The MARINE ADVOCATE
Like father like daughter, April Price is a second-generation advocate for marine interests in Florida. She helps with the improvement and preservation of the waterways in the tri-county area.
Past Issues
From this page, you can access all issues of Indian River Magazine published since our founding in 2006. Just click the the cover you want to see and you will…
Dr. Sawyer’s main residence, which he owned along with two more cottages on Riomar Drive, was purchased in 1919. RIOMAR COUNTRY CLUB ARCHIVES
Riomar’s humble beginnings
The year was 1918 and three Midwesterners, Dr. J.P. Sawyer, Dr. W.H. Humiston, and businessman E.E. Strong, were looking for a winter retreat far away from Ohio’s icy-cold winters. Scouring Florida’s east coast for the perfect place to golf, swim and fish, they came across Vero Beach and agreed they had found their little piece of paradise.
Magnificent Renewal
Just like the early settlers, when Walter and Dale McGee first stumbled upon the little town of Vero Beach, it was love at first sight. “We were coming back from the Keys on our way back to Baltimore and the car broke down on A1A near Riomar,” says Dale, referring to the barrier island’s oldest neighborhood. Charmed by the character homes, mature oaks and proximity to the beach, she turned to her husband and announced, “OK, I’ll move here.”
Datebook Summer 2020
Upcoming events March — April 2019. ALL DATES AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CALL BEFORE ATTENDING.
Principal Corey Collins Heroux speaks to students in an English class at John Carroll High School in Fort Pierce. She taught English classes for many years at the regional Catholic school and became principal at the start of the current school year. ANTHONY INSWASTY PHOTOS
The ACCOMPLISHED PRINCIPAL
With generations of educators in the family, it is no surprise that Corey Collins Heroux turned to teaching as a career. Her mother, Teresita Valdivia Collins, taught math at many different levels in Indian River County schools while Heroux was young. But the decades of family involvement in teaching on the Treasure Coast date back to the late 1960s. Her maternal grandmother, Teri Valdivia, had come with her young family from Cuba fleeing Castro’s communist control. She spent several years teaching Spanish at then-Dan McCarty High School and later the newly-built Fort Pierce Central High School.
The LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR
Talk to Nereida Steele and you can’t help but get impacted by her love for teaching. Her enthusiasm is contagious. Teaching is a special calling, she shares, a Godly mission for her life.
As a recipient of a Brickman Foundation grant, Kerryane Monahan researched the impact of climate change and pollution on fisheries in Newfoundland, Canada. She’s pictured here with a snow crab caught onboard the Southern Pride off Twillingate, Newfoundland, in June 2018. KERRYANE MONAHAN
The SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL
What does St. Edward’s School in Vero Beach have in common with the National Geographic Society? One very talented teacher. Dr. Kerryane Monahan, chair of the science department at St. Edward’s, has been awarded a fellowship with the National Geographic Society in the field of citizen science.
Students in the medical assisting program at Treasure Coast Technical College use lifelike, high-tech models to practice but must also be “stuck” themselves, drawing and having blood drawn from each other in the class. CHRISTINA TASCON PHOTOS
Tech advantage
Just one tiny pebble will cause a wave along the shore. The hope for the new Treasure Coast Technical College, located in the heart of Gifford, is that those who take advantage of its programs will be on that wave to their future.
The Sunshine Kitchen crew includes, from left, Tony Santiago, Tracey Callahan, Matthew Piscitelli, Indian River State College student Alexis Aiello and Mike Nattis. Piscitelli is the manager of the new culinary space. ANTHONY INSWASTY PHOTOS
Sizzling Affair
Chef Matt Piscitelli was having a really good day. He opened the door of Sunshine Kitchen and there in front of him stood 4,600 square feet of gleaming new commercial kitchen space waiting for its first use. Behind him were years of making do, from renting kitchen space in restaurants to cooking in clients’ kitchens as he pursued his passion for catering.
