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Boca Raton, FL - March 4, 2010 •Year I •Nº 000
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Burglary at Olympic Heights High Senior prank gone wrong? See page 2
Boca police charge three juveniles with vandalism at temple By Dale M. King
Haitians line up for supplies.
Boca woman sees devastation of Haiti earthquake as aid worker By Skip Sheffield
BOCA RATON - “What we need most is tents and tarps,” pleads Merari Rodriguez Miller. “Everything is getting wet and falling apart. We have given the people medical attention, food and hope, but if we don’t get supplies to them, we’ll be back where we started - and Haiti’s rainy season starts in March.” Miller is a volunteer for Whole Earth Ministries, located at Victory Chris-
BOCA RATON - Only days after probing an incident of vandalism at a Boca Raton temple that police called a “hate crime,” three juveniles have been charged in connection with the incident. Police spokeswoman Sandra Boonenberg said that on Feb. 16, Boca police officers stopped a group of juveniles near 800 South Federal Highway. Based on a conversation with these individuals, she said, Officers Patterson and
tian Center in Boca Raton. Miller was invited by mission organizer Wendy Bryant to fly to Haiti shortly after the devastating earthquake struck on Jan. 12, 2010. She and a group of eight doctors and nurses stayed five days, then returned for a week in early February. “TV has done as best they can with their cameras, but you have to be there in person to understand the endless destruction and suffering,” she says. Allianz Champion Bernhard Langher is shown with, from left, Dick Schmidt, Mayor See HAITI - page 6
Susan Whelchel and Jan Savarick.
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Adams developed information which connected the juveniles to the vandalism at Temple Beth El the night before. Police said anti-Semitic and racial vandalism was discovered Feb.15 at the temple along with damage at St. Joan of Arc Church across the street as well as the Boca Raton Cemetery just south of the two houses of worship. Boonenberg said detectives interviewed the three suspects, all of whom cooperated with investigators and admitted to their involvement in the vandalism. See TEMPLE - page 2
BOCA RATON - It was a shot Boca Raton’s Bernhard Langher said, “If you put me in there 50 times, I wouldn’t make it again.” The situation was dire. Langher, who lost a oneshot lead with two holes to play and had to birdie 18th just to force a playoff, had hit his second shot into the bunker to the left of the hole. His opponent, John Cook, had placed his ball onto the green, and was within putting range of his first Allianz Championship. See Allianz page 23