NO MORE CONTACTS! One of the featured artists at the inaugural Gulfstream Park Art Festival was Mina Y Hsing of Illinois, who showed her mixed medium paintings. Over 30 artists took part in last weekend’s event.
Gulfstream Park Art Festival will catch on over time
Larry Blustein
Having been to more than my share of art shows and festivals for the past 30 plus years, which is what happens when you happened to be married to an artist, you see them from a different perspective. One that could be beneficial to any community that hosts them. Last weekend, Gulfstream Park, which has been making attempts to keep the facility busy year-round, came up with another great idea, when, in conjunction with Amdur Productions hosted the inaugural Gulfstream Park Art Festival in the heart of the property. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– BLUSTEIN, Page 13A
AVENTURA HEAR CENTER ‘NEW Wireless Multi-Purpose Device helps with TV, Restaurants and Cell Phones!’
AVENTURA - At the Aventura HEAR Center, your hearing is Priority One. If people tell you your TV is too loud, or if you keep missing bits and pieces of conversation and have to ask people to repeat themselves, or if it seems that people are always mumbling, come see the hearHearing Aid Specialist, Javier ing aid specialist, “Bob” Benitez makes the experiJavier “Bob” Benence of coming to Aventura Hear itez, BC-HIS. He's Center one to remember. eager to help you hear better. After 20 years, the HEAR Center is an Aventura fixture. It is behind Loehmann’s Plaza right next to the new Fresko restaurant by the back of Publix. The Aventura HEAR Center is a modern office equipped to fit patients with the best hearing technology available. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– HEAR, Page 5A
KODNER GALLERIES
Kodner Galleries has become a 4th generation auction business with over 90 years of experience in buying, selling, appraising and consigning for sale antiques, fine household contents, works of art and diamond. For more, see Page 2A.
Jorge Barreto and Dr. Stanley Braverman. The Braverman Eye Center is located at 1935 East Hallandale Beach Boulevard, Hallandale Beach, FL 33009.
Firefighter Sees Clearly After Lasik at Braverman Eye Center in Hallandale
Jorge L. Barreto, a “I had heard about Lasik retired Miami fire captain and owner of a years ago, but it was new business called Recythen and I wasn’t sure about cle Capital, had been it. But Dr. Braverman perwearing contact lenses to correct his severe formed it on one of my family near-sightedness since members with good results. I he was 15 years old. Because he couldn’t wondered if it would work for wear glasses when me as well.” fighting fires, he was Jorge L. Barreto forced to sleep in his Retired Miami fire captain contacts whenever he was on duty at the station. “I had to keep my saline solution beside me all the time,” he says. When his close vision also began to deteriorate and he needed to wear glasses over his contacts when he wanted to read, he began to look for other options. That’s when he came to see Dr. Stanley Braverman at the Braverman Eye Center in Hallandale Beach. Jorge wanted to learn more about the Lasik procedure. “I had heard about Lasik years ago, but it was new then and I wasn’t sure about it. But Dr. Braverman performed it on one of my family members with good results. I wondered if it would work for me as well.” At the Braverman Eye Center, Jorge heard that the best option might be treating one eye for distance vision and the other for close vision or reading, something usually referred to as monovision. He decided to try it. “I wasn’t nervous about it at all,” he says. “I had confidence in the doctor and his staff.” The procedure itself was easy. “It was very quick, and I had just a moment of discomfort,” he says. “Then I went home. I had extreme tearing the first couple of hours, but that was all. They had told me at ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– BRAVERMAN, Page 6A
HALLANDALE BEACH
Free blood pressure checks, children immunizations and consultations with physicians attracted more than 500 area residents to the first City of Hallandale Beach Cultural Health Fair Friday at the Cultural Community Center. For more on the event, Page 6C.
AZALEA GARDENS
Discover a hidden gem in Hollywood that offers seniors a wonderful lifestyle, peace of mind, and compassionate care; all within a serene, tropical environment. Welcome to the world of Azalea Gardens, a Timeless Life Care community. Page 1D.