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Community comes together to help the needy

“Toys for Tots” program See page 10

Wayne Bartons Study Center and Boca Help Hands

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Rotary Club Boca Raton West and Sunset See page 16

Boca Raton residents and neighbors proved their generosity once again by participated in several holiday gift drives this year, including the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots campaign, Carousel Day at Sugar Sand Park sponsored by the Boca Raton Rotary Club West and Boca Raton Rotary Club Sunset to benefit the Wayne Barton Study Center and Boca Hel-ping Hands, and Shopping for Soldiers Inc. to aid wounded veterans.

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By Paul Paquet

Ever wonder where all those names for cooking pasta come from? Carbonara comes from the Italian word for “coal,” probably because of the black pepper added to it. Primavera is from “springtime,” in reference to all its veggies, just as marinara refers to seafood. Amatriciana comes from the town of Amatrice, and puttanesca is from Naples slang for streetwalkers.

Who was defeated by a dead man, former Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan, in a 2000 Senate race?

A) John Ashcroft B) Condi Rice C) Donald Rumsfeld D) Tom Ridge Previous answer: The RAF credited carrots for its success in the skies.

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Municipal News

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Community News

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Columnist

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Section B

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Pet Society

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Business

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Games

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Safety tip from Boca Raton Police Boca Raton police safety tip

Q: We’re going away for the holidays. Should we stop our mail and newspaper delivery?

A: Nothing tells a criminal you’re not home like a pile of mail and newspapers. A better option would be to have a responsible neighbor pick up the items. By doing so, you put fewer people on notice that you are away, there will be activity at the home, and the neighbor can check on the security of your home when picking up the mail and newspaper.

Crime and safety questions are answered by officers from the Crime Prevention Unit. For more information, visit www.BocaPolice.com.

Boca Raton Police blotter BURGLARY TO RESIDENCE ON TOWER LAKES DRIVE Resident advised that sometime after 0100 hrs on 12-08, an unknown person(s) entered her apartment while she (and two other roommates) were sleeping and stole a 40” Apex LCD TV, several DVDs, and $100 cash. She said the slider was left unlocked.

BURGLARY/ THEFT FROM AUTO ON WEST GLADES ROAD The victim reported that someone stole her purse and its contents from the passenger seat of her courtesy car while she was pumping gas at a station on West Glades Road. The video footage shows a black male in a red/ orange Toyota committing the act. Value of items missing set at $3,600

MAN DIES WHEN CAR PLUNGES INTO CANAL, PBSO SAYS BOCA RATON - The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reports that a man died early Wednesday, Dec. 15, when his car plunged into a canal at Via Ancho and Boca Rio Road, a PBSO report says.

The driver, identified as Charles Scher, 53, was pronounced dead at West Boca Medical Center, said Media Relations Officer Eric Davis.

PBSO was notified of the crash at 8:17 a.m. Davis said the accident may be the result of a medical event. The investigation is ongoing.

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County tax collector lists holiday Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie seeks hours and schedule of services re-election to Boca City Council Palm Beach County Tax Collector Anne Gannon has listed her holiday office hours along with a schedule of services through the end of the year.

Dec. 22, offices close at noon. No driver licenses will be issued at any locations on Dec. 22.

Dec. 23 and 24, Christmas holiday - offices closed Dec. 31, New Year’s Day holiday, offices closed.

Dec. 31, last day to receive 3 percent discount on 2010 property taxes; last day to submit 3rd installment payment for 2010 property taxes; last day to renew registrations of mobile homes and last day register

trucks over 5,000 pounds, truck-trailers, semi-trailers & automobiles for hire which carry nine or more passengers Payments can still be made online at www.taxcollectorpbc.com or through the mail. Payments should be mailed in the envelope provided with your tax notice to: P.O. Box 3353, West Palm Beach, FL 33402-3353, ATTN: Property Taxes.

If paying by mail, property tax payments must be postmarked by December 31 in order to receive the 3 percent discount or to meet the deadline for the 3rd installment payment.

Fire destroys vacant clubhouse at former Executive Golf Club in Boca’s North End BOCA RATON – Firefighters said a million dollar blaze destroyed the clubhouse of the former Executive Golf Club in Boca Raton’s north end early Sunday, Dec. 12.

The blaze broke out about 8 a.m. at the clubhouse at 7601 E. Country Club Blvd., said Public Information Officer Frank Correggio He said a large column of black smoke was seen from as far south as Palmetto Park Road and I-95.

Crews, he said, arrived to find heavy smoke and flames at that location.

Firefighters used elevated master streams as well as numerous hand held lines to fight and extinguish the

fire.

A portion of East Country Club Boulevard and Hidden Valley were closed while fire crews fought the early morning blaze.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under the investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office, Correggio said.

Officials estimate the damage at more than a million dollars.

The once-thriving North Boca club went out of business in 2006. A developer had once eyed the course for a housing complex, but plans for that fell through due to neighborhood opposition and the declining economy.

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BOCA RATON - Susan Haynie, a member of the Boca Raton City Council and also deputy mayor, has announced she is running for re-election when city voters go to the polls on March 8, 2011.

Haynie is currently serving her fourth term on the council. She was a member from 2000 to 2006 and was elected again in 2008.

“The recent mid-term elections showed that voters want smaller government, lower taxes, fiscal responsibility and ethical representation and that’s what I stand for,” said Haynie. “I am proud of my record and look forward to continuing my commitment to Boca Raton.”

Bill Hager, a former councilman who was just elected state representative in District 87, said, “I have worked with Susan Haynie on the Boca Raton City Council and she is one of the most dedicated, hard-working and outstanding people in our community. Susan has always had strong support from the business community, neighborhood leaders and city employees. She is truly a representative for the

entire community.”

Haynie has served on several state and regional boards, including the Florida Metropolitan Planning Organization, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority and as president of the Palm Beach County League of Cities.

A Florida native and a 38year resident of Boca Raton, she is a graduate of Lynn University and holds certification in Traffic Engineering Studies from Georgia Institute of Technology and Northwestern University.

Haynie is a state licensed general contractor and a community association manager.

She has been an active in the community, serving on several boards including the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Planning and Zoning Board, Federation of Boca Raton Homeowners Association and St. Paul Lutheran Church Property Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Boca Helping Hands and serves on the CERT Team.

Mayor Susan Whelchel to seek second term as city’s chief executive

BOCA RATON - The city’s 33rd mayor, incumbent Susan Whelchel, plans to seek re-election in the March 8, 2011 city balloting, she told the Boca Raton Tribune.

She said she expects to issue a statement about her candidacy early in the new year.

Whelchel began her tenure of public service in 1995 when she was elected to city council. She was reelected in 1997 and 1999 and served as deputy mayor from 1999 to 2000. She was vice chairman of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) from

1996 to 1999.

After being term limited out in 2000, she served on the Palm Beach County School Board. She was then re-elected to Boca Raton city council in March 2003 and 2005. She has served as city council deputy mayor for the periods of 2003-2004, 2005-2006 and 2006-2007.

Whelchel has resided in Boca Raton for more than 30 years. She has a BA degree in political science and has completed post graduate course work at Florida Atlantic University and Nova Southeastern University.

Among her accomplishments, Whelchel was a leading advocate for creation of the Don Estridge High Tech Middle School on the historic IBM campus. As chairman of the CRA, she was influential in the conversion of the former cartoon art museum in Mizner Park into a retail and cultural facility.

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AJC celebrates 40 years of service in Palm Beach County The American Jewish Committee marked its 40 years of service to Palm Beach County with a celebration at the Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, on Dec. 2 that drew more than 100 guests.

David Makovsky, Ziegler distinguished fellow and director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Project on the Middle East Peace Process, spoke on the topic of “2011: A year of Decision in the Middle East.”

The evening’s Chairs were Elyssa Kupferberg and Leonard Greenberg. Richard Davimos was recognized as a founding member of the AJC’s regional office.

The American Jewish Committee has been an integral part of Palm Beach County for 40 years. Twenty years ago, it officially opened its doors in Boca Raton as the Palm Beach County regional office.

More than 25 years ago, AJC helped begin the Catholic-Jewish dialogue in South County between St. Joan of Arc Church and Beth El Synagogue. The two houses of worship are located across the street from one another in Boca Raton.

Founded in 1906, the American Jewish Committee seeks a secure Jewish future in a more just world by advocating for Israel, finding common ground with other religious and ethnic

Fire destroys vacant clubhouse...

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The building has been vandalized, and, at one point, neighbors demanded that the owner erect fences to keep out trespassers.

Credit - Photos by: Frank Correggio, Dave Woodsi-de, Gary Swedenborg and Jay Bell

Barbara Mines and Arlene Osher

Shown from left are County Commissioner Steven Abrams and Joan and Richard Meyers.

groups and safeguarding human rights. AJC has access to key decision makers around the country and the world.

AJC advocates behind the scenes and in public forums aimed at changing hearts and minds to secure greater peace, freedom and mutual respect. AJC addresses the most difficult, dangerous and critical issues facing the world today. It continues its efforts to promote pluralistic and democratic societies where all minorities are protected. AJC is an international think tank and

advocacy organization that attempts to identify trends and problems early - and take action.

Anniversary sponsors included The Adolph and Rose Levis Foundation, FPL, BNY Mellon Wealth Management/ Elyssa Kupferberg, Gary Betensky/ Richman Greer, P.A., Keith Braun and Richard Comiter/Comiter, Singer, Besemer & Braun, P.A., Gary Walk/ Casey, Ciklin, Lubitiz, Martens & O’Connell and Lisa B. Beers / Premier Planning Group II, Inc.

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DOUGLAS HEIZER, Publisher Our Writers/Reporters and Columnists Editorial DALE M. KING: Managing Editor PEDRO HEIZER: Associate Editor

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By Dale King

All is calm, all is bright – but not for long Jewish religious symbol, the menorah, while prohibiting a Christian religious symbol, the nativity scene.

OK, let the fights begin.

Drag out the old picket signs. And let’s start the religious battles.

Oh, good, just in time for Christmas.

Maybe I’m just from that laissez-faire era, but I’ve always believed that communities should celebrate the holidays – Christmas and Hanukkah mainly – any way they want. The Constitution says they don’t really have to do anything since freedom of religion can also mean freedom FROM religion.

For me, the real irony in this argument about whether to put up a nativity scene – or whether anyone’s sandals will be stepped on if we only put up snowmen and Santas – goes back many years.

Consider this. In 2010, the Catholic League of New York is excoriating Boca for not having a nativity scene – although I understand there actually is one in Sanborn Square.

I spent a lot of years in the city of Pawtucket, R.I. I worked for that city’s newspaper for 28 years before coming to Florida.

And while Pawtucket is mainly known for only two things – the Pawtucket Red Sox and the headquarters of Hasbro – the city, some years ago, fought a pitched battle, an expensive and nasty holiday knock-down, drag-out, to have a nativity scene on the grounds of City Hall.

In fact, Pawtucket made national news when the city took its case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in its effort to get the OK to have a nativity scene. It was such an important issue that the newspaper sent a reporter to Washington, D.C. to cover it. (Not a usual thing for a small town paper with a tight budget).

I don’t recall what happened in D.C. But I do know that one of the local civic groups which owned a small park adjacent to City Hall gave the city permission to set up the nativity scene there. That seemed to settle the rancor.

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The holidays, as the very secular Charles Dickens once said, should be filled with good cheer, and peace to men on earth.

Unfortunately, it’s rarely the case.

I was hoping the 2010 season would be one of joy and the sharing of friendship and fellowship. I should have known something would come along to muck it up. I just didn’t realize it would come from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in New York.

In an article posted on the Internet, the League said: “In 2009, some Florida Christians petitioned the city of Boca Raton to include a crèche in the city’s holiday displays, but were rebuffed. Now, they are being told to display the manger scene in the center of the downtown area in the city’s Sanborn Square Park. It admits to displaying in the lobbies of public buildings ‘city-owned decorations,’ which include the menorah.”

Catholic League president Bill Donohue says this discriminates by allowing a

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Ratchet forward a few years. A Jewish family lives across the street from our house here in Florida.

Every year, they put up a lighted menorah and a Star of David in blue and white lights. It’s there right now, for example, and it’s very beautiful. I see it every time I walk out at night.

For at least the past couple of years, it has been vandalized. Last year, when I saw a sheriff’s cruiser parked outside their yard, I knew they were reporting it as a hate crime – as well they should.

Is it any wonder that when I hear people singing about peace on earth, about sharing the spirit of the season, I can’t help getting irritated? It doesn’t matter if you read the Torah or the Bible. It doesn’t matter if you believe Christ is the Messiah or whether the Savior is yet to come.

If we can’t get along with each other, then how can we truly carry out the message of our Maker to love one another as we would have them love us?

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THOUGHTS FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Douglas Heizer

Community deserves a big ‘thank you’ for Carousel Day donations There’s nothing like a child’s smile to brighten the day of a parent or other adult.

We saw an awful lot of smiles this past weekend during the fourth annual Carousel Day at Sugar Sand Park.

The Boca Raton Rotary Club West and Rotary Club Sunset joined forces again to sponsor the toy collection day. People coming to the carousel that day brought an unwrapped toy for a needy child and in return, they and their children could ride the carousel for free and enjoy hot dogs and hamburgers with all the fixin’s.

I wanted to wish special thanks to Marianne Mirrione, Steve Laine, Deputy Mayor Susan Haynie,

Councilwoman Constance Scott, Allu Sheik and Valeria Zazula for their contributions.

So many toys were brought in. But so many toys are needed because a lot of families are going through hard times. Many, many thanks to those who gave.

We are particularly grateful because we know how difficult it is for everyone to get by in this recession - and the holidays will be tough on a lot of people.

But many children who would not have received a toy or other gift for Christmas will be able to unwrap a toy on the morning of Dec. 25. I’m sure there will be even more smiles that day.

No children should suffer with a lack of gifts when so

many others are enjoying a multitude of toys and presents stacked under large Christmas trees.

Not only do we want to thank donors, but also Boca Helping Hands and the Wayne Barton Study Center for helping to get the toys to the children.

Here’s something else to be thankful for. Christmas comes only once a year.

But Boca Helping Hands and the Wayne Barton Study Center are here 12 months of the year, assisting people at the holidays, and in spring, summer and fall as well.

I guess we should all be grateful that we have them.

To everyone, a happy holiday and best wishes for the New Year.

POSITIVE LIVING

By Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr.

Living and Acting Organized Persons are best served who plan their day’s activities. Much more can be accomplished when people organize themselves and operate within that plan.

God has given humankind twenty-four hours each new day, which can be divided realistically for maximum achievement.

Bodies and minds need rest for greater productivity the next day. Therefore, it is good that one enjoys a regular number of hours per night for sleep, preferably encompassing the same approximate number of hours each time.

Once morning arrives, the best thing is to keep moving with a sense of urgency, since once the hours pass, they shall never become available to us again!

In order for anyone to benefit from the moments of any new day, the best approach is to have the projected activities outlined in a progressive, ongoing fashion.

Thus, waking up at a preplanned hour will normally lead one into the bathroom

for a quick use of the same.

The next half hour, or whatever length of time one determines, before other activities demand attention, the best option is to devote to a time of mental preparation for all that lies ahead.

This may be followed by bath or breakfast, depending on what preference one chooses for first place.

Realistically, after much or all of the preceding is achieved, a new day may commence.

The person has awakened, used the shower, had breakfast, got dressed. If physical exercise is part of one’s early day that can be easily incorporated at the time of one’s choosing.

From whatever angle one begins the day, each hour slot may be filled with the activities projected or planned for that day, which more than likely include one’s daily work, fulfilling the tasks already scheduled.

Even though life is so “daily” it needs not be monotonous if one plans it well. The greatest benefit is that much more is accomplished when

the day is organized and planned, than if one just lets life happen.

No one will ever be cheated of the best things life can offer by being organized, by planning even the minutest details of a day’s operation.

And due to observing regular sleep hours, one’s mind will always be fresh, rested and creative for extra occurrences which otherwise would not happen. There will be no unduly “huffing and puffing” because things are being performed within the best time-frame, and with extra time to spare in case of emergencies or other unexpected events.

The important detail is to maintain the above consistent, day in, day out. We don’t need to subordinate ourselves to other people’s demands if we keep our own calendar up-to-date and adequately organized for maximum effectiveness. God gave us time to be good stewards of it!

Those who do it get ahead and move into genuine triumph in life!

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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What we’ve been waiting for…Authentic Chicago Food has finally come to Boca!

Created on the South Side of Chicago, in the Italian enclaves around what used to be the Stockyards, the classic Chicago Italian Beef Sandwich is a unique variation on the French Dip Sandwich. It is available in hundreds of “joints” around the city, and rarely found beyond its vicinity…until now…behold the arrival of Maxies Grill in Royal Palm Place, right in the heart of Downtown Boca Raton.

Nobody knows for sure the inventor, but the recipe was popularized by Pasquale Scala, a South Side butcher and sausage maker.

Italian Beef is made by slowly roasting lean beef on a rack above a pan filled with seasoned beef-based stock. Then it is sliced paper thin, soaked in the juice for a few minutes, and layered generously, dripping wet, onto sections of Italian bread loaves. The meat is topped with sautéed green bell pepper slices and giardiniera, which is usually a spicy hot blend of chopped serrano peppers, carrots, cauliflower florets, celery, olives, herbs, salt & pepper, packed in oil and/ or vinegar. Finally, juice is spooned over the toppings, making the bread wet and chewy. At Maxies, the beef is juicy and very tender, the gravy is rich and flavorful, and that’s their secret. Their shoestring and sweet potato fries are positively first rate, and make the perfect accompaniment. By the way, most Italian beef joints offer a “combo,” which also

has a grilled Italian sausage nestled in with the beef, and Maxies is no exception.

And for you hot dog lovers out there? Oh, do they have something special for you! A Chicago Style Hot Dog. A Chicago Style Hot Dog is more than just a Hot Dog; it’s a taste sensation with the perfect blend of toppings. So, what exactly is a Chicago Dog? A Chicago Style Hot Dog is a steamed all beef hot dog topped with yellow mustard, bright green relish, onions, tomato wedges, pickle spear or slice, sport peppers

and a dash of celery salt served in the all-important steamed poppy seed bun. It is never boiled, but slowly simmered using steam heat.

Some people, like me, love to have these dogs grilled (at Maxies they call it “char”) before they are placed in the bun. Vienna® Beef Hot Dogs are probably some of the best tasting dogs you will ever experience. Over 80% of hot dog vendors in Chicago proudly serve Vienna® Beef Hot Dogs, and

Maxies follows in that same tradition. They come in regular and “jumbo” sizes… opt for the jumbo and you won’t be disappointed as it has a nice “snap” when you bite into it. Not into having your dog with “the works”?

Fear not, as you have other yummy topping choices: chili, cheddar and even chili cheese.

For the salad lovers out there, and there are plenty of you, Maxies offers the “Create Your Own Salad”.

This is no ordinary salad offering, as you will see from the list of toppings avail-

able: Artichoke Hearts, Bacon, Bean Sprouts, Beets, Black Beans, Blue Cheese, Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Cheddar Cheese, Corn, Cranberries, Croutons, Edamame, Eggs, Egg Whites, Feta Cheese, Fried Onions, Garbanzo Beans, Green Peppers, Hearts of Palm, Jicama, Mushrooms, Mozzarella Cheese, Olives, Onions (Red), Peas, Raisins, Roasted Red Peppers, Sunflower Seeds, Sun Dried

Tomatoes, Tofu, Tomatoes, Wasabi Peas, Water Chestnuts, and Zucchini. And get ready for this… their “Take It To The Max” salad lets you have any number of toppings for only $ 7.50!

For those of you with young kids, Maxies offers a kid’s menu called “Mini Maxi’s” that offers everything from chicken fingers and burgers to grilled cheese sandwiches and mac and cheese.

And for dessert, you ask?

Check out their Maxi Chill menu…frozen yogurt with your choices of: Fresh Fruit: Banana, Blueberries, Blackberries, Grapefruit, Kiwi, Mango, Pineapple, Rasberries, Strawberries, Watermelon; Candy-NutsCookies: Carob, Chocolate Chips, Chocolate Sprinkles, Graham Crackers, Gummy Bears, Marshmallow, Granola, M&M, Oreo, Raisins, Rainbow Sprinkles, Sliced Almonds, Trail Mix, Vanilla Wafers, Yogurt Chips; Cereals: Captain Crunch, Fruity Pebbles, Trix, Golden Graham, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Rice Krispies, Go Lean Crunch (Kashi).

The prices at Maxies are surprisingly reasonable, and the portions quite large.

Maxies is located in Royal Palm Place at 500 Via De Palmas (#79) and they can be reached at 561-394-8800.

You owe it to your tastebuds to pay them a visit, because that’s all it will take to turn you into a “regular”…savvy students at FAU have “fueled up” for their final exams here, and now it’s your turn to discover this neighborhood “gem”.

Coral Springs www.coralspringtribune.com •Mother raises money for breast cancer

•Giving Tree encourages donations

•Tom Powers hopes to bring more jobs to Coral Springs

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•Three men almost lost at sea Friday near Red Reef Park

•ELL parents to receive tips at strategic meeting

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Holiday shopping spree brings in $80,000 worth of gifts for Marines’ ‘Toys for Tots’ program

Rear, from left, are Danielle Gibson, Kathy Gibson, Sharon Lambert, Taylor DiPietro. Front, from left, are Camille Zywczyk, Emma McCarthy, Jordan Lambert, Julia Lambert.

Front, from left, are Michael DiPietro, Patrick Casto, George Stavropolous, Michael Gibson, Jr., Michael Gibson, Sr. Rear, from left, are Mark Raiger, Jay DiPietro, Michael McCarthy

Story, photos by Barbara McCormick BOCA RATON - The Club Management Association of America (CMAA) Seminole Region Charity Golf Committee conducted its annual shopping spree recently that brought in $80,000 worth of gifts to benefit the Marines’ “Toys for Tots” program.

As in the past, children of club managers volunteered to shop for the gifts. At 6 o’clock on a recent Sunday morning, children and parents filled the shopping carts at Toys R Us with musical instruments, sports equipment, bikes, tricycles, trucks and wagons, stuffed animals, books and games.

“The goal of ‘Toys for Tots’ is to deliver a message of hope that will build self-esteem and motivate needy children to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders,” said Committee Chairman Jay DiPietro, manager at Boca West Country Club.

Shown from left are Lt. Col. Aaron Marx, Lt. Col. Michael Bracewell, Mark Raiger, Jay DiPietro, Stan Deck, Michael DiPietro, Sgt. Billy Meyer, GySgt. David Shumaker

Palm Beach County shelter kicks off holiday Pet Toy Project

Rear, from left, Jay DiPietro, Michael DiPietro. Front, from left, Taylor DiPietro, Jack Lambert

WEST PALM BEACH Palm Beach County Animal Care & Control has kicked off its 18th Annual Santa Paws & Claws Shelter Pet Toy Project.

Officials are asking residents to help a shelter dog or cat find a new home for the holidays. They can also donate a new toy for a homeless animal during the Santa Paws & Claws Pet Toy Project. This year’s project runs through Janu-

ary 7, 2011.

Having toys helps keep shelter pets happy, healthy and playful; therefore making it easier for them to find loving homes. Here is the shelter’s Wish List: For cats: Cage-sized, cardboard cat scratchers, play amice, ball play toys, treats, Kuranda pet beds.

For dogs: tennis balls, Nylabones, Kong toys, pet food puzzles and treats (no rawhides).

Toys can be mailed or delivered to Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control, Attention: Pet Toy Project, 7100 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33411.

Lobby hours are Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For additional information, contact Elizabeth at 561233-1222 or visit www.pbcgov.com/animal.

From left are Gracelyn Comans, Emma McCarthy, Lauren Raiger, Madison Edwards

To date, the Seminole region has donated more than $430,000 worth of new toys.

The gifts were delivered to Marine Headquarters for distribution throughout Palm Beach County.

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Local Artist creates Signature Image for “You’ve Gotta Have Heart” Benefiting the Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital A specially created work of art will be unveiled at “You’ve Gotta Have Heart,” a musical extravaganza to benefit the nationally ranked Christine E. Lynn Heart &Vascular Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. The Hospital partnered with the Boca Raton Museum of Art/The Art School for the creation of the original art that will serve as the signature image for the event, which takes place March 5, 2011 at the Keith C. & Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University. Christine E. Lynn and James J. Morris, M.D.,

Medical Director of the Institute, will be the honored guests.

Students at The Art School were invited to submit their interpretation of “You’ve Gotta Have Heart,” and the members of the Steering Committee selected the winning entry. The artwork will be displayed during the event and incorporated into the event promotional materials and invitation.

The committee selected a colorful abstract created

by Damaris Schneider of Boca Raton. The work is a Monotype/chine colle with pastel. Damaris specializes in large scale, abstract

paintings and is particularly influenced by color and shapes, creating an expressionistic mood within all her art works.

“You’ve Gotta Have Heart” will feature the songs and dance of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Tickets are $250 per person, and a portion of the ticket price is a tax deductible donation. Individual and corporate sponsorship packages are available.

The Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute, which opened in 2006, has been ranked #1 in cardiac programs and cardiac surgery for the state of Florida in 2011 by HealthGrades®, the leading inde-

pendent health care ratings organization. The Institute boasts the area’s top cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons, cardiovascular specialists, interventional cardiologists, and cardiac specialists. This exceptional level of care provides area residents with the critical treatment they need to ensure world class heart care right here in South Florida.

For additional information about the Heart of Boca, “You’ve Gotta Have Heart” performance tickets or sponsorships, please call the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation at 561.955.4142.

Joan Wargo, co-chair, “You’ve Gotta Have Heart” Steering Committee; Rebecca Sanders, director, The Art School; Damaris Schneider, artist; Eydi Lampasona, art instructor; Chickie Silver, member, “You’ve Gotta Have Heart” Steering Committee, pose with signature art created for the musical extravaganza. The March 5 event will celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Christine E. Lynn Heart & Vascular Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

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ON THE MONEY

By Steve L. Pomeranz

The Money Century This is a message for our younger listeners about the importance of saving. Wait, stay with me this is not going to be a lecture! The fact is everyone talks about the value of saving, but has anyone actually told you why?

I’m going give you a fresh angle.

Our daily lives are made up of so much variety; home, work, relationships, finances and just the art of living and enjoying life. Money plays an important role but to most of us it is mostly about survival.

We try to live rich social and spiritual lives but we constantly struggle to make ends meet.

We know this is no way to live but don’t know how to fix it. It is why you need to learn more and why you need to find a way to fit this knowledge into your life.

Perhaps it is simply a lack of education. When I was brought up, money was never discussed. I was expected to go out and work to live day to day. Opening a savings account at the local bank was the only mention of savings ever discussed. (I never was able to keep any money for any length of time) and the attitude about investing in stocks was always negative. Stocks were “bad” and their discussion would always evoke Depression-era images of people losing everything and jumping out of windows. These were the only stories I heard.

But, times have changed. This is the Money Century and the world has changed more drastically than you can imagine.

No longer can anyone afford to sit around idly as this rushing river of money passes us

by leaving all those outside its wake in poverty. This is the poverty caused by no savings, no monetary foundation on which to build your life. It cannot be ignored anymore, and no longer can one wait 10 years or more to learn what to do and how to get control of it.

Where do you start? You start with the big picture, from a perch high enough to drown out the noise below you.

First, ask what is important to you? Spending on family, travel, beautiful cars, luscious food, great friends, helping others? Whatever it is, if it causes you to grind away on a daily cycle, like a hamster in a cage, recognize this as a source of misery. Awareness will be the first step toward change.

It is said that “a man who earns $1.00 but spends $1.01 is in misery. A man who earns $1.00 and spends $.99 is in bliss”. Do you have monetary bliss or misery? If misery is your “lot”, start by saving just a little. First, focus on saving one entire month’s worth of spending. This may take a while, but it will be worth the wait. The first time you experience the feeling of not living from pay check to paycheck you will find a burden lifted from your shoulders and begin to see the world a different way.

You will no longer have to make terrible decisions choosing between food, fixing your car, or taking your dog to the vet.

Continue on this path until you have a few months of spending money in the bank.

Then begin tackling your debt.

Using your income which

was devoted to building savings (the money you have put away for a rainy day) you can now begin to lower your outstanding debt. You will now enter the magical realm created by the “snowball effect”.

As more and more of your payment goes to principal and your debt declines faster and faster, your credit cards will disappear one by one. Each disappearing payment will allow you pay other debt faster and finally add more to your savings. You now officially begin the virtuous cycle of becoming wealthy.

Once your debts are paid off by the snowball effect, the savings effect will begin to work its own magic. Mr. Snowball comes back –this time to grow your savings exponentially.

Before you know it, you will have saved $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, and more. Why? Because as your debts decline, you get more and more cash flow, and if you stay focused on your goal, your savings will build very quickly.

Having saved this money, are you now part of the Money Century?

Let’s recount: 1) You no longer live paycheck to paycheck (what a relief!), 2) Have money in excess of 3 to 6 month spending, and 3) Excess savings in the bank.

Yes, you are part of the Money Century and well above the vast amount of the world’s population still struggling day to day. You are now in a position to accumulate wealth to produce future income, help others or to simply have enough to stop worrying.

Either way, you will now live a better life.

Steven L. Pomeranz, Certified Financial Planner, is President of Steven L. Pomeranz Finanacial Management, the host of NPR Radio’s “On The Money!” on WXEL 90.7 FM and a frequent expert guest on CNBC.

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Toy drive a great success thanks to community effort!

BOCA RATON - The community came together this Sunday, Dec. 12, with Boca Helping Hands, Rotary Club Boca Raton West and Sunset, and Wayne Barton’s Study Center to bring Christmas to needy children across the city.

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Holiday Street Parade

BOCA RATON - Hundreds of people from Boca Raton and beyond turned out Dec. 8 for the annual Holiday Street Parade along North Federal Highway from SE 8th Street to Mizner Park. Community businesses, churches, schools and civic organizions were invited to participate. The line of march included more than 40 floats. The event was sponsored by the City of Boca Raton Recreation Department.

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FOOD REVIEW

By Marc Kent

By Dale M. King

Judging Legal Sea Foods Legal Sea Foods has one of their 31 restaurants at 6000 Glades Road in Boca Raton’s Town Center Mall (561-447-2112) and true to their tradition, have a fine, consistent source of seafood and other offerings.

Chef David Morel oversees an eclectic menu including the following: Raw oysters from 4 or 5 regions, fresh and delicate on their bed of cracked ice can be had from just a single oyster to a dozen at market price while raw clams – littlenecks and/or cherrystones can be had by half dozen or dozen. The “Treasures of the Reef”,an assortment of shellfish can be ordered for 2 - 4 or 4 -8 diners. Shrimp cocktails, steamers and mussels are other “seafood bar” offerings.

Five soups are listed, we tried the smooth and rich New England clam chowder – with or without a splash of rum or sherry – is a delight with its bit of a bite. The light clam chowder, though, we found to be quite weak in taste and texture. We also tried a cool, tasty and chunky yellow gazpacho - very, very nice.

Their five salads include a ceasar with a fine dressing over cut lettuce, a chopped Greek salad with diced olives, cucumber pieces, tomatoes, chick peas and feta which was a great combination plus a tortilla, apple and goat cheese salad with

avocado, roasted red peppers and a tasty chipotle orange dressing!

Appetizers such a “Legal Experience” include raw tuna sashimi, steamed wontons, a generous shrimp cocktail as well as a delicious sweet and soft crab cake. We had a trio of calamari ranging from a gentle Montauk style to a spicy Rhode Island style then to a very spicy Thai version. Each has its own merit and each delicious.

Other listings include a hot lump crab dip with seafood chips, Caribbean coconut shrimp, New England fried clams, popcorn shrimp and shrimp wontons.

We sampled the “Fisherman’s Platter” - a spectacular collection of fried shrimp, scallops, calamari, clams and scrod - with French fried potatoes and cole slaw - their tastes coming through the coatings.

Cioppino, with its seven ingredients, falls short on flavor - perhaps due to a dull, flavorless light to-

Shopping for Soldiers Inc. readies holiday gift baskets for vets

mato broth. Chef agreed and asked us to try their bouillabaisse in the future.

We returned a week later to sample the dinner portion of a fine presentation of clams, mussels, shrimp, crab legs, scallops, grouper, calamari and potato in an excellent tomato and fish stew soup-like base. It was a huge portion of interwoven tastes that rival the offerings of fine New Orleans restaurants.

Items under “Surf, Turf and Beyond” include a surf & turf in various combinations, a vegetarian box of Asian stir-fried veggies, an 8 ounce filet mignon and an oven roasted herbed chicken.

Steamed or baked stuffed lobsters from 1.25 to 2.50 pounds abound - larger sizes available too. There is a fabulous new New England lobster bake - a cup of chowder, a plate of steamers, mussels, chorizo, corn on the cob and a steamed lobster - all at market price.

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BOCA RATON - This has been a busy year for Neal Bellinger.

And unlike Santa Claus, he isn’t even close to being finished.

Bellinger has been keeping in close touch with the Boca Raton Tribune with information and new twists and turns in his quest for money to finance the Shopping for Soldiers Inc. Holiday Gift Basket Program 2010.

Founder and director of operations for Shopping for Soldiers, Bellinger emailed his special thanks to the city of Boca and Mayor Susan Whelchel for donating the proceeds from the Dec. 18 dress-down day to the organization. “The city employees come dressed down and donate either $3 or some items for our baskets,” he said passionately.

In conjunction with that event, he asked Assistant Fire Chief Daryl Scott if collections could be dropped off at local fire stations. “He said yes.” So, Bellinger called to deliver the good news to the Boca Raton Tribune.

As a result, donations can be left at the following fire houses: •Fire Station 1, 1151 North Federal Hwy •Fire Station 2, 903 West Palmetto Park Road Fire Station 3, 100 South Ocean Blvd •Fire Station 4, 351 West Yamato Road •Fire Station 5, 2333 West Glades Road •Fire Station 6, 1901 Clint Moore Road

The Shopping for Soldiers booth at Mizner Park

•Fire Station 7, 3001 West Yamato Road •Fire Station 8, 190 SW 18th Street Bellinger founded Shopping for Soldiers Inc. in 2008. The two-year-old organization provides Palm Beach County injured soldiers and homeless veterans with needed items. The merchandise is placed in gift baskets and distributed.

This year, the deliveries will be made on Dec. 22 to the Community Living Center located at the VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach. Donations will also go to the Fisher House facility - a place for families to stay while their loved ones are receiving medical care at the VA. “We do the baskets, we do Publix gift cards, we give rides, we do whatever is needed, whatever they need, and we try to provide for them. Can we always do it? No, but we help as much as we can. We have three or four different programs during the course of the year that we use to build toward our holiday gift basket program that allows us to pack and distribute these baskets,” said Bellinger,

who said the baskets contain everyday needs from food to gift cards.

Bellinger said Theresa Ringel, who manages the Fisher House, “told us Shopping for Soldiers is helpful.” It provides support for the families and items needed by the veterans. Shopping for Soldiers volunteers also visit to prepare meals, which is very important. “Food is very comforting,” said Bellinger. “And when someone comes in and makes a really nice home baked meal for a family that they can sit down and eat, it’s very much appreciated.”

The group’s founder said he hopes for more community support. “We would like people to know that there is a tremendous need for people to get involved to try to make a difference, even if it’s just to provide toothpaste, even if it’s just to volunteer some time, just any way that they can help us to provide these needed items for these soldiers would be a Godsend.”

For information about Shopping for Soldiers, visit http://www.shoppingforsoldiersneeds.org/

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Toy drive a raging success thanks to community effort!

By Sam Tett BOCA RATON – The community came together this Sunday, Dec. 12, with Boca Helping Hands, Rotary Club Boca Raton West and Sunset, and Wayne Barton’s Study Center to bring Christmas to needy children across the city.

The effort was a team one; Sugar Sand Park offered free carousel rides, hamburgers, and hot dogs to anyone who came with and unwrapped toy for the drive; volunteers wrapped the gifts as they came in, and a magnificent dinner was later provided at the Wayne Barton Study Center, where Santa Claus appeared to present the collected toys to delighted children. In addition, Boy

Scout Troop 337 has continued to collect toys for the needy children even after the fact, in hopes of continuing the flow of goodwill in Boca.

“The Annual Boca Helping Hands/Wayne Barton Study Center Christmas Dinner for Pearl City is one event that the entire community anticipates and supports,” said Boca Helping Hands Executive Director, James Gavrilo.

“The food was donated by local congregations, the volunteers came from all across Boca Raton, and of course the Rotary rallies behind the toy collection.”

The event was certainly a success, as evidenced by Gavrilo’s fond recollection of the day’s culmination: “The best part of the day

is seeing the faces of the children when Santa arrives.

While over 300 people enjoyed a festive Christmas Dinner, well over 150 children received presents from Santa Claus. Anyone who doubts that there can be peace and brotherhood on earth needed to be at the dinner on Sunday! ”

David Wilson, Douglas Heizer and Steve Laine

Douglas Heizer, David Wilson & Deputy Mayors Constance Scott, Susan Haynie

Wayne Barton, Boca Helping Hands Executive Director James Gavrilo and Deputy Mayors Susan Haynie and Constance Scott

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Holiday Parade

Toy drive a raging success thanks to community effort!

Mayor Susan Whelchel and family

Steve Geffrard, national amateur heavyweight champion Rotary Club Boca Raton West and Sunset, helping in their Annual Carousel Drive to collect toys for the needy kids in Boca Raton

Former City Mayor and current county comissioner Steven Abrams

On December 8, the city of Boca Raton had their annual Boca Raton Holiday Parade.

Everything from High School marching bands, to floats with Santa were there. The crowds gathered early and stayed until the end even with the very cold temperatures that night. The main attraction of the night was when Mayor Susan Whelchel and the rest of the dignitaries of the city of Boca drove in and waived at the crowd. Every year the joy of the holiday season begins with the Boca Raton Holiday Parade.

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ENTERTAINMENT

By Skip Sheffield

Festival of the Arts BOCA will be back for fifth season Festival of the Arts BOCA will return for a fifth season March 4-12, though with a somewhat scaled-down schedule and younger, less famous artists.

“A city must have a cultural arts component in order to be a world-class community,” stated Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel at a press conference at the Mizner Cultural Arts building. “A cultural component is vital to the success of any community. It is fun to see Festival BOCA is younger this year.”

At the youthful end of the spectrum, the phenomenal 10-year-old operatic soprano Jackie Evancho will perform with the Young Stars of the Metropolitan Opera at the Festival finale on Saturday, March 12.

Instead of the costly Russian National Orchestra, the Festival has engaged the much more reasonable Boca Raton Symphonia Orchestra, which also gives a boost to the local musical community.

Festival BOCA 2010 might not have happened at all without the generosity of Richard and Barbara Schmidt and the Schmidt Family Foundation.

“We provided seed money to make the Festival possible,” revealed Dick Schmidt. “The city has stepped up its role, too, by taking over the amphitheater. We would hate to see the Festival fall victim to politics.”

Boca Symphonia patron Marlene Forkas with conductor Philippe Entremont. The Symphonia will perform in the 2011 edition of “Festival of the Arts BOCA” The Festival begins at 7 let Hispanico debuts. p.m. Friday, March 4 with The Latin theme continues the traditional Future Stars at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Competition of young per- with Piano Latino, featurformers, presented by the ing veteran Eddie PalmRotary Club of Boca Ra- ieri, Dominican Grammy ton. The literary compo- Award-winner Michael nent begins at 4 p.m. Satur- Camilo and Cuban-born day, March 5 with a talk by Alfredo Rodriguez, 24, disKate Walbert, author of “A covered by Quincy Jones at Short History of Women,” the 2006 Montreaux Jazz in the Cultural Arts Center. Festival.

The Canadian Brass head- Improvisational genius pialines at 7:30 p.m. Saturday nist Gabriela Montero of in the Amphitheater.

Venezuela plays classics Literature continues at and takes requests at 7:30 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10. with Kevin Bleyer, Emmy An author is to be anAward-winning writer for nounced for Friday, March The Jon Stewart Show 11. and author of “Earth: The As the Russian National Book.”

Orchestra is not touring this The musical component year, the Boca Raton Symcontinues at 7:30 p.m. Sun- phonia is providing live day with the American de- music for the family movie but of Montenegro classical classic “The Wizard of Oz” guitarist Milos Karadaglic, at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

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Distinguished writer-inAs the literary program is residence Doris Kearns a “work in progress,” the returns at 4 p.m. Saturday, Monday, March 7 author March 12 and the Festiis to be announced. At 7:30 val finale, “A Night at the p.m. Monday evening Bal- Opera” stars Jackie Evan-

cho and the Young Stars of the Metropolitan Opera with the Boca Raton Symphonia, under the baton of famed French pianist/conductor Philippe Entremont.

Individual tickets are $35$125 and packages are available. Call 561-3688445 or 866-571-ARTS or visit www.festivaloftheartsboca.org.

Things are Not Idyllic in “Hemingway’s Garden of Eden” Ernest Hemingway never wanted his “Garden of Eden” to be published.

Nevertheless, his final novel was published posthumously in 1986. Now it is a movie, starring Jack Huston as the Hemingwaylike World war I veteran and young novelist David Bourne, Mena Suvari as his young, wealthy, reckless wife Catherine and Caterina Murino as the couple’s sexy, seductive Italian friend, Marita. It is showing at FAU’s new Living Room Theaters.

The newlywed young American couple is enjoying life bombing around the French Riviera in a 1927 Bugatti sports car Catherine bought for David.

They rent a seaside villa for the season, and Catherine

soon grows bored and restless while David attempts to write.

One afternoon Catherine shows up with Marita in tow, and Catherine practically dares David to have an affair with the Italian beauty.

A ménage a trois develops with predictably unhappy results.

Mena Suvari is no longer the dewy-eyed doll she was

in “American Beauty,” and with her hair chopped off and bleached platinum, she looks fairly ridiculous. Jack Huston looks even sillier with his platinum hair and dark eyebrows.

“Garden of Eden” may have been Hemingway’s attempt to emulate his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald, but “Tender is the Night” this is not.

Mena Suvari in Hemingway”s “Garden of Eden.”

Flossy Keesely was inducted into the Boca Raton Rotary Club as a lifetime member.

Flossy Keesely and Doug Mummaw Photo By: Yaacov Heller

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Caldwell Theatre to host ‘Not So Nutcracker’ BOCA RATON - Take the classic “Nutcracker” that everyone knows and loves. Move it into the 21st century. Infuse it with today’s music and dance styles.

What you end up with is “The Not So Nutcracker,” a modern retelling of Clara, her wonderful Christmas present, and the joys that lie ahead while visions of sugarplums dance in her head.

Destination Dance will present the exploration of that story through our 21st century perspective Dec. 18 at the Caldwell Theatre, 7901 N. Federal Hwy, Boca Raton. Two performances are scheduled, at 2 and 6 p.m. Expect some of the traditional music, some new music and, maybe even a few surprises as everything Nutcracker is Not So this time around.

Tickets are $25, and students with ID can see the show for $10. Call 561-241-7432 or 877-245-7432

Palm Beach County Science and Engineering Fair Representing the U.S. Submarine Veterans - South Florida Base, Ken Lee completed his annual volunteer duty as a Judge for the Palm Beach County Science and Engineering Fair. The Fair was held Dec 6-8 at the South Florida Fairgrounds Exposition Center.

Middle School - Certificate and $50 Honorarium James Fogarty: Loggers’ Run Middle School Carissa Deranek: Loggers’ Run Middle School Evaluation of Hull Designs for Speed Electrode Evaluations for Microbial Fuel Cells High School – Certificate and $150 Honorarium ($50 each) Team Award - Mike Haimowitz, Terrence Winston, Alex Berliner Palm Beach Central High School Real-Time Force Feedback in Virtual Environment

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By Rebecca Coleman

Business is back in Boca...

PR gurus Jon & Bonnie Kaye had a great turnout for the grand opening of attorney clients Lesser, Lesser & Landy & Smith’s new Boca office. More than 200 people filled a spacious tent complete with heaters and seasonal music by Boca Raton Symphonia members.

Guests included Melissa Fronstin, newly appointed executive director of the Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts who’s charged with producing the 2011 Festival of the Arts BOCA, March 4-12.

Most of us ventured outside for the official ribboncutting ceremony where Chamber of Commerce head honcho Troy McLellan wielded the giant ribbon-cutting scissors and then ducked back inside to the bar and buffet - oh yes it wasn’t all business, although there was a lot of business talk going on!

More new business celebrations… Maui Spa & Wellness Center is celebrating its fourth anniversary-I remember the open-

ing like it was yesterday!

Owner Gayle Wentworth, who opened the center with mother Chickie in 2007, gave me a tour of newly added features. The Zen lounge is totally Feng Shui correct (the fountain will put you instantly into relaxed spa mode) and the huge roof top terrace now has an all-weather awning.

Congratulations both!

In upcoming fundraiser news, fundraising super star Lynda Levitsky is spear-heading the Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Parkland recruitment drive (pardon the pun!) for the Second Annual Rally For Kids With Cancer “Scavenger Cup” taking place in Miami April 29-30.

The celebrity-spotting fun starts on Friday evening with “The Qualifiers” Celebrity Draft Party at race headquarters, The Eden Roc Hotel.

So, if you have a passion for exotic cars, want Desperate Housewives Star Eva Longoria Parker as your Celebrity Navigator and raise fund for kids

with cancer, call Lynda at 561-703-1738 or visit www.rallyforkids.com.

From new fundraising events to one of Boca’s oldest. The 49th Annual Boca Raton Regional Hospital Ball takes place Jan. 15 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. The Olde World-themed, black-tie gala will feature a cocktail reception, sumptuous dinner and dancing to the music of South Florida’s Heatwave. (Something to look forward to as we bundle up in winter coats this week!)

Honorary gala chairs are Jean Blechman, Barbara & Irving Gutin, Joan & Myron Kaufman, Marianne Minkoff Lerner & Howard Lerner, Rose Procacci, Jo Ann & Philip Procacci and Gail & Peter Salvatore. Tickets are $400 per person by calling 561-9554142.

And that is life in Boca…

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PET OF THE WEEK

Albert is hankering for a new home - maybe yours!

Story, photo by: Pam D’Addio

BOCA RATON - OK, you can stop looking now... you’ve found ME. I’m a Shiba Inu mix, a 10-month-old neutered male weighing about 40 pounds.

Albert’s the name and I’m ready to rock and roll so I hope you have a yard and maybe some other dogs for me to play with? I’m active and silly like most pups.

I’m “sorta” housebroken but hey, I’m young and I

need a house! Cute, cute, cute, I’m a real work of unique ‘Mutt’ art! You’ll never find another like me, so hurry and sign my papers and let’s go HOME. 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 for companion animals are $110 and up.

Animals are heartworm-

tested and up-todate 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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BARRY’S BUZZ

FAITH

By Barry Epstein

By Pr. Sandy Huntsman

Hearing But Not Listening All of us would probably readily acknowledge that our ability to speak, read and write are communicative skills taught to us by others. But what if the question was: “Who taught you how to listen?” If you’re like most people, the answer would be “no one.”

What makes this fact so truly amazing and ironic is that listening is the part of communication we engage in the most (40% listening, 35% speaking, 16% reading, 9% writing), and it’s the one for which we typically receive the least training.

Scripture has much to say about hearing and listening. “Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish.”

(Prov. 18.13 NLT) “He who has an ear, let him hear...”

(Rev. 3.22 NIV) “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.” (James 1:19 KJV) So, why is it that people spend so little time and effort becoming better listeners? Two reasons: 1. We assume that hearing and listening are the same activity.

While they are similar they are not synonymous. Hearing is the mechanical (physiological) function of re-

ceiving sounds. Listening, however, is an interpretive function which involves turning those sounds into meaning.

Our modern Western culture tends to focus on mental activity. “It’s the thought that counts,” we say. But biblical cultures were very action-oriented, and this is reflected even in the language. Many verbs that we consider mental activities (hearing, knowing, remembering, etc.) are broadened to include their physical outcomes as well.

An excellent example is the Hebrew word “shema,” that has a primary meaning of “hear” or “listen.”

Too often our hyper-speed, techno-saturated society considers listening just a mental activity, and hearing just the ability to discern different sounds. But in the Bible, the word “shema” is widely used to describe hearing and also its outcomes: understanding, taking heed, being obedient, doing what is asked. Any mother who has chided her children, “Were you listening?” when they ignored her request to clean up their rooms, understands that listening should result in action.

In fact, almost every place we see the word “obey” in English in the Bible, it has

been translated from the word shema. To “hear” is to “obey”!

2. We see listening as a passive activity.

If you ask most people what is the opposite of talking, they will likely say it is listening. Unfortunately close observation reveals that when most of us are engaged in a one-on-one conversation, and the other person is talking, for the most part, we are not listening, but focusing on what we will say in response. It seems that there is very little listening going on. Each person is waiting to speak their mind, nearly heedless of what the other person is really saying.

Effective listening is an active process that requires effort, discipline and learned skills.

Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine March day. One remarked to the other, “Windy, isn’t it?” “No,” the second man replied, “its Thursday.”

And the third man chimed in, “So am I. Let’s go have a Coke.”

Our problem may be our hearing, but it is more likely our listening, or failure thereof. “He who has ears, let him hear....”

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

• The Delray Beach and West Boca Chambers of Commerce will be enjoying a joint holiday network, this Tuesday, Dec. 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Lola’s, 16950 Jog Rd. between Clint Moore and Linton Roads, hosted by Wendy Rosano. Details are on the website, www.westbocachamber.com, Costs are: $10 for Chamber members and first time guests, $15 for returning guests. RSVP to info@westbocachamber.com or Candace@delraybeach. com.

• City Furniture and Ashley Furniture will be opening on Airport Road in mid January.

• Indiana based appliance and retail store HHGREGG will be opening a Boca Raton location.

• County Commissioner Steven L. Abrams announced that the county has successfully procured funding through the Homeland Security Grant program to be used to increase border patrol presence along Palm Beach Countys coastline. The grant for $100,000 requires no local match or tax dollars. These funds were made available through Operation Stonegarden to assist local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in their ongoing efforts in securing local borders. More specifically, the money received will be used for overtime to provide additional patrols associated with crime suppression operations and intercepting those who have illegally crossed our borders.

• Porn sites are closer to getting their own address on the

Internet. The online red-light district would be in the form of an “.xxx” domain name suffix alongside longstanding ones such as “.com” and “.org.”

Following a decade-long battle, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, voted Friday to proceed with a contract with ICM Registry LLC to sell domain names ending in “.xxx.” Palm Beach based ICM Registry already has 189,000 “pre-registrations” for “.xxx” sites and expects to register roughly 500,000 new sites when it launches the registry in the second quarter of 2011.

• The 34th annual City of Boca Raton Holiday Boat Parade will be Saturday, December 18 at 6:30 p.m. from the C-15 canal (Boca-Delray city limits) south to the Broward County line, sponsored by Summit Brokerage, The Boca Raton Resort & Club, Marine Industries of PBC, barry r. epstein associates and others.

• Temple Beth Shira 5th annual Yard Sale will be Sunday December 19th from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 912-1453 for one of the only 200 spaces available. 5,000 attended last year.

They expect 6,000 this year.

• The next concert of the swing and jazz preservation society season at the Spanish River Church, 2400 Yamato Road is Dec. 21. Tickets are $18 for members, $26 for nonmembers. Subscriptions are available at $102 for six shows. Membership in the society is $30 the first year, $25 thereafter. Visit http://www. swingandjazzpreservationsociety.org or call 561-4999976.

• The Ultimate Jersey Boys tribute concert, Frankie Valli

and the 4 Seasons will be the Temple Beth Shira fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. in the Countess de Hoernle Theatre at Spanish River High School. Call 912-1453 for the $35 tickets.

• The Jewish War Veterans of Palm Beach County are holding their next meeting on January 16th, 2011 at 9 a.m at the Hagan Ranch Road Fire Station north of Atlantic Ave on the west side of Hagen Ranch Road in Delray Beach • New Veterans members from all WARS are welcomed as well as regular members. Free Coffee, Bagels etc. included.

Cpl. Burt Richards of The Veterans Speakers Forum for educating School students will speak on the accomplishments the veterans have had since last meeting. The programs are designed to educate the students in Palm Beach County Schools and more speakers are needed. Friends and guests are welcomed. For more information, call 561734-4527.

• FAU’s Living Room Theatre is showing the best of the movies. This past week they screened Ahead of Time, Hemingway’s Garden of Eden, Client 9, The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Leaving, Soul Kitchen and Last Train Home. New movies opening Friday include: Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and Related Fields, Wasteland and White Material.

• Movies opening this week at other theatres include Undertow, Black Swan, The Fighter, Tron 3D, Yogi Bear 3D and How Do You Know.Black Swan will be an Academy Award winning contender for best Actress.

Barry Epstein, APR, is a noted public relations, marketing and political consultant based in Boca Raton, and is president of the West Boca Chamber of Commerce (www.westbocachamber.com).

His website is www.publicrelations.nu

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Boca Chamber kicks off holiday season with get-together at Morton’s WHAT BUSINESS ARE YOU IN? BOCA RATON - The TrusBy Gerald Sherman

Recognizing - and keeping up with changes in the marketplace Many successful businesses hope to stay in their magical “comfort zone,” where things always stay the same. However, they will find that just as there is change in their daily lives so is there change in their daily business environment.

Today’s fast-paced world places an enormous pressure on companies to keep up with change. Demographics, social and political events, competition, all contribute to the volatile shifts in the marketplace.

How do you keep up with these changes? How do you anticipate why and when changes occur? What strategies will you use to stay ahead of these changes and manage them?

Change is not only a natural process in the business world, but one which is also necessary for the company’s existence. Consumers’ changing attitudes and preferences intensify the changing process. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, change is defined as “to replace with another - to make a shift from one to another.”

Consumer demand and competition are forces that cause market shifts and are generated from outside your control. It is important to recognize these market shifts when they take place. There are three types of market shift changes: (Sherman&Perlman).

• Product-oriented Market Shift - a significant change in the product or service which can potentially affect sales • People-oriented Market Shift - a significant change in the demographics and psychographics which can potentially affect sales.

• Structure-oriented. Market Shift - a significant change in the structure of the industry - the way product/service is designed, manufactured, distributed or sold - which can potentially affect sales.

By evaluating a particular ‘Market Shift’, we determine its importance, significance, and the appropriate adjustment methods.

It is important to recognize when a market shift is taking place, and take steps

needed to adapt to it in order to take advantage of any opportunities the shift presents. Ignoring a market shift, or failing to take the steps necessary to adapt to it, could bring about drastic negative consequences to the company’s survival.

Ideally, the organization should have a reliable resource to identify the type of market shift; productoriented, people-oriented, or structure-oriented and formulate a strategy of adaptation. Then it is a matter of processing the information.

Unfortunately, there is no rule in the Real World prohibiting market shifts of a different type, or several of the same type, taking place simultaneously.

We are currently in a state of constant change which is evident in the changing markets. No field or industry is free from change.

Excerpts from the book, The Real World Guide to Fashion Selling & Management, Gerald J. Sherman & Sar S. Perlman.

Fairchild Books, Division of Conde Nast Publications, N.Y.

Gerald J. Sherman of Sherman & Perlman LLC is a marketing and public relations person and has written several books and articles on these subjects.

tee Members of the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce kicked off the holiday season in style with a get-together at Morton’s The Steakhouse Nov. 30.

The annual gathering brings together some of the area’s top business leaders in a festive atmosphere.

The Trustee Membership Program was founded in 1999 to bring together senior level executives, whose caring and commitment to the community is the foundation for the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce’s continued growth.

More than 170 businesses are involved in the program, including companies such as Jarden Consumer Solutions, JM Family Enterprises, NCCI Inc., Office Depot, Town Center at Boca Raton, Wachovia Corporation, Woolbright Development, and Tyco.

As the largest Chamber in Palm Beach County, the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce’s membership is presently composed of more than 1,500 companies. Since 1952, the Chamber has been enabling the community’s business people to thrive by providing opportunities for leadership, networking, innovative business programs, education, and giving back to the community.

For information, visit info@ bocaratonchamber.com or 561.395.4433 ext. 0.

Credit: Photos by Audra Hodges

From left, Jerry Fedele, Melanie Dickinson, Richard Murdoch and Troy M. McLellan, CCE.

Michael and Joanne Del Gigante and John T. Mulhall

Mitch and Kolleen Feldman and Forrest Heathcott

John Strickroot and Penny Morey

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Dr. Virginia Crist

By Dr. Virginia Crist What could be more exciting than love? Living and loving are two lifelong processes intricately interwoven. I will love for as long as I live. I love the birds, and the sunsets, and the stillness of the lakes, and the sounds of the waves on the ocean. I love the sand between my toes, the sun on my skin, and the high flying pelicans. I love the smell of fresh brewed coffee in the morning, chocolate, and char-broiled salmon. I love phone calls from my family, and I love helping a friend. To me, living and loving are inseparable.

Now, what about loving one special person? How is that different? You see, we can love our parents, children, pets, roses, cheesecake, symphonies, football games and never exhaust our capacity to love.

But “being in love” with one special person is an altogether different kind of love which involves a different kind of energy.

HOW TO KEEP LOVE ALIVE - AT ANY AGE is what I’d like to focus on.

One of our greatest personal challenges is to create the love we want. People try their best to love each other, but there is a lot of frustration and disappointment.

The high divorce rates attest to that: 50% in 1st marriages; sadly, 67% in 2nd marriages; and a whopping 74% in 3rd marriages!

These clues suggests that even if you roll up your sleeves and try your hardest with your first marriage, it becomes increasingly difficult as you move forward to find lasting love. Please don’t be complacent.

It’s one thing to fall in love, but it’s another thing to stay in love. So, here is one key feature of a healthy love relationship: High Mutual Regard. It is paramount in keeping love alive. Treat each other with respect, value, and dignity. Avoid criticizing one another in public - that is a form of disregard. This type of behavior will not cultivate your partner’s admiration, long term presence, and leaves the door open to infidelity. One phrase I often here in my office is, “My partner often puts me down, criticizes me, or tries to make me feel bad about myself.” Thoughtfulness and consideration are important to feel safe and vulnerable with one another under the auspices of high mutual regard. Thoughtful gestures can be as simple as a quick love note scribbled in the morning, or a lovely card received in the mail

every couple of weeks - but you must write something special in it, or it is meaningless. A beautiful longstemmed rose across a bed pillow one evening could be an unusual surprise for many. Be creative. What would your partner like or enjoy from you? Consideration suggests opening the door for her and pulling out her chair. I am all for women’s rights, but I am also very much a lady.

I am sure I am not the only one who appreciates a kind gentleman with etiquette.

Reciprocity would be offering a cold drink, getting the mail - everything applies to whichever gender is more comfortable doing so--just make sure you do them frequently. A high quality, desirable, healthy, long term relationship does not run on auto-pilot.

Treat him or her as though they are the most important person in the world. This is vital because to you, they are!

Dr. Virginia Crist is a contributing columnist to the Boca Raton Tribune. She is practicing Individual and Couples Counselor and has two M.A. degrees in Counseling along with a five year Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Florida State University.

She also holds the esteemed Diplomate from the American Psychotherapy Association.

Her off (561)212-6855 Glades/St. Andrews Professional Ctr. 2499 Glades Rd. Suite #108 Boca Raton, FL 33431

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Allianz championship announces appointment of new Chairman and Four New Directors to 2010-2011 Boca Raton Champions Golf Charities Board BOCA RATON - A new chairman of the board and four new directors have been appointed to the Boca Raton Champions Golf Charities (BRCGC) board for the fifth annual Allianz Championship, a PGA Champions Tour event to be held Feb. 7-13 2011 at The Old Course at Broken Sound in Boca Raton. The announcement was made

by Allianz Championship Tournament Director Ryan Dillon and Mike “MJ” Arts, outgoing BRCGC board chairman.

Brent Colson, PresidentSouthern Region, Konica Minolta, who has served on the BRCGC for three years has been appointed 2010-2011 chairman of the BRCGC board of directors, with William “Bill” Berger-Senior Partner, Greenspoon Marder, P.A; Patti Hamilton- Vice President, Southern Waste Systems; J.C. Perrin – Senior Vice President, U.S. Trust; and Ivan Snyder-President, Broken Sound Club joining as directors of the BRCGC board that serves as the operational and financial oversight group for the annual Boca Raton event as well as the oversight group for the distribution of all charitable funds. All net tournament proceeds will benefit Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Champi-

ons Tour events generate significant sums of money for charity; the three tours of the PGA and their tournaments reached the $1.5 billion mark in charitable, more than all other professional sports combined.

Berger, Hamilton, Perrin, and Snyder join longstanding BRCGC board members: Don Allison,Partner, Gillespie & Allison, PA; Mike “MJ” Arts-past BRCGC Board Chairman; Gary Bhojwani – President & CEO, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America; Hollis Cavner-President, Pro Links Sports; John CreanEx-officio General Manager, Broken Sound Club; Jim Dunn – Vice President & General Manager, JM Lexus; Jerry FedelePresident and CEO, Boca Raton Regional Hospital; Mark Gensheimer – President, Penn-Florida Companies; Nancy Jones-Chief Marketing Officer, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America; J. Scott McCleneghen-Managing Senior Vice President, City National Bank of Florida; Keith O’DonnellManaging Director, Flagler Real Estate Services.; David Rosenberg- Founder, Rosenberg Diamonds; Jan Savarick-President & Executive Director, Boca Raton Regional Hospital

Foundation; Dick SchmidtChairman of the Board, Boca Raton Regional Hospital President, Schmidt Companies; and Susan Whelchel-Mayor, City of Boca Raton.

“We are pleased to have longtime board member Brent Colston take the helm this year and add four new accomplished, community-focused leaders to our board to support the 2011 Allianz Championship,” noted Dillon. “They each bring an abundance of diverse personal and business relationships that will further empower the board and the tournament team to making this year’s tournament the best yet.”

The tournament is managed by Pro Links Sports, headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Directing six tournaments on the Champions Tour schedule, all are continuously voted in the top ten tournaments by the players. This reputation attracts the top golfers on the PGA Championship Tour to Boca Raton, along with other legends of golf.

The week-long fifth annual Allianz Championship schedule of events includes three days of championship play from Friday through Sunday, Feb. 11th-13th plus a first Annual Women’s Executive Pro-Am on Tuesday, Feb. 8th with an

Boca girls medal at national swim competition; relay team places second

Executive Pro-Am Pairings Party that evening; two days of Executive Pro-Am play on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 9th and 10th; a second annual Golf & Wine Experience at the close of first day of championship play, Friday, Feb. 11th; and a first annual Allianz Championship Fairway 5K/Family Day on Saturday, Feb. 12th. This year the Allianz Championship has also added a “Birdies Fore Charity” fundraising program through which participating nonprofit organizations solicit pledges from supporters based on the number of birdies made

by PGA Champions Tour players during the threeday championship play.

The Allianz Championship, with free general admission on all three championship play days, will be held on The Old Course at Broken Sound Club, located at 1401 NW 51st Street, (Yamato Road), Boca Raton, FL 33431. The tournament office is located at 6450 E. Rogers Circle, Boca Raton, FL 33487. For more information, contact 561241-GOLF(4653); fax 561241-4658, or visit www.allianzchampionship.com.

BOCA RATON - Harper Bruens and Rebecca Aiello, both of Boca Raton, medaled at the recent 2010 Junior Nationals swim meet held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bruens and Aiello train with FLA and were part of an FLA relay team. Bruens is an 11th grader at Boca Raton Community High School. Aiello attends Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale.

The relay team included Bruens, Lauren Driscoll, Damaris Iriondo and Rebecca Aiello. The relay team came in 2nd nationally in the women’s 800 freestyle. In addition, Bruens came in 9th in the 100 free. The meet was held at Georgia Tech’s pool.

The FLA Swim School officially opened in December of 2007. FLA is Florida’s #1 swimming program

for youth and adults, one of the nation’s fastest growing swimming programs, and one of the top 100 programs in the country. The FLA staff brings more than 40 years of swimming experience and are all American Red Cross Water Safety certified. For more information, visit www.FLAswim. com.

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Why Golf lessons don’t seem to help Delray International Tennis Championship needs volunteers for February event as much as they should By: Bobby Lopez, PGA I’ve been giving golf lessons since 1970. Some students improve more than others, even if some golfers don’t realize it at first.

However the break down is in maintaining the improvement. Both students and golf professionals alike need to pay more attention to how the student is going to continue to maintain the improvement and not fall back to old habits and tendencies.

I’ve seen golfers improve from a golf lesson in less than an hour, only to fall right back to their old habits two or three days later.

The practice you put in right after the lesson,

(within the first 60 hours) is crucial. You need to repeat the new motion again and again until it begins to “sink in”, (some call it muscle memory my wife calls it nagging).

The proper way to do this is NOT at a driving range or with a golf ball. In your lesson your professional should have assigned drills that isolate the specific area in your swing motion that you are trying to re-program. You should have a point of reference assigned so you can tell whether you are accomplishing the goal.

I like a full length mirror, maybe clubs on the ground as a reference point or maybe a stick in

the ground that forces you to take a new path to the golf ball. The more you practice with isolated drills and some kind of reference point as a guide the better off you’ll be.

Yes a golf lesson can get things started in the right direction but the golf lesson only serves as a map to follow. Most of the results will come far after the lesson with the continued nagging of your isolated motion drills.

A word of caution here… do NOT carry over the drills to the golf course.

I like to call it drill, drill, drill and forget it.

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DELRAY BEACH - As one of only 62 tournaments in the world, and the world’s only combined ATP World Tour & ATP Champions Tour event, the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships (ITC) is seeking volunteers who will play an integral role in the production of the 10-day, world-class tennis event to be held February 18 - 27, 2011 at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center.

The ITC provides its selected volunteer team a unique glimpse in the behind the scenes and hands-on opportunity working directly with players, spectators, media, officials, sponsors and tournament management. Positions include drivers, media personnel, ushers, player services, registration, ticket takers, and in-office tournament staff.

Individuals must be able to work at least 30 hours during the event; students will receive community service hours. Benefits of volunteering include selective complimentary event tickets, meals, parking, uniforms and souvenir discounts.

The ITC “Refer a Friend” Program enables returning volunteers who refer a friend as a new volunteer will receive two tickets to the semi-finals or ATP World Tour Finals.

The deadline to sign up as a volunteer is December

31. Sign up online at www.

YellowTennisBall.com or email mhall@yellowtennisball.com to receive an application.

Further information can be obtained by calling the tournament office at 561330-6000.

The ITC annually attracts the best tennis players in the world and thousands of visitors to Delray Beach and Palm Beach County. In October, the tournament received the 2010 Providencia Award from the Palm Beach County Convention

& Visitor’s Bureau for its extraordinary contribution to tourism, and it was also honored in 2003 with the ATP Award of Excellence.

The privately-owned $500,000 ATP World Tour event is entering its 19th year (13th in Delray Beach) and features one of 11 ATP World Tour events in the United States and the first-ever ATP Champions Tour event played on US soil. Total player compensation is more than $1 million for both events.

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CRANK UP THE HEAT

By Pedro Heizer

Wade wins Player of the week Dwyane Wade was named the NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from December 6 - 12. That span of time included the HEAT’s four road wins of Milwaukee, Utah, Golden State, and Sacramento.

The HEAT won all of those games by double digits.

During that time, Wade averaged 30.8 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 5.5 asts, and 1 spg. The games included a career high 14 rebounds from Wade in a win against Milwaukee along with 25 points that evening.

He also had back to back

nights of 34 and 36 points against Golden State and Sacramento. Wade was outstanding in these games and displayed a fight to win during this stretch.

It isn’t the first time Wade has won this award, this marking the 13th time in his career (a Miami HEAT franchise record). But it may come surprising he wins this award for the season before star teammate LeBron James does.

James leads the HEAT in scoring and assist, but it was this string of four games that grabbed the attention of the NBA to give

Wade the Player of the Week award.

Wade started his campaign for another week with 32 points in a victory over New Orleans on Monday night. Wade has had the hot hand lately for the HEAT and his steady play has been instrumental in their success. Look for Wade to continue his strong play as long as he is healthy. And as long as the HEAT keep winning largely, more awards and mentions will be headed their way.

Soccer Player Janelle Blake Named to All-South Region Second Team Boca Raton, FL - The postseason honors continue to roll in for Florida Atlantic University women’s soccer player Janelle Blake.

The senior defender has been named to the allsouth region’s second team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. She becomes the first Owls’ player to earn regional recognition since 2005.

“This is a deserving honor based on Janelle’s leadership and performance for this season and throughout her four-year collegiate career,” stated Brian Dooley, FAU’s head women’s soccer coach.

Blake, from Nepean, Ontario, put her name in FAU’s soccer record books by playing the second most minutes (6,607) and starting the eighth most matches (72) in school history.

She had three assists this season - all coming in conference victories.

Earlier, Blake earned second team all-Sun Belt Conference honors for her outstanding performances this season.

FAU finished the 2010

season with a two-win improvement in conference matches, with a 5-6 record, and qualified for the league’s championship tournament.

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Boca Raton, FL - The Florida Atlantic University men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs will host a strong national field of competitors from Clemson University, Rice University, the Air Force Academy, Florida International University and University of Denver in the FAU Invitational on Saturday, December 18 beginning at 11 a.m., at the FAU Aquatic Center, 777 Glades Road on the Boca Raton campus.

“The meet features top flight competition among teams at the top of their respective conferences,” said Steve Eckelkamp, FAU’s head swimming and diving coach. “We will have one of the top team in the Sun Belt Conference in Denver while other strong contenders nationally. It will be a good test for all that is involved.”

The men’s team is coming off a seventh-place finish in last month’s Georgia Tech Invitational. Leading the squad has been junior Csaba Pek, who was named the Sun Belt Conference “Male Swimmer of the Week” after posting four top-10 efforts and season-best times in Atlanta; senior Adam Corbin, a key contributor in sprint freestyle, individual medley and relay races; and senior Mikolaj Czarnecki, the conference’s defending 200-yard butterfly champion and two-year provision-

al NCAA qualifier. Other strong FAU competitors are senior David Rudolf, a multiple-event swimmer; junior divers Garret LeMon andRyan King; and sophomore sprint specialists Alan Forbes and Eric Williams.

Meanwhile, the women’s team is led by sophomore standout swimmer Eszter Bucz, who has already provisionally qualified for the NCAA championships in three events and set school records in the 200- and 400-yard individual medley events. She has also been named the Sun Belt’s “Female Swimmer of the Week” three times this season.

Other top women’s performers are junior freestyle swimmer Jonna Nyback, an all-conference performer last season; junior butterfly and medley relay swimmer Erin Hersey, the team’s third highest point scorer last season; sophomore diver Maegan Butler; senior breaststroke specialist Janelle Nassim; and junior butterfly swimmer Elizabeth Starke. All of these swimmers also contribute to the team’s talented relay teams.

The FAU Aquatic Center features an Olympic-sized meter pool and has served as the winter training facility for hundreds of collegiate swimmers. The facility features a diving well for one and three meter events.

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