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MARCH 2026
Vol. 18 Issue 2
HAPPY HOLLOWS page 4
CHURCH AT VIERA GROWS page 24 NEW CATH LAB page 28
ROBOTICS page 21
INDIAN RIVER COLONY CLUB TURNS 40
An alligators point of view BY MIKE GAFFEY
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VIERA VOICE Jill Blue
Kara Craven, Lou Petraitis, Diane Dimel and Natalia Brothers participate in a skit about the beginning of Indian River Colony Club. The name of the play was “Based on a True Story.” Brothers and Terri Boll, inset, wrote the play from the point of view of alligators that once lived on the property.
Before Indian River Colony Club — "The Place that Patriots Call Home" — was created in 1986 as a military retirement community, the property was mostly occupied by cows, alligators and accessible only by dirt trails. In short, the plot of land that is now IRCC was located basically out in the middle of nowhere, according to the book “The Story of Indian River Colony Club 1986-2006.” As part of the Founders' Day celebration, The Cart Barn Players entertained with a humorous skit about the early days of IRCC. Today, as Viera’s first residential community celebrates its 40th year of incorporation, the 453-acre gated development off Murrell Road has
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Tigers put in the work page 9
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