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Vol. 26 No. 18
Brevard
May 5, 2008
Business
News
A Weekly Space Coast Business Magazine
Florida Tech introduces
new four–year program
in construction business
By Ken Datzman
Fittingly, the last commercial real–
estate project that civil engineer Ralph
Locurcio worked on for a private New
York firm before joining the Florida
Institute of Technology faculty in 2004
was the 145,000–square–foot Thomas
Jefferson Library and Learning Center
at the U.S. Military Academy in West
Point, N.Y.
In 1802, President Jefferson signed
legislation founding the famed institution. A picture of the new, stately library
hangs on his office wall at Florida Tech
in Melbourne. “It has become an object
lesson in a lot of my classes,” said
Locurico, who graduated from the U.S.
Military Academy more than 30 years
ago and went on to serve around the
world with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, including a tour in Vietnam
in 1968 and 1969.
Today, he is helping to mold the
future leaders of the construction
industry. Construction leadership and
team–building are his main themes on
campus. A retired brigadier general,
Locurico is professor and director of the
new construction management program
under the Department of Civil Engineering at Florida Tech. He says construction
engineering is his passion. “That’s all I’ve
done my entire adult life.”
The four–year business–oriented
program grants a bachelor of science
degree in construction. “We are training
project managers, individuals who can
manage the construction of a building
after it’s been designed,” Locurcio said
about the new degree offering. “We’re
authorized to accept transfer students
into the construction program this year
and our first class enters in the fall of
2008. We’re excited.”
He developed the curriculum working
closely with the school’s Construction
Industry Advisory Board (chaired by
Melbourne construction attorney Ed
Kinberg of Kinberg & Associates LLC),
the College of Business (led by Dr. Robert
Niebuhr) and Florida Tech’s engineering
disciplines. Dr. Thomas Waite is the
Please see Florida Tech, page 19
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Civil engineer Ralph Locurcio, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., is
professor and director of the new four–year construction management program at Florida Tech. A
former brigadier general, Locurcio was chosen to oversee the reconstruction of Kuwait following the
Gulf War in 1991. He spent 30 years in the U.S. Army Crops of Engineers, serving around the world
including a tour in Vietnam.
Solution to $4 gas? Plug in hybrid, professor says
By Cynthia Hubert
Scripps Howard Service
the nation and the world of dependence
on fossil fuels.
“If the car companies would build
these things, we could transform
ourselves from oil to electricity immediately,” he says.
As gas prices have skyrocketed during
the past decade, so has interest in hybrid
cars like the Toyota Prius. Frank’s
version of the hybrid can be recharged
using a standard household outlet, and
on trips of up to 60 miles, his PHEV
burns not a drop of gasoline. Overall, it
gets about 100 miles per gallon of fuel.
“I see guys spending $100 to fill up
their SUVs, and I think, ‘We’ve got to get
PHEVs in production,’” Frank says.
It could happen soon. General Motors,
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Andrew Frank, proud father of the
“car of the future,” has a news flash for
gas–guzzlers: The future is now.
For more than three decades, the
engineering professor at the University
of California– Davis has been touting
vehicles that power up by plugging into
household electrical outlets. Most of that
time he had a hard time getting the right
people to take him seriously.
Now, at 74, Frank is getting plenty of
attention.
“The stars are aligned,” he says,
showing off a plug–in Chevrolet Equinox
in a garage just a few steps from his
office on campus.
“Companies could build these cars
tomorrow at a reasonable cost,” he says,
“and I am going to make sure it happens
in my lifetime.”
Thanks to a “perfect storm” of
superior technology, soaring gas prices
and concern about the environment,
Frank has the attention of the nation’s
big automakers and the ears of industry
leaders, including former Chrysler
chairman Lee Iacocca. Public interest in
his “plug–in hybrid electric vehicle,” or
PHEV, he says, has never been higher.
Recently, Frank and his fuel–sipping
PHEV were featured in a NOVA public–
television program starring the
motorhead humorists Tom and Ray
Magliozzi.
Frank believes his technology has the
potential to curb global warming and free
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The MIMA Cancer Center will present a free breast
cancer informational seminar on Saturday, May 10,
from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The center is at 1130A S.
Hickory St., in Melbourne. Reservations are suggested
and can be made by calling 409–1956.
Guests will hear from medical oncologist Dr. Simon
Vinarsky, who will share information about breast–
cancer prevention and treatment options. Joining him
will be Dr. Nanialei Golden, a radiation oncologist at
MIMA, who will discuss breast–cancer treatment in the
21st century, including innovative radiation treatments.
“Clinical trials have demonstrated that women with
early–stage breast cancer who receive breast–conserving surgery with radiation have survival similar to
women who receive a mastectomy,” said Dr. Golden.
“There was a time when a breast–cancer diagnosis
meant a woman automatically lost her breast, but the
data clearly shows that this is no longer necessary.”
Dr. Golden says “patients have even more encouraging news with emerging treatments for breast cancer
such as the anti–HER2/neu antibody, and aromatase
inhibitors in conjunction with or instead of Tamoxifen.”
“This type of seminar provides a wonderful opportunity to learn about treatment options and to tour the
MIMA Cancer Center and see the type of treatment
facilities that are in Brevard,” said Dr. Vinarsky. “Our
collaborative treatment approach to patient care puts
an entire team of specialists together to provide a
comprehensive treatment plan that addresses medical,
social and emotional needs.”
In addition to the speakers, guests can visit information booths, learn how to detect abnormal breast lumps,
meet physicians and case managers, tour the center,
and learn in depth about MIMA’s multidisciplinary care
approach.
MIMA Cancer Center Director Lisa Hutchins says
that this is the second in a series of health seminars
MIMA will present this year. “We will offer another
program in August on lung cancer, and another on
prostate cancer in the fall.”
For more information about the breast–cancer
seminar, or to register, contact MIMA at 409–1956 or
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The Running Zone recently presented a $5,000 check
to the Brevard Zoo, a donation from funds raised at a 3k
race held at the zoo March 8. This is the second year for
Running Zone to host a race there and to donate net
proceeds to the zoo. Last year Running Zone donated
$3,000. More than 750 runners registered to participate
in this year’s race, which hosted 214 kids under age 14.
The race saw a 67 percent increase in participants from
last year’s event. “This race is my favorite”, said Denise
Piercy, president of Running Zone. “Everyone at the zoo
is awesome and we love working with them to put on
this event to raise money to support their efforts.” The
Running Zone will host its third race at the Brevard Zoo
in March 2009. The event is named the Sting Ray
Shuffle to highlight the opening of the zoo’s renovated
“Paws–on” children’s play area which will feature water
play, fort–building, and contact with animals. The zoo
will open the new space in February 2009.
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National Astronomy Day set
May 17 at BCC Planetarium
In observance of National Astronomy Day, the
Brevard Community College Planetarium and the
Brevard Astronomical Society are teaming up for a
daylong event.
A large collection of telescopes, children’s activities,
and astronomy–related exhibits will be available on
Saturday, May 17, from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Planetarium and Observatory , 1519 Clearlake Road, in
Cocoa.
Planetarium staff will present mini–planetarium
shows throughout the day and the rooftop observatory
will be open for daytime and evening viewing until 10
p.m. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m.
The keynote address will be delivered at 8 p.m. by
Jack Horkheimer, director of the Miami Space Transit
Planetarium and host of the weekly PBS series “Star
Gazer.”
Beginning at 1 p.m. special guest lecturers will
present talks each hour in the Planetarium theaters.
These noted amateur astronomers from Central and
South Florida will speak: Tippy D’Auria, Dr. Don
Parker and BCC astronomy professor Dr. Fiorella
Terenzi.
Russell Romanella, director of the International
Space Station and spacecraft processing directorate at
Kennedy Space Center, will deliver a presentation at 4
p.m. on “NASA’s Exploration Mission.”
Events throughout the day are free of charge.
Admission to the Beatles Laser Show at 9 p.m. is $7 for
all seats. The observatory is open for viewing Friday
and Saturday from 6:30 to 10 p.m., and is operated by
volunteers from the Brevard Astronomical Society.
For more information, call the Planetarium at 433–
7370 or 433–7372.
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SunTrust Bank has hired Susan Frank as vice
president of commercial banking. The announcement
was made by Ray Sandhagen, chairman, president and
CEO of SunTrust Bank of Central Florida. Frank is a
commercial relationship manager based out of the
Babcock Center office in Melbourne. She will be
responsible for managing and expanding commercial
client relationships in South Brevard County.
Brenner Real Estate closes transactions
Brenner Real Estate Group, a full–service commercial firm based in Fort Lauderdale with offices in
Melbourne, has announced two lease transactions.
Carla Casey, regional manager and property manager
in Melbourne, handled the lease for Gavco Inc., a.k.a.
Attitudes Consignment, a retail consignment shop in
operation for 17 years. It has leased 2,000 square feet of
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five–year–old business. Dr. Weber has leased 1,400
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Students: Headset muffles loud and unnerving MRI noises
By Aaron Hoover
Having an MRI exam, an experience many people
describe as stressful and uncomfortable, could soon
become a bit more pleasant, thanks to the work of a
team of University of Florida engineering students.
The students have designed a headset that shows
promise of reducing the extremely loud, repetitive,
industrial–like noises that accompany magnetic
resonance image examinations. The noises, which range
from beeping to whirring to grinding and can often be as
loud as a jet engine, stem from the workings of the
powerful magnets at the heart of the machines’ ability
to produce sharply defined internal images of the body
or body parts.
The headset would not only make the experience less
off–putting, it might also reduce the number of needed
exams, freeing up the machine for access by more
patients, said Stephen Forguson, a senior majoring in
electrical engineering.
“The sound often makes patients move or wriggle a
bit,” he said. “Unfortunately, that can blur the image,
which means the operators have to redo the exam.”
Forguson and Chad Dailey, Paul Norris and Christopher Ruesga, all also engineering seniors, designed the
headset as part of the College of Engineering’s Inte-
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grated Product and Process Design Program. The
program pairs student teams with corporate or government sponsors for yearlong design projects of products
or processes intended to be useful to the sponsor. The
sponsor of the headset project was Invivo Corp., a
Gainesville manufacturer of magnetic coils, monitors
and other MRI accessories.
With battery–operated headphones that cancel
internal airplane noise or other loud noises already
commercially available, muffling the noise a patient
hears when inserted into the cylinder–like MRI machines might seem a small challenge.
But the problem is that no electronics are permitted
within the MRI chamber because the electronics can
distort or disrupt the images scanned by the machines’
magnets. So the difficulty for the UF students was
figuring out how to reduce noise without the use of any
wires, switches or other electronics with the patient in
the chamber.
“Passive” systems that use foam or other sound–
deadening materials are insufficient to combat the
noise. So the team attempted to solve the problem using
existing “air phones,” or headphones attached to small
tubes, connected via the tubes to specially crafted
electronics and software located outside the MRI
machine.
The air phones, which are similar to the headphones
once distributed on commercial airplanes, pipe the
sound via two tubes to tiny microphones connected to an
amplifier and a signal processor several feet away.
That processor taps an algorithm, or set of computer
instructions, to produce a sound signal that is the
opposite of the signal just received. That opposite signal
then gets piped back through a third tube to each of the
patient’s ears.
Because the MRI sounds are repetitive and the
piped–in sounds are timed to occur on top of the
repetitions, the result is that the patient hears the same
sound as he or she would have without any intervention
— but at a lower volume.
Trials of the system using a loud beeping sound
similar to some MRI noises showed it could reduce the
noise by as much as 15 decibels. Ambient noise is about
60 decibels, with jet engines and other extremely loud
noises reaching 120 decibels. The students were only
able to reduce actual MRI sounds by a smaller level, but
they said further tweaks of the system and algorithm
are likely to improve that result.
The team’s results are “significant and make a
difference,” said Gijs Bosman, a professor of electrical
and computer engineering and the team’s faculty
adviser. “Based on experiments and further testing of
the prototype, the team has come up with several
recommendations for further improvements.”
Sam Coons, a project manager with Invivo who
worked with the UF team, said reducing the MRI noises
is also challenging in part because as clinicians develop
new scans, new noises emerge. But he said that
improving the algorithm at the heart of the headset
project should make it more effective against the variety
of noises.
The noise–muffling technology is “a big piece” of
Invivo’s entertainment system, he said. “We hopefully at
some point will incorporate this into all of our systems
because noise is such a problem,” he said. “If we can
achieve our goals, we will ship this to everyone.”
Businesses team up to launch MS Workplace
Springtime is typically one of the busiest hiring periods of the year and it is an ideal juncture for many workers
to consider new jobs and career paths. However, for those faced with certain job–related challenges, there is often
little guidance or support for navigating such an important change.
On behalf of the more than 400,000 Americans living with MS, Monster Worldwide, the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, Biogen Idec and Elan are joining together to launch MS Workplace, a first–of–its–kind online
initiative that will provide MS–specific career advice, workplace tips, and job postings targeted toward the MS
community.
“MS Workplace presents a win–win for employers and candidates alike,” Steve Pemberton, chief diversity officer,
Monster. “Job seekers get a more personalized experience and can leverage Monster’s leading tools and services to
advance their careers, and employers can learn more about multiple sclerosis while fostering diverse and inclusive
workforces.”
MS Workplace is a free resource that includes convenient links to educational and career information, as well as
job–search capabilities. By logging on to www.MSWorkplace.com, users will be able to access content to help them
better understand how to “manage” their MS while continuing down their career paths, he said.
Biogen Idec is a leader in the discovery, development and manufacturing of MS therapies with two products on
the market and several in development. Elan is a partner of Biogen Idec.
Florida Tech faculty earn development grants
Seven Florida Tech faculty members have been awarded Faculty Professional Development Grants of between
$1,470 and $2,500 each. The grant program provides opportunities for Florida Tech faculty to enrich their teaching
and professional development through participation in technology–related projects and travel. The 2007–2008
recipients are: Veronica Giguere, Academic Support Center, “Building a Comprehensive First Year Student Success
Program;” Steven Jachec, College of Engineering, “Toward Optimally Designing Ship Hulls to Increase Fuel
Efficiency;” Stephen Wood, Department of Marine and Environmental Systems, “Development of a Small Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle;” Kevin Johnson, Department of Marine and Environmental Systems, “Video
Camera/Underwater Housing for Educational Research;” Mark Harvey, School of Psychology, “Project WEBS: Web
Enhanced Behavioral Supervision;” LuAnn Bean, College of Business, “Utilizing a BAM Approach for Accounting/
Management Curriculum;” and Jamie Younkin, Department of Humanities and Communication, “Sight and Sound
Technology for Musicians.”
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University of Florida professor
captures Florida Energy Award
Dr. Ann Wilkie, associate professor at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences (IFAS), has been named winner of the third
annual Florida Energy Achievement Award.
The award, presented by the Florida Solar Energy
Center (FSEC), recognizes a company, organization or
individual that has made a significant achievement in
the efficient utilization of energy, energy conservation,
energy education or renewable energy in the state of
Florida.
The FSEC award committee chose Dr. Wilkie for
her extensive work in alternative energy — creating
bio–energy from animal waste — and for her leadership in promoting awareness and understanding of
renewable energy and sustainable practices.
“It’s an honor to recognize someone who has not
only developed an innovative way of producing a viable
source of renewable energy from a once unlikely
source — animal waste — but has also found a way to
provide Florida substantial environmental and
economic benefits,” said Dr. Jim Fenton, director of the
FSEC.
“By failing to extract the energy from waste, society
is wasting energy,” says Dr. Wilkie.
Internationally recognized as an expert in biogas
technology, she routinely works with state and local
officials, industrial and agricultural producers, and
private citizens to develop sustainable solutions for
waste management and bioenergy production.
Dr. Wilkie “is a visionary who sees the potential to
reduce our dependence on oil and other fossil fuel–
based energy sources by using organic wastes and
crops to produce renewable energy on a large scale,”
wrote Wayne Smith, former director of the University
of Florida’s Center for Biomass Energy Systems, in his
nomination.
“Dr. Wilkie has been able to take her work in this
emerging field and present it in a creative and
meaningful way that state policy officials can immediately understand and rally behind,” said Michael
Ohlsen, manager of energy efficiency and biomass
projects at the Florida Energy Office.
Dr. Wilkie will accept the award at the Florida
Solar Energy Center in May, and she will present an
overview of her work. In addition to receiving an
award, she will also be given permanent recognition in
the energy center’s complex in Cocoa.
Those interested in applying for the 2008 award
should visit www.floridaenergycenter.org this fall for
full details and an application form.
Brevard County annual report posted
In an effort to provide local citizens with an update
on Brevard County projects and accomplishments, the
2007 annual report has been posted for viewing online.
“We are pleased to have this opportunity to spread the
good news about the myriad of services we provide to
our citizens,” said County Manager Peggy Busacca.
The report highlights such things as “protecting and
conserving our valuable natural resources,” and
“sustaining a strong and diverse economic base to
financially support a quality lifestyle.” The report is
available by visiting http://cgtest.brevardcounty.us/
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The Melbourne Area Federated Republican Women
will meet at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 7, at the
Indian River Colony Club restaurant in Viera. The
speakers for the program will be the candidates for
House District 31 and 32. Registration is available at
www.melbournegopwomen.org. The reservation
deadline is May 5.
Kiwanis to host Fun Fest May 10
The Eau Gallie–Suntree chapter of Kiwanis will host
a Fun Fest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 10 at the
POW–MIA Building on U.S. 1 in Melbourne. The
facility is located at the northeast corner at the junction
of U.S. 1 and the Pineda Causeway. There will be food,
entertainment and activities for children. The purpose
of the event is to spread awareness of the club and to
raise money to support the organization’s causes. For
more information, call 779–8340.
Technology workshop May 13 in Cocoa
Brevard Community College’s Small Business
Development Center is teaming up with the City of
Cocoa Economic Development Department and the
Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce to present a
workshop titled “Expand Your Business with Technology.” It will be conducted from 10 a.m. to noon on May
13 at 603 Brevard Ave. in Cocoa. Charles Berry of Total
Care IT will be the featured speaker. The program is
free of charge. Reservations are requested. To register,
call 433–5570 or e–mail [email protected].
Police memorial May 15 in Titusville
The American Police Hall of Fame in Titusville will
host a memorial service at 10 a.m. on May 15 for law–
enforcement officers killed in the line of duty during
2007. This year’s service is expected to draw more than
500 people, including police family survivors, police
officers, and politicians. Also to be recognized at the
event will be the Brevard County officers who have been
killed in the line of duty since 1958. The memorial
service is open to the public. The Police Hall of Fame
will be open free of charge until 1 p.m.
SBDC workshop on business planning
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“Business Planning” workshop from 5 to 7 p.m. on
Thursday, May 15. The session will be held in building
10 (room 112A). The course will be presented by a
“proven business leader.” There is no charge to attend.
Reservations are requested. To register, call 433–5570
or e–mail [email protected].
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Cliff Shuler Auctioneers & Liquidators Inc. will
conduct a public auction at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 18,
in downtown Titusville. The gates will open at 11 a.m.
for bidders to inspect the items. Cliff Shuler Auctioneers
has been contracted by the cities of Titusville and Cocoa,
the Lake County tax collector, Brevard Community
College, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, secured lenders
and private estates to sell at auction a wide range of
merchandise. Up for auction will be numerous vehicles
and boats, a Barbie ornament collection, household
furniture, and restaurant benches and chairs, among
other items. For photos and more details, visit
www.soldfor.com. A brochure can be picked up at 422
Julia St., in Titusville.
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BSO benefit at Eau Gallie Civic Center
The Brevard Symphony Orchestra will present
“Shake, Rattle and Roll” from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday,
May 16, at the Eau Gallie Civic Center, 1551 Highland
Ave., in Melbourne. The BSO benefit will feature a
1950s theme. “Fast Eddie” will be spinning a decade of
hits. The fee to attend is $50 per person. The reservation deadline is Monday, May 12. Event sponsorships
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The 16th annual Cocoa Village Summer Art and
Craft Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 17
and 18. More than 150 artists and crafters are expected
to take part in the event, which is free of charge. The
fair will include children’s activities and a food court.
Cash prizes will be awarded in eight artistic categories,
as well as Best of Show. Cocoa Village is two blocks east
of the intersection of State Road 520 and U.S. 1. For
more information, e–mail [email protected].
Gallery in Melbourne to host Cuba exhibit
The Cuba! Gallery of Fine Art and the Eastern
Cultural Exchange will present an exhibition titled
“Large Luminous Landscape” May 17 to May 31. The
exhibition will be at the Cuba! Gallery of Fine Art, 541
E. New Haven Ave., in downtown Melbourne. It will
feature 23 original contemporary paintings by artists
living in the Orienté region of Cuba. The exhibition
hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday–Saturday, and by
appointment on Sundays. The Opening Night Fiesta is
from 6 to 9 p.m. on May 17. It will feature Clyde
Hensley, collector, filmmaker and director of the
Eastern Cuba Cultural Exchange/Arte de Cuba. At 6
p.m., Hensley will present his film, “Luminous Shadows, the Artists of Eastern Cuba,” and lead a Gallery
Walk discussing his experiences in helping to bring the
artists out of their regional isolation. To make a
reservation for the opening–night event, call 729–8800
or e–mail [email protected].
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BCC offers technician’s course
Brevard Community College will offer a course titled
“Basic X–ray Operator” May 19 to Aug. 4 at its Cocoa
campus on Clearlake Road. “The ‘hybrid’ course assists
students with no prior experience or course work to
obtain employment in the health–care field.” The course
will be held on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. for high–
school graduates. The class qualifies students to operate
X–ray equipment under direct supervision of a licensed
practitioner. It also prepares students for the certification examination and teaches them basic skills needed
to perform as a basic X–ray operator. The class requires
online and classroom attendance. The cost is $590
(includes a book and workbook). For more information
or to register, call 433–7375.
Annual Caribbean Jamboree in Palm Bay
The 11th annual Caribbean Jamboree hosted by the
Brevard Caribbean American Sports and Cultural
Association will be held on Memorial Day weekend,
May 24 and 25, at Palm Bay Regional Park, 1194
Malabar Road West. The free event is from 9 a.m. to 8
p.m. each day. The Jamboree showcases the Caribbean
culture with an array of musical performances. While
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Watersong, an upscale retirement community being
developed in the heart of Viera, celebrated its successful
construction progress with a “Raise the Roof” luncheon
April 15 onsite at the developing property.
More than 100 future residents, prospects and
community leaders attended the event. During the
ceremony and luncheon, guests learned about the
“quality construction materials used in the development,” such as insulated cinder–block walls, concrete
slabs between floors, all–steel trusses and impact–
resistant windows. The speaker was project manager
Richard Byrd of Elkins Constructors.
“We’re pleased at how quickly the Watersong
community is going up,” Byrd said. “In the next few
weeks, additional trusses and roofs, as well as windows,
will be added as the projects moves along. We’re very
excited with the progress.”
Attending the function were Aniello Salierno, vice
president of operations at Senior Living Communities;
Scott Parker, vice president of Elkins Constructors; and
Kimberly Hansen, senior site manager at Elkins
Constructors.
In addition to receiving construction updates, officials
from The Viera Co. also expressed their appreciation to
the community for selecting Viera.
“We thank Watersong for choosing Viera to call
home,” said Judi John of The Viera Co. “Watersong is
also the premier contributor of The Viera Future
Foundation, which helps grow our community. We are
thrilled they are here.”
Comprised of 48 acres, Watersong is a master–
planned, full–service retirement community. The
campus will feature 120 single–family homes, 148
condominium–style villas, with 26 additional villas
designated for enhanced living, 48 assisted–living
apartments, and 24 memory–care beds.
Health Care REIT Inc. (NYSE: HCN), Watersong’s
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Local real–estate professional Bob Ericson of ERA
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successfully completed the ERA Real Estate Implementation course. Held in Parsippany, N.J., the weeklong
session provided industry training to brokers and
managers regarding the ERA system. “Our company
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past nine years because of the similar goal we share in
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successfully accomplish these goals.” At the orientation
session, Ericson received advanced training in business
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Squid Lips Overwater Grill on West Eau Gallie Boulevard in
Melbourne sets itself off in market with facility, oak grilling and
entertainment; company plans to expand the popular concept
By Ken Datzman
Though he has spent his career as a real–
estate developer and investor in Brevard
County, businessman H.J. “Buz” Underill also
has been successful creating restaurant
concepts.
The Squid Lips Overwater Grill family–
restaurant theme, first introduced five years
ago in Sebastian, was crafted by Underill. It
has been a successful venture for the first–time
restaurateur, with sales increasing year after
year. With expansion on the horizon for Squid
Lips, a casual–dining venture, Underill turned
to a growing section of Melbourne for his second
store, where he owns land and has other
commercial developments.
The new 13,000–square–foot Squid Lips
building, at 4052 W. Eau Gallie Blvd., has a
presence and is close to a dense population.
Underill says there are 51,000 people employed
within a nine–mile drive of Squid Lips. The
location is near Interstate 95 and just east of
the Sarno Road intersection. Underill knows all
about the importance of site selection and the
role it plays in the success of a restaurant. “This
is a real–estate driven business,” he says.
The Squid Lips facility — with soaring
ceilings, customer–friendly layout, large
parking capacity, outside deck and water
feature, and green–building aspects — is an
ambitious undertaking for an independent
operator in the region. The restaurant has big–
market potential written all over it.
“Part of the attraction of the Squid Lips in
Sebastian is the view, sitting out over the water
in the marina and enjoying a meal,” said
Underill, who has an M.B.A. degree from the
University of Florida and is looking to expand
the Squid Lips brand in Brevard as well as in
Orlando and perhaps the Daytona Beach
market.
“So we wanted to do something exciting in
Melbourne that would draw attention to the
building. We came up with the idea to do the
interior of the facility, which is essentially three
stories high, in a unique way. We created
‘buildings within buildings’ showcasing a
nautical theme. We worked with a design group
that cut its teeth in the theme–park industry
and tweaked the project as we progressed.”
While dining, the patron experiences harbor life
from a marine animal’s point of view, seated
beneath a boathouse and docks.
It’s a large operation. Squid Lips in
Melbourne hired 220 people. About 40 to 50 of
them run the kitchen. Underill said the
restaurant received more than 1,200 applications for the openings. “It may be an indication
of the job market or it may be an indication of
their interest in Squid Lips. We think we have
something that is unique to Brevard County.”
He believes the employment number will
eventually settle, once the restaurant establishes patterns and trends. Still, it will be one of
the largest restaurant employers in the county.
“Business has been very good. Our main
customer demographic is probably 45 to 65
years of age.”
Underill worked with Tim Cramer of the
Florida Business Development Corp. in
Satellite Beach to secure a U.S. Small Business
Administration 504 loan. The participating
financial institution was The Bank Brevard,
which is transitioning to the BankFirst brand.
Squid Lips is a seafood restaurant, “but we
also have nonseafood items such as steaks,
pork, chicken, pasta and veterinarian selections. What sets us off in the market is our
oak–wood grill. It gives the food a wonderful
flavor. Everything is cooked to order and is
fresh. We don’t use frozen food and we do not
use a microwave. If an item is breaded, it’s
hand–breaded in our kitchen.”
The restaurant’s sauces are homemade.
They include black cherry pepper, apricot
ginger lime, honey rum glaze, honey ginger,
and citrus butter. “We pride ourselves on our
sauces,” says Underill. One of its specialties is
Black Cherry Pepper Pork. It’s an oak–grilled
boneless pork loin topped with black cherry
pepper sauce.
Independent operators and entrepreneurs
such as Underill are the main source of new
restaurant concepts. More than seven out of 10
eating–and–drinking establishments are
single–unit operations owned by entrepreneurs,
according to the National Restaurant Association. Underill says he created the Squid Lips
concept to bring more variety to the market.
“Squid Lips in Sebastian has been very
successful.”
Ben Bishop, district manager for Squid Lips,
says the concept has been “well received in the
Melbourne market, too. This store is a little bit
different from the one in Sebastian, where we
created the ambience around the riverfront
setting. But we have tried to incorporate that
waterfront feeling in Melbourne with the
retention area and some of the tropical landscaping. We’re very pleased with what we’re
hearing from the customers. They really enjoy
dining here and the entertainment is great.”
A graduate of East Carolina University in
Greenville, N.C., Bishop has worked in the
restaurant industry for nearly three decades.
He’s originally from New Jersey.
Squid Lips in Melbourne seats roughly 300
people. The restaurant features four dining
The newly opened 13,000–square–foot Squid Lips in Melbourne is the second store
for the expanding brand. Squid Lips was launched in Sebastian five years ago by local
businessman H.J. ‘Buz’ Underill. Both stores have been well received, said Ben Bishop,
right, district manager. Mike Paholik, left, is general manager of the Melbourne store.
areas: an outside deck, the main dining section, a private room that seats
up to 25 people, and a second private dining area that seats up to 60
patrons. The private rooms can be booked by groups and organizations
during the week.
“The layout of the restaurant is extremely flexible. We offer a lot of
versatility to the public to fulfill their dining experience, and that is key
to the future success of Squid Lips in Melbourne. When you have that
versatility, you are going to attract more people to your restaurant,”
said General Manager Mike Paholik, a restaurant–industry veteran of
23 years.
Paholik moved to Florida in January, leaving behind a restaurant
position he held for 13 years with an out–of–state company. Paholik’s
fiancé is from Melbourne. “I saw this as an incredible opportunity — the
facility, the menu offerings, the whole package. I am really happy to be a
part of this organization. It’s a great company and a great concept.”
Paholik has been tracking eating trends at the restaurant and getting
feedback from customers on the menu. One of the restaurant’s best–
selling items is the Abaco Fish Sandwich. “It’s a popular lunch item.” The
coconut–crusted Tilapia fillet is fired and topped with mango chutney.
“Then we melt two slices of Swiss cheese on top of it.” The sandwich is
served on a bun with leaf lettuce, tomato and onion. Other top selections
include oak–grilled tuna, grouper and mahi, as well as steaks. The
restaurant opens at 11 a.m.
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Five years in market, Newton Land Development builds base
of customers with strategically located professional office parks,
including Nasa Palms in Melbourne and Spyglass Plaza in Viera
By Ken Datzman
As a small–business owner, longtime area
resident John Newton has hurdled the five–
year mark running his real–estate development
and project–management company. Many
small–business experts consider five years as
an important benchmark for a startup enterprise.
After working in the real–estate industry for
many years, Newton founded Newton Land
Development Inc. in Melbourne. His service–
centered company has developed some of the
region’s most attractive, upscale office–
condominium parks. The facilities are located
in growing, strategic parts of the county.
“We have positioned ourselves to be a
developer and provider of high–quality office
space in clusters on campus–type settings,
catering to professionals and businesses,” said
Newton, president of the firm and a former
banker.
“We take pride in developing good–looking
projects. And we just don’t build these facilities
and then walk away. We provide continuing
service and attention to the clients who occupy
the buildings, even though they are the owners
of the real estate. Through our management
company, we handle the maintenance and
upkeep of the parks.”
An example of Newton Land Development’s
work in the market is the Nasa Palms Professional Center, just west of the Melbourne
International Airport off Nasa Boulevard. The
class “A” office park is next to Symetrics
Industries Inc., and situated in an area of high–
technology businesses. Harris Corp., Northrop
Grumman Corp., and the new Technological
Research and Development Authority are near
Nasa Palms. A new law office is under construction, too.
Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical
Center and Wuesthoff Medical Center
Melbourne are a short drive away, as is
Melbourne Square Mall. “There are connecting
roads north, south, east and west to U.S. 1 and
I–95. It’s a very central location.” A new street
— Broadband Boulevard — runs beside the site
of his project and connects Nasa Boulevard to
Hibiscus, making it convenient to Melbourne
Square.
Office buildings are classified according to a
combination of location and physical characteristics. Class “A” space describes the highest
quality office space locally available. The
architecture of these structures emphasizes
design and visual appeal. “Nasa Palms features
a unique art–deco, South Beach look. We have
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out the park. It’s something we did to help
make the park stand out a little more in the
market,” he said.
When fully developed, there will be a
clustering of seven 6,000–square–foot buildings
on the Nasa Palms campus. Newton Land
Development has finished five building shells,
three of which have been sold and now house a
number of individual physician practices. Dr.
Scott Gold’s neurology practice is located there.
Obstetrician and gynecologist Dr. Edwin Hayes
has his office at Nasa Palms, too, as well as
other doctors.
Newton said two recently completed units at
Nasa Palms “are on the market for sale or for
lease.” Businesses don’t have to “purchase an
entire 6,000–square–foot building. We offer
space starting at 2,000 square feet. They will
have their own door and entrance, and can
customize the space.”
For companies that are looking to expand or
relocate, Newton said his team can have a
finished complex for them at Nasa Palms fairly
quickly. “In today’s market, if they were to
identify a piece of land and go out and build
their own professional facility, by the time they
went through all the hoops — the permitting
process, environmental studies, and construction — it would probably be close to two and
half years before the project was completed.”
He adds, “At Nasa Palms, a new client can
meet with us, plan their space and move into a
finished office within 120 days, which is a
tremendous saving in time. There is also a
tremendous saving in cost on their behalf
because permitting, environmental studies and
design fees can run over $100,000 on just a
6,000–square–foot building.”
His company also developed the Spyglass
Plaza Professional Park in Viera. The development is on Spyglass Hill Road, one of the
county’s most desirable locations for businesses.
The plaza showcases four deluxe office–
condominium buildings that total 40,000
square feet. The fourth building at Spyglass
Plaza has been completed and is available for
purchase or for lease, Newton said. “The
10,000–square–foot building can be divided into
2,000–square–foot increments. There are
entrances on all sides of the building, and you
have a ‘frontage appearance’ all around the
building.”
Spyglass Plaza has Mediterranean architecture. The buildings have tile roofs and there is a
“circular roundabout” in the middle of the
development. Spyglass Plaza is headquarters
for the CPA firm Berman Hopkins Wright and
LaHam. The growing firm occupies a two–
story, 14,000–square–foot building. It’s one of
the classiest CPA practice buildings in Central
Newton Land Development has sliced a niche in developing upscale condominium
office parks in the region. Brenda Boren, assistant developer, and John Newton,
president and founder, are at one of their developments. When fully developed, the
class ‘A’ Nasa Palms Professional Center off Nasa Boulevard, near Symetrics
Industries, Harris Corp. and Melbourne International Airport, will feature a clustering
of seven buildings. Five of the buildings are finished. Space is available starting at
2,000 square feet. The units can be purchased or leased.
Florida. Berman Hopkins has the space to host seminars and client
functions at its new complex.
Dr. Mark Pinsky, a family practitioner and sports–medicine physician, moved his practice to Spyglass Plaza as did Dr. Mark Dresner, an
ophthalmologist. Helen Pinsky recently opened Heart and Soul at
Spyglass Plaza. “It’s an organic spa and fitness center. They have
personal trainers. Their fitness classes are small in number, too. The
center offers a full range of facials and massages, and the product line is
totally organic,” said Brenda Boren, assistant developer with Newton
Land Development.
In Rockledge, Newton Land Development is planning an office
condominium on Barnes Boulevard. Called The Floridian, the project is
in the permitting phase, Newton said. The project calls for seven 6,000–
square–foot buildings, all fronting Barnes Boulevard. He said the
buildings will be available in increments of 1,000 square feet, “which is
something new for our company. We saw some demand for the smaller
increments in our last couple of projects but couldn’t accommodate that
demand because of the size and dimensions of the buildings. In
Rockledge, we think The Floridian will be perfect for a lot of small firms.
An example is the single–agent insurance agency.”
The property is just east of Murrell Road, “on the north cusp of Viera.
Businesses at The Floridian will be able to target the Viera market.” His
company is looking at that project for 2009.
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Raytheon purchases Melbourne
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GARLAND, Texas — Raytheon Co. has acquired SI
Government Solutions, a leading provider of proprietary
software security solutions to the U.S. intelligence
community. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
SI Government Solutions, based in Melbourne, was
founded in 2005 to deliver “targeted vulnerability–
assessment capabilities that protect complex and
critical information–technology assets” of government
customers.
“We are excited to add SI Government Solutions to
our information– security portfolio, further strengthening our growth in this area and enabling Raytheon to
create a world–class, end–to–end information assurance
and information operations capability,” said Michael
Keebaugh, president of Raytheon Intelligence and
Information Systems (IIS).
Keebaugh said that Raytheon has focused its efforts
in the emerging cyber–security market under the IIS
business where expertise clearly addresses an environment of ever–changing threats.
“Protecting critical infrastructures is rapidly becoming one of the most complex and critical challenges our
customers face today,” he said. “The purchase of SI
Government Solutions, combined with our earlier
acquisition of Oakley Networks and existing assets,
gives Raytheon even stronger capabilities to address our
customers’ growing challenges.”
Terry Gillette, SI Government Solutions president
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Raytheon IIS has annual revenues of approximately
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Health First Benefit Ball raises $412,000
More than 500 people attended the 26th annual
Health First Foundation Benefit Ball held at Florida
Tech’s Clemente Center. The event raised more than
$412,000 for digital–mammography equipment for all
Health First medical–imaging sites in Brevard. Major
sponsors of the ball were Space Coast Imaging,
Mercedes–Benz of Melbourne, Space Coast Pathologists, Bovis Land Lease, Brevard Emergency Services,
Coastal Mechanical Services, Henry Family Foundation, Holland and Knight LLP, SunTrust Bank,
Synthes CMF and TLC Engineering for Architecture.
The event was chaired by Lisa Adams and Nancy
Taylor. The Underwriting Committee was chaired by
Melissa Flammio–Clark and Brad Roub. Among those
who attended the function were: Mike and Gwen
Means, Bill and Donna Brennan, Larry and Jan
Garrison, Jerry and Mary Senne, Gene and Becky
Cavallucci, Don Adams, Phil and Jeanne Farmer,
Rusty and Sherrill Fischer, Catherine Ford, John and
Pam Gatto–Gallo, Mike and Carole Gatto, Dan and
Judy Gizinski, Dr. Allan and Sandra Henry, Dr. Tim
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Chuck Clemente, Dr. Tony and Sara Catanese, Joe
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Florida Tech’s portion of the grant is about $407,000;
scientists at the University of Florida and Wake Forest
University will share the balance.
According to Dr. Bush, a prevailing view among
archaeologists is that many ecosystems that ecologists
have assumed to be mature or undisturbed may be only
one to several tree generations removed from intensive
management. The widespread use by pre–Columbian
humans of fire for slash–and–burn agriculture, coupled
with “gardening” the forest to enrich the proportion of
useful plants, may have created the forest as we know it
today.
“If, indeed, Amazonia has been managed this way,
there exist radical implications for our understanding of
ecological gradients, biodiversity distribution and
ecosystem function, as well as conservation and global
change biology,” he said. “If the archaeologists are right,
what we see today may not be a timeless forest but
relatively young re–growth.”
He and Florida Tech graduate students Crystal
McMichael, Alejandra Restrepo and Marco Raczka will
test the hypothesis of widespread human manipulation
of the forest by conducting soil core analyses across the
entire length and breadth of Amazonia in two seasons.
Their research will answer whether it takes a
relatively short time for an Amazonian rainforest to
assemble, recovering from human disturbance in a
couple of hundred years, or that the Amazonian
rainforests are essentially undisturbed over thousands
of years and they would not necessarily bounce back
well if disturbed by human activity.
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Representatives of Florida Syngas LLC of Grant
presented a technical paper titled “Waste Glycerol
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Chemical Society’s national conference in New Orleans.
Glycerol is the waste product created by the biodiesel
industry, the available quantity of which has ramped up
since biodiesel refineries are now being built in earnest.
Syngas is an industry abbreviation for synthesis gas,
which is a term loosely applied to any artificially
generated gas that contains mostly hydrogen and
carbon monoxide. The information was presented as
both a poster session and oral session to industry peers.
The paper describes the methodology of creating a high–
voltage plasma and injecting air and glycerol in the
proper mix to produce a clean–burning syngas that also
creates extra heat for subsequent industrial processes.
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said John Sessa, cofounder of Florida Syngas. “It creates
a carbon–neutral gas, and does not require any exotic
metals or structures to be manufactured.” Syngas is
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turbines that are used in the generation of electricity.
A full text of the paper can be requested by e–mail from
[email protected]. More information can be
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The MIMA Foundation/USTA Pro Circuit Tennis Tournament will host a Kids
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presented by Health First Health Plans. It will be held at the Kiwi Tennis Club in
Indian Harbour Beach on Sunday, May 4, from 3 to 5 p.m. The day will include fun
activities and treats, glitter–face painting, prizes, USTA QuickStart tennis instruction
and interaction with the pros. Parents must remain onsite during the event. Contact
Lori Schiavone at 773–3313 or Joey Cacciatore at 591–0458, or visit
www.mimafoundationtennisclassic.org for more information. The 2008 MIMA
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Student artists from Gemini Elementary School will show their work during May
at the Old Town Hall History Center in Melbourne Beach. The address is 2327 Oak
St. Under the direction of faculty members Jeannine Bell and Rebecca Lee, there will
be a special exhibit of various types of art methods learned by the students. Board
member Laurie Simmons is coordinating the display with the school. The event is
open to the public. For more information, call Ann Downing at 676–0660.
Animal adoption events planned May 4–10
Animal Guardians of Brevard, a nonprofit organization, and the Brevard County
North and South Animal Care and Adoption Centers are co–sponsoring special
adoption events for “Be Kind to Animals Week,” which runs May 4 through May 10.
On Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., many animals will be available for
adoption at the North and South Animal Care and Adoption Centers. Free identification microchips will be offered at the South Shelter for all animals adopted from this
event. There will be some reduced adoption fees, and refreshments will be available.
Residents are encouraged to save a homeless animal. The South Shelter is at 5100 W.
Eau Gallie Blvd. in Melbourne, half a mile west of I–95. The North Shelter is at 2605
Flake Road in Titusville. Call the SACC at 253–6608 or the NACC at 264–5119. The
Web address is www.AnimalGuardiansofBrevard.org.
SWE conference May 22 in Melbourne
The Society of Women Engineers will host a conference titled “Tools for Tomorrow”
on Thursday, May 22, at the Hilton Melbourne Rialto Place. The event is open to the
public. The keynote speakers will include Susan Dellinger, best–selling author of
“Communicating Beyond Our Differences: Introducing the Psycho–Geometrics
System.” Dawn Duross, operations director of federal channels for Cisco Systems Inc.,
will join Dellinger on the keynoter platform. She’ll discuss topics such as the “CEO’s
perspective on Work–Life Balance,” and “Surviving the Matrix: Program vs. Functional Management.” To register for the conference, visit www.swe–sc.org/Seminar.
The registration deadline is May 4. E–mail Seminar08@swe–sc.org if you have
questions about the conference.
‘A Celebration of Beauty’ May 5 at SCC
Essentials Spa and Suntree Country Club are inviting ladies to a special night out.
The two businesses will host “A Celebration of Beauty and Independence” from 5 to 9
p.m. on May 5, with complimentary valet parking at Suntree Country Club in
Melbourne. “There will be something for everyone — a variety of food, beauty services, entertainment and a little shopping, too,” said Dawn Goodson, event coordinator for Essentials Spa in Melbourne and chairperson for “Celebration.” She adds,
“Without support from our corporate sponsors — Hobbs Electric, Christopher Burton
Homes Inc., The Michael Gaich Co., and in–kind sponsors, Suntree Country Club and
Essentials Spa, this evening would not be possible.” The proceeds will be donated to
Canine Companions for Independence, a national, nonprofit organization whose
mission is to provide highly trained assistance dogs to children and adults with
disabilities and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships.
Medical Society to host event at Brevard Zoo
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The Brevard County Medical Society will host Family Fun at the Brevard Zoo from
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Nyami Nyami River Lodge in the afternoon with animal presentations. The Brevard
County Medical Society invites member and non–member physicians, their families
and guests to attend. Call 632–8481 to make a reservation.
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Cocoa Village Playhouse ‘Wrap’ benefit May 9
The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse will host its second annual “It’s a Wrap”
benefit on Friday, May 9, in Suntree. Dubbed, “It’s a Wrap, Act II,” the “progressive”
dinner will be hosted by Bob and Kristy Wetzel and Dr. Rubin and Rita Morena at
their homes in the Oak Park community of Suntree. The first stop will be the Wetzel
home where guests will enjoy beverages and hors d’oeuvres. Then it’s on to the
Moreno home for a dinner buffet, entertainment and silent auction. Guests can
either walk the short distance between the two residences or be provided transportation and drivers by Island Lincoln Mercury of Merritt Island. For ticket information,
sponsorships, or to receive an invitation, call the Playhouse at 636–5050. Open to
the public, event sponsorships begin at $300 per couple; general admission tickets,
which are limited in number, are $100 each. The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse is
a 501(c) (3) tax–exempt organization, making gifts tax–deductible.
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North Star, the child grief–support program at Hospice of St. Francis, will be
holding its annual community–awareness event on Saturday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. at Hospice of St. Francis, 1250–B Grumman Place, in Titusville. The event is
designed for children from age 5 to 11 and will feature a film festival with popcorn,
pizza, and prizes. The event is free to any resident of Brevard. To register, contact
Rachel Rothleutner at 264–1687.
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Mercedes–Benz Porsche Audi of Melbourne will present a benefit for the Space
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Productions on John Rhodes Boulevard in Melbourne. A full slate of activities is
planned. The benefit is themed “A Night at the Speakeasy” and will include auctions
and live entertainment. Tickets are $75 per person (includes a dinner buffet provided by Pizza Gallery and Grill, wines from Moonstuck and open bar complements
of Lou’s Blues). Space Coast Early Intervention Center in Melbourne is a nonprofit
therapeutic preschool designed specifically to support young children challenged by
developmental disabilities, as well as their typically developing peers. For more
information about the benefit, and to purchase tickets, call the Space Coast Early
Intervention Center at 729–6858.
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Brevard County’s Guardian ad Litem program is offering training for new
volunteers. Every year, nearly 700 abused, neglected or abandoned children need
advocates to represent them in the judicial system in Brevard County, and volunteers are needed. The training series will begin on Saturday, May 10, with follow–up
sessions held on Monday, May 12; Tuesday, May 13; Saturday, May 17; and
Monday, May 19. Saturday sessions meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekday
sessions meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Completion of all five free sessions will meet the
required 30 hours for certification. All classes will be held in the Grand Jury Room
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The Florida Tech Women’s Business Center (WBC) will present Networking for
Women and the workshop “How to Buy a Computer Without Windows” on May 12
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The free event will be led by WBC instructor Mike Feravolo of
Software Freedom. “Everyone who uses a computer in business or at home can
benefit from using free software.” Examples of free software include the Linux
Operating System, Apache Web Server, Open Office Suite and Firefox Web Browser.
They may be used without any restrictions placed on the user by the software
vendor. The workshop is sponsored by the WBC and National Center for Small
Business Information at Florida Tech and underwritten by the Florida Business
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Community College and the Melbourne–Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce WE
Initiative. The workshop will be held on the Melbourne campus in the Denius
Student Center (second floor in the Hartley Room). For more information and to sign
up, contact Bettina DeAngelo Sabol at 674–7007.
Association to host county leaders
The East Merritt Island Home Owners Association will have two county elected
leaders as speakers at its meeting on May 13 at 7 p.m. It will be held at the Lighthouse Christian Church, 1250 N. Banana River Drive, in Merritt Island. The
speakers will be Rep. Tony Sasso of District 32 and Commissioner Chuck Nelson.
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Strater Family Chiropractic has opened at 309 N. Orlando Ave. in downtown
Cocoa Beach. The business will host a ribbon–cutting Ceremony at 3:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, May 6. The Cocoa Beach Area Chamber of Commerce will conduct the
event. The practice is run by the husband–and–wife team of Joseph and Janaina
Strater. They are 2006 graduates of Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, Iowa.
Dr. Joseph Strater was a recent associate of Drs. Bradley and Britaney Watt in
Melbourne, while Dr. Janaina Strater had the full–time job of taking care of their 13
month–old–son, Zachary. They are also expecting their second child in September
2008. “Our practice is dedicated to serving the North Brevard community with
chiropractic care and education about health and wellness,” said Dr. Joseph Strater.
“The benefits of chiropractic are seen in patients of all ages, including infants and
elders. Several different techniques are used to safely care for patients and to help
them feel more relaxed and comfortable. The office has hours to accommodate
everyone’s schedule, including weekend appointments.” For additional information
about the practice, call the office at 866–0200 or visit www.StraterChiropractic.com.
Titusville High Class of 1983 reunion set
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reunion. The reunion is set for June 13, 14 and 15 at the newly expanded and
renovated River Lanes Bowling Center in Titusville. The schedule includes a dinner
at Pascal’s at Royal Oak Country Club in Titusville. Titusville High classmates of
1983 can e–mail their contact information to [email protected], or call
classmate Henry Simonsen at 268–5160.
Ferrentino wins playwright competition
Surfside Playhouse recently announced the winner of its eighth annual Playwright
Competition. Lindsey Ferrentino, a student at New York University, was selected
with her original play, “Exile.” This “comical, existential play shows exiled historical
figures and a nun who meet in front of a wall to contemplate how and why they need
to get over it, confusing themselves into wondering whether or not they have already
done so.” Show dates are June 6, 7 and 8. The play will be directed by Anthony
Mowad. The Surfside Playhouse is at 300 Ramp Road in Cocoa Beach. Call 783–3127
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which produced the doomed EV1 electric car in the 1990s, plans to release its plug–in
Volt in 2010, the company has said. Executives from Toyota and Ford also have said
they are interested in the vehicles.
Iacocca has called the PHEV “the wave of the future” in transportation, and
praises Frank as an innovator.
Dating back to his days as a teenage “hot–rodder” in Pasadena, Frank has forever
been tinkering with cars. One of his first projects was equipping his 1936 Ford with a
powerful Cadillac engine.
His interest in mechanics led him to the University of California, Berkeley, and the
University of Southern California, where he earned engineering degrees and started
thinking about electric cars. He built his first hybrid in 1972, “but the technology
wasn’t good enough,” he says. “We had no computers or high–powered electronics that
could be used for this purpose.”
So Frank began developing those elements, one piece at a time. Over the years,
with the help of his UC Davis students and donated parts from automobile companies, he converted a dozen vehicles to PHEVs, yanking big engines and replacing
them with electric motors that work in tandem with smaller gasoline engines.
After they’re plugged in overnight to a standard 110–volt outlet, Frank’s hybrids
have enough electricity to run for the first 60 miles, or “a typical daily work commute,”
he says. Then computers turn on the gasoline engine to help run the car and keep the
batteries charged.
The cars are durable, quiet and efficient, Frank brags.
“They respond exactly the same way as a conventional vehicle,” except they pollute
far less. They could become even “greener,” he says, if their owners ran them on
energy generated by the sun or wind.
Only about 500 people drive PHEVs today, Frank says.
But is the American public ready for the PHEV?
Frank and his students think the time is right.
“Everyone I talk to about this concept is excited about it,” says Terrence Williams,
a mechanical engineering doctoral student involved in the PHEV project. “Hybrids are
cool, and they’ve become trendy. Everyone wants one of these cars.”
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dean of the College of Engineering.
The Construction Advisory Board felt there was a
void in the local market for producing qualified construction professionals and raised the issue of building a
curriculum offering a four–year construction degree.
“Dr. (Anthony) Catanese (Florida Tech president) has
always wanted to pursue this avenue at the college
because he felt it was a whole new business sector that
wasn’t being addressed,” said Locurcio.
Here’s how Locurcio describes construction: “It’s
more like a football game than a golf game. Golf is a
game of precision; football is a game of dynamics. In the
construction business, you go into the huddle, which is
your weekly meeting, and talk about what was accomplished last week and what needs to be accomplished in
the week ahead. Then you go onto the field and start
playing the game. Things change. It rains. The concrete
truck is late. You have to adjust and still end up
producing a quality product, without over–running the
cost or the time, so the client will accept it. Now that is a
real challenge.”
To achieve the mission, he says it takes a person
“with a good mind who can see the whole project and all
the pieces that are moving at one time. You really need
more of a generalist than a detail person. You need an
individual with business skills because the price of that
brick is going up and down every 10 seconds. You have
to have a business mindset but you also have to
understand the science of engineering.”
Between January and April of last year, Locurcio
said he did a lot of research on college construction
programs. He looked at about 15 leading curriculums
across the nation, including ones at Stanford University,
the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue
University. Locurcio then put together “a very big
matrix, including what the other schools were teaching
and what we needed to do to get accredited (by the
American Council for Construction Education).”
The final product is what Locurcio calls “civil
engineering light plus business.” The curriculum has
fewer mathematics courses than the typical engineering
program. “Students go through pre–calculus and
calculus one and basically that’s the end of the calculus.
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graduate programs in business administration or
construction management. Students majoring in
construction are eligible for entrance into Florida Tech’s
fast–track M.B.A. program.
In general, he says the course of study gives students
the skills to enter the workplace for both “vertical”
(building) and “horizontal” (highway and civil) construction positions. “One thing about this industry (construction) is it’s going to be around forever. For people who
like technical things, this is a great business to be in,”
said Locurcio, who has a master of urban engineering
degree from Purdue, a program that teaches students
how to integrate resources on a regional basis to
produce projects such as highways and bridges.
Over the next 30 years, the U.S. population is
projected to grow by 80 million people, according to a
report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The growth
will help drive new construction in cities across
America.
The Florida Tech program components include
engineering and business fundamentals, leadership and
management skills, project–management tools, construction methods and tools, and internships and field
experiences. The latter will give students the opportunity to work alongside professionals in the industry,
starting their freshman year.
Organizations such as BRPH Architects & Engineers
Inc., the City of Palm Bay and Turner Construction,
among others, have provided Florida Tech College of
Engineering students with internships over the years.
“It will be an important piece of their education,”
Locurcio said.
He spent three decades in the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. During his military career, Locurcio, a
Bronze Star Medal recipient who was wounded in
Vietnam, oversaw many diverse construction projects
and became an expert in disaster recovery. When
Hurricane Hugo hit Charleston, S.C., Locurcio was in
charge of the recovery effort. Hugo made landfall in
South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane in 1989. The
storm caused $10 billion in damages, making it the
most costly hurricane ever recorded at the time.
But where Locurcio, a registered professional
engineer in a number of states, earned his stripes was
in Kuwait after the first Gulf War in 1991. He received
a call one day while serving as district engineer for the
Army Corp of Engineers in Savannah, Ga. He was a
colonel at the time when a top–ranking Army official
called and told Locurcio the Gulf War “was going to be
over in three months and the reconstruction of Kuwait
would immediately follow.” Locurcio also learned he was
chosen to organize and lead the massive reconstruction
of that country’s civil infrastructure for the Army Corps
of Engineers. “It was a dream job.” He was there one
year. “We spent $660 million in 300 days.”
Locurcio says the rebuilding of Kuwait and the
surrounding environment resembled scenes from H.G.
Wells’ novel the “War of the Worlds,” about an alien
invasion of the Earth, set in Woking, England, at the
end of the 19th century.
“We walked into a completely deserted city. The war
was still going on the day we rolled in. We took over a
hotel. There was no electricity. Nothing. We had to
bring food and water and the other things on trailers.
We had a 100–vehicle convoy. I had about 90 American
volunteers from the Corps of Engineers whom I had
almost handpicked for the job. There were some 30
Kuwait engineers who were part of their public–works
organization. We put the team together in Saudi Arabia,
trained, and went to work.”
The Society of American Military Engineers honored
Locurcio with the Wheeler Medal for engineering
achievement in 1992 for his role in the Kuwait reconstruction. In 2005, he was awarded the SAME’s highest
honor, the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement. The
medal was presented at the society’s national conference
in Louisville, Ky.
In the Army, Locurcio was a facilities engineer, the
person in charge of all the engineering at a military
base. Some of his colleagues told him there was no
glamour in being a facilities engineer, as opposed to
battlefield operations. “You are going to fix toilets,” they
said. His response: “Yeah, but toilets are important,
especially at 2 o’clock in the morning. In the Army
barracks, it might be the only toilet they have. The
alternative isn’t good. If I can fix somebody’s toilet, it’s a
great thing to be doing. That makes my day.”
Little things do count. This philosophy helped him
tackle the challenge of rebuilding Kuwait — the most
important job of his long, rewarding career with the
Army Corps of Engineers. Locurcio said he would like
to spend the last 10 to 15 years of his working life in the
academic arena helping prepare the next generation of
leaders. “I love it.”
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