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What’s On Around Town

Summer 2014

Croquet Comes to Palm Coast the game of strategy and skill for everyone Ships Ahoy! a close-knit boating community in our town

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to the Pelican Post. Our summer pages brim with exciting articles to read, and news of what’s on around town. Betty Fitterman puts down her croquet mallet for a moment to

bring you news of that picturesque sport’s expansion in Palm Coast. I know you’ll find her wonderful story and style right on the ball, as always. Many thanks go to outstanding photographer Bob Carlsen who took the eye-catching cover photo of Ton Wetjens playing croquet at Grand Haven, as well as the lovely photo on page 25. Our thanks also go to Mary Slattery, who writes a comprehensive article on the boating community in Palm Coast, and to Lindsay Elliott who describes the impressive range of volunteer effort that goes into fundraising and creating homes for Flagler Habitat for Humanity. Another new contributor, Meredith Malin, investigates prescribed burns at Washington Oaks State Gardens – you’ll see her wonderful article on page 44. Thanks also go to Dorota Brown, who sent us the joyful photos on the tide pages. Are you ready to take a day off this summer and head to the beach with a book? Our favorite book reviewer, John Bishop, is back with some good recommendations for you. And I know you’ll all enjoy meeting Christine Sullivan, the Flagler County Artist of the Year for 2013, and seeing some images of her work inside this issue. There is a delightful new couple in town, from Italy, who recently opened a pizza restaurant called Focaccia. Joe Roy, the manager of Palm Coast’s Business Assistance Center, describes how they got off on the right foot, and how their business is thriving. Speaking of new businesses around town, Frank Demaio, the owner of 386 in the Hammock, has opened an upscale new restaurant in European Village that features live jazz four nights a week. Frank is on a roll with the numbers: He’s calling his new spot 727. Meanwhile the Hammock just became a lot more colorful when Janine Regina-Fonseca, owner of Hammock Gardens Nursery & Landscaping, added a new full-service florist shop right on the premises. She sends gorgeous flowers all over the world, or delivers them close to home.

Also in the Hammock, the former Chef ’s Shanty has become the new H.I.P. (Hammock Ice-cream Parlor) owned by Dustin Savage and Mark Tucker. And if local residents have their wishes come true, the aging A1A Adult Ed Center will be transformed into a thriving new hub for the arts by JJ Graham, owner of Hollingsworth Gallery. Plans are afoot, awaiting the OK from the School Board, to spruce up the old buildings and have studio space for local students and artists, as well as a gallery. As ever, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to our dedicated editors and the best art director in the world, Paul Beaulieu, all of whom make the Pelican Post look so terrific. Above all I give enormous thanks to our readers, who support the magazine with amazing ideas, articles and photos, and to our fabulous advertisers, without whom this magazine wouldn’t exist. Please let our advertisers know you saw their ads in the Pelican Post! Enjoy the summer.

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Inside 4 What’s On Your guide to summer concerts, theater, and events around town and up and down the coast.

8 Making pizza the Italian way at Focaccia MeetDarioCarboneandAlexiaTarantinoattheir new restaurant, Focaccia. By Joe Roy

12 Ships Ahoy! Theclose-knitboatingcommunityalongthecanalsand ICW is an integral part of Palm Coast. By Mary Slattery

18 Books on the beach Areyoulookingforwardtoalazysummerwithsomegood books?Herearesomerecommendationsforyou. By John Bishop

22 Croquet comes to Palm Coast Thepicturesquegameofstrategyandskillexpandsfrom private clubs to new public courts at Holland Park. By Betty Fitterman

33 Going from the Masters to the Masters ReadaboutChristineSullivan’sjourneyfromGolfChannel VPtoFlaglerCountyArtistoftheYear. By Joanne Chevalier

38 Tea&FashionShow Hammock Dunes Club hosts the Flagler Habitat for Humanityfundraiser. By Lindsay Elliott

40 A beachcomber’s guide to the summer tides TidetablesfortheAtlanticOceanbeachesofFlaglerCounty

44 Park on fire Destructionorrenewal?Findoutwhatgoesonat WashingtonOaksGardensStatePark. By Meredith Malin

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Our cover photo featuring croquet player Ton Wetjens was taken by award-winning photographer Bob Carlsen of Palm Coast who is known for his beautiful shots of the Flagler Pier. Bob exhibits his work at Ocean Books & Art in Flagler Beach, and, during June, at Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach. He teaches at the Dancing Pelican School of Photography and also leads photo safaris all over the country. Visit rcarlsen.com

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What ’s OnPlease check before you go to events – dates and times

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June 6 – July 6Oliver! The well-loved adaptation of Dickens’ classic comes to St. Augustine Thur – Sat at 7:30pm, Sun matinees at 2:00pm, plus Terrific Tuesday June 10. Tickets: limelight-theatre.org or 904-825-1164

June 11BBQ & Blues: The David Gerald Blues Band plays at the free Music by the Sea Concert Series at St. Augustine Beach Pier, Wed at 6:00pm.

Live Jazz 4 Nites a Week European ~ 727 ~ Village

June 13An Evening with Ottmar Liebert: The flamenco guitarist and his band Luna Negra perform at Ponte Vedra Concert Hall on Fri at 8:00pm. Tickets: pvconcerthall.com

June 14Fine Art Show and Palm Coast Photography Club Exhibit: Opening reception 6:00pm-9:00pm at FCAL, City Market Place. Free. Info: 386-986-4668 or flaglercountyartleague.com

U2 by UV: The U2 tribute band performs at the Daytona Beach Bandshell, Sat at 7:15pm. Free.

June 15Flagler Fine Art Festivals: Juried local fine art in Veterans Park, Flagler Beach, Sun 10:00am-4:00pm.

June 18The Committee: Music by the Sea brings Pop Rock to the St. Augustine Beach Pier, Wed at 6:00pm. Free.

June 21The US Stones: A Rock tribute to the Rolling Stones, Daytona Beach Bandshell, Sat 7:15pm. Free.

First Fridays 6 - 9 Music in the Park Veterans Park // Flagler Beach

June 25Amy Alissa & the Soul Operation: Motown comes to St. Augustine Beach Pier, Wed at 6:00pm. Free.

June 28Let It Be: A tribute to the Beatles, at Daytona Beach Bandshell, Sat at 7:15pm. Free.


July 2Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg: Oldies and Pop at the St. Augustine Pier, Wed at 6:00pm. Free.

July 3Fireworks in the Park: Palm Coast’s Independence Day celebrations start at 9:00pm in Town Center’s Central Park.

///// 4th of July /////Celebrate! Fireworks at Flagler Beach’s pier with super

views from the beach and A1A.Celebrate! Fireworks burst over the fort in St. Augustine

following a free concert in Plaza de la Constitucion.Celebrate! Fireworks on both sides of the Halifax River at

at the Granada Street Bridge in Ormond Beach.

July 4Alter Eagles: Free concert, a tribute to the Eagles, at Daytona Beach Bandshell, Fri at 7:15pm.

July 5Caribbean Chillers: A tribute to Jimmy Buffet at Daytona Beach Bandshell, Sat at 7:15pm. Free.

July 9Steam the Band: Enjoy Rock n Roll at St. Augustine Beach Pier, Wed at 6:00pm. Free.

July 12Bicycle Art and Poetry Show and Plein Air Painting Exhibit: Opening reception co-sponsored by FCAL and Gargiulo Art Foundation at City Market Place, Sat 6 to 9. Free. Exhibit continues Mon thru Sat until Aug 6. Info: 386-986-4668 or flaglercountyartleague.com

Turnstiles – A Billy Joel Tribute: Free concert at Daytona Beach Bandshell, Sat at 7:15pm.

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July 16Smoke n Mirrors: Classic Rock at St. Augustine Beach Pier, Wed at 6:00pm. Free.

July 19Rocket Man: Elton John tribute concert at Daytona Beach Bandshell, Sat at 7:15pm. Free.

July 20American Idol Live! 2014 Tour: See the Top Ten Finalists live when the tour stops in St. Augustine on Sun at 7:00pm. Tickets: staugamphitheatre.com

July 23Oh No: Pop and Oldies at the St. Augustine Beach Pier tonight at 6:00pm. Free.


July 26Sara Bareilles: The multi-platinum-selling pop star brings her Little Black Dress Summer Tour to St. Augustine on Sat at 7:00pm. Tickets: staugamphitheatre.com

Almost Styx: A Styx tribute concert, free at Daytona Beach Bandshell, Sat at 7:15pm.

July 26 – August 315th Annual Nature & Wildlife Exhibit: Free exhibit featuring artists from across the country, Tues to Sat 12:00pm-5:00pm, Sun 2:00pm-5:00pm at St. Augustine Art Association, 22 Marine St., St. Augustine. Info: staaa.org

July 30The Soulshine Tour, with Michael Franti & Spearhead, SOJA, Brett Dennen, Trevor Hall: The four bands bring their love of music, dance, yoga and sustainability to St. Augustine. Yoga for everyone & acoustic music jam at 3:00pm, full concert at 6:00pm. Tickets: staugamphitheatre.com

Parrot Head Night: Jimmy Parrish & the Ocean Waves play at St. Augustine Beach Pier, Wed at 6:00pm. Free.

July 31Old Crow Medicine Show: Gavin DeGraw and Matt Nathanson bring their summer tour to St. Augustine, Thu at 6:00pm. Tickets: staugamphitheatre.com

August 2Fleetwood Mac Tribute & James Taylor Tribute: Free concert at Daytona Beach Bandshell, Sat at 7:15pm.

August 6Falling Bones: Classic Rock n Roll at the St. Augustine Beach Pier, Wed at 6:00pm. Free.

August 9Opening Reception: New exhibit of Altered Art opens at FCAL Gallery. Sat 6:00pm-9:00pm, City Market Place. Free. Show continues Mon thru Sat until August 30. Info: 386-986-4668 or flaglercountyartleague.com


August 10Crosby, Stills & Nash: The iconic trio comes to St. Augustine during their US Summer Tour, Sun at 7:00pm. Tickets: staugamphitheatre.com

August 13Grapes of Roth: Classic Rock n Roll at St. Augustine Beach Pier, Wed at 6:00pm. Free.

August 19The Summer Nationals Tour 2014, featuring the punk bands The Offspring, Bad Religion and Pennywise perform in St. Augustine, Tue at 5:30pm. Tickets: staugamphitheatre.com

August 20Big Lonesome: Pop, Rock, R & B at St. Augustine Pier, Wed at 6:00pm. Free.

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August 22The Fresh Beat Band: The popular pre-school group appears in St. Augustine Fri at 6:30pm. Tickets: staugamphitheatre.com

August 24Bob Weir & Ratdog with The Chris Robinson Brotherhood come to St. Augustine Sun at 5:30pm. Tickets: staugamphitheatre.com

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September 7ZZ Top & Jeff Beck: The music legends, on tour together for the first time, come to St. Augustine, Sun at 6:00pm. Tickets: staugamphitheatre.com

September 11Going Green Fine Art Show: Opening Reception at the FCAL Gallery, City Market Place, Sat 6:00pm-9:00pm. Exhibit continues Mon thru Sat until October 8. Info: 386-986-4668 or flaglercountyartleague.com

September 13Autumn Trails 5K Run/Walk: Start at the Palm Coast Community Center and run through Linear Park on Sat at 8:00am. Kids’ Fun Run at 9:00am. Info: 386-986-2341 Registration: palmcoastgov.com/events/running-series/race

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Do you have a craving for Italian cooking tonight but don’t want to travel over 5,000 miles to find

your favorite pizza restaurant in Rome? Well, wish no more – welcome to a taste of Italy right here in Palm Coast, at a new restaurant named Focaccia. You might have difficulty pronouncing Focaccia (foh-kat-cha) but you’ll never have difficulty saying Delicious! After vacationing in Florida numerous times, Italians Alexia Tarantino and Dario Carbone found their way to Palm Coast. Although they considered many places to establish their business, they chose Palm Coast as the best location to bring their concept of a fast casual pizzeria to life. In Italy, Pizza al Taglio (pizza by the slice) is a very popular way of buying pizza. “Our concept aims at creating a setting where customers can enjoy pizza by the slice with a glass of wine in a bright and clean environment,” says Dario. Focaccia offers a selection of Italian beers and wines to complement its colorful pizzas and sandwiches. We’ve all heard the phrase, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” True to their background and their business strategy, Alexia and Dario only make pizza “as the Romans do!” Focaccia’s secret formula is hidden in the dough that Dario makes every day. Made from high-protein flours rich in nutrients, the dough is ideal for trapping gasses when being baked, resulting in a light and airy flavor. The entire dough-making process is lengthy, which improves the flavor and reduces the bloating effects that can be associated with standard pizza dough. Focaccia’s dough is vegan-friendly with no “improvers” added. When you enter the restaurant, located at 85 Cypress Point Parkway, you’ll be greeted by Alexia, the friendliest customer service person you could ever imagine. You’ll see a colorful presentation of pizzas containing only the freshest of toppings. There’s no need to agree with everyone else in your party about which toppings you’d like as there is a wide variety to choose from for your individual slice. Alexia and Dario use only fresh foods, hence there are no pre-packaged meats and vegetables in this restaurant. According to Alexia, “there’s no substitute for fresh.”

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Alexia Tarantino and Dario Carbone

Starting a new business is a challenge, so it’s not hard to imagine that opening a business in Palm Coast while living in Italy might have its own

unique set of demands. I met Dario and Alexia for the first time in January 2013 in my role as manager of the Palm Coast Business Assistance Center, when they were visiting Florida. They already had a detailed business plan and were very knowledgeable about their business. I recall asking them if they understood Americans’ love affair with pizza, and asked how their pizza would compare. They simply smiled! Alexia notes, “Having this resource available was a huge peace of mind for us even if we were on the other side of the world. Working our way through the permitting process was simplified.” She continues, “Understanding Palm Coast’s requirements was made easier with the help provided by the Florida SBDC.” Working with Dario and Alexia presented some unique challenges for our office. We help all business clients build their sales plan and expense budgets, but little did I realize that their financial plan would undergo a third-party independent review in Italy in order for Dario and Alexia to qualify for an investor visa. In early May last year they submitted their business plan to the US Embassy in Rome for review. I was thrilled when Dario called on May 5, 2013, saying that their visas had been issued!

** Focaccia opened for business on September 21, 2013. “Feedback has been very positive so far,” says Dario. “There seems to be a growing number of


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A new survey shows that business clients of the Palm Coast Business Assistance Center/Florida SBDC generated $21.3 million in economic impact – in sales, capital investment and wages – in BAC’s first three years of operation here. The statistics were recently released as part of the 2013 State Survey of Florida Small Business Development Center customers. Area Manager Joe Roy says, “We hear from our clients all the time that our services are helping them succeed. But when you see these numbers, it’s really confirmation that we’re improving the quality of life in our community by growing our businesses and our economy.” BAC offers personalized services to starting and growing businesses at no cost.

“Ships ahoy!”Boating in Palm Coast... a community within a community.

Just before Christmas last year, on the evening of December 14th, the residents of Palm Coast were getting ready for a merry night. Many were deciding whether to attend the Starlight Parade in the Town Center or line the banks of the Intracoastal Waterway to view the Holiday Boat Parade.Lots of lucky people were invited to one of the festive house parties along the canals and ICW to see the lighted boats go by. A tornado was the last thing on people’s minds.

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“Ships ahoy!”Boating in Palm Coast... a community within a community.

Barbara and Barry Kipnis, with BJ, aboard IffinPhoto by John Slattery


The rain was heavy that afternoon, but had eased off as evening came. The Starlight Parade began as planned, with City officials keeping a cautious eye on the radar. But to be on the safe side, the Boat Parade was cancelled before its official start in Cimmaron Basin. That was a big disappointment to everyone, especially the boat owners who had spent hours decorating their boats. Barbara and Barry Kipnis of Chickasaw Court, owners of the trawler Iffin, decided to parade anyway. Seeing a break in the weather, they checked the radar and set off with some friends on board to enjoy the evening. Experienced boaters, with thousands of waterway miles under their belts, rain didn’t worry them much. “After all,” they said to each other, “we’re boaters, we’re tough!” Iffin had the distinction of being the only Chanukah boat in the parade, decorated with blue and white lights, complete with a giant menorah. Barbara had even called the local synagogue to tell them about their boat and invite the children to come to the ICW to see it. The rain stopped as they set off, and Iffin, with lights blazing and music blaring, motored along the parade route much to the joy of the house-party revelers.

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But about an hour into the voyage, the rain began to fall again – hard this time and accompanied by drumrolls of thunder and flashes of lightning – all a bit too close for comfort and safety. Iffin turned back and headed for home. As the boat approached the dock, cell phones suddenly lit up with the Red Alert of a tornado warning. With only four minutes to spare, the Kipnises and their guests ran off the boat and into their home. The tornado touched down moments later, luckily just missing Chickasaw Court. The Kipnises were okay, but other close neighbors were not as fortunate: no one was hurt but there was extensive property damage. Meanwhile, at the Town Center, the tornado warning gave City officials at the Starlight Parade just enough time to shut down the festivities and advise people to seek immediate shelter. Some might dismiss going out in a boat in such weather as foolish, while others accept it as part of a boater’s life. Palm Coast, as a canal community, was designed for recreational boaters. Today the extensive web of canals continues as one of the City’s greatest assets. “Sailboat Country”, part of Palm Coast’s

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C-Section area of homes, was designed without any bridges so sailboats and high-profile vessels could easily be docked behind their owners’ homes. Just as Palm Coast has changed and developed over the years, so has its boating community. Originally the vessels of choice were small motorboats with outboard engines used for day trips and fishing, along with limited-range cruisers and sailboats. However as the population aged, so did the boaters. Many sailors, tired of being dependent upon the wind, and finding it harder to work the rigging and sails, decided to switch to power. The trawler became the vessel of choice. Ideal vessels for long-range cruising, trawlers offer their owners spacious accommodations with reasonable operating costs. As the community of trawler owners grew, so did the desire to get together and compare notes with other like-minded folks. One such organization is the MTOA, the Marine Trawler Owners Association, with more than 2,000 members. A member’s boat can be easily spotted on our waterways by its flag – a green turtle on a white background. Palm Coast is often called MTOA’s unofficial headquarters as it has the single largest concentration of members in the United States. Run by volunteers, it’s made up of active, past and future trawler cruisers, full-time live-aboarders, and others interested in the lifestyle. As well as programs and services, members look forward to the local and regional meetings and particularly the two major national Rendezvous every year. They have their own magazine, written by the members, all about boating-related topics including good cruising venues. Unique to the MTOA is the Port Captain program. This on-call service assists cruisers who need to locate reliable service technicians, or get local waterway and marina information. Boaters might ask for help finding places for provisioning and doing laundry, or medical and veterinarian care, or for dining recommendations. Some Port Captains even offer transportation to local restaurants and retail shops.

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Having five local Port Captains in Palm Coast makes this one of the most desirable stops along the ICW. Port Captain Phil Lowe, on Cottonwood Basin, keeps a list of open unoccupied docks for visiting MTOA members. Ideal for short overnight stays, the docks get well used during the annual snowbird migration. Each April, prior to the annual Southern Rendezvous held in this area, Phil often locates a dozen or more docks for fellow members.

Little do Phil’s neighbors know how much they contribute to the growth of Palm Coast by lending out their docks. With the attraction of deep water access to right-behind-the-house docks, and a generous supply of boating friends, many MTOA members who have stopped and visited decide to buy homes here in “Sailboat Country”. Once here, their trawlers tied up behind their houses, they’ll join the local MTOA regional group, the First Coast Cruisers, which draws its members all the way from Jacksonville to New Smyrna Beach. They’ll get together to enjoy boating, and swap tales and tips, but also to participate in the annual Palm Coast Canal Clean-up (they have won awards for picking up the most trash!) And yes, the major event they all look forward to every year is the Holiday Boat Parade – provided there’s not a tornado in sight. The boating life in Palm Coast is indeed a community within a community. That’s what makes our City the last place to stop for so many – it’s a great place to live and enjoy our waterways.

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Two other books, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and Defending Jacob by William Landay, are exciting novels. Gone Girl has achieved the most publicity with a movie starring Ben Affleck due out in October. It’s a complex story of deceit in a modern marriage, told by different narrators

in the first part of the book, but that loses its way in the second half. From my point of view there are too many changes of locations, plots and characters. Defending Jacob is a crime thriller and far more interesting. The author is a former Assistant District Attorney who creates a legal thriller with extraordinary courtroom scenes. Terrible family secrets unfold, leading to an ending that makes this book unique.

Michael Connelly is one of the most prolific and accomplished of the courtroom mystery writers. He studied writing at the University of Florida and one of his first jobs was as a crime-beat writer for the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Most of his stories, though, are set in the Los Angeles area. The Gods

of Guilt is another Mickey Haller narrative – yes, the same Mickey of The Lincoln Lawyer (starring Matthew McConaughey in the movie) – where he performs questionable and bizarre antics to achieve justice. I believe Connelly is the most entertaining writer of the courtroom genre that includes Baldacci, Turow and Grisham.

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Summer reading … Great books!

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brother once said, “John will read the labels on cans or jars if that’s all he can find.” This summer I’ve reviewed several different books that you might enjoy too.

One of today’s hottest books is The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A whopping 771 riveting pages, this is a typical odyssey adventure. When thirteen-year-old Theo Decker’s mother, a single parent, dies in a terrorist attack at the Metropolitan

Museum in New York, the world as he’s known it ends. Theo survives the explosion, and in the chaos that follows meets a dying old man and a surviving young girl. The man forces the famous painting The Goldfinch on Theo, and during all of his ensuing travels he is faced with the moral and legal issues of keeping the masterpiece. The surviving girl, Pippa, becomes his life-long love obsession. After the attack, and all alone, he is taken in by the wealthy Barbour family of Park Avenue. While there he meets an antique furniture dealer who is the business partner of the old man who died in the explosion, and the protector of Pippa. Eventually Theo’s deadbeat father shows up to claim him and take him to live in a seedy neighborhood of Las Vegas. The odyssey continues: a Russian teenage friend, the drug scene, back to New York, the Barbours in and out of his life … This book is for readers who love well-crafted

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Bill O’Reilly’s Killing books – Lincoln, Kennedy and most recently Jesus – are remarkably well written. Despite his celebrity as a partisan TV host, O’Reilly crafts these books for everyone. I would recommend reading all three, but if you have time for only one, read Lincoln. The secret of all three is that O’Reilly really puts you at the scene – for example, at Ford’s Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865 in Lincoln. Kennedy didn’t break any new ground but told the familiar sad story with special feeling. In Jesus, the Jewish high priests of the Temple know their wealth and prestige are threatened after Jesus attacks the money lenders. Jewish law and tradition forbid killing during Passover, so the high priests conspire to get agreement from Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor, to kill the man who teaches “love thy neighbor”. The descriptions of ancient Jewish and Roman traditions give this story a more historical viewpoint rather than religious.

Richard Ford, another winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, opens his novel Canada with: “First I’ll tell you about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders, which happened later.” It’s 1956, and fifteen-year old Dell Parsons is alone in Great Falls, Montana, after his parents are convicted of bank robbery and sent to prison. Befriended and relocated to Saskatchewan, in Canada’s prairies, Dell struggles with lost innocence, the dissolution of his family, and which adults to trust. Written in Hemmingway-like prose, it is an intriguing story about the implosion of one family. There you go: enough books and different authors to keep you reading all summer. Enjoy!

If you haven’t yet discovered Louise Penny, now is the time. She’s a Canadian mystery writer whose Chief Inspector Armand Gamache has solved nine mysteries so far. All are extremely well plotted. In The Beautiful Mystery the Inspector solves a murder in a remote monastery in Quebec. The cloistered monks normally

follow a vow of silence except when singing Gregorian chants. Mystery and evil stalk the halls of the centuries-old monastery after a recording of those chants becomes a big commercial success. Murder in a monastery may seem far-fetched but Gamache solves the crime believably, all the while facing down intrigue at the Sûreté du Québec. Louise Penny’s most recent book, How The Light Gets In, allows the Inspector to solve “monstrous internal corruption” at the Sûreté, while finding the murderer of a famous person. Start with any of Penny’s stories and you will find you want to read them all.

Apparently one hundred million people have read the trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey. I wasn’t one of them, but I have read Andre Dubus III’s Dirty Love. The book contains four novellas about the disappointment of risqué love, and I suspect it will appeal to Fifty Shades readers. One of the characters, making love for the

first time, approaches the act with delicacy, “as if I were trying on new clothes that I didn’t want to spoil in case they had to be returned.” Dubus is the son of another celebrated short-story writer, and if you are looking for good authors, read both father and son.

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Paul Beaulieu competing at The Dorothy Fosse Invitational at Hammock Dunes Club while Board Keeper Jonnie Finch looks on. Photo by Jo Edwards

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CROQUET COMES TO PALM COAST

by Betty Fitterman

‘Can you play croquet?’ shouted the Queen.

The soldiers were silent, and looked at Alice, as the question was evidently meant for her. ‘Yes!’ shouted Alice. ‘Come on, then!’ roared the Queen, and Alice joined the procession, wondering very much what would happen next.

What happened next, of course, was one of the most outrageous games of croquet ever played in literature, or anywhere else for that matter – with live flamingos for clubs, hedgehogs for balls and playing-cards for wickets, everyone playing at once, and many shouts of “Off with her head!”

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On the courts at the Dorothy Fosse Invitational at Hammock Dunes Club. Photo by Jo Edwards

be the only other public croquet venue in Florida other than Sarasota County. Operating since 2000, and immensely successful, the Sarasota venue is a big tourist draw. In fact, many of my own friends travel across the state at least once or twice a year to compete in sanctioned events there. The new courts will be built in James Holland Memorial Park, off Florida Park Drive behind Publix. The target date for opening is mid-May. Talk about fast! The plan is to begin with two full-size courts, and as I learned from both Crouch and Santangelo, the only thing liable to hold up the official opening is the grass. Apparently a certain kind of grass is required for this game. It has to be tough, resilient and able to be cut really, really short. Like a golf green, it should be smooth, level and look like velvet. This is a tall order – or maybe I should say a short order – but the proposed land is ideally suited for this kind of grass. They just have to wait for the old grass to die off so the seeding can begin. A couple of weeks later there will be playable grass. Public interest in the venture will determine its life as a city-sponsored activity, but if it is successful, as many as seven full-size courts could be built over

time, enough to draw interest from croquet players all over the country. Said Ms. Santangelo, “While it may never replace golf in retirement communities like ours, it’s still an ideal low-impact way to get out in the sun and enjoy the weather, the exercise, and the people you meet.” It’s been said that croquet can be a viciously competitive game, but I’ve found the players to be fun, friendly and mild-mannered for the most part. In my own case, our entire social circle was originally formed from the people we met while taking lessons, which turned out to be a great way to kick-start our retirement life. As for my friend Nancy Crouch, she is typically low key about the speed and ease with which this has come to fruition. “It’s a thing whose time has come,” she says, “and I just was lucky enough to get to the right people at the right time. And I didn’t do this alone. I had some very smart and committed people at my side. That made all the difference.”

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On the courts at the Dorothy Fosse Invitational at Hammock Dunes Club. Photo by Jo Edwards

About the Game

Croquet is an ancient game. It’s thought to have come to England from France as early as 1611 and perhaps ever earlier under the name paille-maille or pall-mall, derived from the Latin words for ball and mallet. Interestingly, our term ‘The Mall’ comes from the nickname for St. James Park, which King Charles II and his courtiers appropriated for the game. Remember that the next time you go to the mall, but I wouldn’t bring your mallet. Security might not appreciate it.

Our modern game of croquet was brought to Ireland from Brittany in the 1850s under the name of crookey, later frenchified into croquet. One can only guess why. Perhaps it just sounded more exotic.

In any event, pall-mall, crookey or croquet was definitely the game to play in the 1850s. It was eclipsed in popularity in 1870 by tennis, and had a brief fling with the top spot again in the 1890s. It was an event in the 1900 Summer Olympics, and again in 1904 under the name ‘roquet’. The top countries for


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the sport are Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand and the United States, and it has a strong following in Canada, Egypt and South Africa too.

Flash forward from its origins to the 1950s and I’m sure you’ll remember when every suburban back yard had an inexpensive croquet set with wood balls, lightweight mallets and those wire wickets you managed to bend out of shape almost immediately. I don’t remember the rules exactly; they were whatever Daddy said they were. But I do remember you could put your foot on your own ball, give it a healthy whack, and send your opponent’s ball into Mom’s pansy garden. Neither she nor my little brother appreciated that, but did it ever feel good. You don’t do that in six-wicket croquet, I’ve learned. Darn.

About American Croquet American croquet, or six-wicket, has been around for more than 120 years. Its one brush with negative notoriety came in the 1890s when the Boston clergy spoke out against the drinking, gambling, and licentious behavior associated


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with it on the Common. I can’t even imagine what the licentious behavior was, but since this is an equal opportunity sport that welcomes both men and women … no, I still can’t imagine.

Nine-wicket, the version popular across the Pond, is also found here, but not as frequently. In six-wicket the object is to make as many wickets or points as possible within a 75-minute period, and this is a game of strategy, offense and defense, where you must keep track of every ball in play, and in particular, special circumstances like deadness on a particular ball, the order of play, using other balls to complete a wicket, being wired, the clearing wicket, rover ball and a myriad of other terms equally confusing to a newbie.

I remember playing a practice game and having someone suddenly jump up and shout, “Ball in hand, ball in hand!” Now this completely confused me, because both my hands were wrapped around my mallet and I was preparing to hit my ball after just striking my opponent’s, quite smartly, I thought. As it turned out, that was the one move that allowed me to pick my ball up and move it next to my opponent’s ball. I won’t go into the details of why this

is important, but afterwards I realized my teacher was telling me to pick up my ball. Get it? Ball in hand. Crikey. I’ll bet that bit of jargon came straight out of

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Golf croquet is the fastest growing version of modern croquet, probably owing to its simplicity

and competitiveness. Typically, two teams compete to see who can get through the wicket first. That team takes the point and everyone moves on. The fun is when all four balls are within range of the wicket, and players try to prevent the opposing players from scoring. It’s all enjoyable, made especially more so if there is a suitable beverage accompanying the game. That too is an old English tradition. You just gotta love those Brits.

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“When I started painting,” she says, “it quickly turned out that I was painting from memory, of places that I loved in upper new York state and Cape Cod – in an unintentional abstract expressionist way.” “With three older brothers,” Christine continues, “I was a tomboy growing up. We were always outside climbing trees and building forts at home, or digging for clams during our summers at the Cape. now when I paint a seashore I still smell the smells of the beach when I was a child. And I remember exactly how the sunlight looked when I was seven, reflecting off the water.” Her whole body moves as she leans into her canvas, reaching with abandon to add a fleck of cloud to a serene horizon or a dash of warm sunshine on a field of grain. “Time stands still,” she smiles. “I go back to the place that I’m painting, and I’m in that space.”

she’d ask herself, as she experimented with paint and palette knife, brushes and colors. JJ would make observations and suggestions, guiding her along the artist’s path. She painted with passion, exploring different ways to project her ideas on to canvas, trying out different media and techniques. Sometimes something fabulous would emerge; sometimes she would paint over the canvas and start again. Her painter’s apron and the studio floor soon came to resemble an early Jackson Pollock. “At first I thought I would give it five years,” Christine says. “The goal for me was just to work hard and get better. I’d only painted with water colors before, and never with oils. I experimented, thinking that if you don’t get yourself into trouble you’ll never learn how to get yourself out of trouble!” However, her own style soon became evident.

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The Florida Forest Service and the Florida State Parks Service both have burn teams with burn bosses. Each zone of the state and each park within a zone have an individual prescription for fire. Conditions must be perfect before the fire bosses give the go-ahead for a team to initiate a burn. This is not necessarily an annual event; some parks require prescribed burns only every two or three years.

Parks are not normally closed during a burn. Press releases and flyers are sent out to area residents beforehand to alert them that a burn will take place, and signs are posted along the roadways warning of the possibility of smoke. Both the Forest and ParksServices have their own fire trucks, personnel and equipment, so local fire departments are alerted, but not needed. Now I know that prescribed burns are a good thing, I’ll appreciate it the next time I see Washington Oaks on fire, and know that my favorite gopher tortoises will soon be munching on fresh green plants!

Meredith and Bob Malin have moved back to Florida from Chicago, after being educated and raising their family here. True Floridians, they have come home to retire.

Since moving to Palm Coast a year and a half ago, my husband Bob and I have been impressed by

the number of parks in the area. One of our favorites is Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, so we were somewhat traumatized last winter when we saw the Park Service intentionally setting fire to the land on the beach side of the park. We wondered if there would be a repeat performance this year. I met with Melissa Clauson, the Park Services Specialist at Washington Oaks, to ask her why the State Park Service would intentionally set fire to the park. I thought I knew the answer: to get rid of dry underbrush that could fuel a wildfire. It turns out I was partially right, but there was much more. Melissa explained that prescribed fire is an important tool that the Park Service uses to manage the ecosystem at each park site. Reducing fuel for wildfire is only a small part of that management. In fact, many of the plants and animals that live in our parks depend on fire for their survival. During my visit I also had the opportunity to meet Ashley Regelski, a member of the Backlog Abatement Team, or BAT, who actually sets the fires prescribed for the parks in our area. She explained that fire replenishes the soil and allows for new plant growth that will feed foraging animals such as gopher tortoises (which happen to be my favorite creatures to watch in the park) – as well as beach mice and rats, and diamondback rattlesnakes and indigo snakes (definitely not my favorites.) “Several plant species found at Washington Oaks actually require fire for germination,” Ashley continued, “including the longleaf pine – which is endangered and one of our last native pines – and the saw palmetto which is abundant in this area.”

Photo courtesy of Washington Oaks Gardens State Park

by Meredith Malin

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