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opportunity slipped through her fingers. Instead of letting the disruption get her down, she wrote and released her first single, “Make Your Own Music,” a catchy tune meant to inspire people to follow their dreams. The song has received more than 30,000 streams. Rosen connected her song to the MakeA-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida and raised $1,000 in the first week. Over the years, she has also supported Tri-County Animal Rescue, Toys for Tots, No Kid Hungry, Mini Mitzvahs, and The Actors Fund. Her positivity has paid off: Rosen wrapped two films this spring, is booked to shoot another project this fall, and currently has a TV pilot being shopped around to various networks.
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STAR POWER Boca Raton resident Jorie Blake Rosen isn’t like most 10-year-olds. Spunky and ambitious, she’s a professional child actress—and now a recording artist, too. During lockdown, she didn’t just face cancelled school and extracurriculars; she lost her outlet to perform, and gigs including two films and a Broadway 28
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a production vehicle. The racing bug was passed down to them: “Our father, Gary Richards, was involved with funny cars practically since their inception in the 1960s,” Paul shares. “There was always a car in the shop and a race to go to.” Their next race, which takes place Labor Day weekend, is also their biggest event of the year: the U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Lake Clarke Shores resident Paul Richards and his brother Dave Richards of Wellington may race “funny cars,” but their favorite pastime is no joke—with Paul as owner and Dave as driver for Paul Richards Racing, they race in the National Hot Rod Association, the governing body of drag racing. “A funny car is a vehicle that has been altered in the wheelbase and/or had the engine position moved other than the way it came off the assembly line in order to have better traction and speed on a racetrack,” Paul explains. Today’s funny cars have a chromoly chassis with a carbon-fiber body on top to resemble
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Paul and Dave Richards inherited the funny car racing bug from their father, a regular on the racing circuit in the 1960s and ’70s. The brothers’ next race is the U.S. Nationals.
Lasting Love Lou and Edith Bluefeld of Boca West Country Club (bocawestcc.org) both turned 100 this year (Lou on January 9 and Edith on August 4), but their greatest accomplishment to date isn’t a century’s worth of birthdays: It was celebrating their eightieth wedding anniversary on February 23. How have they made their love last? Below, Lou shares his top six tips for a long and happy marriage:
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1. Respect each other. 2. Trust each other. 3. Learn to say yes to everything unimportant, rather than bicker. We saw a lot of our friends bickering over nothing. We always say, “I don’t
have to be right on the small things.” 4. We argue like anyone else, but we never go to bed angry at each other. 5. Good health. 6. God’s blessing.
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