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NEW INSIDE VERO BEACH EATERY New restaurant and nightclub has a Mediterranean touch Page A7 Vol. 9, No. 7 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 HOW WEIRD IS THAT?! Legendary coach dies All Treats SEAN MCCARTHY By Brittany Llorente Striking life into those around “Billy was a second NO TRICKS! 759049 [email protected] him, motivating and leaving a last- father to me,” said NO TRICKS! ing impression on all of those Greg Ahrens, who VERO BEACH — To say that Billy around him is a legacy that people worked alongside pend any time surfing % Livings touched a lot of lives would will never forget. Mr. Livings as an 50 the Web and you are be an understatement. Vero Beach On Oct. 17 Mr. Livings, 76, died offensive line GIFT Off bound to find stories CERTIFICATES S would not be the same and Vero after suffering a stroke and under- coach and coached that are just too bizarre to be Beach High School would never going surgery on Oct.13. with him to the true. Here’s a sampling, have been given a heartbeat. He was a father to more than just state champi- edited for length. Remem- his sons and daughter. He was a onship 1981 sea- As the head football coach of Vero Online at: ber, just because it’s online Beach High School, from 1980- father to the coaches who worked son. www.HometownNewsOL.com doesn’t mean it’s true! 2005, Mr. Livings goes down in Vero beside him and a father to those he From app.com: Like James Beach history as a legend. coached, they said. See COACH, A10 Bond, driver flips license plate to save toll A Virginia truck driver used a device that could have come from a James Bond Residents get ‘Taste of Vero’ Authorities movie to try to get out of paying the $65 toll to cross the George Washington search Bridge into New York City, police said. for bank Nelson Vaquiz of Beaver- dam, Va., was arrested on charges of using a cable in robber his truck cab to flip up his front license plate while Staff Report going through a gateless toll lane on Interstate-95 in an VERO BEACH — Authori- attempt to hide it from ties were still searching this cameras. week for a “scruffy” looking Vaquiz also bent up his male who robbed a bank rear plate so it couldn’t be last week. read by cameras, police said. The robber walked into Truck drivers have com- Seacoast National Bank, plained about steep toll 1206 U.S. 1, Vero Beach on increases that the Port Oct. 13 about 9:22 a.m. and Authority says it needs to demanded cash while finish building the new implying he had gun, World Trade Center in although witnesses did not Manhattan. see a weapon, Indian River By 2016, a five-axle truck County Sheriff’s Office offi- will have to pay $105 to cross cials said. the bridge. A Port Authority Witnesses described the police officer saw Vaquiz’s robber as a male between license plate drop back into 30 and 35, having a mus- place and ordered the driver tache, weighing about 160 pounds and being between to pull over, but he did not 5 and 5 1/2 feet tall. stop, police said. Other The robber was wearing a police officers forced him to light brown jacket, blue stop before he could go over jeans and a baseball cap, the bridge. Cliff Partlow/staff photographer witnesses said. From telegraph.co.uk: Anyone with information Family call police after From left, Oliver Nesmith and Marc Hammoc, Mulligan’s Beach House corporate chefs, talk with Nancy McBride should call the Indian River getting lost in corn maze during the Taste of Vero sponsored by the Oceanside Business Association along Ocean Drive Oct. 8. Proceeds County Sheriff’s Office at A corn maze near Boston from the event benefit the Children’s Home Society. (772) 569-5700. proved too big a challenge for a couple and their See WEIRD, A11 Foundation looks School board wants Sales, ENTERTAINMENT B1 better reports JAZZY SOUNDS for more ways to snacks, Hear some on school safety jazz at the help community shopping sculpture By Jessica Tuggle Sheriff’s Office said in garden at Home makeover could be in the works [email protected] 2009 and 2010, the the Vero majority of felony arrests Outlet mall shops Beach art INDIAN RIVER COUN- By Jessica Tuggle the TV show later this were for possession of to entertain, museum year, said Patrick Toole, TY — Indian River Coun- controlled substances. [email protected] executive director of the ty School Board mem- He believes the students encourage INDIAN RIVER foundation. bers are concerned the haven’t stopped using number of bullying inci- shoppers with SPORTS B8 COUNTY — The Mardy The dedication and drugs, but are not bring- Fish Foundation has commitment of the Fish dents recorded in Indian ing them to school with prizes, giveaways River County schools are INDIANS WIN been working quietly family to the communi- such frequency. behind the scenes to ty, and the description of a low representation of School board members By Jessica Tuggle make a difference in the how philanthropic the the actual amount of bul- seemed to appreciate his [email protected] lives of thousands of residents of Vero Beach lying that goes on and candor and did not children in Indian River are as a whole, struck a want a better handle on appear to accept those VERO BEACH — Friday County, but a unique chord with the casting it. lower numbers as evi- night will be all about fash- opportunity for a louder producers for “Extreme In a workshop last dence of less trouble and ion and fun this week. impact could be on the Makeover: Home Edi- week, school board conflict in the schools. Vero Beach Fashion Out- tion,” Mr. Toole said. members were presented School board member Vero Beach Indians horizon. lets is hosting the first Fash- “We conducted our with data and informa- Karen Disney-Brombach outbattled Sebastian Organizers of the ion’s Night Outlet, a night of research and we knew tion about bullying, said she has had five Sharks last Friday Mardy Fish Foundation, exclusive savings and style started by professional right away Vero Beach arrests and violence in times as many parents as on Oct. 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. at tennis player Fish, have was a magical place we county schools and the amount of bullying the outlet mall, just west of WEEKEND WEATHER partnered with ABC TV could support and learned that felony reports come to her Interstate-95. to look for a deserving invest in a family,” cast- arrests on school proper- office to talk about their Amanda Pfennig, market- Friday: Mostly ing producer Aston ties decreased in the past children feeling fright- sunny; high: 75; family in Vero Beach ing coordinator for the out- low: 59; high tide: whose home needs a Ramsey said in a press year, but reports of bully- ened and bullied in ele- let, said between the music, 3:34 a.m.; low tide: makeover and a fresh release. ing are higher than three mentary schools. shopping, prizes and food, 9:43 a.m. years ago. Saturday: Partly start. The Indian River Part of the reason why the whole family is bound to cloudy; high: 78; Producers from County School District’s According to the data the numbers seem so enjoy the night out. low: 62; high tide: “Extreme Makeover: Superintendent Fran in the presentation, there small — only 20 con- The first 200 people to visit 4:41 a.m.; low tide: 10:47 a.m. were 94arrests made in Sunday: Scattered showers; high: 81; Home Edition” met Adams and various firmed bullying reports the community room, locat- low: 66; high tide: 5:43 a.m.; low tide: members of the Mardy school principals were schools in 2010, down in one year among 17,000 ed next to the Brooks Broth- 11:45 a.m. included in the fact- from 115 the previous Weather courtesy of www.weather.com Fish Foundation’s lead- students — is because ers Factory Store, will receive ership earlier this year finding mission of locat- year. Of those 94 arrests, there is a specific defini- a fashionista bag with INDEX by coincidence and their ing a family to feature, only four were classified tion of what bullying coupons and other goodies, conversation led to a Mr. Toole said. as felonies, compared to entails, district staff said. including a gift card. Business A7 Police Report A5 decision to find a family At press time, a family 31 the previous year. If the incidents report- “Every bag will have a gift Classified B9 Rants & Raves A6 Sgt. Ladell Young of the Crossword B8 Sports B8 in Vero Beach to be fea- had not yet been cho- ed do not meet those card in it, valued from $10 to Obituaries A12 Star Scopes B1 Indian River County Out & About B1 Viewpoint A6 tured on an episode of See FOUNDATION, A4 See REPORTS, A3 See SHOPPING, A2 759048 Martin & St. Lucie County (772) 465-5656 Volusia (386) 322-5900 Brevard County (321) 242-1013 Indian River County (772) 569-6767 A2 • Vero Beach Hometown News Friday, October 21, 2011 store, Ms. Pfennig said. game, a hotel stay and more Shopping “I’m hoping this is suc- than $500 in gift cards. From page A1 cessful and we are very Onsite registration begins excited about it.