The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
Number 310 • Year VII COMMUNITY see page 3
Local Serves Community With Her Dental Hygienist Practice
COMMUNITY
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FAU Celebrates 2017 President’s Gala
SPORTS
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Little League Season Rolls Into April
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL
April 7 - April 13, 2017
FAU Course Prepares Students with Disabilities to Join Workforce By Lisa Metcalf
When entering the job market, college students with disabilities face more challenges than their peers, but an innovative college course offered at Florida Atlantic University improves their chances at finding employment and succeeding in the workforce. According to the American Community Survey, only 53 percent of people with disabilities who have a bachelor’s degree or higher were employed in 2011, as opposed to 83 percent of those without disabilities. See page 3
Mrs. Florida Globe Takes Her Ambitions to Compete for New Title
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By: Nikki Colonna
Mrs. Florida Globe, Deborah Bernstein, is taking a step further in her pageant career in June by competing for the title of Mrs. U.S. of A. and Mrs. Globe Classic in Las Vegas. This recognition would impact her goals and aspirations as a spokesperson for the Women in Need Foundation and her roles
in many other organizations throughout the community. Bernstein has been competing in beauty pageants for most of her life. Along with being a strong, mature pageant girl with a passion to become the best version of herself, she has bigger dreams for herself and the WIN Foundation. See page 5
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