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Boca Raton Toy Drive
The 8th Annual Boca Raton Toy Drive, Sponsored by The Rotary Club, took place this past Sunday at Sugar Sand Park and according to organizer, Douglas Heizer, the event was one of the most successful in eight years. A record-setting day for all involved saw over 600 toys being collected on-site and the event as a whole has raised over $18,000 between money and toys. The toys will be distributed between The Wayne Barton Study Center, and Boca Helping Hands this holiday season for the needy kids in the city.
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Chabad Celebrates 25th Annual Town Center Menorah Lighting Chabad of Boca Raton will ignite a public menorah erected at Town Center Mall, followed by a community-wide celebration on the Second night of Chanukah, December 18th at 6:00pm . The ceremony will feature the Menorah lighting by Congressman Ted Deutch, followed by a special Chanukah Puppet Show for children, there will be the traditional Chanukah foods – “Latkehs” and Jelly doughnts – as well as “Dreidels” for all. unnamedThe annual public menorah lighting taking place for the 25th year, is being organized by ChabadLubavitch of Boca Raton, Continue on page 3
POSITIVE LIVING
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Chanukah’s Timeless Messages
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• The Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club presents nationally known political activist Dr. Larry Kawa, who filed the first law suit against the Affordable Care Act, 11:30 a.m. TODAY at City Fish Market, Glades and the Turnpike. RSVP at goldcoasttigerbayclub. com or call 561.852.0000. • Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club board member Armand Grossman has filed to run for Boca Raton City Council and Council member Robert Weinroth, also a member of the Gold Coast Tiger Bay Club has filed to run for re-election. • Marshall University and Northern Illinois will be playing in the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl at the FAU stadium on Dec. 23.
• BYL Network is the new kids on the block and they are hitting the ground running by donating $5 million to nonprofit organizations to better promote their organizations. Now You Tube and Vimeo are not the only place to create a channel and Broadcast Your Life. With over 1 million videos a day being uploaded to YouTube and Vimeo, former television executives decided to launch an online broadcast management system which offers video content creators a new distribution platform. For more information please visit bylnetwork.com or call 561-487-3690. • Danielle Silverman, COO & Executive Producer of BYL Network in Boca has been elected president of the South Tech Academy Recording Arts Academy Advisory Board. • Dr. Richard Staller, DDS has been named best dentist in Delray and Dr. Danielle Manolakos was named best dermatologist in Delray. • A new healthy-eating restaurant, Apura Juicery & Coffeehouse, serving cold-pressed juices, cold-brewed coffee and whole, plant-based food with menu items prepared using natural ingredients, free of dairy, GMO’s soy and gluten with little to no Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton. His motto is Public Relations is the enemy of anonymity. Fax column items to 561.451.0000. His column/blog is in the Boca Raton Tribune and on the Boca Tribune website (and click on columnists), Facebook, as well as on the front page of the SunSentinel/Jewish Journal website.
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processing or preservatives is now open at 22191 Powerline Road, Suite 20B in Boca, featuring chia pudding, specialty salads, crispy nachos and guacamole, along with bottled juices made from fruits, sweet roots and vegetables, all prepared by hand daily in house. • Gyroom, serving Mediterranean cuisine, serving pita bread wraps, gyro platters and side dishes such as grape leaves, beef, lamb, fish and vegetable dishes using local and imported Greek products will celebrate its grand opening Dec. 11 with complimentary hors d’oevres, gift certificate giveaways, half off wine and beer at 20449 State Road 7 in West Boca. • Student filmmaking in Florida celebrates 20 years through the Palm Beach International Film Festival’s Student Showcase of Films at the Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University on March 12, 2015. . The competition is now open for submissions and the deadline is set for January 23, 2015. To enter through the online application program, view the awards breakdown and official rules and regulations, visit pbfilm.com or Facebook.com/StudentShowcaseOfFilms.
be forced to pick up the tab through rate hikes. FP&L operates as a monopoly and this year will earn a huge $1.6 billion in profits. • South Florida’s Black Friday holiday sales event turned out to be a big bust. Giant retailers launched on Thanksgiving Day which drew all the air out of the traditional Friday sales. Malls saw moderate traffic over the weekend and the new Palm Beach Outlets Mall with over 100 stores looking at an average flow of shoppers. Sales were upbeat with most of the action coming from very highly discounted merchandise with very low profit margins. • Distressed South Florida homeowners who sold on short sales can be expected to pick up a huge tax break. The 2013 law allowing the amount of loan forgiveness not to be taxed as income has expired, but Congress now is expected to pass a last minute extension to the law and that is a creating a windfall tax break for short sellers which in some cases could reach tax savings in the $25 to $30,000 range.
• South Florida’s Seminole Tribe contract renewal allowing the tribes exclusive table games at its casinos could be in jeopardy. The Tribe pays the state $250 million per year for exclusive rights to host blackjack and baccarat games at its seven casinos and the deal is up for renewal but state lawmakers are stalling because they’re under pressure from Seminole South Florida Tribe’s competitors want profitable table games for their casinos.
• With the hurricane season wrapped up, for the 9th year in a row, South Florida has dodged the hurricane bullet and spared an economic disaster. Big winners of course were the insurance companies who were allowed to rebuild after the storm plagued disastrous 2004-2005 Hurricane season plus insurers hiked premium rates during the storm idled years that added to their coffers. We lucked out so far according to weather experts, but it only takes one storm such as Andrew in 1993 to create a multi-billion dollar catastrophe.
• Giant utility FP&L wants to start a natural gas drilling business and it wants its customers to pick up the tab. FP&L plans to invest $190 million just for starters as well as another $500 million for future drilling projects, and they want utility regulators to approve a move where FP&L customers will
• Numbers just released show Miami is the world’s busiest cruise port boarding 4.8 million passengers in its fiscal year ending June 30. Port Everglades follows as the second busiest port in the world with 4 million travelers sailing from the port during the same period.
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The Menorah serves as a symbol of Boca Raton’s dedication to preserve and encourage the right and liberty of all its citizens to worship G-d freely, openly, and with pride. Specifically in America, a nation that was founded upon and vigorously protects the right of every person to practice his or her religion free from restraint and persecution, the Menorah takes on profound significance, embodying both religious and constitutional principles. Alanna Rubin, who’s children are eagerly looking forward to attending the public menorah lighting commented, “I want my kids to grow up with pride in their Jewish heritage and a feeling of equality and self-confident as an American. Chabad Lubavitch’s ChanukahMenorahs are arguably one of the most important developments to my childrens Jewish pride. I wish they had this where I grew up.”
NCCI Employees Are Superstars For United Way NCCI’s United Way fall campaign raised more than $259,000. This year’s fundraising events were designed around a movie theme, Lights Camera Action–Let’s Play Our Part, and included a finale costume contest on October 31. But before employees donned their costumes, they were given the opportunity to learn more about agencies supported by United Way. Earlier in the month, NCCI hosted an “Agency Forum,” where thirty-five United Way-supported
agencies set up booths in NCCI’s atrium to let employees know how their donated dollars were at work in our community. Headquartered in Boca Raton, NCCI is the nation’s largest repository of workers compensation information. The company’s mission is to foster a healthy workers compensation system, and we strive to integrate socially responsible principles into everything we do. Visit ncci.com.
Firefighter Recuperating After Being Struck By Fire Truck By Fred Hamilton
The Boca Raton fire captain who was hospitalized after he collapsed and a ladder truck ran over his leg Thanksgiving morning is recovering at home, officials said on Tuesday. Capt. Mike McBrien was released Tuesday from Delray Medical Center where he was treated for a fractured leg. “He had an infection in his leg from the open wound,” Assistant Chief Michael LaSalle said. Coworkers and family members were on hand to welcome the 12 –year department employee home. The accident happened about 3 a.m. Thursday when Capt. Mike McBrien and his crew
responded to a fire alarm at a home in Woodfield Hunt Club. As the crew was wrapping up the call, McBrien suffered some sort of dizziness, officials said. It caused him to fall near the fire engine’s right front as the crew was backing up. And the right front tire ran over his leg. “It was a miracle,” LaSalle said of the extent of McBrien’s injuries. “The weight of these trucks, it could have been worse. We’re just very happy it wasn’t more serious.” No department protocol was broken during the call, officials said. “Everybody did what they were supposed to do,” LaSalle said. “It was a freak accident that happened.”
The Boca menorah is one of thousands of large public menorahs sponsored by Chabad throughout the world, helping children and adults of all walks of life discover and enjoy the holiday message. Chabad will also have a Menorah Car Parade, Where everyone can have their car fitted with a car top Menorah, and then parade through the streets of Boca sharing the light and joy of the holidays with others. Throughout the State of Florida,Chabad will be presenting scores of Chanukah events and celebrations, including public menorah lightings at the Miami Heat game, giant menorahs made out of ice and Legos, Menorah Parades, Latkes parties, Giant Dreidel Houses,“Chanukah Wonderlands” and more. For more information about Chanukah and a local schedule of events visit ChabadofBocaRaton/Chanukah or call 561-994-6257
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EDITORIAL By C. Ron Allen
Life is full of Surprises – Be Prepared Life is full of surprises. On Monday I found myself in a gymnasium attending the memorial service for Coach Roland Flynn, a supervisor and fixture at Delray Beach’s Pompey Park Recreation Center, and a leader in the community. None of us expected to be there – not on that occasion, especially considering that Coach was not sick. As I listened to the tributes and words of encouragement, I reflected on the frailty of life. I thought about the children Roland impacted on his last day at work. I thought about his coworkers who had no clue that when he said goodbye at the end of his shift, he meant it. I wondered if he had a chance to kiss Janice, his wife of 35 years, goodbye before he took his last breath on Nov. 29 – two days after Thanksgiving. Coach’s death reminds me that our days on earth are represented as passing from us just as an eagle hasteth to her prey or
as the swift ships of Ebeh cleave a path through the waters or even as the rolling clouds move in the air. Let us be reminded that life is a flower clothed in glory for a day or like a shepherd’s tent, which on the morrow will be removed to some other place. Imagine a vapor, curling up for a moment into some beautiful shape, and then dissolving into nothingness or picture a shadow, flinging its bold outline across our path, and in an instant departing to leave no trace behind. Something to ponder! It was clear that from a very young age, Roland had a charming and magnetic personality, which drew everyone he came in contact with closer to him. He was always able to either put a smile on someone’s face or left it in their heart. Chances are, if you visited Pompey Park during the day, your path crossed with Roland’s. He did not mince his words. You knew
just where you stood with Roland and, there’s no doubt, he had the last word. He was stern, sometimes intimidating. “Stop bouncing that ball inside the building,” he would say in his strong baritone voice to a child walking down the hallway after checking out a basketball to play with his friends. Only moments later, the proud father would be talking to that same child – making no reference to what happened earlier. “How are your grades coming along, son? I hope you are as good in school as you are on the court,” I recalled him say to the same child on a recent visit. He had a heart and a knack for working with young people. Roland grew up in Savannah Ga., earning an education degree to teach physical education from then Savannah State College. In the early 1970s, he relocated to New Jersey where he taught in the public
school system. He later moved back home and got a job in the comptroller’s office at his alma mater. He also worked as a probation officer in Savannah before moving to Miami in 1976 and later to Delray Beach where he met and married his wife Janice. There is no doubt his spirit, quality of work, dedication, effort and his love for children and his coworkers was unmatched. It also will be difficult to replace. Roland leaves behind his loving family, coworkers, friends and thousands of students influenced by his compassion, role modeling and caring as a teacher, coach and counselor. Rest in Peace, Coach. Thank you for your dedication to your students. They just needed another angel in heaven! C. Ron Allen can be reached at crallen@ delraybeachtribune.com or 561-665-0151.
POSITIVE LIVING By Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr.
Dealing With Personal Hang-Ups! People who keep a catalog of hurts, and never stop adding new items to it constantly, will never be liberated from those avoidable afflictions. The very enumeration of them keeps the memory of those things alive, and very central in your daily walk, making it harder for you to move ahead in freedom! You will never enjoy peace of mind if you allow so much mental and emotional clutter from your past to occupy a permanent, central space in your soul. Just delete, forget, and move on without this
harmful baggage! It’s imperative to discard all negativity, and create space for healthy, wholesome thoughts that can encourage you in moving forward without the unpleasant burdens of your past. You can only truly live in the present, not at any other period of time! Persons that allow negative emotions to rob them of genuine peace, bring greater hurts upon themselves than anyone else ever could. The pains one imaginarily create are toxic, and highly harmful.
Ultimately, you are the only one who can bring such misery on yourself; you have no right to blame people or circumstances for that! Keep in mind that the hurt you allow to fester in your life will not be only yours but will also affect others you interact with, on account of the negativity that those conditions engender. Like any physical malady, an emotional hurt requires immediate attention and prompt elimination. There are sound remedies you can utilize and apply, which
will bring you relief, as well as other procedures which aid in restoring your sanity and joy! A basic path to take is not to allow such hurts to fester within you before you do something to correct the situation. Deal with each as swiftly as you can, and as wisely as you must! Life has better offers for you, any of which you can wholeheartedly embrace, move on, and model aa a sane life-style for others to consider and embrace!
Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr. is a Florida resident who, for many years, was a professor at the post-graduate level. He is a writer, a sought-after conference speaker, a man who lived in five continents of the world, having received his education in four of them. When he resided in southern California, he wrote a weekly column for the daily “Anaheim Bulletin,” which was carried for about six years, until he moved to south Florida.
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8th Annual Boca Raton Toy Drive Was The Most Successful In Event’s History Continue from page 1
Thanks to Boca Raton Firefighter & Paramedic Benevolent, the event was a tremendous success as Santa Claus arrived at the Carrousel on a fire truck. Every kid’s eye lit up as they saw the jolly old man descend from the truck and began hugging, and taking pictures with all the kids. The event as also a safe one, thanks to the Boca Raton Police Department. “The Boca Raton Police Department did a fantastic job with security,” added Heizer. “We are very thankful for their help and support of the event.” Among the people in attendance was, Mayor Susan Haynie, Deputy Mayor Constance
Scott, and Councilmembers Scott Singer, and Robert Weinroth. Aside from local dignitaries, Rotary District 6930 Governor, Juan Ortega, whom honored Santa Claus, Francisco Rodrigues, as an “Honorary Rotary Member”, attended the event. At 80 years of age, Rodrigues is known throughout South Florida as Santa Claus during the winter months. The Boca Raton Toy Drive is the biggest combined fundraising event that brings together all five Rotary Clubs in Boca Raton. “Having all the Boca Raton Rotary Clubs working together like this is just fantastic,” said Phil Lusting, Past District Governor and one of the event Coordinators of the
Toy Drive. “This is, without a doubt, the biggest Rotary event in Boca,” says Neil Haynie, member of The Rotary Club Boca Raton Central. “Sure, each club has their own important events and fundraisers, but this event has unified all the Rotary Clubs in Boca Raton for the past eight years and it continues to grow.” The Boca Raton Toy Drive is sill accepting toy donations to give Boca Helping Hands and Wayne Barton Study Center, if interested, please visit them on facebook: www.facebook.com/bocatoydrive.
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Every kid and adult that came to Sugar Sand Park for the Boca Raton Toy Drive had their picture taken with Santa Claus! Below are some of the pictures, if you went to the event and don’t see your picture here, head on over to our facebook page (www.facebook.com/bocaratontribune) to your picture with Santa!
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The Sad, Brave Story of Glen Campbell
Need a good cry? It is hard to remain emotionless while watching the poignant documentary “Glen Campbell: I’ll Be There.” I used to feel a little defensive admitting I liked Glen Campbell and his “Goodtime Hour” TV show. Turns out I was not alone. A whole bunch of celebs much more talented than I go on record paying tribute to Glen Campbell as singer, songwriter, actor and virtuoso musician. Directed by fellow Southerner James Keach, “I’ll Be There” chronicles the international tour embarked by Campbell, his young wife Kim, their three musical children Cal, Shannon and Ashley and fellow band members. Campbell went public with the announcement of his Alzheimer’s Disase diagnosis in June of 2011. It was decided he would make a five-week “farewell tour” while he was still mentally and physically able. It was an incredibly brave thing to do, from the heart and completely sincere. The tour was extended through a year.
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“I’ll Be There” does not detour into the darker side of Campbell’s life, though it acknowledges his many marriages (Kim Woolen, a former Rockette, is his fourth wife) and battles with alcoholism and drugs. Music is one of the toughest businesses there is. Few if any remain unscathed. Campbell endured for more than 50 years as a session musician, songwriter, singer, actor and telvision star. Campbell was the artist most responsible for promoting Country music to the mass market. Don’t take it from me. Hear the testimony of Blake Shelton, Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Steve Martin, Chad Smith of the Red-Hot Chili Peppers, Bruce Springsteen, The Edge of U-2, Paul McCartney from a little group known as The Beatles and from former U.S. President and fellow Arkansas native, Bill Clinton. Because I know first-hand what a harsh mistress music is, I give this my highest rating. Rating:
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10 Commandments Of Life Insurance
Chanukkah Festival Twenty-two centuries ago, when Israel was under the rule of the empire of Alexander the Great, one particular leader, Antiochus IV, decided to force the pace of Hellenisation, forbidding Jews to practice their religion and setting up in the Temple in Jerusalem a statue of Zeus Olympus. This was too much to bear, and a group of Jews, the Maccabees, fought for their religious freedom, winning a stunning victory against the most powerful army of the ancient world. After three years they reconquered Jerusalem, rededicated the Temple and relit the menorah with the one cruse of undefiled oil they found among the wreckage. It was one of the most stunning military achievements of the ancient world. It was, as we say in our prayers, a victory of the few over the many, the weak over the strong. It’s summed up in wonderful line from the prophet Zechariah: not by might nor by strength but by my spirit says the Lord. The Maccabees had neither might nor strength, neither weapons nor numbers. But they had a double portion of the Jewish spirit that longs for freedom and is prepared to fight for it. Never believe that a handful of dedicated people can’t change the world. Inspired by faith, they can. The Maccabees did then. So can we today. As Steve Job’s was fond of saying : “those who are foolish enough to believe they can change the world, are the one’s who do”. One of the key phrases of our time is the clash of civilizations. And Chanukah is about one of the first great clashes of civilization, between the Greeks and Jews of antiquity, Athens and Jerusalem. The ancient Greeks produced one of the
most remarkable civilizations of all time: philosophers like Plato and Aristotle, historians like Herodotus and Thucydides, dramatists like Sophocles and Aeschylus. They produced art and architecture of a beauty that has never been surpassed. Yet in the second century before the common era they were defeated by the group of Jewish fighters known as the Maccabees, and from then on Greece as a world power went into rapid decline, while the tiny Jewish people survived every exile and persecution and are still alive and well today. What was the difference? The Greeks, who did not believe in a single, loving God, gave the world the concept of tragedy. We strive, we struggle, at times we achieve greatness, but life has no ultimate purpose. The universe neither knows nor cares that we are here. Ancient Israel gave the world the idea of hope. We are here because God created us in love, and through love we discover the meaning and purpose of life. Tragic cultures eventually disintegrate and die. Lacking any sense of ultimate meaning, they lose the moral beliefs and habits on which continuity depends. They sacrifice happiness for pleasure. They sell the future for the present. They lose the passion and energy that brought them greatness ion the first place. That’s what happened to Ancient Greece. Judaism and its culture of hope survived, and the Chanukah lights are the symbol of that survival, of Judaism’s refusal to jettison its values for the glamor and prestige of a secular culture, then or now. A candle of hope may seem a small thing, but on it the very survival of a civilization may depend.
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The following five tips is a continuation from last week’s column of the 10 most important considerations when buying and reviewing life insurance. The goal is to help you avoid costly and easily avoidable land mines. However, at the risk of over-simplifying, these guidelines will be useful to all life insurance buyers, regardless of the amount or type of coverage you are buying.
6. Living Benefits. Are you a beneficiary of your own life insurance policy? A frequent complaint about life insurance is its lack of living benefits for the insured or policy owner. That is not the case today with more policies allowing you to draw against the face value in the event of a critical, chronic or terminal health event. A heart attack, bypass surgery or a severe stroke can all create financial havoc. Longer term health problems such as MS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s also create financial difficulty for your family. For example, if you purchase a $2,000,000 policy with these living benefit riders, you will be able to draw up to a maximum of $1.5 million, depending on which type of health event you experience. For no additional premium, why continue to own a policy that offers nothing at a time you may need additional resources most? 7. Term Conversions. Talk about avoiding land mines: It is IMPERATIVE to know the conversion deadline if you own a term policy or plan to buy term insurance. Most people underestimate, at the time of purchase, how long they need coverage. The conversion option within a term policy allows you to convert the policy to permanent coverage, without new medical evidence. Once this deadline passes, you will need to provide brand new medical evidence if you wish to keep the coverage after the term period. Staying aware of the conversion deadline is one more reason to regularly review your inforce coverage – See commandment #1. Fail to remember the conversion deadline and you will face skyrocketing premiums if you need coverage at that time. 8. Avoid or minimize surrender penalties. Life insurance gets a bad rap as an investment vehicle. Life insurance, as an asset class, does not deserve this label. Life
insurance with severe surrender penalties has been the cause for the bad investment label. With surrender charges lasting up to 20 years in some cases, it becomes vulnerable to attack, causing the policy cash value to be zero in the early years. Rule: When buying life insurance for investment purposes, make sure to demand illustrations with little or no surrender charges. There are numerous methods for eliminating or reducing surrender penalties. An experienced agent will provide alternatives upon request. 9. Buy only from an experienced professional. Life insurance companies DO NOT sell direct-to-consumer; you must buy from a licensed agent. That agent may be someone you know, a digital agent or web site, a metal agent or kiosk or a stranger on the other end of a phone line. Whichever one of those you choose, that agent is compensated by the insurance company. With the exception of life insurance without commissions or no-load life insurance, insurance companies compensate agents through built-in commissions. Therefore, it is in your best interest to buy from an experienced professional who will counsel you through the process. You gain nothing by trying to “do it yourself ”. In fact, you will pay for something you do not use.
10. Consider universal life instead of term - ALWAYS. Realizing that I am going to hear from many of my peers, I cannot stress this enough. Traditional term insurance played an important role in the past 30 years. Unfortunately, it has some fatal flaws that can easily be avoided and fortunately, some permanent policies provide the best of both worlds. Well priced permanent policies offer: • Very comparable premiums compared to term; • No conversion deadline – coverage as long as needed; • Immediate surrender value = superior net cost. Life Insurance 2.0. The upcoming issue introduces the new title for this column. Visit www.LifeInsuranceConcepts.com or www.TedBernstein.com for more information about life insurance or call us at 561-988-8984.
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Image360 - Boca Raton Owner Mary Sol Gonzalez Named Recipient of Boca Raton Chamber’s 2015 DIAMOND Award
Image360 – Boca Raton owner Mary Sol Gonzalez was recently named the recipient of the Boca Raton Chamber’s 2015 DIAMOND Award. A DIAMOND recipient is a Dedicated, Inspiring, Accomplished, Motivated, Outstanding, Noble, and Driven
businesswoman. On February 20, 2015, the Boca Chamber will honor Mary Sol Gonzalez at the Woodfield Country Club from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. “Each year we select a deserving recipient for our DIAMOND award - someone who
has achieved success in her professional career and who continually makes a difference in our community,” explained Chamber President and CEO Troy M. McLellan.“It is with great pleasure that I announce the recipient of the 2015 DIAMOND Award Mary Sol Gonzalez.” Before coming to Boca and starting her business, Image 360 - Boca Raton, Gonzalez was very active in supporting Hispanic immigration efforts. She also was an advocate for abused and neglected children working with Yale Psychiatric Hospital and the children and families department. As the owner of Image360 – Boca Raton, Gonzaelz marries her burning desire to help the community with her business goals. She has grown her business through hard work, sweat and many tears. In 2013, one of her accomplishments was to win one of the “Top Places for People on the Move” awards from the Sun Sentinel as well as Creating the International Business Alliance with Yonnit D’Alfonso and Valentina Moretti. In 2014, she was nominated for the
Giraffe Awards by the Women’s Chamber of Palm Beach County. Currently she sits on the board of the Boca Raton Children’s Museum, the Board of Networking Hispanos and the Community Academy Advisory Board (CAAB) of West Boca High School. Image360 provides professional graphic solutions to regional businesses and organizations. From the simplest projects to the most complex, trained graphics specialists will work closely with clients to maximize the creativity and visual impact of environmental graphics, mobile graphics, way-finding solutions and promotional displays. Located at 6560 East Rogers Circle, Image360 in Boca Raton is locally-owned and operated, and is a member of Alliance Franchise Brands franchise network, a world leader in visual and graphics communications, linking more than 600 locations in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom. For more information, contact Image360 at (561) 395-0745, or visit the company’s website at www.image360bocaraton.com.
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Roots Cultural Festival Getting A New Lease On Life By Keisha Harrington
The Roots Cultural Festival, Inc., one of Delray Beach’s longest running festivals, is showing signs of a rebirth. Organizers have infused new blood in the leadership ranks and have put together a schedule of events for next year. “We want the community to know that we are back and that we need the community to be more involved,” President Rhonda Turner Williams said. “This is something that has been missing for years. And the city is working with us to bring [the Roots Cultural Festival] back.” The tentative yearlong calendar kicks off with an event on Jan. 16 at Pompey Park. Other events over the first seven months include a fashion show, a breakfast, a basketball tournament, a health and fitness event and an academic Olympic. The nonprofit organization held a car wash in the McDonald’s parking lot, 14529 S. Military Trail, on Saturday, Dec. 6. It will also hold a fundraising breakfast at Applebee’s, 1720 S. Federal Hwy., on Saturday, Dec. 13. Proceeds from the events will support the Libby Wesley Weekend Celebration, scheduled from Feb. 27 through Mar. 1, 2015. Ida Elizabeth “Libby” Wesley, a retired educator, cofounded the organization with a group of African American homeowners in her Jefferson Manor neighborhood in 1978. The festival began as a one-day event and at one time grew to a year-round celebration. The founders are in their late 70s or 80s and the new leaders are in their late 30s and 40s. On Saturday, organizers and students, who earned community service hours, spent much of the morning washing cars. Kristie Owens was among those who supported the event. “She paved the way for many people by helping us celebrating our heritage,” Owens, 44, who lives in Boynton Beach, said of Wesley. Owens, a Delray Beach native, recalls the 24 years when Roots held a summer-long series of workshops, concerts and public events celebrating African and Caribbean cultures. The festival then culminated in August at Pompey Park.
In December 2000, the organization began holding the first of a five-part classical series in the Crest Theater at Old School Square Cultural Arts Center. The series featured instructions for area children in vocal performance, piano, drama, string instruments and classes in classical dance. The program involved teaching minority children to read and perform classical music and art in 10-hour workshops. Following each workshop, the youth displayed their talents in a performance. The Festival also had a special addition to its 2000 kick off bash when the School District of Palm Beach County unveiled a new curriculum program focusing on teaching students African American culture and history. The program, the first of its kind in Florida, was in response to a state legislative mandate passed in 1994 requiring students from grades kindergarten through 12 to receive instructions in the history and contributions of African and African-Americans in all subject areas. Organizers in 2001 changed the Roots Cultural Festival to a yearlong celebration with events sporadic throughout the year. The following year, organizers moved the event to Old School Square, a move which received objections from some. Attendance waned and the group accumulated $50,000 in debt. The festival eventually asked the city for about $10,000 to satisfy its debts. Organizers then scaled back the festival, focusing on basketball tournaments, the classical concert and the festival, which they returned in 2012 to the Community Redevelopment Agency’s vacant property in the 900 block of West Atlantic Avenue. The free event attracted several hundred attendees who braved inclement weather. Plans are to hold next year’s festival at Pompey Park and in 2016 move it back along West Atlantic Avenue from the amphitheater, named in honor of Wesley at NW 5th Avenue, to the Delray Beach Tennis Center. “Our goal is to hold it at Pompey Park the first year then have it on Atlantic Avenue from Checkers to the Tennis Center,” Williams said. “We can have the booths on the Avenue and bring the big artists to the Tennis Center.”
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12/2/2014
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12/2/2014
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12/5/2014
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12/5/2014
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21 Royal Palm Wy 106
12/1/2014
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12/2/2014
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12/4/2014
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12/4/2014
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12/3/2014
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12/4/2014
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12/5/2014
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408 NW 72nd Street
12/2/2014
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6707 Hollandaire Drive W
12/1/2014
$345,000
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12/2/2014
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12/1/2014
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12/2/2014
$370,000
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12/1/2014
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90 Via Floresta Drive
12/3/2014
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12/2/2014
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22337 Boyaca Avenue
12/3/2014
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12/1/2014
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12/3/2014
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2001 N Ocean Boulevard 1603
12/1/2014
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10690 Maple Chase Drive
12/5/2014
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12/3/2014
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12/2/2014
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12/2/2014
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12/1/2014
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720 NE 69th Street
12/5/2014
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12/1/2014
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12/3/2014
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4122 NW 28th Way
12/3/2014
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500 S Ocean Boulevard 1707
12/1/2014
$800,000
Townsend Place
500 SE Mizner Boulevard A505
12/1/2014
$800,000
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5268 Boca Marina Circle S
12/5/2014
$805,000
Lake Rogers Isle
765 NE 35th Street
12/4/2014
$945,000
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12/2/2014
$1,096,000
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3500 NE 6th Drive
12/4/2014
$1,225,000
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17735 Fieldbrook Circle N
12/2/2014
$1,425,000
461 S Maya Palm Drive
12/1/2014
$1,675,000
2291 Date Palm Road
12/4/2014
$2,105,000
2244 Queen Palm Road
12/2/2014
$2,250,000
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sports Fighting Knights Defeat Charleston 3-2 to Win 23rd National Title
Two goals moments into the match shell shocked the No. 1 team in the nation and Lynn University’s third-ranked men’s soccer team withstood a late offensive push to defeat Charleston (W.Va.) 3-2 to claim the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship. This is the 23rd national title in school history and the fifth for the men’s soccer program, including the second national crown in the last three years. Lynn’s men’s soccer team has now claimed NCAA titles in 2014, 2012 and 2003 and
NAIA crowns in 1991 and 1987 and joins the women’s golf team with five total championships. Both programs trail women’s tennis, which has six titles. Chris Hellmann scored twice, giving him a nation-leading 28 goals and 69 points while adding his 10th game-winner, in being named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Offensive Player. Jason Sangha was honored as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player for the second time in his career. Joining Hellmann and Sangha on the all-tournament team was Nicolas Mortensen and Lukas Zlatarits. Lynn (19-1-1) grabbed a 1-0 lead just 3:23 into play when the Golden Eagles turned the ball over deep into their territory. Nicolas Mortensen grabbed the poor pass and ran on goal before ripping a shot from 25-yards out. Charleston keeper Fabian Veit made the initial save but the ball trickled back over the goal line to put the Fighting Knights ahead 1-0. A mere three minutes later Hellmann un-
leashed the goal of the season off a free kick from 25-yards out. The sophomore striker stood over the ball on the right wing and bent a shot over the wall to the upper right corner of net for his 27th goal, putting Lynn on top 2-0. Charleston (22-1-1) tried in vain to get back in the match but was turned away on two occasions by freshman keeper Lucas Fancello. The second save in the half proved crucial as Fancello made a leaping save, similar to the semifinals, to keep the Golden Eagles at bay. Another sloppy play by the Charleston midfield led to a 3-0 Lynn advantage in the 32nd minute. Hellmann stole an errant pass near the top of the box and slotted his shot to the lower corner on a drawn out Veit and the Fighting Knights celebration for No. 23 was nearly complete. If Lynn’s first half was flawless, its second half was flawed. The Blue & White had difficulty combining on passes and overcoming tremendous wind gusts. Where Charleston
missed on opportunities earlier, it finally put one into the net in the 79th minute. Jules Gabbiadini tallied the goal with a shot from the left side to the right post, cutting the deficit to 3-1. Lynn bunkered down, got defensive and continued to drive to the corners of the Golden Eagles territory. Unfortunately a takedown inside the Lynn 18-yard box brought new life to Charleston as it gave the opposing team a penalty kick, converted by Will Roberts to make it a 3-2 match. A foul with eight seconds left near midfield kept the crowd and team in suspense but Fancello punched away the aerial pass and the Fighting Knights’ bench poured onto the field for the 23rd celebration in school history. This marks the 10th time Lynn has posted at least 19 wins during the season while the men’s soccer team joins the 2003 squad as the only team in Sunshine State Conference history to win the league’s regular season and tournament title and national championship.
Stonebridge Golf And Country Club Won The Boca Cup Tournament For The Third Time Inaugurated six years ago, The Boca Cup is an annual one-day competition among ten of the most prestigious country clubs in the Boca Raton area. After all the scoring was done, Stonebridge Golf and Country Club and Addison Reserve were tied with a total of 192 in the 2014 Boca Cup. To decide the tournament each team chose two players to represent their respective team in the sudden death playoff. The Stonebridge team unanimously picked the twosome of Ron Bosco and Doug Bohner for the playoff which started on the 18th hole. The pressure started to build as the crowd increased around the 18th tee. Team Stonebridge won the coin
flip and had the honor. Leading off was Doug Bohner, who hit a pressure packed drive down the left center of the fairway and Ron Bosco followed with another tee shot down the middle putting the pressure on Addison Reserve to respond. That they did, hitting two tee shots down the middle of the 18th fairway as well. Ron Bosco was away for Stonebridge and hit a great shot just right of the hole, but a gust of wind made his ball come up just short and came to rest in the bunker. Next to play was Doug Bohner, who hit a fabulous shot, pin high, 20 feet right of the hole. Now the pressure was really on the team from Addison Reserve, with both
of their players missing the green Team Stonebridge had the advantage. After the other three players played their third shots it was up to Doug Bohner, who responded with a great lag putt to within inches of the hole and tapped in for his par. Once the player from Addison lipped out his putt to tie the hole, the celebration began as Team Stonebridge successfully defended the Boca Cup. Competing with Stonebridge and Addison Reserve were Boca Grove Country Club, Boca West Country Club, Broken Sound Country Club, The Polo Club of Boca Raton, Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club, St. Andrews Country Club and Woodfield
Country Club. Led by Honorary Captain Herb Kanter, the Stonebridge Boca Cup Championship team members were PGA Golf Professional, Jeff Hall and golf members, Alan Bilgore, Ron Bosco, Doug Bohner, Rich Catania, Tony Codner, Brian Gilbertson, Alan Goldner, Don Gould, and Marvin Kelner. The team from Stonebridge Golf and Country Club is already looking forward to next year’s defense of their title and a treasured 3-peat performance. The inaugural tournament in 2009 was also won by Stonebridge Golf and Country Club. Woodfield Country Club has won the cup twice and Addison Reserve once.
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Golf Life in boca By Stan Moore
How To Eliminate The Dreaded Chicken Wing
At impact, you’ll see a lot of golfers, generally slicers, shortening their arms to avoid hitting the ground early. The left elbow bends and then collapses even more shortly after impact, creating an arm that resembles a chicken swing. There are a number of ways to chicken wing, from helping the ball up in the air ( the spine angle comes up too much at impact ) to hanging onto the club too tightly, but the primary culprit is a poor transition. If you do not get your weight to your left side fast enough on the downswing, the clubhead will take a steep, out to in approach into the ball, forcing you to stand up and bend your arms to avoid hitting the ground several inches behind the ball. This early extension not only makes it difficult to compress the ball and control the clubface, but it also causes the body to stop turning in a curcular fashion, which sacrifices speed and power. If the hips stop rotating, there’s little room for the arms to extend, thus they have to separate even more, which increases the size of the chicken wing. If you come over the top, your hands will get pulled in close to your body on the follow-through side. As a result, you won’t have the room to extend your arms, thus narrowing the swing’s arc ( the distance between the clubhead and your body) and significantly reducing your clubhead speed. Much like the backswing, you want to cre-
ate as much width as possible between the butt of the club and your body. because this gives the clubhead more distance to travel and accumulate speed. SO JUST HOW DO YOU GET THIS FULL EXTENSION? The most common mistake that golfers make is that they shift too much of their weight onto their right side on the backswing, instead of staying centered over the ball with the right amount of shoulder tilt. This excess lateral movement, known as sway, gives people the sensation of being able to shift their weight back to their front side better. Unfortunately, it often has the opposite effect and causes a lack of forward movement, because your spine has to back up in order for you to get behind the ball and hit on the upswing.( WE are using a driver here) Make sure your spine remains in its original inclination as you turn back, this will put you in the best position to move forward on the downswing. Provided your address posture remains intact, you should be able to keep rotating your hips, which is what gives your arms the space to swing down in front of your body and extend into the follow through. If you lose your posture and stand up at the start of the downswing, it’s very hard to turn and swing he club on the proper plane. That is the fastest, most powerful way to swing a golf club. Lastly if you want to break the wing, you need to keep your head behind the ball at impact, in relatively the same position it was in at address. Your head should never move forward of your original address position at impact, as this will cause you to lose your spine angle and bottom the clubhead out too soon, creating the bent arm, chicken wing position. For drills on eliminating the chicken wing, please contact Stan at 561-699-2616.
Marshall University and Northern Illinois To Face Off In Inaugural Boca Raton Bowl
Two conference champions, the Marshall University Thundering Herd from Conference USA and the Northern Illinois University Huskies from the Mid-American Conference, will meet in the inaugural Boca Raton Bowl, as announced jointly by the conferences and the bowl. The game will be played on Tuesday, Dec. 23 in FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. ET on ESPN. “I could not be more excited about the matchup for the first-ever Boca Raton Bowl,” said Boca Raton Bowl Executive Director Doug Mosley. “We have two great champions squaring off in what will surely be a must-see game, and our community is ready to welcome these two schools to Boca Raton and Palm Beach County.” In addition to Marshall and Northern Illinois both finishing atop their conferences, both teams feature explosive offenses, leading their respective conferences in rushing. Marshall averages 275.6 yards per game while Northern Illinois averages 252.0 yards per game. Marshall ranks second in the country in total offense with 563.4 yards per game, and averages 45.1 points per game, fifth nationally behind four of the nation’s top six teams, Baylor, TCU, Oregon and Ohio State. Northern Illinois averages an impressive 32.2 points per game and 442.5 yards per game. Marshall (12-1, 7-1 C-USA) enters the game
having won its first-ever Conference USA Championship and its first title since being crowned the champion of the Mid-American Conference in 2002. The Thundering Herd are led by South Florida native Rakeem Cato, a graduate of Miami Central High School, who holds the NCAA FBS record for most consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass (45). In addition to Cato who ranks 8th nationally in passing yards with 3,622 yards, Marshall’s offense also features running back Devon Johnson who ranks 6th nationally in rushing yards with 1,636 yards. Northern Illinois (11-2, 7-1 MAC) won its third Mid-American Conference Championship in four years this season and fourth in school history. The Huskies’ 11 win season marks the fifth consecutive season they have accomplished such a feat. Quarterback Drew Hare leads the Huskies’ offense with 2,097 passing yards and 17 touchdowns, accompanied by the team’s leading rusher Camer Stingily, averaging 74.6 yards per game, and leading receiver Da’Ron Brown, averaging 77.1 yards per game. The Huskies also played in a South Florida bowl after the 2012 season, meeting Florida State in the 2013 Orange Bowl. The 2014 Boca Raton Bowl will be played on December 23, at FAU Stadium on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
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