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16th Annual Delray Beach Garlic tech amenities & private balconies Fest . . . Best Stinkin’ Party in Town DELRAY BEACH, FL – Cathy Balestriere, general Now in its 16th year, the Internationally Award Winning Event “Delray Beach Garlic Fest” is THE signature food and entertainment event in the city. The Garlic Fest is focused on community involvement and participation and is produced by a dedicated team of 500 volunteers. The festivities include live national act entertainment, artists & crafters, and garlic-infused cuisine that permeate the air. The 3-day event will be held Friday through Sunday, February 6 - 8, 2015. Festival hours are Friday: 5PM11PM, Saturday: 11AM-11PM, Sunday: 11AM-7PM.

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Big names round out field for Delray Beach Open February 13-22

2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro leads a group of four newly committed players who have signed with the Delray Beach Open by The Venetian® Las Vegas to play in its ATP World Tour event February 13-22, marking its best pre-tournament singles field in its history.

Also announcing their participation in Delray Beach are top American John Isner, 2012 Delray Beach champion Kevin Anderson and rising world Top 25 Alexandr Dolgopolov.

The latest group of players, with the earlier signing of 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic, gives the tournament four Top 25 players to lead its 2015 field. Cilic (No. 9), Anderson (No. 16) and Isner (No. 18) also all finished in the 2014 year-end Top 20 rankings.

“Two US Open champions, three Delray Beach champions, our top American - that says it all about our singles draw,” said tournament director Mark Baron. “With the world No. 1 Bryan Brothers leading our doubles draw, we’ve established 2015 as a year to see champions play in Delray Beach.”

In addition to the ATP World Tour tournament, the Delray Beach Open by the Venetian also features an ATP Champions Tour competition that leads off the 10-day event starting on Friday of President’s Weekend and wrapping up on Sunday (Feb. 13-15, 2015).

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manager of Crane’s Beach House Hotel, announced that the popular, Key West-style boutique hotel has completed the dramatic transformation of four suites into exclusive and secluded high tech luxury villas, each with its own private balcony or patio. Now renamed as Crane’s Beach House Boutique Hotel & Luxury Villas, this $750,000 renovation started in July and the four new villas are now available for guests, starting at $599 per night.

“Crane’s Beach House Hotel was proud to partner with Carrie Leigh Designs, a full service licensed interior design firm based in Delray Beach.

This dramatic conversion of four suites into dazzling luxury villas is just the first phase of a major multi-year remodeling project that will strengthen and solidify our brand as the coolest place to stay in Delray Beach,” said Ms. Balestriere.

“The vision for the villas was to keep the artsy charm of Crane’s Beach House while enhancing the ‘beach chic’

SuperCar Delray

Exhibit at Old School Square to feature more than 100 racecars, exotics, and classics

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ore than 100 racecars, classics and muscle cars will be on display Thursday Jan. 8 at SuperCar Delray, a one-of-a-kind car show benefiting Wheels from the Heart, a local charity that provides cars to single mothers.

“We’re very excited to be bringing our SuperCar show to Delray Beach for the first time,” says Neil London, president of SuperCar Week, which produces SuperCar Sunday – one of Florida’s largest waterfront car shows – and a week of events leading up to it. “SuperCar Delray is a free, fun-

experience with modern European touches,” added designer Carrie Leigh Bollella. “The overall color scheme in each villa evoke a calm luxurious atmosphere, building on the surrounding ocean village environment, and guests will feel like they have entered their dream vacation home.”

With its newly opened luxury villas, Crane’s Beach House Hotel now combines its traditional, laid-back Key Westlike environment – just footsteps away from both bustling Atlantic Avenue nightlife and a pristine Atlantic Ocean beach – with all the high tech amenities that today’s sophisticated travelers desire. For example, highlights of the new exclusive and secluded villas include large, flat screen Smart TVs with access to NetFlix, Bluetooth and WiFi. The new villas at Crane’s Beach House also feature the Beausommet mattress by Essentia, the “World’s Only Natural Memory Foam mattress.” The resort is the first property in Florida to feature theses highly-acclaimed mattresses, providing a healthy, luxurious stay for guests.

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filled family event that will feature something for just about everyone.”

Held at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., SuperCar Delray will include displays of some of the newest exotic vehicles, including the 2015 Lamborghini Huracan as well as dozens of classic vehicles and muscle cars. There will also be a display of “Art Cars” on hand as well.

“Many of the cars that will be on display will be coming from local car enthusiasts and collectors,” London said.

“Several of these cars will be from private car museums not open to the public.”

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In 2015, city leaders and residents will join the staff of The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum for the 15th year of celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy. The annual Martin Luther King, Jr. event has swelled to welcome more than 150 people from Palm Beach and Broward counties to the Delray Beach Golf Club, after beginning in 2000 as a ‘home-style’ breakfast and film-showing at Old School Square.

The Spady Museum’s celebration has become a ‘must-attend’ occasion for the community and is regularly attended by county and city government heads, civic and church leaders, as well as representatives from education, art & culture and other nonprofit organizations.

“It’s hard to believe that 15 years has passed, but it is lovely to acknowledge the level of support garnered for the museum through this event,” said Museum Director Charlene Jones. “We’re proud to have an event that so many people make a part of their annual tradition, and we’ve been able to collaborate with a great list of partners and performers.”

For 2015, the MLK Breakfast will welcome Pablo del Real of Aurora’s Voice, who, in the spirit of King’s legendary activism, will announce a new joint venture called Serve Delray. Serve Delray is a website that will feature the volunteer opportunities of Delray Beach non-profit organizations. Residents, visitors, students and all interested parties can search the site for opportunities that suit them.

In previous years, the MLK Breakfast has featured musical selections by The Pasco Baker Concert Choir and “Double Trouble” twin singers Rashad and Tashad Gardenhire and presentations by winners of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival and Knights of Pythagoras’ South Florida Youth Speak Out! oratorical contest, Delray Beach Commissioner Angeleta Gray, Dr. Henrietta Smith of the University of South Florida and Dr. Art Evans of Florida Atlantic University.

2015 event sponsors include Iberia Bank, the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, Cultural Council of Palm Beach

County, Tourist Development Council and Palm Beach County.

WHERE/WHEN: The 15th annual breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. January 19, 2015, at the Delray Beach Golf Club, 2200 Highland Ave. DETAILS: Media is invited. Cost: $30 in advance, $35 at the door; event includes a full breakfast buffet and beverages. Please RSVP

by January 12. For more information, call 561-279-8883 or visit www.spadymuseum.org BACKGROUND: The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum is the only museum of its kind in Palm Beach County. Located at 170 NW Fifth Avenue in Delray Beach, it is dedicated to showcasing the African-, Haitian- and Caribbean-American cultural contributions to the artistic landscape of Florida and the U.S. Hours: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday-Friday; Saturday by appointment.

Closed Sundays. Admission: $10; Members are free. For more information, call 561-2798883 or visit www.spadymuseum.org.

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single mothers in the community.

Visitors to SuperCar Delray will have a chance to win 2 VIP tickets to a “Thrill Ride Experience” at Palm Beach Raceway the following day during SuperCar Track Day, which takes place from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday.

“Wheels From the Heart is honored to be the official charity of SuperCar Delray,” said Steve Muschlitz, the non-profit’s founder.

“There’s a natural connection between our two organizations, with cars serving as a common denominator.”

SuperCar Delray comes just a few days before SuperCar Sunday, which takes place on the West Palm Beach waterfront along Flagler Drive. The show on Sunday Jan. 11, from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., features more than 500 cars in areas such as SuperCar Street, Muscle Beach, Green Street, Memory Lane, Corvette Court and Race Village.

To find out more about SuperCar Delray, SuperCar Week and SuperCar Sunday, visit www.supercarweek.com Description: Delray Speaks is a community forum intended to encourage open dialogue about relevant topics affecting residents and visitors of South Florida. Topic This Month: The death of Michael Brown and how multicultural communities should be moving forward. A panel made up of members of the Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry department at FAU will lead the discussion.

For more information, visit http:// www.spadymuseum.com/Speaks or call 561.279.8883

Presenter Zykra Carter, Spady Museum member Joycelyn Patrick, Sheryl Jerkins

Other January Programming Delray Speaks Date: January 19, 2015 Time: 7-8:30 pm Cost: $5 At Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW 5 Avenue, Delray Beach.

Roots Cultural Festival Kickoff Event Date: January 16, 2015 Time 6 pm Cost: $20 At Delray Beach Center for the Arts.

Description: The Roots Cultural Festival will kick off a new year of cultural activities and events. For more information, email rootscultureofdelraybeach@gmail.com

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AVDA breaks ground on new shelter

Larger building will help more victims of domestic abuse

By Dale King The Pineapple Contributing Writer PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL – AVDA (Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse), the agency that provides an array of services to abuse victims in south Palm Beach County, is well on its way to building a new and enlarged domestic violence center.

Officials and supporters of the organization that began its mission in 1986 gathered for a ceremonial groundbreaking, marking the start of the $1.2 million project given the name, “AVDA’s Rebuilding Lives Renewing Hope Campaign.”

The new structure will be built on the site of the existing shelter, a 60-year-old building that had already been razed when the groundbreaking took place Dec. 3.

The new building that can house 43 people will increase capacity by 18 beds. The shelter is in an undisclosed location, for the safety of residents.

The effort, said Pam O’Brien, the agency’s president and CEO, “is all about listening to the needs of those we serve and the community.

We are addressing a critical and immediate need with this campaign.

AVDA is the only domestic violence program with extended shelter services in Palm Beach County.”

In 2013, AVDA was selected to be one of 11 certified domestic violence centers in the state to receive part of a special allocation of funds to help state-certified domestic violence centers expand shelter capacity.

State funding will provide about 50 percent of the project cost, but the other 50 percent must be raised by the organization. To date, AVDA has either received funds or commitments for $900,000 to pay for the shelter, O’Brien said. “In order to complete the building, $300,000 must be raised by March 2015.” Some grant money is pending, she noted.

A substantial portion of existing funding -- $250,000 – has been given by an anonymous donor, said the CEO. “Numerous private donations have come in, along with a challenge donation of $50,000 from a private family foundation.”

County Commissioner Steven Abrams, a former mayor of Boca Raton, recalled that the city “was one of the few municipalities to contribute funding to the agency” starting in the late 1980s.

Among those in the crowd at the groundbreaking were other AVDA supporters, including Ben and Rosemary Krieger of Boca Raton, who have donated generously to support the facility. Anne Vegso, who, with her husband, Peter, are also Boca philanthropists, contributed the money to build Casa Vegso on the site. They also provided the funding for an emergency transitional housing and wellness center which opened in 2005.

Currently, AVDA shelters more than 400 people and provides help to more than 8,600 people annually. It is the fifth largest shelter in Florida in terms of capacity and is one of the few that provides comprehensive services, including helping survivors provide for themselves once they leave the shelter, and providing school wellness checks and shots for children in the facility.

The organization’s mission is to promote violence-free relationships and social change by offering alternative choices to end violence and domestic abuse.

AVDA’s Health and Wellness program offers group trainings on

At groundbreaking ceremonies for a new building for AVDA are, from left, Anne Vegso, Bill Branning, Pam O’Brien, Steven Abrams and Jean Magrella.

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matters concerning health, nutrition and exercise. In collaboration with the Florida Atlantic University School of Nursing, a nursepractitioner is on-site monthly to provide individuals physical medical care consultations, including vaccinations for residents.

Those in the shelter can also participate in Anne’s STEPS, a nationally recognized economic empowerment program to help residents become financially self-sufficient.

In addition, AVDA offers training to healthcare professionals, law enforcement personnel, social services agencies, employers and community groups on the topic of domestic violence. Each training or talk is tailored specifically to the needs of the group or organization.

For more information visit www.avdaonline.org or call (561) 265-3797.

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RECYCLED Runway, Vintage Trunk Show and Tea Dance NAKeD Hair Salon & More, 4th Avenue Photography & Video and the Delray Beach Center for the Arts have joined the ever glamorous and always fabulous Annual Delray Beach Fashion Week 2015! An exciting new event of Recycled Runway fashion, vintage couture, drinks, hors d’oeuvres and lots of dancing!

Event Details: Sunday January 18, 2015 at 4pm at the Cornell Museum of Art Tickets $25, purchased at the door - Includes one complimentary drink.

The “Recycled Runway, Vintage Trunk Show and Tea Dance” will start at 4PM on Sunday, January 18th, outside the Cornell Musuem of Art opening with the Recycled Runway Show of designer couture made from all recycled / repurposed materials shown on gorgeous models.

After the Recycled Runway, the Vintage Trunk Show and Tea Dance will kick off inside the museum. Local consignment shops and vintage designers will be showing and selling their collections while the Tea Dance with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and one of the hottest DJs will be shaking things up downstairs.

“As an eco-friendly salon we wanted to present something for fashion week to support our message that fashion and beauty can be environmentally conscious while still being gorgeous. We loved the idea of a ‘Recycled Runway & Vintage Trunk Show’ as a platform for eco-chic beauty and vintage couture – something not normally represented during fashion week. It’s a great opportunity to highlight the recyled and vintage fashion from the local shops, while supporting the Delray Beach Center for the Arts - an organization that truly enriches our community. A BIG Thank you to the Delray Beach DDA for putting together such an amazing Fashion Week every year – we are honored to be a part of it!” - Janine Shuman (NAKeD Hair Salon & More).

“Having worked on a number of artistic projects together from fashion to photoshoots to video, we not only love working with Janine and Adam, we build off each other’s ideas creating something even greater - together. Our synergy has resulted in some truly beautiful work and we’re beyond excited to bring this partnership to Delray Fashion Week while supporting our town’s beloved Delray Beach Center for the Arts. It’s going to be a fun, fantastic event!” - Lori Sturgess (4th Avenue Photography & Video) Designers Wanted: Do you have a flair for fashion? Do you love being eco-friendly? Then we want YOU to design a dress for the catwalk that will be shown on one of our beautiful models during the RECYCLED Runway show! Each design will be announced by our special event MC so make this an opportunity to make your business be the star! The best design will be displayed in the Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach Florida.

Participants may use any type of recycled material (old fabric, plastic bottles, bags etc), to create their personal design.

Each Design will be professionally photographed by Matt Sturgess of 4th Avenue Photography & Video at the show.

Participants will receive one high resoluton, digital image of their design.

Vintage Trunk Show Vendor Opportunity: Are you a local vintage / consignment shop who wants to be a part of Delray Beach Fashion Week? We’d love to have you at our event! $50.00 donation per vendor table reserves your space inside the Cornell Museum during the event.

Tax-deductable donations made out to the “Delray Beach Center for the Arts” Each vendor may enter a vintage design or create a Recycled Runway design of their own for the event on the catwalk.

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January programs Delray Beach at Sandoway House featured in Where Program: Shark Feeding Tuesday-Saturday at 10:30am and Sundays at 1:30pm Come join us for a splashing good time!

Sandoway hosts a daily shark feeding, in the centers 15,000 gallon shark tank. Learn lots of fun and interesting facts about the oceans top predator! Admission is $4 per-person ages 3 and up. The shark feeding is included with admission. For more information on this chomping good time contact the nature center at 561-274-SAND (7263).

Program: Alligator Feeding Every Wednesday and Saturday • 1:00pm Join us every Wednesday and Saturday at 1pm to listen to a short talk on alligators and watch our resident alligator feed on his favorite food! Admission into the Nature Center is $4.00 per person ages 3 and up. The alligator feeding is included with admission. For more information call 561-274-SAND (7263).

Program: Decoding Beach Curiosities January 3, 2015 • 11:00am Join the Sandoway House Nature Center on a beach adventure, hunting and decoding the mystery of the various critters washing up on our shore. Clams, snails, corals, plants and other things daily find their way on our beach. We will examine these critters, their similarities and differences. Tips will be given for better identification of treasures.

This exciting, hour long, program is $8 perperson. All ages are welcome and it includes admission to the nature center.

Register now at 561-274-7263 Program: Make your own shark craft!

January 2, 2015 • 11:00am-2:00pm Join us at 10:30am for our shark feeding then stay to make your very own shark craft ($4.00 per craft). All ages are welcome.

Admission is $4 per-person ages 3 and up. For more information call 561-274-SAND (7263).

to Retire Magazine Delray Beach, FL, has been selected as a top retirement destination by Where to Retire, the only magazine in America geared toward helping people with retirement relocation decisions. The city is profiled in the January/February 2015 issue, available nationwide today.

Where to Retire Editor Annette Fuller said Delray Beach possesses qualities important to today’s retirees. “Delray Beach has a super popular downtown area, where foot traffic sometimes rivals vehicle traffic,” Fuller said. “People coming here are happily overwhelmed with the plethora of choices for dining, shopping and personal services.

Active-adult communities, Japanese gardens and bird-haven wetlands are other facets of this lively locale.”

Each year, 700,000 Americans relocate to new towns to retire. Generally, relocating retirees are healthier, better educated and more affluent than those who choose to not relocate. They bring significant economic benefits to their new states and hometowns.

Nationally, two dozen states and hundreds of towns seek to attract retirees as a source of economic development.

Where to Retire magazine, launched in 1992 with the goal of helping its readers find the ideal place to retire, is published six times a year. The magazine covers the best retirement regions, towns and master-planned communities, and has a national circulation of 200,000. The magazine is sold on various newsstands and at Barnes & Noble bookstores.

A one-year subscription to Where to Retire is $18 (a 39 percent savings from the newsstand price). For a magazine subscription or to purchase a back issue, visit WhereToRetire. com. All material in the magazine is protected by copyright law, and reproduction of content requires the permission of the magazine.

Print and electronic reprints of an article may be purchased through Dave Hart, DHart@ WhereToRetire.com.

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Treats for Your Pet and&Human Friends Wishing You A Happy Healthy New YearToo! Q &A with Stacey Nelson, Ph.D. of Tweedle Pet Products

Q: How many years have you been a vendor at the Delray GreenMarket?

A: Seven years – time has flown by!

Q: How did your business come about?

A: In my private consulting/psychotherapy practice, I would hear stories filled with grief and sorrow about the loss of pets due to pet food recalls, deadly toxins, artificial preservatives, additives, etc. Then my Labrador Retriever “Miss Tweedle” (the inspiration for my brand) was found to have a congenital heart defect and a variety of allergies. I knew there were other pet owners who needed specialty products for their pets, so I definitely wanted to avoid products with harmful ingredients.

Q: Why is shopping local so important and valuable?

A: You get a chance to develop relationships with local customers. It’s very important to support our local independent farmers and producers in our area, where we are fortunate to be able to purchase non-GMO, natural and organic fresh produce, baked goods, and other types of goods.

Q: What is your favorite restaurant in downtown Delray Beach?

A: Doc’s has the best chocolate soft serve cone!

Q: Name three things you would always find in your refrigerator?

A: Fresh lettuce, baby greens, organic herbs (grown hydroponically)

Many positive developments are happening on West Atlantic Avenue between Swinton Ave. and I-95. The Gateway feature, the Libby Wesley Plaza on SW 5th, and development projects such as the Fairfield Inn, have all been initiated in the past few years. Meet some of the people that have worked tirelessly to develop the West Atlantic area. They come from all backgrounds and walks of life, but the common driving force among all of these individuals has been the positive development of the West Atlantic area. Meet the neighbors.

SHOP LOCAL

Kristyn E. Cox-Goodwin SHOP SMART

Born: Indianapolis, Indiana Education:

Q: What is an “insider tip” to share about BBA., Business Management – Florida Atlantic University the Delray GreenMarket?

A: Visit early as many vendors will sell out.

Profession: Special Projects Manager for the Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency & West And, avoid lines by contacting vendors and Atlantic Redevelopment Coalition placing orders beforeNorth Saturday, to beAve picked Old School Square Park • Half block of Atlantic on NE 2nd Ave up at the GreenMarket.

Vision for West Atlantic: In the West Atlantic area of our downtown, I hope for a mixed-income community

Every Saturday • 9am to 2pm

(561) 276 - 7511 • DelrayGreenMarket.comof seasoned and young generations alike, living as civic-minded neighbors, supporters, businesses and

Q: What are your favorite words to live by/ favorite quote? instagram.com /delraygreenmarket @DelrayGreenMrkt @delraygreenmarket A: Life is short – stay positive – be grateful for what you have instead of focusing on what you don’t have.

I also wanted to make these healthy treats for the pet owners, thus “Tweedle Gluten Q: What is your favorite product that you Free Food Products” was developed. We sell? donate a portion of our sales to research A: Difficult to pick just one. Grain and Glutenat the University of Pennsylvania, which is Free Tweedle Stix, Tweedle Bites and Tweedle’s conducting a study on the Genetic Causes of cupcakes would be my top three choices!

Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia (TVD) in Labrador Connect with Miss Tweedle on Facebook Retrievers and Twitter @tweedlesmom and visit online at Q: What are the top three words to www.tweedlepetproducts.com/. And be sure describe your product. to bring your canine and feline friends by the A: Gourmet, organic and gluten-free booth every Saturday facebook.com

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families, willing to continue to work in solidarity for the betterment of the village we all hold so dearly. I see shopping and entertainment enjoyed by a diversity of beautiful people bustling from block-to-block and residents #delraygreenmarket welcoming our visitors from their ‘front porch’ that is downtown Atlantic Avenue!

In my vision, Delray Beach is ‘the place to be’ and our cups overflow with development proposals longing for their chance to show the community how their benefits stack up with the next. There is a place for everyone to LIVE, WORK and PLAY in the future West Atlantic area of Downtown Delray Beach!

Favorite quote: You must BE THE CHANGE you wish to see in the world. – Mahatma Gandhi What you May not know about me: All in my senior year, I was on the first state championship team for our high school’s girls basketball program (Go Giants!), ran that same year in the state 4 x 100 meter relay on the same day as graduation (rushed to by police escort) and was crowned prom queen.

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Facilitated by Rev. Melanie Schley, the group will meet for 12 Sundays, from January 25 through April 12, in the Prayer Room from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Sign up in the church Narthex (lobby) January 11th or 18th following each service, or call the church office: 561-276-5796, Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be a maximum of 25 participants in the group. The books being used are Understanding Your Grief by Alan D. Wolfelt, and its companion Journal, available in the Church Bookstore.

For more information call the church office Mon. through Thurs., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 561-276-5796

The City of Delray Beach presents “Your Property Taxes at Work”, a review of tax dollar distribution for 2014. This online report provides a brief look at 2014 property tax distribution and how your tax dollars are allocated to support City services and other Taxing Agencies within Palm Beach County.

The City hopes that you find “Your Property Taxes at Work” useful and informative. To view the report, visit www.mydelraybeach. com and select “Your Property Taxes at Work” on the home page under News.

Morikami Park Elementary School receives national award

The US Department of Education has recognized Morikami Park Elementary School as a National Blue Ribbon School for 2014. Morikami received the honor of “Exemplary High Performing School” and joins an elite group of academic institutions that are among their state’s highest performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally normed tests. This designation also acknowledges that student subgroup performance and high school graduation rates are at the highest levels.

On November 20, 2014, the school celebrated its achievement at a special ceremony. Students provided entertainment and local dignitaries offered congratulatory remarks. School board member Frank Barbieri addressed faculty, students and guests, stating that out of the 5,340 schools located in Florida, only 9 received the National Blue Ribbon School award. He further added that Morikami Park Elementary was the only school in Palm Beach County to be selected for this prestigious honor. Dr. Ian Saltzman, School District of Palm Beach County Area Superintendent, commended the students, parents and teachers for their accomplishments.

The City of Delray Beach congratulates Morikami Park Elementary School on its achievement as a National Blue Ribbon School.

Delray Beach Municipal Marina designated as “Clean Marina” for fourth consecutive year

The City of Delray Beach is pleased to announce that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Clean Vessel Act Program has designated the Delray Beach Municipal Marina as a Florida Clean Marina. This is the fourth consecutive year that the Marina has been awarded this prestigious distinction.

Designated members of the Clean Marina Program are recognized for their efforts to proactively safeguard Florida’s waterways by adhering to a set of environmental measures including waste management, stormwater control, spill prevention and emergency preparedness. The Delray Beach Municipal Marina adds twenty-four (24) slips to the Clean Marina community. In addition, the City received a grant from FDEP’s Clean Vessel Act Grant Program in the amount of $10,959.36 to cover maintenance/repairs for the Marina’s existing pumpout station.

For more information, contact Alberta Gaum-Rickard by phone (561) 243-7136 or E-mail gaum@mydelraybeach.com.

Additional information on the Clean Marina Program is available at www.florida.dep.state. fl.us/cleanmarina.

“Reverend J.W.H. Thomas, Jr.” Pocket Park Progress

Crews have been hard at work and making progress on the “Reverend J.W.H. Thomas, Jr.” pocket park, located at the northwest corner of SW 9th Avenue and SW 1st Street. The park includes landscaping, lighting, exercise and playground equipment, and is expected to be completed in February 2015. The work is being done by Delray Beach based contractor Randolph & Dewdney Construction, Inc. and is being funded in full by the CRA.

Bereavement Support Group

If a loved one has died and you are now ready to understand and to reconcile your grief, or you are experiencing another significant loss, the Bereavement Support Group may be for you. You will have the opportunity to learn new skills, meet others who are grieving, gain support for yourself in a confidential environment and find hope and healing for your personal journey.

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The Avenue Church of Delray Beach will be hosting the 2015 Delray Beach Prayer Breakfast. This year’s themed prayer breakfast, “Pray for Delray”, will be held on January 9th at Pompey Park.

Proceeds from the breakfast will benefit “City House Delray Beach”, a local not-for-profit organization whose vision is to provide two year transitional living for single mothers and their children in a loving, Christ-centered, community.

Speakers this year come together to represent all areas within our community and include some of Delray’s most prestigious men and women from Delray Beach - with the Keynote Speaker being Dr. Anthony Lockhart, the Principal of Atlantic High School. Speakers will offer prayer in the areas of Residents, Families, Diversity, Education, Business, Politics, Law Enforcement, Recovery, Churches, First Responders, Media and Non-Profits.

Entertainment this year includes Daniel & Laura Williams of Redemption Church.

To purchase tickets (or for additional information), please visit www.theavechurch. com click on Pray for Delray.

Sponsorship Packets are available at www. theavechurch.com

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urrounded by natural beauty in ever direction, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Everglades to the west, Delray Beach sits in the Garden of Eden spot of South Florida. A small city in population, only 62,000 people, Delray Beach makes up for it’s lack of population by throwing some of biggest and best parties in South Florida. And unlike our larger neighbors to the north and south, we chose to move to our own beat – part Buffett, part Springsteen and a little Amber Leigh! Feel the energy as you stroll down Atlantic Avenue!

Each February, The Delray Beach Garlic Fest arrives and gives us all a reason to dance, eat, drink and “reek”. Dubbed “The Best Stinkin’ Party in Town”, the Delray Beach Garlic Fest was founded by a group of local folks looking to establish a fundraising source for local non-profit organizations serving education and arts organizations for Delray youth. The event relies on twelve local volunteer organizations to staff the event. That non-profit organization who runs the Garlic Fest, appropriately named Delray Beach Arts, Inc., has reached a milestone this year donating over $500,000 and proudly continues to grow its charitable donations each year.

Our collective love of all things garlicky is at the heart of the event. The extensive garlic inspired menu has over 100 selections and includes garlic crab cakes, garlic bruschetta, garlic pizza, garlic Argentine BBQ with garlic black beans and rice, garlic roasted corn, and garlic Portobello sandwich! Oh, we forgot to mention the ever popular, GARLIC ICE CREAM. Continuing the Garlic food theme is the most anticipated professional cooking challenge in Florida, the Garlic Chef Stadium Chef competition. Two time reigning Garlic Chef Bruce Feingold of Da Da’s relishes the opportunity to cook it up with the best and the brightest rising culinary stars in the area.

New this year is the first-ever Garlic Fest Collaborative Kitchen coming on the heels of the successful, Chef’s Panel at the Delray Beach Wine and Seafood Festival, where resident chefs gathered to discuss the latest in culinary trends. The Collaborative Kitchen will bring local area chefs together to collaborate on a multi-course dinner on Friday, February 6 from 6 – 8 pm. This is an opportunity to watch your favorite local chefs work together and collaborate on a menu for event attendees. We are combining some great wines for your enjoyment too. So join us and a crew of your culinary friends on Friday, opening night at the 16th Annual Delray Beach Garlic Fest’s Garlic Stadium. The Collaborative Kitchen will be hosted by Christine Najac, Managing Director of South Florida Food and Wine. The two hour dinner will take place in [the] Delray Beach Garlic Chef Stadium and is limited to 50 guests. Bringing together the best and brightest chef’s in the area preparing delectable culinary creations of their choosing for you. Our love of garlicky food is combined for our passion with bringing the most eclectic musical acts to Delray Beach that we can imagine. Seminal performances in years past by Buddy Guy, Dispatch, Jonny Lang, Dave Mason and Pepper to name just a few!

Well, we are not going to disappoint you this year!

Headlining Friday night is the roots-reggae superstars Rebelution. Rebelution bassist Marley D. Williams said it best: “Our music is meant to move people physically and mentally at the same time. When people are really dancing and really thinking, that’s a double threat.” Among other things, he adds, it evokes “It’s a ‘one love’ spirit and we’re doing it in our own style, influenced by the diversity in California and the people we were surrounded by growing up.”

After a decade of constant touring, Rebelution brings a joy to playing music that few bands can match.

On Saturday evening, New Orleans native Trombone Shorty is the band leader and front man of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, a hard-edged funk band that employs hip-hop beats, rock dynamics and improvisation in a jazz tradition. Together, Trombone Shorty and his band have toured the U.S. and Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, Russia and Brazil. Trombone Shorty began his career as a bandleader at the tender age of six, and toured internationally for the first time at age 12 playing with Lenny Kravitz, U2, The Foo Fighters and Green Day. His music is New Orleans style infectious and is guaranteed to get you dancing.

Presenting sponsor Heineken Light returns this year serving up great beer to accompany our wine garden and full liquor bar. We would be remiss if we didn’t give a shout out to our social media guru, Real Time Marketing Group.

Join us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Long time sponsors Delray Honda, Stuart and Shelby & Coastal Supply Company get a thank you too!

Did we forget to mention that we have won more International Festival & Events Associations awards than Beyonce has Grammy awards? Fifteen in the last two years!

Combine the great music and food with 160 arts & crafts vendors, children’s rides and activities and you have a weekend full of that traditional Delray flavor and groove. Come on out, get Reggae, get New Orleans, and get dancing Delray!

Born and raised in New York City, April Davis currently resides and works in her Gallery/Studio located in Jupiter Florida, finding artistic inspiration in the surrounding natural environment.

Throughout her 40 year career, she continues to establish a unique perspective via panoramic landscapes and cityscapes.

April holds a BA from Queens College and MFA from Indiana University in Bloomington. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and private collections throughout the country.

Having become known for the impressive scale of her work as well as her power to bring out the beauty and tranquility of a specific scene, numerous cities including South Miami, Jupiter, West Palm Beach and St. Petersburg, FL, have commissioned April to create original poster images representing their area.

Teaching credits include positions at the University of Pittsburgh, where she received a teaching excellence award, Indiana University and Montgomery Community College in Rockville, MD. She has taught classes in oil painting, watercolor, drawing and design.

“I have recently become aware of trying to create a window into nature, bringing the outside in. The inspiration for my original acrylic painting featured at this year’s Delray Beach Garlic Fest came from a vibrant Florida sunset over the Loxahatchee River. Using that as a backdrop I then incorporated colorful flowering garlic plants to the foreground.

The painting on canvas measures 4 feet by 5 feet. By working on a large scale, I believe it becomes easier for the viewer to visually move inside my paintings, being transported to that space, perceiving the image not through thought but through feeling. I hope you enjoy this work of art as much as I enjoyed painting it!”

April exhibits her work at her Studio/ Gallery in Jupiter, Florida as well as through engagements at many topranked art festivals.

Please visit April’s web site at www. aprilwdavis.com for more information.

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Playing Main Stage FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6 6:00 – 7:30

BUSHWOOD 8:30 – 10:00

REBELUTION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7 11:30 – 12:00

BANYAN CREEK DRUMLINE 12:30 – 1:30

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ANDY CHILDS 2:00 – 3:30

TIM CHARRON 4:00 – 5:30

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TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8 9:30 – 10:00

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ETHAN PARKER BAND 2:00 – 3:30

ANDY CHILDS 4:00 – 5:30

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Exec. Chef Bruce Feingold

Friday, February 6th 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm “The Collaborative Kitchen” ($75 – Limited availability)

Exec. Chef Mike Moir

featuring four top Delray Beach Chefs Exec. Chef Blake Malatesta - 50 Ocean Exec. Chef Ernesto DeBlasi - Caffe Luna Rosa Exec. Chef Joey Giannuzzi - Farmer’s Table Exec. Chef George Cocilova - Hudson at Waterway East Sponsored by South Florida Food & Wine.com

Exec. Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli

Saturday, February 7th 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Round #1 Garlic Chef Competition Victor Meneses, Executive Chef El Camino, Delray Beach .vs.

Mike Moir, Executive Chef Owner Little Moirs Food Shack, Indiantown

Exec. Che f Ernesto DeBlasi

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Salvaged Food & Sustainability Project

by Leo Khoury of Eclectic Eats

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Round #2 Garlic Chef Competition Nick Lamattina, Executive Chef Delray Beach Marriott, Delray Beach .vs.

Giorgio Rapicavoli, Executive Chef/Owner Eating House, Miami

Exec.Chef Nick Lamattina Exec. Chef Victor Meneses

Sunday, February 8th

11:30 am – 1:30 pm Round #3 Garlic Chef Competition Semi-Finals 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Student Cooking Competition Sponsored by Pero Family Farms

Exec. Chef Joey Giannuzzi

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Round #4 Garlic Chef Finals Garlic Chef 2013 & 2014 – Executive Chef Bruce Feingold Dada’s, Delray Beach .vs.

Semi-finalist

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2015 Garlic Fest Volunteer Organizations Atlantic Community High School Band Boosters

NAMED “BEST TASTING LOW CALORIE LAGER” AT THE 2013 WORLD BEER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Atlantic High School Eagle-ettes Boy Scout Troop 301 Boynton Beach High School Del Prado Elementary School Delray Beach Center for the Arts Delray Beach Police Explorer Post 319 Don Estridge High Tech Middle School Latino/Hispano Cultural Alliance Masonic Lodge Omega Psi Phi Fraternity/Questers Community Service Fund S.D. Spady Elementary Montessori Magnet Sister Cities Sunrise Kiwanis The Avenue Church $500,000 raised to date

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Over 40 Fine Bourbons Great Bacon Inspired Foods Bacon & Bourbon Tastings & Seminars Four Course Pig Roast Dining Experience Fine Dining Experiences “We’ve cleared it with your doctor, your cardiologist and your mother!”

Sunday Brunch Beer & Wine Saturday 2:00 - 11:00 pm • Sunday 1:00 - 6:00 Great Music

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Limited Availability - Advance Ticket Sales Only Tickets Available for purchase online • DelrayBaconFest.com • 561-279-0907 The Delray Beach Bacon & Bourbon Fest shines a loving light on our most flavorful food-Bacon, and the quintessential American liquor, Bourbon.

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On Jan. 5th we launch this year’s Facebook contest! All you have to do is watch our posts on Facebook that will provide you clues to play. Clues will be given to find our “Lit’l Mr. Garlic” somewhere in downtown Delray Beach. Once you do, you’ll get your photo taken with him and then tag your photo on our Garlic Fest Facebook page. Each time you are tagged in a photo, you will be entered to win the Grand Prize - 2 admission tickets per day, 6 beverage tickets, 2 VIP Collaborative Kitchen dinner tickets, 2 VIP seats for each day and a commemorative gift bag - PLUS 2 General Admission tickets to our newest creation, Delray Beach Bacon & Bourbon Fest scheduled for March 2015! Not only that, but “Lit’l Mr. Garlic” will be carrying free tickets to the event, so be sure to find him first, while tickets last.

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Save The Date March 13, 2015 11:00 am – 7:00 pm St. Patrick’s Day Festival

(Front lawn of Delray Beach Center for the Arts) Featuring full liquor bars, live music, food and craft vendors)

March 14, 2015 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm 47th St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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pineapple slices Trunk show brings three days of holiday cheer to Delray Beach

DELRAY BEACH, FL – The Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach hosted the 12th Annual Holiday Trunk Show on December 1st, 2nd and 3rd at The Seagate Hotel & Spa, located at 1000 East Atlantic Avenue. The Holiday Trunk Show raised over $85,000 and will help support the programming for more than 400 children in the community who attend the Naoma Donnelley Boys & Girls Club.

Two hundred and thirty participants attended The Holiday Trunk Show Preview Party on December 1st and even more individuals stopped by the next two days for holiday shopping. The Holiday Trunk Show featured more than 30 specialty vendors and a variety of gift items, including original jewelry, fine accessories, home décor, holiday ornaments and decorations, toys, men’s and ladies clothing fashions and one-of-a-kind gifts for all ages.

This year’s sponsors included The Seagate Hotel & Spa, Lang Realty, Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart and Shipley PA and the Mark Gerretson Memorial Fishing Tournament. A special thank you also goes to Florida Atlantic’s University’s Women’s Vocal Arts Organization, who taught children from the Club three holiday songs that they performed at the Preview Party.

Co-chairpersons of the Holiday Trunk Show were Susan Mullin, Kari Shipley, Lynn Wilkins and Michele Ramirez. This year’s committee members included: Cackie Austin, Mehta Barton, Melissa deBaptiste, Beau Delafield, Ginna Donnelley, Kathy Fay, Julie Hagnauer, Judy Hodge, Nini Ijams, Cody Jones, Kae Jonsons, Jean Kopp, Muriel Losee, John Lynch, Jenny Mullin, Terry Parsons, Sandra Powell, Patsy Randolph, Gracie Redd, Doli Rodriguez, Barby Sloan, Jorgette Smith, Jamie Snyder, Bren Souers, Bessie Vance, Liza Vanneck, Kathie Walker, Alex Warner, Marg Williams, Mona Wolter, Nonie Wyckoff, Betttina Young and Kristen Cummins.

Proceeds from the Holiday Trunk Show will go towards the Naoma Donnelly Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach, located at: 1451 SW 7th St. The Club provides 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.

For more information about the Holiday Trunk Show, please contact Kristen Cummins with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County at (561) 683-3287 or kcummins@ bgcpbc.org, or visit our website at www. bgcpbc.org to learn how to donate to the Naoma Donnelly Haggin Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach.

About the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County Founded in 1971, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County is a not-for profit youth development organization dedicated to promoting the educational, vocational, health leadership and character of boys

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Club members from the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club perform at the Preview Party

and girls in a safe, nurturing environment.

The Clubs provide more than a safe, fun and constructive alternative to being home alone – they offer a variety of award-winning developmental programs to help youth build skills, self-esteem and values during critical periods of growth. The thirteen Boys & Girls Clubs throughout Palm Beach County serve more than 6,000 children ages 6-18. For more information, please visit www.bgcpbc.org or call 561-683-3287.

Impact 100 recipients show gratitude at “Wine and Lite Bites”

Hearts and pulses beat in tune with the sound of the drums performed by students of the Creative City Collaborative at the Arts Garage when Impact 100 held the “Wine & Lite Bites” reception for new members recently at the Delray Beach Marriott.

Prospective and current members of Impact 100, which awards high-impact grants annually to local nonprofit organizations, were treated to the special drum presentation as an example of the impact the organization makes on the community. Drew Tucker, Artistic Director for the Drumline Outreach Program, spoke on their behalf.

Other representatives from grant recipients provided heart-rending reports on how the Impact 100 grants have transformed lives.

Lindsay Perlman, a mentee from Women of Tomorrow, told those attending the program that because of the grant from Impact 100 and her mentor at Women of Tomorrow, she learned how to deal with taunts and criticisms from her school peers, and was now preparing for a career on Broadway.

Other speakers included Robin Perlman of Women of Tomorrow, JD Dickenson of Coastal Conservation Association and Brad Hurlburt, President and CEO of the Community Foundation for Palm Beach & Martin Counties.

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Impact 100 Co-Presidents Sue Diener and Susan Duane were joined on the podium

by Tandy Robinson, co-founder.

“We invite all women in Palm Beach County to join Impact 100 to discover the power of women giving as one,” noted Ms. Duane. “We embrace ‘Efficient Philanthropy’ and are proud to announce that we have given $688,000 to 15 non-profit organizations in the past three years.”

Victoria Rixon, a member of Impact 100, provided an impromptu perspective on the organization and invited all attending to join.

By donating $1000, members of Impact 100 of South Palm Beach County will vote for programs of local non-profit organizations at the Grand Awards Celebration, to be held on April 16, 2015 at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University in Boca Raton.

More information on Impact 100 is available at 561.336.4623 or at impact100pbc@ gmail.com.

City Offers Free Christmas Tree Recycling Program

The City of Delray Beach encourages the community to participate in its free Christmas Tree Recycling Program.

From December 26 to January 17, residents and businesses that DO NOT currently maintain “vegetation” collection service can drop trees off at the following locations: Barwick Park, 735 Barwick Road Orchard View Park, 4060 Germantown Road Knowles Park, 1001 South Federal Highway Single family residences and business locations that DO maintain curbside “vegetation” collection service may also participate by placing Christmas trees “curbside” on the scheduled pick-up day for vegetation.

City Manager’s Office (561) 243-7010 Utility Billing (561) 243-7100 Water/Sewer Maint.

(561) 243-7312 Parks & Recreation (561) 243-7250 Municipal Golf Course (561) 243-7380 City Clerk’s Office (561) 243-7050 Jobline (561) 243-6201 PBC Animal Control (561) 276-1344 Police Department (561) 243-7888 Fire Department (561) 243-7400

Recycling Christmas trees contributes to the City’s sustainable efforts and helps to reduce holiday waste. Real Christmas trees are bio-degradable and can be ground into mulch, which helps to retain moisture and prevent erosion.

Before recycling, please remove all tinsel, lights, ornaments, decorations and stands.

For more information on the Christmas Tree Recycling Program, contact the City’s Community Improvement Department at (561) 243-7219.

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at the library The Delray Beach Public Library presents “4/3rds: Four Artists – Three Media” Exhibit

painting. She is currently working with watercolor using the pouring technique. John Cutrone is Book Arts Coordinator at Florida Atlantic University’s Jaffe Center for Book Arts. He is a letterpress printer, bookbinder and papermaker. You won’t want to miss this eclectic exhibit at the Library!

Library’s 16th Annual Author’s Showcase Turns Another Page

Photographer Flora Zolin – “Tattoo Lady”

The Delray Beach Public Library is proud to present a new art exhibit entitled: “4/3rds: Four Artists – Three Media” with the work of photographers Flora Zolin and Nancy Knutson, watercolorist Candy Dennis and letterpress artist John Cutrone. Their work will be on display at the Delray Beach Library’s 2nd floor Gallery through January 23, 2015.

Delray Beach resident, Flora Zolin is an award-winning photographer whose iconic portraits have captured faces and bodies from around the world. Photographer Nancy Knutson holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and whose photos include both animate and inanimate objects depicting the people, places and things she has captured during her travels. Delray Beach resident Candy Dennis began her art career in wood construction and then converted to acrylic

It will soon be that time of year again National Book Month is coming up in January.

The Delray Beach Public Library, 100 West Atlantic Avenue, has once again selected the twelve local authors for its prestigious 16th annual Author’s Showcase to be held on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.

At this free event, the authors selected will speak briefly about their books and sell and autograph them as they meet the public. The books include fiction, non-fiction, books for children and teens, memoirs, short stories, poetry, and much more! There are a wide variety of styles to match everyone’s reading taste. Join us for this wonderful free program that celebrates the written word!

The local authors scheduled to appear are: • Winston Aarons - Jasmine - fiction • Mandy Baca - The Sizzling History of Miami Cuisine - non-fiction • John Bowen - Eleven Months and Nineteen Days - Vietnam Illustrator’s memoir • Pamela Carey - Elderly Parents With All Their Marbles: A Survival Guide For the Kids - non-fiction • Kevin L. Dooling - What’s Driving You? - non-fiction • Howard & Ellen Goodman Disoriented—Two Strange Years in China as Unexpected Expats - non-fiction, memoir • Marlene Klotz - Animal Quackers Children’s • Mary Kate Leming - Rosie’s Song Children’s • Deeny Kaplan Lorder - Waiting At Joe’s - non-fiction • Robert O’Connell - Flash Mob – fiction

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• Michelle Putnik - Dobin - Young Adult • K.B. Schaller - 100+ Native Women Who Changed the World - non-fiction For further information on these authors, this program or other Library programs, contact the Director of Community Relations at 561-266-9490 or visit our web site at www. delraylibrary.org.

“By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea” at the Library

“By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea.” That is where we all live, but how much do we really know about the nearby Atlantic Ocean? It is home to wondrous reefs and a multitude of fish and communities of dolphins.

To learn more about this magical world under the sea you should attend a three part seminar at the Delray Beach Public Library’s Lifelong Learning Community Institute presented by representatives of the Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management. The program, called “What’s Under the Sea,” is just one of the courses being offered during the Winter/Spring 2015 semester of the Lifelong Learning Community Institute at the Library. The lectures will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 27 and Feb. 3 and 10 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The cost for the three sessions is $45 and there is ample free parking at the Library at 100 West Atlantic Ave. for everyone. A single session can be purchased for $20.

The first lecture will focus on the longest coral reef in the world which is just off the east coast of Florida. Coral reef ecologist Dr. Janet Phipps will explain that reefs are specialized habitats providing shelter, food and breeding sites for numerous plants, fish and animals. She will also explore the threat and challenges facing coral reefs and why we should be concerned.

The second program will focus on the colorful fish which inhabit the coral reef. Join underwater photographer, videographer and reef fish identification specialist Linton Creel as he describes the real function behind each of the fish species design and coloration.

The concluding lecture will be about dolphins and the social structure that defines dolphin communities. The program will be delivered by Dr. Barbara Brunnick, a biologist, photographer and author who is a visiting fellow with the Florida Center from Environmental Studies. She will explain the gender relationships of dolphins and contrast them to that of the human culture.

The three lectures is just one of 13 programs being offered by the Lifelong Learning Community Institute. For more information, and to register please call the Library at 561266-9490 or visit www.delraylibrary.org.

January 2015 Health Programs at the Delray Beach Library

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The downtown Delray Beach Public Library continues its Health Series programming in January with several programs they’re sure you would love to attend.

• Wednesday, January 7th @ 10:30 a.m.

– Join MorseLife Home Care for coffee and refreshments at a program that is part of their Experts On Aging Speaker Series titled “Aging Gracefully- A Baby Boomers Guide to Healthy Aging.” Please RSVP at their toll free number 855-466-6777.

• Wednesday, January 14th @ 2:00 p.m. – Edward Scarlett of the Alive & Well Acupuncture Clinic in Delray Beach will present a program titled: “Balance Hormones Naturally.”

• Wednesday, January 14th @ 6:30 p.m. – Amy Botwinick, Divorce Coach, co-author and producer of Divorce Party: The Musical, plus a panel of five experts will discuss “7 Deadly Sins of Divorce, Co-Parenting & Moving On.” These experts in the field will provide practical strategies for getting through your divorce.

• Saturday, January 20th @ 2:00 p.m. – Dr. Dale Koppel, author of The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Online Dating will provide an “Online Dating Workshop.” Learn the secrets to writing a better online profile that will get attention and attract the people you want to meet. Bring a copy of your profile to see how it can be improved.

These programs are free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

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Lions Club continues to help the Visually Impaired at the Library

The Delray Beach Public Library was grateful to once again, receive another gift of $ 500 check from the Delray Beach Lion’s Club.

Mr. John S. Parke, Treasurer, and a member of the Delray Beach Lions Club since 1970, presented the check to Library Director Alan Kornblau. “The Library is very grateful to the Lions Club for their ongoing support and commitment to help the visually impaired in our community,” said Mr. Kornblau.

The Delray Beach Lions Club has supported the Library since 1939. It has been giving a gift of $ 500 to the Delray Beach Public Library twice each year since 2001 for a total thus far of $13,000. The Lions Club requests that this money be used to purchase materials for the visually impaired, such as large print books and books-on-tape.

The Library’s collection of such materials is quite extensive and extremely popular thanks to the continued support of the Lions Club.

The Library was also award a Certificate of Appreciation from the Lions Club for collecting and maintaining many large print books and recordings for use by their Library patrons with eyesight difficulty living in Delray Beach and surrounding communities.

Cooking demonstration series continues at the Library

The Delray Beach Public Library continues the successful Publix Apron’s Cooking School Series with Resident Chef Rey De La Osa. Chef Rey is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University. He was a Chef at the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami and joined Publix Supermarkets in 1999. He is now the Resident Chef at Publix Apron’s Cooking School in Boca Raton where he continues to share his culinary passion with others.

Join Chef Rey on Thursday mornings through April 2015 as he displays his culinary skills and with wonderful recipes for attendees to try at home.

Mark your calendars with the following dates: • Thursday, January 15, 2015 @ 10:30 a.m.

–Asian Street Food • Thursday, February 12, 2015 @ 10:30 a.m. – Pub Grub • Thursday, March 19, 2015 @ 10:30 a.m.

– Tuscan Cuisine • Thursday, April 16, 2015 @ 10:30 a.m.

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January 2015 Business Programs AT the Delray Beach Library

The downtown Delray Beach Public Library offers a variety of programs dealing with matters of business and finance throughout the year. They are especially important to everyone in today’s economic climate. So mark your calendars now for the following events!

• Thursday, January 8th, 2015 @ 2:00 p.m. – Boynton Beach estate attorney Michelle Hofkin will present a program titled: “Wills & Probate: What You Need to Know.” She will cover all aspects of this topic including how probate works, what are probate assets, what is a will and what makes it valid. Refreshments will be served.

• Friday, January 9th, 2015 @ 2:00

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at the library p.m. – Author Carren Strock will present a workshop titled: “What To Know Before, During & After Writing a Book.” She will demystify the entire writing process and offer you clear, concise tips, interesting anecdotes and tell you how to navigate the world of publishing.

• Friday, January 15th, 2015 @ 2:00 p.m.

– Jon Ulin of Ulin & Co. Wealth Management will present a workshop titled: “Give Your Portfolio a Tune Up.” This program will provide clear insight into the fundamentals of managing wealth along with making sense of the many products, tools, & resources that are available today.

January 2015 Art & Cultural programs at the Library

The Delray Beach Public Library believes that art and cultural programs often go together so we are pleased to announce some upcoming programs this January that fit this description!

• Monday, January 5th @ 2:00 p.m. – Retired business educator and free-lance writer Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe will present a program titled: “The Humor of Doris Roberts.” Ms. Roberts played the role of Marie Barone on the Everybody Loves Raymond television program.

• Tuesday, January 6th @ 6:30 p.m. – Florida native & Palm Beach Post staff writer Eliot Kleinberg will present an historical program titled: “Florida’s Amazing History & Why You Should Care.”

• Wednesday, January 7th @ 2:00 p.m. – Please join longtime Delray Beach resident and local history buff Alexander “Sandy” Simon as he presents his program titled “The Amazing Story of Delray Beach 1894 – 2015.”

Discover all you ever wanted to know about Delray Beach, voted the Most Fun Small Town in the U.S. by Rand McNally.

• Wednesday, January 21st @ 2:00 p.m.

– Please join Fred Dixon, former docent at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, for his art program titled: “American Realism: Artists Portraying the World Around Them As They Saw It.” Learn about eight artists in the late 19th & 20th centuries including Homer, Eakins, Henri, Glackens, Bellows, Hopper, Rockwell and Wyeth whose styles show how diverse Realism can be.

• Thursday, January 22 @ 2:00 p.m.

– Delray Beach Art Deco artist Sharon Koskoff will present a program titled: “Art Deco International.” Sharon is the founding president of the Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches and a full time professional artist known for her Decometric murals, conceptual installations, vivid pastels, giant puppets and environmental designs.

• Friday, January 23 @ 2:00 p.m. – Join certified graphologist and teacher Lillika Weinberger on National Handwriting Day for her program titled: “Handwriting Analysis: Everything You Wanted to Know But Did Not Know Who to Ask.” She will discuss what handwriting slants, strokes and pressure can reveal about personality and disposition.

These programs are free and open to the public. Registration is not required. For further information on the many programs at the Delray Beach Public Library, please visit our website at www.delraylibrary.org or call the Director of Community Relations at 561266-9490. Please “like” us on Facebook: www. facebook.com/DelrayBeachPublicLibrary.

Free Ukulele workshop returns

Get-Together

The downtown Delray Beach Public Library is happy to announce the return of the successful “Ukulele Get-Together Workshop” that met last year.

Have a good time just strumming and singing with other ukulele lovers of all ages!

Beginners & new learners are welcome.

Join the library on the following Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m.

January 13 & 27, 2015 February 10 & 24, 2015 March 10 & 24, 2015 April 14 &, 2015 Call Tavit at 561-665-1718 or e-mail him at tavitandlynn@gmail.com to reserve your spot!

Great Decisions Group returns

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Revival Boutique opens in Delray Marketplace Discussion

The Delray Beach Public Library announced the return of the Great Decisions Discussion Group led by various facilitators that will meet on Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. through March 26, 2015. The group will explore U.S. foreign policy topics and questions based on a program of the Foreign Policy Association.

For the first time, the group will be using both the Great Decisions 2014 & 2015 Briefing Books discussing topics such as the Islamic Awakening, Israel & the U.S., Turkey’s Challenge, and China’s Foreign Policy. All participants are asked to purchase copies of both books at a cost of $20.00 each. They can be ordered from www.wfa.org or call 1-800477-5836. The 2015 Briefing Book will not be available until after the first of the year.

Sunday Musical Matinee Series

The Delray Beach Public Library announces the return of its highly successful Sunday Musical Matinee Series. Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, the Library will once again feature a stellar line-up of talent.

You can enjoy wonderful musical programs and help support the Library at the same time.

A “subscription” to this series is available at $45 per person for all four performances.

All tickets can be purchased at the Library Circulation Desk or on line at www. delraylibrary.org. Tickets for individual shows are available for $20 per person. The 2015 season offers a wide variety of music appealing to all ages. It is the best deal in town!

The schedule is as follows: • Musical Program #1 – Sunday, January 25, 2015 @ 2:00 p.m. – Back by popular demand, join Rose Max & Ramatis, the Brazilian jazz guitar and vocal duo. This magical, musical experience will feature the beautiful voice of international favorite Rose Max and the genuine Brazilian acoustic guitar of Ramatis in a perfect and soulful mix!

• Musical Program #2 – Sunday, February 1, 2015 @ 2:00 p.m. – “I Love Being Here With You” starring Avery Sommers, Carbonellaward winning singer and Broadway actress and cabaret star who will delight the audience with songs from the American Songbook and the Broadway stage. Join us for this outstanding performance.

• Musical Program #3 – Sunday, March 1, 2015 @ 2:00 p.m. – Back by popular demand, Paul Batitsky, world-class, Ukrainian born pianist, will be playing jazz from ragtime to swing, American standards and music from Greece and Israel. This will be a concert you will not soon forget.

• Musical Program #4 – Sunday, March 22, 2015 @ 2:00 p.m. – The French Horn Collective presents a trio of extraordinarily talented musicians playing a variety of instruments. The music played will include a diverse assortment of genres, including the music of gypsy jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt, noted French composers such as Michel Legrand, classic French music, standard 1940’s jazz and original French songs. You won’t want to miss this concert!

“From A Woman’s Perspective” book group continues

The Library announces the 2014- 2015 selections for their newest book group “From A Woman’s Perspective.” The group meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. The selections are as follows: • December 9, 2014 – The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar • January 13, 2015 – The Round House by Louise Erdrich • February 10 – We Were the Mulvaneys

by Joyce Carol Oates • March 10 – The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston • April 14 – Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood • May 12 – Someone: A Novel by Alice McDermott • June 9 – The Color Purple by Alice Walker The book group leader is Karen Kurzer, who holds a Master’s Degree in English and Personnel Management. Ms. Kurzer has taught language as well as classes in film at the Dade County Public School system for over 30 years.

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ELRAY BEACH, FL – Delray Marketplace, Delray Beach’s popular 254,686 sq. ft. dining, entertainment and shopping destination, is pleased to announce the opening of REVIVAL this month, which will contribute to the center’s ever-growing tenant mix.

Owned by Ronnie Gilboa and partner Eli Kadosh, REVIVAL is a women’s and men’s lifestyle boutique offering the latest in apparel, footwear and accessories highlighting the most exclusive, comfortable and stylish brands available today.

REVIVAL curates a selection from over 30 brands to ensure an eclectic selection, including Sky, Love Peace World, J Brand, Flying Monkey, Grace In La, Bugatchi, Robert Graham, Jared Lang, Psycho Bunny, Penguin, Buffalo, Rock Revival and more. REVIVAL has additional locations at Bayside Marketplace, Lincoln Road and the Dolphin Mall.

For more information on Delray Marketplace, please call (561) 865-4613 or visit www.delraymarket.com.

From Midnight to Hope: A second chance at life

Justin Bartlett Animal Rescue helps Black Labrador, receives $10,000 Petco Foundation Holiday Wishes grant WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Justin Bartlett Animal Rescue, Inc. has received a grant award of $10,000 to support its lifesaving efforts from the Petco Foundation, in partnership with Halo, Purely for Pets, as part of the second annual Holiday Wishes grant campaign. The campaign is designed to help the most dedicated animal welfare groups succeed in their mission to save pets’ lives at the holidays, and year round. Justin Bartlett Animal Rescue’s winning story is the celebration of the organization rescuing Midnight, a female black Labdrador Retriever, now fully recovered and known as Hope, after she was found in 2013 with severe chemical burns.

“Some call Midnight’s recovery nothing short of a miracle,” said Deven Soto, Director for Justin Bartlett Animal Rescue. “We call it keeping a promise.”

“Midnight taught us a lesson about the will to survive,” Soto continued. “We’re so glad, as a rescue organization, that we listened, not only just to save her—but because her story will help other animals who need help, through this grant. We are so grateful to the Petco Foundation and Halo, Purely for Pets, for helping to make our holiday wishes come true!”

The animal rescue organization will dedicate the $10,000 grant to help funding a Mobile Animal Surgical Hospital (MASH unit).

The MASH unit will provide low-cost spay and neuter opportunities into communities.

Midnight’s history, as given to the Petco Foundation: “A Black Lab walked the streets of Miami, maggot ridden, for weeks, covered in chemical burns, that had been doused with flames. She finally was picked up by local animal control and there was nothing they could do for her.

Was this all there was to life? Or should this charred soul know that there could be more out there for her? Justin Bartlett Animal Rescue saw the plea for help, and against some opposition, that thought humane euthanasia was in her best interest, we rescued this dog,

named Midnight. After a stop at our vet’s home on a weekend, Midnight was immediately placed in foster care with one our volunteers, a people ER doctor. While we searched for a viable medical solution for Midnight, her foster mom cleaned and dressed her wounds and kept her from being septic. We made a promise, and that promise was, as long as Midnight had life in her, and wanted to live, we would do everything we could. Within days, we found a hospital that was set up to handle this type of case. For months, Midnight was hospitalized, and underwent several surgeries and daily hyperbaric chamber treatments.

Finally the day came, and she was ready to go home. Today, Midnight is known as “Hope” and living with her family in South Florida. She has a sister and a mom and dad who love her, and a big yard to play in! We made Hope a promise.

She wanted to live, and now she knows there is more to life. Security. Happiness. Love.”

The Justin Bartlett Animal Rescue, Inc. is an all-volunteer, all foster-based animal rescue group. For more information, visit www. justinbartlettanimalrescue.org

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Remembrance

Jerry Thomas, a longtime Delray Beach business owner, best known as the owner and operator of Delray Citgo, died Sunday Dec. 14 after a long illness. He was 79. Mr. Thomas was born in Frenchburg, Kentucky in 1935 and served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Point Defiance from 1952 to 1956. Following his time in the service, Mr. Thomas owned service stations in Dayton, Ohio and Marietta, Georgia and retired to Florida in 1981.

He realized he wasn’t ready for retirement, so in 1982 he purchased the Exxon service station on Northeast Fourth Street and U.S. Highway 1, which eventually became Delray Citgo. It was family run until 2000.

“Dad did everything with a sense of pride and was the hardest working person we ever knew,” his daughter Kim Thomas Marincola said. “Even when he was ill, he could still work circles around the strongest of men.”

Delray Citgo was Mr. Thomas’ pride and joy. He took that corner property and turned it into a showplace. Not many service stations received beautification awards from the city but Mr. Thomas’ did. He displayed them proudly. The local business trucks would line up daily to fill up for their workday. Often there would be a line to get gas and he worked hard to keep that line moving efficiently. He was also a trusted mechanic to businesses and residents near and far. He had high standards for everyone around him and, as a close friend and former employee stated, “He would never ask you to do anything he wouldn’t do himself.”

“Dad had this tough exterior that protected the most gentle of hearts imaginable,” said his daughter and son Greg. “He was truly a self-made man.

People were drawn to him wherever he went. No one around him ever wanted for anything – ever. The greatest pride of our lives is being the daughter and son of Jerry Thomas who fiercely loved, guided and protected us.”

Mr. Thomas was able to give his daughter away in marriage to Fran Marincola the day after Thanksgiving, two weeks before his death.

Mr. Thomas leaves behind: Kim Thomas Marincola daughter; Greg Thomas son; Aaron Hallyburton grandson and his wife Melinda; Chasmin Hallyburton granddaughter; Cynthia Thomas granddaughter; Aaron Michael Hallyburton great grandson; Bryan Gerald Hallyburton great grandson; Jeanette Parrott beloved mother of his children; Fran Marincola son in law; Brothers and sisters; William Thomas, Barbara Weisenberger, Ellen Tindell, Karen Medford, Richard Blair.

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Round Trip Day-Long Guided Nature Bus Tour

On Thursday, January 15, 2015 the Friends of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge is offering the public a fully escorted and guided bus trip to the Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge and Jupiter Lighthouse for $50 per person, lunch on your own at a local restaurant.

The tour departs from the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, 10216 Lee Rd., off State Road 7/441, Boynton Beach, FL at 9AM and returns around 5 PM. First stop: Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge. Take a guided Nature Walk with demonstrations; see live animals, the Hobe Sound NWR Museum and a Seminole Chickee Hut. You will also see the Oil House, Tindall Pioneer homestead, the Pennock Plantation bell and an early Native American kiosk.

After the lunch break, tour the Jupiter Lighthouse (built in 1860) and Museum, climb the 105 steps (optional), and examine the local historical exhibits that depict the 5,00 year history of the Loxahatchee. There will also be a walking tour of a Scrub Pine Habitat that has an observation tower. Sturdy Shoes and comfortable clothing are recommended.

For tickets and information, contact the Friends at 561-734-8031 or www. loxahatcheefriends.com. Check made out to Friends of Loxahatchee and mailed to P.O. Box 6777, Delray Beach, FL. 33446.

Local golfers tee it up in Delray Beach to raise money for local charities

Golfers from the Delray Beach community hit a hole-in-one by raising $68,000 for local charities during the Crossroads Financial 6th Annual Golf Tournament held at Delaire Country Club in Delray Beach. The tournament featured more than 70 golfers teeing it up to raise money for the March of Dimes, a 75-year-old organization that aids mothers in having full-term pregnancies and researches the problems that threaten the health of babies.

In its sixth successful year, the Crossroads’ Annual Golf Tournament united executives of the factoring and asset based lending industries and other partners in the financing industry. Golfers enjoyed a fun day of golf at Delaire Country Club, a gourmet lunch, silent and live auction festivities and trophy distribution during an evening gala.

Pictured from left to right are: Portia Ramassar, Seth Turnoff, Stacy Nicholson and Sean Lelchuk having fun on the golf course at Delaire Country Club in Delray Beach to raise $68,000 for local charities at Crossroads Financial 6th Annual Golf Tournament benefitting the March of Dimes.

NAIA Crowns 2014 Men’s Soccer Champion at Seacrest Soccer Complex

By David DiPino The Pineapple Staff Writer Northwood University joined the Palm Beach County Sports Commission and the City of Delray Beach in hosting the 2014 NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Men’s Soccer National Championship, a weeklong 16-team knockout tournament featuring 30 exciting matches at Seacrest Soccer Complex in Delray Beach, including an overtime thriller that gave Davenport their first ever men’s soccer banner.

The Davenport University Panthers made the trip south all the way from Caledonia Township, Michigan as the no. 6 seed in the tournament and beat no. 9 seed the University of Texas at Brownsville Ocelots 2-1 in overtime courtesy of a Chase Burgess header and game-winner during the 93rd minute of the match which in turn ended the weeklong-single-elimination event at the Seacrest Soccer Complex in Delray Beach.

To capture the championship, Davenport had to overcome adversity in the final. In the 28th minute, Texas at Brownsville’s Ricardo Diegues booted his eighth goal of the championship to give the Ocelots the early lead. Davenport’s Dzenan Catic tied things up 1-1 in the 76th minute and the teams played to tie through regulation. In overtime, Davenport’s Lito Esquivel took a corner kick from the left wing that connected with Burgess on the header in front of the net to give the Panthers their championship.

“Year 2014 was a special year for us…

It started in August and it was a long, long season and we have some spectacular seniors on this squad that really helped us out,” said Davenport head coach Chris Hughes.

“We have some youth and depth on this team which was just special for us and to cap it off that way (winning the title) was even more special. Our senior center back that almost didn’t come out this year was the gamewinning goal.”

“These kids have worked so hard and we try to get them to believe in the system and trying to change the culture into something I believe is special. Right now it’s a great night for Panther nation and our program. It will take me a few weeks to process this one,” said Hughes.

The Northwood University Seahawks from neighboring West Palm Beach helped host the tournament and we’re the no. 16 seed in match play. They didn’t disappoint.

In the second round, in front of a packed home stands at the Seacrest Soccer Complex, the Seahawks had the biggest upset of the tournament when they shocked no. 1 seed Rio Grande University 3-2 in overtime.

“Beating the no. 1 team in the nation is a huge achievement for Northwood University.

As the boss (captain on the field) of this team I knew our guys were hopping and would play great out there on the pitch. All week we knew that our team was one to be reckon with and not just the hosts, said Alan McCann, Northwood University captain, 25, from Dublin, Ireland.

“Our team motto is Team, Family Seahawks. We’re a small family at this university and we support one another.

There’s nothing like fighting to win with your best mates! We believed in one another and that’s why we won.”

Vinnie Cainth, a goalkeeper and striker for the Seahawks originally from London, England echoed his captain McCann’s remarks.

“We looked at this game with one focus…

Our journey doesn’t stop here.”

In the quarterfinals, Northwood ran right smack into the undefeated Ocelots and lost 4-0 with only four shots on goal. Despite the loss, Nick Davidson, Director of Athletics at Northwood University, said the exposure for Northwood and the other NAIA teams competing goes far pas the soccer played on the pitch.

“Hosting this tournament is great exposure for your players, your sports programs and your university,” said Davidson.

“The real reason we’re doing this on this end is that we want to connect to the community and let them know we’re here. Our NAIA Champions of Character

Initiative gave local students at Plumosa School of the Arts which neighbors Seacrest Soccer Complex, the opportunity to meet the NAIA soccer players here competing in the tournament. It was an opportunity for good men to spend some time mentoring good kids.”

The once in a lifetime experience for the students began early in the week when the college athletes spent an entire afternoon at Plumosa reading books to the students, answering questions about school, soccer and life, in a real opportunity for the students to have a role model to look up to and even a trip to see a game during the tournament at neighboring Seacrest Soccer Complex.

NAIA president and CEO Jim Carr attended the tournament in Delray Beach, and visited downtown with four of the team’s during the City of Delray Beach’s 100-foot Christmas Tree. Carr said during the festivities that he holds the Champions of Character Initiative close to his heart.

Northwood University Seahawks forward Mark Voisin, a junior on the team originally from Separia, Trinadad breaks free during a game against no. 1 seed Rio Grande University. The Seahawks upset Rio Grande 3-2 to advance to their first quarterfinals appearance since 2006 at the 2014 NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship held at Seacrest Soccer Complex in Delray Beach.

Photo by: Milton Graham.

“Delray Beach is beautiful, it’s a great place, great complex (Seacrest Soccer Complex) here for soccer, it’s probably 25 degrees in Kansas City (where Carr’s NAIA office is located) so it’s nice to be here. The whole community but specifically Northwood has taken this on in a way it’s all about the student athlete experience.

With each of our championships we ask our student athletes to go out in the community, we partner with the host to determine whether a YMCA event or certain schools.

We have a Champions of Character Initiative at our NAIA schools and it’s based on the five core values of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship,” said Carr.

He said the NAIA Men’s Soccer Championship will return in 2015 at the same location at Seacrest Soccer Complex.

Margie Walden, a member of the board of directors at the Palm Beach County Sports Commission, a sponsor of the NAIA Men’s Soccer Championship, hopes this is the beginning of deeper relationships with organizations calling Delray Beach host for future championships.

“All 30-teams stayed in hotels in Delray Beach and Boca Raton so that’s huge for the economic impact to our community. We had a national champion crowned here in Palm Beach County and that’s a really great thing for the City of Delray Beach and Palm Beach County. We also had some great sponsors this year that hosted the teams, and in turn the sponsors served as honorary coaches. We had young students involved with the NAIA Champions of Character Initiative and those students from Plumosa even got to attend a game. I think its great so many young athletes from around the world had the opportunity to visit Delray Beach and compete for a men’s soccer championship,” said Walden.

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Local “laxers” coached at holiday lacrosse camp

By David DiPino The Pineapple Staff Writer Major League Lacrosse Rochester Rattlers attack man and back-to-back NCAA Men’s Lacrosse National Champion, Jordan Wolf, recently gave stick skill tips, coached technique, and met with area youth lacrosse players at a holiday youth lacrosse camp in Delray Beach. Over 40 youth lacrosse players from across South Florida visited Delray Beach and the Seacrest Soccer Complex, 2505 Seacrest Blvd., over the holiday break to participate in the 20th Anniversary Coach Finn Holiday Day Camp featuring instruction from local high school lacrosse coaches, college and pro lacrosse players and a University of Michigan Wolverines Lacrosse assistant coach.

Harrison Roth, 14, and teammate David Dradvany, 14, two youth laxers (a name for a lacrosse player) playing for the Pine Crest School, 2700 St. Andrews Blvd., Boca Raton, attended the camp to further develop their lacrosse skills.

“I think it was an awesome camp! The different types of lacrosse dodges we learned were great and I really enjoyed learning new passing and fielding skills too…” said Dradvany.

Both Roth and Dradvany, players on the Panthers Boys Lacrosse team at Pine Crest, also got some on-on-one time to meet Wolf and get a prized photo with the lacrosse legend. In honor, and to emulate their lacrosse hero Jordan Wolf, all of the laxers at the camp wore no. 31 blue and white jerseys with Wolf’s name across the top of the back of the jerseys.

Wolf won back-to-back NCAA Men’s Lacrosse national championships playing attack for Duke University Men’s Lacrosse in both 2013 and 2014, and started 77 out of 81 games for the Blue Devils (2011-2014).

Jacob Goodwin, 15, a long stick midfielder (LSM), came over to the camp with his father, Todd Goodwin, all the way from Naples. Todd Goodwin, a fish guide and fishing charter captain, said his son Jacob attended a Coach Finn Lacrosse Camp in Naples and liked it so much he decided to make the trip across the peninsula to Delray Beach. The Goodwin’s stayed in a local hotel in Boynton Beach during the trip, as many of the campers were from out of town and trips like the Goodwin’s was a score for the local economy.

Holiday camp coach Wolf and camp founder and coach Kevin Finneran, a Delray Beach resident who has helped over 100 players to NCAA Division I, II, and III scholarships to college programs, has 22-years as a lacrosse professional and as a youth, high school, college coach and in the front office of pro lacrosse. He’s known around the lacrosse community as “Coach Finn.” Coach Wolf attended one of Coach Finn’s camps while he played professionally in Major League Lacrosse for the Long Island Lizards and Philadelphia Barrage and for the National Lacrosse League’s Philadelphia Wings.

“I’m from Philadelphia and I went to Coach Finn’s camp back when I was eight and nine years-old when he was playing professional lacrosse in Philly. That was the first lacrosse camp I ever went to… I had a blast and we stayed in touch for awhile. I’m just getting into

the lacrosse camp scene a little bit. I love doing lacrosse camps with the kids and being outside.

This is what I love to do, Coach Finn does a great job with the camp and he’s an awesome guy so I wanted to come down to the holiday camp here in Florida,” said Wolf.

The last time Wolf was here for lacrosse was when he played professionally this past summer on June 20, 2014 in a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) game against the Florida Launch at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton as a member of the Rochester Rattlers. In that game, Wolf, an attack man for the Rattlers scored two goals, five assists for seven total points in a 17-13 win over the Launch. Wolf will return to Boca Raton again on July 25, 2015 when the Launch hosts the Rattlers in an MLL matchup at FAU Stadium.

Wolf will return to South Florida on January 18 when he travels over to Naples to participate in scrimmage as part of Team USA Lacrosse in the Blue/White scrimmage game.

The 20th Anniversary Coach Finn Holiday Day Camp also featured Michigan University Wolverines Men’s Lacrosse assistant coach, Conor Ford, the recruiting coordinator for “Big-Blue,” who is in his eighth year of coaching NCAA Division I Lacrosse. Ford is also a former college player as a four-year starter at Johns Hopkins University.

“I have some family in the Highland Beach area and Coach Finn had the holiday camp going on down here so this worked out really well for me. I love coming down to Florida and Michigan Lacrosse will be back in Florida when we play Jacksonville this spring. We got three distinct age groups here at the camp, grade school kids, middle school kids and high school kids. During the camp we tried to hit on some fundamental stick work stuff progressively moving slowly to live lacrosse play. Lots of ground ball technique, just trying to hit the basics because there aren’t a lot of teaching camps clinics like this where you’re trying to work on skills much these days,” said Ford.

“In Delray Beach, with having Coach Finn, Casey Powell (2014 MLL MVP) and Coach Jeff Goldberg living in this city (Delray Beach), the kids are really getting high quality coaching from guys who can back it up with the careers they’ve had themselves.”

American Heritage School, 6200 Linton Blvd., boys lacrosse coach Jeff Goldberg coached at the camp giving the younger laxers a perspective in South Florida high school lacrosse.

“I think in the off season it’s important for these players to do anything they can do to get better. It’s holiday break and instead of being at the beach, sitting on the couch or playing video games, these kids are out here dedicating three days with a stick in their hand in a structured environment just competing, capitalizing and taking advantage of a lacrosse camp with great coaches,” said coach Goldberg.

“You can be a great athlete but if you don’t have the skill set of the sport and the IQ of the game, you have nothing.”

As for Coach Wolf, he played in a lacrosse tournament in eighth grade at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando and is in Palm Bach County from time to time to visit family. Wolf’s grandmother lives in West Palm Beach.

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Hevea Milk (rubber tree sap), organic essential oils, natural plant extracts, and organic cotton, Essentia’s natural memory foam provides an optimal sleep environment for body and mind. Meeting the most important requirements of comfort, air quality and support, Essentia mattresses are recommended by pro athletes, celebrities and health gurus alike. The Beausommet model is designed to be incredibly cradling and pressure relieving, promoting repair and recovery of the body and mind. Guests sleeping in these new suites will wake up refreshed and ready to take on Florida adventures.

And in every villa can be found River Rock lamps with dim (or day) lighting, handcrafted artisan tables, plantation shutters, slate satin headboards, three dimensional glass plate artwork, wood plank porcelain flooring, deco quartz countertops and original paintings from local artists and galleries, including lue Gallery, Addison Gallery, Ford Fine Art, AR Gallery and Steven Greenwald Designs.

Crane’s Beach House also designed a first floor villa fully equipped in accordance with ADA specifications. This room has a wider doorway for wheelchairs, a roll in shower and drop counters for easy access.

“I am particularly pleased that in addition to Carrie Leigh Designs, the other three companies behind the transformation are also based right here in Delray Beach,” said Balestriere. “The architect was Francisco Pérez-Azúa of Perez Design LLC, construction was managed by Bill Branning of BSA Corporation, and the lush new gardens and foliage throughout Crane’s Beach House, including the exotic new fire pit area for the villas, was created by 360 Landscape Design.”

Founded in 2005, Carrie Leigh Designs, Inc. handles top quality design projects throughout Florida and around the country. The firm is led by award winning Design Director and President Carrie L. Bollella. For more information, please visit www.carrieleighdesign.com.

FOR ALL YOUR HOUSEHOLD NEEDS.

Since 1991, BSA Corporation has been constructing quality projects for leading businesses, individuals, and organizations throughout South Florida and beyond.

For more information, please visit www. bsacorporation.com.

Since 1996, Perez Design LLC has been a boutique design firm focused on creating high-quality designs based on a combination of modern and vernacular concepts, working with a service –oriented philosophy. For more info, please visit www. perezarchitects.com.

With professional attention to both nature and culture, 360 Landscape Design offers a full array of professional services, including design and installation, irrigation, pavers, lighting, water features and more.

For more information, please visit www. landscape360.org.

About Crane’s Beach House Boutique Hotel & Luxury Villas: Crane’s Beach House Boutique Hotel & Luxury Villas creates a truly tranquil environment for guests, even though the hotel is just steps away from the shops and restaurants along Delray Beach’s hot and happening Atlantic Avenue. The poolside Tiki Bar is stocked with an array of tropical drinks, wines and both domestic and imported beer, with a music-filled happy hour from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in season, and on Friday and Saturday the rest of the year.

A recipient of the coveted TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence Award 2013, Crane’s Beach House also has been named to the prestigious Expedia Insiders Select List™ listing “the world’s best hotels” as judged by the experience of Expedia® travelers. Crane’s Beach House Hotel also is a repeated recipient of the Florida Superior Small Lodging Association’s prestigious Donal A. Dermody White Glove Award for housekeeping excellence and exceptional service.

For more information, please contact Crane’s Beach House Hotel & Luxury Villas at 561.278.1700 or visit the website at www. cranesbeachhouse.com.

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events calendar JANUARY 1-31 Shark Feeding - Tues-Sat - 10:30am, Sun1:30pm- Alligator Feeding Wed & Sat 1:00pm. $4 ages 3 &up. sandowayhouse.org

SATURDAY - SUNDAY • JANUARY 3 - 4 Steve Solomon: Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt - $45. Delray Beach Center for the Arts 561-243-7922, delrayarts.org

Pottery Classes – Mon-Sat. Cloud House Pottery, Artist Alley.

Learn how to make pots on the potter’s wheel. 561- 862 - 9222

SATURDAYS • JANUARY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Dinner Cruise - 6-8pm. $60. Enjoy dinner aboard the Lady Atlantic.

Delray Yacht Cruises, 561-243-0686, delraybeachcruises.com SATURDAYS • JANUARY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Delray Beach GreenMarket- 9am-2pm- A Saturday morning destination as an open air marketplace located at Old School Square Park . delraycra.org/greenmarket SATURDAYS • JANUARY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 AND TUESDAY JANUARY 6 Taste Atlantic Avenue - Signature tastings from 5-7 stops. $65, reservations required.

800-979-3370, savorourcity.com SATURDAY • JANUARY 3 Wine Tasting at the Wine Wave- 6pm. $15/pp. For additional information or to reserve your space please call 561-276-2076 Magic and Comedy - 8pm. The Amazing Mr A hosts an evening of adult comedy and magic with guest magicians. $15.

561-243-4330, puppetcenter.org WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 7 MARCH 1 Shenandoah – Hit Broadway musical at Delray Square Performing Arts Center $37.50. 561-880-0319, DelraySquareArts.com WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 7 Southern Handcraft Society - First Wednesday of each month at the Senior Center in Veterans Park. We meet at 7pm with dessert first. Contact Madeline at mhincken@gmail.com.

THURSDAY • JANUARY 8 Haiku U Workshop -The 8th annual collaboration with the Palm Beach Poetry Festival. 10:30am – 12:30pm. Free with paid museum admission. 561-495-0233, morikami.org

JANUARY 1-31 Pickleball - $5. Call for times. Delray Beach Community Center 561-243-7250. Pompey Park Community Center 561-243-7356. mydelraybeach.com FRIDAY • JANUARY 2 Pocket Change (Funk/Blues) -7:30pm Free Friday Concerts at Delray Beach Center for the Arts Outdoor Pavilion.

561-243-7922, delrayarts.org Art Walk in Downtown Delray - 6-9pm - Stroll through Delray Beach at over 14 Fine Art Galleries in Pineapple Grove and along Atlantic Ave. 561-243-1077 Arts Garage Presents Don Friedman Trio- 8pm.$25-45.Jazz. Jazz pianist Don Friedman has been featured with most of the major figures in jazz since the 1960s. 561-450-6357, artsgarage.org FRIDAY - SATURDAY • JANUARY 2 - 3 Playing the Palace- An old-time vaudeville-style variety show performed with marionettes, Fri 10:30am,Sat – 2, $6.50.

561-243-4330, puppetcenter.org

Delray Marketplace Music Fest- 6-8pm. Replay Band a high Energy Dance Band. 561-865-4613, delraymarket.com Catch A Rising Star: Mike Marino – 8pm. “New Jersey’s Bad Boy of Comedy”. Delray Beach Center for the Arts Vintage Gym. 561-243-7922, delrayarts.org THURSDAYS • JANUARY 8 & 22 Steel Drum Cruise - 6-8pm. $25, includes a 2-hour sunset cruise with live entertainment. Delray Yacht Cruises, 561-243-0686, delraybeachcruises.com FRIDAY • JANUARY 9 Prayer Breakfast by The Avenue Church– 7– 9am. Pompey Park.

Join us at Pompey Park Gymnasium in Delray Beach as we kick off 2015 in prayer. theavechurch.com Bad Inc/4NR2 (Bad Company/Foreigner Tribute) -7:30pm Free Friday Concerts at Delray Beach Center for the Arts / Outdoor Pavilion. 561-243-7922, delrayarts.org SATURDAY & SUNDAY • JANUARY 10 & 11, 24 & 25 Artists in The Park - Veterans Park –10am - 4:30pm.

Presented by the Delray Art League. delrayartleague.com

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FRIDAY • JANUARY 16 - FEBRUARY 8 Arts Garage Presents I & You by Lauren Gunderson. Theater. $25-45. 561-450-6357, artsgarage.org

All artists will be available to discuss their works.

Painting...Pottery...Sculpture...Works of Art

FRIDAY - SUNDAY • JANUARY 16 - 18 Back On Broadway- Enjoy songs from award-winning musicals such as “Mary Poppins,” “Avenue Q,” “Mama Mia” and the revivals of “South Pacific,” “Evita” and “Anything Goes.” Delray Beach Center for the Arts. 561-243-7922, delrayarts.org

OPEN STUDIOS & GALLERIES THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 • 6-9PM

ARTISTS ALLEY - runs north and south between NE 3rd and 4th Streets, east of 3rd Avenue and west of the RR tracks in the Pineapple Grove Arts District in downtown Delray Beach.

FOR MORE INFO Call Vincent Cacace 561-276-1177 or 561-523-5300 SATURDAY • JANUARY 3 Ride and Remember Historic Trolley Tour - 10am-12pm- $20.

When you board the “Ride & Remember” Trolley Tour, the history of Delray Beach comes alive! 561-279-8883, spadymuseum.com TUESDAY • JANUARY 13 Music and Art in the Park- 6-8pm-Free. Bring your family and friends out to the Veterans Park Gazebo for a night of music and hands-on art. 561- 243-7350, murrell@mydelraybeach.com WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 14 Delray Beach Orchid Society 7:00pm Meeting at Veterans Park, (NW side of Intracoastal waterway and Atlantic Ave) Adult Recreation Building, 802 NE 1st Street in Delray Beach.

Free - Refreshments served (561) 573-2422 www.delraybeachorchidsociety.com The Wine Wave presents Wine Tasting and Dinner at La Cigale Restaurant. 6:30pm. Featuring 5 wines paired with chef specialties. $100/pp. 561-276-2076 Vocal Trash-8pm. Electrifying “Stomp” style drumming, breakdancing and a cappella harmonies. $35. 561-243-7922, delrayarts.org THURSDAY • JANUARY 15 Artists Alley Open Studios - 6-9pm - Pineapple Grove Arts District between NE 3rd & 4th Streets, east of 3rd Ave, west of RR tracks. artistsalleydelray.com Taste Pineapple Grove –8pm. A mini Pineapple Grove culinary tour with a painting class at Vino Van Gogh. $65. 800-979-3370, savorourcity.com Book Signing - 7pm. James W. Hall will speak and sign Big Finish $25.99.. Murder on the Beach Mystery Bookstore, 561-279-7790, murderonthebeach.com Delray Marketplace Music Fest- 6-8pm. Viva Classic Rock.

Delray Marketplace, 561-865-4613, delraymarket.com National League of American Pen Women Luncheon/Discussion Dr. Ellen Kamhi, The Natural Nurse®, will share her vast knowledge and expertise about the healing effects of herbs.

12 noon at Delray Beach Golf Club, 2200 Highland Ave 561/243-7385 for directions $30.00 for guests.

Register: www.bocapenwomen.org Or email Barbara Bixon: Bbcarter2@aol.com 561 732-3577 Deadline for reservations: January 8, 2015

FRIDAY • JANUARY 16 Book Signing - 7pm. Tami Hoag will speak and sign Cold Cold Heart 27.95. Murder on the Beach Mystery Bookstore, 561-279-7790, murderonthebeach.com Bushwood (Reggae Rock) -7:30pm Free Friday Concerts at Delray Beach Center for the Arts / Outdoor Pavilion. 561-243-7922, delrayarts.org Roots Cultural Festival Kickoff Event – 6pm. $20. The Roots Cultural Festival will kick off a new year of cultural activities and events at Delray Beach Center for the Arts. rootscultureofdelraybeach@gmail.com SATURDAY • JANUARY 17 Arts Garage Presents Lucky Peterson - 8pm.$25-45.Jazz.

561-450-6357, artsgarage.org SATURDAY - SUNDAY • JANUARY 17 - 18 26th Annual Downtown Delray Beach Festival of the Arts -10am5pm The Downtown Delray Beach Festival of the Arts blends long-time favorites with the most buzz-worthy names on the contemporary arts scene. Free. 561-746-6528, artfestival.com SATURDAY - SATURDAY • JANUARY 17 - 24 Fabulous Fashion Week - Over 40 Fashion Events to include Designer Trunk Shows, Makeovers, Nightly Fashion Events and a Fabulous Fashion Show. Delray DDA 561-243-1077, downtowndelraybeach.com SATURDAY • JANUARY 17 Fashion Week Kick-Off Event “Delray Swim”. 7 – 9pm. Worthing Park. Featuring Men’s and Women’s Swimwear from over 25 Fashion Retailers within Downtown Delray.

Delray DDA 561-243-1077, downtowndelraybeach.com SUNDAY • JANUARY 18 Recycled Runway Vintage Trunk Show and Tea Dance - 4pm. $25 Donation benefiting Delray Beach Center for the Arts.

Delray DDA 561-243-1077, downtowndelraybeach.com MONDAY • JANUARY 19 19 - 15th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast - 8:30am 10am. $30. An inspiring reflection of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Activities include dynamic youth and adult speakers and performers. Delray Beach Golf Club, 561-279-8883, spadymuseum.com Delray Speaks - 7-8:30pm. $5. 561-279-8883, spadymuseum.com TUESDAY - SATURDAY • JANUARY 20 - 24 11th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival - Prices and times vary.

An extraordinary week of poetry events with an impressive line-up of 12 award-winning, nationally acclaimed faculty and guest poets headlined by DanaGioia. palmbeachpoetryfestival.org TUESDAY • JANUARY 20 Bold & Print Ready to Wear Fashion Event –7pm. Fashion Show Event featuring designs such as Lily Pulitzer, Trina Turk, Julian Chang, Lola Australia, Surf Bazaar and many more at 777 Plaza E Atlantic Ave. 561-243-1077, downtowndelraybeach.com

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FRIDAY • JANUARY 30 Laugh for Cause featuring Paul Meurio – Proceeds benefit Delray Beach Public Library, 561-266-0799, delraylibrary.org

FRIDAY • JANUARY 23 3rd Annual Vince Canning Stiletto Race- 6-9pm. Benefiting the Achievement Centers for Children and Families.

The Theme is Fab, Fun & Flair! $25. delraystilettorace.com

SATURDAY • JANUARY 31 Artists in The Park – Delray Beach Center for the Arts Old School Square Park –10am - 4:30pm. delrayartleague.com 31- Arts Garage Presents Billy Stritch - 8pm.$25-45. 561-4506357, artsgarage.org

Galo’s Tribute to Santana -7:30pm Free Friday Concerts at Delray Beach Center for the Arts. 561-243-7922, delrayarts.org SATURDAY • JANUARY 24 Delray’s Fabulous Fashion Show Finale - 6– 9pm. Gypsy’s to Jetsetters on Atlantic Avenue in front of the Colony Hotel.

561-243-1077, downtowndelraybeach.com Morikami Family Fun Mini Workshop: Calligraphy (for children and families) - 11:30am – 12:30pm. 561-495-0233, morikami.org Arts Garage Presents Cyrille Aimee - 8pm.$25-45. Gypsy Jazz.

561-450-6357, artsgarage.org SATURDAY - MONDAY • JANUARY 24 - 26 Tennis Survivor Series II – Open to all, winner will receive a Wild Card entry into the Delray Beach Open by the Venetian Las Vegas.

561-330-6000, yellowtennisball.com SUNDAY • JANUARY 25 Musical Matinee –2pm – Brazilian jazz guitar and vocal duo.

561-266-0799, delraylibrary.org Arts Garage Presents Billy Rogan - 7pm.$25-45. Jazz.

561-450-6357, artsgarage.org MONDAY - TUESDAY • JANUARY 26 & 27 Crest Broadway Cabaret Series presents Megan Hilty 8pm. $45. Broadway to star of stage, screen and music.

Delray Beach Center for the Arts. 561-243-7922, delrayarts.org WEDNESDAY • JANUARY 28 Catch A Rising Star: Elayne Boosler – 8pm. $50. 561-2437922, delrayarts.org National League of American Pen Women “So you want to write a story” - Discussion with seven local authors - 2:00pm at West Boca Branch Library - 18685 State Road 7 in Boca Raton 561-470-1600 www.bocapenwomen.org THURSDAY • JANUARY 29 Delray Marketplace Music Fest- 6-8pm. Simply Tina. Delray Marketplace, 561-865-4613, delraymarket.com Chamber of Commerce Contacts & Cocktails - 5:15pm - 7pm at The Conde Center. $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

Non-members $20. 561-278-0424, patty@delraybeach.com Thursday, January 29, 2015 YAD Happy Hour at 5:45 to 8 pm Salt 7, 32 SE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach Join us for a fun happy hour with a dynamic group of young professionals from a wide array of industries and fields at one of Delray Beach’s hottest spots on the Avenue. The $8 admission ($10 at door) includes 1 free drink and a night of socializing, networking and fun. For more information, please contact Brian Sarran at 561.852.3165 or brians@bocafed.org. To register, visit www.jewishboca.org/happyhour.

FRIDAY • JANUARY 30 B Street Band (Bruce Springsteen Tribute) - 7:30pm Free Friday Concerts at Delray Beach Center for the Arts / Outdoor Pavilion.

561-243-7922, delrayarts.org

The Wine Wave presents Collector Series VII Tasting – 6pm. $50/ pp - A red wine lovers night to embrace blockbuster Cab’s from California. RSVP required, 561-276-2076 SATURDAY • JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 15 Delray Beach Playhouse Presents Other People’s Money - A play by Jerry Sterner. $30, 561-272-1281 Ext. 4

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THROUGH JANUARY 18 Japanese Design for the Senses: Beauty, Form, and Function. Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 561-495-0233, morikami.org THROUGH MARCH 8 Language Art - Tues-Sun, 10 am – 4:30 pm; closed Mon & major holidays. $5; children under 6 free.

Art that explores emotional, social and other themes through the use of text in the image provides another dimension for interpretation and conversation.

Delray Beach Center for the Arts / Cornell Museum of Art. 561-243-7922, delrayarts.org THROUGH APRIL 19 En Plein Air- . Plein Air refers to the art of painting outdoors, and this exhibit features paintings of Delray Beach and other Palm Beach County

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New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1st - Library Closed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Monday, January 19th Library Closed

All programs are free except Lifelong Learning Community Institute courses & Sunday Musical Matinee Series Friday, January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 @ 10:00 a.m.

Great Books Discussion Group – “Great Conversations Five” presented by Gilbert Schechtman Saturday, January 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 10:00 a.m.

“The Writer’s Studio” weekly Saturday morning writer’s program Contact Howard Gleichenhaus 561-638-7251 Monday, January 5, 12 & 26 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Empowerment Zone presented by the Reference Department Monday, January 5 @ 2:00 p.m. – Art/Culture Series “The Humor of Doris Roberts” presented by Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe Monday, January 5, 12 & 26 @ 5:15 p.m. – Got Gaming? presented by Young Adult Librarian Loanis Menendez-Cuesta Tuesday, January 6 @ 2:00 p.m. – Author’s Series “Songwriter Paul Vance” Tuesday, January 6 @ 6:30 p.m. – Author’s Series – “Florida’s Amazing History & Why You Should Care” presented by Eliot Kleinberg Wednesday, January 7 @ 10:30 a.m.

“Morse Life - Aging Gracefully” Wednesday, January 7, 14, 21 & 28 @ 11:30 a.m. – Socrates Café – Weekly discussion group presented by Claire Drattell and Don Clare

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Thursday, January 8 @ 2:00 p.m. – Business Series – “Wills & Probate: What You Need to Know” presented by Michelle Hofkin Friday, January 9 @ 2:00 p.m. – Author’s Series – “What to Know Before, During & After Writing A Book” presented by Carren Strock Sunday, January 11 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

“16th Annual Author’s Showcase” featuring 12 local authors Monday, January 12 & 26 @ 10:00 a.m. – Quilting Bee twice monthly quilting class presented by Karen Pugh & Linda Bouvier

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locations. Tues-Sun, 10 am – 4:30 pm; closed Monday & major holidays. $5; children under 6 free. Cornell Museum of Art 561-243-7922, DelrayArts.org

CALENDAR OF EVENTS • JANUARY 2015 Monday, January 26 @ 1:00 p.m. – Afternoon Book Group Transatlantic by Colum McCann presented by Reference Librarian Kathleen Hensman Monday, January 26 @ 2:00 p.m. – Cercle Français French conversation group with rotating facilitators Monday, January 26, February 2, 9 & 23 @ 2:00 p.m.

Lifelong Learning Community Institute Course “Whole Brain Workout” see brochure for course listings and fees

Tuesday, January 13 @ 10:00 a.m. – Women’s Perspective Book Group – The Round House by Louise Erdrich presented by Karen Kurzer

Tuesday, January 27, February 3 & 12 @ 2:00 p.m.

Lifelong Learning Community Institute Course “What’s Under the Sea?”- see brochure for course listings and fees

Tuesday, January 13 & 27 @ 6:00 p.m. – “Ukulele Workshop for Beginners & Players” For further information & registration, contact Tavit Smith at 561-665-1718 or e-mail at tavitandlynn@gmail.com.

Wednesday, January 28, February 4 & 11 @ 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Lifelong Learning Community Institute Course – “The Great Tenors: From Enrico Caruso to Jonas Kaufman”- see brochure for course listings and fees

Tuesday, January 13 @ 6:00 p.m. – Evening Book Group – The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez presented by rotating book group leaders

Thursday, January 29, February 5 & 12 @ 2:00 p.m.

Lifelong Learning Community Institute Course – “Gunfighters & Other Notorious Characters of the Old West”- see brochure for course listings and fees

Wednesday, January 14 @ 2:00 p.m. – Healthy Living Series “Balance Hormones Naturally” presented by Edward Scarlett, Alive & Well Acupuncture Clinic Wednesday, January 14 @ 6:30 p.m. – “7 Deadly Sins of Divorce Co-Parenting & Moving On” Panel Discussion presented by Amy Botwinick Thursday, January 15 @ 10:30 a.m. – Publix Apron’s Cooking School Lecture & Cooking Demonstration” presented by Chef Rey De La Osa Thursday, January 15 @ 2:00 p.m. - Business Series – “Give Your Portfolio a Tune-Up” Workshop presented by Jon Ulin, Ulin & Co.

ART EXHIBITS Through January 24, 2015 “Multimedia: Photography & the Arts” by Flora Zolin, Nancy Knutson, Candy Dennis, John Cutrone Jan. 24 – Mar. 14, 2015 – “Burlini School of Art Students Works” FREE COMPUTER WORKSHOPS Registration Required – call 561-266-0196

Thursday, January 8, 23 & 29 @ 10:00 a.m. – 12 noon.

Great Decisions Discussion Group – Text = Great Decisions 2014 & 2015 Briefing Books presented by rotating facilitators

Wednesday January 21 @ 2:00 p.m. – Art Series “Art History” presented by Fred Dixon

Thursday, January 8 & 22 @ 10:30 a.m. – Craft Series “Knit ‘N Purl” twice monthly presented by rotating presenters

Thursday, January 22 @ 2:00 p.m. – Art Series – “Art Deco International” presented by Sharon Koskoff

Thursday, January 8, 15, 22 & 29 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Empowerment Zone presented by the Reference Department

Friday, January 23 @ 2:00 p.m. – “Handwriting Analysis: Everything You Wanted to Know But Did Not Know Who to Ask” presented by Lillika Weinberger

1/5 @ 11:00 am Beginning Computers 1/6 @ 2:00 pm Internet 1/7 @ 2:00 pm Beginning iPad 1/9 @ 2:00 pm Powerpoint 1/12 @ 11:00 am Intermediate iPad 1/13 @ 2:00 pm Email 1/14 @ 2:00 pm Word 1/16 @ 2:00 pm Excel 1/20 @ 2:00 pm Beginning Computers 1/21 @ 2:00 pm Internet 1/23 @ 2:00 pm Beginning iPad 1/26 @ 2:00 pm Intermediate iPad 1/27 @ 2:00 pm Facebook 1/28 @ 2:00 pm Email 1/30 @ 2:00 pm Word

Sunday, January 25 @ 2:00 p.m. – “Sunday Musical Matinee Series” presented by Rose Max & Ramatis, Brazilian Jazz Guitar & Vocalist

Sign up at Reference Desk Classes meet in 2nd floor Technology Center

Wednesday, January 7 @ 2:00 p.m. – Author’s Series “The Amazing Story of Delray Beach 1894 - 2015” presented by Alexander “Sandy” Simon

Thursday, January 8 @ 11:30 a.m. – Lunch with Liz @ the Library – Brown bag lunch & Discussion Group “Manifesting a Millionaire Mind” based on the insights of T. Harv Eker presented by Liz Sterling

Saturday, January 17 @ 2:00 p.m. – “Online Dating Workshop” presented by Dr. Dale Koppel

Friday, January 30 @ 7:30 p.m. – “Laugh With the Library Chapter 9” Gala Fund Raising Event at the Delray Beach Marriott

Tuesday, January 20 @ 3:00 p.m. – Healthy Living Series “TBA” sponsored by Delray Medical Center

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ELRAY BEACH, FL – Affluent Delray Beach consumers searching for a health club that caters to their specific needs will soon find a luxury fitness center designed just for them right in their own backyard As South Beach has Equinox and Boca Raton has Lifetime fitness finally Delray Beach will have its own premium fitness center called Purlife by Busy Body Fitness Centers, a premium lifestyle health club offering an upscale fitness experience and lifestyle in a resort-like setting, is expected to open late December in the heart of downtown Delray Beach. Purlife will be joining Purcycle Delray’s premiere spin studio located just one block south of Atlantic Avenue on SE 2nd Avenue in the SOFA district.

“For a long time, Delray residents who wanted the best instructors and trainers, the best equipment and the best environment had to travel outside their community to find what they were looking for,” said Jon Larkin, CEO of Busy Body Fitness Centers. “Now, we’re bringing everything they want and need right to them.”

Located at 45 NE Second Ave., former site of the Palm Beach Photographic Center, Purlife by Busy Body Fitness will offer members state-of-the-art fitness equipment, a wide range of classes led by South Florida’s best instructors, and the area’s best trainers. In addition, Purlife will include a spa and health food and fresh pressed juice concession, all in a Continued on page 13

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ELRAY BEACH, FL – Celebrate style, sophistication, fashion and beauty during Delray’s Fabulous Fashion Week from January 17 – 24, 2015. The local, national and international styles, designs and diverse fashions found in the boutiques of Delray Beach will take center stage with runway events, designer trunk shows, styling tips, beauty events and of course shopping throughout the Downtown area.

More than 60 models will grace the catwalks and streets of Delray Beach throughout Fashion week, and the events will involve more than 70 businesses and local charities. A variety of the city styles will be showcased spanning retro, boho chic, world inspired, edgy, resort casual and glamorous, all of it culminating in a dazzling grand finale fashion show that will take place in front of the historic Colony Hotel on Atlantic Avenue.

This week long event created by the Downtown

Development Authority and the local downtown merchants, led by Jule Guaglardi, owner of Roxy Lulu, has been designed to generate an awareness of Downtown Delray’s fabulous boutiques, designers, salons and other merchants.

Fashion Week is an opportunity for many of the Downtown businesses to showcase their merchandise, designs, create in-store events, and afford many of Delray’s handsome men and beautiful ladies to strut their stuff during the week’s Fabulous Fashion Shows!

“One of the main goals of the DDA is to market and promote the downtown businesses to drive economic growth - and what a fantastic way to do it! “We are very proud to have the opportunity to share with the local residents and visitors to Delray Beach the unique mix of downtown retail fashion that is now here, from bikinis to ball gowns, local designers, and accessories, all within a 12 block Continued on page 3

Dr. Brian Sheen‘s 7 Keys of Attention Development Teaching to Palm Beach County Charter School and helping kids say “NO” to psychiatric drugs

DELRAY BEACH, FL – Brian Sheen, PhD, best-selling author and founder of the 7 Keys to Attention Development app and book is now showing the successful techniques of his 7 Keys to Attention Development to a Palm Beach County Charter School. This innovative program is designed to provide alternative choices for kids diagnosed with ADD, ADHD and Bi-Polar.

Over the past several years Dr. Sheen has worked with classes of students ages 9 to 14. According to Dr. Sheen the classes had 97% success rate in getting these kids off medications and helping them improve in school.

“I am pleased to provide alternatives to help kids get off these powerful toxic drugs like Ritalin, Strattera, Zoloft and other medications.” says Dr. Sheen. As reports from the FDA show, these drugs can cause death, heart attacks and have many dangerous side effects. “The 7 Keys to Attention Development is another way and we believe should be the first step before such dangerous drugs are given.” Dr. Sheen

continues, “We teach children empowering tools to relax, concentrate and creatively utilize their energies while helping their family system return to a greater peace and harmony. Children are our roots - our future. Let us create a future of aware, unmedicated children who are able and free.”

“We are excited to have Dr. Sheen teaching us the techniques of the 7 Keys of Attention Development.

There’s such a need for this in our schools to help kids learn and feel more confident about their work and themselves over all,” says Isis Rosso M.S.Ed., Co-Founder and Director of Operations for Learning Path Academy, a Charter School that provides Special Education and Inclusion services.

Dr. Sheen will be teaching a series of classes for the Learning Path Academy teacher and Continued on page 15

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ecently the media has started to cover the “new?” news that looking down at your cellphones and other electronic gadgets can cause “text/tech neck and pain.

The real truth and “old!” news is that if you spend your day looking down and twisted at your phone, pad or laptop, looking down hating your body and/or your life, and hardly breathing healthy oxygen because of these unhealthy choices, you will not function at your highest, peaceful, happiest, healthiest potential!

Choose to Look Up in 2015!

Tech/Text Neck is a silent disease; and you may be suffering and not have any pain at all. This habit of looking down all the time can cause pressure on very important nerves that control most of your organs and cells.

These Unhealthy postures are silently killing you and your children and disempowering your life force and your ability to thrive.

The Looking Up Foundation, Inc. is a Public Charity, Grass Roots Movement created in Delray Beach, and is dedicated to teaching all to Look Up at Life, to Look Up at technology and to Dance the Breath of Life. We wish to wake up humanity and to

start a new trend of looking up so that there will be less negative stress and more peace in our world.

We are an entertaining educational movement that wants to spread this important information through songs, dances, comedy and videos.

We have Fun Phone Fitness Classes and Parties and are having a great time Dancing it Up….Breathing it Up……and Laughing it Up! We invite you to join us in Looking Up in 2015. View the video at http:// lookingupthemovement.com/2014/11/07/ look-up-and-dance Please call 561-278-2224 for more information on “Phone Fitness” and how to create a happy healthy peaceful Nervous System, body and Life! Please visit and follow us at www.lookingupthemovement. org and enjoy learning why this is so important. We are seeking your support so that our youth can grow up healthy, and peaceful. Our toddlers need us to start a new trend and to Look Up as they are copying all that we do. Help us to start this new trend.

So please, Look Up and Dance the Breath of Life in 2015!

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radius,” said Marjorie Ferrer, Executive Director, DDA. The festivities kick off Saturday, January 17th at 7pm with over 30 beautiful models, both men and women showcasing Delray SWIM. They will strut the sidewalks in the center of Downtown to promote the beginning of Fabulous Fashion Week 2015. “A splash of excitement and buzz will launch Fashion Week and we will share the schedule of all the happenings Downtown,” said Laura Simon, Associate Director, DDA. Over 35 events will take place throughout the week both in-store and on the runway offering everyone the opportunity to find that perfect outfit.

This year each show will be themed with a different collection each night and include both men and women’s wear found within the boutiques of Downtown Delray Beach.

The events are free to the public, but there are also opportunities to donate to several local charities with purchases of runway seating.

The year’s Fashion Week charities are the Achievement Centers for Children and Families on Tuesday, January 20th and Saturday, January 24th where runway seating will be $15 per seat. They will also be the charity of choice for the 3rd Annual Stiletto Race on January 23rd. The Delray Center for the Arts will host the Recycled Runway Event on Sunday, January 18th where the proceeds will benefit their organization at $25 per person.

“Downtown Delray Beach’s fashion industry and style collection is growing tremendously, and with events such as Fabulous Fashion Week with models strutting the catwalks and opportunities for extensive shopping, we hope that it will continue to have a positive economic impact on the Downtown community,“ said Jule Guaglardi, owner of Roxy Lulu.

Delray’s Fabulous Fashion Week sponsors are: Platinum - Lincoln of Delray; Gold - Delray Beach Magazine, Swatches and Rags, Roxy Lulu, Grimes Tents & Events; Silver - Naked Hair Salon

& More, The Colony Hotel & Cabana Club, Salt7, Delray Garden Center, Samar Hospitality, Innov8; Bonze – Margaux Riviera, The Fairfield Inn and Suites, 4th Avenue Photography, Birthdaycomp.com, and Miami Fashion Network; Media: The Pineapple Newspaper.

All events are free to the public to attend and ones you will not want to miss – from bikinis to ball gowns, Downtown has it all. Runway seating at any of the shows will be available for a ticketed price and proceeds benefit Delray charities.

For a complete schedule of events, please visit downtowndelraybeach.com/ fashion-week, facebook.com/DelrayDDA, #DelrayFashion, or phone: 561.243.1077.

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Sleep affects obesity in children BOYNTON BEACH, FL – As the temperature begins to drop and the holidays approach, people are busy bundling up and buying gifts. During such a busy season, many will come down with what they think is a common cold, but David C. Brodner, M.D., a Board Certified Sinus Surgeon in Boynton Beach, wants patients to recognize the difference between cold and flu symptoms and a more serious infection like sinusitis.

“Approximately 37 million people are afflicted with sinusitis each year, making it one of the most common health conditions in America,” says Dr. Brodner. “Unfortunately, symptoms of the common cold can mimic the beginning stages of a more serious sinus infection, leading to delayed treatment and symptom relief.”

Sinusitis is an infection of the sinus cavities caused by viruses or bacteria. It usually is preceded by a cold, allergy attack, or irritation by environmental pollutants. Unlike a cold, which is always viral, bacterial sinusitis requires a physician’s diagnosis and may require treatment with an antibiotic to cure the infection and prevent future complications.

When someone comes down with a cold, they typically experience a sore throat, cough, runny nose, and body aches. The difference between the symptoms of the common cold and a sinus infection is that sinus infections have cloudy or colored nasal drainage accompanied by nasal congestion, facial pain-pressure-fullness, or both. A sinus infection is likely bacterial if it lasts 10 days or longer, or if the symptoms

worsen within 5 days after initial improvement.

“No one likes to get sick and many patients try to treat their symptoms with over-thecounter products,” says Dr Brodner. “Many of these products will mask the symptoms, but if a cold or flu persists for more than a week, a physician should be consulted.”

Maintaining sinus health during the cold and flu season can help prevent a case of sinusitis.

The American Academy of Otolaryngology— Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) suggests the following ways to keep your sinuses clear: • Drink plenty of fluids to keep nasal discharge thin and keep your body hydrated.

• You may get some relief from your symptoms with a humidifier, particularly if room air in your home is heated by a forced-air system.

• If you are going to fly during the holiday season, use a nasal spray decongestant before take-off to prevent blockage of the sinuses allowing mucus to drain.

• Avoid smoking and drinking alcohol, as both can irritate your nasal passages.

• If you have allergies, try to avoid contact with things that trigger attacks. If you cannot, use over-the-counter or prescription antihistamines and/or a prescription nasal spray to control allergy attacks.

David C. Brodner, M.D. founded The Center for Sinus, Allergy, and Sleep Wellness in 2009 to offer the latest minimally invasive therapies for sinus headache, sinus infections, allergy testing and treatment, snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, and insomnia. For more information visit www.BrodnerMD.com.

ASK THE HEALTH GURU Your Local Guide to Living Your Healthiest Life

By Devin Burke Special to The Pineapple THIS MONTH’S QUESTION: Every year I make a New Year’s resolution to live a healthier lifestyle and every year, I lose focus and fall short of my goal only after a few weeks. What can you share to help me stay motivated in 2015 to finally accomplish this goal?

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ANSWER: Each January, about one in three Americans resolve to better themselves through a New Year’s resolution. Usually, these resolutions are health related and sadly less than half of the people are able to maintain their resolutions… the other half return back to their old unresourceful behavioral patterns.

Health is a journey, not a destination.

Staying on the right path can be a struggle and you’re not alone.

If you go to any gym in the country the first week of January, you will see a massive influx of motivated people ready to shed those extra lbs. and start a new habit of health. But as statistics show, this doesn’t last long. By the time February rolls around, most of those motivated faces seem to disappear. Why is this?

Well, we are creatures of habit. Habits allow our brains to do less work and can actually help us accomplish more…when they are resourceful habits. But with the good also comes the bad.

Unresourcful habits such as eating the wrong or too much food, not getting enough sleep, drinking too much alcohol and not exercising are common un-resourceful habits in our society.

An un-resourceful habit is a habit that may provide temporary immediate gratification but in the long run is extremely detrimental to our health and happiness. We pick up these unresourceful habits throughout life usually as coping strategies.

A resourceful habit, on the other hand, is one that will propel your life, health and happiness forward. These habits may not always provide immediate gratification, but in the long run their reward is much greater. Examples of resourceful habits are: exercising daily, eating nutrient rich foods, maintaining healthy relationships and having a spiritual practice.

Replacing un-resourceful habits with resourceful ones isn’t easy. It takes a strong desire, commitment and a strong emotional reason or what I call a big “why.”

Most people fall short of their New Year’s resolutions because they never connect with their big “why.” If this year you really want to accomplish that well-intended goal to live a healthier lifestyle, you must connect with a strong emotional reason and fully commit to

making a lifestyle change.

Here are some questions I ask my clients to help them discover their big “why.”

Questions to help discover you’re big “why”…

1. What are you going to miss out on by not living a healthy lifestyle?

2. What would change in your life if you became healthy?

3. How would the gift of health enhance your life and the lives of those around you?

Here is my simple and effective step by step process to creating powerful motivation and keeping it.

1. Get clear on what you want. (Don’t move to step two until you have a crystal clear picture of what this is.)

2. Uncover the true authentic reasons for why you want, what you want.

3. Choose the most emotionally charged reason (your big “why”) and write it down.

4. Connect to your big “why” every day.

Read it aloud upon waking and before going to bed.

Now imagine what your life would be like if you had strength, flexibility, endurance and clear thinking. The gift of health is within your reach! Right now, fully commit to taking massive action, connecting with your big “why” and making your health a priority. Another tip is to find a friend or coach to hold you accountable.

Having the extra guidance and support greatly increases your chances of success.

Let’s kick off 2015 by embracing the possibility that we are much more than we allow ourselves to be and stop living life as if it’s a dress rehearsal.

Best wishes, health and happiness in 2015.

Coach Devin

Devin Burke empowers individuals to adopt wellness as a mindset and an allencompassing lifestyle that is in complete balance mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Visit his website, www.

EmpowermentWellnessSolutions.com, to learn more. Have a health question you want answered? Contact him via email at Devin@ EmpowermentWellnessSolutions.com

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Sweet, Sassy & Exotic

By Ronna L. Clements The Pineapple Contributing Writer

P

ineapples are quite an interesting fruit. Not only do they have many health benefits, but years ago they were considered a crown jewel food among the wealthy before they became abundant in supply.

Pineapples were always served in highclass society and eaten as a finishing touch at luxurious American banquets. They were considered the height of extravagant hospitality.

For many years, pineapples grew wild.

It is recorded that Christopher Columbus brought the pineapple from South American back to Europe as one of the exotic prizes of the new world.

Finally, Captain John Kidwell founded Hawaii’s pineapple industry in the 1800’s importing and testing a number of varieties for commercial crop potential.

But it wasn’t until Jim Dole arrived in the islands that the pineapple was transformed from an American symbol of friendship and exotic locales into an American household staple.

Interestingly, pineapples are not just one fruit but a composite of many flowers whose individual fruitlets fuse together around a central core. Each fruitlet can be identified by an “eye,” the rough spiny marking on the pineapple’s surface.

A wonderful healing property of this fruit is that it contains Bromelain which is a proteolytic enzyme (an enzyme that digests proteins). It is wonderful for poor digestion and constipation, hence is a healing enzyme for digestive ailments. Pineapples can also be used in detoxification diets as they are a food that helps to eliminate body acids.

Bromelain also has profound antiinflammatory properties which help in healing muscle injuries and sprains making it is a good food choice for avid exercisers. In addition, clinical trials suggest that Bromelain can improve symptoms of heart pain which can develop from the heart muscle not getting enough oxygen-rich blood.

Pineapples are a superb source of Vitamin C, Manganese and Vitamin B1 which are extremely important for the immune system and energy production.

When eaten, it leaves an alkaline ash which helps to keep our tissues at an optimal PH level for a stable internal body environment.

Pineapple can be left at room temperature for a few days before serving yet they are very perishable so watch them closely to ensure they do not spoil.

After a few days, if you are still not ready to consume the pineapple, wrap it in a plastic bag and store it in the refrigerator where it will keep for a maximum of three to five days.

Pineapples have a vibrant tropical flavor that is both sweet and tart and can be eaten alone or with other fruits and nuts.

So, when you’re in the mood to be sassy, enjoy this sweet fruit with all of its wonderful healthy and healing benefits.

What a terrific name for our favorite community newspaper!

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

She is a graduate of Springfield College and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Physiology. Ronna is also 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.theprogrambyronna.com

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ScottsMiracle-Gro grant program helps local crops grow Boca Raton garden project to benefit from GRO1000 grants The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, through a partnership with the Central Florida Foundation, today awarded four Miami and West Palm Beach-area organizations grants from the ScottsMiracle-Gro Florida Grassroots Grants Fund at Central Florida Foundation, which supports programs that safeguard Florida’s environment and strengthen communities.

Broward County Community Outreach’s Lindsay Urban Farm, Urban Oasis Project’s Verde Gardens Community Farm and Market, Green Living and Energy Education (GLEE) Community Garden, and Junior League of Boca Raton Community Garden are the Miami and Palm Beach County area grant winners from the newly created fund.

The Junior League of Boca Raton Community Garden will foster environmental sustainability and stewardship, advance horticultural and nutritional education, provide a beautiful and natural retreat, and produce a healthy supplemental food source for its gardeners and those in need. Some of the goals of the garden are to beautify the area neighborhood, produce healthy food for Boca Helping Hands, reduce family food budgets, and create opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy, and education.

The Florida Grassroots Grants Fund at Central Florida Foundation is a multiyear partnership between ScottsMiracleGro and the Foundation to provide grants for community garden and green space

development projects that protect and enhance the environment statewide.

“This partnership with ScottsMiracle-Gro will allow us to support a growing number of deserving groups throughout the state,” said Michelle Chapin, the Foundation’s vice president of community strategies and initiatives.

“We are excited to see how the Miami and West Palm Beach-area grant winners will use their funding to grow their educational programs and enhance community-centered garden projects.”

“When communities work together to support local greening initiatives, they create environments that promote nutrition, healthy living, and civic engagement” said Su Lok, ScottsMiracle-Gro’s director of corporate and community partnerships. “By fostering community involvement through their greenscape projects, the grant winners exemplify the values that inspire the GRO1000 program.”

ScottsMiracle-Gro launched the fund as part of a broader commitment to support Florida-based scientific research, homeowner education and partnerships with Floridians to help restore natural resources and support green infrastructure. It’s an extension of the company’s GRO1000 initiative, a community outreach effort begun in 2011 to help community partners create more than 1,000 community gardens and green spaces by 2018.

The Florida fund is a pilot the company hopes will be replicated in other states.

More information about the ScottsMiracle-Gro Florida Grassroots Grants Fund at Central Florida Foundation is available at www.scotts.com/Florida.

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Girl Scouts welcome new Vice President of Finance

JUPITER, FL – Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida is pleased to announce that Jeff Vanier has joined the staff as the Vice President of Finance. Vanier replaces Greg Kissel, who is retiring after serving the organization for 22 years in both staff and volunteer roles.

Vanier has an extensive background in nonprofit accounting, having served for more than a decade as the Director of Financial Operations and Continuum Services for Hanely-Hazelden/Hanley Center, Inc. He received his MBA in International Management from Florida Atlantic University and has consulted for small Florida businesses since 2009. He also currently instructs undergraduate students at South University in West Palm Beach.

Vanier will bring his expertise and experience to direct the fiscal functions of Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida and will support the CEO in ensuring that resource allocation and utilization reflects and facilitates the achievement of goals established by the Board of Directors. He will serve as a key member of the senior leadership team, which is responsible for setting the organization’s strategic direction and short and long-term plans and translating the vision and corporate goals into effective operational strategies and actions.

To explore opportunities to volunteer or partner with Girl Scouts, call (866) 7274475 or visit www.gssef.org.

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By Alex Hurwitz Special to The Pineapple So it’s January... Odds are that your feeling sluggish and your jeans are fitting a little tighter. Most of us spent the past few weeks indulging in sweet treats, fattening foods and festive cocktails over the holidays leaving us feeling a little less than our best. Luckily the damage is not permanent and within a couple weeks you can be back to feeling your best with these few simple tips!

1. Forgive yourself and ditch the guilt.

Don’t waste time feeling bad about your past decisions. The holidays are a time to enjoy things you wouldn’t normally treat yourself to so there is nothing to feel bad about. If you indulged in a little too much pumpkin pie or had a few too many glasses of champagne, learn from your mistake and make a conscious effort next year to be a little more careful with your indulgences. Beating yourself up about a little weight gain is counterproductive so look at this month as a new start and focus instead on getting back on track!

2. Drink lots of water and eat lots of veggies ASAP! The bad news is that you gained a few pounds, the good news is most of it is probably just water weight. Your best bet is to make sure you are drinking enough water or even consider upping your water intake for the next couple weeks to flush out all excess toxins.

Next make sure to eat lots of vegetables, especially green veggies to help cleanse your system. Vegetables are packed with vitamins and minerals to get your digestive system back on track plus their higher water content acts as natural diuretics.

3. Ramp up your workouts Now is the time to kick your workouts into overdrive! Add in a few more HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) cardio sessions into your weekly workout plan. Try completing 8-10 rounds of an all out 30 second sprint followed by 1 minute of recovery for an effective way to break a sweat and burn some fat. With the proper combination of weight training and interval training your metabolic rate will raise so you’ll be burning more calories outside of the gym as well!

With these few tips, you’ll be well on your way to feeling back to normal in no time. Rather than fret on the past, shift your focus on making this New Year your healthiest yet!

Alex Hurwitz is a NASM certified personal trainer at Mint Fit. She can be reached at Mintfit at info@mintfit.com or (561) 274-7477. 111 East Atlantic Ave, Delray Beach www.mintfit.com

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Fibromyalgia…Revolutionary advances in treatment protocols

By Dr. John Conde Special to The Pineapple

Primary fibromyalgia syndrome (PFS) affects nearly 6 million people in the United States with a greater prevalence in women. The age groups typically affected are between 45 and 60 years of age. PFS was originally thought of as a by-product of clinical depression and was not deemed a valid diagnosis by the majority of physicians in the United States. Due to the lack of understanding and because it resembles other disorders such as hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue, arthritis, and infectious mononucleosis it was routinely misdiagnosed. Thanks to new, cutting edge research utilizing functional MRI and PET scans we now know that PFS is a true disorder taking on epidemic proportions in this country.

WHAT IS PFSAND HOW IS IT DIAGNOSED? PFS is a disabling disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and stiffness described as aching, burning, throbbing, and shooting. The pain is typically greatest in the morning and in muscle groups that are used repetitively. Fatigue and sleep disturbances (stage 4) are also cardinal signs of this disorder.

Associated symptoms may include irritable bowel and bladder, headaches and transformed migraines, restless leg syndrome, TMJ and face pain, numbness and tingling, impaired memory and concentration, According to the American College of Rheumatology, the criteria for diagnosis of PFS includes finding tenderness or

pain in at least 11 of 18 specified tender points when pressure is applied.

WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF PFS? The human brain has inherent pain modulatory systems responsible for the suppression of pain transmission. Current research is pointing towards faulty brain processing as the causative agent of PFS. A study conducted by the National Institute of Health found that patients with PFS who were given relatively low levels of pressure seemed to experience the same amount of pain and subsequent brain activity as the control group which were given high levels of pressure. Due to this faulty brain processing the brain becomes very efficient at transmitting pain so that even a soft touch may produce a pounding sensation.

BRAIN-BASED TREATMENT: The human brain is highly plastic (changeable). Sixty percent of the brain is genetically predetermined while forty percent is constantly changing according to environmental influences (work, home, exercise, food, etc.).

We also know that our brain cells require oxygen, proper nutrients, and stimulation for optimal function. Understanding these concepts, neurophysiologic rehabilitation utilizes oxygen acquiring techniques, nutrition, and specific forms of stimulation (light, sound, touch, oculomotor exercises, one-sided balance exercises, cognitive exercises, onesided chiropractic adjustments) targeted to the under functioning brain regions. The goal is to restore proper function. Specifically pertaining

to PFS, we have also found that graded aerobic exercise and supplementation of malic acid, magnesium, and melatonin are highly effective.

Lastly, Class IV High Power Laser Therapy has been proven to be effective in treating some of the sore and tender points in the musculoskeletal system. This therapy, also known as photo-bio-modulation, sends particles of light called photons trans-dermally into the cell level. The photons dock on receptor sites on the cells and trigger the cells to produce more proteins and energy, thus stimulating the healing effect. This is the gold standard in conservative treatment of the tender points in PFS. Dr. John Conde is a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist. He has achieved Diplomate status through the American Chiropractic Neurology Board.

He has sub-specialty training in vestibular disorders and traumatic brain injuries.

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 561-3306096 and at thecondecenter.com.

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Men’s Style: 10 Quick And Painless New Year’s Style Resolutions

By Julie Rath, Courtesy RathAndCo.com New Year’s resolutions are so cliché, I almost can’t stand writing about them. But the truth is, when a new year rolls around, it’s nice to take stock and see what you could start doing differently. The usual suspects here are diet and exercise, and often such resolutions are overzealous and set us up or failure. So this year I’m here to help boost you up with some totally doable style-related resolutions that will require very little of your time.

1. Try one new thing with your wardrobe. It can be easy to find one thing that you’re comfortable in and that feels easy to you. But it can also be really boring! Give 2015 a fighting chance and add some sort of new element to your look -- maybe it’s starting to wear more color, or swapping out your logo’d/free event t-shirts for something nicer (here’s my guide for how your t-shirt should fit).

2. Don’t shop without a plan (or on an empty stomach). The last thing you want to do when shopping is make mistake purchases. And shopping without knowing what you’re looking for -- or when

you’re hungry -- will put you on the fast track to a shopping fail.

3. Donate anything with holes or stains that won’t come out. This one really doesn’t need explaining. I’ll just say that when you wear torn-up, crappy clothes, the message you send is that you feel torn-up and crappy about yourself. This then becomes an unfortunate vicious cycle which causes you actually to start feeling that way.

4. Take your oversized clothes to the tailor. This is an instant, low-cost (at least compared to buying new things) option for upgrading your wardrobe.

5. Think before you stink (a.k.a. avoid strong aftershaves). This one was on last year’s list, but I had to include it again. I did a lot of traveling in 2014, and one of the biggest conclusions I drew is that there’s an Old Spice epidemic in the US. Nearly every morning flight I took, I felt as if I might become asphyxiated by the scent of the man sitting next to me. Trust me, just because you can’t smell it doesn’t mean others can’t either. Ask one or two lady friends with good taste to tell you honestly if any of the product smells you’re wearing are offensive. And if the initials for any of said products

are O.S., drop it like it’s hot.

6. Wear a watch. I get it, watches are no longer necessary since we all use our phones these days. But if you’re not wearing a watch, you’re missing out on an excellent opportunity to distinguish your look. Above is a serious arm party courtesy of one of my clients.

You don’t need to break the bank when adding a watch to your look, however. There are plenty of good choices under $200 (including this one for $185 from Miansai). Choose something that resonates with you personally and that you’d feel good wearing -- not what others would expect you to wear.

7. Make sure you have one suit that fits you like armor. Chances are, sometime in 2015 you’ll have a wedding, funeral, or job interview you’ll need to attend. And you’ll need a great-fitting suit for those situations -- one you don’t have to think twice about.

Often such events spring up out of nowhere, so it’s to your benefit to have a suit ready and waiting in your closet. And if you think you can get by with that old boxy one from ten years ago, think again. There are few things less flattering on a man than an ill-fitting suit, and there’s definitely no way to disguise a poor fit.

8. Buy flattering jeans. Most new clients I meet

are in need of a jeans refresh. Even if you have a pair that was flattering when you bought them two years ago, chances are at this point they’ve stretched and faded, and it’s time to replace them. If you’ve never had a pair of jeans you feel great in, it’s time to add that to your wardrobe. Here’s my guide for how to find flattering jeans.

9. Lose the square-toed shoes. These were cool in the 90’s. But the 90’s is not now. Do yourself a favor and get them out of your closet so you aren’t tempted to wear them.

10. Take your dress shoes to the shoe guy for a cleanup and to be resoled. This is another lowcost way to refresh things, and in fact a good cobbler can make your shoes look almost new. If you don’t already have someone you use, look on Yelp or other user-review sites in your area for one with high ratings, or ask any well-dressed guys you encounter where they take theirs.

How many of the tips on this list are you able to implement? I guarantee that even if you do just 3 of them, you’ll be in great shape, and you’ll feel that much better about yourself.

Wishing you a very stylish 2015!

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JOIN US for Downtown Delray’s Second Annual Fabulous Fashion Week, January 17 – 24, 2015.

Designer Collections • Trunk Shows • Beauty Events • Spectacular Runway Events This week long event created by the Downtown Development Authority and the local downtown merchants, led by Jule Guaglardi, owner of Roxy Lulu, is designed to generate and increase awareness of Downtown Delray’s fabulous fashion boutiques, the sophisticated style and many original designs now available within the DDA district. Fashion Week is an opportunity for each business to showcase their designers, create in store events and participate in the fashion shows.

The Fabulous Fashion Show Finale, “Gypsies to Jetsetters,” will take place in front of the historic Colony Hotel on Atlantic Ave. Our runway will feature original designs from local designers and evening wear from over 40 Downtown Fashion Boutiques.

FASHION WEEK PARTICIPANTS FASHION BOUTIQUES American Soul (561) 376-1481 Aqua (561) 665- 4800 Board Room on Atlantic (561) 665-0260 BOLO (Be on the Lookout) (561) 279-2757 C.Orrico/Lilly Pulitzer Store (561) 278-5353

LoveRich Boutique (561) 276-3045

The Legacy (561) 450-6571

Lanzetta’s Barber Shop (561) 276-8601

Vixity Jewelry with an Edge (561) 270-3544

Love Shack (561) 276-7755

The Mixed Bag (561) 278-0205

Naked Hair Salon & More (561) 265-3396

SHOES

Margaux Riviera (967) 859-4514

The Trouser Shop (561) 278-5626

Odeon Salon (561) 276-7999

Mimi’s (561)278-7887

The Hot Spot 813 (888) 391-5209

My Salon Suit (561) 330-3434

Morley’s (561) 270-7745

Who’s Karen?

(561) 272-4009

PeterMark Salon (561) 243-9920

Native Sun, Inc. (561) 276-3242

SALONS & SPAS

Salon Elite on the Ave (561) 276-6006

Chico’s (561) 279-0313

Nina Raynor (561) 276-5714

Circe Swag (561) 270-7433

Oh My Bod (561) 272-0029

Epic Surf & Swim (561) 272-2052

Once Upon A Time Children’s Boutique (561)808-7449

Fresh Produce (561) 404-1050 Furst Handbags (561) 272-6422 Ginjer Unisex Boutique (561) 272-1033 Hair 2Day Shop 4 Tomorrow (561) 577-5255

Allure by the Sea (561) 276-3138 Avenue Haircutters (561) 504-3244 Beauty Cottage Salon & Spa (561) 274-7595

Patchington Fine Fashion (561) 243-4817 Periwinkle (561) 279-9699

Plaza Boutique (561) 243-9890 Ramona LaRue (786) 564-5206

House of Zen Dali (561) 330-3436

Roxy Lulu (561) 779-5785

House of Perna (954) 868-4279

Second Time Around Consignment Boutique (561) 278-0493

J. McLaughlin (561) 455-4625

Snappy Turtle of Kennebunkport (561) 276-8088

Kismet Vintage Boutique (561) 865-7895

South Ocean Beach Shop (561) 278-3336

Kokonuts (561) 819-9443

Style & Wine (561) 330-3777 Swatches & Rags (561) 865-7230

Bond Street Salon (561) 330-8760 Cloud 10 Blowdry Bar and Salon (561) 303-3000

Petite Connection (561) 243-4618

Haystacks (561) 270-7850

Hy Pa - Hy Ma (561) 276-1444

Blush Salon & Boutique (561) 278-5834

Scarlett Ivy (561) 274-6680 Seagate Spa (561) 665-4952 Studio 5 (561) 450-7908 Studio 7 Hair by Diane Adams (561) 859-1737 The Mensroom At Salon 301 (561) 278-5068 JEWELRY

Glavidia (561) 265-5127

Beads on the Avenue (561) 278-6977

Donna Pascoe Salon (561) 593-0006

Creations by Gigi (561) 921-0662

FlyDry BlowDry Bar (561) 800-2DRY

Kientzy & Co. (561) 272-4545

Hair Design @ Kenneth Salon (561) 276-7777

Private Jewelers (561) 272-9800

Hair 2 Day Shop 4 Tomorrow (561) 577-5255 In the Grove Hair Salon (561) 894-8684 Joseph John Salon (561) 274-9400 Juliet Salon (561) 819-5861

Delray Beach Running Company (561) 568-9503 FootCandy Shoes (561) 278-5545 Free Love Shoes (561) 350-8216 Tootsie’s (561) 278-7879 Vince Canning Shoes (561) 276-6570 SPECIALTY SHOPPES & ART GALLERIES A Blast from The Past (561) 272-8290 Art-Sea Living (561) 737-2600 Artworks by Lois Brezinski (561) 400-8869 Avalon Gallery (561) 272-9155 Beachcomber Art (561) 315-5717 Bethesda Bargain Box (561) 278-2401 Debilzan Gallery (561) 266-2090

Sequin (561) 243-9373 Silver Feathers (561) 243-4004 Thida Thai (561) 455-4249 Unique Boutique (561) 272-6654 Visit our website for complete retail locations.

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“Party with the Primates – Fashion Evolution” Event at United State of Fitness 233 NE 2nd Ave

11am – 4pm

C.Orrico Lily Pulitzer Signature Store at 1045 E Atlantic Ave Sasha Lickle Trunk Show (Palm Beach Jewelry Designs)

7pm – 9pm

FASHION WEEK Kick-off Event “DELRAY SWIM” Worthing Park corner of E Atlantic Ave & SE 2nd Ave Show will begin at 7:30pm Featuring Men and Women’s Swimwear from over 25 Fashion Retailers within Downtown Hosted by Jules Guaglardi and Tim Byrd

SUN.

JAN. 18, 2015

10am – 5pm

Furst Handbags and Jewelry at 123 NE 2nd Ave Preview Summer Styles of Handmade Bags and Jewelry

FRI.

JAN. 23, 2015

11am – 4pm

C.Orrico Lily Pulitzer Signature Store at 1045 E Atlantic Ave Sasha Lickle Trunk Show (Palm Beach Jewelry Designs)

10am – 5pm

Furst Handbags and Jewelry at 123 NE 2nd Ave Preview Summer Styles of Handmade Bags and Jewelry

4pm

Recycled Runway Vintage Trunk Show and Tea Dance Cornell Museum of Art at Old School Square. A Fashion event, trunk shows, food, beverage and entertainment/$25 donation will benefit the Delray Beach Center for the Arts

11am – 5pm

C.Orrico Lily Pulitzer Signature Store at 1045 E Atlantic Ave Lily Pultzer Spring Trunk Show

12pm – 9pm

Second Time Around at 10 SE 4th Ave In honor of the 3rd Annual Stiletto Race receive 25% off all shoes

MON.

JAN. 19, 2015

2pm – 6pm

11am – 5pm

C.Orrico Lily Pulitzer Signature Store at 1045 E Atlantic Ave Free Monogramming on Select Merchandise

J. McClaughlin Sip & Shop Event at 519 E Atlantic Ave Shop, Sip and enter to win a $200 Gift Certificate

6pm – 9pm

10am – 5pm

Furst Handbags and Jewelry at 123 NE 2nd Ave Preview Summer Styles of Handmade Bags and Jewelry

4pm – 7pm

Fresh Produce “Style Her Party” Enjoy wine and treats – enter a drawing for a special Gift Card 401 E Atlantic Ave

6pm – 8pm

LoveRich Boutique “Fashion Styling Event” Ashley Martini, stylist and author of “Styletini” 2 NE 5th Ave

3rd Annual Vince Canning Stiletto Race Benefiting the Achievement Centers for Children and Families SE 4th Ave and Atlantic Ave The Theme is Fab, Fun & Flair!

Participants are encouraged to wear costumes, team outfits or sportswear. You can sprint, strut or sashay 75 meters to cross the finish line in your heel of choice. Registration fee of $25 allows entrants to participate in one or all races.

Visit delraystilettorace.com for details and to register.

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JAN. 24, 2015

TUES.

JAN. 20, 2015

10am – 5pm

10am – 5pm

Furst Handbags and Jewelry at 123 NE 2nd Ave Preview Summer Styles of Handmade Bags and Jewelry

The Trouser and Short Shop at 439 E Atlantic Ave Trunk Show: H. Freeman and Coebin

10am – 6pm

11am – 5pm

C.Orrico Lily Pulitzer Signature Store at 1045 E Atlantic Ave Free Monogramming on Select Merchandise

7pm – 9pm

Bold & Print – Ready to Wear Fashion Event at 777 Plaza E Atlantic Ave Fashion Show Event featuring over 30 boutiques with collections from designers such as Lily Pulitzer, Trina Turk, Julian Chang, Lola Australia, Surf Bazarr and more!

Enjoy a cocktail at DIG. Fashion Show 7:30pm -9:00pm Runway seats available for a $15 donation benefiting Achievement Centers for Children and Families and be entered to win a Fabulous Fashion Week Prize

Day of Beauty at The Seagate Spa Enjoy a full day of Beauty in celebration of Delray’s Fabulous Fashion Week! Visit DowntownDelrayBeach.com/fashion-week for complete information.

The Seagate Hotel 1000 E. Atlantic Avenue Delray Beach Florida 33483

10am – 5pm

Furst Handbags and Jewelry at 123 NE 2nd Ave Preview Summer Styles of Handmade Bags and Jewelry

11am – 5pm

C.Orrico Lily Pulitzer Signature Store at 1045 E Atlantic Ave Lily Pultzer Spring Trunk Show

6pm – 9pm

Delray’s Fabulous Fashion Week Finale Gypsies to Jetsetters On Atlantic Avenue in front of The Colony Hotel 525 E. Atlantic Ave

6pm – 7pm

Arrive at 6pm to visit the shops and specialty vignettes; Purchase Runway Seating Tickets:$15 donation per seat benefiting the Achievement Center for Children and Families (cash, check or credit card) Seat Holders will have a chance to win a Fabulous Fashion Show Gift Package Valued at $500.

7pm – 9pm

WED.

JAN. 21, 2015

10am – 5pm

Furst Handbags and Jewelry at 123 NE 2nd Ave Preview Summer Styles of Handmade Bags and Jewelry

11am – 5pm

C.Orrico Lily Pulitzer Signature Store at 1045 E Atlantic Ave Lily Pultzer Spring Trunk Show

7:30pm

The House of Zen Dali Fashion Event at DU20 Holistic Oasis 103 NE 2nd Ave Free Open House and Fashion Show

THURS.

JAN. 22, 2015

Entertainment by Matthew Farmer Show hosted by Tim Byrd and Jules Guaglardi Fashion Show to feature original designs from 10 of Downtown Delrayís local designers and the finale Fashion Show showcasing evening wear from over 40 fashion boutiques and shops throughout Downtown Delray Beach.

10am – 5pm

Furst Handbags and Jewelry at 123 NE 2nd Ave Preview Summer Styles of Handmade Bags and Jewelry

ALL WEEK LONG

11am – 5pm

C.Orrico Lily Pulitzer Signature Store at 1045 E Atlantic Ave Lily Pultzer Spring Trunk Show

1pm – 5pm

Sip & Shop Event Visit these beachside boutiques and enjoy wine, light snacks and a beautiful collection of styles in celebration of Fashion Week!

C. Orrico, Lily Pulitzer Store, The Mixed Bag, Oh My Bod, Mimi’s 1045 E. Atlantic Ave to 1218 E. Atlantic Ave

1pm – 10pm

Delray’s Fabulous Fashion Day & Night Out Fashion Boutiques, Hair Salons and Art Galleries will host Open House events in their stores. Here are a few spots to get you started • • • •

The Boardroom at 1155 E Atlantic Ave offering 10% off Ginjers Boutique at 133 E Atlantic Ave ODEON Salon at 75 SE 4th Ave: “Happy Hour Blowouts” Juliet Salon at 247 NE 2nd Ave: Girls Night Out event – fun styles and make up for all!

• Roxy Lulu Boutique 119 NE 2nd Ave: Meet the Designer event – Jules Guaglardi 4pm – 9pm

1. The Shops at 1045 – 1053 E Atlantic Ave: Celebrate Delray’s Fabulous Fashion Week as we give away a FABULOUS Prize package totaling $1,000!

Visit Kientzy Jewelry, Petite Connection, BOLO and the C. Orrico Lily Pulitzer store and be entered to win with any purchase during Fashion Week.

2. Tootsies at 310 E Atlantic Ave: During Delray’s Fabulous Fashion Week Tootsies is offering a Buy One pair of Shoes and Get another at 50% off!

3. Delray Beach Running Company: 20 W Atlantic Ave: Free sports medicine gait analysis for walkers, runners, and other sports enthusiasts.

“Happy New Rear” at United State of Fitness Complimentary workouts with US Fitness Trainers: Trunk Hitter and Just Abs Healthy Happy Hour refreshments served 233 NE 2nd Ave

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MEET TEN FASHION DESIGNERS FEATURED THROUGHOUT FASHION WEEK AND WHY THEY CALL DOWNTOWN DELRAY BEACH “HOME.”

JULES GUAGLARDI

Roxy LuLu 119 NE 2nd Ave – Pineapple Grove roxylulu.com

Haystacks 401 E Atlantic Ave haystacks.com

The daughter of two artistic parents, Jules Guaglardi developed her creative passion for the arts early in life in theatre and dance. Jules lived in the Caribbean for more than a decade creating luxury lifestyle magazines and television shows.

Influenced by her travels to private island getaways; resorts, villas, boutique hotels as a photographer, stylist and writer, she found her passion in the culture, people and lifestyles.

Fulfilling her dream of opening a Haystacks in the Mercer Building in Downtown became a reality for this designer on Halloween, 2014, a memorable date. With an eye on fashion since a young girl, Lizzi’s collection is comfortable, packable clothing that makes you feel good about yourself and your body. From office to evening her designs include skirts, pants, leggings, tops, dresses and printed reversible clothing.

“My ROXY LULU collection is a reflection of my life: free spirited, feminine and flowy, Boho chic and St. Baths inspired” Jules states. The unique marriage of European, Moroccan, luxury resort, Indian inspired style continues to evolve with every journey she takes.

For over four and a half years Jules has made Downtown Delray Beach home for her Roxy LuLu Collection because of its California-esque vibe; laid back, unpretentious, creative and yet chic with just the right touch of glamour.

The House of Perna Studio 350 NE 4th Street, #C - Artists Alley in Pineapple Grove thehouseofperna.com Amanda Perna launched her career as a New York City designer. Recently returning to her hometown of South Florida, Amanda chose the eclectic Artists Alley in Pineapple Grove District to call home for her new showroom. Amanda designs with a freedom of colorful, bold and fun graphics yet a sexy flair often resonates within her styles. Her unique line ranges from comfy, ready to wear to one of-a-kind couture creations including bridal gowns and bridesmaid dresses.

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While attending college she interned for Oscar de la Renta and then as a corporate designer for Calvin Klein for four years. “To see someone wear a piece from my own line was surreal,” she says.

The 28-year-old was one of a million designers in New York City trying to start her own brand when she got a big break – a spot on season nine of “Project Runway” which offered enough exposure to start The House of Perna.

“I think style is a way of expressing yourself without having to say anything,” says Amanda. The House of Perna is luxury fashion designed to enhance the beauty of the woman who wears it.

For over ten years Stephanie Graniero has made Downtown Delray Beach home to her original and one-of-a-kind fitness wear, dresses and separates. Focusing on the modern woman, Stephanie’s fashion and fitness clothing line is sold in boutiques and fitness centers throughout the United States.

Stephanie has had a passion for fashion her whole life.

Although her original career path was set on accounting during her early college years, she followed her heart, bought a sewing machine at a thrift store and pursued a fashion degree in South Florida. In 1998 Stephanie opened her first store and moved in 2004 to her current location in Downtown Delray’s “Beachside” on E. Atlantic Ave.

House of Zen Dali 424 E Atlantic Ave www.houseofzendali.com For over 5 years partners Jen Scoz and Hawk Stillwind have made Downtown Delray Beach home to House of Zen Dali.

They love its multi generational clientle, its creative vibe and people who love unique and original things.

Influenced by her dressmaker grandmother and shop owner mother, Jen Scoz has been designing jewelry for 15years. She began creating and selling her art while still in college. Hawk starting designing for bands as a teenager and continued while in art school earnestly focusing on his career in 2008.

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LIZZI LAMBERT

“Our knit fabrics are sourced direct from the manufacturer and then all clothing is made in Suttons Bay, Michigan at our cut and sew factory and design studio. Although we have seven stores in Michigan and one in Essex, Ct, I always wanted to open a storefront in Downtown Delray” Says Lizzi.

Furst Handbags 123 NE 2nd Ave – In Pineapple Grove ronaldfurst.com Ronald Furst began his fashion career at the young age of 18 and launched his first brand, Furst & Mooney. Married to Flavie, a designer of handbags, jewelry, shoes and accessories for the brand Chloe, the couple moved to Paris and opened Furst Handbags and fine Jewelry before opening in Delray Beach.

Since 2006 Downtown Delray Beach has been home to Furst Handbags after looking at various locations from NYC, Naples and Boca Raton.

Delray was their choice because of the diversity of architecture, age, income, level of ethnicity and pedestrian friendliness. Delray was the perfect match for their lifestyle and high end products they create. Their clientele mirrors the national trend of athleisure, carrying a gorgeous bag and wearing fabulous jewelry – a diverse crowd from the professionals in town or on vacation, everyone has their look and we work with them all.

FLAVIE & RONALD

FURST

“Our fine handbags are made of python, sustainable leather, ostrich and linen with textiles sourced in Italy and Spain. Our fine jewelry with precious and semi-precious stones along with all of our collection is made right here in our store” Says Ronald.

Ramona LaRue 530 E. Atlantic Ave ramonalarue.com

Oh My Bod 1128 E Atlantic Ave. ohmybod.com

STEPHANIE GRANIERO

DELRAY’S

“Our women’s clothing style is from gypsies to jetsetters.

Working with natural fibers, silk and cotton, we create flowy, hand painted, one-of-a-kind pieces which include, dresses, tops, pants and skirts. Our European inspired men’s line translates perfectly from Ibiza to New York and of course Delray Beach. We also create one-of-a-kind spiritually inspired natural stone jewelry consisting of components and works of artists from around the world.”

In fashion, there are trend-setters, trend-followers and there are labels that withstand the test of time, Ramona LaRue is one of those labels. Since launching its first collection in the Fall of 2008, Ramona LaRue is the creation of Coconut Grove native Arianne Brown.

Named after her mother Mona, this once-small line has grown to impressive proportions while staying true to its hand-crafted bohemian roots.

Arianne’s hand-painted pieces are loved by stores and customers alike. While her prints are now professionally transferred to silk, each design starts off with a one-of-a-kind silk painting, water-color, or sketch and is signed by the designer. The bold prints and strong bohemiam silhouette beautifully compliment any woman’s body and bring out the strong fearless confidence that Mona embodied.

ARIANNE BROWN

Arianne has opened her boutique in Delray because she believes her fashion is a perfect fit in the thriving town filled with wonderful people, art, specialty boutiques and restaurants.

LoveRich Boutique 2 NE 5th Ave loverichboutique.com Since April 2014, Love Rich Boutique has called Delray home. Owner Jelena Lovric style is a contemporary clothing line for women who are trendsetter with a chic sense of style.

“It’s all in the details – whether it be a lace trim on a skirt or a leather neckline, I like experimenting with different fabrics and combining them together for a variety of pieces in my collection.”

Jelena says.” Jelena loves the small town feeling of Downtown Delray Beach, the beach and the weather.

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This New Year, Celebrate & Create a New You!

By Riana Milne The Pineapple Contributing Writer

Everyone makes New Year’s resolutions and goals, but most do not take them seriously. My coaching and counseling clients learn that goal setting is essential to individual growth and the fuel behind creating a purpose filled life. Goal setting along with Coaching creates lasting changes that lead to increased self-esteem, personal power and overall life success. So this year, make your resolutions really count by using the Watch Me! Motivational Mind-set system.

A second time to reconsider where you are in life and set new goals for achievement is on your personal New Year, your birthday. If it is too close to New Years Eve, make America’s birthday, July 4th, the day to create your next set of goals. Start this program by making three personal goals and three business or school goals you want to achieve within the next six months.

These should be lofty, life-changing goals, like; being enrolled in school, writing a book, moving to a new area, or moving on from an unfulfilling job or a toxic, dysfunctional love relationship. Really mediate on these goals to define them very clearly; then write them down, with an expectation to reach them within six months.

From there, you will create three personal and three business/school weekly goals, with a week running from Sunday evening to the following Sunday night. To reach the weekly goals, you need to do mini daily goals – again, three personal and three business/school goals. It begins by having purpose and goals every day. Before you get out of bed, you say in your head the three goals to complete for the day. These could be as simple as making a phone call to get a medical appointment, to inquire about the next college term, or other fact gathering information.

At first, these mini goals seem insignificant, but these small accomplishments add up!

Those people who don’t do the daily goals fail to make their weekly, monthly, or their six month ultimate goals. The month-end goals are fairly significant. You create deadlines for yourself and strive each day to reach them.

So the goals go from very simplistic daily objectives to weekly aspirations to fulfill a monthly target that leads to your ultimate purpose within six months.

Does this really work? Absolutely! Using myself as an example; I set a two-year goal in April 2012 to write and publish 2 books that were each about 400 pages each (LIVE and LOVE Beyond Your Dreams), write an App (My Relationship Coach), create my new website (RianaMilne.com), and to get my Florida Licensed Mental Health and Certified Addictions Professional Certificate – which required another National exam.

All this was completed within a year and a half, using my goal-setting system. This massive 2-year goal ended April 2014 with my move to Delray Beach, receiving my finished book, LOVE Beyond Your Dreams the day I

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arrived here, and opening my second, Therapy by the Sea practice on Jog Road in Delray.

I have used the “Watch Me!” motivational Mind-set method my whole life, and taught my daughters this system who are also extremely successful. Living my life with absolute purpose happened after the loss of two of my closest friends; one to a drunk driver when we were just 16, and the other, my roommate from Penn State, was murdered by her boyfriend when we were 24.

My Relationship Coach Both incidences changed my life, and I promised my lost friends Michael and Corrine that I would not waste my life in any way, as well as now, donate proceeds of my books in their memory. Living with purpose gives you self confidence and intense joy, as you meet goal after goal – Living Beyond your Dreams to get to the next one! Life is an incredible journey and I want you to feel the gratitude and excitement of a life well lived!

This New Year’s Eve, promise yourself to live your life to the max. Start meditating on the goals you plan to aspire to, write them down, and commit by telling your partner, friends and family. Get Coaching to stick with this holistic, life planning system which can change your life in such powerful ways.

Be sure to celebrate each month and six month successes, because you deserve it! My goal to get my LOVE book into the Barnes & Noble stores occurred six-months after I arrived; and yes, that was planned for! On New Years Eve, I honor my clients who had the courage to take the first step to personal empowerment as I wonder what new goals they will create for their brand new, awesome year of life.

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. Her free App: My Relationship Coach offers many articles and her books, LIVE Beyond Your Dreams – from Fear and Doubt to Personal Power, Purpose and Success, and LOVE Beyond Your Dreams – Break Free of Toxic Relationships to Have the Love You Deserve addresses relationships with yourself and others. www.RianaMilne.com or email RianaMilne@gmail. com. Skype Coaching and FB: coachrianamilne. Delray office ph: (561) 701-8277; Worldwide cell: 201-281-7887

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The House of Perna to showcase its Resort Collection during AmericaSmart Atlanta 2015 DELRAY BEACH, FL – The House of Perna (THoP) design team is pleased to announce the fashion house’s participation in the AmericasMart Atlanta 2015 taking place between January 29 and February 1, 2015.

THoP will be featured among the Emerging Designers platform at the Atlanta Apparel Mart.

“This is an exciting opportunity for us to showcase our newest collection in a collaborative and exciting environment,” said Amanda Perna, Founder and Lead Designer for The House of Perna. “We are thrilled to be among the country’s emerging labels and look forward to bringing our new line to market.”

Since Amanda Perna’s debut on the hit reality television show, Project Runway, her Florida-based ready to wear and couture design house has been growing at an exponential rate: launching a brick-andmortar showroom in Delray Beach, Florida in 2014 and now expanding into the bridal market.

“We hope to gather some critical data from our buyers and monitor the response we get from this collection so that we can continue

to refine and improve our assortment,” said Solomon Strul, Director of Sales & Operations, The House of Perna. “Atlanta Mart is a great venue with appropriate timing to elicit this type of information that will help us grow the brand over the next few seasons.”

The Atlanta Mart comes on the heels of an exclusive resort trunk show the House of Perna will hold at Bloomingdale’s locations in the Florida market in the beginning of the spring season.

The House of Perna collections are available online at www.TheHouseofPerna. com and at the showroom in Delray Beach, Florida. THoP is also currently setting up popup shops and trunk show dates throughout the South Florida market which will be published on the label’s website.

For more information about THoP’s upcoming events, collections and items available for purchase, please visit www.

TheHouseofPerna.com. The House of Perna is currently open by appointment-only inside the new design studio located at: 350 NE 4th Street, Suite C, Delray Beach, Florida.

A New Year, A New Me

By Heather McMechan The Pineapple Contributing Writer

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admit it! I may be a cynic and I may be sarcastic, but I’m one of those moms who still makes New Year’s Resolutions. It’s probably because my birthday is in January, so there’s a lot to reflect on, like my love handles, my crow’s feet and my dark circles.

But as I ponder about 2014, I remember the crazy, cool, no holds bar moms that I’ve met who challenged me to be better, work harder and think smarter. But these moms still had popular words floating around their phone conversations like: Balance, More Wine, and Guilt. I don’t care how many “Mommy and Me” meet-ups you do, or what life coach Kool-Aid you drink, when you have a baby, they implant a chip in your brain to keep these words constantly in your vocabulary.

So, as I reflect on how I want 2015 to roll, I decided my mantra is “Be Present to the Moment”. One of my many bosses in life had this mantra as I worked my way up the ladder of success, but I didn’t get it until this November on my family trip to Disney.

I had my iPhone in my hands the entire time, wondering if my site was working, if my Facebook post was being shared, and did my Instagram photos get enough likes.

I was checking the wait times on my Disney app every 10 seconds. I was a total crank the whole day, barely paying attention to my kids

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and my husband, too busy photographing, liking and sharing.

So, the second day of the trip my phone died from me being too exhausted to remember to charge it, from changing my fast passes from Hollywood Studios back to the Magic Kingdom, and from checking the stupid wait times over and over. I had no choice. I had to disconnect and “Be Present to the Moment”. Local Dad Scoop said, “Instead of trying to capture the moment, just be in the moment.” When that happened, I started having fun!

As Local Mom Scoop moves forward, weekends are about my family. If you want to find out what’s happening, then subscribe or follow because those are things I can schedule. Then I can do chalk art on the sidewalk with my 7-year-old, and make chocolate chip pancakes with my 4-year-old.

As I chant my mantra, I believe that 2015 is going to be an amazing year of taking it all in. Because like my parents said, “it goes by so fast”, and you know what. . . it really does!

You can follow Local Mom Scoop on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to find out what’s happening for moms in South Florida.

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Spodak Dental Group is now open on Saturdays

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ELRAY BEACH, FLA., December 11, 2014 – Spodak Dental Group is now open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is accepting current and future patients who are interested in routine, preventative and emergency dental care.

Spodak Dental Group is a full-service practice that is conveniently equipped to meet all dental needs and provide patients with comprehensive, comfortable treatment.

Patients are able to receive all treatments and services including cleaning, whitening, simple fillings and extractions, to implants, Invisalign® and complete cosmetic and reconstructive smile enhancements.

“We are really excited to be able to offer this convenient option to patients who are unable to see us during the week due to their work schedule,” said Dr. Craig Spodak, owner of Spodak Dental Group. “Many patients also have dental emergencies over the weekend and they

shouldn’t have to wait in pain until Monday.”

Since 1976, the Spodak Dental Group has evolved to become South Florida’s premier, comprehensive dental facility, and comprises a world-class association of dental professionals poised to provide full-service dental care second-to-none in both scope and skill. The Spodak Dental Group team includes General and Restorative Dentists, Endodontists, Periodontists, Prosthodontists, Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Master Ceramic Artists and Anesthesiologists.

Spodak Dental Group is located at 3911 W. Atlantic Ave. The office is open Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and accepts most PPO dental insurances.

Please visit www.SpodakDental.com or call (561) 498-0050 for more information or to make an appointment.

What’s Your Plan?

By Laura Norman Special to The Pineapple

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- from the song “Do You Know Where You Are Going To?” by Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin How many of us have a plan as we start a new year? Some people have todo lists they use to get through each day.

The rapidly growing number of people with smartphones often use their calendar apps to schedule appointments and other important events. But who do you know that has a clear vision for how to create the life they desire?

It seems like most of us have pretty much operated on auto-pilot, just going through the motions, reacting to life’s challenges and crises rather than actualizing our dreams.

The difference? It’s in the way we perceive how the world works. Many spiritual teachers espouse the idea that there is no such thing as out there.

We are the ultimate creators of our life.

What we perceive as out there is actually just a mir-ror of our inner world. When we see ourselves as victims, the world we experience rein-forces our belief that we must protect ourselves, cementing the very walls that block the flow of life’s abundant treasures. When we see the world as loving, it is because we are pro-jecting a loving vibration, without resistance and attracting love back.

As a life wellness coach, I’m often asked, “How can I have a different, easier and happier life?” The answer is quite simple.

Since we create our lives from the inside

out, having a plan or vision makes a great deal of sense. To live an extraordinary life, just be clear about what you desire and stay aligned with your higher, loving Self.

Life becomes much easier and your desires begin to manifest. Driven by the Law of Attraction, whatever we focus on - however we are feeling - is reflected in how we experience our lives.

One of the easiest ways to align with our highest purpose is to relax, which releases re-sistance naturally. By letting go of resistance, we return to our natural state of being peace-ful, loving, creative and happy selves. Reflexology is one of the most powerful ways to pro-foundly relax your body, mind and spirit. By receiving gentle, yet firm pressure on specific pressure points on your feet, hands, face and ears, tension and resistance melts, allowing health and happiness to manifest.

Whether your desire is to experience reflexology for yourself, or to help yourself and others achieve their life plan, visit our website to schedule a session or learn more about how you can become a holistic reflexologist.

Laura Norman, M.S., LMT, world-renowned Holistic Reflexologist and author of the bestselling book, Feet First: A Guide to Foot Reflexology, offers private Reflexology and Life Wellness Coaching sessions in Delray Beach and Holistic Reflexology T r a i n i n g Programs in Boynton Beach starting February 7th and 8th. Visit www.lauranorman.com • classes@lauranorman.com • Call 561-272-1220

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Tales From The Mat TheYogaChronicles

By David J. Ramoy The Pineapple Contributing Writer

When I first started the Yoga Chronicles, my expectation was to shed light on Yoga studios and teachers in the community that I have grown to love and respect. I have written plenty about the undeniable positive changes in my own life from yoga, but nothing could prepare me for what I experience at The Salt Suite. The studio When I first started the Yoga Chronicles, goal was to shed light on yoga studios and teachers in the is clean and modern, the staff friendly, and the salt, well, let’s just say its plentiful. There is a wide range of classes, and each one is done with Himalayan sea salt ventilated through the air while you Chaturanga and Utkatasana. Typically after a class I have that “yoga high,” as people like to call it a sense of relaxation mixed in with vibrant energy. After taking classes at The Salt Suite, you not only feel the “Yoga high”, but your breathing clean and clear. I can only relate it to how your lungs feel subsequently from a long run. Being referred to the studio by loyal supporters and taking a classes myself, It would only make sense to include The Salt Suite in this month’s Tales From the Mat. I would like you to meet the owner of the studio Elliot Helmer.

Hi Elliot, you own more than just a Yoga Studio, tell us about the Salt Suite.

The Salt Suite is a 100% natural treatment for respiratory conditions like Asthma and Allergies. We shipped in over 24,000 lbs of Dead Sea Salt to our Delray Beach location. We have a Children’s and Adult Salt Therapy room that have the salt on the walls and floor. The kids room is full of toys, its like a big salty sand box. In the adult room customers sit in a comfortable leather chair and just relax. The Yoga studio has salt on one wall, in all the rooms salt is ground up with machines and blown into the air in a tiny dry particle. Since salt is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory it opens up the sinuses and respiratory system and flushes out unwanted allergens and bacteria. Its important that the humidity is controlled so it remains very dry in these rooms. Salt naturally absorbs moisture, so when its dry it can more easily penetrate deeper into the airways. Also, all air is exhausted outside, there is no recycled air in the entire facility.

Why was it your calling to open the Salt Suite?

My wife discovered the idea from a friend’s recommendation who had been to a Salt Therapy center in Los Angeles and saw incredible results for her allergies. We have always been entrepreneurial and both had an interest in health and wellness. We realized there were countless people suffering from respiratory conditions throughout South Florida without many natural treatments. So, we saw a chance to provide a unique and effective service while helping people improve their health along the way.

Why Salt?

Here in the USA, most people only think of salt as something to avoid because it can raise your blood pressure. However, Salt Therapy Centers have been around for years all throughout Europe, Russia, the U.K., Canada and many other parts of the world. At The Salt Suite and a growing number of other centers around the USA people are seeing salt in a new light. The respiratory benefits of salt and salt therapy are being proven time and time again.

Favorite quote to live by?

“Treat others how you want to be treated”. My wife says this one a lot. You could say this is sort of our company motto. We do our best to give customers a high level of service and respect.

What does the Salt Suite have to offer.

During our classes we do blow in the dry salt aerosol so you are receiving all the benefits of Yoga and Salt Therapy. Not only does it help your respiratory system but it boosts your immune system by flushing out toxins from your airways that you may be exposed to on a daily basis. And we offer a variety of different classes in our studio from Hatha, Vinyasa, Qigong to a weekly Breathwork class on Saturday mornings. Our full schedule can be found on our website www. thesaltsuite.com.

Visit David Ramoy’s Power Vinyasa Flow class at The United States of Fitness on Wednesday: 7:30-8:30 p.m., and Sunday 12-1:30 p.m.; The CozyYogi on Monday, 6-7:15 p.m., and 7:30-8:45 p.m. Or email me at Davidramoy@gmail. com.

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welcoming environment.

“We’re going to have everything all under one roof, bringing an upscale fitness lifestyle to Delray Beach,” Larkin said.

In supporting the theme of a premium fitness center Busy Body hired IDDI Design International, a design firm that has developed high end condos and luxury hotels. In keeping with the upscale theme, they have selected finishes and fixtures normally reserved for luxury hotels. Locker rooms will include marble countertops and high-end tile and sinks.

“We have recreated the luxury spa setting you would expect to find in a high-end resort,” Larkin said.

Purlife will also have the latest equipment from Precor, featuring the P80 console, which combines fitness with technology and entertainment. Members will be able to link directly to a network that records and documents their workout history and makes it available wherever they’re working out on Precor equipment.

In addition to Larkin acquiring Purcycle, he has recruited top spin instructors from the neighboring clubs. Between Purlife and Purcycle there will be the greatest range of training options for Delray residents.

Purlife by Busy Body Fitness Centers is now offering pre-opening memberships at 50 percent off full membership, with the offer limited to the first 200 members. All members will receive discount pricing at Purlife’s sister facility, Purcycle, a few blocks away on Southeast Second Avenue.

For memberships or additional information, call (561) 723-6536.

About Busy Body Fitness Centers Busy Body Fitness Centers are South Florida’s premier fitness clubs, with locations in Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Palm Beach Gardens. Begun in 2009, Busy Body Fitness Centers blend the best fitness equipment with the best trainers and instructors to create an enriching exercise experience that sets it apart from other health clubs.

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Dr. Richard Staller, who donates his services to all the athletes at Florida Atlantic University, was named Best Dentist in Delray by the Sun-Sentinel for the second year in a row, previously winning the award in 2013.

Hands, The American Cancer Society, and the Wounded Warriors Programs, just to name a few.

Plans are to host a ribbon cutting and open house in early January, after the holidays.

The new office is located at 15340 Jog Road, Suite 100, Delray Beach, Fl. 33346, next to Diagnostic Centers of America.

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will rapidly escalate, tripling from today’s more than 5 million Americans to as many as 16 million by 2050. In Florida alone, there are 450,000 people living with Alzheimer’s.

For more information or to make a donation, visit alz.org/walk.

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. Since 1989, the Alzheimer’s Association mobilized millions of Americans in the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk®; now the Alzheimer’s Association is continuing to lead the way with Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Together, we can end Alzheimer’s – the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death.

Visit alz.org® or call 800.272.3900.

Cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in adult cardiac surgery opens practice and on staff at Delray Medical Center

Award winners Dr. Manolakos and Dr. Staller

Also recognized was Dr. Danielle Manolakos, named best dermatologist in Delray Beach.

Staller and the specialists in his office have also recently moved into a 6,000 square foot state-of-the art facility with technology available that is not present in most dental offices across the U.S. In addition to being the official team dentist for FAU athletics, he is also the official dentist in South Florida for the U.S. Olympic Team.

“We are so proud of our new facility”, Staller said, “but although we outgrew the space we had next to the Delray Medical Center, we are just around the corner on Jog Road, north of Linton Blvd, so it will be much easier for our current and new patients to find us on the ground floor, with no need to wait for slow elevators and there is plenty of free parking right outside the front door”, he concluded.

Staller remains very active in giving back to the community in such organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Boca Helping

Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. – Tenet Florida Physician Services (TFPS) announced that Dr. Neil Galíndez, cardiothoracic surgeon, has opened his practice in Palm Beach Gardens. Dr. Galíndez is on staff at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Delray Medical Center and Florida Medical Center, a campus of North Shore and is a member of the Tenet Florida Heart & Vascular Network. Prior to joining TFPS, Dr. Galíndez completed fellowship training in cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Galíndez’s interests are in minimally invasive heart valve surgery, cardiac arrhythmia surgery, temporary and longterm mechanical circulatory support, percutaneous valve surgery (TAVR) coronary revascularization, and thorascopic surgery for hyperhidrosis.

For his education and training, Dr. Galíndez completed a general surgery residency at Morristown Memorial Medical Center in Morristown, New Jersey. In 2011, as chief resident, Dr. Galíndez won the Hughes D. Dougan, MD Award at the hospital, which is presented to the resident selected by his peers who exemplifies the qualities of devotion to patient care, attention to detail and excellence of surgical

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technique. Dr. Galíndez completed his medical education at the University of Texas, Health Science Center Medical School, in Houston, Texas.

In April 2014, Dr. Galíndez presented: Mitral Valve Repair Over Two Contemporary Eras – Are The Newer Techniques Impacting Outcomes? to the 63rd International Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery and presented the case: Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Coronary Sinus Ostial Atresia in a Donor Heart During Cardiac Transplantation at the International Society for Heart & Lung transplantation poster sessions.

Throughout his medical career, he has presented his research and findings relating to cardiothoracic medicine at several medical conferences. Dr. Galíndez is fluent in English and Spanish. He has been practicing medicine since 2006.

Real Estate developer Elad National helps feed the hungry

BOCA RATON, FL – South Florida real estate developer Elad National Properties this week presented Boca Helping Hands with a $2,500 contribution to help the needy this holiday season. Following the check presentation, Elad spent the morning volunteering in the organization’s kitchen and pantry preparing food, providing meals and cleaning up.

Elad’s contribution to will be matched 100 percent by an anonymous donor, who has agreed to match all unrestricted contributions to Boca Helping Hands made before December 31, up to $225,000.

Alzheimer’s Association Walk To End Alzheimer’s® in Southeast Florida raises $740,500.00

MIAMI, FL – More than 7,000 residents from Southeast Florida joined the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s® to unite in a movement to reclaim the future for millions at five Walks throughout October and November.

Participants raised more than $740,500.00 to fund the Alzheimer’s Association care, support and research programs. Which is a 35% increase from last year!

“I was inspired by all of the Southeast Florida residents uniting in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease at our Walks to End Alzheimer’s,” said Ann May, CEO of the Southeast Florida Chapter. “With funds raised, the Alzheimer’s Association will be able to provide much needed care and support to people affected by the disease as well as fund critically needed Alzheimer’s research.”

Association’s main goal is to fund research and provided support programs and services in the community. The events also included an emotional tribute to those who have experienced or are experiencing Alzheimer’s.

Following is the breakdown on the amount raised in each Walk: • 1st Annual Boca Raton Walk had 1153 participants and raised approximately $128,795.

• West Palm Beach Walk had 1248 participants and raised approximately $131,725+.

• Treasure Coast Walk had 570 participants and raised approximately $63,400+.

• Broward Walk had 2320 participants and raised approximately $223,140+.

• Miami-Dade Walk had 2125 participants and raised approximately $193,437+ Walk to End Alzheimer’s participants did more than complete the 5k. They learned about Alzheimer’s disease and how to get involved with this critical cause, from advocacy opportunities and to support programs and services to clinical trials. The event also included an emotional tribute to those who have experienced or are experiencing Alzheimer’s.

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

“Boca Helping Hands is an organization that does so much good in this community, not just around the holidays but all year long,” said Elad National Properties Senior Executive Officer, Bill Shewalter. “When we heard about the fund-matching program, we figured what better way to make a contribution? It will go twice as far to meet the needs of families who don’t have enough to eat.”

Boca Helping Hands is a community resource center that serves a free hot lunch to under-employed and unemployed in the community six days a week, serves a Family Night Dinner on Thursdays, distributes pantry bags and provides financial assistance to Boca Raton Residents in times of crisis. Boca Helping Hands has nine full-time employees and 300+volunteers committed to the mission to provide food and emergency assistance to meet basic human needs and long-term solutions to break the cycle of dependence.

“We currently hand out more than 6,000 pantry bags per month and serve several thousand more with our weekly hot meals,” said Boca Helping Hands Executive Director Jim Gavrilos. “Contributions like the one made by Elad are the life blood that keeps this center up and running 52 weeks of the year.”

For more information visit BocaHelpingHands.org.

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Dr. Brett Osborn donates book proceeds to American Heart Assn./American Stroke Assn.

Dr. Brett Osborn, a neurosurgeon and anti-aging medicine specialist with the Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute (PBNI), recently donated proceeds generated from sales of his book “Get Serious” at the 5th Annual Neuroscience Symposium: A Lustrum of Progress event to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ ASA) of Palm Beach County. “Get Serious” is a neurosurgeon’s guide to optimal health and fitness.

Eau Palm Beach Resort’s Eau Spa introduces new red-carpet ready specialist

MANALAPAN, FL – Rumor has it that top super models in Manhattan are booking their flights to Palm Beach in record numbers.

While they have always headed south for the sunshine and chic setting, now they are coming to see Christy Chis – a former esthetician with Mario Badescu in New York, and recent transplant to Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa. As a long-time facial specialist at the renowned MB Salon, Chis cultivated a cultfollowing from such recognizable beauties as Heidi Klum and Naomi Campbell. The Ford Modeling Agency practically had her on speed dial for their facial emergency cases.

“I am very honest with my clients and take time to learn their needs and wants,” said Chis. “And I only use the very best products.

Once they follow my direction, my clients see results. I focus on giving them tremendous value and I know that their experience with me is key to determining their outcomes.”

Romanian born like her mentor, Chis studied beauty in her native country before heading stateside.

“In Europe we undergo extensive training and education,” said Chis, “studying anatomy, nutrition and biology before ever training with clients. I focused my studies on skin care and then moved to New York to receive my license there.”

Chis spent 20 wonderful years at Mario Badescu before heading to Florida. A happy experience with Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa led her to return to the award-winning Manalapan property known for its newfashioned luxury and effortless living.

“My daughter was married here three years ago,” said Chis. “It was a beautiful time in my life and the service and setting were exceptional. When I learned I would be relocating, I knew the Eau Spa would be a perfect fit for me.”

One of the “Top 25 Spas in the World,”

Dr. Brett Osborn presenting a check donation for proceeds from the sales of his book Get Serious to Beth Mourelatos, Executive Director/Market Vice President - American Heart Association/American Stroke Association of Palm Beach County.

Eau Spa is a spectacular 42,000-square-foot wonderland, offering full service treatments in an exceptional setting. The spa is a flagship amenity for the beachfront Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa. “Christy is a wonderful addition to our team,” said Catherine Warren, Spa and Leisure Director at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa. “We are known for our exceptional and personalized service. A premium on privacy and each tailored experience makes our guests feel very special. As we enter Gala and party season in the Palm Beaches, we know that Christy will be helping everyone look their most refreshed, best self – whether heading out for a benefit, date-night or for a fun girls getaway. We’re delighted she is here!”

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The Wellington resident says she most looks forward to working with locals so they can feel good about themselves.

“I love to make people happy,” said Chis.

“When you work with someone and they see results, it can change their whole attitude. I love making such a difference in someone’s life.”

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staff and will also be providing workshops for parents with kids diagnosed with ADD and ADHD. About Dr. Brian Sheen: Brian Sheen, Ph.D. has been involved with Complementary and Alternative Medicine research and development for the past 44 years. He is the founder of the Florida Institute of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (FICAM), which trains individuals in the knowledge and know-how for maximizing wellness, enhancing emotional intelligence and creating optimal performance for living an empowered life.

Through his books, CD’s, school and online training programs Dr. Sheen has demonstrated how to overcome the symptoms of ADD/ ADHD, depression, anxiety, addiction and thyroid imbalance without medications. His evidence-based work integrates the mind, body, emotions and spirit to activate the body’s inner pharmacy to return the endocrine system back to balance and health.

Dr. Sheen has worked with a wide demographic of families, individuals, groups, schools and businesses sharing his specialized tools and strategies throughout the world. He actively works with the Palm Beach County Schools Wellness Task Force, Health Department and various schools and organizations sharing his unique approaches.

Dr. Sheen’s 7 Keys For Attention Development helps people understand the underlying causes for attention deficits, disorders and distractions. Readers will learn why they experience their difficulties and obtain the scientific knowledge in easy to understand language as to how the mind, emotions, body and personal relationships create these symptoms and the exact methods for reversing them.

The book shares a wide variety of case studies illustrating how implementing the 7 Keys proven program can help develop focus, calm presence, healthy attitudes, self control and connected relationships in school or at work, at home and in the community.

For more information visit www.7Keysfor AttentionDevelopment.com.

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How to make a meaningful lifestyle change

By Dr. Raul Rodriguez The Pineapple Contributing Writer

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aking a New Year’s resolution is easy. Making a resolution stick is the hard part. This is especially true with fitness and diet related promises that are so common after the holiday feeding frenzy comes to an end. So how can we change this? How can we make this January 1st our turning point for our health and fitness? The honest answer to this is that a meaningful change in fitness requires commitment, planning and effort.

So how important is health and fitness to you? This will largely determine your willingness and motivation to make the necessary commitment. Fitness needs to be important enough to you that you are willing to rearrange parts of your busy schedule to make sure you can workout on a consistent basis.

Your workouts need to be given a certain level of priority that is below family, children and spouse but above television, internet surfing and Facebook. If you do not go out of your way to make the time, the time will never be made for you and fitness will continue to be something that other people achieve and enjoy. So after you have decided that fitness is important enough to you that you are willing to make it a real priority in your life, you must then make a plan.

Planning for your fitness starts with identifying as many potential pitfalls that would interfere with your training as you can find. Most of these will involve constraints of time and current physical abilities. So many otherwise motivated individuals have abandoned their fitness campaigns because they could not consistently make time for the gym or they kept getting hurt.

You want to be practical when you plan your training around major life responsibilities such as career and family. Make the most use of time that is the least affected by home and work responsibilities. Early mornings and the hour after work are very popular times to exercise for these very reasons. Once you have made the time, you can then focus on avoiding injury.

Avoiding injury is best achieved with a structured training program that is created by a personal trainer. A qualified trainer is able to assess your current fitness level and plan your training accordingly. This helps

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you avoid training injuries that result from exercising too hard too soon.

We are all rather vulnerable to getting hurt at the start of a training campaign. This is because our muscles, ligaments, and tendons have not had enough time to adapt to the training loads being placed on the body.

A trainer will help you pace yourself appropriately to give your body the time it needs to adjust. Your effort needs to be sustainable over the course of time if you wish to achieve sustainable results.

Instead of an “A”, how about some “abs” for your effort! The final necessary element to achieve fitness, after you have made the necessary commitment and the appropriate planning, is your actual effort level in the gym. There are a few different variables with regards to effort that matter here.

The first is frequency of effort. We do need to exercise often enough for it to matter. Twice a week will simply not cut it.

We need to aim for 3 to 4 times a week, at least. It is actually easiest to incorporate a 5 to 6 day a week training schedule. At that frequency, even if some of the workouts are for 30 minutes, your body will start to dislike inactivity and it will push you to exercise. This frequency tends to result in the highest levels of energy and wellbeing. It is important to always reserve at least 1 day off a week.

Next is the duration of your effort.

Cardiovascular exercise should be 30 minutes or more. Resistance training can be 30-45 minutes, depending on the intensity level and the amount of rest between sets. Intensity will vary depending on your fitness level and your goals. Fat burning is best achieved at a lower to moderate intensity level that is sustained over a longer period of time. A trainer will work you up to a higher intensity level when your body is ready to handle it.

The last effort variable is consistency of effort. If we can keep our structured regimen going week in and week out, month after month, and year after year, we will be able to achieve and sustain a much higher level of fitness than we ever have before.

It is necessary for us to believe that achieving a significantly higher level of fitness is possible if we implement meaningful changes. We must set ourselves up for success and then not be afraid to go for it. So much of fitness is a mental game. If we can get past the psychological part, the physical part is really not so hard. The hardest part has always been and continues to be just showing up.

Raul J Rodriguez MD is the Medical Director of Delray Center For Healing, as well as the owner of PFN (Performance Fitness and Nutrition) and Burn Cycle Indoor Cycling.

Delray Center For Healing 403 SE 1st Street, Delray Beach, FL 33483 www.delraycenter.com • 888-699-5679

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with whomever you like. You would like to send your boyfriend exciting pictures because it is fun and a nice hobby. It is unfair that thieves and inappropriate personal intrusions are affecting your communications, but that is the reality we are living in. So you can either accept that you are an open book and stand by everything you put out, with the caveat that most everything we put in the air, even my naked butt, really isn’t that interesting even if it is sexy or offensive, or stop volunteering information.

Forwarding my future Question Now that the “fappening” has passed do I stop taking scantily clad selfies for my boyfriend or do I just get used to the idea that the world may one day see all of them?

– Ashlee

Answer May I recommend bawdy Polaroid’s? I’d feel awful to tell you to stop because I am sure that you’re both enjoying this activity. Given that the Internet’s primary role is facilitating all sorts of romance, and you are using smart phones for their major purpose (these are statistical certainties), if you don’t want to stop altogether you just have to accept the risks and consequences.

With my cursory knowledge of the fappening, it wasn’t just famous people that had their information stolen. These no-goods were also secretly trading average joe’s candid shots.

But not only are hackers stealing information, we have people secretly going through other’s phones, a foreign country crippling a giant international entertainment company in a huge hack-job, a recent release by our country admitting to inappropriately spying on people over the past decade, all of our tidbits and information that we forward online being sold to the highest bidder for advertising purposes, and the necessity of the new passage of revenge pornography laws to deal with jilted lovers that publicize private keepsakes. And these are the things that I can say that I know about, I can’t imagine what I don’t!

So what do we do with this? I always put my phone to its most private settings, I don’t go for that cloud stuff, I don’t give out my simple-minded passwords, and I try to keep my emails sanitary. But mistakes happen. The other day someone who I haven’t heard from in a while texted me, I got names mixed up, and I forwarded along a picture of my bare holiday rump. Was I embarrassed? No. Did I pretend to be embarrassed? Sure. Did I give a fake apology? Of course. But I have no shame and you likely have some self-respect.

So really, the ‘just accept it’ method, while admirable, sometimes isn’t reasonable and is difficult to swallow.

Just as painful is censoring yourself, because you want to be able to speak freely

Because really that is what we are doing.

We are agreeing to forward our information because of convenience over information waves that we don’t always need to use. We can hope that these companies will eventually take steps to better protect our information or that the government enforces laws to protect us, remembering that the companies are profiting off of us and that the government is spying on us, or change your way of life.

You can go forward knowing that, yes, there is a chance that your afternoon delight is going to come out but probably not and accept that, or you can paint giant naked self portraits like the Renaissance and hang them in the bedroom to be seen by who you choose. It comes down to what risks are you personally willing to accept, versus the convenience of communication that using the interweb provides. Nosiness just takes the sexy out of everything.

C’mon South Florida, send me your Snap Chat name and I’ll give you mine, just send it to thenjackhappened@gmail.com.

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Dear Susan, I feel like my family is falling apart. My husband is a recovering alcoholic and I have recently lost my job as a secretary. My main concern is my 17-year-old son. He has been staying out late, skipping school and when he is home, he is holed up in his room. I am afraid he is going to end up in trouble or worse, in jail!

I don’t know where to turn.

Sincerely, Concerned Mom Dear Concerned Mom, You have every right to be concerned about your son. Unfortunately, children, especially teens, are very sensitive to the dynamics of the family and the stresses in the house. Your son is reacting in the only way he knows how...avoiding the situation. You need to explain to him that your home is NOT a hotel and that he needs to be a functional member of the family. As his mom, you need to make sure he gets to school and does his homework. At 17, he should also have a part-time job to help ease some of your financial burdens.

Susan 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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In presenting the award, the chamber also recognized Caffé Luna Rosa’s commitment to the community. The restaurant frequently supports local non-profit organizations through sponsorships and donations while Marincola and other partners also serve on city boards, as well as on the boards of non-profit organizations.

Fran Marincola, Caffé Luna Rosa’s founder/partner, recently sat down with The Delray Beach Pineapple to discuss this prestigious honor.

What does winning the first Restaurant of the Year Award from the Greater Delray Chamber of Commerce mean to you and everyone at Caffé Luna Rosa?

Winning the recognition from the Delray Chamber mean we’ve achieved what we set out to do. We work together to get the service, the food and the atmosphere to be exactly where we want it to be three times a day and we get it right 95 percent of the time. It took time to get it right – about 15 years.

There are over 340 restaurants in the Delray area and Caffé Luna Rosa was named number one -- what are the secrets behind running a successful, award-winning restaurant?

That’s simple. First, you have to give customers what they want, not what you want. Second, give them quality. Third, treat them like you appreciate them. All customers should be treated like celebrities.

How critical is the role that your partners and staff play in Caffé Luna Rosa’s success?

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cean Properties Ltd. recently announced the completion of a revitalization project at the 115-room oceanfront Delray Sands Resort on Highland Beach, a member of the company’s prestigious Opal Collection. Located between Delray Beach and Boca Raton on a quiet stretch of sandy Atlantic shoreline, the new Delray Sands Resort now offers exceptional amenities, including ocean-inspired guestrooms and suites, oceanfront meeting and event space and an allnew dining experience with breathtaking ocean views.

“It’s uncommon to find a comfortable, luxury resort located directly on the beach in South Florida, so we’ve

designed the property to showcase its greatest asset and incorporate ocean elements throughout,” said Andy Berger, Vice President of Operations at Ocean Properties.

According to Berger, each aspect of the resort has been designed to evoke the sea, including a beautiful water feature that greets guests as they enter the new lobby and continue along a meticulously landscaped path to the resort’s guestrooms, pool and the beach. The revitalized guest rooms feature comfortable furnishings and amenities such as mini refrigerators, in-room coffee makers and premium cable channels, as well as furnished balconies on rooms overlooking the pool or beach.

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Be Kind Delray Initiative spearheaded by new Young Professionals Group Young Professionals Association of Delray distributing “Kind Cards”, tracking acts of kindness on website and through social media campaign

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“Delray Beach is more than a beautiful city to keep warm in the winter, it is a city that radiates warmth from the people who live here year round. This campaign hopes to capitalize on the kindness of our community, and spread it to all corners in a trackable method utilizing social media,” Explains Stephen Chrisanthus, Associate Director of the Delray Beach Marketing Cooperative and member of YPAD. Who better to initiate such a campaign than young professionals, who continue to flock to Delray to live and work. As this youthful movement grows so does YPAD and the number of events it hosts. The most recent monthly event was particularly special for the holidays and kicked off at Santa’s House in Old School Square Park on Tuesday December 9th followed by a Happy Hour Social at Tryst. The first 20 attendees who arrived with a toy to donate to Toys 4 Tots received a free drink.

Several dozen toys were collected through the toy drive.

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“Beyond the new lobby and their guestrooms, our guests will even be able to experience this ocean inspiration on the menu at Latitudes, which we believe will be the area’s best new restaurant,” added Berger.

The focal point of the resort, Latitudes is an all-new oceanfront restaurant and lounge comprised of five social and dining spaces, including the main dining room with views of the ocean, an outdoor ocean terrace, the new Wave Pool Bar and private social event spaces. With a modern coastal palette of bright sea salt white, deep ocean blues and driftwood oak, the innovative design of the main dining room features terraced seating areas that cascade down to the ocean, giving every guest an ocean view. Drawing on his New England background, Chef Mattaeus Schkrioba will create menus featuring farmto-table selections and a refreshing blend of bright new flavors and classic seafood dishes.

For special occasions, the resort’s two indoor

spaces and outdoor terrace make it an ideal location for beachfront weddings or corporate events. Overlooking Highland Beach, the Windrift Room accommodates up to 100 guests and features a stunning wall of floor-to-ceiling windows providing picturesque views. The outdoor poolside space easily accommodates 60 guests for cocktail receptions, rehearsal dinners or even outdoor meetings. The resort’s on-site sales manager and wedding specialist work directly with each guest to meet specific needs and execute a flawless event.

The Delray Sands Resort is located within close proximity to two major airports as it is less than 25 minutes from Palm Beach International Airport (PBIA) and 35 minutes from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). Several Executive Airports are also within a short driving distance from the resort.

For more information on Delray Sands Resort, visit www.DelraySandsResort.com or contact the hotel at 866-790-2198.

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fun facts about the tree, the house and all the holiday festivities were shared. Following the tour, there was some casual networking before kind campaign announcement was made by YPAD Chair, Kilburn Sherman and Finance Manager of Maclendon Wealth Management, a local Delray business who sponsored the event.

YPAD and campaign sponsor, Maclendon Wealth Management, introduced the “Kind Card” by distributing a plastic card to all attendees. Each card is numbered, so as acts of kindness occur, the community can track each card’s path online at www.bekinddelray. com or by tweeting #bekinddelray. Therefore, when someone receives an act of kindness accompanied by a numbered card or performs an act and passes the card along, they then go to the easy to use website and make an entry to track it. “This initiative hopes to impact and unify our community, remind residents (and visitors) to pay it forward, highlight the nice things residents do for each other, and most importantly spread kindness around our town,” says Sherman.

Alyson Austin, Maclendon’s Practice

Manager, declared “When we heard about the YPAD idea of the Kind Cards we knew we had to be the sponsor! Maclendon’s motto is – do the right thing – and what better way to inspire that throughout the community. It is fun and exciting to watch this movement spread and there is no better community for this to spark the kindness!”

YPAD, the Young Professionals Association of Delray is a group within the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce that kicked off February 2014.

YPAD’s Mission is to lead in the development and cultivation of professional relationships which bring about action and enhance the communities in which we live. Membership is geared toward professionals who live or work in the Delray Beach or surrounding communities who are under 40 years of age.

Monthly events vary with socials, speakers, and entrepreneurial group discussions with startups – all include a component of networking to build relationships. For more information visit www.delraybeach.com/ypad

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biz briefs BUSINESS CONSULTANTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS CLIENTS EXPANDING Business Consultants of South Florida (BCoSF) www.BCoSF.com, a South Floridabased Business, Marketing, Branding, and Sales Consulting plus Website Design Company is currently working with many small business clients to take their company to the next level.

Owned by Allison Turner, BCoSF works with companies to strategically grow, expand and increase revenue through proven business, marketing and sales strategies.

Denise Righetti of Savor Our City Culinary Tours is growing and expanding her tours in Delray Beach and Boca Raton. Working to strategically grow by bringing on additional staff to help with the back end areas of her business as well as the creation of new tours, Denise is motivated to start 2015 strong. For more information on Savor Our City, go to http://savorourcity.com.

ModSnap Design, an Internet Marketing company and long-term client of BCoSF, Inc. has launched several new custom services including SEO and Social Media for small businesses. These packages are custom designed based on the marketing needs and budget for each company. For more information, go to www.ModSnapDesign.com.

Rosemary Nixon, the owner of Create Your Best Retirement, recently came to BCoSF to redo the marketing message and copy for her company website. In incorporating keywords into the copy along with additional SEO updates on the back end of the site, we re-launched the site in December 2014. For more information, go to www.CreateYourBestRetirement.com.

Exhilaride, a brand new electric golf cart rental company owned by Cindi and David Freeburn, is launching in January 2015.

Interested in a fun, green way to see downtown Delray (or any roads with a speed limit under 35 mph), Exhilaride will offer daily, weekly and monthly rentals. For more information, go to www.ExhilarideRentals.com.

To learn more about the company, go to www.BCoSF.com or call (561) 276-4422.

Delray Beach Chamber Leads Group generates almost $500,000 in gross dollar sales among its members

DELRAY BEACH, FL – The Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce boasts many reasons why a business might want to join and participate but one of the organization’s Leads Groups, the Delray Business Partners, can give thousands of reasons why it would be more than worth joining.

Leads Groups are entities within the Chamber comprised of local business people who share a simple belief—that they can be more successful together than on their own. Through leads, referrals, opportunities, sharing of best practices and encouraging each other through common experiences, each group builds a network of trust and confidence that helps its members thrive.

Under the leadership of Kelli Freeman, Chair of Delray Business Partners, the group has set a record for collaboration with one another. During 2014, the 35 members of

the Delray Business Partners generated almost $500,000 of gross sales dollars by doing business with one another as well as by referring their colleagues in the group to other potential clients.

Emiliano Brooks, owner of EBP Inc., a Veteran-owned and operated production company, and a member of the Group states, “The Delray Business Partners have solidified our business in the community through the continued building of relationships with like-minded individuals and businesses, subsequently providing solid leads and referrals.”

According to Ms. Freeman, “Chamber leads groups allow members to develop strong relationships with their counterparts in a variety of other businesses. At each meeting, members are encouraged to exchange business leads—potential clients or customers for other members of the group. In effect, their contacts become your contacts; their customers can become your customers. Members also rotate making short presentations about their businesses.”

For more information about the Greater Delray Chamber of Commerce and their Leads Groups, contact Kim Bentcover at (561) 278-0424, or visit their website at http:// www.delraybeach.com/leads-groups.

Boca Raton Chamber announces 2015 Diamond Winner

BOCA RTATON, FL – The Boca Chamber will be hosting its 7th Annual “Diamond Award” Luncheon on Friday, February 20th at Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton (3650 Club Place). Approximately 200 guests are expected to attend.

The prestigious DIAMOND Award luncheon honors a woman who inspires others and who helps maintain the high quality of life in Boca Raton. A DIAMOND recipient is a Dedicated, Inspiring, Accomplished, Motivated, Outstanding, Noble, and Driven businesswoman. This year, we proudly honor Mary Sol Gonzalez, Owner of Image360 Boca Raton, as the 2015 DIAMOND Award winner.

Before coming to Boca Raton and starting her business, Image 360 Boca Raton, Mary Sol was very active in supporting Hispanic immigration efforts. She also was an advocate for abused and neglected children working with Yale Psychiatric Hospital and the children and families department. Mary Sol also worked closely with several organizations to save wild life around the globe.

As the franchise owner of Image 360, Mary Sol marries her burning desire to help the community with her business goals. As she constantly says: “business is not only about profits, it is about how you impact the community.”

She has grown her business through hard work, sweat and many tears. In 2013, one of her accomplishments was to win one of the “Top Places for People on the Move” awards from the Sun Sentinel as well as Creating the International Business Alliance with Yonnit D’Alfonso and Valentina Moretti. In 2014, she was nominated for the Giraffe Awards by the Women’s Chamber of Palm Beach

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County. Currently she sits on the board of the Boca Raton Children’s Museum, the Board of Networking Hispanos and the Community Academy Advisory Board (CAAB) of West Boca High School.

For information on sponsorship opportunities, corporate tables and tickets please contact Chasity Navarro at 561.395.4433 ext. 233, cnavarro@bocachamber.com or visit www.bocachamber.com.

Elementary school reaches fundraising goal with help from Delray Beach attorney

years. To read more about the campaign, visit Washington DC or Bust.

Lee Cohen of the Law Offices of Carner, Newmark & Cohen, LLP focuses his practice on cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, premise liability (slip and fall) and car accidents. Lee Cohen is a graduate of Florida State University and The University of Florida College of Law, and he currently live and works in Delray Beach. Lee currently is on the board of directors for Prep & Sports and KidSafe, a charity that works to prevent child sexual abuse, bullying, and internet dangers. He also extends his charitable efforts to Atlantic High School by donating uniforms, as well as E.D.G.E. (Education Development Game Enhancement), which serves youth in the community.

Cultural Council to host It’s What You See Luncheons with distinguished art collectors:

DELRAY BEACH, FL – Lee Cohen Esq., Delray Beach attorney and partner in the Law Offices of Carner, Newmark & Cohen, LLP, has successfully met his goal to send the students of Pine Grove Elementary to Washington, D.C. for the annual safety patrol trip in May. Cohen pledged to match every donation up to $5,000 on the school’s online fundraising campaign and, after an anonymous $10,000 donation along with many other community contributions, the school has reached its annual goal.

“It was important to me to play a part in this campaign and help the local safety patrol students attend this once-in-a-lifetime trip to Washington D.C.,” said Lee Cohen. “It’s a much deserved reward for these students after all of their hard work.” At the Title I school, close to 100% of the student qualify for free or reduced lunches. Last year was the first time in five years that students at the school had been able to afford to go on the trip.

The funds raised will provide transportation, hotel, meals, admissions, shirts and bags for all the safety patrol students. The 20 safety patrol students from upper elementary serve as role models and ambassadors for the school, while showing leadership by keeping the school safe and volunteering with programs like The Special Olympics.

“It’s amazing to see how the community rallied behind our campaign and we are so thankful for Lee and the other contributors,” said Joe Peccia, Principal of Pine Grove Elementary.

The trip will help the students see first hand the opportunities provided to them if they stay in school, work hard and get a good education, and will also inspire the younger students to work to attend the trip in future

The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County will be hosting two It’s What You See Luncheons in early 2015, featuring distinguished art collectors sharing the secrets behind their personal collections. Sponsored by the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, both of the exclusive, catered luncheons will be held at the Cultural Council’s office at 601 Lake Avenue in Lake Worth.

“This is the perfect opportunity to hear from two extraordinary collectors about the art work they own and love, and their motivation and insights about personal favorites,” said Rena Blades, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cultural Council.

Ambassador Nancy Brinker Monday, January 5 – 11:30 am to 2 pm The 23rd United States Ambassador to Hungary, former Chief of Protocol of the United States and founder of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. She is also the author of the New York Times bestselling book Promise Me – How a Sister’s Love Launched the Global Movement to End Breast Cancer.

Currently, she is serving as the World Health Organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for Cancer Control. In addition, in 2009 she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barak Obama.

Beth Rudin DeWoody Monday, February 9 – 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

A world renowned collector, curator and philanthropist, Beth DeWoody is President of the Rudin Family Foundation and Executive Vice President of Rudin Management Company.

She has curated shows in art galleries in New York, New Orleans, and Palm Beach. Some of her many affiliations include the Whitney Museum of American Art, New Yorkers for Children, Inc., New York Children’s Foundation, Creative Time, Find Your Voice, Inc., the New School University, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Design Museum Holon Israel, Save A Child America Inc., and The Police Foundation.

The cost to attend each of the It’s What You See Luncheons is $125 per person. RSVPs may be made by calling (561) 472-3342 or by email at ksmiley@palmbeachculture.com.

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Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin counties promotes Gloria Rex to Executive Vice President and CFO

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Gloria Ortega Rex was recently promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties. Ms. Rex joined the Foundation in 2004 as the Vice President for Finance and Administration. She provides strategic leadership related to both the dayto-day operations and the financial business decisions of the Foundation. She directs the organization’s finance, treasury, administration, human resources, IT and building operations.

She is also a trustee of the Foundation’s sponsored 401(k) retirement plan. Her principal responsibilities include working with financial consultants and the Foundation’s Investment Committee to invest and administer the organization’s $144 million endowment.

“Gloria’s contributions to the Community Foundation over the last decade are immeasurable,” said J.B. Murray, board chair.

“The goal of a community foundation is to ensure that the charitable dollars entrusted to the organization are available to the community forever. Gloria firmly believes in this mission. She is the driving force behind the prudent stewardship of the Foundation’s nearly 300 charitable funds established by local individuals, families, businesses and nonprofits, and $170 million in assets. She strives to maximize the available grant dollars for each fund while ensuring that the Foundation serves as a permanent philanthropic resource for our two-county region.”

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Association Foundation, Washington, DC. Specific projects include media relations, media coaching, publicity, communications workshops, and corporate communication programs.

According to Tina Pugliese, Executive Coach with Pugliese Public Relations, “Each of our clients had a specific communications agenda that we needed to address. One was looking for more visibility to its many audiences.

Another was expanding a local business into a national market. And one wanted to coach its leadership on techniques for interacting with the media.

Each of these clients is well on their way to measurable improvement in their communication strategies.”

About Pugliese Public Relations Pugliese Public Relations is a full service public relations firm with extensive experience in communications management and practice. They have managed national public awareness campaigns, developed clients’ strategic messages and marketing directions, handled media relations, and conducted media coaching for a number of national organizations. For more information, visit www.PugliesePR.com or call 561-889-3575.

Century Risk Advisors hires Sarah Baylin as Account Executive in Commercial Lines

Community Foundation’s Gloria Rex

Ms. Rex works closely with the Foundation’s Finance, Investment and Audit committees, and oversees the independent consulting firm to ensure the investment policy, benchmarks and performance is met. She also oversees the Foundation’s independent auditors to ensure rigorous financial controls and high administrative standards. Under her leadership, the Foundation has adopted an investment strategy that emphasizes broad diversification and consistency of returns. During Ms. Rex’s 10year tenure at the Foundation, the organization’s endowment has grown from $67 million to $144 million – more than doubling. In the last year alone (2013-2014), the endowment grew by $20 million. This endowment is made up of charitable funds that will be available to the community in perpetuity.

For more information, visit www. yourcommunityfoundation.org.

BOCA RATON, FL – As part of its ongoing expansion in the marketplace, independent brokerage and risk management agency, Century Risk Advisors (CRA), is pleased to announce that it has hired Sarah Baylin as an Account Executive in its Commercial Lines Division. As an Account Executive, she will be charged with risk evaluations, market negotiations, account management and creating complete insurance programs tailormade to fit each of CRA’s client needs.

“We are excited to have Sarah Baylin join our team of risk management and insurance specialists,” said Ron Reshefsky, Chairman of Century Risk Advisors. “Sarah’s insurance background is well diversified and will be a great fit to our growing Commercial Lines Division.”

know that it is not unique to me but it seems the older I get the faster time goes. It feels like yesterday that we were discussing 2014 goals and objectives. After celebrating the holidays with family and friends I realize how grateful I am for all the wonderful people in my life. During the holiday season I frequently reflect on what matters most to me. Therefore I thought it would be interesting to see how investors are investing in what matters most to them.

The idea of investing in companies and strategies that reflect your beliefs and causes that are meaningful to you is not a new concept. This niche form of investing is typically classified as socially responsible investing or SRI. Socially responsible investing is defined as any investment strategy which seeks to consider both financial return and social change for the better. You may have also heard of it referred to as “community investing,” “ethical investing,” “green investing,” or “impact investing,” nevertheless, it all falls under SRI. Three strategies to SRI include the use of ESG factors (environmental impact, social impact, and corporate governance) when determining investments, community investing, and shareholder resolutions. ESG factors relate to exactly what it stands for. This typically removes investments that contain certain sectors such as tobacco, alcohol, gambling, nuclear power and fossil fuels while maintaining investments that include sectors such as renewable energy, clean water, organic food, green buildings, or companies that employ best practices in terms of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG).This strategy focuses on investments that impact the environment such as technology that reduces emissions, social impact investments that improve the well-being of society, and corporate governance where investors invest in companies that have strong corporate social responsibility policies.

Community investing is investing in low income, underprivileged and economically depressed communities to improve the quality of life. This could potentially include infrastructure projects and needed services such as affordable housing and child care. Economic and social development is the main focus for this strategy and overlaps with ESG factors. Community investment finances the creation of resources and opportunities within a community. Ways to invest can be obtained by Community development loan funds, mutual funds, or even banking at a community development bank or credit union.

The third strategy involves shareholder resolutions. Owning shares in a public company gives investors a way to raise environmental, social and corporate governance issues of concern. By filing shareholder resolutions, active shareholders bring important issues to the attention of company management. This presents the opportunity that

Officers Liability, Employment Practices and Fiduciary Liability. In 2006, she joined another large national insurance brokerage as an Account Manager where she managed a large book of business primarily focused on Product Liability and the Life Sciences.

Most recently, Baylin held the position of Senior Risk Analyst at a company publicly traded on the NYSE. During her employment, she managed their commercial insurance program. This was a complex, casualty driven insurance program which included a captive and a property program of over $1 billion in values. She also focused on writing, negotiating and executing contracts with some of the company’s large vendors.

Ms. Baylin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Florida Atlantic University.

She has also achieved an Accredited Adviser in Insurance and is also a candidate for the Charted Property Casualty Underwriter Designation.

For more information, please call 561.409.2420 or visit www. centuryriskadvisors.com.

Tom Dye and Molly Sims join Board of Directors of the Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden

Pugliese Public Relations announces new clients

BOYNTON BEACH, FL – In the second half of 2014, Pugliese Public Relations, a Boynton Beach-based public relations firm, has gained five new clients, each of them with a very different communications challenge.

They include Business Consultants of South Florida, Delray Beach, FL; Institute for Regional Conservation, Delray Beach, FL; Mizner Country Club, Delay Beach, FL; Upstart Internet Marketing, West Palm Beach, FL; and the American Pharmacists

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Sarah Baylin, Account Executive with Century Risk Advisors (CRA)

Ms. Baylin brings 15 years of experience in risk management and insurance to CRA. She began her insurance career at one of the largest underwriting companies of specialty insurance programs in the world as an Underwriter specializing in Non-Profit Directors and

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Polly Reed, President of the Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden, Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest public garden, announced the addition of two new members to the nonprofit organization’s Board of Directors.

Thomas A. Dye is a shareholder in the West Palm Beach office of Carlton, Fields, Jorden, Burt, a full service law firm with offices throughout Florida, and in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C. and Connecticut. Mr. Dye practices in the

the resolution could precede to a vote by all shareholders in the company. This could lead to actionable change within the company, media attention, or educating the public on the matter.

In some cases this can be just as effective than coming to a vote.

SRI is gaining traction. In 1995 there were just 55 SRI mutual funds with approximately 12 billion in assets. Looking at the chart below, today there are approximately $4 trillion dollars in SRI strategies. This growth has caught the eyes of some of the biggest asset managers and institutions. You can now find SRI options in 401(k)s and other retirement platforms. But who is leading the charge? If you recall from last month’s Maclendon Monthly we wrote about the generational differences of investors. One generation we focused on was the millennials and how they are the largest demographic the U.S has ever seen. Millennials are expected to inherit an expected $15 trillion of baby boomer wealth.

With that they are also leading the way in SRI. US Trusts’ Insights on Wealth and Worth 2014 reported that 63% of Millennials have invested or are interested in investing in socially responsible investments compared with 40% of Generation X. This is a stark contrast to previous generations where the only objective was to make money. The progressive mindset of younger generations sheds light on the changes of investment strategies to “meaningful” value.

As time goes on we expect SRI to continue to grow. Investments that have meaningful impact not only economically, but socially will continue to resonate with millennials and future generations.

Peter Lynch, the portfolio manager who ran the respected Magellan Fund at Fidelity that averaged 29.2% a year once said to “buy what you know,” maybe the next generation will “buy what they believe in.”

At Maclendon we have the flexibility and ability to customize portfolios to offer these investments to our members. We see social investing as an area of opportunity in wealth management that the industry should prepare for as investors look to invest in projects they are passionate about.

Jeremy Office, Ph.D, CFP, CIMA, MBA is Principal at 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

area of business litigation and is a graduate of The University of Miami Law School and the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

He grows organic vegetables and does other “tinkering around” with his home landscape and has tended bonsai and orchids. Mr. Dye says that his interest in plants and nature arose ‘organically,’ and his favorite pastimes have always been being active in nature. He has been a runner, hiker, skier and golfer since childhood and still runs in local races. A current Trustee and former Board Member of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches, Mr. Dye is a longtime member of the Sierra Club and the Florida Native Plant Society.

Margaret Sims is a Florida native, who grew up in Ft. Pierce. After earning a BS in Secondary Education-Social Studies, a Masters of Education degree in Early Childhood, Curriculum and Instruction, and an Educational Specialist degree, she spent 31 years teaching in three different Palm Beach County schools. Two days after retiring in June 2009, she became the Volunteer Coordinator at Palmetto Elementary School, where she installed a butterfly garden, plus six concrete raised beds for vegetables. Ms. Sims loves to teach elementary age students about South Florida Butterflies, and co-presented “Butterfly Gardening for Beginners” at the Green Schools Conference. Ms. Sims is a certified “Florida Friendly Yard Advisor” and is still pursuing her Florida Master Naturalist certification.

“With their professional backgrounds and love of gardening and horticulture, both Tom Dye and Molly Sims will be valuable additions to the board of directors for the Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden,” said Ms. Reed.

For more information, please call 561.233.1757 or visit www.mounts.org.

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real estate briefs FirstService Residential awarded management contract for Venetian Isles

FirstService Residential has been selected to provide lifestyle management services for Venetian Isles, an active-adult community comprised of 784 single-family homes and 276 villas – conveniently located near the many shopping plazas in the Boynton Beach, Wellington and West Palm Beach areas.

Widely known for its resort-style amenities, Venetian Isles offers a clubhouse; heated, lagoon-style swimming pool and a recirculating therapy pool; eight lighted HarTru tennis courts with an on-site tennis pro; shuffleboard, horseshoe and bocce courts; ping pong tables; a putting green; card and billiards rooms; an arts & crafts room with kilns; a state-of-the-art gym with saunas; a large conference room; a library with public computers; a social hall complete with a dance floor and stage; and a catering kitchen.

“With so many resident amenities, it’s important for Venetian Isles to have a dedicated, qualified management team of professionals experienced in managing communities with such a strong lifestyle component,” said Ron Capitena, Vice President of FirstService Residential. “We are thrilled to have been chosen to support this dynamic community.”

FirstService Residential has also been selected to provide lifestyle management services for Huntington Towers, an activeadult community comprised of three eightstory high-rise towers that deliver panoramic vistas of the City of Delray Beach as well as nearby Marina Golf Course and its surrounding lakes. Conveniently located near local shopping and dining facilities, the tropical-themed community is designed in the historical Addison Mizner architectural style typical of the area.

The resort-styled Huntington Towers offers a clubhouse jointly shared with neighboring community Huntington Lakes that houses rooms for their residents to play cards, billiards and create arts and crafts.

Amenities also include a swimming pool, covered parking and a grand ballroom and theater for special events.

“We are thrilled that Huntington Towers has selected FirstService Residential to provide it with our experienced lifestyle management services,” added Capitena. “Our goal is for Huntington Towers to maintain its value and status as one of the area’s premier active-adult communities, and FirstService Residential is equipped to ensure that this goal is met.”

About FirstService Residential FirstService Residential is a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation, a global leader in the rapidly growing real estate services sector, one of the largest markets in the world.

As the largest residential property manager in North America, FirstService Residential oversees more than 6,500 residential and commercial associations including 1.5 million residential units and over 50 million square feet of commercial space across 21 U.S. states and three provinces in Canada. The company

has more than 12,000 employees driving local market expertise and managing in excess of $6 billion in annual budgets. For more information, visit www.fsresidential.com.

Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County receives Community Development Grant

DELRAY BEACH, FL – Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County announced that it has been named a recipient of The Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s 2014 Community Development Grant. The grant is part of a $402,500 collective donation to address issues related to affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization in South Florida.

The grants will help individuals and families regain and maintain financial stability through access to affordable housing, preparing future homeowners, providing financial education or contribute to the area’s economic development by supporting work that contribute to the vitality of our communities.

Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County works to provide affordable homeownership opportunities for hardworking and deserving families in the cities of Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, and Boca Raton. They build homes in partnership with families who demonstrate a need for housing and a willingness to work to purchase a home of their own. Bank of America’s grant will help specifically fund the “Building Homes, Building Hope in Delray Beach” project. Habitat is in the process of building six new homes in Delray, two of which will house Veterans and their families. When the Delray homes are finished, this affiliate will have built 125 new homes, in the three cities they serve, thanks to generous funders such as the Bank of America Foundation.

For years, Bank of America has invested in community development grants throughout South Florida. This year alone, the grants will impact approximately 354,855 individuals in South Florida.

“It is crucial to provide stable, affordable housing and home ownership to individuals in Delray Beach, so we can build a healthy and vibrant community. Through the Community Development Grant, Bank of America is making a lasting impact and we are honored to be a recipient,” said Michael Campbell.

“Bank of America provides a great example of the potential of corporate social responsibility with this grant and is a model for investing in nonprofits who are serving the critical needs of those in their local communities.”

For more information please visit http:// www.habitatsouthpalmbeach.org or call 561 819 6070.

Toll Brothers celebrate grand opening of luxury Boca Raton community, Royal Palm Polo

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Toll Brothers, announced that its newest South Florida community, Royal Palm Polo, opened for sales on Saturday, Dec. 6th.

Located off Jog Road and Clint Moore Road on the previous Polo grounds, Royal Palm Polo is the only new, luxury single-

family estate home community in the city of Boca Raton. Homes at Royal Palm Polo are available in seven different designs, with floor plans ranging from 4,700 to over 7,000 square feet, and many are situated on spacious lakefront home sites.

Interested home buyers are invited to tour Royal Palm Polo’s two designer-decorated models, the Villa Lago and the Siena.

Soaring windows and spacious living areas define the luxurious 6,852 square-foot Villa Lago estate home, which includes six bedrooms, six full baths, and two half-baths.

This spectacular model is highlighted by an expansive two-story living room with a circular coffered ceiling, a sunlit breakfast area, and two private master suites – one on the first floor and one on the second.

The 5,171 square-foot Siena welcomes guests with a two-story foyer complemented by a circular staircase that overlooks a spacious family room. Comprised of four bedrooms, three full baths and one half-bath, it features a formal dining room with access to an expansive kitchen through the butler’s pantry. A loft and game room highlight the home’s second floor.

All new homes at Royal Palm Polo will feature an extensive list of luxurious standard features, including Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, Travertine marble tile in the living areas, swimming pool and spa, mahogany front doors, upgraded cabinets and lighting, and 3- or 4-car garages. Homes at Royal Palm Polo are priced from the mid-$1 millions.

“We have received great interest from buyers, who are looking to create their new dream home in Boca Raton,” said Toll Brothers Florida East Division Vice President Fred Pfister. “We look forward to creating this exceptional community in one of South Florida’s most prestigious cities.”

Amenities at Royal Palm Polo will include a 5,000 square-foot residents’ clubhouse, six lighted HAR-TRU® clay tennis courts, an exhibition court, a resort-style swimming pool, and a state-of-the-art fitness center.

Royal Palm Polo is within minutes of upscale Boca Raton shopping and dining, world-class golf courses, beautiful beaches, and all that the surrounding region has to offer.

Royal Palm Polo is located at 2703 Northwest 71st Boulevard in Boca Raton. For more information, call (561) 241-5252 or visit RoyalPalmPolo.com.

About Toll Brothers Toll Brothers, an award-winning Fortune 1000 company founded in 1967, embraces an unwavering commitment to quality and customer service. Toll Brothers is currently building nationwide and is a publicly owned company whose stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TOL). The Company was recently named national Builder of the Year by BUILDER magazine, and was twice named national Builder of the Year by Professional Builder magazine.

Toll Brothers proudly supports the communities in which it builds; among other philanthropic pursuits, the Company now sponsors the Toll Brothers - Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, bringing opera to neighborhoods throughout the world.

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Keep Your Home a “Hot” Commodity!

By Linda Albright Special to The Pineapple

After a hectic Holiday season, the real estate market in South Florida is in full swing! If your home has been on the market for quite some time, it might have become “stale” and less interesting to qualified buyers. So how do you make your luxury home a “Hot” Commodity again?

It’s time to take action and shift course! Dramatically reducing the price or overcoming some major obstacle that’s been preventing the sale might be what’s needed to sell your home. If you received lower offers early on but weren’t ready to accept them, or you keep hearing there are issues with how your property shows, this is a good time to show the market you’re listening and are serious about selling.

The motivated buyer, desperate for good inventory, will notice you and take a look.

As a luxury real estate consultant, I offer a luxury home marketing consultation and offer suggestive advice to showcase your property in the best light.

Today’s Buyers never stop looking online!

Today, serious buyers are always looking because of our fast-pace, hectic lifestyles. Many serious buyers work hard and are constantly monitoring the real estate market. Many sellers believe buyers can’t be bothered to look for a home during the holiday season. At the same time, sellers who’ve had their homes on the market often take them off during the holidays. The net effect is that inventory for good homes, priced properly often tightens this time of year. So there is less competition for sellers, at a time when motivated buyers are out there lookingand no doubt wishing there were more properties to see.

For more helpful tips, please contact me for your customized luxury market consultation.

For additional tips and information, please contact Linda Albright, Luxury Home Specialist, Nestler Poletto Sotheby’s International Realty at 561-400-5863 or email: linda.albright@ npsir.com.

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EISINGER, BROWN, LEWIS, FRANKEL & CHAIET, P.A. TO HOST FREE BOARD CERTIFICATION COURSE Register for the Winter Business EXPO! Grow your business by showcasing your product and/or services at the Winter Business EXPO. This EXPO is open to businesses of all industries, so purchase your table today! *Exhibitor tables are for current Chamber members only.

Attendance is FREE for Chamber members! Non-Members $50 EXHIBITORS: • Reserve your table, only $199 per table Chamber Members only • Display literature, show products, give demonstrations and/or hand out samples.

• Meet fellow Chamber members eager to learn about your business.

RESTAURANTS: Feature your cuisine to over 200 attendees Register Now Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2014 | 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

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WHAT: Condominium and Homeowner Association board members, as well as property managers, are invited to attend a free board certification course. The educational program is the perfect introduction for all new board members and a great review for anyone currently serving on a board.

A t t o r n e y Dennis J. Eisinger, managing partner of Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A., will lead the DBPR-approved board certification course.

Eisinger, who also teaches a Condominium Dennis Eisinger and Community Development Law class as an Adjunct Law Professor at the University of Florida School of Law, will review recent legislative changes affecting condominium and homeowner associations, explain the role of fiduciary duties and guide board members through the applicable statutes and rules governing community associations in Florida. This course fulfills community association board member State certification requirements (Section 718.112(2)(d)(4) and 720.3033(1)).

WHEN: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Boca Raton Community Center, 201 West Palmetto Park Road Boca Raton, FL 33432 RSVP: parbulu@eisingerlaw.com or call 954-894-8000 x 300

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Planning for 2015: 5 Tips to Grow Your Business

By Allison Turner Business, Marketing & Sales Consultant

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any business owners and entrepreneurs are so busy working in their business that they don’t work on their business. They are not looking to see how they can strategically grow their company or plan to meet the goals they have set for 2015. Many businesses haven’t even set goals for 2015.

Below are 5 Tips for growing your company in 2015.

1. Review Your Successes and Failures for 2014: This is easily done if you have a strategic plan in place because you would have already been reviewing your successes and failures every quarter. If you do not have a business and marketing plan in place then it is best to review your financials because the numbers never lie. See how you finished 2014 and how did that compare to 2013.

Then determine how the four quarters compared to each other. Did your business grow from 1st quarter to 4th quarter? Some businesses in the South Florida area are impacted by the seasonal traffic so take that into account as well.

2. Set Goals for your business in 2015: The only way you are able to strategically grow your business is to set goals. Determine what goals you want to accomplish in 2015.

Some examples of goals are financial such as a greater net revenue, awards / accolades, new customers, and repeat customers.

3. Set Goals and Strategies for the First Quarter in 2015: Once you have your goals set for 2015, now it is time to break it down by quarters.

This allows you to bite off one small chunk at a time without getting overwhelmed by your overall annual plan. For the 1st Quarter of 2015, what are your business goals, and then the next step is what are the strategies you will use to accomplish your goals.

For example, if my goal is to get one new client per month from my website then my strategy is to increase my online presence through my social media and website.

4. Break Down Your Strategies into Tactical To-Dos: Once you have your strategies set, then you simply break each of those down into To-Dos. Using my previous example, since my strategy is to increase my online presence, then writing a weekly blog on my website as well as interacting daily on social media are both Tactical elements to help fulfill that strategy.

5. Review Quarterly: At the end of each quarter, review your Goals and Strategies and note your successes and failures. We can often learn as much if not more from our failures so don’t be afraid to own them. Once you note how you have done for the quarter then set the next quarter’s goals, strategies and todos always keeping in mind your year-end expectations.

While these 5 steps may seem too simplistic, you would be amazed at how many small business owners do not set goals and create strategies. I am a huge advocate of having a strategic business and marketing plan; if you don’t know where you are going then how are you ever going to get there?

Having a roadmap that your company is able to follow allows you to grow your business in a smart and accountable way while planning for your future!

Allison Turner is CEO and cofounder of Business Consultants of South Florida,(BCoSF) 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 through their strategic business, marketing and sales plans and consulting services. For more information visit www.BCoSF.com or call 561-276-4422.

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Life insurance makes it easy to support a favorite charity

By John M. Campanola Special to The Pineapple

As Americans, we can take pride in the fact that we are a nation of givers. In 2012, U.S. households and individuals donated more than $228 billion dollars to non-profit organizations.

Still, the recession has taken its toll, and many of us have had to scale back our contributions as a result. In fact, charitable giving has declined by more than $30 billion since 2007 (in inflation-adjusted dollars).[1] Given the uncertain economy, it’s easy to see why many of us are reluctant to part with money that we may need later on. Fortunately, there is a way to support a favorite charity— without having to worry about the impact it could have on our family or lifestyle. It’s called the gift of life insurance, and here are just a few ways to use this proven financial strategy: Donate an existing policy—If you already have a policy and no longer need the death benefit, you can irrevocably transfer ownership of the policy to your desired charity. While the charity will be responsible for any remaining premium payments, they will also receive the full death benefit when you die.

List the charity as a beneficiary—As the owner, you remain in control of your policy and can leave money to as many beneficiaries as you like: children, grandchildren—even multiple charities. Or you can name a single

charity the sole beneficiary and it will receive the entire amount.

Purchase a separate policy—There are times when it makes sense to have separate policies: one for families and friends, and one for charitable gifts. This technique can prove especially helpful if you would like to retain ownership of one policy, but not the other.

Create a Charitable Remainder Trust: While this planned giving tool is designed to shelter appreciated assets such as stocks and real estate, it can also incorporate life insurance if set up correctly. Be sure to consult a trust attorney before pursuing this approach.

Giving life insurance can be a lasting and recession-proof way to support a worthy cause.

And, depending on the method you choose, it may also offer a variety of tax-benefits as well.

[1] Brenda Gazzar, Los Angeles Daily News, “Charitable giving on the rise as economy improves,” November 22, 2013.

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

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Helping to secure your parents’ financial future

By Colleen Hasey Schuhmann, CRPC Special to The Pineapple

As your parents age, it’s particularly important for you to help ensure that their assets are protected and their wishes carried out. However, in order to help them in the future, it’s necessary to involve them in the planning now. Here are some positive steps you can take to begin putting everyone’s mind at ease.

As life expectancy continues to rise, so does the likelihood that you will inevitably have to step in at some point and help your parents make financial and other decisions. Consider that as many as 16%-25% of people aged 65 and older have mild cognitive impairment which will understandably have an adverse effect on financial decisions. For example, researchers have found that investors with reduced cognitive function take more risk and earn lower returns in the stock market.

It’s never pleasant to discuss one’s mortality, but putting off a conversation could mean that you are left scrambling to help your parents protect their hard-earned assets.

Becoming more aware now will mean that you are clear on making sure that financial and other matters are handled, and in a way that reflects their wishes.

Experts advise that you should begin while your parents are healthy, so you can introduce the subject slowly and continue the conversation over the years, instead of waiting until they have declined cognitively or an urgent matter arises. The best approach is to reassure them that you are their partner and share a common goal.

Preparing your parents—and yourself— for the future Here is an overview of the topics you’ll want to cover. The more open and forthcoming your parents are now, the more it will help when it starts becoming necessary for you to intercede and make decisions on their behalf.

• Do they have enough income and assets to see them through a long retirement?

Where are assets held? Perhaps funds should be consolidated. How have their investments performed? Do they have a Financial Advisor and a financial plan?

• What kinds of insurance and coverage do they have? If it isn’t enough, how would they want the shortfall to be paid? How would they fund home healthcare or nursing home expenses?

• Where do your parents want to live in the future? If they become unable to take care of themselves, do they want to stay in their own home with help from you or a home healthcare worker? Would they prefer to sell the house

and move to an assisted living facility?

• Do they have the necessary legal documents?

They’ll need: – A will, which directs the distribution of most of their property upon death.

– Advanced medical directives that speak for your parents if they become incapacitated: A health care proxy appoints an individual to make medical decisions if they’re unable to communicate, and a living will states their wishes in regard to end-of-life medical treatment.

– Power of attorney, which authorizes someone to make business or legal decisions on their behalf. In your parents’ case, it could be you, a sibling or a tax/ legal advisor.

• Where are all important papers kept?

Know where to find their important financial statements, legal documents, tax returns, insurance policies, loan/debt paperwork.

Make sure you are listed as a co-renter of a safe-deposit box or you won’t have access if a parent dies.

• What creditors do they pay regularly?

Should they be unable to handle paying bills, you’ll need to know who gets paid and when. Talk to your parents about making you a cosignatory on a checking account so you can access checks to pay bills if they’re unable to. See if they’re willing to consider ways to simplify their finances and cut back on the number of credit cards and checks that need to be written by establishing automatic billpay with a checking account.

My goal, as always, is to help you fulfill yours. I would be happy to connect you to one of the elder law specialists in our UBS Attorney Network to secure the appropriate documents and get further guidance. If you like, we all can sit down with your parents to delve more deeply into the important questions that need to be answered and the decisions that must be made. Let’s talk about it.

Colleen Hasey Schuhmann, CRPC, is Vice President – Wealth Management at UBS Financial Services in Boca Raton. Colleen also serves on the Board of the Delray Beach Library. She specializes in all facets of your financial life, including retirement planning, portfolio management, life insurance and long term care planning, and estate planning strategies. For more information, please contact Colleen directly at 561-367-1817.

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restaurant is always staffed by a “caregiver,” someone who really cares if we get it wrong and is willing to do it over to get it right. We treat our staff with a fair and appreciative wage and getting the job done well everyday is a team effort, with everyone working together.

You have referred to your team as “family” - how do you instill this concept?

There are two ways to instill the concept of family. First by being a leader. We give our staff a template and a goal, which is to make the restaurant a little better than it was the day before by being perfect at your job, whatever it is. We look forward, not back at our successes.

The second way to create family is by treating everyone fairly and by giving each person a sense of ownership. If someone wants a job and is willing to learn the true concept of what Caffé Luna Rosa thinks the job is, then pay them. It will come back in loyalty and dedication to our goals. If the job is without the effort of perfection then your job as well as the restaurant is in jeopardy.

From your unique viewpoint as founder and partner, how do you account for Caffé Luna Rosa’s success? Is it just “location, location, location”?

Location is only one factor and definitely not the most important. Location gives you visibility, but if you still fail you can’t use it as an excuse. For example, the corner of A1A and Atlantic Avenue has had 10 places in it

since we have been here and yet it is arguably the best beach location in Delray. On the other hand, I often go to eat in Pineapple Grove, not because it has a great location but for its good food and service. Once again, our success goes back to good quality food – no skimping – trained staff and a partner who is there, front and back of the house, all the time, from 7 a.m. to closing.

How important is community involvement to you and why?

You need to know the community you serve because you want your community to be award winning also. Our partners at Caffé Luna Rosa all apply for Delray Beach board positions and support many non-profit organizations and events. When Delray wins, you as a merchant win with it; so why not contribute and be a part of the City’s success also?

What is your favorite piece of business advice?

Don’t be afraid to invest in your employees. If they are good and you spot it, do something about it. Don’t ignore it as it will make you proud someday – and maybe all the richer.

What are your thoughts about customers?

As I said earlier, customers should all be treated like celebrities. They enjoy that and it makes them repeat customers. Repeat customers become an annuity. A repeat customer is like compound interest.

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DELRAY BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Contacts & Cocktails January 29 • 5:15 - 7:00 pm Join us for the first 2015 Contacts & Cocktails. It’s a great way to gain a broader awareness for your business and build relationships within the community.

For just $10 in advance, and $15 at the door, you’ll enjoy cocktails, conversations and culinary delights. Non-members are invited to join in as well at $20 per person.

Don’t forget to bring those business cards for successful networking!

January’s C&C will be at the Conde Center for Chiropractic Neurology (401 W Atlantic Ave, Suite 014) For questions contact Jena@delraybeach.com, 561-278-0424 _____________________________________________

Learn QuickBooks for Small Business January 17 • 9:00am - 1:00pm This workshop is designed to help you effectively use QuickBooks to run your business.

Topics covered include: getting started - Navigating, setting up QuickBooks, working with lists, bank accounts, using other accounts in QuickBooks, entering sales information, receiving payments and making deposits, entering and paying bills.

Look for other upcoming classes presented by SCORE and the Florida Small Business Development Center. _____________________________________________

Create Your Best Retirement Thursdays - January 15 & March 12 Wednesdays - February 18 & April 15 One day workshops. • 6-8pm • $20 per workshop Beyond the Financial plan for retirement, a successful plan should cover all the elements of a satisfying retirement: career and work options, health and wellness areas, family and relationship issues, the leisure and social area, and the possibilities for personal development in the life meaning, education and volunteerism. Learn hour to create your best retirement!

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Young Living with Debbie Hill (561) 945-5349, www.debbiehill.net – HEALTH & WELLNESS (Nicole Barry, Greenlands Variety Store & Lauren Adams, European Wax Center)

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OCA RATON, FL – Learn how to effectively leverage your company’s social media presence, create meaningful content for marketing and maximize your lead potential.

Expert panelists will provide attendees with emerging strategies on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & LinkedIn and the latest social tools and insights from successful social media marketing campaigns executed by leading brands.

Panelists Jay Berkowitz is an author, an educator, an International keynote speaker and an award-winning thought leader. A senior online marketing professional with over twenty five years of marketing experience, Mr. Berkowitz has managed marketing departments for Fortune 500 brands: Coca-Cola, Sprint and McDonald’s Restaurants, and he has developed online and offline strategies for AT&T and leading health and fitness website eDiets.com.

A former professional athlete, Dre Baldwin turned a $100 camera and a gym membership into a full-fledged brand and business. As an expert speaker, Dre shows his audiences how to use YouTube to generate incoming business, and how to use your expertise to build or expand your brand.

Dre specializes in teaching business owners, sales people, and those holding specialized knowledge how to leverage YouTube to generate incoming business and expand their brands. Dre is an expert in marketing, brand building, self-discipline, and sales.

Jeff Klein is a renowned Internet Marketing consultant. Throughout his 16-year Internet marketing career, he has built and managed Internet Marketing strategies for local and national businesses. In 1998 Klein founded Power Play Marketing, an Internet Marketing agency delivering search engine marketing, web design, and reputation marketing solutions for small and medium sized businesses.

Clients include local and national businesses, organizations, and sports figures such as Duke Basketball Coach, Mike Krzyzewski and Harvard Basketball Coach, Tommy Amaker.

Gary Carlin, Lynn University’s Assistant Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, is self- proclaimed as wired. Carlin boasts an impressive resume. As the vice president of marketing for Hasbro, Inc., Carlin managed brands - and their transition into the digital world - including Monopoly, Clue, Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble. He is currently a toy inventor, a landlord and a Lynn professor living in West Palm Beach. Prior to joining Lynn, Carlin was teaching marketing and entrepreneurship at Florida Atlantic University.

Tech Forum Thursday, January 29th 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Lynn University Henke Wing at International Building 3601 N Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL 33431 Please register online to guarantee event entrance at www.bocachamber.com/events

January Membership Breakfast When: Thursday, January 8th / 7:45 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Where: Via Mizner Golf and Country Club 6200 Boca Del Mar Drive Sponsored by: Saint Andrew’s School Speaker: Peter B. Benedict II, Headmaster Saint Andrew’s School Featured Student Speaker: Sarah Rudnik Junior, Saint Andrew’s School Government Affairs Committee When: Thursday, January 8th / 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Where: Boca Chamber Ribbon Cutting: SKN BEAUTY When: Thursday, January 8th / 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Where: SKNBeauty, 101 E. Palmetto Park Road, Suite 103 Boca Chamber Ambassador Meeting When: Friday, January 9th / 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Where: Boca Chamber New Member Orientation When: Tuesday, January 13th / 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Where: Boca Chamber January IBA Reception When: Tuesday, January 13th / 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Where: Lynn University, 3601 N Military Trail (at the Wold) Sponsored by: image 360

PULSE Network: Meet the Boca Chamber’s Board of Directors When: Tuesday, January 20th / 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Where: Pavilion Grille, 301 Yamato Road Ribbon Cutting: Great Florida Insurance of Boca Raton One Year Anniversary When: Thursday, January 22nd / 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Where: Great Florida Insurance Boca Raton / South Florida Insurance Experts, Inc., 8221 Glades Road, Suite 11 Trustee Luncheon | EXCLUSIVE EVENT When: Friday, January 23rd / 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Where: Woodfield Country Club, 3650 Club Place Speaker: Gerard van Grinsven, President and CEO Cancer Treatment Centers of America Winter Business EXPO When: Tuesday, January 27th / 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Where: Embassy Suites Boca Raton, 661 NW 53rd Street Smart Talk for Women When: Tuesday, January 27th / 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Where: Boca Chamber (Venue Change!)

Facilitator: Nancy Proffitt, Founder and President Proffitt Management Solutions Sponsored by: Samandhel Corporation

Ribbon Cutting: Royal Palm Hearing Aid Center When: Thursday, January 15th / 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Where: Royal Palm Hearing Aid Center, 8122 Glades Road

Tech Forum: “Social Media for Business” When: Thursday, January 29th / 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Where: Lynn University - Henke Room at The Wold Center For Performing Arts, 3601 N. Military Trail Join us at Lynn University for a FREE tech forum where you’ll learn how to effectively leverage your company’s social media presence, create meaningful content for marketing and maximize your lead potential. Our expert panelists will provide attendees with emerging strategies on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & LinkedIn and the latest social tools and insights from successful social media marketing campaigns executed by leading brands.

Economic Development Committee When: Tuesday, January 13th / 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Where: Boca Chamber

All events are in Boca Raton unless otherwise indicated.

Details about all of these events are available at www.BocaChamber.com

SWIB Luncheon When: Thursday, January 15th / 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Where: Waterstone Resort & Marina 999 East Camino Real Speaker: Carolyn Kelly, First Lady, Florida Atlantic University

BOCA RATON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Happy New Year!

Join the Boca Chamber for the first Membership Breakfast of the New Year Thursday, January 08, 2015 7:45 AM - 9:15 AM Via Mizner Golf and Country Club 6200 Boca Del Mar Drive, Boca Raton Sponsor Spotlight: Peter B. Benedict II, Headmaster Saint Andrew’s School Featured Student Speaker: Sarah Rudnik, Senior, Saint Andrew’s School

Successful Women in Business Thursday, January 15th 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Waterstone Resort & Marina 999 East Camino Real Speaker: Carolyn Kelly First Lady, Florida Atlantic University ______________________________

Smart Talk for Women

Tuesday, January 27th 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Boca Chamber (Venue Change!)

1800 N. Dixie Highway Speaker: Nancy Proffitt Founder and President, Proffitt Management Solutions

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THE 9TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS BOCA TO DAZZLE WITH TEN DAYS OF BEETHOVEN, BROADWAY, BALLET AND BANJOS

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OCA RATON, FL – The 9th Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA, presented by the Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts, will bring ten days of dazzling and diverse cultural experiences to South Florida March 6 – 15, 2015 at the Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real and Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, 201 Plaza Real (2nd Floor) in Boca Raton.

This season’s Festival opens on March 6, 2015 with the Florida premiere of the ten time Academy Award winning film, West Side Story.

Festival Orchestra Boca will play Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying score and memorable songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim live, while the newly re-mastered film is shown in glorious high definition on the big screen with the original vocals and dialog intact.

This classic romantic tragedy, directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins and one of the greatest achievements in the history of movie musicals, features Robbins’ breathtaking choreography and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the masterful book

by Arthur Laurents.

“The Festival will close with a spectacular concert featuring the Young People’s Chorus of New York in Beethoven’s immortal Ninth Symphony,” said Charlie Siemon, Chair and Co-Executive Producer of the Festival of the Arts BOCA. “Throughout the ten-day cultural celebration, festival-goers will enjoy a rich and diverse line-up as we bring back artists from years past and welcome some of the greatest intellectual leaders of our time.”

Other highlights include a performance by husband and wife banjo duo Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn. Bela Fleck is a 10time Grammy Award Winner and has been nominated in more categories than any other musician in Grammy history. Also scheduled are: Stars of International Ballet featuring Principal Dancer and Choreographer Guillaume Côté from the National Ballet of Canada & Friends; a Mozart Gala bringing

person and are available at www.festivalboca. com or by calling (866) 571-ARTS (866-5712787). Multi-event and full Festival packages are also available.

About the Festival: Gearing up for its 9th season, the Festival of the Arts BOCA is an extraordinary, multiday 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. IMG Artists, a leader in worldwide cultural arts management and producer of world-renowned festivals from California to Singapore to Abu Dhabi, is once again collaborating with the Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park in the planning and execution of Festival of the Arts BOCA 2015.

Taste History Culinary Tour together living legend of the flute, Sir James Galway (who performed at the inaugural Festival of the Arts BOCA in 2007), pianist Conrad Tao, who at 13 years old made his debut at the 2008 Festival, and Arnaud Sussmann, rising star violinist and protégé of the great Itzhak Perlman, with the Festival Orchestra Boca led by Constantine Kitsopoulos; and the Young People’s Chorus of New York and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Master Chorale of South Florida and Festival Orchestra Boca led by Kitsopoulos.

This season’s compelling Authors & Ideas program brings some of the world’s greatest minds, with six Pulitzer Prizes among them, to South Florida. The program includes Jamie Bernstein, daughter of treasured composer Leonard Bernstein, accomplished narrator, writer and broadcaster; Michael Grunwald, best-selling author, senior staff writer for POLITICO magazine, editor-at-large for The Agenda magazine, contributor to TIME Magazine, where he was senior national

correspondent for seven years, who will speak about “Saving Paradise”; Richard Ford, best known for his Pulitzer Prize and Pen/Faulkner award-winning novel, Independence Day will present “Let Me Be Frank With You”; Physician, researcher and Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee; Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist, three-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, bestselling author of The World is Flat, and co-author of That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back; Lucinda Franks, author of memoir, My Father’s Secret War and Timeless: Love, Morgenthau and Me who will speak about “Love and Politics”; and Martin Goldsmith, author of Alex’s Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and a Journey of Remembrance and, previously, The Inextinguishable Symphony.

Tickets for the 9th Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA range from $15 to $125 per

Students from For the Children at the Osborne School in Lake Worth with Christmas present from Macy’s. Taste History Culinary Tours support continued for the Osborne School on December 8th by partnering with Macy’s Boynton Beach for Breakfast with Santa, storybook reading of Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus and where each of the 60 children from the school were gifted with a wrapped toy from Macy’s.

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CREST DELRAY BEACH’S CENTER FOR THE ARTS EVENTS, THEATER, EXHIBITS and LEARNING

THEATRE

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM EVERYONE AT DELRAY BEACH CENTER FOR THE ARTS! Steve Solomon’s “CANNOLI, LATKES AND GUILT” is a must see!

Steve Solomon is back January 3rd and 4th with a hilarious show featuring the very best comedy bits from his earlier three shows— plus loads of new comedy pieces. His shows have been seen by more than three quarters of a million people throughout the United States and Internationally. Prepare to spend a hysterical evening of side-splitting laughs with one of America’s best story tellers and Dialecticians! Saturday, 8 pm; Sunday, 2 pm

Steve Solomon’s “Cannoli, Latkes and Guilt” Catch A Rising Star Comedy presents MIKE MARINO and ELAYNE BOOSLER. COMEDY CLUB at the Vintage gym welcomes Mike Marino on January 8th at 8 p.m. “New Jersey’s Bad Boy” is one of the most unique comics of our time. He has performed in every major comedy club from New York to Los Angeles including the MGM Grand, Catch a Rising Star, The Comic Strip, Stand Up NY, The Improv, Rascals and The Icehouse.

MAIN STAGE COMEDY at the Crest Theatre welcomes Elayne Boosler on January 28th at 8 p.m. For 35 years, this comedian, writer and animal activist has traveled the world with her thoughtful and feisty political humor -- and her love of baseball and animals -- all sharing a big part of her act. Main Stage Comedy is sponsored by the Law Office of Lee Cohen, 1-800-CALL –LEE. VOCAL TRASH and BACK ON BROADWAY Bring Music, Dance and More to the Crest.

Come feel the beat with Vocal Trash on January 14th at 8 p.m. With pop music, dance and a touch of comedy, this production delivers a unique blend of Oldies and Rock with contemporary beats and Hip Hop grooves. Fun for all ages, it’s GLEE meets STOMP! The national tour of Back on

Broadway rolls in January 16-18 with scenes and songs from some of Broadway’s biggest hits such as Avenue Q, Evita, Mary Poppins and many more!

DELRAY FASHION WEEK Comes to the Cornell Museum of Art! RECYCLED RUNWAY, a Delray Beach Fashion Week event on January 18th, makes its debut at the Museum with a fashion show outside from 4-5 p.m. followed by a Vintage Trunk Show and Tea Dance inside from 5-8 p.m. Tickets to the trunk show and tea dance are $25, with proceeds benefiting the museum. Presented by NAKed Hair Salon & More and 4th Avenue Photography & Video.

Word has it that folks are loving the current exhibit, Language Art, which continues through March 8th. Text and imagery collide in art that explores emotional, social and other themes. See unique works by national artists, Trey Speegle, Mary Coyle, Michael Dinges, Reed Dixon, William Halliday, Robert Indiana, Kathy Halper, Meryl Pataky, Johnny Romeo, Matthew Rose and Annie Vought.

Free Friday Concerts Wrap Up this Month!

The Free Friday Concerts continue every Friday, 7:30 p.m., through January 30th. Rain or shine; Free admission. Bring lawn chairs, and bring the family, but no pets or outside food and beverage. Food trucks and cash bar are available. Presented by Delray Motors/ Lincoln of Delray/Delray Subaru/Delray Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram. Sponsored by PNC Bank.

CONCERT LINE-UP FOR JANUARY: Jan. 2 POCKET CHANGE (Funk/Blues) Jan. 9 BAD INC/4NR2 (Bad Company/Foreigner Tribute) Jan. 16 BUSHWOOD (Reggae Rock) Jan. 23 GALO’S TRIBUTE TO SANTANA Jan. 30 B STREET BAND (Bruce Springsteen Tribute) Try Something New at the SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS! The School offers a variety of art, photography and writing classes and workshops as well as fun classes for kids!

Whether you’re a beginner or more advanced, there are classes to meet your needs and skill level. Why wait? The New Year is the perfect time to try your hand at an art project, put that new camera to use, start that story or memoir, or give your kids a creative outlet! Several new classes have been added and Visiting/ Resident Artist Workshops start this month.

Delray Art League “Artists in the Park” Fine Art Exhibition & Sale The Delray Art League’s outdoor art shows are one of the longest running fine art venues in South Florida. Artist works represent a variety of mediums including acrylic, ceramics, oil, pastel, photography and watercolor. Members donate a portion of all sales to an Art Education Fund to promote the development of the visual arts. DAL is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization and is celebrating its 50th Year Anniversary in 2015.

Shows run 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Veterans Park is located on Atlantic Avenue and the Inter-coastal.

Old School Square is located on the corner of Atlantic Ave and Swinton. http://delrayartleague.com

2015 Outdoor Show Schedule: Jan. 10 Veterans Park Jan. 11 Veterans Park Jan. 24 Veterans Park Jan 25 Veterans Park Jan. 31 Old School Square Feb. 1 Old School Square Feb. 7 Veterans Park Feb. 8 Veterans Park Feb. 14 Old School Square Feb. 15 Old School Square Feb. 21 Old School Square Feb. 22 Old School Square Feb. 27 Old School Square Feb. 28 Old School Square Mar. 1 Old School Square Mar. 7 Veterans Park Mar. 8 Veterans Park Mar. 21 Old School Square Mar. 22 Old School Square Mar. 28 Veterans Park Mar. 29 Veterans Park

Now celebrating its 25th Anniversary Season, Delray Beach Center for the Arts, located at Old School Square in the heart of downtown Delray Beach, offers a total arts experience™ through events, theater, exhibits and learning opportunities.

For tickets and information on performances, exhibits, classes or facility rentals, call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayArts.org.

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Kick Off 2015 at

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eep the bubbly flowing because Arts Garage is continuing the celebration!

January features a dazzling array of the world’s most acclaimed jazz and blues artists, and Theatre at Arts Garage presents the award-winning play I & You by Lauren Gunderson.

“You could fill a book with media plaudits bestowed upon this month’s artists,” said Alyona Ushe, President and CEO. “January’s scheduled performers are literally legend followed by legend.”

“We are also extremely proud to be showcasing the play that won the prestigious $25,000 Steinberg/American Theater Critics Award, “said Ushe. “This best new work has been described as ‘unforgettable’ and we are thrilled to present it to south Florida audiences at Arts Garage.”

For more information please visit www. artsgarage.org or call 561-450-6357 Tickets for musical performances run $25$45, and theater performances are $30-$45.

Fri 1/2, 8pm | Don Friedman Tri | JAZZ

Jazz pianist Don Friedman has been featured with most of the major figures in jazz since the 1960s. Now a resident in New York City, he is an internationally known pianist, shuttling between New York and Europe for appearances in festivals, concerts and clubs.

Jazz critic Gene Lees has said Friedman, who is a “musician’s musician,” is known for his creativity and virtuosity.

He continued, “…if you’re not familiar with the artistry of Don Friedman, you have some catching up to do”.

Sat 1/3, 8pm | Carol Saboya and Antonio Adolfo | JAZZ Legendary pianist, arranger, producer and educator Antonio Adolfo joins his equally talented daughter Carol Saboya onstage at Arts Garage for an evening of scintillating Brazilian jazz rhythms! Adolfo wrote tunes that gained great success and have been recorded by such artists as Sérgio Mendes, Stevie Wonder, Herb Alpert, Earl Klugh, Dionne Warwick and others.

Thu 1/8, 7:30pm & Fri 1/9 | 8pm | Freddy Cole | JAZZ | $25-45

Freddy Cole, the younger brother of Nat King Cole and uncle of Natalie Cole, is one of American popular music’s great performers.

Like pop icon Tony Bennett, the 80-yearsyoung Cole is a beloved musician’s musician and a living link to the Great American Songbook.

“Gorgeous autumnal baritone, expressive phrasing and pitch-perfect feel for jazz standards, pop tunes and love ballads.” – People Magazine “Freddy has an impeccable sense of swing…he is, overall, the most maturely expressive male jazz singer of his generation, if not the best alive” – The New York Times

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1/16-2/8 | I & You by Lauren Gunderson | THEATER Wed-Fri 7:30pm, Sat-Sun 2pm

presentation. Lucky’s latest album, The Son of a Blues Man (Jazzbook Records, 2014) is a blues, gospel, and R&B tour de force.

“Incredible blues vocals...insanely lively guitar...it’s amazing.” - USA Today

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Sun, 1/18, 7pm | The Bridge, Allan Harris, Doug Wimbish & Jesse Jones, Jr. | SPECIAL EVENT

Only in high school would two completely unconnected people – cranky, chronically ill Caroline and levelheaded basketball star Anthony – be paired to collaborate on a project to deconstruct a poem about the interconnectivity of everything. But as the two teens cram to finish their presentation on Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, a very real connection is made, and they ultimately learn of the deeper mystery that has brought them together.

“I And You is unforgettable. It hums along at a great pace, but the ending will leave you gasping. While you predict the last scene, be ready to drop jaw. I thought it was only for teens and college students. I was wrong.” – Washington Speaks

Sat 1/17, 8pm | Lucky Peterson | BLUES The multi-instrumentalist Lucky Peterson has garnered a reputation as one of the most riveting performers of the modern blues era.

A searing lead guitarist, a rich and thoughtful organist, and a first-rate vocalist, Lucky’s musicianship effortlessly translates gospel, rock, and jazz into a 21st century blues Lucky Peterson

Allan Harris returns to Arts Garage for a special performance of The Bridge, a musical reminder of those, who 50 years ago, fought for the Civil Rights that today are so often taken for granted. Allan, renowned for his guitar and vocals, is joined by legendary rock ‘n’ roll bassist Doug Wimbish, Jesse Jones, Jr. on alto saxophone and Christian Howes on violin. Together they have created a show to entertain, educate, and inspire a new generation to “wake up” and recognize that their so-called unalienable rights are under serious attack.

This intriguing performance came about after Harris and Wimbish first played together at Art Deco Weekend 2014 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend) in Miami Beach. They decided to organize a live show commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s voting rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965, an event since known as “Bloody The Bridge Sunday.”

Fri, 1/23, 8pm | Christian McBride | JAZZ

B a s s i s t extraordinaire, composer, a r r a n g e r, e d u c a t o r, curator and a d m i n i s t r a t o r, C h r i s t i a n McBride, has been one of the most important and most omnipresent figures in the jazz world for 20 years. What has always been unique about McBride is his versatility, having appeared in numerous musical settings with just about any musician imaginable in the jazz, as well as in the R&B and pop worlds.

In his latest working group, a trio, McBride is joined by pianist Peter Martin and drummer Jamison Ross. Together they are honing their trio conception to a fine point of expressive depth and nuance. In McBride’s words, “It’s a pretty diversified trio. The real core foundation is hardcore swingin’ blues and the American songbook.”

Sat, 1/24, 8pm | Cyrille Aimee | GYPSY JAZZ Charming French chanteuse Cyrille Aimée, winner of the Montreux Jazz Festival’s vocal competition, tours the world, and recently caught the attention of Stephen Sondheim, who cast her in an Encores Special Presentation at New York City’s City Center.

“Aimée has a sweet, girlish voice that she controls with a sniper’s precision....a bravura turn, presented with a smile.” – New York Times

Sun, 1/25, 7pm | Billy Rogan | JAZZ

Billy Rogan is a well-versed guitarist, whose influences include the styles and techniques of artists such as Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke, Keller Williams and Kaki King. His original compositions reflect a unique combination of classical and modern finger style with hints of new age sounds that blend forms with these intricate details of inspiration. Rogan’s skilled touch brings stories to the strings in tales of heartfelt bits and pieces, shifting rhythms and tempos – all with a soulful, fiery feel.

Sat 1/31, 8pm | Billy Stritch | CABARET

An award-winning composer, arranger, vocalist, and jazz pianist of extraordinary range and sophistication, Billy Stritch breathes new life into the Great American Songbook, all the while bringing an easy sense of humor and showmanship. The Grammy Award-nominated Stritch has arranged for Liza Minelli, written for Reba McEntire, and starred on Broadway.

He is truly a multi-faceted talent.

“Equally gifted as a player and a singer, and doing both with no-hold-power, Stritch is not afraid to dazzle,” London Times.

The Arts Garage is located in downtown Delray Beach at 180 NE 1st Street. For ticket purchases and more information about Arts Garage in Delray Beach, visit the website at artsgarage.org, or call 561-450-6357.

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Broadway Royalty Lee Roy Reams Lake Worth’s “J” Street buzzes with Stars in La Cage aux Folles at The Wick activity Friday and Saturday nights The Wick Theatre kicks off 2015 with a dazzling production of La Cage aux Folles starring Broadway legend Lee Roy Reams.

The multi-talented actor, singer, dancer and director has been earning rave reviews since his debut in Sweet Charity in 1966. Reams whose credits include Hello Dolly, Applause, 42nd Street and many more, will be recreating his role as “Zaza” in the Tony Award winning production which features songs by Jerry Herman including I Am What I Am, Songs in the Sand and the famed title number. The show runs from January 8th-February 15th.

Tickets 58-$62, www.thewick.org or call 561995-2333.

“We are honored to have Mr. Reams star in our production of La Cage,” said Executive Producer Marilynn A. Wick. “Liz Smith calls him Broadway’s darling, and it is a thrill to bring him to Boca Raton for this spectacular show.”

La Cage aux Folles tells the story of a flamboyant gay couple who must pretend to be straight for one night—with one of the men in drag---to dupe the conservative political family of their son’s fiancé. This smash hit Broadway musical was written by the incomparable Harvey Fierstein with music and lyrics by the legendary Jerry Herman.

The Wick production also stars theater veteran Walter Charles, who made his Broadway debut in Grease and additional credits include Sweeney Todd, Cats, La Cage aux Folles, Kiss Me Kate and more.

The show will be directed and choreographed by Norb Joerder. And will feature an 8-piece band led by Musical Director Michael Ursua.

La Cage aux Folles opens for previews at the Wick on January 8, 2014 with the Gala Grand Opening on January 10th.

Performances are Wednesday through Sunday with matinees at 2:00 p.m. and evening performances beginning at 7:30 p.m.

For reservations or additional information, contact the Wick Theatre at 561-995-2333 or

visit us on the web at www.thewick.org To enhance the theatre experience, The Wick is now serving dinner. The elegant 3-course meal begins at 6pm and guests will be served an appetizer, salad, choice of entrée and dessert. The dinners are $38pp. Liquor is not included. Dinners will be served 3-4 nights a week depending on the show. Please

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call the box office for reservations.

The Wick is also delighted to announce that the season will not end with Dames at Sea. The Wick will be having a summer series that I will be telling you about shortly.

And, we have a dramatic new Wick Museum exhibit that is beautifully staged, interactive and provides a totally different experience from last year. With costumes from Porgy and Bess, A Funny Thing Happened to the Way to the Forum with Nathan Lane, How to Succeed in Business with Matthew Broderick, Lil Abner, Titanic, Passion, Dracula, Camelot and My Fair Lady----it is must-see for any Broadway lover!

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AKE WORTH, FL – Friday and Saturday Evenings in January are packed with activity on J Street in Lake Worth.

Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery, at 15 South J Street, is at the midst of this activity with openings and parties every Friday and Saturday in January. These events are free to the public, and include a wine and cheese reception, usually with wonderful, live music. The events begin at 6PM. Doors close at 10PM. The Common Grounds Coffee Bar has filled its walls with the works of local artists. Every few months the exhibit changes. Weekend evenings are filled with open stages and concerts. Special events with family friendly celebrities are scheduled throughout the year.

Excelsior Comics and Collectables exhibits the arts of cartoonists and comic book specialists. They bring in special characters for events and games. With a huge parking lot area behind their building, they plan days and evenings of fun for comic book enthusiasts.

Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery, 15 South J Street in Downtown Lake Worth, has arts events planned for every Friday and Saturday evening through April.

Every Saturday evening, from 6-10 PM, musicians congregate at their Bamboo Shoots Cafe for Jam Sessions, Juggling, free snacks and beverages. Ryan Delaneuville is always on hand to create Chain Maille and demonstrate the process.

Friday, January 2, Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery presents the works of Adrianna Ficarelli, “Rings, Bling and Adornable Things.”

The event will take place at the gallery from 6-10 PM. Adriana creates jewelry from metals, polymer clay, beads and gemstones.

From sheer elegance to arty, hand-crafted arm and ear adornments, Adriana brings a new look and dimension to the high quality jewelry stage she now shares with other gallery artists.

Her silver rings, orbiting with precious gems are quickly becoming a “must-have” on the fingers of gallery customers.

Friday, January 9, Clay Glass Metal Stone

Gallery features Vandy, with her, “Where The Wild Things Are.” Vandy, one of the most creative and prolific artists in the region, has mastered Papier Mache, bringing to us, a panoply of creatures, visual puns and social commentary. On the walls are her exquisitely crafted paintings, whose subjects do not fall far from the 3-D source.

Friday, January 16, Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery presents Sara McLennand’s “The Nature of Sensuality.” Sara takes the bounties of the earth, those dried and discarded seeds, fronds, leaves and twigs, and transforms them into works of undulating, sensual rhythms.

Her works are enhanced with encaustic waxing, on both the frond elements as well as the bases. This brings out the depth and aura.

The sensual message cannot be mistaken.

Friday, January 23 thru Monday, January 26, Art Palm Beach is Welcomed in Lake Worth. Flamingo Clay Studio, the non-profit parent organization of Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery, will hold an open house at the Gallery and its new studio, located at 216 South F Street, in Lake Worth.

The Flamingo Clay Studio, will formally open its doors in January. Both Studio and Gallery artists will be exhibiting and demonstrating in Clay, Fused Glass and Small Metals skills during this period. Receptions will be scheduled at both locations.

Clay•Glass•Metal•Stone Cooperative Gallery is sponsored by the Flamingo Clay Studio, a non-profit arts organization whose mission is to provide affordable studio and gallery space for three-dimensional artists.

The gallery is located at 15 South J Street in downtown Lake Worth. Hours are Sunday thru Tuesday, 10AM-5PM. Wednesday thru Saturday, 10AM-10PM. Gallery openings are the first and third Friday of each month from 6-9 PM with many special events inbetween. For information call Joyce Brown 215-205-9441 or Joyce@flamingoclaystudio.org Gallery phone: 561-588-8344.

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THIS MONTH IN

WORLD-CLASS STRING QUARTET

Acclaimed as a “World-Class String Quartet” by the Palm Beach Post, the Delray String Quartet has clearly established itself as one of the cultural jewels of South Florida.

Performing regularly across the region, the Delray String Quartet has been described by the press as “well-balanced and elegant,” “adding luster to the South Florida music scene,” “with the players ripping into the music with savage abandon.” A string quartet concert becomes “a stirring experience in the hands of the Delray musicians.”

The quartet explores a variety of genres and time periods, including some of the latest quartets. Their recording of Kenneth Fuchs’s Quartet No. 5 for the Naxos label was released in 2013, garnering excellent reviews and being chosen as a Critics’ Choice. Their latest recording on the Centaur label will be released in late 2014.

The 2014-2015 season marks the 11th year for the Delrays, with performances scheduled throughout South Florida, their New York City debut, a world premiere commission and an ambitious recording project of the late quartets of American composer Richard Danielpour.

Jan 2 (All Saints) , Jan 4 (Colony) Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no 3 Schubert: Quartet no 10 in E flat, Richard Danielpour: Quartet no 6 “Addio” Feb 20 (All Saints ), Feb. 22 (Colony) Tao Lin, guest piano Brahms: Piano Quintet in f minor; Granados: Piano Quintet in g minor; Lehar: Gold and SIlver Waltz March 15, (Colony), March 19 (All Saints) Joaquin Turina: Serenata, op.87 Kenneth Fuchs: Quartet no. 5 “American” (2011)Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations for Bandoneon and String Quartet David Alsina, bandoneon VENUES: All Saints Episcopal Church, 333 Tarpon Drive, Fort Lauderdale - 7:30 p.m.$30 Colony Hotel, 525 East Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach - 4 p.m.$35

LYNN UNIVERSITY’S CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Lynn University’s Conservatory of Music invites the public to seven musical performances during January and February 2015 ‘The Lynn University Conservatory of Music’s talented students and extraordinary performing faculty represent the future of the performing arts, and we look forward to sharing the beautiful world of music with our friends and neighbors,” said Robertson.

“We urge fans of classical music to join us on the Lynn campus for some magnificent presentations.”

Thurs. Jan. 8, 7:30pm / Free Harpsichord Lecture Recital with Raisa Isaacs Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Sat. Jan. 10, 7:30pm / $20 Elmar Oliveira Recital Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center Thurs., Jan. 22, 7:30pm / $20 Mostly Music: Schubert Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Sat. Feb. 7, 7:30pm / Sun., Feb 8, 4pm Lynn Philharmonia #4 Conductor: Guillermo Figueroa • Mendelsohn: Märchen von der schönen Melusine • Ranjbaran: Concerto for flute and orchestra with Jeffrey Kahner, flute • Berlioz: Harold in Italy with Ralph Fielding, viola Location: Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center Tickets: Individual tickets are $50 for Box, $40 for Orchestra and $35 for Mezzanine Thurs., Feb. 19, 4pm / $10 From the Studio of Roberta Rust: “Piano Passion” Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center Thurs., Feb. 26, 7:30pm / $20 Mostly Music: Tchaikovsky and Friends

Location: Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall Tickets may be purchased in person at the Lynn box office, located in the Wold Performing Arts Center at 3601 N. Military Trail, online at events.lynn.edu or by phone at 561-237-9000.

Live at Lynn Theatre Series, the Live at Lynn American Songbook Series, and Jan McArt’s New Play Reading Series, as well as performances from the Lynn University Conservatory of Music and the drama department in the College of International Communication. For more information, visit: events.lynn.edu.

THE RAT PACK IS BACK

The Las Vegas Show comes to The Wick December 31-January 3rd New Year’s Eve 5:30pm seating with Champagne reception $95 8:30pm seating with elegant four-course, sitdown dinner, dancing and surprises $225 Jan 1@ 3pm, Jan 2 @7:30pm, Jan 3 @ 2pm & 7:30pm $75 The Wick Theatre presents a touring recreation of the legendary Las Vegas act of Frankie, Dean, Sammy and Joey. Ring in the New Year with the coolest cats in town.

“The Rat Pack is back approaches a spiritual experience,” says the Charlotte Observer Tickets www.thewick.org or 561-995-2333

SYMPHONIA

2014-2015 Connoisseur Concert Series January 11, 2015 at 3 P.M. Gerard Schwarz, Guest Conductor Julian Schwarz, Cello Soloist February 22, 2015 at 3 P.M. Alexander Platt, Guest Conductor Gareth Johnson, Violin Soloist Scott O’Donnell, Viola Soloist April 12, 2015 at 3 P.M. James Judd, Guest Conductor Jeffrey Kaye, Trumpet Soloist

January Calendar

Saturday, January 10, 2015 Saturday, February 21, 2015 Saturday, April 11, 2015 10:30 a.m. – 12 Noon At the Roberts Theater / Saint Andrew’s School, 3900 Jog Road, Boca Raton Adults $5 / Children are free / Non-Profits are free. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED 866-687-3848, info@thesymphonia.org, www. thesymphonia.org

PALM BEACH POPS

In early 2015, The Palm Beach Pops will be presenting two additional concerts at the Kravis Center and two in Boca Raton: Frank Sinatra, Jr. “Sinatra Sings Sinatra” Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 7:30 pm Boca Raton Community Church Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 7:30 pm Kravis Center for the Performing Arts One Singular Sensation A Tribute to the Music of Marvin Hamlish Featuring Donna McKechnie, Jodi Benson and Doug LaBrecque Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.

Boca Raton Community Church Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Founded in 1991 by the late Music Director and Conductor Bob Lappin, The Palm Beach Pops quickly distinguished itself as a world-class pops orchestra, dedicated to preserving the American Songbook. In addition to on-going concerts, The Palm Beach Pops is devoted to serving the children in its community by presenting quality music education programs.

The Pops created the “Music & You” In-School Youth Education Program to expose students to new learning experiences and positive role models while developing creativity, providing tools for communication and enabling students to build a strong sense of self. The Palm Beach Pops is a non-profit organization, supported solely through the generosity of individual donations, institutional grants, and concert income. For more information, please visit palmbeachpops. org or call 561.832.7677.

Ticket Pricing: Connoisseur 4 Concert Series 2014-2015 Section Selection Section A $250.00 | Section B $200.00 | Section C $150.00 Ticket Website: www.thesymphonia.org Ticket Email: tickets@thesymphonia.org Phone Number: 1-866-687-4201 Concert Venue: The Roberts Theatre at Andrews Hall Center for the Performing Arts at Saint Andrew’s School 3900 Jog Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33434 Pre-Concert conversations will be held at 2pm prior to the 3pm concert and are open to anyone with a ticket for that day’s concert. S ​ pend 30-40 minutes listening to and participating in a fascinating, informative and fun discussion about the pieces of music that will be performed at the concert that day. This conversation will be lead by either the Maestro of the concert or a guest speaker.

​ EET THE ORCHESTRA:​ M A Program for Children and Their Parents Interact with The Symphonia’s conductor and musicians at live dress rehearsals and discover how classical music inspires creativity.

Children can hold instruments and learn about them from musicians at the “Instrument Petting Zoo.”

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OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY A Play by Jerry Sterner

January 31st – February 15th, 2015 After the housing bubble fiasco of 2005 and the sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2008, even the most financially naïve American realized that our Capitalist system is not a ship that steers itself. People wield power and greedy people can make life unpleasant for everyone. In this award-winning play, we meet Lawrence Garfinkle, a greedy man who is willing and ready to destroy other people in order to make a profit for himself. We see how Mr. Garfinkle chooses a small company that’s in trouble and decides to take it over to liquidate it, regardless of the people who may lose their livelihoods as a result. Mr. Garfinkle is a shark in a goldfish bowl, but he is also an American success story. This play explores the irony that has turned a shark into a hero.

All Tickets $30 Call 561-272-1281 Ext.4 www.delraybeachplayhouse.com

HAMMOCK TRAILS Wed., Dec. 31st 10-11am Sun., Jan. 4th, 2-3pm Tues., Jan. 6th, 10-11:30am Wed., Jan. 7th, 10-11:30am Sun., Jan. 11th, 2-3:30pm Join us for a FREE guided walk on our quarter-mile long boardwalk.

Explore this rare remnant of coastal hardwood hammock, and get a glimpse of the past. All ages; children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. No reservations required.

WETLANDS & WILDLIFE Fri., Jan. 2nd, 3-5pm Wakodahatchee is a man-made wetland which has become a favorite for birders and photographers. Bring your binoculars and join us for a ¾ mile guided boardwalk tour to learn more about Florida’s wetland birds and ecosystems. Meet our Gumbo Limbo Naturalist at the Wakodahatchee boardwalk (call for directions). Ages 7-adult; children under 18 must sign-up and participate with an adult. Reservations recommended; online at gumbolimbo.org or call (561) 544-8615; . Cost: No Fee LITTLE WONDERS Sat., Jan. 3rd, 10-11am Hikes for little feet, crafts for tiny fingers, and stories for growing minds introduce your novice naturalist to a new nature topic each month. Gumbo Limbo is a great place to share your love for nature with your little one! January’s topic is “Birds of a Feather.” Ages 3&4 with an adult; no siblings please.

Prepayment recommended (561) 5448615 or online at gumbolimbo.org; walkins welcome based on availability. Cost per child: Member $5 Non-member $8 BIG WONDERS Sat., Jan. 3rd, 11:30am-12:30pm Gumbo Limbo is a great place to share your love for nature with your little one! With crafts, lessons, and a guided tour, your novice naturalist will be immersed in the world of marine and coastal habitats and the animals that reside within! In January our topic is “Birds of a Feather.” Ages 5&6 with an adult; no siblings please. Prepayment recommended (561) 544-8615 or online at gumbolimbo.org; walk-ins welcome based on availability. Cost per child: Member $5 Non-member $8 SEINING THE LAGOON Sat., Jan. 3rd, 2-3:30pm Wading in the Intracoastal Waterway just behind Gumbo Limbo, we catch (and release) fish, shrimp, crabs, and more! With hand-held dip nets and large seine nets, get up close and personal with our local marine life. Closed toed shoes required (old sneakers or water shoes; no sandals).Bring a change of clothes and towel. must sign-up and participate with an adult. Cost per person: Member $7 Non-member $10 ECO-WATCH LECTURE SERIES: GET ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CUTTING EDGE Wed., Jan. 7th, 7-8:30pm Are you interested in learning about the natural world around us?

Attend Gumbo Limbo’s lecture series for a presentation by a guest scientist, researcher, or other expert. This week our topic will be Sea Turtle Conservation in Boca Raton by our Marine Conservationist, Dr. Kirt Rusenko.

Recommended for ages 14 & up.

Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. (561) 544-8615 or online at gumbolimbo.org; walk-ins welcome based on availability. Cost: $5 donation

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Voted in the Top 100 Art Fairs - Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ The sixth annual show is slated for Saturday & Sunday, January 24 & 25, 2015 from 10am to 5pm in downtown Boca Raton and presented by HotWorks.org™.

Located on Federal Highway/Historic US-1, between N.E. 2nd Street and Palmetto Park Road, and in Sanborn Square Park; This art fair is different!

All artwork is original and personally handmade by the artist in the booth – no reps or sales agents Produced by Hot Works, LLC Fine Art & Fine Craft Shows and by the Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc., an IRS 501.c.3-listed organization. Hot Works Executive Director Patty Narozny attends to every detail of the

GUMBO LIMBO (con’t) MANGROVE PADDLE Sat., Jan. 10th, 12:30-2:30pm Nature-lovers, get close up and personal with birds, crabs, spiders, and other swampy critters! Discover the magic of the mangroves with a Gumbo Limbo guide on a boardwalk tour at Rutherford Park, followed by a paddle through sheltered mangrove trails, and out into the open Intracoastal waters! Must be proficient at canoeing and able to get into and out of a canoe without assistance. Ages 7-adult. One adult required per child under 18. For experienced canoers only. (561) 5448615 (minimum sign-up required to conduct program). Cost per person: Member $15 Non-member $22 INDOOR AQUARIUM FEEDINGS Daily at 2:30pm What do eels eat, or better yet, HOW do eels eat? Which fish rule the school?

Why are female seahorses the envy of all the girls? Learn about these and other sea creatures during our FREE daily feeding presentation! No reservations required. Meet in the Nature Center.

All ages; children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

OUTDOOR MARINE AQUARIUM FEEDINGS Mon.-Sat. 10:30am Mangrove and Nearshore Reef Aquariums Mon.-Sat. 12:30pm Tropical Coral Reef and Shipwreck Aquariums Sunday 1:30pm All outdoor aquariums What is the connection between mangrove and coral reef communities?

How do fish use these habitats? Learn about the fascinating behaviors of sharks, sting rays, and other marine life during these FREE daily feeding presentations.

All ages; children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. No reservations required. Meet at the outdoor aquariums.

VOLUNTEERING AT GUMBO LIMBO Do you like RETAIL? Is EDUCATION your passion? Do you like to meet and talk to NEW PEOPLE every day? If so, then we need YOU! There are over 20 volunteer positions available at Gumbo Limbo! Contact Debbie Wilson (561-544-8609 or dwilson@myboca.us) to set up an interview TODAY! Gumbo Limbo Nature Center 1801 N Ocean Blvd Boca Raton (561) 544-8605

show to ensure the art is of the highest level of quality and authenticity of origin.

Juried by art professionals who have more than 120 years’ combined art experience and education; you will see many artists not seen at other Florida art fairs • 165 Participating Artists • Professional Artist Awards & Ribbons • Something for Everyone • Great Food & Entertainment • Budding Artist Competition for grades 6-12 or ages 9-19; • $250 in Budding Artist Awards • Plenty of on-street parking and at 1st United Bank, HSBC Bank & First United Methodist Church

Highway/US Highway 1 will be closed on Friday, January 23, 1:00pm until Sunday, January 25, 10:00pm. Traffic will be diverted to Dixie Highway for this short period of time that Federal Hwy/US-1 will be closed.

Institute for the Arts & Education, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to the visual arts, fostering art in young children, diversity, and community enrichment Find more info at www.hotworks.org; like us on www.Facebook.com/HotWorksLLC Contact Patty Narozny, Executive Director & Producer, Boca Raton Fine Art Show™ Hot Works, LLC Fine Art & Fine Craft Shows, patty@hotworks.org or phone 941-755-3088.

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SHOCK POP COMICCON LAUNCHES IN FT. LAUDERDALE February 15th Tickets on Sale Now Get ready! The 1st Annual Shock Pop Comiccon launches February 13-15, 2015 at the Broward County Convention Center, 1950 Eisenhower Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Shock Pop Comiccon is the biggest pop culture event in South Florida celebrating your favorite movies, television shows, music, and comics & animation.

The event will feature an interactive 100,000 square foot show of Celebrities, Comic Artists & Writers, Cosplay, Animation, Music, Anime, Art Exhibits, Table Top Gaming, Board and Arcade Games, Mark Draven’s World of Ink-Fusion, Vendors, Artists Alley, Panels & Autograph sessions, The Karate Kid Reunion, Friday the 13th 35th Anniversary Reunion, Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge 30th Anniversary Reunion, Demons 30th Anniversary Reunion, Fire & Ice Reunion, Geek Film Fest, an Independent Florida Film Maker Contest, and Ultimate Fan Experience packages for Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Demons, Cassandra Peterson as Elvira, and John Waters.

New announcements posted regularly on shockpopcc.com, @shockpopcc, and facebook.com/shockpopcc SPECIAL GUESTS Elvira/Cassandra Peterson – Elvira Mistress of the Dark, currently producing and starring in Thirteen Nights of Elvira for Hulu John Waters – Performing “This Filthy World” Robert Englund – Freddy in Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge Naomi Grossman - actress and comedienne, Pepper in American Horror Story Asylum and American Horror Story Freak Show Ralph Macchio – Karate kid, The Outsiders, My Cousin Vinny

Sylvester Mccoy- Dr. Who, The Hobbitt Danny Trejo – Machete, Machete Kills, Sons of Anarchy Sean S. Cunningham - Creator and Director of Friday the 13th The Original Cosplay Guests Nadya Sonika, Ivy Doomkitty Ani-Mia 219th Brain Surgeons MARK DRAVEN’S WORLD OF INK-FUSION Ink-Fusion “Where the worlds of Tattooing and Pop Culture Collide” is an event like no other! Creator Marc Draven is bringing his premier international tattoo pavilion – licensed by Lucasfilm and endorsed

by Stan Lee - with the finest tattoo artists and illustrators from around the world to Shock Pop Comiccon.

The following tattoo artists will be a part of Ink-Fusion at Shock Pop Comiccon: Marc Draven, Mike Bianco, Dave Nestler, James Hance, Andrew “Drone” Cosson, Shannon Ritchie, Cale Turpen, Andrea Swabb, Brandi Smart, Kelly Rogers, Patrick “Bear” Dearman, and Scott Versago.

Booking appointments directly with the artists before the show is recommended.

“SHOCK NIGHT” - FEBRUARY 13 • A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge – 30th Anniversary Reunion Jack Sholder, Director; David Chaskin, screenwriter; and cast: Robert Englund – Freddy; Mark Patton - Jesse Walsh; Kim Myers - Lisa Webber; Robert Rusler - Ron Grady; Marshall Bell – Coach Schneider. Shon Greenblatt will be making a rare convention appearance, and will be joining Rachel Talalay and Robert Englund for the first time together at a convention to celebrate Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. Shon is also well known

for his role as Oscar in Newsies, alongside than rising star Christian Bale.

• Friday the 13th, the original – 35th Anniversary Reunion Sean S. Cunningham, Creator and Director, and cast: Ari Lehman – the original Jason Vorhees who will perform with his band First Jason, Adrienne King as Alice, Ron Millkie-Officer Dorf, Harry Manfredini – music score composer, Tom Savini – special effects and makeup legend – creator of original makeup for “Jason”, Robbi Morgan known as Annie Phillips in a rare convention appearance.

• Freddy vs. Jason – 12th Anniversary Ken Kirzinger - Jason Vorhees in Freddy V Jason, also stuntman in X2, X Men Last Stand, Incredible Hulk, Twilight New Moon, etc.

• Demons – 30th Anniversary Reunion Lamberto Bava, Director; and cast: Bobby Rhodes, Claudio Simonetti, Geretta Geretta, Sergio Stivaletti MARK ALAN MILLER, SERAPHIM AND JOVANKA VUCKOVIC Seraphim is the production company for author, filmmaker and painter Clive Barker.

Mark Alan Miller is the VP of Seraphim and the writer of the recent Boom! Comics Hellraiser and Next Testament. Jovanka Vuckovic is directing the latest Clive Barker film coming from Seraphim, Jaqueline Ess, starring Game of Thrones actor Lena Headey. A never before presented at a convention in Florida art exhibit of Clive Barkers original paintings.

Tickets and Ultimate Fan Experience Packages are on sale now at www.shockpopcc. com and at these locations: Radio-Active Records in Fort Lauderdale and Tate’s Comics in Lauderhill. For exhibitor information: shockpopcc@gmail.com. Fort Lauderdale hotels feature special rates while supplies last. Connect with us: shockpopcc.com, @ shockpopcc, and facebook.com/shockpopcc

HILLSBORO LIGHTHOUSE TOUR

Hillsboro Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc. (HLPS) is pleased to announce the next public tour is scheduled for SUNDAY, January 11, 2015.

Visitors should park in the Alsdorf Park parking lot at 2974 NE 14th Street in Pompano Beach and look for the HLPS tour table.

Lighthouse tour transportation is only by boat from Alsdorf Park at $25 per person, or free to HLPS members.

Annual HLPS dues are $25 for Individual membership, $50 for Families and $100 for Businesses or Organizations.

The boat will depart for the lighthouse at 8:30 AM, 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM and 11:30 AM. In response to visitor requests, lighthouse tours will be offered monthly in 2015, including three Sunday tours. A complete list of 2015 tour dates can be found at www.hillsborolighthouse.org/tours The light beam from the Hillsboro Lighthouse can be seen 28 nautical miles out to sea, making it the most powerful lighthouse beam in the world.

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Battle of the Bands to Battle ALS at JAM FOR A CURE

Fundraising Event by Local High School Student Spencer Features Grammy Award Winning Judges Dennis Lambert

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ockin’ Music for a Rockin’ Cause – that is the goal of Spencer Silver, a 17-yearold student at Rosenblatt High School at Donna Klein Jewish Academy, and the son of Boca-based cabaret sensation Deborah Silver and her husband Larry D. Silver. That is why he is producing JAM FOR THE CURE: Battle of the Bands to Battle ALS that will be held on Sunday, January 25, at Jazziz, the hothot-hot nightspot in Mizner Park.

“We will have all types of bands,” says Silver, an avid guitarist whose beloved aunt Marjie is stricken with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

“Not only is this for a great cause, but each participating band will receive a professional audio and video recording of their performance, courtesy of Jazziz, which is the Major Sponsor for the event,” adds Silver.

“In addition, they will have the opportunity to play in front of and have their performance evaluated by several celebrity judges, including two musical legends.”

The JAM FOR THE CURE judges include: • Paul Hoyle, a music producer, composer and vocalist who won a Latin Grammy in 2004 and was nominated again in 2008. Among the artists with whom he has worked are Shakira, Julio Iglesias and Jon Secada, and he won the 2014 Best Music Producer of South Florida Award by the Film, Recording & Entertainment Council.

• Dennis Lambert, the successful songwriter who has received 12 Grammy nominations and whose work has been recorded by such diverse artists as The Four Tops, Glen Campbell, Starship, Freddie & the Dreamers, Natalie Cole, Ziggy Marley, The Oak Ridge Boys and more. He also is a two-time nominee to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2011 and 2013.

Dale McLean, the arena host for Miami Heat, will emcee JAM FOR THE CURE: Battle of the Bands to Battle ALS. Tickets for JAM FOR THE CURE 2015 are $10 in advance, $15 at the door, and include heavy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Tickets can be purchased at Jazziz, which is located at 201 Plaza Real in Mizner Park; by calling 561300-0730; or online at www.jazziz.com (just click on Nightlife). For more information, please email jamforthecure2015@gmail.com.

“Mayor Susan Haynie has declared January 25 as BATTLE ALS DAY for the City of Boca Raton,” says Spencer Silver, a varsity athlete and a member of many student clubs and organizations. For his Bar Mitzvah project, he successfully organized an “Estate Sale for a Cure,” a community event that raised approximately $23,000 for the ALS Foundation through donations and sales.

“With the Battle of the Bands to Battle ALS, I hope to beat that previous amount and raise as much money as possible to help find a cure,” he adds.

Profit from JAM FOR THE CURE will be donated to The ALS Association.

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The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival Celebrates 25 Years Festival to be held January 15 - February 8, 2015 The upcoming 25th annual The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival will present more than 30 movies from around the world, including a special tribute to award-winning singer-actress Lainie Kazan and the South Florida premiere of ABOVE AND BEYOND, which is about a group of Jewish American pilots who came to Israel’s aid in 1948. The film’s producer Nancy Spielberg will be on hand for the opening night screening.

“The films chosen to be shown at The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival 2015 are as diverse as our community.

Some focus on Jewish issues, while others spotlight Jewish achievement and valor; some simply document Jewish culture, arts, and history,” says Festival Chair Donald M. Ephraim. “All of our films celebrate the Jewish experience and the diversity of our community.”

Presented by The Mandel JCC, the next The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival will be held from January 15 through February 8, and will feature such widely anticipated films as: • 24 DAYS from France, directed by Alexandre Arcady • Israel’s official entry for Best Foreign Language Film for the 2015 Academy Awards, GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE ANSALEM, directed by Sholmi Elkabetz and Ronit Elkabetz • DELI MAN directed by Erik Greenberg Anjou • Winner of the Best Narrative Feature Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, ZERO MOTIVATION, directed by Talya Lavie • BELLE AND SEBASTIAN directed by Nicholas Vanier • RUN BOY RUN directed by Pepe Danquart The 25th anniversary The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival is being presented by Howard Kaye Insurance Agency LLC and will include numerous showings at four local movie houses: Cinemark Palace 20 in Boca Raton, Cobb Theatres Downtown 16 in Palm Beach Gardens, Frank Theatres in Delray Beach and the CityPlace Muvico in West Palm Beach.

Both the opening night showing of ABOVE AND BEYOND on January 15 at 7 p.m. (presented by The Private Client Reserve US Bank) and the special tribute to Lainie Kazan on January 29 will be held at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Cohen Pavilion in West Palm Beach. The Kazan Tribute will include a dessert reception at 6:30 p.m. and a screening of her 2010 film OY VEY MY SON IS GAY at 7:30 p.m. (presented by Howard Kaye Insurance Agency LLC.) About Lainie Kazan: Lainie Kazan has been wowing audiences

Opening Night Film ABOVE AND BEYOND

for years on Broadway (where she was Barbra Streisand’s understudy in Funny Girl), to a long line of Hollywood hits (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, My Favorite Year, Beaches, Harry and the Hendersons, One From the Heart, The Cemetery Club, Beau Jest and more) to TV (26 appearances on The Dean Martin Show), to sell out performances at prestigious concert venues in NYC (Feinstein’s at The Regency, The Oak Room at the Algonquin, Tavern on the Green), Los Angeles (Cinegrill), Atlantic City (Harrah’s Casino and Resort, Trump’s Castle) and Palm Beach (The Colony Hotel’s Royal Room), to headlining with The Boston Pops, The Palm Beach Pops and the Cleveland Symphony.

How to Get Tickets: A $118 Reel Pass for The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival allows holders to all screenings in the theatre of their choice, plus the Opening and Closing night films. Individual show tickets are $10.50 for morning and afternoon shows and $13 for evening screenings. The opening night showing of ABOVE AND BEYOND is $25, and the ticket price for the Lainie Kazan Tribute is $95 for the Dessert with Lainie reception and film or $25 for the film only.

Beginning on Dec. 15, advance tickets and Reel Passes can be purchased by calling 877.318.0071 or online at www.pbjff.org.

Tickets will also be available for purchase at all venues 30-minutes prior to every film, when not at seating capacity. When at seating capacity, all wait line tickets are cash only and limited to two (2) per person.

About The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival: Presented by the Mandel Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches, The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival strives to bring to South Florida the finest examples of cinema from around the world. Founded in 1990 the festival continues to grow and evolve as it continues to expand the selection of narrative features, short films and documentaries to reflect the tastes and needs of its audience. The 25th annual The Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival will be held Jan. 15 through Feb. 8 and will include a special tribute to stage, screen & TV star Lainie Kazan. For more information, please visit www.PBJFF.org.

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Old Calypso space has been transformed

Now Hudson at Waterway East

S FARMHOUSE KITCHEN Gary Rack’s Newest Restaurant Concept BOCA RATON, FL– A new addition to Boca Raton’s quaint Royal Palm Place is a concept providing irresistible good-for-you food. Building blocks formed by the humble beginnings of Gary Rack’s first novice venture was the beloved Coal Mine Pizza.

Paving the path for this local restaurateur a decade ago, prior to the family of five restaurants. Table 42 Italian Kitchen + Wine Bar was nearly 6 years old before the GR Restaurant Management Group decided to transform and tailor to a new generation of diners; those who seek guilt-free oriented foods, dynamic in flavor.

Welcome to Gary Rack’s FARMHOUSE Kitchen, a prolific restaurant model crafted upon a philosophy the management team takes pride in. Respecting the guests; honoring the environment and supporting local purveyors, the FARMHOUSE Kiethcne serves ‘just good food’. The FarmHOUSE Kitchen was cultivated to represent a powerful mission, to not only serve as a place to dine, but offer as an irresistible farm-fresh lifestyle we all crave.

The food revolution is here, and the FARMHOUSE Kiethcn has constructed a menu designed for clean eating.

Empowering our taste buds while fueling our bodies is the back-to-basics mentality Executive Chef Matthew Danaher cooks by. The meticulously developed menu encapsulates passion for redefining freshfocused foods that produces simply ‘just good food’s’. Seasonal, sustainable, locally sourced ingredients form crave-worthy dishes that exude ingenuity to create the FARMHOUSE Kitchen tradition.

The FARMHOUSE Kitchen model was

cultivated by a series of healthy life stages of Gary Rack himself; “It’s been a dream of mine to open a restaurant with a menu that captivates the better-for-you foods, that leave you happily satisfied while not guilty. Beyond serving good food, we have a mission to provide a lifestyle”, Rack states.

Likeminded individuals that share a passion for ‘just good food’, crisp and innovative design will feel right at home. Offering an inviting, uplifting homespun ambience, the FARMHOUSE will hone into the heats of guests to provide an irresistible timeless experience. A blend of proud history, reclaimed tradition with an emphasis on style and comfort; the FARMHOUSE Kitchen will suit anyone with an appetite for culture.

Refurbished booths are easy on the eyes with patterned stylish fabrics. You’ll find brand nuances from the light fixtures resembling honeycombs, to the wall of canned mason jars, to the custom designed flooring. The colors of the FARMHOUSE Kitchen showcase a sense of style, keen on imagination that will bring a smile to your face. While the aromas of fresh cooking brings a grown to your stomach.

Introducing a Vero water program that harnesses unmatched taste, while offering Eco-friendly still or sparkling water for their guests. This restaurant model will not stop at the dining scene; they are involved with local/national charities, building awareness of sustainability and respecting where we live. Well equipped with attention to detail, Gary Rack carefully constructed a brand champion that will evoke a new standard the FARMHOUSE Kitchen is committed to.

urfacing this season, the historic Old Calypso space will be transformed entirely into an exciting new waterfront eatery and bar overlooking the spectacular Intracoastal Waterway (just across from Deck 84) in downtown Delray Beach with the arrival of Hudson at Waterway East. With a passionate motto of “Love Thy Craft,” this casually hip and trendy venue will feature unique spaces, including alluring nooks for dining and socializing, and an expansive covered deck, amid 7,000-square-feet of waterfront bliss. Serving urban comfort food and a modern beverage program in a cool new enclave, Hudson—opened by partners Sam Bonasso, Joe McCullough and Rita Wilson— seeks to be a new generation of waterfront escape that offers something for everybody.

“We’ve really designed Hudson to take full advantage of our waterfront location, with the spacious deck and great views of the water and passing boats from every seat,” says Owner/ Operator Sam Bonasso. “Our cuisine and beverages were created to be fun and dynamic, all to complement that on-the-water experience.”

Hudson has been designed by Pam Manhas of Manhas Design and will feature an eclectic, vintage-inspired aesthetic, comprising plenty of woods, tile work and brick. The open floor plan will provide a variety of indoor and outdoor seating areas— including booths, high-top tables, elevated seating and bar seating—all of which offer great water views from every angle. Special features include a pizza oven and an exposed glass-front keg cooler.

There is something exciting for everyone on the urban comfort food menu, helmed by Executive Chef George Cocilova, available for lunch and dinner seven days a week.

With a focus on local producers and fresh ingredients, offerings will range from soups, salads and shareable starters to sandwiches and entrees. Signature highlights to include Alaskan Halibut, Lobster Potato Skins, Roasted Tomato Bisque with Truffled Grilled

Cheese, Pork Porterhouse and New England Style Gulf Shrimp.

The beverage program at Hudson is focused on small-producer beers, spirits and wine. Modern renditions of classic cocktails, barrel-aged spirits and handcrafted cordials are some highlights of Hudson’s beverage program.

“We take pride in providing our guests a remarkable experience. Service, product quality, consistency, lively atmosphere and value are part of our culture and commitment to guests,” says Vicente Lavayen, assistant general manager. “Our team looks forward to connecting with the local community through special events and promotions at Hudson.”

Hudson will offer valet parking, late-night dining, a children’s menu and daily Happy Hour from 4-7 p.m. Reservations accepted.

Hudson at Waterway East is located at 900 E. Atlantic Ave., #22, Delray Beach. Hudson is open at 11 a.m. seven days a week; bar open late. For more information, visit www. hudsondelray.com or call 561-303-1343.

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