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Boca Exposure, Page 1
A Seabreeze Publication
Woodfield Hunt & C.C., Fieldbrook Estates, St. Andrews, Boca Grove, Polo Club, New Port Bay Club, Seasons of Boca
VOL. 15 NO. 1
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JANUARY 2015
‘Fashion Under The Stars’ Raises Over $80,000
For Parkinson’s Research
where models “rocked the runway” with fashions from
Chukkers for the ladies and fashions from Guy La Ferrera
for the gentlemen. Both stores are located in Boca Raton.
The live auction provided the largest, single money-raiser
of the evening – a week’s stay for two at Two Totem Lodge
in Montana, donated by Paul and Mary Ann Milhous and
purchased for $20,000 by Henry and Gale Petronis. Other
items included a week’s stay at a lakeside retreat in Lake
Charlevoix, Mich., donated by Enrique and Irene Sosa and
purchased by George and Marjorie Yeonas and a private
dinner for 10, courtesy of Crystal Bay Caterers in Boca,
purchased by event chairs Robert and Gail Milhous.
Event Chairpersons Robert and Gail Milhous
The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) and the
South Palm Beach County chapter of NPF organized an
elegant evening of fine food and fashion in their ongoing
efforts to benefit research and resources for those affected
by Parkinson’s disease. The event was held the evening of
Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Boca Raton residence of Robert and
Robin Muir where over 150 foundation supporters gathered
to see “Fashion Under the Stars.” The organization raised
over $80,000 through ticket sales, a raffle and a live auction.
A special guest and “auctioneer” was famed comedian Lonnie
Shorr, best known for hundreds of TV appearances and as a
Annie Green and Christine Lynn
headliner at showrooms from Las Vegas to Atlantic City.
The evening began with a cocktail reception followed
by an elegant dinner underscored by music performed by
an acclaimed string quartet of graduate students from Lynn
University. Following dinner, guests enjoyed a fashion show
Event hosts Robert and Robin Muir
“Fashion Under The Stars” on page 12
Boca Grove Plantation Joins Area Country Clubs
To Feed The Hungry
On Tuesday, Nov. 25, Boca Grove and three other Boca
Raton area country clubs (St. Andrews Country Club,
Addison Reserve Country Club and The Polo Club) joined
together for the sixth consecutive year to aid Congregation
B’nai Israel of Boca Raton and Ebenezer Missionary Baptist
Church in the 30th Feed the Hungry program. The program
provided Thanksgiving dinner for approximately 4,000
people, mostly children, from Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach,
Delray Beach and West Palm Beach.
The country clubs joined together to provide traditional
Thanksgiving side dishes – mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet
potatoes, macaroni and cheese, rolls and stuffing. Each
person was also given a small amount of food for them to
enjoy throughout the week.
Boca Grove’s General Manager Emerson “Chuck” Lehner
said, “Boca Grove strives to make a difference throughout our
community and is proud to be a part of this annual tradition.
Joining with other area clubs for such an admirable and
deserving cause is truly remarkable! It’s a testament to what
we can accomplish when we all work together to make a
difference. We’re happy our
contribution could brighten
someone’s day.”
About Boca Grove
Boca Grove Plantation
is a golf and country
club, focusing on an
uncompromising dedication
to service and excellence.
A boutique-style residential
community and recreational
oasis in the heart of Boca Raton, Boca Grove is recognized
as one of South Florida’s most affluent communities.
With approximately 450 member families, this stunning
community exhibits style and grace afforded only to the
most elite private clubs in South Florida. Members enjoy
an elegant lifestyle in an idyllic setting surrounded by
natural beauty, sparkling lakes and beautiful landscaping.
The fantastic clubhouse is constantly bustling with social
activity. With upscale and casual options and a variety of
special occasion dinners and celebrations, members and
their guests are delighted with a dining experience that is
second to none. For those who enjoy an active lifestyle, Boca
Grove offers a Jim Fazio designed 18-hole championship
golf course, twelve Har-Tru courts that have hosted Olympic
Gold Medalist Andy Murray, a resort style swimming pool
and a completely equipped fitness center. This gorgeous
gated community maintains a commitment to outstanding
service and offers its members endless opportunities for
fun and camaraderie. For more information, visit www.
bocagrove.org or call (561) 487-5300 or follow on Twitter,
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The SYMPHONIA Boca Raton Announces
First Ever Apollo Awards
Awards Designed By
Internationally Known
Sculptor
As part of its 10th anniversary season, The SYMPHONIA,
Boca Raton will present the first-ever Apollo Awards for
Musical Excellence. The new award will be presented at a
ceremony that will honor musicians, composers and patrons
of the arts whose outstanding work is a positive reflection
of classical composers from the past. The awards will be
presented, when appropriate, to icons in the music world
who have built on this musical foundation.
“The Apollo Awards have been named after the mythical
Greek God of music and poetry. This award pays homage to
the importance of music in our lives,” Steve Pomeranz, The
Symphonia Board chairman said.
Noted sculptor Stephen Vince designed the trophy that
will be given to the honorees. According to the artist, the
sculpture reflects the four sections of an orchestra – winds,
brass, strings and percussion, combined with the concept of
excellence.
Stephen Vince’s work has been on exhibit around the
world, including in London during the 2012 Olympics,
in 1988 in New York’s Central Park as part of a nature
conservancy campaign, in Monte Carlo at the VI International
Sculpture Biennial, in Glasgow at the Vennel Museum, at
the Hong Kong Museum of Art and in Washington, D.C., at
The World Bank. Vince is known for his expeditions to Hong
Kong, South Africa
and Thailand,
where he sculpted
endangered people
and animals. Fullscale exhibitions
of his “Sculpture
Safaris” have
been mounted
i n N e w Yo r k ,
England, Scotland,
Switzerland and
Nantucket. Stories
about his work
have appeared
in major British,
American and
Hong Kong media
outlets, including
the BBC and CNN.
Vince maintains
studios in Norfolk,
England and West Palm Beach.
The Apollo Award recipients will be announced shortly
and the awards will be presented at The SYMPHONIA’s
10th anniversary gala to be held in April.
For information or to reserve tickets to the gala evening,
please call (866) 687-4201, email: info@thesymphonia.org
or visit www.thesymphonia.org .
About The SYMPHONIA
The mission of The SYMPHONIA, considered to be one
of South Florida’s world-class orchestras, is to provide
quality classical music for the enjoyment and benefit of
the Palm Beach County community. The SYMPHONIA’s
performances and educational outreach programs feature
nationally and internationally acclaimed conductors and
soloists, enhancing the cultural lives of the residents,
with special emphasis on its younger citizens. The
SYMPHONIA will celebrate its 10th year in the 2014-15
season.
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Slow Burn Theatre To Present The South Florida
Premiere Of The Musical Bonnie & Clyde
Continuing their sixth season, the award-winning Slow
Burn Theatre Company will present the South Florida
premiere of the musical Bonnie & Clyde. It tells the story
of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow – who went from two
small-town nobodies in West Texas to America’s most
renowned folk heroes and the Texas law enforcement’s
worst nightmares. Fearless, shameless and alluring, the Tony
nominated Bonnie & Clyde, with music from the legendary
Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Civil War, Dracula) is an
electrifying story of love, adventure and crime captured the
excited attention of an entire country. Bonnie & Clyde’s book
is by Ivan Menchell and lyrics by Don Black.
“A show like Bonnie & Clyde is the kind of show Slow
Burn Theatre Company is in existence to produce,” said
Patrick Fitzwater, Slow Burn’s artistic director. “It’s a
musical that didn’t get a fair shake on Broadway – one that
deserves to be seen and we’re incredibly excited to bring this
show to our audiences.”
The cast of Slow Burn Theatre’s Bonnie & Clyde
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includes: Robert Johnston
(AEA) (Clyde), Jessica
Brooke Sanford (Bonnie),
Kaela Antolino (Blanche),
Christian Vandepas (Buck),
Patrick Rodriguez (Ted),
David Cohn (Preacher),
David Michael Sirois (Sheriff
Schmid), Kaitlyn O’Neill
(Emma Parker), Meredith
Bartmon (Cumie Barrow)
and an ensemble featuring
Matthew Korinko, Rick
Peña, Erin Pittleman,
Idalmy Carcache, Conor
Walton, Janelle Sango,
Bradley Mack, Dan Carter
and featuring Juliette Valle
and Nicholas Ismailoff
(Young Bonnie & Clyde).
The creative team for
Bonnie & Clyde includes:
Patrick Fitzwater (director),
Manny Schvartzman (music
director), Sean McClelland (scenic designer), Lance Blank
(lighting designer), Danny Butler (sound designer) and Rick
Peña (costume designer).
Slow Burn Theatre is an award-winning locally based
professional theatre group providing South Florida’s diverse
population with opportunities to experience high quality,
daring, contemporary and intelligent works of musical
theatre. Shows are selected that educate and provoke thought
as well as entertain.
Bonnie & Clyde will run for 12 performances: Jan. 22
through Feb. 8: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.,
Sunday at 2 p.m. at the West Boca Performing Arts Theater on
the campus of West Boca Raton High School on Glades Road.
Tickets are available at www.SlowBurnTheatre.org or
by calling (866) 811-4111. For group sales, contact (561)
314-6350.
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A Message From CEO Mitch Feldman:
West Boca Medical Center – 2014 Year In Review
This past year was an exciting year for West Boca Medical
Center with the introduction of several new features and
many accolades.
The year got off to a healthy start through the hospital’s
participation in the city of Coconut Creek’s Let’s Move!
initiative. Launched by the First Lady Michelle Obama,
Let’s Move! focuses on instilling and maintaining nutritional
awareness and a healthy lifestyle in children as part of a
nationwide effort to combat childhood obesity. West Boca
Medical Center got involved by offering the services of a
nurse practitioner to give a lecture on nutrition and answer
questions about healthy eating.
In the spirit of spring, West Boca Medical Center
unveiled plans to grow the hospital by bringing its high
level emergency care to North Broward County. Located
on State Road 7 in Coconut Creek, the new Emergency
Center will open in early 2015 to offer 24/7 emergency
care with a minimal wait time in a comfortable atmosphere.
Other notable features include access to over 200 specialty
physicians, adult as well as pediatric care, imaging and
laboratory services, clinical pharmacy services, respiratory
care and ambulance access. North Broward County residents
will be able to receive the same level of care as they would if
they journeyed to the main hospital in Boca Raton, but they
will be able to do so right in their own community.
The year continued with the hospital receiving the Get
With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold-Plus Quality
Achievement Award as well as the Stroke Gold-Plus Quality
Achievement Award from the American Heart Association.
These recognitions indicate that West Boca Medical Center
is committed to implementing a higher standard of care
by ensuring that heart failure and stroke patients receive
treatment according to national guidelines.
In June, the hospital began renovating and refurbishing
its Birth Care Pavilion to look and feel more like a spa with
additional private rooms. The changes included enhanced
amenities to make the patient rooms more comfortable for
mothers as well as their families. The upgrades also included
additions to the labor and delivery rooms such as new baby
warmers and bassinettes. To make it easy for everyone to
stay comfortable and connected throughout the labor and
delivery process, new features also included wireless Internet
and workspaces for family members.
As part of West Boca Medical Center’s new and improved
maternity offerings starting during the summer, the hospital
launched the Newborn Channel, a television station that
delivers essential neonatal and parenting information to help
prepare new families before, during and after their hospital
stay. Available on televisions in the hospital, the Newborn
Channel is overseen and reviewed by a Medical Advisory
Board that works diligently to ensure all content is up-todate and presented in a clear and understandable manner for
patients and their families.
In recognition of West Boca Medical Center’s dedication
to providing exceptional care to new mothers and their
babies, the hospital received the 2014 Maternity Care
Excellence Award from Healthgrades for the ninth year in
a row. The distinction places West Boca within the top 10
percent of hospitals evaluated for exceptional care provided
to mothers and their newborns.
In August, the hospital began offering MAKOplasty,
one of the latest innovations in total hip and partial knee
replacement surgeries. MAKOplasty helps treat patients with
early to mid-stage osteoarthritis of the knee and patients with
arthritis of the hip by providing optimal implant positioning
and placement for each patient.
The art of healing came to life when The Breast Center
at West Boca Diagnostic Imaging teamed up with Women
in the Visual Arts (WITVA) to host an art show in early
October to launch an ongoing gallery that will remain at The
Breast Center. The display of WITVA art will help create a
comfortable environment for patients visiting the center.
All of the art is available for purchase, with a portion of the
proceeds going to WITVA scholarships.
In late October, West Boca Medical Center participated in
the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K to raise money
for breast cancer awareness and treatment. Dr. Cheryl MossMellman, a breast health specialist at The Breast Center at
West Boca Diagnostic Imaging, served as chair of the event.
The hospital was proud to be able to support such a worthy
cause.
Wrapping up the year, West Boca’s Primary Stroke
Center earned accreditation by The Joint Commission, which
also recently named the hospital a 2013 Top Performer on
Key Quality Measures. The hospital has been recognized
as a Primary Stroke Center by the state of Florida for the
last five years. Additionally, West Boca was awarded an
“A” Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group for the
sixth consecutive year. These two accolades highlight the
hospital’s attention to patient care in several key areas.
Cantor Stephen Dubov’s Memory
Keeps Music Alive For All Generations
By Susan Stallone
The late Cantor Stephen
Dubov’s love of people and
his powerful music brought
healing and joy to many,
and he will be honored this
February 15, 2015 at 3 p.m.
with a performance by Six13,
a six-man New York City
based a capella group with
an unprecedented style of
Jewish music. They sound
like a full band – while using
nothing but their voices. Driven by a mission to connect Jews
around the globe with their heritage through music, Six13
has appeared in front of millions around the world to rave
reviews and standing ovations.
Featured cantorial performances will include Cantor Dan
Singer, a featured vocalist with Six13, Lori Shapiro and
Michelle Auslander Cohen from Temple Beth El of Boca
Raton, and Stephanie Shore and Sarah Freudenberg from
Congregation B’nai Israel.
The concert will be held at Temple Beth El of Boca Raton
Schaefer Family Campus, 333 SW 4th Avenue, Boca Raton,
FL 33432 on Sunday, February 15 at 3 p.m.
Tickets are available online or by phone from both
sponsoring synagogues: Temple Beth El, www.tbeboca.
org or (561) 391-8900 or Congregation B’nai Israel, www.
cbiboca.org or (561) 241-8118. Ticket prices are $100 for
reserved benefactor seating, $36 for preferred seating, $18
for general seating and a discounted $10 rate for students.
Cantor Stephen Dubov grew up in Florida, and was
ecstatic to return home from Michigan to fill the cantorial
position at Temple Beth El of Boca Raton after a diverse
and distinguished career that included a role on television’s
Guiding Light, appearances in 152 films, performances in
Israel, on Broadway, with opera companies and the Los
Angeles and New Orleans’ Philharmonics. In addition, he
Cantor Stephen Dubov’s Memory on page 8
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Cantor Stephen Dubov’s Memory from page 7
spent six years at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township,
directed the Kidz Klez Band of Michigan and took them to
Carnegie Hall. He came to Boca Raton and became Temple
Beth El’s Cantor on July 1, 2006. A month later, he performed
Friday and Saturday services and then returned to his West
Bloomfield home to help his family get ready to join him in
Florida. There, he died suddenly on August 6, 2006. He was
only 55 years of age.
About Temple Beth El of Boca Raton
The mission of Temple Beth El is to inspire a passionate
commitment to Jewish life, learning, community and
spiritual growth. The Schaefer Family Campus and Rabbi
Merle E. Singer Sanctuary are located in East Boca at
333 SW 4th Avenue. The Beck Family Campus is located
in West Boca at 9800 Yamato Road, just east of 441. Along
with weekly Shabbat services, social, educational and
religious programs, Temple Beth El offers a religious school
for students K-12; the Beth El Early Learning Center, a
preschool program which includes full day childcare for
babies as young as 2 months; and the Beth El Mausoleum,
located at the Schaefer Family Campus. (561) 391-8900,
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Guests Lori Shapiro and Stephanie Shore at the 7th annual concert honoring the memory of Cantor Stephen Dubov z’l.
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2015: The Year of the Love
Movement
By Kelly Leary M.S.,
Founder of Revolution
Dating
Happy New Year friends,
fans, and clients! Are you
ready to make it a lifechanging year?
As many of you know,
last year my team and I
made some revolutionary
moves and countless people
benefited from our boldness
and commitment to the Love Movement. For us, 2014 will
always be known as a record and life-changing year. We
started a “revolution of love” and so can you.
The best part about starting a revolution is LETTING GO
of the past and any memories, negativity or emotional baggage
that no longer serves you or others. After you do, you will find
that you have far more to give and share with those around you,
including the community. Realize, this could be the greatest
year of your life, regardless of your age.
Maslow, an American psychologist, was best known
for creating Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. We all have
love and belonging needs, which we can fulfill through
friendship, intimacy, affection and love...from work
group, family, friends, and in highest form...romantic
relationships. You can run, but you cannot hide from the
basic need...to love and be loved. When you commit your
life to LOVE, doors will fly open for you and you will
naturally share your love with the world. More love will
come back to you in return.
My team and I are here to literally help improve the world,
one date at a time. We have the highest rate of satisfied clients
in the industry with more then 90% reporting a positive
experience with us. The ripple of effect of good relationships
is boundless.
As you can see in the photos we share each week, we
are changing lives. These images prove the saying that a
picture is worth 1,000 words.
If I would give you a single vital piece of dating advice
for 2015 then it would be this: Join the Love Movement
in one way or another. Just do it. Get off your couch. Shut
down your computer. Stop looking for virtual love and seek
out real love. Stop whining and complaining all the time...
it will make you ugly...period. You can design a great year
or you can have another year flop and drop into the next.
Right now you can change your life and feel more alive
than ever. You truly have the power to make 2015 the most
revolutionary year of your life!
Everything I have shared with you, I have either
experienced myself or witnessed. I urge you to be bold and to
live like you mean it. Carpe diem: Seize the day, my friends.
Eliminate naysayers and whiners from your life in 2015,
or if you can’t shake them completely, then keep them at a
distance. You can’t change other people, but you can change
your response to them, which may in turn also change them
just a little bit!
Get out of your locked cage...go outside and look around.
It’s a NEW YEAR!!!! It’s a NEW YOU! Embrace the Love
Movement of 2015 and you will find new romance and
friends around the corner!
Now that you have made up your mind, I am ready to
meet you! Let’s get this party started!!!
Happy New Year from the entire Revolution Dating
Team! Dreams can come true!
XOXO, Kelly
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#RealLifeRomanceIsAroundTheCorner #Grateful
Kelly Leary© has 23 years in the dating industry and a
Master’s Degree in Psychology. She has been profiled by
ABC News, The Palm Beach Post and other publications. All
Revolution Dating members are prescreened first, including
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by the staff. Revolution Dating is not online dating or blind
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The New Year Line Up of fun planned for selective Florida
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The following photos represent life-changing connections
created by the Revolution Dating Firm in 2014. These five
revolutionary moments depict the impact Revolution Dating
is having on its clients and
the community. The Love
Movement has prompted
some extreme positive
changes as you can see in
these epic photographs!
Romance, flirting, and
friendships flourished last
year as members mixed,
mingled, enjoyed quality
time with Revolution Dating
by their side. People are still
talking about The Grand
Finale 2014 Masquerade
Party that took place at Halloween Eve 2014: This photo says it all!!!
Testa’s of Palm Beach Island
on December 29th (look for
photos in the Valentine’s
Issue next month). Many
couples that met that evening
spent New Year’s Eve 2015
together as a result! The
Revolution is so happy to
be in the middle of so much
LOVE. Most importantly,
Revolution Dating is looking
forward to a fantastic 2015.
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Impact 100 Recipients Show Gratitude At
‘Wine And Lite Bites’ Reception
Hearts and pulses beat in tune with the sound of the drums
performed by students of the Creative City Collaborative at
the Arts Garage when Impact 100 held the “Wine & Lite
Bites” reception for new members recently at the Delray
Beach Marriott.
Prospective and current members of Impact 100, which
awards high-impact grants annually to local nonprofit
organizations, were treated to the special drum presentation
as an example of the impact the organization makes on the
community. Drew Tucker, artistic director for the Drumline
Outreach Program, spoke on their behalf.
Other representatives from grant recipients provided
heart-rending reports on how the Impact 100 grants have
transformed lives.
Lindsay Perlman, a mentee from Women of Tomorrow,
told those attending the program that because of the grant
from Impact 100 and her mentor at Women of Tomorrow, she
learned how to deal with taunts and criticisms from her school
peers and was now preparing for a career on Broadway.
Other speakers included: Robin Perlman of Women
of Tomorrow, JD Dickenson of Coastal Conservation
Association and Brad Hurlburt, president and CEO of the
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin counties.
Impact 100 Co-Presidents Sue Diener and Susan Duane
were joined on the podium by Tandy Robinson, co-founder.
“We invite all women in Palm Beach County to join
Impact 100 to discover the power of women giving as one,”
noted Duane. “We embrace ‘efficient philanthropy’ and
are proud to announce that we have given $688,000 to 15
nonprofit organizations in the past three years.”
Victoria Rixon, a member of Impact 100, provided an
impromptu perspective on the organization and invited all
attending to join.
By donating $1,000, members of Impact 100 of South
Palm Beach County will vote for programs of local nonprofit
organizations at the Grand Awards Celebration, to be held on
April 16 at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing
Arts Center at Lynn University in Boca Raton.
More information on Impact 100 is available at (561)
336-4623 or at impact100pbc@gmail.com.
Photos by Sherry Ferrante
Susan Duane, Sue Diener
Cindy Krebsbach and Darlene Quashie Henry
Katherine Metzger and Chris Heathcott
Patricia Maguire, Victoria Rixon and Lisa Mulhall
Anne Henderson and Laura Stoltz
Susan Brockway, Kirsten Stanley and Heather McMechan
Impact 100 Recipients Show Gratitude on page 11
Impact 100 Recipients Show Gratitude from page 10
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support it generated,” noted
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tonight is dedicated to doing
whatever we can to raise
funds for research, resources
and support for people living
with Parkinson’s and their
families. The evening would
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members.” They included:
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Patricia Travis.
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Affecting an estimated one million Americans and four
Founded in 1957, the National Parkinson Foundation’s
to six million worldwide, PD is the second most common
neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s and is the 14th mission is to improve the quality of care for people with
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leading cause of death in the United States. It is associated
with a progressive loss of motor control (e.g., shaking or outreach. NPF has funded more than $180 million in care,
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Boca Raton-Based Activist Exposes The Activities
Of Radical Islam Inside Florida Schools
Citizens For National Security’s Published
Textbook Report And Teacher’s Guide
Are Read Throughout The Nation
Dr. Gary Newman, a popular Boca Raton dentist and
leader of one of Citizens For National Security’s (CFNS)
most important and successful Task Forces – uncovering
Islamic bias in Florida’s K-12 textbooks, spoke to over 120
people last month at Boca West Country Club.
Newman described how CFNS shockingly uncovered
an Islamic effort to exert its influence in Florida’s public
schools. CFNS examined dozens of “flawed” K-12
history and geography textbooks – defined as those that
include egregious errors, glaring omissions, questionable
inclusions, or ethnic and cultural biases that clearly seek
to foster a pro-Islamic agenda. In a two-year research
project, CFNS found over 200 examples from American
K-12 textbooks that exemplify blatant Islamic bias and
almost half of them were being used in Florida at the time.
CFNS’s investigations into school textbooks and their
pro-Islam content have now been cited on FOX News,
NPR and USA Today.
These persistent efforts of Citizens for National
Security over the past five years paid off! As a result of
direct CFNS intervention, the largest publisher of American
school books, Pearson Prentice Hall, was obliged to correct
and reprint at their expense, an Islam-slanted textbook that
it intended to sell to Florida’s Palm Beach County School
District, 11th largest in the nation. Direct CFNS involvement
also caused Florida’s Miami-Dade School District, the
nation’s fourth largest school district, to phase out no less
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being drafted in the lead-up to Florida’s next adoption cycle.
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their textbooks, as opposed to trying to remove objectionable
ones after they are printed. For more information about these
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Top Federation Donors Hear Former Ambassador
Michael Oren At Leadership Gifts Event
As eagerly anticipated,
a night of celebration,
inspiration and illumination
was in store for the top donors
of the Jewish Federation
of South Palm Beach
County at this year’s new
Leadership Gifts Event.
Nearly 150 guests gathered
at St. Andrews Country Club
in Boca Raton on Dec. 4,
2014. Moving the new season
into high gear, members of
the Federation’s Ketubah
Society, Prime Minister’s
Council and King David Event chairs and speakers: Leon and Toby Cooperman, Congressman Ted Deutch, former
Society reunited with warmth Ambassador Michael Oren, Myrna and Norman Ricken
and affection at a cocktail
reception, followed by an elegant dinner and enlightening,
inspiring program keynoted by Michael Oren, former Israeli
Ambassador to the United States.
“We’re thrilled to pay highest tribute to three groups of
our community’s most distinguished local contributors to
the well-being and security of our Jewish family,” said Toby
Cooperman, who co-chaired the night with her husband,
Leon, and with Myrna and Norman Ricken.
“Not only do you support this community, you lead
this community by example,” welcomed Norman Ricken.
“By standing with our federation as our most dedicated
contributors, each of you makes a statement of what is
important to you. Tonight, we celebrate the impact you make
on thousands, locally, in Israel and worldwide.”
The Federation’s Ketubah Society banner Hall of Fame
was on proud display, celebrating donor families who
have contributed $1 million or more cumulatively to the Event Sponsors: Richard Steinberg, Albert W. Gortz, former
David Pratt, Marjorie Horwin, James Tisdale
Federation’s 35 Annual Campaigns for Human Needs. The
43 Ketubah Society member families welcomed two more
this year, as Rani Garfinkle, Prime Minister’s Council chair,
announced that Freyda and Edward Burns, and Eleanor and
(of blessed memory) Irving Jaffe had joined their ranks.
Congressman Ted Deutch, a lifelong pro-Israel activist and
longstanding supporter of the federation and the Jewish people,
spoke of his pride in representing District 21 in South Palm
Beach County, and the inspiration he brings to Washington,
D.C. from this caring and generous proactive community.
As the evening celebrated the depth and power of the
guests’ philanthropy, Larry Feldman, who, with his wife,
Diane, chairs the King David Society, exhorted them to look
within themselves, count their blessings and “dream big.”
“The impact you make on thousands upon thousands in
Ron Gallatin, former Ambassador Michael Oren, Meryl
need is nothing short of transformational,” he said. “With that
Gallatin
ability comes the responsibility to make the most profound
impact on the most vulnerable among us. So let’s act on the
values that led us to this room tonight. Together, we can make
even more profound an impact today – and tomorrow – on
the community and the people that we cherish.”
Former Ambassador Oren described his powerful, poignant
yet joyous journey from growing up in West Orange, N.J.
to making aliyah and becoming a paratrooper in the Israel
Defense Forces as a lone soldier and then an officer, to, as a
historian educated at Columbia and Princeton, embarking on
a diplomatic career culminating in serving as Ambassador
from Israel to the United States from 2009-13. As he shared
his own narrative, he traced the story of the modern state of
Israel, rejoicing in how “the Jewish people have come through
so much, yet never abandoned our ancestral homeland and
our ideals that changed the course of human history. I’ve seen
Israel emerge from a backwater to a global hub of technological
innovation, one of the world’s happiest, healthiest and most
educated societies and the only democracy in the Middle East.”
Oren thanked the guests for being vital parts of Israel’s
story of not only surviving but thriving. He said, “Israel is
predicated on our Jewish peoplehood – varied in politics,
Ed and Freyda Burns
Giving Society Chairs: Diane and Larry Feldman, Rani
Garfinkle
observance, origins, it’s why we’ve been here for 4,000 years.
Israel is our state as no other country can be.”
The evening’s sponsors
were lauded for their support:
federation’s generous Major
Gifts Program sponsors:
Morrison, Brown, Argiz
& Farra, LLC; Proskauer;
and Steinberg Global Asset
Management, Ltd; Exclusive
Magazine Sponsor, The Boca
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For more information
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Beverly Sallz, William Newman, Betty Kane
Top Federation Donors on page 16
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Canasta Tournament
Wednesday, February 18
9:30 a.m.
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The Life and Times of Joan Rivers
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All About Robin Williams
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Tuesday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.
The Presidents and the Jews
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Wednesday, February 25, 7:30 pm.
Individual Lectures are $16,
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Perform your story before a live audience. Caren Schnur Neile,
PhD., MFA is an acclaimed professional storyteller. She is an
affiliate professor at Florida Atlantic University and co-host of the
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• Opening Performance by professional
storytellers, Caren Neile and Carrie Sue Ayvar
Monday, January 26, 7:00 p.m.
$15, A&L Gold Members: $12,
• Workshop dates
Mondays, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.,
February 2, 9, 23 and March 2 and 9
• Final Performance by
workshop participants
Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m.
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Thursday, January 8, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 11, 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 19, 7:30 p.m.
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The Great Tenors: From Enrico Caruso
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Thursdays, 2:00 p.m., January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 12
Portrayal of Jews in Opera
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Par1: Tuesday, February 10, 7:30 p.m.
Part 2: Wednesday, February 11, 7:30 p.m.
Islam from a Jewish Perspective
with Paul Azaroff
Mondays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., January 5 - March 16
Yiddish: The Mamaloshen of the Ashkenazim
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Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., January 7 - March 18
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Trips
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Around the corner or across the country, these trips and
excursions promise to delight the adventurer in everyone.
Overnight Cultural Trip to Orlando & Winter Park
January 28 - 29
Visit the Morse Museum, Orlando Museum of Art, Polasek Museum
and Sculpture Garden, Harry P. Leu Botanical Gardens, Cornell Fine
Art Museum, boat ride through the lakes of Winter Park, and shop
on Winter Parks’ Park Avenue.
Sunday, January 25,
2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
$275 (double occupancy), $350 (single occupancy)
VIP Reserved Seating: $36
Individual shows: $26,
Tour America’s breathtaking National Parks. Cruise Lake Powell,
marvel at the Grand Canyon, Grand Tetons, Zion, and Yellowstone
National Parks, visit the artists’ colony in Sedona, enjoy Scottsdale
and be entertained by cowboys in Jackson Hole and so much more.
The National Parks of America
August 30 – September 10, 2015
Informational Meeting: January 14, 7:00 p.m.
Adults ages 50 and older compete in sports
and activities including 3 on 3 basketball, bowling,
tennis (singles and doubles), couples dance and
a joke-telling competition.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15
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$18 for 1 event, $25 for 2 events,
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$4,239 (double occupancy), $5,589 (single occupancy)
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Top Federation Donors from page 14
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Woodfield Promotes Health Among Employees
With Yearlong ‘Wellness Challenge’
Relying on the concept that healthy employees are
excellent employees, Woodfield Country Club in Boca Raton
recently started its yearlong “Wellness Challenge,” a fun and
entertaining event that places a premium on health, wellness
and physical fitness.
Woodfield Country Club is an active country club
community that encourages its residents to be healthy and
physically fit,” said Eben Molloy, general manager. “It stands
to reason that we would have the same philosophy when it
comes to our employees and it’s gratifying to see that we are
helping employees make positive physical changes to their
health. ”
Based on results from its Annual Employee Survey, the
club created a comprehensive wellness program to encourage
employees to live a healthier lifestyle. From personalized
nutrition counseling to healthy cooking classes, employees
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work and at home.
Through a series of fun and entertaining programming,
employees can qualify for a variety of awards with the grand
prize being $500 or 40 hours of paid time off. Even more
important is the fellowship and teamwork that is being fostered
among Woodfield employees as a result of this program.
“Our research indicates that organizations that promote
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Molloy. “This type of program is a win/win for the employees
and for the members and residents of Woodfield Country
Club. The bottom line is that we care about our employees
and want them to excel professionally and physically.”
The programming is divided into three categories,
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• Meet one-on-one with Woodfield’s registered nutritionist
• Plant your own garden
• Join a fitness club
• Participate in Woodfield’s 5K Employee Run
• Tour Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s Mammo Van
• Schedule an annual physical
• Volunteer in your community
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As part of the program, Woodfield also hosted an
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What You Must Know About The New PIP Law
By Martin Zevin, Attorney
On Jan. 1, 2013, a new Florida law took effect. You
may not know or care about it until you are injured in a car
accident. At that point, however, if you are not aware of the
provisions in this new law, it could cost you thousands of
dollars.
The old PIP law (PIP stands for personal injury
protection), which was effective for many years, provided
that your own car insurance becomes your primary health
insurance for any hospital or medical bills resulting from a
car accident, up to the $10,000 limit of coverage. PIP also
pays for 60 percent of lost wages after an accident. PIP covers
anyone injured in a car accident regardless of who was at fault
(that is why it is called “No Fault”). The old law allowed you
to begin treatment at any time after the accident. The new law
requires an injured person to have medical treatment within
14 days. If you wait until the 15th day or beyond, you will
not receive any PIP benefits at all.
The new law requires that you prove an “Emergency
Medical Condition.” This must be documented in writing
by a treating medical doctor (not a chiropractor) or other
medical provider described in the statute. If you cannot
prove emergency medical condition, your PIP benefits will
be cut off at $2,500. Under the new statute, massage therapy
and acupuncture are not included as eligible treatment.
You might assume that this will not adversely affect you,
since you have health insurance, such as Medicare, private
or group, etc. However, this may not help you. If your
benefits are cut off after $2,500, your health insurance
company may not be willing to pay any additional bills until
you provide proof that your PIP carrier has paid the full
$10,000 in benefits under your policy. Your health insurance
is considered secondary and may only kick in once the
$10,000 in benefits are paid. This may force you to either
pay up to $7,500 out of your own pocket or file a lawsuit
against your car insurance company. Even if your health
insurance does pay the $7,500, it will have a lien against
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out of your net settlement.
In the two years that the law has been in force, I have
noticed patterns in the way the car insurance companies are
operating. Each insurance company handles it differently
in deciding whether to cut you off at $2,500 or continue to
make payments. However, knowing these patterns will help
you protect yourself.
First of all, if you are taken by ambulance from the
accident scene to an emergency room, most insurance
companies are considering this as substantial evidence that
you may qualify for an “emergency medical condition”
under the law. If you then see a medical doctor, such as
an orthopedic surgeon, fairly soon after the accident and
that doctor states in writing that you have an emergency
medical condition, this is usually sufficient to qualify
you for the full $10,000 in benefits. Understand that the
law does not require you to go to an emergency room by
ambulance; however, the practical affect of doing that sets
the ground work for your qualification under the law. In
addition, seeing an orthopedic surgeon or other similar
medical doctor who will confirm in writing the existence
of an emergency medical condition will help you lay the
foundation for proving an emergency medical condition.
This will make it less likely that you will have to sue your
own company.
If, on the other hand, you procrastinate, do not go to the
emergency room from the accident scene or on the day of
the accident, wait several days or longer before seeing any
medical doctor, then you are much more likely to be cut off at
$2,500. Therefore, do not procrastinate. If you are hurt at all,
complain about your injuries to the paramedic at the accident
scene and allow yourself to be taken to the emergency
room. If you are sure that you are okay at the accident scene
but develop pain shortly thereafter, immediately go to the
emergency room and let the doctor know that your pain
occurred shortly after the accident.
This article just touches the surface of how this new law
can adversely affect you. It is very important for you to hire a
lawyer who handles personal injury cases as soon as possible
after your accident. Lawyers such as myself will refer you to
an orthopedic surgeon or other doctor for both treatment and
to be sure that all written documentation is properly prepared
and submitted to your insurance company. It is also important
that you not elect any deductible for PIP, which will further
erode your benefits.
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regarding any issues pertaining to personal injury claims
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New Diabetes Drugs Lower Blood Sugar, Reduce
Body Weight And Lower Blood Pressure
By Steven E. Reznick,
M.D., FACP
When having discussions
with my patients about
lifestyle improvement
including regular exercise,
eating a healthy balanced
diet, and losing weight;
we joke about developing
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that while asleep you rested
well, got your heart rate up to your age appropriate target
heart rate for 20 minutes, made you emotionally feel like you
had just had a loving intimate sexual encounter with your
partner after polishing off the alcoholic beverage and meal
of your heart’s desire. This would all come with no excess
calories, no risk of catching a sexually transmitted disease
and no cardiovascular risk factors.
The year 2014 didn’t see the development of this fictional
pill but did see the release of a class of diabetes drugs that
lower blood sugar, promote weight loss and lower blood
pressure at the same time.
These drugs are known as SGLT2 inhibitors short for
“sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors.” In January the
FDA approved Farxiga or dapagliflozin and later approved
Jardiance or empagliflozin.
These drugs work using the knowledge that each day
the kidney filters up to 180 grams of glucose from the
blood stream which is then almost entirely reabsorbed back
into the blood stream and put back into the general blood
circulation. There is a transporter protein called SGLT2
that carries the glucose during this process. The new drugs
inhibit this transport protein. The new medications are
derived from natural substances found in the bark of certain
fruit trees. They area successful in blocking 30-50 percent
of the filtered glucose load or about 50-80 grams of the 180
grams of glucose filtered per day. They are unable to block
a larger proportion of the filtered glucose because there is
another transport protein named SGLT1 which then begins
to work overtime and prevents a larger inhibition of glucose
re-absorption.
Experimental work is now ongoing to develop SGLT1
blockers to increase the positive effect. When compared
to the gold standard diabetic drug Metformin, these new
agents offered a greater reduction in HgbA1C and greater
weight loss (about three pounds) and drop in blood pressure
than Metformin. The drugs are being used alone as single
therapy (monotherapy) or in combination with other
diabetic medications to help patients achieve their glucose
control goals.
Side effects have been minimal including the potential
for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), urinary frequency and
urinary and genital infections. It is unclear as of yet whether
the reductions in blood pressure, body weight and blood
sugar will result in less risk of developing cardiovascular
diseases.
These are new medicines being released on the American
market primarily by endocrinologists. Like all new products,
we will be limiting our prescribing of these drugs until there is
a longer proven track record of effectiveness and safety here
in the United States market. The development and release of
these products is clearly a positive step in the treatment of
Type II Diabetes Mellitus.
Dr. Reznick is a board certified physician who has
practiced internal medicine in Boca Raton and the
surrounding communities since 1979. For more information
about his concierge/membership practice, call (561) 3680191 or visit www.BocaConciergeDoc.com.
Dining Out:
This One Will Separate The Goats From The Sheep!
By Alan Serinsky of
Bocaire Country Club
Gluttonous Goat
99 SE Mizner Blvd.
Boca Raton, Fl 33342
(561) 923-9457
Observations: I know it’s a
strange name for a restaurant. But this
is not a restaurant…it’s a Gastropub.
Scratching your heads wondering what this new word is?
Well, it was only a couple of decades ago that this new eating
phenomena started to take hold, and is now trending in almost
every city. It’s simply a way to offer a higher standard of food
than you normally would find at a watering hole.
It seems that high-end chef/owners are now leaving their
fancy restaurants behind and trading them in for a more
profitable laid back pub style dining. Basically, Gastropubs
are part wine bar, part craft beer pub, part shot bar and part
upscale restaurant. It’s like breeding a French bistro with a
British pub. Get it?
That’s exactly what the Gluttonous Goat is all about. At
this goat gate you’re not going to walk in and find the normal
fried greasy bar food. Here you’ll be able to soak up the alcohol
with foods fit for foodies, drink wine by sommeliers, and pick
crafted drafts best known by beer geeks. The good news is, it
all comes at reasonable prices. What a great concept!
First Impressions: If you haven’t been to this location
before, then its history is like an encyclopedia. First there
was Moquila, The Spaniard, and now the Gluttonous Goat.
Hope this review doesn’t also “get their goat!”
The transformation of the interior is not extravagant, but
thoughtful to its origin: a pub. Here you get a very hip industrial
décor that’s reminiscent of something you see in NY’s Soho
or downtown Chicago. As for the seating arrangements, the
“Goat” has lots to offer. You have long bar, high top tables
and seating indoors or sidewalk Boca style.
The owners, Brian Marcotte and Michael Amato, both come
with a lot of experience in the restaurant business. Together
they have taken a scoop of American cuisine and blended it
with a dab of Caribbean and a dash of Creole. Do yourself a
favor and don’t “Naah” at the menu selections too quickly!
Wet Your Appetite: Here at the Goat you’ll find
mixology on steroids. There are drink names like: Hammered
Vegan, Up in Smoke, High Altitude, Pickle Face, Bloody
Green Fairy, and their famous OG Revenge (pear vodka,
smashed watermelon, hint of jalapeno, and simple syrup).
We gambled with the Honey Badger that had a layered taste
of bourbon, honey and heat.
The beer selection is also not immune to the out-of-bottle
novelties. You’ve got Left Hand Milk Stout, Oaked Arrogant
Bastard, or the one we tried: Sweaty Betty. Not your usual
Bud for these bucks.
Prime Your Tastebuds: Hungry Al (that’s me) got an
early treat as I literally bumped into the owner while he was
entering the door from the sidewalk smoker. He tabled me
a sample of his hickory/apple-smoked slab of bacon. It was
amazingly good. Can’t beat that smoky fatty crispness of
freshly cooked bacon.
The Hungry Squad started with a Lazy Susan sampling
of several starters. Not to be impolite to the menu, we jointly
agreed upon the Mezcal Candied Goat ($12). For those folks
who haven’t tried this protein, don’t be distracted by its name.
No, goat doesn’t taste like chicken. It tastes very much like beef.
And I predict someday soon it will be found on more menus.
As for the dish, these spicy and sweet strips of “goat” are
worthy of a taste!
We also selected the Brown Sugar & Bourbon Pork Belly
($10) appetizer. Served with onion-scented home fries, this
portion of the pig was like eating a tender pork butt with the
added layer of fat. Tasty!
Hungry D shared her Beet Carpaccio ($10) with the
Squad. I highly recommend it for any salad or beet lover.
Sliced thin, these roasted beets were accompanied with
Arugula, brown sugared roasted pecans, and draped with an
incredibly good balsamic/oil emulsion.
The Hungry Squad also attempted to share “one” Braised
Beef Brisket Taco ($4) for the table. The six of us would
have fared better if the shell were soft rather than hard.
Unfortunately, this lonely taco was over-heated with a strong
chili rub. Good for the drink tab but not for anyone suffering
with gastric reflux.
Straight From The Kitchen: I would have to say that
“straight from the kitchen” might be an understatement. It was
a slow Monday night and our table unfortunately had to wait
over an hour to see our dinners arrive. But the wait was worth
it. Besides, it’s a pub and drinking is part of the experience.
Hungry J was stuck on the Sticky Ribs ($20ish) for her
choice. Loved the bourbon glaze, but not really fond of the
rib’s lack of meat on the bone and over-charring of its exterior.
Not sure why the smoker was not utilized for this dish.
Hungry JJ settled on the tender and moist Braised Short
Ribs ($18). This succulent tear-off-the-bone beef was
elevated with a sweet caramelized Agave glaze. The rib was
then mounted on a cream of corn that would have made the
Green Giant smack his lips in delight.
As for Hungry S, who gravitates to any Hamburger…
anywhere, The A-Typical Burger ($12) was a no brainer!
She did reject the toppers of house smoked bacon, egg, or
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Hungry D, our fish lover, reeled in an out-of-the-water
Wild Atlantic Salmon ($24) that took everyone by surprise.
The perfectly cooked medium swimmer was brushed with
a maple brown sugar glaze that complemented the chipotle
corn bread pancake resting underneath. It was like having a
lox and cake breakfast for dinner!
After contemplating how to round out the menu
selections, Hungry Al completed the entrée picks with the
West End Shrimp & Grits. Here the kitchen was able to
show off their Caribbean influence with a fantastic cumin
and nutmeg dusted shrimp and crawfish tails in a fresh herb
Habanero pan sauce. It was joined with fried masa (more
known as “Sopes”) that were slightly uncooked and tasted
more like a soft unflavored polenta cake.
From The Sidelines: We all shared a portion of the Fried
Mashed Potatoes because it was highly recommended by the
waiter. Sadly, it was over-hyped. The round balls of potato
laced with bacon, cheddar, green onion, and a hint of Jalapeno
didn’t roll us over in culinary excitement. Enough said!
From The Dessert Tray: To help settle our sweet debate,
we asked for a sampler of their signature desserts. One was
the house bread pudding ($10) that didn’t rate too high in
my very selective criteria of this dessert. For me, nothing is
better than the New Orleans Commander’s Palace or Nola’s
bread pudding.
To help put the “icing on the cake” of this evening was
the incredible, unbelievable, and scrumptious Fried Oreos
($8)! These little fried black and whites will have you coming
back for dessert alone. Trust me!
Check Please: If you’re tired of the forever-predictable
steakhouses and Italian bistros, I suggest you allow yourself
to be gluttonous (without the buffets) and give this “goat” a
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fenced in on three well-behaved golden goats!
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Wilde Life
Wilde Times: The Sour Cream Wars
By Larry Wilde. Carmel, California,
resident Larry Wilde is a former
standup comedian and the author of
53 published books of humor. The New
York Times has called him “America’s
Best-Selling Humorist.” E-mail:
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Just received an email from my dear
sister Miriam Krovetz at Broken Sound
Club in Boca saying she overheard two tourists from Texas in
a Publix Supermarket arguing over what groceries to buy for
their vacation rental.
It reminded us of the vacationers in our Jersey vacation
house years ago.
One guy says, “How ‘bout we get some nice biscuits?”
The other guy says, “Where you gonna find a decent
biscuit in this town? Floridians don’t know diddly squat
about biscuits.”
The first guy says, “It don’t matter. My special red-eye
gravy will save it.”
And the second guy says, “Last time you made red-eye
gravy we all got sicker than hound dogs at a dumpster.”
“Don’t blame my gravy! Y’all got sick from eating that
damned sushi and it serves you right!”
Ah, the joys of vacationing with others. I know it all too
well.
When I was a teenager, in order to escape the sizzling
summers in Jersey City my father took our family to a rented
house on the Jersey shore. Pop lost his store during the
Depression, and after that he sold dry goods out of a blocklong 1932 customized Buick sedan. From his “department
store on wheels” he could work anywhere.
The summer rental had six bedrooms. Our family
squeezed into three of them and Pop rented out the others
to three retired widows — Mrs. Kurtz, Mrs. Weiss, and Mrs.
Bobka. The same three women every summer.
Mrs. Kurtz was overbearing, and constantly bragged about
her daughter the psychiatrist. She knew everything except how
to stay on a diet. Her late husband owned a candy store and
she owed her ample curves to the Hershey’s Corporation.
Mrs. Weiss was a retired milliner. She was in the habit
of wearing a rosy hat morning, noon and night — the same
red hat, day in and day out.
The third woman, Mrs. Bobka, was sweet-natured and quiet.
She rarely spoke because she had no teeth. Her gums were
bald. Kurtz the high-handed candy queen once chided her for
not wearing her dentures. Mrs. Bobka said, “They don’t fit.”
“But you told me they fit perfectly,” Kurtz countered.
“They fit in my mouth okay, but not in the glass,” Bobka
replied.
Our summer rental had two refrigerators. One for our
family, and one for the Merry Widows. Each woman had her
own shelf in the refrigerator — the root of all the squabbling.
Every night after supper they’d sit on the front porch,
Kurtz straining the porch swing built for two, Weiss sporting
her usual red hat, and Bobka working her shiny gums. Three
widows with nothing better to do but quibble over nothing.
The bickering usually started with an innocent comment.
Weiss would say to Kurtz: “I see you had four blintzes
for supper.” And Kurtz would fire back: “I woulda had
strawberries, too, but a certain Ma Barker stole them from
my shelf in the ice box.”
Weiss: “What are you insinuating? That I stole your lousy
strawberries? I don’t even like strawberries!”
Kurtz: “No? Then what’s that red stain on your dress?”
Weiss: “If it’s any of your business, it’s borscht!”
Sometimes Bobka would gum out a few words: “I like
borscht. You don’t have to chew.”
Kurtz: “Don’t butt in, Mrs. Poligrip. I’m talking to Mrs.
Baby Face Nelson here. Besides the strawberries this crook
also stole my sour cream.”
Weiss: “For your information, Mrs. J. Edgar Hoover, that
was my sour cream. I bought it two months ago.”
Kurtz: “You kept sour cream two months? You wanna
drop dead from poison?”
Weiss: “Sour cream doesn’t go bad. It’s already turned.
You could keep it a year it stays sour. And tastes perfectly
fine, except on rotten strawberries.”
Kurtz: “Aha! So you did steal my strawberries.”
Weiss: “I may have tested one. Just to check my sour cream.”
Kurtz: “Tested? So how come three are missing?”
Weiss: “Maybe it was two. It was dark. I thought it was
my shelf.”
Kurtz: “How could it be your shelf? Mine is on the top,
yours is on the bottom!”
Weiss: “So sue me.”
Kurtz: “When my daughter the psychiatrist comes down
I’m gonna have her analyze you to find out what kind of
a crazy lunatic stores up poisonous sour cream and steals
strawberries.”
Weiss: “Your daughter the cockamamie psychiatrist is
divorced five times. Better she should analyze herself and
find out why she can’t keep a husband.”
Bobka, gumming her words: “Kurtz, you should get your
daughter the psychiatrist together with Weiss’s son. They
both like strawberries.”
Kurtz: “Who asked you, Mrs. Tooth Fairy? You think
my daughter the psychiatrist would go out with her son a
mailman?”
Weiss: “I got news for you, Mrs. Queen of England. If it
wasn’t for a mailman delivering your daughter’s fancy bills,
her practice would be in the toilet.”
Kurtz: “When my daughter the psychiatrist comes down
I’m gonna have her analyze your son to find out why a
mailman doesn’t give his own mother enough money so she
doesn’t have to steal sour cream from a poor widow.”
Weiss: “You shouldn’t eat sour cream anyway. It’s fattening.
Pretty soon you’ll need a porch swing built for three.”
Kurtz: “For your information, Esther Williams, I never
load up my strawberries with sour cream. I eat them plain.
Maybe a little Hershey’s syrup. That’s enough.”
Weiss: “Tell that to the porch swing.”
Kurtz: “I’m gonna ask my daughter the psychiatrist what
kind of a loony screwball — supposedly a friend living in
the same house, a regular Mrs. Al Capone — breaks into the
ice box in the middle of the night, burglarizes strawberries,
stockpiles poisonous sour cream, wears the same damned red
hat day and night, not to mention her son, the cheapest mailman
in New Jersey. It’s a good thing he works for the post office
because that’s where the FBI ought to put up your picture!”
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Council Corner
By Scott Singer, a Member of the Boca
Raton City Council and Chairman
of the Community Redevelopment
Agency. Scott is a member of Broken
Sound Club. The “Council Corner”
column appears each month in Boca
Club News, and is written on a
rotating basis by the five members
of the Boca City Council as a way to
keep their constituents informed about issues affecting them
and the city.
Happy New Year! This edition of Council Corner features
some recent and upcoming city events and their impact on
our community, and highlights several initiatives of the City
Council.
Boca Hosts Major Sporting Events. As I write this in
late December, the city is preparing to host the inaugural
Boca Raton Bowl game, which features two mid-major
college football conference champions. ESPN is producing
and televising the game nationally, and one prominent
website rated this match-up as the second most intriguing
of all 37 bowl games in the country. The City of Boca Raton
will gain a substantial return on its sponsorship of the game,
as the event is expected to generate millions of dollars in
revenues and brand value.
The sporting spotlight will return to Boca Raton again in
February with the annual Allianz Tournament on the PGA
Champions Tour. The world’s preeminent senior professional
golfers will test themselves and each other on the newly
upgraded Old Course at Broken Sound, again garnering
national attention for our city. Multiple days of television
coverage will highlight our community and showcase our
beauty and resources to potential new residents and corporate
executives looking to relocate households and businesses
here. In addition, both of these events generate large hundreds
of thousands of dollars for our area nonprofits.
Campaign Sign Ordinance Preserves Natural Beauty.
Boca Raton is renowned for its architectural beauty and
lushly landscaped green space. Our strict appearance
standards help create that look, which has generally been
preserved – except during recent election seasons. Despite
strong protections in most areas, Boca Raton lagged behind
many local cities and counties in allowing campaign signs
to litter our medians and rights of way.
But not anymore. I’m pleased to report that the City
Council unanimously passed an ordinance that bars the
scourge of campaign signs from littering our city medians. The
ordinance, which I was pleased to introduce, catches us up to
most South Florida cities that already prevented candidates
from placing signs in medians, let alone dozens in a single
median, as has increasingly been the case. The amended
regulations preserve both our natural beauty and free speech
rights, as they do not affect signs on private property. With
another City Council election approaching in March, voters
can – and should – support their chosen candidates, but now
without excessive roadway signage crowding out the message
and detracting from our beautiful city.
Downtown Boca – A Cultural Capital. Downtown
Boca continues to be a hotbed of cultural activity. The city
and the downtown Community Redevelopment Agency
recently completed their month-long series of free events,
called Light Up Downtown. The schedule, which included
festivals, concerts, and family activities, was cited in local
media as an economic driver for the city and downtown
merchants. This follows the summer-long schedule of free
weekly concerts at Mizner Park Amphitheater that regularly
drew more than 10,000 people downtown.
In addition, the City Council recently approved new
signage for the Boca Raton Museum of Art to draw more
visitors into its world-class collection. Downtown’s Sanborn
Square was the site of the North American debut of the
critically acclaimed sculpture, Imag_ne. The city also sponsors
the annual Boca Festival of the Arts, which this March will
feature headliners in many fields, including Sir James Galway,
jazz legend Bela Fleck, best-selling author Thomas Friedman,
and other luminaries of the theater, ballet, and music. Our
downtown also boasts a world-class jazz club, Jazziz Nightlife,
and many events at the Cultural Arts Center. Visit Downtown
Boca – in person and online at downtownboca.org.
Other Recent News in Brief:
• A recent survey of America’s Best Cities to Live, which
received substantial national press, ranked Boca Raton the
most livable city in Florida and the 11th in the nation. No
quibble on the first part, but I can’t imagine that ten other
cities could have a better total package than we enjoy.
• In the annual statewide review, Boca Raton’s public
high schools retained their A ratings, and local high school
graduation rates increased.
The Royal Palm Polo community held the grand opening
of its model homes; sales of the seven-figure estates are
expected to be brisk and continue to build our tax base and
enhance Northwest Boca home values.
Contact Us. My fellow council members and I look
forward to hearing how we can better serve you. Please
contact us at (561) 393-7708 or via the city’s website,
myboca.us.
coconut, chocolate, mocha
and even baking spices. You
can imagine a wine like this
with hearty food pairings.
Grilled lamb, London broil,
beef stew and chili come
to mind. There is a vintner
from the Rhone who is now
producing great wines from
Australia. His name is Michel Chapoutier.
You cannot miss the label of Chapoutier; it is the one with
Braille. The trademark pays tribute to a man whose name
is Maurice Monier de la Sizeranne, the inventor of the first
version of abbreviated Braille.
Maurice Monier de la Sizeranne went blind at the age of 9
and went on to become an activist and publisher for the visually
impaired. Seventy-seven years after his death in 1996 Michel
Chapoutier developed his first wine label in both Braille and
regular text. Congratulations to Chapoutier for starting a trend
that is leading to more wine producers following his lead.
I recently enjoyed one of his Australian wines from
Victoria called “Mathilda.” It is brilliant, dark ruby in color
with deep black fruit and slight pepper aromas. I find it to
be surprisingly complex as it opens up in the glass. If you
can find any 2011 vintages, I would not hesitate to commit
to this nice wine and the 2012 vintage will be ready to drink
in a couple of years. It is of quality and substance.
G’day, Glenn
Epicuriosity
Syrah/Shiraz
By Glenn Sudnick, Certified
Sommelier
They are basically the
same grapes, just from a
different part of the world.
It is dark skinned but
depending on where it is
from the characteristics in
the wine can be different.
The Syrah grape has a long
history in the Rhone area
of France, and usually is
dry, full bodied with blackberry, black cherry, black plum,
blueberry, boysenberry with red fruit such as raspberry. While
the Shiraz from Australia, still intense will have a different
profile of ripe fruit, lush black fruit such as blackberry, cassis,
blueberry, raspberry liqueur and mulberry. Depending on the
use of American or French oak this grape can show vanilla,
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Memo From Palm Beach Mayor Steven L. Abrams:
PBC Interactive
Located on the county’s
homepage you will find a stateof-the-art, web-based application
called “PBC Interactive.” The
application provides information
on parcels of land throughout
the county that are available for
development purposes.
Whether someone is seeking
information to make a decision on
locating or expanding a business, or a resident is curious
about surrounding land uses that may affect a pending zoning
application, PBC Interactive allows you to customize your
search based on your interest or needs.
The information provided is current and includes such
detailed search options as:
• Parcel ownership and valuation;
• Existing and future land uses for all municipalities and
unincorporated areas;
• Enterprise and tax credit zones;
• Census data – providing a wide range of demographics;
• Traffic analysis zones;
• Identification of businesses based on the industry codes.
Additional features include advanced digital imaging, and
tracking capabilities so that the county can monitor which
industries are growing and creating jobs.
The program was a collaboration between numerous
county departments, including Economic Sustainability,
Information Systems Services, Planning & Zoning, and the
Property Appraiser offices.
Since the launch of PBC Interactive in 2011, the Web site
has been featured at the county’s annual GIS expo, and in
July it received the 2014 Achievement Award in Innovative
Use of Technology to Serve the Public, by the Florida Local
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Attention Student Drivers: Did you know that 72% of
people fail their DMV driving test the first time? In partnership
with Driving-Tests.org, the county’s library system now offers
free, unlimited online access to Florida driver permit practice
tests. Students of all ages can find everything they need to
apply for and take their Florida driver test in one convenient
online location. The tests and corresponding driver’s handbook
are available on the library system’s online research page,
http://www.pbclibrary.org/online-research/.
Driving-tests.org offers 15 Florida state-specific practice
tests for motor vehicles and motorcycles. Each practice test
is based on the current year’s official driver’s manual, so
students are receiving the most up-to-date test questions.
New Year’s Resolutions
• Forgotten Soldiers Outreach
• The Lord’s Place
• Sickle Cell Foundation of Palm Beach County and
Treasure Coast
Please remember we are closed New Year’s Day and
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Our online payment center is
always open.
Sincerely, Anne M. Gannon, Constitutional Tax Collector
Property Matters
Dear Friend,
I want to wish everyone a
healthy, safe and happy New
Year! I have great news to share.
We now accept credit card
payments up to $99,999.99 and
debit card payments up to $500
at our service centers as well
as our online payment center at
www.pbctax.com. Please note
that a service fee applies when
paying with a credit or debit
card. This fee is charged and kept by the credit card company.
2015 Tax Planners Are Here!
Our Tax Planner and Services Guide will keep you
up to date with our services and deadlines. Pick up your
complimentary copy at any of our office locations or
download a copy at www.pbctax.com. If you would like
extra guides for your community or organization, e-mail
your request to ClientAdvocate@taxcollectorpbc.com.
1. Lose Wait
Many of us have a new year’s resolution to get in shape
including diet and exercise. We can’t help you lose those
“holiday pounds,” but you can save time and “lose wait”
with tax collector services.
• Pay online. Our online payment center is always open
at www.pbctax.com.
• Make an appointment for driver license services,
including renewals, address or name changes and driving
tests, using our free app, In the Driver’s Seat.
• Avoid the busiest times. We are busiest at the beginning
and end of the month, Monday, Friday and during lunch
hours. The best time to come is 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday,
Wednesday or Thursday.
2. Save money
Pay your 2014 property taxes in January and receive a
2 percent early payment discount. View, print and pay your
bill securely online at www.pbctax.com. The deadline to pay
is March 31.
Want to pay your 2015 Property Taxes in smaller
installment payments instead of one lump sum? Complete
a short application for our Installment Payment Plan on our
Web site at www.pbctax.com. The deadline to sign up is April
30. The plan offers a discount of slightly less than 4 percent.
3. Help Others
Every year our employees select local charities that we
support through fundraisers, including bake sales, walks/
races and $1 employee dress down days. In 2014, employees
raised nearly $20,000 for The Lord’s Place and Susan G.
Komen Race for the Cure. This year, our local charities are:
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Henry's Gets A Facelift...And A New
Chef, New Menu And A Whole New
Dining Experience!
One of Delray’s finest—and much beloved—
restaurants has a new look, new chef, new menu
and new attitude! Henry's, Burt Rapoport's
American dining landmark on Jog Road in
Delray Beach, has undergone a complete
makeover.
Interior Designer Pam Manhas provided
stunning chandeliers, window coverings, warm,
inviting Marsala accents, and more!
Henry's accolades are a testament to its consistent
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Film Review:
“Noise”
By Nils A. Shapiro
How can I best describe a movie
that received such diverse critical
reviews as these when released
nationwide in 2008 — the first from
The New York Times: “...a one-trick
film...shallow and loud...lurches
unsteadily between comedy and
drama.” And this from The New Yorker magazine: “...alive
with the creative madness of New York...the right way to
go...a universal fable...what makes it almost continuously
entertaining is (director Henry) Bean’s sense of the city as a
gathering place of clever, chattering people.”
My own reaction to the film? Not even close to either of
these!
“Noise” stars Tim Robbins as a New York attorney who,
with his wife and young daughter, live in a fashionable
Manhattan apartment. All would be fine except for one
problem...or many, if you count them individually: car alarms;
jackhammers; police, fire engine and ambulance sirens; car
horns, and the seemingly endless stream of noise that rises
from the street day and night, interrupting not only his thoughts
but even his attempts at lovemaking with his beautiful wife.
For most of us who have lived in New York - especially
in Manhattan, as I have - we somehow eventually manage
to tune out the sounds of the city. But not David Owen, the
character played by Robbins. Responding to what has become
an obsession, one night at 3 a.m. he finally carries a hammer
into the street, and breaks the window of a car whose alarm
has awakened him in order to turn it off. It is the first in a series
of acts that eventually becomes a crusade turning him into a
citywide anti-noise vigilante known as “The Rectifier.”
Of course, such actions are illegal, and he is very soon the
object of threats from New York’s Mayor Schneer, played
by the usually excellent William Hurt, but who is here a
disappointingly almost cartoonish figure. A first arrest and 30
days in jail is not enough to dissuade Owen, who by now has
gone so far “over the edge” that his wife Helen (played by
the beautiful Bridget Moynahan) has thrown him out of their
apartment — and right into the arms of a more sympathetic
young woman who suspects him of being The Rectifier.
When it turns out that a not-so-surprising large number of
Manhattanites are equally as sick and tired of the ubiquitous
noise, Owen and his new friend Ekaterina (played by
Margarita Levierie) decide to try a new, very interesting - and
legal - approach to solving the problem.
The bottom line from me: “Noise” is a thoughtful film
with a definite message, and one which I felt was time well
spent watching. Tim Robbins’ performance was excellent.
But this was certainly not the comedy it was advertised as by
the movie studio; the only laughs were provided by William
Hurt, who obviously hated his role (and his hairpiece) and
tried in every way possible to show it.
CrossTalk
How Do You Make Lasting
Change?
By Jodi Cross
Here we are again
starting off a new year
together! What do you plan
to do differently this year?
Usually I outline resolutions
and goals and, like most of
you forget about them along
the way. Let’s do something
different this year! Begin
with a commitment to
make change. To change
something about ourselves is difficult but not impossible
as long as we are willing to make an effort. Start with
something small and focus on the positive results. Avoid
toxic feelings that make you feel like you are giving
something up. Change is not easy; in fact most of the time
people resist change, feel awkward and don’t want to try
new ways of doing things. We are all at different levels
of readiness throughout our lives and can only handle so
much change. Some people are risk takers while others
require more time to feel secure. Generally, if we lose
focus or take the pressure off, we will revert back to the
old ways and change won’t happen.
In order to make this year different we have to be
proactive, positive and productive. Get off the fence, stop
finger pointing and blaming or as the theme song from
Frozen goes…Let It Go! Here is a bit of irony, just as I
was writing this article a long-term client called and has
finally hired an in-house marketing vice president, so I
will be on my way to something new next year. Drat…
change strikes again.
In order to be positive and proactive, we must first rid
ourselves of toxic behaviors and patterns that sabotage
us. These types of behaviors often hold us back from
making lasting change in our lives. Think about any toxic
behaviors that you exhibit and are willing to eliminate.
Some examples may include; not being direct with people,
using non-verbal put downs, being dogmatic, playing
games with people, being negative or not respecting
other opinions. Don’t worry, we all have our toxic habits,
work on a short list and really be honest. Once you have
identified some areas that need to be overhauled jot them
down and replace them with positive and nourishing
behaviors.
For me, I am working on being present and giving
others my attention. Some other examples of replacing
negative behaviors with positive ones may be; keeping
your word, treating others with respect, keeping
confidences, expressing a genuine interest, showing
appreciation to others, smiling and honestly stating desires
and needs.
Once you have outlined the behaviors you want to rid
yourself of and the complimentary list of new behaviors
to replace your old ways with, you will be on your way
toward making permanent and lasting change.
The last step is to finish with a list that states what
you will do more of in 2015 and what you will do less
of or stop doing all together. Cheers, here is to making
permanent change!
Jodi Cross is a marketing consultant, speaker and
freelance writer and may be reached at jcross@crossnm.
com or www.crossnm.com.
environment like different colors or a new piece of furniture.
Your mind is brilliant this month. All the resources you need
are available and doors open from past connections.
Aquarius (January 21 to February 19)
Parlay your winning personality with your desire to
attract more exciting friends. Be picky about the people
with whom you choose to spend time. Your partner, business
associates or family member can come up with good ideas.
Astrology
Astrological Insights
By Carole Lynn Grant
This is a month when
things will happen suddenly.
You will want to get ready
for almost anything. Clean
your house, be groomed
and eat healthy; remember
that great minds attract
great minds. This is the time
to send your dream out into
the universe. Have fun with
that.
Libra (September 24 to October 23)
Purpose should be driving you to make back-up
provisions. Your mind is tired. If you can, you should take
a short vacation. New friendships and locations provide the
breath of fresh air you need.
Scorpio (October 24 to November 22)
Prosper again. Saturn is getting ready to finally leave
your Sign and takes the pressure off of your finances. It will
be easy to acquire a new job or establish a different business.
Like stepping out of the mist, you are visible again.
Aries (March 31 to April 20)
Pretend that you already know how to take your next step.
Uranus in your Sign lights your ambition and fire even more.
Be an outrageous and over the top example of a pioneer.
Taurus (April 21 to May 21)
Passionate partners; this is your time to link with or form
a company or even marry your exact opposite. Taurus can
be set in their ways. Someone new with like-minded ideas
can be the incentive to add for adaptability and flexibility.
Gemini (May 22 to June 21)
Collaborate to win. Your focus should be in marketing
others this month. By forgetting about you or your goals, you
discover new excitement in life by helping others to succeed.
When you help others, our Creator helps you.
Cancer (June 22 to July 23)
Proceed to a new career or diet/exercise program. You
have been the power behind the scenes long enough and held
back too long. Become a mentor to others. You’ll emerge well
balanced, whole and inspired.
Leo (July 24 to August 23)
Possibilities. You’ll want to acquire a new paradigm for
thinking. You’re usually great for others. Now become your
new best friend. Peel off the old layer of former attitudes.
Creatively and artistically present the new you. Be the light.
Virgo (August 24 to September 23)
Passion. You might want to add something new to your
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Sagittarius (November 23 to December 21)
Perception equals or becomes reality. Take time to
re-evaluate former goals. A sweeter side of you may be
emerging. Saturn is entering your Sign; you may feel tired
or overwhelmed. Simplify all you can. Pamper health.
Capricorn (December 22 to January 20)
Promise! Someone may make a business offer that is
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These Laughs Are On Me!
By Ron Hirsch of Bocaire. One in
a series of humor columns from an
extensive collection by the popular
Bocaire man who provided the earlier
helpful columns in Boca Club News
about how to take care of one’s home,
demonstrating the wide range of
interests that make Ron so interesting.
Financial Planning. Dan was
a single guy living at home with his father, working in the
family business. When he found out he was going to inherit
a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed
to find a wife with whom to share his fortune.
One evening at an investment meeting, he spotted the
most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty
took his breath away.
“I may look like just an ordinary guy,” he said to her, “but in
just a few years, my father will die and I will inherit $200 million.”
Impressed, the woman asked for his business card and
three days later, she became his stepmother! Women are so
much better at financial planning than men.
*****
Lawyers and Fine Art. The lawyer says: “I have good
news and bad news.”
The CEO replies, “I’ve had an awful day, let’s hear the
good news first.”
The lawyer says, “Your wife invested $20,000 in five
pictures that are worth a minimum of $2 million.”
The CEO replies enthusiastically, “Well done, that is very
good news indeed! You’ve made my day, now what is the
bad news?”
The lawyer answers: “They are pictures of you in bed
with your secretary.”
*****
A blond, a brunette, and a redhead were trying out for
a new NASA experiment on sending women to different
planets. First they called the brunette in and asked her a
question. “If you could go to any planet, which planet would
you want to go to and why?”
After pondering the question she answered, “I would like
to go to Mars because it seems so interesting with all the recent
news about possible extra-terrestrial life on the planet.”
They said, “Well okay, thank you,” and told her that they
would get back to her. Next, the redhead entered the room and
the NASA people asked her the same question. She replied,
“I would like to go to Saturn to see all of its rings.” Again,
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“Thank you,” and said they would get back to her.
Finally, the blond entered the room and they asked her the
same question they asked the brunette and the redhead. She
thought for a while and replied, “I would like to go to the sun.”
The people from NASA replied, “Why, don’t you know
that if you went to the sun you would burn to death?”
The blond smirked and put her hands on her hips. “Are
you guys dumb? I’d go at night!”
*****
Good timing. Yesterday morning, I went downstairs and
found my wife in the kitchen. She was preparing our usual
soft-boiled eggs and toast for breakfast, wearing only the
T-shirt that she normally slept in. As I walked in, still half
asleep, she turned to me and said softly, “You’ve got to make
love to me this very moment!”
My eyes lit up as I thought, “I am either still dreaming
or this is going to be my lucky day.” Not wanting to lose
the moment, I embraced her and then gave it my all right
there on the kitchen table. Afterward she said, “Thanks,” and
returned to the stove, her T-shirt still around her neck.
Happy, but a little puzzled, I asked, “What was that
about?”
She explained, “The egg timer’s broken.”
*****
After just a few years of marriage, filled with constant
arguments, a young man and his wife decided the only way
to save their marriage was to try counseling. They had been
at each other’s throat for some time and felt that this was their
last straw. When they arrived at the counselor’s office, the
counselor jumped right in and opened the floor for discussion.
“What seems to be the problem?” Immediately, the
husband held his long face down without anything to say.
On the other hand, the wife began talking 90 miles an hour
describing all the wrongs within their marriage.
After 5...10...15 minutes of listening to the wife, the
counselor went over to her, picked her up by her shoulders,
kissed her passionately for several minutes, and sat her back
down. Afterward, the wife sat there speechless.
He looked over at the husband who was staring in
disbelief at what had happened. The counselor spoke to the
husband, “Your wife needs that at least twice a week!”
The husband scratched his head and replied, “OK. I can
have her here every Tuesday and Thursday.”
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Book Review: “Letters Of Note: An Eclectic Collection
Of Correspondence Deserving Of A Wider Audience”
By Nils A. Shapiro
It is a crime to read someone
else’s mail.
It would be a crime for you
not to read this treasury of
correspondence, from ancient
times to the present.
I hardly know where to begin to
describe this remarkable volume,
and the excitement I feel in having discovered it.
But “not knowing where to begin” is a perfectly
appropriate phrase in this case, because Letters of Note is
the kind of book that need not be opened at the beginning
and read straight through to the end. Instead, you will find
yourself from time to time turning randomly to any page,
certain that what you discover there will evoke one of a wide
range of emotions, and knowing that you will want to share
it with others.
This exquisitely produced oversized volume offers
a collection of 125 letters - many of them beautifully
reproduced as originally written, or typed and signed - and
all translated into text together with explanations of the
background situations in which they were written, and often
with photos of the people involved. They are from and to
the famous, the infamous, and the not-so-famous, and they
cover many centuries of time. But what unifies them is the
shared humanity that shines through: whether the emotions
be love, loss, courage, foolishness, tenderness, greed, irony,
brilliance — they are all here, and more, collected by U.K.
writer Shaun Usher.
It is so tempting to list all 125 letters, for I am confident
that would surely motivate you to get your own copy
immediately, but there is no space here for that. So I will
content myself to describe just a few as examples of the
range and diversity you will find in these pages:
• A handwritten letter dated Oct 15, 1860 from 11-year-old
Grace Bedell of Chatauque County, New York, suggests to
then-Republican candidate for “President Hon A B Lincoln”
that since his “face is so thin” and “all the
ladies like whiskers” he should grow them
and they would vote for him. “Lincoln
soon replied; better still, she met him in
person later, as he traveled victoriously
to Washington, DC by train — and he
had taken her advice...‘Gracie,’ he said,
‘look at my whiskers. I have been growing
them for you.’ Then he kissed me. I never
saw him again.” Both Grace’s letter and
Lincoln’s reply are in the book.
• A letter requesting employment
dated about 1483 from Leonardo da
Vinci to Ludovico Sforza (the de facto
ruler of Milan) and addressed to “My
Most Illustrious Lord,” carefully lists
Leonardo’s qualifications for putting his
engineering talents to work for military
purposes when that city-state was being
threatened. This was years before he
painted the Mona Lisa, but was already This typical double-spread shows a handwritten letter in broken English (which
actually continues for two more pages) sent on Nov 6, 1940 from Santiago de
considered an artistic genius.
• On January 19, 1936, a girl in a sixth Cuba to “Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States” by a twelvegrade Sunday School class wrote to Albert year-old boy. In it, he asks the president to “give me a ten dollars bill green...
Einstein asking him if scientists pray. Her because never, I have not seen a ten dollars American and I would like to have
letter, and Einstein’s interesting reply five one of them.” In return, the resourceful teenager offers, “If you want iron to
make your ships I will show to you the biggest (minas) of iron of the land.” The
days later, are both included here.
• In 1985, eighteen years after Spencer boy’s name is Fidel Castro.
Tracy passed away from a heart attack,
Katherine Hepburn wrote a long and deeply moving letter into the standard cut “or we will just die;” the touching
to him, which is reprinted in this book. Their love of twenty- letter from Beethoven to his two brothers describing the
six years had been Hollywood’s most widely-known and emotional pain of his deafness and apologizing for how
this keeps him estranged from them and from all others;
respected romance, even though Tracy’s staunch Catholicism
had made it impossible for him to formally divorce the wife a brief note from Mohandas Ghandi on July 23, 1939 to
Adolf Hitler asking the Nazi leader “to avoid war for the
he had left. In this letter, Hepburn asks him a question once
again that she regrets he had never answered for her...and sake of humanity” — a plea that obviously went unheeded;
a handwritten informal letter on Buckingham Palace
she closes the letter with these words: “What did you say? I
stationery from Queen Elizabeth II to President Eisenhower,
can’t hear you....”
dated Jan. 24, 1960, in which she encloses a recipe for Drop
• Perhaps the briefest letter (and one of the most
Scones that she had promised to send to him when he had
satisfying) was the one sent by Bill Baxby, Attorney General
of the State of Alabama on February 20, 1976, in reply to, visited her the previous year. Of all the 1,000 structures that
architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed, of which 532 were
as he sarcastically typed it, “Dr. Edward R. Fields of the
built, only one was for a dog house (!) and it was the result
National States Rights Party,” who was at the time Grand
of a letter written to him on June 19, 1956 — the letter from
Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and who had objected to Baxby’s
twelve-year-old Jim Berger, Wright’s reply, and a photo of
reopening of a case involving the deaths of four Africanthe dog house, all are reproduced in these pages.
American girls in Birmingham. Here is the entire text of
Baxby’s reply: “My response to your letter of February 19, There is a term of art in the publishing industry - a “coffee
table book” - for volumes like this that people decide to keep
1976, is – kiss my ass.”
Imagine 120 more letters to pore over and enjoy: the on display in a prominent place in their homes so that, when
one from three teenage girls to President Eisenhower asking family and friends come by, they can all share in the joy of
discovery of so much that is new and fascinating. Where will
how the Army could possibly have drafted Elvis Presley and
you display your copy?
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Kravis Center Education Programs To Benefit
From The 2015 Palm Beach Wine Auction
Eighth Annual Palm Beach
Wine Auction To Feature
Rare Vintages And Renowned
Chefs For An Evening Of
Unparalleled Elegance
Amid the pageantry of
the Palm Beach winter gala
season, one event stands out
as so exquisitely unique, it
earns raves not only from
its impressive guest list but
from industry insiders who have proclaimed it “the ultimate
luxury experience for any food, wine or spirit lover willing
to support a great educational cause.”
That event is the Palm Beach Wine Auction,
celebrating its eighth year on Jan. 29 at the incomparable
Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach. More than 200 guests will
gather with goblet-shaped paddles to bid on amazingly
rare vintages while sampling the finest cuisine by a team
of world-class chefs.
Since its inception, the auction has raised more than $2
million for the education programs at the Raymond F. Kravis
Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. Such
programs include the S*T*A*R (Students and Teachers Arts
Resource) Series, which brings thousands of students to the
Kravis Center each year for diverse performances in theater,
dance and music.
“To reach out and help with opening a child’s mind to the
performing arts is not just a cause, but an ongoing obligation,”
said Palm Beach Wine Auction Chair Ted Mandes. “That is
the mission of the Palm Beach Wine Auction; this exclusive
event provides us the opportunity to involve a worldwide
audience who values performing arts and create awareness
of the Kravis Center’s education programs that are so vital
to our youth today.”
The auction’s mission attracts some of the food and wine
industries’ most treasured and iconic names, whose donations
to the cause offer gastronomic experiences that simply cannot
be bought.
“One cannot imagine how splendid the Palm Beach
Wine Auction is until you experience it yourself,” said
Margareth Henriquez, president and CEO of Krug, who
for the 2014 auction donated a private, eight-course dinner
featuring Krug wines and champagne, which fetched a
record $65,000. “The auction is friendly, dynamic and
full of enthusiastic guests, held in a beautiful setting, with
elegance at every turn. I felt honored and privileged to be
there sharing Krug, and will continue to support it with
passion and enthusiasm.”
The 2015 event will feature more than 40 lots of
remarkable wines and spirits from around the globe,
exceptional luxury travel experiences and unique treasures
all under the direction of Michael Troise, retired auction
director for NY Wines/Christie’s Fine and Rare Wine
Department.
“Louis XIII is proud to be a longtime contributor to
the success of the Palm Beach Wine Auction, which has
established itself as the ultimate luxury experience for
any food, wine or spirit lover willing to support a great
educational cause,” said Yves de Launay, vice president
of Prestige Brands, including Remy Martin.
The evening’s five-course dinner will include sublime
fare from a who’s who of award-winning chefs, including:
Zach Bell, Addison Reserve Country Club, Delray Beach;
Ted Mandes
Kravis Center Education Programs To Benefit on page 26
Parade Productions Presents Unique Stage Comedy,
Undo, In Southeastern Premiere Opening January 29
Imagine a world where, in order to
“undo” the tying of the matrimonial
knot, the ceremony has to be reenacted … in reverse! Playwright
Holly Arsenault creates such a world of
divorce drama in her dramedy, Undo.
Directed by Kim St. Leon, Undo
will feature Candace Caplin (Broken
Sound Club member and founder of
Parade Productions), Todd Bruno,
Michael Gioia and Carbonell Awardwinning actress Margot Moreland.
Parade’s Artistic Director St. Leon
declares, “What drew me to Undo
is that it is the ultimate ‘conscious Cast of the comedy show, Undo, presented by Parade Productions.
uncoupling’ with lies, truths, love,
sex, revelations, laughter and grief during one big ceremony. that focuses on empowering young people to take an active
role in shaping their arts community as audience members,
What more could any director want!”
Playwright Holly Arsenault ponders, “There’s a
serendipity that borders on spookiness to the fact that Undo
will have its second production in Boca Raton. I dedicated
the play to my three grandmothers, one of whom, Hinda
Wachtel, lived in Boca Raton the last 30 years of her life. She
As has been shown over and over again, rescuing and
never got to see the play, but she loved theatre and, as I wrote
providing a forever home to a loving dog or cat proves to
the play, I was always thinking about what would make her
be an unforgettable joyful experience for the family that
laugh. So, it makes me feel really good to know that people
opens its heart. Here are this month’s stars from the many
in her community will get to see the play and laugh at these
wonderful, adoptable “babies” waiting for their forever
jokes that I wrote for her. It’s the closest I can get to actually
homes at Tri County Animal Rescue.
getting to share the play with her, and I’m extremely grateful
to Parade Productions for the opportunity.”
Chesterfield is a
Arsenault is the recipient of the 2013 Theater Puget
4-year-old Maltese male
Sound Gregory Award for an Outstanding New Play, as
who, typical of this small
well as the 2014 Seattle Theater Writers Gypsy Rose Lee
and loyal breed, will bring
Award for Excellence in Local Playwriting. Arsenault has
joy and a deep sense of
passionately taken on the role of Executive Director for
loving attachment to the
Seattle’s TeenTix (www.teentix.org), a nonprofit organization
right fortunate family.
critics, influencers, advocates, patrons, and leaders. Parade
Productions and Arsenault will be sharing her strong sense
of the importance of community in the arts by conducting
a free Young Playwright’s Workshop on Saturday, January
31, at The Studio at Mizner Park.
Undo will open on January 29 and will run through March
1 with performances Thursday through Saturday evenings at
7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m. Ticket prices are $35 ($30 for
groups of 15 or more). The Studio at Mizner Park is located
at 201 Plaza Real, Second Floor, Boca Raton, FL 33432.
Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased online
at: www.paradeproductions.org, or by calling (866) 8114111. For group sales please call: (561) 291-9678. Parade
Productions is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) professional theatre
company dedicated to exploring ethnically diverse theatre,
education in the arts, and promoting the works of upcoming
and established playwrights.
“Will You Please Be My Forever Family?”
Kravis Center Education Programs To Benefit
from page 25
Bogdan Boerean and Graham Randall, The Mar-a-Lago
Club, Palm Beach; Philip Bollhoefer, OMNI Asheville/
Grove Park Inn; Joshua Hasho, OMNI Denver/Interlocken
Resort & Spa; Douglas Katz, Fire Food and Drink, The
Katz Club Diner and Provenance at Cleveland Museum
of Art; Trevor Kunk, PRESS, Napa Valley; Joe Mercuri,
Mercuri, Montreal and Cameron Pishnery, Fire Food and
Drink and The Katz Club Diner.
“If the food and wine pairings at the 2014 Palm Beach
Wine Auction which we attended are any indication of the
2015 event, it will be the ‘must attend event’ for any food
and wine lover,” said Yvon Ros, director of sponsorship
and special events for The James Beard Foundation in
New York. “Ted Mandes’ exquisite palate and attention
to detail make for a fabulous and delicious party with a
purpose.”
The 2015 Palm Beach Wine Auction Chair is Ted Mandes.
Co-chairs are Madeline and Roderic Fink and Carolyn and
Richard Sloane. Also serving on the auction committee are
Ed Dudnyk, Barbara Golden, Steven M. Gottlieb, John H.
Kessler, Stacey Levy, Shelley Menin, Patrick M. Park, I.
Jeffrey Pheterson, Martin Rivard, Jeffrey Sabean, Lewis M.
Schott, Laurie S. Silvers, Daniel J. “Rusty” Staub, Michael
Troise and Jill Wachter.
Event sponsors are: The Park Foundation, Laurie Silvers
and Mitchell Rubenstein, Madeline and Roderic Fink, First
Republic Bank, Barbara and Jerome Golden, Steven M.
Gottlieb and Laurie Raber-Gottlieb, Jaguar Palm Beach,
Land Rover Palm Beach, Aston Martin Palm Beach,
Stacey and Mark Levy, Craig and Rochelle Menin, Menin
Development Inc., Jane M. Mitchell, Lewis M. Schott,
Carolyn and Richard Sloane, Table 26, and Tiffany & Co.
Gulfstream Media Group, publishers of Jupiter Magazine,
The Palm Beacher, Stuart Magazine, Gold Coast and Boca
Life, is the media sponsor.
The auction's special pre-event was the White Truffle
Dinner sponsored and hosted by Tiffany & Co., Palm Beach,
on Dec. 10. The Sponsors Vintners’ Dinner, sponsored by
First Republic Bank, will be held at Trevini Ristorante, Palm
Beach, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Both events are by
invitation.
The 2015 Palm Beach Wine Auction will begin at 6 p.m.
at The Mar-a-Lago Club, 1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach
on Thursday, Jan. 29. Tickets are $1,000. Call (561) 6514320 or visit www.palmbeachwineauction.org.
For more information on the Kravis Center’s education
programs, please visit www.kravis.org/education. Photo by Jason Nuttle Photography
Major, a male 3-yearold Mastiff mix, enjoys
frosted flakes and peanut
butter cookies almost as
much as he loves sitting
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female domestic short
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and hopes that you will
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Find unconditional love by calling
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cats-for-adoption/ or meet your next best friend at 1287
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Ninth Annual Festival Of The Arts Boca
Features Beethoven, Broadway, Ballet And Banjos
The Ninth Annual Festival of the
Arts BOCA, presented by the Schmidt
Family Centre for the Arts, will bring
ten days of dazzling and diverse cultural
experiences to South Florida March 6
through 15, 2015 at the Mizner Park
Amphitheater.
This season’s festival opens with the
Florida premiere of the ten-Academy
Award winning film, West Side Story.
The live Festival Orchestra Boca will
play Leonard Bernstein’s electrifying
score and memorable songs with lyrics
by Stephen Sondheim, while the newly
remastered film is shown in glorious
high definition on the big screen with
Pulitzer Prize Winner Thomas Friedman
the original vocals and dialog intact.
This classic romantic tragedy, directed
by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins
and one of the greatest achievements in
the history of movie musicals, features
Robbins’ breath-taking choreography
and a screenplay by Ernest Lehman
based on the masterful book by Arthur
Laurents.
“The festival will close with a
spectacular concert featuring the
Young People’s Chorus of New
York in Beethoven’s immortal Ninth
Symphony,” said Charlie Siemohen,
the Festival’s Chair and Co-Executive
Producer. “Throughout the ten-day
Dancer Guillaume Côté
cultural celebration, festival-goers will enjoy a rich and diverse
lineup as we bring back artists from years past and welcome
some of the greatest intellectual leaders of our time.”
Other highlights include a performance by husband and
wife banjo duo Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn. Bela Fleck
is a 10-time Grammy Award Winner and has been nominated
in more categories than any other musician in Grammy history.
Also scheduled are: Stars of International Ballet, featuring
Principal Dancer and Choreographer Guillaume Côté from the
National Ballet of Canada & Friends; a Mozart Gala bringing
together living legend of the flute, Sir James Galway (who
performed at the inaugural Festival of the Arts BOCA in 2007),
pianist Conrad Tao, who at 13 years old made his debut at the
2008 festival, and Arnaud Sussmann, rising star violinist and
protégé of the great Itzhak Perlman, with the Festival Orchestra
Boca led by Constantine Kitsopoulos; and the Young People’s
Chorus of New York and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with
Master Chorale of South Florida and Festival Orchestra Boca
led by Kitsopoulos.
This season’s compelling Authors & Ideas program brings
some of the world’s greatest minds, with six Pulitzer Prizes
among them, to South Florida. The program includes Jamie
Bernstein, daughter of treasured composer Leonard Bernstein,
accomplished narrator, writer and broadcaster; Michael
Grunwald, best-selling author, senior staff writer for Politico
magazine, editor-at-large for The Agenda magazine, and
contributor to Time magazine, where he was senior national
correspondent for seven years, who will speak about “Saving
Paradise”; Richard Ford, best known for his Pulitzer Prize and
Pen/Faulkner award-winning novel Independence Day, will
present “Let Me Be Frank With You”; Physician, researcher
and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All
Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee;
Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist, three-time
recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, best-selling author of The World
is Flat, and co-author of That Used to Be Us: How America Fell
Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back;
Lucinda Franks, author of the memoir, My Father’s Secret War
and Timeless Love, Morgenthau and Me, who will speak about
“Love and Politics”; and Martin Goldsmith, author of Alex’s
Wake: A Voyage of Betrayal and Journey of Remembrance and,
previously, The Inextinguishable Symphony.
Tickets for the Ninth Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA
range from $15 to $125 per person and are available at www.
festivalboca.com or by calling (866) 571-ARTS (866-5712787). Multi-event and full festival packages are also available.
Scene from the film “West Side Story”
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