animal
obedience programs and
efforts to spay and neuter
pets to prevent unwanted
animals.
) See DIRECTOR, A8

Candidate wants to build voter confidence, turnout

Challenger is fourth to enter
supervisor race, first Democrat

BY WARREN KAGARISE
Staff writer
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
- Saying he wants to
increase voter confidence
and turnout, Michael
Carch, a Vero Beach college
student, has launched a
campaign for county elec-
tions supervisor.

With attention focused
on local elections long
before the first ballot will
be cast, Mr. Carch began
stumping for votes last
week, meeting with voters
at the Fellsmere Frog Leg
Festival and marching in
the Martin Luther King Jr.
Day Parade.
After talking with county

residents, Mr. Carch said
voters are ready for a
change at the Supervisor of
Elections Office.
"This is a position that
has to transcend partisan-
ship," he said last week.
When he entered the race
late last month, Mr. Carch,
24, became the fourth can-
didate to seek the post, and
the first Democrat to file
candidacyolder
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A2 Vero Beach Hometown News

Grandfather goes

all out to win

tickets for PSL girl

BY RITA HART
Staff writer
PORT ST. LUCIE Would
you rip the hair off your
body to keep your child
happy? That is only part of
what one Port St. Lucie fam-
ily did to win some of the
hottest concert tickets
around.
When Vero Beach radio
station 93.7 The Breeze ran
a contest for Hannah Mon-
tana concert tickets, they
were counting on people
willing to do outrageous
things to win.
They weren't disappoint-
ed.
"Hannah Montana," the
popular Disney channel tel-
evision show about


a girl
leading a life as an average
teen by day and a pop
singer by night, has made
Miley Cyrus, the actress
who plays Hannah, one of
the most popular stars in

recent memory.
Tickets for Hannah Mon-
tana and Miley Cyrus The
Best of Both Worlds con-
cert, now on tour, sell out as
soon as they become avail-
able, and scalpers are get-
ting thousands of dollars
from parents who want to
make their children's
dreams come true.
Banking on that populari-
ty, Hamp and Karen, known
as "The Wakeup Team" on
93.7 The Breeze, recently
ran a contest which asked
listeners to tell them what
they would do to win tickets
to the concert.
The winner was Aimie
Deblasio of Port St. Lucie,
who, with the help of her
father, Ronald Masloff of
Fort Lauderdale, blew the
disc jockeys away with the
answer to that question.
"Aimie was the full pack-

) See TICKETS, A10

Congress
From page Al
GOP legislatorfor the last
13 years.
Florida Democratic
Party Chairwoman Karen
Thurman, who addressed
local party activists last
weekend, predicted unaf-
filiated voters could propel
a Democrat to victory in
the race.
"Independents are
breaking toward Democ-
rats," Ms. Thurman said.
District 15 includes
parts of Brevard, Osceola
and Polk counties, as well
as Indian River County.
Party affiliation is often
the best predictor of vot-
ing behavior, Kevin Wagn-
er, an assistant professor
of political science at
Florida Atlantic University
in Boca Raton, said Mon-
day.
Butdissatisfaction with
President Bush, combined
with worriess about the
economy and the Iraq war,
could" hurt GOP candi-
dates, Mr. Wagner said.
"This is a good year to be
a Democrat," he said.
But Democrats have
their own Achilles heel, he
added:

If New York Sen. Hillary
Rodham Clinton, who is
an anathema to conserva-
tives, leads the Democratic
ticket, it could boost GOP
turnout.
Illinois Sen. Barack
Obama, however, could
bring new, younger voters
to the polls a result that
could tilt the race in favor
of other


sidestepped a bid on
Monday, opting instead to
focus on his campaign for
Brevard County Clerk of
the Court.
Meanwhile, another GOP
legislator, State Sen. Bill
Posey of Rockledge, moved
toward a U.S. House cam-
paign earlier this week.
"The Republican Party
has a strong field of candi-
dates," State Rep. Thad Alt-
man, a Viera Republican
who is also considering a
run for the District 15 seat,
said Monday.
Candidates can file for
the race until May 2. Voters
will chose party nominees
during the Aug. 26 primary
elections.
Mr. Weldon, an Army vet-
eran and physician, was
first elected during the
1994 "Republican Revolu-
tion."
He often votes with fel-
low House conservatives,
casting ballots against the

2001 No Child Left Behind
education overhaul and, in
late 2002, to authorize the
use of force against Iraq.
Last May, he launched
his campaign for an eighth
term.
When he announced last
week that he would retire
instead, he said he wanted
to return to his medical
practice.
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Cliff Partlow/staff photographer
From left, Steve Doane, Paul Thomas, Joe Marasco, and American Legion Post 39 commander, Chief Jim 'Patches' Wat-
son are hoping to get enough money to restore the Model 1905 three-inch Field Gun that has guarded the front door of
the post since 1986.

American Legion post launches

campaign to restore historic cannon

BY WARREN KAGARISE
Staff writer
VERO BEACH Built to
withstand the rigors of war,
a 1905 cannon displayed at
an American Legion post
here was no match for the
rain, sun and wind that left
it falling apart and rusting.
Now, Legionnaires want to
restore the Army cannon,
which they say is one of
three left in the United
States. To complete the
extensive restoration, local
Legionnaires need to raise
an estimated $5,000 for

repairs.
American Legion Post 39
announced a restoration
fundraising drive last week.
New wooden wheels will
help


are unclear, the
artillery was transported
from a Virginia. armory to
Fort Bragg, N.C, in the early
1920s. Later, it was brought
to Pocahontas Park in down-
) See CANNON, All1

WEEK IN

REVIEW
State awards biofuel grant to FIT's lab
VERO BEACH A project to develop microalgae into
biodiesel fuel at the Florida Institute of Technology
Marine Lab here was awarded a state grant worth more
than $400,000, the Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services announced last week.
Melbourne-based FIT, along with its partner, Califor-
nia-based Aurora Biofuels, is developing what it
describes as the next generation of biofuels biodiesel
from microalgae.
Microalgae is naturally oily, grows quickly, produces
more bio-oil per acre than traditional crops and can be
grown on land unsuitable for food crops.
"We will work with Aurora to develop and test algal
strains for their long-term outdoor production viability,"
Junda Lin, FIT director of -the Institutecritical in
triggering the development of a renewable energy indus-
try in Florida," Mr. Bronson said in a news release. "With
the backing of'and an investment from the state, we're
hopeful that these projects will yield positive results and
serve as a, catalyst for major commercial investment in
this industry."
State officials chose 12 entities out of 76 vying for the
awards, which were funded by the Legislature last spring.
The grants are part of the state's Farm to Fuel initiative,
a program designed to get the Florida agriculture indus-
try to produce 25 percent of the state's energy needs by
the year 2025. The goal of the program is twofold: to
reduce Florida's dependency on foreign oil and to keep
land in agriculture.
Gov. Charlie Crist, who has made sustainability efforts
a centerpiece of his administration, praised the efforts.
"I applaud Commissioner Bronson for


recognizing
Florida's potential to be a leader in ethanol and other bio-
fuels," Mr. Crist said in a news release.

Citrus Hall of Fame to induct late local exec
WABASSO Richard Graves, an Indian River County

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S"Education is very
Importantt" he said. "No
matter what happens, I
want to further my educa-
tion."
In Indian River County,
where registered GOP vot-
ers outnumber Democrats
and unaffiliated voters,
Mr. Carch said he is confi-
dent about his chances.
"This isn't a party issue;
it's a people's rights issue,"
he said.-

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From page A3
citrus grower who died in
late 2006, will be inducted
into the Citrus Hall of Fame
of Florida, a statewide grow-
ers group announced last
month.
Mr. Graves, the retired
president and CEO of Graves
Brothers Co. inWabasso, was
one of the staunchest advo-
cates of the Florida citrus
industry and the migrant
workers who toiled in its
groves.
He will be inducted into
the Citrus Hall of Fame of
Florida alongside Joseph D.
Marshburn of St. Petersburg
and Norman Todd of LaBelle
during the March 7 ceremo-
ny.
Citrus Hall of Fame of

Florida members include
distinguished leaders who
have made significant con-
tributions to the statewide
citrus industry, according to
a


in the
late 1980s, Mr. Graves was an
early supporter.
In 2001, RCMA honored
Mr. Graves and his wife,
Mary Pfleger Graves, for
their efforts.

Unemployment ticked
higher at end of '07

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
Despite statewide
employment gains during
2007, the ranks of jobless
workers drew in Indian River
County during the final
month of last year.
State statistics illustrate
that, out of a 62,213-mem-
ber workforce, 3,759 quali-
fied for unemployment dur-
ing December, 57 more
jobless workers than during
the previous month.
Overall, unemployment
was up to 6 percent from
3.9 percent from the same
period in 2006.
Hendry County, at 6.9 per-
cent, recorded the highest
unemployment rate
statewide in December. Her-
nando County, with 6.6 per-
cent; Flagler and St. Lucie
counties, each 6.4 percent;
.and Charlotte County, with
6.2 percent, led Indian River
County recorded higher job-
less rates than Indian River
County.
State labor officials attrib-
uted the high Hendry Coun-
ty rate to seasonal declines
in agriculture and related
,-.industries: .
Statewide, unemployment
- climbed0.4 percent in
November to 4.7 percent in
December.
Agriculture employment is
set to increase in coming
months, as growers begin
harvesting.
Florida added 85,800 jobs
since December 2006. Edu-
cation and health services,
and leisure and hospitality
accounted for 70 percent of
the new jobs in the state,
according to figures released
by the Florida Agency for
Workforce Innovation.
"The agency is working
closely with our partners in
education, workforce and
economic development to
create innovative programs
that will build the state's
workforce to help keep Flori-
da's economy vibrant," Mon-
esia T. Brown, director of the
Agency for Workforce Inno-
vation, said in a news
release.
The construction industry.
reeling from declines in the
housing market, lost 20,900
jobs during 2007, the agency
reported. The decline was
the first time since 1992 that
the state experienced 10
consecutive months of over-
the-vear declines in con-
struction jobs.
"We also encourage
Floridians who need
employment assistance to
visit any of our nearly 100
one-stop centers through-
our the state," Ms.


people in Fellsmere
who were instrumental in
this, and they're not asking
for a commission."
Dan McIntyre, assistant
superintendent for plan-
ning and operations, said
the broker worked to
secure the donation.
The broker could take
legal action against the
district if the board denied
the commission, board
attorney Usher "Larry"
Brown said.
Board members accept-
ed the agreement as a
draft, and left the commis-
sion matter to be negotiat-
ed later.
The 20-acre site, part of
a 6,824-acre parcel owned

by the Ansin family, is
located east of Interstate
95 and adjacent to Vero
Lake Estates.
By accepting the land,
the board also agreed to
give impact fee credits to
the Ansin family. Impact
fees are paid by develop-
ers, and used to build
roads and other infrastruc-
ture.
Under the agreement,
the district has five years
to begin construction of an
elementary or a kinder-
garten-through-eighth-
grade school, and seven
years to open the school.
Otherwise, the owner
could take back the prop-
erty.
District officials hope
the proposed schoolcould
alleviate crowding at near-
by Fellsmere Elementary
and Treasure Coast Ele-
mentary schools.
Superintendent Harry La
Cava said Imagine
Schools, which is set to
open two charter schools
in Indian River County, is
not interested in the Ansin
property.
Imagine Schools, based
in Arlington, Va., has yet to
announce locations for its
schools, which are slated
to open in August.
Board member Ann
Reuter said concerns
about the small size of the
Fellsmere Elementary site
were driving demand for a
new school. At Fellsmere
Elementary, she said, there
was also concern about
complying with the
statewide class-size
amendment, which goes
into effect in August.
Statewide, school dis-
tricts are facing pressure to
) See BOARD, Al 1

Editor's note: This is a
list of arrests, not convic-
tions, and all arrestees are
presumed innocent unless
or until proven guilty in a
court of law.

o Wisdom teeth are known as third molars and are the last teeth
to erupt in your mouth between the ages of


for mercy.
"Take a leap in the right
direction," a hand-paint-
ed banner admonished
festivalgoers. "Don't eat
frogs."
Laura Guttridge painted
the banner, right down to
its cartoons of hopping
frogs, and handed out
fliers that began, "Shame
on Fellsmere."
For the last dozen years,
Mrs. Guttridge has
protested the annual Frog
Leg Festival, arguing that
organizers have depleted
marshes and swamps in
the name of a gimmick.
"They don't have to do
this massive slaughter of
frogs," she said last week.
"It's gross."
Her suggested solution:
Keep the festival and its
amphibian theme, but cut
frog legs from the menu.
"I don't think the con-
cept of eating the frogs
brings people there to
begin with," Mrs. Gut-
tridge said.
For Fellsmere, the
annual Frog Leg Festival
turned this city of 4,000
from a backwater to a
bona fide attraction. Each

year, the event draws tens
of thousands of visitors,
and raises money for
recreation programs to
benefit local children.
Since the late 1990s,
when festival attendance
ballooned, organizers
have imported mostof the
frogs, sparing the local
amphibian population,
festival organizer Fran
Adams said.
"Are there frogs out
there?" she.said, referring
to the marshlands west of
Fellsmere. "Honey, there
are gazillions out there."
Back in 1992, when Ms.
SAdams launched the festi-
val, frogs were gigged, or
caught, from local wet-
lands, cleaned, cooked
and served alongside grits
and slaw. In the early
years, Ms. Adams bought

frogs year-round, and
then froze them until the
festival.
"Quite frankly, I didn't
have time to buy them,"
she said. Or the freezer
space.
This year, most of the
7,000 pounds of frog legs
fried for the festival were
imported from Asia.
About 200 pounds of
locally gigged frog were
served, Ms.. Adams said.
By the end of the four-
day festival, held from
Jan. 17 to 20, almost
70,000 people headed
west to the grounds of the
old Fellsmere School.
On Jan. 19, a balmy,
bright Saturday, Mrs. Gut-
tridge made her stand.
A longtime animal
activist and vegetarian,
she once won a local

Humane


Society honor
after crashing through a
ceiling while attempting
to retrieve baby raccoons
from an attic. After the
successful rescue, doctors
closed a gash on her head
with 14 staples.
At the festival gate, Mrs.
Guttridge held a stack of
fliers and wore a dark
green "Save the Frogs" T-
shirt. For two-and-a-half
hours, the Vero Beach
housewife warned
passers-by about the
environmental shock of
frog-less marshes.
"[Frogs] are needed to
control the insect popula-
tion, mosquitoes in par-
ticular," she wrote in the
five-paragraph flier.
"As an inevitable conse-
) See FESTIVAL, A8

Challenger sets
three-way
contest for
District 3
BY WARREN KAGARISE
Staffwriter
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
- Bea Gardner helped
spearhead the first Down-
town Friday street party in
Vero Beach, and the first
countywide cleanup day for
Keep Indian.River Beautiful.
Now, as she seeks a Coun-
ty Commission seat, Ms.
Gardner said she wants to
bring new ideas to the gov-
erning board.
"I believe it's time for a
change," she said. So the
longtime Republican filed
candidacy papers with the
Supervisorof Elections
Office last month, setting
up a three-way race for the
District 3 seat.
Her opponents include
incumbent Commissioner
Gary Wheeler, and Gary
Parris, a onetime Vero
Beach councilman and a
former NFL tight end.
To capture the GOP nom-
ination for the District 3
seat, Ms. Gardner is relying
on her years of experience
with local civic and political
organizations.
"I'm a much more moder-
ate type of person," Ms.
Gardner said.
Ms. Gardner serves on the
Vero Beach Recreation
Commission, which is
weighing options for the
city-owned Dodgertown

Golf Course.
Along with
other city
officials, w,
Ms. Gardner
recently vis-
ited Jack-
sonville to
look into
renovation
options, Bea Gardner
according to
a news release.
In the 1990s, when she
kicked off Downtown Fri-
instrumental in starting the
city Christmas tree lighting
ceremony.
Before she retired from
her interior design busi-
ness, Ms. Gardner owned a
furniture store in down-
town Vero Beach.
As a founding member of
Keep Indian River Beautiful,
Ms. Gardner led the first
countywide cleanup day,
The County Sweep, in 1996.
Environmental concerns
also


shape her County
Commission bid.
After a year defined by
drought and a legal battle
between Indian River
County and the St. Johns
River Water Management
District, Ms. Gardner said
convincing Gov. Charlie
Crist to appoint a local resi-
dent to the water district
Governing Board would be
a top priority.
"We need a voice," Ms.
Gardner said. She listed
preserving water quality
and finding ways to con-
serve water as top cam-

Photo courtesy of Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County
Gordon Willard, set to take over the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River
County next week, brings more than two decades of experience to the 40,000-square-
foot Humane Society facility. Here, he holds Coral, a cat available for adoption at the
shelter.

:Director

From page Al
"Once you get the commu-
Snity behind you, you can cre-
ate community solutions,"
Mr. Willard said.
In October, Humane Soci-
ety officials launched the
searchto replace Ms. Carlson.
The search committee
reviewed 40 applications, and
then narrowed the field to five
finalists.
Jane Cammann, chair-
woman of the seven-member
search committee, praised
Mr. Willard for his "outstand-
ing track record" and com-
mitment to animal advocacy
and sheltering efforts.
"We're delighted to have
Gordon onboard," Humane
Society Board President
Chalmers Morse said in pre-
pared remarks. "He's a man of
integrity and has an out-
standing background in the
Field of animal protection."
For Mr. Willard, his experi-
ence stretches through sever-
al animal advocacy groups

2f 1

!5 /1

and shelters. He served as
chairman of the New York
State Humane Association
Board for seven years during
the 1990s.
"You can accomplish so
much more when you point
people in the right direction
and give them good informa-
tion" to do their jobs, Mr.
Willard said, describing his
leadership style.
Mr. Willard, who holds a
bachelor's degree in animal
science from Cornell Univer-
sity and a nonprofit manage-
ment certificate from Johns
Hopkins


University, headed
the Animal Protective Foun-
dation in Schenectady, N.Y.,
for 22 years.
"Issues with animals are
the same everywhere," Mr.
Willard said. But his time in
Lakeland, he added, has
helped him understand the
effects of Florida's climate
and environment on pets and
wildlife.

He and his wife, Valerie,
own a 4-year-old yellow Lab
named Scooby, adopted from
a shelter.
After leaving the local
Humane Society, Ms. Carlson
accepted the top spot at the
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue
League in West Palm Beach.
During her 27-year tenure
in Indian River County, she
developed a lost-and-found
animal program that earned
national attention when
Good Housekeeping maga-
zine featured the effort.
Her signature accomplish-
ment, though, was raising
funds for a $6 million, seven-
year project to build the Good
Shepherd Haven of Hope
facility in Winter Beach. The
shelter opened in 2003.
"Joan Carlson will be a
tough act to follow, but we've
got someone who has that
same vision and commit-
ment," Ms. Cammann said.

preparedness meritbadges. For the citi-
zenship badge, Mr. Lee is required to
attend a local government meeting and
then write about the outcome.
Scouts from Troop 567, which meets at
Our Savior Lutheran Church, joined Mr.
Lee at the Samaritan Center. He credits
fellow scouts and his parents for their
help, and East Coast Lumber for donating
wood to the project.
"I couldn't have done it without them,"
Mr. Lee said.
His mother, Jackie, first suggested the
Samaritan Center to her son several
months ago, when he was searching for a
service project..
"When he was looking for a service proj-
ect, this was the first place I thought of,"
Mrs. Lee said.
Julia Keenan, executive director of the
Samaritan Center, welcomed Mr. Lee and
Troop 567, which she said was the first
scout group to volunteer at the facility.
"This is very important to us," Ms.
Keenan said. "We rely on community


sup-
port."
In addition to providing shelter for

homeless families, the Samaritan Center
also offers job training, and budgeting and
parenting classes. The center aims to pro-
vide long-term transitional housing and
guidance for homeless families, readying
them to live independently.
Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm
Beach, in an effort spearheaded by late
Vero. Beach philanthropist Betty Egan,
joined with other churches and nonprofit
agencies to launch the interfaith, non-
profit Samaritan Center. The center
opened in 1992.
On Jan. 26, when Mr. Lee and other
scouts built shelves for a storage shed and
laid mulch around playground equip-
ment, Ms. Keenan was grateful.
"This needed to be done for a long
time," she said.
Mr. Lee first became involved in scout-
ing when he was 8. His older brother,
Robert, became an Eagle Scout four years
ago, joining the ranks of notable Eagle
Scouts like late President Gerald Ford and
Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
"Peoplebe
an Interfaith "Ceremony of the
Four Chaplains" held atSt.
Sebastian Catholic Church at 2
p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3.
That is 65 years to the day
after the four courageous
Army chaplains of different
faiths, gave up their life vests
to save four soldiers and then
praying together went down
with the USAT Dorchester into
the icy waters of the North
Atlantic. They were among 672
soldiers lost, while 230
survived in the third most
disastrous Navy battle ever.
The key speaker is Ernest
"Ernie" Heaton of Vero Beach.
Mr. Heaton is one of three
remaining survivors of the
Dorchester who spoke with
the Chaplains on many
occasions.
Surviving the "icy watdis" of
the North Atlantic for Ninf
and 1 1/2, Heaton tells his
story about the courageous

men of the cloth and how to
this day their vivid memories
have impacted his life and the
true meaning of "Interfaith In
Action."
Patriotic music will be heard
from many groups, including
a


of the Urban Service
Area boundary, the line
that divides the developed
eastern county from the
agricultural west.
During 2007, Mr. Parris
raised $33,124 in campaign
donations, according to
finance reports. Mr. Wheel-
er pulled in $3,650 during
the same period.
Candidates can enter the
race until June 20. If no
Democrat or write-in can-
didate enters the race, the

Aug. 26 Republican pri-
mary will be open to all
county voters.
All told, voters will
decide three County Com-
mission seats and two
School Board seats this
year, and cast ballots for a
clerk of the court, property
appraiser, sheriff, supervi-
sor of elections and tax col-
lector.
Ms. Gardner, a member
of the slow-growth Indian
River Neighborhood Asso-
ciation, the Taxpayers'
Association and several
local GOP groups, is hop-
ing her connections will

translate to votes come
August.
An IRNA endorsement
could be a deciding factor
in the District 3 race. Typi-
cally, a nod from the organ-
ization has catapulted can-
didates to victory.
"With all ofmy contin-
ued involvement in the'
county, and my get-things-
done attitude, I am sure
you realize, that I am very
qualified and I know that I
can be up and running on
the first day of the job
when I am elected," Ms.
Gardner said in prepared
remarks.

age, and she was doing it
for her daughter, Sierra, for
the tickets and a limo ride
to and from the concert,"
said Justin Tabas, promo-
tions and marketing direc-
tor for 93.7 The Breeze.
Ms. Deblasio called the
station every morning for
five days, each time offer-
ing to do something differ-
ent to win the tickets,
including wearing a Breeze
t-shirt and displaying signs
in her yard advertising the
station.
What caught the station's
attention, however, was
Ms. Deblasio's offer to have
the name of the radio sta-
tion shaved into her
father's head and having
the hair waxed off his chest
while at the radio station.
"But the cherry on the
top


was after we gave him
the waxing, he went to the
mall and walked around
dressed like Hannah Mon-
tana," said Mr. Tabas.
Mr. Masloff said most

people would do a lot of
"crazy things" for their chil-
dren, but even more so for
their grandchildren.
"I've never dressed up in
drag before. It's certainly
not my thing, but it was
that day," he said.
The family appeared on
The Wake Up Team's show
on Monday, Jan. 21 at 7
a.m., where Mr. Masloff's
chest hair was waxed, with
the assistance of his grand-
daughter, Sierra, 10.
"I really didn't know what
to expect," said Mr. Masloff.
"It did hurt somewhat, but
it wasn't as bad as some
people said it would be."
As for walking through
the mall dressed up as Han-
nah Montana, Mr. Masloff
said he was grateful he did
it at 9 a.m., when the mall
wasn't crowded. However,
the usual contingent of
morning mall walkers
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Cannon
From page A3
town Vero Beach, where it
was displayed for decades.
In 1982, with the cannon in
poor condition, it was
removed from the park.
Similar cannons were
constructed during the early
20th century at the Watervli-
et Arsenal in upstate New
York, where Army artillery is

ure to appear in court on
charges of grand theft, oper-
ating a chop shop, grand
theft of a motor vehicle and
racketeering.
*Marielana T. Diles, 26,
661 Jordan Ave., Sebastian,
was charged with posses-
sion of methadone without
a prescription.
*Timothy John Hankins,
50, 691 S.W. McCullough
Ave., Sebastian, was charged
with second-degree petit
theft and uttering a forged

still manufactured today.
Post 39, which has about
500 members, recently sent
58 boxes to an Army unit
stationed in Iraq.
Civic involvement, Chief
Watson said, aids the com-
munity, and allows Legion-
naires to "help our brother
veterans."

instruinent.

Florida Department
of Corrections
*Melissa Ann Brooks, aka
Melissa A. Youmans,


on the Treasure Coast since 2000.

Medical Resources; LLC has partnered with the following insurance
companies to provide medical services to the community.

Rick Samson, 56, of Vero
Beach, died Jan. 16, 2008, at
the Indian River Medical
Center inVero Beach.
He was born in Lewiston,
Maine, and moved to Vero
Beach in 1999, coming from
Sabattus, Maine.
He had been employed by
General Electric in Auburn,
Maine, and served in the
U.S. Army Reserve.
Survivors include his
daughters, Tricia Kent of
Vero Beach and Debbie
Stevens of Monmouth,
Maine; a son, Todd Monier
of Lisbon, Maine; his father
Roland Samson of Maine; a
brother, Renee Samson of

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Lewiston, Maine; a sister,
Paim Davie of' IMassachu-
setts; five grandchildren
and a great grandchild.
He was preceded in death
by his wife, Rita Samson;
mother, "Meme" Samson; a
sister and a brother.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the
VNA/Hospice Foundation,
1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach,
FL 32960.
Arrangements were under
the direction of Cox-Gifford-
Seawinds FuneralHome
and Crematory in Vero
Beach.

Vero Beach, died Jan. 17,
2008, at the Indian River
Medical Center in Vero
Beach.
She was in Cincinnati, and
moved to Vero Beach in
1984, coming from Dayton,
Ohio.
She was a veteran serving
during World War II in the
U.S. Navy and was a mem-
ber of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, the
Vero Beach Country Club,
the Sea Grape Garden Club,
Pi chapter of Alpha Xi Delta
Sorority.
She is survived by her hus-
band of 68 years, Wally
Schruers of Vero Beach; a
son, Fred Schruers of
Venice, Calif; a daughter,
Priscilla Mitchell of Beling-
ton, Wash.; and one grand-
child.
There ,was a memorial
gathering on Jan. 22 at the
Cox- Gifford-Seawinds
Funeral Home in Vero
Beach.

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Ask The Jeweler
Most scholars agree the
Valentine's Day began in
ancient Rome. The most
widely accepted story
has to do with Saint
Valentine. Valentine lived
in Rome"during the 3rd
century: During that time,
Rome was rule by the
Emperor Claudius


who
attempted to make a vol-
unteer army for Rome.
however, he was quite
disappointed when the
number of men who
signed up was less than
he expected. He
believed the reason that
men did not want to fight
was because they did
not want to leave their
wives and children. In
order to preserve his
army, he placed a ban
on marriage throughout
Rome.
Valentine was a priest
and he did not agree
with the law, so he con-
tinued marrying couples
in secret. Eventually he
was caught, imprisoned
and sentenced to death
he had many supporters
while in prison, including
the daughter of the
prison guard. Legend
states that on the day he
died, February 14th,
Valentine left a note for
her thanking her for
being there for him. He
signed it, "love from your
Valentine." Most people
do not realized that they
are giving a Valentine's
Day gift on the day that
Valentine himself was
killed!

Memorial contributions
may be made to the
VNA/Hospice Foundation,
1110 35th Lane,Vero Beach,
FL 32960.
Arrangements were under
the direction of Cox-Gifford-
Seawinds Funeral Home
and Crematory in Vero
Beach.

Rosalie Jordan

Rosalie Jordan, 93, of Vero
Beach, died Jan. 17, 2008, at
Indian River Medical Center
inVero Beach.
She was born in Brewer,
Ark., and moved to Vero
Beach in 1979.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Ray H. Jor-
dan.
She was a member of
Community Church of Vero
Beach.
She is survived by two
daughters, Rosalinda Jordan
of Sebastian, and daughter
and son-in-law Judith Rae
and Joseph Sartori of
Uniondale, N.Y.; grand-
daughter, Merrie Nicola
Gewirtz (Jason) of Long
Beach, Calif.; two grand-

sons, Charles C. Roby III,
(Sarah) of Aurora, Colo., and
Daniel Jordan Roby (Tues-
day) of Minneapolis; and
two great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions
may be made to: VN.A. &
Hospice Foundation, 1110
35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL
32960.
Arrangements were under
the direction of Strunk
Funeral Home in Vero Beach

Dorothy
Leafstrom Tilden

Dorothy Leafstrom Tilden,
91, died Jan. 16, 2008, at her
residence in Vero Beach.
She was


teachers and
students, and training
educators in Orlando since
1989. She has been
instrumental in developing
the first early childhood
degree in Florida, worked
with Dr. Becky Bailey in
w.ritingl he book, "Creating
the School Family", and is
an educational consultant
with 22 years of experience.

Our mission is to ensure the availability and affordability of high
quality early childhood and family support programs for children of
income eligible working families in Indian River County.

fbr the immediate family.
In lieu of flowers, memori-
al contributions may be sent
to Community Church
music department 1901 23rd
St., Vero Beach, FL 32960 or
VNA Hospice of Indian River
County, 1110 35th Lae, Vero
Beach, FL 32960.

Joseph Charles Yurko

Joseph Charles Yurko, Sr.,
77, of Vero Beach, died Jan.
15, 2008, at the Veteran's
Administration Hospital in
West Palm Beach.
He was born in
Youngstown, Ohio, and
moved to Vero Beach in
1986, coming 'from Lake-
land.
He was a veteran of the
Korean War,serving in the
U.S. Navy, and had worked
for Piper Aircraft Co. in Vero
Beach before his retirement.
He was a member and
usher of St. Helen Catholic
Church in Vero Beach, an
honorary life member of the
Knights of Columbus, and a
former member of the Pol-
ish Legion of American Vet-
erans Post 210.
He is survived by his wife
of 56 years, Helen Yurko of
Vero Beach; a daughter and
son-in-law, Susan and
Robert Goad of Lakeland;
and a son, Joseph Yurko, Jr.
ofVero Beach.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Joseph and
Mary Yurcho; stepmother,
Christina Yurcho; a brother,
Stephen Yurcho; five sisters,
Anna Peterson, Mary Roz-
ick, Helen Baksa, Margaret
Kerpsack and Betty Rhodes;
a stepbrother, Dr. Charles
Paros; and a grandson,
James Matthew Goad.
A Mass will be celebrated
at St. Helen Catholic Church
in Vero Beach at a later date.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the charity
of one's choice.
Arrangements are under
the direction


of Cox-Gifford-
Seawinds Funeral Home
and Crematory in Vero
Beach.

Ethel A. Parkinson

Ethel A. Parkinson, 86,
died at Indian River Medical
Center in-Vero Beach.
She was born in Pawtuck-
et, R.I., and lived in Vero
Beach for 25 years, coming
from Miami.
She was a registered nurse
and also worked as a secre-
tary for Ann & Hope, in
Cumberland, R.I.
She was a member of
Community Church in Vero
Beach.
A! memorial service was
held Jan. 26, at the Commu-
nity Church.
Arrangements were under
the direction of Strunk
Funeral Home in Vero
Beach.

Myrtice W. Stewart

Myrtice W. "Billie" Stewart,'
89, died Jan. 19, 2008, at
Indian River Medical Center
in Vero Beach.
She was born in Pine
Grove, and moved .to Vero
Beach in 192.
She was a 1935 graduate'
of Vero Beach High School.
Mrs. Stewart was a secre-
tary with the Indian River:
County Sheriff's Office for:
17 years before her retire-
I See DEATHS, A14

rT e Bahamas is a
Country of 700different
islands and cays,
stretching southeast off the
Florida coast.
Visitors won't find more
interesting islands. The
islands differ physically: pine
forests, white sandy beaches,
limestone caves, lush
plantations, bone fishing flats
and the world's third largest
barrier reef.
They differ historically:
Indigenous Arawak Indians,
Seminole Indians from
Florida, Eleutheran adven-
turers from England, post-
Revolutionary planters from.
Carolina and pirates all
settled there.
Because each island retains
its individual character, each
has something unique and
unexpected to contribute to
an island vacation. There are
islands so secluded, only the
lighthouse keeper has a
telephone; islands with
everything from casino to
golf courses; islands for the
country-club set, where
tennis overlooks mile-long
beaches; islands bustling
with colonial charm; islands
for frogmen and fisherman.

Grand Bahama Island

Situated 100 miles off the
Florida coast, Grand
Bahama Island is a tourism
center offering great
beaches, crystal clear water,
excellent offshore diving,
resort hotels, casinos, golf
courses and shopping
bazaars.
It is the fourth largest
island in the Bahamian
archipelago and has more
than 660 miles of beaches
and stretches


nearly 100
from east to west, but is
only 17 miles across at its
widest point.

Nassau

This island has a seeming-
ly endless white sand beach
where you can relax in the
shade of coconut palms. The
crystal-clear water and the
multicolored tropical fish
are definitely something to
see.
You'll enjoy the graceful
gestures of the uniformed
"bobbies" directing traffic in
the bustling downtown.
Nassau will delight you in
many ways: the colorful
Colonial architecture,
warmth of its people and
infectious music of steel
drums. It's very likely you'll
leave this happy place with
lots of duty-free gifts and
mementos and at least one
straw hat.

KARRIE TOOK
Travel columnist

Freeport

Where Nassau is'a blend of
the old and new,
Freeport/Lucaya is a mod-
ernistic, planned city. It is
situated on the Bahamas'
second most popular tourist
destination: the Island of
Grand Bahama.
Freeport is the resort
center, where the action can
be found. On the eastern and
western ends of the island are
serene and quaint settings.
Finding hide-awayspots is
not uncommon.
Shopping is also a feature
as one can stroll through Port
Lucaya and discover treas-
ures from around the world.
For those into nature,
Grand Bahama is also home
to one of the oldest underwa-
ter cave systems in the world,
situated at the Lucayan
National Park.

Bimini

This tiny island is set
amidst a magnificent blue
sea. Bordered by the warm
waters of the Gulf Stream and
by the Great Bahama Bank,
Bimini has traditionally been
referred to as the big-game
fishing capital of the world.
Discovered by Ponce de
Leon in 151 2 while.searching
for the fountain of youth,
Bimini has long remained a
popular destination for
adventurers of all types.
Pirates and rumrunners took
refuge here. Ernest Hem-
mingway made it a favorite
retreat in the 1930s. Thou-
sands more have come to
catch prized game fish,
explore the undersea world
or simply do nothing at all.
Alice Town is at the center
of most of Bimini's


Beach, FL 32960.
Visitation was held on Jan.
23, at the Strunk Funeral
Home in Vero Beach..

Beatrice 0. "Bea"
Serianni

Beatrice O. "Bea" Serianni,
96, of Vero Beach, died Jan.
21, 2008, at VNA Hospice
House in Vero Beach.
She wast'born in Findley,
W.Va., ari'd lived in Vero
Beach for' 16 years, coming
from Dayton, Ohio.
She was ti member of the
Community Church in Vero
Beach and"a member of the
Garden Club, Order of East-
ern Star, and the Philadori-
an Club, all of Dayton, Ohio.
She is survived by her son,
Jim Serianni of Windsor,

Calif.; a daughter, Sharlene
Frame of Sebastian; a sis-
ter, Elaine Jarrell of Chesa-
peake, W.Va.; and three
grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, Vin-
cent C. Serianni.
A Memorial Service was
held on Jan. 25, at the Strunk
Funeral Home Chapel in
Sebastian.
Memorials may be made to
the VNA & Hospice Founda-
tion, 1110 35th Lane, Vero
Beach, FL 32960.

Irene Elizabeth
McLeod

Irene ElizabethMcLeod,
83, of Micco, died Dec. 20,
2007, at Indian River Med-
ical Center in Verb Beach.
She was born in Pitts-
burgh, and lived in Micco
since 1990, coming from
Baltimore.
She was an administrative
secretary and office manger.
She was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church
located in Sebastian, and a
charter member of the Scot-
tish Society of the Treasure
Coast in Vero Beach.
She is survived by a sister,
Mary Leddon of Mesa, Ariz.

A memorial service was
held on Jan. 26, at the First
Presbyterian Church of
Sebastian.
Memorials may be made to
the First Presbyterian
Church, PO. Box 781689,
Sebastian, FL 32978.
Arrangements by Strunk
Funeral Home in Sebastian.

Grant E. Morse

Grant E. Morse, 96, of
Barefoot Bay, died Jan. 20,
2008, at Indian River Med-
ical Center inVero Beach.
He was born in Salisbury,
Mass., and lived in Barefoot
Bay for 24 years.
He was the chief of police
in Salisbury, Mass., retiring
after 37 years of


service.
He was a member of Rose-
land United Methodist
Church.
He is survived by his wife
of 57 years, Cerena Morse of
Barefoot Bay; a son, Paul
Morse of Kansas City, Kan.;
two stepsons, Jon Cierri of
Sebastian, and Anthony
Cierri of Woburn, Mass.; a
stepdaughter, Cathy Lund-
blom of Stoneham, Mass.;
nine grandchildren; seven
great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Service was

held on Jan. 24, at the
Strunk Funeral Home in
Sebastian.
Memorials may be made
to Roseland United
Methodist Church, PO. Box
157, Roseland, FL 32957.

James 'David' Connell
James "David" Connell,
68, of Sebastian, died Jan.
20, 2008.
He was in Vero Beach, and
had been a life long resi-
dent of Indian River Coun-
ty.
He served in the U.S.
Army and was a member of
the American Legion.
He is survived by his wife
Linda; a son, James David
Connell, Jr.; a daughter,
Debby Connell Oliver; two
grandchildren, Jake and
Holly Oliver, both of Sebast-
ian and Vero Beach; a sister,
Linda Phillips of Arvada,
Colo.
ThereJan. 31, Fox 29 News
launched its new High Definition
news service. Premiering with the
Fox 29 10 O'clock News, viewers saw
"the future of television news", with a
state of the art news and weather set
and cutting edge, energy efficient
LED lighting.
In April, 2002, Fox 29 became the
first station in the West Palm Beach

market to broadcast shows in Prime-
time.
Now, the current HD schedule
includes "American Idol", "House",
"Prison Break", "Sarah Connor
Chronicles", "Bones" and the upcom-
ing Super Bowl XLII and the 50th
running of the Daytona 500.
Fox 29 Vice President and general
manager John Spinola said, "With
our Fox 29 Morning News and 10
O'clock News in HD and our great
schedule of High Definition pro-

gramming, we are providing viewers
not only with the best news coverage,
but also with a superior, sharper pic-
ture and the next generation of tech-
nology."
WFLX' Fox 29 is


the Fox station
serving Palm Beach, Martin, St.
Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee
counties in the nation's 38th largest
television market.
The station is owned by Raycom
Media, headquartered in Mont-
gomery, Ala.

FOR HOMETOWN NEWS
The March of Dimes Treasure Coast
Division announced that Alan Polack-
wich, executive vice president, general
counsel/ president, Indian River Coun-
ty of Riverside National Bank, and his
wife, Deborah, co-owner of Gallery 14,
will serve as honorary co-chairs for Indi-
an River County's March for Babies.
Formerly known as WalkAmerica,
March for Babies is the March of Dimes
premier fundraising event that benefits
all babies-- those born healthy as well

as those who need help to survive and
Strive.
S"I'm proud to be part of a national
movement to ensure that every baby has
a healthy start in life," said Mr. Polack-
wich. "Everyone can be a champion for
babies by signing up for March for
Babies."
"The involvement ofhigh profile local
leaders across the nation is a key ele-
ment in our goal of helping more babies
come into the world healthy," said
Wanda Sapp, chairwoman of the March
of Dimes Treasure Coast Board of Direc-

tors. "We are fortunate to have both Alan
and Deb so committed to our cause."
In Indian River County, March for
Babies will take place on Saturday, May
3, at Riverside Park. Registration starts
at 7:30 a.m. and the March starts at 8:30
a.m.
Residents can sign up today to help
fund lifesaving research and education-
al programs aimed at helping moms
have healthy babies.
Call the March of Dimes office at (772)
562-0115 to sign up or to make a dona-
tion.

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Fundraiser reels in

$13,000 for education

FOR HOMETOWN NEWS
The Education Foundation
of Indian River County
recently hosted its annual
Bass and Birdies Golf and
Fishing Tournament.
The two-day affair raised
more than $13,000 to fund
school supplies, sneakers,
computers, teacher grants
and science fair scholarships
and awards.
Participants kicked off the
event with a Captain's Party at
Quail Valley River Club on
Sunday, Jan. 13.
Guests enjoyed fun, food,
and a live auction. They also
enjoyed discussing who
would catch the biggest fish
during the competition. The
following day the fishing and
golfing enthusiasts navigated
the beautiful Indian River
Club. Each guest had the
opportunity to fish two holes
and golf the remaining six-
teen. The size and quantity of
fish caught and released

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Trinity Church
Music at Trinity is to wel-
coming back Eugene Tobey
and Donald Ingram in con-
cert on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 3
p.m., at Trinity Church locat-
ed at Royal Palm Boulevard,
between Pine and Granada
avenues, inVero Beach.
A freewill offering will be
taken during the service.
For more information,
please call the Church office
at (772) 567-1146 or visit
www.trinityvero.org

Annual Vero Beach
Prayer Breakfast
The Vero Beach Prayer
Breakfast Committee
announced that Pastor Jim
Cymbala of the Brooklyn
Tabernacle will be the
keynote speaker at the Annu-
al Vero Beach Prayer Break-
fast, held at. the Indian River
County Fairgrounds on Tues-
day, Feb. 26, 2008, from 7:30
a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Gospel singer Wintley
Phipps, a Vero Beach resi-
dent, will be performing
The Indian River County

Fairgrounds are located
North of State Road 60 on
58th Avenue at 77th Street.
For more information on
making a donation, call (772)
492-1041.

United Church of
Sebastian and Christ
the King Lutheran
Church
Together the


or to
donate to your favorite team,
contact Pastor Seth Gold-
smith at (772) 360-6830 or
the Ecumenical Food Pantry
at (772) 589-3035.
Coastal Community
Church worships at 10 a.m.
on Sunday in the auditori-
um ofSebastian River Middle
School.

FOR HOMETOWN NEWS
The Martin County and
North Treasure Coast Chap-
ters of the American Red
Cross will be holding the
annual Heroes for the Amer-
ican Red Cross Campaign.
Martin County will kick-
off this three-week long
campaign on March 13, with
the North Coast Chapter of
St. Lucie and Indian River
counties launching their
campaign on March 17.
The goal of the 2008
Heroes for the American Red
Cross Campaign is to raise at
least $100,000 to provide
Red Cross services to Mar-
tin, St. Lucie and Indian
River county residents.
The funds raised will
make it possible for Red
Cross to respond to the
many disasters that may
occur locally, such as house
fires, wild fires, floods, hurri-
canes and tornadoes.
To make surevisit online at
www.trinityvero.org.
The U.S. Coast Guard
Band will present a free
concert at the Sebastian River
Performing Arts Center at 7:30
p.m.
The band is the Congres-
sionally designated premier
band of the United States
Coast Guard and the Depart-
ment of Homeland security.
The Atlantic Classical
Orchestra is serving as host for
the concert.
The Coast Guard Band has
appeared in the former Soviet
Union, Canada and England as
well as at the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts,
Lincoln Center and Carnegie
Hall.
The program includes a
melange of musical selections
including Verdi's dramatic
overture to "La Forza del
Destino," Frank Ticheli's
moving "Shenandoah" and
Donald Grantham's "Southern
Harmony."
The performance is free, but
tickets are required.
Indian River County
residents may obtain tickets
are the Indian River County
Chamber of Commerce at its
temporary location at 1146
U.S. 1 in Vero Beach.
For information, call (772)
567-3491.
You may also contact
Adrienne Moore at (772) 287-
5614 in Stuart. Leave your
name, address and


others.
Gemini-May 21-June 21
Living one day at a time without worrying
about the future is a challenge. Release

ambassador and U.S.
Representative and her
father, Louisiana Democ-
ratic Congressman Hale
Boggs, was Majority
Leader until his death in
1972. Mrs. Roberts' late
sister, Barbara Boggs
Sigmund, was mayor of
Princeton, N.J. and a
candidate for the U.S.
Senate prior to her death
from cancer. Mrs. Roberts'
brother Tommy Boggs is a
Washington, D.C. lawyer
and lobbyist.
Mrs. Roberts, 64, is a
graduate of Wellesley
College, where, exactly 30
years after graduation,
she gave the commence-
ment speech.
She is currently the
contributing senior news
analyst for National
Public Radio as well as a
regular roundtable
commentator for "This
Week with George
Stephanopoulos." She is
also a political commen-
tator for ABC News and
from 1996 to 2002 was co-

anchor of the weekly ABC
news interview program
"This Week with Sam
Donaldson and Cokie
Roberts."
Since 1966, Mrs. Roberts
has been married to
Steven Roberts, a profes-
sor at George Washington
University andpolitical leanings
and today might be
characterized as a "Repub-
lican" or "Democratic"
publications.
Asked about her views on
conditions for the middle
class, she said: "There's a
lot to look forward to. We
live in a wonderful country
that the rest of the world is
scratching to get in," she
said. "But part of life for
the middle-class has to do
with expectations. Today,
people's expectations of
middle-class life include a
big house, two cars,
private schools and
'things."
Although Mrs. Roberts
has attained the highest

levels of professional and
personal success, she is
nonetheless a person for
whom far-reaching
materialism means little, if
anything.
She lives in the house in
which she was raised a
home she termed modest
by many of today's stan-
dards. She told me that
adjacent to her property
was a similar home built at
around the same time as
her own, a nice "rambler"
of a home.
Recently, the property
was sold and the house
was razed. In its place and
filling


the entire lot is a
12,000-square-foot manse.
"That was never impor-
tant in my life. I get my
satisfaction from my
family and my work," Mrs.
Roberts said.
"People may be nervous
about the state of the
country and the economy,
but people are happy in

their personal lives," she
said, referring to polls
which underscore Ameri-
cans' overall satisfaction
with their lives.
Mrs. Roberts commented
on the apathy of people
and young people in
particular.
"Some young people care
and some don't. There's
lots of good data that
young people are doing all
kinds of volunteering in
their communities for
many different causes but
they have no faith in the
political system. They
happen to be wrong about
that," Mrs. Roberts said
with a little chuckle.
"But they will get inter-
ested when it affects them
- when they start paying
taxes. And you tend to get
voters out to the polls
when they're angry," she
explained.
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Art from New Mexico

sojourn will be featured

BY BARBARA YORESH
Entertainment writer
The name conjures up
images of a beautifully
colored and patterned
flower or recollections of
Peter Pan's Indian girlfriend
from Neverland.
But while "Tiger Lily"
certainly applies to those
references, it is also the
name of a marvelous Vero
Beach gallery owned by
seven talented women
artists.
Tiger Lily Art Studios and
Gallery is located in a
uniquely charming con-
verted church building at
1903 14th Ave. in down-
town Vero Beach.
Artists Julie Carter, Chris
Adams Johnson, Shotsi
LaJoie, Jill Pease, Linda
Proctor, Sharon Sexton and
Glenda Taylor comprise a
"lucky seven" of collective
and collaborative artists
who will host their First
Annual Tiger Lily Travels
Opening at the gallery on
Friday, Feb. 22.

A special preview day will
be held on Thursday, Feb.
21 from 10


a.m. to 7p.m. to
enable art patrons to view
the works and explore the
studios.
This special exhibit will
feature works in a variety of
mediums created by the
artists after a sojourn last
summer to Taos, N.M. -
the "Land of Enchantment"
- where each artist was
uniquely inspired by the
landscape and people of
that magical/mystical
place.
A recent visit to their
brightly lit gallery and
workspace revealed a
congenial group of talented
women who were as bright
and enthusiastic as the art
they create.
Color abounds in their
works, which include
paintings, ceramic pieces,
"found object" installations
and mixed media tile
works.
As a subtle counterpoint
to the gay spectrum of hues
found in those works, Ms.

Proctor's black and white
photographs offer eye-
appealing monochromatic
studies of landscapes,
flowers, a horse and a
cowboy.
White walls and display
pedestals' offer the perfect
backdrop to these works
that seem to jump off the
walls or showcase areas
with color, texture and
detail.
One cannot help smiling
in response to thethe Costa d'Este
Beach Resort on Ocean Drive
between Beachland Boule-
vard and Acacia Road.
The band BRAVO will
perform. New York-born
Music Director Adalberto
Bravo, Jr. and his band
BRAVO have entertained

throughout the southeast and
this free concert is not to be
missed!
And if that Latin beat
makes you want to get up
and dance, then do so
because free salsa dance
lessons will be provided
throughout the entire evening
by Swingsation's 14th Avenue
Dance Studio.
During the band's break, a
special performance will be
given by the Riverside
Children's Theatre Star Troupe
and staffers from the Vero
Beach Museum of Art will be
on hand in the children's

activity area to inspire kids to
create or become works of
art.
For more information, call
the OBA at (772) 231-0008
-Jazz artist Tina Marsh will
perform in concert at 7 p.m.
at the Emerson Center to
conclude a celebration of Jazz
Week 2008. The Emerson
Center is located at the
southeast corner of


high school "Fighting

Indians" band director and
performing arts depart-
ment chairman James
Sammons met in Mr.
Sammons' school office
years ago.
"Mr. Sammons asked me
if I was a veteran," Mr.
Cornell said. "We came up
with the Red, White and
Blue concert as a benefit
for veterans."
Mr. Cornell is executive
producer of the concerts.
For years the concerts
were held in the school's
gym, which seated 1,500
people.
"For the first 12 years the
admission for veterans was
free. But when the Per-
forming Arts Center
opened we lost about 500
seats and now haye to
charge veterans $5," Mr.
Cornell explained.
Non-veterans pay $10 for

tickets to the performanc-
es, which have been sell-
outs every year as area
residents come to hear
rousing patriotic music
played by talented student
musicians.
A portion of the concerts'
proceeds are still donated
to, the Indian'River County
Veterans Council for their
work at Memorial Island
and other programs, Mr.
Cornell said.
This year's concerts will
feature a "Star Spangled
Spectacular" theme
honoringthe nation and
veterans in a style reminis-
cent ofthe 1930s and '40s.
"This year we want to an
old-fashioned style
concert like the ones held
on town greens," Mr.
Cornell said.
He had high praise for
the high-level musician-

ship of the young student
performers. i
"The kids in the band
represent less 6 to 7
percent of the total school
population but they are
among the top percentage
academically.
"It's amazing how these
kids perform every year
and they maintain this
quality every day. It's first
class all the way," Mr.
Cornell said.
Advance tickets for the
Red, White and Blue
concerts are now available
at the VBHS Performing
Arts Center Box Office at
the school campus location
on Tuesday and Thursday
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The school is located at
1707 16th St. inVero
Beach. The box office may
be reached by calling (772)
564-5646.

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Performing since 1990, Harp
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BY BARBARA YORESH
Entertainment writer
There might be trouble in
fictional River City, Iowa,
circa 1912, but the music and
lyrics of "The Music Man"
will unquestionably enter-
tain and delight area audi-
ences when theVero Beach
High School presents the
award winning show atthe
school's Performing Arts
Center.
This production will
feature more than 60
talented student performers
who will present their special
version of the former
Broadway hit and movie in.
three performances begin-
ning Friday,,Feb. 15, at 7:30
p.m.

Other performances will be
held Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7:30
p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 17 at 2
p.m.
"The Music Man" is a
musical with book, music
and lyrics written by Mered-
ithWilson, a native of Mason
,City, Iowa. Apparently,
Wilson drew many of his
show's characters and
geographic references from
actual people and places he
knew.
The Broadway show
opened at the Majestic
Theatre Dec. 19, 1957, after
'many years of development
and multiple drafts to the
script.
The show ran at the
Majestic for three years
before moving to The

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Broadway Theatre where it
ultimately complete a run of
1,375 performances.
The original cast included
actor Robert Preston in the
lead roll of


con man "Profes-
sor" Harold Hill. Mr. Preston
had had little singing
experience prior to audition-
ing for the show, but
nonetheless won the role.
Songstress Barbara Cook
played Marian (Madame
Librarian).
"Professor" Harold Hill is a
con man and scam artist
who convinces parents that
he can teach their unmusical
children to play instruments
and start a band.
His enthusiasm proves
effective and parents
willingly pre-pay him for the
necessary instruments and
band uniforms, whereupon
Hill skips town.
SComing to River City with
the same intentions, Mr. Hill
finds his scam compromised
when he falls for the town's

librarian Marian, who
recognizes his fraudulent
intentions.
The attraction proves to be
mutual; however, when Mr.
Hill finds a way to draw
Marian's lisping brother from
his shy shell.
Mr. Hill's scam begins to fall
apart and he is faced with
making a quick getaway or
staying to win the heart of
Marian and "face the music."
He chooses to stay and
ultimately a new boy's band
is formedto the delight of
parents and town residents.
Vero Beach area audiences
attending the VBHS perform-
ance of "The Music Man" will
be delighted as well.
"Trouble" that catchy
tune with "a capital'T' that
rhymes with'P' that stands
for pool showcased Hill's
intention on drawing
attention away from himself
and to the "vice" of billiards.

Art
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tion that confers both
strength and beauty. Tiger
Lily women are both.
Even an untrained eye
can see that their art is both
heartfelt and bold. Every-
day subject matter has
inspired them to create and
impart artistic interpreta-
tions. And they have done
so, often with humorous
and even subtle detailing.
The group's trip to Taos -
a place renowned for its
artists and spirit gave
each member a unique
perspective which she
then, in turn, made into art.

Music
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"Seventy-six Trombones" is
another classic from this
show as are "Till There Was
You" and "Marian the
Librarian." '
The VBHS Performing Art
Center is located


Beach
Museum of Art from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m.
The public is invited for a
day of art exhibitions, Art in
Bloom displays, Floral Design
Demonstration, Floral Art for
the Young, Caricature Artists,
Family Photo Fun and other
special art activities for
children and families in the
Museum Art School studio
classrooms.
The Community Celebra-
tion will feature the exhibi-
tions of: American Portraits
from Sargent to the Present
in its Holmes Gallery,
WOOLIES: A Sailor's Art in the
Schumann Gallery and
Selections for the Permanent

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months of careful turning, and the coffee develops
a mysterious earthy, tobacco, mushroomy quality,
sort of like a French pinot noir.

Collection in the Stark
Gallery.
Snacks and refreshments
will be available from
Chelsea'sfor a fight. I
told them (the team) that at
halftime.
"The game was edgy. There
were cards issued. It was an
intense battle."
After coming out of the
locker room tied at one, the
Falcons showed why it is a
contender for a state crown,
while for a night at least; For-
est Hill simply was a pre-
tender.
Worley quickly put Jensen
ahead for good with a shot
off the goalkeeper's hands in
the 42nd minute. Shortly
after that, it was Worley again
with an assist from team co-
captain Laine Kelly.
The phenom completed
the hat trick in the 50th
minute, giving the forward a
reason to celebrate along
with his birthday cake.
"Edvin is a game changer,"
Rosseau said. "He's an amaz-
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Thursday.
"He has a great touch on
the ball and a great knack of
judging his opponent.
"When the ball is at his feet,
anything is possible. He is
fun to watch and fun to
coach."
Worley's effort was part of a
scoring barrage where
Jensen Beach scored six goals
in 15 minutes to put the
game away.
"No coach expects that,"
Rosseau said. "When it hap-

pens, you don't get upset
about it."
While goals were aplenty in
Jensen's contest they were
scarce as snow in theSaint
Edward's-Benjamin
matchup. Despite two hard-
fought wins over Benjamin
during the regular season,
the Buccaneers had home-
field advantage, as well as
possibly holding a psycho-
logical edge, having ousted
Saint Edward's from the dis-

trict finals three out of the
last four years.
Despite scoring two goals
in each of the wins over Ben-
jamin, the Pirates couldn't
find the net in regulation nor
overtime. Fortunately, for
Saint Edward's neither did
Benjamin and the game had
to be decided in a shootout.
Each team was good on

four of five penalty kicks in
the first round. Saint
Edward's (15-1-2) had an
opportunity to win on the
sixth after Benjamin failed to
convert. Denton Kitchell
nailed it, and the Pirates had
its first district crown-since
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Glider travel bag.
Tour Edge introduced us
:o several new products.
The company's Exotic line
continues to grow and this
year we tried two new
drivers, new fairway
woods and hybrids. The
atest geometric-shaped
driver looks like a penta-
gon and delivers beauti-
fully long and straight
drives.

Sky Golf showed off its
newest hand-held GPS"
units. The latest designs
are much smaller than the
original models and have
a plethora of features. The
company has mapped
nore than 90 percent of
:he courses in the United
States.
Sun Mountain showed
us the latest line of rain
jackets, lightweight carry
bags and the new Club

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should look into getting
one of these great new
travel bags. The wheeled
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while moving around the
airport or in line.
In the afternoon we
enjoyed a round of golf,
testing the new products
from Tour Edgerest
before I return to my "real"
job in the morning.

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his incredible sportsmanship,
will be on hand to help raise
funds and awareness of the
Big Brothers Big Sisters Ten-
nis, Education and Mentoring
program a collaborative
program between Big Broth-
ers Big Sisters of Indian River
County and the Boys and Girls
Club of Indian River County.
, The event will begin at 5:30
p.m., and will consist of a
dozen local tennis profes-
sionals, led by Joe Bieden-
hard, the head pro at the
Boulevard.
The round robin type of for-
mat will match each profes-
sional with an amateur, and

will afford every amateur the
opportunity to play with or
against the tennis legend and
Davis Cup


Why Jefferson Davis was loathed in the Confederacy he led

WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie has long been fascinated by the Confederacy, which his ancestors fought for during the Civil War.

For years, he belonged to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group that defends public displays of Confederate symbols. And he used to attend the annual memorial ceremonies in Washington to mark the birthday of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy.

This week, new details emerged about his veneration of Davis, whom Wilkie praised as a "martyr to the 'Lost Cause'" in a 1995 speech at the U.S. Capitol for a Davis birthday celebration. CNN found a transcript in the United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine.

The Washington Post reported that while the VA leader condemned slavery as"a stain on our story as it is a stain on every civilization in history," he defended the generals and soldiers who fought to preserve it. He also called Davis an "exceptional man in an exceptional age."

In fact, Davis was loathed by much of his military, Congress and the public — even before the Confederacy died on his watch.

Since then, several historians have made the case that, regardless of whether Davis was a hero or a traitor, he was a lousy president.

"You will see many errors to forgive, many deficiencies to tolerate, but you shall not find in me either a want of zeal or fidelity to the cause," Davis told the Confederate Congress in his inaugural speech in 1861 — a rush job, apparently.

He had resigned from


the U.S. Senate a few weeks earlier with a rousing defense of slavery, and was selected to lead the new Confederacy. But Davis had waited until the day before his inauguration to start writing his address — "like a feckless college student with a term paper deadline looming," as author Adam Goodheart noted in The New York Times.

Davis' "many deficiencies" had in fact been apparent long before his political rise, William Davis writes in his book, "Jefferson Davis: The Man and His Hour."

The author calls Davis' early career "a classic portrait of insecurity, of a man almost wandering through life allowing others to make his decisions for him."

He had, for example, "categorically rejected the notion of running for governor, got a Senate seat, then four years later resignedit to run for the governorship," William C. Davis writes. "And through all of his political career, down to his swearing in as president of the Confederacy, he maintained that he took office against his wishes."

Expecting a war that would, in fact, break out within weeks of his inauguration, Davis began the job with bold ambitions, according to the author.

He tried to make alliances with England and France, countries he hoped would send money, ships and troops to fight the Union army.

In fact, no European country would recognize the Confederacy, and Davis would have trouble enough rallying his own people behind him.

"A man who would not relax into informality with his own wife at the table could hardly be the 'man of the people' that nineteenth-century Southerners needed


to inspire their loyalty and enthusiasm," William Davis writes.

Take, for example, one of his generals, Louisiana's P.G.T. Beauregard.

"If he were to die today, the whole country would rejoice at it," Beauregard once wrote, when the Confederate States existed.

He was one of several generals who wanted to launch a massive assault on the North, according to a New York Times review of "The Man and His Hour" — advice rejected by the president, who concentrated on defending the Confederacy's long frontier.

After much conflict between the two men, Davis eventually relieved Beauregard of command and replaced him with a friendly general, James McPherson writes in "Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief." But Davis eventually had to reinstate his rival "because of the general's popularity among segments of thepress and public."

"He did not practice the skillful politician's art of telling others what they wanted to hear," McPherson writes of Davis. "He did not hesitate to criticize others but was often thin-skinned about their criticisms of him."

Beauregard's criticism of the president was expressed in private, as quoted in the book: Davis was a "living specimen of gall and hatred," the general once said, ". . . either demented or a traitor to his high trust."

Davis also feuded with Confederate Gen. Joe Johnston, whom he publicly blamed for the fall of Vicksburg, a key Confederate stronghold, in 1863.

But Johnston was popular with the troops. An aide to Davis once returned from a military inspection, McPherson writes, and told the president "that every honest man he saw out west


of Davis' presidency became a cascade of humiliations and traumas.

In 1864, Davis buried his young son, who had fallen off a balcony at the Confederate White House.

A day later, the president had to deliver a speech to Congress on the state of the Confederacy.

"Every avenue of negotiation is closed against us," Davis told the rebel members. "Our enemy is making renewed and strenuous efforts for our destruction."

It was a very brief speech — and not a pleasant one.

About a year later, Davis would give his wife nearly all his gold — keeping just $5 for himself — and tell her to pay or bribe her way to safety with their children, James L. Swanson writes in "Bloody Crimes: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for JeffersonDavis."

The Union Army was about to march on Richmond.

"Many who saw me walking toward my residence left their houses to inquire whether the report was true," Davis later recalled of his last day as president.

"They all, the ladies especially, with generous sympathy and patriotic impulse responded, 'If the success of the cause requires you to give up Richmond, we are content.' "

Davis escaped by train with the remnants of his government in April 1865 — hours before Richmond fell.

The Confederate capital had already been ravaged by hunger riots, Swanson writes. The president's troops accidentally set fire to it after he had fled.

With a bounty on his head, the president-in-exile was pursued across the collapsing South for more than a month and was finally captured by Union troops in


Georgia.

His reputation had been shaky when he had a rebellion behind him. Now that he did not, it went into free fall.

A false rumor that Davis had been captured in his wife's clothing inspired caricatures across the once-again-United States. "Ingenious photographers doctored images of Davis by adding a skirt and bonnet," Swanson writes.

He was thrown in prison for two years, where his jailers refused to call him president — preferring "Jeffy" or "the rebel chieftain," according to Swanson's book.

He was shackled, insulted and deprived of sleep, Swanson writes. "Hate mail poured in to the Confederate president, taunting him about the terrible doom that must await him."

That doom did not turn out to be execution, as had been threatened, but rather his release into what Swanson calls "a shockingpredicament for a member of the elite, planter class."

Jefferson Davis had to find a job.

It took years, Swanson writes, but he finally became president again — of a life insurance company that soon went bankrupt.

And yet, before his death in 1889, Davis would partially repair his reputation by discovering what Swanson calls "the true purpose of his remaining days — remembering and honoring the dead." In other words, the Confederate memorials that are being debated — and sometimes dismantled — around the country.

After the war, Swanson writes, "the idea of a vast army of the departed who haunted the Southern landscape and memory swept the popular imagination."

Confederate empathizers "labored to recover the dead from anonymous wartime graves, to build cemeteries for them and to mark the land where


they shed their blood with monuments of stone, marble, and bronze."

Davis latched onto this movement with a eulogy for Robert E. Lee in 1870, Swanson writes — but later became "the titular head of a shadow government, no longer leading a country, but leading a patriotic cause devoted to preserving the past."

And that's how Davis got his own memorial in New Orleans in 1911 — and a sympathetic vigil when it fell before dawn in 2017, a century and a half after his presidency failed.Join the DMRI

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Laois has a long and complex history, stretching all the way back to the first people in Ireland over 10,000 years ago.

With the arrival of Christianity to Ireland, Laois became a hub of religious settlements and was renowned for education. Pioneering men like Canice, Fiacc, Coleman and Mochua who were later canonised, founded establishments throughout the countryside that would go on to become famed centres ofworship, learning and scholarship. You can hear about the lives and times of the Saints with our free to download audio guide to Monastic Laois.

After the Anglo-Norman invasions of the twelfth century, Laois became a much disputed borderland between the Gaelic Irish and the new arrivals. The Rock of Dunamase became a key bastion of Norman power. Other important castles and forts were built in the county such as Lea Castle, indicating the importance of the county during the medieval period. Towns were also established at this time, but during the turbulent years of the fourteenth century, the Rock of Dunamase and Lea Castle eventually fell back into Irish control.

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries marked dramatic changes in Laois as this was the era of plantations. The nineteenth


century in Laois was marked by agrarian unrest. One of the leading orators striving for tenants rights was James Fintan Lalor who was born at Tinnakill House, Raheen. He was one of the first political thinkers to establish the connection between tenants rights and independence and uttered the immortal words:“Ireland her own, and all therein from the sod to sky. The soil of Ireland for the people of Ireland”. By the twentieth century, a new Ireland was born and Queen’s County was once again named Laois.and the one with parents/caregivers took place at the PHC nearby their homes. These interviews lasted between 45 minutes to one hour. None of the participants declined to participate in the interview.

Depending on the participants (parents/caregivers, TB focal persons or CHWs) answering the questions, the researchers investigated their experiences about providing or receiving IPT. They also investigated barriers to and facilitators of IPT adherence, and expectations and suggestions. Two experienced qualitative researchers conducted the FGD in the local language at the PHC proposed by the selected CHWs. These fieldworkers used a discussion guide during the FGD; which lasted between 1½ to 2 hours.

After obtaining their agreement, the fieldworkers, under the supervision of the principal investigator, audio-recorded all interviews and FGD. For quality control, at the end of each


Judge Denny Chin, the same judge who signed off on Madoff’s 150-year sentence in 2009, said, “it was fully my intent that he live out the rest of his life in prison.”

“Compassionate release is not warranted,” he added.

Madoff, 82, who pilfered billions of dollars away from investors in history’s largest Ponzi scheme, asked in February for an early release from prison after discovering he had less than 18 months to live. He has kidney disease, uses a wheelchair and a back brace and was admitted to hospice in July, according to the compassionate release court filing.

Several Jewish charities shut down after finding out their endowments had been blown on Madoff’s family and friends. Others, like the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundationwas not a statistically meaningful difference.

The study did find that the drug, overall, is safe, citing no instances of serious side affects besides nausea and diarrhea. Previous analyses of observational data of hospitalized patients taking the drug found heightened risks of cardiac arrest compared with no use of the drug.

(JTA) — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democrat in her first term, has endorsed the Democratic primary challenger in her home state of New York facing veteran congressman Eliot Engel.

In a late-night series of tweets Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez backed Jamaal Bowman, an African-American educator, over Engel, a 16-term lawmaker who heads the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee. Her district in the Bronx and Queens boroughs abuts Engel’s in the borough and suburban Westchester County.

It is unusual for a congressman


Attitudinal dimensions in adolescent anorexic patients: an analysis of the Goldberg Anorectic Attitude Scale.
An abbreviated version of the Goldberg Anorectic Attitude Scale (GAAS) consisting of seven subscales was analyzed with the aid of a sample of 23 adolescent anorexic patients with early onset of the disease. Intercorrelations indicated that the individual scales were sufficiently independent. A test of convergent validity resulted in substantial correlations of some scales of the GAAS with other scales measuring anorexic behaviour and symptoms. Clinical characteristics of the anorexic syndrome and a number of the background variables had no effect on GAAS scores. The validity of the subscale measuring denial of illness is questionable. On the other hand, there is some indication of clinical utility of the GAAS since it adequately reflects change dueDid you know that how you cope with life stress and the general hubbub of modern society may increase your risk for insomnia?

I’ve found myself snacking at night more often than usual, and not on the right foods. Even when you know better, you can slip up and compromise your sleep in the process.

New research by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and published by the journal Sleep in July is the first to pinpoint particular coping behaviors through which stress leads to the development of insomnia.

Insomnia risk and role of stress exposure

The study involved a community-based sample of 2,892 sound sleepers, who had no history of insomnia. Participants reported the number of stressful life events that they had experienced in the past year – things like divorce,


sufficiently rebutted the appearance of vindictiveness.  We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

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To properly understand the issue before us, a look at the factual background is helpful.  The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) initiated this investigation by placing a surveillance on Henry Foundas, who later in May, 1981, while using the name Henry Cooper, attempted to make a cash purchase of a boat.  During the next couple of months, DEA observed him, his son, John, William Butler, John Norris, and others acquire a number of boats and outfit them with the equipment necessary for smuggling marihuana.  They also made a cash purchase of an expensive waterfront home south of Bellingham, Washington, on Chuckanut Road.  In late June, Foundas purchased the motor vessel COURAGEOUS and moored it at theChuckanut residence.

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The COURAGEOUS left the Chuckanut residence on July 25th and proceeded to Sidney Inlet in British Columbia.  There it joined the TIKI, operated by Butler.  The two vessels met and loaded a large quantity of marihuana.  The COURAGEOUS returned to the Chuckanut Road residence and the TIKI went to Bellingham.  After the COURAGEOUS unloaded the marihuana on the morning of July 27th, law enforcement officers observed a truck belonging to appellant at the Chuckanut residence.  The agents then observed appellant drive the vehicle from the Chuckanut residence to a house located on Cedardale Road near Mt. Vernon.  There they observed appellant and another unload what appeared to be boxes into the Cedardale residence.  The house was kept under surveillance while


a search warrant was obtained.  Late in the afternoon other people arrived at the residence and shortly thereafter the appellant's vehicle was driven away.  When the search warrant was served, approximately 5,000 pounds of marihuana was seized and appellant, Michael Barrett and Connie Headrick were arrested.  In Headrick's possession was a copy of a rental agreement for the Cedardale residence showing the renter to be Connie Sweetman.  At the time of the seizure, Foundas and a woman were arrested in the appellant's vehicle.  Later, Butler and John Norris were arrested at the Chuckanut residence where another quantity of marihuana was found.  They were then charged by complaint along with others.  The appellant, Barrett and Headrick were charged in a separate complaint(4) a motion for an extension of time for the filing of motions.  In the motion for continuance and for extension of time, counsel for appellant informed the court that he had been advised by the Assistant United States Attorney that the government was contemplating filing a superseding indictment.  Subsequently, appellant filed a number of motions, including motions to suppress.

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While this was going on, Butler had commenced cooperating with the police.  On August 4th, after the indictment against appellant had been returned, Butler appeared before the grand jury.  Based on his testimony and information received from other witnesses, an Assistant United States Attorney (Diskin) traveled to New York and there learned and obtained evidence that appellant had purchased a piece of marine radio equipment


were an outgrowth of the testimony of William Butler and other witnesses which was taken after the original indictments were returned.  He testified on cross-examination that Butler, in his grand jury testimony, had not provided direct evidence against appellant, but had provided information relating to third parties.  Later, Diskin testified that information was obtained linking appellant with the other third parties.  He said there was a continuing investigation of those who had financed the importation operation and that he flew to New York in September and obtained other information with reference to appellant's activities.  Diskin swore that up to August 4, 1981, he had no evidence of a prior connection between the three people charged originally other than that the three might have beenwith its titular character (Chris Evans) working with his Avengers teammates – Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Vision (Paul Bettany), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and War Machine (Don Cheadle) – to stop terror around the globe. After a mission in Africa winds up causing a tremendous deal of collateral damage, however, the team suddenly finds itself under scrutiny and the subject of controversy.

In order to put the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in check, Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt) presents the team – as well as former members Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) – the opportunity to sign the Sokovia Accords: a document named after the destroyed city from The Avengers: Age of Ultron that would force The Avengers to


"leapfrog" the usual legal process and go directly to the Supreme Court.

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The government said it was going to appeal almost as soon as the ruling came out and the Supreme Court has now granted permission - pushing through the process at a far faster pace than usual because of the importance of the case.

After Lord Toulson's retirement this summer, the appeal will be heard by all 11 remaining Supreme Court justices, led by their President Lord Neuberger.

At the completion of legal submissions, the justices will reserve their decision to a date "probably in the new year", a spokesman for the court said.

He added: "The Supreme Court will sit in its largest courtroom and make available a live video feed in the other two courtrooms in the buildingTo determine the attitude of a satellite, it is known practice to install a stellar sensor in the satellite. Such a stellar sensor is an optical sensor which observes an area of space, and which determines the attitude of said satellite as a function of the positions of stars in its field of view. However, the measurements performed by a stellar sensor are sometimes too noisy to make it possible to determine the attitude of the satellite with sufficient accuracy, based only on the measurements of the stellar sensor.
It is also known practice to determine the attitude variations of an artificial satellite by installing gyrometers in the satellite. The gyrometers are kinetic sensors which measure the speed of rotation of the satellite, a speed of rotation which makes


WWL’s Kristian Garic, Seth Dunlap and Jeff Palermo talks LSU baseball as the Tigers continue their campaign in the NCAA Baseball Regionals Saturday in Baton Rouge against the Southeastern University Lions with WWL callers.

WWL’s Kristian Garic, Seth Dunlap and Jeff Palermo talk LSU baseball as the Tigers continue their campaign in the NCAA Baseball Regionals Saturday in Baton Rouge against the Southeastern University Lions with WWL callers.

WWL’s Kristian Garic, Seth Dunlap talks LSU baseball as the Tigers continue their campaign in the NCAA Baseball Regionals Saturday in Baton Rouge against the Southeastern University Lions with WWL callers.

WWL’s Kristian Garic, Seth Dunlap talks LSU baseball as the Tigers continue their campaign in the NCAA Baseball Regionals Saturday in Baton Rouge against the Southeastern University Lions with WWL callers.

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The 19th-century method has recently gained popularity in trendy coffee shops. The setup consists of two pieces of glassware: a carafe and a glass chamber with a bottom spout that fits snugly into the carafe. Water goes in the carafe, coffee grounds go in the upper glass chamber, and the whole rig sits on a burner.

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Another notable accessory on Michele’s most recent runway was the oversized belt. Leather belts adorned with metal details contrasted the feminine floral prints and tartan plaids they accessorized, while 80s-style shoulder pads and hairdos seemed fashionably out of place on oriental patterns. Headwear was also big; most models wore larger than life hats, thick headbands or hair-hiding head scarves as they made their way down the catwalk.City of London calls halt to smartphone tracking bins By Joe Miller

BBC News Published duration 12 August 2013

image caption Advertisers can buy space on the bins' LCD screens

The City of London Corporation has asked a company to stop using recycling bins to track the smartphones of passers-by.

Renew London had fitted devices into 12 "pods", which feature LCD advertising screens, to collect footfall data by logging nearby phones.

Chief executive Kaveh Memari said the company had "stopped all trials in the meantime".

The corporation has taken the issue to the Information Commissioner's Office.

The action follows concerns raised by privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch, after details of the technology used in the bins emerged in the online magazine Quartz.

Mr Memari told the BBC that the devices had only recorded "extremely limited,