A 100- INSIDE MELBOURNE POUND PUPPY ‘Belle’ is chillin’ at the pool Page A7 THE ORIGINAL MULBERRY STREET Vol. 9, No. 45 Your Local News and Information Source • www.HometownNewsOL.com Friday, May 31, 2013 Petrillo ITALIAN RESTAURANTo’s Community AND PIZZERIA 064634 Brevard’s unemployment $ Calendar $$55 OFFOFF rate falls to 7.3 percent Any Order FRIDAY, MAY 31 Minimum $ Daily Specials Lowest rate since da’s Department of Eco- 245,376 from March. Not to be combined20 Mon: All U Can Eat Mussels • Monthly luncheon nomic Opportunity indi- “The consistent drop in with any other offer Tues: Kids Eat Free September 2008 W meeting reservations cated that both the unem- the unemployment rate, Not valid on holidays ed: All U Can Eat Pasta ployment rate and with an increase in our Thurs: $1 Drafts needed: Friday, May 31 is the By Chris Fish Valid Sunday thru Wednesday • Expires 6-26-13 deadline for the Brevard workforce for the county labor force, certainly is a 960 North A1A • Indialantic, FL • 953-6888 [email protected] Federated Republican improved with an increase positive trend,” said Lisa Women’s luncheon to be to 265,967 jobs in April of Rice, president of Brevard held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, BREVARD — Brevard this year from 265,166 in Workforce. “However, we June 5 at the Holiday Inn, County’s unemployment March. are starting to see the 8298 N. Wickham Road, rate fell to 7.3 percent for According to the report, impact of sequestration Daughter writes Melbourne. the month of April, its low- the number of people with on the workforce and The program will be an in- est percentage since near- jobs for the month of April expect to see this impact book about father’s memories depth presentation about ly five years ago. in Brevard rose to 264,660, identity theft. Reports issued by Flori- which is an increase from See RATE, A2 of Holocaust The room opens at 11 a.m. with social networking. The By Amanda Hatfield Anderson the siblings made shortly speaker and program begins [email protected] after their parents passing at 11:30 a.m. in January 2000 that would Reservations are necessary A memorable finish BREVARD — If you’ve forever alter their percep- by Friday, May 31 at noon to lived in Brevard for more tion of the parents they select a luncheon choice. than 20 years, chances are knew and loved fiercely. For reservations and high that you know, or “My mother died at the information, call (321) 727- have heard, the name age of 83, on Jan. 1 in 2000, 1212. “Holzer.” after suffering from Visit brevardfederate- This is a name that is Parkinson’s Disease,” Mrs. drepublicanwomen.org. heavily embedded in Bre- Schirm said. • New family plans: Health vard history, and it Dr. Holzer unexpectedly First has announced it will belongs to Dr. Oswald A. died two days later, on Jan. offer new individual and Holzer — or “Bubbie” to 3. family plans. Through those who knew him well. “I think he died out of Health First Insurance, Dr. Holzer and his wife, grief, but [my siblings and individual and families will Ruth — or “Chick” — were I] were told it was conges- now have the opportunity to well-known Brevard resi- tive heart failure,” Mrs. join directly and not through dents, immersed in the Schirm added. an employer. Space Coast’s healthcare While going through For more information, call and volunteer history. their parents’ possessions, (321) 434.7650 or email Many remember Dr. Mrs. Schirm and her sib- [email protected]. Holzer as a doctor on staff lings came across a red at Brevard Hospital, where Chinese box, which SATURDAY, JUNE 1 he delivered 200 babies in housed 400 letters. 1957. Others remember “The letters were in him as the physician for • Hurricane boat pre- Czech and needed to be Northrop or Harris paredness: The Cocoa Beach translated,” Mrs. Schirm employees, or as the com- Sail and Power Squadron will said. “Once I started read- pany physician for Boeing offer a two-hour hurricane ing the translated letters, I and Lockheed Martin for boat preparedness seminar realized they included so its space program work at to the public on Saturday, much more, not just about Cape Canaveral, where Dr. June 1 at the Port Canaveral my father, but about his Holzer earned the honor Yacht Club, 910 Mullet friends and relatives and of “Space Pioneer.” Drive, Cape Canaveral. the circumstances leading Dr. Holzer’s name is rec- Registration will begin at up to what happened.” ognized by those who have 9:30 a.m., and the presenta- Before moving to the walked through the Flori- tion will run from 10 a.m. to United States, Dr. Holzer, a da Tech campus, where he noon. Czech Republic native, volunteered as Medical The seminar will discuss fled his home country in Director for 10 years and issues related to the safety 1939, when the Nazis founded the college’s Stu- precautions the boat owner invaded. dent Health Services. should take prior to the “My father was in the Mrs. “Chick” Holzer was storm, including removal of Czech army at the time, heavily active in her the boat to a safe harbor, but escaped to avoid the church, Eastminster Pres- tying down the boat in a Nazi regime,” Mrs. Schirm byterian located in Indi- marina or removing the boat added. alantic, where she was the from the waterways. A panel Through the 400 letters, youth choir director. Oth- of boaters will be available to Mrs. Schirm and her sib- ers may know her as the offer suggestions. lings learned about the president of the local PTA There will be a $10 per incredible travels her and as an active volunteer family charge. Optional father took, before arriving with the “Pink Ladies,” the materials will be available at in the U.S., and about the women’s auxiliary at the a minimum cost. people who wrote them — Photo by Paul Lepinskie Brevard Hospital, which For more information, visit many of them being fami- would later be renamed to Cocoa Beach Sail and Power Pattie Romero of Satellite Beach, Mia Bella Romero, 6, of Indialantic and Joselynn ly. Holmes Regional. Squadron at Dombrowski, 9, of Melbourne are pictured finishing the Miracle Run 5K Saturday, “I did seven hours of Despite their incredible www.CBSPS.com. interviews with my dad in May 25. They walked to raise funds for Sage Eli Romero. The 5K was held in Cocoa legacies, Dr. and Mrs. Registration is recommend- 1989, because he was a Village specifically to raise funds for seven Brevard County residents with serious Holzer were simply “Mom” ed at the site or by email to great storyteller,” Mrs. and “Dad” to Joanie Holzer [email protected]. health issues. Hundreds took part in the event, which included a free community Schirm said. “I thought I Schirm, sister, Pat, and • ‘Rescue Me’ mega pet breakfast and live music at Cocoa’s Riverfront Park. For more information about would retire one day and brother, Tom. adoption event: Brevard the event is available at www.italktostrangers.com/miraclerun/ It was a discovery that County Animal Services and See BOOK, A4 Enforcement, Brevard Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Brevard businesses, organizations to pack food for hungry children See CALENDAR, A2 By Amanda Hatfield Anderson while you may not see it, take place at Brevard Com- [email protected] the issue of childhood munity College’s Mel- “At the end of the 2012-13 school year, we are ENTERTAINMENT B1 hunger and malnutrition is bourne Campus in Build- serving 750 students at 20 different schools .” MELBOURNE — Did you ever-present in Brevard’s ing 6 — the gymnasium. GO ‘HOG WILD’ know that, in Brevard own backyard. During the school year, County, the number of One local team, however, schools that participate Sarah Anthony children in the free and has come up with a way to with The Children’s Hunger Executive Assistant reduced-price meal pro- help fill these children’s Project Backpack Program The Children’s Hunger Project gram is more than 45 per- tummies with the delicious distribute packages of food cent? and nutritious food they so each Friday to students in Were you aware that desperately need. need. Now that summer is volunteers will be prepar- small can of Spaghettios, a some Space Coast elemen- On Sunday, June 2, Face here, many of these stu- ing are the same packages single-serve box of cereal, tary schools have more of Change, The Children’s dents go without the nutri- that we send home with shelf-stable milk, juice box, than 80 percent of students Hunger Project, United tion their growing minds the students through our applesauce cup and a on the free and reduced- Way of Brevard and Bre- and bodies crave. ‘backpack’ program during snack item.” price meal program, with vard Hunger Alliance/Pro- This food-packaging the school year,” said Sarah Mrs. Anthony said that many of these students Anthony, executive assis- The Children’s Hunger Pro- INDEX ject Hunger are coming event will help these chil- being at risk of childhood together for a food packag- dren over the summer. tant for The Children’s ject will provide its expert- Calendar A1 Out & About B1 hunger and malnutrition? ing event to help these “The more than 6,000 Hunger Project. “The pack- ise and volunteers to pack- Classified B6 Police Report A5 The truth lies boldly children who are in need of packages of food that The ages consist of a large can Crossword B3 Entertainment B4 within those numbers, a little extra.