Flora May News Today

BARK RIVER — Roger E. Ives, 83, passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2023, surrounded by his cherished family at OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, Mich.

The San Clemente-based Flora May Foundation received the distinction of Nonprofit of the Year for a small organization at the American Business Awards last month.

I once overheard someone say something about the city of Paris along the lines of: “Ah Paris, you either love it or hate it.” It stuck with me, that assertion, and over time I came to believe in its accuracy. No one was ever on the fence— comme ci, comme ça—about Paris; people really did either seem to love it or hate it. Over time, it also came to me that the same could be said for any number of things: Brussels sprouts, roller coasters, Dostoyevsky.

Keeley Durham may only breed a few horses but she has an impressive strike rate out of her foundation mare Flora May, who produced Argento