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Vero Beach, Fl - Ed. 3.24.2016
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Happy Easter, Flashers!
As I look forward to this special holiday, I am counting my blessings as my heart goes out to those involved in the terrible tragedy in Belgium this week. My sister Suzy and niece Amanda are housing an exchange student from Brussels. Victoria is a delightful teenager who has become an important part of our extended family, but we were all concerned about her 'real' family back in Brussels. She was able to reach her Mom by cell phone and she assured her that she and her Dad were safe, but were advised not to leave the house. The chaos in the city must be terrible as we remember so well the days after 9-11.
My editor's note this week is brief because this is a very full issue, but I just wanted to remind you how very fortunate we are to live in this little bit of paradise. Yes, Vero may have an occasional problem or two, but very minor compared to the rest of the world. This Easter I hope you will join me in counting our blessings. Please say a little prayer for the people in Brussels, and have a glorious holiday, Flashers!
Thank you~
Valerie Watkins
Publisher
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..Friday, March 25, 2016
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
14th Avenue in
Historic Downtown Vero Beach
LIVE MUSIC BY: LADIES OF SOUL
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Come enjoy great live entertainment, food, drink, street vendors and activities for the kids! There's fun for everyone!
Presented by Mainstreet Vero Beach ~ This month's charity is St. Francis Manor
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Location: First United Methodist Church / 1750 20th Street Vero Beach, FL
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ANNUAL ADULT EASTER EGG HUNT
Saturday, March 26 @ 12:30
Why should the kids have all the fun? Relive the joys of your youth. Grab a glass of wine and hunt some of the hundreds of hidden eggs, with prizes from candies and gifts to a few special GOLD EGGS containing $100.00 value gift baskets. Limited tickets. Hunt starts at 12:30pm. Call tasting room for ticket availability
772-460-0500.
Post-hunt Party music by THE HUMDINGERS BAND and Food by Polito Catering and Famous Wings possibly too. FREE admission to Post Hunt Party at 1pm.
Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery ~ 4200 Johnston Rd ~ Fort Pierce, FL 34951
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EASTER IS ON SUNDAY
Click on image below for details
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THIS WEEKEND
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Match Game
hosting University of Miami
Sunday, March 27, 2016.
1:00pm
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7634 S Polo Grounds Way Vero Beach
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 Bring chairs, picnic, and a radio on which to hear the announcer. That will ensure that you enjoy the exciting play by play as the horses and riders come thundering past your field-side tailgate space. Dress casually and for the weather....there are often "polo winds" across the field. Flat shoes are recommended for the 'divot stomping' at half time! Admission cost is $10 for car & driver and $5 per passenger. If you don't want to rush to get a tailgate space you can always reserve one ahead for $50 which includes up to 6 people. Click Here to view the 2016 schedule and for the latest news and live updates
Make sure to check the APP to be alerted to any possible cancellation due to weather.
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Wednesday, March 30
10am - 2pm
INDIAN RIVER MALL
This free community event will feature information on health, wellness, financial planning, community resources, and more. Seniors, their caregivers and family members are encouraged to attend. The annual event offers free blood pressure, hearing and vision screenings. This is a once a year opportunity, for one-on-one interactions with trained professionals, local, and state agencies who are devoted to senior assistance.
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Indian River County Sheriff's Office will be at the Expo from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. for attendees to safely dispose of expired or unused medicines.
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The Vero Beach Choral Society
under the direction of Dr. Jason Hobratschk
present
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IT'S SPRING
TIME TO CLEAN!
This past Sunday was the first day of Spring. I love SPRING! It's time to get outside and garden, kayak, and play! The birds are nesting and the world seems to sing...It's Spring! Color is popping everywhere and the world seems cheerier!! So that's the enjoyable side of Spring. The thing I don't like about spring is 'Spring Cleaning'! Cleaning and I? Well...We aren't such great friends! We have tried to get along, truly we have, and we are amicable enough. However, I do continue to try to create a stronger bond. But success is elusive. So, I share this 'cheat sheet' with you in case you are like I am and have not conquered the clutter and 'creative display' in your own home. If you have suggestions of your own...Please share! :)
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 Old Vero Ice Age Sites' Archaeologist Andy Hemmings
to speak
Saturday, April 2nd
at FREE Program at The Emerson Center
The Old Vero Ice Age Sites Committee will present Archaeologist Dr. Andy Hemmings on Saturday, April 2 at 7 p.m. at The Emerson Center. Hemmings, in this free presentation, will discuss recent findings and current thinking on the prehistoric inhabitants of the Vero site as we approach the centennial anniversary of many of the original discoveries from 1916.
"The wealth of ancient plant and animal life at the site were part of a well-watered oasis existing in an otherwise dry grassland environment during ancient Vero's Ice Age" commented Dr. Hemmings this week. "All of which would have drawn some of Florida's first people to this location."A third year of excavations at the Vero site began in February and will continue until May 1. New excavations, laboratory work, and museum collection research at the Old Vero Site continue to build the case for a Pleistocene human presence here more than 10,000 years ago. New finds regarding artifacts, animal bones, earlier work, and the geologic setting of the site will be discussed at his Emerson Center speech.
For additional information, please contact: OVIASC Chairman Randy Old at 584-3424, rbold@rbold.com, Dick Kerr at 252-202-0574, or Sandra Rawls at 772- 538 -674
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Executive Producer and Host of the breakout hit Iyanla: Fix My Life on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Iyanla Vanzant's focus on faith, empowerment and loving relationships has inspired millions around the world.
From welfare mother to New York Times' best- selling author, from the Brooklyn projects to two time winner NAACP Image Award, from broken pieces to peace, Iyanla Vanzant is one of the country's most prolific writers, public speakers and among the most influential, socially engaged and acclaimed spiritual life coaches of our time. Join us for an enjoyable afternoon while helping the Gifford Youth Achievement Center. Click Here for tickets.
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Presented by Gifford Youth Achievement Center
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Train Like an Athlete: 4 Pro Workout Tips
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IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO JOIN OUR STUDY!
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I'm Lucy and I'm looking for my forever home. I was adopted as a puppy, but sadly I developed Addison's disease and was returned. The good news is that it's not contagious, experts agree that I can live a normal, happy, healthy life with proper treatment, and HALO will supply the medicine I need for the rest of my life. Will you love and care for me?
H.A.L.O. is Indian River County's
only no-kill animal shelter,
and relies on volunteers and your donations.
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. VIDEO OF THE WEEK
You will enjoy this amazing performance from a precious nine-year-old girl in a 2013 show of Holland's Got Talent.
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WEEKEND PROJECT
How to make your own decorative bird nest
Spring is in the air and Easter is Sunday. You can embellish your centerpiece and decor with these home-made birds nests. They are fun and relatively easy to make. Click Here for directions and bring some springtime inside!
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DO YOU KNOW
THE HISTORY OF THE EASTER BUNNY
 Since rabbits are known for fertility and bringing new life, they became a symbol of Easter in Europe. According to some sources, the Easter bunny first arrived in America in the 1700s with German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania and transported their tradition of an egg-laying rabbit called "Osterhase". Their children made nests in which this creature could lay its colored eggs. Eventually, the custom spread across the U.S. and the fabled rabbit's Easter morning deliveries expanded to include chocolate and other types of candy and gifts, while decorated baskets replaced nests
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 TODAY'S CHUCKLE
Why does the Easter Bunny deliver eggs?
Because the Energizer Bunny got the better job!
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WE LOVE OUR FLASHERS WHO DON'T KEEP US A SECRET! PLEASE SHARE US WITH EVERYONE!
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Click below to follow us on Facebook where there's a lot more in store! :)
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FISH CALENDAR
The darker the fish...The better the fishing!
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Paula Deen's
PERFECT EASTER CARROT CAKE DESSERT
What's better than an easy carrot cake for Easter? This one uses baby food, so you don't even have to grate the carrots!
For the cake:
2 cups self-rising flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 cups granulated sugar
2 (4-ounce) jars strained carrot baby food
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
For the frosting:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (16-ounce) box confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 (8 or 9-inch) cake pans.
For the cake:
Mix together the flour, cinnamon and sugar in a large bowl. Add the remaining ingredients and blend well with a handheld electric mixer for about 2 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes. Invert onto lint-free dishcloth, or waxed paper, and allow to cool completely.
For the frosting:
Mix all ingredients with handheld electric mixer and blend until smooth and creamy. Frost layers, top, and sides of cooled cake.
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 Gigi Casapu Scholarship Awarded at Tournament Benefitting Youth Guidance Mentoring Programs
One deserving young lady was the recipient of the Gigi Casapu $1,000 scholarship at the closing night of the King of the Hill Tennis Tournament. The scholar-
ship is awarded to a teenager who has been enrolled in a Youth Guidance mentoring program, is graduating from high school, and has been accepted at a college or university. The scholarship is named to recognize the founder and tournament director of King of the Hill, Gigi Casapu.
The scholarship recipient this year was Raliyah Dawson, who is pictured receiving the $1,000 scholarship with her mother Katina Gibson and Mr. Casapu. Raliyah will be graduating from high school this spring, and has been accepted at Florida Gulf Coast University, where she will begin classes in the fall.
This was the 21st year for King of the Hill, and during that time the tournament has netted $318,000 to benefit the children involved in Youth Guidance mentoring programs. Mr. Casapu has worked tirelessly over two decades to build the King of the Hill Tournament into one of the most anticipated events of the year. Presenting an annual scholarship in his name helps to link his efforts directly to the future success of one of the hundreds of children he has helped.
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 HELP OUR STUDENTS PROGRESS TO NATIONAL COMPETITION
Fifth through twelfth grade Indian River County, Florida, students are choosing to spend their after-school hours studying Math, English, Presidents, World/Current Events. The special topic this year is "The Civil War". The motivation for this extracurricular studying is the chance to represent Indian River County, Florida, at the 2016 National Academic Games Competition in Atlanta, GA, held on April 22-25, 2016.
Eighteen Indian River County students have qualified for the honor of competing at the highest level at the National Academic Games Competition, after competing and winning ribbons and trophies at the local and State levels.
The cost for our Indian River County National Academic Games Competition Team will be approximately $12,000 for 18 students for registration, room, meals and transportation. A donation in any amount from you today will ensure that all students who qualified for the National Competition can attend.
**As a sponsor of Indian River Academic Games, your name will also be printed on the back of our specially-printed Academic Games t-shirt!
Please send your check today, payable to "Sebastian Elementary" (with "Academic Games" in the memo), and send to: Sebastian Elementary School
c/o Lorrie Scott, County Coordinator Indian River Academic Games
400 Sebastian Boulevard ~ Sebastian, FL 32958
*DEADLINE TO RECEIVE CHECKS IS FRIDAY, 4/15/16*
Call for more information: (772) 978-8212
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THE FOUNTAINS ARE OPEN
FOR SPRING BREAK
The Royal Palm Pointe fountains will be operating from 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. through March 27th. Beginning March 30th, the fountains will be running Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Please contact the City of Vero Beach Recreation Department at 567-2144 for more information.
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THE SALVATION ARMY
RECEIVES DONATIONS AT THE FAIR
The Firefighters' Fair collected 500 articles of clothing for the Salvation Army on the last day of the fair, offering those who donated clothing a discount on ride wristbands. Pictured here are Salvation Army representatives Rick Ware and Brian Baker accepting clothes from youngster Layla Strickland, John, Denise and JT Vordermeier, and Mason Lundeen.
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Maundy Thursday Service - March 24 @ 7:000PM
Good Friday Service - March 25 @ Noon
(Family Fun, Easter Egg Hunt & Easter Bunny)
Easter Sunday Service - March 27 @ 8:00 & 9:30 & 11:15
Good Friday Service - March 25 @ 7:00PM
Easter Cantata - Saturday, March 26 @ 4:30 & 7:00
(no charge -free will offering)
Easter Sunday Services - March 27 @ 8:30AM, 9:40AM & 11:00AM
Palm Sunday Service - 9:00AM and 10:30AM
Maundy Thursday, 5:30PM at American Legion Post 189
Good Friday, noon-5:00PM, self-paced
Easter Service, 9:00AM and 10:30AM
Maundy Thursday Service - March 24 @
Tenebrae Service - March 25 @ 7:00 PM
Eggstravaganza - Saturday March 26 @ 9:00 - 11:30
(Free Family Fun, Easter Bunny, Egg Hunt, Bounce House, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo)
Easter Services - March 27 @ 8:30AM, 9:45 M & 11:00AM
Maundy Thursday Service - March 24 @ 7:30 (Choral Eucharist)
Good Friday Service - March 25 @ 12:00Noon (Proper Liturgy)
Easter Sunday Vigil - March 26 @ 8:00PM
Easter Sunday - March 27 @ 8:00AM & 10:00AM
(Easter Egg Hunt at 11:15)
Maundy Thursday Service - March 24 - 6:00PM
Good Friday Service - March 25 - 6:00PM
Easter Sunday Services - March 27 @ 8:00AM & 10:00AM
Children's Easter Egg Hunt after 10:00AM Easter Service
(Church & Nursery provided at 10AM service)
Maundy Thursday Service - March 24 @ 6:00PM
Altar of Repose - March 24 @ 7:30PM
Good Friday - March 25 @ 12:00 Noon & 3:00PM
Easter Vigil - March 26 @ 5:00PM
Easter Services - March 27 @ 8:00AM & 10:00AM (Nursery available @ 10:00)
(Easter Egg Hunt following 10:00 Service)
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