COMMUNITY Viera couple sails around the world. Page 6
BUSINESS
SCHOOL Navy SEAL visits Viera High School. Page 10
Families come together for science
Local businesses and churches join forces to build a new home. Page 24
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T H E N E W S PA P E R O F V I E R A & S U N T R E E • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A B L U E W AT E R C R E AT I V E G R O U P P U B L I C AT I O N JANUARY 2011
Robotics team prepares for January kick-off BY WENDY SCHEURING
Kaitlin Lostroscio works on a VEX robot for the FIRST Robotics Pink Team. Sixty-�ive students from three area high schools— Rockledge, Viera and Cocoa Beach High Schools— combine to form the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Pink Team. The mission of FIRST “is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting, mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster wellrounded life capabilities including self-con�idence, communication and leaderContinued on page 10
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Jennifer Crumley of Suntree wanted a puppy for her children, 10-year-old Trey and 11-year-old Grace. So she turned to SuntreeViera Pet Rescue and got four-month-old Ted, an excitable yet loveable member of the household. Grace Crumley volunteers every weekend for the organization by helping at Petco, where a selection of adoptable dogs and cats are brought for the public to view. “We don’t really have a facility so we can’t take them all in. The bene�it of people bringing their unwanted animal to us is that we are a nokill shelter. If we get it, we keep it in a foster home until it’s adopted,’’ said pet rescue president Melinda Buschor. Since the rescue’s opening in 2004, more than 8,000 pets have been saved, including all breeds of dogs and cats and even the occasional pet rabbit, she said. Potential adoptees must complete an adoption application and be approved. Minimum adoption fees are $85 and up for cats and $150 to $300 for dogs. All animals are vet checked, Presort Std U.S. Postage PAID Orlando, FL Permit No. 1979
spayed/neutered, current on age-appropriate vaccines and free of internal and external parasites. Cats are tested for feline leukemia and feline AIDS and dogs eight months and older are tested for heartworm. Pet rescue volunteers have animals on display from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at Petco in Viera and from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at the Adoption Center (next to the grooming area) of PetSmart in Melbourne on Evans VIERA VOICE George White Road and U.S. 192. Another bene�it of Jennifer Crumley of Suntree and her children, Trey and Grace, welcome adopting through the their adopted puppy, Ted, into the family. pet rescue is that all she said. now — about the worst I’ve animals are microchipped for “It’s hard to say how many ever seen it,’’ Buschor said. later identi�ication, Buschor foster homes we need at any Donations can be made to said. one time. One week, we’ll the Suntree-Viera Pet Rescue, “That way, if they end up have 20 dogs and the next P.O. Box 410123, Melbourne in a shelter we can go get week we’ll have �ive,’’ she FL, 32941. them,’’ she said. said. For more information, call About 25 to 30 families This season is particularly 321-432-4921 or visit the serve as foster homes for anibad for unwanted cats, she websites svpr.rescuegroups. mals waiting to be adopted org or pet�inder.com. VV with the need for more foster said. “It’s horrible for cats right homes during busy times,
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