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I danced with my mother when I was a little girl. I danced on my father’s shoes.

We all think Vero Beach is the center of the Universe and in a way we’re right. While there is plenty to do to keep residents and visitors happy right here, a short drive in any direction expands your possibilities.

When Marcia Michael’s 19-year-old son, Scott Emerick, left Vero Beach with just $300 in his pocket and the phone number of a friend in Nashville, she thought he’d be back home within three months.

Most local art lovers know that the Gallery at Windsor is the brainchild of Alannah Weston, daughter of Windsor owner Galen Weston.

Memories. When it comes to the Heritage Center, Helen Mac-William Glenn has more than her share and she’s not shy about telling you about them.

It’s a long way from the small, plastic Kodak Brownie with no film that he acquired as a 6-year-old to the incredible collection of world-famous cameras he owns today, but Larry Wapnick wouldn’t trade that journey for anything.

There isn’t anything John M. “Jack” Bradley likes quite so much as talking about horses.

William Tennison is pretty typical of most college students.

Vero Beach has much to offer its full-time residents and snowbirds: a perfect climate, fine American and ethnic restaurants, museums and theatre, the scent of orange blossom in the air, even wood storks that circle high on thermals or shuffle alongside our canals.

Maybe the last time you went fishing you wondered about that big white bird with long black legs that stood with you on the catwalk, solemnly watching your every move.

It’s 9:30 on an overcast Saturday morning at the Fort Pierce Inlet State Park.

The balmy breezes, warm climate and sea air of the Treasure Coast have nurtured many talents, but only a few with the creative force their peers label “genius.”

It was a television clip that lasted less than 20 seconds, yet as it was played and replayed on television stations across America, it haunted everyone who saw it.

In 1973, when Riverside Theatre was built, there were 43,700 people in Indian River County; John’s Island and the Moorings were still a gleam in their developer’s eyes and the only ways to reach the island were the drawbridges on State Roads 60 and 512, though the old wooden bridge at 512 was somewhat unreliable as it would periodically catch fire.

It’s mid-morning and Kathryn Wilson, seated at a desk piled high with scrapbooks, is taking a rare break from her busy schedule to talk about Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA).

Cows are curious creatures.

Crossing the bridge from the mainland, looking down on Riverside Park, the white peaks of the huge meringue tent cut scallops against the night sky.

To many of us, the word “retirement” evokes thoughts of long and leisurely afternoons spent on the golf course or poolside.

Carmen, La Boheme and Madame Butterfly are world-famous operas and familiar favorites of area audiences thanks to members of the Vero Beach Opera Guild.

For a man destined to become one of the world’s great hurricane experts, Max Mayfield was born in an unlikely place: Oklahoma City.