Issue 296 • June 9-15, 2020
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PAM COOPER’S PATHWAYS: A look back at some notable sign-painters This is the story about two sign-painters: one Carl Elliott briefly went to Salisbury, Maryland, from Kansas, and the other from Indiana. Both where he worked as a sign-painter and returned to learned how to paint signs before they were 20. work with his brother, Claude, for the Auto Electric Company. Carl A. Elliott was born in 1901 in Kansas. While partnering with him, he continued working He moved to Vero Beach in the early 1920s. He on providing signs, and in 1935, he was given a got married in 1928 and was a sign painter for Pam Cooper Tropics Advertising, which was located in the same contract by the City of Vero Beach for more than 300 arrow signs promoting Vero Beach and its attractions. building of what is now the Kilted Mermaid at 1937 Old They were installed approximately three miles apart on the Dixie. highways from Brunswick, Georgia to Jacksonville and Lake Arthur W. Klinkner was born in Indiana in 1903. He City through Orlando into Brevard County. moved to Vero Beach in 1943 from San Diego. In his early By 1937, he sold his auto partnership and started his sign 20s, his father started an Indiana sign-painting business. He officially began working as a sign-painter about 1930. business with another partner by the name of Henshaw. Residents of Indian River County who lived here The Klinkner Sign Shop opened for business in 1944 on between 1930 and 1970 will remember large and small signs Old Dixie Highway. More next week. that invoke a memory. For example, the Vero Beach water tower neon sign could be seen all over town. Klinkner was Pam Cooper is the former supervisor of the Archive Center & Genealogy Department at the Indian River County main library. awarded the low bid by the city to install it in 1949.
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LEMMON DROPS: Why isn’t Justice running? Petty politics chewed her up and spit her out Four bite-size Lemmon Drops to nibble on while waiting for the next manned SpaceX launch:
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the superintendent. Of course, it was done anonymously and no proof was ever offered. The weekly, must-read Vero Beach 32963 picked up the story and ran with it. Tiffany Justice, a first-term member of the School Board, now says she regrets not sticking up for herself in real time. She vehemently denies anything improper happened with Mark Rendell, who left his position in 2019. The anonymous tweeter turned out to be a School District employee. Sadly, Ray McNulty’s columns in 32963 – which gave credibility to those salacious tweets – were delivered to her father’s mailbox right up until he died in May 2019. One can only imagine what it’s like for a father to have his
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daughter’s reputation smeared in such a public way. One can only imagine what it’s like for a daughter to have her father read those things about her. To this day, no evidence has come to light that Tiffany Justice was unfaithful to her husband, Mark. (They’ve been married for 16 years and have four kids Russ Lemmon ranging in age from 8 to 15.) That’s what’s so maddening about all of this. Her reputation as a School Board member was destroyed by an anonymous tweet that quickly took on a life of its own in 32963. It simply wasn’t fair. Justice, 41, decided against running for a second term on the School Board. “It’s a great disappointment of my life,” she said. “I really enjoyed being a School Board member. … I love and appreciate Vero Beach and Indian River County so much
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more now than I did before.” She says the rumor of the affair is not what stopped her from running for re-election. What bothered her is that no other member of the allfemale School Board – Teri Barenborg, Jackie Rosario, Mara Schiff and Laura Zorc – came to her defense. Beyond the cyberbullying on Twitter, she was subjected to other intimidation tactics that come with the territory. For example, 32963 ran a rare front-page editorial endorsing Brian Barefoot in the District 5 race. Plus, there were public records requests akin to “warning shots” about seeking another four-year term. “I think that the School District has had an enormous amount of controversy and chaos over the past four years, and I think there has been an effort to attribute some of that to me – which I know is not true, but it doesn’t matter,” she said. “I do not believe a divisive, contentious election is what’s best for kids right now. ,,, I’m choosing my family.” I firmly believe Justice could have been a “star” in local politics.
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When I described it as a “wasted opportunity,” she responded with this thought-provoking question: “At what price?” On June 4, I witnessed one of the most inspiring events I’ve seen in recent years. A crowd estimated at 350 gathered for a peaceful protest in downtown Vero Beach. (It came nine days after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis – which sparked nationwide protests that are being compared to 1968.) It was a rally for the Black Lives Matter movement. A majority of the attendees were white, with most of those being women in their 20s. So cool to see an event like this. Congratulations to Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Co. for being named the best orange juice by Good Housekeeping. The headline for a recent Sophie Julin column is worth repeating: “Let’s make ‘Support local’ more than just a saying on a bumper sticker”
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LEMMON BURST: Pandemic opens world of possibilities for local film festival Not only will you be able to enjoy The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all of independent films from the comfort of your our plans in one way or another. home, but you will also be able to order dinner Businesses have had to change the way they from local restaurants. operate. These days creativity is a necessity to Also, you can enjoy a wine pairing carefully survive. selected by Jerusha’s husband, Bob Stanley, a The Vero Beach Wine and Film Festival has wine connoisseur. become an event that is looked forward to by The festival will have new venues as well. filmmakers and film-goers alike. Overall, Jerusha had one of the most positive But, as you can imagine, a festival during a outlooks yet during this pandemic. pandemic will require some reworking. This Sophie Julin “It’s always a challenge to keep a festival year, instead of everyone coming together for fresh, delightful, and surprising,” she said. a week in June, the festival will be held on four “COVID made it possible for us to pivot and opened a consecutive weekends starting on Aug. 14. whole new world of possibilities.” When I spoke to Jerusha Stewart, co-founder of the It looks like we will be getting everything we love festival, she was gleaming with excitement about all of about VBWFF (and so much more, including watching the changes. films from the comfort of our living rooms). “What an incredible opportunity this will be to reinvent and reimagine it all,” she said. This will be the festival’s fifth year, and it is still full of Sophie Julin oversees Lemmon Burst, the marketing and advertising branch of Lemmon Lines. surprises. For example, it is going partially virtual.
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Beyond the Top 500 Russ Lemmon, who loves music (and lists), has already published his Top 500 favorite songs of all-time. Now, the list continues in the opposite direction. 861. “Just Once” (1981) James Ingram 862. “Beautiful Day” (2000) U2 863. “Isn’t She Lovely?” (1976) Stevie Wonder
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Fun facts The warmest June on record in Vero Beach? It was 1998, with an average temperature of 83.4 degrees, followed by 2010 (82.3 degrees) and 2019 (82.2 degrees). The coolest June on record in Vero Beach? It was 1966, with an average temperature of 77.5 degrees, followed by 1984 (77.7 degrees) and 1968 (78.0 degrees). – Source: National Weather Service
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