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Retired Air Force Staff Sgt. Bob Mar-conti, 62, of Melbourne Beach is stillserving his country by working throughthe organization, United States Veterans for National Security. Theirpatriotic volunteers lend assistance tothe Brevard Sheriff’s Office, Melbourneand Palm Bay police departmentsduring natural or man-made disasterswith organized and trained veteranseasily distinguished in their uniforms.Before joining the Air Force, Mr. Mar-conti served in Vietnam with the Army.

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•Brevard Fall FestivalBrevard Fall Festival is scheduled

for Friday, Nov 4 from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. at the Eau Gallie Civic Centerlocated at 1551 Highland Ave. inMelbourne. Non-profit organiza-tions, public agencies, health careproviders and senior service organi-zations are coming together to pro-vide information to benefit BrevardCounty’s communities. The event isfree and open to everyone.

The purpose of the event is toincrease awareness of the availabili-ty of public services. Informationbooths will be set up to provideinformation about valuable servicesin the community.

Everything will be free for theentire community, including lunchand door prizes.

For additional information and toreserve your lunch, please contactLinking Solutions, Inc. at (866) 899-7106.

Saturday, November 5

•Suzy Greene Charity Golf Tour-nament

The seventh annual Suzy GreeneGolf Tournament to benefit BreastCancer Research will be held onNov. 5th at the Habitat at Valkaria.

The format is a four personscramble with an 8 a.m. shotgunstart. The cost is $65 per player,which includes green fees, cart,range balls, lunch and prizes. Allproceeds will be donated to theBreast Cancer Research Foundationin memory of Suzy Greene. Ms .Greene who died of Breast Cancer inOctober 2004 at age 59, was an avidgolfer who loved sports and Disney.For information, call (321) 951-0604

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This month, ForeverYoung focuses on thosewho serve their country

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By Shelley KoppelAssociate News Editor

Service is important in this month’ssalute to “Vets and Volunteers.” In thisissue, we honor two important groupsin our community for whom service is abyword.

Veterans have fought in wars nearand far to keep us safe and free. Volun-teers serve to improve our communi-ties and the quality of life for many ofour neighbors who need a helpinghand. In many cases, the volunteersfeatured are also veterans who stillwant to give back to their communities.

There are many ways to volunteer.Some people, such as those volunteer-ing for Meals on Wheels and theGuardian ad Litem program, workdirectly with clients. Others work inthrift shops or in the organizationoffice, keeping things going. Their workis just as important.

Volunteers need to find that job thatmeshes with time constraints andcomfort levels so that they will want tocontinue. Many of the volunteers fea-tured in these pages have been volun-

teering for the same organization formore than 10 years. It’s difficult to tellwho has benefited more: the organiza-tion from their skills and help or thevolunteers, from the intangible rewardsthey find in service.

It is fascinating to see the range ofvolunteer opportunities available inour area. People work with animals,with children, with adults or behind-the-scenes. It doesn’t matter. For each,there is satisfaction in being part ofsomething bigger than themselves, ofgiving of themselves and of helpingothers.

Some of the veterans profiled vol-unteered to serve and some were draft-ed. All, however, consider service totheir country an honor. Many hadexperiences they are reluctant to talkabout, but they are not reluctant to dis-cuss duty and responsibility.

It was a pleasure and a privilege tointerview everyone featured on thesepages. They are truly gifts that keep ongiving.

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Trail-blazing veteranpreserves legacies

MELBOURNE — Amicitia Mal-oon-Gibson has a keen sense of mil-itary history. When she retired fromArmy Corps of Engineers as a lieu-tenant colonel, she was one of onlya few African-American women toachieve that rank. It was especiallyunusual as the engineers wereknown as a male bastion.

Now she works to preserve thelegacy of two groups important tothe nations’ history: the TuskegeeAirmen and the Women’s ArmyCorps.

Ms. Maloon-Gibson comes fromSt. Thomas in the U.S. VirginIslands. She enlisted in the Army in1975 under a delayed entry program

because she was not old enoughand her father would not give hispermission.

She went to college for a year,but a month after her 18th birthday,she entered the service.

“My dad wanted me to finish col-lege, but I wanted to join because Iwanted to save ‘Gomer Pyle,’” shesaid, tongue in cheek. “He was sodumb. My grandmother and aun-ties were well-known educators onthe island. I didn’t want to do that.My dad was a retired police officer. Ihad a passion for the military.”

She began her training as a pri-vate in the Women’s Army Corps. Atthat time, women and men did nottrain together. She graduated at the


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MELBOURNE — If you’ve seen aphoto in Hometown News of theSpace Coast Symphony Orchestra,Melbourne Community Orchestra,Community Band of Brevard or theBrevard Community Chorus, you’veseen the work of Tom Saam.

Using the creditEauGalliePhoto.com, Mr. Saam givesback to the community by takingphotos of local arts groups to use inpromoting their organizations.

Photography has always been apassion for Mr. Saam, an engineer byprofession.

“I’ve loved it since I was a kid,” hesaid. “I had a darkroom and as ateenager, I did photography for theschool paper. I worked at a localpaper in Michigan. I’d get a call fromthe photographer at the paper tocover a story. It was an after-school

job.”Mr. Saam studied engineering in

college, but never lost his passion forphotography.

“I’ve always been a photojour-nalist,” he said. “I thought of makingit my career. Engineering, though,was my calling. Engineers are frus-trated artists.”

Mr. Saam bought a digital cam-era when his children went toschool. They each played in the EauGallie High School Band.

“I did some volunteer work forthe band,” he said. “Tom Singletary,the director, engaged me to takephotos and it was a lot of fun. I post-ed them online so families coulddownload them and share.”

His children graduated from thehigh school, but Mr. Singletary intro-duced him to other musical organi-zations in the area.

“I’m a music lover,” he said.“When I can find the time, I go to a

concert and hear the music. I havethe luxury of moving around andseeing the performance from allangles. If it also promotes the well-being of the organization, that’s agood thing.

“It’s entertaining to see what kindof creativity lives in our community.I love seeing the range of ages in theCommunity Band of Brevard. Thereare teenagers playing with 90-year-olds. It’s great to see that.”

Mr. Saam said that there are someadjustments in photographing liveperformances.

“Theater lighting is challenging,”he said. “It’s not bright or directedwhere you want it to be. I use azoom lens that allows you get fairlyclose in low light conditions. Wedon’t use flashes during the per-formance because we don’t want todisturb the audience or the perform-ers. The photographer has to beinvisible.”

Mr. Saam noted that technologyhas changed a great deal since thosedays in his Michigan darkroom.

“Now it’s a digital darkroom,” hesaid. “It’s a tremendous improve-ment. You’re not sloshing chemicalsaround. The reality is that it’s easier,faster, cleaner and a lot less haz-ardous. You can take as many pic-tures as you want and you don’t haveto worry about the roll running out.The downside is that you take somany more pictures, that you haveto take time to delete them.”

For Mr. Saam, getting involvedwith his volunteer photography wasan outgrowth of his love for musicand kids. His children, now in col-lege, both continue to play in schoolensembles. Mr. Saam intends to con-tinue volunteering, but he has longlist of other things he’d love to dowhen he retires some day. For now,helping the arts prosper is its ownreward.



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PUPPY-DOG EYESCouple help raise and train guide dogs to give the blind and visually impaired more independence

Photo courtesy of Barb and Skip WegenerBarb and Skip Wegener train guide dogs for the blind and visuallyimpaired.

VIERA — Losing your sight does-n’t have to mean losing your inde-pendence, especially when youhave help from a furry friend.

Barb and Skip Wegener helptrain those friends, guide dogs fromSoutheastern Guide Dogs, anorganization that trains guide dogsto help the blind and visually-impaired.

Skip Wegener retired as a majorin the Air Force and Barb left the AirForce as a captain. They recentlymoved from Sarasota to Viera,where Barb, a nurse, took a positionat Viera Hospital as the director ofsurgical services. Their interest intraining guide dogs is long-stand-ing.

“A good friend of ours in Cocoabecame involved with SoutheasternGuide Dogs and brought her pup-pies over. We had five kids, a goldenretriever and a Doberman. Shebrought the puppies over so they’dbe exposed to big dogs and kids.”

Barb and Skip decided theywanted to help raise and train thepuppies until they were old enoughfor formal training. They filled outan application, had an interviewand a home inspection, to seewhere the puppy would live.

“They also looked at the other

animals and the children, becauseeveryone in the family unit has tobe willing to help,” Ms. Wegenersaid. “Everyone has to be commit-ted to the mission of raising apuppy to aid a non-sighted person.”

“They hand you a ball of furthat’s eight-nine months old andtell you, ‘here’s a puppy. Raise it andteach it good manners and basiccommands.’”

Of course, it’s not that simple.The training process, even for pup-pies, is rigorous.

The Wegeners had chosen toraise Goldadors, a cross betweengolden retrievers and Labradors.

“We chose them because gold-ens have such a wonderful, mellowdisposition, but longer hair. Labshave more energy and shorter hair.The mixture of the two is perfect.”

The goal is to get the puppiesto about 18 months, when they arereturned to professional dog train-ers to teach them the skills neces-sary for them to serve.

“Only 30 percent of puppies canactually be competent enough toguide a blind person,” Ms. Wegenersaid.

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top of her class and was sent to FortSam Houston to train as a medic.

Eventually she became emergencyroom nurse and got an associate’sdegree in the mental health field.She was sent to Officer CandidateSchool at Fort Benning. Her highscores in math and science earnedher a commission as a second lieu-tenant in the Army Corps of Engi-neers, where she served for 24 years,rising from platoon leader to lieu-tenant colonel.

Among her assignments was adisaster relief mission after Hurri-cane Marilyn ravaged Puerto Ricoand the U.S. Virgin Islands.

“Twenty-four hours after it hit, wewere in place with shelter, ice andwater,” she said. “Our team of engi-neers worked with the local emer-gency management agencies. I got ahumanitarian award and I’m proudof it.”

Ms. Maloon-Gibson and her hus-band, Silas Gibson, moved to Mel-bourne in 2000 because it was a des-tination in between their agingparents. She said that she could nothave had her successful career with-out the help of her supportive hus-band.

When she retired in 2005, Ms.Maloon-Gibson was able to indulgeher love for military history. Of spe-cial interest to her were theTuskegee Airmen, America’s first

African-American airmen.“I carried the legacy of the WAC

and the Tuskegee Airmen,” she said.“I had studied about the Airmen,collected articles and watchedmovies. It was a passion. A lot ofpeople didn’t know there werewomen who never got credit. It wasthe pilots who brought the TuskegeeAirmen to life, but there were nurs-es, cooks, quartermasters, tele-phone operators, mechanics …without them, they couldn’t go any-where. My goal is to carry that lega-cy.”

Today, she is vice president of theGeneral Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr.,chapter of the Tuskegee AirmenFlorida. In that chapter are nineoriginal members whose presenceas Tuskegee Airmen has been docu-mented. Most are in their late 80s.

“The Tuskegee Airmen are a dyingbreed,” Ms. Maloon-Gibson said.There are about 290 still alive, butthey are dying every day.”

“The chapter is open to peoplewho want to keep the legacy alive,”Ms. Maloon-Gibson said. “We alsoreach out to youth to become pilots,astronauts and scientists and tostudy math, engineering and sci-ence. We provide scholarships tosend students to flight camp andcollege.”

Ms. Maloon-Gibson is also devot-ed to the legacy of the Women’sArmy Corps. It was disbanded in1978 and she was one of the last toserve in it. Women were then sentinto the Army where men andwomen served together. She is pres-

ident of the Space Coast chapter ofthe Women’s Air Corps VeteransAssociation.

“A lot of history has not been cap-tured, especially about women andminorities,” she said. “We’re goingback into the archives and getting

older ones to tell the stories. Every-one has a story.”

For information about the BrevardCounty chapter of Tuskegee Airmen,visit the website www.florida-tuskegeeairmen.org. or call AmicitiaMaloon-Gibson at (321) 537-5002.



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“Stress card! You gotta be kidding!”My Naval vet son was incredu-lous. “When I went through boot

camp if you didn’t have a look ofabject fear on your face your COwould put one there!”

“Candy! You had candy!? In bootcamp?” My chocoholic Marine vetdaughter’s eyes bulged. “If we hadbeen caught DREAMING aboutcandy, our sergeant would havefound out and sent us on a gazillion-mile march … with full pack …carrying weapons.

“P.T. every OTHER day!? “We hadto do P.T. while standing in the chowline at every meal! In addition towhat we did at 3:30 every morning!”Step-Grandpa fits the crusty oldArmy vet profile perfectly.

My Air Force enlistee granddaugh-ter is her cousin Joe’s partner in the“You have it softer than we did”social order. She has been the soleoccupant of said order for more

than a year, and she welcomes acompanion so the “Family OldGuard” (her words) has someoneelse to pick on.

“Just because Fred Flintstonewasn’t our workout buddy doesn’tmean we are not as fit as you allwere in your hey day … Which wasmore than a few years ago, may Iadd!” Alicia is nine states away fromher loving family, depending on cellphone technology to allow just a tadmore leniency in her spoken wordsto her elders.

None of the above mentioned vetshad the chance to jangle Joe’s chainpersonally while he was in basictraining, but the season for familydinners is fast approaching and weare all hoping he will be able to joinus, albeit for different reasons.

To say my family is competitive isakin to declaring the Grand Canyonis a nice little gorge.

Monopoly games have beenknown to last weeks … Our footballgames require real umpires …Checkers have been known to be acontact sport.

But it’s the holidays that bring outthe spirit in our happy conglomera-tion of personalities.

Arriving just a few short weeksafter Halloween, Veterans Dayheralds in the holidays in our world,and that means family dinners.

Family dinners means some reallygreat pot luck food and really greattogether time, which gets scarcer asour third generation grows olderand requires chauffeurs and coach-es.

Playing the role of moderator(referee) I happily join and overseelengthy conversations about currentevents and recent achievements. Ibegin looking for my gavel shouldthe chatter drift toward politics, andwith my varied group of veterans

this inevitably somehow leads towhich branch of the military is thebest/worst.

Words like “Jarhead,” “Swabby,”“Mud Stomper” and “Fly Person”(used to be “Fly Boy”) are soonthrown around like pillows at apajama party as lips curl and facesredden.

It’s right about now that thechronological ages are staying thesame, but the mental ages areswiftly reverting.

“You wouldn’t have made it aweek at sea!” Roy has an uncannyability to push just the right buttons.

“You USED to be a sailor – I willALWAYS be a Marine!” Jumping toher feet Cindy narrows in on herbrother.

“We got there first!” There’s Dad…“By plane!” Alicia is in the Air

Force.“Oh yeah?” …It’s like watching a

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The bonsai exhibit is free with zooadmission. For more information onBonsai Weekend, please visit bre-vardzoo.org or call (321) 254-9453.

The Bonsai Society of Brevardmeets the third Saturday of everymonth at 2 p.m. at the MelbournePublic Library, 540 Fee Avenue inMelbourne, Florida.

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“Salute toOur Troops” will bringout the red, white and blue in youduring this Nov. 5, city event. Therewill be a Spectacular Parade, LiveMusic, Entertainment, FestivalFood, Plant Sale, Farmers Market,and SuperiorCrafters. Parade entries

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•Women’s club seeks heroes pho-tos

The Satellite Beach Woman’s Cluband the Satellite Beach RecreationDepartment have planned a projectto honor active duty military per-sonnel at the Satellite Beach CraftShow and Founder’s Day “Salute ToOur Troops” celebration on Nov. 5.

During Oct, there will be an “OurHeroes” photo display board locatedat the David R. Schecter CommunityCenter, 1089 S. Patrick Drive, Satel-lite Beach, where families andfriends can post at 4” x 6” photo(max. size) of their active duty mili-tary hero.

Photos should be brought in dur-ing our office hours, Mon-Fri., 8:30a.m.-6 p.m. The photo boards will bedisplayed during the City’sFounder’s Day Celebration on Sat.,Nov. 5.

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The fifth annual American CancerSociety Relay For Life of Viera/Sun-tree will begin the 2012 Relay seasonwith a kick-off celebration on Nov. 6from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. This years’operating committee will welcomepast teams, new teams, survivors,family members, and those wantingto make a difference in the fightagainst cancer to the Holiday InnViera. Please join us for food, fun,and entertainment!

Relay For Life events are heldovernight as individuals and teamscamp out at an athletic track, parkor other gathering area with the goalof keeping at least one team mem-ber on the track or pathway at alltimes throughout the evening.Teams do most of their fundraisingprior to the event, but some teams

also hold creative fundraisers attheir campsites during the event.Relay brings together friends, fami-lies, businesses, hospitals, schools,faith-based groups and people fromall walks of life all aimed at further-ing the American Cancer Society’sefforts to save lives by helping peo-ple stay well, by helping them getwell, by finding cures and by fight-

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INDIALANTIC — Larry Sietsma hasalways liked to do things his way. That’swhy he enlisted in the Marines.

“I was draft age and I thought I’drather do what I wanted, rather than bedrafted,” he said. “I heard about theMarine Corps Flight Program. I flew F-8Crusaders.”

At the very end of his tenure in theMarines, Mr. Sietsma was sent to Viet-nam in a support role. He recentlyreturned to Southeast Asia to see how ithad changed.

“Many people have their own busi-nesses, shops and roadside stands,” hesaid. “It’s bustling with motor scootersand motorcycles. Capitalism is whatmakes it work.

“That’s what we were fighting for.Still the government has a tight rein, butonce people get a taste of capitalism, it’simpossible to reverse that.”

Mr. Sietsma became a commercial

pilot for Eastern Airlines, but after 19years, he could see that the airline wasin trouble. He left and began a newchapter in his life.

“I come from a family of builders,”he said. “I’m fifth generation, goingback to the Netherlands. It’s in myblood. I kept reading that affordablehousing was disappearing and I saw aneed. I wanted to accomplish some-thing. “

Mr. Sietsma formed HolidayBuilders. Its goal was to build affordablehomes in Palm Bay, targeted at first-time home buyers.

“It mushroomed,” Mr. Sietsma said.“There was a market in every city inFlorida and we spread out of Florida. Iwas blessed with really good employeesand when I retired, I sold it to them.They paid me back early.”

For some, that might constitute abusy life, but Mr. Sietsma had moreworlds to conquer. In 2004, he and hiswife, Sherry, flew an airplane aroundthe world.

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presentations to a variety of groups. Atone, a woman spoke about how afford-able housing had disappeared and howyoung couples starting out couldn’tafford housing.

“I spoke to my daughter and she saidshe’d like to do something,” Mr. Sietsmasaid. They started Avtec Homes in PalmBay, and while Mr. Sietsma staysinformed, his daughter runs the show.Mr. Sietsma is just too busy.

“I have a list of things I’d like to do,”he said. “I hear about it or read about itand the next thing, I’d be doing it. I havean in-bred curiosity. I wonder about alot of things. I look at the globe and seesomething.”

That curiosity has taken Mr. Sietsmato 118 countries. A few years ago, it tookhim to Antarctica.

“I wanted to go south of the Antarc-tic Circle.” Mr. Sietsma said. “We took asmall Russian icebreaker to theresearch stations. There were only 62passengers. I talked to someone who


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Our fathers and mothers camehome from World War II hailedby a grateful nation as con-

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That homecoming and theeuphoria that followed resulted inmore babies being born that at anyother time in U. S. history .

Unfortunately, when thosebabies, currently known as babyboomers, grew to be young adultsthey too had a war to fight. Thistime however, the lines would notbe nearly as defined as in WorldWar II. The tiny Asian country ofVietnam was locked in a bloodycivil war. To the north was the VietCong who were supplied andsupported by the communist in

China and North Korea. In thesouth the army of The Republic ofVietnam was supported by thecountries of the United Nations,but history would show that SouthVietnam would become a protec-torate of The United States.

Thousands upon thousands ofthe baby boom generation wouldeither volunteer or be drafted forservice there. At home in the statesour own revolution had begun. Thelate 1960s and early ’70s wouldexplode in protests. Civil rights forthe races, women’s rights, and astrong anti-war sentiment joinedthe hippie movement to pushAmerica closer to an all out civilwar than it had been since … well,the Civil War.

The young people had experi-enced about all of the war theycould take and were now ready to

flex their new found muscle. Theso-called peaceniks staged massivemarches on Washington D.C. andsmaller ones all across the nation.Draft cards were burned, kids tookjust enough college classes to evademilitary duty, while others beat asteady path north to Canada. Theflower power bunch adopted theseemingly benign slogan of “makelove not war.”

But what of the returning G I’sand those left to fight a thanklesswar half way around the world?Vietnam would become the mostconfusing conflict in Americanhistory. Each evening domestic TVwould show the bombings and givethe daily body count while incountry the soldiers constantlyheard of the growing anti-warmovement at home. Many of the

young people in the military hadthemselves embraced the hippielifestyle before entering the service.Now they were not sure where theystood and even questioned theirown beliefs. Worse yet, they did notknow if they now had the supportof their own families and friends.

The soldiers fighting the warwere even confused as to who wasthe enemy. The Vietnamese peoplelooked and dressed similarly and aclear foe seldom could be identi-fied. Even on their rare down timethey could trust no one. Manytimes when the enemy was engagedthey turned out to be no more thanchildren. Deadly children, butchildren all the same. The Ameri-can troops were not raised to shootkids and with the true enemy sodifficult to detect they adopted theslogan “shoot them all and let Godsort ‘em out.”

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The Wegeners had always hadlarge dogs and they were familiarwith obedience training. Still, therewas a lot to learn.

“The commands are differentthan in obedience,” Ms. Wegenersaid. “There are lots of rules. Youdon’t want them jumping on thecouch. It’s not appropriate for aguide dog. They can’t sleep in bedwith you or eat people food. Youcan’t treat them as a pet. It’s funny,because our other dogs are pets.The puppy, though, stays on theground.

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The most challenging part of thejob is giving up the dog to completeits training so that it can be turnedover to its ‘forever person,’ as therecipients are known.

“It’s horrible,” Ms. Wegener said. “It’s like giving away your child. Youhave to keep saying, ‘they’re not apet and someone needs this dog tohave an independent life and live itto the fullest.’ You get a lot of com-fort from that.”

The dogs complete six months ofintense training, but before they arereleased to their new homes, thetrainer visits the recipient to seehow the person lives.

“They see the basic lifestyle,” Ms.Wegener said. “They see the grocerystore, the pharmacy, the bus stop

and church. They run the dog andthe blind person through the rou-tines multiple times. They don’t justhand the dog to the ‘forever person.’There’s a lot of individual training.The last month is at Southeastern’scampus in Palmetto, Fla. They livein a dorm with the puppy.”

All of this is an expensive propo-sition. Training a guide dog costs$60,000. The dogs are provided tothe recipients at no cost. The organ-ization depends on contributionsand fundraising efforts.

The Wegeners are between pup-pies right now as they move intotheir new home, but they have aspecial dog with them.

“We have Colt, the first puppy weraised,” Ms. Wegener said. “He was aperfect puppy, a star pupil. When hewent to Canine College, we cried.”

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“My husband knew I missed Coltand he requested that Colt bereleased back to us as a therapy dog.We have our beloved puppy back.We take him to elementary schoolreading programs. He puts his headin the laps of the kids as they read tohim. When Viera Hospital gets acanine program working, we’ll prob-ably have Colt.”

For Barb Wegener, the programhas given her a great deal.

“A dog gives you so much loveand affection and doesn’t ask formuch in return,” she said. It’s been awonderful experience. Having apuppy helps keep you young.”

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•Serene Harbor Fundraiser Lun-cheon & Tour Aboard RoyalCaribbean’s “Freedom of the Seas”

On Sunday Nov. 6, we will get tosee the Suites from the Presidential

to the Royal to the Owner’s suite,etc. (based on availability that day),then some of the unusual cabins.We then go to the public areas likethe Flowrider on the pool deck, gym,royal promenade, theater, disco,crown lounge, and specialty restau-rants. It all culminates with lunchbeing served in the main diningroom at 12:30 pm. There will be thechoice of 2 appetizers, choice of 3entrees (pasta, fish, beef ) anddessert. There will be raffle prizesand lots of fun. We need to be at thePort Canaveral Pier 9-10 by 10:15amat the latest and disembark around2:30 pm. There is extensive walkinginvolved. This is limited to 50 par-ticipants. Tickets are $35.

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November 12, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. theannual St. Luke’s Episcopal ChurchHoliday Fair located at 5555 N. Trop-ical Trail. The fair offers somethingfor everyone and all proceeds go theCentral Brevard Sharing Center.

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Gardendale Elementary SchoolShowstoppers will also perform. JimBrush, St. Luke’s music director, willgive a music recital at the historicchapel located on the campus.

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Cindy is not known for pulling punches,“You keep being a butt head and I’m going totell Mom where you REALLY were the nightof your high school prom when the ballroomwas evacuated!”

“Oh yeah, I think it’s time Mom found outwho REALLY had her car out most of thenight when you were too young to have alicense, then convinced her she actually didpark it in the neighbor’s yard!” … I distinctlyremember asking Roy if he knew anythingabout that incident at the time and beingangelically assured he did not…

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Joe, when you enlisted in the military youjoined more than one elite group … Wel-come … And please pass the mashed pota-toes …

PS. My favorite bumper sticker reads “Ifyou can read this thank a teacher, if you canread it in English thank a veteran” I thinkthat about says it all, please take a momentthis holiday and every day to say a shortprayer for all who are serving so we may befree and their families who are strugglingwithout them.

Rose Padrick is a Brevard County residentwho grew up in Merritt Island. She’s writtennumerous columns and short stories pub-lished in various area newspapers andmagazines and is currently awaiting publica-tion of her children’s book, “Sparky’s Adven-tures.”

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and future projects.The proceeds from this event will

help provide a new playground andplayground equipment lost in afire at McLarty Park several yearsago. Entertainment for the entirefamily will include food, music,raffles, games, a bounce house, aswell as Fire Department and PoliceDepartment static displays.

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Friday, November 18

•Brick and Mortar’s “Potluck FilmShowcase”

Local art cooperative Brick & Mor-tar is opening a call to local film-makers for a chance to be featuredin their “Potluck Film Showcase” onFriday, November 18, 2011 startingat 8 p.m. in their studio at 643 Bre-vard Avenue in Historic Cocoa Vil-lage. The event is scheduled from8:00 p.m.-12:00 p.m. and admissionis $5, or free if you bring a dish. Formore information, contact(321) 252-9333 or visitwww.BrickandMortarBuilt.com

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•15th Annual Artworks FestivalThis years event will take place

Nov. 19 – 20 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

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entertainment. A food court offersa variety of goodies to eat and all theart will be for sale.

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•Teeing up with spaceTeeing up with Space Shuttle

astronauts is the theme and the U.S.Space Walk of Fame Museum is thebeneficiary of a golf scramblescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 19 atthe Walkabout Golf Club inTitusville.

Jon McBride, the pilot of STS-41G(1984) and Bob Springer, missionspecialist for STS-29 (1989) andSTS-38 (1990) are the featured con-testants.

The event, which begins with an8:30 am shotgun start, includeshalf-cart, mulligan’s, prizes and bar-becue lunch for an entry fee of $70per player. Entries must be receivedby Friday, Nov. 11.

For more information, contactSteve Bishop (321) 269-4673.

•Art In The ParkThe 27th annual Indian Harbour

Beach City Art & Crafts Show will beheld in Gleason Park from 9:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19th(with November 20th as a rain date).Many vendors will display theirwork, which includes custom wood-working; hand crafted jewelry; pho-tography; mixed media; acrylics;and mosaics; floral arrangementsand wreaths; knitted and crochetitems; sculpture and stained glass;crafts; pottery; home made soapand herbal products; and muchmore.

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son, with all proceeds to benefitTake Stock in Children, which cur-rently serves nearly 8,000 studentsin grades 6-12 annually throughout67 counties in Florida.

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The run begins at the Central Bre-vard Humane Society and will end atDog ‘n’ Bone British Pub, located at9 Stone Street in Cocoa Village. The



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All proceeds from this event helpsto raise awareness and financialsupport for the thousands ofunwanted and abandoned pets thatvisit the shelter each year, who needa safe and loving “forever” home.For more information, contact theCentral Brevard Humane Society at(321) 636-3343 or visit www.critter-savers.com.

Upcoming and Ongoing Events

•Satellite Beach RecreationDepartment Classes

The Satellite Beach RecreationDepartment, 2089 S. Patrick Drive,Satellite Beach, offers classes Mon.-Fri. These classes are reoccurringthroughout the month.

Monday is the Bone Walkers plus

(osteoporosis safe exercise), Rise-up4Fitness, Hatha Yoga, Have fun,stay fit aerobics, 3 H’s Exercise Classfor Adults and Seniors.

Tuesday is Hatha Yoga and anindoor walking group classes.

Wednesday is 3 H’s Exercise Classfor adults and seniors, Have fun,stay fit aerobics, indoor walkinggroup, Hatha Yoga and Riseup4fit-ness classes.

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Friday is Riseup4fitness, Have fun,stay fit aerobics and the 3 H’s exer-cise class for adults and seniors.

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•Call for Miniature ArtistsThe Art & Antique Studio and

Gallery at 1419 Highland Avenue,Melbourne, Florida is looking forextraordinarily talented artists inthe field of miniature art for itsThird Annual Art in Miniature Show.


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•Creative card-making work-shops at art gallery of Viera

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Clubs

•Brevard Antigues and Colleci-bles Club

The Brevard Antiques and Col-lectibles Club holds monthly meet-ings at two area locations.

The first Friday of the month at

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The group is open to anyone hav-ing an interest in learning aboutantiques and collectibles.

Friday November 4th : The Bre-vard Antiques and Collectibles Clubmonthly meeting. SUNTREE/VIERALibrary, 902 Jordan Blass Dr. 10:00A.M. The subject will be “Politics”.We will have a guest speaker. Pleasebring one item for study and discus-sion. Tuesday November 15th: TheBrevard Antiques and CollectiblesClub monthly meeting. MelbourneBeach Library, 324 Ocean Ave. at1:30 PM. The subject of this meetingwill be “Miniatures”. Please bringone item for study and discussion.For additional information callMelinda at (321)777-1374 or Georgeat (321)254-5831

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In 1996, the original blackTuskegee Institute pilot instructor,Alfred Anderson, died.

While his flesh may have passedon, the pioneering spirit he embod-ied lives on in the hearts of those hetouched.

Brevard’s own Hiram Mann andRussell Minton are two men whoselives have been affected by Mr.Anderson and his adventurousteachings. They have lived throughthe numerous battles — from segre-gation at home to World War IIabroad — and are now telling theirstories to the county’s youth.

Both Dr. Minton and Col. Mannare members of the National Exper-imental Aircraft Association andvolunteer to work with childrenthrough the Young Eagles program,Dr. Minton by participating in theYoung Eagles Days, and Col. Mannthrough speaking engagements

The program, founded by NEAA,is dedicated to encouraging youngpeople to make their own dreamsand follow them, said Tony Yacono,the Young Eagle coordinator for thisarea.

“The work we do with children isthe most important and rewardingpart of what the organization does,”said Dr. Minton.

Mr. Yacono quantified Dr.Minton’s role with the children.

“Dr. Minton is always one of thefirst to arrive and stays until everychild has had his or her turn, andevery question they have has beenanswered,” said Mr. Yacono.

Dr. Minton’s affinity for reachingout to children may have stemmedfrom his own experience as a youngman in the Philadelphia suburb ofArdmore.

“I would wave frantically whenev-er I heard airplanes flying over ourhouse,” Dr. Minton remembered. “I

believed there could be no greaterthrill than to fly one of thosethings.”

Dr. Minton’s wish would cometrue much sooner than he expected— and it would be granted by some-one he never imagined he’d fly with.

Only a few doors down from Dr.Minton’s modest home lived a manhe had seen many times, but neverknew how close the man’s dreamswere to his own.

Alfred Anderson found Dr. Mintonto be a sponge for his numerousstories of flying to strange and excit-ing lands. Dr. Minton said Mr.Anderson saw something in him,and decided to encourage hisdreams. So when Dr. Minton took aflight with Mr. Anderson, a careerwas born.

“I remember feeling instantly athome,” said Dr. Minton. “I knew Ibelonged up in the air.”

Dr. Minton, who entered theTuskegee program as a physicianand retired from the U.S Air Force asa lieutenant colonel, said his timewith the Tuskegee project helped tomold him into the person he istoday.

“I learned most any obstacle canbe over come if you want somethingbad enough. I had to work harderand longer and be more patient toaccomplish the same goals as someothers, but I did it, and these chil-dren can also,” Dr. Minton said.

While the end result was similar toDr. Minton’s, Col. Mann’s path to theskies was greatly different. Col.Mann was already married when hedecided to join the U.S. Army AirCorps and become a pilot.

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Col. Mann said, he was initiallyrejected because he was black. Heheard about the Tuskegee project,and decided to apply once more. Hewas rejected a second time.

“I never did learn how to be aquitter,” he said.

Later he heard that the restric-tions were dropped. He applied athird time, passed the strict exam,and was accepted as a Tuskegee Air-man, where he served for 13 years.Col. Mann entered the Army AirCorps as a pre-aviation student in1942, where after completing com-bat pilot training at Tuskegee ArmyAir Field, was assigned to the 302ndFighter Squadron. He was later reas-signed to the 100th FighterSquadron of the famed 332nd Fight-er Group in Italy.

“The mindset of the day was blackmen would not be able to learn to

fly at all in the short time allowed,much less be good enough to taketheir place beside the better trainedand more experienced white coun-terparts,” Col. Mann said.

But learn they did, and quicklybecame the buzz of a very differentvariety.

The Tuskegee Airfield was gradu-ating a class about every six weeks.The orders were to keep the numberof graduates low; this was con-trolled by nearby Maxwell Air Forcebase. Outfitted with mostly inferiorequipment, the Tuskegee Airmenquickly gained the reputation ofbeing willing to take any assign-ment, usually in the thick of battle.It was Tuskegee Airmen in their P-51Mustangs who volunteered for thedangerous missions of escorting thebig bombers.

Col. Mann remembered, “Ourboys did not lose a single bomber toair-to-air combat, and many havesaid it was those black pilots in the

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had been to the North Pole.”For the trip to the northern reaches, Sherry Sietsma

decided to visit her sister in Michigan. The passage tothe Arctic Circle is only open for a short time in sum-

mer, with the help of a nuclear-powered Russian ice-breaker.

“It was really neat,” Mr. Sietsma said. “I’d wanted todo it since I was 10. It’s so remote. You can stand on theNorth Pole, and with GPS, it’s very accurate. There’s asign in ice. We flew around the world in 90 days and Iwalked around the world in 90 seconds, walkingthrough every longitudinal line.”

Today, Mr. Sietsma considers himself partially

retired and continues his love affair with airplanes andvolunteering at the valiant Air Command WarbirdMuseum in Titusville. He still enjoys travel and recent-ly returned from a trip to Colorado, during which hecycled though the Rockies.

“My attitude is to do the right thing and treat peo-ple right and give back to the community,” he said. “Idon’t have a next trip planned, but I’m sure I’ll comeup with something. I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s

BuilderFrom page 12

Mustangs that helped changethe tide of World War II.”

Back home

Col. Mann returned to thestates in 1946, and went on toserve at various Air Force instal-lations. He is a historian/wel-fare coordinator of the CentralFlorida General Daniel “Chap-pie” James Jr. chapter of theTuskegee Airmen Inc. and hasserved as the keynote speakerat a variety of prestigiousevents. He is also co-author ofForever Dreaming, a book dedi-cated to impressing minorityyouth on the need to set goals,persevere, work hard andobtain a high level of educationin order to achieve those goals.

Both Col. Mann and Dr.Minton plan to stay active inthe community with variousorganizations. On a date to bedetermined soon, childrenbetween 8 and 17 will be invitedto come to the Merritt IslandMunicipal Airport and take anairplane ride. They will have anopportunity to view variousplanes, and are encouraged toask questions. For more infor-mation about this event, con-tact Mr. Yacono at (321) 453-5388, or email him at

[email protected]. Minton is available for

school or civic organizationspeaking engagements. Contacthim at (321) 635-9533.

FlyersFrom page 25

The name “Cocoa Beach” brings many things to mind: theNASA space program, a legendary surfing community andthe setting for the long-running TV series, “I Dream of Jean-nie.”

But today, the city of Cocoa Beach offers so much more.Nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and the Banana River

Lagoon, the barrier island of Cocoa Beach is often referred toas “the jewel of the Space Coast.”

And it isn’t difficult to see why.Cocoa Beach is both a residential community and tourist

destination with a base population of 12,800, according to thecity of Cocoa Beach Web site, www.cityofcocoabeach.com.

But each year that number reaches as high as 30,000 duringthe peak tourist season when thousands flock to the area tosoak up the sun and spend a week or two doing some SpaceCoast sightseeing.

For the past several decades, Cocoa Beach has done anexcellent job of preserving its historic downtown area.

From surf shops and clothing boutiques to gift stores andjewelry venues, it’s easy to make a day out of shopping —whether by bicycle or on foot.

Restaurants, such as the long-standing Heidelberg andMango Tree, or weekend hot spots, such as Coconuts on theBeach and the Chili Pepper Club, cater to crowds of all ages.

Another draw to the multi-faceted city is the beautifulwildlife, fishing opportunities and unique plant species foundthroughout its waterways.

Cocoa Beach’s Thousand Islands function as a “learninglaboratory” for those eager to explore the mazes of mosquitocanals and local ecology, according to the Thousand Island’sWeb site, www.thousand-islands.org.

At any one time, kayakers can observe pelicans, bottle-nosed dolphin, manatee, river otter, rabbit and variousspecies of fish throughout their island journey.

Just around the corner is another hot spot, known to housea different type of species — dogs.

Opened in March 2007, the Lori Wilson Off-Leash Dog Parkis a 32,000-square-foot paradise for pups and their owners.

Equipped with benches, dog toys and obstacles for bothlarge and small doggies, the park serves regular attendees, as

well as one-time visitors.While all of these activities are significant to the city, it is the

sport of surfing that has helped shape Cocoa Beach.For starters, Ron Jon Surf Shop, which was opened in the

early 1960s, is a four-level surf emporium visited by thou-sands each year.

And with six miles of shoreline, there are a number of placesfor residents and tourists to take on the surf, one of thembeing the Cocoa Beach Pier.

Many East Coast surfing legends, such as Dick Catri andKelly Slater, got their start surfing those very waves.

More than 80 surfers from every generation have beeninducted into the city’s East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame, whichdoubles as a public museum.

“We developed a concept years ago that, as surfers, we are asociety,” said Rep. Tony Sasso, R-Cocoa Beach, who grew upsurfing in the community and helped conceptualize the surfmuseum. “In recognizing that, we hope to keep the door openfor the next generation.”

For more information about the city of Cocoa Beach and itsmany attractions, visit www.cityofcocoabeach.com

GO AND DO

The quintessential beach town Cocoa Beach conquers all:surfing, dining, fishing, fun

Andy Stefanek/staff photographerTerry Scott of Cape Canaveral scours the beaches ofCocoa Beach with his metal detector looking for treas-ure. Mr. Scott is writing a book called ‘Beginner’sGuide for Metal Detecting on Florida’s Treasure Coast.’

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