Cocoa Beach Airshow 2012

Update on Local Happenings from Brevard County

Family Law and Criminal Law Firm:

The Cocoa Beach Airshow for 2012 is going on from September 20 to 23.   Since the show is taking place above Brevard County you can see many of the aircraft from places up and down the county.

From the Official Website, the information says,

“It’s the “Year of Extreme Flight” at the 2012 Cocoa Beach Air Show!  This year’s event will feature full the most extreme and diverse line up of military and civilian aircraft in the nation headlined by the F-22 Raptor and V-22 Osprey Demos!”

Our offices are located in Cocoa Village so I expect parking there or in the public park area nearby will provide for superb viewing!  Remember, Mario, Gunde, Peters, Rhoden & Kelley are located at 319 Riveredge Blvd. and offer family law, divorce law, criminal law, DUI defense, juvenile defense, wills, probate, and many other legal services to all of Brevard including Melbourne, Palm Bay,  Indialantic, Satellite Beach, Indian Harbor Beach, Eau Gallie, West Melbourne, Malabar, Melbourne Beach, Rockledge, Viera, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Titusville, Mims, Palm Shores and all the municipalities throughout the county.  The firm is the largest and most experienced Criminal & Family firm in Brevard.

The Cocoa Beach Airshow schedule of events is full according to their website, take a look:

Thursday, Sept 20
7:00 pm        Performer Welcome Party – Slow and Low BBQ Outdoor Deck
306 North Orlando Ave – Cocoa Beach

Friday, Sept 21
8:00 am          FREE insider tour of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station w/ unique stops
Click Here for more info or e-mail tour reservations now!

11:00 am         Cocoa Beach Air Show Preview
Viewing area from Route 520 to Minutemen Cswy on the beach

7:00 pm           Air Show Take Off Party – Coconuts on the Beach
Minutemen Cswy on the Beach – Red Bull Air Force twilight jump

Saturday, Sept 22
8:00 am       Breakfast with the Performers
Rum Runners Tavern – 695 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach

9:00 am       Display Village, Show Center Beach Drop Zone opens

10:00 am     Clubhouse Chalet, Colonel’s Club and Hospitality Chalets open

10:50 am     Opening remarks by Col Robert Pavelko, 45th Space Wing Vice Commander

11:00 am     Cocoa Beach Air Show – Year of Extreme Flight – Lori Wilson Park
• U.S. Army Silver Wings
• USMC V-22 Osprey Demo
• Black Diamond T-33 Solo Demo
• Florida Biplane Wild Waco
• B-1 Bomber 3-Pass Demo
• 920th Rescue Wing CSAR Demo
• John Black in the Super Decathlon
• USN F-18 Hornet Demo
• U.S. Coast Guard SAR Demo
• Freddie Cabanas in the Conch Republic Pitts
• Red Bull Air Force
• Red Bull Helicopter
• Mike Goulian in the Goodyear Extra 330
• F-22 Raptor Demo
• USAF Heritage Flight

3:00 pm       Air Show Happy Hour – Mambo’s at the International Palms Resort
South side of Lori Wilson Park – Relax and wait for the traffic to clear

7:00 pm       Air Show Performer Party – Fishlips Waterfront Bar & Grill
The Cove in Port Canaveral – Army Silver Wings sunset jump

Sunday, Sept 23
8:00 am       Breakfast with the Performers
Rum Runners Tavern – 695 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach

9:00 am       Display Village, Show Center Beach Drop Zone opens

10:00 am     Clubhouse Chalet, Colonel’s Club and Hospitality Chalets open

11:00 am     Cocoa Beach Air Show – Year of Extreme Flight – Lori Wilson Park
See Saturday for sequence of performances

3:00 pm       Air Show Happy Hour – Hilton Oceanfront Pool Deck
North side of Lori Wilson Park – Relax and wait for the traffic to clear

Local Conservative Radio Host Picks Ken Rhoden

Posted by BLK

Just in the last few days, local conservative radio host, Bill Mick, released his popular How I Plan to Vote commentary. This article gives listeners and local residents his personal voting choices with some of the reasoning behind them. Bill is an involved member of the community, a conservative, and a very popular local radio personality on WMMB.

Bill released his vote choices for every race from the US level, to the state, circuit, and local levels.

Bill is choosing to vote for Ken Rhoden over his opponent saying,

“This is a question of which lawyer is best equipped to be the CEO of criminal defense in our area. Blaise Trettis is a career Public Defender and currently manages in the office. Ken Rhoden has worked in that office and in private practice. I prefer the business experience over bureaucracy in this case. I believe a new set of eyes managing the office will serve Brevard and Seminole better than more of the same. Ken Rhoden gets my vote.”

Several weeks ago Bill hosted a forum between Ken and his opponent.  You can listen to the entire interview or you can view the Bill Mick post interview video here.

The post interview video is very interesting for several reasons such as 1) Blaise did not know the budget method his own office uses, 2) Blaise lied in this video saying he is a first time candidate then backtracks with excuses about his campaign in 2008, and 3) Blaise clearly opposes improvements to the criminal rules of procedure that he doesn’t use nor seem to even understand.


Visit the Home Page of  KenRhoden.com

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Politicians Say the Darndest Things Mailer

Many people have received a mailer in recent days about the false statements being made by my opponent and they have said they would like to be able to email a copy of it to their friends and colleagues.    Below is a copy of the postcard information and please feel free to share a link to this page via email, Facebook, or Twitter if you wish.

Transit of Venus – Once in a Lifetime Opportunity says Brevard County Public Defender Election Candidate, Rhoden

The transit of Venus is an exciting and possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In the next few days (June 5 – 6) star-watching and planet-watching people all over the globe will have the rare opportunity in the astronomical realm when Venus is visible in the transit across the sky and sun. This will not happen again in this century.

What exactly is the “Transit of Venus”? And why is it so special?
Two questions that my family and I had so I did some research and found this information.

Venus crosses between earth and the sun (the planet Venus is visible in front of the sun) and this is what scientists call a “transit”. As Venus travels and the earth travels in its own orbit, Venus will move across the sun and we, on earth, will see a small black dot on the sun. One site I read referred to it as a small black beauty mark on the sun.

Because of the way the earth and Venus are tilted and how the respective planets are tilted on their axis the movement of Venus across the sun is very rare – happening in a pair, 8 years from each other and that is only every 100 years. (June 8, 2004 was the last time and in 2117 it will happen again – that is over 100 years from today!)

Here is some information/links that may be of interest to you. Just remember – do NOT look directly into the sun while viewing Venus. Use a pinhole camera or other safety deviceInfo on Transit of Venus. Those of us in Central Florida can view it generally in the evening of June 5.

Ken Rhoden Supports Active Duty and Veteran Military Personnel

Ken has always had an active lifestyle and when it comes to supporting both active duty and veteran military servicemen and servicewomen, Ken steps up.

Here are some photos about Ken’s most recent military events.

Ken with supporters at the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center