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“Light the Broadway Lights for a Cure” The 2013 Relay for Life of Deerfield Beach/Lighthouse Point/Hillsboro Beach is busy working on our 2013 Relay. It will be held on April 13-14 at Quiet Waters Park on Powerline Rd. in Deerfield Beach, 4 PM - 9 AM. Our 2013 Relay theme is “Light the Broadway Lights for a Cure”, which will be the inspiration for the creative booths that each team creates. Each Relay is filled with food, decorations, and entertainment. We encourage cancer survivors and volunteers to register and people in the community to make plans to join us at the Relay. We're also looking for those interested in forming a team or joining an established team. If you are a business interested in showing your support for this top community event, please consider a sponsorship. This is a taxdeductible donation and provides exposure for you as well as benefiting our fight against cancer. The music, entertainment, food, raffles, and auction provide plenty of enjoyment for all. Last year, our event raised over $100, 000 and this year our goal is to surpass that by $5,000. All the funds raised at Relays benefit cancer survivors, those fighting cancer, and families dealing with the loss of a family member from cancer. We meet monthly at Dixon Hall, 2220 NE 38th Street, Lighthouse Point. If you, or someone you know, is interested in participating in the Relay in any way, please go to our website at www.relayforlife.org/dblpfl or contact the following people: Event Chair: Nona Breitenstein, 954-304-4248, nonabreit@gmail.com Team Development Chair: Karen Hardy, 954-242-5485, karengle@yahoo.com Survivor Chair: Kathy Galen, 631-891-7825, kgalen115@yahoo.com, Sponsor Chair: TJ Eagen, 954-592-3150, tjego2@aol.com ACS Staff Partner: Jessie Brooks, 954-290-0898, jessie.brooks@cancer.org
The Best Christmas Gift! Olga Zalem, Mother of Kateryna Zalem Spalma, arrived in Florida for the Christmas holidays. Olga will become 97 years of age and happy to be here in Florida, recuperating from a fall, just before Hurricane Sandy landed in Long Island, New York; certainly the best Christmas gift for her daughter. A very Happy Birthday, Olga!
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Garden Club Of LHP Annual “Salad Luncheon and Chinese Auction” The Garden Club of Lighthouse Point will have their annual Salad Luncheon and Chinese Auction on February 21 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Paul's Education Hall, 2700 NE 36 Street. Cost is $15/pp for Non-members and guests, and includes lunch and dessert. RSVP is required. Please contact Inger Jones at 954-942-9310 by February 19, as seating is limited. The Program includes Water gardening" with Janine Griffiths of Green Thumb, Inc. Come and enjoy lunch prepared by Garden Club members, as well as Chinese Auction, Silent Auction, Raffles and plants for sale!
Florida’s Finest Home Care Florida’s Finest Home Care is a new company that has been providing two years of exceptional service to our residents. The company’s main goal is to provide exceptional, premium quality, companion services for seniors. Emily Jancusa decided to open the agency after her own mother needed companion care, and she witnessed first-hand where agencies fell short. Emily realizes how important it is to match people with caregivers they like, trust, value, and whose personality and lifestyle fit. She says, “After all, when you bring someone into your home, they become a personal part of your life.” Quality services include meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, shopping/errands, respite care, and transportation to doctor visits and appointments. Companions are available hourly, daily, weekly, and live-in basis. (See ad on page 22) For more information, please call Emily at 561-929-0123.
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“All the world needs is love” the Beetles sang to the world in the 1960s. In 2012, Wayne LaPierre, NRA Vice President sings, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” LaPierre’s simple-minded analysis prevents him to comprehend the correlation between placing a gun in the hands of anyone, that may include people with serious financial, marital or mental problems, and a good chance of turning a perfectly good man or woman into a bad man or woman. The possible final result — a killer. Wayne LaPierre is being called an evil man, a calculating devil incarnate who follows a pattern of waiting three or four days after a shooting tragedy to deliver his pathetic excuses to the press in order to absolve the NRA of all blame for the killings. A defiant NRA makes no attempt to, or plan to stop sales of guns at “gun shows” where there are no Federal laws to prevent anyone, sane or insane, to buy at the point of sale, and freely walk away with a semi automatic rifle, the same gun that 20 year-old Adam Lanza used to pump 11 bullets into one of the 26 total children and grownups killed at Sandy Brook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. This is one mass killing story that will not go away. There is a huge national outcry and more groups and legislators, both Republican and Democrat, delivering their message to Congress, demanding quick and effective change. Will it be different this time? Can Congress find the guts to fight the NRA? If not, Washington once again has failed the American people!
LHP Covers a Record Six Events in the January Issue Our team gave ourselves a pat on the back for accomplishing a most gratifying feat of delivering an issue jam packed with 6 event articles and photos in our January, 2013 publication. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say again, I am so fortunate to be surrounded by angels who make Lighthouse Point Magazine stand high above other local monthly publications. A few of those angels include the superb work of Babs Kall and Mike Wall at Kall Graphics, the outstanding photographs of Debra Todd, and the careful eye of Sonja at Printer’s Printer. To all our wonderful contributors, a big THANK YOU!
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Author Joan McIver and her daughter Jan Hammett embarked on a drive to visit six western national parks. Enjoy her story which begins on page 10.
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There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is God’s finger on man’s shoulder. — Charles Morgan
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Contents
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A Pet Who Needs Love Al’s Corner
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Around the Point
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The Arts
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As I Was Saying
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Beauty Spot of the Month
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Cantankerously Yours
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Cookin’ with the Community
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Florida Sports Fishing
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From the Editor
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Garden Lady
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Happy Birthday
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Identity Theft
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Legal Matters
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On-Line Marketing
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On Religion
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Out & About
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Pet Birthday Gallery
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Phantasmagoria
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Sheriff Report
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Skin Care
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Maggie Hi, my name is Maggie and The Florida Humane Society rescued me from Animal Control. My first family took me to Animal Control after I had been attacked by another dog. My leg has damage to the nerves that I did not recover from. My injured leg does not stop me from running and playing. I love people, I am housebroken and I weigh only 27 lbs. I am a 2 1/2 yrs old terrier mix and I have been waiting for more than year for my new family to take me home, will that be you? Maggie and all her friends can be seen at the Florida Humane Society, 12-4 Thursday-Sunday, located at 3870 North Powerline Road, Pompano Beach on the NE corner of Sample and Powerline next to the Citco car wash. You can also view us online at floridahumanesociety.org or call 954 974 6152.
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WESTWARD HO Article and photos by Joan McIver Editor’s note: Joan McIver is a resident of Lighthouse Point and wife of Stu McIver, world-renown author of 13 books and 500 magazine articles, as well as numerous documentary films. Joan was writer for the Miami Herald and Sun-Sentinel newspapers.
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he natives are friendly. The air is clear and the mountains kiss the sky. A road trip into the vast American West welcomes visitors with spectacular visions of painted deserts, deep canyons and towering red rock cliffs. In mid-September, my daughter Jan Hammett and I embarked on a two week western drive to six national parks, two state parks and other exciting landmarks along the way. Our circular 1860-mile route led from Las Vegas, through southern Utah and a corner of Arizona. Along the way we visited Zion Canyon, Bryce, Capitol Reef, Arches and Canyonlands National Parks in Utah. While we were in the area we added on a visit to the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It may sound hectic but we had ample time to take a jet boat ride on the Colorado River; pick apples in a desert oasis, walk through a dark and twisting slot canyon. I am a senior citizen and a resident of Florida for more than 50 years. Jan lives in South Carolina and is a working woman with two grown children. Despite the generational gap, we make a perfect road trip team: Jan loves to drive and I love to ride. At the Las Vegas airport we rented a Ford Focus then spent the night in the Flamingo Hotel, a garden spot along the sparkling neon strip. The next morning we left the flat desert town behind and headed for the hills of Southern Utah. A 90-mile drive on
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Interstate 15 brought us to St. George, a pleasant mid-size city not too far from our first destination — Zion National Park. Our adventure began in Zion National Park where peaks of rose and gold-tinted Navajo sandstone soar 2,000 feet above a valley carved by the relentless flow of the Virgin River. For centuries, the canyon was farmed by Native Americans and later in the 19th century by pioneering Mormons. They called it Zion — a place of sanctuary.
Zion’s rose-tinted peaks rise above the canyon floor.
Easy and moderate trails weave in and out along the river while more difficult, back country hikes climb upward onto the craggy, cliff side lairs of pronghorn sheep, elusive mountain lions, marmots and other critters. We peered upward but saw only big black ravens as we walked along a river pathway where cottonwood and ash trees provided some shade from the blazing sun. This trail led to the Narrows where canyon walls hug the shallow river forcing hikers to wade in the water to continue onward. The Narrows appeared an easy and inviting walk, but slippery rocks and a flowing current require a walking stick and hiking boots. Alas, we had neither, so we sat nearby on some rocks and envied well-equipped hikers splashing through the cool, muddy water.
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The muddy Virgin River trail. As one of the ten most popular national parks, Zion was packed with Europeans, Asians, Americans and serious backpackers of all nationalities. Between April and October, visitors to the main entrance must park and ride shuttle buses that run regularly through the park. The shuttles stop at trail heads and picnic sites. As they move along, the drivers tell about the history, geology, wildlife and other park information. Throughout the day, we hopped on and off the shuttle to take pictures and walk. I am not used to uphill climbs or rugged hiking but many of the trails in Zion are gentle and some are even wheel-chair accessible. Zion’s majestic peaks were so enchanting we explored the area for two days from our base in St. George. Nestled in a mountain valley, this city boasts a broad choice of motels, restaurants, grocery, book an dart stores. But we did most of our shopping for gifts and souvenirs in Zion’s visitor center where the shelves are well-stocked with books, maps, post cards, tee shirts and hiking gear. I bought a hiking stick that can be adjusted for walking or even to fit into a
suitcase. At a snack bar next to the park lodge, we sat on a bench and dined on hamburgers and ice cream cones. Even as we ate our simple lunch surrounded by majestic peaks, we wondered what other area could match Zion’s spectacular beauty. Then we drove to Bryce Canyon National Park where Mother Nature staged another big show. The hour and half trip to Bryce Canyon took us through a mile-long tunnel, carved over 80 years ago beneath Zion’s rugged backcountry. As we exited the tunnel, we had our first wildlife sighting--a small antlered goat munched roadside weeds without any concern for the slowing cars and the click-click of tourist cameras. At Bryce we hopped aboard the park shuttle and rode to the Inspiration Point for a breathtaking view. Rows and rows of orange, pink and yellow spires and pinnacles marched almost to the horizon below the overlook’s 8600-foot elevation. Known as hoodoos, the bizarre formations shaped by eons of geological forces appear like sculpted statues. We wanted to go down and walk among them but the trails looked too steep and daunting for inexperienced hikers like Jan and I. Instead we hiked the rim trail that edged high above the magical jumble of hoodoos. Bryce Canyon is a relatively small national park, so after our morning-long walk and exploration, we were able to head to our next destination—Capitol Reef National Park. What a drive! Utah’s Scenic Bi way 12 slices through the million acre Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, a unique terrain formed by a series of cliffs rising from the Grand Canyon to the rim of Bryce Canyon. The ever-twisting road rises from 5,233 to 9,636 feet. At almost every turn, the land below us changed from pink and yellow Continues on page 30
A downward view of rows and rows of hoodoos.
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William J. Elliott Scholarship Fund The one year anniversary of Pompano Beach Firefighter Bill Elliott's tragic death was on Sunday, January 6th. His brother, John Elliott, had a gathering at his home where guests all participated in the raising of a flag designed in honor of Bill. His family, friends, neighbors and Fire Rescue brothers and sisters attended. Bill was truly a fine American. The William J. Elliott scholarship fund has been established in his name through the Broward Education Foundation, so Bill's legacy will live on. Our first scholarship recipient, Alberto Alvarez was introduced at the ceremony. If you would like any information on the scholarship fund, or purchasing a flag, please contact Mary-Beth Williams (954) 608-1040, or John Elliott at (954) 562-8748.
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VALENTINE’S DAY A conversation with my cat By Jon Frangipane
Editor’s note: This story appeared in this magazine a few years ago when my precious cat Berkel was alive. Although my new tabby, Tiger, is now part of my life, Berkel will always hold a very special place in my heart. I called my psychiatrist and asked, “If you live with someone for a long time, is it Berkel and Me true you can take on their characteristics?” “If the person you are referring to is weak of character, simple-minded and desperate for attention, then I say, yes, it’s a good possibility. This person probably has a serious case of ailurophilia. Why, do you know someone with such a problem?” “Ailurophilia?” “Yes, ailurophilia is an uncontrollable love of cats. Your friend probably is suffering from this mental condition.” “Doctor, can this uncontrollable love of cats be cured?” “Fifty-fifty. If the symptoms haven’t progressed too far, he may be able to be saved from disastrous circumstances. You better have him see a doctor friend of mine as soon as possible!” I hung up and called the doctor for an appointment the following morning. When I arrived, the waiting room was quite crowded, so it was 45 minutes before I was called in. “Good morning!” the doctor said, as I entered his office. “I was told that you may have ailurophilia?” “I’m hoping it's a simple case of a love/hate relationship with my cat, Berkel, and nothing more,” I explained. “When you entered the office earlier the nurse noticed you walking on all fours. She said she first thought you were looking for a dropped coin, but then noticed you sniffing our client's shoes and rubbing up against their legs. I think your condition may be progressing quite rapidly.” “Is it too late to save me, doctor?” “Well, if you stand upright, it will be much easier to check your vitals before we proceed with any treatment.” “I tell you, this uncontrollable obsession with Berkel, that’s my cat, is driving me nuts, complaining about the quality of food I feed him, the terrible living conditions he’s living under, the T.V. programs I watch. You name it. As much as I love this cat, sometimes I feel like squashing him like a bug.” “Did I hear you say that you are having conversations with your cat?” the doctor queried. “Oh, didn’t I tell you? Berkel suddenly began speaking on his second birthday when I accidentally dropped a large can of lentil soup on his head.” There was a moment of silence. “Doctor, did you hear what I just said?” “And just how long have you been hearing cat voices in your head, may I ask?” “The voices are not in my head, doctor. The voice is actually coming from my cat, Berkel. And he even has a little English accent.” “Are you sure someone hasn’t dropped a large can of lentil soup on your head, my dear man,” the doctor suggested. “I really think I might have actually been a cat in my past life and this feeling for my cat is more like a romance, rather than an ordinary infatuation or mental condition.” “Yes, what you say is a common defensive response from ailurophiliacs.”
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“So, what do you suggest I do, doctor?” “I suggest you change your litter box regularly.” “Is that supposed to be funny, doctor.” “Yes, it is. I inject humor as well as tranquillizers to settle a patient down. You know, if one cannot laugh at oneself, then one is just a lowly microbe swirling around in a Petri dish. Now how has your diet been lately? Eating the right foods?” “Well, not exactly, you see...” “Okay. So, are you into wet food or the dry?” “There’s so many more flavor choices in the wet. So I’m a Fancy Feast wet fan,” I answered. “How nice for you," the doctor said as he checked my ears. “Hmm, I’m noticing that your ears are rotating 180 degrees as we speak.” “Yes. It’s much easier to hear, if I point them in the right direction.” The doctor began to check my throat. “My, my, you have quite a rough tongue there. It’s what I would describe as a very cat-like tongue. I almost cut my finger.” “It comes in real handy when you have to slurp out of the dish,” I explained. “I don't know how to tell you this, but I think you may be actually turning into a…” “Cat! Say it, I'm becoming a cat!” “Okay! You’re becoming a cat!” “No, no, no! It can’t be true!” I jumped on the doctor’s chest and screamed, “Let meowt of here!” An alarm went off and I awoke suddenly from a deep sleep, realizing I had been dreaming all the while. “Berkel!” I screamed. “Where are you?” “Where am I? I’m right here in the clothes hamper. You left it open.” “I overslept and had this terrible nightmare, and my doctor told me I was turning into a cat. Can you imagine me, a cat?” “I can’t even accept you as a human being. Besides, my bowl is empty. Let’s get a move on!” “My ears even rotated 180 degrees like yours and my tongue was razor-sharp, just like yours.” “Not to digress, but do you know what today is?” asked the cat. “It’s two days after the day before yesterday and one day before tomorrow.” Berkel was silent for a moment and then blurted, “Do you realize that you are making a mockery out of the most important day of the year?” “Christmas is over. What’s your problem?” I said. “Today is Valentine’s Day. That’s what!” Berkel shouted. “The day to recognize those you adore, and blanket them with expensive food and gifts and goodies and rhinestone collars!” “Well, the old money well has dried up, and if you’ve been following the news, you must be perfectly aware that the current economic conditions warrant a tightening of our belts.” “I'm a cat. I don’t wear a belt, Bozo!” “Well, you’ll be wearing one this year, fuzzface! Berkel looked up at me. A teardrop was about to fall from his gunkfilled eye. He knew I would mortgage my house if I had to.
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Giving Your Love To Man’s Best Friend By Dr. Bindu Mayi
One Saturday afternoon, Fort Lauderdale dentist Dr. Laura Evatt visited the home of Sachin Mayi, Founder of Share-A-Pet and narrated to him some basic facts on 101 dogs she had rescued. She was able to give him the background on each dog and when, where and how they were rescued. Sachin then talked this incredibly busy woman into sharing her stories with him and spent two years reconstructing them into amazing tales of rescue, as told by the rescued dogs themselves. Dr. Evatt had left her dog rescue journal with Sachin, and he took the first story and started typing. It was about Alfalfa, Dr. Evatt’s first journal entry, written from Alfalfa’s perspective. When you realize that it is indeed the dog narrating the story, you actually begin seeing the dog clearly with every word. You are totally moved by Alfalfa’s selflessness as you read about him leaving his family, so that his mother has one less pup to worry about!
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Sachin Mayi, Founder of Share-A-Pet. In Sachin’s new book “101 Salvations,” the dogs don’t hold back as they tell you their stories. You will be pleased and amused to meet Lance, the ‘Clint Eastwood’ of dogs! A loner like Clint, how does he manage to find a home and an owner who understands his “cowboy” ways? You will want to read about Bessie the Cocker Spaniel’s under cover sting operation with the FBI, which leads to her rescue. And what about Drew, the Shepherd mix whose address was the Publix
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Grocery store on the 17th St Causeway? You will want to hear from Attie, the Welsh Corgi mix, who was rescued from an attic right after Hurricane Katrina. You won’t be able to resist Bruiser, Cleopatra, or any of the other dogs as they pour their hearts out to you, sharing their past and present with you. Each narrative comes with the dog’s picture, which is a really nice touch to this compilation of stories. If you ask Sachin, he will tell you that the only words that came to him as he rewrote Laura’s journal entries into stories were words that “the dog was thinking as he was making his way through life.” Divine inspiration? Maybe! Dr. Laura Evatt, when she is not mending broken teeth or endorsing perfect tooth health, spends every minute of her spare time rescuing dogs and paying for their health, well being and placement. She has spent over $113,000 of her own money for all the
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veterinary bills and sometimes bribe money so she could save a dog from an unfortunate situation! She shows tireless dedication to ensure that these beautiful souls, rejected by society for one reason or another, find homes where they are needed and loved — in the process, changing the lives of those who adopt them! Reading Sachin’s book “101 Salvations” will totally redefined the way of thinking about rescues. His words breathe such a sense of ”humanity” into each dog story that it is difficult to see a separation between the stories and our lives. Yes, we live in a world of abandoned and neglected dogs. Yes, we live in a world where a wealthy woman leaves her entire estate to her dog. Yes, we live in a world where dogs ride around in chauffeured cars. We also live in a world where a family moves to a new home and leaves their dog in a crate at their old house, abandoned. That dog is Abbey, and you actually feel her pain as you hear her narrative in her story. Reading about Yuri, a Siberian Husky chained to a fence and exposed to the merciless South Florida heat, opens our eyes a little wider and our hearts a lot wider to feel the pain and the anguish of being abandoned or hurt. And then there’s Daisy and Buddy, wandering the streets one Thanksgiving day, and subsequently being rescued from Animal Control and given a loving home. Each dog has so much love to give. Each dog has so much love to soak up.
Sachin champions the case of each dog, as he makes his way from a desolate situation to one of love and hope. The stories highlight the plight of dogs that need that second or third chance at life again. The stories highlight the herculean efforts of Dr. Evatt, who dipping into her savings, always finds a way to give a safe home to the dogs she rescues. And she personally meets with the humans involved, so she can be sure she is adopting out the dog to a good home. And of course she has a policy of “return at any time, no questions asked.” That policy is a life-saver considering that one of the other options in some owners’ minds is to take the dog to Animal Control. Since Sachin has written this book, Dr. Evatt has rescued over 200 dogs. In 2012, Dr. Evatt started her own non-profit called ‘Salvations Dog and Cat Rescue’ and was chosen as the premier rescue charity for a local Petco. These stories needed to be told. You will laugh as you read the accounts of the various rescues. You will cry. And you will change the way you think of dog rescue (for the better). His wife, Bindu, is Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Nova Southeastern University. To get your copy of “101 Salvations” you can order directly from www.sachinmayi.com or you can get your e-book on Amazon.com. If you would like to adopt a rescue dog, please contact Dr. Evatt at info@salvationsrescue.org.
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A s I Wa s S ay i n g Incidentally By Alan Williamson
My day at the dentist always follows the same script. I’m strapped into the chair. A small gathering of people are on hand to watch my final moments, their eyes brimming with contempt. I scan the room for the sympathetic face of a friend or loved one, but find only icy stares and the sterile implements of the agony to come. “I want my mommy,” I murmur. But mommy didn’t get me into this mess, and mommy wants to remember me as I was in better days. So save the tears, big boy. A last phone call pleading for clemency goes unanswered. As the clock strikes twelve a signal is given by someone in a ghastly teal jumpsuit. Before I can speak, I’m injected with something that makes me feel numb and anxious at the same time. Room spinning, feeling woozy I think, flattering myself with a puffed-up comparison to Superman fighting off the effects of a close encounter with kryptonite. A drill is revved up near my skull and my mouth is forced open by a man who tells me to “sit still, this won’t hurt a bit.” My last intelligible word is “bull.” I black out and spiral deliriously through time and space wearing (for some unknown reason) only a lobster bib and flip-flops. In an instant, I’ve landed on a couch on a stage mid-way through a taping of the Ellen show. The host, as if on cue, points a disapproving finger in my direction and says to a seething, all-female studio audience, “Is this the kind of man you want to have a baby with?” As the deafening chorus of boos slowly dissolves into the sounds of my own screaming, I awake back in the dentist chair with a plastic toothbrush in one hand and a bill for $375 in the other. It’s a sad truth that even men and women known for their nonchalance under pressure can be routinely rattled by the simple words “The dentist will see you now.” In point of fact, a recent poll revealed that 56 percent of Americans with teeth ranked those six unremarkable words as more unnerving than the ominous “We’re traced the threatening phone calls and they’re coming from inside your house” and the downright disturbing “Hi, I’m your new neighbor, Dennis Rodman.” The thing that troubles me about dentists is that nagging question of career motivation: why would anyone willingly choose a profession that requires them to spend their workdays putting their hands in other people’s mouths? I see my share of mouths as I go about my life, and I’ve never seen any I’ve wanted to put my hands in. I suspect that some people are attracted to the profession because it allows them
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to express their opinions on a wide variety of topics without rebuttal. No sooner does my dentist ask me to open wide so he can insert several fingers into my mouth, then the onesided conversation begins. My Dentist: “I don’t know about you, but I think White House wiretapping of American citizens without a warrant is a perfectly acceptable tactic in fighting terrorism.” Me: “Ummff fum ama wiwo.” My Dentist: “What’s your take on this Iraq mess? I say we stay the course no matter what the price.” Me: “Ummff ohana cow foo.” My Dentist: “If you ask me, what this country really needs is to pour all our resources into manned space expeditions. Sure it’s expensive, but we need to stake our claim to the moon as an off-planet rest stop for voyages to Mars and beyond.” Me: “Arr ou pooing mi egg?” In spite of these daily opportunities for scintillating dentist-patient conversation, it’s been widely reported that there’s a shortage of dentists that’s only destined to get worse. Long-range labor projections estimate that between 2000 and 2025, the number of dentists practicing in the U.S. will decline by 25 percent. My theory is that somewhere along the line many dentists become disillusioned when they discover that spending their day with their hands in other people’s mouths isn’t as glamorous and enjoyable as they expected. When that revelation takes root, practically any alternate job pursuit seems alluring. That toll booth attendant who took your dollar? Probably a former dentist. The parking lot valet with the dazzling smile? Former dentist. The guy dressed up in a giant hot dog costume trying to wave you over to Buzzy’s Hot Dog Heaven? Former dentist. Incidentally, if you really want to put your irrational fears of going to the dentist behind you once and for all, take my timely advice and become one yourself. Think about it. You’ll have your pick of jobs that offer outstanding career stability, long-term income growth, and something that no other profession can offer: the chance to savor the look of terror in the eyes of grown men and women when your assistant announces “The dentist will see you now.” ◆
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The Garden Lady Says…
Just say “NO” to poisons! By Donna Torrey
Now that the weather is finally “winterlike,” our vegetable gardens are starting to grow into themselves, especially the tomatoes, which love the cooler nights. However, the insects are also gaining ground, and you may be experiencing some issues. For a full list of non toxic pest control options, go to my website: www.donnasgardengate.com but read on for a simple recipe you can make at home. Drug companies and horticultural companies are often making and marketing both products; take Bayer for example. They often mark up over 200,000 percent, on products that are essentially free and then selling it to you at inflated prices. This is the norm, not the exception, a very sad statement about capitalism and greed. Case in point: “insecticidal soap.” Without mentioning names, any product labeled as such is a complete waste of your money. Unless you really don’t care and would just as soon throw 10 dollars out the window, here’s a tip: You can make your own insecticide that will kill about 99 percent of all pests, without harming you, the environment or your wallet!
Just take an average one quart spray bottle, add water to the fill line and now add 1 teaspoon of your dish detergent, (not the kind you put in the dishwasher, but the kind you use when you’re the dishwasher!). Now, add 1 teaspoon of your favorite cooking oil, (for a classy mix add olive oil!). Shake it up and voila, you have insecticidal soap and horticultural oil rolled into one, and a product that will solve most, if not all of your pest problems. This mixture works great on aphids, scale, mealy bug, spider mite and even acts as a fungicide. Spray it in early morning or evening, not when the sun is strongest; this holds true for any products used, even fertilizer. Be sure to spray it where the insect is, often it’s the underside of the leaves. This product works by disturbing and coating the exoskeleton of the insect, causing it to dehydrate and/or suffocate. Spray it once a week for three weeks consecutively to eliminate any new ones from eggs that were laid and then hatched. ◆ Garden gate Nursery is located in the Pompano Citi Centre. Donna can be reached at 954-783-GATE, or at www.donnasgardengate.com
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Keeping Lighthouse Point
Beautiful By Michael Coe, Wordsmith
Well, whether you live on the water or not, chances are that when you decided to live in Lighthouse Point, the beauty of the local waterways was a big attraction. Many of the residents here enjoy the waterways in a variety of ways — fishing, cruising in their boats, enjoying the parks, and even just relaxing on them while watching the sunrise and sunset. Regardless of how you embrace what the waters have to offer, have
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Did you know that Lighthouse Point has over 16 miles of canals?
you ever wondered if there’s an outlet to voicing your ideas and desires with regards to the maintenance, upkeep or use of our local waterways?
Well there is — The Lighthouse Point Waterway Committee. The LHP Waterway Committee is a volunteer organization dedicated to helping the city to oversee the welfare of the waterways and canals that surround our local streets. This “watchdog” group is made up of local residents who have a passion for making sure that every resident has the opportunity to live around and enjoy these waters in a safe and clean manner. Responsibilities include everything from keeping the canals clean, providing for youth activities that relate to the water, improvements to our waterway parks, and anything that affects the beauty and operation within our waterway system. The main funding for this committee is earned by the very volunteers that make it up. Each January, LHP and Pompano join together to host the Nautical Flea Market. Through the proceeds of this highly attended event, the committee has been able to fund many local projects. With the 2013 Nautical Flea Market behind us, now is a great time to get involved in your city. If you have anything you’d like to discuss with the Waterway Committee, please email us at loupetrone@att.net, we’d love to hear your input. Most importantly, get out on the water and enjoy the very reason we live in LHP!
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WESTWARD HO Continued from page 11 desert dotted with mesas to emerald green patches of green farmland interspersed with tiny villages. The two-lane road continued up onto an alpine mountaintop forested with blue spruce, pines and aspens. A family of deer scampered in the cool shade. After reaching its high point, the road spiraled downward. We came to the town of Torrey where we spent the night in view of the long red, ridge-like formation of Capitol Reef National Park. After a quick breakfast and a stop to buy picnic supplies, it only took a few minutes to reach the uncrowded park that counts about 700,000 visitors annually. It is special for having mammoth, domelike formations and a stretch of reef-like cliffs known as a waterfold pocket that reveals how the earth’s crust was built, folded and then eroded. Capitol Reef’s miles of mountain and desert trails promised adventure. But Jan and I were more drawn to the Cliffs tower above the Visitor Center at green pastures and a thriving Capitol Reef National Park. apple orchard in Fruita, a pioneer homestead preserved in the park. Despite its desert locale, the farm land is watered by the Fremont River that winds through the valley. We visited the old home of the pioneer Griffin family and then turned our attention to the apple orchard with its ripe apples and pears available for the picking. At $1 a pound, we couldn’t turn down such a deal? We had fun
The pioneer home and the tiny kitchen inside. shaking the trees and filling two bags with fruit. We weighed and paid for them on the honor system. After picnicking in the park’s a shady grove we turned our wheels eastward to bustling Moab, UT, about three hours distant. So far we had logged visits to three nation parks. Would the next three be as amazing? Next we drove to Moab, UT to visit complete our goal of visiting of six national parks. Located on the Colorado River and within a short driving distance to Arches and Canyonlands national parks, the small but lively city of Moab would be our home for four days of fun and exploration. At Arches, orange arch formations shimmer beneath the blazing
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Shadows at sunset darken the rock formations at Arches.
desert sun. Every rocky spire and gigantic arch made us ooh and aah in wonder. But after walking on a few trails, we wilted in the heat. We ducked into the air-cooled, information-packed visitor center where a film and hands-on and visual exhibits explain how natural forces created such harsh beauty. Eons ago, great oceans repeatedly covered the area, and then as the seas receded they left behind vast mountains of salt and minerals. Pressure hardened these elements into rock. Erosion from wind and rain went to work carving the rocks in arches and other formations. Wonderful as the arches were we longed to see some wildlife. A ranger suggested that we returned to the park in the cool of early evening when we might see some pronghorn sheep. On our return, the setting sun had deepened the colors and draped the orange formations with purple shadows. Still no wildlife appeared. As we drove slowly through the park, we spotted a groups of people clustered on the path leading to a delicate and distant arch. Maybe, one of the resident animals had come out of hiding. We had to see. Halfway along the sandy trail, we met another hiker who told us that the people we saw were attending a wedding at the arch. He let us peer through the zoom lens of his camera. All in white, the bride stood framed by a graceful orange arch against a background of deep blue sky. We edged just a little closer for a better look at the romantic scene. The next morning we took an easy forty mile drive from Moab to Canyonlands National Park with a detour into Dead Horse Point State Park. The route passed amid tumbleweed-strewn fields where cattle roamed; only the cowboys were missing. Then Voila! We were standing at Dead Horse Point, a rocky promontory with a 360 degree view of a world carved and broken
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into a maze of mesas, buttes and canyons. Two thousand feet below us the green Colorado snaked in and out of the rocky walls. This is the west of wide open spaces, legendary outlaws and cowboys that once galloped across the screen in dozens of movies. In the movie Thelma and Louise, the final scene showing a car flying over the cliff was filmed at Dead Horse Point. Local lore claims the park’s name came from long ago when wild mustangs were left to starve by wranglers who had kept them corralled them in a long narrow canyon. We hoped the story was just a legend. No matter what, the vistas are glorious and the park visitor center’s museum, store and art gallery make for happy browsing. At nearby Canyonlands National Park, the sweeping 50-mile views of canyons were similar to those at Dead Horse Point. Bordered on two sides by the Colorado and the Green rivers, this area of the vast park is known as the Island in the Sky. Easy, moderate and strenuous trails lead to incredible views. In fact, Jan and I loved these canyon lands so much that we joined a jet boat cruise on the Colorado River where we could look at the canyons from the bottom to the top. The small boat held about 20 passengers. Piloted by Captain Craig, the boat followed the curves of the massive canyon walls as it sped along the river. The captain stopped and led us ashore to show us logs of petrified wood at one site and ancient petroglyphs left on the canyon walls by early people. Captain Craig explains the history and geology of Back on board, we cruised slowly past a natural amphitheater with perfect the Colorado River to jet boat passengers. acoustics where Moab’s annual music festival is held. The stage, the orchestra, the audience, the chairs -- everything must be brought in by boat. The grand pianos must be taken apart and then reassembled at the site. Formal dress is the rule and tickets cost $300. The river trip was our last venture in Moab. So far we had logged visits to five national parks. One still remained. So, it was time to drive south towards the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park just over the border in Arizona We were in no rush and took time to buy silver and turquoise jewelry from roadside vendors and take a detour to Newspaper Rock where ancient travelers had covered the rocks with carvings of symbols and animals. Our route took us the through the stark and awesome grandeur of Monument Valley, an iconic western landscape often seen in TV ads and classic, western movies like The Searchers and others. The area is one the most Rafters drifting on the Colorado River. photographed sites in the world. Before reaching the Grand Canyon we spent two nights in Page, Az --the home of the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell. It’s such a shock to see the lake’s turquoise water in a surround of the desert’s rocky gold and pink sand. 32
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Monument Valley’s dramatic mesas and spires rise from the desert.
Even more exciting was our walk through narrow Antelope Canyon located on Navajo lands. Rosie, a member of the Navajo nation led our small group of visitors through the slot canyon’s narrow, twisted passage where a shaft of sunlight beamed through a small hole. Centuries of rushing water from flash floods had smoothed and burnished the rock walls to deep reds and golds that glowed when touched by light. Rosie said the canyon had once been featured in National Geographic magazine. Our time out west was running out so we pushed onward to the Grand Canyon. The north rim of the park is about a thousand feet higher than the more well-known and visited south rim. The road to the canyon left the desert far behind as it climbed upward into a lovely green meadow edged by a forest of pine, spruce and aspens. Our approach to the canyon was highlighted by the yellowing leaves on aspen trees that forecast the arrival of autumn’s crisp weather. Standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon’s lofty north rim, we have a dizzying view of sheer cliffs, distant mesas and rocky ledges. Far Petroglyphs cover Newspaper Rock. below, the Colorado River curls about rough canyon walls like a silver ribbon. All the trails drop steeply down through the rugged cliffs. The park lodge, a handsome log structure, takes advantage of the stunning views from its perch on the balanced on the canyon rim. Inside a spacious dining room with giant windows framed the scenic canyon views. We couldn’t resist the opportunity to lunch in such a unique setting. We had reached our travel goals and loved every minute spent on the road. It was time to pack our souvenirs and head home with our cameras loaded with photos and our heads filled with memories of a delightful journey. But as we flew home, we planned our next trip. Yellowstone National Park awaits! A park lodge perches on the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
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❥ Love me and the world is mine.
— David Reed
❥ There is no remedy for love but to love more. ❥ The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.
— Thoreau — Anais Nin
❥ You don’t marry someone you can live with — you marry the person who you cannot live without. ❥ The ultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but to hold hands.
— Quoted by Alexandra Penney in Self
❥ A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ❥ Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!
— Thomas Hood
❥ Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. ❥ The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.
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❥ Love cures people — both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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❥ The Eskimos have 52 words for snow because it is so special to them; there ought to be as many for love!
— Margaret Atwood
❥ Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. ❥ Within you, I lose myself. Without you, I find myself wanting to be lost again. ❥ Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart.
— Charles Dickens
❥ There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
— Friedrich Nietzshe
❥ Love is a perfume you cannot pour onto others without getting a few drops on yourself.
— Emerson
❥ If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
— Michel de Montaigne
❥ Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all of the time, made new. ❥ When love is not madness, it is not love.
— Ursula K. LeGuin
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
❥ Love — a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker.
❥ Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.
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If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. — Claudia Ghandi
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Pompano Dive Center Underwater Photographer Craig Dietrich was out on a dive boat on Sunday, November 25th with Pompano Dive Center, just outside of the Hillsboro Inlet when he received a call from a nearby boat informing him that a few snorkelers had just encountered a Whale Shark. The caller wanted to know if Dietrich could capture this experience, exclaiming, “Nobody’s going to believe that there’s a Whale Shark in our waters if we don’t have photos!” Most photographers never get the chance to come face-to-face with the worlds’ largest fish, so this was surely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And, although Whale Sharks can be quite intimidating, unless you already know that they are in fact extremely docile creatures that have no interest in prey as large as you, it would not be a life-threatening dive. So what exactly is a Whale Shark? According to National Geographic, a Whale Shark is a carnivorous fish that can be anywhere from 18 to 40 feet long, and on average weighs about 20 tons. Since they prefer warm waters, they are often found off the coast of Australia. Sightings of these magnificent creatures in Florida waters are a rare and exciting event! 36
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Since Dietrich had just returned a few months prior from a shark expedition where he swam with 15-foot Tiger Sharks, swimming with a whale shark was a piece of cake in comparison. “You know by being a diver that with Whale Sharks there is no danger, whatsoever.” The excitement surpassed any fears he would have felt. Thankfully, everyone else in the water had been made well aware that this was a very safe fish that wasn’t going to harm anyone. Dietrich was able to get within one foot of the Whale Shark while he was feeding. “As a photographer, you have to get very close, otherwise you won’t get the exciting images you would like.” What made this one encounter so unique was that this creature was not just seen swimming past by people in the water, but actually stayed in their vicinity for a period of time. “Once it went by, we thought, oh, that’s it, but I looked back down again and there it was again. It just kept coming back! What made this experience so incredible was the fact that we didn’t just see a Whale Shark, we actually interacted with it. If you do what I do, that’s what it’s all about!” Dietrich has been a photographer for as long as he can remember. “It’s all I’ve ever done. I don’t know anything else.” It wasn’t until about a year ago that he started shooting photos underwater. He had a passion to combine his love of diving and photography. And, it seems he’s accomplished that goal.
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CROATIA Part 2 Korkula, Zrnovo, Peljesac Peninsula and Dubrovnik Story by Eunice Hamblen Photos by Eunice Hamblen and Kim Brown
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orcula (pronounced korchula) is one of the biggest and densely populated islands on the Dalmatian coast. Like most large Dalmatian islands, a mountain range runs through its length. The town of Korcula has spread beyond the old town’s limestone walls and spills outward, beyond its original borders on the peninsula. After checking into our hotel, we were driven away from the coastal town of Korcula up the mountain to an old village called Zrnovo and popular local restaurant “Konoba Belin.” The owner, Frank Radovanovic, welcomed our guides like old friends and made us comfortable in his outdoor garden serving area. There were two large groups already dining here and three musicians and singers entertaining when we arrived. This evening turned into something very special when Ivana, our guide, started singing with the
musicians. Then Daniel, our second guide, joined her in singing traditional Dalmatian songs. Soon Ivana was handing out chorus lyrics and we were all singing along. Good food, good wine and song. It was a bonding experience. The next morning, we met up with Frank, so he could give us a tour of this ancient village that he called home. Frank is a stone mason and worked in New Zealand for twelve years, saving his money to open his restaurant. He gave us a tour of the town and its church and told us its history. He took us on a walk across his vineyards and neighbor’s vineyards, and finally a preserved rocky forest area where he use to play as a child. We left Zrnovo for a tour of the town of Korcula where it is believed Marco Polo was born. Korcula was owned by Venice at the time.
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We had another awesome dinner of seafood risotto, black risotto (ink from squid), fried minnows, shrimp, sardines and tuna. The grappa and figs came first and then the bread and olive oil. Another pre-dinner item yet Our view of Dubrovnik in the morning. to be mentioned is a tuna pate. It is grilled tuna that has been pureed with olive oil and herbs The second stop was the Ston salt flats, still in use centuries after for spreading on the ubiquitous bread. This spread was delightful. the Romans built them. Ston and its sister village Mali Ston are The Peljesac Peninsula (pronounced peyehshutz) is a very long connected by three miles of impressive walls built by the Dubrovnik island-like strip of land that parallels Korcula and Hvar, but is attached Republic in the 14th century. This massive structure once served as a to the mainland. We were scheduled to hike this area the next day but fortress or military camp. We stopped in Ston for lunch and then in due to a driving rain, we bused towards our last destination, Mali Ston to sample their famous oysters before traveling on to our Dubrovnik. We made hotel in Dubrovnik. two unplanned but The Excelsior Hotel in Dubrovnik was over the top (literally) of the enjoyable stops along Adriatic Sea. It was built on a cliff with the sea meeting the hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the way. The first was lower deck. The storm was blowing the seawater over the lower patio the Grgic (pronounced and swimming pool when we arrived. For good reason, it was a Gregich) winery. saltwater swimming pool. Just a short walk away was the East gate to Miljenko Grgic, who is a the famous walled city of Dubrovnik. living legend in Napa Dubrovnik was a wealthy independent city state called the Valley, was born here. Dubrovnik Republic during the centuries of invasions that greatly He immigrated to impacted the rest of Croatia. Dubrovnik controlled the salt flats. That Kim Brown at the Grgic winery. California and built a fact and the east/west merchant trade attributed to its wealth with fortune in wine making. which it paid off raiding armies.
A home built atop a limestone cliff near our hotel.
Ston salt flats.
14th century three mile wall of Dubrovnik Republic.
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CROATIA Continued from page 41 The city walls were started in the 13th century. The city was preserved in its original form until the Serbo/Croatian war of 1991, when the Serbs bombed the city. Most of the destruction was carefully repaired using the same stone as the original. The bombing of Dubrovnik is a sensitive subject to many Croatians. A memorial to those lost in the bombing is housed within the walls. The city both inside and outside the walls is very much alive with tourists, shops, restaurants, hotels as well as schools and local residents. The present modern port of Dubrovnik can handle seven cruise ships at a time. Seen were three at the dock and one waiting to dock. This was a very busy place. We toured the city on our own and met for our last dinner as a group. And then we dined at a very fine restaurant called Protoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Unfortunately, some of us got caught in a downpour, but this did not dampen our spirits or our appetite. The old port at the walled city of Dubrovnik had a protected harbor The next morning after a guided tour of the city, our that could be closed to unwelcomed ships. Country Walker tour was over and we all prepared to depart. Ann and Dan from New York and Angie from There were thirteen hikers on this trip that included three couples Sweden were traveling south to Montenegro. Patrice and Bryan from and seven women who were either single or left their husbands at Ontario were staying in Dubrovnik, as were Judy, Barbara and Don from home. The group dynamics were excellent. We sang and joked Montana. Cindy and her mother, Linda, from Virginia had an early flight together like old friends and hugged each other at the end. Our home and Pam left earlier for her flight back to Sweden. Kim and I were guides also shared in our camaraderie. We were brought together by taking the bus back to Split with our guides Ivana and Daniel. Cindy a common interest in active travel and sense of adventure, and left promised to set up a shared account on Shutterfly. We have emailed each with new friends, new jokes and new hiking songs. Our hiking other and most of us have posted our favorite shots on this account. group photo, below, was taken by Kim Brown, one of our hiking buddies.
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Isle Casino in Pompano Beach played host to the reborn legendary Three Dog Night last month. When Three Dog Night struck gold with “Joy To The World” in 1971, fans worldwide acclaimed their driving pop/rock sound and powerful harmonies. Today Three Dog Night delivers their signature sound to audiences spanning generations. The current Three Dog Night line up features founding members Cory Wells and Danny Hutton on lead vocals as well as original keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon and Michael Allsup (lead guitar). Paul Kingery (bass), and Pat Bautz (drums) have joined the group since it reformed in 1981 after a six-year hiatus. Most in the group are in their 70s, but still rockin’ better than ever!
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Each year when we celebrate the New Year, it brings the opportunity for change. In a vote of confidence by the citizens of Broward County, I have been humbled and privileged to have been elected to serve as the Sheriff of Broward County. Throughout my professional career, I have been faced with many tasks and challenges. Through every situation, I rose to meet those challenges and I am committed to doing the same as your Sheriff. When we consider the responsibilities of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the nation’s largest fully accredited agency, it’s important to remember its mission to protect and serve the public. Our goals going forward will be to establish a cohesive, productive and diverse working environment within the Agency and to build strong, long-term partnerships with the community. We will focus on crime prevention; crime control and enforcement;
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fire safety and awareness; and maintain the highest standards for employee education, training and professionalism. The members of my Command Staff will lead by example, upholding the State and Federal laws and be open, honest and fiscally responsible to the community we serve. To the men and women of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, I respect and appreciate you and look forward to working with you. Your hard work, dedication and professionalism sets this Agency apart as a shining example in our Community. We will work together, in support of one another and for the benefit of the nearly two million people we serve in Broward County. On behalf of the men and women of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, I wish you and your family a very Happy and Safe New Year! I look forward to serving you as the Sheriff of Broward County and together building a safer community.
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Skin Care
Prevent or Lament? The 4 Step Anti-Aging Regimen By Melanie S. Hecker, MD, MBA Step 1: Topical Antioxidants Anti-oxidants neutralize free radicals generated by UVA/UVB rays. The skin’s most important and abundant anti-oxidant is Vitamin C. When combined, Vitamin C and Vitamin E offer a much higher level of prevention because they work synergistically to increase photo-protection and prevent aged skin. Remember, anti-oxidants are not sunscreens; they work to prevent the damage from exposure to the sun’s rays. SkinMedica’s Vitamin C and E Complex, which when this product is applied daily helps to prevent fine lines and wrinkles by neutralizing free radical destruction.
Step 2: Daily Application of Broad-Spectrum Sunscreen Physical ingredients in broad spectrum protection sunscreens (both protecting against UVA and UVB rays) are the key to shielding your skin against the sun’s harmful rays. However, I am not recommending your parents white, zinc oxide paste; now some formulations of zinc oxide are transparent and offer cosmetic elegance when applied to the skin. SkinMedica Environmental Defense SPF 30+ which contains 8.5% Zinc Oxide, Green Tea Extract, Hyaluronic Acid, and Caffeine. Additionally, SkinMedica’s SPF 50+ UV Proplex is a water-resistant and sweat-resistant sunscreen designed for active patients such as golfers, joggers, etc.
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Gluten Intolerance and a Gluten-Free Diet
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Does gluten in your food cause you or a family member health problems? By Kelly Doyle
A client has been suffering from digestive problems for years. She experimented with diet, but found it helped little. After tests it was found she suffered from celiac disease also known as gluten intolerance. Sometimes mistaken for irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in the small intestine and can affect people of all ages from infancy. She took the obvious step and went on a ‘gluten free’ diet, once popularized by Oprah during a month of ‘cleansing her system.’ For those of us who are able to digest gluten, such a diet is not recommended by most doctors. It is believed to be difficult and could pose nutritional issues if not done properly. Not going on this diet, if you suffer from CD, can continue to hamper the absorption of nutrients in the system which can lead to malnutrition. One of the most popular labels on the shelf today (replacing ‘no hydrogenated oils’) is ‘no gluten.’ But labeling in the US by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) does not enforce labeling of foods that naturally contain gluten, only foods where gluten was added. This poses a problem for anyone with an allergy. The regulation is on the table to be changed, but for now we need to educate ourselves. Gluten, from Latin meaning ‘glue,’ is a protein found in wheat and grains such as rye, and foods processed with certain grains. It gives dough its elasticity when kneading and bread its chewy texture when eaten. It is a food additive often present in beer and sometimes
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unexpectedly in foods such as ice cream and gluten, especially wheat, is often found in imitation meats. The typical symptoms of gluten intolerance are diarrhea, bloating and abdominal pain. There are tests that can be done to determine if you have an allergy, but it is necessary not to begin a gluten-free diet prior to taking these tests, as it can easily change the results. Keep in mind that there have been cases where people have tested negative for CD but still suffer from the symptoms. Today, as doctors begin to get more open-minded, they are seeing that someone could suffer not from CD but from what is being called ‘gluten sensitivity.’ Besides gastrointestinal symptoms, GS patients also suffer from headaches and fatigue according to Melinda Dennis, author of Real Life with Celiac Disease. Once on a regulated diet, the small intestine will begin to heal within weeks, and a change in your system will follow. As of now, a gluten-free diet will have to remain the protocol for any sufferers, but with knowledge and proper labeling the challenge can be met! ◆ Next article will contain a Q&A on a Vegan diet, interviewing Norm Adams, co-founder of LOV, Las Olas Vegans. For more information please contact Kelly Doyle, dfp Pilates Health Studio, 954-648-5831, 3300 E. Oakland Park Blvd. Ft. Lauderdale 33308
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Legal Matters
Move Over for Emergency Vehicles
By Catherine Iaconis Favitta
This Statistic was released from Tallahassee: Since 1999, more than 170 law enforcement officers in the U.S. have died, and thousands more have been injured from crashes, as a result of being on the side of the road doing their job. This past December, while assisting motorists who had been in an accident, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper was crushed by a speeding truck on I95 in Broward County. Three other troopers were struck last year while working in emergency lanes. Florida’s Move Over law is ten years old, but there are still too many motorists who are unaware of the details of the law. Here’s what you need to know to avoid getting a ticket for a moving violation, or worse, hitting a disabled vehicle, another motorist, or a public safety officer in the line of duty: Anytime a motorist approaches either an emergency vehicle that is parked with lights flashing or a wrecker performing a recovery on the roadside with a rotating or flashing light, the motorist must promptly change lanes. The driver does not have to reduce his or her speed of travel below the posted speed limit when changing lanes. There are two exceptions for this law: (1) If the driver approaching an emergency vehicle or wrecker is not able to safely move into another lane, or if there is only one lane traveling in the driver’s direction, then the motorist may
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Online Advertising – What is the Right Avenue for You? By Jennifer Kovacs
You’re ready to get your business more online exposure, but with all these three letter acronyms how do you know what they mean and what is best for your business? There’s SEO, PPC, CPC, CPM… the list goes on. Firstly, identify your primary goal. Are you trying to brand your business? Become a household name? If so, Social Media is a great place to begin creating a presence. You will have to start by building a Facebook page. Once you have created a Fanpage you can start exploring Facebook Advertising. You know those ads you see along the right hand column of your Facebook News Feed? Yeah, the ones where they know exactly what you are searching for or in some cases can even read your mind and advertise for what you were just thinking of. Facebook does a phenomenal job of tracking your Social profile. They base ads off your personal profile, pages you’ve liked and life events (engagement, wedding, baby). This works in the advertisers favor as well. When creating a Facebook campaign you can literally narrow down target audiences by activities they are involved in, magazines they read, movie stars they like and more. You can basically build your consumer online. The only caveat is that Facebook marketing doesn’t always drive a sense of urgency, but it is a fantastic branding and outreach tool. Secondly, keep a close eye on your budget and analytics. For example, if your goal is to get those phones ringing and drive the volume of leads instead of qualifying your customers, PPC (Pay per Click) or Google Adwords is an excellent means to create urgency.
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stay in the lane nearest the emergency vehicle or wrecker, but is required to slow down to a speed that is 20 miles per hour less than the posted speed. The driver must not stop in the roadway or block the flow of traffic if unable to change lanes. If the speed limit is already 20 mph, then the driver must slow down to 5 mph. (2) If a law enforcement officer on the scene directs otherwise, the driver must follow the officer’s directions. Always exercise caution when approaching emergency vehicles. To comply with the Move Over law, it is only necessary to do one thing: move over, if able, or slow down significantly below the posted speed. It is not a requirement to do both. Florida law enforcement officers have plans to pay special attention to drivers violating the Move Over law this year. Violating the Move Over law can mean a fine of $165.00 and points on a driver’s record. For everyone’s safety, stay alert, keep off cell phones when driving, and do not text, adjust knobs on the radio, apply makeup, or eat when behind the wheel. Most importantly – move over for emergency vehicles — it’s the law! ◆
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By being featured in the “Sponsored Section,” you can create ads that say “Buy Now” or “Call Us Today.” So much of the success in PPC is the right copy. Once you have identified the keywords you want your ad to show up for it is time to create a compelling advertisement in a very short amount of space. Pay Per Click allows you to dictate and control your own budget. However, with PPC campaigns as well as Social Media campaigns it is vital to review and understand the metrics. Both Facebook and Google provide user friendly analytic interfaces that allow you to keep track of what’s working and what’s not. You can pause a campaign, add to it, take from it, really capitalize on the good and discard the bad. Lastly, whatever your goals are, educate yourself around the best resources and what they mean to the success of your business. It used to be nearly impossible to track the ROI of your advertising campaign with TV and radio. Online outlets could not make it any easier to monitor and manipulate marketing efforts. If you don’t understand a certain method, call a professional or schedule a meeting with a consultant, it will be well worth the investment. There are many tricks of the trade and DIY methods, it is just a matter of educating yourself. ◆ Learn how to maximize your online efforts, and do it. Make the effort and get on board, matches are waiting. For more information, please call me at 954-533-0283, or 954-547-2175, or email at jenn@opt2web.com
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Jane Ellen Glasser Rises to the Top of Her Game Local resident Jane Ellen Glasser has reached the apogee, the pinnacle, the highest mountaintop in her latest collection of poetry, “The Red Coat.” Long-time member of Fort Lauderdale Writers’ Group, Glasser’s poetry readings continue to astound its members with her mellifluous delivery; her words, spun into kaleidoscopic tapestries never before heard. The group encourages any aspiring poets to attend its meetings to experience this special woman. We are so proud to have her as a part of our group. Glasser moved to Lighthouse Point fairly recently, and is in love with community. “I’m so happy here, and it’s a perfect environment in keeping my creative juices flowing.” Many of her poems distributed during meetings are inspired by the famous paintings by artists as diverse as Seurat, Manet and Chagall. EDITOR’S NOTE: The Fort Lauderdale Writers’ Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month at the First Presbyterian Church (Pink Church) in Pompano Beach. Call 954-486-4820 for more information.
Paul Had It Wrong
What Else But Love
(From the Corinthians 1 in the Bible)
(From the painting “The Birthday” by Marc Chagall)
Love is not patient, not kind. It runs on four legs like a dog. Arrows tattoo its heart. Rude, it refuses to come when called. Promises to be true
What else but love could elevate the heart so? His green velvet jacket floats above his beloved. His legs hang loose as clothes on a line. His torso, cylindrical as a bullet, arcs at the neck so that eye to eye, the kiss
write themselves in chalk on rainy days. Jealousy is its middle name. It boasts. It begs. It insists on its own ways. Love has an end but never goes. Ghosts haunt dreams’ corridors, rejoice at wrongs. Like faith, it is a blind crone. Like hope, a child with a sugary voice asks you to bear all things for its own sake. O, curses of the heart, above all the greatest of these is love.
that began at the door continues as they move into the room. She, too, feels light headed, the folds of her black dress drawn back like a wing. One foot is off the floor, the toe of the other barely grazes the red carpet. She holds a bouquet of roses like a bride. The room is spare: A bed, a stool, a table. On the table, the cake she baked that morning, pomegranate seeds. Today they will celebrate his birthday. Defying the laws of nature, he will never grow older; he will never fall out of love.
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Cantankerously Yours
Valentine Promises By Wendell Abern
Dear Hopeless Romantics, Yeah, I know. Hearts. Flowers. Candy. Poetry. All that other sentimental garbage. Well, I have sent valentine cards and good wishes in the past. This year, I'm not falling into that saccharine trap. Instead, I am making promises; more importantly, I am extracting some. Below, I have named some people on my “Promises” list, and—when necessary—given a brief explanation as to why I have named them. 1 – Dr. Nestor Galvez, my neurosurgeon. For years, Dr. Galvez has given me Botox injections for my hemi-facial tic. Fourteen jabs, every three months. At my next visit, doctor, I promise to walk in, tell you, "You'll hardly even feel this," and then break your kneecap. 2 – Halle Berry. If you promise to make a trip to South Florida sometime this year, I promise to let you have your way with me while you're here. 3 – Tiffany. The beautiful runway model disguised as a store manager at my local Publix. I promise to stop making scenes at your checkout counters if you'll promise to do something about thoughtless shoppers who send cashiers to customer service for their cigarettes. My latest encounter was with an ugly obnoxious shrew disguised as a sweet little old lady. “Oh, I get it” I said. “You make us wait in line here so you won't have to wait in line over there!” Obnoxious Shrew: "Who are you, Shorty? The checkout police?" Me: “No. Just a customer fed up with rude, inconsiderate shoppers.” Obnoxious Shrew: “Oh, go back to your tree and make some cookies.” In all fairness, Tiffany, I did not hit her back. I am, however, still somewhat abashed at the fact I was decked by a 93-year old great-grandmother. 4 – Gary & Karen Gonzalez. Close friends from my congregation, River of Grass. “G & K, if you promise to stop harping about my complete disinterest in vegetables, I promise to add both zucchini and eggplant to my diet. On my 90th birthday.” 5 – Harriet. One of my bridge partners. I promise to concentrate harder if you'll promise not to yell, ”Oy vay!” every time I play a card. 6 – Dr. Darby Sider. My Internist. Last time you weighed me, I asked for a second opinion. Which you did not grant? If you promise to stop criticizing my girth, I promise to cut down from three cheeseburgers a week to one. And I will replace the missing burgers with healthy substitutes: cheesy double-beef burritos and pepperoni pizza, both of which contain all four food groups. (Note: I have it on good authority that you have been conspiring secretly with Gary and Karen Gonzalez and other vegan-leaning zealots. Won't help.) 56
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7 – Nancy from New Jersey. If you promise to come visit me again soon, I promise to watch only the shows on TV that you prefer. As long as they include basketball games, gory thrillers and soft-core porn. 8 – My kids in Chicago. A recent newscast named last year’s most annoying words, or combinations of words. As you know, no words annoy me. However, because I am technologically-inept, some intimidate me. In fact, phrases like “toggle switch” and “camshaft gear” actually scare me. Ergo, if I promise to never use words the newscast listed, such as, “you know,” and “whatever,” promise me you will never use words like “I-pad” or “gigabyte” to me. Or, the terrifying word that sends shivers up my spine: “skype.” 9 – Dolly. Another of my bridge partners. I promise to never again listen to anything you tell me unless you promise to stop talking in pronouns only. Following is a brief replication of your recent dinner with Joyce, Joan, Harriet and Jerry: "The waitress found us a round table, and I sat down first, but then she didn't want to sit near the aisle, so she asked if she would mind sitting there, but you know her! Well, they finally agreed, but then you should have heard the argument over whether whitefish is better than grouper! This one says, 'That tastes too fish-y,' then she says, 'But we're eating fish!' and I think they finally agreed on salmon." (Meanwhile, I kept waiting to hear pronoun, "he," so at least I could identify someone, but apparently Jerry couldn't get a word in edgewise.) 10 – “Sleek, Svelte and Sexy at Sixty” on “Dating for Seniors.” If you promise to send me a recent photo proving you are currently a Miami Heat cheerleader, I promise to send you a photo of myself, proving I am a six-foot four hardbody. 11 – Jon Frangipane. Editor, publisher, friend, and my private piano tutor. Jon, every time I attempt to play a short run or long arpeggio, I can hear you yelling, “Don’t lemme hear that thumb! Don’t lemme hear that thumb!” I promise to work diligently on the pieces I'm currently learning, if you promise to stop threatening me with a thumbectomy. 12 – Dale. Another of my bridge partners. I promise to think carefully before every play I make, if you promise to not yell out, “WEN-dull!” in a voice that makes me feel like a twelve-year old caught looking at Playboy. * * * I had intended to include a few pithy and vitriolic valentine promises to various members of our congress, who are (as I write this) still debating the cliff we're about to hurl over. Then I thought ...well, yeah, I could extract some promises, but why would I expect politicians to keep them? Cantankerously Yours, Wendell Abern
Wendell Abern can be reached at dendyabern@comcast. net.
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Phantasmagoria
A changing scene made up of many elements.
Appearing on this page will be submissions by persons from all walks of life. They may be essays, letters, poems, photos, memorabilia, or anything we deem creative and in good taste.
From Three Lanes Over By Eunice Hamblen I was stopped at a traffic light on Federal Highway when a public bus, heading in the opposite direction, dropped off its passengers. A departing passenger was a young man with a backpack, who may have been in the late stages of a neuromuscular disease. It was difficult to determine if this was a good or a bad day for him, as he struggled to maintain forward momentum with firm resolve and determination. For every step he took forward, it included a balancing step, either to the side or back, as he displayed incredible body spasms that would distract the most focused among us. I could not take my eyes off this brave soul, as he struggled towards the intersection. I found myself rooting for him to make it to the next step; to make it to the intersection. I wanted to tell him how much I admired his courage. The fact that he traveled alone worried me. As he inched from the bus stop toward the intersection, I wondered, and hoped he would not need to cross this very busy highway. It would be a miracle if he could make it halfway across before the light changed. The traffic light changed and I had to move on, leaving this young soul to his destiny.
This short-lived vision left me wondering: Who or what decides which one of us becomes ill, or not? There is no fairness or logic to explain if it is just "chance" that you, or your loved one may become ill or handicapped. We can only hope that it does not happen to us. For those brave souls who may have their character tested by misfortune as this young man has, I offer compassion, as well as admiration for the display of strength, courage and perseverance I witnessed that day. This young man also reminded me that we alone determine how to perceive our world. He obviously was confidant in his ability to reach his destination. If we all had his confidence, think how successful we could be. How joy-filled our lives would be if we, being in that situation, would have the strength and ability to stand up and walk across the room without assistance. From three lanes over, this young man changed my perception and made me a wiser person.
‘Raising Your Game’ Guides Adults in Helping Children Play Organized Sports Over 100 accomplished athletes help you guide your girls and boys through sports in the new book by professional sports writer Ethan J. Skolnick and licensed psychologist Dr. Andrea Corn called Raising Your Game. It is designed to provide an adult (whether parent, caregiver, other family member, coach or mentor) with an essential tool, for making sports as enjoyable and enriching as possible for a child. The authors draw upon the advice of a diverse set of professional and Olympic athletes, from LeBron James to Shannon Miller, Julie Foudy to Jason Taylor, Chipper Jones to Sanya-Richards Ross, with the athletes sharing stories about how they were raised and, in many cases, how they are raising their own kids. These men and women, representing varying 58
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ages, family structures, socio-economic circumstances, ethnicities and sports eras, come together in a book with universal themes and guiding principles. “Those athletes weren’t always confident stars,” the authors write. “Many doubted themselves. Many struggled to find, or follow role models. Many thought about giving up. Many did, if only briefly. Still, there is much to be learned not only from their resilience, but also from their mentors’ methods of support.” Through Raising Your Game, parents will learn what can ignite inspiration and foster participation, practice and progress, and which methods can create frustration and dejection. They will learn the difference a supportive adult can make by showing up, showing interest and showing restraint.
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Letter To The Editor By Jan Davey Being confined to a horizontal position due to a car accident during the Holidays, I relied on television for entertainment. Because I do not usually watch much TV this bout with the powerful media became an education, rather than entertainment. In the two weeks on my back, I was bombarded with so much negativity about the USA that I was considering packing up and going back to Africa where I came from. And then, a Facebook friend, still residing in South Africa, posted photos of their perspective of America. Amongst other photos was of the war ship, USS New York, made from material of the World Trade Centre. The ship represents what I love of this place: The Land of Get up, Dust off and Duck tape the wounds when you are kicked in the teeth. Flipping the bird to your adversaries, as you make a come back! There is soooo much more to be happy about for the privilege to live here that those wonderful things should dominate our news to lift up our spirits. If I have one wish for the New Year, it is that I can make a little difference in starting a snow ball representing the greatness of the United States of America, concealed amongst all the â&#x20AC;&#x153;crapâ&#x20AC;? we get fed by the media.
America may not be the best place to live; but it is far ahead of the second best place!
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Life…
Make it Fun For the Family!
LIGHTHOUSE POINT YACHT & RACQUET CLUB We have so much to offer – stop by and see us…
Enjoy our new Poolside Tiki Bar – Open Sat. and Sun. afternoon
Boating and Tennis, of course… and Swimming, Fitness, Massage, Social Activities, Fine Dining, Club Kid’s Activities and more
Contact Linda Lennon, Director of Club Membership 954.942.3524 • lindag@lpyrc.com to schedule a visit.
Be sure to ask about membership and marina specials!
Exp. 2/28/13
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Cookin’ With The Community We encourage those who can perform magic in their kitchens to submit favorite creations that can be enjoyed by readers of our magazine. To submit your recipe, please email us at: LHPnews@bellsouth.net and type “RECIPE” in the subject line.
Veggie Wrap Ingredients: • 1 Tofuyan Low-Carb Wrap (from Publix) • 1 Slice Lacey-Swiss (Lowfat swiss from Publix deli) • 2 Tbsp yellow mustard • 1/2 Cup mixed greens • 1 Tbsp chopped green onions • 2 Tbsp chopped mixed bell peppers • 2 Tbsp chopped cucumber • 2 Tbsp shredded carrots • 1 Tbsp chopped hot banana peppers • 1 Small tomato, chopped • 2 Tbsp deli dressing (or Italian dressing) Preparation: Layer all ingredients on the wrap and wrap it up! I purchase packages of already chopped mixed bell peppers, green onions, and the bag of shredded carrots to save time. You can find them in the produce section at Publix. Makes 1 wrap.
Healthy Cinnamon Raisin Breakfast “Cookies” Ingredients: • 3 Mashed overripe bananas • 1/3 Cup applesauce (unsweetened) • 2 Cups rolled oats • 1/4 Cup almond milk • 1/2 Cup raisins • 1/4 Cup chopped walnuts • 1 Tsp vanilla • 1 Tsp cinnamon Preparation: Preheat oven to 350. Grease cookie sheet and add spoonfuls of mixture, spacing 1/2" apart. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Lighthouse Point resident, Courtney Stephens, shares some of her favorite recipes. You can find all of these and many more recipes on her blog at www.floridagirlfood.blogspot.com
Skirt Steak Chimichurri Ingredients: • 1.5 Lb Angus Skirt Steak (or enough for 4 people) • 1 Cup packed italian flat leaf parsley • 1/2 Cup packed fresh cilantro • 1/3 Cup red wine vinegar • 1/2 Cup olive oil • 2 Garlic cloves, peeled • 1 Tsp cumin • 1 Tsp crushed red pepper • 2 Tsp fresh lime juice • 1 Tsp lime zest • Salt • Pepper Preparation: Turn on the grill to medium-high heat. While grill heats, make the marinade by placing all ingredients (parsley through lime zest) into a blender or food processor. Grate until it becomes a thick sauce. Set aside. Pat steaks dry and season with salt and pepper. Grill steaks about 3-4 minutes on each side for medium-rare. (Cook to your desired temp). Top steaks with chimichurri sauce and serve hot. Serves 4.
Green Juice Ingredients: • 1 large handful of baby spinach • 1/2 Cup chopped cucumber, with skin on • 1 celery stalk, peeled and chopped • 1/2 Cup water (I used a cup of ice instead so it would be nice and cold) • 1 small container of plain, nonfat greek yogurt (about 1 cup) • 1/2 banana • 1/2 Cup rinsed and drained canned (or fresh) pineapple Preparation: Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
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John Offerdahl is…
The Gridiron Griller When Zach Thomas prowled the middle of the football field looking for running backs to devour, he was not disappointed. He became one of only three players to record 100 tackles or more in each of his first ten seasons in the NFL. Thomas totaled 1,776 career tackles, more than any linebacker in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. This year he lent those animal instincts and ferocious power to Chef Lauren Deshields of Market 17 Farm Fresh Restaurant & Bar when the two teamed up at the 2012 Gridiron Grill Off. The “Zach Attack” Venison Merguez was a fan-favorite you might like to try on your own backyard grill! Dolphins Legend ILB Zach Thomas & Chef Paula DeShields of Market 17 Farm Fresh Restaurant & Bar.
“Zach Attack” Venison Merguez! READY…Line up your ingredients • 4 lbs boneless lamb shoulder, diced • 1.5 oz Kosher Salt • 1 t red pepper flakes • 3 c diced roasted red pepper • 2 T Spanish paprika • 1/4 c dry red wine, chilled • 10 ft sheep casings, soaked and rinsed
• 1 lb pork back fat, diced • 2 t sugar • 2 T garlic, minced • 1.5 t ground black pepper • 2 T minced fresh oregano • 1/4 c ice water
PREP…Prepare Your Entreé, Rubs, Dressings & Sauces… Combine all the ingredients except the wine and water and toss the seasonings. Chill until ready to grind. Griind the mixture through the small die into a bowl set in ice. Add the wine and water to the meat mixture and mix with the paddle attachment until the liquids are incorporated and the mixture has developed a uniform, sticky appearance, about 1 minute at medium speed. Cook a small portion of the sausage, taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Stuff half the sausage into the sheep casings and twist into 10" links.
LET’S GRILL…Take it to the Grill… Grill the sliced pork belly over open flame, basting with the GingerScallion sauce, when charred and tender, serve in lettuce cup with kimchee and pickles, and enjoy!
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Recommended wine pairing… Arceno Chianti Classico JOHNNY SAYS… “Tackling the greatest running backs in the NFL is exciting, but draining. Tackling your taste buds with grilled venison is tastier and invigorating!”
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Th e Ar t s Art from the Heart: Finding your voice By Mary L. Cavaioli, M.S., NBCT
“I am one step closer to my dreams, I am into the next moment from a higher perspective with a new vision, I step into the next moment with the consciousness of confidence and a loving self acceptance…I am walking into my magnificence….” This section was taken from the Affirmation page created for a children’s book written by a local high school art educator, Victoria Englehart. She has written and illustrated this special book about a young girl who is trying to make sense of the world around her. Victoria’s childrens’ book is called: Whose Shoes?, which tells the tale of a little girl who finds her voice by being true to herself! The metaphor of shoes is used in this book, but the theme is universal. As parents and teachers we want to instill in our children the confidence to try new things, to take risks and to create their own path. The Arts do this for children! Those children who participate in arts related activities achieve a sense of empowerment and confidence which follows them through adulthood. Young children should be encouraged to draw, play
an instrument, sing, dance, act, etc…in order to express themselves in a positive manner. “Whose shoes will you walk in when you grow up?” This is a question that many of us ask ourselves as we watch our children and students grow. If you think about your next step, you can develop goals based on your vision and keep moving towards it. As a teacher, I always instilled in my students the importance of thinking through an idea and working towards its completion…taking risks and using the Arts as part of the process helped them to achieve their desired outcomes. Research has shown that children who participate in the Arts on a regular basis do better on standardized tests and in life. The Dana Foundation is a good place to start when looking for new information on how the Arts impact the brain. Children and adults can find their personal voice by participating in Arts related activities. So get out there and support your local Arts organizations and community! Whose Shoes? is available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It is published by Balboa Press. ◆ Mary L. Cavaioli, M.S., NBCT, K-12 Curriculum, Arts Integration Specialist, Palm Beach County Schools
O p e n Letter From Fo r m e r Sheriff Al Lamber ti As we settle into the new year, I will be passing the BSO torch on to the new sheriff shortly thereafter. It gives me pause to consider what an absolute honor and privilege it has been to serve the citizens of Broward County for the past 35 years. One of the most memorable experiences I have had was when I was contacted by the governor in 2007 and asked if I would accept the appointment as sheriff of Broward County. The single most memorable experience was when the people of Broward County, through the democratic process, chose me as their sheriff one year later. It was particularly momentous to me, considering that I would be the first sheriff in the 97-year history of the Broward Sheriff’s Office to come up through the ranks. It is something that I will take away from the experience and keep in my heart forever. Rather than dwell on the well-documented accomplishments of my administration, I want to take this opportunity to thank
the people of Broward County for the opportunity to have served as their sheriff with honor, dignity and mutual respect for the past five years. As I leave this office and my constitutional responsibilities, I would ask all citizens of Broward County to stay involved and up-to-date on issues affecting your community. Please do all that you can to educate, nurture and protect our children. It is our collective responsibility. It is our mandate. As I have said many times during my extensive travels throughout the region speaking with people about various public safety issues, “our children are 30% of our population but they are 100% of our future.” Thank you again for the opportunity to serve you, and always stay safe. Al Lamberti Former Broward County Sheriff
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Identity Theft
Signs of Telemarketing Fraud—How to Handle Phone Scams
By Denise Richardson
Buying into any of these "offers," or ones like them, will likely lead to another call from another salesperson promising to get your money back for a fee. This is called a refund or recovery scam.
Every year, thousands of people lose money to telemarketing scams—from a few dollars to their life savings. Fraudsters and telephone scammers are good at what they do. They say anything to cheat people out of their money. They may call and imply that they work for a company you trust, or they may send mail or place ads to convince you to call them. Some seem very friendly—calling you by your first name, making small talk, and asking about your family. These are ploys to ease your suspicions. If you get a call from someone you don’t know who is trying to sell you something you didn’t think you need, say “No thanks.” And, if they pressure you about giving up personal information— like your credit card or Social Security number—it's likely a scam. Hang up and report it to the Federal Trade Commission.
Fraud isn’t limited to race, ethnic background, gender, age, education, or income. That said, some scams seem to concentrate in certain groups. For example, a senior citizen may be targeted because the caller assumes they may live alone, have a nest egg, or may be more polite toward strangers—and less aware of today’s dangers. No one is off limits to well-trained scam artists—everyone's a potential target.
Signs of a Telemarketing Scam
When you get a call from a telemarketer, ask yourself:
Often, scammers who operate by phone don’t want to give you time to think about their pitch; they just want to get you to say “yes.” But some are so cunning that, even if you ask for more information, they seem more than happy to comply. They may readily direct you to a website or otherwise send information featuring “satisfied customers.” These customers, known as shills, are likely as fake as their praise for the company. Here are a few red flags to help you spot telemarketing scams: • “You’ve been specially selected.” (for this offer) • “You’ll get a free bonus if you buy our product.” • “You’ve won one of five valuable prizes.” • “You’ve won big money in a foreign lottery.” • “This investment is low risk and provides a higher return than you can get anywhere else.” • “You have to make up your mind right away.” • “You trust me, right?” • “You don’t need to check our company with anyone.” • “We’ll just put the shipping and handling charges on your credit card.”
• Who’s calling...and why? The law says telemarketers must tell you it’s a sales call, the name of the seller and what they’re selling before they make their pitch. If you don't hear this information, say “no thanks,” and get off the phone. • What’s the hurry? Fast talkers who use high pressure tactics could be hiding something. Take your time. Most legitimate businesses will give you time and written information about an offer before asking you to commit to a purchase. • If it’s free, why are they asking me to pay? Question fees you need to pay to redeem a prize or gift. Free is free. If you have to pay, it's a purchase—not a prize or a gift. • Why am I “confirming” my account information—or giving it out at all? Some callers have your billing information before they call you. They’re trying to get you to say “okay” so they can claim you approved a charge. • What time is it? The law allows telemarketers to call between 8 am and 9 pm. A seller calling earlier or later is flouting the law. • Do I want more calls like this one? If you don't want a business to call you again, say so and register your phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry. If they call back, they're breaking the law.
How They Hook You Scammers use exaggerated—or even fake—prizes, products or services as bait. Some may call you, but others will use mail, texts, or ads to get you to call them for more details. Here are a few examples of “offers” you might get: • Travel Packages. “Free” or “low cost” vacations can end up costing a bundle in hidden costs. Some of these vacations never take place, even after you’ve paid. • Credit and loans. Advance fee loans, payday loans, and credit card protection are very popular schemes, especially during a down economy. • Sham or exaggerated business and investment opportunities. Promoters of these have made millions of dollars. Scammers rely on the fact that business and investing can be complicated and that most people don't research the investment. • Charitable causes. Urgent solicitations for recent disaster relief efforts are especially common on the phone. • High-stakes foreign lotteries. These solicitations violate U.S. law, which prohibits the cross-border sale or purchase of lottery tickets by phone or mail. What's more, you may never see a ticket. • Extended car warranties. Scammers find out what kind of car you drive, and when you bought it so they can urge you to buy overpriced—or worthless—plans.
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Some Additional Guidelines • Resist pressure to make a decision immediately. • Keep your credit card, checking account, or Social Security numbers to yourself. Don’t tell them to callers you don’t know —even if they ask you to “confirm” this information. That's a trick. • Don’t pay for something just because you'll get a “free gift.” • Get all information in writing before you agree to buy. • Check out a charity before you give. Ask the caller to send you written information so you can make an informed decision without being pressured, rushed, or guilted into it. • Don’t agree to any offer for which you have to pay a “registration” or “shipping” fee to get a prize or a gift. • Research unsolicited offers with your consumer protection agency or state Attorney General’s office before you agree to send money. • Beware of offers to “help” you recover money you have already lost. Callers saying they are law enforcement officers who will help you get your money back “for a fee” are scammers. Report by calling 1877-FTC-HELP or visit ftc.gov/complaint. ◆ For additional information visit my site at GiveMeBackMyCredit.com or email me directly at deniserichardson@givemebackmycredit.com
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Florida Spor t Fishing
Supercharged Sensations
Tips for Maintaining Captive Baitfish By Capt. Mike Genoun
The effectiveness of targeting pelagic game fish with live bait has been discussed at great lengths, although there’s a lot more to it than simply deploying a spread of frisky finfish. Successful fishing with live bait starts long before you leave the dock with a number of approaches one can take to secure enough baitfish for a fun-filled day. The easiest way is to hail a local bait boat or visit a local marina and shell out some cash. While this will get you by on short notice, if you are serious about fishing live bait then this option will deplete your bank account in no time. The second option is to spend the first few hours of the day searching for and catching live bait, although the hours just after sunrise are much better allocated toward searching for prized game fish. Instead, serious anglers catch, pen and care for live baitfish for weeks and sometimes months, knowing that weather and availability can at times make bait fishing difficult.
Properly handled from the start, well cared for baits can be stored for multiple weeks. No matter the species, if you plan on maintaining captive baitfish you need to be extremely careful with your handling procedures, starting by carefully de-hooking each bait with minimal trauma. This alone will ensure your offerings last much longer. All baitfish species are fragile, some more so than others. Removing scales and slime coat by touching them with your bare hands will certainly lead to their early demise. Baits that bounce on the deck before going into the livewell are also at risk and rarely make it for long. If you’re catching bait to store for a future date don’t bother saving mishandled baitfish as they will only crowd the healthy offerings likely to survive. Instead, freeze injured bait for future use. Once you have a solid supply in your boat’s livewell(s), you’ll want to transport them to their new home as quickly as possible. Depending on your targeted game fish, you’ll want to have a variety of baitfish penned for future outings. For blue water professionals the most popular live baits are goggle eye, blue runner, scaled sardine, threadfin herring, cigar minnow and Spanish sardine. And while robust goggle-eye and blue runner can
live in harmony, fragile threadfin herring, scaled sardines and cigar minnows should be kept in a separate bait pen. When it comes to bait pen selection you’ll want to use oval or round pens that force baits to swim in a circular pattern. While soft mesh bait pens are available at most tackle retailers, if you’re serious about live baiting you’ll want a more durable solution. Sharks, barracuda and crabs are only some of the predators that can gain access through the soft mesh. For long-term storage of vigorous baits, professionals choose large pens manufactured with PVC coated wire or hard plastic. For fragile scale baits most go with round plastic water tanks. No matter your selection, with a brand new bait pen it is recommended you splash it for a few days to promote algae growth. This way, in the event your baits scrape against the walls of your pen they won’t damage scales or deplete their slime coat. Once your baits have taken up a new residence it is now time to start building up their immune system and strength. Your baits likely won’t be receptive to eating on day one, but after their first week in captivity you can start feeding them on a regular basis. As for protein rich offerings fish roe is best, although they’ll eat brine shrimp, fish scraps, ground chum, mackerel based cat food and aquarium pellets. Once your baits are on a feeding schedule it’s not out of the ordinary to keep them happy and healthy for extended periods. You’ll soon start to notice your baits regenerate slime coat and scales, with noticeable red marks and damaged scales starting to heal. After weeks in captivity your baits should be so energized that you’ll likely have difficulties catching them with your dip net. These conditioned baits are prime and worth their weight in silver. When storing live baits for future use there are also a few things to keep in mind. First, you should be able to keep baitfish alive upwards of three miles from the nearest inlet. However, with lots of rain lower salinity levels can be detrimental to their health. It’s also important your baits aren’t stored in the vicinity of fuel docks or storm water drains. While herring and pilchard do best in floating pens, experienced crews keep goggle eye alive for extended periods by sinking their pens. Fishing locally is more competitive than ever before and you can count on the fact that tournament professionals go to extreme lengths to make sure they have the most supercharged baits possible. Even the most experienced crews have difficulties getting hooked up with sub par live baits, so take the necessary steps to care for your precious offerings and when the time comes, they will take care of you! ◆ For more tips, tricks, tactics and techniques, visit FloridaSportFishing.com. Like Us on Facebook.
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On Religion
And…How Goes It With You? By Reverend Jack Noble
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. – Winston Churchill In the course of our lifetime, it is in our nature to hold on to what is, when truth be told, what is is only temporary. Because what is immediately morphs into what was. Consequently, our ability to “roll with the punches,” as it were, is essential. The older I become, the more I realize that you and I, are in reality, merely students of life. The longer I live, the more I see that what I perceive as reality is nothing more than an illusion. What I think I know is constantly being challenged. Life continues to throw at my doorstep this sense of mystery — this not knowing. And so, what I am finding for myself is that I need more and more to go with the flow and to adjust my thinking with regards to what comes next, rather than desperately clutching to the way things are at any given moment. Life continues to throw at us these changes, and in order to survive we need to change as well. The company may be reorganizing, our spouse becomes ill or dies, technology demands that we learn new things. Consequently, we find
ourselves needing to remain agile in order to be ready to face whatever curve in life lies ahead. During much of the last century, the Swiss were the leading watchmakers of the world. Then, in 1967, when the Swiss themselves patented digital technology, they rejected it out of hand, in favor of the “old way” of watch-making — the gears and mainsprings and the like. Unfortunately, for them, the world was ready for a change. Seiko, a Japanese firm, picked up the digital patent and became the world’s leading watchmaker, practically overnight. Fifty thousand of the 67, 000 Swiss watchmakers went out of business. Why? Quite simply, they refused to embrace this new technology they themselves had discovered. It took years for the Swiss catch up. What’s there for us to learn? Our ability to adapt, to change, to embrace new thinking is absolutely essential. ◆
Pompano Beach leads the County in Permit Processing
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Pompano Beach is the first city in Broward County to fully implement the ePlan review. Eplans are submitted electronically and viewed concurrently. With this system most plans are turned around in ten days to two weeks. Another advantage is you do not need to visit the Building Department when the plans are submitted electronically. In fact, plans can be submitted from anywhere, Nationally or Internationally, thus saving potential businesses the cost of permit runners. When the plans are received customers will be given a tracking number. With this number they will be able to sign on 24/7 and access real time plan review. When a correction is needed, they will be able to make the corrections electronically and resubmit that page. Once the plans are reviewed they will be able to pay electronically and download the approved plans. The ePlan also allows for inspections to be scheduled up to midnight for the next day. The City is continuing to offer walk through permitting on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8 AM to 10 AM. Emergency permits for electrical outages, water heater replacements etc can be issued on the spot and overtime inspections can be arranged. Pompano is now using ePlan on 42 percent of all new permits. In addition to many handouts, they are planning more classes and training the new system. You can call the City or go online for information on these classes. 72
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It has been estimate that for a municipality that issues 3000 permits annually could save 312,000 miles of travel and 20,800 gallons of gas that could save over $57,000 in fuel cost. EPlan was started a few years back under former Chief Building Official Jerry Sanzone. Jim Bickford, the Chief Plumbing Official has been responsible for implementing the plan. He has made himself available to answer questions and help his counterparts and the public understand this new process. Another area of progress is the digitizing of the old micro film. You should now be able to go online and view this material. The quality may not be great but, the film quality was never good to start with. In conclusion, I believe Pompano Beach is initiating a new culture of wanting to be helpful to its customers. When you need to visit the Development Services Department, you are greeted by friendly people who will guide you through the process and answer your questions. ◆ Al is a State Licensed Electrical Contractor and owner of Al Siefert Electric. The articles he writes are about items of interest and questions from his customers. Please call Al if you have questions concerning electric service, installation and repair. (954) 493-9411
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HAIR LOSS: IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU By Melanie S. Hecker, MD, MBA
When hair starts to thin or fall out, it can be troubling. But many people with hair loss, also known as Alopecia, can find help from a dermatologist. Dermatologists can help determine whether hair loss will be permanent or temporary and advise patients on treatments for hair loss. What Causes Alopecia? Alopecia is not contagious. It is an autoimmune disease in which the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immune system attacks itself, in this case, the hair follicles. The cause is not known. A personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s particular genetic makeup combines with other factors triggers alopecia. Other alternatives for alopecia include wigs, caps, hats, or scarves are important options. Wearing a head covering does not interfere with hair regrowth. This may be a good choice for people with extensive scalp hair loss who do not have enough to cover it. What is Normal Hair Growth? When your hair grows normally, many things can occur. About 90 percent of our hair is growing at any one time. This growth phase lasts between two and six years. Ten percent of our hair is in a resting phase. This phase lasts two to three months. At the end of this phase, the hair falls out. When you shed a hair, a new hair from the same hair follicle replaces it. This starts the growing cycle again. Scalp hair grows about one-half inch per month, but as people age, their rate of hair growth slows. It is normal to lose 50 to 100 hairs a day, and this is no cause for alarm. What Happens When You Use Improper Chemical Treatments? Many people use chemical treatments on their hair, such as dyes, tints, bleaches, straighteners, and permanent waves. These treatments rarely damage hair if the hairdresser does it right. But the hair can become weak and break if you use hair chemicals too often. If hair becomes brittle from chemical treatments, it is best to stop until the hair grows out. How Can a Dermatologist Restore Hair? Dermatologists and dermatologic surgeons often perform hair restoration in their offices. One type of hair restoration procedure is a hair transplant which can create a natural-looking hairline. Unnatural â&#x20AC;&#x153;plugâ&#x20AC;? transplants from the past have given way to better techniques. The emotional aspects of living with hair loss can be challenging, especially in a society that regards hair as a sign of youth and good health. It is reassuring that alopecia does not affect general health, and should not interfere with your ability to achieve all of your life goals at school, in sports, in your career, and in raising a family. To find out more about this exciting topic or for your general Dermatologic care, contact us at: Hecker Dermatology Group, P.A. or visit us online at: www.heckerderm.com. New patients welcome and most insurance accepted. Call 954-783-2323 for an appointment.
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