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Festival Of The Arts Veterans Day Events Lynn Univ. to Build Boca Pre-Festival From Morning To Night Christine E. Lynn Concert Set Nov. 13 University Center

BOCA RATON, FL – The Festival of the Arts BOCA will host a special pre-festival concert featuring award-winning jazz vocalist Zoë Fromer with the Henry Mancini Institute Jazz Quintet, followed by a reception to announce the 10th Anniversary line-up on Friday, November 13 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, 201 Plaza Real in Boca Raton.

Tickets are $20 per person and are available at www. festivalboca.com or 866-571-2787 The performance by the all-star group of musicians led by vocalist Zoë Fromer will feature a wide range of music from jazz standards such as Autumn Leaves and Embraceable You to contemporary hits including Just The Two Of Us and A House Is Not A Home.

“We are planning an extraordinary line-up to celebrate the Festival’s 10th installment,” said Charlie Siemon, co-founder and co-producer. “We have much to be proud of throughout our decade of bringing the best and brightest in dance, classical music, performing arts, and literature to Boca Raton.”

Zoë Fromer started her jazz career singing for the big band at nationally–acclaimed Atlantic Community High School.

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The inaugural Boca Raton Mayor’s Ball, presented by the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton on Oct. 17 at Broken Sound Club, paid tribute to nearly a century of city leaders while honoring others who have gone above and beyond to help others.

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BOCA RATON, FL – Lynn University announced at its annual State of the University address recently that it will build the Christine E. Lynn University Center, a project that begins the final phase of the school’s Campus Master Plan.

The new building is made possible by a $15 million gift, the largest in university history, from Board of Trustees Chair Christine E. Lynn. Mrs. Lynn’s commitment is a challenge grant that establishes the foundation for others to participate in this momentous project.

“The Christine E. Lynn University Center will stand at the heart of our campus and enhance the experience of students, employees and every person who visits,” says Lynn President Kevin M. Ross. “We are grateful for Mrs. Lynn’s unparalleled generosity and the role she continues to play in our university’s future.”

The university center’s design is the culmination of years of preparation, beginning with Continued on page 4

First Mayor’s Ball Honors City Leaders

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BOCA RATON, FL – In recognition of Veterans Day and in remembrance of all military personnel in service to the United States, the City of Boca Raton will host a Veterans Day Observance “Honoring All Who Served” on Wednesday, November 11 with two special events FREE and open to the public.

A special tribute is planned at 9 a.m. at the Boca Raton Cemetery, 449 SW 4th Avenue, with the Boca Raton High School NJROTC, Boca Raton Community High School Band, Boca Raton Elks Lodge #2166, US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Estahakee Chapter NSDAR, American Legion Post #277, American Legion Auxiliary Post #277.

Mayor Susan Haynie will share a presentation of remembrances and welcome a special appearance by the Fort Lauderdale Highlanders.

A special concert, “Tribute to Veterans,” will be presented by the Florida Wind Symphony under the direction of Dr. Kyle Prescott at 7 p.m. at the Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, in Downtown Boca.

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Former Mayor Susan Whelchel, left, presents Barb Smith with her George Long Award. - Photo by Jeffrey Tholl

The evening that included a reception, dinner and dancing, complete with a red carpet arrival and on-thespot interviews, was a sell-out, drawing more than 400 local civic, business, tourism, community and philanthropic stakeholders and visionaries – past and present.

The special black-tie event raised start-up money to launch the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton’s new grant program that will fund health and wellness needs of Boca Raton nonprofits.

Set amid city-themed environs, with the ballroom divided into Camino Real and Yamato Road sections, historical décor was provided by the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum.

The program opened with a presentation of colors by Boca Raton Fire Rescue and Police Honor Guards and the Boca Raton Fire Rescue Pipes and Drums Corps. The national anthem was sung by Kendra Erika. A formal mayor’s processional was also held.

To start the night “on the right foot,” current Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie surprised guests with a special dance performance. She and Scott Lappin of Dance for Life Studio presented a Broadway-style performance to Stephen Sondheim’s “Boca Raton” (music and lyrics) from the stage play Road Show that follows the Continued on page 7

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Soroptimists Award 5 Local Leaders and Cancer Doctor

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Regional Hospital. Morrell is a board-certified medical oncologist specializing in cancer genetics and breast cancer care. A graduate of Washington University School of Medicine, she completed her Soroptimist International of Boca Raton/ fellowship training at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Deerfield Beach honored five community leaders Mo. She arrived at the Lynn Institute in 1995 and as “Women of Distinction,” and also presented a was appointed its medical director in 2010.

Boca Raton oncologist with a Lifelong Achievement Dr. Gladys Martinez was named Woman Award during its 42nd annual Awards Breakfast, of Distinction in the healthcare category. A Oct. 7, at Boca West County Club. preventive medicine physician, Dr. Martinez is writing a book as an Alzheimer’s disease fundraiser. Patti Sirbola received the Woman of Distinction Award in the non-profit leadership category. She is a volunteer for TriCounty Animal Rescue, St. Paul Lutheran Church and School and the American Cancer Society, among others.

In the professional Recipients of Women of Distinction Awards at the 42nd Soroptimist Awards category, Andrea Garcia Breakfast, or their representatives, are, from left: Terry Fedele, volunteer; and Jeannette Deorchis Dr. Gladys Martinez, healthcare; Marybeth Keenan, breakfast co-chair; Patti Sirbola, non-profit leadership category; and Jeanette Deorchis and Andrea tied for Woman of Garcia, recipients in the professional category. (Photo by Barbara McCormick) Distinction Award recipients. Garcia is “This event confirms once again that our district sales supervisor at Oasis Outsourcing and community recognizes the value of our unsung is a member of the Junior League, which provides heroes as much as we do,” said Lorry Herdeen, coher with volunteer opportunities. Deorchis, a chairperson with Marybeth Keenan at the gathering. senior vice president at Morgan Stanley Wealth “It is humbling to be in a room filled with Management, is a volunteer for Aid to Victims so many amazing women who give of their time of Domestic Abuse, Delray Beach Historical and talents so generously. These ‘Women of Society, Caring Kitchen, Habitat for Humanity Distinction’ inspire and motivate us to strive to and the American Heart Association. make a difference in our communities.”

The Woman of Distinction recipient in the Twenty-eight women were nominated in volunteer category, Terry Fedele aids many four categories and the winners in each group committees at Boca Raton Regional Hospital were announced during the morning meeting. and also serves the Florence Fuller Child Deputy Mayor Robert Weinroth presented a Development Center, Boca Raton Children’s proclamation signed by Boca Raton Mayor Susan Museum, Caring Hearts Auxiliary of the Louis Haynie to the organization during the meeting. and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center The club presented the Lifetime Achievement and the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Award to Louise Morrell, M.D., medical director Advisory Board. of the Lynn Cancer Institute at Boca Raton

at the library Downtown Library Opens Free Electric Car Charging Station

Visitors to the Boca Raton Public Library have always had the opportunity to read, refresh and renew, and now they can repower their electric vehicles, too, thanks to the city’s installation of an electric car charging station at the Downtown Library.

Free to the public, the Schneider EVlink 220-volt station can charge two vehicles at a time, enabling users to top off their car in a few hours while enjoying the amenities of the library. The electric car charging station furthers the library’s mission to be more “green” and offers the community another valuable amenity. This year, the library was awarded a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Certification Plaque. LEED is a green building certification program of the U.S. Green Building Council that recognizes bestin-class building strategies and practices.

LEED-certified buildings save money and resources, and have a positive impact on the health of occupants, while promoting renewable, clean energy.

“The Downtown Library is a great location for a car charger,” said Rickey Reed, Maintenance Supervisor of the library buildings. “It’s close to shops, restaurants and downtown businesses. People can visit the library to check out books or use the computers while they wait for their car to charge.

More Than a Half Million Visitors at Boca Raton Public Library The Boca Raton Public Library (BRPL) recently announced that more than 547,000 visitors came to the library’s two locations in fiscal year 2014-15. This rapid growth was in response to the Boca Raton City Council’s unanimous vote to extend the library’s hours, as well as the addition of exciting new programming and resources.

The needs of the Boca Raton community were identified in a 2012-2013 strategic

planning survey, in which members of the community were invited to assess and improve current library services and identify future strategic direction.

The BRPL responded to the survey results by aligning its service units, resources and programs to meet the identified needs and offer a robust curriculum of classes, workshops, lectures, engaging activities, research sources and community outreach, along with a stronger collection of print and e-Library books, videos and music. Statistics show the positive impact of BRPL’s response to the community needs identified by the survey and feedback forms.

Boca Raton population growth between 2010 and 2014 was 5 percent, yet library visits grew 15 percent in fiscal year 2014-2015 alone. In addition, overall program attendance increased 7 percent with the introduction of the Discover Studio, emerging technology classes, information and reference instruction and other enrichment programs for adults and youth.

Catherine Greene, chair of the Library Advisory Board, notes: “Boca Raton has achieved another first: The Boca Raton Public Library has welcomed over 500,000 visitors!

Congratulations to the entire library staff on this outstanding milestone.”

Storyteller Chris Kastle Presents Tails and Sails: Songs and Stories of the Sea

The Story Central Performance Series at the Downtown Library continues with Tales and Sails: Songs and Stories of the Sea by professional storyteller Chris Kastle on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 3 p.m. Kastle presents songs and stories based in maritime myth, tradition, fairytales and historical fact. Meet intriguing characters from watery locations in Florida and across the seven seas. Chill to tales of magic and mystery, ghosts, pirates, shipwrecks, mermaids, witches, wishes and wonder.

Based in St. Augustine, Fla., Kastle is a singer, sailor, storyteller, author, artist and

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at the library educator. A Chicago native, she has been a professional touring performer and educator for over half a lifetime, with several CDs and books to her credit. She received an Annette J. Bruce Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Storytelling Association. Her most recent book, From the Icy Fingers of the Deep, has received excellent reviews.

Recommended for adults and older children, the program features literary stories from Kastle’s new book interspersed with original and traditional ballads accompanied on guitar, fiddle or penny whistle. This Story Central performance, funded by Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library, will consist of two 45-minute sets with an intermission.

The library’s Story Central initiative will also feature a StoryShare session at the Downtown Library on Nov. 23 from 12-1 p.m. During StoryShare, adult members of the community may bring their own brief, true-life, informal stories to share with the group. No reading or memorizing – just come to listen or be inspired to tell stories on the spot, following prompts from the facilitator or fellow participants. For more information or to register for Story Central programs, visit the Events Calendar at www.bocalibrary.org.

New! Thai Story Time Added to Bilingual Youth Program

The Boca Raton Public Library has expanded its bilingual youth classes with the addition of a Thai story time. Bilingual story times are presented once a month at the library, and the Thai class, which will debut on Nov. 5, at the Downtown Library, will alternate with the library’s current Spanish and Portuguese programs.

Thai story time will be hosted by Sukalaya Kenworthy, a library assistant at the Boca Raton Public Library, who has worked in U.S. libraries for 10 years. A native of Bangkok, Thailand, Kenworthy holds a master’s degree in teaching English as a second language and is pursuing a degree in Library Science. Although story time is designed for

preschoolers, the whole family will enjoy learning about Thai culture and language through Kenworthy’s presentation.

“At our first story time, I will be sharing a Thai song about elephants, which are very important in Thai history and culture,” notes Kenworthy. “Then I’ll share a story about Thailand with the children and even teach them some words in the Thai language.”

Future presentations will include Thai fairytales and other stories that educate children about Thailand’s people, history and culture. Visit the library’s Events Calendar at www.bocalibrary.org about upcoming bilingual story time presentations. All programs are free to the public. Registration and library membership are not required.

Discover Studio Receives Technology Grant from IBM

IBM recently awarded a $2,000 grant to Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library for the new Discover Studio. The grant will be used to fund equipment and instructors to teach emerging technologies to members of the community, including 3D printing, music production, audio podcasting, and photo and film editing. Thanks to this unique opportunity, library patrons and the community can develop new talents and skills through technology at the Discover Studio.

In September 2015, the library launched the Discover Studio at its downtown location thanks to funding by the Friends organization.

Initial offerings included the introduction of 3D technology through demonstration classes and hands-on workshops using FlashForge Creator Pro printers. In November, the Discover Studio will move into its second phase of classes and workshops that teach music production and audio podcasting. Next year, the library will add classes in photo and film editing to the Discover Studio’s pop-up model of providing classes in rotation.

All classes and workshops at the Discover Studio will be announced through the Events Calendar at www.bocalibrary.org.

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Comedian Martin Short at Annual Go Pink Luncheon

By Dale King The Pineapple Contributing Writer

A television, stage and film actor best known for his wacky comedy shared personal stories of how cancer has impacted his life with the 1,500 people who attended the 12th annual Boca Raton Regional Hospital (BRRH) Foundation’s “Go Pink” Luncheon, Oct. 21, at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.

Martin Short, who appeared with “Second City TV” and “Saturday Night Live,” and also in films such as The Three Amigos and both Father of the Bride movies with Steve Martin, told the packed audience he lost his mother, Olive, to breast cancer when he was 17. His wife of 30 years, Nancy Dolman, died in 2010 of ovarian cancer. Comedienne Gilda Radner, another SNL alum whom Short dated for two years in the 1970s, also succumbed to the deadly disease.

Comedian Martin Short

Short had to deal with several other tragedies. His older brother, David, was killed in a car crash when he was 12 and his dad died a year and a half after his mother’s passing.

Despite these losses, Short remained upbeat and positive. He said he did not turn to comedy to escape the tough times. “My childhood was a blast.

It yielded many lessons. Our whole family took the attitude that if you have wonderful moments, don’t

second-guess them, just enjoy them.”

An advocate for cancer education, awareness and early detection, Short praised BRRH and its Lynn Cancer Center for working to eradicate cancer.

“I hope generations in the future will not know what cancer is. Today, we are all too aware of it.”

Patti Carpenter, chair of the luncheon committee, said she expected the event “to exceed its goal of $1 million.” She was co-emcee with Mark Larkin, president of the BRRH Foundation.

Short peppered his stories with quips and jokes, but never strayed far from the serious nature of his address. “I wasn’t the first choice for speaker,” he said. “But Gary Busey is such a different type.

“Everyone looks so beautiful,” he told the audience. “You are all wearing your Spanx.”

He also quipped about his Canadian heritage, having been born in Hamilton, Ontario. “We’re the ones Donald Trump doesn’t want to deport.”

Short is the father of three grown children and lives in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He is currently appearing in the James Wicker production of “It’s Only a Play.”

A year ago, he released a book, I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comic Legend. In it, he reveals how he created his comedic characters, among them, the manic, spike-haired Ed Grimley, the slimy corporate lawyer Nathan Thurm and the bizarrely insensitive interviewer Jiminy Glick.

On stage at the “Go Pink” Luncheon, Short remembered emotionally how he and his mom were watching the first episode of “The Beverly Hillbillies” on Sept. 26, 1962, when she suffered a grand mal seizure, the first indication of her cancer. “In households at the time, words like cancer were hush hush. In 1962, a cancer diagnosis was seen as a death sentence. We didn’t have words like survivors.”

There are plenty now. Dr. Louise Morrell, medical director and oncologist at the Lynn Cancer Institute at BRRH, took to the stage and asked those in the audience who beat cancer to stand. Many did. Surrounded by a circle of staff members from the institute, Dr. Morrell talked about the facility’s promise to give them the best possible care.

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Boca Raton-based firm to sponsor Boca Raton Bowl Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton Highlights

By Dale King The Pineapple Contributing Writer Excitement is already building for the second annual Boca Raton Bowl scheduled Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Florida Atlantic University football stadium on the Boca Raton campus. The contest will be broadcast on ESPN to fans around the nation and the world, again putting the city on the global map of major athletic events.

This year, the game has a title sponsor – Marmot, a globally distributed make of highperformance clothing, ski and golf wear and equipment. The firm is owned by Jarden Corp., a Boca-based consumer products manufacturer with 120 brands.

The 2015 match-up will pit the teams from the American Athletic Conference and MidAmerican Conference against each other. In the 2014 competition, Marshall University, champion of Conference USA, defeated Northern Illinois University, champion of the Mid-American Conference, 52-23. Names of competitors for this year’s grid match will be announced Dec. 6.

“The inaugural Boca Raton Bowl brought a great atmosphere and high level of excitement to our city and we’re looking to build upon that this year,” said Mayor Susan Haynie. “We’re eager to welcome the participating teams and fans to Boca Raton and share with them our extraordinary level of hospitality.”

Fans around the world will be able to see the action live or via delay in far-off spots like Australia, said Boca Bowl Executive Director Doug Mosley.

Locally, fans, families, kids and adults can not only see the game, but can also take part in

diverse pre-game events.

Mosley said the Boca Bowl will feature “all the traditional pomp and circumstance that makes this a genuinely fun, entertaining experience for both college football fans and non-fans alike.”

Planners vow to make this year’s activities, parties and tailgating festivities even better than last year. In 2014, Mosley said, “the Palm Beach County Sports Commission said the Boca Bowl generated $4 million in activity associated with the game.”

Working up to the contest, Marmot held a golf outing on Oct. 27 and will sponsor the Inaugural Boca Raton Bowl Great Tailgate Showcase Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. at the Via Mizner Country Club on Boca Del Mar Drive. Mosley said chefs and cooks from Via Mizner will be cooking up a storm of traditional tailgate treats, as will other eateries such as Duffy’s, Hooters and NYY Steak who will be providing food for the pre-game party Dec. 22.”

As activities build toward game day, a “Meet the Coaches” news conference and reception will be held Dec. 9 at Via Mizner.

The teams will arrive on Dec. 18. The squad from the Mid-American Conference will make its headquarters at the Boca Raton Resort & Club and the American Athletic Conference team will be at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens.

Team beach parties will be held Dec. 19 at the PGA National (AAC team) and at the Lake Worth Pier (MAC team). Times will be announced.

Dec. 21 is a big day with the following events scheduled: • Marmot Boca Raton Bowl luncheon, featuring both teams, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

• Family Day for families traveling to support players, at Lion Country Safari.

• Pep rallies: MAC team at Mizner Park, AAC team at CityPlace, times to be announced.

Game day events will begin at 3 p.m. with the South Florida Ford Fan Fest and the Oh Boy Sports Midway and Tailgating.

Visit www.MarmotBocaRatonBowl.com or TheBocaRatonBowl.com

Rotary Club Donates $25,000 to FAU to Establish Scholarship Fund

BOCA RATON, FL – The Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton recently donated $25,000 to the Florida Atlantic University Foundation to establish the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton Endowed Scholarship Fund. Proceeds from this endowment will fund scholarships benefitting medical and nursing school students.

According to Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton President Jon Kaye, “We are thrilled to commit our Downtown club to a permanent ongoing relationship with Florida Atlantic University. This ensures that the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton will always support FAU and students in the medical industry.”

The Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton is dedicated to impacting the Boca Raton community through their efforts of “Service Above Self.” (Op edit) The Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton is focused on keeping talent on the local level in order to benefit the community through health and wellness, and community well-being.

Run by members for members, the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton’s sole purpose is to make a difference in the community and the lives of many in an environment that embraces integrity, friendship, camaraderie and trust. (end edit) Their goal is to keep the community growing strong. For more information, visit www.rotarydowntownbocaraton.org.

Pre-Mayor’s Ball Reception at Boca Raton Resort & Club

BOCA RATON, FL – The Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton held a pre-Mayor’s Ball reception in early October at the Boca Raton Resort & Club for honorees and committee members to meet and learn about the details of the inaugural Boca Raton Mayor’s Ball.

Attendees included Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, Deputy Mayor Robert Weinroth and CRA Director and City Council Member Scott Singer. Former mayors in attendance included Susan Whelchel, Steven Abrams and Bill T. Smith Jr. Also in attendance

were Howard Schnellenberger and Anthony Barbar on behalf of honorees, the Boca Raton Bowl, as well as Connie Siskowski, on behalf of the American Association for Caregiving Youth.

“This was a wonderful opportunity to have the Host Committee members meet the nominees and to generate excitement for this historic inaugural Mayor’s Ball,” said Jon Kaye, president of the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton and co-chair for the event.

“We are thrilled about the overwhelming positive response that we have received for this inaugural event and our grant program to benefit community non-profits. The event has more than 30 tables pre-sold and we are looking forward to having Arlene Herson, noted television personality, welcome everyone awards-style on the red carpet,” Kaye added.

Kari Oeltjen, co-chair for the ball added, “We are so pleased to be launching this event with the first George Long Awards.” Named for the city’s first appointed mayor in 1924, whose devotion to Boca Raton was renowned, the George Long Awards have been established and will be presented to an individual and an organization that have championed the tradition of bringing indelible visionary ideas to Boca Raton. The first George Long Award honorees are Barb Schmidt, the American Association for Caregiving Youth and the Boca Raton Bowl.

“We really appreciate the partnership of Tiffany and Company in the design and sponsorship of the George Long Awards, and JM Lexus for being the very first sponsor and showcasing one of the 500 rare Lexus LFA supercar two-seaters at the ball,” said Kaye.

“The Host Committee is a distinguished group of extraordinary community leaders, each playing an active role in contributing to the strength and national reputation of Boca Raton,” shared Oeltjen. “One of the unique aspects of the Mayor’s Ball is our collaboration with the Boca Raton Historical Society, Mary Csar and Susan Gillis, to showcase the historic milestones in the city’s growth and progress at the ball.”

Yom Kippur Food Drive Collects 10,000 Pounds of Food BOCA RATON, FL – Congregation B’nai Israel’s (CBI) Kantor Family Center for Justice, for the 22nd consecutive year, collected food during the Jewish High Holy Days for families who might go hungry otherwise.

Members took home plastic bags at the conclusion of Rosh Hashanah services to fill with non-perishable and non-breakable food items. Congregation members brought the bags back on Yom Kippur on Sept. 23 filled with 10,000 pounds of food, which was distributed to needy families.

The Congregation partnered with Palm Beach County Food Bank to collect food donations. The food will be distributed by Feed My Community, Jacobson Family Food Pantry of Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services, C.R.O.S. Ministries, First United Methodist Church and more.

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the development of the Lynn 2020 strategic plan in 2005, and the Campus Master Plan, developed with Gensler and approved by the board of trustees in 2009.

“Our approach is based on Lynn’s core values as a vibrant, energetic campus,” says Gensler Senior Associate Cliff Bollmann.

“The goal is to drive energy on campus and create a space where students want to be.”

The building will encompass student essentials including Lynn’s award-winning 24-hour dining, Hannifan Center for Career Connections, the Center for Learning Abroad, campus store, mailroom, coffee shop, student affairs offices, collaboration spaces and more.

Its design includes a large “living room” for informal gatherings and presentations, with expansive glass windows that connect students outdoors with activity occurring inside.

The university center, collectively with future residential spaces including the recently announced Mary and Harold Perper Residence Hall, will bring together academics, housing and the overall student experience to drive engagement and create a gathering place

for future generations. The project’s crowning element will be a green space envisioned as a park dedicated to Mrs. Lynn.

The university center is expected to be completed in 2018.

About Lynn University Lynn University is an independent college based in Boca Raton, Florida. U.S. News & World Report recognizes the university as one of the nation’s most innovative colleges and consistently ranks it among the top five most international schools, given its approximately 3,000 students from almost 100 countries.

Lynn’s Dialogues curriculum and awardwinning iPad program help its graduates gain the intellectual flexibility and global experience to fulfill their potential in an everchanging world. The school’s NCAA Division II Fighting Knights have won 23 national titles, its Conservatory of Music features a worldrenowned faculty, and its nationally recognized Institute for Achievement and Learning empowers students with learning differences to become independent learners. For more information, visit lynn.edu.

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exposure to win first place in the 2013 Palm Beach Post Pathfinder category for vocal music. Fromer is known for her mature, warm voice and her emotional attention to the lyrics which speaks beyond her years.

Fromer has played in Austin, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Boca Raton, where she opened for Natalie Cole. She has performed with contemporary jazz luminaries such as Justin Faulkner, Pete Rodriguez, James Francies, and Dean Shelly Berg of the Frost School of Music. With her unique sound and dedication to her craft, Fromer is one of the rising stars on today’s music scene.

In 2013, Fromer was offered a full scholarship to attend the University Of Miami Frost School Of Music, where she is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in jazz vocal performance. In 2015, she was part of the school’s JVII vocal ensemble, which won the Downbeat award for Undergraduate Small Vocal Ensemble.

She still remains active on the South Florida jazz scene, and also teaches voice and piano at Miami’s Live! Modern School of Music.

The 10th Annual Festival of the Arts Boca will be presented March 4 – 16, 2016 by the Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts

at the Mizner Park Amphitheater, 500 Plaza Real and Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, 201 Plaza Real in Boca Raton, Florida. The diverse, multi-cultural Festival will once again bring world-class culture, talent and “awe” to South Florida.

Tickets for the 10th Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA range from $15 to $225 per person and will be available starting November 13 at www.festivalboca.com or by calling (866) 571ARTS (866-571-2787). Multi-event and full Festival packages are also available.

About the Festival: Founded in 2007, the Festival of the Arts BOCA is an extraordinary, multi-day cultural arts event for South Florida. The Festival brings to its audiences the world’s most sought after jazz, classical performers and authors while simultaneously cultivating the stars of tomorrow. Past participants have included names such as Itzhak Perlman, Lang Lang, the Russian National Orchestra, Patty Austin, Arturo Sandoval, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Salman Rushdie, soloists from American Ballet Theater, and many more.

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Sat. Nov. 14th & 28th, 2:30-4pm

BEACH TREASURES

Wed. Nov. 25th, 9:30-11am

WETLANDS & WILDLIFE A WALK ON THE ASHLEY TRAIL Every Tues & Wed. 11am-12:30pm

LITTLE WONDERS Thankful for Nature Sat. Nov. 7th, 10-11am

BIG WONDERS Thankful for Nature Sat. Nov. 7th, 11:30am-12:30pm

Fri, Nov. 20th, 3-5pm

OUTDOOR MARINE AQUARIUM FEEDINGS Mon.-Sat. 10:30am & 12:30pm, Sun 1:30pm

INDOOR AQUARIUM FEEDINGS Daily at 2:30pm

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Keynotes Federation’s Leadership Gifts Event BOCA RATON, FL – An elegant evening of celebration with an inspiring keynote address is planned for premier donors of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. They’ll gather for the Leadership Gifts Event at 6 p.m. on Dec. 2, at St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton. The event will feature a luxurious cocktail reception and dinner, with a keynote presentation by Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel.

“Our federation’s Leadership Gifts Event is a gathering of the most committed and generous individuals in our community,” said Meryl Gallatin, who is co-chairing the event with her husband, Ron. “It is an honor and privilege for me, as a Prime Minister’s Council Lion of Judah, to be among so many who choose to make a profound difference in the lives of those less-fortunate both here in south Palm Beach County, Israel and around the world through their extraordinary giving.

We set the bar; we lead by example. Together we will celebrate our philanthropy.”

The federation is honored to offer the generous champions of the community this exclusive opportunity to hear the former Jewish leader address their most vital concerns. “With terrorist groups on two borders and threats looming throughout the unstable region, there has never before been a time when Israel was not in an ‘active’ war yet facing such dangers,” said Ron. “And there has never been a better time for our federation’s leading donors to hear from the most highly decorated Israeli war hero, who became chief of staff, defense minister and prime minister: Ehud Barak.”

The federation’s Ketubah Society Hall of Fame will be on proud display at the event, celebrating 45 donor families who have contributed $1 million or more cumulatively over the history of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s annual campaigns.

Also celebrated will be the generous members of the Prime Minister’s Council, whose gift to this year’s annual campaign is $100,000 or higher, and the King David Society, whose

members contribute $25,000 annually.

“The last few years have been extraordinary in the maturation of our federation, and our leadership donors have been instrumental in our reaching the tipping point,” said Rani Garfinkle, Prime Minister’s Council chair.

“The more I see firsthand the power of our work in this community and around the world, the more I understand how absolutely essential our federation is to our Jewish family,” said Larry Feldman, the federation’s King David Society chair and vice chair of the annual campaign.

“Without us,” continued Feldman, “where could our brothers and sisters turn for the help that sustains their very lives and keeps the light of our heritage burning bright with vital resources, dignity, comfort Former Israeli Prime Minister and hope? The Ehud Barak impact made by the compassion and generosity of our leading donors is nothing short of transformational.

With this ability comes the responsibility to make the greatest difference possible in the lives of those most vulnerable. Together, with more donors joining us at all levels, we are taking our efforts to the next level for our community and our people.”

The federation’s Major Gifts Program is generously sponsored by Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra LLC; Proskauer; and Steinberg Global Asset Management Ltd. The evening’s $150 cover charge includes valet parking. Cocktail attire is requested, and dietary laws will be observed. For more information about the Leadership Gifts event and other major gifts opportunities at the federation, please contact Ida Novack at 561-852-3342 or idan@bocafed.org.

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Downtown Boca’s “Meet Me on the Promenade” event series concludes with CarFest on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. along Palmetto Park Road between Federal Highway and Mizner Boulevard. The event showcasing more than 100 antique and classic cars, a performance by Jimmy Stowe and the Stowaways and a variety of food trucks is free and open to the community.

Cars on display will include an assortment of antiques, all original classics, custom cars, hot rods, 1960s and ‘70s Detroit muscle cars and exotic supercars. All proceeds from car entry fees will benefit Wounded Warriors of South Florida, a non-profit organization that helps to provide temporary and immediate financial assistance to service-connected disabled veterans from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation New Dawn.

Downtown Boca Raton is the city’s main destination for shopping, dining and entertainment. The area is home to festivals, such as Brazilian Beat and the Festival of the Arts Boca, as well as more than a dozen cultural attractions and art galleries, including the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum, the Boca Raton Museum of Art and Mizner Park Amphitheater. Plaza Real, the publicly owned area in Mizner Park, was named one of the “Top 10 Great Public Spaces in the U.S.” by The American Planning Association.

For more information or to become a Downtown Boca sponsor, www.DowntownBoca. org or call 561-367-7070.

Album Produced at FAU Receives Grammy Nomination

The album “Bogotá – Buenos Aires,” which was produced at Florida Atlantic University’s Hoot/Wisdom Recordings, under the direction of FAU Associate Professor Alejandro-Sánchez Samper, received a Grammy nomination in the “Best Tango Album” category for the 16th annual Latin Grammy Awards. The album was one of six nominated in the tango category; the winner will be announced at the Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday, Nov. 19. at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

“Bogotá – Buenos Aires,” recorded at FAU and released on June 30, through Hoot/Wisdom Recordings, is a fusion of contemporary Argentinian arrangements and Colombian Andean folk rhythms, interpreted by the Quinteto Leopoldo Federico, a contemporary tango quintet from Colombia.

Hoot/Wisdom Recordings is part of the Commercial Music Program in the Department of Music in FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. It’s a student-run record label, where students are involved in all aspects of production. Hoot/Wisdom was established in 2003 and has produced 22 albums to date.

Rotary Club Downtown Boca Creates Scholarship at FAU

The Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton recently donated $25,000 to the Florida Atlantic University Foundation to establish the Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton Endowed Scholarship Fund. Proceeds will

provide funding to help medical and nursing school students.

“We are thrilled to commit our club to a permanent ongoing relationship with FAU,” said Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton President Jon Kaye. “This ensures that the club will always support FAU and students in the medical industry.”

The downtown club is dedicated to impacting Boca Raton through its efforts of “service above self,” focused on benefiting the community through health, wellness and well-being. For details, visit www. rotarydowntownbocaraton.org.

Unsolved Murder Case from ’48 Topic of Lecture at History Museum The Boca Raton Historical Society and Museum will present a lecture about one of Boca Raton’s oldest cold case murders.

“Who Killed Leno and Louise” will be held Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Boca Raton History Museum, 71 North Federal Highway.

Author Sally Ling will present a discussion of her new book about the 1948 murder of artist Leno Lazzari and his wife, Louise, in Boca Raton. The case has never been solved. The event is part of the Town Hall Talks Lecture Series ($5 per person; free to BRHS&M members). Town Hall Talks are sponsored by Madelyn Savarick. Call 561395-6766, ext. 305 to register.

“Southern Christmas 2015” Juried Craft Show

The Southern Handcraft Society of Boca Raton presents its 30th annual juried craft show, Dec. 3-5, at Patch Reef Park Community Center in Boca Raton. The free “Southern Christmas 2015” craft show is a winter wonderland of handmade arts and crafts, featuring limited-edition, numbered ornaments, holiday gifts, home décor, delicious holiday treats and much more. Contact Cindy Snowhite at snowhites2@aol.com for more information.

Kristallnact Film Forum to Screen Defiant Requiem

Continuing to showcase innovative and compelling Holocaust-related films, the 14th annual Kristallnacht Film Forum will feature two screenings of Defiant Requiem on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at Zinman Hall on the Jewish Federation Campus, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd., in Boca Raton.

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Foundation Supports Strong Schools with Fundraising Events

Commerce and education are intrinsically linked. A strong school system, like the one we have in Boca Raton, attracts businesses and families to our community. One way the city maintains its “A” school rating is due in part to the Golden Bell Education Foundation.

For the past 24 years, Golden Bell, the education foundation of the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce, has given back to the future leaders of Boca Raton. Through thousands of dollars in grants contributed to public schools, Golden Bell helps create an environment that promotes innovation, achievement and success … everything you want in a future leader.

The following upcoming events help support Boca Raton public schools: • Nov. 10 – Zinburger Fundraiser – Mention “Golden Bell” while eating at Zinburger in Boca Raton from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. and they’ll donate 20 percent of your bill (excluding alcohol) to the Golden Bell Foundation.

• Dec. 7 – Jet’s Pizza Fundraiser (all day) – Mention “Golden Bell” while eating at Jet’s Pizza in Boca Raton and they’ll donate 10 percent of your bill to the Golden Bell Foundation.

• Dec. 9 & 23 – Blaze Pizza Fundraiser (all day) – Mention “Golden Bell” while eating at Blaze Pizza in Boca Raton and they’ll donate 20 percent of your bill to the Golden Bell Foundation.

• Shop on Amazon with AmazonSmile YearRound – AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know with the same products, same prices and same service. They’ll donate .5 percent of the price of your eligible purchases to Golden Bell.

The feature-length documentary illuminates the extraordinary, untold story of Rafael Schächter, a brilliant young and passionate Czech opera-choral conductor, who was arrested and sent to Terezín in 1941.

His most extraordinary act was to recruit 150 prisoners and teach them Verdi’s Requiem in a dank cellar using a smuggled score, over multiple rehearsals, after grueling days of forced labor. The Requiem was performed on 16 occasions for fellow prisoners. The last, most infamous performance occurred on June 23, 1944. With only sixty prisoner-singers remaining following massive deportations, Schächter was ordered by the Nazi camp commander to perform the Requiem before high-ranking SS officers from Berlin and the International Red Cross to support the myth that the prisoners were well treated and flourishing.

For this year’s event, Maestro Murry Sidlin, a major character and creator of the movie, will be present for the screenings and take questions after the showings.

Individual film tickets are available in advance for a $10 donation or $8 with a valid student ID, or for $18 at the door. Patrons at $180 or more will receive two film tickets and an invitation to a private donor reception.

To purchase tickets or make a donation to the March of the Living Fund, visit www. jewishboca.org/kff, call 561-852-3126 or email kff@bocafed.org. All ticket prices are considered as a donation and all proceeds support the March of the Living Program.

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The Children’s Museum Presents Its Community Yard Sale

Get here early to get your bargains at The Children’s Museum Community Yard Sale to be held on Saturday, November 21, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, located at 498 Crawford Blvd, Boca Raton, FL. Everyone is invited to be a shopper or vendor.

Vendors must provide their own table and spaces are 8 feet long. Registration costs $25 per space. Early registration is encouraged. .

The deadline for all applications and payments is Friday, November 19, 2015. Should you have any questions or would like additional information, please call the Museum at (561) 368-6875 or email info@cmboca.org.

The Children’s Museum regular hours of operation are every Tuesday and Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For more information visit our website: www. cmboca.org or Facebook: www.facebook.com/ childrensmuseumofbocaraton.

Pinecrest Fine Arts Events for Fall/Winter 2015

Nov. 13 - Kindergarten Fall Fun Day; 10 a.m.

Nov. 19 – “A Choral Cornucopia: Songs for Fall & Winter” featuring “Cool Cats” Chorus, Concert Choir and Middle School Choir; Parents Association Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m.

Nov. 21 – “Cool Cats” Chorus Performance; Royal Palm Place Green Market, South End Stage, 10 a.m.

Nov. 24 – Lower School Music Festival, featuring Fifth Grade Band, Rock Band and other musical groups; Morris Family Amphitheatre, 12-3 p.m.

Dec. 2 – Band Concert (Grades 4-6); Parents’ Association Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m.

Dec. 10 – Orchestra Concert (Grades 1-8) and the Panther All-Star Players; Parents’ Association Performing Arts Center, 7 p.m.

Pinecrest is located at 2700 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton. Call 561-852-2800 or visit www.pinecrest.edu for details.

Women’s Philanthropy Season Opener

Enjoy a morning of inspiration and empowerment, including a presentation by featured speaker, Linda Scherzer, former CNN Middle East Correspondent and currently Director of Write On for Israel, an advocacy organization that teaches young adults how to deal with issues that work toward the de-legitimizing of Israel. The event is Nov. 2 with registration at 8:35 a.m. and the program at 9:30 a.m. at the Polo Club, 5400 Champion Blvd., in Boca Raton. The program ($45 per person) includes breakfast. For details, call 561-852-6058. To register, visit www.

Jewishboca.org/seasonopening. There will be no solicitation of funds

Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Upcoming Events

• YAD Gives Back Social Action Event – Nov. 17, 6-8 p.m., Jewish Federation Campus, 9901 Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton; Admission: Free; Join members of the Young Adult Division (YAD) as they partner with Chai Lifeline to help families and children who are battling life-threatening diseases. This event will have you making menorahs and creating Chanukah packages with the children, as well as making hospital care packages. Dinner will be served (dietary laws observed). Chai Lifeline helps families caught in the nightmare of pediatric illness and enables them to get through the emotional, social, and financial turmoil. For more information, contact Brian Sarran at 561-852-3165, brians@bocafed.org or visit www.jewishboca.org/socialaction.

• Leadership Gifts Event featuring Ehud Barak – Dec. 2, 5:30 p.m., St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 Claridge Oval W., Boca Raton; Admission: $150; Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will deliver the keynote address at this exclusive event to celebrate donors with a $25,000 minimum household gift to the Federation’s Annual Campaign, as well as Ketubah Society members whose cumulative annual campaign gifts total $1 million or more. The event, chaired by Meryl and Ron Gallatin with Campaign Chair Larry Feldman, will include an elegant cocktail reception and dinner. Contact 561-852-3342 or email ErinM@bocafed.org for more details.

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(561) 347-3900; www.SugarSandPark.org Piles of Smiles SNOW DAY Is Coming!

Featuring tons of Snow, Giant Slide, Winter Games, Holiday Activities, Make & Take, Strolling Characters, Food Vendors and more. Book your snow play (ages 4-12 only) reservation early … space is limited. Advance reservations: $12 per child; $15 day of event; adult admission included with paid child.

Reserve through the Box Office: 561-347-3948 or at www.sugarsandpark.org/piles-of-smiles.

WILLOW THEATRE AT SUGAR SAND PARK Box Office Hours: Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. and 2 hours prior to theatre performances. Box Office: 561-347-3948; www.WillowTheatre.org SCENES FROM A CHINESE RESTAURANT – Presented by The Playgroup Set in a Chinese restaurant run by the wise and mysterious Xu Shin, playwright Tom Andrew has served up a sweet and sour stir fry of romance, comedy and satire in five delicious scenes. Rated PG-13 Dates/Times: Nov. 6, 7, 13, 14 at 8 p.m.; Nov. 8, 15 at 2 p.m.

Cost: $25 per person; $15 group rate (4 or more tickets purchased in one transaction).

Complimentary coffee at intermission.

COMMUNITY CABARET Performers age 12 & up have a chance to show off their talent.

Date/Time: Wed., Nov 18 at 7:30 p.m.

(Resident registration begins Oct. 21; Nonresident registration begins Oct. 28).

Cost: $5; tickets go on sale one week prior to show.

SOUNDS OF THE SILENT SCREEN: Silent Film & Music Series Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lodger: The Story of The London Fog (1927) Referred to as “the first true Hitchcock film,” The Lodger is a moody thriller that follows a series of murders in early 20th century London. Experience the film with LIVE music performed by Peter Tavalin. Film is not rated. Cost: $7 Date: Thurs., Nov. 19 Time: 7p.m.

SENTIO “From The Soul” – Presented

by Flamenco Puro Dance Company An exhilarating production of traditional and contemporary Flamenco choreographed and directed by Clarita Filgueiras. This exciting show celebrates the heart & soul of Spain, with a display of colorful costumes, castanets, fans, bata de cola, soulful song and the virtuosity of the flamenco dance and guitar. Rated G. Date: Sun., Nov 22 Time: 2 p.m.

Cost: $20 per person THE FAMILY COMEDY IMPROV SHOW – Presented by Just the Funny Wear your favorite team jersey & get in the game at this interactive, action-packed family show. One referee, two competing teams and a full audience of fans watching the match make this a hilarious experience. The show is made up of your suggestions. Join us after the show for post-game munchies, games & cartoons.

Rated G (Ages 5+) PLUS, the Marmot Boca Bowl team will be at the park from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. with FREE games & activities!

Date: Sun., Nov. 29 Time: 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. Cost: $13 adults;, $10 kids 12 & under COMMUNITY CENTER ART IN PUBLIC PLACE Boca Raton Museum Art School – Featuring painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, fiber arts & stone carving. Public reception Fri., Nov. 6 at 6 p.m.

Date: Nov. 5-Dec. 1 Cost: Free Time: Community Center hours TOT TIME Ages 1-4 yrs. (Supervision required); Open play, snacks & more Date: Fri., Nov. 6 Time: 10 a.m.-noon Cost: $5/child, drop in

NEW! PAJAMA JAMS STORY TIME with Miss Mij (Supervision required) The kids will have a rockin’ good time with stories, music & pretend play ... all in their PJs! Each month a different theme.

Date: Sat., Nov. 14 Cost: $5/child, drop in (includes carousel token) Time: 10-10:45 a.m.

(18 mos.-2 yrs.); 11 a.m.-12 p.m. (3-4 yrs.)

SUGAR SAND PARK PLAYDATE Make a craft & learn what’s new at the park. Meet by the carousel.

Date: Wed., Nov. 11 Time: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: Free SUNDAY FAMILY MOVIE (see website for movie title) Date: Sun., Nov. 15 Time: 11 a.m.

Cost: $1 (includes movie, popcorn & drink) CHILDREN’S SCIENCE EXPLORIUM at Sugar Sand Park Hours: Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.; Sat./ Sun./Holidays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

561-347-3913; www.ScienceExplorium.org MAKE & TAKE – This Month: Power Sleds Experiment with design, play with potential & build your own power sled!

Date: Sun., Nov. 1 Cost: $5 (drop-in) Time: 11:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m.

EXPLORIUM SCIENCE SQUAD – This Month: Extraordinary Engineers Dates: Tues., Nov. 3 (ages 5-6 with parent); Wed., Nov. 4 (ages 7-9) Time:4-5 p.m. Cost: Res: $10; Non-res $12.50 SCIENCE STORIES Hear great stories with a science twist.

Date: Sat., Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: Free GREAT ESCAPE DAY – NO SCHOOL -- Kids age 6-12 spend the day with the Explorium staff doing experiments and having outdoor fun! Pre-registration required.

Date: Wed., Nov. 11 Time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Cost: Res: $25; Non-res: $31.25 FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (Ages 7-12) Hang out “after hours” with the Explorium staff, enjoy pizza, activities & watch The Boxtrolls.

Date: Fri., Nov. 13 Time: 6-9:30 p.m.

Cost: Res: $20; Non-res: $25 ($7 discount each additional child in household)

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adventures of Boca Raton’s famed brothers, Addison and Wilson Mizner, across America.

Afterward, a moment of silence was observed for Al Alford, Boca mayor in 1973 and 1974, who passed away a short time ago.

The first-ever George Long Awards – named for the city’s first mayor appointed in 1924 and designed by Tiffany & Co., came out next. The ceremony was introduced by former Mayor Bill Smith. Mayor Haynie and former Mayors Steven Abrams and Susan Whelchel presented awards to the following honorees: the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl (for-profit organization), American Association for Caregiving Youth (nonprofit organization) and Barb Schmidt (individual).

Doug Mosley, executive director of the bowl game, said the 2015 Marmot Boca Raton Bowl will kick off Tuesday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. in the stadium at Florida Atlantic University.

The contest will be held between a MidAmerica Conference team and a team from the American Athletic Conference and will be shown on ESPN. Teams will be announced in early December. Marmot, the title sponsor, is an outdoor clothing and equipment company that is part of Jarden Corp., based in Boca Raton.

Connie Siskowski, RN, Ph.D, president of the American Association for Caregiving Youth in Boca, received the Long Award for nonprofit organizations. She said the AAYC helps young people who “sacrifice their education, health, well-being and childhood to provide care for family members who are ill, injured, elderly or disabled.” The AAYC has worked with more than 700 middle and high school students since its inception in 2006.

Barb Schmidt, who received an individual Long Award, has been a practitioner of meditation for 30 years, wrote a self-help book called The Practice and co-founded the Peaceful Mind, Peaceful Life program at FAU. “There is no greater community in America than Boca Raton,” said Schmidt, who has been touring with her book much of the year. “I am honored to be here with my husband, Dick, and daughter, Michelle. I am proud to be an ambassador for Boca Raton.”

SCIENCE DEMOS Date: Sat., Nov. 21 & Sun., Nov. 22 Time: 3:30 p.m. Cost: Free

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EARLY AFTERNOON EXPLORERS – This Month: Think it, Build it!

Date: Mon., Nov. 16 Time: 1 p.m. (ages 6-9); 2 p.m. (ages 10-12) Cost: Res: $10; Non-res: $12.50 EYES TO THE SKIES (Ages 8 & up with parent) – Explore the night sky with our amazing telescope and learn about the moon and the science behind the Apollo landings.

Date: Fri., Nov. 20 Time: 6:30 p.m.

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the Sea, Boca Raton. Through the National Quilts of Valor Foundation, they will be awarded to area veterans. The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor.

Blankets and chairs are welcome at this free event, and chairs will also be available to rent for $2.00. There is limited, free parking for Veterans in the lot adjacent to the amphitheater. Food and beverages will be available for purchase inside the venue.

No coolers, not outside alcoholic beverages permitted. The event is rain or shine.

For more information call 561.393.7073 or visit www.myboca.us/rec/specialevents.

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LPGA Legend Brings Walgreens Charity Championship Back

The Delray Beach Open VolleyGirl Tryouts

By David DiPino The Pineapple Staff Writer

Pro golfer Jane Blalock lived in Delray Beach during her most prolific and successful years, so when she had a chance to bring LPGA Legends Tour golf back to the city she lived in and loved, she hit it right down the middle of the fairway with the Walgreens Charity Championship presented by The Seagate Country Club, Nov. 5-7 at Seagate Country Club, 3600 Hamlet Dr., in Delray Beach.

Last year, the world-class golf and country club, formerly known as Hamlet Country Club, also hosted the tournament.

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The Delray Beach Open, the world’s only 10-day tennis event consisting of an ATP Champions Tours is holding open auditions for it’s charismatic promotional team, the VolleyGirls. The Delray Beach Open is seeking competitive dancers with a background and/ or interest in hospitality and public relations, however all creative energies who desire to elicit cheer and positive feedback are encouraged to audition and apply by Monday, November 30, 2015. Those who are applying must be at least 18 years of age and attend auditions in full hair, makeup, and performance attire. Visit www.yellowtennisball.com/volleygirls-application

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LPGA Legends Tour CEO Jane Blalock (left) and Palm Beach County Sports Commission Board Member Margie Walden at Delray Beach City Hall, informing the community about the upcoming Walgreens Charity Club Championship presented by the Seagate Country Club.

THE YOGA CHRONICLES

Tales From The Mat

By David J. Ramoy The Pineapple Contributing Writer No matter how many yoga classes I took, Om Shantis I chanted or green juice I drank; there seemed to be an issue that continued to pop up throughout my yoga practice. Ironically this issue was one of the reasons I started to take yoga in the first place. I would find myself constantly judging and comparing myself to others during class. All though I could chataranga with the best of them, my desire to perfect a pose or keep my breathing smooth would overshadow my effort to “let go”.

It wasn’t until I took a recommended master class with a teacher who told us “not to bring our personal crap into our yoga”, did I realize how much I was sabotaging my own practice. This same teacher made us question why we were taking yoga in the first place. What were we trying to achieve or become, and why weren’t we content in the space we were in? His words were like gospel, asking who cares that I couldn’t keep my knee up or that my hands couldn’t touch the floor. Did Continued on page 5 any pose really matter if I were spending

Belly fat. Its sneaky and shows up out of nowhere like someone you don’t like. And to make matters worse - it’s hard to lose. So what do we do to get rid of belly fat and to keep it from coming back? A thousand crunches a day? A new diet pill? Or how about the old starve yourself for a week routine? Trust me, none of those work and they can even be harmful to your body.

Over the years, during my quest to stay lean and gain

energy, I’ve tried many different methods. Most of them worked, but only temporarily. The one thing I guarantee will change your overall body, rid you of belly fat, and give you lasting energy is simply “eating clean”.

So you’re probably wondering what exactly is eating clean, and how will this flatten my mid section?

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Becoming the Most Beautiful You

By Ronna L. Clements The Pineapple Contributing Writer

This article is dedicated to my mother for she is the most beautiful woman I know. And for all of the women who are reading this article, I hope the thoughts and principles I share will inspire you to become the most beautiful you.

Let’s put beauty into perspective.

No matter how rich one becomes, there is always somebody out there who will have more money.

Beauty, on the other hand, is not quantifiable. The rose and the daisy are both beautiful. Preferring one over the other does not deny the beauty of either. You cannot be perfectly beautiful, but you can be uniquely beautiful.

Natural beauty embodies authenticity.

There is a potential for beauty in every woman and it is possible to look beautiful at any age.

If you look beautiful at 20, you have youth on your side.

If you look beautiful after 40, people take notice and there is something special about it.

If a woman is naturally beautiful in the middle of her life or later, she must be doing something right.

After 50, if a woman is beautiful, no one but she can take credit for it. The older we get, the more our appearance truly reflects if we take care of ourselves. The lifestyle we choose, the discipline we demand of ourselves, and the glow we shine is information carved on our faces.

Once you pass the age of 40, there is a direct correlation between beauty revealed and health concealed. Health and beauty are connected vessels. If you steal from one, you are robbing the other. Your inner and outer body are two sides of the same coin.

Beauty into older age, being internal in origin, becomes health-dependent and reaches down for the resources that only health can provide. You cannot continue to prefer beauty to health because it is your optimal health that is responsible for your best appearance.

So, what are naturally beautiful women doing to look so wonderful no matter what their age?

How can you become The Most Natural Beautiful You? Although there are about 10 key principles to help emanate beauty, allow me to offer what I have found to be the most important key principle so that you can reveal the most beautiful you. By following this key principle, you will help Continued on page 3 yourself to blossom into an authentic

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Kings Point New Aquatic Center Makes Big Splash DELRAY BEACH, FL – Approximately 200 Kings Point residents gathered recently for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grandopening celebration at the expanded and newly renovated 15,000-sq.-ft., indoor aquatic center at Kings Point in Delray Beach.

Palm Beach County Vice Mayor and District 5 Commissioner Mary Lou Berger and Kings Point Recreation Area Board Chairman Frank Iovine took part in the ribbon cutting. Sen. Maria Sachs and Rep. Irv Slosberg addressed the crowd, while a tutu-clad ballerina encased in a floating bubble performed in one of the heated saltwater pools.

“We’re so very pleased with the enhanced and expanded indoor aquatic center. We expect this will quickly become one of the most popular of the many recreational options at Kings Point,” said Lisa Manzione of Kings Point Recreation Area. “It’s so nice to have such a magnificent indoor swimming option, not just for the

cool winter months, but for the summer months, too.”

The $2.2 million renovation included the removal of an indoor pool, whirlpool and concrete decking. They were replaced with a 25-meter lap pool, an “endless” resistance pool, a handicapped-accessible exercise pool, whirlpool, men’s steam room and women’s sauna. The heated swimming pools and whirlpools are filled with 185,000 gallons of saltwater. The center also has restrooms, changing areas and lockers.

Tropical, beach-themed scenic murals adorn the walls.

King’s Point Recreation Area consists of three clubhouses, indoor aquatic center, outdoor swimming pools, golf courses, canals, bus system, security gates, roads and other common areas for its 14,000 residents. For more information on the recreational amenities at Kings Point, please contact the Recreation Area office at 561-499-3335.

Douglas Rolfe, DDS Is Giving Local US Veterans Something To Smile About Dr. Douglas Rolfe with his office team

BOCA RATON, FL – In support of National Veterans’ Smile Day, Family Dentist Douglas Rolfe and his staff invites impoverished U.S. Veterans to come in for free dental care, including examinations, X-rays, oral cancer screenings, cleanings, fillings, extractions and other preventative and restorative dental care this Veterans’ Day on Wednesday, November 11th.

Free dental services at the Boca Raton dental practice are only available to qualified veterans of the United States military and must be pre-arranged. Limited to 22 treatment slots, appointments will be made on a first come, first served basis. Only six of the treatment slots are blocked for those who need repairs or replacements on old filings or require new ones.

“In deep appreciation for the selfless sacrifices our veterans have made for our country, we want them to walk out of our

office with a smile,” said Dr. Rolfe. “Dental benefits to vets are much more limited than their medical benefits and with so many struggling from the challenges of disability, unemployment, homelessness, hunger and a sense of hopelessness, our team wants them to finally have something to smile about.”

For information or to make appointments for Veterans’ Smile Day, contact Cheryl at Dr. Douglas Rolfe’s office at 561-395-4500 or visit http://www.drrolfe.com. Dr. Rolfe’s family dental practice has served patients for more than 20 years with state-of-the-art technologies, procedures and treatments for the entire family, from children to adults.

Procedures include preventive dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, oral surgery, restorative dentistry, orthodontics, periodontal disease prevention, and emergency services. His office is located at 333 Camino Gardens Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33432.

The Key to a Happy Life

By Laura Norman Special to The Pineapple

“If the only prayer you say in your life is ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” - Meister Eckhart Thanksgiving is our national holiday for celebrating thankfulness. The day when we express our appreciation for the delicious food on our table, for our loving family and friends and for the many other people and events that bring us joy. To many people, Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday, and the one that brings forth their warmest memories.

Since the day is such a perennial favorite, one that makes us feel so good, why limit our practice of appreciation to just one day?

Robert Emmons, professor of psychology at the University of California–Davis and an authority on the “science of gratitude,” talks of research which shows that those who practice appreciation every day experience a multitude of physical, psychological and social benefits.

Physical benefits include strengthened immune systems, less aches and pains, better sleep and lowered blood pressure. Those in the study who practiced the “attitude of gratitude” even exer-cised more and took better care of themselves!

Psychological benefits include feeling more alert, alive and awake and experiencing more joy, pleasure, optimism and happiness.

Social benefits were also significant.

Studies showed those who consciously practiced apprecia-tion were more helpful, generous, compassionate, forgiving and outgoing—and were much less likely to feel lonely and isolated.

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” – Voltaire Practicing appreciation and gratitude helps build and enhance our relationships.

It also changes how we experience our own lives for the better. It’s no accident that the word “appreciate” also means “to increase in value over time.” What we focus on grows stronger in our lives. By appre-ciating the people, places and things that make us happy, we attract more of the same.

Our relationship with Source is also strengthened and deepened when we feel appreciation. Yet in our busy lives, as we have dealt with the challenges we faced each day, appreciation may not always have been our first response. It’s an attitude we must choose and one we can cultivate.

“Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.” – Alan Cohen Practice appreciating things you usually take for granted. When you first wake up think about three things you are grateful for. Appreciate each part of your body–your feet that move you, your hands that feel the world around you, your unique face and your ears that let you hear the music you love. When you eat, take a moment to appreciate the energy of all the peo-ple it took to bring your food to you. When you take a shower, think about what a wonderful gift is clean, hot, running water! When you get in bed, appreciate the comfy pillow under your head, the soft sheets touching your skin and the warm blanket you’re snuggled under. Find things to appreciate each day and watch how your life blossoms!

Keep a journal. Each day, spend some time thinking about the people, events, places and things you appreciate and note them in your journal. Go back and re-read your past journal en-tries occasionally to feel the vibration of appreciation recorded on those pages.

Use a Thankfulness Jar. Each time you feel gratitude and appreciation, write a short note and drop it in the jar. At the end of the year, or any time you would like a lift, take the notes out of the jar and see how much you have to be thankful for.

The real power in appreciation is more than just a response to getting what we want.

When ap-preciation becomes our way of living, where we notice wonderful little things and find the good in each situation, the joy in our lives “appreciates”!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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beauty.

Key Principle # 1. Natural Food for Natural Beauty - As the saying goes, “we are what we eat.” It sounds so cliché, but it is true and, as such, the foods you eat and how they are prepared is the most important principle you can practice.

There can be no natural beauty without eating natural food. I suggest we fill the void in our diet with more living foods. A regular diet full of raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds is called a raw food diet. These foods are full of enzymes which are the catalysts for all living things, and they are full of every nutrient we need to live a vibrant life; they give us energy and rebuild our cells and tissues.

Toxic accumulations that happen through eating a lot of cooked and canned foods are responsible for stealing our health and attractiveness. Beauty lies latent under cushions of retained fluids, deposits of fat, and sick tissues.

The ability to renew cells is innate and the body itself is capable of making you look more attractive. A diet full of raw foods will give your body this rejuvenating ability to replace old cells with healthy new ones. Cellular regeneration is the foundation of youth, good health, and longevity.

Your body will surprise you and it will transform. The lifestyle of practicing a diet predominantly full of raw foods will detoxify wastes and rebuild you from the inside out.

Raw food works magic – naturally.

Your face and body will become chiseled.

The Firm to participate in NF Walk in honor of local 4-year-old girl with rare disorder BOCA RATON, FL – On Saturday November 7, over 50 people, collectively known as “The Firm,” will join others to participate in the Children’s Tumor Foundation 5K held at Florida Atlantic University Campus. They will walk to raise money and awareness to fund research into neurofibromatosis (NF), a genetic disorder that can cause tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body and affects one in every 3,000 people. Currently there is no cure or effective treatment for NF. “The Firm” will walk on behalf of NF Hero Gianna Neely, a 4-year-old who lives with NF1 and inspires this team in their mission. To date, Gianna has over 50 tumors within her body, including flat spots on her brain that are monitored through yearly MRIs that require heavy sedation, along with yearly monitoring of her eyes, skin and heart.

“Gianna is an amazing little princess who has been through numerous hospitalizations and ER and urgent care visits,” said Jessica Neely, Gianna’s mom.

“Yet, every time she gets knocked down with the many symptoms that come along with having NF, she gets right back up and continues to FIGHT for her life!”

WHAT: First annual Boca Raton NF Walk WHO: Individuals, friends and families.

On-leash dogs are welcome, too!

WHERE: Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL WHEN: Saturday, November 7, 2015 8:30 AM Check-In Begins 10:00 AM Walk Begins For additional information and registration visit www.nfwalk.org/boca.

Genesis welcomes public to Health Fairs through November

Genesis Community Health, a non-profit health clinic dedicated to serving patients of all economic levels, is inviting residents to take part in a series of free health fairs throughout Palm Beach County.

Genesis staff will be on hand to offer free screenings, evaluations and advice for continued healthcare and wellness.

Staff will also introduce fair participants to the comprehensive healthcare and dental services offered at Genesis, now located at Bethesda Hospital East, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach.

Saturday November 7, 2015 Village Health Fair, 400 SW 12th Ave, Delray Beach, FL • Time: 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.

For more information, please call 561.735.6553 or visit www.gencomhealth.org.

Fat deposits will disappear. Everything bumpy will become straightened and smoothed.

Complexion will become porcelain. Skin will become soft and smooth, yet still firm and supple. The eyes become bright. The bags and puffiness in the face will disappear.

Personality and smile will awaken, and you’ll start to feel more energetic and less sluggish.

The body will become transformed.

When your friends are saying, “I’m losing my looks,” you will be finding yours.

Glow is hard to fake because it is internal.

No woman knows her true beauty until she cleanses her body completely of all waste and adds energy from eating natural foods.

If women can have their fat sucked out through a tube, surely they can eat plant food. Try it – what do you have to lose? This principle of beauty asks no sacrifice from health.

Natural Food for Natural Beauty – the #1 key principle in becoming the most beautiful you.

It’s your right to be beautiful. You’re worth it!

I love you, Mom. Ronna Clements is a Natural Health & Wellness Innovator who has been helping people lead healthier lives for over 25 years.

She is a Certified Specialist in Cellular Regeneration & Detoxification, Advanced Colon Hydrotherapy and Iridology. Ronna can be reached at: ronnaclements@aol.com or 561-632-9187 www.ronnaclements.com

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Free Family Festival Focuses on Healthcare BOYNTON BEACH, FL – Caridad Center’s 11th annual Family Festival, themed “Give Life, Give Hope,” will be held Saturday, Nov. 14, from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the clinic in Boynton Beach.

The free and family-focused health event is run

by Caridad Center’s Prevention, Education and Treatment (PET) program and is open to the public. It’s also the Diabetes Week grand finale event for the Diabetes Coalition of Palm Beach

County. Last year’s health event helped more than 500 people.

Free screening tests will be available for cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, urinalysis, BMI, HIV, dental and vision.

Parking is free for the event at 8645 W. Boynton Beach Boulevard, and Palm Tran Bus Route 73 stops right in front of the center. For info visit the Caridad Center Facebook page.

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Your Local Guide to Living Your Healthiest Life

By Devin Burke Special to The Pineapple THIS MONTH’S QUESTION: What are the best cancer fighting foods?

ANSWER:

Unfortunately, getting cancer is almost ‘normal’ in the 21st century. According to the American Cancer Society there will be an estimated 1,658,370 new cancer cases diagnosed and 589,430 cancer deaths in the US this year alone.

That’s about 1,620 people per day! Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease, and accounts for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths.

Now for the good news… the World Cancer Research Fund has estimated that up to one-third (in my opinion even higher than 1/3) of the cancer cases that occur in economically developed countries like the US are related to overweight or obesity, physical inactivity, and/or poor nutrition, and thus could also be greatly prevented.

There are many amazing foods that are cancer fighting. Any food that is high in antioxidants can really be considered a cancer fighting food since antioxidants are what neutralize free radicals, aka cancer causing cells in our bodies. So, which foods contain the highest antioxidants? Below is the list of the top 10 highest antioxidant foods. By incorporating more of these foods into your diet and being physically active, you’re greatly reducing your chance of becoming a statistic.

Top 10 highest antioxidant foods: 1. Chaga mushroom (36,557,000) 2. Goji berries (40,000 ORAC Score) 3. Dark chocolate (21,000 ORAC Score) 4. Pecans (17,000 ORAC Score) 5. Wild blueberries (14,000 ORAC Score) 6. Elderberries (14,000 ORAC Score) 7. Cranberries (9,500 ORAC Score) 8. Artichoke (9,400 ORAC Score) 9. Kidney beans (8,400 ORAC Score) 10.

find at the salad bar.) These mushrooms have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for centuries and are still being used today to promote healing and health. Turkey tail, Maitake, Chaga, Reishi and Agaricus blazei are mushrooms that all have proven immune-enhancing and anti-cancer effects.

Many of these awesome mushrooms are being used in alternative cancer treatments in Japan and other developed countries. In addition to being cancer fighting foods, these mushrooms each have powerful health promoting effects. For example, Chaga, or the “King of Plants” in China and the “Diamond of the Forest” in Japan, contains many important nutrients, enzymes, vitamins and minerals in addition to boasting the highest ORAC value of any food on the planet. Chaga grows wild on the bark of birch trees and is traditionally used as a health promoting tea. But before you jump online and order some Chaga mushroom tea, it’s important to note that not all foods or supplement are created equal. I could write a few pages on this topic alone, but just know that not all supplements are created equal. A great company I like, trust, and personally use is Sun Potion based in sunny San Diego, California. I had a chance to interview (more like drill) the founder of the company, Scott, and he and his company passed with flying colors.

Visit SunPotion.com to explore what they offer.

PS: Scott was nice enough to create a discount code for me. You can save 10% off your order by using the code devinburke when you checkout.

Blackberries (5,300 ORAC Score)

*The level of antioxidants is evaluated by ORAC Score (oxygen radical absorption capacity) and tests the power of a plant to absorb and eliminate free radicals. The measurement of the foods above were developed by the National Institute of Aging and are based on 100 grams of each food.

Other antioxidant dense food include: wild caught salmon, kale, strawberries, pomegranates and even red wine. My personal favorite cancer fighting foods are medicinal mushrooms. (I’m not talking about the mushrooms you may have experimented with in college or the ones you’ll

Devin Burke is a Wellness Educator, Health and Fitness Coach. He has studied over 100 dietary theories, practical lifestyle management techniques, and innovative coaching methods with some of the world’s top health and wellness experts. His life’s mission is to inspire and educate as many people as he can to experience optimal health. Visit www.DevinBurke.com to learn more.

MORE TALES FROM THE MAT

By David J. Ramoy

This month I decided to focus on one of my favorite Topics: Power Yoga. Here to tell us about it and then some, is studio owner Talat Kayara from The Cozy Yogi in Lake Worth. Along with his wife and another couple, the Cozy Yogi ownership teaches and manages one of the most authentic Warm Power Yoga studios I’ve come across to date.

If you’re looking for a true Power Yoga class, in a heated room, with teachers who bring unique styles to every class; then Cozy Yogi is the definitely place for you. Talat was kind enough to let me interview him for this Month’s Tales From the Mat: Power Yoga.

Tell us about yourselves and what led you to open a Power Yoga Studio My name is Talat Kayar, I grew up in Brooklyn and moved here to South Florida in 2007. It was here that I found yoga for the first time… sort of, and I’ll get back to that. I don’t remember exactly how, but I ended up at my first Bikram yoga class one evening after work in Fort Lauderdale. It was intense to say the least.

I can’t say I fell in love or that I was hooked, but I certainly did feel different after that class, warm, loose, relaxed, and my mind felt at ease; I thought maybe from the level of exhaustion. I tried it again a few weeks later and every so often I would come back. Then one day, something clicked.

Back in college I had the good fortune to study eastern philosophy and learn, at least from an academic perspective, some of the underpinnings of the practice of yoga; the teachings of the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, Hindu and Taoist principles and such. But for the first year or two, I never connected the practice with the philosophy.

I had taken the practice merely for exercise, but when it clicked, the two halves connected, which eventually led me down the path to open a studio. I would have never taken this on by myself. It was a group effort. Four friends, two families, who came together and set into motion our vision of a studio; a power yoga studio that would be accessible to the community, both for longtime practitioners and those who had only begun their yogic journeys.

Tell us about Power Yoga I began taking power yoga classes with my wife after we moved here to West Palm from Fort Lauderdale. We practiced at a local downtown West Palm studio, and would often meet up there with our friends Robert and Shona, with whom we eventually opened the Cozy Yogi. We had all practiced different types of yoga in the past, but had each gravitated toward power yoga for one reason or another.

For me personally, power yoga in particular was a challenging practice, and one that was more flexible than the practice to which I had become accustomed. The flows could sometimes be dance-like and while the essence of the practice remained consistent, it would change from instructor to instructor.

With such variety and nuance, I felt a greater exposure to a wider assortment of postures and felt my practice grow tremendously.

As my practice grew deeper, I focused on

the more subtle aspects of feeling and breath awareness. As the asanas became second nature, I would glimpse from time to time the beginnings of a way of understanding without the aid of thought.

Why do you think Power Yoga is so popular today In my estimation, there are many different types of practitioners here in the West. Our world is busy and frantic, fast-paced and at times overwhelming. Power yoga is especially attractive here because it appeals to those folks who are looking to get their butts kicked with a challenging western-style aerobic/strength training type of workout and it promotes holistic wellness from the inside out.

At first blush power yoga may appear to be a ‘tough workout’ (which is one reason it appeals to a wider audience), but once you get in past the façade, or more aptly the foyer, you quickly find that although it can be difficult in its own respect, it is more gentle on the body (and enter entire being) than any workout you have likely ever experienced; simply because it is not a workout, but so much more.

Who would benefit from a Power Yoga practice Of course, the easy answer here is ”everybody”. But, I think a more correct response is, those that are ready. And to be ready is simpler than one would imagine. It requires only a willingness to put down your ego; just drop it off in the cubby with your flip-flops and cell phones (don’t worry, it’ll still be there after class), enter the studio with an open mind and heart, and just let go. Know that there is no point in comparing yourself with others. Equally, there is no point in comparing yourself to yourself, your left side from your right and so on.

Only challenge yourself in each new moment (and not even your entire self, challenge your physical self not the egoic mind} by finding in each posture, the middle path between too much and not enough. And when you get there, be still and enjoy that present moment. That’s all you ever have, a series of continuous present moments. You can’t enjoy one when you’re constantly leaning toward the next one or dwelling in one that has long passed.

Favorite quotes to live by Question everything. Hold no assertion as true without first finding out for yourself.

Please tell us where how we can reach you or take a class!

Just check out our website www.cozyyogi. com or feel free to drop in. We are at: 307 Lake Ave in Lake Worth • (561) 713-2707

David James Yoga 561.929.8905 Call for details

Classes available at: Cosi Yogi 6pm Mondays 6pm Wednesdays Sundays 12pm 16 1/2 South J Street Lake Worth

this is not your grandmother’s yoga... but she is welcome to come of course.

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beyond the mat Accupuncture with a restorative twist

By Michelle Tamblyn Special to The Pineapple Restorative Yoga is my favorite yoga to practice, so I was really excited when the opportunity came up to attend a special New Moon Meditation and Acupuncture Savasana. This was a full Restorative Yoga practice with Acupuncture during the savasana. The New Moon represents the beginning of a new cycle and is a perfect time for introspection and setting new intentions. Many details were given about the planetary influences occurring at this time, and how we could be affected by them.

It was different than any Restorative I had ever experienced, as many of the poses focused on the third eye, in the center of the forehead. It was a great combination Irina Shlain ending with acupuncture points on the forehead, designed to calm the mind and release anxiety, complimenting the yoga practice perfectly.

Hi Irina, tell us about yourself and your journey to become an Acupuncturist and a Yoga Instructor: I had practiced yoga on and off for a while and never really gotten into it. A friend invited me to go to a hot class and something shifted in me during that class. All the terrible aspects faded away and I heard only my own breath. I felt complete surrender and peace. After continuing with my practice, I decided to do teacher training to become a yoga teacher. I completed vinyasa training from Yoga South in 2011 and shortly after, I enrolled in school for Acupuncture. I wanted to become a naturopath, and this was a way I could incorporate different modalities such as homeopathy, nutrition and herbs together in my practice.

I had experienced some health challenges and was told that all of the natural methods of healing were just scams and that they didn’t work.

I went with conventional medicine, but took a holistic approach to help with the after effects I experienced. I felt guided to practice yoga, change my diet, and make more time for rest. I began my own personal Restorative yoga practice at home.

I attended ATOM, Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine, in Fort Lauderdale.. While I was in school for Acupuncture I had the opportunity to go to India. That was a really amazing experience. I had my first experience with sivananda style of yoga, which is very different from vinyasa.

There were a lot of back bends, which I really hated at first. I kept asking myself why am I doing this? Then something released and I started to love it, but my mind was like no, you hate this remember? It was the perfect way to release for me, losing my possessions and then from the practice.

Tell us about the benefits of combining Restorative Yoga with Acupuncture: The Restorative yoga is very calming for the mind and allows people to become deeply relaxed.

Props are used to support the body in each of the postures and they are held for longer periods

of time. The poses include gentle back bends, opening the heart, forward folds encouraging introspection, and supported hip openers to tap into our true nature. This way students are able to relax first, and then get a chance to experience the acupuncture.

I do the acupuncture at the end during the savasana. I choose points on the forehead, which assist in calming the mind and releasing stress and anxiety. People can be very nervous about the needles, most of my students have never experienced acupuncture before, so it is a good way for them to try it out and see what it’s like.

Maybe then they want to learn more and have a full session. I use Japanese style needles, which are smaller and virtually painless.

How does Acupuncture work?

Acupuncture works by moving, strengthening and balancing the body’s energy. I want to give people something to help them tap into and shift their own energy, so they walk out feeling that they have practical information to help them. The conditions that can be treated with TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) vary widely and include (but are not limited to): pain chronic and acute, gastrointestinal issues, supporting immune system and function, gynecological, fertility and women’s issues, neurological issues, stress and emotional issues, addiction problems, general health, colds and flu, and preventative care. I would really like to work with autoimmune and cancer patients. I think that is an area I could make the most impact.

Acupuncture and this method of treatment has been around for 5000 years and is not the alternative treatment, it’s the original system of healthcare. I want people to know they can feel better without being on a mountain of medications; that their body wants to be in health and we can guide it there with these methods, with this medicine, the original medicine of nature.

What is your favorite quote to live by?

I really like anything by Rumi and Hafiz. I have one book 365 Days with Rumi which has a poem for every day and it really fits with the day.

How can someone reach you?

I currently practice Traditional Chinese Medicine in Palm Beach County utilizing many methods of treatment tailored to the individual patient. My practice includes the use of acupuncture, nutrition, lifestyle and stress management, cupping and Tui Na massage, and most importantly supplements and herbal medicine.

Irina Shlain A.P. MSOM • 267 736 3411 info@monkeymindwellnes.com www.monkeymindwellness.com Michelle Tamblyn graduated from the Anuttara 200 hour teacher training in July 2011 and the Level 2 Raja training in February 2012.

In addition she has training in Restorative and Yin Yoga. She is also a Reiki Master and Integrated Energy Therapy practitioner. Michelle can be reached at michelletamblyn10@gmail.com

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my thoughts criticizing myself and judging my performance?

My experience taking Bryan Kest’s Master Class was the most authentic yogic experience I’ve had to date. Not just because he didn’t make his class all about puppy dogs and rainbows; or that he taught class with non-Sanskrit terminology like “touch your toes”. I loved the Master Class experience because Bryan takes away all the fluff, strips away the vanity and leaves you with the raw truth of why you did a tree pose in the first place. It gives me great pleasure to introduce Bryan Kest, as he was kind enough to let us interview him about his upcoming Master class on the eve of November 17th at the lake worth casino building in Lake Worth Florida.

For those that are not familiar with you, can you please tell us about yourself and your journey to become a yoga instructor?

Well I started this when I was 15 years old when my father told me to do yoga or to get out of the house. He was a doctor and he realized the benefits of yoga and he knew his children wouldn’t do it out of free will, so he basically forced us. Here we are now 38 years later and I haven’t stopped practicing since then.

Please tell us about your upcoming master class in Lake worth and what can we expect from it.

You know the master class in Lake Worth is basically everything I got in one class. I just try to put it all in there. It’s not easy to do, but I give everybody a discourse or a lecture on power yoga so they have a mental perspective of what this really is and what is important as far as what we’re working on. Then I take people through a, I call it a meditation in motion, a power yoga sequence that aims to awaken the whole body, a liven the whole body, strengthen and release the whole body. And, then we finish with a beautiful meditation. So it’s a very complete power yoga experience.

What makes you different from other yoga teachers, what is so unique about your style?

You know every yoga teacher, instructor is different. So for me you know it’s my personality and my perspective; what I emphasize in class for some reason isn’t something that you hear

matter what your routine is, weight training, running, yoga or Pilates, do it with a goal in mind, and push yourself.

Here’s what I do to maintain my abdominals and have lasting energy.

1. Eat Clean at least 5 days a week.

2. Try not to eat past 8:00 pm 3. Train Insane EVERY time! Train early morning on an empty stomach twice a week.

This will burn the body fat stored from the day before. Drink water.

4. Incorporate Yoga or Pilates into your life.

5. Cut down on your coffee intake, drink water instead. You want your body to begin to have natural energy.

6. Always start your day with a positive attitude.

Listen, I’m NO expert but since I began eating clean I have little, to no belly fat. More importantly I have lasting energy, which helps me while on duty as a firefighter, and all other aspects of my life. Your focus will improve

What advice would you give to yourself 20 years ago, and do you have a philosophy for life?

My advice has always been the same. My perspective and philosophy has never changed, which is something I really appreciate because a lot of people tend to change things to fit the trends and to fit the times. But I’ve tried to stay true to myself, so my philosophy has never changed. What’s changed is my ability to embrace my own philosophy more fully over the years.

What are your thoughts on where power yoga evolved to today and where do you see it in another 10 years?

Power yoga is um…does not exist. Power yoga is a stupid name that a bunch of people are calling their yoga. Power yoga is a name that I coined but never trademarked, so every Tom, Dick and Harry is calling their yoga power yoga. What the hell is it? It doesn’t exist. I’m sharing with you Bryan Kest yoga under the cool name of power yoga. But it’s not power yoga, it’s Bryan Kest yoga.

Do you regret the long hair in the early 90’s?

No, I loved my long hair. My long hair was reflective of me you know which was basically wild and free. And, um, honestly I would still have it today if I had enough hair to do it.

Favorite quote to live by The harder you are on anything, the faster you wear it out.

Thanks Bryan! Please tell us where and when is the upcoming Master Class?

Tuesday November 17th from 6:30-9:30p.

It’s being held at the Lake Worth Casino Building and beach complex.

10 South Ocean Blvd in Lake Wortt $60 Pre register online, $70 After Oct 1st, $80 After Nov 1st

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your anti-oxidants with super foods like acaiberries and raw cacao is eating clean 101.

Flush your system Drinking plenty of water is a great way to flush your body of harmful chemicals, along with decreasing your sugar and salt intake.

You can handle the truth!

There are no short cuts. The true way to health starts with knowing what you are eating. If you don’t know what something on a food label means, then why would you eat it? We all have smart phones now, Google it!

Everyone’s body is different, and your work schedule may be different then mine.

You may have 6 kids and have no time, who knows! But your eating habits must change for any sustaining results. On top of that, now you have to train! I don’t like saying, “working out” or “exercising”. Train your body for a purpose and have a goal. If you don’t have a goal set for what you want for your body, you probably will never achieve it. No

emphasized that often. It seems like all the books are saying it, but no one is talking about it. You know people are turning this into a physical experience and there’s so much more to it than that. And even our whole mentality about physical fitness and health is so ass backwards, um, I shine a brand new light on some very practical things.

and so will your attitude. I say it again and again, “our body wants to be healthy, so give it what it needs”. It’s little changes that make big differences. Oh, and don’t forget to have a cheat day a least once a week. If you’re putting in the hard work, treat yourself! With all the great places to eat in Delray and NYC.....we deserve it!

Email me any questions, ideas or thoughts or to just say hello! ny2flma@gmail.com Mike Arciprete is a NYC Firefighter, Certified PT, Clean Eating Coach, Musician, and loves Delray Beach, cooking and tattoos.

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Help For Those Suffering From Migraine Headaches

By Dr. John Conde Special to The Pineapple

More than 30 million people in the United States suffer from migraine headaches. The onset of migraines typically can occur between the ages of 10 and 40 and diminish substantially after the age of 50, however current studies suggest that migraines can actually occur at any age. Women are twice as likely as men to be affected by this disorder.

Cardinal Signs Of A True Migraine?

There are numerous types of migraines, classified according to the unique symptoms produced. The typical presentation of a migraine is a throbbing or pulsating one sided (unilateral) severe headache, lasting 4-72 hours, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light (photophobia), and sensitivity to sound (phonophobia). The most common site of head pain is the temple region, extending into the forehead and eye on one side (frontal-temporal).

What Goes Wrong In An Acute Migraine?

Current treatments for migraines are generally unsatisfactory for most patients due to a lack of understanding of basic neurophysiologic concepts concerning migraines. Exciting current research is focusing on a phenomenon termed cortical (brain) spreading depression (CSD) and on dysfunction in brainstem cells that are involved in the control of pain.

Essentially, brain cells responsible for processing vision, sound, smell, touch, and even movement become very active prior to and during a migraine episode, producing symptoms such as light and sound sensitivities. Auras, a neurological phenomenon experienced 10-20 minutes prior to a migraine involving vision, motor, or speech impairments may also be experienced. It is theorized that this spontaneous activity of brain cells is due to an unhealthy state; a lack of oxygen, appropriate food (fuel), and/ or consistent stimulation. Simultaneously an area in the brainstem responsible for controlling head and face pain malfunctions, leading to unbearable pain.

New Brain-Based Treatment: How can this information help those who suffer from migraines? Our current understanding allows us to develop a treatment plan that is multi-factorial in nature addressing the oxygen deficiencies, inappropriate nutrition, and lack of stimulation. It is of paramount

importance to locate the specific region within the nervous system that is dysfunctional and for this we utilize a diagnostic tool termed RealEyes.

This state of the art equipment allows for indepth examination of eye movement pathology which is a very accurate window into neurological dysfunction.

Graded aerobic activity, oxygen supplementation, and prescribed breathing exercises aimed at increasing vital capacity are essential to allow for greater oxygenation.

Chiropractic adjustments of the thorax allows for increased rib excursion and greater oxygen intake. One should attempt to eliminate or reduce alcohol (red wine), caffeine, monosodium glutamate (MSG; found in some ethnic foods), nitrates (processed foods such as cold cuts and hot dogs), hunger episodes, and lack of sleep. Some nutritional supplements that may be of value are L-arginine, magnesium, and 5-hydroxytryptophan.

Specific brain-based exercises such as eye movement activities (oculomotoric rehabilitation), vestibular activities (inner ear), brain-balance auditory stimulation, visual stimulation, olfactory stimulation, and chiropractic adjustments are essential in stabilizing these clusters of unhealthy cell in our nervous system. A new and promising intervention termed pneumatic insufflation has demonstrated a reduction in patient symptoms and neurological stabilization in the literature.

Dr. John Conde is a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist. He has achieved Diplomate status through the American Chiropractic Neurology Board.

Dr. John Conde is the owner of The Conde Center For Chiropractic Neurology, which integrates traditional chiropractic medicine with advanced neurological rehabilitation protocols. The conditions treated range from orthopedic injuries such as lumbar disc herniations and shoulder rotator cuff tendinitis to neurological lesions such as stroke and brain injuries. The office can be reached at 561330-6096 and at thecondecenter.com.

Boca Raton Walk to End Alzheimer’s raises more than $250,000

Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie and the Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera and his family walk in the Boca Raton Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Sunday, Sept. 27. Photo by Jon Laye

By Kate Pokorny Special to The Pineapple Mizner Park Amphitheater was home to a sea of purple on the morning of Sept.

27. More than 2,500 people packed in the Amphitheater starting at 7 a.m. for the second annual Boca Raton Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

The fundraiser raised more than $250,000, nearly double what was raised in 2014.

“This event is our biggest opportunity to reach the community and let them know everything we do from our advocacy program to our 24/7 helpline,” said Ann May, CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association Southeast Florida Chapter. “We want people in Boca and in Southeast Florida to know we are here and to know about our resources. The Walk to End Alzheimer’s helps us reach the community as well as helps us raise funds for research and programs.”

More than 150,000 people have Alzheimer’s in Southeast Florida, and more

than 55,000 of those are Palm Beach County residents. In addition to the 2-mile walk, there was a special tribute to those who have experienced or are experiencing Alzheimer’s.

Dottie Carson, who was recently diagnosed with early on-set Alzheimer’s was the keynote speaker. And the Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, the Lt. Governor Carlos LopezCantera and several other elected officials cut the ribbon to start the walk.

Alzheimer’s disease is a growing epidemic and the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death. As baby boomers age, the number of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease will rapidly escalate, increasing well beyond today’s more than 5 million Americans to as many as 16 million by 2050.

To learn more about disease and available resources, call the toll-free Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 Helpline at 800-272-3900. Donations for this year’s walk can still be made through Dec. 31 at www.alz.org/walk.

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How safe is marijuana really?

By Dr. Raul Rodriguez The Pineapple Contributing Writer After decades of widespread casual use, and now after a number of states legalizing use for “medicinal purposes”, the use of marijuana has increasingly become perceived as safe. Is this perception accurate, or is it a fantasy that has been fostered by nostalgia, urban folklore, the drug culture, and the multi-million dollar dispensary industry? Let’s take a step back and try to take in the whole picture.

It is important to understand that a number of recent trends have greatly affected the risk profile of marijuana. The first major change involves the rising concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The levels of THC currently seen in higher grades of marijuana are 40 times greater than the levels seen in the late 60’s (Woodstock pot is a common reference point). This is the direct result of advanced growing and procurement techniques, which have systematically increased the levels of THC in “professionally” raised marijuana. Most people see this as a positive result of applied botanical science. The problem here is what is called the “dose effect”. As the potency of this drug increased over time, a number of thresholds of toxicity have been exceeded.

A good analogy would be a comparison to beer. 1 beer will not due much to cause injury to an adult. 4 to 6 beers would cause a significant degree of inebriation in the average individual. 40 beers consumed at once however, would cause alcohol poisoning and probably death in many cases. Marijuana has not become a common direct cause of death but has become a significant cause of major psychiatric complications including depression, anxiety and most alarmingly psychosis.

The anxiety and depression problems resulting from THC consumption are nothing new, but they are much more common now. The psychosis severity and frequency is something that is a more recent development though. I personally have treated over 60 cases of THC induced psychosis in just the last 5 years. I have seen more cases in the last year than in the 4 years prior combined. I see a new case almost every week these days. Many other addiction specialists have had similar experiences.

The psychosis consists of intense auditory hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and a number of bizarre behaviors that are completely out of character for the individual. The condition resembles Schizophrenia but is usually more difficult to treat.

Some of these cases may very well be Schizophrenia that was triggered by the THC, but the total number of cases exceeds the usual incidence of this disease and they all follow heavy pot use. Most of these individuals are not even addicts, just recreational users. All who have suffered this complication have experienced a major decline in functional capacity, often becoming permanently disabled. The prognosis for this condition is very poor. Similar presentations can result from contaminated marijuana.

The intentional contamination of marijuana is another growing trend among the purveyors of illicit substances. Many drug dealers spike their marijuana with more addictive drugs, such as cocaine, crystal meth and heroin, to create crossaddictions to substances that generate higher overall profits. Aside from creating these crossaddictions, the contaminants cause a number of other major complications such as seizures, tic and movement disorders, depression, anxiety and psychosis.

When complications develop, it is often difficult to distinguish if the cause was the THC or an undetected adulterant. Sometimes the extra ingredients can be detected on a drug test.

Many other chemicals such as formaldehyde are frequently added and also cause neurological complications.

In addition to all of the neurological problems caused by THC, a host of psychological consequences have arisen from all of the recent trends. The legalization of marijuana in some states has fostered a perception that the drug is completely safe, especially among adolescents.

I have had countless Florida teens tell me openly “yeah but pot is legal”. This has led to more experimentation at an earlier age. The young human brain that is not fully developed is exquisitely sensitive to the negative effects of drug use.

The increased early marijuana use in turn has facilitated more experimentation with more addictive drugs. Experimentation with addictive drugs reliably leads to addiction in many cases.

The net result is a worsening of the nation’s drug problem, especially among the younger generation. The surge in drug use has been so prominent in Palm Beach County that the Delray Center For Healing developed an outpatient drug treatment and relapse prevention program

dedicated to adolescents.

This information is relevant to all segments of the population, but will most likely be received by parents and grandparents.

If you are a parent or grandparent, it is important to realize that the marijuana you may have tried in the past was very different than what is available now. Your experiences did not carry the same risks that your children and grandchildren face today. It is important to understand the differences when discussing this topic with your family.

Regardless of what your opinion of marijuana use actually is, it is of greatest importance to base that opinion on the most complete foundation of information that is available to you.

Dr. Rodriguez is the founder and Medical Director of the Delray Center For Healing. The Delray Center For Healing is a comprehensive outpatient behavioral health center that incorporates the most advanced psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological modalities in the treatment of complex and difficult cases.

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Wind Kissed: A timely new story for kids (and parents!)

Wind Kissed is a unique new juvenile fiction book published by Outskirts Press that warns about “tech/text” neck—a silent, secret killer that is suppressing our life force and causing widespread suffering. Written by Dr. Lynn Ann Migdal, a Chiropractor and ChiroChi Master, the book addresses the surprising problems stemming from today’s chronic techno abuse and unhealthy postures.

Wind Kissed centers around the Silver family, whose wealth can’t fix the dysfunction that tears at eleven-year-old Rebecca. She endures her parents’ emotional battles and the physical and verbal abuse of her older sister, and in response, Rebecca hunches over, tightening and over-contracting the muscles on the right side of her body. Over time, this has caused her spine to curve in unhealthy directions, creating pressure on her nervous system and wreaking havoc on her immune system.

Rebecca’s life changes dramatically when she encounters the nature spirits of the sky, who help humans find peace and health. With their help, Rebecca learns how to heal herself from verbal, food, and techno abuse. She empowers her mind, body, spirit, and nervous system with healthy foods, thoughts, breaths, and postures, and she becomes healthier and happier.

At school Rebecca tells the kids in her class that they need to hold up their cell phones, lift their laptops to eye level, and use wireless keyboards if they want to be healthy.

In 2012, CNN reported that cell phone posture compresses the organs and compromises breathing. “The average human head weighs 10 pounds in a neutral position— when your ears are over your shoulders. For every inch you tilt your head forward, the pressure on your spine doubles.

So if you’re looking at a smartphone in your lap, your neck is holding up what feels like 20 or 30 pounds.” A slumped posture also leads to a lack of oxygenated blood flowing through the body, which can lead to vascular disease and gastrointestinal problems.

Dr. Migdal adds, “I have been a Chiropractor (a Natural Neurologist) for over 34 years and have watched our society fail to recognize the truth about our own anatomy and physiology.

Text/tech neck is more dangerous than pain and numbness. Most of us are malfunctioning and not honoring the one system that controls all the other systems.”

For more information about Wind Kissed visit www.lookingupfoundation.org or www.drlynnmigdal.com

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Why Acupuncture for Treating Back Pain

By Edward Scarlett Special to The Pineapple Americans spend at least $37 billion annually on back pain. There are many patients with this painful condition who are unsatisfied with the traditional medical care. A lot if these people seek help from complementary and alternative care providers, including acupuncturists. “Back pain is one of the leading reasons for visits to licensed acupuncturists. Trained acupuncturists consider acupuncture an effective treatment for back pain.

Chronic Back Pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical attention. It has been estimated that up to 80% of the world’s population will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives, with the lower back as the most common location of pain. Though most occurrences of back pain last less than two weeks, research has shown that recurrence rates for low back pain can reach as high as 50% in the first few months following the first episode.

The use of acupuncture to treat back pain has increased dramatically in the past few decades. The results of a recent study published in the Clinical Journal of Pain provide further proof that acupuncture is a safe and effective treatment for low-back pain, and that acupuncture can maintain positive outcomes for periods exceeding six months or longer without producing the negative side-effects that often accompany more traditional pain remedies such as antiinflammatory steroids or medication.

The most common back pain conditions are Lumbar muscle strain or strain, ruptured disk, Discogenic back pain, Spinal stenosis, Lumbar spine arthritis, Spondylolistesis.

These conditions can all be helped to a large degree or another with acupuncture.

There are many different acupuncture patterns that contribute to the development of these conditions. As a acupuncturist in

order to optimize the treatment we must determine the underlining dysfunction to the condition. Once we have determined the underlying oriental medicine pattern we can begin to treat the whole person in an addition to the symptoms.

Because of how complex and holistic the medical approach of Oriental medicine is we must look at the bodies overall function or lack of it. We use diagnosis systems to evaluate organ function or the lack of them to determine the correct treatment approach. This comprehensive diagnosis process is a important part of why Oriental medicine has been a very effective treatment modality for back pain. When we assess Kidney, Liver, Blood, vitality, Coldness and Heat levels in the body we can determine the correct and most effective treatment approach for back pain conditions.

My clinical opinion is that people and their conditions are a manifestation of the choices they have made over weeks, months, and sometimes years. Buy treating the individual as a whole not only the symptom, Oriental medicine can help dismantle the errors in choice that create Back pain. Choose well.

Dr. Edward Scarlett is an expert in multiple Acupuncture and Body Work techniques. He has studied biological and functional medicine in the U.S. and Germany. Dr. Scarlett is certified in injection therapy as well, and utilizes nutrition, detoxification, along with Electoral Dermal Screening of the body and advanced lab screenings to customize a program for each patient. For information visit www.Aliveandwellacupuncture. com. email:aliveandwellacupuncture@gmail.com or call 561-272-7816.

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American Diabetes Association’s Tour De Cure to ride through Delray Beach and Boca Raton The 2015 American Diabetes Association Tour De Cure, a fundraising cycling event for all levels to benefit the charity, is set for Sunday, November 22 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hugh Birch State Park, 3109 Sunrise Boulevard near Fort Lauderdale beach.

“In South Florida, one out of four people don’t know they have diabetes, and one out of five are at risk of getting diabetes,” said Dawn Seay, South Florida Executive Director of the American Diabetes Association. “Cycling is an excellent exercise for cardiovascular fitness and weight management and there are many Tour De Cure participants with type II diabetes who have been able to get off medication by cycling regularly.”

The Tour is a ride, not a race, with routes designed for everyone from the occasional rider to the experienced cyclist.

A participant does not need to be a skilled cyclist, and anyone with a bike and a desire to have fun is welcome to participate.

Participants may choose to ride anywhere from 3.2 miles to 100 miles along a safe

route supported from start to finish with rest stops, water and cheering spectators.

Start time for 100 mile riders is 7 a.m. with 6 a.m. check-in; 8 a.m. for 62 milers (7 a.m. check-in); 9 a.m. for 29 milers (8 a.m. check-in) and 10 a.m. for 5k and family participants.

This year’s Tour de Cure features fun activities for the entire family including a children’s ride; live music and entertainment; healthy food and specialty food trucks; a sponsor exhibit area with the latest about diabetes care and health related information; and much more.

Registration fees are $25 for adults; $10 for children 12 & under with fundraising minimums of $200 per adult and $50 per child. For more information or to register for the American Diabetes Association Tour De Cure, call (888) DIABETES or visit www.diabetes.org/sfltour.

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Harbour’s Edge raises money to combat Alzheimer’s Harbour’s Edge raised more than $7,000 at this year’s Boca Raton Walk to End Alzheimer’s on September 27.

Twenty-two residents and staff members of the senior living community participated. They came in 7th place out of more than 200 teams.

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation Invites Community to Murder at the Menagerie on November 14th WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), the largest nonprofit organization working to find a cure for digestive diseases, along with providing invaluable information and, is ready for an evening of “mystery, mayhem and murder” during Murder at the Menagerie on November 14, 2015 from 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm at the Palm Beach Zoo. CCFA board member and longtime supporter, Wendy Greenhut, is serving as fundraising Chairwoman for the event.

Attendees will enjoy cocktails and delicious food at the zoo’s Tropics Café while visiting the over 700 animals from Florida, North, South and Central America, Australia, and Madagascar. Along the way, guests will take part in an exotic adventure of a whodunit mystery, ending with prizes for those who guess the culprit.

“We are excited to host this new, unique event that will help to raise awareness and funds for the Crohn’s& Colitis Foundation,” said Greenhut. “Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and other digestive diseases are on the rise in individuals across the Country. Today one in every 200 individuals – many being children,

teens, and young adults – has been diagnosed with a digestive disease. Funds raised will serve as an integral part in supporting research, educational programs, even treatment for some. We encourage the community to learn more about our organization through this event and learn ways they can make an impact.“ A highlight of the event is the Ultimate Drawing featuring two incredible prizes – an African Safari in Tanzania Africa to watch the Great Migration and an all expense paid weekend in San Diego (hotel provided by Kimpton Hotels and airfare by Southwest).

Tickets are $100.

Cost is $135. To purchase tickets, please visit http://murderatthemenagerie.weebly.com.

Sponsors of the event include Kimpton Hotel, Southwest, & Beyond, Digestive Care.

To learn more about the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, the programs and services they provide to those living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, or upcoming events, please visit www.ccfa. org/chapters/florida or contact Jennifer Wieczorek by email at jwieczorek@ccfa.org or by calling 561-218-2929 (#1, Ext. 2).

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sports NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship coming to Delray for second straight year

For the second-straight year, the 57th Annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men’s Soccer National Championship will take place at Hilltopper Stadium at Seacrest Soccer Complex, 2505 N. Seacrest Blvd., from Nov. 30 – Dec. 5. According to Chad Waller, director of communications and sports information for the NAIA, the 16team, single-elimination tournament bracket will be announced on Monday, Nov. 16.

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission in conjunction with Keiser University will serve as hosts. Last year, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission and Northwood University served as co-hosts for the first time in championship history.

According to Waller, in the championship final last year, Davenport’s (Mich.) Chase Burgess headed in the game-winner and handed the sixth-seeded Panthers a 2-1 overtime win over No. 9 Texas at Brownsville in the finals of the 2014 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship. His heroics came in the 93rd minute and gave Davenport it’s first-ever men’s soccer banner. The match ended the week-long single-elimination event at the Seacrest Soccer Complex.

The opening banquet for this year’s tournament will take place at 6 p.m. on Nov. 29. Schedule for tournament play is 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., from Nov. 30 – Dec. 2, 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, and the final is Saturday, Dec. 5, at 4 p.m. Ticket cost for an all championship

pass ranges from $20 prior to Nov. 29, and $25 at the gate, day pass for adults is $10, day pass for students with an ID is $5, under age of 12 is free, and cost of the opening banquet prior to Nov. 28, is $25. Advance ticket sales start Nov. 15.

For more information visit: www.naia.org.

Coach Finn Lacrosse hosting fall training week featuring coach from Notre Dame Men’s Lacrosse

Coach Finn Lacrosse will host Notre Dame Fighting Irish University Men’s Lacrosse head coach Kevin Corrigan for Fall Training Week Nov. 4-6, at Atlantic Community High School, 2455 W. Atlantic Ave. Cost for the three day camp is $250 and boys’ ages 10-17 can register at www. coachfinnlacrosse.com.

According to Delray Beach resident Coach Kevin Finneran, founder of Coach Finn Lacrosse, Coach Corrigan is entering his 27th season on the sideline and since arriving on the campus at South Bend, Ind., has built Notre Dame into one of the premier men’s lacrosse programs in the country. Coach Corrigan’s record is 253 wins, 120 losses and 20 ties, for a .678 winning percentage. His tenure as head men’s lacrosse coach at a Division I program is the second longest stand in the country.

Coach Finn and Notre Dame head coach Kevin Corrigan have know each other for 25-years. For more information email: coachfinndelray@gmail.com.

Allianz Championship Celebrates Silver Anniversary In 2016

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The Allianz Championship celebrates its silver anniversary at Broken Sound when the Champions Tour returns to Boca Raton from February 1 through the 7th in 2016.

But it was a battle for the tournament to last 10 months, much less 10 years.

When Allianz moved to Boca Raton in 2007, the world was entering its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

This global recession lasted until 2012.

“Those first years were tight, but we have grown into a strong community and corporate supported tournament,” said Allianz tournament director Ryan Dillon.

“Once more and more companies and spectators saw what we were doing and learned how companies both big and small utilized the tournament to grow their business relationships, news began to spread and now we are able to really give serious dollars to the Boca Regional Hospital and many other local charities annually.”

The Allianz Championship recovered from that tenuous beginning to become one of the most financially-sound and appealing tournaments on the Champions Tour. The last two events have raised more than $1 million for local charities, including a record donation of more than $600,000 this year, with Boca Raton Regional Hospital receiving the majority of the charitable dollars.

“When Allianz took the championship to Boca Raton for the first time in 2007 it was during a difficult and challenging financial period for most companies, not only in the United States, but globally,” said Champions Tour President Greg McLaughlin. “It’s a testament to Allianz and all involved in the Allianz Championship, that the event has grown significantly over this past decade into one of the most stable and attractive tournaments on Tour. Our players look forward to getting their season under way at the first

full-field event of the year at The Old Course at Broken Sound.”The Allianz Championship is one of only eight tournaments on the Champions Tour (non-majors) that will host 10 consecutive events at the same site in 2016.

From its humble beginning, the Allianz Championship has grown into one of the marquee sporting events in South Florida, providing economic impact of almost $20 million to the golf-loving area while being telecast around the world on Golf Channel.

Last year’s tournament had record attendance figures to watch Paul Goydos win with a birdie on the final hole in another thrilling finish.

Three of the nine Allianz winners at Broken Sound’s respected Old Course are former major champions – Corey Pavin (2012), Tom Lehman (2011) and hometown hero Bernhard Langer (2010).

The tournament also is known for its dramatic finishes. There have been three playoffs, four were decided by one shot and the other two by two shots. Last year, fans also got to witness Bart Bryant’s double-eagle on the final hole in the second round that vaulted him into a share of the lead. It was the first albatross on the Champions Tour in five years.

For sponsorship and ticket information, go to www.allianzchampionship.com or call (561) 241-4653.

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Race for Hope draws 1,000 runners DELRAY BEACH, FL – AVDA (Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse) held its 16th Annual Race for Hope, presented by Marshalls, last month at Anchor Park in Delray Beach. The 5K and 10K race, held annually during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, drew over 1,000 runners, walkers, spectators and volunteers. Team Marshalls was the largest Race for Hope team in the history of the event, with over 125 participants.

Marshalls also presented AVDA with a check for $5,000 at the race.

Now in its 16th year, AVDA’s Race for Hope challenges individuals, local businesses, schools, clubs and organizations to form teams or participate individually. Winners receive prizes, and all who participate are treated to a pancake breakfast sponsored

by The Original Pancake House. This year, Suzanne Boyd of WPEC-CBS12 served as official mistress of ceremonies.

“We are so grateful to the community for the tremendous support AVDA receives each year at the Race for Hope,” said Jean Magrella, AVDA Board chair and chairperson of the Race for Hope. “Not only do we raise much needed funds, we also raise awareness among victims of domestic violence that there is a safe place to turn for help.”

Proceeds from the Race for Hope benefit AVDA’s 24 hour hotline, emergency

shelter and Casa Vegso Transitional Housing facility, as well as the outreach, educational and prevention programs offered by AVDA throughout Palm Beach County.

The 10K winners were: Miguel Amesty – Top Overall Male Normand Blais – Top Master Male Dan Fuoco – Top Grandmaster Male Colleen Orbegoso – Top Overall Female Eileen Turenne – Top Master Female Yevonda Sheehan – Top Grandmaster Female The 5K winners were: Andrew Tedeshi – Top Overall Male John Reback – Top Master Male Harrie Olsthoorn – Top Grandmaster Male Sara Gomez – Top Overall Female Marlene Persson – Top Master Female Robyn Suberi – Top Grandmaster Female “Hometown Hero” awards were presented to Rodner Guillaume, who was the fastest male police officer, and Rachel Saunders, the fastest female police officer.

AVDA promotes violence-free relationships and social change by offering alternative choices to end violence and domestic abuse. For more information please visit www.avdaonline.org, or call 561-2653797.

prestigious event, featuring 50 Legends Tour players competing for a purse of $250,000.

According to The Legends Tour, World Golf Hall of Fame members Pat Bradley, Donna Caponi, JoAnne Carner, Beth Daniel, Laura Davies, Sandra Haynie, Juli Inkster, Patty Sheehan, Hollis Stacy, along with Legends Tour Hall of Famers Jane Blalock, Rosie Jones and Jan Stephenson will compete in the championship.

Blalock, the Legends Tour CEO, said three local charities will benefit from the event.

All ticket proceeds will benefit the Bethesda Foundation, Achievement Centers for Children & Families and The Dan Marino Foundation.

The Walgreens Charity Championship presented by The Seagate Country Club features defending champion Meg Mallon, fittingly a Seagate Country Club resident, and the best in LPGA Legends Tour golf.

On Saturday, Nov. 7, after the final round, anyone with paid admission will be admitted into a performance at 5 p.m. by popular 1970s group, the Little River Band. Concessions will be available during the concert. Florida Walgreens stores are selling tickets for $10 for each round ($5 savings off the price at the gate).

Tee times will start at 8 a.m. each day, with gates opening at 7:30 a.m. In addition, kids 13 and under, as well as active military with I.D., get into the tournament free. Single tickets are good for either the Friday or Saturday rounds.

According to The Legends Tour, two senior women amateurs have been invited to compete alongside the professionals in this year’s championship. Sue Cohn of Palm Beach Gardens reached the semifinals of last week’s 2015 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship. Joan Higgins of Glendora, Calif., was the 2014 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur champion.

“We have a great field including Juli Inkster, the winning captain of the Solheim Cup, Laurie Davies, who was recently ‘Damed’ in the Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday

Honours List and over 200 executives coming in from all over the world,” said Blalock.

Blalock founded the tour with her company JBC Golf Inc. in 2000. She lived at Hamlet Country Club during the most prolific streak of her LPGA career during the ‘70s.

During last year’s tournament, Blalock was impressed by attendance during the Friday round of the championship, when 3,000 spectators showed up.

“We are committed to this event for next year but we need the support of the community because other communities are courting us beyond 2016. We’d like to make this tournament a destination event like the tennis tournament is every year,” said Blalock, referring to the Delray Beach Open.

“We want to make this where everyone plans their whole week around the Walgreens LPGA Legends event, and then I think we can get Walgreens and Seagate to extend this event (past 2016). We want this to be a community happening on the calendar; not just a golf tournament.”

“What I like about Seagate is that they’re not just hosting the event they’re investing in it. They work with the greens keeper and they want everything to be perfect for this event.

They ask me questions like ‘How is this or that green?’ limiting play just before the event, so the course is in good shape. The course is in impeccable shape,” said Blalock.

“It’s like the Champions Tour (Men’s PGA Senior Golf Tour). We’re at our peak with great names but we also have players with personalities.

Comparing it to the young LPGA, the camaraderie is evident, the friendships, the bantering, the interaction among players – if you stood on the practice tee, you’d roll over in stiches (laughing).

The gallery picks that up. The players talk to the spectators and thank the volunteers for coming.

Our group of players are very appreciative; friendly but as competitive as it gets.”

For more information, visit www. thelegendstour.com.

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111 First Delray By Sofa Partners Opens Sales Center

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ELRAY BEACG, FL – 111 First Delray, a 70 unit residential condominium community in Downtown Delray Beach, announced today that the building’s sales center will open at 12 SE 1st Avenue, #102, Delray Beach, in early November, 2015. Developed by South Florida-based real estate development company, SOFA Partners, 111 First Delray offers the opportunity to purchase the first residences in neo-modern design,in the heart of the “SOFA” District in almost a decade.

“Downtown Delray Beach is looking forward to welcoming this unique residential community to the area,” said Laura Simon, Executive Director of The Downtown Development

Community Greets New Palm Beach State President

By Dale King The Pineapple Contributing Writer A gathering of community, county and education officials welcomed and offered praise and good luck last month to the new president of Palm Beach State College (PBSC). Ava L. Parker, a lawyer and former executive vice president and chief operating officer of Florida Polytechnic University, began her tenure at PBSC last summer. She was chosen Ava L. Parker last March from a field of 161 applicants to succeed former PBSC President Dennis Gallon, who retired June 30, after 18 years at the Continued on page 10

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Authority in Delray Beach. “The fact that residents of 111 First Delray will have all the luxuries of Delray Beach’s downtown city life at their fingertips, yet the exclusivity of private, resortstyle living makes this project a stand-out for 2016.”

The 111 First Delray sales center will offer buyers unique previews of their unit, including automation controls to experience unit technology, and an interactive display so buyers can personalize their unit finishes with just a touch of a button.

Additionally, the sales center will bolster a large 3D model smack-dab in the center, along with vivid renderings, a design center for finish and hardware selections, and TVs showing a video animation of the building and its first Continued on page 10

Delray Beach DDA Appoints New Executive Director

The Board of Directors of the Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) announces the appointment of Laura Simon as Executive Director as of October 1, 2015. Ms. Simon has held the position of Association Director since 2010 where she has successfully led the organization through rebranding efforts, while creating awardLaura Simon winning marketing campaigns and events that drive positive economic growth throughout the Downtown community.

“Laura knows and has a passion for Delray Beach since she was born and raised here. I am excited about working with her, as she will bring new ideas and direction for the DDA .from her years of experience at Office Depot Corporate as well as working as the Associate Director of the DDA for the last 5 years,” said Mark Denkler, Board President, Delray Beach DDA. Laura Simon, a native of Delray Beach, has more than 22 years of experience in the corporate sector and hospitality industry, including event marketing and management positions with Office Depot, Inc., The Breakers Palm Beach, and other luxury resort properties. Ms. Simon has a Bachelor of Science degree in Tourism Management from Clemson University, and is a Member, Board of Governors, Delray Beach Historical Society; President, Atlantic Community High School PTSA Organization; Member, International Downtown Association; and Member, RHI (Responsible Hospitality Institute).

For more information please call 561.243.1077 or visit downtowndelraybeach.com.

DBMC a Finalist for 2015 Providencia Awards

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he Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative (DBMC) is back in the running for the coveted Providencia Award, the largest tourism honor in Palm Beach County, for the second year in a row. Online voting begins Nov. 2, on the Palm Beach Post website. The DBMC is back in the final three again this year and needs your vote to win.

The Providencia Award is given to an organization or individual who has contributed extraordinarily to the vitality and prosperity of The Palm Beaches as a tourist destination.

To grasp the magnitude of the award and what it would mean to Delray Beach, take a look at a few of the past winners: Burt Reynolds, Jack Nicklaus, Delta Airlines and the Flagler Museum, just to name few.

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CONDO WATCH: South Palm Beach County

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With October coming to an end, Palm Beach’s condo market has been quite stagnant. Although the market has been slow, Palm Beach County saw only 146 units sold last month but 160 units this month, a 10% increase. Total sales volume this month reached just north of $29 Million which is a 15% decrease compared to last month.

Average price for a condo unit in Palm Beach this month was $184,103, and was off the market in an average of 122 days.

Despite dollar amounts being low, Palm Beach still exemplified why it is an up and coming market with increase in total sales.

Because of the lower prices and beach front property the county offers, more and more beach condo buyers are likely to search for a new home in Palm Beach.

The top city in Palm Beach this month was Jupiter with 24 sales for $6.8 Million.

Trailing close behind Jupiter was Boca who was second with the most sales at 37 for $6.5 Million. Both Boynton and Delray jumped up this month to 6th and 9th.

Boynton had 12 sales for $1.9 Million and Delray had 9 sales for $843,500.

What was most surprising this month for the Palm Beach condo market was that not one sale in the top ten was over $1 Million. The top sale was a Jupiter Ocean Grande unit which sold for $880,000, averaging out to about $310.62 a square foot. The 2,833 square foot condo was sold

by Ty Chivers after being on the market for about three months.

This fall we have seen a slowdown in the Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami condo markets. With what was a hot summer for the counties a few months ago, it seems like the inventory for these markets has taken a hit. Inventory has been low in all counties and it is continuing to decline.

Although the inventory for condo units has declined, the counties approvals for new developments continue to grow.

Inventory for the counties will not be low for long with a condo market like the one that exists in South Florida. With the increasing demand there will be a

replenishment of supply in order to have continued condo market success.

Palm Beach will continue to be a rising star in the South Florida condo market because of its appeal of beach front property for a lower price. With not every condo buyer being a foreign investor looking for a six figure unit, Palm Beach offers the on-the-water condo for the big spenders and the economical ones.

In addition to the low inventory, real estate also tends to have lower numbers in the fall and rises once the spring and summer hit. Palm Beach County surely to going to be a big player in the years to come as one of the top condo markets.

When looking at seasonality of the condo

DBMC Cheers as ‘Beach Buddy’ Marina del Rey CVB Wins Achievement Award from DMA West DELRAY BEACH, FL – Stephanie Immelman, Executive Director of the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative, says her team is very excited that the Marina del Rey Convention & Visitors Bureau has won an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Destination Marketing Association of the West for its successful “Beach Buddies” cross promotion with DBMC. “We developed and pitched the promotion concept to Marina del Rey and couldn’t have had a better partner,” she says.

The award was presented as part of DMA West’s annual Best Idea Program that showcases innovative projects and creative marketing strategies and was presented to recipients during the DMA West Marketing Summit held in Ogden, Utah last week.

The “Beach Buddies” initiative was a collaboration that was launched in September 2014 by DBMC and the Marina del Rey CVB. The partnership was inspired by the shared “del rey” name and coastal chic similarities in each destination, including coastal activities, waterfront dining, newly renovated hotels and close proximity to major international airports. Both organizations also have limited budgets (under $1M each) and a staff of 4 – 5 employees which led to the “big idea, small budget” marketing concept.

“Beach Buddies” showcased each destination through the eyes of their mascots, Marty the Pelican (Marina del Rey) and Swinton the Turtle (Delray Beach). The mascots explored each destination with one another – from water sports and dining to community events and local attractions – with their “adventures” featured on Facebook albums, custom hashtags, Instagram photos, blog posts and other marketing collateral like websites, event calendars and community newsletters.

This provided locals the opportunity to rediscover their community while potential new visitors could learn about a new destination as

Swinton the Turtle and Marina del Rey’s Marty the Pelican visit the Delray Beach Center for the Arts during the award-winning “Beach Buddies” cross promotion. - Photo Credit: Todd L’Herrou

Marty the Pelican gave a “bird’s eye view” of Delray Beach and Swinton the Turtle “came out of his shell” in Marina del Rey. “I’m thrilled that the Marina del Rey Convention & Visitors Bureau was selected as a winner of DMA West’s Best Idea Program,” said Janet Zaldua, CEO of the Marina del Rey CVB. “As a smaller organization with a modest budget, we’re always looking for innovative and imaginative ways to promote our destination. Our “Beach Buddies” partnership with Delray Beach, Florida was a low-cost promotional campaign that helped promote our destination from coast to coast.

We achieved great results and made a lasting friendship with the other ‘del rey’.”

“I’m so delighted that our fun joint marketing promotion with Marina del Rey continues to generate results,” says Immelman. “It was a cost-effective and mutually beneficial cross promotion that attracted a lot of attention to two fun, touristfriendly coastal communities. We look forward to partnering with our friends in Marina del Rey California for a long time to come.”

For more information, please contact DBMC at 561.279.1380 or visit www.

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market in South Florida there always seems to be a drop immediately after the second quarter anywhere from $50,000$100,000 in median price. Once the first quarter hits, an increase begins in median price/sales and this is when we will most likely see the Palm Beach condo market have its normal stellar performance.

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Palm Beach County Home Sales Back to Double-Digit Gain

September year-over-year statistics for single family homes revealed increases in closed sales, median sale price, and average percent of original list price received. Closed sales rose 12.8% from 1,355 to 1,529 transactions, median sale price climbed 5.9% from $269,200 to $285,000, and average percent of list price received bumped up 1.1% from 93.0% to 94.0%.

Meanwhile, median days on market and inventory levels continued to decrease.

Median days on market declined 35.2% from 54 to 35 days, active listings decreased 6.9% from 7,316 to 6,811 listings, and months’ supply of inventory diminished 20.2% from 5.6 to 4.5 months.

“Although the number of Palm Beach County home sales increased only 1% for August, we are back to a double-digit gain for September with 13% year-over-year.

However, this market indicator may dip slightly for October if a substantial number of closings are delayed due to recent closing procedure changes which affect borrowers.

We recommend that borrowers work closely with their lenders and title companies, who are well-prepared for these changes, to prevent potential closing delays. For more information about these changes, a helpful infographic can be downloaded from www.

SouthFloridaPropertyMatch.com,” said Matt Halperin, 2015 President of the Realtors® Association of the Palm Beaches (RAPB).

As for the townhouse/condos sector, statistics revealed similar market indicators with increases in closed sales, median sale price, and average percent of list price received. Closed sales rose 16.2% from 1,018 to 1,183 transactions, median sale price climbed 15.5% from $126,000 to $145,500, and average percent of list price received bumped up 0.9% from 91.3% to 92.1%. Meanwhile, median days on market and inventory levels continued to decrease. Median days on market declined 28.6% from 63 to 45 days, active listings decreased 8.3% from 5,958 to 5,465 listings, and months’ supply of inventory diminished 12.7% from 5.3 to 4.6 months.

For detailed information about market statistics for Palm Beach County, visit www.SouthFloridaPropertyMatch.com.

Boca Raton CRA named recipient of 2015 Downtown Merit Awards During its 61st Annual Conference and Tradeshow, the International Downtown Association recognized the Boca Raton CRA with a Downtown Merit Award for its work and initiatives related to its Pedestrian Promenade and Sanborn Square Arches.

The downtown beautification project – which created a strong pedestrian friendly area that allows for greater public gathering and interaction while showcasing architecturally relevant landmarks – was among 16 qualified entries in the category of Public Space. This category recognizes capital improvements that enhanced the urban design, physical function, or economic viability of downtown and the community.

“The Pedestrian Promenade and Arches succeed in connecting the north and south areas of Downtown Boca, creating a people-friendly space and adding architectural charm.” Ruby L. Childers, Downtown Manager of the Boca Raton CRA said in the news release.

“The Boca Raton CRA’s project received the IDA Merit Award for delivering excellence in downtown management”, said David Downey, IDA President and CEO. “Each year the IDA Awards Jury recognizes organizations that utilize best practices in our industry.

The Pedestrian Promenade and Sanborn Square Arches project is a shining example of excellent downtown management delivering real value to the city.”

The Boca Raton CRA also earned a Downtown Merit Award for its work and initiatives related to its annual Brazilian Beat festival.

The festival – which is a cultural

celebration of Brazilian Independence Day and brings together the art of music, dance and cuisine in one memorable evening – was among 14 qualified entries in the category of Events and Programming. Submitted projects and initiatives in this category come from those organizations working to further their city centers by completing the following: • Focused on programs and events that improved the image and vitality of downtown with events that promote downtown and attract visitors.

• Delivering projects that communicate the vision, mission, function, and achievements of the downtown or business district association.

“Brazilian Beat brings our community together in one exciting celebration of culture, music and dance, reaching Boca and beyond,” Ruby L. Childers, Downtown Manager of the Boca Raton CRA said in the news release.

The Washington, D.C. based International Downtown Association (IDA) is a champion for vital and livable urban centers and strives to inform, influence, and inspire downtown leaders and advocates.

With 500 member organizations and thousands of professionals, IDA is a guiding force in creating healthy and dynamic centers that anchor the well-being of towns, cities, and regions.

The Boca Raton CRA is the advocacy and management organization representing the interests of property owners in downtown Boca Raton and is a member of the International Downtown Association.

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New biz in town: FASTSIGNS® of Boca Raton is now open

Local sign and visual graphics provider FASTSIGNS® of Boca Raton recently opened for business at 2401 N. Federal Highway, which is the first FASTSIGNS center in Boca Raton.

“My team and I are excited to join Boca Raton’s thriving community and look forward to helping local businesses with their signage and visual marketing needs,” said Katherine Arama, who co-owns FASTSIGNS of Boca Raton with her father, Yamin Arama.

The Arama Family is originally from Caracas, Venezuela. Prior to opening FASTSIGNS of Boca Raton, Yamin Arama owned his own business for 28 years. Katherine Arama is a graphic designer and has experience in interior décor.

“With our combined experience and the wide range of products and services FASTSIGNS offers, we’re more than ready to help customers communicate their message in effective and creative ways,” Katherine Arama said.

Family owned and operated, FASTSIGNS of Boca Raton provides comprehensive visual communications solutions including wall, window and floor graphics, architectural signs, trade show displays, wayfinding solutions, vehicle wraps, digital signage and more.

FASTSIGNS® of Boca Raton is an independently owned and operated sign, graphics and visual communications company that provides comprehensive visual marketing solutions to customers of all sizes—across all industries—to help them attract more attention, communicate their message, sell more products, help visitors find their way and extend their branding across all of their customer touch points including décor, events, wearables and marketing materials. To learn more, visit fastsigns.com/2043 or call (561) 465-2325.

Delray Beach launches virtual hotline for small businesses

Delray Beach has launched a new virtual hotline for local small businesses.

Entrepreneurs and business owners can email requests for assistance and questions directly to smallbizhelp@delraybeach.com to get help with common challenges that many small businesses face, such as finding resources, growing local customers, navigating government processes, and connecting with the community.

The virtual hotline, hosted by the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce, is one of the latest initiatives arising from the City’s G.E.A.R. (Grow Expand And Retain) program, which promotes the retention and expansion of existing businesses throughout Delray Beach.

In addition to Chamber staff, the hotline is served by representatives from local economic

development organizations, including the Office of Economic Development (OED), Community Redevelopment Agency, Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative, Downtown Development Authority, and West Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition.

After being briefly evaluated, hotline inquiries will be assigned to a G.E.A.R. team member that can help address the business owner’s concern. Responses could include referrals to regional partners, recommendations for local service providers, or introductions to local, county and state professionals and officials.

Launched in May 2015 during “We ♥ Small Biz Month”, the G.E.A.R. program also features annual business walks, one-on-one visits with businesses, workshops, seminars, and small business awareness campaigns. While the program is led by the Office of Economic Development, it is a highly collaborative effort by all local economic development partners.

For more information about Delray Beach’s small business resources, visit www.

WeHeartSmallBiz.org or call the Office of Economic Development at (561) 243-7054.

The Delray Beach Office of Economic Development is a joint office of the City of Delray Beach and the Delray Beach CRA. Services include site selection and relocation assistance; grant and incentive opportunities; connections to community resources; small business and entrepreneurial support; workforce development; and project management. Its mission is to “drive and inspire the growth of a diverse, vibrant, entrepreneurial economy for all.”

Executive Women of the Palm Beaches announces call for nominations for 2016 Women in Leadership Awards

PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL. – Executive Women of the Palm Beaches (EWPB), Palm Beach County’s women-led organization dedicated to empowering women to succeed and lead, is calling for nominations for the 33rd Annual Women in Leadership Awards (WILA). Nominations are being accepted for women with outstanding accomplishments in the volunteer, private, public, and nonprofit sectors.

Nominations will be open until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 12, 2016.

The Women In Leadership Awards are presented annually by Executive Women of the Palm Beaches in recognition of local women who have sustained outstanding accomplishments and displayed generosity of spirit, commitment to integrity and diversity, and genuine connectedness with others in the community. The WILA Luncheon, which will take place on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. in the Cohen Pavilion of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, is one of the county’s most successful community events, attracting more than 600 attendees annually.

Criteria for the award include: having lived or worked in Palm Beach County for at least 5 years; having made a demonstrated difference in Palm Beach County; having excelled in the category for which she is nominated, and not be a current officer or board member of EWPB. The volunteer sector award will be given to a woman who has a history of outstanding commitment to her community though unpaid leadership positions. The private sector award will recognize a woman who is employed by a for-profit business or organization, the

public sector award will go to a woman who is employed by a municipal, county, state or federal government, and the nonprofit recognition will go to a woman who is employed by a nonprofit organization.

Long known for recognizing the achievements and celebrates the contributions of exceptional executive women, EWPB proudly utilizes proceeds from the WILA Luncheon to provide critically needed scholarship assistance to help talented young women pursue their dream of a college education via the non-profit EWPB Foundation.

Chair of the event is Natalie Alvarez with Lori Fischer and Pattie Light serving as co-chairs. Proceeds from the event benefit the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Foundation. Sponsors for the event include FPL, Sabadell Bank & Trust, and Mark Cook.

The 2016 WILA nomination form will be available for download at EWPB.org and must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on 2/12/16 to Info@EWPB.org. For additional information, please contact Jessica Clasby at (561) 868-7070.

United Way of Palm Beach County seeks 200 volunteers for VITA Program

BOYNTON BEACH, FL – United Way of Palm Beach County’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), is looking for 200 volunteers to help provide free tax services throughout Palm Beach County to those with an annual household income of $62,000 or less.

This is an ideal opportunity for CPAs, retired professionals, college students or any individuals looking to build their accounting and finance skills. Also needed are volunteers who are bilingual in Spanish or Creole.

Volunteers who are age 16 or older may serve as greeters and earn community service hours.

Individuals will be trained by the IRS to prepare tax returns. The trainings begin November 30 and run through January 14 with 16 hours of training required for beginners and six hours for returning volunteers. All volunteers are asked to provide a minimum of four hours a week from January 19 – April 15, 2016 at one of the several VITA sites in the county. CPAs are not required to undergo the IRS training, but must pass the IRS certification test.

The VITA Program helps Palm Beach County taxpayers save over $1.4 million in fees they would have paid had they used a tax-preparation service. Additionally, research shows that taxpayers receiving refunds through returns processed at VITA sites used the money responsibly – to pay off debt, invest in education or housing, or open a bank account.

Last year, this program helped process more than 10,000 income tax returns for lower income households resulting in upwards of $5.9 million in earned income tax credits and $15.8 million in tax returns. A program such as VITA not only helps individuals and families in our community but it also helps our local economy.

Since 2004, VITA has returned approximately $167 million to our community.

Partners of the VITA Program include IRS, 211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase Bank and the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners.

To volunteer, call 561.375.6621 or email Donna Pulda at donnapulda@unitedwaypbc. org. Visit www.TaxesFiledFree.org for more information.

Office Depot Foundation to present Second Annual Women’s Symposium on Nov. 12 and 13 at Boca Raton Resort & Club

BOCA RATON, FL – A stellar lineup of inspiring women business leaders will headline the Second Annual Office Depot Foundation Women’s Symposium on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 12 and 13, at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Fla. The theme of the symposium – which is being expanded to two days this year – is “Building Your Toolbox for Success: Transitions for Today, Tomorrow and the Future.”

Throughout this highly engaging program, successful women from South Florida and across the country will

come together for education, inspiration, camaraderie and extensive networking opportunities. The symposium will help women learn and implement tools they can use immediately to become even more successful as they transition throughout the course of their personal and professional life.

“We are exceptionally excited to present our Second Annual Women’s Symposium,” said Mary Wong, president of the Office Depot Foundation. “We were thrilled with the response to our inaugural event last year and were strongly encouraged by women in the community to bring the program back in 2015.”

Guest speakers and other highlights of the Nov. 12-13 Women’s Symposium include: • Michelle Villalobos, Founder of The Women’s Success Summit and Author of The Stiletto in Your Back. Villalobos will present “Work & Play Every Day: Build A Business For Freedom, Fortune, Fulfillment & FUN!” • Jen Lancaster, New York Timesbestselling author of five books and a syndicated humor columnist for Tribune Media Services • Dr. Casandra “Coach Cass” Henriquez, Love Coach for Successful Women, InspireMany.com. Henriquez will present “How to Become a W.A.N.T.E.D. Woman in Business and Relationships” • Dr. Traci Lynn, Founder, Traci Lynn Fashion Jewelry • Parry Aftab, Esq., Executive Director, WiredTrust • Holly Bohn, Founder and Creative Director, See Jane Work • Gila Kurtz, Co-Founder and Owner, Dog is Good • Victoria Rixon, Market Manager, J.P. Morgan Private Bank • Network Like A CHAMP (November 12) • Making a Difference Panel with The Gift of Hope and Memory Trees • Wellness Panel with Peggy Gaines, Barbara Socher, Christian Cruz, Cindy Rodriguez, Whanadi-Ann Sobrevilla, Ines Battistini, Ivette Agusti and Amy Jaramillo Standard registration is open now through Oct. 27 for $299 per person. The cost increases after Oct. 27 to $399. VIP registration, which includes a special dinner with the speakers on Nov. 11, costs $499 through Oct. 27 and $599 thereafter. The conference will include breakfasts, lunches, breaks and networking receptions at the end of each day.

The Office Depot Foundation is the presenting sponsor of the Women’s Symposium. JKG Group is the journal/ workbook sponsor.

A variety of other sponsorship opportunities are available for companies that wish to reach this savvy and sophisticated audience. Information can be found on the Symposium website.

For more information and to register for the Second Annual Office Depot Foundation’s Women’s Symposium, visit http://www. officedepotfoundation.org/womensymposium

Fidelity Air, Inc. launches new website for The Boca Raton area

BOCA RATON, FL – Fidelity Air, Inc. today announced the launch of www.fidelityac. com as an informational portal that features educational resources on subjects such as property value benefits from air conditioning repair, heating repairs and hvac services, and many other helpful tips that can save you thousands of dollars in the Boca Raton Area.

Development of other community minded features for www.fidelityac.com are already underway and new user awareness guides from experts are already being added on important considerations when replacing your AC, saving money with routine AC maintenance, and common AC problems.

Phonic Antenor of Fidelity Air, Inc. said, “Our goal is to educate the community on how to get the best results for all their property improvement projects at any budget. Our website’s informative and professional article sections are there to help everybody--not just our Fidelity Air, Inc. customers. The depth of knowledge and resources at www.fidelityac. com is 100% unbiased, concise, and free to all.”

Fidelity Air is a professionally licensed heating and air conditioning company that was started in 2002. For more information, please visit www.fidelityac.com.

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Delray Chamber of Commerce Names Local Realtor as Ambassador of the Month

Christel Silver and DBHA’s CEO Dorothy Ellington

Delray Beach Housing Authority honors Christel Silver

The Delray Beach Housing Authority (DBHA) recently honored Christel Silver, owner of Silver International Realty in Delray Beach, with an award for her eight years of service on the board as commissioner.

Ms. Silver was appointed to the DBHA in October 2007 for a 4-year term and was re-appointed in 2011 for another 4 years.

(There is an 8-year term limit.) During her term, the DBHA was building Village Square, which houses 144 families with children and in the near future homes for 84 senior households will be completed.

According to Ms. Silver, “Affordable housing is dear to my heart as a Realtor. The DBHA’s CEO Dorothy Ellington surprised me with this award. I would like to thank the Commissioners and staff of the Housing Authority and our attorney. It was my pleasure working with them over the past years and I wish them the very best for their future plans.”

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DELRAY BEACH, FL – The Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce recently named Paul G. Lykins, a realtor at True Floridian Realty, located at 100 Northeast 5th Avenue, ambassador of the month. As an ambassador, Lykins assists with promoting the chamber along with its members’ local businesses through various weekly events. He also donates his time administrating all social media aspects for his fellow ambassadors.

Originally from Texas, Lykins is the youngest of eight brothers and sisters, and as such, family means everything to him. He and his wife Angela have two sons. A resident of Palm Beach County for more than 24 years, Lykins attributes his successful real estate career to his vast knowledge of the markets from Jupiter to Boca Raton.

With a passion for his job, Lykins has a reputation for always having his customers’ best interests at heart. “With my focus on local markets, I’m dedicated to providing the best personal service and always being responsive to my customers’ needs, whether they’re in the market to buy, sell or rent,” said Lykins. For more information, call Lykins at 561-267-4284, email PaulGLykins@gmail.com or visit www.

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Grand Interiors International is now open Grand Interiors International is a new 5,000 sq.ft. boutique and interior design showroom in downtown Boca Raton in Royal Palm Place. This retail store features luxurious linens, high-end customizable furniture,

The Condé Nast Traveler 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards were released last month - and Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa received a #1 ranking! This prestigious recognition acknowledges that guests agree – luxurious travel can be fun and inspiring. Guests are loving the new brand, which has been around for just over two years. In 2014, Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa completed a renovation by iconic potter, designer and author Jonathan Adler, who gave the 310 guest rooms a Capri meets Santorini meets Palm Beach vibe. The Readers’ Choice Awards will be announced in the November issue of Condé Nast Traveler.

custom window coverings, lavish bath accessories and elegant home accents. Local interior designers and co-owners, Micheline C. Hollaus and Brenda Sands, teamed up to create Grand Interiors International as an extension of their full interior design service they have been recognized for.

Grand Interiors International is truly unique in that they have a retail store, full design work studio and offices for both a full time licensed Architect and a licensed Luxury Home Builder in the showroom for your convenience. Whether you are building from the ground up, renovating, remodeling or just freshening up a room, Grand Interiors International is the ONE STOP shop for that something special you are looking for.

You are invited you to stop by the boutique and showroom to see what all the excitement is all about.

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Some Tips for Getting the Home of Your Dreams

By Jessica Rosato Luxury Residential Specialist With “season” just around the corner and an influx of new listings and new buyers expected to hit the real estate market, buyers often wonder. . . “How can I make my offer more attractive? How can I get a seller to accept my offer over another?” It’s obvious to most that cash offers win out any day of the week. Cash offers provide fewer variables, less headache for the seller and less turnaround time to get to the closing table. Palm Beach County is ranked #2 in the country for cash sales at just over 60 percent. Many buyers are coming into South Florida with cash and are able to provide stronger offers as a result.

Of course not everyone has cash to play with, and in that case, a mortgage will be the only means of purchase. If so, make your offer stronger by going the conventional route, putting down at least 20 percent on a single family home (25-30 percent if a condo), having a strong preapproval from a local lender, getting your loan commitment within 30 days or less, and being able to close between 30-45 days.

It is so important to put yourself in the shoes of a seller and think about what would make you jump at an offer. Putting down substantial earnest money deposits is important. I am not referring to what you will have to put down per mortgage guidelines, but rather, about your escrow deposits. Ideally, sellers want to see buyers putting down 10 percent between the two deposits, one deposit with offer submission and one deposit following inspection period.

For instance, if you are purchasing a $500,000 home, you might want to put down $5000 initially followed by $45,000 after inspection. This shows the seller that you are serious and ready to follow through with the purchase. Some buyers will want to put down more than 10 percent with just the first deposit, and I don’t agree. If there is dispute that arises, you do not want a lot of money tied up. Better

to have a dispute of $1000-$5000 than over $50,000, as this may prevent you from moving forward with a different home.

Inspection period is another important piece. Although you have a maximum of 15 days per the contract for inspection, don’t take it. In this market, sellers are ideally looking for a 7 day inspection period, maximum of 10 days.

Sellers don’t want to take their homes off the market for unnecessarily long periods of time to find out a buyer might not want the house after the inspection is performed.

And let’s not forget about price. Price, of course, is the number one way to make your offer stand out. In this strong seller’s market, lowballing is not the way to go. Negotiation within reason is possible, but often buyers will want to shoot low to have room to increase price, and this can often turn a seller off. If you are looking within a certain price range, don’t stray too far from it. In my experience, buyers end up paying less when they offer more as sellers are more willing to play ball when an offer is within reasonable parameters.

A few more tips . . .Don’t make the contract contingent on the sale of your current home.

If you need to sell your home first, get that in place before making an offer. Don’t expect a “lease to purchase” to be accepted. These are not common in today’s market as sellers don’t want to hold onto a property only to find out the tenant no longer wants to exercise their option to purchase. Expect to close within 30 days if making a cash offer and 45 days max with a loan.

Jessica Rosato is a Luxury Residential Real Estate Specialist for Nestler Poletto Sotheby’s International Realty of Delray Beach. Visit her website at www. bocadelrayluxury.com.

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Allison Turner becomes Chair of Delray Beach Initiative

Allison Turner, CEO of Business Consultants of South Florida, has become the Chair of the Delray Beach Initiative (DBI), a volunteer-based community organization geared to enhancing the lives of local children. Ms. Turner takes on the Chairmanship from Chuck Halberg, President of Stuart & Shelby Development, who founded the group in 2013.

DBI creates fun events throughout the year that encourage community engagement and raise awareness about the needs of local children. All net proceeds go to various local children’s organizations.

According to Ms. Turner, “DBI stands for team effort and community involvement. We host events that raise money for the chosen charitable organization for the enrichment of children and the forward propulsion of their lives in a positive direction.”

For more information on the DBI, visit http://delraybeachinitiative.com.

Grand Interiors International is pleased to announce that Bob Plominski joined the team as the Operations Director of the new 5,000 sq.ft. showroom and design studio located in Royal Palm Place, Boca Raton.

As a twenty year veteran in the luxury home décor and linens industry, Bob Plominski’s experience and knowledge of products, trends and clientele perfectly complement Grand Interiors International. It was a natural selection to bring his level of talent and reputation on board to oversee the success of this new business.

Bob Plominski will manage the Purchasing and Inventory with over 100 vendors for both the showroom and design service. In addition to that, he will oversee merchandising the showroom, product price and selection, store display, customer service and ensuring that policies are implemented and achieved.

Bob Plominski owned and operated Botanica of Boca, a high end home accessory and gift retail store and website in Boca Raton, FL from 1996 - 2009. He most recently was the Buyer at Pioneer Linens on Clematis Street in West Palm Beach for over five years.

“It’s great to be back in Boca! I am looking forward to reuniting with my past clients and meeting new ones. Come see me and say hello!” Bob shared.

Sageview Consulting’s Aimee Kaye named Chief Human Relations Officer of Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County

Building on more than a decade of service with the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, Aimee Kaye, President of Sageview Consulting, has been named the organization’s first Chief Human Resources Officer. Kaye brings to the position more than 30 years of high- level management expertise in the field, having spent her career building

and human resources solutions and systems that allow companies and nonprofits to grow.

“For more than a decade, Aimee Kaye and her Sageview team have been absolutely instrumental to shaping and optimizing for peak performance the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s outstanding, diverse workforce and workplace,” said Matthew C. Levin, the Federation’s President & CEO. “Aimee’s new designation as Chief Human Resources Officer recognizes the critical role she fulfills in our senior management, through planning and oversight as well as on a daily basis - and always with consummate knowledge, skill and sensitivity.”

Based at the F e d e r a t i o n ’s 1 0 0 - a c r e campus west of Boca Raton, Kaye and her local team also manage Human Resources operations for several of the F e d e r a t i o n ’s l a r g e s t Aimee Kaye beneficiary agencies, including the Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center, Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services and Jewish Association for Residential Care.

In addition, the local Sageview team is providing benefits management to Life Care Services for Sinai Residences of Boca Raton, the state-of-the-art continuing care retirement community under construction on the Federation campus that is preparing to welcome approximately 450 residents and 225 employees early next year Kaye is the President and Founding Partner of Sageview Consulting, an industry leader in providing outsourced solutions for human resources management, talent management, benefits and compensation, training, and

organizational development with high-profile clients in the sports, entertainment, media, hospitality, senior living and nonprofit sectors.

Prior to Sageview Consulting, Kaye spent 20 years as the highest-ranking human resources professional at Madison Square Garden, playing a key role in integrating the Garden’s many business acquisitions and divestitures, including the NY Knicks, NY Rangers, Madison Square Network, Madison Square Garden Arena and Theatre, Radio City Music Hall, The Rockettes and the Hartford Civic Center. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Buffalo and attended the Instituto Fenix in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Kaye and her husband reside in South Florida, and have three sons.

Webdevelop.com completes newest project, Gogetit.com

WebDevelop.com, a company offering high-end web design, mobile application development, and results-driven internet marketing campaigns, has announced the completion of GoGetIt.com, an “Uber” style delivery service that will launch on October 22nd in Miami.

Go Get It turned to WebDevelop.com to develop their concept of offering ondemand services including food delivery, pick up and drop off, and shopping and errands. WebDevelop.com built the company’s web and mobile site, as well as an app designed for the drivers or “Go Getters” who receive push notifications when an order is submitted and can act on the request in real time.

“We are thrilled to add another successful product launch to our portfolio,” said Geno Roefaro, president of WebDevelop.com, “especially ones that we developed from conception. Our strength is in partnering with tech startups to develop their apps and web ideas so they can bring a first-rate product or service to consumers.”

Geno Roefaro founded his first tech

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GoGetIt.com’s founders Daniel Robles and Michelle Misas are recent graduates of Lynn University and University of South Florida, respectively. “Geno and his team helped turn our idea into a functional delivery business,” said Misas.

“WebDevelop.com designed and developed the application we have been planning for over a year.”

WebDevelop.com helps businesses and entrepreneurs start and grow their online presence. Since 2006, WebDevelop. com has helped hundreds of companies reach their business goals by creating professionally designed websites, custom mobile applications and effective internet marketing campaigns. WebDevelop.com also invests and partners with cutting-edge tech startups. The company’s headquarters are located in Boca Raton, Florida.

International Festivals & Events Association 2015 Pinnacle Award Winners Worldwide BOISE, ID – The International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) paid tribute to the DELRAY BEACH GARLIC FEST, DELRAY BEACH BACON & BOURBON FEST, DELRAY BEACH WINE & SEAFOOD FEST AND DELRAY AFFAIR – events managed and produced by FESTIVAL MANAGEMENT GROUP in DELRAY BEACH, FL on September 21, 2015 during the 20th Anniversary of the IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards Ceremony held at the IFEA’s 60th Anniversary Convention & Expo, presented by Haas & Wilkerson Insurance, in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.. Sept 21-23, 2015, where they were presented with SEVENTEEN awards in the prestigious IFEA/Haas & Wilkerson Pinnacle Awards competition. The conference had representatives in attendance from 10 Countries, 45 States (6 Canadian – 39 USA) and 182 Cities worldwide!

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Delray Beach CRA Wins Florida Redevelopment Association Award DELRAY BEACH, FL – The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) successful redevelopment of the Fairfield Inn & Suites site has won the Roy F. Kenzie award for Creative Organizational Development and Funding as part of the 2015 Florida Redevelopment Association (FRA) Awards Program. The awards showcase and celebrate the most innovative and effective redevelopment programs in the state, and will be formally presented at the FRA Annual Conference on October 21-23 at 6:30 pm at the Hilton Tampa Downtown Hotel.

Projects are evaluated mainly on innovation, positive community impact, and larger applicability to other Florida projects. The Fairfield Inn & Suites’ successes include high support from the Delray Beach community, a 48% local employment rate for permanent job positions, and the development of an adjacent public parking lot and pocket park, completing the redevelopment of nearly the entire block and maximizing the impact of both projects.

“We could not be more proud of the incredible growth and expansion within the CRA district,” Jeff Costello, Executive Director of Delray Beach CRA, said. “It’s an honor to once again receive an award from the FRA and we look forward to using this project as a model for future redevelopment projects.”

The Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel is the first major private development project to be completed in the West Atlantic area of the CRA District in a decade. The hotel has already helped the city host the thousands of people that visit Delray Beach for large annual events, satisfying the demand for more affordable options to the pricey accommodations already available.

To learn more about other CRA projects and initiatives, visit the CRA website at www. delraycra.org or call the CRA office at (561) 276-8640. For more information on the Florida Redevelopment Association, visit www.redevelopment.net.

Awards were won in the following categories: 16th Annual Delray Beach Garlic Fest ($250,000 to $750,000 budget) 1st Place Best Billboard (by Clear Channel Outdoor) 2nd Place Best Event Website (by RealTime Media Group) 2nd Place Best Social Media Site (by RealTime Media Group) 3rd Place Best Newspaper Insert (by The Pineapple) 3rd Place Best Photograph (by VMA Studios) 3rd Place Best T-Shirt

1st Annual Delray Beach Bacon & Bourbon Fest

(left to right): Jeff Costello, Kristyn Cox, Jim Dupre, Thuy Shutt, Reginald Cox & Gus Gianikas

(Under $250,000 budgets) 1st Place Best Street Banner (by Michelle Hopper) 2nd Place Best Newspaper Insert (The Pineapple) 2nd Place Best Other Merchandise 3rd Place Best Event Website (by RealTime Media Group) 3rd Place Best Photograph (Georgio Papp) 3rd Place Best Billboard (by Clear Channel Outdoor)

53rd Annual Delray Affair (Under $250,000 budgets) 1st Place Best Event Mobile App (by RealTime Media Group) 2nd Place Best T-Shirt Design 3rd Place Best Pin

3rd Annual Delray Beach Wine & Seafood Fest

(Under $250,000 budgets) 1st Place Best Newspaper Insert (by The Pineapple) 1st Place Best Billboard (by Clear Channel Outdoor)

Guilt-Free Girls Night raises funds for the Achievement Centers A charity event to benefit the Achievement Centers for Children and Families (ACCF) was recently held at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square. The 4th annual “Indulgence” event helped raise nearly $160,000 to assist the community-based organization serving low-income children and families. Coined as a guilt-free girls’ night, the event’s proceeds help support the life-changing opportunities and services offered at the ACCF that is dedicated to making a difference within the local community facing the effects of poverty.

Jessica Rosato, luxury residential specialist with Nestler Poletto Sotheby’s International Realty and a member of the Indulgence committee stated, “This is my fourth year participating in this amazing event that featured an evening of glamour and giving. The allure of Indulgence comes from the many local community supporters who donate their time, services and goods, so that guests may receive a range of complimentary benefits. Guests are treated to a night of

Indulgence, and, most importantly, the Achievement Centers receives funding for their 1,000 children and families. I can’t wait to do it again next year!”

From left to right: Theresa Dunocco, Indira Broch, Emma-Jane Ramsey and Jessica Rosato at Indulgence, benefiting the Achievement Centers for Children and Families

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isn’t in the business of losing. This year, the DBMC is asking for the support of the whole city. Their hope is that the thousands who come out to enjoy their spectacular events, such as the Fourth of July fireworks on the beach, the month-long holiday celebrations at Old School Square and First Night on New Year’s Eve, will take a few seconds to return the favor with a few clicks of the mouse.

“Of all the great cities, events and attractions in Palm Beach County, we were again named as one of the top three tourism organizations in the county. I’m so proud our small team has been recognized at this level for the second year in a row,” said Stephanie Immelman, executive director of the DBMC. Over the last few decades, Delray Beach has grown from a quiet “Village by the Sea” to the “Most Fun Small Town in the USA.” It’s a year-round tourist magnet with the most dynamic thoroughfare of hot restaurants, nightclubs and cultural activities in Palm Beach County – and credit for much of this business,

retail and hospitality boom goes to the DBMC. So what has this four-person marketing machine been up to this year to warrant such an honor? Well, for starters, how about they’ve generated a positive economic impact of nearly $7.8 million, media coverage value of $2.2 million and more than 1.2 billion media impressions. Their marketing efforts include helping the city get named one of the “Top 10 Happiest Seaside Towns” by Coastal Living. They went to Pesaro, Italy, to represent the Sister City partnership and they pushed their “Beach Buddies” and “Be Hot Here” marketing campaigns across state lines.

Their love of the city and their fellow Delray Beachians drives them to do their best.

The DBMC is now asking the community to give them that final push to No. 1. Help Delray Beach stand out in Palm Beach County; vote for the DBMC to win the 2015 Providencia Award. Go to www.palmbeachpost.com to vote for Delray Beach or vote via the link on www.VisitDelrayBeach.org.

Crane’s Beach House welcomes 72 PR & Marketing Pros to 9th Annual PR YAK-YAK DELRAY BEACH, FL – Cathy Balestriere, general manager of Crane’s Beach House Boutique Hotel & Luxury Villas, says that the popular, Key West-style get-away played host to 72 local public relations and marketing professionals at the 9th annual PR YAKYAK on October 15.

Representatives from numerous South Florida PR firms, nonprofit organizations and local corporations attended the Third Thursday Fun-Raiser co-hosted by the Gold Coast PR Council and PRSA Palm Beach.

For more information about GCPRC, South Florida’s largest independent organization of public relations and marketing professionals, please visit www.goldcoastprcouncil.com. For more information about PRSA Palm Beach, which is dedicated to providing programs, tools and activities that benefit its members, please visit www.prsapalmbeach.org.

For more information about Crane’s Beach House or the annual Third Thursday Fun-Raisers, please visit www. cranesbeachhouse.com.

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Bar Brawls Has New Sponsor: Attorney Lee Cohen

DELRAY BEACH, FL – Delray Beach personal injury attorney Lee Cohen of Carner, Newmark and Cohen will serve as presenting sponsor for the inaugural series event, “Bar Brawls,” held at Max’s Social House in Delray Beach. The battle of area mixologists takes place every Wednesday this fall starting at 9:30 p.m., and features a bracket-style competition of top bartenders from bars, restaurants and clubs from Stuart to Fort Lauderdale. Admission is $10 per person, and 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation.

“Giving back to the community is critically important to me both personally and professionally,” said Cohen, who lives and works in Delray Beach. “Bar Brawls is a unique and fun way to bring people from all over South Florida together for a very good and worthwhile cause.”

Max’s Social House launched “Bar Brawls” in an effort to recognize some of the most talented bartenders in South Florida. The eventual winner of the 11-week long competition will be awarded a prize, as well as the distinction of being the “best of the best.” The restaurant partnered with the Kann Foundation to help raise awareness and funds for the cause.

“When members of the community take on a leadership position, it helps us to continue to educate people on the dangers of melanoma and save lives,” said Deborah K. Schwarzberg, founder and president of the foundation. “We are truly grateful both to him (Cohen) and to Max’s Social House for granting us this incredible opportunity and bringing this critical message to a broader audience.”

For more information about Mr. Cohen, visit call-lee.com or call 1-800-Call-Lee.

Delray Beach Gets Excellence Award for 32nd Time

DELRAY BEACH, FL – The City of Delray Beach was recently awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the last fiscal year (ending Sept. 30, 2014) by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). It was the 32nd consecutive year that the city of Delray Beach has received this prestigious national award. Delray Beach is also pleased to recognize Barbara Carlson, chief accounting officer, who was the recipient of GFOA’s Award of Financial Reporting Achievement for her role in preparing the award-winning report.

The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.

In addition, the award indicates that the contents of the CAFR conformed to strict program standards and satisfied Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as well as applicable legal requirements.

The CAFR, which is prepared by the city’s Finance Department, documents the results of operations for the entire city and its diversified funds and activities. In addition, the report includes detailed information on the organizations and component units for which Delray Beach is financially accountable.

To view the most recent CAFR, visit the Finance Department’s Budget and Financial Reports section on www.mydelraybeach.com.

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class amenities. To top it off, buyers will get a first-hand glimpse of what living in their new home will be like as they walk through a stateof-the-art, 111 First Delray model kitchen.

111 First will offer residents resort-style living in an unprecedented, smart building community. Features include a neomodern exterior blended with sleek, upscale interiors, private balconies, an elevated pool deck area with lush landscaping, summer kitchens, cabanas, a covered outdoor bar with TVs, and an advanced fitness center overlooking the pool. All units will offer home-wide automation control capability with fiber optic

connection and ultra-fast download speeds, upgraded appliances, and expertly crafted options in upscale cabinetry, flooring, and countertops. Select units will offer private roof decks with unobstructed, 360-degree views.

Developed by SOFA Partners and designed by architect Richard Jones, with interiors by Carrie Leigh Designs, 111 First Delray will be located on a 1.12 acre parcel of land at 111 SE 1st Avenue Delray Beach, FL 33444. Sales for the project are being handled

by Nestler-Poletto, Sotheby’s International Realty. For more information, please visit www.111FirstDelray.com or call 561-501-0818.

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helm of the school that has four campuses – soon to be five – in Palm Beach County.

According to Parker, she has already visited all four existing campuses, including the main college site in Lake Worth and others in Boca Raton, Belle Glade and Palm Beach Gardens.

At a reception on Oct. 1, Parker praised PBSC Provost Dr. Bernadette Russell for taking her around to the other college locations and arranging the reception at the clubhouse of Indian Springs in Boynton Beach. “She has done a wonderful job,” Parker said.

The PBSC District Board of Trustees selected Parker unanimously following a six-month search for Gallon’s successor. She earned her bachelor’s in Journalism and her J.D. degree from the University of Florida.

She is a partner with the Jacksonville-based law firm Lawrence & Parker.

One of Parker’s first duties will be to prepare for the opening of the new PBSC campus in Loxahatchee Groves, scheduled to open in the fall of 2016. Parker will draw upon some of her own expertise to develop the new campus. She said she built the Florida Tech facility “from scratch.”

“My job is to encourage the good to be better. With the faculty and staff, we will

enhance the educational experience for students,” said Parker.

“The Boca campus is one of the great campuses of the college,” said County Commissioner Steven Abrams, a former mayor of Boca Raton. He welcomed Parker to the area, saying, “You are going to be in a position of taking what we have to the next level.”

County Commissioner Priscilla Taylor welcomed the incoming president as well.

“You will continue the legacy of Dennis Gallon,” said Taylor, who recalled having attended Parker’s wedding.

Palm Beach State “is a great school with great leaders,” said Highland Beach Mayor Bernard Featherman.

Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Karen Granger also welcomed the incoming education chief.

“Dennis did a great job,” Parker said. “I could let it continue or challenge myself to make it better. The students who graduate will be the best employees and they will create the best businesses they can.” Parker and her husband, Joseph Gibbons, have 5-year-old twins.

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Life Insurance Offers Peace of Mind

By John M. Campanola Special to The Pineapple In any economy, protecting your personal assets can be a struggle. And in uncertain times, making the correct financial decisions is imperative to create a stable future for you and your family. When making these important decisions, you may find that the purchase of a whole life insurance policy is the best option for you.

When it comes to securing the future of your family, it is important to anticipate. Even if things are comfortable right now, you should realize the possibility of unforeseen events such as an economic downturn or untimely death. Purchasing whole life insurance can be an effective way to adequately secure you and your family’s financial future and any life changes that may occur.

Invest in your loved ones The primary purpose of life insurance is to protect your loved ones in the event of your death. With whole life insurance, your death benefit is guaranteed provided premiums are paid. This product provides long-term protection for those you care about most.

Invest in your future But whole life insurance is more than just death benefit protection. It also provides taxdeferred cash value that accumulates over time, regardless of the economy. In the event of both known and unknown expenses, it provides a readily available source of funds.

And for the long run, it can supplement your retirement income.

Any kind of financial strategy these days seems fraught with uncertainty, so it’s important to consider what vehicles work best for your own circumstances. Life insurance can help you ensure that your family’s financial future is protected while also providing an alternate source of funds for everyday needs or unforeseen events.

John M. Campanola is an Agent for New York Life Insurance Company. For additional information on the information or topic(s) discussed, please contact him at 561-212-2903

John M. Campanola, agent with New York Life Insurance Company, will host an Educational Session titled, “Four strategies to help maximize lifetime Social Security Benefits,” on Tuesday, November 10 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. The session will feature an industry expert who will be speaking about the key considerations on how to maximize retirement income, including benefit amounts, working in retirement, taxation of benefits, and more. The event will be held at 401 West Atlantic Avenue, Suite 09 in Delray Beach, Florida. There is no charge for this event. Because of space limitations, reservations are required.

For more information, please contact John Campanola at 561-212-2903 or jmcampanola@ft.newyorklife.com.

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Marketing through your Website

By Allison Turner Business, Marketing & Sales Consultant Most businesses these days have some type of website but not all websites are created equal. Just having a website is not enough.

Most business owners know why they need a website but aren’t always willing to put the time, money and effort into getting what will give them results. A website is a marketing tool for your company so maximizing it is important. Below are several tips on how to use your website to market your business.

Key Elements you want in a website: 1) Graphic Design: Graphic design including a logo, sliders and other images on the site allow you to create a company look and feel so clients will recognize your company for years to come. While graphic design is not always inexpensive, it customizes the look and feel of your site and more importantly your company brand.

2) Branding: The graphic design component is part of the brand. The business owner needs to ask several questions: Does the brand appeal to the ideal client? Does it differentiate your company from your competitors? Does it help people recognize your company? Branding is not simply the logo but the colors and message.

3) Message: The message on your website is written to entice your clients.

Clients want to know why they should buy from you. How is your company different than another one? Is your message clear, concise and written to your ideal client? Are you using keywords in your copy that will help in a Google search?

4) Products or Services: Is your product or service clearly outlined on the website?

Are potential customers able to see exactly what you offer? Many business owners use a website as an online brochure so when they meet a potential client, the individual goes to the website to see exactly how this company may be of service to them.

5) Testimonials: Depending on the nature of your business, do you have current and former clients testimonials about your product or service? Testimonials speak to the success

of your business. If you are just starting out, you will develop testimonials as you go. Have a plan to continually collect them and update them on your website.

6) Examples of Work: If you are in a business where you can display samples of your work, this is a great opportunity to show prospective clients what you do and how you do it. Images speak 1,000 words and are sometimes the best selling point your company can make.

7) Ongoing content: A website always needs to be updated with new content.

Whether you have a blog on your site or update the site with new testimonials or projects, the important thing is that the website always gets updated.

8) Get the potential customer to take action: While a website may be an information brochure for many people, it is also a place where the potential client educates him or herself and has the opportunity to take action either by purchasing a product or service or contacting the business through a phone number, email or contact form.

Most business owners know that they need a website! Simply putting up a site is not enough! Remember that it is important to maximize the marketing power of your website. Your site is your company brand, your marketing message and shares with potential clients why they should hire you instead of one of your competitors.

Allison Turner is CEO and cofounder of Business Consultants of South Florida,(BCoSF, Inc.) located at 301 W Atlantic Avenue, Suite 05. She is a resident of Delray Beach as well as active member of the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce. BCoSF is passionate about helping their clients either start or grow a sustainable and profitable business. For more information visit www.BCoSF.com or call 561-276-4422.

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By Jeremy Office Special to The Pineapple Let’s say you’re in the market for a car and after all your research and thinking, you conclude you want a Jeep. But you aren’t going to go out and buy that Jeep today; you’re going to wait three months to make the big purchase.

Over the next three months, with the excitement of buying this awesome new Jeep … what car do you think you’ll see everywhere you go? Why does this happen? Jeeps weren’t everywhere before, so why are they so prevalent now?

Well, you let that car enter your fiefdom. Your fiefdom is your comfort zone; it’s your little cocoon of a world. In it, there is routine, comfort and the things you love most in the world. Or should I say YOUR world. You see, there are so many aspects outside your fiefdom you aren’t even aware of.

Family time, world travel and live music are big aspects of my life but might not even be a blip in yours. And because I’m not a car person, I won’t even notice the Jeep that has become such an ever-present thing in your life.

One thing that is in my fiefdom and yours is money. What we do with it, how we spend it and how much we need may be different but we both depend on it in one way or another.

And there is no giant beanstalk we can climb to infuse money back into our fiefdoms. So when the markets are experiencing volatility and the talking heads are chattering away – the sensationalism of the markets penetrate both of our worlds. People who wouldn’t normally think about the markets are bringing them up at the water cooler. Dinner conversations turn to the market pull back and you find yourself tuning more frequently into CNBC. But why? If you’re a long-term investor and have a meaningful plan to reach your goals, the daily headlines shouldn’t matter. Yes, we want to be informed and stay relevant in conversations, but being informed and letting the headlines affect your day-to-day behavior are very different. These knee-jerk, emotionally driven actions can be detrimental to your overall strategy.

All these headlines are important in your fiefdom. If the markets are down, this can have a huge impact on your life. Will you be able to retire? How much does this set you back?

How does this affect your plan? But, you have to maintain perspective and know your time horizon. Although 2015 continues to be challenging and we are currently in negative territory, prolonged periods of negative returns are rare. In the past 89 years, the number of periods when one negative year is followed by another one (or more) only happened four times: 1929-32, 1939-41, 1973-74 and 2000-02.

Therefore, history suggests if the market finishes negative in 2015, there is a likely chance it will rebound in 2016.

What’s important to understand is that market timing is much less important than pure time.

Markets swing. Sometimes you’ll invest on an upswing and other times on a downswing. You’ll be on the wrong side of the trade at some point and then what? What’s much more important is understanding your personal time horizon. Tie the market to your personal fiefdom. If you have a solid plan with your advisor about what you want your portfolio to do for you personally, you stay the course. That advisor will know when it’s time to make tweaks to your portfolio – not because of market noise, but due to changes in potential achievement of your goals.

Jeremy Office, Ph.D., CFP, CIMA, MBA, is Principal of Maclendon Wealth Management in Delray Beach and specializes in portfolio construction, strategic asset and liability management, and long-term planning relating to financial matters as well as real estate, income tax, insurance and estate planning. He is also Managing Partner of SJO Worldwide, a venture capital company. www.maclendon.com; 855.MAC.WEALTH

What to do with an Inheritance

By Hayden Burrus, Type Z Finance Special to The Pineapple Q: If I have a $400,000 mortgage at 4.5 percent interest and inherit $100,000, does it make more sense to pay down my mortgage principal or to invest the money in stocks or mutual funds?

A: I’m often asked about inheritances but an effective answer to the question above requires some additional information. My first question would be, “Why do you have a 4.5 percent mortgage?” You can refinance and get a mortgage in the United States right now for 3.625 percent for a 30-year mortgage and 2.75 percent for a 15-year (reference: Aimloan. com). There are several other low-cost mortgage providers with similar rates for people with good credit. Doing nothing is not an option unless you have poor credit. If you have good credit, you should refinance.

My next line of questions relate to whether you have a financial safety net in place. Before you pay down your mortgage or invest, you’ll need to set up a solid financial safety net. First, make sure you’ve paid off your credit card bills, car loans and student loans. Next, make sure you have adequate disability and health insurance; if you have dependents, now is the time to get life insurance.

The third item to check off is the boring, old emergency fund. Emergency funds have saved the day for me lots of times and I don’t even have that many emergencies in my life. Just in the past few years, I have used my emergency fund to pay for: an unexpected new car purchase because our old car was totaled in an accident; an unexpected switch from public to private school for my son; and an unexpected emergency appendectomy for my wife. Each of these were five-digit expenses that were handled with the stroke of a pen because of my solid emergency fund.

Some people like to use the “6 months of living expenses” rule. I prefer to use the “full payment for my next car” rule because needing a new car at some point is an “emergency” that you can count on several times in your life. I keep $25,000 in my emergency fund because that’s how much I think I’ll pay for my next car. There are several

online banks that have no fees and pay 1 percent or so in interest. That will give you an extra $250 per year to offset your loss for not investing the money you put in your emergency fund.

Now, if you have anything left after strengthening your financial safety net, you can consider paying down your mortgage or investing. My preference is that you pay down your mortgage first. If you put $100,000 toward your mortgage, you’ll reduce your annual interest expense by $3,625 (on top of the $3,500 savings for refinancing). Your total savings will be roughly $7,125 per year!

While investing in stocks or other vehicles has the potential for higher returns, it also has the potential for loss. If you talk to most investors and ask them to choose between a guaranteed 3.625 percent return for the next 15 years or the volatile uncertain returns of the stock market, most will choose the guarantee. I am in that camp as well.

Your reduced mortgage balance combined with a lower interest rate from refinancing will really make a difference in his life. It will allow you to increase your 401K plan contribution if you have the opportunity. If you don’t, it will allow you to open and contribute the maximum ($5,500) to an IRA. You’ll be able to do these things and still increase your current cash flow. Over time, your IRA will grow significantly, enhancing your investment position in future years.

So in short, with inheritances: 1. Refinance a high-interest mortgage; 2. Develop a financial safety net; 3. Pay down your mortgage; 4. Make contributions to your 401K and IRA. This is a relatively low-risk strategy that can have the side benefit of allowing you to sleep better at night because you’ve reduced the financial risk from your life.

Hayden Burrus m a i n t a i n s TypeZFinance.com, a free personal finance blog. He has over 25 years of experience researching, analyzing and talking about personal finance issues. You can contact TypeZ Finance directly by emailing info@ TypeZFinance.com.

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Welcome New DELRAY BEACH Chamber Members WTVX CW34, WTCN MY15, WWHB AZTECA48 561-681-3453 • 1100 Fairfield Drive, West Palm Beach www.cw34.com Advertising & Media

Legacy Bank of Florida 561-265-4950 • 50 NE 5th Avenue, Delray Beach www.legacybankfl.com Banks & Banking

For Eyes Optical 561-900-0244 • 400 East Linton Blvd, Delray Beach Opticians & Optometrists

Dina Schwartz, P.A. 561-716-7184 • 606 N Ocean Blvd, Delray Beach Real Estate Brain Matters Research Inc 561-374-8461 • 800 NW 17th Ave, Delray Beach www.brainmattersresearch.com Physicians & Surgeons

Be Like Brit Foundation, Inc 561-523-0160 • P. O. Box 189, Boynton Beach www.BeLikeBrit.org Nonprofit Organizations 360clean Gold Coast 866-686-5429 • 955 Egret Circle, B410, Delray Beach www.goldcoast.360clean.com Cleaning Janitorial Services

NOVEMBER SWIB LUNCHEON Successful Women in Business Luncheon

Alliant Title and Escrow 561-912-0922 • 21301 Powerline Road, STE 106, Boca Raton www.alliantfl.com Title Services

Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse 225 NW Mizner Blvd, Suite 1000 Boca Raton, FL 33432 Speaker: Diana Hileman, Esq. Topic: Informed Voters = Fair Judges Thursday, November 19th 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Diana Hileman formed Hileman Law. P.A. in Delray Beach in August of 2013. The practice focuses on estate planning, probate and probate litigation, guardianship, and transactional real estate.

Ms. Hileman began her legal career in Florida with the Law Office of Allen Wm. Martincavage, ultimately forming Martincavage & Hileman in 2000 with a focus on Estate Planning, Probate, Guardianship, and Real Estate.

The Delray Beach Chamber announces new board members

Each year the Board of Directors of the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce elects seven (7) members to serve on the Board for a three-year term beginning January 1st.

About this time a month ago, we asked for your nominations. We received a strong response with some very talented nominees! A big THANK YOU to all who made nominations, and to all of the nominees.

Although it was difficult to narrow down the list, the nominating committee and incoming Chair of the Board Kelli Freeman would like to introduce the following nominees as your 2016-2019 Board Members: WELCOME! Cathy Balestriere Crane’s Beach House Hotel & Luxury Villas Jeffrey Lynne Weiner, Lynne & Thompson P.A. Terra Sperro RealTime Marketing Group Mark Bryan Delray Medical Center Casey Flaherty Delray Honda Jeff Perlman CDS International Holdings, Inc. Mark Denkler Vince Canning Shoes

Public Connections/Impactism 954-866-1717 • 11784 W Sample Road, Ste 101, Coral Springs www.impactism.org Marketing

United Way Volunteer Opportunities DELRAY BEACH, FL – The United Way of Palm Beach County is looking for volunteers to support the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program during the 2016 tax season.

VITA is a national program staffed by local volunteers to provide free preparation and electronic filing of tax returns. This is an important service for thousands of individuals and families in Palm Beach County with low-to-moderate incomes who are eligible for tax credits.

As a VITA volunteer, you can make a difference in the lives of county residents.

Volunteers are needed to serve as greeters, tax preparers and site coordinators in 15 VITA sites located throughout Palm Beach County. No experience is required but all VITA volunteers must be trained and certified.

Once certified, volunteers are required to commit four hours per week during tax season (Jan. 19-April 15, 2016).

Flexible schedules are available, including weekdays, weekends and evenings.

Visit www.unitedwaypbc.org/tffvolunteer to view the VITA volunteer training schedule. To register as a VITA volunteer, complete the Volunteer Profile Form under Volunteer Opportunities.

For more information, contact Donna Pulda, United Way of Palm Beach County’s Director of Volunteer Services, at 561-3756621 or donnapulda@unitedwaypbc.org.

Addiction 911 Magazine (Stand Out! Media Group LLC) 732-501-6445 • 2637 E Atlantic Blvd, #25574, Pompano Beach www.addiction911magazine.com Publishers & Magazines A Woman’s Touch Personal Services 561-376-4063 • 123 N Congress Avenue #337, Boynton Beach Concierge Services Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC 561-212-7247 • 742 Coventry Street, Boca Raton www.investwithcip.com Real Estate

Alliance of Delray Residential Associations, Inc 561-495-9670 • 10290 W Atlantic Avenue, #480504, Delray Beach www.allianceofdelray.com Nonprofit Organizations Paneterie 561-833-5575 • 16950 N Jog Rd, Suite 115 S, Delray Beach www.paneterie.com Bakeries 357 Digital 561-213-0597, 1615 South Congress Avenue, Suite 103, Delray Beach: http://www.357digital.com Printers JAG Insurance Group 561-404-0565, 301 W Atlantic Avenue, #O8, Delray Beach: http:// www.jaginsgroup.com Insurance Residence Inn Boca Raton 561-994-3222, 525 NW 77th Street, Boca Raton: http://www.

Bocaratonresidenceinn.com Hotels & Motels Tauriello & Company Real Estate Inc / Kim Muller 561-665-1847, 900 E Atlantic Avenue, Ste 1, Delray Beach: http:// www.tauriello.com Real Estate

DELRAY BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 4th Annual Wine & Seafood Festival Saturday, Nov 7, 11 AM – 10 PM Sunday, Nov 8, 11 AM – 7 PM DBWineandSeafood.com The 2015 Delray Beach Wine & Seafood Festival offers visitors the opportunity to stroll the palm tree lined streets of Delray while enjoying a great glass of wine or a plate of delectable seafood.

Along with the wide variety of delectable seafood dishes and fine wines, the Delray Beach Wine & Seafood Festival offers an interesting array of artists and crafters, many of them showcasing Florida coastal designed art and clothing.

You can expand your knowledge of wines at one of our food and wine pairing seminars led by vintners from internationally renowned wineries.

Complete your experience by joining us for some great music and a glass of wine or cold beer at the festival main stage. Join the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce on beautiful A1A on November 7 & 8. The best part - Admission is free!

All events are in Boca Raton unless otherwise indicated. Details about all of these events are available at www.BocaChamber.com International Business Alliance Round Table | SOLD OUT When: Tuesday, November 3rd / 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Where: Lynn University, 3601 N. Military Trl - Henke Room Speaker: Luis Mago, Strategist & Direct Equity Investment Expert Topic: Thinking Outside the Box: How to Conduct Business in a Global Economy Leadership Boca Alumni Network | DATE CHANGE When: Wednesday, November 4th / 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Where: The NEW Oceans 234, 234 N. Ocean Blvd, Deerfield Beach Ribbon Cutting: Jasmin When: Thursday, November 5th / 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Where: Jasmin, 101 Plaza Real, Suite C PRIME Professionals Group | SOLD OUT When: Friday, November 6th / 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Where: Regents Park Boca Raton, 6363 Verde Trl Speaker: Michael I. Daszkal, CPA, Managing Partner Daszkal Bolton Boca Chamber Ambassador Meeting When: Friday, November 6th / 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Where: Boca Chamber Ribbon Cutting: Raw Juce When: Monday, November 9th / 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Where: Raw Juce, 129 NW 13th Street, Suite 3

Golden Bell Fundraiser: Zinburger Boca Raton When: Tuesday November 10th / 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Where: Zinburger Boca Raton, 6000 Glades Rd, Room 1008C New Member Orientation When: Tuesday, November 10th / 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Where: Boca Chamber November Membership Breakfast When: Thursday, November 12th / 7:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Where: Via Mizner Golf and Country Club, 6200 Boca Del Mar Dr Sponsored by: Lynn University Government Affairs Committee When: Wednesday, November 12th / 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Where: Boca Chamber Ribbon Cutting: Beauty Smart MD When: Thursday, November 12th / 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Where: Beauty Smart, MD, 94 S. Federal Highway Trustee Luncheon | EXCLUSIVE TRUSTEE EVENT When: Friday, November 13th / 12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.

Where: Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, 225 NE Mizner Boulevard, Suite 100 Speaker: Jeff Stoops, CEO with SBA Communications

Donate to the Holiday Auction!

Spread Holiday Cheer at the 34th Annual Holiday Auction The Annual Holiday Auction is always one of the most popular events of the year, drawing anywhere from 200 to 300 people for an evening of networking and fun competition for exciting auction items.

This is a perfect opportunity for you to market your business!

By donating an item for this years’ Holiday Auction, you’ll receive the following benefits: Featured on The Chamber’s Events page • Showcased on Holiday Auction E-blasts Placement on auction signage • Company name listed on bid sheets and program booklet The deadline to donate is November 9, 2015

Join Us: December 9th • 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Via Mizner Golf & County Club • 6200 Boca Del Mar Drive, Boca Raton

November 12, 2015 7:45 AM - 9:15 AM Via Mizner Golf and Country Club 6200 Boca Del Mar Drive

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Legendary Keyboardist Bruce Katz to Play Funky Biscuit on Nov. 7th

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ruce Katz is a legendary keyboardist (Hammond B3 and piano) who has released 7 CDs as a leader and has appeared on nearly 70 other CDs with the likes of John Hammond, Delbert McClinton, Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard, Little Milton, Joe Louis Walker, David “Fathead” Newman, and many, many others. He was also a member of Gregg Allman’s band for six years (2007-2013) and toured with the Allman Brothers as well.

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“He can play jazz, blues, Bach, anything.

Man, he’s a heavy!”

- Gregg Allman He is a four time BMA nominee (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2015) for the “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year” award, which is the equivalent of the “Blues Grammys”.

Hammond B3 and piano keyboardist Bruce Katz and his band are coming to play at The Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton on Saturday, Nov. 7. Showtime is 8:00pm and tickets are $15-$25 door.

Under 21 tix are $10.

He is promoting his latest CD, ,“Homecoming” (American Showplace Music) was released in November 2014 and features his band as well as guests John Hammond, Randy Ciarlante, Jimmy Bennett among others. It explores his personal, wideranging scope of blues, and includes

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six vocal tunes, in addition to Bruce’s instrumental originals.

“This man is as good as it gets. One of the greatest keyboard artists I’ve ever heard.”

- John Hammond The Bruce Katz Band is an original, very exciting group of musicians that combine blues, “soul-jazz”, and New

Orleans inspired roots music. Based in Woodstock, NY, Bruce Katz occupies a unique space where blues and the many aspects of Americana music collide into a style of original music all his own. The band has a trademark sound, blending the B3 organ and guitar in unique and inventive ways.

The Bruce Katz Band is: Bruce Katz – Hammond B3 organ and piano, Chris Vitarello – guitar/vocals and Ralph Rosen – drums/vocals

he Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club of Delray Beach will host its thirteenth annual Holiday Trunk Show on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 through Thursday, December 3, 2015 at the Seagate Hotel & Spa, located at 1000 East Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, Florida 33483.

The event kicks off with a preview cocktail reception on December 1st from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tickets for the preview party are $85 per person and include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. All guests have the first opportunity to view and purchase original gift items available. Preview party tickets can be purchased at www.bgcpbc.org or at the door.

The Holiday Trunk Show is open to the public December 2nd and 3rd from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. We invite you to join in this one-of-a-kind shopping experience.

The Holiday Trunk Show will feature more than thirty specialty vendors offering a variety of gift items including original jewelry, fine accessories, home décor, holiday ornaments and decorations, toys, men’s and ladies clothing fashions, as well as gifts from all over the world.

The event co-chairpersons are Susan Mullin, Michele Ramirez, Kari Shipley and Lynn Wilkins. Long time chair, Mullin, says: “This will be our thirteenth year of the Holiday Trunk Show benefitting the Naoma Donnelley Haggin of Delray Beach. Thirteen happens to be one of my lucky numbers, plus we have lots of new vendors, so I know this will be the best show we’ve ever had at the Seagate. Please come and bring your friends, I guarantee there is a gift for everyone on your list.”

The 2015 committee members include: Cackie Austin, Melissa deBaptiste, Ginna Donnelly, Kathy Fay, Julie Hagnauer, Nini Ijams, Cody Jones, Hopie Kelly, Muriel Losee, John Lynch, Jenny Mullin, Terry Parsons, Sandra Powell, Patsy Randolph, Gracie Redd, Doli Rodriguez, Barby Sloan, Bren Souers, Jorgette Smith, Jamie Snyder, Bessie Vance, Kathie Walker, Juliet Warner, Marg Williams, Emily Wilson, Mona Wolter and Bettina Young.

All-in-One Food, Culture & History Tour

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aste History Culinary Tour delivers an engaging mix of Florida history and local history, culture, art and several tastings in unique off-the-beaten-path areas in Northwood Village/West Palm Beach; Lake Worth and Lantana; and Delray Beach and Boynton Beach.

Lori J. Durante, Executive Tour Director, developed the non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours as an extension of the Narrated Bus Tours of Historic Delray Beach that began in 2004. Since combining the culinary and narrated tours, more than 10,000 people have been hosted, to date.

“I took the Narrated Bus Tour and enriched it by adding food tastings which morphed into the Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County”, says Lori J. Durante Taste History incorporates a rotation of cuisine tastings representing varied cultures that are African American, Southern American, Asian, Brazilian, Caribbean, Continental, Latin American, Greco-Roman, Italian, English, French, French Canadian, Mediterranean, Irish, Australian, New Zealand, along with farm-to-table and organic tastings.

Offered year-round, the tours are four-hour food-centric narrated excursions by bus plus maybe four to six blocks of walking through historic districts to eateries, markets, and

an urban farm for food history, food culture facts, foodways information and food tastings. At least three to four eateries are visited per Taste History tour along with trips to historic buildings, cultural centers or art galleries.

The non-profit Taste History Culinary Tours of Historic Palm Beach County, Florida has been designated one of the official community event partners for the State of Florida’s Viva Florida initiative and is offered by the non-profit Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History (MLFH).Taste History is sponsored, in part, by Macy’s. Additional support for Taste History has been received from Carl and Iris Apfel; and bequests from the late Patricia Ann Ravo and the late Boris & Edith Rueger.

For detailed information visit tastehistoryculinarytours. org or call 561-243-2662 or 561-638-8277.

Upcoming Tours or November are: Saturday, November 7, 2015 Northwood Village/West Palm Beach/Lake Worth Saturday, November 21, 2015 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach Saturday, November 28, 2015 Delray Beach/Boynton Beach

This year’s gold sponsors include The Seagate Hotel & Spa, Lang Realty, Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart and Shipley, Attorneys at Law and the Mark Gerretson Memorial Fishing Tournament.

All proceeds from the Holiday Trunk Show will help support programming for more than 300 children who attend the Delray Beach Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club for a safe, fun, and educational environment after school and during the summer. Children participate in a variety of programs in the arts, education and career development, sports, fitness and recreation, technology, character and leadership development and health and life skills.

Sponsorships and tickets are available. Preview tickets are $85 for an individual ticket. For more information on this event, please contact Kristen Cummins at (561) 683-3287 or visit the website at www.bgcpbc.org.

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arts & ends CAROLINE RHEA - COMEDY CATCH A RISING STAR COMEDY CREST THEATRE / DBCA

Thurs., Nov. 4th, 8pm, $45/$65 Stand-up comedian and actress Caroline Rhea brings a fresh, smart and spontaneous approach to all of her work. She has had a successful career in both stand-up and television with credits including “Sabrina, The Teenage Witch,” “Rhea’s Anatomy” on Bravo’s Funny Girls and others. 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, DelrayArts.org or by calling the Box Office at 561.243.7922, ext. 1

WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN: CARPENTERS REMEMBERED LIVE AT LYNN THEATRE SERIES

Sat., Nov. 7, 7:30pm & Sun, Nov. 8th 4pm Long ago and oh so far away… the world fell in love with the Carpenters. We celebrate the songs that made them one of the most successful recording acts of all time. Led by Michelle Berting Brett and accompanied by a live, seven-piece Nashville band directed by Harry Sharpe, this show re-creates the Carpenters’ original sound. A brilliant celebration of timeless music. Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center. Tickets: $70/Box, $55/Orchestra; $50/ Mezzanine

Charitable Foundation, will be recognized at the event with the Jay DiPietro “Hero of Hope” Award for his generosity and vision. Co-chaired

by Jennifer Lentoski, Denise Day, Andrea Reid, Karyn Turk, Dana Brookes, Tiel Terry Villani, Deborah Gaslow and Neil Saffer.

Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca West Drive, Boca Raton. RSVP to Lisa McDulin at 561-483-0962; www.placeofhoperinker.org KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS Nov. 13-15 , Fri 8pm, Sat 2 & 8pm, Sun. 1pm Program One opens the season with three fan favorites, including Swan Lake, George Balanchine’s one-act version of the most famous of all ballets, set to Tchaikovsky’s most dramatic and evocative score; the return of Viscera, a rhythmic and intensely physical work created on MCB by Liam Scarlett, widely considered to be England’s most promising new choreographer; and Fancy Free, Jerome Robbins’ and Leonard Bernstein’s breakthrough World War II ballet – the story of three sailors making the most of their 24-hour shore. This season is presented in loving memory of R. Kirk Landon, a remarkable philanthropist, leader and beloved friend to Miami City Ballet. Tickets start at $20. To purchase tickets or to learn more, visit miamicityballet.org or call the MCB Box Office at 305.929.7010 or toll free at 877.929.7010.

LYNN UNIVERSITY CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Sat., Nov 14, 7:30pm & Sun. Nov. 15, 4pm Conductor: Jon Robertson. Dvorak: Othello Overture, Op. 93. Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F Major, Op. 75 / Eric Van der Veer, bassoo. Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center. $50 for Box, $40 for Orchestra and $35 for Mezzanine. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Lynn University box office, located in the Wold at 3601 N. Military Trail, online at events.lynn.edu or by phone at 561-237-9000.

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WRITING SONGS & LYRICS: MUSICIANS SHOWCASE

Sat., Nov. 7, 12:30pm $10 Delray Beach Center for the Arts. 51 N. Swinton Avenue in Delray Beach

Sat., Nov. 14, Noon, FREE Hear acclaimed local, label signed recording artists as they discuss their lyric writing process and play original music, including Max Markwell, Bill Hartman, Stephen Minotti, Maggie Baugh, Shawn Mallon, Aymber Daniel, Robert Bidney, Cassidy Diana, Kristen Spencer, Eric Muniz, and other special guest musicians TBA. Delray Beach Center for the Arts/ 51 N. Swinton Avenue in Delray Beach

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LAST COMIC STANDING LIVE TOUR KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Tues, Nov. 10th, 8pm, $15 The Emmy-nominated laugh-fest returns with an all-new group of the world’s funniest comics. Watch this summer’s finalists perform live as the Last Comic Standing Live Tour returns to the Kravis Center. (For Mature Audiences.) Tickets: www.kravis.org or 561-8327469 or 800-572-8471.

THIRD ANNUAL HOPE BASH BOCA

BOCA WEST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Fri., Nov. 13th, 6:30pm Join us for a reception with silent auction followed by dinner, a live auction, dancing, and as always, incredible surprise entertainment!

Arthur Adler, chairman of the Boca West

Hawaiian-born Shimabukuro fuses a multitude of genres with inexplicable ease.

From the playing style of the mandolin, to the intricate melody of a music box, Shimabukuro thrills audiences and listeners with covers of “Rolling In the Deep,” “Fields of Gold” and his own original compositions. Tickets: www.kravis. org or 561-832-7469 or 800-572-8471.

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MUSIC AT ST. PAUL’S CONCERT SERIES Sun., Nov. 15th, 3pm The Music at St. Paul’s concert series will present the Camerata del Ré in a performance on instruments authentic to the period.

They will be joined by soprano Karen Neal, a specialist in early vocal practice. Ms. Neal has performed with Seraphic Fire and the Miami Bach Society. The program will open with Handel’s Concerto, Op.3 No.3, for flute, strings and continuo, and will also include Trio sonatas, solo sonatas - and the cantatas Nel dolce dell’oblio and Tra le fiamme, as well as the beloved aria Lascia ch’io pianga from the opera “Rinaldo.”

Music at St. Paul’s is an outreach ministry of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. A $15 donation is requested with front center seating available at $20. Students $5 contribution. Tickets at music.stpaulsdelray.org. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 188 S. Swinton Ave. Delray Beach.

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‘JIMI HENDRIX OF THE UKULELE’ JAKE SHIMABUKURO KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Sun., Nov. 15th, 2pm & 7pm, $45 “Ukulele hero” (Rolling Stone) Jake Shimabukuro is set to transport audiences with his blindingly fast and complex string skills during two, special performances.. Multiinstrumentalist, singer and songwriter Caroline Jones will open each performance.

blues clubs. His Blue Tuesdays at Boston’s is legendary and features the best blues musicians from the Mississippi Delta to Memphis. Visit bostonsonthebeach.com or call 561-278-3364 for weekly entertainment and special events.

GEORGE WINSTON

MIAMI CITY BALLET Program 1

LYNN PHILHARMONIA NO. 3

MICHELLE BERTING BRETT

JAKE SHIMABUKURO

FAMOUS FRANK WARD BIRTHDAY BASH

BLUE TUESDAYS BOSTON’S ON THE BEACH Tuesday, Nov. 17, 8:30pm For a great night of hot licks, you don’t want to miss “Famous” Frank Ward. He will host his annual birthday bash for guests and friends with a full-throttle performance.

Frank Ward is one of the premier blues musicians in the talent-rich South Florida area.

His band, the Nucklebusters, has performed at every major blues club and festival since 1988. A respected bandleader, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer, “Famous” Frank has hosted the most popular blues jams at the finest

MUSICWORKS / CREST THEATRE / DBCA Thurs., Nov. 19th, 8pm Since 1972, folk pianist George Winston has released 13 solo piano albums. Inspired by the seasons and topographies, George Winston’s concerts feature a variety of styles including melodic folk piano, New Orleans R&B piano, and stride piano. He performs songs from his seasonal recordings Autumn, December, Winter Into Spring, and Summer. This concert will feature Winston’s Winter Show, which will include melodic fall and winter songs, some of Vince Guaraldi’s Peanuts pieces, pieces inspired by the New Orleans piano & the stride piano traditions, and songs from his latest album, Spring Carousel. Tickets $75 for premium seating (first five rows center orchestra) and $53 for all others, plus a $2 historic renovation fee, online at DelrayArts.org or by calling the Box Office at 561.243.7922, ext. 1.

GEORGE WINSTON

MOSTLY MUSIC BRAHMS LYNN UNIVERSITY CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Thurs., Nov. 19, 7:30pm, $20 Johannes Brahms was considered oldfashioned to many of his contemporaries, for instead of following the popular dramatic Wagnerian path, Brahms had personal humility and believed the legitimate progress to musical mastery and its development was the study of and respect for the past great composers of Western music. Location: Count and Countess de Hoernle International Center / AmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND ART FESTIVAL

DOWNTOWN DELRAY - FREE Sat. & Sun., Nov. 28th & 26th, 10am-5pm Art enthusiasts and holiday shoppers alike will marvel at the array of original art, handcrafted unique gift items and eclectic displays representing a wide variety of artistic media. This signature fall event has been ranked among the 100 Best Fine Art and Design Shows in America by Sunshine Artist magazine and features leading local and national artists. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority. Intersection of 4th Ave & Atlantic. www.artfestival.com info@ artfestival.com or 561-746-6615

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Sizzling November at Arts Garage

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t may be fall, but things are heating up at Arts Garage. The critically acclaimed play Sex with Strangers continues its acclaimed run. The passionate comedy from Laura Eason, one of the writers of House of Cards, is an insightful and steamy look at who we really are. The New York Times called it a “…...a twisty and timely play...about good sex and bad faith...lust, love and the complex nature of identity in our digital-dominated era…”

Adding to this month’s excitement are a series of jazz legends including Arts Garage favorites Larry Coryell and Federico Britos, who bring new partners along for their shows this season, adding a new dimension to their brilliant performances. In addition, we welcome Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre. Yes, Arts Garage knows how to rock too!

For more information and tickets, please visit www. artsgarage.org or call 561-654-8151. thru Nov. 15th | SEX WITH STRANGERS | Theatre | $30-45 The provocative play continues for evening and matinee performances. When twentysomething star sex blogger and memoirist Ethan tracks down his idol, the gifted but obscure 40-something novelist Olivia, he finds they each crave what the other possesses.

As the attraction turns to sex, and they inch closer to getting what they want, both must confront the dark side of ambition and the near impossibility of reinventing oneself when the past is only a click away.

LARRY CORYELL

at the Montreux Jaxx Festival as “one of the greatest guitarists in the world”. He performs uniting technique and emotion with a fusion of Brazilian music and jazz.

PAUL BARRERE & FRED TACKETT

Fri. 11/13, 8pm | PAUL BARRERE & FRED TACKETT | Acoustic Blues Rock | $45-60 Paul Barrère and Fred Tackett are legendary guitar players known for their band Little Feat, popular in the1970s for their electric blend of blues, rock and roll, boogie, and jazz. They have now joined forces to form an acoustic duet that is guaranteed to blow you away, performing songs from their Little Feat catalogue and more with a decidedly different twist. They first played together on the album ”Dixie Chicken“ over thirty-five years ago and since then have played together or individually on numerous recording sessions for Little Feat and countless others including Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Tom Waits, Dionne Farris, and the Wallflowers, to name a few.

Fri. 11/27, 8pm | LESLIE SMITH | Jazz | $25-35 The award winning singer, songwriter, and producer is one of the most talented artists New Orleans has to offer. While she began her career singing in her native New Orleans streets, she quickly started performing and recording with a Who’s Who of New Orleans’ finest artists, including Ellis Marsalis and Allen Toussaint, who calls her “One of Louisiana’s greatest treasures”.

In 2002 Leslie was named “A Cultural Ambassador of New Orleans music”, and in 2008 she received a proclamation from the New Orleans City Council for her “gift of song, magnanimous presence and beautiful voice”.

Her soulful, funky, bluesy tunes are filled with emotional expression, freedom and joy. From headlining at Lincoln Center to performing at the Apollo Theatre, Leslie always delivers an unparalleled power and passion.

Sat. 11/28, 8pm | FEDERICO BRITOS HOT CLUB | Jazz | $25-45 Led by the six-time Grammy winning jazz violinist Federico Britos, Hot Club of the Americas is comprised of a hand picked cast of world-class musicians. The result is a live show that can best be described as an explosion of Latin rhythms that highlight familiar melodies frequently performed in the “Hot Club” style.

The band explores the musical contributions of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli from a Latin American perspective. The Grammy-nominated singer, Cécile McLorin Salvant, enhances the group with her mesmerizing vocals.

Fri. 11/20, 8pm | VIVIAN SESSIONS | Jazz | $25-35 The powerful vocalist steps into the spotlight after working as a backing vocalist for Christina Aguilera, Cher, Joe Cocker, Pink, Patti Labelle, Patti Austin, Natalie Cole and Chaka Khan. The soulful singer has also collaborated with Chris Botti, Eric Benet and Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20.

Fri. 11/6, 8pm | LARRY CORYELL AND DIEGO FIGUEIREDO | Jazz-Rock | $25-45 Two amazing musicians unite for an incredible night of entertainment. As one of the pioneers of jazz-rock, Larry Coryell deserves a special place in the history books. In the 1960s he brought an incredible sensibility to jazz electric guitar playing that owed as much to blues, rock and even country as it did to earlier, smoother bop influences. Yet as a true eclectic, armed with a brilliant technique, he is comfortable in almost every style, from decibel-heavy, distortion-laden electric work to the most delicate, soothing, intricate lines on acoustic guitar.

Joining him is Diego Figueiredo, regarded as a fast rising star among the world’s greatest jazz guitarists, with 20 albums under his belt. His superb technique, timing and imagination have made him one of the hottest international names in jazz. His unique skills and charismatic live performances have been a hit in more than 50 countries around the world. In addition, Diego was awarded twice

Sat. 11/21, 8pm | MARTIN BARRE | Rock| $45-60 The Grammy-award winning guitarist has played in Jethro Tull for 43 years, contributing to their success in a major way. The band represents an important part of classic rock history, with over 60 million albums sold. Martin’s guitar playing has earned him a high level of respect and recognition; he was voted 25th best solo ever in the U.S. for his playing on ‘Aqualung’, and he received a Grammy award for his playing on the album ‘Crest of a Knave’ in1988.

In addition to Jethro Tull, Martin has worked with top artists like Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Gary Moore, Jo Bonamassa and Chris Thompson and has shared a stage with legends like Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Martin has put together a band to play the classic music from the Tull catalogue in order to give fans and a broader audience a chance to hear tracks that have not been performed for many years.

notices/ deadlines AUDITIONS: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

DELRAY BEACH PLAYHOUSE Auditions: Nov. 16 & 17 Production Dates: March 26-April 16th 12 Men / 12 Women + 2 Backstage Running Crew + 6 volunteers to operate the plant. Prepared monologues are not required.

This popular cult musical tells the story of Seymour Krelborn, a dorky shop assistant who discovers a strange plant and nurtures it in the flower shop where he works. [It’s only later that he learns that the plant eats people!] Seymour is in love with his co-worker (Audrey), who is dating a sadistic motorcyclist dentist.

Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW 9th Street, Delray Beach, FL 33444. More Info: 561-272-1281 Ext. 4

2016 STUDENT SHOWCASE OF FILMS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL’S STUDENT SHOWCASE OF FILMS Application deadline January 12, 2016 The Annual Student Showcase of Films is open to students enrolled in Florida high schools and colleges. The juried competition recognizes outstanding film students by presenting more than $11,500 in scholarships and awards. Competition finalists are honored and presented with cash awards and prizes at a one-of-a-kind red carpet award show at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL on Friday, March 11, 2016 at 10 a.m.

To enter through the online application program, view the awards breakdown and official rules and regulations, visit pbfilm.com or Facebook.com/StudentShowcaseOfFilms

PALM BEACH POETRY FESTIVAL

VIVIAN SESSIONS

Federico, a Latin jazz legend, began playing violin at age five, and has since served as principal chair, soloist and Concertmaster with some of the great symphony orchestras of South America as well as the Miami Symphony Orchestra. The Uruguay native has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe, and has written and recorded many works for orchestras, chamber ensembles, ballet and dance, as well as works for TV and theater.

He has also been recognized for “introducing Bossa Nova” to Cuba.

In addition to receiving a Grammynomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2014,Cécile won the 2010 Thelonius Monk Competition. She has performed with Winston Marsalis at Lincoln Center, and is the voice of Chanel’s “Chance” ad campaign for the third consecutive year.

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APPLY FOR WORKSHOPS (January 18-23) Deadline Nov. 9th Annual 6-Day Event at Delray Beach Center for the Arts will Include Eight Workshops, Craft Talks & Readings, Panel Discussions and Coffeehouse Performance Poets Dominique Christina and Marc Kelly Smith Workshops will be Led by Eight Award-Winning Poets.

Each PBPF workshop is limited to 12 qualified participants and three auditors, who must apply for admission and submit three poems that will be reviewed by an independent reader with a graduate degree and editorial experience.

Application forms are available online at www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org

POETRYCONTEST FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

PALM BEACH POETRY FESTIVAL Deadline December 1st, 2015 Any Palm Beach County public or private high school student can submit one original poem (30 lines maximum) for consideration.

Original poems should be submitted by email before December 1 to: PBPF1@aol.com.

For contest rules, please visit http://www. palmbeachpoetryfestival.org/event/highschool-poetry-contest-2015-16/.

The winning poet will receive $100, and the four runner-up high school poets will each receive $25.

The five winning high school poets will read their poems at the Festival’s Award Ceremony on January 18, 2016 at 4 pm, and the poems will be published online at www. palmbeachpoetryfestival.org.

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Guild Membership Drive Helps The Arts Garage Grow

A dedicated team of volunteers raises scholarship funds so local youth can attend a myriad of enriching classes at Arts Garage in Delray Beach. These outstanding volunteers form the Arts Garage Guild and their board is now launching a November membership drive to expand their base of supporters.

“This drive is critical as it will ensure the support needed to provide more students with access to new dynamic programing instituted by the recently appointed Director of Education, John Lariviere,” said Peter Armour, President of the Guild Executive Board.

“As Arts Garage enters its 5th year, The Guild is implementing this campaign to increase our membership and garner even more partnerships with local businesses,” said the retired publishing executive who served as a senior corporate executive at magazine publishing giant, Conde Nast. Guild Membership has 3 different levels: Individual $30; Couple - $50; and Business - $75.

Currently the Guild is comprised of approximately 200 members who volunteer at performances by taking tickets, guiding people to their seats and running the concessions.

Every year, the Guild orchestrates fundraising events which provide opportunities for local youth to benefit from arts education programs.

“This past year the Guild has made it possible to provide one out of four of our students with scholarships for visual and performing arts classes,” said Jane Glatz who serves as an Executive Board Member and Membership Co-chair. “The Guild is even more enthusiastic about raising scholarship funds because of the array of new programming being launched by John Lariviere.”

“We are proud to present our diverse new palette of educational offerings for the Fall,” said Lariviere. “Back by popular demand are classes such as Making The Band, Musical Theater Triple Threat, and Monologues with Michael Leeds. And we have also added classes in audition preparation for the theater departments at both Dreyfoos and BAK schools for the performing arts, a Dream Role Cabaret class, and interactive TheatrePlay classes for youths and teens.”

“In addition we offer education programming for the entire community including classes in Photography, Paper & Wire Sculpture and Paint & Sip. For the classics lover, there will be Shakespeare for Dummies: Conquering the Classic Monologue!, and for the comedian in everyone there will be classes in Acting Improv. And as always we will continue offering private lessons in voice, piano, guitar and percussion,” he said.

Lariviere was the previous General Manager and Assistant Director of Education of The Plaza Theatre. Prior to that, he spent seven years teaching fine arts at North Broward Preparatory School, where he was Director of their Private Lesson Program.

Students can find out more about the educational programs at www.artsgarage.org or by calling 561-450-6357 The Guild will be participating in “Volunteer Delray & Nonprofit Council Expo” sponsored by the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce - November 20th, 2015, 5-7pm, at Old School Square. Interested new members can meet them there or reach out to Membership Chairman, Ellie Hayman at Arts Garage, 561-450-6357.

JOHN LARIVIERE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

Boca Third Grade Student Wins Gift of Life Art Contest

The Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation recently announced the winner of its annual art contest in celebration of World Marrow Donor Day on Sept. 19. Local third grader Bo Brown of Addison Mizner Elementary School in Boca Raton won the art competition and received an ice cream party for his class last month.

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation invited local school students in kindergarten to fifth grade to submit original artwork depicting their interpretations of being a bone marrow donor and a life-saving hero. Brown illustrated his own version of a super hero to win the competition.

Headquartered in Boca Raton, Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and facilitating bone marrow and blood stem cell transplants for patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood-related diseases.

Ranking among the top international bone marrow registries in the world, Gift of Life’s mission is to find a match anytime, anywhere and for anyone. Gift of Life currently maintains a growing registry of over 230,000 volunteer donors and has facilitated more than 2,700 transplants for patients in need. For more information, visit www.giftoflife.org.

Local third grader Bo Brown won the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation’s World Marrow Donor Day art competition.

CREST THEATRE OPENS 2015-16 SEASON of music by such greats as Louis Prima, Bobby Darin, Louis Armstrong, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. and others.

“EXXPECTATIONS” NOW OPEN AT CORNELL MUSEUM OF ART

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THE MAIN STAGE COMEDY SERIES OPENS NOVEMBER 5TH

The Crest Theatre opens the 2015-16 Main Stage Comedy Series with CAROLINE RHEA on Thursday, November 5th in partnership with Catch A Rising Star. Rhea, who has performed in comedy clubs all over the U.S. and Canada and has had an equally successful career in TV comedy.

The series will run monthly through April; tickets are $45 and $65 with a package deal available for all 6 shows. Headliners include Vic DiBitetto (12/4), Rob Bartlett & Tony Powell (1/2), Mike Marino & Vincent Pastore (2/26), Judy Gold (3/24) and Kevin Meany (4/15).

Open Tuesday-Sunday, 10 am – 4:30 pm; closed Monday and major holidays. $5 suggested donation.

This group show features contemporary art created by 18 women who defy convention.

Curator statements offer two different points of view from women in the art world: that of professional artist, Brenda Zappitell and that of Cornell Museum curator, Melanie Johanson.

Together, they have selected unique works with a female voice. Artist commentaries will share perspective on expectations projected on to women in the art world. Artwork included in this exhibition has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide.

MUSICWORKS CONCERT SERIES PRESENTS GEORGE WINSTON, NOVEMBER 19

Concert is Thursday, November 19th at 8 p.m. Since 1972, folk pianist George Winston has released 13 solo piano albums. Inspired by the seasons and topographies, George Winston’s concerts feature a variety of styles including melodic folk piano, New Orleans R&B piano, and stride piano. He performs GEORGE WINSTON

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songs from his seasonal recordings Autumn, December, Winter Into Spring, and Summer.

This concert will feature Winston’s Winter Show, which will include melodic fall and winter songs, some of Vince Guaraldi’s Peanuts pieces, pieces inspired by the New Orleans piano & the stride piano traditions, and songs from his latest album, Spring Carousel. Other series headliners include Peter Yarrow (1/14), Tom Rush (2/10) and Roger McGuinn (3/11).

Tickets are $77 & $57 with a package deal for all 4 concerts.

THE CREST MAIN STAGE SERIES OPENS WITH JIVE ACES, NOVEMBER 20-22

Show times for Swingtime with the Jive Aces are Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets are $45. The Jive Aces have established themselves as the U.K.’s top Jive & Swing band! They’re known for superior musicianship and fresh renditions

Old School Square is the center of arts & entertainment in downtown Delray Beach.

Celebrating 25 years as the community’s gathering place, the historic campus includes the intimate Crest Theatre (in the restored 1925 Delray High School building) the Cornell Museum of Art (in the 1913 Delray Elementary building), and the Vintage Gymnasium (c.

1925). The Pavilion, which opened in 2002, hosts outdoor concerts and festivals. The School of Creative Arts (located on the second floor of the Crest Theatre) offers art, photography, writing and performance classes. Old School Square also serves as a venue for community, corporate, private and media events. For information on performances, exhibits, classes or facility rentals, call 561-243-7922 or visit OldSchoolSquare.org.

JIVE ACES

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curtain calls DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER

STAGE DOOR THEATRE Oct. 30 - Dec. 6 Wed, Sat, Sun 2pm, Fri & Sat. 8pm Deception, murder, and passion complicate this darkly brilliant tale of jealousy and greed.

Motivated by his wife Magot’s large fortune and a previous infidelity, Tony Wendice decides it’s time to murder her. With twists and turns galore, Dial M for Murder remains one of the most clever and shocking plays of any genre.

By Frederick Knotts. Tickets: $38 - $42.

954-344-7765 www.stagedoortheatre.com 8036 W Sample Rd, Margate, Fl

SCENES FROM A CHINESE RESTAURANT

THE PLAYGROUND, LLC / WILLOW THEATRE Nov. 6-15th, Fri & Sat. 8pm, Sun. 2pm A sweet and sour stir fry of romance, comedy and satire in five delicious courses.

Set in a humble Chinese restaurant, run by the wise and mysterious Xu Shin, local playwright Tom Andrew has served up a sweet and sour stir fry of romance, comedy and satire in five delicious courses, directed

by Joyce Sweeney. Six performances at Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL., 33486.

Rated PG. Visit www.willowtheatre.org/boxoffice. $25 per person; $15 group rate (4 or more tickets purchased in one transaction) Group rates may only be purchased in person or by calling the Box Office at 561-347-3948

The Skeptic 1 L. Robin Alexander, R. George Wentzler. Courtesy George Wentzler

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, A TRIVIAL COMEDY FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE

THE VANGUARD THEATRE Nov. 13 - Dec 6, Thurs-Sat 8pm, Sun. 5pm Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People was first performed on February 14th, 1895 at the St James’s Theatre in London. The farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations has proven to be one of Wilde’s most popular and enduring pieces.

Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play’s major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways.

Tickets: $35 ($37.22 with s/c) 813-2201546, www.brownpapertickets.com, www. vanguardarts.org 1501 S. Andrews Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316

GYPSY

STAGE DOOR THEATRE Nov. 20th - Jan. 3rd Wed, Sat, Sun 2pm, Fri & Sat. 8pm Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by Arthur Laurents. Loosely based on the memoirs of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy focuses on Momma Rose, who has been called the ‘ultimate show business mother’.

It chronicles Rose’s dreams and efforts to raise her two daughters, Louise and June to perform onstage, and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of a life in show business. Musical numbers include “Let Me Entertain You”, “Some People”, “If Momma was Married”, “Together”, and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”. Tickets: $38 - $42. Phone: 954-3447765 The Stage Door Theatre, 8036 W Sample Rd, Margate, Fl 33065. www.stagedoortheatre. com www.facebook.com/stagedoorfla?fref=ts

New Year’s Eve 2015 Celebrating the Many Friends of

Wick Theatre Makes History

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he Wick Theatre is proud to present Lee Roy Reams as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!

The Broadway legend is joined by an allstar cast including multiple Tony nominee Lewis J. Stadlen, James Clow and Susan Powell. The Jerry Herman musical about the irrepressible Yonkers matchmaker will run from November 5th-December 6th. Performances are Wednesday-Sunday with matinees at 2pm and evening shows at 7:30pm.

Tickets start at $70 at www. thewick.org or call 561995-2333.

“When Lee Roy told us that Jerry Herman gave his blessing for him to star as the iconic Dolly Levi, we knew we had to be the theater to present this ground-breaking production,” said Managing Executive Producer, Marilynn A. Wick.

Reams who has directed lots of “Dollys” in his day, including Carol Channing in the final Broadway revival, says that he is taking on this challenge, not because he enjoys wearing women’s clothing, but because it’s a wonderful

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role and he loves the score. Reams who last played at The Wick in La Cage Aux Folles as female impersonator Alban, wore many of the gowns from his Broadway run. For this production, the Costume World team is busily creating his wardrobe for this historymaking production.

Adding to the star power is Broadway great, Lewis J. Stadlen, who plays Horace Vandergelder. Stadlen broke out in the 1970 musical Minnie’s Boys and went on to receive Tony nominations for his work in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Candide.

James Clow makes his Wick debut at Cornelius Hackl and has been seen on Broadway in White Christmas, Assassins, Wonderful Town, Company, She Loves Me, and Blood Brothers.

Susan Powell, Miss America 1981, enchanted audiences with her exquisite soprano as the emcee during The Wick’s summer hit, George M! She returns in this production as Irene Molloy, the beautiful, fun-loving milliner.

Donna Summer...

Mary Gaines Bernard, sister of Donna Summer, launches her show “Donna Summer, Once Upon A Time - An Intimate Musical Journey” at the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach on New Year’s Eve. Mary Gaines Bernard grew up in an extremely musically talented family. At the age 20 she joined her sister Donna Summer to begin what became her 35 year career as a background vocalist.

Performing all over the world they recorded with various artists, performed on many television shows, and performed for the Grammy Awards and Academy Awards.

Donna’s music is still very alive.

You can dance if you want, sing if you want, you can dress in a tuxedo, wear your blue jeans or your best disco dress and maybe even sport an Afro wig.

So unbutton that collar and put on your dancing shoes because we’ll be singing all of your favorite songs right into the New Year!

Tickets DelrayArts.org or call the Box Office at 561-243-7922, ext. 1)

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Holiday Party Scoop from Periwinkle

By Heather McMechan The Pineapple Contributing Writer It’s that time of year when holiday party invites start filling up your inbox. After adding it to your smartphone calendar, you start to panic about your holiday party outfit.

I think we can all handle the ugly Christmas Sweater party look. That’s so easy! But what can we wear to the at-home casual party, the holiday business party, or the holiday school play for this season.

I reached out to my girls at Periwinkle in Delray Beach, FL to find out the Local Fashion Scoop for holiday party outfits.

They gave me some great choices on looks and how these looks can be worn for other events as well.

Here is the Local Mom Scoop on your holiday party looks from Periwinkle.

I always have that casual holiday party at a friend’s home or at a local restaurant. How can I look and feel festive?

Courtney Wade, assistant manager at Periwinkle, told me that one of the most recent trends flying out of the store has been the sequin top.

She said that sequins are so versatile!

This top, shown in the photo below, can be paired with distressed black skinny jeans and black stilettos for a holiday night on the town, or a wide leg black trouser for some holiday sparkle.

“It is a great piece to wear to a special event, perhaps even a fantastic NYE top!”, says Courtney.

For a more conservative holiday party look, this tweed black and white dress is another amazing piece in high demand at Periwinkle. She says the dress can be paired with tights and booties for the holiday school program or paired with pumps and the matching jacket for your holiday work party.

The jacket (sold separately) can be worn with a pair of jeans and some cool ballet flats which is one of my favorite looks. You can wear this look to any casual holiday party as well.

Courtney says all these outfits are not complete until you add some great jewelry.

She says to layer on the Lucite this season.

Each piece is hand painted and hand carved, set in gold tone. These necklaces were made for layering and adds an edge to any outfit.

With all these versatile choices, I think I’ll be ready for any holiday party invite that hits my inbox.

All of these items may be purchased at Periwinkle which is located at 339 E Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach, FL. You can call 561-279-9699 to make an appointment for holiday party help.

The House of Perna, a Delray Beachbased fashion label, is pleased to announce that the brand will showcase it’s Spring/ Summer 2016 line at Style Fashion Week Los Angeles. The brand’s show, on the Intimate Stage at The Reef, will open the final day of Style Fashion Week Los Angeles.

“We’re ecstatic to be showcasing our Spring/Summer 2016 collection, entitled Self Expression, at Style Fashion Week in LA,” said Amanda Perna, Creative Director, The House of Perna . “ After competing on Project Runway and showing at New York Fashion Week, this is a great opportunity for us to show off our most dynamic collection yet on the west coast! ” Amanda Perna launched The House of Perna in 2012 after designing for years in New York corporate fashion with Oscar de la Renta and Calvin Klein. The brand is built on the belief that design should help women feel confident and beautiful in all situations and is dedicated to high quality, American made construction. The line blends the bold prints and bright colors of South Florida with structural, sophisticated New York silhouettes.

“While my influences come out of my Florida upbringing and New York training, I believe the sum of the two is perfect for the

LA market and I’m really excited to have the opportunity to show this line at Style Fashion Week,” said Perna. “This collection really encapsulates my journey as a fashion designer, depicting the highs and lows through the change of color and the movement of the pieces. I believe fashion is the greatest form of self expression and this is my opportunity to express myself.”

The House of Perna will accessorize their runway looks with jewelry from Idalia Baudo.

Runway models will include contestants from America’s Next Top Model as well as international pageants.

The House of Perna ’s Style Fashion Week Los Angeles show takes place on Sunday, October 18th at 4pm at The Reef, 1933 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90007 . For Press, Celebrities or Industry Professionals, please email if interested in attending to reserve a seat.

The House of Perna’s design studio is based in downtown Delray Beach, Florida and is available to shoppers by appointment. The current collection is also offered in a number of boutiques and shops across the country: for information on store locations, please visit: www.TheHouseofPerna.com

Sola Salon Studios Opens its Fourth Area Location in Boynton Sola Salon Studios®, the leading provider of private, luxury salon suites for established beauty professionals, celebrated the grand opening of its fourth Palm Beach area location in Boynton Beach located at 398 N. Congress Avenue. A special ribbon-cutting ceremony, hosted by Sola Salon Studios and the Boynton Beach County Chamber of Commerce, took place along with a party which included live, local entertainment and food and beverages.

The new Boynton Beach location opened its doors to the public in August 2015. It marks the sixteenth Sola Salon Studios® in Florida and its 250 location nationwide. Over 5,500 salon professionals in 39 states across the U.S. now own and operate their own business in a high quality, stress-free studio inside Sola Salon Studios.

Sola Salon Studios provides a turn-key environment for a variety of established professionals and entrepreneurs including hairdressers, estheticians, nail stylists, massage therapists and make-up artists. Studio spaces are equipped with: • Custom cabinetry with ample storage and retail shelving • Private spaces with oversized sliding/ locking doors and floor-to-ceiling walls for one-on-one conversations or playing music • High quality hydraulic chairs and shampoo bowls to make clients comfortable

• Individual ventilation in each studio to minimize odors and noise • Full spectrum lighting to emulate natural daylight • Instant, abundant hot water supply so no more waiting for hot water • Utilities and Wi-Fi included with lease “We are thrilled to bring our fourth local Sola Salon Studios to Palm Beach County. We have an amazing group of beauty professionals in our Boynton location and look forward to introducing more talent, enthusiastic salon professionals to this wonderful career opportunity,” said Sola Salon Studios franchisee Heather Safrit.

The new location at 398 N. Congress Avenue is conveniently located in Oakwood Square at the intersection of Boynton Beach Boulevard and N. Congress Avenue. It occupies approximately 5,500 square feet of prime retail space featuring first-class salon studios and amenities for beauty professionals and their clients.

Private salon suites space is still available.

For more information or to take a tour of Boynton Beach’s new Sola Salon Studios, call Heather Safrit at (561) 600-7652 or email hsafrit@solasalons.com .

Other Palm Beach and Martin County locations include: Palm Beach Gardens, Wellington and Stuart.

Looking for experienced stylists to enhance our team.

Contact us to learn more!

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Finally! Fashionable Relief Boca Best Friends Launch for Hot Flash Sufferers

By David DiPino The Pineapple Contributing Writer Former fashion model P.D. Roche has created a line of women’s clothing designed to help cool down hot flashes caused by menopause. Roche, a Delray Beach resident, started Hot Women Clothing to offer affordable, quality, lightweight clothing for today’s modern woman. The Hot Women Clothing line features a dozen different styles of kimono wraps, cotton dresses, robes and “Night Ts” all made of 100 percent breathable cotton. Hot Women Clothing fashion features three different styles in the Night T collection alone: the Big Patch with pockets, sexy strappys, racerback fashion, and a robe with three-quarter sleeves.

“Menopause … It’s a drag! Hot flashes have met their match!” said Roche.

“You’ve got to have something (clothing) that lets the air in and flows. I created this for menopause and hot flashes. I live in this line of clothing. It’s very lightweight and the cotton is breathable and very cool.” Perfect for humid and hot South Florida, Roche wears her line of flowing fashions inside and outside of the house.

“Most everything on the market is made from synthetic fabrics, which trap my body heat and cling uncomfortably; the very few 100 percent cotton items I found were expensive and so see-through I’d have to run for a robe to answer the door!” said Roche.

She also encourages men to inquire about the line. With the holidays right around the corner, Hot Women Clothing could make a thoughtful, useful gift for the lady in your life.

“It’s time for men to take on menopause.

Three billion women worldwide have menopause,” said Roche. She describes the art and style of Hot Women Clothing: “Everyday Latin flare, influenced by what’s around.”

“The clothing is invigorating and evokes laughter. It’s about being cool.

Cotton is the only breathable fabric and it’s

all natural,” said Roche.

Hot Women Clothing is sold online at www.hotwomenclothing.com and at Kahn’s of Orchard Street, 5859 West Atlantic Ave., in the Lakeside Shoppes plaza in Delray Beach, located by 3G’s Deli. Roche is also selling the line to spas and in Canada. Prices range from $38-$58. Roche said Hot Women Clothing is similar to what consumers might find at L.L. Bean and Carole Hochman Sleepwear, two competitors in her field.

“Most of the manufacturing is out of the U.S. and it’s hard to find cotton. With manufacturing gone, it almost brought our garment industry to its knees. Literally no one’s doing 100 percent cotton,” said Roche.

“We’re employing U.S. workers and Hot Women Clothing is 100 percent made in the U.S. in Miami and South Florida.”

Hot Women Clothing offers a moneyback guarantee. For more information, email stylewithpd@gmail.com or call 561-270-2756.

P.D. Roche with her new line, Hot Women Clothing, designed especially for women in menopause.

Fashion Game Mobile app

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ashionistas throughout the U.S. now have the chance to increase their fashion IQ, keep up with the latest trends in clothing and accessories, and buy the hottest items straight from their smart phone, while playing a free, fast, fun, mobile game.

Kate’s Fashion IQ™, the hot, new mobile app released in the U.S., gives style seekers a savvy, new type of fashion experience with one dynamic app where users can play, shop, and share.

Kate’s Fashion IQ™ is an Apple and Android-friendly mobile app featuring fastpaced fashion games designed to entertain and inform, while putting one’s knowledge of fashion to the ultimate test. The games — More or Less, Price it to Win, This or That, Name it to Win, and Designer Jumble — will award points, jewels and gems based on performance. Users can compare their scores and compete with other fashion aficionados while sashaying to the top of the leaderboard.

In addition to the daily games, Kate’s Fashion IQ™ can quickly turn a smartphone into an entirely new shopping experience. Users can stay up to date with the latest trends based on the hundreds of handpicked options selected by co-founder Susan Weinstein and fashion editors —Jen Johnson and Shana Harden— that will be for sale throughout the app, along with 84 distinct products featured each week.

It will allow users to select items they like and buy them directly from the retailers’ website. A wide variety of clothes, shoes and accessories at every price level will be available to satisfy each woman’s individual shopping preference. Users can then share their favorites on social media.

“Play, shop, share -- that’s what Susan and I do and we wanted to bring that experience to women in one dynamic and entertaining app,” said Maria Longo, co-founder of Kate’s

Creators Maria D. Longo and Susan Weinstei

Fashion IQ™. “It has taken nearly two years to perfect this app, and Susan and I have worked tirelessly to produce the best possible product for women, by women.”

Kate’s Fashion IQ™ was created by best friends and co-founders, Maria D. Longo and Susan Weinstein.

For more information watch the preview, visit www.katesfashioniq.com, like them on Facebook and follow on Twitter and Instagram @KatesFashionIQ or email info@ katefashioniq.com

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Living Life Mask & Shame Free My Relationship Coach

By Riana Milne The Pineapple Contributing Writer

Share-A-Haircut Program Benefits U.S. Veterans Wednesday, November 11th This Veterans Day, join Hair Cuttery, the largest family-owned and operated chain of hair salons in the country, in recognizing and giving back to former service men and women through its Share-A-Haircut program.

For every adult haircut purchased on Wednesday, Nov. 11, a free haircut certificate will be donated to a veteran. Certificates are donated to recipients in the same community where the haircut was purchased. To distribute the free haircut certificates, Hair Cuttery partners with veteran’s organizations local to its almost 900 locations.

“Veterans Day is about honoring the men and women who have selflessly defended our country and our freedom,” said Dennis Ratner, founder and CEO of Hair Cuttery.

“Share-A-Haircut is our small way of celebrating veterans for their service to our country; this is our salute to them.”

In its 16th year, the Share-A-Haircut program has given a confidence boost to more than one million children in need, and more than 230,000 homeless, veterans and victims of domestic violence; certificate donations are valued at more than $23.8 million. This November, Hair Cuttery hopes to reach thousands more.

Hair Cuttery has an established history of charitable giving, supporting a range of local and national causes, including St. Baldrick’s Foundation, American Red Cross, The National Network to End Domestic Violence, American Cancer Society and Girls on the Run. Hair Cuttery is the largest family-owned and operated chain of hair salons in the country, with nearly 900 company-owned locations on the East Coast, New England and the Midwest. A full-service, value-priced salon, Hair Cuttery offers a full complement of cuts and styling, coloring, waxing and texturizing services with no appointment necessary, as well as a full line of professional hair care products. Hair Cuttery is committed to delivering a delightful client experience through WOW Service including a Smile Back Guarantee. Hair Cuttery is a division of Ratner Companies, based in Vienna, VA. www.haircuttery.com

Each birthday, my tradition is to reflect on life, and set some strong intentions for my personal new year. I’ve been doing this since the age of 17 after the death of a childhood friend. With his passing, I learned that life is short and I needed to get intentional in order to make the most of it. So with another year under my belt, I began reflecting, and wow, it’s been an amazing journey!

To begin my personal new year’s journey, I recently contacted Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse (AVDA) of Palm Beach County to dedicate time coaching and empowering women at their shelters and beyond. I want to help them rebuild their lives and increase their self-esteem. Not only do I want to do this in the spirit and memory of my college roommate, who at 23 was murdered by her boyfriend in a domestic violence situation, but because I, too, know the pains of being in an abusive partnership.

By focusing on “what can I do right now with my gifts?,” I realize that I have so much to share with others through my own life lessons and struggles, and this new addition of supporting AVDA is a beautiful reflection of how I can use my past for good.

Over the years, I had learned to become strong and empowered enough to leave the toxic relationships I was in; even recently, breaking an engagement to the man I loved, but who had horrible temper rages and control issues.

Buddhism teaches that every relationship is about a lesson we need to learn. This recent relationship reminded me that my work to help others in the area of verbal and emotional abuse was not yet complete. I was reminded

that as much as I care, and no matter how hard I love my partner, I cannot change in others what they refuse to see in themselves.

What I can change is how I choose to react to their behavior toward me. I can choose to leave the toxic situation and live in love, not fear; and I can choose from an empowered place to release my partner with love.

No one should tolerate toxic love, abuse or love trauma! It’s amazing, now that I’m out of my last situation, how FANTASTIC I feel, how free my spirit is, and my energy is so renewed. Once I removed myself from the “cloud” of negativity that was surrounding that relationship, I was free to see all of the incredible love and joy that surrounds me. We are all always learning … and my life lessons will continue to support others in finding their own emotional and physical freedom.

My renewed calling has inspired me to donate partial proceeds from my LOVE book to AVDA; and now that my books are in the Barnes & Noble stores, I know I can help many more people. I want to help spread the facts and remove the shame around those who are domestic abuse survivors.

The statistics from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) are alarming: • One in three women and one in four men have been physically abused by a partner; • On a typical day, domestic hotlines receive 20,800 calls nationally; • Women who earn 65 percent or more of their household incomes are more likely to be psychologically abused then those who earn less and that’s a stronger predictor of PTSD than physical abuse among women. High rates of depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance, headaches and chronic illness result.

• One in seven women and one in 18 men are severely injured by their intimate partner; • One in five women and one in 59 men are raped during their lifetime; • One in five dating college women are sexually assaulted, with date rape being 35 percent of attempted rapes; 43 percent experience abusive behaviors from their

partners, and 13 percent are stalked by an expartner; • 21 percent of high school girls and 13.4 percent males were physically or sexually abused by their partner; • 35 percent of 10th graders have been verbally or physically abused, with 26 percent being victims to cyber dating abuse.

• 50 percent of youth reporting dating violence and rape reported attempting suicide, with only 33 percent of abused teen victims ever telling anyone about it.

While I also had incredible love with amazing individuals throughout my lifetime, in reality, I chose to leave several toxic relationships and marriages. While the idea of “until Death do us part” was what I always wanted, I left when the person I was died a slow death due to my partner’s emotional and verbal abuse or lack of integrity and/or addiction. I didn’t have the fortitude or desire to stay and be tortured.

This birthday year, I give gratitude to my journey. For without these painful relationships, it would not have led me to the research I did and the work I so passionately do to help others who have or currently are experiencing love trauma, domestic violence and toxic relationships. I always say in the spiritual world there are no mistakes – things happen for a reason. This was my calling and I dedicate myself to it – mask free.

Riana Mine, MA, LMHC, CAP is a Certified, World-wide Relationship & Life Coach, Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Cert.

Addictions Professional at Therapy by the Sea; 15300 Jog Rd, Suite 109, Delray Beach. Riana is also a published author and motivational speaker. www.RianaMilne.com or email RianaMilne@gmail. com. Skype Coaching and FB: coachrianamilne. Delray office (561) 701-8277; cell: 201-281-7887

“DEAR SUSAN”

Dear Susan, I could scream. I want to burn down my house it is so messy. I don’t know if I am nitpicking or just very short sided. I like things neat in my house. If you want a healthy relationship with the person you live with isn’t it best to tell her what you think about the things that make you crazy? Two examples: my girlfriend likes to take her socks off when she is lying on the couch.

She rolls them off her feet with the opposite foot and they sometimes end up on the couch but most often on the floor. And this is where they stay until she does the wash. Also, dishes never get rinsed off, washed or put away. The sock thing is gross and the dishes end up stinking or the food gets stuck on them. Am I nitpicking if I tell her my feelings.

Dear Like Things Neat, I don’t think the problem is nitpicking “ Nitpicking” encompasses more than asking someone to pick up her socks or not leave the dishes on the sink or on the counter. You and your girlfriend appear to have some very basic differences. If you are planning to make this romance a lifelong commitment, I am warning you in advance you can’t change another person. Before making any decisions ask yourself these rational questions: Am I over generalizing or Is my thinking based on facts? Is my thinking working with a mental filter: acknowledging only information that is consistent with already believed thoughts? Are there any positive parts of your girlfriend’s house keeping? When you have processed these questions act rather than react.

Susan B. Lander is a licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Ph.D. in Holistic Nutrition, and a Certification in Yoga Instruction. She is a Private Practitioner in South Florida with extensive training in addiction & recovery, mind/body therapy and cancer support. She can be reached at DearSusan123@gmail.com

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It’s An Italian Touchdown

Foodies and football fans now have something big to cheer about at Vic & Angelo’s! The rustic Italian charmer has just unveiled its new “Go Big!” sports lovers menu, available at both its Delray Beach and Palm Beach Gardens locations. This menu is only available during afternoon and evening football games. Dine-in only.

“We take pride in offering a great dining experience for our guests and football fans,” says Eduard Cristal, general manager of Vic & Angelo’s in Palm Beach Gardens. “We’re continually sourcing new and creative ways to enhance the game day experience – from spicy Sicilian chicken wings to designing the most tender cheeseburger you’ve ever tasted.”

V&A “GO BIG!” BURGER $10.95 Aged Cheddar Cheese, Nueske Bacon, Baby Iceberg, Vine Ripe Tomato and V&A Sauce CALAMARI FRITTE $6.98 Spicy San Marzano Sauce, Red Peppers and Basil GRILLED CALAMARI $6.98 Olives, Capers, Peppers, Arugula and Lemon Vinaigrette ORIGINALE PIZZA $7.48 Mozzarella, Parmesan Reggiano, Olio Verde and San Marzano Sauce V&A “GO BIG!” PIZZA $8.48 Mozzarella, Parmesan Reggiano, Olio Verde and San Marzano Sauce Choice of 3 Toppings: Pepperoni, Sausage, Meatballs, Eggplant, Mushrooms, Onions, Olives and Artichokes SICILIAN CHICKEN WINGS $8.48 Caramelized Onions, Rosemary, Crushed Red Pepper, Parmesan Cheese and Olio Verde JOHN’S MOM’S MEATBALL $7.98 San Marzano Sauce, Whipped Ricotta, Peppers and Basil ANGELO’S SALAD $5.98 Greens, Eggs, Cucumbers, Cannellini Beans, Cherry Tomatoes, Red Onion and Red Wine Vinaigrette

Vic & Angelo’s is located at 4520 PGA Blvd, Palm Beach Gardens, 561.630.9899; 290 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach, 561.278.9570; vicandangelos.com Photos: LibbyVision.com

Vic & Angelo’s chicken wings

Swiss Alps Dining Experience

By David DiPino The Pineapple Contributing Writer

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isiting The Little Chalet is like taking a time machine to a chateau in the Swiss Alps. This prime steak and fondue haus is full of unique ambiance with its cobblestone floors, Swiss cottage décor, warm fireplaces stretch across dining rooms gives a romantic feel to this charismatic chalet. Fine dining in Boca Raton is not dead as The Little Chalet is big on the elements and bigger on the interactive and tasty experience of fondue.

Seven different fine cheese fondue offerings make the menu including The Swiss Alps Original, Quattro Formaggi, Crème de La Crème, Margherita, Wild Mushroom, Sharp Aged Cheddar and Spicy Chalet. Fondue entrées include Filet Mignon, The Royal Chalet (prime filet mignon, pork tenderloin and chicken breast), Filet de Poulet and Pork Tenderloin.

Desert fondues featuring strawberries, bananas, marshmallows, graham crackers, pound cake and crunchy pirouettes to twirl and dip in Dulce de Leche, Chocolate Smores, Regular Milk Chocolate and White Chocolate With Almonds.

All of Little Chalet’s dessert fondues are made with Lindt Chocolate.

Fondues dominate this impressive menu by executive chef Ferrin Koplan but he also comes big in the fine dining department with Chalet Swiss Filet, Almond Crusted Sea Bass, Welsh Filet, Honey Glazed Salmon, Oven Roasted Chicken Breast, Garlic Crusted Halibut, Lamb Chops and USDA Prime including Petit Filet Mignon, Grand Filet Mignon, New York Strip, Rib Eye, Bone-In Rib Eye and Porterhouse.

Special accompaniments include Blue Cheese Crust, Crab Cake Oscar Style, Shrimp Wheel

and Royal Lobster Tail. Special sauces available include Au Poivre, Hollandaise and Béarnaise and 13 other sides make the menu including Crispy Potato Roesti and White Truffle Spinach.

Two dozen wines by the glass make the menu featuring the best of the world’s prosecco, champagne, chardonnay, pinot grigio, sauvignon blanc, Riesling, pinot noir, malbec and cabernet sauvignon. Eight signature appetizers like Original Swiss Raclette, Black Truffle Burrata, Housemade Crab Cakes, Beef Carpaccio and Bacon Wrapped Scallops are just a few and Rustic Onion Soup, The Chalet Soup , Blue Cheese Iceberg Wedge Salad and Tomato Mozarella Salad, round out this impressive menu.

The Little Chalet is open Monday through Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and offers TLC (happy hour) Monday through Friday from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00p.m. For more information visit: www.thelittlechalet.com or call 561-325-8000.

Cheese Fondue Crème de La Crème with sauteed fresh mushrooms. Photo: David DiPino

Pizza for Breakfast?

Vic & Angelo’s pepperoni pizza

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Why Not?

t Caffé Luna Rosa, the popular oceanside eatery that last week was named Delray Beach’s Best Restaurant for the second year in a row by the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce, an always popular choice is the freshly made and piping-hot breakfast pizza.

Perhaps the only full-service restaurant in South Florida to offer a delicious breakfast pizza, Caffé Luna Rosa uses only the finest quality ingredients – as it does in all of its pizzas, both on and off the menu.

“Our unique breakfast pizza is made with applewood smoked bacon and fresh sausage, all topped with two Eggland’s Best eggs,” says Chef Ernesto DeBlasi. “Priced at only $14, the breakfast pizza includes fresh roasted peppers, spinach and mushrooms, and it comes with two eggs, any style.”

“As with all of the pizzas served at Caffe Luna Rosa, we use only unbleached flour, the freshest vegetables and a sauce made with San Marzano tomatoes. Our peppers are roasted right here in our kitchen and our pizzas are made with a blend of three freshly grated cheeses blended together,” he adds. “And for extra crispiness, all of our pizzas are baked in a 700-degree oven.”

“Of course, our pizzas customers know they can choose the ingredients they want to add or leave out,” DeBlasi says.

At Caffe Luna Rosa, breakfast is served until 3 pm, every day of the week.

Located at 34 S. Ocean Boulevard, directly across from the ocean in Delray Beach, Caffe Luna Rosa offers a memorable and authentic Italian dining experience in a casual atmosphere. The restaurant is designed on two levels, with alfresco seating and an elevated open-air dining room highlighted by granite, original artwork and magnificent woodwork. Perfect for congenial conversation and people watching along the shoreline during the day. The professional

wait staff offers epicurean service, including the decanting of wine and tableside filleting of whole fish, and the restaurant’s carefully researched wine list offers superior Italian and American selections. Full bar service is available. Recently named Delray’s Best Restaurant for the second year in a row by the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce and winner of the third annual Best Bite on the Ave competition at Crane’s Beach House Boutique Hotel & Luxury Villas, Caffe Luna Rosa also is recipient of the prestigious TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. The beachside restaurant is open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. To make reservations, please call 561-274-9404 and for hassle-free online ordering for easy pickup, please visit www. caffelunarosa.com.

Caffe Luna Rosa’s popular Breakfast Pizza Photo: Rich Pollack

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