The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
Number 465 • Year XI COMMUNITY see page 3
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens to Reopen June 16
COVID-19 Testing Offered at Home Depot and Publix
see page 4
Local Students Create Organization for Peaceful Protests
see page 9
COMMUNITY see page 10
PBSC sees hike in summer enrollment
Local Student Gets FPL Scholarship
June 12 - June 18, 2020 SPORTS
see page 15
Former Hurricanes tight end Michael Irvin II transfers to FAU
Ava Parker Elected to Serve on AACC Board
By Destiny Harris Recent high school graduate, Corbin “C.J.” Weir from American Heritage High School received the surprise of a lifetime when he got selected for Florida Power & Light Company’s (FPL) annual $20,000 Robotics College Scholarship. The scholarship announcement was made by a social distancing-conscious caravan parked in front of Weir’s family home in Boca Raton. Weir, 18, will receive $5,000 annually throughout his college career at the University of Florida. The company made the scholarship contribution through the NextEra Energy Foundation to assist Weir through college. FPL’s mission is to ensure students have accessible robotics programs in the (STEM) curriculum. Continued on Page 3
Story on Page 11
Mizner Park Amphitheater Proposed to Reopen with Socially Distanced Events By: Megan Mandatta
Story on Page 5
Councilwoman Andrea Levine O’Rourke proposed to The City Council that the Mizner Park Amphitheater be open to host various socially distanced park activities. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Mizner Park Amphitheater, located in the northeast corner of the park, has gone dark for the summer. All planned activities have been canceled by the city to combat large summer crowds. In order to promote safety in this open area, Levine O’Rourke designed a socially distanced area in the grass.
Follow Us on
Palm Beach State College President Ava L. Parker, J.D., has been elected by her peers from around the nation to serve on the board of directors of the American Association of Community Colleges. She is among eight newly-elected board members who will serve three-year terms beginning July 1. Six institutional members and two affiliated council members, all current community college chief executive officers, were elected to join the 32-member board. Parker was one of 13 CEOs nominated in the institutional member category. The AACC is the primary advocacy organization for the nation’s community colleges. It represents nearly 1,200 twoyear, associate degree-granting institutions and more than 12 million students. The board of directors acts on behalf of the institutional members to create and maintain a vision for AACC and to determine and ensure that the organization adheres to appropriate standards of performance.
YOUR CLOSEST NEIGHBOR.