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In nearly 17 years with Vero Beach Community Service Award Animal Control, Officer Dangerfield, COMMUNITY CALENDAR who retired in 2016, became a local leg- For Hometown News The award was established in 1995 to recognize end. Anyone who knows Bruce Danger- See [email protected] citizens of Indian River County who distinguish field knows he has no fear of dangerous community themselves through commitment to the commu- events on animals. page 2 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The annual nity at large. “I’m probably just not real smart,” Alma Lee Loy Community Service Award was Ms. Tompkins has been involved and held Officer Dangerfield told Hometown presented by the Indian River County Chamber leadership positions in many nonprofits in Indian News when he retired. “No, I’ve just INDEX of Commerce to Sue Tompkins on Jan. 24, at the River County. been around them all my life. I moved Vero Beach Country Club. “Sue gets things done for this community,” said here from Charleston, South Carolina Classified 23 Out & About 15 Ms. Tompkins is vice president and senior Alma Lee Loy, for whom the award is named. when I was 11 years old in 1953, and I Crossword 22 Police Report 5 Horoscopes 15 Viewpoint 6 financial adviser for Merrill Lynch in Vero Beach. See SERVICE, page 4 See WILDLIFE, page 11 REINER FAMILY DENTISTRY Caring Dentistry for the Entire Family DENTAL SERVICES INCLUDE $50 OFF Invisalign • Root Canals • Children 2 years & up Comprehensive Exam & Full Mouth Series of X-rays. Crown & Bridge • Nitrous Oxide to Reduce Anxiety New Patients Only. 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Discover the wonders of the universe ital photography contest. • Coffee with the Mayor: 8-9 a.m. For and the beauty of the earth and outer space. Rhuanito “Johnny” Ferrarezi is an assis- more information, call (772) 643-6782, Sing along with the 'Singing Astronomer,' Flu in Florida is a real threat. To aid in the fight against flu, the Visiting Nurse tant professor at UF’s Institute of Food and email [email protected], or visit Planetarium Director Jon U. Bell. Show times Agricultural Sciences Indian River www.mainstreetverobeach.org. are Friday at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Association (VNA) of the Treasure Coast Research and Education Center near Fort • VNA offering Flu Shots Friday: Nurses Saturday at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tickets is offering flu shots on Friday, Feb. 9. will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., VNA are $5. For more information, contact the Nurses will be on hand at the VNA Hid- Pierce. Ferrarezi leads the center’s citrus Hidden Treasures thrift store, 656 21st IRSC box office at (772) 462-4750 or email den Treasures thrift store, located at 656 horticulture research program, including Street, (Miracle Mile shopping plaza), Vero [email protected]. 21st Street, in the Miracle Mile shopping the innovative Citrus Under Protective Beach. Flu shots will be offered; other plaza, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Screens experiments, which take place in vaccines offered will include Pneumonia, SATURDAY, FEB. 10 Other vaccines offered will include 14-foot-high screen houses. Prevnar13, and Quadrivalent. The VNA can Pneumonia, Prevnar13, and Quadrivalent. Ferrarezi said he would like to promote administer shots to individuals 10 years of • Friends of St. Sebastian River Yard The VNA can administer shots to indi- the citrus industry’s prominence in the age and older. No out-of-pocket expenses will Sale: 8 a.m. to noon, About Storage (off of viduals 10 years of age and older. No out- region and restore its promise as he and be charged to patients who present a Roseland Road), 25 Airport Drive West, of-pocket expenses will be charged to his peers work hard to develop an effective Medicare card. Free flu shots are available to Sebastian. Items typically found at the sale patients who present a Medicare card. Free management plan that will bring back the individuals who do not have health insurance are furniture, decorative items, housewares, crop’s superior economic viability. In and cannot otherwise afford to pay. Though flu shots are available to individuals who jewelry, arts and crafts, clothing, and hidden recent years, citrus production has fallen flu vaccines can vary in effectiveness from do not have health insurance and cannot treasures. To make donations to the sale, to 10 percent of what it once was because a season to season, flu vaccines are safe and otherwise afford to pay. contact Buzz Herrmann at (772) 589-9811 disease called citrus greening that kills are the best way to prevent influenza Though flu vaccines can vary in effec- or [email protected]. Proceeds go infection and serious influenza complica- tiveness from season to season, flu vac- trees is unresolved. tions. Those who have not been vaccinated toward a scholarship included in the George cines are safe and are the best way to pre- “The Indian River District is recognized should get vaccinated as soon as possible. Schum Memorial Award which is given to a vent influenza infection and serious worldwide as the premier grapefruit pro- For more information about VNA community Sebastian River High School senior. For more influenza complications. Those who have duction region, and we want to remember information, email [email protected] or visit www. wellness services, visit www.vnatc.com. not been vaccinated should get vaccinated this and celebrate the fruit’s high quality as • Backstage Tours: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., FSSR.org we work to resolve a devastating disease,” • Cupcake 2 Mile: Starts and finishes in as soon as possible. Riverside Theatre, 3250 Riverside Park For more information about VNA com- said Ferrarezi. “The winning images will Drive, Vero Beach. Tickets: $5, free for A.W. Young Park, Vero Beach. Sweetest race be professionally printed, framed and in town starts at 8 a.m., with free kid's fun munity wellness services, visit www.vnatc. members.