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Stress-Free Holiday Meals: Eat In or Go Out We Have The Answers December is upon us and the holiday season can be a stressful time, but that’s not how it should be. How many times have you heard someone say they’ve slaved away in the kitchen all
day? Stress in the kitchen can easily arise for a variety of reasons, especially when you’re strapped for time and have a never-ending to-do list. We live in South Florida and we should be
taking time to enjoy the weather this time of year, not stuck inside the kitchen. So if you decide to eat in or go out we have the answers, plus a few tips from a ‘MasterChef’.
As a survivor of Gordon Ramsay’s MasterChef competition, Caitlin Meade - a top 4 finalist on season 8 - understands the pressure all too well. To decrease the stress and make
Closing out 2019 with a Full Month of Events
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Charles Calello The Master Behind The Music Comes To Aventura
Climate change. While universal
Anyone who knows Charles Calello would think his body is built of notes, instruments and scores, rather than bones, organs and skin. Looking at him you get the sense that he has a song playing in his head, one that fits every moment of the day, one that might be the next big hit. Calello’s passion for music led him to embark on his musical career at the young age of 18, just months after he graduated from Newark’s Arts High School in his home state of New Jersey. He took the first step of his musical Mecca when he began playing in local clubs, leaving the future to unfold quickly. In 1958, Frankie Valli strolled into a nightclub in Newark, New Jersey, and was astounded by a band of young musicians performing live. Already with a hit of his own, with his then group, The Four Lovers, Valli knew the music he witnessed barreling off the stage was anything but ordinary. He asked who wrote the arrangements for the band, and quickly shook hands with Charles Calello. During the next five years, while Calello was working as a musician and attending Manhattan School of Music, he and Valli developed a close relationship, which ultimately led to him becoming the arranger for “The Four Seasons.” In the early Sixties, The Four Seasons
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By Sunny Isles Beach Mayor George “Bud” Scholl (sibfl.net)
We have an exciting month ahead of us as we say goodbye to 2019 and prepare for the start of a new decade. The next few weeks are full of events designed to bring our multiethnic community together. As we know, the cultural composition of our city (Sunny Isles Beach) is as diverse as it gets; our residents and visitors travel here from across the globe. We have residents who have lived here for 25+ years and we also welcome new citizens beginning their career or starting a family. We do not shy away from differing beliefs; we value and respect all members of our community and encourage you to get involved and share your ideas. Because the cultural representation of our city is ever-evolving, much thought and care go into planning our yearly calendar to include events and programs that will appeal to our diverse population. Throughout the last several years, city staff has been following the recommendations of the Cultural Master Plan, set forth based on community research and analysis. You may have seen some new additions to our event calendar such as Hispanic and Russian Heritage Celebrations and the Gateway LIVE! quarterly performance series. We are bridging artistic barriers each
your hosting experience more enjoyable, consider putting these tips from Chef Meade into practice.
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PRESIDENTIAL DECISIONS: A Q & A with Citizens About What Key Issues Matter Most in The Next Election By Austin Torres
On November 2nd, 2020 our country will collectively vote on the next President of the United States of America. While many Republicans expect to see President Trump back in office, the Democratic Party is also hoping to place one of their own presidential hopefuls in the Oval Office. The last presidential election was a tight one, and saw the explosive emergence of President Trump who defeated rival Hilary Clinton and assumed office on January 20th, 2017. As Election Day draws nearer, and the democratic debates continue to unfold, key issues such as the economy, health care,
taxation, national security, as well as others are on every voters’ mind. We wanted to know what are some of the most important issues to voters. To get some answers, we interviewed local citizens of different ages working in varying industries to find out what mattered most to them in this upcoming election and whether or not their lives have improved since the last election. While several of the younger prospective voters seemed to be more concerned with climate change as well as social issues, older prospective voters were most concerned with the state of the economy as well as taxation.
While some felt as though the presidency had little to no effect on their lives, there were some who felt it had positively affected them, while others conversely felt it had negatively affected them. To protect the privacy of the interviewed we have chosen to only include their initials, age, position and or industry, that they are employed in. P.C. 26, Marketing Coordinator What is the most important issue to you in the next Presidential Election?
A Dramatic Change In Vision For Dr. Henry Cherrick Retired Dean of UCLA School of Medicine, Seeing Colors for the First Time in 10 Years! Hollywood - You will have to excuse Dr. Henry Cherrick if he spends more time than usual looking at the lake behind his home. For nearly 10 years - both of his eyes had started to develop cataracts - and while he really never noticed that things were going downhill - it took a trip to the DMV to change everything. He then realized that he had been slowly losing his vision “I knew I was having problems with my left eye,” Dr. Cherrick said. “When I failed the eye test to get my license renewed; that was it. Something had to be done - I was not living a quality life, not being able to see very well.” When his own ophthalmolo-
gist Dr. Alan Lane suggested he go visit Dr. Stanley Braverman at The Braverman Eye Center’s new state-ofthe-art facility in Hollywood, it was indeed a life-changing decision. “From the first time my wife and I met with Dr. Braverman, it was amazing,” Dr. Cherrick, 78, said. “He not only Dr. Stanley Braverman, left, with patient found that I needed to Dr. Henry Cherrick after a successful get my left eye done, procedure in his Hollywood office. but said I had cataracts in both eyes.” Because of the pre-surgery have both surgeries done within workup (chest X-ray, EKG, etc.) three weeks - and the results that is required for cataract pro- completely blew this one time cedures, Dr. Cherrick opted to dean of dental and medicine at
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UCLA, completely away. “I really never have had problems with my eyes in the past - other than wearing glasses for the past 30 years,” Dr. Cherrick said. “Someone who was a pathologist like myself and constantly putting my eyes to use with a microscope, sharp eyesight has never been an option.” But even though he felt that his eye sight has always been okay, after the left eye, Dr. Cherrick’s opinion changed - in a hurry. “I have to tell you that having that left eye done was amazing,”
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he recalled. “From watching a video to going over all the scenarios, I was ready and anxious. The results were impressive - to say the least” with the Symphony Extended Depth of Focus lens implant. While it took just over five days to see things starting to come into “focus” - Dr. Cherrick began noticing improvement immediately. In fact, on the sixth day, he started to see things like never before. “I could not recall ever seeing colors as vivid and sharp,” he said. “I also could read the paper without glasses, which I really had never been able to do. I was ready to get the other eye done.” Braverman, Page 2B
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