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13A FLORIDA TODAY, Thursday, December 12, 1985 OBITUARIES Mosquito areas may be key to restoring wetlands OBITUARIES, From 12A GROVER SQUIBB Services for Grover Lewis Squibb, 68, of 200 Colonial Court, Satellite Beach, will be held in Maryland. A retired state corrections officer and a Brevard resident for 10 years, Mr. Squibb died Tuesday at Holmes Regional Medical Center In Melbourne. He was a member of Holy consider adopting a policy requiring management plans from developers seeking to build projects near impoundments. District officials may review those plans but do not currently require them.

"In the near future there will no doubt be more management plans coming before your board," said Carlson, who also is a biologist for the Indian River County Mosquito Control District. Mosquito impoundments are salt marshes along the Indian and Banana rivers that were diked in the 1950s and 1960s to control the mosquito population. By flooding the impoundments from early spring until the fall, control districts can prevent mosquitos from breeding. Under normal conditions, wetlands are flooded only several months out of the year with sporadic flooding at other times, Carlson said. The result of prolonged flooding is a reduction in the diversity of plant and marine life, said fishery expert Grant Gilmore.

In addition, a diked wetland can no longer serve as a nursery for sport fish, such as snook and tarpon, Gilmore said. Brevard and Indian River counties contain 60 privately owned impoundments representing more than 6,500 acres. Approximately 16,000 acres of impoundments are in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Carlson said. The privately owned impoundments are becoming more attractive to developers looking for increasingly scarce waterfront property, said Dennis Auth, By Michael Lafferty FLORIDA TODAY PALATKA Interest in mosquito impoundment areas as waterfront development sights may provide opportunities to restore wetlands, the head of a governor-appointed panel said Wednesday. Dozens of privately owned mosquito impoundments can be converted back to high-quality wetlands as a condition for permit approval developers need from various government agencies, said Doug Carlson, chairman of Gov.

Bob Graham's technical subcommittee on managed salt marshes. During a Wednesday meeting of the St. Johns River Water Management District's governing board, Carlson asked the board to executive advisor for the St. Johns district. The state Department of Environmental Regulation said it will deny permits for two developments along mosquito impoundments because of the potential for wetlands damage.

The St. Johns district recently denied a permit to one of those projects for similar reasons. But Carlson said developers can be persuaded to restore impoundments back to wetlands by installing devices that reconnect impoundments with the river and let water flow back and forth, preventing mosquitoes from breeding but allowing marine life to travel freely. Gilmore said a study in Indian River County has shown such methods are successful in con verting impoundments back to their original state as wetlands. Governing board members agreed to have a district policy committee review whether management plans for impoundments should be made a part of the review process for permit applications.

"I think it's something we need to look at," said board member John Minton of Vero Beach. "We need to have a framework set up so we can review those plans." Board member Frances Pig-none of Orlando, however, warned she would not support granting permits based on wetlands restoration and said the Legislature should consider measures addressing development along mosquito impoundments. Indialantic and did volunteer work at Holmes. Survivors include his sons, Timothy Squibb of Severn, raincK aquiDD oi nanover, and Brian Squibb of Bowie, daughters, Kathleen Squibb of Satellite Beach, and Lynn Duncan of Radford, brother, Ralph Squibb of Deltona; and six grandchildren. No local calling hours are scheduled.

South Brevard Funeral Home in Melbourne is in charge of local arrangements. DONALD TAYLOR 2 Services for Donald Nodine Taylor, 28, of 205 Greytwig Road, Holiday Treasures, with special gifts vera Beacn, are scneauied tor 2 pjn. Thursday at Christ United Methodist By-the-Sea Church in Vero Beach. A manager for Oxford Industries Inc. and an Indian River County resident for 25 years, Mr.

Taylor died Tuesday at Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero Beach. Survivors include his mother, Barbara Taylor of Vero Beach; father, Paul Taylor of Demorest, brother, Terry Taylor of Charlotte, N.C.; sisters, Kristen Taylor and Suzon Franzke, both of Vero Beach; and grandfather, Earle Nodine of Vero Beach. No calling hours are scheduled. Strunk Funeral Home in Vero Beach is in charge of Be creative with News Letters by Lisner What's news? Your initials, your name, even a personal message for the whole world to see on your goldtone necklace I TVinntinnc mat hA morin ihtx American Cancer Society, 1517 20th Vero Beach, 32960, or the Association for Retarded Citizens, or bracelet. Tell it all without saying a word.

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Fashion jewelry (D. 140) All stores Survivors include his wife, Jean Zorbis of Satellite Beach; son, Andrew Zorbis of Melbourne Beach; sister, Christina Consta-nine of Plainview, N.Y.; and two grandchildren. Calling hours are 5 to 8 p.m. today and 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at South Brevard Funeral Home in Melbourne.

Donations may be made to Wellspring at Holmes Regional Medical Center, 1350 South Hicko 75 ry Melbourne, 32901. CftHD OF THA1IXS The Family Of Take home a aift bracelet to add to your Holiday Treasures Vh each lustrous RrV.el.-u r.ulrvJl pesrf itjrn you you v. ..1 rvs- a lovely (a S3 wxLe.) The Richeleu collection. Fesrawi j-elry (D. 1405 Ail The Late DEWRANT (DUKE) LOSG We cannot find the word to ex- pre our thank to all our many friend during the recent lost of our dear husband, father and grandfather, for all the many flower, card and food.

We especially want to thank our pastor, Al Jones, for the beautiful message he gave for Duke. We want to thank Dr. Dan Donovan "also for hi inspiring eulogy and let him know he it loved. We especially want to thank our neigh bor who opened up their home to all of our out-of-town folk. lay Cod bless each one of you.

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