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Municipal News ‘Good Samaritan’ law advances in Florida Legislature See page 5

Municipal News Document shredding event in Boca to help fight identity theft

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Community News Boca philanthropist donates ambulance to Magen David Adom

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Community News Trump still mum on making his presidential candidacy official

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Section B Thirty-two in running for Men with Caring Hearts awards

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Happy Easter and Happy Passover

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of the Week “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.” Prov. 10:9

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Boca Raton Police Boca Raton police safety tip

By Paul Paquet

Some people have poetic last words that inspire us all. And then there is Gen. John Sedgwick. At the Battle of Spotsylvania, he urged his men to be brave in the face of enemy fire.

“They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance!”

Sadly, it turns out they could. He was shot in the face and died instantly.

A: The next academy is scheduled to run Thursday, May 12 to July 21. Classes will be held each Thursday evening from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and will be located at our police training facility (6500 Congress Avenue) or the police department (100 NW 2nd Avenue), depending upon the topic.

Topics range from live demonstrations to case investigation strategies. Each student will also be allowed one four hour ride along session with a road patrol officer. Log onto www.boca-police.com for an application or contact Mary Ann O’Brien at 338-1346 for additional information.

What was the only movie Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made together?

A) “Bedtime for Bonzo” B) “Kings Row” C) “Knute Rockne, All American” D) “Hellcats of the Navy”

BURGLARY TO BUSINESS 04/14/2011 3013 W YAMATO ROAD At approximately 0334hrs, lawn maintenance advised that they discovered the front window door to 3013 W Yamato Road (Subway) was shattered. No suspect information, nothing appears to have been taken.

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Boca Raton’s oldest Black Safety tip from pioneer dies at 91

Q: When is the next Citizen’s Police Academy scheduled and what do you learn?

Previous answer: I would have gotten away with it, if it weren’t for you meddling kids and your Mystery Machine.

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SHOPLIFTING/ RETAIL THEFT 04/14/2011 6000 W GLADES ROAD On April 14 at 1849hrs, an unknown male entered the Best Buy Mobile store in the Town Center at Boca Raton man and took an Apple I-phone valued at $700.

The male left in an unknown direction. Video surveillance captured.

MOTORCYCLE THEFT 04/14/2011 SOUTH OCEAN BOULEVARD Sometime between 1915 and 1945 hours unknown suspect(s) stole a black and yellow Yamaha R6 motorcycle bearing a Pennsylvania tag.

FRAUD 04/14/2011 POTOMAC ROAD The victim reported that she was hired as a nanny and received a check from the new employer for payment of first month’s wages, supplies for the house and first months rent to the landlord. Check was discovered to be bad.

BOCA RATON - Deaconess Irene Demery Carswell passed away April 9, 2011 at the age of 91. “She was our oldest Black pioneer.

She was a great lady and we will mourn her terribly,” said Susan Gillis, archivist for the Boca Raton Historical Society.

She leaves her devoted husband, Deacon Archie L. Carswell; two sisters-inlaw, Dorothee Overstreet of Deerfield Beach and Mattie Faison of Clearwa-

ter; and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, beloved godchildren and special friends.

A service was held April 16, 2011 at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, Boca Raton. The Rev. Winston Anderson officiated. A public viewing was held the same day.

Services were provided by Shuler’s Memorial Chapel in Delray Beach.

EVENTS Saturday, April 23 - 17th Annual SPRING FLING FAMILY FUN DAY Games, arts & crafts, food, walkabout entertainment, picturetaking, rides, contests, sweet treats, facepainting, community service groups; world’s largest Easter Rabbit, unique egg hunt. Family Concert by The Puppetone Rockers Noon - 3:00pm - Children’s Museum and Memorial Park, located on Crawford Boulevard Cost: Free Contact(561) 393-7827

Events at Sugar Sand Park

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION Date: Saturday, April 23 - Time: 10:30-2:30pm Cost: Varies Join us for a free recycled art project, science stories, and exciting Explorium demonstrations. Tickets are available for purchase to The Adventures of Eco-Man, presented by Atlantic Coast Theater. Visit www.SugarSandPark, or call 561-347-3900 for information.

WILLOW THEATRE AT SUGAR SAND PARK Box Office Hours: T-F, 10a-1p and 5p-8p; Sat. 1-5p; and 1 hour prior to all shows. - Box Office (561) 347-3948 THE ADVENTURES OF ECO-MAN Presented by Atlantic Coast Theater A mild-mannered reporter transforms into the superhero…

ECO MAN!!! A great blend of SCIENCE & THEATRE! Date: Sat., Apr. 23 - Time: 11:30am & 1:30pm Cost: $7 adults $5 children 12 & under.

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Boca Police bust alleged drug operation; Loggers Run students sweep essay portion in OEO Fair Housing student competition find possible narcotics lab BOCA RATON - Local police arrested two men and found an allegedly hidden drug lab during a recent narcotics bust at an apartment on NW 4th Avenue, police said.

The two suspects, Coady Bartley, 34, and Christopher Ryan Helfrich, 20, both of Boca Raton, were arrested after police determined they were allegedly selling several different drugs from their apartment.

The arrests came after a controlled purchase of narcotics was attempted at the apartment. Police said a fight broke out between the attempted buyer and Bartley.

Public Information Manager Mark Economou said that when officers entered the apartment, they found Bartley on top of the buyer, choking him. Officers said the victim was barely conscious.

Economou said officers noticed a large quantity of al-

leged drugs including marijuana, Ecstacy, Xanax and LSD in plain view. Due to the amount of narcotics, officers obtained a search warrant and then searched the rest of the apartment.

He said officers located equipment and chemicals consistent with a clandestine drug lab. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) responded to assist in the investigation and will test the chemicals to determine what substances were being created.

Economou said Bartley was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of a college (Florida Atlantic University). He was also charged with possession of LSD, MDMA and drug paraphernalia.

In addition, Bartley was charged with attempted second degree murder for choking the buyer to near unconsciousness.

His roommate, Christopher Ryan Helfrich, was

also charged with trafficking of MDMA and LSD, possession of Alprazolam and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Three other people were issued notices to appear in court on drug charges.

BOCA RATON - In celebration of April being Fair Housing Month, the Palm Beach County Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) and the Realtors® Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB) recently held their annual poster and essay contest. This year’s theme recognized the 43rd anniversary of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and was titled “Fair Housing Opens Hearts and Opens Neighborhoods.”

Students from Loggers’ Run Middle School in West Boca swept the middle school essay competition. Winners were: Kelsi Day, first place; Hannah Doyal, second and Noelle Hoffman, third.

Elementary school poster winners were: Clayton Moore from Jupiter Christian, first; Charlene Marlowe from Cypress Trails Elementary, second and Marvin Williams from Northboro Elementary, third.

The goal of the contest was to raise public awareness of enactment of the federal Fair Housing Law, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, familial status, disability, national origin, and gender, and to encourage fair housing opportunities for all citizens.

In addition, Palm Beach County’s Fair Housing Ordinance prohibits discrimination based upon sexual orientation, age, marital status and gender identity or expression.

The winners received cash prizes at a reception April 14 hosted by the Realtors® Association of the Palm Beaches.

Coady Bartley

Private pact for Head Start meals program takes smaller bite from taxpayers

Christopher Ryan Helfrich

BOCA RATON - County Commissioner Steven Abrams announced that the commission has hired a private firm to provide meals to children attending Head Start/Early Head Start programs countywide, saving taxpayers more than a half-million dollars in the first year alone.

The Boca Raton commissioner said the county has hired Classic Caterers to provide the children with meal service. In the past, county employees were performing this task.

In a competitive bid process, the caterer was chosen based on numerous requirements, including a guarantee in their quality of food and a commitment to on-time deliveries.

“I have recommended privatization since taking office in 2009,” said Abrams. “I hope that we can see more of this since it is an excellent example of improved services at a lower cost.”

A number of jobs in the Community Services Department will be eliminated, he said, but the contractor has agreed to consider hiring them for their own operations.

Also, four food delivery trucks owned and operated by the county will be eliminated

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‘Good Samaritan’ law Document shredding event in Boca to advances in Florida help fight identity theft BOCA RAof destruction Legislature TON - The after all their

By State Sen. Maria Sachs, District 30 TALLAHASSEE - We are currently facing a crisis of drug-related overdose deaths. The number of drug overdose deaths has been steadily increasing in Florida for years.

In 2009, nearly 3,000 people died from a drug overdose, an increase of 38 percent since 2006. In almost 80 percent of these cases, common prescription drugs were found in the victim’s system.

In Palm Beach County alone, in 2007, we lost over 300 people to accidental drug overdoses. That’s nearly three times as many people than were victims of homicide.

Consider the number of people traveling in cars every day for an entire year, then consider the number of lives lost due to motor vehicle accidents was 228, which is 35 percent less than lives lost to drugoverdose.

The tragedy of these deaths is made even more

poignant when you consider how many could be easily prevented. In a majority of drug-related overdoses, the person is not alone. Yet, witnesses often do not seek out medical attention out of fear of being charged with a crime.

In November, the Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s office came to me with these startling and heartrending statistics, seeking a solution. With their help, I developed and sponsored the Good Samaritan Bill. This bill prevents needless loss of life and allows our law enforcement officers to focus on serious criminal activity.

The 911 Good Samaritan bill seeks to protect a person acting in good faith from prosecution (in certain circumstances) when seeking medical assistance for an individual experiencing a drug-related overdose.

Similar Good Samaritan laws have passed in Washington (2010) and New Mexico (2007). These statutes do not protect witnesses or victims from prosecution on other offenses, nor do they increase illicit drug use. The intent of such legislation is to save lives by encouraging

people to seek help during a medical emergency.

Good Samaritan policies have also been put into place at over 90 universities across the United States, including several in Florida such as Lynn University and University of Tampa. Associate Dean of Student Life at Lynn University and Palm Beach County Detective Gary Martin has spoken out repeatedly on the incredible effectiveness of such legislation in saving lives.

“These deaths don’t happen in seclusion” said Martin. That’s one of the reasons we think lives could be saved with this legislation.”

As your state senator, I am dedicated to working with our law enforcement to develop smart, effective policies that keep our citizens safe and prevent needless loss of life.

Editor’s Note: As of April 11, 2011, Senator Sachs’ Good Samaritan Bill (SB 1146) successfully passed its first two committees with unanimous support.

After being reviewed by the budget committee, the bill will be up for final vote in the Senate Chambers. If passed, the legislation will go into effect on October 1, 2011.

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Boca Raton Police Services Department is partnering with Microshred Corporation to host a free document shredding event to help prevent identity theft.

It will be held Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Town Center at Boca Raton mall, 6000 West Glades Road, in the northwest corner near Sears.

“As identity theft continues to be a growing problem nationwide, it is more

important than ever for individuals to properly destroy documents that contain personal information by methods such as shredding,” said Officer Craig Kolnick of the Crime Prevention Unit.

Microshred will have document shredding trucks on site and each participant will be given a certificate

documents have been shredded.

The event is open to all residents of Boca Raton, with a maximum of five banker-sized boxes per household allowed to be shredded.

Officers from the Boca Raton Police Services Department’s Crime Prevention Unit and Microshred will be on site to provide advice and tips to prevent identity theft. For additional information, contact Officer Kolnick at 561-3473934 or visit www.BocaPolice.com.

Boca police say elderly man scammed by fake medical worker

BOCA RATON - Boca Raton Police investigators are probing a scam of an elderly victim by an allegedly phony medical worker, and are asking the public for help locating the suspect.

Around 9 a.m. on April 2, an 85-year-old man answered a knock on his door and was greeted by a woman, later identified as

Junette Jean, 22, of Riviera Beach, who told him she was sent from his doctor’s office to clean his house.

The man asked if there was a charge and Jean told him there wasn’t.

The victim said she spent time in his home asking about doing chores. She then left, but never returned. At this point, the victim realized his wallet containing personal identification, cash and a credit card was missing The man called his daughter and asked if she had sent someone to clean his apartment. She had not, and went right to her father’s apartment and called the police.

Upon contacting the credit

card company, the man’s daughter was told the card had already been used in Boynton Beach, twice at a Race Trac gas station and once at the Burlington Coat Factory.

Security video from the Burlington Coat Factory allegedly shows the suspect wearing hospital scrubs and making purchases.

Management at the store also said Jean came back later in the day with another stolen credit card from someone in West Palm Beach.

Anyone with any information about her whereabouts is asked to contact Detective Mark Horowitz at 561-338-1392.

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It takes a lot of red tape to visit the blue seas My wife and I have been on a number of cruises to the Caribbean. In fact, we just returned home after visiting several of the islands.

For all those cruises, I used a copy of my birth certificate as proof of citizenship. Actually, it was a small, white card given to me by the city clerk in my home town, a card that supposedly contained all the necessary information.

But this year, I caved in to all the furor caused by increased security screenings and I got a passport.

I changed my mind when I learned that if you become ill or are injured and have to come back to the United States from a Caribbean island, even the Coast Guard won’t pick you up without a passport.

Little did I know when I entered the passport conduit what a nightmare it would be.

First, it appears the only post office that provides passports to the southcentral Palm Beach County area is the one on Summit Boulevard.

So I drove there only to encounter a virtually immeasurably long line and one – count ‘em, ONE – clerk handing passport applications.

When I reached the clerk, I gave her the little white card, the passport application and lots of money.

When I asked for expedited service, she took more money. Then she promised I would have the passport in “7 to 10 days.”

Wrong! Fourteen days later, I received a letter from the U.S. Passport Center saying the little white card was missing an apparently critical piece of information – the date my birth was filed!

Huh? Is that really necessary? Is that the data that separates terrorists from us good-ole fashioned Americans? And why didn’t the woman at the post office tell me the card was incomplete? (Overworked? I seriously doubt it.)

So, with the cruise getting closer and closer, I had to go back to square one. (Of

course, the government did not return my money for the expedited processing).

I called the city clerk in my home town and a very nice lady helped me out. I had a copy of my full birth certificate in four days. I fired it off to the Passport Center via Guaranteed Overnight Mail – another $18. (I asked if they could take that money out of my expedited processing fee, but the postal clerk said, “I have to go on my break.”)

One postal worker did suggest that I call the city clerk and ASK her when my birth was filed. Good idea, I thought. He said I could then call the Passport Center and all the red tape would be cleared.

No such luck. I found out from the city clerk that my birth was filed three days after I was born. So, I anxiously called the Passport Center and gleefully exclaimed, “I was born on Sept. 26 and my birth was filed Sept. 29!

“We can’t take that information from you,” the

passport guy said.

“Why not? I just got it from the city clerk. YOU could call and get it from the city clerk.”

He was remarkably obtuse and indifferent, saying all that important information had to come through official channels.

Now the clock was running. Tick, tick, tick….

Would the passport arrive in time?

A few days before the trip, an official-looking envelope arrived. Inside was a blue book. My passport.

The first I’d ever received in 62 years.

I have spent considerable time moaning and cursing about having to go through this stressful process. My wife says I should have applied sooner and I wouldn’t have been so tense.

I know what I’m going to do. I’m going to get in touch with Donald Trump.

He’s spending a lot of time and money to get President Obama’s birth certificate. I’m going to ask him to figure out why it was so difficult to get mine.

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POSITIVE LIVING

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By Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr.

Finishing Well!

By Douglas Heizer

Christian, Jewish holidays make us think of freedom and salvation It may be a coincidence that the Jewish observance of Passover and the Christian holy week ending with Easter overlap this year.

While the incidents that led to both are not all that similar, the messages they deliver are much the same.

Passover tells us about the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt in hopes of finding freedom and a new lifestyle, one without slavery.

Christians believe that Jesus Christ was crucified on Good Friday, then rose from the dead on Easter Sunday to free us from our sins and to lead us to eternal life with Him in Heaven.

Both are important holidays, and they should be observed with reverence.

We should make an extra effort to attend special services and to honor these historical events with proper food and drink.

Traditionally, Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar and is celebrated for seven or eight days.

In the narrative of the Exodus, the Bible tells that God helped the Children of Israel escape slavery in Egypt by inflicting 10 plagues upon the Egyptians before Pharaoh would release his Israelite slaves.

The tenth and worst of the plagues was the slaughter of first-born children.

The Israelites were instructed to mark the doorposts of their homes with the blood of a spring lamb and, upon seeing this, the spirit of the Lord passed over these homes without harming anyone.

When Pharaoh freed the Israelites, it is said that they left in such a hurry that they could not wait for bread dough to rise (leaven). In commemoration, for the duration of Passover no leavened bread is eaten, for which reason it is called “The Festival of the Unleavened Bread.” Matzo (flat unleavened bread) is a symbol of the holiday.

This week, Christians have attended services recalling the last hours of Christ on Earth. He was captured

by Roman soldiers after he was betrayed by Judas, scorned as a false Messiah, scourged, crowned with thorns, bullied and beaten and forced to carry his own cross to a hill where he was crucified.

Scripture said his captors and other citizens quickly realized their error. Once Christ breathed his last, it’s said, the earth quaked, the sky darkened and the temple sheath was torn in two.

Good Friday is perhaps

the saddest day of the Christian calendar. But hope came three days later when the rock in front of Christ’s tomb was found to be moved, and his body was gone. Scripture said his apostles saw him several times after the resurrection, and Christ also made at least six appearances during the 40 days from resurrection until his ascension into heaven.

History gives us the framework for celebration, but we must feel the lessons of these holidays in our hearts. Jews and Christians can learn from their own history and from each other’s. Jesus is often referred to as the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world. Jews used lamb’s blood to fend off God’s wrath against Pharaoh.

The exodus freed Israel from its oppressor, and Christ’s resurrection freed His followers from the rigors of sin and the pain of death.

No matter which track we follow, or which historical version we believe, we are better off for what occurred so many, many years ago. There is a lesson in both, a strong lesson that renews our lives as we continue through this year.

When you come to the end of your earthly journey, what monuments shall you leave behind to impact others? How many altars shall you have erected to celebrate blessings and goodness in your lifetime? Will you have fruit to show or only leaves to display?

These questions are raised because all human creatures are placed on earth for a variety of reasons, with each individual wired uniquely to fulfil divine purpose. Three basic actions are expected of everyone: to make decisions, to make progress, and to make a difference. For each of these, anyone may tap into God’s unlimited resources!

Obviously, this is not what appears in the report card at the conclusion of a person’s earthly pilgrimage. Many people may go through life in its entirety without being able to make any meaningful decision, and several attempt it, often do it wrongly. Quite a few are incapable of making progress in any di-

rection, about anything.

And making a difference is something which not many even consider, and fewer yet make it real.

All humans are called upon to travel in the path where each has been placed in the world. But since humans are social creatures, their paths always intersect with those of others, so that experiences may be shared, examples may be emulated, and mutual encouragement exchanged.

You are undergirded in any activity for which proper planning occurs on every step of the way.

Any period of glory is not guaranteed to be maintained indefinitely; past achievements are not necessarily today’s reality, much less tomorrow’s performance.

One needs to make provisions for the continuing success of an enterprise, since one may be taken away from its production and command at any time.

Many stop at peak performance and, then, reach a plateau from which a de-

cline can easily emerge.

In my lifetime I have repeatedly observed how many individuals quickly descended from hero to zero; they lacked staying power, many were devoid of a moral compass, with several also destitute of common sense, people skills, and the additional resources which can ensure victory at the finish line.

Throughout life, gains do not necessarily define you, just as losses should not diminish anyone.

The essential factor is to know who you are, with all the assets and limitations which every individual displays; to follow signposts to better things still ahead if you proceed amidst all challenges!

Prefer consistency than just an occasional success which may be only for the moment. Follow this advice I once read: “Do the very best you can with what you have, where you are now!” God will do the rest and ensure triumph at last!

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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Boca philanthropist donates ambulance to Magen David Adom

BOCA RATON - About 80 guests gathered Sunday, April 3, at the dedication ceremony for an ambulance donated to American Friends of Magen David Adom by Judy Levis Markhoff in memory of her parents, Adolph and Rose Levis. Magen David Adom is the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross.

The ceremony took place at the Mel and Elaine Stein Center at the Jewish Association for Residential Care (JARC), one of the organizations she supports. The ambulance was parked next to the apartment complex that bears her parents’ name and was dedicated by her late father.

Rabbi Daniel Levin, senior rabbi from Temple Beth El in Boca Raton, gave Pikuach Nefesh prayer and spoke about the importance of this gift to the state and people of Israel.

Levis Markhoff received the Maimonides Award from Rabbi Larry Schuval.

Cantor Elaine Shapiro led the group in the national anthem and Hatikvah. She was accompanied by Barry Clayman House resident Virginia Greene, a piano virtuoso.

A reception followed in the Kay Auditorium with hors d’oeuvres and sweets pre-

‘Fitness in the Hood’ program to benefit Dixie Manor kids

By Skip Sheffield

Shown from left are Sy Oko, JARC board member and Barbara Oko, JARC immediate past president and board member.

pared by the clients of the JARC gourmet café.

The ambulance will be shipped to the Beer Sheva region of Israel, an area hard hit by terrorist attacks.

“He who saves a life saves the entire world, and this ambulance will save countless lives of our brethren in Israel,” stated Levis Markhoff.

“Judy continues her family legacy of giving from the heart. She is truly a woman of valor,” said JARC Executive Director Dr. Debra C. Hallow.

JARC is a nonsectarian organization which provides group homes, apartments and vocational training for adults with development disabilities.

BOCA RATON - It is no secret there is an epidemic of obesity among the youth of America. Just go to any school campus, fast food joint or shopping mall, and you’ll see the evidence. Simon Carter has made fitness and nutrition a personal mission.

A PhD candidate in education (minor fitness science), Carter is a new team member of PROPEL (People Reaching Out to Provide Education & Leadership), a Boca Raton nonprofit dedicated to the betterment of disadvantaged and at-risk youth.

Carter is also a professional group fitness instructor at Lifetime Athletic Club in Boca Raton. He is launching a new “Fitness in the Hood” program at Dixie Manor in the Pearl City section of Boca Raton. The target startup date is Saturday, April 23. Class will run from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and admission is free.

“When you eat well and are physically fit, your mind is sharper,” says Carter, a former boxing champ and all-around athlete. “If you blew smoke and spilled alcohol on a computer it might still work, but not as well. The mind is a lot like that.”

Young people learn by example, and when presented with a persuasive, positive role model, they are more likely to pay attention and take the message to heart.

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Carter says he got the message at the young age of 17, when his mother sent him from his home in the projects of Connecticut to live with an uncle in San Antonio, Texas.

“I was ignorant,” he admits. “But my mother saw the drugs and other bad things coming in our neighborhood. The turning point was when I met a couple of what I thought were young men at a life skills workshop. I was amazed to learn they were 55 and 60-yearsold. I decided then and there, that whatever they were doing, I wanted to do it too.”

That meant a healthy vegetarian diet as well as physical exercise, running and sports training. Carter is his own best advertisement.

“If we can influence today’s youth to eat right and exercise smart, we will have accomplished our goal - a better life for them,” states Carter. “I know it’s been a better life for me. When I returned to Connecticut, most of the crowd I hung out with were in jail or on drugs. My mother was right.”

For more information about the program, call Simon Carter or Tolliver Miller at 561955-8553, Simon Carter at 561-306-8452 or visit www.propelyourfuture.com

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Trump still mum on making his presidential candidacy official

By Dale M. King BOCA RATON - Billionaire real estate mogul and TV star Donald Trump came to Boca this past Saturday, walking, talking and pontificating like a presidential candidate.

But he still hasn’t made it official - not in Boca, or during the several days since he delivered an often Obama-slashing speech from a podium at Sanborn Square.

Organizers of the rally said Trump was on hand as keynote speaker for a South Florida Tea Party Tax Day rally. But he spent much more time on his own agenda, and slamming the incumbent president.

“To address this group of hard-working people is a real honor,” Trump said from the podium where a stiff breeze ruffled his famed hairstyle. “At least this proves it’s my hair,” he quipped.

But his quipping often gave way to strong indictments.

He said the United States has become “a laughing stock” and “a whipping post” for other nations.

“The world is laughing at us and taking advantage of us and that’s a disgrace.”

He said world leaders have told him that “they can’t believe what they are getting away with.”

“We need people who win,

Donald Trump speaks April 16 at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton.

At right is an interpreter for the deaf

not people who lose all the time,” the part time Palm Beacher told a crowd estimated between 2,500 and 3,000. “I have fairly earned billions of dollars. I built a great, great company.”

But he said successful people don’t want to be president because they would be “scrutinized and abused.”

When he mentioned President Obama, the crowd shouted out boo’s. Trump paused, then said, “You all want me to say, ‘You’re fired,”” his signature line from his “Apprentice” TV show.

“We’ve got a long way to go before we start using that. It’s too early, and to be honest, it’s too trivial,” he said. “But I have it in the back of my mind.”

Using strong words, Trump laid into the president. “He came out of nowhere with no track record. He didn’t do anything.” The might-be can-

didate said Obama “may go down in the history books as the worst president ever.”

Citing his possible presidential platform, Trump said he is pro-life, is against gun control and “will fight to get rid of Obamacare. It is a total disaster.” While he said he is a strong backer of the military, he wants to stop wasting lives and money in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He said he doesn’t want diplomats in his administration, he wants people “who can be tough. If I run and win, other countries will be dealt with differently.”

Trump also pledged that if he were to become president, he would not raise taxes, he’d create new jobs and woo back those that have been outsourced overseas.

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Mercedes sponsors run to benefit Best Food Forward and Home Safe

BOCA RATON - The Mercedes-Benz Second Annual Rock the Run at Lifetime Athletic Club is scheduled for Saturday, April 30 at 8 a.m.

The musical race, presented by Promise Healthcare, is expected to attract 1,000 fitness enthusiasts and their families for a 5K and a Kid’s Rock 1K, followed by a family pool party with entertainment by MThree music, a kids’ rock training program and fun zone and breakfast catered by the Delray Beach Marriott.

Proceeds, with a runner’s participation fee of $30, benefit two local charities, Best Foot Forward and

Home Safe, as well as the Lifetime Fitness Foundation.

The race course begins at the entrance of Arvida Park of Commerce on Yamato Road and heads up a shaded road in the form of a T. Racers will be serenaded by six local musicians who will “rock the runners” every 1/5 mile mark.

The race will end at Lifetime Athletic Club where the music and fun will continue at the poolside party.

The event will also include a kid’s fun zone with an exotic animal show, grand piano with live entertainment, and many other at-

tractions.

“We are encouraging fitness for the whole family and are teaching kids to develop a lifetime love for running through the Kids’ Rock Training Program,” said Steve Tebon, event organizer. “The program is specifically designed to help train kids to run or walk the 1K and offers general fitness tips for kids.”

Latty Hawkes, event organizer and Lifetime personal trainer, added: “We selected Best Foot Forward and Home Safe because they help support this mission.”

The registration fee is $30, $20 for students and $10 for kids under age 12. To register for the run, visit www.facebook.com/rocktherun or call 561-5420883.

Singer, songwriter, Boca resident Lambert to perform at FAU April 22 BOCA RATON - Dennis Lambert , a singer, songwriter and Boca Raton resident who penned some of the top rock and Motown hits, is kicking off a national tour with a hometown proDennis Lambert at the keyboard. gram.

The concert will be at “One Tin Soldier (the Florida Atlantic Univer- theme from Billy Jack)”, sity’s Kaye Auditorium “Nightshift”, “Baby Come Friday, April 22 at 8 p.m. Back” and “Rhinestone Guest artists include se- Cowboy”. He has been veral musicians and sin- nominated for a Grammy gers that made Lambert’s twelve times. songs famous, including In addition, Warner Brosoul music giants Tavares, thers is planning a feature rock icon Mickey Thomas, film about Dennis Lamthe lead singer of Starship, bert’s comeback story, staras well as pop legend Pe- ring Steve Carell. The moter Beckett, the lead singer vie screenplay is currently of Player and a featured being written and producmember of the Little River tion is expected to begin in Band. The concert is being late 2011 or 2012. produced by JM Lexus.

Tickets for the concert The show is called, “He can be purchased by visitWrote THAT?! Lambert ing www.fauevents.com or wrote or produced some of calling 1-800-564-9539 or pop music’s biggest hits of by visiting the FAU box the 70’s and 80’s, including office on the Boca Raton “Ain’t No Woman (Like the campus. Tickets are $40, One I’ve Got)”, “We Built $55, $60 and $70. Onstage This City (On Rock and tickets are available for Roll)”, “It Only Takes A $125 and include a meet Minute (to Fall in Love)”,

and greet after the concert.

Dennis Lambert has written or produced more than 80 “Top 100” Billboard singles. He is also a major record producer creating albums such as Glen Campbell’s “Rhinestone Cowboy” and spearheading Natalie Cole’s career changing album, which included the smash hit, “Pink Cadillac.”

Lambert made a n u n u s u a l comeback somewhat late in life, performing to packed houses in the Philippines (he’s a big star there). That comeback was the subject of a documentary film, “Of All The Things,” which appeared in film festivals across the country. The documentary won Audience Favorite awards at a number of film festivals, including the Palm Beach International Film Festival.

“A comeback at my age is almost unheard of,” Lambert said. “I’m excited about starting this national tour in my hometown.”

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Summer camp registration season has arrived

BOCA RATON - With the end of the 2010-2011 school year just a few weeks away, parents are registering their children for the upcoming summer camp season.

In fact, the city of Boca Raton, in conjunction with the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District, began its mail-in registration for residents April 11. Non-residents from Palm Beach County can sign up by mail starting May 2. Walk-in registration begins May 23 at the Boca Raton Community Center. Acceptance is on a space-available basis.

Camp sites this year include the Boca Raton Community Center, Patch Reef Park Community Center; Calusa, J.C. Mitchell and Boca Raton Elementary Schools

and Boca Raton Middle School.

There are also camp programs at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center on State Road A1A along the shoreline. Both the city and outside companies operate programs at Sugar Sand Park.

Brochures and applications can be downloaded from the following site: www.cityofbocaraton.us.

Click on the “Summer Camp 2011” icon.

EDITOR’S NOTE - Information about other summer camps will be printed in next week’s edition of the Boca Raton Tribune.

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Thirty-two in running for Men with Caring Hearts awards

Tiffany Biggest Heart Honoree Cliff Viner

Tiffany Lifetime Achievement Award winner Harold Perper

BOCA RATON - The 10th annual Men with Caring Hearts Awards Luncheon, presented by Florence Fuller Child Development Centers (FFCDC), will be held April 28 at Woodfield Country Club, Boca Raton.

The event honors men who have improved the quality of lives around them through their work with nonprofit groups.

This year’s luncheon is chaired by Carrie Rubin and Mark Wyllie and will feature a record-breaking 32 nominees for both the adult category and a new award, Youth in Philanthropy.

Each year the planning committee selects one very special gentleman to be recognized as the “Tiffany Biggest Heart”.recipient.

The 2011 honoree is Cliff Viner, general partner of AVM, LP and managing partner of the Florida Panthers hockey franchise.

Viner, along with his wife Jill, supports many local organizations including B’nai Torah Congregation, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service and FFCDC. The “Tiffany Lifetime Achievement Award” has been given to Harold Perper, a well-known community philanthropist who has embraced many local

nonprofits. The Mary Ann and Harold Perper Mildly Ill Clinic is an example of their commitment to provide health and wellness services for students attending FFCDC. Nominees for the Tiffany Outstanding Service Award are: Joseph Bensmihen, Stand Among Friends; Jean-Marc Casanave, George Snow Scholarship Fund; Bradford Deflin, 211 Palm Beach/ Treasure Coast; Jay DiPietro, SOS Children’s Villages – Florida; Joel Dowley, Families First of Palm Beach County; Robert A. Eckelson, D.D.S., Boca Central Rotary Club; Frank Frione, The Haven; Robert Gittlin, Golden Bell Educational Foundation; Charles Grobstein, Ruth Rales Jewish Family Services; Craig Hartmann, AVDA, Inc.; Robert Hurley, Oasis Compassion Agency; Mike Kaufman, FFCDC, Inc.; Paul Kilgallon, Best Foot Forward; Herb Krickstein, M.D., Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation; Joe Landy, Autism Speaks; Ralph Mesa, Junior League of Boca Raton; Jeb Niewood, Parkland Buddy Sport; Walter Pelstring, Debbie Rand Memorial Service League, Inc., Dick Reed, Ph.D., Ki-

wanis of Boca Raton; Jerry Rispoli, Boca Raton Police Department; Noah Rubin, Spirit of Giving Network; Solomon ’‘Doc” Schwartz Ph.D., Boca Helping Hands; Jerry Siegel, Seagull Industries for the Disabled; Andrew Turkell, DMV, Tri County Humane Society; Gregg Weiss, Milagro Center and Carrol “Prim” Wood, Horses and the Handicapped of South Florida, Inc. The Tiffany Youth in Philanthropy nominees, featuring young men ages 16 to 21, are: Jose Allende, Debbie Rand Memorial Service League; Brandon Anderson, SOS Children’s Villages - Florida; Ethan Aparicio, Weppner Center for Civic Engagement and Service; Steve Geffrard, FFCDC, Inc.; Lucas Metropulos, Saint Andrew’s School and Shamal Williams, Rotaract@FAU. For information and reservations, call Debbie Wenger, 561-391-7274 x 127 or visit www.ffcdc.org.

Proceeds will benefit programs at FFCDC, which provides quality childcare and preschool education to 625 children from lowincome families at its two locations, in east and west Boca Raton.

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By Marc Kent

By Kay Renz

Be the best tressed this summer What’s hot and happening in hair this summer? I chatted with Tony Mannino, who for years styled Boca ladies at Regis Town Center and is now at a new salon just a few miles north at Jon Edwards in Boynton Beach.

The Delray resident has been styling for over 25 years and has seen all the trends come and go and come again! This season, the models sported styles that varied in length and color, but all featured a freer more casual feel than in years past.

“The young client is always trying to set a new trend,” said Tony. “They usually don’t care about risk as long as they have a tight relationship with their hairdresser.”

These girls are actually going all the way back to the 80’s for inspiration!(Feeling old yet!) Some touches of Madonna and Blondie are making a comeback. In addition, they are leaning toward fringe - from short bold pixie styles to longer sexy asymmetrical looks.

While many do not want to do a full out runway coif, the feel can be reproduced in a way that works with your look and personal style. Fringe can be long and layers can be done in a less edgy way, confirms Tony.

Another classic look that remains a constant is the Bob. “Yes it’s back again for summer and appropriate for all ages. It can be tailored for your facial shape and can be given a fresh modern inter-

pretation depending on how you fashion it,” he explained.

New color of course can up your cool quotient. While there is great buzz about Lady Gaga’s golden glow and Rihanna’s red, most of us prefer an easier to wear shade.

Hair stylist Jon Edwards

Red hair color trends for 2011

Blondes get special attention

“Color is a process done since Cleopatra’s day,” he said. “Basically there are 10 levels...1 is black...10 is blonde. The key is finding the right level that works with your skin tone, then we decide what tone works best such as neutral, red, gold, ash and more.”

Changing color is something that many women really enjoy! For others it can seem too radical a departure. But if you want to try something new consider highlights...it’s a minimal commitment yet it gives you a fresher look!

With summer here, are the frizzies a problem? Tony suggests you talk to your stylist about a Brazilian Keratin Treatment. Many women could not survive without this treatment which brings manageability to curly, frizzy hair, but there has been some buzz as to what versions are the best to use. So always consult with a trained stylist like Tony and a salon like Jon Edwards that only uses the best products for the most demanding women.

While keeping hair silky smooth is the priority for many women, there are an equal amount that are longing for more body, curls and waves. So consider a perm. Yes, the perm is back, too! But don’t think the kinky poofy looks, instead, Tony said the goal is the soft flowing waves we admire on the red carpet!

Thanks Tony…that was “Locks” of great advice!

To ask Tony any questions, you can contact him at Jon Edwards Salon at 561-737-6700.

The Café at The FAU Living Room Theaters Michael McCorvey, Chef at FAU’s Café located at 777 Glades Road in Boca Raton (561-549-2600) at Building CU-97 is a creator of European style dishes for an eclectic menu.

Selections from the salad listings include an arugula with apple slices, candied walnuts, aged manchego cheese with a brandy lemon vinaigrette dressing or a typical Cobb, typical Caesar, a market salad featuring a fine sherry shallot vinaigrette dressing. We chose the Greek salad with an array of mixed greens topped with feta, mixed olives and a delicious balsamic dressing. All nice size portions for quality, fresh ingredients at only a $8 plate charge!

The soup of the day, this day was Chef ’s “ Italian wedding soup” - tiny meatballs, pasta spirals, a bit of green bean and carrots in a rich hot chicken base. A lovely creation which was eagerly sampled.

Tapas - ranging from such simple fare as a mixed Ital-

ian country olive plate or an artichoke dip with pita bread or “mezza” - homemade humus with baba ganoush, tabouli and warm pita bread or a trio of burger sliders with manchego cheese, arugula and a roasted tomato with horseradish orange coleslaw. Try either beef or chicken Shish Kabobs or a great Spanish Style Tortilla consisting of prosciutto, Spanish onion, golden new potatoes and aged manchego cheese, layered with egg custard and slow-baked. This proved to be the hit of the tapas parade - a taste and texture blockbuster!

Seven pizza choices are available as are five varied paninis- all served with a mixed green salad. There are four cured meat and four imported cheese plates to tempt the taste buds of those augmenting their full plate choices.

Desserts are five in number.. We found the key lime pie to have a unique flavor that was appealing. We enjoyed the tasty carrot

cake - spongelike with deep flavor and we were excited with the Chef ’s strawberry cheese cake - a superb taste combination- must try.

Also listed was an apple tart and a chocolate mousse - we to try them another day.

We note there are 23 wines available. Many of the reds, whites and the sparkling choice can be had by the glass as well as by the bottle. Five draft and two bottle beers - from various brewers of unique styles plus various coffees, sodas, et al, at modest prices.

An entertainment note this café is located at the FAU film school that has four 50 seat theaters offering a full schedule of foreign, classic and independent films. The public can purchase tickets for evening and weekend performances - call 561-5492600 for film listings and time.

We loved our café experience as well as the film we viewed. The theater and café are hidden gems so do as we did - Go and Enjoy!

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Flossy Keesely celebrates her birthday with gift to the community

BOCA RATON – Philanthropist and cultural arts supporter Flossy Keesely marked her 97th birthday April 18 by again sponsoring “Flossy Keesely’s Gala Concert’ April 15 at the Mizner Park Amphitheater. It was free and open to the public.

The concert featured Canadian baritone Doug Crosley, singer-songwriter Carol Connors, popular Branson entertainer Michelle Sevryn, the Broadway Ziegfield Dancers and 9-year-old violin virtuoso Brianna Kahane. The Rotary Club of Boca Raton also provided entertainment.

Flossy celebrated her birthday Sunday night with a group of friends at her home, where they viewed a video recording of the concert.

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Flossy Keesely and her dog Schatzi

Rosemary Krieger and Sue Heller

Doug Crosley, Flossy Keesely and Monica

Flossy Keesely, Emily Lilly and Constance Scott

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Haitian Inspiration Art Event

To find out more information about the Henri R. Perpignand Foundation or how to provide a charitable donation to support this cause, please contact Claude Perpignand at henri.perpignand@gmail.com.

Nedege Desravines founder of CleaningForCancer.org came out to support the cause as she is from Haiti but now resides in South Florida

Honorary Trustee on the Board of the Henri R. Perpignand Foundation, Melvyn I. Weiss (Center) welcomes and thanks founders of the Henri R. Perpignand Foundation Claude and Dominique Perpignand

VP Arts & Entertainment at Transmedia Group, Adrienne Mazzone (Right) was in attendance alongside two art lovers all the way from Norway

Attendees were given the opportunity to view art by Melchior, a local Haitian artist who donated pie-ces for the event. The artist also attended the school as a child and continues to support the foundation

Flossy Keesely birthday

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Brianna Kahane and Flossy Keesely

Doug Crosley

Jan McArt

Richard DiMeola, Yaacov Heller, Skip Sheffield and Oleda Baker

Finale of First Act

Countess Henrietta de Hoernle, Flossy Keesely and Karin Olsen Flossy and Brianna Kahane

Carol Connors and Yaacov Heller

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By Skip Sheffield

No one is immune in “God of Carnage” at Caldwell Theatre

Scene from “God of Carnage”

BOCA RATON - The funny thing is, the “God of Carnage” is in each one of us.

No, it isn’t really funny, but that seems to be the message inherent in this play running through May 15 at Caldwell Theatre Company, 7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton.

“Carnage” was written by French playwright Yasmina Reza and translated into English by Christopher Hampton.

Reza was an actress first and somewhat of a specialist on Moliere. The actor-playwright who called himself Moliere wrote some of the greatest comedies - not just of French literature, but all Western Literature.

Moliere was always poking fun at human frailties, shortcomings and delusions in what came to be known as “comedy of manners.”

So Yasmina Reza is also spoofing the allegedly civilized and polite married couples in what

is cleverly billed as “a comedy of manners without the manners.”

There is some very unpleasant stuff going on in “Carnage.”

The big task is to make it funny while it stings.

Under the leadership of guest director Kenneth Kay, who is no stranger to Caldwell, the laughs have been found and conveyed by a topflight cast.

Kim Cozort is no stranger to Caldwell either, nor to Ken Kay, who happens to be her husband.

Cozort is Veronica, a pretentious and somewhat self-satisfied woman who is trying to be little Miss Perfect as a mother, an artist and do-gooder who is writing a book about the chaotic state of Darfur in Africa.

Veronica is married to Alan (Nick Santa Maria), a highpowered corporate lawyer for a pharmaceutical company.

Alan is one of those annoying guys whose cell phone is always going off, and even more annoyingly, he always answers it regardless of what else is going on.

In this case, it is a meeting between Veronica and Alan and Michael (Michael Serratore in his Caldwell debut as a blue-collar but social-climbing hardware salesman) and Annette (returning actress Kim Ostrenko, pulling out the stops in heroic fashion).

The matter at hand is a fight

between the two couples’ 11-year-old sons, resulting in the loss of two teeth of one of the boys. The boys are never seen; only referred to. What at first seems to be a golden opportunity for apology and reconciliation quickly turns into a battle of one-upmanship, verbal insults, snide remarks and class warfare. As a rum bottle is passed around and tongues are loosened, the true nature and hypocrisy of each character is revealed.

Pulling this off in a comical manner is tricky business indeed. In fact, there is a bit of business involving Kim Ostrenko’s high-strung character that is guaranteed to grab your attention and hold it from then on.

“Carnage” is performed without intermission and the action unfolds very quickly as in traditional French farce.

This is not a banging-doors farce, but more a verbal farce though, performed in perfect concert. As alliances shift, it goes from us-against-them to boys against girls.

In short, as Kay says in his director’s notebook, it is adults behaving like children. The marvel of this show is that the characters don’t come off as idiots, even though they may be behaving idiotically.

None of this would work without Tim Bennett’s truly nifty sets, Thomas Shorrock’s lighting illuminations and Dustin Hamilton’s spoton sound effects. In short it is a well-oiled, smooth-running laugh machine with keen social, political and economic implications. No wonder it was declared Best Play at the 2009 Tony Awards.

Tickets are $38-$50. Call 561-241-7432 or visit www. caldwelltheatre.com.

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Oleda at Rotary Oleda Baker speaking at the Boca Raton Rotary Club Wednsday April 20th about breaking the age barrier, the title of her recent book. Bob Hildreth and Alan Kaye Rotary Cub President did the introductions.

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THE WEALTH ADVISOR

By Barry Siegel

Does The New Text Law Affect Me?

By now you have probably heard the news that Congress and President Obama passed a new tax bill in the last week of December 2010. For many, there is still concern over what it means for them personally. Here is a high level summary.

In 2001, President Bush oversaw massive tax changes with Congress that were set to expire on December 31, 2010. Literally, on the eve of the laws reverting back to the 2001 levels, President Obama and Congress extended, and in some cases expanded, many of the tax laws implemented by President Bush.

Income Tax

Had the laws reverted back, the top income tax rate would have gone to 39.6 percent, rather than the current 35 percent, and capital gains could have been taxed as high as 28 percent, rather than 15 percent as provided in the new law. Perhaps, the greatest changes in the new law, however, related to estate taxes.

each individual can die with $5 million in assets before they will be subject to tax, and if subject to tax, the tax rate would be 35 percent.

If the law had gone back to previous levels, the limit would have been only $1 million in assets before tax with a 55 percent maximum tax rate.

Gift Tax The new law also increased an individual’s lifetime gift exemption from $1 million to $5 million. Essentially, each person can give up to $5 million away in their lifetime without any gift tax consequence.

The most surprising element in the new law came with the portability of the estate tax to a surviving spouse. Prior to the new law, if one spouse died, they would need to create trusts at their death to

utilize their $5 million exemption provided by the government. If they did not use it, they would lose it. Under the new law, the use of trusts are no longer required after death to preserve that exemption, but rather the surviving spouse may elect to assume the unused credit of the deceased spouse. In essence, this may permit a surviving spouse to die with up to $10 million of assets without an estate tax.

Caution

One of the potential problems with the law change is that it may give some a false sense of security.

Tax savings is just one reason for creating trusts.

For most people, more important reasons to properly plan their estate include, ensuring that the assets go where they are supposed to go, when they

are supposed to go and are protected from lawsuits, claims and administrative costs and delays.

Most want to make sure that they are not subject to claims such as nursing homes, predators, creditors, divorces and the like.

In short, proper estate planning isn’t just about tax savings (and there are still a number of tax saving opportunities for the right client.) Proper planning is really about control over your assets to make sure that your goals are met.

Golden Opportunity?

The last thing to keep in mind is that the law change presents a golden opportunity. Congress, in passing the law, only saw fit to make it last for two years, meaning there is a chance that the old tax will still come back in 2013. Stay tuned.

Barry D. Siegel, Esq., President of Barry D. Siegel, P.A, is an attorney who practices Estate Planning, Asset Protection, Elder Law, Trust Administration and Probate. Mr. Siegel, an author and frequent guest speaker, has offices in Boca Raton, Palm Beach Gardens, Fort Lauderdale and Aventura.

BUSINESS BITS • MIAMI - Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo have launched a special Japan Eye Rescue Mission to assist Japan with recovery from the devastation caused by the TohokuPacific Ocean Earthquake. Relief operations began when Bascom Palmer’s Vision Van left for Sendai, Japan, where it is expected to stay for about three months.

• BOCA RATON - The Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce will hold an After-Hours miniEXPO as part of its April membership meeting. It will be held April 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 1950 Glades Road/Wyndham Way, Boca Raton. $10 for members, $20 for non-members.

• BOCA RATON - The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) recently honored Buro Happold North America with a Gold Award in Research and Consulting for creation of a master plan for future development of the Lynn University campus.

• BOCA RATON - BASELINE ENGINEERING & LAND SURVEYING is proud to announce that Allen T. Green, III has joined their team as Director of Civil Engineering. His experience and expertise is well known throughout Southeast Florida. Welcome Allen!

• BOCA RATON - TilsonPR has partnered with SCORE small business counselors to offer monthly “Tweet Ups” designed to help understand social media.

The first is “Learn How to Bring Your Online Communities Full Circle,” April 26 from 8 to 9 a.m. in room 206 of the Assaf Academic Center at Lynn University.

It will be offered by Blanca Stella Mejia, of New Media Marketing, Training & Consulting. Attendees will be encouraged to Tweet live using hashtag #TilsonSCORE. • BOCA RATON - The next meeting of the West Boca Business Connection will be held Wednesday, May 11 at 8 a.m. at the Bagel Tree Restaurant, 9080 Kimberly Blvd., Boca Raton. Cost is $7.00 per person, which includes breakfast. The group is seeking new members.

RSVP to WestBocaBusCon@gmail.com. For information contact Lynn Fedoriw at 561-852-4577.

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Are you getting the most out of your website?

How Choose the Right SEO Company

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines via the “natural” or unpaid (“organic” or “algorithmic”) search results.

In today’s over-saturated world of social media and blogging, it’s harder than ever to cut through the Internet clutter, get your message out there, and make sure it gets read by your target audience. Do you know how to drive more traffic to your website or blog using SEO techniques such as, link building, social media, and much more?

Let’s face it - your website or blog is only as good as the size of your audience.

You may have great content, exciting new promotions, exclusive offers and, more, but if people aren’t reading your information, you may as well not be writing it. That being said, there are a number of steps you can take to boost your search engine rankings to drive more traffic to your website or blog and transform it into a powerhouse tool that supports and enhances your marketing efforts.

For a firm to be productive today, an effective on line presence is essential.

A company regardless of how small or big, is always trying to find new ways to drive profit and stay competitive using the tools, ideas, and strategies that help build online readership and turn it into a rocksolid marketing tool.

It is a technical field and the average business owner doesn’t know where to start or begin to understand how it all works when it comes to ranking in the search engine results pages; Titles, descriptions keywords, back links, on page optimization, off page optimization, page rank, social book-marking, pinging. All too much to understand.

Where do you start? With so many SEO companies around, which one do you choose? How do you know if they will do the job correctly? Will the money you spend generate a favorable ROI? Who do you trust?

Here are some Basic tips to navigate your way through the SEO maze Set your Goals: Seems like a simple thing, but you need to know how SEO will fit into the overall marketing objectives of your company. What will it accomplish? What do you want it to accomplish?

Don’t just do SEO because everyone else is doing it.

Do it for a specific goal.

SEO is not a quick fix: Search engine optimization is a long term marketing strategy. If you are looking to jump into an SEO campaign in October because you need to finish out Q4 well, you’re a day late and dollar short. There are no “special contacts at Google,” no magic buttons, and no amount of guarantees that can change this.

Depending on your situation, SEO can take any-

where from 6-18 months to see top results.

Content generation capabilities: It is no secret that content is king. Relevant content on your site is a huge aspect of SEO. Be aware that some sites require more website content then others, depending on your current layout. Assure that you have content creation capabilities, and if not talk about your limitations with your potential agency upfront.

Ask for references: Ask the company to provide you with references or case studies. Conduct the research, ask around, and carefully choose a reputable SEO firm that will beneficially thrust your business into the WWW spotlight.

Be Candid, Full exposure, Complete transparency: SEO companies cannot be your partner if you treat them like a vendor. Be open, honest and transparent with your goals and the current state of your business. Explain your business model, your industry, past experiences with search marketing, and most importantly what it is you are trying to accomplish with your website.

Give your SEO company the data to prove their value to you, in dollars.

Periodic Reports: Ask if they will provide you with Bi-weekly or Monthly reports to monitor your SEO campaign and maintain control on where the

site is heading. Reporting should be backed by observation and conclusions on timely milestones set by the company.

Consider a Local Company: Do not believe in people who claim #1 rank guaranteed. If you have never dealt with an SEO company before, you might want to consider hiring a local company. This way, you can talk over the phone and find time to meet in person. Talking in person can help you develop an intuition about the SEO firm and the people with whom you will work.

Cost Structure: High price does not guarantee high quality. If you are eager to pay more, this does not mean that you will get more. Just because a firm costs more DOES NOT make them better. Cheap is more expensive. If you think you can pay peanuts for a professional SEO campaign, then you need to think again. Professional SEO companies offer realistic prices.

Post-Optimization Maintenance Options: A reputable SEO company will also offer maintenance services after your site has been optimized. With these post-optimization services, your site will remain at the top of the rankings after it has been pushed upward.

Dee Penmatcha, of Wasp Mobile LLC, is a SEO expert and has written and published several articles on the subject.

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FAITH

DIVORCE FLORIDA STYLE

By Pr. Sandy Huntsman

By Mike Gora

Timing: Faster May Mean Slower We are considering a series entitled “Divine Paradoxes.” As we have discovered, a biblical paradox as “an apparent contradiction that conceals a profound truth.”

We live in a culture that is moving fast, and for too many people, faster is always better. Time has been defined as a stretch of duration in which things happen. In the end, the quality and sum of our lives will be revealed in what happens during that stretch of duration. Ephesians 5.16 says “make...the most of your time.”

Quality should not be sacrificed at the expense of speed. Several years ago it was reported that a Navy jet fighter shot itself down over the Nevada desert while testing a new cannon mounted on its wing. The plane was flying at supersonic speed, but the cannon shells were subsonic. The fighter actually ran into the shells it had fired seconds before.

The jet was traveling too fast for its own good.

All of us know of people who have quit school to take a “great” job only to discover they need more

education to advance, so they go back to school.

We hurry through a repair task only to have to do it all over again. We rush through a “some assembly required” project, tossing aside the instructions enclosed, only to find we have to disassemble it again because we have pieces left over.

Sometimes we are too fast for our own good. We are too busy to write a letter, make a phone call, remember the anniversary, visit the sick person or give time to our family.

Psychiatrist M. Robert Gomberg, former executive director of Jewish Family and Community Service, warns that too many American parents are trying to raise their children at “jet speed.” He suggests that each individual child be allowed to develop at his or her own pace.

I read a sign in a farm equipment dealer’s repair shop that said: “We do three types of jobs: cheap, quick, and good. You can have any two: a good quick job... but it won’t be cheap; a good job cheap... but it won’t be quick; a cheap job quick... but it

won’t be good.”

“Busyness...may have a more deadly result than jangled nerves, frayed tempers, and poisonous fatigue... For the communion of the saints we cannot substitute the commotion of the saints. Instead of going about doing good we may settle for just going about.” (Resources for Sermon Preparation, Westminster, p. 175) In God’s kingdom, slower may actually be faster.

Some things cannot be done in a hurry, no matter how strong the impulse to achieve instant goals. A rocking chair display in a department store was labeled “The world’s oldest tranquilizer.” A slower pace may be good for both physical and spiritual health.

It takes time to raise a family. A woman said to a mother of four fine grown sons, “I’d give 30 years of my life to raise four boys like yours!” “That is exactly what it cost me!” came the reply. It takes time to make friends. It takes time to make a marriage work. Slow down... make the most of your time....

Pastor Sandy Huntsman - Administrative Pastor Boca Glades Baptist Church - www.bocaglades.org

Surprise, surprise. You may have a 10-year-old daughter Question: Surprise, surprise.

I am a 40-year-old bachelor, never been married. I was at home, recently, watching a pre-season football game, when the phone rang. It was a 10-year-old girl, who lived in another city in Florida.

She said that she found out that I was her father by looking through some old papers of her mother. Her mother had told her that we had never married, and that I had died in a car accident before she was born. She found me by doing a search on her PC. I asked her mother’s name, realized that her story might be true, and asked to speak to her mother. She refused.

I also have a PC, and found that her mother still lived in the town where we had both grown up in North Florida.

I easily found her address and phone number. How can I find out if she really is my daughter? What are my legal rights and responsibilities toward her and her mother? How can I invoke those

rights, if I want to?

Answer: It seems doubtful that the 10-year-old “detective” you describe will not report to her mom. You should consider calling her mother and reestablishing communications. If she denies that you are the father, you can file a paternity suit against the mother to determine the truth, through a DNA test.

If the test proves that you are the father, obligations for past and future child support will have to be addressed. A Florida statute limits your past liability to two years prior to the filing of a claim for child support against you, under most circumstances.

Florida law prohibits either parent from waiving the right to receive child support from the other.

Once there is a determination that you are the father, the mother will have a

right to seek child support under the statute. If the state of Florida had supplied some support to the mother because of your absence, it might have a claim for reimbursement of that support against you.

There are many other legal rights involved in a determination that you are the father. She will be able to inherit from you, if you have no will, and die owning property. Children, however, can be disinherited.

You will have a right to visitation, and other parental rights, if the court sees fit, or you and mom can agree.

Of course, care must be taken for the child’s best interests in establishing some normal contact. It is likely that advice from a therapist would be a good idea. You have your work cut out for you.

Michael H. Gora has been certified by the Board of Specialization of The Florida Bar as a specialist in family and matrimonial law.

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Brenner Real Estate announces five lease renewals in Boca BOCA RATON - Brenner Real Estate Group, a commercial real estate firm based in Fort Lauderdale, has announced five commercial lease transactions in Palm Beach County.

The Center for Precious Minds, Inc., a vocational rehabilitation center in operation for ten years, has renewed its lease of 1,876 square feet of office space within The Fountains at Camino, 7100 W. Camino Real, Boca Raton for its corporate headquarters. *Mazer and Associates,

LLC, a 20-year-old CPA firm, has renewed its lease of 1,592 square feet of office space within The Fountains at Camino, 7700 W. Camino Real, Boca Raton for its corporate headquarters. *Bernie’s Cleaners, Inc., a dry cleaner in operation for 25 years, has renewed its lease of 1,026 square feet of retail space within The Fountains at Camino, 7300 W. Camino Real, Boca Raton for its corporate headquarters.

*Boca Family Psychotherapy, Inc., mental health professionals, has renewed its lease of 182 square feet of executive suite office space within The Fountains at Camino, 7100 W. Camino Real, Boca Raton for its corporate headquarters. *Studio Z, Inc., a beauty salon, has renewed its lease of 1,319 square feet of retail space within Glades Plaza, 2200 Glades Road, Boca Raton.

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By Carter Helschien

The Teenage Dream To adults getting a permit seems like no big deal; after all, everyone drives, right?

To a teenager, however, getting one’s permit not only represents the ability to drive, but it also means freedom.

As the American Dream offers the possibility of prosperity and success to thousands of immigrants entering the United States each day, the Teenage Dream offers the possibility of freedom and independence to thousands of teenagers each day getting their learner’s permits to drive. For teenagers, the excitement in getting the learner’s permit is not so much about the ability to drive, but rather the freedom and independence from parents it represents.

In Florida, teenagers must submit to the schedules and frustrating responsibilities of their parents for fifteen years. Consequently, the prospect of being able

to drive on our own, to be able to go to any place that our heart desires at any time that is convenient to us, is quite attractive. As teenagers we see the ability to meet friends anywhere on our own schedule as an amazing reward of taking a step closer towards adulthood. Because, in our minds, that is really what getting a learner’s permit represents: a step towards becoming an adult and having complete independence.

After all, since birth that is all teenagers want to do: grow up and gain the power, excitement, and independence that comes along with being an adult (or, at least, that is how it looks to us). Now, though, instead of saying “I’m not seven, I’m seven and a half !” we can say, “I’m not a kid; I can drive!”

Of course, realistically, getting a learner’s permit to drive does not really

offer complete independence; after all, gas is expensive, car insurance is expensive, and teenagers can’t just arbitrarily drive to a Taco Bell at midnight based on a whim. As teenagers, however, we do not take a practical approach to understanding what getting a permit means, but rather we believe that in an ideal world getting a learner’s permit is the greatest thing to ever happen to us.

Hopefully parents will come to realize that getting a learner’s permit to drive is not just some insignificant, unimportant event for a teenager. On the contrary, parents should celebrate the step towards adulthood teenagers make when they get their learner’s permit.

In the end, all teenagers want is to be more like their loving parents, and getting a learner’s permit is just another way to do that.

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The Boca Raton Tribune PET OF THE WEEK

Like Mr. Polo, Marco is hoping to discover a new home

Story, photo by Pam D’Addio BOCA RATON -Marco here! Discover me here as I wait (im)patiently for you.

I’m a Doberman /Lab mix, five years old, a neutered and housebroken male. I’m a nice boy who loves to be loved.

I’ve had a tough time trying to find a home. I came here as a youngster and have lived here nearly my whole life now. My fears have made me less outgoing than the others here and I haven’t been able to meet my match.

I need a patient and experienced owner because I’m frightened of new people, but the volunteers here will tell you I’m a wonderful boy once I’m comfy with you.

I’m about 40 pounds, house-trained and a real Casanova once I trust you. I can live with other dogs and older, kind children, but no cats please because I do love a good chase! I know how to ‘sit’ (I’m very treat motivated!). I’m short, dark and handsome so come and meet me now!

I’m available for adoption at Tri-County Humane Society, a no-kill animal shelter located at 21287 Boca Rio Road in Boca Raton. The shelter is open for adoptions Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Adoption fees are $110 and up. Animals are heartworm-tested and up-to-date on vaccinations.

Included in the adoption fee is one year of free office visits to Regency Veterinary Clinic.

Please visit us to find a lost pet or to consider adding a shelter dog or cat to your family. We have puppies and kittens, too! Call (561) 482-8110 or view many of our available animals and volunteer opportunities at www.tricountyhumane.org. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at “TriCounty Humane.’

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Jason W illiams Retires

By: Matt Pineda On August 3, 2005 Jason Williams was a part of a five-team deal that sent the disgruntled point guard to the Miami HEAT. The HEAT had just finished the season with the East’s best record, but fell in game 7 at home to the

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Pat Riley surprised everyone by exploding the roster and bringing in new starters and changing the dynamics of a very successful team. Jason Williams was a part of that trade.

Williams was the 7th overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings.

He played three seasons there with the likes of Chris Webber and Vlade Divac. He loved the highlight reels with his passes and flashy play.

He was a fan favorite and earned the nickname, “White Chocolate.”

In 2001 he was traded to Memphis for Mike Bibby.

He spent four seasons in Memphis averaging a career high 8.3 assists per game in 2003. But he didn’t always get along with the media and coaches. He had

disputes various times and had worn out his welcome.

So the Grizzlies sent him off basically for free, they didn’t get a whole lot back for him, and Miami welcomed him along with the other newcomers.

In Miami, Williams was the starting point guard, and in his first season, he won the championship in Miami in 2006. Who can forget that closing game 6 against Detroit when Jason Williams started the game 10-10 and led the HEAT to their first ever NBA Finals? He was willing to be the starter but not always the closer. With that season and the one following, Gary Payton was his back-up. Payton a former All-Star and Defensive Player of the Year, would frequently close at point guard for Miami, and Williams handled it with no problems. He was a class act while in Miami. And mostly, avoided the media.

Williams always deserves a special moment in the hearts of Miami fans because of his involvement in the only NBA Championship that the Miami

HEAT currently have. He was the starter and he was a team player. He was often a floor general for Miami when Wade would play off the ball. In his three seasons in Miami he averaged 10.7 points and 5.3 assists per game.

He then sat out a season before wrapping up his career playing for Orlando, and briefly for Memphis.

And on April 18, 2011 the point guard again announced his retirement from the NBA after 12 seasons.

Williams was a sensational player. He could make you say wow, and shake your head. In his early years, he was able to pass the ball as well as anyone since Magic Johnson. But for HEAT fans, Williams will be remembered for his contribution on the 2006 Championship team. He was a leader, and he did everything Miami asked him to do.

Now that Jason has retired, his place down championship alley will always be remembered.

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The Classless Act: Kobe Bryant Fined 100k for his Distasteful lip Service By: Matt Blue Let me be clear: There is absolutely no place in sports or in society for homophobic remarks and gay slurs. Kobe Bryant damaged his reputation and his character by directly violating this doctrine.

There has been a cloud of controversy hanging around Kobe Bryant ever since he decided to send a highly offensive gay slur directly at referee Benny Salvador during Tuesday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. The Commissioner of the NBA certainly had a very stern message for future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant.

“While I’m fully aware that basketball is an emotional game, such a distasteful term should never be tolerated,” he said. “Accordingly, I have fined Kobe 100k.”

David Stern did an excellent job immediately condemning Kobe’s gay slur.

Players must be held accountable for their actions.

Professional athletes must truly understand how their actions reflect not only their own individual morals and values but also the principles of the individual sport. The NBA is trying to uphold the very highest standards of excellence and integrity. Inappropriate comments especially ones that are caught on na-

tional television, can negatively reflect the entire league altogether.

The fact is if David Stern really wanted to make a strong statement regarding Kobe’s behavior, he would suspend h i m for

least two playoff games.

Would Stern be overreacting or blowing this situation out of proportion if he did this? No he would not. (O f course Lakers fans would disag ree with me) This is a

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Kobe Bryant’s slur offended many of his fans and many different people associated with the NBA. I can completely understand getting caught up in the heat of the moment.

I am sure Kobe’s gay slur doesn’t reflect his true feeling towards homosexuals.

It is very true that his slur came out of frustration over a technical foul. Regardless, there are many other different words you can use towards a referee to express your anger and discontent with a call. Using a gay slur is not the right way to go about it based on any stretch of the imagination.

There is no way the Los Angeles Lakers should put up with this nonsense. If they were truly committed to upholding the highest standards of behavioral excellence, they would also punish Kobe or they would at least engage in a serious discussion with him concerning this matter.

A truly professional and classy organization would never tolerate this kind of behavior.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Kobe Bryant’s competitive drive and the nasty edge he plays with. However, this does not excuse this kind of incorrigible behavior. Hopefully, Kobe has learned his lesson.

Beau Knows Best in Baseball Series Win

By Chad Beattie Melbourne - Starter Jason Beaumont picked up the Lynn University baseball team when it needed it most and got some much needed help from his offense. The Fighting Knights turned away Florida Tech 9-2 in Sunday’s rubber match as Beaumont struck out six batters in seven innings and Austin Smith, Mike Diorio and Anthony Boza combined to go 8-for-13 with four RBIs and five runs scored. Lynn impro-

ves to 22-18 overall and 6-9 in the Sunshine State Conference.

Trying to keep their postseason hopes alive, the Blue & White looked to Beaumont for their third consecutive quality start on the mound. The junior transfer didn’t disappoint, scattering eight hits and fanning six batters over seven innings without issuing a walk for his sixth victory of the season.

Knights’ starters posted a 2.91 earned-run average in the series against the Pan-

thers while the pitching staff as a whole had a 2.20 ERA. Just as it had done the previous game, Lynn jumped on the scoreboard early as Johnny Broderick gave LU a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a RBI single down the right field line to score Wes Soto. Two more runs in the third, one off a Boza double and the other via a Mannelly single, and the rout was on.

Florida Tech (25-15, 8-10 SSC) was able to close the gap with runs in the fourth and sixth frames but the Knights countered at each turn. A solo home run by Smith in the fifth was the first response while Dane Derstine added a RBI single in the seventh to make it 5-2.

Panther’s starter Josh

Ziemba went six innings, allowing four runs with just one strikeout. AJ Hillenbrand, who pitched three shutout innings in Saturday’s 13-inning marathon, had less success this time around, surrendering four runs in 1.2 innings of work.

Broderick opened up the game in the eighth with his second RBI and was followed by back-to-back RBI base knocks by Smith and Diorio. Lynn added its final run in the ninth when Steven Fernandez drove home Alex Bello.

Shawn Kale tossed two scoreless innings in relief, striking out three Panthers. Smith went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and two runs while Diorio was 3-for-4 and Boza 2-for-4. Mannelly, Fernandez and Broderick also logged multi-hit games for LU.

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Florida Marlins Still Valuable for MLB, but Blue Jays Can Go By: Harold Friend It was suggested in an article read online that Major League Baseball must eliminate two teams and realign into two seventeam divisions for each league (Eliminate Florida and Seattle).

There were many comments indicating that eliminating the Florida Marlins was a poor choice, especially since they have been World Champions twice since they were created in 1993. The fact that they are challenging the overrated Philadelphia Phillies this season was another factor.

Many who commented wanted to eliminate the Chicago Cubs or Boston

Red Sox, which is ridiculous.

Both teams are excellent draws at the gate, are among the original teams that have existed for well over 100 years in their original city and ball park and have a tremendous following in their city and in the country.

In 2010, the Cubs and Red Sox each drew over three million fans. The Marlins attendance was about 1.5 million, a figure that used to be excellent, but one that the greedy owners now consider almost unacceptable.

Only the Cleveland Indians and the Oakland A’s (about 1.4 million each) drew fewer fans than the Marlins.

Both the Indians and A’s

are among baseball’s original 16 teams, although the A’s were originally in Philadelphia and then in Kansas City. Both teams have too much tradition to be eliminated.

Yes, it is paradoxical to radically realign both leagues yet claim that tradition should prevent the Indians or A’s from being contracted, but there is another factor.

Having the A’s in the same division with the San Francisco Giants and the Indians in the same division with the Cincinnati Reds would boost attendance and intensify existing rivalries.

An acceptable move would be to keep the Marlins and eliminate the Toronto Blue

Jays.

Last year, the Jays drew a little over 1.6 million fans, which was the fifthworst attendance figure in baseball. They are an expansion team in a foreign country. They have no real rivals since the Montreal Expos moved.

Forbes estimated the Blue Jays’ value at $337 million.

The magazine claims: The Blue Jays are starting to resemble the Montreal Expos, the franchise now called the Washington Nationals because people stopped going to their games after the 199495 baseball strike. They drew more than 4 million fans each year from 1991 through 1993. Last year attendance at the Rogers

Centre fell 13% to 1.6 million fans.

Blue Jays players are paid in U.S. dollars, which is a problem. The currencies are close ($1 U.S. to $.95 Canada), and players have complained, not with respect to the exchange rate, which is in their favor, but to the taxes they must pay.

Now that America and Canada are involved in a life and death struggle against terrorism, there is often passport or related problems when American teams visit Toronto. This is not an attempt to limit baseball teams to the United States, but not traveling to Canada might be helpful.

Tampa Bay is another good choice for elimination.

They have had attendance problems despite putting winning teams on the field.

Last season, they drew a little over 1.8 million.

More important than the owners’ greed is the fact that there are many players without the talent to be Major Leaguers. Eliminating two teams would strengthen the remaining 30 teams.

It was stated before that many of today’s top players could hold their own with players from any era.

Today’s top pitchers probably have more talent than pitchers of any other era.

The problem is that there are too many teams, which weakens every team. Two teams must be eliminated.

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The Single Most Important Motivation It’s Not What You Think!

By: Mike Stewart, CSP Recently, my wife and I entertained several couples at a dinner party in our home.

We have known these people for nearly 25 years, and they are among our closest friends.

The dinner conversation ranged across a variety of topics and gravitated toward some of the more serious events of the day.

Jack, a friend who is a retired sales manager, said something sort of under his breath to his wife, Carolyn, who burst out laughing. I asked her what he said and she replied, “You don’t want to hear it, but, you know, Jack makes everything fun!”

“After all, that’s what life’s all about,” Jack added.

We all agreed. Jack does make everything fun. He’s a real wit who always has a smile on his face and he makes people laugh. Two instances came immediately to mind, which I recited to everyone’s amusement.

- About twenty years ago, just after I had started playing golf, I played with Jack on vacation in Florida. Late in the round he asked me how I was doing and I told him I was pretty tired. He said, “No wonder. Anybody who hits the ball as many times as you do has a right to be tired!”

- After the rehearsal dinner at our son, Mike’s, wedding in San Antonio several years ago, we were all down along the River Walk when I introduced Jack to my sister, Milinda. He said, “She sure is pretty,” to which I answered, “Yep. She got the

good looks in the family, but I got the brains.” Jack studied me for a few seconds, then said, “If you got all the brains, there must be some really dumb people in your family.”

Jack enjoyed a highly successful career in sales and sales management. One of the main reasons for his success was his ability to ensure that the people who reported to him enjoyed their work.

A number of years ago, I did a motivation research study during a joint venture with the Duffy-Vinet Institute outside of Philadelphia, as part of a multiyear training contract we had with one of the world’s major oil companies. The subjects were salespeople who also maintain ongoing relationships with their customers.

The question was this, “Why do you work where you do, and what turns you on about working there?”

After surveying more that 500 people, these were their answers in their own words, in order of importance: 1.

Enjoy the work 2. Friendly atmosphere 3. Supervisor appreciates me 4. Pay plan These results were in line with the landmark study at Northern Virginia’s George Mason University, which consistently ranks “interesting work” (their terminology, not the participants’) as number one.

It has been very clear to me for a long, long time that the single most important motivator is a person’s enjoyment of their work.

I received a disturbing email today from some-

one who was in one of my Fear-Free Prospecting Call Reluctance® seminars last Fall. He said, “I’ve lost confidence in the product and our ability to support it. On one level, I feel bad for the customers that I sell to and on another level I feel that I am not being honest with myself or them. It is very difficult to motivate myself to set appointments and go on calls. Needless to say, I’m behind plan.”

Unlike my friend, Jack, who makes everything fun, this salesperson is not only not having fun, he is miserable in his job, and his performance clearly reflects his feelings.

“Work life is actually personal life in a different setting.” - Eric Eberwein Dear Reader, life is short.

If you are not having fun and enjoying what you do, let me encourage you to pause right now, take stock of your situation, talk it over with the important people in your life, including your management if you feel you can do that, and create a path forward that gives you joy and a sense of fulfillment in your life and in your work.

After he learned he had cancer, my son Mark put it this way: “We’re all living on borrowed time. Most people live dying. They die a little bit every day. I’m going to die living. Every day, I will learn something new, help someone else, and make somebody laugh.”

- Mark Robert Stewart (1966-1997)

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