Steve Dorrance Speaks with Judyth Piazza about Treasure Coast Community Health Foundation on The American Perspective Radio Program – Click to listen

“The way a nation treats its sick and aging is a direct reflection on the character of the nation as a whole. Harry Getzov and Treasure Coast Community Health Foundation have created a 21st century model that strives toward eldercation and available healthcare. I am proud to be part of these important changes.” Judyth Piazza

Steve Dorrance

Harry Getzov, author, national speaker, and upcoming guest on The View and The Doctors will be speaking in Vero Beach at The Quail Valley River Club on December 5 for the benefit of Treasure Coast Community Health. Harry most recently wrote gOLD, a book of fascinating stories from inspired conversations with Hugh Downs, Maya Angelou (one of the great voices of contemporary literature), Jerry Vale, former major league baseball player William Moose Skowron and nearly 1,600 others. “He is thoughtful, caring and amusing, all at the same time! His uplifting and insightful view of the cycles of our lives is prescient for all, including the boomers who are on deck next, and those who are enjoying the golden years.”

Harry Getzov

Mr. Getzov`s Background

Mr. Getzov is an accomplished attorney, educated at Emory University School of Law. Mr. Getzov obtained a bachelor`s degree from Boston University`s College of Liberal Arts and studied at the Brookdale Center on Aging of Hunter College. As a prolific writer, his articles have appeared in the New York Daily News, Newsday, The Dallas Morning News, The Kansas City Star and amNew York, and he has been a guest on radio in the communities he has visited throughout the country. He spent many years in New York City and Hollywood as an entertainment lawyer. He has an insider`s perspective on an industry most will never experience.

To Benefit Treasure Coast Community Health

Mr. Getzov has generously agreed to make this presentation for the benefit of the Treasure Coast Community Health Foundation (TCCHF). Treasure Coast Community Health provides a wide range of medical, dental and behavioral healthcare services, and is a healthcare home to 20,000 Indian River County residents. We accept Medicare and Medicaid patients, populations of importance to Harry.

Event Details

While overlooking the Indian River from the main dining room, attendees will be served an exceptional lunch starting at 11:45 a.m. by a dedicated staff, and receive a complimentary copy of Mr. Getzov`s book. Please call 772-571-1983 to make a reservation for the December 5th luncheon or request additional information. The TCCH Foundation will benefit from your $50 per person, tax deductible contribution.

Generously sponsored by the Brackett Family Foundation

Judyth Piazza chats with Harry J. Getzov, Author of gOLD, The Extraordinary Side of Aging Revealed Through Inspiring Conversations …

Judyth Piazza interviews Steve Dorrance, Executive Director of Treasure Coast Community Health Foundation…

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.

Star Quality Air Conditioning, Inc. Launches Website as a Florida Air Conditioning and Heating Resource on the Internet

Star Quality Air Conditioning, Inc. today announced the launch of www.starqualityair.com as an information portal for Vero Beach area home owners and businesses to find information about heating and air conditioning projects. With articles being added almost every day and an online monthly newsletter of heating and air conditioning tips, the website is anticipated to quickly become Florida’s primary resource for residential and commercial air conditioning and heating tips.

Future plans include educational guides on selecting an air conditioning and heating contractor and professional advice from experts in the field.

The web site will be an invaluable resource for Florida area homeowners and businesses in finding accessible information to address their heating and air conditioning needs. Information will be efficiently categorized for easy navigation.

Star Quality Air Conditioning, Inc.’s Mission Statement reads, “We are dedicated to expanding the way you perceive your home comfort needs by blending the latest energy-technology and luxury conveniences with unsurpassed, old-fashioned customer care. Star Quality Air Conditioning, Inc. also states, “We are committed to providing the best customer support possible. We stick by you making sure our job is done correctly and safely. We do this by hiring only the best skilled HVAC technicians and partnering with top quality manufacturers and engineers in the industry. We use green technology to not only save you money by conserving energy, but also doing our part to save the environment.”

About Star Quality Air Conditioning, Inc. – Star Quality Air Conditioning is a full service, fully licensed and insured Florida air conditioning and heating company dedicated to providing quality service in a timely manner. At Star Quality Air Conditioning, we guarantee quality and dependability. Whether you are interested in cleaner indoor air, a new air conditioning system, or you need service on your existing air conditioner; our Independent Dealers are eagerly awaiting to help you with the sales, service, and installation of the air conditioning system that is ideal for your home or business. For more information please, visit them at www.starqualityair.com.

“Ready When the Time Comes” Program provides vital training to employees

The American Red Cross teamed up with Seacoast National Bank to provide training to 32 employees through the “Ready When the Time Comes,” disaster volunteer program.

After a disaster, the American Red Cross responds in a variety of ways in order to meet all of the emergent needs of individuals, families and communities. The Seacoast employees trained for the Client Casework aspect of disaster response, learning how to provide direct assistance to individuals affected by man-made or natural disasters. Client Case workers also evaluate the needs of disaster victims, provide services and maintain records.

“The Ready When the Time Comes program promotes a very caring way of helping people by understanding and communicating their needs during a disaster,” said Theresa Vazquez, Vice President/Branch Manager of Seacoast National Bank South Vero Square office. “This approach perfectly aligns with ways Seacoast and its employees operate all year long. We are happy to partner with the Red Cross for the program, they have been part of our lives for generations.”

All of the employees who received the American Red Cross training have become a part of the overall Red Cross volunteer team, and will be able to help when the Red Cross responds to a disaster in the area. About 10 of the participants in “Ready When the Time Comes” have also began taking follow up training, allowing them to respond to disasters in other functions outside of Client Casework as well.

The American Red Cross provides “Ready When the Time Comes” training for free to any group or organization that would like to become a partner in disaster response. With the help of the wide network of volunteers, the American Red Cross is able to fulfill its mission of “helping people prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters.”

The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit www.pbtcredcross.org.

TV journalist, film producer, actress and glamour girl Maria Menounos reveals the secrets of achieving sustainable red carpet success on an EveryGirl budget. And that’s just the first few chapters.

The book is a game-changer. Come meet the author. She’ll be appearing at Vero Beach Book Center and Children’s Store on 4/29 at 7PM.

Maria Menounos, the New York Times Bestselling Author of THE EVERYGIRL’S GUIDE TO LIFE, will be in the Vero Beach area this Friday.

Friday, April 29th at 7:00PM
The Vero Beach Book Center and Children’s Store
2145 Indian River Blvd.
Vero Beach, FL 32960

THE EVERYGIRL’S GUIDE TO LIFE
By Maria Menounos
On Sale April 12, 2011

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to Mark Earth Day and Hibiscus Festival
With Free Open House at Downtown Vero Beach Office

The general public is invited to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s office in downtown Vero Beach on Saturday, April 16 for a free “open house” from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. to mark the 41st anniversary of Earth Day in conjunction with Hibiscus Festival activities.

The free open house will include kids’ activities, wildlife displays, presentations by local biologists and an exhibit of illegal wildlife products seized by law enforcement officials. “Earth Day is actually April 22, but we wanted to host this event on a date we could share with our friends on the Treasure Coast, who will already be celebrating at the Hibiscus Festival. This is an opportunity to enjoy the festival, then meet our biologists and learn about endangered species, habitat conservation programs, Everglades restoration and more,” said Ken Warren, open house co-coordinator. “This will be an educational activity for the entire family.”

The office, which also have a booth at the festival, is at 1339 20th Street across from the Post Office. The Service has operated a station in Indian River County since 1954, when it was known as the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. For more information, contact Ken Warren at ken_warren@fws.gov. The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

The annual Earth Day is a national event designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. Founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, the first Earth Day was held as a symposium April 22, 1970 and has been celebrated on that date ever since.

A serious tennis injury leads a would-be author to write his long-planned first novel. “Until I Return: Dawn of the Shining Darkness” is a spiritual thriller based on modern headlines and little-known prophecies of saints.

For most people, nothing important gets accomplished until they get off their duffs. For author Ken Nowell, however, the novel he had thought about for over a decade was never to be written until he landed flat on his.

Eighteen months ago, Nowell was playing tennis with three friends. When a ball was softly returned to him, Nowell sprung forward. “I heard and felt a ‘pop’ in my ankle, and immediately went down, hard,” he recalled. “I thought my partner had slammed his racket on my Achilles tendon. I’m embarrassed to say that weeks later I learned I had kicked myself while lunging.”

The tendon had severed completely in one place and shredded in another. So, Nowell’s active lifestyle came to a crashing halt. After stressful decades in a variety of careers –including practicing law, serving in a state legislature, and owning a variety of businesses – Nowell had managed to retire in Vero Beach, Florida, by the age of 52. He had hoped to slow down, knowing a more leisurely pace would add years to his life. But not this slow!

Convalescing in bed, day after day, it wasn’t long before Nowell realized he had too much time on his hands. He longed for a way to rekindle the excitement that sports, sailing and exotic, international travels had offered him in the past. He considered diving into the spiritual thriller he had been thinking about for years. With the encouragement of his wife, Betsy, and after briefly meeting best-selling author, Daniel Silva, Nowell decided to take the plunge.

For the next year, his new outlet for excitement would become an intellectual, rather than physical, exercise.

“My injury was a blessing,” the author now claims. “The decks were cleared of my many distractions. Finally, I was able to dedicate long stretches of quiet time to the creative process.”

The pain and effort paid off with the release of Nowell’s new spiritual thriller that promises to be a great read for anyone, of any faith, who is spiritually curious. “Until I Return: Dawn of the Shining Darkness” takes the reader around the world and through the centuries, weaving fascinating strands of Christian history into today’s headlines. This thought-provoking, fictional tale is packed with historically accurate references that are documented in endnotes. It is enticing, both spiritually and intellectually. Yet, the story still manages to surprise at every turn and tug at a full range of emotions. The video book trailer can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9K5FyF08tI or the publisher’s website at www.VeroHousePublishing.com.

Now that the author is back on his feet, again, and encouraged by the response he has received, Nowell says he has a follow up book in the works. He adds, “I just hope I won’t have to contribute another leg to speed up the process.”

ADDITIONAL BOOK INFO:
Until I Return: Dawn of the Shining Darkness
420 pages
Paperback
ISBN:978-0-9828279-0-1

Available from
major bookstores,
Amazon.com,
BarnesAndNoble.com,
VeroHousePublishing.com

BOOK LOGLINE:
The prophecies
you don’t know…
The warning
you should never forget.

SpringHill Suites Vero Beach is now offering guests a complimentary on-call Vero Beach shuttle service. Spring Hill Suites Vero Beach is the only hotel in Indian River County to offer this service to guests.

This six person van is on-call between the hours of 7 A.M. and 10 P.M. daily. This Vero Beach shuttle service will take guests anywhere within a ten mile radius of the hotel.

The SpringHill Suites Vero Beach shuttle will take guests to a number of locations including:

• The beach
• The airport
• Dining in the area
• Nearby shopping centers

The hotel is located minutes from beaches, Vero Beach Airport, Medical Center and area shopping and dining.

To find out more about this Vero Beach shuttle service please visit: http://www.springhillverobeach.com/amenities.php

Enjoy Free Vero Beach Shuttle Service and Other Great Amenities at SpringHill Suites Vero Beach

Guests staying at the SpringHill Suites Vero Beach can enjoy upscale accommodations that feature pillow-top mattresses, large desks, and suites that have a pantry area which includes, a small refrigerator, sink and microwave.

SpringHill Suites Vero Beach is proud to be the only hotel in the area to offer free Vero Beach shuttle service and a handful of other great amenities that include:

• Hot continental breakfast
• High-speed internet service
• Flat screen TV’s with premium cable and movie channels

For more information about staying at SpringHill Suites Vero Beach please visit: http://www.springhillverobeach.com/

SEBASTIAN, FL – “Thousands of dead fish were found washed up on the shore of a Florida state park.

The animals were found along the beach of Sebastian Inlet State Park in Melbourne Beach, FL, on Friday.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials believe the fish died because of the lack of oxygen.

‘Just because there’s such a large school of them, they use up the oxygen really quickly, and because they are coming closer to shore, there’s not as high of a water turnover rate and sometimes when you’re in an area with not as much tidal flow,” said Kelli O’Donnell, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.’” Read More

Photo by Steve Johnson, Vero Beach, Florida

The New Year started on an ominous note, with hundreds of dead birds falling on the town of Beebe, Arkansas. This oddity was immediately followed by thousands of dead fish found in the Arkansas River, and in the weeks and months since there have been reports of mass death of fish, birds, crabs, and other animals all over the world.

In recent weeks the amazing events in Yemen, and Egypt have grabbed the headlines, but the phenomenon of mass death of animals continues unabated.

Photo by Steve Johnson, Vero Beach, Florida

It’s now the turn of the good folks in Melbourne Beach, FL to wonder what the heck is going on. Officials say that some fish are prone to die from lack of oxygen when they swim close to the shore in large numbers. Sorry, for the pun, but that explanation sounds fishy to me.

Cougar Cameron Diaz feeding Alex Rodriguez popcorn, Joan Rivers appearing in a commercial in leather hot pants and a low-cut top, American Idol without Simon Cowell, dead fish in the rivers, and dead birds dropping from the sky.

These are the Biblical signs of the End Times! I have my trusty bong, let the end times roll!

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Judyth Piazza chats with Glenn Dowler, Planet Fitness, Vero Beach, Florida on The American Perspective Radio Program (Please click here to listen to audio interview)

The Judgement Free Zone®
As the most innovative health club brand in the United States, Planet Fitness is known for a lot of things ” our absurdly low prices, our Lunk™ Alarm, and most of all perhaps, for our Judgement Free Zone® philosophy, which means members can relax, get in shape, and have fun without being subjected to the hard-core, look-at-me attitude that exists in too many gyms.

Left to Right: Conner Pickering, Kim Nicklow, Amy Osteen (Photo by Judyth Piazza)

How different is Planet Fitness?
We don`t have any salespeople, and we don`t bother with all the extras like juice bars and childcare that drive up costs and can make a gym membership seem more like a car payment. Instead, we`ve boiled our business down to the things that you really want in a health club ” clean, stylish, hassle-free facilities that are filled with tons of brand-name cardio and strength equipment, and a lot of happy people. If you`re looking for a comfortable, friendly place to exercise, and like a great deal, then you`ll love Planet Fitness.

For More Information:
http://www.planetfitness.com/
Pre-Grand Opening Sale Going on Now!
1295 US Highway 1
Suite 3
(on the corner of 12th Street and US 1 in the Publix Shopping Center)
Vero Beach, FL 32960
Phone: 772.564.0234

Presale Hours
Monday – Friday 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Club Hours When Open
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Open Monday at 5:00 AM until Friday at 9:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM