The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
Number 466 • Year XI COMMUNITY see page 3
June 19 - June 25, 2020
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL COMMUNITY see page 4
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FAU’s Marine Science Lab Receives $1.125M
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SPORTS
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Major Updates and Improvements To The City of Boca Raton’s Sign Code
FAU Men’s Golf ’s Maguire Earns All-C-USA, All-Freshman Nods
Palm Beach County Requests to Start Phase 2 Despite Increasing COVID-19 Cases
JARC Allows Clients to Return To The Adult Day Training Program
US Secretary of Energy Discusses Hurricane Preparedness
PBC Congressional Delegation Urges County to Require Masks in Essential Indoor Establishments
By: Megan Mandatta Dave Kerner, Mayor of Palm Beach County, submitted a request to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that the county transition into Phase Two of reopening despite the number of positive cases rapidly increasing. Moving into Phase Two of reopening would entail restaurants increasing their indoor capacity with unlimited outdoor seating. Bars would also be allowed to reopen while adhering to the same restaurant guidelines. Movie theaters, concert venues, arcades, and other entertainment businesses will reopen
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On Monday, the JARC Florida, a non-sectarian and non-profit organization known for providing services to empower adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, began the reopening process for the Adult Day Training (ADT) Program. Through the JARC FL clients are prepared for their Community Works Program and gain assistance with securing employment. JARC offers apartment living for those who do not Story on Page 9 require 24-hour supervision By: Destiny Harris as well as vocational training in the Mel & Elaine Stein Every year Juneteenth, which is also known as “Black Independence Day,” is observed an- Living and Learning Center. nually across the country to commemorate the end of slavery in America and is especially JARC’s group home important for African Americans. residents for clients who Despite the fact that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation live in JARC’s residential was issued more than two years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863, a lack of Union soldiers in the rebel group homes or apartments state of Texas made the order difficult to enforce.
Juneteenth 2020 Celebrations Held In Boca Raton and Boyton Beach
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