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Number 213 • Year V Community The Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum Launches Their New “I Am Boca Raton” Project see page 3
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The Holidays“Every Year is Different” see page 11
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17th Annual OPAL Gala To Take Place January 10
Honorees, guests and Rotarians will be welcomed to The Rotary Club of Boca Raton’s 17th annual Outstanding People and Leader’s Gala, OPAL, on January 10th at Boca West. “On the 10th the Club will not only celebrate our Honorees and our guests but, thanks to Tim Snow and the George Snow Foundation the members of our Rotary Club as well.
Sports John Rootes Named NSCAA National Coach of the Year
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Baker’s Season-High 13 Points Leads Lynn As Fighting Knights Fall to Shaw see page 16
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If you’re interested in Boca Raton history, the Boca Raton Garden Club’s commemorative ornaments are a must have! Longtime residents and newcomers alike are collecting them and giving them as gifts as well. The ornament series started in 1994 with the intent of honoring historic sites in Boca Raton. Ornaments are 3-dimensional and made out of solid brass and coated in 24 karat gold plate. They come in a gift box with a brochure detailing the ornament’s history. This year’s ornament honors the First Schoolhouse of Boca Raton which was a one room schoolhouse built in 1908 and located on the present site of the Boca Raton Police Department on N.W. 2nd Avenue.
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• University of Florida shelled out $18 million deal over 6 months to lure Colorado football coach Jim McElwein, paying $7 million to Colorado to allow him to leave and paid off $6 million to fired coach Will Muschamp over the next three years to do nothing, by buying out his contract, with his assistant coaches due another $2 million, but the school will recoup $3.5 million from the new SEC network, plus the school reaps $104 million from its lucrative football and basketball programs. The UF boosters – University of Florida Athletic Association – will pay the Colorado school $3 million, McElwain will eventually give the school $2 million and UF guaranteed CSU another $2 million for playing a future game against the Gators. • Palm Beach County tourism officials hope to lure 600,000 more visitors this season than last. In 2013, the County posted a record 6 million tourists which generated $6.8 billion in economic impact. The added number of visitors would bring an additional $600 million in economic impact. Tourism, which is the largest industry in South Florida and the state provides for 66,000 tourism related jobs countywide. In a related move, taxes are going up on hotel stays in Palm Beach County in a move to raise more money to promote local tourism. The County Commission increased the tax on hotel stays and other short-term rentals to 6 cents per dollar spent. That should raise an additional $7 million a year that the county plans to spend on fixing more eroded beaches and increased advertising of tourist attractions. • The Florida Bar has shot itself in the foot once again with a major PR blunder, according to PR experts by opposing a $100 raise in annual dues to help needy citizens who can’t afford a lawyer in its pro bono programs, as blared in a Palm Beach Post headline; Lawyers Oppose Fee Hike to Aid the Poor. •
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ministration will reveal a new mortgage loan program targeting cash poor South Florida home buyers. The Fed’s program allows first time home buyers to take out a loan with as low as 3% down, and if you can find a $200,000 home, the down payment would be an affordable $6,000. Federal Mortgage guarantor Fannie Mae, classifies first time home buyers as one who hasn’t owned a home in the past three years, but Freddie Mac classifies first time as never owning a home. • See’s Candies, offering holidaythemed boxes and assortments, including Hanukkah gold coins, white mint truffles, cinnamon and mint cream “lollypops” made from scratch, have no added preservatives are gluten free and also with not-free and kosher treats has opened in Town Center, 6000 Glades Road, Boca Raton. • NextEra, parent company of FP&L bought Hawaiian Electric, Island’s largest electric utility for $4.3 billion and pockets millions in Federal subsidies. • Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCCL) employs 3,367 people in South Florida, has 42 ships and carried 4.8 million passengers in 2013. • Vic Dibitetto is at the Crest theatre in the Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, 8 pm. Dec.17. Call 561.243.7922 ext. 1. • Old Jews Telling Jokes is at the Broward Stage Door Theatre, 8036 Sample Road, Coral Springs, to Jan. 4. Tickets are $44. Visit stagedoorfl.org or call 954. 344.7765 for more information. • A Christmas Carol – Musical to Raise the Spirits is on to Dec. 21 at the Sol Theatre, 3333 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton. Tickets are $15 and 410 for children 11 and younger. Visit solchildren.org or call 561.447.8829 for tickets.
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The Snow Foundation has named our Club as the top Not-for-Profit Corporation in Boca Raton, the award to be presented at the Cowboy Ball on January 24, 2015,” said the Rotary Club’s President Michael Gora. The Club’s first Honoree is Jan Savarick, qualifying as a leader in health care. Savarick has served as president of Boca
Regional Hospital Foundation after joining the Foundation in 2001. She oversees all fund raising activities, including capital, annual and planned giving campaigns, corporate giving, donor relations, community awareness, major gifts and special events campaigns. “During Jan’s reign she has helped to grow our hospital into “Boca Regional, if not by her hand then her mind
The Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum Launches Their New “I Am Boca Raton” Project The Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum (BRHS&M) has a lot to celebrate with the community. In addition to their new educational programs and exhibits, and their annual fundraiser – the Boca Bacchanal Wine & Food Festival – growing, the BRHS&M has recently been designated as an official welcome center for downtown Boca Raton. To mark this occasion, the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum is launching their “I Am Boca Raton” (#IAmBocaRaton) project to show off the faces and spirit of Boca Raton. “One of the main reasons we are so thrilled to become a welcome center is to be able to share the spirit of the community that has been around since the inception of this city we love,” said Mary Csar, Executive Director of the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum. “Our organization is proud to say ‘I Am Boca Raton’ and we know our community is too.” The Past: Addison Mizner’s Sign “Addison Mizner and the Mizner Development Corporation put little Boca Raton on the map during the Florida Land Boom in the 1920s. Mizner’s ads declared, I am the Greatest Resort in the World. I am Boca Raton, Florida. His dream became synonymous with the town and inspires us as much today as it did 90 years ago.” stated Susan Gillis, BRHS&M Curator. The Present: Show Your Boca Pride
and heart,” said Gora. First Ron Gallatin retired from Wall Street. Then in the fourteen years since, he served the Boca Raton Community as the Treasurer, Major Gifts Chair and serves the Executive Committee of the Board of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. Additionally Ron is currently the Vice Chair of Strategic Planning Services of the Ruth and Norman Rales Jewish Family Services. “Gallatin more than fills the community leader spot as an Honoree,” said Gora. Retired State of Virginia Attorney Jay Weinberg and his wife and partner in good deeds, Marilyn Simon Weinberg will receive the OPAL for philanthropic leadership after chairing Florida ATLANTIC UNIVERSITIES “MAKING WAVES GALA’ LAST SPRING. Jay is Also the Vice Chair of the Board of the FAU Foundation. Marilyn has chaired a major fundraiser for the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center at Florida Atlantic University between 2008-2013. “It appears that Richmond, Virginia’s loss is Boca’s gain.” Said Gora. Richard Young earns his OPAL based upon his contributions to The Rotary Club of Boca Raton since joining us in 1965. He contributes to many of our programs and has served on our Board of Direc-
tors. “We also applaud him for his decades of Changing Lives and Building Futures through his administration of athletic programs from colleges coast to coast including Ohio State, Florida Atlantic, Bowling Green and Lynn University, after first coaching both football and baseball teams,” said Gora. Gora went on to say that, “As always we honor you, many past OPAL recipients, and many here tonight who have also contributed to the good and welfare of our fair city. We count on you every year to step up on OPAL night to assist our OPAL cause and send deserving young adults to college.” “Through the community’s generosity on January 10th The Rotary Club of Boca Raton will be able to assist more than fortyfive college students enter and continue in college for their four years. Rotary’s scholarship programs focus on talented but needy Palm Beach County high school seniors.” “January 10th is a very special night for all of you and all of us,” said Gora, “with the leadership of our three Chairs, Peter Baronoff, Doug Mummaw, Neil Saffer, our membership and our supporters’ limitless contributions to our worthy cause.”
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Police Trained To Treat The Public With Respect By Capt. Thomas Mitchell
Recently the practices and integrity of police officers and police departments have been questioned in lieu of events that have occurred throughout the country. We at the Delray Beach Police Department train hard and often to prevent tragedies to the citizens we serve. The Delray Beach Police Department is a learning organization that is always open to new ideas and techniques that will prevent injury to our officers and the citizenry of our community. We not only train in hands-on type tactics, but verbal
communication and equip our personnel with state-of-the-art non-lethal devices. Treating people fairly, being open, honest and ethical is preached daily. Our officers, from the Chief of police down, are trained in diversity, ethics and community engagement. Our officers are taught from the first day that treating the public with respect is paramount. The simple phrase that was taught to me at the beginning of my career was “Treat everyone with the same amount of respect that you would expect your mother to be given”. This has stayed with me throughout my career and is often heard
repeated by those who train and supervise our employees. The Delray Beach Police Department prides itself on being professional; striving towards excellence and operating with the highest integrity which is what separates us from others. Not to say that we couldn’t have a bad apple in our organization, but our hiring practices and vigilant supervision usually identifies a rogue employee quickly so they can be dealt with swiftly. We are a community based police department that is involved and engages with the citizens we serve. We are always looking
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It’s Time For Another Christmas!
Long before the day for its celebration, people begin to experience the sounds, sights, smells, and many other signs of Christmas, along with abundant shopping for the occasion. Christmas is a unique festival celebrated by Christians around the world, marking the birth of their leader – Jesus Christ! He may not have been born exactly on December 25 but this is the day that for a long time has been designated for the celebration of that history-changing event. Because His coming into the world represents a significant gift from God, people also exchange gifts among themselves as well, though none of which is as momentous as the gift of God becoming man, in the person of His only begotten Son, Jesus! It’s imperative that people recognize that this is the primary meaning of Christmas. So much that has been added to its annual festivities, albeit enjoyable to the participants, shows absolutely nothing related to the real meaning of Christmas. Sadly, the One Whose birthday we should be remembering, is most often absent from the minds of countless who enjoy the accompanying food and fun of the Season and of that special day. People have a good
time just because it has become an annual fun occurrence, but pay little or no attention to its basic significance. Yet, commercialism is not the reason for the season; but Jesus is! Usually, the celebrant of a birthday is the sole object of honors, gifts, and other types of personal consideration. Jesus still deserves one’s very best, because He offered His very best, when He gave Himself on behalf of a needy, lost humanity. Even though He is the Lord of lords and King of kings, He should receive the allegiance and affection of His human creatures. Although born in a stable, and later having no place where to lay his head through much of His earthly pilgrimage, He persistently longs for human hearts that would welcome Him. And when He takes up residence in a person’s life, He is there to stay – not as an intruder or invader, but as the channel of God’s continuing extravagant love to all who lack it. Only so shall you experience meaning on earth, till your eventual appearance before His presence for the reception of unimaginable joys, and a permanent abode in glory which lasts forever!
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Continuing with our tradition The Boca Raton Tribune once again wants to share with our readers these historic pieces of writing to remind us of the innocence and pureness of the Christmas Season.
Yes, Virginia,
By Ben Stein l Dec 15, 2005 *The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary, December 18, 2005.
there is a
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Herewith at this happy time of year, a few confessions from my beating heart: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.
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December 22,1897 “DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. “Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. “Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ “Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
I have no freaking clue who Nick and Jessica are. I see them on the cover of People and Us constantly when I am buying my dog biscuits and kitty litter. I often ask the checkers at the grocery stores. They never know who Nick and Jessica are either. Who are they? Will it change my life if I know who they are and why they have broken up? Why are they so important? I don’t know who Lindsay Lohan is, either, and I do not care at all about Tom Cruise’s wife. Am I going to be called before a Senate committee and asked if I am a subversive? Maybe, but I just have no clue who Nick and Jessica are. Is this what it means to be no longer young. It’s not so bad.
Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Next confession: I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don’t feel threatened. I don’t feel discriminated against. That’s what they are: Christmas trees. It doesn’t bother me a bit when people say, “Merry Christmas” to me. I don’t think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn’t bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu. If people want a creche, it’s just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
I don’t like getting pushed around for being a Jew and I don’t think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can’t find it in the Constitution and I don’t like it being shoved down my throat.
You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren’t allowed to worship God as we understand Him?
VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
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I guess that’s a sign that I’m getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to.
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Chris Evert’s Cocktail Reception At Boca Resort Bob and I attended a cocktail party at the Boca Hotel and Resort as guests of Yvonne Boice and Al Zucaro. We walked in to a packed room which looked like half of Boca Raton was present! There were several different food stations inside two different rooms. In the Great Hall there was a four piece band playing country music. All of a sudden many well known celebrities walked into the room including Chris Evert, Gavin Rossdale, Jon Lovitz and many others. Chris introduced all of her guests and each said a few words, many who have supported Chris’s charity for many years. Another fun event.
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Boca Ballet Performs The Nutcracker
Boca Ballet performs The Nutcracker
Our family has admired Leslie Uggams since she was a child star on “Sing Along With Mitch.” Leslie Uggams is fully grown and then some as the larger-than-life Manhattan socialite “Mame,” playing through Dec. 28 at the Wick Theatre, 7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton. The role of “Auntie” Mame Dennis is one of the best female characters in American musical history. Many illustrious actresses have played Mame, starting with Rosalind Russell in the original 1956 Broadway production. Here in Boca Raton the most memorable Mame for me was our own Jan McArt, who embodies the outgoing, showy, joyful character both on and offstage. I do not know Leslie Uggams personally, but she is an undeniably beautiful woman with a lovely voice. I think she handles the role of Mame Dennis well, but there are a few strange things about this production, directed by the ever-reliable Norb Joerder. While she looks much younger than her real age of 71, Ms. Uggams is noticeably older than her stage love interest, Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, an aristocratic, cornpone Southern plantation owner played by Jim Ballard.
However, Mame’s “bosom buddy” Vera Charles, is played by the age-appropriate and always delightful Lourelene Snedecker. “Mame” has a live band listed in the program, but the musicians are not visible, and the sound they create is so heavily amplified it might as well have been pre-recorded. On the plus side Ryan Sell is one really cute kid and self-assured as younger Patrick Dennis, who becomes Mame’s ward when his father dies. It was the real-life Patrick Dennis who wrote the memoire on which the book Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee based their script. Also excellent in the comic role of Mame’s long-suffering personal secretary Agnes Gooch is Irene Adjan. Playing the insufferable killjoy Dwight Babcock is the always professional Jeffrey Bruce. No, this is not the best “Mame” I have ever seen, but I can honestly say this is the best I’ve seen in years, and Leslie Uggams delivers where it counts in the score’s best ballad, “If He Walked Into My Life.” “Mame” is all about Jerry Herman’s wonderful music, and Leslie Uggams can “coax the blues right out of the horn.” Tickets are $72. Student tickets are $25 advance or $15 rush one hour before curtain. Call 561-995-2333.
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Longtime Children’s Services Council Leader Passing Baton to Younger Generation By Fred Hamilton
Tana Ebbole, who has led the Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County for 20 years, is stepping down, the Boca Raton Tribune has learned. The organization’s board unanimously selected Lisa Williams-Taylor, the organization’s chief programming officer for the last 10 years, as their next CEO. The change will be effective Jan. 31, 2015. “It’s time for the next generation of leadership to move the Council through the remarkable opportunities that lie ahead,” said Ebbole, 64, who joined the Boynton Beach-based nonprofit in 1989. “I know I leave the Children’s Services Council in good hands because the board, staff, providers and community partners have what it takes to meet any challenges and opportunities.” The announcement comes on the wake of a resounding approval from Palm Beach County voters last month to continue funding the organization’s programs. Greg Langowski, chair of the Children’s Services Council’s board, said it is nearly impossible to describe Ebbole’s impact on Palm Beach County over the past 20 years. “CSC is able to show that our programs and services have made Palm Beach County’s child outcomes better than comparative statewide numbers in preterm births, low birthweight and infant mortality,” he said. “We have statistically lower rates of abuse and neglect for children and families in our programs compared to matched comparison groups. We also have statistically significant improved rates of school readiness. Tana’s
leadership in these areas has made the difference.” The Council is also delighted to have Williams-Taylor - who holds Master’s degrees in forensic psychology and criminal justice, as well as a doctorate degree - take the helm, Langowski added. “Children’s Services Council has a national reputation for excellence in its emphasis on high-quality, evidence-based programs and sharp focus on its goals,” he said. “We know Lisa has the drive and experience to build on that, and keep the continuity and the standards for data-driven decision-making that Tana established.” The Chief Program Officer since August 2012, Williams-Taylor oversees a budget of more than $87 million in program funding and more than 50 employees. She also served as director of program planning and as a planning and policy analyst. For almost 20 years, Williams-Taylor, 42, focused on children and youth in mental health treatment, addiction, research and evaluation, and program planning. She authored “The Journey to EvidenceBased Programming: Changing the Face of Social Services” as well as two other books on sex offender recidivism, and more than 25 other publications. “I’m very excited about taking on this role, and thrilled that we have a remarkable team at CSC to ensure we stay on the cutting edge of reaching and exceeding our outcomes for children,” she said. “My main goal continues to be carrying out our vision that children and families in this county have the best opportunities for success in life.”
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As the air becomes a little cooler and the stores, homes and offices are buzzing with Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year excitement, some of us experience that anticipation of childhood of the holidays being around the corner. Some of us can recall the snowy nights, the seasonal music, and the family getting together. If we didn’t have that reality, we could turn on the TV to watch the holiday celebrations catalyzed by the intruding commercials to fuel our fantasies. The holidays can be fun but can prove stressful if the elements are not carefully managed. As the Christmas bells are ringing, it is the time to know yourself and know your situation. Don’t push the ideal where you may invite people who will not get along and create familial stress. One couple I see took a session to outline how the Thanksgiving mayhem will evolve. They came to realize that they have alternatives for that turkey dinner in which they could enjoy each other and their children. The stores and the holiday tempo encourage us to spend beyond our budget. Spending is a reality that is best considered before the celebrations begin than remorsefully wading through stressful bills in January. There are many things to enjoy between the eve of Thanksgiving and New Years Day. The festivities can be overwhelming, which engenders stress. While being realistic, be organized. Like a child at Disney World,
Santa Kicks Off Holiday Season By Lighting Tree By Jason Schwartz
It officially became the holiday season Thursday evening in Delray Beach when Santa Claus flipped the switch to light the 100-foot Christmas tree at Old School Square. “Three, two, one!,” chanted the crowd. Cheers echoed on the lawn once the more than 15,000 LED lights flashed on the tree, considered among the largest in the area. The jolly ole fellow arrived by helicopter shortly after 7 p.m. Flanked by a police escort, he worked his way through the crowd and made his way on top of a fire truck, which served as a stage. “Santa! Santa!” said a little girl, perched on top of her father’s shoulders watching the traditional arrival of the jolly fellow. Several thousand people gathered downtown to enjoy Santa, holiday music, outdoor skating and a holiday carousel. After the tree was lit, the party continued downtown with an “On the Ave” festival
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we want to do it all, but we need to prioritize our schedule and plans. There may be menus to create, shopping to do, and travel plans to arrange. All of this needs to be completed, on top of our everyday demands. As we organize our time and plans, the stress will be managed providing greater opportunity for fun. It is often not the stressor that causes the problem but the way we view the stress. If you are trying to create the perfect holiday with the right relatives, gifts, and decorations you may be in for a disappointment. Please do not try to “must-urbate” or demand that things “should” be as idealized in your own imagination. Counting your blessings for what you have is the true essence of the holidays. In keeping with the altruistic spirit, this season can be a time to give to others to help the less fortunate. Altruism increases that sense of well-being, which we can all enjoy. As life goes on, even during the holidays, things happen. Someone may become ill or there is a loss experienced. You just can’t be joyful at this time, which is understandable. Try not to force the situation but reach out to those close to you for the support. Most likely they will respond in kind. Intelligence is knowing your environment and knowing how to deal with it. The holidays can present us with a challenge that can result in a memorable season or a time of stress. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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until 10 p.m. Delray asked attendees to wear holiday sweaters in hopes of setting a record. They fell short by around 300. “We really want to recapture the childhood memories for children of coming downtown for the holiday season, seeing the lights, really reclaiming the dreams we all had when we were kids of going down and seeing Santa at the store,” said Stephen Chrisanthus, associate director of the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative, Inc. “We want them to be able to remember their downtown as part of a great holiday season.” The Shipley family thought the holiday event would be a good way to introduce their 9-month-old son Nathaniel to Santa. He watched as his parents set up a tree in their home, and is fascinated with the lights, said mother Sarah Shipley. “It’s his first Christmas,” she said. “We wanted him to meet Santa.”
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By Maria Kay
The Holidays- “Every Year is Different”
I am a parent of five young adult children (ranging from19-29 years old) who were completely mainstreamed in school academics, athletics, and social interaction. The onset of delayed mental illness has been destabilizing to the entire family. Our family had ‘no learning curve’ or expectation for a mental condition which can start in young life. This Holiday Season is certainly going to be different from those of the past. There is a reason. This year, three of my sons who had never displayed any mental health symptoms developed serious mental conditions. I am a professional who found myself stretched to capacity in dealing with the changing behaviors of the sons I so dearly loved. • My 20-year-old became obsessive/compulsive about many daily things and his life became ritualized with pattern of behavior that focused primarily on food. He became acutely bulimic and disabled to function at
all (including inability to speak). He spent two months in an inpatient treatment program and now actively works daily at ‘full recovery’. • My 27-year-old started to display paranoia that caused him to move three times because he was convinced the government was spying on him. He is in out-patient recovery now. • My 29-year-old became isolated and solitary after breaking off with a long-standing girlfriend. He quickly deteriorated into catatonia (unable to eat...lost 37 lbs, unable to sleep…becoming delusional, unable to wash himself…becoming visually indigent). He was placed into a mental health facility getting significant medical attention and diagnosed with schizophrenia. The remaining two siblings have been jolted by the seemingly simultaneous mental health deterioration of their ‘three wonderful brothers’. They have tried to understand while also keeping a safe distance so as not to be completely overwhelmed and con-
sumed by their brothers’ derailments. I am glad for their resilience. As a parent, the sudden, unexpected, onset of mental health issues has been overwhelming. I have come to learn that these types of challenges do emerge in young adults (in their 20s). The disbelief, confusion, denial, learning curve of the mental issue and mental health options, acceptance, and processing the “journey” with courage, love, conviction can only be done with support for both the patient and family caregivers. There is support for everyone…we are not alone! The professional resources do exist right here in Boca. There are friends and professionals who share. I have found both and that has made a difference for me and my family. I was advised to reach out to the local NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) for support. Then I learned what it means to become BOCA BRAVE. I found Breaking The Silence can be therapeutic and doing so has introduced me to resources and services right here in Boca Raton. Finding
friends can make a difference in the lives of caregiving loves ones. I know, I am one! I remember many holidays of yesteryear. This one is different and I am ready to embrace it with all it’s challenges and blessings mixed in together. I choose to remain closeted primarily for my sons’ identities (as young adults) who are trying to make professional and social paths for themselves. This is because the stigma is so great in our community and I want to protect them in the workplace. I am a local professional with a visual community presence, yet my career identity is not my concern. As a parent, your desire to foster their rehabilitation and growth overshadows professional and personal concerns. Writing this is my way to becoming BOCA BRAVE. Thank you for reading and know your are not alone in coping with mental illness among loved ones. Reach out and become BOCA BRAVE! Happy Holidays!
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with a brochure detailing the ornament’s history. This year’s ornament honors the First Schoolhouse of Boca Raton which was a one room schoolhouse built in 1908 and located on the present site of the Boca Raton Police Department on N.W. 2nd Avenue. It features the first schoolhouse in the background with the first school bus, a horsedrawn wagon, in the foreground. The First Schoolhouse ornament can be
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Christmas: The Most Difficult Time of the Year While the classic carol may declare that Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, it doesn’t always feel that way, does it? Though the holidays usher in heaps of happiness and celebration, they can also be an especially difficult time if you are lonely or hurting. The reflective nature of the season has a way of magnifying hardships that seem more manageable the rest of the year. When the Christmas blues strike, they can make you want to pull away from the bustle of the season and keep to yourself. Resist that urge. The people around you are there for a reason. Not only can they encourage you when you are feeling down, but the way they see you handling the difficulties in your life can help them handle whatever they are facing in theirs. With that in mind, here are three ways to reclaim joy and share the strength within you this holiday season: Borrow from Others – When you start feeling discouraged, lean on the faith of others in your life. Your faith is like a gas tank. Sometimes your tank runs low, but at just the right moment, God brings people around you who have full tanks. You can borrow from their reserves. If you surround yourself with strong, faithful friends and family, they’ll be there to step in when you need them. Part of the reason God created the church was to give you a circle of likeminded people willing to come alongside you during hard times. If you aren’t part of a local, biblically based church, I encourage you to find one. You need a community of people
who will rejoice with you in good times and lend you their strength when yours falters. Be a Willing Witness – How you handle hardships can be an incredible witness to other people. Everyone you know is going to face failures, doubts, relationship problems, health issues and other circumstances that have the potential to knock them off course. When you show strength in the face of such situations, they will notice – and they will want to know how you do it. They will become curious about your faith. Allow yourself to be vulnerable enough to let your trials be seen and used by others. Turn Pain into Purpose – God works all things together for the good of those who love him (Romans 8:28): all things – even the layoffs, the rebellious kids, the break ups and the foreclosures. He is constantly weaving every circumstance you face into a beautiful tapestry. Every pain serves a greater purpose. Choose to walk through your painful times in a state of awareness and God will show you what he wants to do through them. Merry Christmas to you! I pray that it will be a wonderful time of joy and celebration with the loved ones in your life. Be sure to join us at The Journey Church in Boca Raton on Sunday, December 21 for a special Christmas service. Sing your favorite carols, hear an inspiring Christmas message, and experience the true meaning of Christmas all in a casual and welcoming environment.
Nelson Searcy is the lead pastor of The Journey Church in Boca Raton. The 3 year old church meets at Boca Raton Community High School (I-95 and Glades Rd) each Sunday at 10:30am. For more, visit www.BocaJourney.com. He is the author of 11 books and served for ten years as a pastor in New York City before moving to South Florida. Each person who visits The Journey Church this Summer will receive a free copy of his latest book Unshakable: Standing Strong When Things Go Wrong, on which this article is based.
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Mice in the house (A Christmas Story) You wouldn’t think that a Jewish man at my stage would still vividly recall a Christmas Eve which could not have occurred at all; but I do. Mom, Dad, infant brother Bill and I had moved into Valley Bend, West Virginia from Brooklyn, New York in February. We lived in a small two story house in a village with forty houses, dirt roads, two general stores and a small church. To me it was paradise: no more locked up in an apartment, the village in which to roam at will, with friend Danny, swimming in the river, and catching my first fish over the summer. Thanksgiving had come and gone; not to be forgotten. Our neighbors and my parents had leased land to local farmers behind the houses for corn, and hogs. By Thanksgiving the corn was picked and its remains in shocks. During breakfast we heard rifle shots behind the house, which we learned quickly, meant that the hog farmers were “harvesting” selected hogs with 22’ rifles. By the time we finished breakfast the farmers had made the slaughterhouse (formerly the corn field) ready with very large black boiling caldrons, with tri-pods of 4” x 4s” above. The slaughtered hogs were tied to the tri-pods and lowered into the boiling caldrons to boil off the animal’s hair and make ready for butchering. Several other similar tri-pods served to hold the hogs ready for butchering and the work began in earnest. By noon a couple dozen hogs were slaughtered and butchered. As the parts were being distributed to the farmers Danny’s Dad took up a hog’s bladder, boiled it clean, blew air into it, and tied it off and threw it to Danny. The chase was on with four or five of the local boys playing keep away from the Jewish kid, who, at that time, had never even eaten pork. Thanksgiving dinner, late in the afternoon, was a family affair around a large wooden farmer table in the country sized kitchen. We were all helping when I moved a tray which was leaning against a counter and kitchen wall. Mother screamed drawing our attention to a half dozen live baby field mice which had been behind the tray, eyes still closed, and no mother around. Not knowing what else to do dad scooped
up the baby mice and disposed them before I knew where. After dinner Thanksgiving night ended in the living room playing with brother Bill, almost one year old, and floor wrestling with dad. Ten days before Christmas a huge snow storm hit Valley Bend and surrounding tiny towns strung down the Tygart Valley from Elkins twenty miles away. Our heat and stove were supplied by a gas pipeline which died during the night. The factories dad ran were a few miles away, and the company owed the stores along the highway which contained the volunteer fire department. By evening the old wood burning Franklin stove from the fire department had been relocated in our living room with an exhaust pipe extended and house was livable. I was tucked into my bed upstairs and the house fell asleep in turns. Between the first and second floor there was a foot square hole covered by a grid to allow the air to circulate. Mom and dad often found me asleep in the hall next to the opening trying to spy on the grownups parties. Watching the old stove glow in the dark from above seemed like a good idea. As I watched two field mice appeared. The mice seemed to travel together to points of interest around the room and stopped on an area rug a few feet from the stove. The mice then began playing with one another, wrestling and even dancing while I watched. I could not have attached the names Mickey and Minnie to them as Walt Disney had drawn the first Mickey about a month before. Between that night and Christmas I tried to watch through the grate as much as I could but did not see the mice again. By the time I saw them, on Christmas Eve, the Franklin stove had been returned and the gas line was replaced by two large containers of bottled gas on our porch. The mice were on the kitchen table, and again appeared to be dancing. Their dance circled what must have been the world’s smallest Christmas tree featuring a 2” spool of mom’s red thread sitting on its end with a small branch of pine standing straight up through the top of the spool, and a small star at its top.
Michael H. Gora has been certified by the Board of Education and Specialization of The Florida Bar as a specialist in family and matrimonial law and is a partner with Shapiro Blasi Wasserman & Gora P.A. in Boca Raton. Mr. Gora can be reached at mhgora@sbwlawfirm.com.
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Does Your Plan Need A Makeover? It’s always a good idea to regularly review your investments and make decisions about your financial strategies to help your portfolio stay on track. A typical annual review compares your portfolio’s annual performance against broad benchmarks such as the S&P 500 Index. But Wells Fargo Advisors clients can perform a more valuable analysis by incorporating that traditional review into the Envision® planning process. Instead of comparing results against benchmarks, an Envision year-end review analyzes your portfolio’s performance in the context of your own goals and priorities. To help put your financial priorities in perspective, ask yourself the following three questions: 1. Have my priorities changed with my life? Your investing strategy is built around longterm goals. But priorities can change with major life events. If you’ve experienced a major life change in the last year or so, consider its impact on your financial priorities. Saving for a new goal could mean compromising in other areas, such as retirement planning.
Because the Envision process is built on prioritizing numerous financial goals, you’ll be in a good position to make adjustments and accommodate new, more pressing priorities. 2. Am I still on the same page with my money goals? Once you’ve reviewed your goals and priorities, examine whether your portfolio’s returns are keeping you on track to meet them. The Envision process makes it easy to gauge your progress from year to year. Instead of using a single scenario, your Financial Advisor helps you develop a range of scenarios for your investments -- from “ideal” (living life to the fullest) to “acceptable” (compromising on some goals so you can achieve your top priorities). 3. Does my plan need a new look too? Changes to your investing strategy will depend, in part, on the answers to the previous two questions. But even if your priorities haven’t changed and you’re making good progress toward your goals, it’s still important to review your asset allocation and investment strategy.
This article was written by Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Christina A. Karas Vice President-Investment Officer in Boca Raton, FL at 561-394-7561. Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANK-GUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE. Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Member SIPC, is a registered broker-dealer and a separate non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company.
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Lynn University’s men’s soccer history books are littered with national and regional accolades since bursting onto the scene in 1986. But on Tuesday afternoon, John Rootes became the first Fighting Knights men’s soccer coach to be named the National Soccer Coaches Association Division II National Coach of the Year. Previous head coaches Roy Wiggemansen and Shaun Pendleton were honored as NAIA National Coach of the Year in 1987 and 1991. Lynn has claimed 16 national coach of the year accolades from 11 separate coaches. Rootes becomes the sixth to claim the top coaching honors in the NCAA. He also won in 1988 as head coach of Southern New Hampshire. “It is very nice to be recognized by the NSCA for the work we have done here at Lynn this season,” said the seventh-year head coach. I’m also tremendously honored to be listed among some of the great head coaches at Lynn as a national coach of the year.”
The Fighting Knights were outstanding this season, going 19-1-1 overall and 7-0-1 in Sunshine State Conference play. The 2014 team joined Lynn’s 2003 squad as the only men’s soccer programs in conference history to win the regular season, tournament and NCAA Division II National title in the same year. Rootes’ team also pulled the double championship by recording the highest team
grade point average in the nation for Division II, making this the third consecutive year topping all of D2 and 14th overall the team has received the team academic award. Individually, several players flourished under the tutelage of Rootes. Central defender Jason Sangha became just the second player in the program’s illustrious history to be honored as a four-time All-American, while forward Chris Hellmann led the nation in
goals (28), goals per game (1.33), points (69), points per game (3.29) and game-winning goals (11) to garner unanimous First Team All-America recognition. The trio also led Lynn to other historical heights in SSC lore with Hellmann gaining Player and Offensive Player of the Year, Sangha Defensive Player of the Year and Rootes Coach of the Year accolades to make Lynn the first school in conference history to sweep those major awards. In seven seasons at the helm of the Blue & White, Rootes has posted a 105-27-8 (.779) overall record with five NCAA Tournament bids, three NCAA National Championship appearances and two NCAA Division II National Championships. He has also claimed seven SSC titles; five regular season and two tournament. Lynn returns 19 letterwinners, including Hellmann, All-SSC and All-South Region selection Nicolas Mortensen and Lukas Zlatarits.
Baker’s Season-High 13 Points Leads Lynn As Fighting Knights Fall to Shaw
Lynn University fell to 3-3 overall with a 8163 loss in the de Hoernle Sports & Cultural Center to Shaw on Tuesday afternoon. Shatorria Baker had a season-high 13 points in the loss with three rebounds and four steals. Lynn returns to action on Saturday, December 20 for their home tournament
where they will host Johnson C. Smith. Shaw ran off to an early lead, one in which they would hold a 12-point advantage with 12:25 to play in the first half when Tabitha Anderson drained a three-pointer to give the Bears a 23-11 lead. The Fighting Knights battled hard but trailed by 17 with 5:40 to go. Lynn closed out the half on an 11-7 run to trail 39-26 at the break. The Blue & White shot 28.1 percent from the field but connected on 5-of-10 shots from behind the arc. The Bears were lethal from the floor, shooting 51.7 percent, scoring 16 points in the paint. Verdine Warner scored 15 points and six rebounds. Lynn fell behind by 15 points in the opening minutes of the second frame but a layup followed by a trey fromZachara Bailey
put the Blue & White within 10, 49-39, with 13:19 to go. A 6-0 run by the Bears over the next three minutes saw Lynn down by 16 with 11:30 left in regulation. Baker’s third trey of the game at 10:21 put the Fighting Knights within 10 but SU was able to hold off a late Lynn run for a 18-point victory. Lynn scored 14 points off second chances in the second half and pulled down 10 offensive rebounds to Shaw’s five. Nine of Sharneka McCatty’s 11 points came in the final 20 minutes of play while Charla Nelson-James added eight. Lynn improved its shooting to 38.1 percent from the field while Shaw once again shot 51.7 percent and connected on 15-of-29 shots from the field. Warner recorded the only double-double of
the contest with 27 points and 12 rebounds while blocking four shots. Three of her teammates joined her in double figures as well. Baker and McCatty both scored double figures for Lynn while Tracy had nine points, five steals and three blocks. Overall Lynn shot 33.8 percent from the field and 32 percent from three-point range. The Fighting Knights scored 17 points off the bench and had 12 steals, capitalizing on 25 Bears turnovers. Lynn will host Johnson C. Smith at 2 pm on Saturday, December 20, in the second game of the women’s basketball home tournament. Fellow Sunshine State Conference school Saint Leo will host Benedict in the opening game of the tournament on Saturday at 12 noon.
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FAU Basketball Defeats Stetson 79-69
The Florida Atlantic University men’s basketball team had to withstand a furious second half rally to hold off Stetson 79-69. FAU (5-3) leapt out to a 21-4 lead, helped out by three made three-pointers. “It definitely got us off to a good start,” said FAU head men’s basketball coach Michael Curry. After a modest 5-0 run by Stetson (3-8), the Owls pushed the lead out to a 32-11 advantage. FAU still led by 20, 45-25, at the half. A Marquan Botley triple put the Owls ahead 48-26 early in the second half. From that point, the Hatters went on a 20-4 run, trimming the lead to six with just under 13 minutes left. FAU counterpunched its way back out to a to a 60-46 margin less than four minutes later. Stetson wouldn’t go away and scored 14
of the next 19 points to cut the Owls’ lead to 65-60 with just under three and a half minutes to go. FAU sealed the win with a 5-0 run, followed by making seven of its eight free throws. Solomon Poole, who was cleared shortly before tipoff, scored 23 points in his first game as an Owl. “(Solomon) adds another dimension to our team,” said Curry. Justin Raffington notched his 11th career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds. The four game winning streak is FAU’s longest since the 2010-11 season. FAU will travel to St. Francis (NY) for a game on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m. Live audio of the game can be heard on fausports.com.
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