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standing. We wouldn’t sign that without some consideration.”

If the organization leaves the Sports Village in the first five years of the lease, the pact calls for $300,000 in liquidated damages. That drops to $200,000 in the first 5-year renewal period and $150,000 in the second 5-year renewal period.

At the point that MiLB refused to sign the document, Polackwich recommended to the Commissioners to pull out of the deal. Such a move would have scuttled construction of the youth fields and very likely ended MiLB’s chances to turn a profit at the Vero Beach Sports Village.

MiLB Vice President Craig Callan had lobbied the city and county for

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Lawyers for Indian River County and Minor League Baseball overcame last-minute objections, allowing the Dodgertown land swap to proceed and plans to go forward for a cloverleaf of baseball fields considered crucial to the operation at Vero Beach Sports Village.

The outline of the swap was approved by the Vero Beach City Council and county commissioners in January and final terms were agreed to on May 3.

The deal gave the county a site just south of Holman Stadium where it planned to build, at the request of Minor League Baseball, four

ty and the organization were in good standing with the terms of the lease.

Minor League Baseball attorneys at first refused to sign the document without “consideration” for giving up their right to sue the county for not putting in the lights and upgrading the half-fields as terms of the original 2009 agreement required.

Minor League Baseball raised some concern among county commissioners after suggesting it was seeking easier terms to get out of its lease.

“They didn’t do the improvements they said they would,” Scott Poley, MiLB’s senior vice president for legal affairs, told the Press Journal last week. “So then they present us with a document that says we’re in good

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softball-Little League fields to host youth baseball tournaments at an estimated cost of $1.2 million In the original lease agreement with Minor League Baseball, the county agreed to improvements to the former Dodgers spring training home, including lighting four existing fields and upgrading two halffields.

However, Minor League Baseball determined that to be competitive as a year-round sports destination it needed the cloverleaf of four youth fields, which led to negotiations for the land swap.

As a final step in completing the swap, County Attorney Alan Polackwich asked Minor League Baseball to sign a document stating the coun-

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the fields going back to 2010 and at the time said that, without their construction, the operation was doomed to failure.

Given MiLB’s initial refusal to sign the Polackwich document, the county was reluctant to move forward without a commitment from MiLB that they planned to stay in business in Vero Beach.

“There’s no reason to build that quad if they’re going to turn around and leave and not use it,” County Commissioner Peter O’Bryan told the Press Journal.

The two sides met this past Monday and at the county commission meeting on Tuesday, Polackwich reported after extensive discussions Minor League Baseball said it would sign the document as written stating the parties were in good

standing.

“Our intent at this point,” Polackwich told the commissioners, “is to proceed forward with the swap based on the documents you approved on May 3.”

O’Bryan also reported to the other commissioners that he addressed with the organization’s lawyers rumors that Minor League Baseball intended to pull out of Dodgertown at the end of the year.

“This issue did bring up with minor league baseball what their long-term intentions are for the facility,” he said.

“In talking with their general counsel, I asked him specifically if the board for Minor League Baseball had given CEO Pat O’Conner any direction to be out of Vero Beach by December, which is what we had been hearing. Mr. Poley said ‘no,’ the board had not given that direction to Mr. O’Conner.”

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Firm hired to appraise city water-sewer system VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

The Vero Beach City Council voted 4-1 to hire GAI Consultants to determine the value of the city’s water and sewer systems and whether the city can maintain its current rates, thwarting a move by the county to fast-track negotiations to merge the two systems.

The separate studies are supposed to take 90 days and cost about $173,000 to complete. Council member Tracy Carroll was the dissenting vote to go ahead with the study.

At the County Commission meeting Tuesday morning, commissioners approved by a 5-0 vote a timeline put together by county utility director Erik Olson -- at their request -- a two-year timeline for completing a merger of city and county water and sewer system that envisions acquisition of the Vero Beach utility by September.

Olson’s timeline proposes public hearings for September, followed by acquiring the city utilities later that month.

“Once the agreement for acquisition as been executed a parallel sequence of steps will begin,” Olson wrote in a memo to commissioners. “The first process will involve the transition of the City’s customer billing to the County system.

This first step is expected to take four to six months for full transition.

“The second phase being done in parallel is the design and construction of the needed infrastructure improvements.

This process is expected to take 18 months. Once the required infrastructure for the transition is complete, the connections will be

made and the related wastewater and water plant aspects will be taken off line.”

County commissioners instructed Olson to move forward on the plan including taking an inventory of the city utility system and an initial financial analysis. The Olson plan envisions the city customers being completely brought into the county system by September 2013.

The regional merger would include regional merger Vero Beach, the town of Indian River Shores and communities such as The Moorings on the barrier island.

The county has proposed paying off the Vero Beach system’s approximate $25 million debt and providing $28 million to connect the city’s system to the county’s system.

The County Commission and City Council agreed in a joint meeting on April 29 to move forward with the county’s possible takeover of the city’s system.

Olson estimated he could complete a regional merger in about two years, connecting the county system with Vero Beach, the town of Indian River Shores and communities such as The Moorings on the barrier island.

Olson has already begun some the various tasks needed to merge the system, starting with an inventory of the city utility system and soon is expected to begin an initial financial analysis.

Some city officials, including Mayor Jay Kramer, believe the county’s offer is below what the city’s system is actually worth, and that the city tax rate might have to be raised as high as 22.5 percent if it lost revenue it receives from the city’s water utility.

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Sheriff Deryl Loar called it “one of the worst animal cruelty cases in recent memory.”

Two local women stand charged with hobbling and duct-taping the snout of a pig, then setting two of Sheriff Deryl Loar and Detective Sgt. Nancy their dogs upon it. They posted a McNally video on Facebook showing the dogs tearing the pig apart. bull had chunks of flesh missing from “This animal died a slow and pain- above his eye, his shoulder blade and ful death” while onlookers “showed back,” Dixon said. “One dog had lots a complete lack of empathy” in the of scars.” video, said Ilka Daniel, director of • A local man was arrested on Animal Protective Services for the an animal cruelty charge after beHumane Society of Vero Beach. ing accused of repeatedly punchUnfortunately, this community is ing his 5-pound puppy because the not immune to animal abuse: dog soiled his sweatshirt. Zachary L. • Last month, witnesses told police Humphries, 22, hit the 10-week-old they saw a woman brutally attacking a pit-bull-hound mix puppy in the head 3-month-old puppy. The owner took about seven times in the parking lot the dog to a neighbor’s home and of a 7-Eleven convenience store, in asked whether she wanted him. When the 2000 block of U.S. 1, according to the friend said she couldn’t take the a Vero Beach Police Department redog, its owner shook Boo by his neck, port. “It’s just like somebody beating took the dog out of the apartment and a kid,” said Lt. Bruce Dangerfield, anislammed it to the ground a couple of mal control officer for the police detimes before Boo fled and hid under partment. “We’re not going to stand a car. for that.”

• The owners of nine injured or • Two horses were shot in their sick dogs were charged with unlaw- heads in the pasture behind the East ful confinement of animals. The dogs Coast Equine Clinic. The shooting were kept in individual cages in the apparently took place in the dead of yard. “Some looked like they cut their night. One horse, belonging to the faces from trying to get out,” officials clinic’s owner died. The second horse said. County Animal Control investi- belongeds to the son of the clinic gator Jerry Dixon said, “The puppy- owner and underwent intensive vethad no shelter or water. One adult pit erinary care.

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Sea turtles begin annual nesting on local beaches

BY MICHAEL CROOK VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

We love our sea turtles.

Those beloved icons of Vero Beach are coming ashore by the dozens, soon to be hundreds and then thousands, at night to lay the eggs that will hatch their next generations.

÷It’s exhilarating!” said Marie Kimball of Vero Beach, a volunteer with the county’s sea turtle survey program, which covers an 11-mile strand from Indian River Shores to Round Island Park. She was thrilled on Saturday morning to help biologist Rick Herren as they marked a fresh Loggerhead

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nest with stakes. “This is the first time I marked one myself.”

Why does Kimball volunteer, going through extensive training and giving up the dawn hours to the task? ÷I love sea turtles,” she said. “I always have,” ever since meeting Herren when he rescued a sick turtle. ÷This is my second year and I love it,” said volunteer Sherri Davis of Vero Beach. “It’s the fact that you’re protecting sea turtles, which I love.”

It is a love that comes with commitment. were’s the drill for Davis: “I left home this morning at 5:30 to go out to Indian River Shores, load up the ATV, and we head out about a half-hour before the sun comes up. Basically we just look for every flipper mark on the sand.”

This year’s hatch The nesting season begins March 1, but May is when Loggerheads start nesting here, and the beach gets a bit busy at night with female turtles crawling out of the sea.

Experts say 2010 was a banner year for nests along Central and South Flori-

da beaches. Along Indian River County strands, almost 6,000 nests were logged into a GPS tracking system, mostly Loggerheads, plus hundreds of Green turtles, and dozens of Leatherback turtles. It’s an irony to host so many members of endangered species. ÷The question is, What’s going to happen this year?” Herren said. By Tuesday, he’d found 94 Loggerhead and 15 Leatherback nests.

The Sunshine State might have surpassed the nation of Oman on the Persian Gulf as the most important destination for Loggerhead turtles, as measured by number of nests per mile. ÷Florida may be the No. 1 Loggerhead nesting place in the world,” for density of nests, Herren said.

Indian River County is No. 5 statewide for turtle nests. Having lower nest counts than, say, South Brevard or northern Palm Beach County, might have have something to do with the shape of the ocean floor leading up to the shore, Herren said.

It’s impossible to predict whether decades of decline in sea turtle nesting – and, consequently, adult turtles – will

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Volunteer Marie Kimball and county turtle biologist Rick Herren scan 11.5 miles of beach on ATVs.

“pit” to touch just one egg lightly to confirm it wasn’t a “false crawl,” the term of art for a turtle that came up on the beach but didn’t lay eggs.

The result: a statistically valid sample of nests to be revisited later to check the success of the hatch.

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Lights pointed out toward the beach have, for years, been cited as a manmade turtle risk that is easiest to correct. Hatchlings get confused and wind up failing to get to the water.

Other avoidable dangers are: leaving furniture out on the beach; fires on the beach, and the charred wood and ash left behind; and digging huge holes in the beach but failing to fill them back up before going home.

And remember, disturbing a mother turtle, any nest, eggs or hatchlings is illegal.

While he’s already trained a beachcombing crew for this season, Herren welcomes volunteers willing to help with non-nesting tasks, especially educating residents and business owners about beachside lighting.

If you’re interested, or if you’ve spotted a sick or injured sea turtle, call Herren at 226-1569.

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continue to slow, Herren said. Factors that cause a female turtle to migrate and lay eggs include, for example, each individual’s cycle. They don’t come ashore every year. ÷Nesting every three years is typical,” Herren said. “One individual nests several times during a season. One female will lay up to seven clutches of eggs.”

Loggerhead clutches average 110 eggs, while Green turtles lay about 124 per clutch, and Leatherbacks 78. ÷Females make decisions to migrate based on nutrition,” Herren said. To forage for food between migrations, they may swim hundreds of miles.

Based on telemetry data from tagged turtles, “they’re going all over the place,” Herren said. “After nesting all the way up to North Carolina, most go back to the Caribbean, the Lower Keys and even farther south.”

Here on our beaches, Herren and volunteers don’t stake out every nest they find. ÷We have so many thousands of nests,” he said. “If I marked every nest I’d need a lumber yard of wood, and soon there would be no room among the stakes for other turtles to nest.”

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Marie Kimball pounds marker stakes around a Loggerhead nest on Saturday.

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Beachland Elementary perfect place to celebrate Earth Day

BY MICHAEL CROOK VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Principal Carol Wilson is quick to credit Natalie Holtom, a Beachland Elementary mom, with leading the way toward a belated yet still enriching Earth Day celebration last Friday.

“She headed up this effort,” Wilson said. Holtom wouldn’t be stopped by the fact that April 22, Earth Day, wasn’t a school day. So the annual commemoration of care for the environment at Beachland was set a few weeks forward.

Holtom said Beachland happens to be a perfect location to help students grow in appreciation of the natural world.

“We have a lot of fun doing it,” Holtom said. “Our campus is host to about 400 rare trees and fruits,” she said.

Members of the Indian River Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council Inc. were on hand. The council offers educational

programs for the public on growing exotic food-bearing plants. Lectures and tours are available. The group operates Beachland Horticultural Center, a botanical garden at Beachland Elementary School, and grows 700 different species of rare plants from all over the world.

Asked about the core purpose of the Earth Day celebration, Holtom said, “If we can teach our students about the rare trees and plants – we could almost do lessons along with history and science – and teach students about recycling, then they’ll go home and teach their parents.”

Among the activities was appreciation of citrus fruits, donated by Hale Groves, and watermelon, peppers and squash, donated by Ken Gregory Produce.

“This reminds us of the importance of caring for the environment, caring for our earth and our campus,” Wilson said.

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Cultural Council presents annual Laurel Awards

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STAFF PHOTOS Diane and Al Smith, Nicole Hunter, Tonya Roberts, Donna Sizemore

BY CHRISTINA TASCON VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Attendees of the 16th Annual Cultural Council Laurel Awards were treated to an elegant cocktail reception at the Riverside Theatre on Friday evening.

The event was catered by Hale Groves River Market as about 100 guests were serenaded from the balcony by the Vero Beach High School String Quartet (a smaller segment of the Vero Beach High School Orchestra.)

After the opening reception, a program honoring the recipients was held on the Waxlax Stage where each recipient was presented their award by the previous year’s winners.

For Cultural Professional Leadership, Matthew V. Stott, Orchestra Director of the Vero Beach High School was presented by Warren Obluck; for Volunteer Leadership, Al Smith, Volunteer Coordinator at McKee Botanical Gardens, was presented by Cathie Callery; in Artist Leadership, Sharon Morgan, an artist and a major force in the development of Vero Beach as an art community, was presented by Del and Jeanne Peterson; and

in the category of Business/Philanthropic Leadership, Dr. Ben D. Emerson, an ardent supporter of the Riverside Theatre and of the arts in Indian River County, was presented his award by Herbert Whittall standing in for Jafar Falasiri.

Herbert Whittall, former chairman of the board, was master of ceremonies and began the evening by recognizing the Honorary Chairs Susan J. Smith, Susan Grandpierre and Marcia Loewinger for putting on the event. Adding a few words about the Award winners, he turned over the ceremony to each of last year’s award recipients.

Mid-point in the ceremonies, the Vero Beach High School Orchestra played a musical interlude, “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber.

Barbara Hoffman, the Cultural Council Board Chairman remarked, “What has been so special about this year’s ceremony has been seeing the realization of the work by one of this year’s Laurel Award winners come to fruition by the performance of these students at our event. They were magnificent and it just shows the im-

portance of young people being exposed to culture and the arts.”

Stott, who has worked with his students since 2002 and has helped them achieve the coveted “Superior” status, introduced each student with a short synopsis of their musical accomplishments and future plans in music before their performance.

The Cultural Council has been active here in Indian River County since 1995, when it was designated by the County Commission as the Local Arts Agency for Indian River County. Council members have been a constant support for continued arts education in schools despite major school curriculum budget cuts.

Working with Main Street Vero Beach and members of the local artist community, the Cultural Council is putting downtown Vero Beach on the map as an artist destination and arts educational center.

They are also the connection for learning about all the cultural happenings in the county through their Cultural Events Calendar, published annually. The calendar is open to all events and is considered to be

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the most cohesive activity guide in the county.

What many people may not realize when thinking of the Cultural Council is that the partnership between the Council and the Chamber of Commerce has had a direct and indirect impact on the

Indian River County’s economy.

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their plans around certain art and cultural events held here that they learned about through the Cultural Council’s website and cooperative magazine publicity including the Under the Oaks Fine Art Show, which brings in over 80,000 visitors each year to the area and the May Pops concert , held at Windsor.

In April, Kelly resigned from the Council to spend more time with her family but her work during her tenure with the Cultural Council has done much to support and increase local culture’s awareness and she has seen been assisting the new director, Susan McGarry, to see that work progresses with its continued success.

The Laurel award is as old as the Cultural Council and many high profile community leaders in music, art and volunteerism have been honored in the past. This year’s recipients have been extremely invaluable to the continued goals of the Cultural Council. Whether through education as in Matthew Stott’s case; as staunch promoters of artists and culture in the area as in Sharon

Morgan’s and Dr. Emerson’s efforts; or through Al Smith’s volunteer coordination to keep iconic McKee Botanical Gardens well supported, this year’s recipients obviously deserved the honors.

After the ceremony, Sharon Morgan seemed pleased and humbled by the recognition.

“My association with the Cultural Council has afforded me the opportunity to meet so many wonderfully creative individuals and organizations whose dedication builds and supports the vibrant arts community we enjoy in Indian River County. I was very surprised to have received the Artist’s Laurel Award this year because I know so many are deserving of this recognition. I am extremely grateful to all who support the arts and happy to be a part of it.”

Her sentiments were echoed by many past recipients.

The Cultural Council Office is located at 2041 14th Ave., V.B., Fl., 32960 and may be reached at 772-770-4850, via email at Info@cultural-council.org, or at www.cultural-council.org.

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As dark clouds opened up this past Saturday evening bringing much needed rain to Vero Beach and Indian River County, the Oceanside Business Association’s Sunset Saturday Night concert event was washed out.

After scurrying out of the rain, Sunshine the clown set up under the covered walkway in front of Kilwin’s, and began tying balloons, entertaining children of all ages.

The next event in the OBA’s concert series is scheduled for Saturday, June 11 in front of Humiston Park on Ocean Drive.

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STAFF PHOTOS Vero Beach High School Class of ‘61 reunion chairwoman Clara Lou (Lunsford) Lockwood, and class president Jack Sturgis, joined nearly 100 classmates and their spouses for a 50th reunion dinner at the Court House Executive Center on Saturday.

Sturgis said the group so enjoyed their reunion that they may meet again in five years. “What I thought was a one-year job (as class president) has gone on for at least 51 years.”

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Red Cross throws a hurricane party with a message

BY CHRISTINA TASCON VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

About 30 vendors, artisans and supporters, including sponsors Seacoast National Bank and 93.7’s The Breeze, held down spots to offer products and services while supporting the Red Cross efforts around the globe at their Third Annual “Hurricane Preparedness Hangar Party” held at Sun Aviation.

The Red Cross has been in the thick of disaster relief effort for over 120 years.

When the water rises, the ground quakes and Mother Nature wreaks havoc on the lives of unsuspecting people, it is the Red Cross that assists wherever they are needed. Currently they have been helping tornadostricken neighborhoods in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, but they are on 24/7 alert every day of the year.

The Treasure Coast Chapter found a fun and familyoriented way to help educate everyone on getting prepared in the event of a hurricane by throwing a great festival combined with hurricane informational booths.

Everything from fun activities for the kids to music by OPM (Other People’s Music) and Hurricane Bucket drinks for the adults made this a party suited for all ages and a successful fundraiser for the Red Cross.

Sarah Ruwe, the North Treasure Coast Red Cross Chief Executive Officer, estimated that nearly 900 people came out to support the event, adding, “We hope that everyone is making their plan, building a disaster kit and staying informed as we approach the hurricane season. This party was a fun way to do so while raising

funds to help those in immediate need, and to train our more than 625 volunteers to be ready to help wherever they are needed.”

No matter what reason people came out to Sun Aviation’s Hangar, the result was a successful party with a message that was heard loud and clear, “Be Prepared.”

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Triathlon is battle against cancer and the elements

BY MICHAEL CROOK VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Conquistadores came ashore at Jaycee Park during the organization’s first Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Conquistadores Sprint Triathlon on Sunday.

This was no reenactment of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, though. The benefit event is about the battle against blood cancer as these athletes gathered to raise awareness and funding to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Avid racer and “Team in Training” coach Craig Weyandt said about 70 participants competed in what he considers an ideal venue for this race.

Racing for charity has become a very popular form of fundraising.

Racers of a wide range abilities braved threatening weather and a low ocean swell at 7:30 a.m. while spectators strolled the boardwalk to shout support and athletic inspiration.

“Second place is first loser!” one woman yelled at a competitor.

Racers battled a choppy half-kil-

ometer ocean swim, biked a windy 20 kilometers northward and back, then finished with a 5 kilometer run as thunder and lightning rolled in from the west.

The first Conquistador across the line happened to be Eddie Branigan, ranked 88th by USA Triathlon, the governing body for the sport in America. Close behind was Vero Beach resident Vincent Burke, age 70.

Many first-time racers participated as well. Weyandt said athletes he is training are hooked and would be back to fight another day.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to the fight against blood cancer.

The society’s “Team in Training” program offers the opportunity to train and get fit while helping others in need.

Team in Training, launched in 1988, has raised over $1 billion to fund vital blood cancer research while training nearly half a million runners, walkers and cyclists.

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the Main Street Cultural District is a big step towards making that a reality.”

While art supplies are an important part of his business, Shapiro said he didn’t realize how great a role framing would become, and how much he would come to appreciate it.

“People only bring very important things to be framed,” Shapiro said.

Like the retiring Coast Guard officer wanting to commemorate the occasion, or the descendant of a Korean War soldier whose medals were hidden away in a box.

For more information, contact Shapiro at 772-567-2212 or visit www. lighthouseartandframing.com.

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The new location also features a classroom area where Shapiro hopes to present art classes as well as a lecture series. Adult and children’s art classes will be on the schedule.

Shapiro is a graduate of Pratt Institute in New York City who majored in painting and printmaking.

He worked in advertising for almost 30 years, mostly as a TV commercial director, before moving to Sebastian five years ago with his wife Patricia Hope Miles.

Purchasing Lighthouse a year ago March, he made it his goal to transcend the normal concept of what an art supply store or frame shop can be.

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from the island side of Vero and we hope that by moving downtown we will offer those folks an added incentive to come to us for their framing and art supply needs.”

The new store will have twice the space of the old shop with an expanded line of art supplies, custom frame moldings and ready-made frames.

It will have an intimate gallery that will feature some of the top artists in the region as well as several from outside the local area.

Future exhibits will include works by artists Richard Currier (2011 Under The Oaks Grand Prize winner), Ron Van Sweringin, Jim Bridger, Tammy Torres, photographer Irene Kijak and Shapiro’s own pastels. There will also be exhibits of children’s art and group shows.

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Lighthouse Art and Framing is moving its entire operation to the Downtown Vero Beach Art District. The new address is 1875 14th Avenue at the corner of 19th Street.

With this move Lighthouse will begin to fulfill the vision of its owner, Barry Shapiro, becoming an art center and a complete art resource for the entire community of Indian River County.

Said Shapiro: “When I came here I had no idea of the vibrant artistic community that is such an important subculture of Vero Beach. My goal is to create an environment where artists, art lovers, art students, art teachers and those just curious about art will gravitate.”

His store is a favorite of islanders.

“The majority of our customers come

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Teaming up to tout tourism in Indian River County

BY IAN LOVE VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

The rise of quality boutique hotels on Ocean Drive such as Costa d’Este, Vero Beach Hotel & Spa and longtime favorite the Caribbean Court, have begun to build a brand for Indian River County as a trendy place for quality, affordable

beach time fun.

“We have had dozens of mentions in the national media,” said Indian River County Chamber of Commerce Tourism Director Susan Hunt. “I am also finding more and more editors that are reaching out to me to get some infor-

mation about Vero Beach and Indian River County as a destination. The national media exposure has a domino effect. Vero Beach has become known as a destination and with that so does Indian River County.”

Costa d’Este has put together a string

of successes this winter and spring, receiving an airtime mention on the Today Show on a travel segment called “Affordable Beach Getaways” that garnered over $50,000 in bookings and this month earning a mention in the May issue of Coastal Living magazine in a cov-

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The Indian River County Chamber of Commerce recently presented its Tourism Division Award to Mary Jayne Kelly, former Executive Director of the Cultural Council of Indian River County at a recent event at the Vero Beach Hotel & Spa. The annual award is given to a local member who has had a positive influence on the county’s tourism industry.

Making the presentation at the annual tourism luncheon was Susan Hunt the Chamber’s Director of Tourism.

Kelly was hired by the Cultural Council of Indian River County in 2002 and during her tenure was credited for improving the council’s visibility in the community.

STAFF PHOTOS The pool at the Vero Beach Hotel and Club.

“Mary Jayne provided new opportunities to bring cultural programs and services to our county,” said Susan Hunt, Chamber of Commerce Director of Tourism.

Kelly increased the allocation of tourism funds for promoting cultural tourism by organizing a cooperative agreement with the Vero Beach Museum of Art, Riverside Theatre and McKee Botanical Garden. She developed a marketing program for cultural tourism, including promoting local galleries and downtown Vero Beach as an arts district.

“It was a pleasure to work with so many talented visitor industry professionals,” Kelly said. “I am proud of the work we accomplished over the years.”

STAFF PHOTO From left, Chris Thompson, President and CEO for Visit Florida; Susan Hunt, Indian River County Chamber of Commerce Director of Tourism; Mary Jane Kelly; Monica Smiley, Director of Sales & Marketing for Costa d’ Este Beach Resort.

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that to. One of them is the terrible, cold winter up north, the only month we had a downturn was January because it was cold here.”

In looking ahead, Hunt says she is hoping for a bump in hotel traffic in the summertime when traditionally the county goes into hibernation. The Chamber has been working with the state’s tourism marketing arm, Visit Florida, in marketing to local families primarily in central and south Florida that the beaches in Vero Bearch are unspoiled and uncrowded.

“I think we are going to have a good summer,” she said. “We are hoping to see a lot of ‘staycations’ and a lot of people in our drive markets coming here. People are becoming more sensitive to buy local and shop local and so when they think local they are broadening that to Florida. Visit Florida has become very active in promoting the state within the state. All that should bring us a good, strong summer.”

Hunt said she is working through Visit Florida with counterparts in St. Lucie and Martin counties to attract European visitors, many of whom have a keen interest one of their niche promotions -- eco-tourism.

“Europeans take their vacations in the summer,” she said. “We are trying to attract them to our pristine beach and to discover our preserved, natural wonders.”

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The glamour of having these distinctive hotels along Ocean Drive is also working hand-in-hand with the Tourist Development Council and the Chamber of Commerce in developing niche marketing strategies to highlight the county’s pristine beaches and quality attractions to Europeans or people who live less than a tank full of gas away.

The county is starting to gain some traction in its efforts to promote the area as a destination for weddings, sports attractions, eco-tourism and a myriad of cultural events.

“We had a lot more destination weddings (this season), which I think is due to some of the marketing we have been doing,” Hunt said. “Also we had a lot more sports teams coming to the area and that is due in part to the Treasure Coast Sports Commission, working in concert with the Vero Beach Sports Village and with the Chamber and our tourism division.”

Hunt credits hoteliers, the Chamber and local government officials for recognizing the importance of promoting tourism in Indian River County through advertising, social media, tax dollars and enticing the national media to give Vero Beach another look as something more than just the former Spring Training home of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“These are the niche markets we have been going after,” she said. “It takes a collaborative effort on the part of everyone connected with tourism in Indian River County. Everybody works very, very well together to put heads on beds.”

While most of those destination events are months in the planning, the area was helped as well this year by the bitter winter up north and, for the most part, the balmy weather on the Treasure Coast.

“We had a very, very good season,” Hunt said. “We work on a fiscal year that starts in October and year to date we are 5.9 percent above in our bed tax collection compared to last year. In speaking with the hoteliers, which I do frequently, it has been a very good, very strong season.

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Local men stick with hockey in the tropics

BY IAN LOVE VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Every Monday and Thursday Robert Paugh, General Manager at Bill Bryant and Associates by day, drives one hour each way to lace up his skates and play a little hockey.

Paugh is part of a committed group of local hockey enthusiasts who live out their boyhood passion for a sport about as foreign to the Sunshine State as a bathing suit in winter in Canada.

The 40-year-old Connecticut native grew up playing hockey through most of his formative years, but decided to move Vero Beach in 2002 to help his mother with her ailing husband.

“I didn’t play for the next eight years,” he said. “I did zero skating.”

He didn’t give up his love of hockey, however. Paugh, who also loves fishing, paid homage to his sport by keeping his collection of hockey sticks in his fishing rod rack.

Paugh met Dr. Mike Paralovos, a chiropractor by profession, but another ice hockey player in his free time.

Paralovos worked on Paugh for a couple of years before he finally convinced him last fall to make the trek to Space Coast Iceplex and get back on the ice.

“He joked with me that he needed more patients,” Paugh said.

Injuries are a concern, (“face it, we all have to go to work the next day,” Paugh says), but the leagues are structured with a no-checking rule so the game centers more on skating and offense rather than teeth-rattling defense.

In fact, Paugh says he has been bandaged up more helping to coach his son’s roller hockey games than he has since his recent return to the ice.

“My son started getting into roller hockey,” he said. “I have more injuries from their games then I ever suffered in ice hockey. I have separated my shoulder, fractured my face in three places and knocked three teeth loose.”

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Robert Paugh and Mike Dunleavy (back row second and third from left) drive an hour each way to play in an adult hockey league in Rockledge.

Terry Marlett helps to run both the pickup games and organized leagues at the Iceplex. She said there are about 10 Indian River County residents who play regularly in Rockledge.

One of them is 56-year-old John Jennings, five years removed from open heart surgery and with no plans for hanging up his skates anytime soon. His son John, a sophomore at Stony Brook in New York, is a walk-on player on his college hockey team.

The elder Jennings offered some words of wisdom to Paugh, whose son is taking an introduction to hockey program at the Iceplex.

“My advice to him is if your son is going to play ice hockey, you better get him a partner to play with, because there is a lot of time spent in the car traveling,” he said. “And as he gets better and moves on to higher levels, there is even more time traveling all around Florida.”

Marlett says she draws amateur players

from as far west as Tampa and south as Jupiter even though there is a rink with games in West Palm Beach. The most typical story is a displaced northerner who gave up the sport he grew up only to rediscover it despite the hot Florida climate.

One such athlete is 36-year-old Boban Abbatte, who owns some Little Caesars franchises the county. He moved from Detroit in 2004 to help re-build his father’s hurricane damaged home and ended up staying for good.

“When I moved down here I didn’t know much about the rinks down here, but I met a couple of guys who said they play at a rink in Rockledge and I have been playing there for the last five years.”

While most of the local players played competitively at the high school or college level, there are some who played professionally and some who made it to the NHL. Among that group is Ryan Sittler, a

No. 7 pick overall in the 1992 NHL draft and who played in the American Hockey League; Ladislav Karabin from the Czech Republic who played professionally for 13 years, including a nine-game stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1993-94 season; and Shawn Heins, who from the 1998-99 season to 2003-04 played for the San Jose Sharks, Pittsburgh Penguins and Atlanta Thrashers.

However, the other guys heading up I-95 to Rockledge never reached those lofty heights, but they still love to play.

Paugh’s wife Anna, is from the Slovakia and loves hockey as well. He says she fully supports her son’s new-found interest in the sport and her husband’s efforts to relive her roots.

However she did make one request when he told her he was again taking up the sport.

“She said I could play as long as I kept up my Blue Cross Blue Shield,” he said.

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This Indian Trails home listed by Coldwell Banker Ed Schlitt Realtors agent Ginny Mitchell was recently placed under contract by virutue of an open house.

Realtors still find the ‘Open House’ effective

BY IAN LOVE VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

A question has been raised in some real estate circles whether that tried and true marketing tool -- the open house -- has gone the way of the wild upward advance of property values.

Many of the tech-savvy brokers laud the online virtual tour as the best way to present homes to the widest group of potential buyers and look down at the open house as an antiquated way of selling homes.

However, in Indian River County, some Realtors say there is still a place for the traditional real estate marketing methods in conjunction with the new avenues of showing off homes provided by the power of the Internet.

“We still have tremendous success with open houses, there are a lot of people who just want to see the home personally,” said Steven Schlitt of Coldwell Banker Ed Schlitt Realtors. “You don’t get a feel for what a house looks like from just online. In fact, we were just looking at that and some of the agents who do a lot of open houses says

it accounts for about 10 percent of their business.”

In fact, Joe Beaudoin, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker, says 30 percent of the sales he generates come from holding open houses. Obviously, he is a big believer in their efficacy.

“What you find are some people who don’t want to go through the doors of a real estate agent because they think they are going to be trapped into buying just certain properties,” Beaudoin said.

Another Coldwell Banker Realtor, Ginny Mitchell, also swears by the open house. She recently put an Indian Trails home listed at $725,000 under contract to an Orlando couple who came to her open house.

“We drove them around for several weekends so they could see what else was on the market” Mitchell said. “But it was that first open house in Indian Trails that they fell in love with and are now buying.”

She and her husband, Jeff Mitchell, use many techniques to attract buyers.

While they spend significantly on their

internet presence, and rely on the company brand name to make the buyers comfortable, they also do open houses most weekends as one more tool in their home marketing plan.

Lucy Hendricks of Norris & Company says an open house can serve a purpose even if it does not directly lead to a sale.

“Open houses are valuable and they can be productive in a lot of different ways,” she said. “You can get feedback on the house, the price, the neighborhood. Plus we deal with a lot of gated communities, where people don’t have easy access and you can save sellers a lot of time by not having to set up 12 separate appointments.”

Steven Schlitt added that the personal touch is often very important in making a connection between potential buyers and the homes they are considering. The open house allows the opportunity to answer questions immediately and point out the extras that might not be readily apparent.

“Here in Indian River County, where we have subdivisions that tend to be

smaller, our designs tend to be custom,” he said. “Every home has its own unique characteristics, its own flow, its own finishes and people want to investigate that. It is one reason online sales have not gone the way of stockbroker sales. If you are buying 1,000 shares of a company, you can pretty much get all the facts online, you don’t have to go take a tour of the company.

“But if you are buying a home, you are not going to get all the facts online, you are not going to know the finishes in the kitchen, whether the flow in the kitchen is what you want, whether the view in the bedroom is what you want.

People need to go out and look at the home to understand if it is what they are looking for.”

Beaudoin said he holds as many as five open houses on weekends, each one lasting no longer than an hour.

“It is not worth it to stand in somebody’s house for three to six hours to see the house”,” he said. “People will either make it or if they are really interested will call and make an appointment.”

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An open house run by Norris & Company’s Lucy Hendricks for this Seagrove West home is scheduled for May 29.

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“People often ask me if there are guidelines in our practice of what I like to call MacNeil/Lehrer journalism. Well, yes, there are. And here they are: • Do nothing I cannot defend.

• Cover, write and present every story with the care I would want if the story were about me.

• Assume there is at least one other side or version to every story.

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• Carefully separate opinion and analysis from straight news stories, and clearly label everything.

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Here is how I closed a speech about our changes to our PBS stations family last spring: ‘We really are the fortunate ones in the current tumultuous world of journalism right now. When we wake up in the morning, we only have to decide what the news is and how we are going to cover it. We never have to decide who we are and why we are there.’

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Right-sizing city government It is time for the City of Vero Beach to retire from the water and sewer business, and we applaud Council members Carroll, Fletcher, Heady, and Turner for seeing the wisdom of pursuing negotiations with the County.

It is well established that if the City does not sell its water and sewer system, customers will soon be picking up the tab for long deferred maintenance. Further, if the Town of Indian River Shores, representing 20 percent of the City’s existing customers , casts its lot with the County, the City will be forced to spread the cost of deferred maintenance and debt service over an even smaller customer base.

Those opposed to the consolidation argue that if the City sells its water and sewer system it will no longer enjoy an

annual transfer of some $800,000 in profit from the water and sewer division to the city’s general fund.

Profit? The city water and sewer system is carrying some $25 million in debt, and has swept under the rug millions more in deferred maintenance. This reminds us of the old maxim that there can be no profit until the debt is paid.

If instead of transferring some $800,000 annually from the utility system to the general fund, the City used the money to pay for needed maintenance, or for debt service, then City leaders would be faced with the unpleasant task of explaining that the city’s property taxes are artificially low, and have long been propped up by annual transfers from the City’s utility operations.

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Last Sunday afternoon, my partner and I rode our bikes down to Round Island State Park off of A1A, in the hope that we might see some of the manatees which inhabit that part of the Intracoastal.

We were rewarded with our closest encounter to date. While we stood ten feet above the water on a wooden walkway, a local Treasure Coast family – a father, mother, and their two grade school aged boys – were swimming in the warm and shallow waters, and there was an adolescent manatee right there in the water interacting with them.

The manatee was repeatedly swimming up to them, gliding under them, gently bumping up against their legs,

as if playing with them in a swimming pool.

Every time the manatee came up for air amidst the human family, one of the four swimmers would reach out and gently rub their aquatic friend behind its eyes --much as SCOTT ALEXANDER you might pet the family dog on the sofa.

With each touch, the manatee seemed to linger on the surface, as though it loved being petted by his human friends.

We watched for the longest time as

the people and the manatee playfully and respectfully and kindly interacted with one another.

As we finally rode off on our bikes, I marveled at what I had witnessed, and wondered how one might explain this gentle, inter-species behavior.

Is it simply that the manatees in that park have gotten so used to the good people who swim there that they naturally act like domesticated house pets?

Is there something adaptive – in the evolutionary/survival sense – in the wild manatees learning to trust us upright two-legged creatures who have such dominion over this planet?

Or did we simply witness a kind of sacred, mystical kinship between radically

different creatures that arises simply out of life’s propensity toward holiness, gentleness and love?

I am sure that some will be more than happy to provide me with an utterly reasonable scientific or natural explanation of this lovely encounter, but I would sooner leave it as an unexplained mystery…a holy, gracious moment I stumbled upon on a warm Sunday afternoon.

Rev. Scott Alexander has been a Unitarian Universalist minister for almost 40 years. He is the author/editor of 5 books, and travels widely speaking and conducting workshops on spiritual matters.

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argument for the Twin Pairs is its potential as an evacuation route out of town. But it certainly is not the only route.

Today, downtown is the seat of city and county government, it houses the popular main library, many great restaurants, a thriving art district and site of many community events. It is not simply another business district vying for the public’s dollar; it is the historic center of our community.

In fact, it is the living room of our community. Virtually everyone who lives in or visits Vero passes through downtown’s historic center. The question you must ask yourself then, is whether you are proud to invite friends and visitors through your living room? If you are, then “The King” has prevailed. Welcome to his kingdom, the land of unintended consequences.

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ments in downtown that would lay the groundwork for its revitalization.

Revitalization of downtown was important because Vero Beach had grown faster than some would like. With no place to expand and a tax base heavily dependent on residents, one of the few options available was to revitalize existing commercial/residential areas of the community. First among them was historic downtown Vero Beach.

The path was now cleared to encourage private investment in downtown and ultimately increase its value to the entire community.

Only one problem stood in the way – the Twin Pairs – which essentially cut downtown Vero Beach in half and limited any redevelopment plans. Subsequently, numerous studies were conducted, paid for by the Main Street organization or by local government.

Every one of the studies cited the Twin Pairs as the leading impediment to a successful downtown revitalization effort.

As with any issue, there are two sides.

One key advantage of the Twin Pairs was that it created a highway from the beach to I-95 for those who need a highway through downtown. Another

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“Wizard of Id” logic, the DOT decided to build the Twin Pairs. They weren’t necessary, of course – interstate traffic no longer passed through Vero.

Also, downtown Vero had declined substantially as a commercial center.

Converting SR60 into a pair of one way streets MILT THOMAS was about as necessary as, say, a bridge to nowhere or a museum of toilet flush levers.

Construction of the Twin Pairs commenced at a time when a renaissance was taking place around the country.

Nationally and state wide, the Main Street program encouraged public-private partnerships to revitalize historic downtown centers. A local group of businesses, property owners and residents known then as the Downtown Vero Beach Association applied for Main Street status and received this important designation. A few visionary property owners made major invest-

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One of my favorite comic strips was “The Wizard of Id.” In one installment, “The King” issued a decree that none of his subjects could speak until he spoke first. One day he walked out of his palace, ignored a crowd of onlookers and stepped into the path of a horse drawn carriage. As he lay in the street, he looked up at the silent crowd and said, “What happened?” The crowd responded in unison, “Watch out!”

Sometimes we make decisions in life without considering the unintended consequences. Back in the 1960s I-95 ended at State Road 60. You drove through Vero to US 1, then headed south to the turnpike feeder road to rejoin I-95 west of Ft. Pierce.

This significantly increased downtown traffic so the State Department of Transportation (DOT) ordered a reconfiguration of SR60 in downtown Vero. Hence, the plan for two one-way streets was conceived. It was named the Twin Pairs after 30 seconds of consideration.

However, by the time DOT put the finishing touches on its plan, I-95 was completed. So, the Twin Pairs were not built… …Until twenty years later. With

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jDPKTD _K9O? lTHHO6 Tacos done well, fashionably or old-fashioned I visited “El Toro – Tacos and Tequila” at the old Patio Restaurant on U.S. 1 recently, and I have plenty of positive things to say about it. But before I begin, I think it would be instructive to briefly review another similar restaurant in the neighborhood.

Over by Vero High, at 1690 14th Avenue, you will find a quiet little tienda called Tres Hermanos (Three Brothers). If you enter and walk back behind the groceries and sodas and piñatas, you will find an honest taqueria that is one of my favorite secret spots in town, and it provides an apt point of departure for discussing the food at El Toro.

On a recent trip to Tres Hermanos with my kids, we sampled a nice assortment of true Mexican street-food style tacos. Notably, the tacos there are entirely about the various simple fillings. Each taco starts with a double layer of corn tortillas, and each is garnished with lime, cilantro and, if you choose, hot sauce. Sure, we tried the grilled beef and chicken, but I also sampled the tongue and cabeza (cow head). They are all yummy in their own way, and I would suggest you visit and try for yourself. They are inexpensive to say the least.

Back to El Toro, I want to discuss the tacos themselves, because I think they are an interesting contrast to the fare at Tres Hermanos.

I consider the tacos at El Toro a “reconsideration” of the true Mexican taco. Miles away from the familiar cheesy “Tex Mex” tacos that you’ve tried a hundred times (not that they are bad, just different), El Toro is serving authentic Mexican tacos,

though dressed up a bit. And to me, El Toro is generally successful in their attempt.

Just as a pizza can’t be successful without a good crust, a taco wilts without a good tortilla, and I was impressed to learn that El Toro sources its fresh corn tortillas from the Dos Miltas factory in Fellsmere. Tasting fully of quality masa harina (limed corn flour) and appealingly charred, I considered El Toro off to a good start.

Regarding the available fillings, my girlfriend and I sampled five different tacos – the fried lobster, the fried tuna, the grill mahi, the pork carnitas, and the wild mushroom and asparagus. To me, the two fried options were the least successful; but to be fair, I’m not from California, and the idea of fried foods and mayonnaise on tacos is not familiar or particularly appealing to me. More successful were the

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grilled mahi and the mushroom. Both were more straightforward and satisfying. The real stand-out was the slow-roasted pork with the tomatillo salsa.

That one I would walk across town for.

Of anyone in the kitchen, I would give a shout out to the prep cook who prepares the various salsas and toppings for each taco. My particular favorite was the cilantro slaw that topped the lobster tacos.

Tart and apparently simple, after a few chomps, the slaw revealed a pleasantly bitter surprise. I couldn’t quite place it, so I asked. Radish. Nice.

Focusing further on the basics, while I’ve had better black beans, El Toro’s version is dense and perfumed with cumin, which is an authentic Mexican touch. The Spanish rice was airy and flecked with nibblets of roasted corn. Again, nice.

No review of El Toro would be complete without stating the obvious -- the restaurant occupies one of Vero’s most notable and beautiful buildings, dating back to the days of Waldo Sexton. It is a sister to our Ocean Grill, the Driftwood Inn, McKee Jungle Gardens, and certain other landmarks. Pecky cypress, Spanish tile, and waves of artful odds and ends speak volumes about the history and style of Vero.

With Margaritas and Dos Equis beers served by the charming and attentive David Goss at the outdoor bar, it’s hard not to have a good time.

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Bones Scavenger Hunt presented by the Human Society of Vero Beach and the Indian River County Young Professionals group called The Yuppie Puppies.

11am-3pm, beginning and ending at the Human Society. $25/adult team member; $10 for children 15 and under. Includes lunch, T-shirt and team mascot.

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May 25: Ocean Science Lecture Series at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Ever wondered about the sex life of marine animals? Come and enjoy Motions of the Oceans, an entertaining talk with Dr. Al Dove and Senior Aquarist Patricia Dove (yes they are married) from the Georgia Aquarium, as they take you on a unique voyage on the sex life of animals from marine mammals to invertebrates. The lectures are open to the public, free of charge,

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May 19-20: Spring Dance Festival to benefit Riverside Children’s Theatre.

7pm Anne Morton Theatre at Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach. $6 per person.

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May 20: 11th Annual Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament to benefit Indian River State College Foundation. Vero Beach Country Club. $100/golfer. 772-462-7880 May 21: Spring Fiesta to benefit Riverside Children’s Theatre. 10am-3pm. Celebration of performing arts for children.

Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach. Free and open to the public. 772-234-8052.

May 21: 35th Annual Exchange Club Blue Water Open “Dolphin Mania” Fishing Tournament to benefit Exchange Club of IRC. 6:30am. More than $10,000 in prizes. $250 per boat. Rain date May 22.

May 21: Adventures of Sherlock

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May 29: “Underneath The Stars” White Party, 6:30pm-10:00pm at Heaton’s Reef Pool Deck, Vero Beach Hotel & Spa. Attire: White preferably. $ 20 per person, includes buffet and choice of one signature red, white or blue cocktail. BBQ Chicken, Burgers, Hot Dogs, Sausage & Peppers, Local Greens Salad, Baked Beans & Macaroni Salad.

772-469-106 May 30: Memorial Day Ceremony at Veterans Memorial Island, 9am, featuring Vero Beach High School band, keynote speaker Col. Pete Peterson (USA Ret.), who is a published author and retired Johns Hopkins University professor; the laying of a wreath to honor those who have fallen in service to our country, and a pass-in-review of color guards.

May 30: 5K Memorial Day Freedom Run/Walk to benefit the Senior Resource Association of IRC. Registration 5:15am, race starts at 7:15am. Riverside Park, Vero Beach. $20/runner in advance, $25 on race day. 772-569-0760, ext. 102.

May 30: Second Annual Memorial Day Service hosted by the National Bavy UDT-SEAL Museum. 10am. Honoring all service men and women lost while serving. For Pierce. 772.595.5845.

Every Sunday: Sunday Market every week from 9am-2pm in historic downtown Vero Beach at the corner of 14th Avenue & 21st Street. Vendor information: Booth rental fee is $25/week. To register or for more info, contact Eric Hessler by email: eric@mainstreetverobeach.org or call the Main Street office at 772-480-8353

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Through May 22: The Vero Beach Museum of Art presents “American Masterworks: 150 Years of Painting” from the Butler Institute of Art. Also on exhibit through May 22 is “Impressions: Selections from the Manoogian Collection.” (Admission to general exhibitions and education wing exhibitions is free.

For some special exhibitions, a variable admission fee will apply. Members and young people 17 years of age and under attend all exhibitions free of charge. Donations are welcome). 772-231-0707.

Through May 22: The Vero Beach Theatre Guild presents Leading Ladies, a comedy by Ken Ludwig. The theater is at 2020 San Juan Avenue, Vero Beach.

To purchase tickets, contact the Box Office at 772-562-8300.

Through May 28: Gallery 14 presents “Life Through Our Lens,” an exhibit featuring Vero Beach High School advanced photography students, grades 11 and 12. All proceeds will go to the Hibiscus Childrens’ Center in Vero Beach. Also, featured will be works in oil, acrylic, watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, mixed media, jewelry and photography by Gallery 14 partner artists.

Tuesday through Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday 10am-2pm. Closed Sunday and Monday. Gallery 14 is located at 1911 14th Ave. For further information please call 772-562-5525 or visit www. gallery14verobeach.com May 19: 46th Annual Dollars for Scholars Awards Night, 7pm, First Church of God, Vero Beach. 772-569-9869.

May 19: Tourism Expo at the Senior Resource Association, 4-6pm. At the Schumann Hall Senior Center, featuring vacation and local tourist adventures.

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Eloise Denney Eloise Denney, 80, died May 4, 2011, at VNA Hospice House. She was born in Ridgeway, S.C., and lived in Vero Beach. Survivors include her daughter, Genia Bradwell; and a grandchild. Arrangements are by Cox Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach.

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Charles Dugan Hess, 90, died April 15, 2011, at his home. He was born in Coldwater, Ohio, and lived in Vero Beach for more than 30 years, coming from Columbus, Ohio. Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Louann Winters Hess of Vero Beach. Memorial contributions may be made to the Boy Scouts of America, 8335 N. Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410.

Arrangements are by Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory of Vero Beach.

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Matilda Hoyle, 98, died May 6, 2011, at Consulate Health Care of Vero Beach. She was born in Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, England, and lived in Vero Beach for nine years, coming from Davie. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Arthur Hoyle, in 1995. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Vero Beach, P.O. Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. Services: Arrangements are by Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach.

Mary Mathey Mary Mathey, 93, died May 8, 2011, in Vero Beach. She was born in Port Chester, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach for 11 years, coming from Hackettstown, N.J. She was a member of St. Helen Catholic Church in Vero Beach.

She was preceded in death by her hus-

bands, Charles H. Mathey and George T. Norwood. Arrangements are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach.

Cecil Poston Jr. Cecil Weinman Poston Jr., 82, died May 6, 2011. He was born in Lynchburg, Va., and lived in Vero Beach. He was a member of the Shriner’s and the Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Kathleen McGinnis Poston of Vero Beach. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz. org. Arrangements are by Thomas S. Lowther Funeral Home and Crematory in Vero Beach.

John Stueber John “Jack” Herbert Stueber, 80, died May 9, 2011, at the Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was born in Phillipsburg, N.J., and moved to Vero Beach in 1999, coming from Honesdale, Pa. He was a member of Living Lord Lutheran Church in Vero Beach and the Honesdale Masonic Lodge.Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Joan Stueber of Vero Beach.

Memorial contributions may be made to Living Lord Lutheran Church, 2725 58th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32966.

Arrangements are by Cox-GiffordSeawinds Funeral Home & Crematory, Vero Beach.

Robert B. MacPherson, Jr. Mr. Robert B. MacPherson, Jr., 90, died May 10, 2011 at Royal Palm Convalescent Center, Vero Beach.

He was born in New York, New York and lived in Orlando and Vero Beach for 17 years coming from Newark, New Jersey. Survivors include his wife of 28 years Debra Lynch of Orlando. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross IRC Chapter, 2506 17th Avenue, Vero Beach, FL 32960. Arrangements by Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory Vero Beach, Florida.

Douglas R. Winslow Douglas R. Winslow, 53, of Vero Beach died unexpectedly at his home.

He was born December 20, 1957 in Rochester, NY. He had been a resident of the Treasure Coast for 13 years, coming from North Port, FL. Memorial contributions may be made to the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida at 3222 Commerce Place, Suite B, West Palm Beach, FL 33417. Arrangements are under the direction Cox-GiffordSeawinds Funeral Home & Crematory, Vero Beach, FL.

John A. Cronin John A. Cronin, 90, of Vero Beach, FL died Saturday, May 14, 2011 at his home. Mr. Cronin was born October 8, 1920 in Lowell, MA and moved to Vero Beach in 1986 from his place of birth. He was a member of St. John of the Cross Catholic Church in Vero Beach and the American Legion. Survivors include his wife of 56 ½ years Martha J. Cronin of Vero Beach. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 378 Center Pointe Circle, Suite 1280, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701. Arrangements are under the direction Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home & Crematory, Vero Beach, FL.

Mary Elizabeth Hawryluk Mary Elizabeth Hawryluk, age 81, of Vero Beach, Fla., died Saturday, May 7, 2011, at her residence in Vero Beach, Fla. She was born in Philadelphia, PA. and resided in Vero Beach, Fl. for 30 years coming from Blackwood, N.J. She was preceded in death by her husband Stanley Valar Hawryluk. Memorial Contributions May be made to VNA Hospice House, 901 37th Street, Vero Beach, Fl. 32960. Arrangements are being handled by All County Funeral Home & Crematory Treasure Coast Chapel, 1010 NW Federal Highway, Stuart, Fla.

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Sinclair-Romanello GREENSBORO, N.C. — Genevieve Romanello of Pfafftown, N.C., daughter of Jacqueline Romanello of Pfafftown and thelateRobertRomanello,wasmarriedto Benjamin Sinclair of Vero Beach on April 2 at the Congregational United Church of Christ in Greensboro, N.C., with the Rev. Lee Moses officiating. Sinclair is the son of Thomas and Sarah Sinclair of Vero

Beach. Becki Quirk of Raleigh, N.C., was matron of honor. Matt Brumberger of Silver Spring, Md., was best man. Liam Adeney and Timothy Allen were ring bearers. A reception at Revolution Mill Studios in Greensboro followed the ceremony. The bride graduated from North Forsyth High School in Winston-Salem, N.C., in 2003, and from Elon University in Elon, N.C., in 2007, cum laude with a bachelor degrees in biology and environmental studies and from PennState University in State College, Penn.,in 2009 with a master’s in ecology. She is employed by Salem Baking Co. in Winston-Salem.

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Boudrias-Collins VERO BEACH — Caroline Collins, of Vero Beach, daughter of Clay and Jenae Collins of Vero Beach, was married to Chet Boudrias of Fort Pierce on Dec. 17, 2010 at St. Helen Catholic Church with Deacon Joe DiMauro officiating. Boudrias is the son of Peggy and Mike Monahan of Fort Pierce and the late Joe Boudrias. Allie Holman, Vero Beach, was maid of honor. Paul Sinnott Jr. of Clarksville, Tenn. was best man. A reception followed the ceremony at Grand Harbor Golf Club, Vero Beach. The bride graduated from Vero Beach High in

2005 and from the University of Central Florida in 2008 with a BS in psychology.

She is currently attending Indian River State College, pursuing a nursing degree.

The groom graduated from John Carroll Catholic High in 2003 and from Mercer University in 2009. He is the overseer of general operations for his family’s business, Ace High Farms in Fort Pierce. Following a wedding trip to the Caribbean, the couple reside in Fort Pierce.

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Address 162 Devonwood Way 919 Island Club Square 1508 Orchid Drive 9550 Maiden Court E 884 Island Club Square 1815 Mooringline Drive PHB 217 Park Shores Circle #217B

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

750 Lake Drive Riomar Bay 5/9/2007 $2,950,000 5/9/2011 $2,595,000 Premier Estate Properties Moorings Realty Sales Co.

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

1515 Indian Bay Drive Indian Bay Point 3/9/2011 $1,800,000 5/11/2011 $1,500,000 Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc.

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

152 Anchor Drive Anchor The Moorings 4/24/2010 $1,695,000 5/5/2011 $1,450,000 Norris & Company David Walsh & Assoc.

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

155 Anchor Drive Anchor The Moorings 3/25/2010 $1,248,000 5/11/2011 $1,100,000 The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Phoenix Acquistions

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

65 Cache Cay Drive Cache Cay 3/28/2011 $670,000 5/5/2011 $670,000 Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Daley & Co.

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

130 Ocean Spray Court Oceanridge 1/22/2010 $699,900 5/10/2011 $570,000 Realty Connection Premier Estate Propertsie

Subdivision Oceanridge Island Club of Vero Sea Oaks Old Orchid Island Club of Vero Harbour Side West Park Shores

List Date 8/30/2010 2/15/2011 2/12/2011 5/27/2010 11/24/2010 12/14/2010 1/22/2010

List Price $415,000 $389,000 $319,000 $257,500 $209,900 $200,000 $159,000

Sell Date 5/5/2011 5/10/2011 5/11/2011 5/5/2011 5/6/2011 5/9/2011 5/11/2011

Sell Price $400,000 $375,000 $314,000 $250,000 $212,600 $182,500 $149,000

Listing Broker Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl Norris & Company Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl RE/MAX Crown Realty Associated Home Solutions Rlty The Moorings Realty Sales Co. Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl

Selling Broker Billero & Billero Properties Norris & Company Treasure Coast Sotheby’s Intl.

Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc. Daley & Co. The Lafferty Group Dale Sorensen Real Estate, Inc.

Mainland Real Estate Sales – May 5-May 11

Address 1875 Tarpon Lane, #203 2400 3rd Place SW

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

6290 37th Street Indian River Farms 10/6/2010 $975,000 5/5/2011 $800,000 Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc. Norris & Company

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

380 Farley’s Court Lost Hammock 7/3/2010 $575,000 5/5/2011 $540,000 RE/MAX Premier Prop Showcase Non-MLS

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

600 St. Anne’s Lane St. Anne’s Island/Oak Harbor 12/7/2010 $599,000 5/5/2011 $515,000 Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Grand Harbor Real Estate

Address: Subdivision: List Date: List Price: Sell Date: Sell Price: Listing Broker: Selling Broker:

1155 Harbor Links Circle Harbor Links 3/29/2010 $369,700 5/6/2011 $340,000 Alex MacWilliam, Inc. Alex MacWilliam, Inc.

Subdivision Tidewater Island The Preserve

List Date List Price 10/13/2010 $295,000 10/27/2010 $219,000

Sell Date 5/6/2011 5/6/2011

Sell Price $210,000 $200,000

Listing Broker Norris & Company Billero & Billero Properties

Selling Broker Ron Rennick Autions, Realtors Non-MLS

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