Rescheduled: 20th Avenue Church of God Children’s Carnival Nov.5th

Due to rain on Saturday, October 29th the carnival has been rescheduled to Saturday, November 5th.

20th Avenue Church of God is pleased to announce their annual Children’s Fall Carnival on Saturday, November 5th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 775 20th Avenue, Vero Beach, Florida (772) 562-2235.

Fun For All Ages

The carnival will have games and prizes, a moonwalk, giant slides, food, fun and much more.

All proceeds will benefit The Children’s Ministry, K.W.A.M. 24-7.

20th Avenue Church of God
775 20th Avenue
Vero Beach, FL 32962-1454
(772) 562-2235

Church Service Times
Sunday
Sunday School-9:20 a.m.
Morn. Worship-10:50 a.m.
Even. Worship-5:50pm

Wednesday
Bible Study-6:50 p.m Youth Class (1st Wednesday)

Thursday
Prayer-7:00 p.m.

Have A Spook-tacular Halloween with the Rocky Horror Picture Show!

Have A Spook-tacular Halloween with the Rocky Horror Picture Show!
Saturday, October 29th, at 11 PM

FREE ADMISSION

The FREE show will include:

  • Trivia
  • Time Warp Dancing
  • Best Male and Female Costume Contest
  • Sunrise Theatre Prizes

And, we encourage all Rocky Horror Picture Show Fans to bring at least one non-perishable canned good, to benefit the Harvest Food and Outreach Center. This way, you can have fun, do the “time warp”, throw toast, and help families in need this holiday season! For more information onHarvest Food & Outreach Center, visit. or emailcommrelations@harvestfoodoutreach.org

We look forward to seeing all of you on October 29th for the Free Screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. (Did we mention that it’s FREE?)

Oh…one more thing. It’s FREE!

FREE Florida Foreclosure Prevention Workshop

FREE Florida Foreclosure Prevention Workshop

Topics of the workshop include:

· Loan Modifications – Effective techniques that work
· Federal Foreclosure progams– HAMP and HAFA
· Loan Audits – How to identify paperwork fraud or loan violations
· Lender paybacks – Are you eligible to receive one?
· Buy more time in your home – Simple steps to postpone your move
· Protecting against foreclosure predators
· County Agency resources
· Real legal defenses
· Questions and Answer session
· And more…

Address:
Holiday Inn Oceanside 3384 Ocean Dr. Vero Beach, FL 32963

Start Date: November 1, 2011              End Date: November 1, 2011

Start Time: 7:00 PM                            End Time: 9:00 PM

*****Free Event*****

First-ever paddling race on the beautiful St. Sebastian River

“Up the River with a Paddle”

First-Ever Paddling Race on the St. Sebastian River

Nov. l9th

A Fun-Raiser and Benefit for By the River

SEBASTIAN, FL, OCTOBER 11, 2011 — “Up the River with a Paddle,” the first-ever paddling race on the beautiful St. Sebastian River, is coming up on Nov. l9th. It is open to competitive and recreational paddlers of all ages and skill levels – Kayakers, canoers, paddle boarders and anyone who can make it up the river with a paddle! Grab the family and enjoy this fun day on the river with food, entertainment, raffle and prizes.  Races include short and long distances and the “Beat Mike Beck Challenge” for cash prizes. Groups, clubs and businesses can compete for the title of “Best Team in the County” in a giant, Elephant Canoe. The event will be held on Nov. l9th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Dale Wimbrow Park, 11805 Roseland Road, Sebastian, FL. It is sanctioned by the American Canoe Association (ACA) and is being coordinated by Florida Outdoor Center.  Proceeds will benefit By the River, the area’s independent residential community for low-income seniors (for more information, please visit www.BytheRiver.org). Organizers aim to draw paddlers from around the state and make this an annual community-wide event. Entry fees begin at $5 for kids under l4. Entry fee discounts will apply for ACA members (and includes ACA insurance for all racers).  Boat and paddle board rentals are available and t-shirts and Swag Bags will be given to racers who register by Nov. l0th.  For more information or to register, please visit www.flocracing.com or call Florida Outdoor Center at 772-202-0220 or By the River at 772-559-2680.

Events at the Vero Beach Book Center October – November

Monday, October 10th at 10:30 am

Vero Beach Bookies discuss

Room by Emma Donoghue

Tuesday, October 11th at 10 am

MARIANNE RICHMOND presents

I BELIEVE IN YOU

in the Children’s Store

Saturday, October 15th at 11 am

MARK PETT presents

THE GIRL WHO NEVER MADE MISTAKES

in the Children’s Store

Saturday, October 15th at 3pm

JOHN SANDFORD presents

SHOCK WAVE

A Virgil Flowers Novel

(Autograph line tickets will be issued with book purchase from the Vero BeachBookCenter)

Wednesday, October 19th at 7pm

JAMIE FREVELETTI presents

THE NINTH DAY

Friday, October 28th at 7 pm

HALLOWEEN PARTY and

MAGIC SHOW with

comic magician JAIMIE PORTER

in the Children’s Store

Wednesday, November 2nd at 7 pm

DEBORAH SHARP presents

MAMA SEES STARS

A Mace Bauer Mystery

Tuesday, November 8th at 7pm

TIM DORSEY presents

WHEN ELVES ATTACK

A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State

Thursday, November 10th at 7pm

CYNTHIA HURST presents

THE PLATINUM PROJECT

Men in the 21st Century

Monday, November 14th at 10:30 am

Vero Beach Bookies discuss

Cutting for Stone

by Abraham Verghese

Wednesday, November 16th at 7pm

PJ DEMPSEY presents

A FEARLESS EntreprenHER

One Woman’s Inspiring Story of Creating and

Selling a Million Dollar Business

Friday, November 18th at 5 pm

SUE GRAFTON autographing

V is for VENGEANCE

Autograph line tickets will be issued with book purchase from the Vero BeachBookCenter

Saturday, November 19th at 1pm

Apollo 15 Astronaut

AL WORDEN presents

FALLING TO EARTH

An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon

Saturday, November 26th

between 11 am and 1 pm

ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

with SANTA CLAUS

Bring your camera for a “holiday pic” with Santa!

in the Children’s Store

Main Store

Budrus: A Thought Provoking Film About Hope and Peace in Palestine

Budrus is an award-winning documentary film based on the true story of a tiny Palestinian village (by the same name) that successfully led one of the Middle East`s most successful non-violent protests thwarting construction of the Separation Wall through their land. When a women`s contingency moves in, it is led by a 15-year-old girl, Iltezam Morrar, who steps in front of a moving Israeli bulldozer with breathtaking courage. She galvanizes her village women and inspires an international non-violent movement still gaining ground today.

Julia Bacha, Director of Budrus, her co-producers and women activists featured in the film highlight a very important, yet unfortunately overlooked aspect of the process of nonviolent demonstrations and that is the role of women. In a Global Room for Women Teleconference Series, American women from every conceivable socio-economic background will step up to listen and talk with the women of Budrus about how their unusual small steps of courage and moderation proved in the end to be the single most powerful anecdote to extremism. Despite a chorus of naysayers about lasting peace and lack of attention by international media, the story of Budrus and its women are at the heart of what really works and the focal point of the Series.

As an all new safe virtual space for women`s dialogue on relevant issues, the Global Room for Women is the first-ever scalable platform that provides American women access to real-time, direct conversations by phone with an array of diverse women living in war-torn regions who are reshaping the landscape for women and girls` lives.

“We designed The Global Room for Women to be convenient and easily adapted to a woman`s busy schedule, whether she`s a teacher, an executive or a soccer mom. We invite women to take a step outside their comfort zone, come as they are, when their schedules permit. All they need to do is pick up the telephone and an entire global community of women is waiting to engage with them,” says GRW founder Linda Higdon. “The real beauty of this model is that we bring women from far-reaching areas of the world directly to busy U.S. women and can include hundreds of women across the country on each call, while creating an intimate experience through small breakout conversations. There is nothing like this out there for American women,” adds Higdon.

Although these courageous women are likely not visible in the Western media news cycle, they are working under the radar to make real change from the bottom up. “We are continually amazed at the degree to which women on each side of the conversation are benefitting from listening to the experience of the other. They have been looking and almost longing for an unedited direct channel of their own, tuned into their frequency as women,” adds Higdon.

Who are these women who are so driven by a fierce determination to build peace?

•An award-winning filmmaker, human rights advocate and Middle East media strategist, Ronit Avni is the Founder and Executive Director of Just Vision, a non-profit that creates media about Palestinian and Israeli grassroots leaders working in nonviolence. Ronit is the film`s Executive Producer.

•Julia Bacha is an award-winning filmmaker who has worked on films exhibited at the Sundance, Tribeca, Berlin, Jerusalem, and Dubai Film Festivals, and broadcast on BBC, HBO, Sundance, CBC and Al Arabiya television. Most recently, Julia directed/ produced Budrus (2009). After premiering at the Cultural Bridge Gala film at the Dubai Film Festival, Budrus won the Audience Award, second prize, at the Berlin International Film Festival. Julia is the Director and Producer of Budrus.

•A seasoned Palestinian-Israeli facilitator, Irene Nasser is Just Vision`s Senior Manager in Jerusalem. She oversees programs for diverse Palestinian and Israeli communities, discussions that are issues-based and provides program evaluation and trauma management. Her expertise is in conflict resolution and identity, and the role of oral history in forming the identity of Palestinians in Israel.

•At the age of 15, Iltezam Morrar launched a women`s contingency of the unarmed movement in Budrus. She was the first villager to succeed in getting past the Israeli border police and stopping a bulldozer. Her fearlessness galvanized the entire village and affirmed the importance of women in the movement.

•Rula is Just Vision`s outreach liaison in Palestine. As one of the producers of Budrus she played a key role interviewing film subjects and coordinating crews. She is a former journalist who covered issues pertaining to Palestinian society. She was a founder of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.

Members pay a small fee ($30-50) per series of calls and there is no limit to how many they can attend. Each woman chooses her own experience. After each call many engage with each other as a living global community. Through “My Global Room,” a social networking space, they live chat, organize, and take next steps. The Global Room site supports actions, initiatives, projects, resources, and success stories emerging continuously within the community.

To learn about the upcoming roster of speakers or to register, click www.globalroomforwomen.com/events.html

Vero Beach Resident Arrested for Selling Stolen Art

Florida Man Arrested on Charges of Selling Stolen Art and Selling Forged Paintings for Millions of Dollars

A Florida man was arrested this morning pursuant to a federal indictment that alleges he sold paintings stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery, and that he had sold forged artworks to a collector with false claims that they had been painted by esteemed artists.

Matthew Taylor, 43, of Vero Beach, Florida, was arrested without incident this morning by special agents with the FBI. Taylor, who formerly worked as an art dealer, is expected to make his initial court appearance this afternoon in United States District Court in Fort Pierce, Florida.

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Taylor last week on seven felony charges related to art theft and a long-running fraud that targeted a Los Angeles art collector.

The indictment charges Taylor with defrauding the art collector victim out of millions of dollars by selling him forged art works. Taylor allegedly sold the collector more than 100 paintings—including paintings that he falsely claimed were by artists such as Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko—for a total of more than $2 million. The indictment alleges that Taylor altered paintings from unknown artists to make them appear to be the products of famous artists, and then sold the bogus artwork to the victim at prices exponentially higher than their actual worth.

To conceal the true nature of the paintings, Taylor allegedly put forged on the paintings and painted over or otherwise concealed signatures from the actual artists. The indictment also alleges that Taylor created and put onto the paintings fake labels which falsely represented that the artworks were once part of prestigious art collections at famous museums, including those of the Museum of Modern Art in the New York and the Guggenheim Museum.

Regarding the alleged art heists, the indictment accuses Taylor of stealing a Granville Redmond painting called “Seascape at Twilight” from a gallery in Los Angeles. Taylor later sold that painting to a different gallery for $85,000, falsely claiming that his mother had owned it for several years. The indictment also alleges that Taylor stole a separate artwork—a painting by Lucien Frank titled “Park Scene, Paris”—from the same gallery in Los Angeles. Taylor was seen several years later in possession of the stolen Lucien Frank painting at a gallery in Vero Beach.

The indictment further alleges that Taylor laundered and transferred across state lines some of the proceeds from his fraud on the collector victim—specifically, $105,000 that Taylor had taken from the victim by selling him four forged paintings in September 2006.

An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in court.

The indictment charges Taylor with three counts of wire fraud, two counts of money laundering, one count of interstate transportation of stolen property and one count of possession of stolen property. The mail fraud charges each carry a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison, and the remaining counts each carry a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years. Therefore, if he is convicted of all seven counts in the indictment, Taylor faces a maximum possible sentence of 100 years in federal prison.

Based on evidence collected throughout this case, investigators believe there are additional victims of art fraud related to Taylor’s activities. Individuals who purchased art from Taylor and believe they may have been defrauded should contact the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Los Angeles at (310) 477-6565 or the Los Angeles Police Department’s Art Theft Detail at (213) 486-6940.

(A photo of Taylor is below for the purpose of potentially identifying additional victims.)

The ongoing investigation into Taylor is being conducted by the FBI’s Art Crime Team, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Art Theft Detail, and IRS – Criminal Investigation.