Scouts to Pick up Food for Second Harvest Orchestra to Debut New
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TITUSVILLE • MIMS COCOA THE CAPE NORTH BREVARD PORT ST JOHN MERRITT ISLAND COCOA BEACH @HometownNewsBrevard @hometownnewsbrevard @HometownNewsBre Vol. 14, No. 43 www.HometownNewsBrevard.com Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 THANK YOU, VETERANS RESCUED FOR LOVE WATCH YOUR MOUTH FALL BACK We salute our local Bubbles hails from New Derek Demeter caught Don’t forget to turn the clock heroes in this special Jersey and loves to play a 10-lb largemouth backward one hour for the end of Daylight-Saving Time on edition with toys and wait for bass in the Sebastian Sunday! the garbage truck area HOMETOWN HEROES 17 PET OF THE WEEK 8 CATCH OF THE WEEK 22 DST ENDS Community All smiles on the fun train Scouts to Calendar For the complete Community Calender listings, go to www. pick up hometownnewsbrevard.com/ calendar/community/ UPCOMING EVENTS food for Poetry workshop: Monday, Nov. 5 the Space Second Coast Poets provides a forum for writers to improve their craft through constructive Harvest critique. Poets and By Brittany Mulligan enthusiasts at all levels of [email protected] experience are welcome. If you wish to receive BREVARD COUNTY — As feedback on a poem, bring residents begin to ponder what dishes 5 typed copies. Meetings to prepare for Thanksgiving and what are 4:30-6:30, on the EFSC they should be thankful for this year, Melbourne Campus, there are others who live among us Building 10, in the cafe that are struggling to have enough area. Parking is available at food for one meal a day. the King Center. For more Alex Schierholtz/Staff photographer Central Florida Scouts will spend the information, contact Naomi Ravel, 3, of Cocoa, Dominic Getsee, 6, of Titusville, and Isaiah Ravel, 6, weekend putting up door hangers Janna Schledorn at (321) of Cocoa, take a ride on the train during the ‘Rockledge Gardens 22nd Annual throughout neighborhoods in 507-7733. Brevard, informing residents about an Fall Festival’ on Oct. 28. annual food drive that will benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of Central State fair: Enjoy the Florida. Space Coast State Fair The door hangers will have through Nov. 11 next to information printed in English and Viera High, 6103 Stadium Orchestra to debut new Spanish. Local troops from Boy Scouts Parkway, Viera. of America will collect non-perishable The Space Coast State food items on Saturday, Nov. 10. Fair is Brevard’s largest “They used to tie a bag to the door and most popular annual youth musicians and you would fill up the bag. It was family event and easily kind of wasteful, I think, with some of accessible from By Brittany Mulligan feelings of optimism and pride.” the bags that didn’t get used,” said Paul Interstate 95. The fair [email protected] Students have been divided into three musi- Yelvington, assistant scoutmaster for offers a pay-one-price — cal groups based on age and experience level. Troop No. 757. “This is the second pay just $12 or $15 at the BREVARD COUNTY — A group of talented, The Philharmonic Orchestra will open the year they’ve done it without bags at the gate and all the rides and young musicians will take the stage for the first concert with an upbeat “Festive Overture” by d o or.” shows are included from time under the direction of professional con- Dmitri Shostakovich. The Academy Orchestra’s All residents have to do, according to open to close. A special certmasters and conductors as part of the rising beginning string players will be led under the Mr. Yelvington, is leave non-perishable VIP Fast-Pass will be Space Coast Symphony Youth Orchestra. direction of Carey Moorman, who serves as food items outside of their door or available for $25, which The group formed in August with the assis- Academy Orchestra Director. Intermediate anywhere that is convenient outside includes all the rides and tance of the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, players of the Symphony Orchestra will be led the house. Scouts will come by to and has since grown to 98 members between under the direction of Samantha Ferber, orches- collect it between 9 a.m. and noon. See CALENDAR, page 4 the ages of eight to 18 years old. tra director at Heritage High School. The Central Florida Council of Boy Scouts of America aims to collect “Fanfares and Salutations” is a free concert The evening will also feature Antonin Dvor- 500,000 pounds of food. Second NEXT LAUNCH with no ticket required. It is scheduled to begin ak’s Ninth Symphony “From the New World,” which was written after Dvorak’s visit to Ameri- Harvest Food Bank helps feed people Nov. 14, 3:46-5:27 p.m. EDT: at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4 at Highland Avenue in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Fellowship, 1591 Highland Ave., Melbourne. ca. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will Brevard, Volusia and Flagler counties. “We wanted to introduce the ensembles to The Space Coast Symphony Youth Orchestra “They’ve been successful in the past, launch the Es'hail 2 commu- the audience through a musical dialogue of fan- is made up of youth musicians throughout Bre- nications satellite. and it keeps the shelves stocked food fares and emotional greetings as we venture on vard and Indian River counties, meeting once a at the food pantries for months, well INDEX a new musical journey,” said Maestro Mark Nel- week to rehearse and perform classical sym- into next spring,” Mr. Yelvington said. son, who will conduct the advanced Philhar- phonic masterworks. “It’s something that happens across the Adoptable 4 Obituaries 27 monic Orchestra. “Our selections evoke a spirit In addition to rehearsals, some students are country, too.” Classified 28 Out & About 21 Crossword 27 Police Report 5 that is uplifting and stirring. The music sparks also involved with their school’s marching band, Horoscopes 21 Viewpoint 6 See YOUTH, page 8 See SCOUTS, page 4 2 Hometown News – NORTH BREVARD– www.HometownNewsBrevard.com Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 PARRISH MEDICAL CENTER PRESENTS Start the season with holiday DEC. 6TH 6 to 8 pm entertainment, spectacular tree lighting and fireworks. oin us for our annual holiday Jcommunity celebration. We’ll light a giant holiday tree, courtesy of the Parrish Medical Center Auxiliary. Honor a loved one by placing Gift of a light on the holiday tree. The event is free and everyone is invited to enjoy: Free Hot Chocolate and Baked Goods HONOR Face Painting LightA LOVED ONE Games and Prizes Spectacular Fireworks Display Photos with Santa, Mrs. Claus and Santa’s reindeer (bring your camera) And many more surprises! All proceeds benefit Jess Parrish Medical Foundation FOR DETAILS parrishhealthcare.com/giftoflight or CALL 321-268-6110. 951 N. Washington Ave., Titusville Healing Families—Healing Communities® Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 Hometown News – NORTH BREVARD – www.HometownNewsBrevard.com 3 Veteran, firefighter crowned Samoan high chief By Christine Edwards be served a meal, so a bounty of food High Chief For Hometown News was prepared, including bananas, Jay Palepoi breadfruit, fish, corned beef, rice, chop Mauga BREVARD COUNTY — Volunteer suey noodles, chicken and sausage. A firefighter, retired Army officer and number of pigs were also sacrificed. traveled chainsaw artist, Jay Palepoi Mauga, The chieftain receives a title, land back to the recently returned from his coronation and attends to matters of significance Samoan ceremony or Soifaiiin Sapapalii Savaii to the larger family. The position Islands to in the Samoan Islands. Mr. Mauga was means that he is a permanent servant attend his crowned Muaausa, a high chief title to his family and their representative from the Sa Malietoa bloodline. Two to preserve, protect and honor the coronation years ago, celebrity Dwayne Johnson Samoan Way or Fa ‘Samoa. It also ceremony, also received his chiefly title of Seiuli secures the lineage for his children and which took from the same Malietoa bloodline. preserves the title for his family, place over Muaausa Mauga is the descendant of Muaausa Mauga said. two days and two royal bloodlines. His great-grand- The chieftain hopes to represent was attend- father, Paramount Chief Palepoi Samoans who reside in Florida as well Mauga, was one of six recognized as their culture. Both his island roots ed by more chiefs to sign the treaty that annexed and artistic abilities are showcased than 1,000 Samoa as a territory of the U.S. through his chainsaw carvings. witness and Muaausa Mauga’s coronation cere- Muaausa Mauga carves tikis, totems onlookers. mony stretched over two days filled and other types of art as a method of with traditional song, prayer and treating the post-traumatic stress dis- Photo courtesy of speeches from the sitting chiefs of the order and severe depressive disorder High Chief Jay existing families and host villages. he was diagnosed with after returning Eight families gathered and presented from his second deployment to Palepoi Mauga roughly five nominations for various Afghanistan in 2005. He uses his artis- positions that needed to be occupied. tic skills to combat the psychological Muaausa Mauga enlisted in the Army wife and three children. He decided to Lower chiefs, not from the royal blood- and physiological effects he experienc- from American Samoa in 1989 and join the department so that he could line, lined up outside the ceremonial es. His artwork can be viewed on Insta- earned his commission in 1993. His invest in the community, get to know Fale (traditional Samoan hut) to pres- gram at Broken_Warrior_Designs. career culminated with the California its residents and because he missed the ent gifts and pay respect. “Carving wood with a chainsaw is Counterdrug task Force and he retired adrenaline of serving in the Army, he Approximately 1,000 people congre- like meditating for me and helps me in 2009 after 21 years of service as a said.