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bills ,” Brown said. “The state is trying to solve its budget problems by charging the counties and we think they are not holding their own state agency (the Agency for Health Care Administration) accountable for their problem. They have had a disaster on their hands.”

County Attorney Alan Polackwich said the county is likely to join a lawsuit brought by 47 members of the Florida Association of Counties seeking to overturn the law. He had initially recommended the county hold off on joining the lawsuit, but said he is now satisfied the county should become part of the legal action.

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10 years worth of disputed claims and changing the rules for how the county can successfully challenge incorrect bills.

The state computer system used to generate the county portion of Medicaid bills was so inconsistent that last year Indian River County disputed 36 percent of the claims that came in, mostly for charges the state sent for individuals who were not county residents.

In the past, the county would go through each Medicaid bill presented by the state and could dispute any errors on the spot and send it back to bill the rightful county.

“The state has kept a backlog of those bills and is now saying we owe them $1.2 million worth of

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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -Indian River County officials are fuming over a $1.2 million bill the state says they owe for 10 years of disputed Medicaid bills from a computer system they say consistently churns out reports riddled with errors.

The state Legislature -- with all four members of the Indian River County delegation voting with the majority -- passed House Bill 5301 requiring counties to pay the backlog of unpaid Medicaid bills and it was signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott on March 29.

With that signature, Indian River County was put on notice it owes

the state $1.2 million spread out over five years and going forward it will be charged approximately $700,000 for its Medicaid share with no viable system in place for disputing incorrect charges.

Of paramount concern is that going forward money will be taken out of the tax revenue sharing plan the county has with the state.

“We are already using that (revenue sharing money) to balance our budget,” said County Administrator Joe Baird. “They are taking a revenue stream away from us.”

The state is trying to recoup $325 million it says the counties owe for disputed Medicaid claims. Budget Director Jason Brown counters that the state is reaching back for

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County Budget Director Jason Brown looks over disputed Medicaid bills, some that stretch back 10 years.

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She also said that a system was being considered going forward to give counties a chance to dispute claims up front and cut down on the possible loss of revenue sharing the state could withhold.

However, Brown has reviewed the initial proposal and said it does not address the appeal or rejection process.

“There seems to be no mention of the refund or appeals process included in the document,” Brown said. “This is very disturbing. It’s almost as if the author of this didn’t even contemplate an actual appeals process. Hopefully, AHCA will work to develop an appeals process before the deadline of June 30th in the “revised implementation plan.”

Just as troubling to county officials was the lack of response from

the state delegation when they first began to hear of the Medicaid bill in February. The county sent two letters to Senators Mike Haridopolos and Joe Negron and Representatives Debbie Mayfield and Tom Goodson asking them to vote no on the bill.

They never received a formal response from either correspondence, though Baird noted he did speak with Mayfield on the matter.

“The growing backlog of unpaid Medicaid bills has created a major hole in the program’s budget,” Mayfield said via email. “While I understand the position counties are in with revenues down across the board, we have to work together to make sure payments owed to the state are being paid.”

She also said she has arranged meetings this week with the “hospital board and county to review the process, and I intend to remain very involved in helping the county resolve any disputed billings with AHCA so that we can minimize any negative impacts to our county, as well as working to fix the problems with the current billing process.”

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lays out a case that FPL can provide the cheapest electric rates and strongly advocates the city begin discussions with FPL to become Lake Worth’s power provider.

“Do I think it is a conflict of interest?” Heady said. “Hell, no. But I am sure there are some who will try to make that case.”

Heady compared the work he is providing to Lake Worth with meetings that take place at the Florida League of Cities, where officials get together to talk over best practices on a variety of issues.

Lake Worth Utilities does own its own power plant that serves 24,100 residential and commercial electric customers in Lake Worth, Palm Springs and parts of unincorporated Palm Beach County.

As was the case with Vero Beach, Lake Worth electric is ending its contract with the Florida Municipal Power Agency to supply power and is presently taking bids to find a bulk power provider starting in January of 2014.

Heady likened Lake Worth’s current situation with Vero Beach in 2008 when it had notified FMPA it was terminating its contract and began looking for a bulk power provider. The city ended up going with the Orlando Utilities Commission. Electric consultant Sue Hersey worked with Vero Beach on that deal and is presently working with Lake Worth in sorting through potential providers.

“Lake Worth knows what the City of Vero Beach didn’t know (in 2008) that OUC is not the only choice,” Heady said. “They can look for a bulk power provider or they can look to see whether or not it is cost effective or not for them to enter into a proposed purchase agreement with FPL.”

Heady was quick to point out that he is not being paid by FPL. The video he produced, however, clearly makes a case that FPL can provide power cheaper than its current provider FMPA. Lake Worth officials contacted by Vero Beach Newsweekly said there were no contracts between Heady and the city.

Vero Beach City Attorney Wayne Coment said as long as Heady is not receiving money from FPL to promote its business, Heady was free to provide and advice and counsel to other municipalities. The one term councilmember did say he has been in discussions with possible clients about electric utility matters.

The video also acknowledges the analysis is based on the model Heran spent years showing around Vero Beach and that, based on the equations and assumptions plugged in, shows the city is better off getting out of the electric business and selling to FPL. Heady has gone so far as to create a limited liability company a month ago called REBS65LLC in which he is the sole proprietor “to protect myself in case I get sued.”

He says he is not a paid lobbyist for the City of Lake Worth, but refused comment if he was being paid for his work.

Heady says he was first approached about two months ago

by Greg Rice, known to most South Floridians as one of the twin dwarfs that starred in commercials for Hulett Environmental Services.

“I’ve talked to both civic groups and city representatives,” Heran said. “I’ve talked to the mayor, I’ve talked to all the commission members and I’ve talked to private individuals.”

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Shimon Perez on the left and David Ben Gurion on the right at Tel Aviv airport.

BY MILT THOMAS VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

The link between World War II and creation of Israel cannot be denied, but one man lived through one and helped create the other. Teofil Cadmon was a teenager when the Soviets occupied Lwow, Poland in 1939. Many people today do not realize the Nazis and Soviets both invaded Poland to start World War II and divided the country between them. That town is now known as Lviv and is part of The Ukraine.

“My family lived in an apartment building that was billeted by the Soviets in 1939. Before they came, my father, who was a lawyer and a Polish army officer, left for Romania. I lived in the apartment with my mother and my father’s mother when the Soviets came. In 1941, the Nazis turned against the Russians and attacked Lwow. A Soviet colonel lived in our building and fled with his family when the Nazis started bombing. He told us we should get out too.”

As a Polish Jew, possibly the colonel knew something that young Cadmon did not know. He would soon realize their intentions. “When the Nazis came, we were thrown out of our apartment and sent to the Janowska Street concentration camp. It was a transit stop for Jews before sending them to the Belzec extermination camp.”

In November 1941, the Nazis turned a portion of Lwow into a ghetto and established the concentration camp next to it. They killed thousands of elderly and sick Jews as they crossed the bridge into the camp. By August 1942 more than 65,000 Jews had been deported and killed. By late 1943, those who had not already died were forced into open graves and shot. One of the surviving inmates was Simon Wiesenthal, who became a famous Nazi hunter after the war.

But Teofil Cadmon was not to be a victim. “I was employed by the Nazis as a cabinet maker’s apprentice in a workshop they set

Teofil Cadmon leading the independence march in Jerusalem.

up in the ghetto. My grandmother had passed away earlier, but one day I came home from the shop and my mother was gone. I never saw or heard from her again.

Local Ukrainians allied with the Germans were shooting everyone in sight, so I ran back to the workshop and stayed there.”

Fortunately, Cadmon had Polish friends who gave him false documents. “They took me to the railroad station and I went to Warsaw.

There I received a student ID and joined the Polish underground. I was 16 years old.”

His true identity hidden, Cadmon took a job with a German cable company in Warsaw as an apprentice. He was the only Jewish apprentice working there. “Since it was operated by the armed forces, I was protected from ‘other authority.’”

The other authority would be the SS, Nazis in charge of exterminating Jews. In his new job, Cadmon received two hot meals a day, a luxury he had not known for some time. “They also gave us

a bottle of vodka each week, but I didn’t drink.”

Cadmon worked there almost a year and at night he was active in the underground. But then his world suddenly changed again.

“Someone had gone to the secret police about me so I had to vanish.”

Armed with new documents, he turned up next at the famous Krynica Spa, still operating today.

But during the war it was occupied by the Germans as a rest and recovery facility for high ranking German officers. “I worked in the rehab house as an elevator operator, then transferred to the restaurant where I was an assistant to the Maitre d’. The general manager was an Austrian hotelier named Franz Hartmann. One day he saw me reading a French newspaper and we conversed in French. He treated me much better after that.

I was even given the designation ‘Falsdeutsch,’ which was the first step to becoming a full German citizen, or ‘Reichdeutsch.’”

Cadmon mingled with German

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Cadmon eventually grew apart from the organization that helped achieve statehood for Israel. “I developed a dislike of intelligence agencies. It is a dirty business. I have had no contact with people from those days after that, because if I did, I would have been back in it and never gotten out.”

His father became a prominent lawyer who was active politically in Israel, but even then Cadmon did not become involved. “And I was ostracized for not supporting Zionist parties.”

Cadmon would live in Israel for seven years, then moved to England. He came to the U.S. in 1952.

His father died in 1966.

Today Cadmon lives alone in Vero Beach, his home filled with memories of a time so perilous, people today could not imagine living through them.

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Muslim leaders who were outspoken against the establishment of a Jewish homeland. After Israel became a state, I was assigned to protect Shimon Peres. Then I became head of David Ben Gurion’s bodyguard.”

Ben Gurion was Israel’s first prime minister.

One of Cadmon’s happiest moments occurred on the day Israel became a nation. “I was at the head of the independence parade in Jerusalem, the first Jewish parade since Roman Emperor Titus’s days.”

Soon after Israel became a nation, it was attacked by all the surrounding Arab nations. “My Palmach battalion had 625 men when the conflict started. A year later we were less than 200, all killed fighting Arabs. A quarter of our armed forces were killed. Every family in Israel lost someone.”

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refugee from Warsaw took care of me and I survived. Six weeks later, the Germans were sweeping the area so they put me on a horse and told me to head west.”

After the war, Cadmon was recommended by Polish intelligence to the M.I.6. “I spoke Polish, German, French, Russian and English at the time and they asked me to help weed out war criminals in Poland. We captured a German colonel in charge of special operations who liberated Mussolini from the Italians.”

Cadmon met a cousin by chance who knew someone serving with his father in the Polish army. That led to a reunion of father and son, separated since the first day of World War II. They would both end up in Israel.

But this was before Israel became an independent country and Palestine was governed by the British. “I had at that time a British visa to Palestine, which was like winning the lottery. I joined the Haganah, a Jewish paramilitary force based in Palestine.”

The Haganah was the forerunner of the Israel Defense Forces, but before Israel, Haganah was an underground organization not sanctioned by the British. Cadmon was in the Palmach, Haganah’s elite strike force. Its members would form the backbone of the Israel Defense Forces high command for many years.

According to Cadmon, “I taught underground tactics because of my experience against the Germans.

I went to Jewish officer’s school and became a second lieutenant.

In 1947, I spent three months in Cyprus helping to organize illegal entry of Jews into Palestine, which the British forbade. While working for the underground in Palestine I posed as a Belgian traveling salesman from Cairo. We targeted

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VIPs, high ranking officers and party members. They talked openly about conditions at the Eastern front. Cadmon could speak German and then passed that information on to the underground.

His most terrifying moment came one day when he was interrogated by the Gestapo. “Everyone had to register and names were then sent to the Gestapo. I had to go before an officer who had a vicious looking dog with him. It was an Alsatian German shepherd, black with green eyes.

The dog started sniffing me, but he liked me. So I asked the officer if I could bring bones for the dog from our kitchen. He was very appreciative. But when I came back with the bones, he said to the dog, ‘These bones are from Jews.’ Suddenly the dog turned mean and growled. I was scared to death but played dumb. The Gestapo agent never realized I was Jewish.”

Members of the underground had code words they used if someone was in danger. “The word was a Polish holiday and one day a fellow member of the underground said it to me. That meant I must leave everything and immediately get lost.”

He walked to the train station with a small satchel carrying all his belongings and boarded the train undetected. The train took him to Krakow, Poland. “There I spent three months in officer’s school in late 1943 and became a platoon leader. Our job was to blow up bridges, railroads and attack small German positions.”

Soviets were coming from the east and Germany was in retreat, but it was during this time that he was seriously wounded in a Nazi ambush. “They beat the Germans off and took me to a forest ranger station. I had three bullet wounds and four shrapnel wounds. A priest gave me last rites, but a

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VERO BEACH -- The City Council on Tuesday instructed City Manager Jim O’Connor to institute a policy that will prevent new city workers from hoarding unused vacation and sick time over the length of their employment.

O’Connor was instructed to come back with a proposed policy that imposes limits on the amount of time that could be carried over from year to year.

Mayor Pilar Turner proposed the “use it or lose it” policy for new hires that would allow a maximum of five days’ carryover for vacation time with the city manager’s approval. Sick time could be banked up to a maximum of 180 days if the council approves the revision.

Under the policy, no payout would be given for accumulated sick time.

Currently, city employees may accumulate up to 1,350 hours combined in unused sick and vacation pay.

Turner had tried to implement such a policy last March, but union contracts, prevented the move from being enacted citywide.

Over half of the city’s 430 workers are covered by unions. About 200 are represented by Teamsters Local No. 769. These employees are covered by a three-year contract running until Sept. 30, 2013.

O’Connor said he doesn’t anticipate many new hires

and noted that even new hires whose positions are covered under the union contract would not be immediately impacted under the proposed policy.

In other action the Council, gave initial approval to a proposed ordinance to curtail the use of self-powered planes in city parks.

The City Council is expected to take a final vote on the ordinance at its May 15 meeting.

Even if the council approves a general ban on the activity, a model airplane group that operates in Riverside Park could still fly there. First, however, it would have to get special permission from the city manager.

The council also gave preliminary approval to allow increases in city tax revenue to be put into a special fund for future capital improvements in the downtown district.

The ordinance, if approved, would allow for the creation of the special tax increment districts on a case-by-case basis. The downtown district likely would be one of the first areas considered.

If approved, future increases in city tax revenue generated in the downtown area could be funneled into a special fund for capital improvements there. The area basically covers the downtown area between the railroad tracks and 20th Avenue.

A public hearing and final vote could come at the May 15 council meeting.

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With 37 percent of its officers holding rank of corporal or higher, the Vero Beach Police Department is the target of criticism for being top heavy.

Recently City Manager Jim O’Connor’s proposal to reduce the rank of half a dozen officers met stiff resistance from members of the Police Benevolent Association, the union representing the city’s police officers.

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While the 32,000 customers of Vero Electric collectively are paying approximately $20 million more per year than they would as customers of Florida Power and Light, local power users are hardly the victims of one of the state’s most expensive power suppliers.

According to a rate comparison compiled by the Florida Municipal Power Association, that dubious distinction belongs to municipalities like Chattahoochee, Key West, Newberry, Willison and Mount Dora, all with per thousand kilowatt rates over $130.

When compared to FPL, the state’s most efficient investorowned electric utility, Vero Electric’s rates are high, but when stacked up against other municipal utilities, Vero’s rates are slightly lower than the average.

Vero Electric’s current rate is $121.43, compared to FPL’s of just $92.25. According to Barry Moline, head of the FMPA, a meaningful comparison between Vero Electric and FPL’s rates would factor in the 6 percent franchise fee FPL would collect on behalf of the city.

FPL’s adjusted rate would be $97.79.

The average rate for 1000 kilowatt hours among the state’s investor-owned utilities is $115.44. As a group, the state’s municipal electric utilities average of $122.35 per 1000 kilowatt hour.

Two of these utilities, Gulf Power and Progress Energy have had their problems recently, and both are charging their customers rates well above FPL. Progress Energy is bogged down in a multi-billion dollar project to get its Crystal River nuclear plant back on line.

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sible for areas of the mainland is not new,” and it has nothing to do with the budget cuts we have made,” Loar said.

Bill McMullen, a lieutenant in the Sheriff ’s Department, and Loar’s challenger in the Republican primary election to be held in August, has pledged to return to 12-hour shifts. With more than $250,000 in campaign contributions raised between Loar and McMullen the two have locked horns in what may prove to be one of the most closely contested elections this year.

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many deputies in the patrol division, say the new system has led to more instances when one or more of the eleven patrol zones are left without an officer specifically deployed in each zone.

“Does that mean we don’t routinely have officers patrolling on the island? No it does not,” Loar said. “In fact, for a variety reasons, either or both barrier island zones are often assigned close patrol.”

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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY – It may come as a surprise to some that the Sheriff ’s Department does not deploy a deputy on the barrier island around the clock, but according to Sheriff Deryl Loar it has never been the department’s strategy to protect island residents by patrolling east of the Indian River Lagoon at all times.

From just south of State Road 510 to the city limits of Vero Beach south of Castaway Cove, the central barrier island is patrolled by the police departments of Indian River Shores and the City of Vero Beach.

Loar contends that because the areas of the barrier island the Sheriff ’s Office is responsible for are nearly 12 miles apart, with the City of Vero Beach and the Town of Indian River Shores in between, it has been the longstanding practice of the department to incorporate the north and south barrier island into two patrol zones, each of which includes portions of the mainland.

For example, the logic has been that it is both safer and faster for a deputy who might be on patrol in the Wabasso area to respond to an emergency in Orchid Island, rather than dispatching a officer from the south barrier island.

Loar says that given the population in the unincorporated areas of the barrier island, and the relatively low volume of calls for service in those areas, it does not make sense to assign two officers to the island 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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island down to the county line are part of a patrol zone that also covers Indian River Boulevard south to 4th Street. The north island from just south of State Road 510 up to the Sebastian Inlet is part of a larger patrol zone that also encompasses Wabasso.

Loar’s predecessors, including Roy Raymond, have all used about the same strategy for patrolling the unincorporated areas of the barrier island. In fact, some deputies remember the time just after the 17th Street Bridge was built when they were instructed not to be on the island after dark unless they were responding to a call.

Particularly since the modern high-span bridges were built on the Wabasso Causeway and at 17th Street, the Sheriff ’s Department has chosen to assign the north and south barrier island to separate patrol zones.

While the boundaries of the eleven patrol zones in the county have not changed since Loar took office in January of 2009, his approach for staffing and scheduling is a drastic departure from his predecessor’s.

In January of 2010 officers in the patrol division began working four 10-hours shifts a week, rather than seven 12-hours shifts each 14-day pay period. Loar contends the 10-hours shifts have enabled him to reduce overtime pay from nearly $1 million a year to just over $250,000.

Further, Loar says shorter shifts allows for flexibility in scheduling more officers during the times of the day when crime tends to peak.

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Indian River County veterans received an overdue tribute last Saturday with the dedication of Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Riverside Park. The 10 service drew an eclectic mix of uniformed military personnel, leather-vested Vietnam Veterans, and suit-wearing representatives of local government.

The stunning onyx obelisk was unveiled after moving presentations

by Vero Beach residents Col. Martin J. Zickert, USAF, (ret)., Col. Tony Young, USA, (ret.), and SSG Ben Humphries, USA, (ret.) Zickert, current president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1038 (Indian River County), borrowed PHOTO BY MIKE BIELECKI the words of retired USMC four- Col. Martin Zickert address those star General Anthony Zinni to open assembled at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedication. for the trio of speakers.

“I saw Vietnam from 30,000 feet flying 500 miles per hour in an Humphries, a former president of F-4,” said Zickert. “I’ve got no real the chapter. “And if it wasn’t for idea of what it was like, but Zinni the community support, we would was on the ground.” not have this today. All of the Zickert quoted Zinni, “Veterans money brought forth to build this of Vietnam, we owe an apology monument came from private doto no one. We are as much a part nations. Fundraisers like the Vetof the great generation as the one erans Ball and the cookouts have that preceded us . . . The average helped raise the money for it.” grunt saw 240 days of combat in Zickert tabbed Young as the Vietnam during a one-year tour. driving force for putting a story The veterans of WWII saw 40 days behind every name on the memoof combat on the average and they rial. knew where the front lines were.”

“I owe a thank you to VietWhen the Vietnam Veterans nam veterans, because they have of America Indian River chapter done more for me and my genwas created in 2010, one of the eration of soldiers than they will organization’s goals was putting a ever know,” Young said. “Commemorial for Vietnam veterans on ing home to Veterans Island here, Veterans Memorial Island.

I walked through looking at the “As soon as we started telling the names there. I felt guilty because I public (about the monument), they couldn’t tell you what they were all said that it was about time,” said about. So when the opportunity

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VERO BEACH -- The Vero Beach Museum of Art will offer free admission to all exhibitions on May 18, as part of the celebration of International Museum Day. The event was created to focus attention on the important roles that art museums serve in their communities and to showcase their collections, and increase opportunities for participation for the many educational programs art museums offer.

The Vero Beach Museum of Art’s free exhibitions that day includes Cycle of Change: Tom Nakashima’s Treepile Paintings; Fused, Blown and Cast: Glass from the permanent Collection; sculpture from the permanent collection in the Alice and Jim Beckwith Sculpture Park,

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VERO BEACH -- The Heritage Center has received a $20,000 donation from Barbara Becker Hurley to help provide for the general upkeep and maintenance of the building.

Hurley has been a benefactor to the Heritage Center in the past that have allowed many projects to be completed over the past two years including painting the interior and exterior of the building, refinishing the original heart pine floors, replacing the stage curtains and restoration work on the 56 wood frame windows in the building.

Built as Vero Beach’s original Community Building in 1935, the Heritage Center requires constant care to maintain its historic character.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building must be maintained within certain standards and requirements.

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came, I asked if we could do (the research for the memorial).”

In all, the names of 19 Indian River County-born Vietnam War heroes are on the monument: PFC Larry Dwayne Aronhalt, USA; PFC Franklin Clovis, USA; PFC Magnus Carl Nielsen, USMC; PFC Charles Floyd Tyson, USMC; PFC Billy Templeton, USA; PFC Robert Michael Waters, USMC; SP4 James Ellis Loudermilk, USA; RM3 Ronald Keith Neal, USN; PFC Roosevelt Scott, USMC; MSG Ernest Hayward, USA; SFC Charles Frank Smith, USA; BM1 John Harold Irvin Jr., USN; SSG

David Leroy Brooks, USMC; SSG William Eugene Roller, USA; SSG Walter W Shipley Jr., USA; SGT Stephan Max Wiggins, USA; CPT William Marshall Clark, USA; LT Mark Jackson, USA; MAJ James Thomas Egan Jr., USA (MIA).

For more information about the veterans honored on the monument, visit the website for Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1038 (Indian River County): http://www.vva1038.org.

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The Vero Beach Museum of Art is the largest cultural arts facility of its kind on Florida’s Treasure Coast. This accredited art museum offers regional, national, and international art exhibitions, two sculpture parks, studio art and humanities classes, exhibition tours, museum store, film studies, performances, workshops, lectures, seminars, art research library, public programs, youth events, and community cultural celebrations.

Attorney Nick Thomas set to run against County Commissioner Bob Solari INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Attorney, Nick Thomas, 50, of the 3400 block of Ocean Drive, filed candidacy papers last week to challenge County Commissioner Bob Solari’s re-election bid for the District 5 seat.

District 5 includes the southern half of the county’s barrier island and adjacent parts of mainland Vero Beach.

Thomas grew up in Vero Beach after his parents moved here from Pittsburgh when he was 2 years old.

He graduated from St. Helen’s Catholic School and Vero Beach High School before leaving for the University of Florida and then Florida

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forward for everyone’s benefit, or at least so that everyone has an opportunity to benefit, to learn, to grow and to prosper.

And I admire the willingness of Thomas, and all the other candidates who are running this election cycle, to offer themselves for public service. Sure, there are plenty of mixed motives to go around. And everyone has an agenda, or two, or more. But isn’t that true of all of us?

Take the Sheriff ’s race, for example. Incumbent Deryl Loar and challenger Bill McMullen have very different visions of how best to run the Sheriff ’s Department, and each is confident he sees a better way forward. Assuming the race doesn’t turn mean-spirited, regardless of whom one might choose to support, I think we can at least appreciate their willingness to put themselves in the arena, giving voters clear choices.

Politicians aren’t the only ones who come packaged as a bundle of contradictions. Isn’t that true of all of us? And doesn’t that make life all the more interesting?

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is wise to turn over to government money to pay for bloated payrolls and employee benefits that are now out of line with new, more challenging economic realities. Every service of government should be offered as efficiently as possible, and elected officials should be responsible for every dollar they spend.

Still, let’s keep all this in some perspective. How much we pay for water to maintain our lawns or keep lush golf courses green is, I would respectfully suggest, a “luxury” problem.

This week I was speaking with Nick Thomas, who has put his hat in the ring for the District 5 County Commission seat. Over the coming months Nick and his opponent, incumbent Bob Solari, will have many opportunities to clarify their positions.

And every interested voter will have access to the information they need to decide who to support.

I mention Nick’s candidacy, not because I am necessarily supporting him, but because I admire his focus on moving the community

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Driving home from the office one evening this week, with the glare from the setting sun making it hard to see clearly through a dirty windshield, the figure of a small child darted into the street in front of me. Turning the steering wheel hard and fast to the left, I slammed on the brakes and my car came to a stop in the middle of the street. Startled, the little girl froze in her tracks. We had missed each other by no more than a few feet.

With my heart still pounding as if it would beat its way out of my chest and my hands trembling, I drove on home, frightened and grateful.

What if I had hit that little girl?

If a near hit had instead been a tragedy, the cumulative affect of the frustrations and disappointments that had made that day one of “those” days would all, in an instant, have become nothing more than trivial annoyances.

Sometimes these adjustments in attitude or seismic shifts in perspective come not by way of a near disaster, but as a direct hit,

what the poet Mary Oliver likens to “an iceberg landing between the shoulder blades.”

A feared, unwelcome and unexpected diagnosis for ourselves or for someone we love turns us upside down, so that every other priority, or grievance, or worry pales in comparison. With what we had previously seen as problems melting in the heat of real pain, we find ourselves ready to give anything to turn the clock back one day, even one hour.

When an iceberg lands between the shoulder blades, all the surface-level drama that so often leaves us in complaint mode becomes little more than “luxury” problems.

It’s easy to take so much for granted. For example, consider the water that pours from the faucets in our homes, even if we think it may cost a dollar a day more than it should.

Consider this, more than one billion people are without access to clean, safe drinking water, and 2.5 billion people do not have proper sanitation.

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At the end of Shabbat (Hebrew for Sabbath) there is a Jewish ritual called, Havdalah or Separation. The prayers conclude with the words, “Thank You God for separating the Holy from the Everyday.”

With these words we end the day of holiness and re-enter our regular time. In this transition we are also reminded that the holy and everyday are connected to each other and we have many opportunities to find the holy in the midst of our everyday routines.

I have often heard and seen people make this connection when they see a dog or a baby. There is something about cuteness that gets us to stop our routine and go

over to coo or pet and connect to the precious and I would say Holy.

I recently experienced this when I read an article about a miniature pinscher in RABBI MICHAEL BIRNHOLZ a magazine. Immediately, I began comparing the way the min pin in the picture looked like our dog, Charlie. Then I started to read the article, and wouldn’t you know, he likes to run away just like our dog.

As the author recounted her adventures of trying to find her dog after he got away from her in New York City, I saw that her story was not just a story about her dog ex-

perience. It was not just a story of seeing a cute dog and feeling a connection. In fact, in the story was a deeper level of finding, discovering and creating holiness in the everyday.

When her dog ran away, she tried to follow him. Seeing the scene unfold, others joined in her search. Delivery men, dog walkers, other pedestrians helped her track and keep tabs on her dog.

As she put up lost dog signs she got a call that someone had seen her dog with a doorman a few blocks over. She ran over and found a man with a stack of found dog posters attempting to reunite a lost min pin with his owner. It was a shiddoch, a perfect match as the one who is seeking connects with the one who is searching.

When the dog slipped away and the woman stood in fear and worry, people around her stepped out of their regular routine to do holy acts of caring. Even if they did not actually find the dog, the act of trying, of supporting her in her search was a sacred act.

It was a powerful reminder to me that when we get lost, have moments of challenge or loss or when we witness someone else in that state, one tiny step out of our routine on our part to accept help or reach out with support can bring tremendous holiness and goodness into our world.

Rabbi Michael Birnholz has served Temple Beth Shalom in Vero Beach since 2002. One of his goals is bringing Jewish values and wisdom to the wider community.

Spring brings new creation, new hope, new birth RYMER REASON LISA RYMER VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Spring is a time of new birth.

Everywhere, there are little babies. Flowers blossom; even the geckos are frisky. I gave birth this week, too. Ten years in gestation, which means there’s a lot of pressure built up, if you’ve ever had the experience.

And I gave my new baby a name, wings and off she flew into the world to see if she can find a mate. My greatest hope is that a contest judge, a producer, a miraculous encounter recognizes the genius of my offspring – a screenplay.

My greatest fear is that my screenplay isn’t written well enough to pull the judges to the end and will land like a lump in the

land of dreams and good fortune.

It took a lot of time rewriting it, the most recent of many drafts.

My family made the real sacrifices, while I sat day afLISA RYMER ter day staring at my inadequacies, my strengths, my undoings face to face, in black and white on a computer screen.

I would love to see my vision on celluloid in the capable hands of experts. I would be happy if the movie were only projected on the side of my garage, with a keg and good friends.

The story is about my dying Catholic grandmother, whose jewelry was stolen by one of her son’s girlfriends. The family exhausted

every possible avenue of recovery (from psychics to dowsers, polygraphists to private detectives), but finally my grandmother said, “Enough!”

And she began a novena, a thirty-day prayer vigil, although there are other durations as well, praying nine times a day minimum on her rosary. She refused to participate in negative thinking, gossip, in fact anything impure.

Instead of aiming her anger at the main suspect, my grandmother was kind and loving to the woman, ultimately inviting her to a birthday dinner at the end of the novena.

And the next morning, the jewelry was returned.

The power of prayer reaches beyond what humans can conceive, igniting the invisible world into action on your behalf. I hope I did

the story justice.

My former place of employment used to have placards posted around the office that read, “Your life is God’s gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God.” I think creative expression, from the heart, is a beautiful gift to God. Anything that we’re compelled to do, that exalts us individually and as a whole, from business ventures to hair design to screenwriting, confirms that we understand the poetry in life’s tragedies, the beauty in each of our dances with intimacy.

And sometimes we are willing to risk everything for the thrill of victory, even at the peril of agony in defeat.

Lisa Rymer is a newspaper and television journalist who resides in Vero Beach. She can be contacted at LisaRymer@comcast.net.

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In addition to ticket sales, guests were able to bid on silent auction items at the cocktail reception and a live auction at the dinner. Many of the ladies wore large blinking rings in the shape of diamonds which indicated they had purchased a raffle for the stunning ring which pirates were selling chances for at the entrance.

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Everyone looks forward to Saint Edward’s annual fundraiser because it is always an elegant affair with lots of fun and great items on which to bid.

The event was held this past weekend at The Moorings which was beautifully decorated and even included a large scale pirate ship bar completely made of ice.

Sara Smith, Director of Communications of Saint Edward’s said the school hoped to bring

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lively,” said Smith, “especially for some of the really hot ticket items. Our Head of Schools, Mike Mersky, puts on a great Murder Mystery at his home and everyone tries for that.”

Children at the school also produce artwork to be held in the auction and the parents bid for them aggressively trying to reclaim those items and bring in the highest dollar amount.

“The Pirate’s Ball is the culmination of the whole season’s events,” said guest Lindsay Candler. “What makes it such fun is that everyone comes, not just the parents and teachers but the whole community.”

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to the bidders and the artists were at the reception to explain what inspired them. As guests, sponsors and artists watched Wesley Davis act as auctioneer, the bids came racing in.

Sean Clinton’s Raku sculpture won the People’s Choice award for the show and sold for $3,000.

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Organizers wanted to inspire local artists with certain pieces of their music and then sell the creations that came from that combination of art forms at an auction. The event at Northern Trust last weekend raised over $8,000.

Publicity Chair Deborah Borfitz had just

an inkling of an idea for the fundraiser that she brought to Loren Smith, Earl Beasley and Susan Grandpierre. She wanted the artists to create a piece that was to be inspired by certain music performed by the Vero Beach Choral Society musicians. When the artwork was complete they would auction it off at their annual benefit.

“We knew we could not let them listen to the music as it was being played and get paint in the pews,” said Loren Smith smiling, “so instead we let them work at their studios with a CD.” A brief synopsis of the art and music was given

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Artist Deborah Gooch, 65, cannot remember a time when she was not interested in art.

“At 7, I was a Brownie and was doing a painting based on the herd scene in Black Beauty,” recalled Gooch, “and I remember being upset because I could not get it just right.”

That comment would seem to come from a perfectionist with an exacting spirit, but Gooch is an interpretative artist whose work does not come from a technical process.

Although she studied fine art in a professional setting at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Gooch also learned from a father who was a painter. Her artistic genes also come from her great grandfather whose sculptures appear in the Library of Congress.

“My father was always showing me how to paint,” she said. But her style of art is completely her own.

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thoughts enter her mind to influence the direction she will take.

“I have a story develop in my head as I am painting,” she said.

The resulting work is filled with vibrant color and often a back story that draws the viewer to inquisitively reach into the painting and connect with the feeling she wants to convey.

The people Gooch paints are bold, expressive subjects that are not necessarily conventional beauties, but full of big curves and expressive body language. The imperfect and at times odd figures create a connection to the observer on various levels that are often deemed beautiful because of the way she portrays them.

As her second career, Gooch and her husband own Winter Beach Farm where they board horses and teach dressage. Gooch considers dressage a training technique which is an art form of its own. Teaching a horse and rider to become a single force by using subtle commands is as beautiful to watch as it is when viewing art.

The two careers may not seem to relate but training horses and riders is another form of instinctual creation that attracts Gooch. Her expansive studio windows actually look out onto the farm and stables so she does not have far to look for items to include in her canvases.

Gooch has a group of people who love her work and buy it across the country. She recently won Best in Show at the Art Club’s prestigious Art by the Sea exhibit at the Vero Beach Museum of Art (where she also teaches painting.) Her art appears at the Intrepid Gallery and the Cristina de la Vega Studio in Stuart.

Occasionally she is asked to do a commissioned piece, but the peo-

With ‘Iris’ Gooch offers layers of intrigue as well as beauty.

ple who make those requests usually know and understand they might not get exactly what was expected.

“They know me and they are okay with that,” she said. I ask a lot of questions about the subject so I can get a feel for what should be in the painting.”

Gooch explains her finished pieces this way. “My work is not just about painting something but also about the joy of what the paint can do. It is about the progression of the art.”

The way she combines memo-

ries, moods and actual subjects from vintage photos or some other form of media brings a modern touch while retaining a link to the past.

The style she employs is called modern interpretive which Gooch uses to convey her personal vision of a scene and yet allows others to develop their own interpretations as well.

In “Iris,” Gooch painted a female adult with two children on a swing that she took from an old picture she found. She added a donkey she had photographed

in Taos, New Mexico. To bring in color and a literal connection, she brought irises into the scene because she wanted a technically implemented feature against the random backdrop.

With the addition of a question mark and the simple word “What” she created a curiosity about what the storyline might be. The finished piece offers layers of intrigue as well as beauty.

“If you let yourself paint what your instincts tell you to, your work will go where it is supposed to go” said Gooch.

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Museum art exhibitions, including: Beyond Reality: Hyperrealism and American Culture; Stephen Knapp: Lightpaintings; Cycle of Change: Tom Nakashima’s Treepile Paintings; Fused Blown and Cast: Glass from the permanent collection; Matthew Geller’s Woozy Blossom ,and sculpture from the permanent collection in the Alice and Jim Beckwith sculpture parks.

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VERO BEACH -- Hundreds of children and family members of all ages were on hand Saturday for the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s annual Children’s Art Festival.

Guests at the admission-free event were treated to a cultural event that featured music, drama, dance, singing and a special screening of the sixth season of the PBS television series “Art21.”

Among the craft activities were printmaking and 3D sculptures.

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River Grille, a charming little bistro in Sebastian

BY MARK JOSEPH VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

On a beautiful evening while driving with the top down heading north on U.S. Highway 1 in Sebastian, it was dinner time and we were hungry. While discussing options for food we realized the pickings were slim in this area so we assumed a sandwich or a quick burger would be our only choices. We suddenly realized the River Grille was just ahead of us.

The River Grille is owned by Chef Michele Hennessey and her husband Gus Reveria. Chef Michele has over 27 years of culinary experience and was the Chef/ owner of Cafe Michele in Naples, before relocating to the Treasure Coast in 2006. Chef Michele received her A.S. Degree from Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY and a B.S. degree from University of New Haven.

She mainly resides over the kitchen while husband Gus works the front of the house. Chef Michele has competed in Vero’s Top Chef Challenge, winning the event in 2009.

The dining room of the River Grille is both charming and cozy; simple white table cloths with napkins folded in a strange fluted fashion rested on bread plates.

The focal point, was a large bar that occupied much of the room and offering little to no imagination, the bar seemed a bit garish and out of place for this little roadside bistro, that seemed to be trying very hard to be classy.

The list of appetizers included

two of our favorite starters, lump crab cakes and baked Brie so we ordered one of each. After waiting quite awhile the appetizers were eventually delivered. The crab cakes was actually one single cake, on a small bed of lettuce, shredded carrots and a side of creamy remoulade sauce. The crab was delicately fried and included lumps of crab. It was simple, yet simply outstanding. The peppery remoulade sauce was equally outstanding and served as a nice dressing for the salad.

The baked Brie was also a somewhat modest dish; a warm serving of delicious baked cheese, though completely hidden under lettuce and shredded carrots. It was surrounded by fresh seasonal fruit.

The Brie was quite good but we did have to search for it among the greens. The neatly sliced red apples, berries and grapes were quite refreshing.

The list of entrees included the usual poultry, pasta, steaks and

seafood. There were several specials, including fresh fish that was described as “line-caught snapper”, encrusted with roasted pistachio nuts, pan seared and finished in the oven with a sour apple beurre blanc sauce. The fish sounded amazing, however I was a bit concerned about hearing pan-seared and finished in the oven in the same sentence; nonetheless, I decided to try it.

At first glance my snapper looked very appealing. The sour apple beurre blanc sauce was both tasty and imaginative, but unfortunately the thick fish fillet was a bit dry and overcooked, which was my concern after reading the dish was pan-seared and then baked. My two side choices were spinach soufflé and glazed carrots. The soufflé was a wonderful little dish of fluffy spinach with a slightly nutty flavor. The glazed carrots were nothing special and a bit undercooked for my taste.

The menu offers entrees of a

lighter fare, meaning smaller portions and only a choice of one vegetable instead of two. Since my dinner companion’s appetite was not as voracious as mine, she chose the grilled salmon with teriyaki glaze and fruit salza. For an up-charge she ordered the small dinner salad instead of a cooked vegetable.

The grilled salmon though small was fresh, moist and tender. The teriyaki glaze made for a nice sauce and the salza finished off this dish quite nicely. Shredded carrots seemed to be the main garnish on all plates this evening.

We left the River Grille feeling quite satisfied and decided that we’ll definitely stop by again when our travels brings us back to this quiet little corner of Sebastian.

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BY MICHAEL BIELECKI VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

VERO BEACH -- St. Edward’s boys’ tennis, fresh off a second deep run at the state title, is a rare collection of athletes who relish being part of something bigger than themselves on the courts.

Individual sports, at its core, aren’t designed to unite players -- but this Pirates team was different.

“They were not satisfied in 2011 in spite of going a perfect 16-0 through the regular season, districts and regionals, and finishing sixth in the state tournament,” said second-year coach Joe Pappalardo. “They were determined and dedicated to come back in 2012 with a purpose -- to capture the state championship. They gave maximum output all season.”

The boys followed up last year’s perfect regular season with a 15-1 record in 2012. Their lone loss, according to Pappalardo, set the stage for a team-wide boost in play which carried them to a fifth-place finish in Orlando at the state tournament.

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Harlan Swift, Nick Duncan and Oliver Wilkey were key players for the St. Edward’s boys’ tennis team that made a run at the state title.

Harlan Swift, being sidelined with a foot injury,” Pappalardo said.

“During our 4-3 loss to Jensen Beach, Harlan took off his boot and told me he was going to play doubles so we could avoid the loss.

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Wilkey and Swift were 13-1 and 14-0, respectively. Josh Kane and Sean Carrick were undefeated during the season and Nick Duncan, who went undefeated in 2011 as an eighth-grader, got off to a slow start but finished strong after joining the team late due to varsity basketball. Pappalardo called his win in regionals against Jupiter Christian ‘huge’ and ‘inspirational.’

“The heart of our program was team confidence, chemistry, and leadership,” Pappalardo said. My job was to challenge them, to move them to a different place where they understood that the only thing that limits you in sports is being too focused on the scoreboard and not the present.

“Nothing short of a state championship was going to satisfy them,” added Pappalardo. “They

were perfectionists, grinders and winners. That was one of the many reasons this year was special for me as a coach.”

Pappalardo credits his coaching staff and the extended Vero Beach tennis family for all contributing to the coaching process this year.

“I had lots of Ted Hoehn great help in Steve Milliman, my assistant coach, along with Robert Kowalychk and, who were college AllAmericans. To top it off we also had the help from Tom Fish, who coached his son, Mardy, to No. 1 in the world.

“I loved coaching this team because it was about changing kids’ lives and making them realize the opportunities they had together,” Pappalardo added. “I wanted to give them the best chance at creating memories to last a lifetime, and I think there were many of those moments at the state tournament this year.”

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Charles E. ‘Skip’ Robinson Charles E. “Skip” Robinson, 81, died April 16, 2012, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was born in Frankfort, Mich., and lived in Vero Beach for 21 years, coming from Gaylord, Mich. He retired as a registered civil engineer and had received many awards for his road design and building. He worked for the Michigan Department of Transportation for 39 years. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Vero Beach.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy; daughter, Laura K. Robinson from Lena, Wis.; sons, Charles E Robinson III from South Elgin, Ill., and David L. Robinson from Gaylord; sister, Norma McKinney of Seattle; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made William Winston Lenord to the Alzheimer/ Parkinson AsPeterson II sociation of Indian River County, Elder William Winston Lenord 2300 Fifth Avenue, Suite 150, Vero Peterson II, 81, died April 11, 2012, Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook at the Consulate Health Care of is available at www.coxgiffordVero Beach. He was born in Ack- seawinds.com.

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Anja M. Natoli Anja M. Natoli, 76, died April 14, 2012, at VNA/Hospice House in Vero Beach. She was born in Trier, Germany, and lived in Vero Beach for two years, coming from Cibolo, Texas. Survivors include her son, Peter Natoli of Vero Beach; daughter, Pia A. Juback of South Kortright, N.Y.; brother, Hans Bartelmes of Bittburg, Germany; sister, Gertrud Mayer of

Eleanor Theresa Ochylski Eleanor Theresa Ochylski, 81, died April 16, 2012 at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach.

She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church, Vero Beach.

Survivors include her husband of 60 years Edward Ochylski, Jr. of Vero Beach; her seven children, Edward Ochylski III of Mayer, Ariz., Mary Catherine Ochylska of Denver, Gaby Klein of Scottsdale, Ariz., Daniel Ochylski (Peggy) of West Des Moines, Iowa, Juliana Summers (Bill) of Seattle and Vero Beach, FL, Jessie Stark (Tim) of Parkland and Kelly Ann Butler of Centennial, Colo.; 21 grandchildren;:Jackie, Beverly, Ellie, Benjamin, Charles, Conor, Genevieve, Ethan, Thomas, Chelsea, Paige, Edward, Mary Elizabeth, Gabrielle, Andrew, Simon, Daniel, Christopher, Frankie, Sam and Emma, and five great- grandchildren, Wyatt, Jake, Mikey, Katie and Katherine. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Catholic Relief Services, 95 Cypress Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33415 or Catholicrelief services.org in memory of Mrs. Eleanor Ochylski. An online guestbook is available at www. strunk funeralhome.com.

River County for 60 years. He was retired from Piper Aircraft and also a retired entrepreneur in the lawn service business. He was the founding elder of the Adoption Church of Jesus Christ of Vero Beach and Fort Pierce. He also served as evangelist doing mission work. Survivors include his wife, Deverley Peterson of Vero Beach; son, Williams W.L. Peterson III of Port Orange; daughter, Monique Peterson of Tallahassee; brother, Bishop Orville Peterson of Vero Beach; sister, Monica Brown of the Bahamas; and two grandchildren. A guestbook is available at www.stone-brothersfuneralhome. com.

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Casimire ‘Casey’ Kozyra Casimire “Casey” Kozyra, 53, of Vero Beach, died March 15, 2012 at the Indian River Medical Center. Born May 5, 1958 in Poland, he is survived by his wife, Sharon D. Kozyra of Vero Beach; his mother, Maria K. Kozyra; sister and brother-in-law Joanna and Jack Zito, Niece and nephew Jennifer Parparian and Kristopher Mularz; great niece and nephew, Ashley and Anthony Parparian all of Thomasville. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Indian River Fire and Rescue Squad, 1500 Old Dixie HWY, Vero Beach, FL 32960.

Trier, Germany; and one grandchild. Memorial contributions may be made to VNA/Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guest book is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

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Walter Cronin Walter Cronin died on April 14, 2012, at age 83. His last moments were surrounded by his loving wife and children. Walter is survived by his beloved wife of 30 years Juanita (Bentley) and three sons and one daughter: Joseph (Judy Robertson); Jane (James Emmerton); Michael (Susan Whitfield) and Patrick (Shiho Sakai); as well as three step-sons: Jim (Jane Martindale); Rod (Julie Wood); and Craig. Walter is also survived by sisters - Marie Foley and Kathleen Newell - and seven grandsons (Stephen, Adam, Michael, Mathew, Joshua, Jacob and Liam), five granddaughters (Shannon, Julia, Katie, Bianca and Meaghan), and

two great-grandsons (Draydon and Phillip). In 1949 he began a 40 year career with the Swift Canadian Company (later Canada Packers Inc.), retiring in 1989 as Sales and Marketing Director.

Following this retirement, Walter and Juanita purchased a condominium on a golf course in Vero Beach where they spent 22 winters playing golf and socializing with friends from all over the US and Canada. The family requests that in lieu of flowers a kind donation may be made to the Ian Anderson House or the Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre.

Online condolences may be made through www.turnerporter.ca.

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She was a member of First Baptist Church, Vero Beach; a member of the Vero Beach High School Class of 1951 Lunch Bunch; and a former member of the Indian River Garden Club. She graduated from Vero Beach High School in 1951. Survivors include her husband, Russell G. “Ace” Cappelen of Vero Beach; sons, Rusty and Davy Cappelen of Vero Beach; daughters, Norma Jean Kissner of Fort Lauderdale, Gail Voyles Of Vero Beach and Krissie Fojtik of Wabasso; sisters, Margaret Erwin of East Corinth, Vt., and Patsy Mangum of Vero Beach; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

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Eldon Bruce Sipes Sr. Eldon Bruce Sipes Sr. died at Hospice House of Vero Beach.

He was born in Lenoir, N.C., and lived in Vero Beach for 43 years, coming from Statesville, N.C. Before retirement, he was foreman with the Vero Beach T & D Department. Survivors include his daughters, Linda Sipes and Deborah Tripp, both of Vero Beach, and Katherine Hunt of North Carolina; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, P.O. Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

Box 644, Vero Beach, FL, 32961.

A guestbook is available at www. lowtherfuneralhome.com.

Jesse Corum Jesse Maxwell Corum III, 88, died April 17, 2012, at Indian River Medical Center. He grew up in Norristown, Pa., and lived in Vero Beach. He served in the Army. He earned a master of divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va. He was a Presbyterian minister and taught English at Moeng College near Palapye, Botswana, and at Chipembi Girls Secondary School in Chisamba, Zambia. He managed Wellspring Renewal Center in Philo, Calif., and also pastored several churches in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. He volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Carol (Joy) MacKubbin Corum; daughter, Laurie Hawley of Vero Beach; sons, Jesse of Brattleboro, Vt., and Vance of Vancouver, Wash.; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Habitat for Humanity International, 121 Habitat St., Americus, GA 31709. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

Joseph F. Walker Joseph Francis Walker, 88, died March 8, 2012, at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was a member of the Indian River Medical Center Pulmonary Rehab Center in Vero Beach for many years. He was of the Catholic faith. Survivors include his stepson, Randy Galbraith of Vero Beach. Memorial contributions Robert Gestrich may be made to the Humane Society of Vero & Indian River, P.O. Robert Raymond Gestrich, 81, Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. died April 13, 2012. He was born A guestbook is available at www. in Steubenville, Ohio, and lived in lowtherfuneralhome.com.

Vero Beach for 20 years. He served in the Marine Corps during the Joseph R. Walker Korean War. He was a volunteer Joseph Robert Walker, 53, died at Indian River Medical Center.

April 12, 2012, at Indian River Survivors include his wife of 61 Medical Center, Vero Beach. He years, Luella Gestrich of Vero was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Beach; sons, Dr. Eric Gestrich of lived in Vero Beach for many Sarasota, Kevin Gestrich of Nova years. He was of the Catholic Scotia, Marc Gestrich of Mysfaith. Survivors include his step- tic, Conn., and Todd Gestrich of brother, Randy Galbraith of Vero Marietta, Ga.; daughters, Gayle Beach. Memorial contributions Sudeck of Marietta, Ga., and Lisa may be made to the Humane So- Polaske of Wildwood, Mo.; sister, ciety of Vero & Indian River, P.O. Betty Chiofolo of North Canton,

Ohio; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A guestbook is available at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

He was a parishioner at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Vero Beach and a charter member of the Utah Copper Club. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Joan McGuire Durning of Vero Beach; sons, Patrick M. Durning of Freehold, N.J., Michael P. Durning of Millstone, N.J., Brian T. Durning of Salt Lake City and Peter C. Durning of Vero Beach; daughters, Kathleen J. Durning of North Palm Beach and Megan T. Durning of Seattle; sister, Peggy Sokol of Palm Harbor; and four grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfunerahome.com.

Adalgisa Yarfellow Adalgisa E. Yarfellow, 92, died April 18, 2012, at VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. She was born in Reggio Calabria, Italy, and lived in Vero Beach, coming from Miami. She was a teacher in Italy and a homemaker after moving to the United States. She was a member of St. Richard Catholic Church, Miami, and also in St. Richardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Seniors Club. Survivors include her daughters, Mary Y. Mulligan of Vero Beach and Portia J. Frost of Venice, Calif. She was preceded in death by her husband, Savas Yarfellow. Memorial contributions Stella Lurana Hartz may be made to VNA Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Stella Lurana Hartz, 88, passed Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is away on April 12, 2012.Stella and available at www.foresthillspalm- her husband, Paul Ferdinand Hartz cityflorida.com. moved permanently to Vero Beach in 1983 from their home in West John Lawrence Boland Jr. Barrington, Rhode Island. Stella John Lawrence Boland Jr., 68, and Paul were married 68 years. In died April 2, 2012, in Winston- Vero Beach, Stella continued her Salem, N.C. He was born in Phila- passion for golf as a member, with delphia and lived in Vero Beach her husband, of initially the Vero for 30 years, coming from Fort Beach Country Club where Stella Lauderdale. Survivors include won the Ladies Championship in his wife of 31 years, Cynthia Lee 1985. Stella and Paul continued Boland; daughter, Alison Boland; as members of The Moorings and brothers, Michael Boland and Bent Pine Golf Club. Stella had 3 Marty Boland, both of Pennsyl- holes-in-one to her credit. Stella vania, and Sam Boland of Vero is survived by her husband Paul, Beach; and one grandchild. Me- daughter Jo-Ann Hartz Settle of morial contributions may be made Nashville, son Peter Ferdinand to the Jacob Modesitt scholarship Hartz of Los Angeles, their respecfund at any PNC bank location. S tive spouses Michael Ward Settle A guestbook is available at www. and Kathy Kessler Hartz, grandcoxgiffordseawinds.com. children, Matthew Ferdinand Hartz, Christopher Paul Hartz, Patrick Jerry Durning Elizabeth Hartz Settle, and her Patrick Jerry Durning, 84, died sisters Louise Pratt and Marjorie April 19, 2012, at the Arbors at Dimock. In lieu of flowers, you can Pointe West in Vero Beach. He make a memorial donation to the was born in Newark, N.J., and Sea Turtle Conservancy at www. lived in Vero Beach for 18 years. conserveturtles.org.

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Address 1331 Jonathans Tr. 5000 Hwy. A1A, #105 825 Iris Ln. 929 Tropic Dr. 8785 Lakeside Blvd.

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Selling Agent: Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Selling Agent: Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Selling Agent: Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Selling Agent: Subdivision List Date Castaway Cove 3/13/12 Oceangate 8/12/10 Town & Beach Estates 7/16/09 Silver Shores 7/1/11 Sea Oaks 10/6/10

400 Beachview Dr., #3S Carlton Vero Condo 5/3/10 $2,250,000 4/23/12 $1,850,000 Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl. Realty Patricia Ternes Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Barbara Parent 1655 Riomar Cove Ln. Riomar Cove 12/11/09 $1,199,000 4/23/12 $1,050,000 Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Nancy Hardy Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Jonathan Zissel 4800 Hwy A1A, #418 Seaquay Condo 1/5/12 $630,000 4/23/12 $565,000 Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl. Realty Claudia Pascal Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl. Realty Claudia Pascal 2145 Waltons Ct. Oceanside 8/17/10 $403,000 4/20/12 $403,000 Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Scott Reynolds Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Dick Davis List Price Sell Date Sell Price $340,000 4/23/12 $340,000 $350,000 4/23/12 $325,000 $289,999 4/20/12 $275,000 $245,000 4/24/12 $256,500 $250,000 4/20/12 $240,000

Address: 906 Orchid Point Way Subdivision: Orchid Island List Date: 2/17/11 List Price: $1,299,000 Sell Date: 4/23/12 Sell Price: $1,100,000 Listing Broker: Norris & Company Listing Agent: Beth Livers Selling Broker: Phoenix Acquisitions, Inc. Selling Agent: Elaine Amy Address: 335 Ocean Way Subdivision: Seagrove List Date: 8/4/11 List Price: $895,000 Sell Date: 4/25/12 Sell Price: $785,000 Listing Broker: Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Listing Agent: Rosanne Moler Selling Broker: Norris & Company Selling Agent: Chip Landers Address: 8775 Orchid Island Cir., #106 Subdivision: Sea Oaks List Date: 11/7/11 List Price: $524,500 Sell Date: 4/20/12 Sell Price: $475,000 Listing Broker: Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl. Realty Listing Agent: Fran Smyrk Selling Broker: Peters, Carlton & Mugford, RE Selling Agent: Dick Martin Address: 3554 Ocean Dr., #802S Subdivision: Village Spires Development List Date: 12/31/10 List Price: $399,000 Sell Date: 4/24/12 Sell Price: $362,000 Listing Broker: Shamrock Real Estate Corp.

Listing Agent: Christine McLaughlin Selling Broker: Shamrock Real Estate Corp.

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Address 350 Forest Tr. W 5085 Harmony Cir., #104

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Selling Agent: Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Selling Agent: Subdivision List Date Forest Park 2/7/12 Harmont Island 2/7/12

6155 47th St. Indian River Farms 11/5/11 $370,000 4/19/12 $350,000 RE/MAX Classic Mike Worden Ron Rennick Auctions, REALTORS Steven Rennick 7140 1st St. SW Cypress Creek 3/5/12 $314,000 4/19/12 $285,000 Farless Properties LLC Gary Farless RE/MAX Classic Bill Carroll List Price Sell Date Sell Price $225,000 4/25/12 $215,000 $215,000 4/20/12 $205,000

Address: 7682 Fieldstone Ranch Sq. Subdivision: Fieldstone Ranch List Date: 11/3/11 List Price: $248,605 Sell Date: 4/19/12 Sell Price: $294,765 Listing Broker: Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Listing Agent: Scott Reynolds Selling Broker: Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Selling Agent: Scott Reynolds 2083 Grey Falcon Cir. Address: Falcon Trace Subdivision: 3/12/12 List Date: $237,500 List Price: 4/24/12 Sell Date: $237,500 Sell Price: Listing Broker: Coldwell Banker Ed Schlitt VB Ginny Mitchell Listing Agent: Selling Broker: Sebastian Realty, Inc. Dave Samuelson Selling Agent: Listing Broker/Agent Selling Broker/Agent Billero & Billero Properties/Gene Billero Coldwell Banker Ed Schlitt VB/Deborah Lyon Alex MacWilliam, Inc./Joan Chesley Norris & Company/Cheryl Burge

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