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MELBOURNE WEST MELBOURNE @HometownNewsBrevard @hometownnewsbrevard @HometownNewsBre Vol. 15, No. 2 www.HometownNewsBrevard.com Friday, July 27, 2018 TIME TO VOTE TAKING THE WHEEL CATFISH CAUGHT ON A CRUISE For complete election Lilly is a 5- year old Erik Harvey, 9, from Mick and Stacey coverage and candidate cockapoo and enjoys Palm Bay, caught Pesek, of Cocoa, visited profiles, visitwww.home doing tricks and playing a 3-pound channel Glasgow, Scotland, and townnewsbrevard.com catch in the backyard catfish in Melbourne heard a bagpiper ELECTION COVERAGE ONLINE PET OF THE WEEK 8 CATCH OF THE WEEK 18 TOURING WITH THE TOWNIES 16 Community Summer sun splash 'Uprising' Calendar highlights For the complete Community Calender listings, go to www. gun issue hometownnews brevard.com/calendar/ community/. in America By Brittany Mulligan FRIDAY, JULY 27 [email protected] Baseball, softball BREVARD COUNTY — There’s no tryouts: The 2018-19 doubt that gun violence has been a hot Softball and Baseball button issue in the U.S. within the past tryouts for Upper Deck few years. will be held as follows: Tragedies such as the Pulse nightclub Softball (2-day tryouts) shooting in Orlando and the Marjory 6 to 8 p.m. Friday Stoneman Douglas High School shoot- July 27, at the Upper Deck ing in Parkland have banded together facility, 3290 Suntree Blvd. those who want to see that their loved Suite 105, Melbourne ones remain safe in a world where gun 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday violence can happen anywhere at any July 28, at Grabowski time. Field, 500 Cassia Blvd., The Space Coast Progressive Alli- Satellite Beach. ance received exclusive permission to present “UPRISING: Pulse to Park- Alex Schierholtz/Staff photographer Baseball (2-day tryouts) land,” a film by activist Vicki Nantz. Saturday, Aug. 4 Kasen Marsicano, 1, Dakota McDloskey, 8, and Chris Guthrie, all of Melbourne, The event is a special screening in asso- Ages 8-10 - 8:30 to 10 a.m. cool off at Fee Avenue pool on Saturday, July 14, in Melbourne. ciation with The Global Peace Film Ages 11-12 - 9:30 to 11 a.m. Festival and the film is Mrs. Nantz’s Ages 13-14 - 10:30 - noon entry. Upper Deck facility The 33-minute film will be shown to the public at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sunday, Aug. 5 Brevard Rescue Mission finds Aug. 2 at the Front Street Civic Center, Ages 8-12 - 8:30 - 11 a.m. 2205 South Front Street, Melbourne. Hedgecock Field, 525 “Vicki Nantz has been at the fore- Cassia Blvd., ‘Joy’ helping homeless families front of many issues in Florida,” said Satellite Beach Vicki Impoco, Communication Coor- By Amy Lyon help a total of 13 homeless families between its Ages 13-14 - 11:30 a.m. to dinator of Space Coast Progressive For Hometown News two facilities. 2 p.m. Alliance. “She’s an independent film- The organization, founded in 2009, works to Desoto Field, 501 maker and she devotes all her time to MELBOURNE — Brevard Rescue Mission has permanently break the cycle of homelessness in Desoto Parkway, developing films about causes she expanded its reach to provide transitional hous- families by providing homeless women, who Satellite Beach believes in.” ing and support services for homeless women have children, with housing, access to health The synopsis for the documentary and children by opening its second apartment care, transportation, education, nutrition, job There will be a states, “Two Florida communities, complex in Melbourne called “Joy’s Place.” training and life skills in a safe, Christ-centered registration form to fill out united in grief and anger from deadly A dedication ceremony was held July 5 with a residential setting. The women embark on a 12- and a $20 tryout fee per mass shootings, ignited a national small gathering of supporters, including the Sut- to 24-month program designed to transform player. uprising against the gun industry and ton family, whose eldest daughter, Joy Evans, is families from dependency to self-sufficiency See CALENDAR, page 4 the politicians who profit from gun the facility’s namesake. through daily accountability, personal responsi- violence in America... The movement “We recently sold our group home in Rock- bility and goal advancement. for sane gun laws swept up the Florida NEXT LAUNCH ledge and were able to get twice what we paid for “We serve single moms with at least one child peninsula, marched into the nation’s Aug. 2, 1:19-3:19 a.m. EDT: it,” said BRM Founder and CEO Stacia Glavas. in their custody,” said Ms. Glavas. “Candidates go capital, and is now sweeping across the “With the use of those proceeds and the help of through an extensive interview process, back- A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket country, led by heroic students who are Fred and Meredith Sutton with Sutton Proper- ground check and drug testing. We have high will launch the Merah Putih demanding nothing less than an end to ties, we were able to purchase this five-unit apart- success rates because the women that get accept- satellite for Telkom Indonesia. assault weapons and gun violence in ment complex debt-free.” ed show a genuine yearning for change.” America.” INDEX Joy’s Place is only two blocks from the organi- BRM doesn’t accept any government funding, The documentary features Florida zation’s primary facility, Casa Carol. so financial donations are always needed to sup- Adoptable 9 Obituaries 21 Senator Linda Stewart, Florida House Classified 22 Out & About 15 Joy’s Place serves five homeless mothers and port the mission, as well as volunteers for the Crossword 21 Police Report 5 12 children, which gives BRM the opportunity to Horoscopes 15 Viewpoint 6 See RESCUE, page 8 See FILM, page 8 2 Hometown News – MELBOURNE – www.HometownNewsBrevard.com Friday, July 27, 2018 I do NOT have a I said, I think you HAIRY CHEST!!! need a HEARING TEST! 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A soft blue light stayed on mind through a meditative floating expe- until I was ready to be in the dark and rience, is the only therapy center of its music akin to being in a rain forest played kind in Brevard. softly for 10 minutes to help me get in the Souler Float is owned by Pierre-Jean right frame of mind. and Dionne Stracuzzi and they said that A light sensor in the room can easily clients drive from all over the state to visit turn on when opening the lid, which I their center at 1694-A West Hibiscus found out after getting up to grab a Styro- Blvd., Melbourne. foam neck pillow five seconds after clos- Floatation therapy involves getting ing my lid. undressed and lying in a floatation pod Inside the pod, I was surprised how that contains more than 1,100 pounds of buoyant I felt and despite the dark, I felt Photo courtesy of Dionne Stracuzzi Epsom salt, which makes the client more calm. The water’s temperature is kept at buoyant than if floating in the Dead Sea. 94.2 degrees Fahrenheit, which is near the The I-Sopod Floatation Pod is large enough to fit a client comfortably. I was invited to try it out and arrived human skin’s own temperature. Souler Float, body and mind therapy, is open seven days a week in early in the morning to a quiet and peace- While I didn’t fall asleep, I amused Melbourne. ful visit. I was greeted and offered a bottle myself by pushing myself from wall-to- in the relaxation lounge. Mr. and Mrs. Clients of any age are invited to try of water as the therapy session was wall (there was a lot of room in there for Stracuzzi do not want clients to feel they Souler Float, although those 17 and explained to me. my small size), until I felt relaxed enough have to drive right away after a therapy younger need a parent or guardian’s per- As of press time, Souler Float only has to quiet my mind and contemplate life. session, and so created the lounge as a mission and to be present throughout two floatation rooms available at a time The hardest part for me being inside place to come back to your senses before their session. but will soon be expanding to four I-So- was not knowing how much time was left driving. Military, veterans and first responders pod Floatation Pods. Each room has its on the clock, but the point is not to worry Water bottles are available in a mini- are invited to try a free floating session own shower with soap, shampoo and con- about things like that.