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MELBOURNE WEST MELBOURNE @HometownNewsBrevard @hometownnewsbrevard @HometownNewsBre Vol. 14, No. 50 www.HometownNewsBrevard.com Friday, June 29, 2018 LIZARD LOVER PERSONAL BEST GOING HOME Princess is a four- Shannon Cole catches Bart Berghuis visits year old Chorkier and a 23-and-a-half-inch Buchs, Switzerland, is owened by Ana Redfish off Indialantic where he lived for Register of Palm Bay beach at Sunrise park seven years PET OF THE WEEK 3 CATCH OF THE WEEK 15 TOURING WITH THE TOWNIES 8 HOT DEALS! A night for pride in the park Transit from Hometown News offers ease of HALF PRICE security By Brittany Mulligan GIFT [email protected] BREVARD COUNTY — Space Coast Area Transit has recently made some changes to two of its buses, which CERTIFICATES should make life a little easier for its wheelchair passengers at the touch of a button. FEATURING: SCAT is one of three transit agencies in Florida to enroll in Q’Straint’s latest QUANTUM pilot program. Q’Straint is an innovative wheelchair secure- Alex Schierholtz/Staff photographer ment company, which offers the latest Nicole Adams and Rachel Moore, both of Melbourne, take a selfie during technology in transit security for all ‘LGBT Pride Night – USSSA Pride versus Cleveland Comets’ on Wednesday, passengers. June 12, at Space Coast Stadium in Viera. QUANTUM is a fully-automatic, rear-facing wheelchair securement sta- tion that has been retrofitted to two SCAT buses at no cost to the transit agency. PURCHASE Naval program offers core “The person in the wheelchair maneuvers into position, and then they can actually push the button and an TODAY AT: values to young cadets arm comes down to secure the wheels up against the bumper on the wall to www.HometownNewsBrevard.com By Austin Rushnell ues of HONOR, COURAGE, and COMMIT- secure their chair,” said Scott Nelson, [email protected] MENT,” said Jeanne Parker, Confidence Division interim director of SCAT. NEXT LAUNCH Communications Officer. “We teach the cadets To date, only two SCAT buses have BREVARD COUNTY – Being a part of a pro- (male and female, ages 10-18) to show honor and June 29, 5:41 a.m. EDT: these new QUANTUM stations as part gram is an important experience for children and integrity in all that they say and do, to show cour- of the pilot program, which can be A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will young adults. Some engage in sports or music, age in the face of adversity and strive to rise above found at the north and south termi- carry the CRS-15 mission to but there is also another option in Brevard, called any challenge they face, and we exemplify com- nals. the space station. the Sea Cadets. mitment — our commitment to them as their Wheelchair passengers can be The Sea Cadet program is a longstanding ini- INDEX leaders, their commitment to each other, and secured using the QUANTUM pilot tiative designed and run by the U.S. Navy, with most of all, our commitment to serve our com- program in less than 25 seconds. the intention to promote integrity and other core Adoptable 14 Obituaries 16 munity.” “[Passengers are] not dependent on Classified 18 Out & About 13 values in its members. 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Wickham Rd Melbourne, FL 32935 2 Hometown News – MELBOURNE – www.HometownNewsBrevard.com See CALENDARFriday,, page June 2 29, 2018 Community Calendar For the complete Community Calender Wednesdays. 7450. 3 p.m. (bring your favorite game and lunch listings, go to www.hometownnews Enjoy an early walk to reduce stress, or a snack); SHINE - Serving Health brevard.com/calendar/community/. build muscle, strengthen your heart, and Things to do at the Port St. John Insurance Needs of Elders, noon to 3 p.m. learn how to crochet and knit. You also will Library: (1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, call (321) 222- have the opportunity to learn about basic Fridays: Yarn Club, 2 to 4 p.m. (All ages 7981 for an appointment) FRIDAY, JUNE 29 skills of computers and cell phone and abilities welcome) Wednesdays: Life Skills Training, 4 to technology. Mondays: Yarning for a Cause, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Take a walk, learn to knit: The City of Admission is free and for ages 18 years to 1 p.m.; Master Gardener, 2 to 4 p.m. Thursdays: STIR - Story Time for Melbourne's Parks and Recreation Depart- and older. (bring problem plant sample) Independent Readers, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ment hosts Adult Morning Club from 8:30 For more information, call (321) 608- Tuesdays: Senior Games, 11 a.m. to to 10:30 a.m. Fridays, Mondays and See CALENDAR, page 3 positions that we can. Some big buses Accessible have four wheelchair stations, and some From page 1 of our small buses actually have up to six.” As part of the pilot program, Q’Straint the driver to hook them up, and the driver has added a feature on the buses carrying doesn’t have to lean over them and get QUANTUM stations that count the num- into their personal space,” Mr. Nelson ber of times the stations have been used. said. “Ours has been used a lot more than Benefits of the new system, according normal in these pilot projects,” Mr. Nel- to SCAT officials, include additional safe- son said, “which says that we have a lot of ty for the disabled rider, ease of secure- wheelchair passengers, more than many ment for drivers, added independence for transit systems transport, but also that the mobility riders, quicker boarding and a passengers like them. The buses have no-hassle maintenance program. other standard wheelchair positions but Passengers who have already tried the they’ve chosen to go on this. So, that’s tell- new system have already filled out com- ing me that they’re selecting it and like it.” ment cards with positive reviews, Mr. Nel- While QUANTUM is still in its early son said. stages for SCAT, Mr. Nelson said the tran- “We transport more passengers in sit agency plans to buy at least three new Photo courtesy of Wendy Ellis wheelchairs than most systems do buses in the next year-and-a-half that will Angel Ortiz tries out the new QUANTUM system on a Space Coast between our contract routes and fixed feature the new seating station. routes and para-transit routes,” Mr. Nel- Officials are encouraging community Area Transit bus. QUANTUM will allow passengers to have more son said. “So, on [many] buses that we members to experience the new system by independence as they enter the bus and secure themselves in a rear- have, we have gotten the most wheelchair calling (321) 635-7815 Ext. 201. facing position. 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