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TITUSVILLE • MIMS COCOA THE CAPE NORTH BREVARD PORT ST JOHN MERRITT ISLAND COCOA BEACH @HometownNewsBrevard @hometownnewsbrevard @HometownNewsBre $1.00 Vol. 14, No. 32 www.HometownNewsBrevard.com Friday, Aug. 17, 2018 ENDEARING DOGGIE PRETTY PAIR SAILOR GUIDE SUPER SLEEPER According to her Eric Swanson and Joe Michael Broud visited Monkey, a 17-year-old owners, Abby is a Underwood caught the Marblehead light Chihuahua/Dacshund sweetheart and loves a beautiful pair of house on the north mix, enjoys eating and to ride in the car summertime snook coast of Ohio taking long naps PET OF THE YEAR 8 CATCH OF THE WEEK 17 TOURING WITH THE TOWNIES 15 PET OF THE WEEK 8 Community Cruising into the school year Senior Calendar defeats For the complete Community Calender listings, go to www. cancer, hometownnews brevard.com/calendar/ community/. competes FRIDAY, AUG. 17 in CrossFit Enjoy breakfast: Take By Austin Rushnell part in the Cocoa Beach [email protected] Regional Young Professionals Group BREVARD COUNTY — It’s Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. important to keep active as your Friday, Aug. 17, at the body ages, whether that activity is Chamber Office in the through bicycling, walking, yoga, Avenue Viera, 2261 Town or sports. Center Ave., Ste. 103, For Brevard resident Ken Ogden, Viera. keeping active meant celebrating The topic is "Leadership his 64th birthday by competing in Lessons from a Traveling the 2018 CrossFit Games in Madi- Runner." The keynote son, Wis. speaker is Kristen Klein, “CrossFit has an annual world- the Program Coordinator Alex Schierholtz/Staff photographer wide competition that starts with of LEAD Brevard. The Sophia Wine, 6, Wyatt Wine, 4, both of Merritt Island, get a tour of a police 4x4 the CrossFit Open the end of Feb- keynote speaker will begin cart from Officer Saylor Marto, of Indian Harbour Police Department, during ruary,” Mr. Ogden explained. “It at 9 a.m. consists of one different workout a All ages are welcome ‘National Night Out and Back to School Bash’ on Aug. 7, at Gleason Park in week for five weeks. You are ranked and the event is free. Indian Harbour Beach. each week worldwide. For the 60 For more information, plus Masters division, the top 200 call (321) 459-2200. advance to the Masters online See CALENDAR, page 3 qualifier which takes place mid- April. You are required to complete Superintendent shares goals four different workouts over four NEXT LAUNCH days, and they must be videoed By Brittany Mulligan in this district, where I started as a teacher, is and judged. After that, the top 20 No Earlier Than Aug. 23, really a phenomenal honor,” Dr. Mullins said. [email protected] athletes are then invited to the 11:35 p.m.-3:35 am. EDT: In an interview with Hometown News, Dr. CrossFit Games in August located A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket BREVARD COUNTY — During the summer Mullins described his experience with changing in Madison, Wis.” will launch the Telstar 18 break, Brevard County School Board members career tracks from banking and finance to edu- Mr. Ogden trained at CrossFit convened to select a new superintendent for cation, and shared his goals for the upcoming VANTAGE satellite OwnIt in Melbourne, where he Brevard Public Schools. school year. practiced for the CrossFit work- Dr. Mark Mullins was voted in on June 12, “I’m somewhat of a second-career educator,” INDEX outs by doing exercises like hand and he has since transitioned from his previous he began. “I moved down here after my wife Adoptable 4 Obituaries 21 stand pushups, burpees, chest-to- Classified 21 Out & About 13 role as deputy superintendent. and I got married; She’s a 'Brevardian.' 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Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Kramer believes businesses and non- Attendees will be Crime Prevention Unit profits can benefit from hiring seniors. able to browse work Brevard County Human Resources “For senior volunteers and job seek- and volunteer oppor- Brevard Zoo ers, it’s literally a once-in-a-generation tunities from nearly Buena Vida Estates chance to find that perfect position,” three dozen private Career Source Brevard Mr. Kramer said. “For employers, it’s a employers and non- Chateau Madeleine rare opportunity to get in front of a profit organizations. Courtenay Springs Village bonanza of qualified, experienced, and Some of the partici- East Central Brevard Long Term loyal candidates. Candidates, by the pating vendors include Care Ombudsman Program way, who still have that ‘greatest gener- Aging Matters, Alzhei- Goodwill Job Center ation’ work ethic.” mer’s Association, Bre- Grand Villa One Senior Place is hosting a “Senior vard County Sheriff’s Guardian Ad Litem Program Job & Volunteer Fair” from 10 a.m. to 2 Office Crime Preven- Photo courtesy of One Senior Place Habitat for Humanity of Brevard p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22 on site at tion Unit, Brevard Carol Nelson and Marion DiPasquale give the Health First 8085 Spyglass Hill Road, Suntree. Zoo, Career Source gift of their time to the community through vol- Home Depot Free refreshments will be provided Brevard, Guardian Ad Maxwell C. King Center for the by Uno Pizzeria & Grill and Viera Litem Program, Habi- unteerism. Performing Arts Pizza. tat for Humanity of Melbourne Civic Theatre “See what’s out there, have fun, and just “The statistics are pretty clear, stay- Brevard, Seniors Helping Seniors and MLSBC Cruises maybe find your dream job or volun- ing active and engaged is critically many more. OTR teer opportunity!" important to longevity and well-being,” Mr. Kramer explained how seniors Recycle Brevard One Senior Place is a unique, one- Mr. Kramer said. “Seniors are no lon- have a skill-set unique to the genera- Rockledge Regional Medical Center stop information hub for seniors, offer- ger clocking out on their 65th birthday, tions entering the job market these Senior Helping Seniors ing a resource library, educational sem- and surprisingly, it’s often more by days. Senior Partner Care Services inars and on-site services. choice than out of financial necessity. Besides a lifetime of experience, Mr. Space Coast Symphony Orchestra And let’s face it - even if he or she hasn’t Kramer went on to say, seniors and The Legacy Club – Brevard Public For more information, call (321) said it out loud, I’m here to tell you that retirees often have excellent leadership Schools 751-6771 or visit www.oneseniorplace. your spouse doesn’t want you hanging and problem-solving skills. VITAS Healthcare com. around the house for the next 25 years.” “What do you have to lose?” he said. 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Chinese Taipei, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and This will the first time the United States the Dominican Republic. plays host for the World Cup, which occurs While Japan still holds the No. 1 spot in every two years. This year’s event will take WBSC ranking, the United States isn’t far place here in Brevard County at the USSSA behind at No. 3. Team USA previously won Space Coast Complex in Viera from Aug. two World Cup gold medals in 2004 and 22-31. 2006. “It’s really big for us and the future, not “There’s a couple of former pro softball just for the USSSA and the complex but players that are playing on the team,” Ms. really for the whole county because of the Lobpries said. international implications it can have going The Team USA roster was announced in forward,” said Jami Lobpries, Vice President late July, and players include 14 returning of Marketing for the USSSA Space Coast USA Baseball Women’s National Team Complex. “This opens the doors for a lot of alumni and six new athletes. games and according to Ms. Lobpries, the event cost $120 per adult and $85 for chil- international opportunities to come here to Matt Weagle is Team USA’s manager, hav- two sports merged to form the WBSC in dren ages 5-15.