always find a buyer for the home. If the for us that we’re sure the seller will ask:
seller sustains damages as a result of a Did you know of these issues when you
buyer’s failure to buy the home, the sell- signed the contract? If you did, you
er can sue the buyer for damages. might have put something in the con-
tract giving you the right to walk if your
Now, in many contracts, buyers and wife’s health issues got worse. Or, from
sellers agree to a liquidated damage a different perspective, if you knew she
clause. This provision allows the par- had these issues, why did you sign the
ties to agree in advance on the remedy contract for the home?
the seller might have if the buyer walks
away from the deal. If your contract has If you knew of these issues and you’ve
a clause that states that the seller gets kept the seller in the dark until the 11th
to keep the earnest money or good faith hour, we can foresee the seller being
deposit as the seller’s sole remedy, you quite angry when you ask to be let out of
might have to forfeit that amount for the deal after the seller waited months
walking away from the deal. to see you come to the closing table.

The forfeited amount is supposed to Have a conversation with your attor-
compensate the seller for any harm that ney about strategy, and try to figure out
the buyer does by walking away. Typi- a way to work out the situation amica-
cally, the “harm” is expressed as the bly with your seller. The last thing you
cost of keeping the property and selling need now is more stress. We hope your
it for perhaps less than you would have wife recovers quickly. 
paid.

You might want to talk to the seller
about your wife’s unfortunate medical
circumstances and try to work some-
thing out. If the market is hot in your
area, the seller may have other buyers
waiting to buy the home. In this situ-
ation, the seller may not lose money
as a result of the cancellation of your
contract and might even do better by

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MAINLAND REAL ESTATE SALES: JULY 8 THROUGH JULY 12

TOP SALES OF THE WEEK

The mainland real estate market picked up steam in the week after the July 4th holiday, with 38
single-family residences and lots changing hands from July 8-12.
The top sale of the week was the home at 2369 Grand Harbor Reserve Square in Vero Beach. First
listed last September for $1,160,000, the residence sold on July 9 for $1,264,460.
Representing the seller in the transaction was agent Stacey Lynn Morabito of Dale Sorensen Real
Estate Inc. Representing the buyer was agent Lynn E. Arzt of Dale Sorensen Real Estate.

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES AND LOTS

ORIGINAL SELLING
PRICE
TOWN ADDRESS LISTED ASKING PRICE SOLD
$1,264,460
VERO BEACH 2369 GRAND HARBOR RESERVE SQ 9/30/2018 $1,160,000 7/9/2019 $1,200,000
VERO BEACH 15 SAILFISH RD 3/14/2019 $1,395,000 7/10/2019 $750,000
SEBASTIAN 949 INDIAN RIVER DR UNIT#A&B 5/5/2019 $850,000 7/10/2019 $637,500
VERO BEACH 5380 W HARBOR VILLAGE DR #201 1/31/2019 $650,000 7/8/2019 $475,000
VERO BEACH 1045 SAINT JAMES CIR 11/19/2018 $565,000 7/11/2019 $450,000
SEBASTIAN 105 KING FISHER WAY 2/8/2019 $490,000 7/10/2019 $400,000
VERO BEACH 5925 BRAE BURN CIR 6/19/2019 $409,000 7/12/2019 $360,000
VERO BEACH 6575 35TH LN 1/4/2019 $396,000 7/9/2019 $355,000
SEBASTIAN 1520 GLENTRY LN 5/22/2019 $365,000 7/10/2019 $321,000
VERO BEACH 2255 3RD PL SW 5/2/2019 $329,000 7/11/2019 $310,000
VERO BEACH 716 32ND TER 6/19/2019 $339,900 7/11/2019 $300,000
VERO BEACH 642 TANGELO CIR 3/13/2019 $329,000 7/9/2019 $298,000
VERO BEACH 676 CATALINA ST 5/31/2019 $298,000 7/10/2019 $295,000
VERO BEACH 720 HONEYBELL CT SW 2/22/2019 $310,000 7/12/2019 $284,000
VERO BEACH 165 E FOREST TRL 1/28/2019 $329,000 7/9/2019 $269,000
VERO BEACH 1385 SAINT CATHERINES CIR 5/17/2019 $275,000 7/12/2019 $230,000
SEBASTIAN 1037 BLOSSOM DR 7/3/2019 $238,500 7/8/2019 $230,000
VERO BEACH 4438 56TH LN 1/4/2019 $253,000 7/10/2019 $225,000
SEBASTIAN 818 CAIN ST 11/20/2018 $236,900 7/9/2019 $220,000
SEBASTIAN 122 DRAKE WAY 7/20/2018 $285,000 7/8/2019 $220,000
VERO BEACH 602 WALL ST 12/6/2018 $299,950 7/8/2019 $218,000
VERO BEACH 107 N 19TH CIR SW 5/14/2019 $212,000 7/12/2019 $212,000
VERO BEACH 745 19TH ST SW 3/25/2019 $225,000 7/10/2019 $210,000
SEBASTIAN 1670 ADDIE ST 2/21/2019 $225,000 7/10/2019 $210,000
SEBASTIAN 757 DOCTOR AVE 1/21/2019 $238,500 7/8/2019 $207,900
SEBASTIAN 464 SEASIDE TER 4/30/2019 $225,000 7/10/2019 $199,900
SEBASTIAN 116 BRYANT CT 3/20/2019 $215,000 7/11/2019 $190,000
VERO BEACH 215 19TH AVE 5/14/2019 $199,900 7/10/2019

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

15 Sailfish Rd, Vero Beach 949 Indian River Dr Unit #A&B, Sebastian

Listing Date: 3/14/2019 Listing Date: 5/5/2019
Original Price: $1,395,000 Original Price: $850,000
Sold: 7/10/2019 Sold: 7/10/2019
Selling Price: $1,200,000 Selling Price: $750,000
Listing Agent: Jane Schwiering Listing Agent: Chris Junker

Selling Agent: Berkshire Hathaway Florida Selling Agent: RE/MAX Crown Realty

Lucy Hendricks Chris Junker

Berkshire Hathaway Florida RE/MAX Crown Realty

5380 W Harbor Village Dr Unit #201, Vero Beach 1045 Saint James Cir, Vero Beach

Listing Date: 1/31/2019 Listing Date: 11/19/2018
Original Price: $650,000 Original Price: $565,000
Sold: 7/8/2019 Sold: 7/11/2019
Selling Price: $637,500 Selling Price: $475,000
Listing Agent: Michele Mackett Listing Agent: Jim Knapp

Selling Agent: Daley & Company Real Estate Selling Agent: Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

Georgann Schreiber Jim Knapp

Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

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By Samantha Baita | Staff Writer
[email protected]

1 Do you feel lucky? The Vegas
Nights theme continues this
weekend, July 19 and 20, at River-
side Theatre, further spicing up the
always high-energy fun which, this
weekend, includes that wild and
crazy audience participation re-
quest show, Howl at the Moon; the
free Live on the Loop music; and the
tempting food and full bar outdoor
set-up. Arrive at 6 p.m. to try your
luck in the theater lobby, which has
been transformed into a casino, and
where you could win great stuff. The
Howl features three super-talented
(funny, quick-witted) musicians –
two pianos and a drum set. Try to
come up with a (real) song they can’t
play. Just try. Outside, the Live on the
Loop bands will be: Friday, Mingle-
wood, a Grateful Dead tribute band;
and Saturday, the Casey Raines
Band, playing country hits. You
can’t bring your own food or bevs.
Anyway, it’d be like carrying coal to
Newcastle. Also, no pets, except pet

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What a ‘Tripp’ for playwright and Surfside Players

Front row: Donna Ferfaro, Edward Johnson, Becky Behl-Hill, Arlan Ropp and Terrence Girard. By Pam Harbaugh | Correspondent scripts, so we upped our involvement in
Back row: Rob Kenna, Katie McCall, John Kurowski and Chris Tsocanos. PHOTOS: BENJAMIN THACKER [email protected] it,” Bergeron said. “We’ve had some good
plays, but some years the submissions
Discover Where Florida Art Began! With its production this weekend were thin-numbered.”
of the comedy “Tripp and Fall,” Cocoa
See more than 100 Beach’s Surfside Players honors two be- So, last year, in an effort to gain more
beautiful scenes of the loved fixtures of Brevard theater – Arlan interest in the competition and attract
Florida environment, Ropp and John Kurowski. more submissions of higher quality,
learn the story of Surfside added a $500 purse to it and re-
A.E. “Bean” Backus, the The production marks not only the named it the Ropp Playwright Award.
Florida Highwaymen, and how an open studio door and a philosophy to debut of Surfside’s newly named original
“pass it on” continue to inspire today! full-length play competition, the Ropp Because, well, everyone loves the guy.
Playwright Award, but it also marks the “It seemed the right way to go,”
SHOP THE MUSEUM STORE FOR UNIQUE GIFTS playwriting debut for Kurowski. Well Bergeron said. “He’s thrilled with it. He
BROWSE THE CONSIGNMENT GALLERY known for his acting work on stage es- also appreciates the fact that we’re in-
pecially as Roger DeBris in “The Produc- vesting in it.”
A.E. Backus (American, 1906-1990). Spanish Bayonets on the Indian River, c. 1960. Oil on canvas, 23 x 35 inches. ers” at the Henegar Center and Surfside, What makes it all even sweeter is the
Collection of the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery, 2008.B.2.OC.2. Kurowski is also known as a music direc- fact that Kurowski’s 80-minute play
tor for a multitude of musicals on many “Tripp and Fall” had been submitted
Open Summer Hours A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery area stages. to the competition three years ago. He
Saturdays 10 - 4 500 N. Indian River Drive had worked on it on and off for about 10
Sundays 12 - 4 Ropp is known for his work as an ac- years. When it didn’t make the final cut,
Historic Downtown Fort Pierce tor, a director and grand cheerleader for he tweaked it and resubmitted it this
(772) 465-0630 the 34-year-old Playwrights Workshop of year.
Brevard, which produces original one- As they say in theater, “Timing is ev-
www.BackusMuseum.com act plays. Not only has Ropp performed erything.”
on nearly every stage here, his smiling Now, Kurowski’s play gets to launch
face and encouraging nods are seen at the Ropp Playwright Award, as well as
nearly every production in the area. getting that $500 prize.
“I think this fits into place a lot bet-
He helped Surfside establish its an- ter,” Kurowski said. “And the director got
nual full-length original playwriting a stellar cast.”
competition 19 years ago. It has always Indeed. Director Chris Tsocanos has
been held in the summer and with anon- been blessed with a cast filled with many
ymous judges reading “blind” scripts of Brevard’s favorite actors. Bergeron
(no names attached). But the problem, suspects that Kurowski made sure the
said Surfside artistic director Bryan best would go audition.
Bergeron, is that some years, there was Actor Edward Johnson plays belea-
a dearth of submissions and sometimes guered businessman Harry Tripp, who
they lacked in quality.

“We were looking for better-quality

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John Kurowski. Director Chris Tsocanos. Arlan Ropp.

takes his personal secretary on a busi- tight control. adult language in it, the comedy does con- at Surfside Playhouse, 301 Ramp Road
ness trip to Boston where he meets with That approach should be expected tain adult situations and is recommended (5th Street South), Cocoa Beach. Tickets
successful Marcel Olivier, played by Rob for mature audiences. It performs 8 p.m. are $15. Call 321-783-3127 or visit Surf-
Kenna. from Kurowski. He teaches music and Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday sidePlayers.com. 
TV production at Williams Elementary
Katie McCall plays the naive secre- in Viera.
tary, Patsy Fall, who falls for Michele
Olivier, the son of the businessman “I teach kids storyboard and script
Tripp meets. Playing Michele is Dylan writing,” he said. “They create their own
Bowers. films, learn how to shoot it and edit it.
For the past 20 years, my students have
Because Miss Fall is so fetching, Harry placed first, second or third in state
Tripp’s wife, Georgia, shows up to keep competitions.”
an eye on her husband. Georgia is played
by Becky Behl-Hill, who has a long track When “Tripp and Fall” was picked,
record of taking on funny characters. Bergeron notified Kurowski by text mes-
sage.
The maid at the hotel is named Flor-
encia Mauricio and is played by Donna “It was surprised,” Kurowski said. “I
Furfaro. Kurowski said he fashioned knew I was the first winner of the Ropp
the maid after Furfaro, also a popular Playwright Award, so that was very
area actor and a dear friend of the play- cool.”
wright.
Kurowski and Tsocanos only met once
“Every time I’d write a line for (Floren- to discuss the play’s tone and the play-
cia), I pictured Donna playing the role,” wright’s intention.
he said. “I told her to go audition for it.”
“It’s definitely John’s baby,” Tsocanos
Rounding out the cast is the popular said. “He wants it done as well as possi-
Terrence Girard, who plays the officious ble. He’s been writing it for a while.”
concierge, Robert Plaisir.
The two didn’t make any changes to
“It’s a light farce,” said Tsocanos. “All the script.
the characters are intertwined. You have
hijinks, mistaken identities.” “There was very little that didn’t seem
to play,” Tsocanos said. “He wrote a pret-
The only difference between Kurows- ty tight script.”
ki’s “light farce” and a typical full-on
farce is that there’s not so many people Kurowski has stayed away and let the
running in and out of doors, Tsocanos director take his script and bring it to
said. life. He has seen only one rehearsal.

A fan of comedies, Kurowski said “It was surreal to see characters come
he has been most influenced by play- to life,” Kurowski said. “I just sat there
wrights like Ken Ludwig (“Lend Me a smiling the whole time. I’ve always liked
Tenor”) and Ray Cooney (“Run for Your comedies and consider myself funny.
Wife”), both well known for their farces. I’ve started another play. It was on the
back burner but now I’ve got a better vi-
Because of the complicated plot, sion for it. It’s more of a drama.”
Kurowski said he laid out the action in
a storyboard format so he could keep “Tripp and Fall” runs about 80 minutes
with an intermission. While there is no

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Claudette Roche: Accent coach talks up Vero life

By Michelle Genz | Staff Writer from Ireland even commented that Roche Claudette Roche. Roche’s own heritage includes a slew of
[email protected] “wasn’t looking very Vero.” nationalities, almost as diverse as the list
PHOTOS: KAILA JONES of accents she can replicate. It only takes
Claudette Roche has made a career out of “I started to notice a uniform here of nice moments of conversation before Roche has
helping people fit in, whether in the setting pressed capris and little J. McLaughlin tops,” she says. suddenly delivered a laugh line as a Musco-
of her new hometown or on the set of a Hol- Today her all-black outfits are gone, trad- vite or Parisian.
lywood movie. After 30 years as an actress,
Roche is now a dialogue and accent coach, ed for airy blues and whites. Born in London to Jamaican immigrants,
teaching actors how to sound like a foreign “I’ve bought into it a little bit. I actually Claudette was 7 when she and her parents
character and teaching foreigners how to moved to Montreal. There, it wasn’t so much
sound more American. In 2015, she and her think it’s pretty.” the French that made her feel she would nev-
husband left L.A. after 25 years and moved to What she didn’t have to modify was her er fit in. It was the pants.
Vero’s barrier island. Today, most of her clients
come to her via Skype, so she can gaze out of accent: Standard American, despite her “What’s with pants? I came from England.
her oceanfront condo while connecting with Jamaican parentage, London birthright, I didn’t own pants. I hated pants.”
clients around the world. As Vero Beach 32963 childhood in Montreal and quarter-century
resumes Incoming Tide, a column we start- of adulthood in Los Angeles. When the Canadian winter descended,
ed early in the paper’s decade of publishing, she still resisted. “Pants under my coat? I
Roche typifies the newcomer we like to feature Today, Roche, an actor by training, works can’t do that look. I’d rather suffer.”
who catches our eye and broadens our town. as a dialect and accent coach. While tops
Here is how she’s fitting in: and capris may help her fit in here, she ad- She didn’t budge from the anti-pant
vises clients who want their speech to fit in. stance until she was a teenager.
When Claudette Roche and her husband, For that, the self-taught Roche has honed an
Jeff Woolnough, a Peabody-award winning ear for pitch patterns, intonation, regional- As for adjusting to Quebecois French, she
director, moved into an oceanfront condo in isms and timbre. never became fluent, and would proudly put
Vero, they left nearly everything they owned on her London accent to annoy her school-
in California – except their clothes. And “The bulk of my work is working with mates, she recalls.
Roche eventually ditched those too, when corporate executives from another land
her L.A. wardrobe – nearly all of it black – who need to modify their sounds,” she At 25, set on becoming an actress, she
suddenly felt unwearable. A visiting friend says. “They’re tired of people asking where packed her bags for Toronto. “I’m an Anglo-
they’re from. It means they’re different, and phone,” she says. “There wasn’t much work
most people want to blend in.” in Montreal for Anglos.”

Toronto had a thriving film and TV in-
dustry and was less intimidating than L.A.,
but she knew no one. Then, walking down
busy Yonge Street, she met her future hus-
band, Jeff Woonough, walking with a mutu-
al friend. Both worked in television produc-
tion. They exchanged phone numbers and
two days later, she called Woolnough to ask
for information about the ongoing Toron-
to Film Festival. “How does a film festival
work?” she asked.

That afternoon, they went to “Educat-
ing Rita” and two more that same day. By
nightfall she was in love. “I was struck; I was
done.”

A 2005 Peabody Award winner for the
sci-fi TV series “Battlestar Galactica,” Wool-
nough’s long list of directing credits includes
episodes of the History Channel’s “Vikings”
and Syfy’s “The Expanse.” The Vero Beach
Wine and Film Festival began the year af-
ter they moved to Vero and Woolnough was

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quickly recruited, serving in 2017 as Honor- As the couple began looking for a new 2 At Capt. Hiram’s this Sunday. ley Nowell’s death in 1996. Sublime, in turn,
ary Festival Chair and this year as judge. hometown, they first looked abroad. Dublin, was an American ska punk band from Cali.
where they spent a life-altering long holiday, CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 Did I hear someone ask, “What’s ska?” Ac-
The young filmmakers and actors the proved too cold and too expensive. They cording to Wikipedia, it’s a Jamaican music
festival brings to town might remind Roche considered Seville, Spain, but that didn’t rocks. Times: Casino opens: 6 p.m.; Howl at genre that started in the 1950s and “com-
and Woolnough of their own start in the feel right either. By then Roche’s mother had the Moon – 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Live in bined elements of Caribbean mento and
business. Roche looks back with mixed moved to Palm Bay, and they decided to give the Loop music – 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tickets: Calypso, with American jazz and rhythm
emotions on her years as a budding actress Florida a try too. side seats: $12, table seating: $16-$22. You and blues.” So there you go. But wait.
in Toronto, her talent for accents winning can reserve a table in advance, and choose There’s more. Opening for Badfish will be
her work on radio dramas. “Palm Bay was nice, but we kept looking. your seat. 772-231-6990. Arkital Sound, a reggae band from Delray
Then we found Vero, and that was it.” Beach; and Dub-321, a reggae/rock band
“I did a lot of work in Toronto, but then 2 Toes in the sand. A cool beverage in out of Central Florida. The Captain’s calling
it felt like it was drying up,” she says. “I re- In the coming weeks, Roche will get a your hand. And a great reggae band. it “the hottest show of the summer.” Time: 7
member getting discouraged, walking home chance to work on her German accent, as Now there’s a fine idea for a summer Sun- p.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25
from CBC-TV to see about a newscaster job. she goes to meet a half-sister she never knew day afternoon. If you agree, Capt. Hiram’s, at the door.
It didn’t go well, and when I got home, there she had. The revelation came about after a laid-back resort with a Bahamian vibe,
was my envelope from the U.S. government she had her DNA tested several years ago. on the Indian River along Sebastian Indi- 3 Pink Floyd revisited, this Saturday,
– my green card.” “Nothing was a surprise to me.” an River Drive, is the destination of choice. July 20: Classic Albums Live has got it
This Sunday, July 21, the Captain continues going on. This performing company seems
When her husband got his card, too, they But then in February she got an email its popular Summer Sunday Reggae Series to have found the formula for music lovers
headed for L.A. It was 1990. from a woman in Germany who saw on her with the return to the Sandbar of “Badfish: who long to hear their favorites once again,
DNA analysis that she might be closely relat- A Tribute to Sublime.” FYI: Badfish was “live,” the same way they remember them
Roche laughs as she recalls seeing what ed to Roche. It turned out to be Claudette’s formed by University of Rhode Island com- from Back in the Day. The King Center will
she thought was the working wardrobe of half-sister, the product of an affair her father puter science majors (seems a bit incon- present “Classic Albums Live: Pink Floyd
Southern California sex workers. had when he was young, and which Roche gruous). According to Wikipedia, the band
learned of seven years ago. “We knew there quickly became a hit “on college campuses CONTINUED ON PAGE B6
“They were wandering in and out of fancy was a baby, but we didn’t know her name. All and among Sublime fans who never were
shops and restaurants, wearing short shorts we could do is hope she found us.” able to see the band due to frontman Brad-
and tube tops and huge platform shoes. I
said to my girlfriend, ‘Isn’t it great how ac- She did. Beatrix Labeck lives in Wies-
cepting people are of all these prostitutes?’ baden and Roche is headed there at the end
And she looked at me and said, ‘Those aren’t of July. The local newspapers have already
prostitutes.’ I couldn’t believe it.” been alerted, she says, and are planning to
cover the reunion.
As her husband continued his directing
career, Roche set about auditioning for roles. In the meantime, a more distant – though
geographically closer – relative has popped
“I loved it. I worked almost immediately. I up in John’s Island. Susan Brown, a snow-
did commercials and lots of TV. It was good,” bird and fellow Canadian, is also connect-
she recalls. ed to Roche. “Four days after I found my
half-sister, which was already overwhelm-
“But as you’re getting older, things start ing, I went back to the Ancestry.com website
to change, including you. You’re like this and was looking at a page I hadn’t seen be-
schizo person trying to fit in. There’s a cer- fore. ‘These are all your relatives’ – and there
tain behavior in actresses that I just don’t were probably 20,000 of them. I’m flipping
buy into – like, ‘Yay! I’m me!’ That’s not what through and I see a woman I met at a party
I’m about. And I remember thinking, I’m not two years ago, and then saw her again at a
having fun.” Super Bowl party. Turns out, we’re related.
We’re something like fifth cousins – and
Over time, her dialect and accent coach- she’s right down the road.”
ing became more satisfying than her act-
ing jobs. She won Backstage Magazine LA’s If you’ve come across a Vero newcomer
Readers’ Choice award two years in a row you’d like to introduce to island readers, let
for Favorite Dialect/Accent Coach, and in us know by emailing genz.michelle@gmail.
2010 was named one of the top five Accent com, with “Incoming Tide” in the subject line.
Coaches by Hollywood Weekly. Please include contact information. 

Then came the realization that she and
her husband could both work remotely; L.A.
didn’t have to be home base.

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Vero Prime: A welcome new home for a good steak house

By TIna Rondeau | Columnist PHOTOS: KAILA JONES
[email protected]

After a several-year absence, Vero’s
downtown dining district once again has a
steak house on 14th Avenue – and this time
it’s a mighty good one.

The steak house is the venerable Vero
Prime, which moved last week from its
outpost on 21st Street to the 14th Avenue
restaurant space most recently occupied
by Jake’s Tex-Mex.

We were not huge fans of Jake’s, and
were never very enthused about the old
14th Avenue Steakhouse, a mediocre din-
ing establishment that somehow hung on
in this spot for more years than anyone
can remember.

But Vero Prime is good! And the even
better news is that in addition to steaks,
Vero Prime’s owner, Roger Lenzi, is also
bringing back many favorite dishes
from his sorely missed Italian trattoria,
Avanzare.

Vero Prime, according to Lenzi, is go-
ing to be kind of a restaurant two-fer.
Talk about optimizing your chances for
success!

So last Saturday night, we dropped by.

Clams and Prime Filet. House-made Whole
Angel Hair Pasta. Wheat Fettucini Pasta.

We were accompanied by two compan- steak ($28) for me – while our companions a tiramisu and a bread pudding. Our Hours:
ions who tipped us to the location-change picked the veal Milanese ($24) and the companions said the tiramisu – with se- Monday through Saturday,
by virtue of having dined in the old build- veal and spinach ravioli ($22). cret ingredients that included mascar-
ing on its final night. pone and mini-chocolate chips – was “out 5 p.m. to late
The Avanzare entrées got high marks of this world.” Beverages: Full Bar
We parked in the back lot between the from our companions. The Milanese was
restaurant and the courthouse, entered perfectly prepared – the scaloppini had a Dinner for two with a modest bottle of Address:
through the rear bar area (which was crisp, parmesan crust, and it was topped wine could range from $90 to $150 before 2023 14th Avenue,
packed) and made our way to the front, by an aromatic blend of lemon, arugula tip, much less if you go for some of the pas-
which had been very tastefully redone. and tomatoes. ta dishes. Vero Beach
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house salad, and the other opted for the rooms I have had in a long time. But my zare (did I mention the short-rib lasagna?),
Italian wedding soup. husband’s prime filet was the pièce de the new Vero Prime should enjoy a long-
résistance of the evening – perfectly run in its new quarters.
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Bonz says Elvis is a cool ‘cat’ ... and so are his sibs

Hi Dog Buddies! Selkirk Rex. We all get along great, but,” Elvis Bingo
Elvis leaned over and lowered his voice,
There’s abso-woofin’-lutely No Chance “he’s got – SEE-cruts.” Responsibility.” PHOTOS: KAILA JONES
I’ll EVER get bored in this job.
“Yep!” nodded Bingo. “SEE-cruts!” “You’re so right, “Wanna know how I
This week I innerviewed Elvis, a Tree- “Ah, so.” I got a little chill, an looked got my name? See, Mom
walker Coonhound/Blue Heeler mix (yep, around, then up. At the very top of one Elvis,” I told him, likes that ol’ song about
he climbs ackshull TREES: I saw a PICK- of those cool kibbles cat tree thingys a dog named Bingo, and
shur); an his brothers, who are of the feline with the comfy, carpet platforms, two with sincerity. she thought (equal op-
purrsuasion: Bingo, a gray an white Manx; big, bright yellow eyes peered down at portunity, ya know) why
an Yoda, a Mohave Bobcat. (Yoda, I admit, me from within what seemed like a dark “That’s very muh- shouldn’t a cat get that
gave me PAWS.) They moved down here cloud of fur. Very woo-woo. name, too? So here I am,
from Tennessee last August. “Welcome to our home, you are,” the CHUR of you. Do Bingo! B.I.N.G.O.”
fur cloud said.
Soon as we knocked, there was click- “Thank you, Mr. Yoda, sir,” I replied. Be- you have any spe- “Hey, Bing, tell Bonzo
ety-clicking of toenails and some woofs. fore I could gather my thoughts enough to about the Sox Episode.”
When their Mom opened the door, Elvis ask a question, he had vanished. “Woof! Is cial pals?” Yoda
zoomed up, very frenly an excited. After the he always …” “We love Gram- “Seriously? You hadda
Wag-an-Sniff, he joyfully bounced up on my “Yep,” replied Elvis. “Like I said – miss- bring THAT up?” Bingo said. “Fine then!
assistant, by way of greeting. TEARY-us! So, can I tell you about us so you ma Hoy; Bingo’s So, I had this sorta THING: whenever
can write stuff down?” I saw one of Mom’s sox, I had an over-
“HI, MR. BONZO! I’M SO EXCITED CUZ I looked back at the top of the cat tree my Total Bestie; an whelming urge to drown it in my wadder
WE’RE HAVIN’ AN INNERVIEW! I NEVER where Yoda wasn’t, then told Elvis, “I’m bowl. So I kept snatching her sox and
HAD ONE BEFORE! Is it somethin’ to EAT? ready. Go for it!” I opened my slightly moist I also hang out with plopping them into the wadder bowl. No-
I hope it isn’t broccoli.” notebook. body knows why. An, by the way, ol’ Elvis
“Well, me an some other puppies were Emma. We usta live together. Now we have here usta chew stuff up so bad (mostly
His Mom told him sternly to get down, found inna box on the side of the road, in Mom’s shoes, and the occasional table
which he did. For 2 seconds. After a few Tennessee. We got taken to a pet store to lotsa play-dates. We look ’zactly alike.” (He leg) that he hadda go in his crate when
jump up-get downs, he said, “I’m s’pose to be re-homed (what the humans called it). Mom wasn’t around.”
be the spokespooch. Come’on, over here!” That’s where Mom found me. I was so liddle, showed me a pick-shur. They totally do.) “I
(We followed him into the living room and I got my very first bath in the kitchen sink. “But soggy sox and chewed-up shoes are
got situated.) Mom named me Elvis cuzza a pick-shur she also have playdates with Ari an Branco, Por- (mostly) in the past,” said Elvis.
saw of that human called Elvis who usta
“No worries,” I assured Elvis. “It isn’t sing. He was holding a pooch that looked tuguese Wadder Dogs. Don’t tell (he lowered “A very happy, blended family, we are,”
broccoli. See?” I showed him my notebook. zack-ly like me. PLUS, I’m a hound, an that came a voice from atop the Cat Tree.
“You tell me about yourselves an I write it human Elvis hadda song about a hound his voice again) … Ari’s my girlfren.”
down right here.” He friffled the pages with dog. Cool Kibbles, doncha think?” Heading home, I was feelin’ like a Very
his wet nose. “Totally.” “My lips are sealed,” I promised. “So, tell Lucky Dog, having such a fun job.
“I’m training to be Mom’s Emotional Sup-
“Cool!” In between bestowing frenly port Dog cuz she has a Service-Connected me about Bingo.” The Bonz
nose-bumps on my assistant, he said, “This Disability, like lotsa other humans from the
is our Mom, Kimberley Mann, she’s a Navy military do. I’m attending a special school “I’ll take it from here,” Bingo piped up.
vetter-run. We’re real proud of her. An over at Dogs for Life. I know I’m still pretty young
there,” (he indicated a tidy liddle cat with a and, maybe still a teeny bit bouncy, and I “Mom found me at the Humane Society.
tuxedo-lookin’ coat, who had settled in next guess I do jump up on occasion. It’s just
to their Mom) “that’s Bingo.” that I really love humans. But I’m getting I’m a Manx, maybe you noticed (he turned
bedder at remembering stuff. An I know my
“Yo, Bonz, ’sup?” said the little cat. job’s Important. At Dogs For Life, we learn around) … see? no tail.”
“Great to meet you all,” I said. “Isn’t there how to help our veteran moms or dads in
another …” special ways other humans can’t. It’s a Big It was true.
“Oh, yeah,Yoda,” Elvis said. “He’s watchin’
us right this very minute. He’s miss-TEARY- DON’T BE SHY
us! An RARE: a special mix of Desert Lynx an
We are always looking for pets
with interesting stories.

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TWO LINES OF PLAY, EACH OF WHICH WORKS WEST NORTH EAST
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By Phillip Alder - Bridge Columnist J852 Q K 10 6 3
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Sigmund Freud said, “From error to error one discovers the entire truth.” 10 7 4 QJ5 K982

Bridge players make lots of mistakes. Bridge writers ought to make far fewer, if only because SOUTH
there is software to help with deal analysis. Q J 10 5 2
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When I read about this week’s deal, the author said that if declarer in four spades played to 10
ruff hearts in the dummy after the trump lead, he would fail. Is that true? A63

South was right to open one spade despite having only 11 high-card points. He had the Dealer: South; Vulnerable: East-West
majors, two aces and an easy rebid. He also had a seven-loser hand (two spades, two
hearts, one diamond and two clubs) should partner have a fit for one of the majors. North The Bidding:
described a game-force with three-card spade support. (In two-over-one game-forcing,
North would have rebid two spades, and South would have jumped to game with his SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST OPENING
minimum opening.) 1 Spades Pass 2 Diamonds Pass
2 Hearts Pass 3 Spades Pass LEAD:
First, South checked his losers. He had none in spades, three in hearts, one in 4 Spades Pass Pass Pass 7 Spades
diamonds and one in clubs — two too many. But then he wisely counted winners if he
did ruff two hearts on the board. He saw five spades, one heart, two clubs and those
two ruffs — 10 in all.

Declarer won the first trick with dummy’s spade king, played the heart queen to the king and
ace, ruffed a heart low, played a club to his ace and ruffed another heart. Then he could have
either led the club queen to establish his second trick in the suit or exited with a diamond to
open up a channel to his hand with a diamond ruff so that he could draw trumps.

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100 Insufferable cineaste 59 “Here ___!”
1 Barrier at the beach 101 One from the heart? 60 Tickle Me Elmo dolls, once
11 Secured 103 “Double time!” 61 More devilish
14 Race-car stick-on 105 East-West link 64 Foundation-stone abbr.
19 First name of a 108 Sensational loss? 65 G.H.W. Bush once headed it
110 Lousy, literally 66 Audrey’s My Fair Lady
First Lady 111 Dental calculus
20 First name of a drug guy 112 Certain undergrads co-star
21 Knightlike, perhaps 113 One who counts out 67 Dirk Bogarde’s real first name
22 Incident 114 Church areas 70 H.S. course
23 Pulitzer-winning novelist from 115 Sales ___ 74 Australian cuties
116 500,000-square-mile 76 Old English bard
Kalamazoo 77 Ingenuous artist
25 Completes a cycle, logically dust bowl 79 Antithesis of an Astaire
27 When mastodons 80 Oval pieces
and monkeys first appeared, DOWN 81 Aquatic entertainer
1 Big name in 1980s tennis 82 “No sweat”
(with “the”) 2 “My ___ glory run” (Milton) 83 They go to the head of the
28 Winter airs 3 Bible bk.
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5 Russell and Weill 85 “¿Quien ___?”
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31 They lead to overtime 7 Heady stuff 89 “... poor dog ___”
33 Tallahassee sch. 8 Symbol of authority 90 MASH, e.g.
34 Kid preoccupiers 9 Seals in completely 91 Application-form abbr.
36 Synonym for snapdragon, 10 Resound again 93 Carol-title word
11 Knee-high 95 Where to hang a hat, maybe
___-mouth 12 Veterans 97 Gaudily overwritten
37 Diet-cake feature 13 When a famous quake 98 Fixed part on which
39 Insect pest, in Kentucky
41 Wheel-axle link happened something rotates
42 Clean and breathable 14 Three, in Thuringen 100 Saturday Night Live alumnus
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52 Passes the acid test, in flying 17 Quite ___ 104 School grps.
54 Cognizant 106 Chevalier tune
55 Ivanhoe, for one (very pretty) 107 Breezed through
57 Lorna Luft’s dad 18 Env. filler 108 ___ discount
58 Steadies a crossbow 21 Salamanders 109 Cleo’s coiler
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71 1951 Scrooge portrayer 34 Co-worker of Flo and Alice
72 Body of laws 35 “Can ___ that in writing?”
73 Dark, valuable wood 36 Canadian Indian
75 Interim 20-center from 38 Proposition
40 Disintegrate,
the Post Office
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88 Bible book jamborees
91 Like Rocky the Flying 49 Flying mammal
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96 Conks cold 53 Claiborne of fashion
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