Tragedy, heroism at Boynton Inlet

Serving Highland Beach and Coastal Boca Raton
April 2014
Volume 7 Issue 4
Boca Raton
Tragedy, heroism
at Boynton Inlet
Residential
towers
blossom on
downtown
skyline
By Steve Plunkett
ABOVE: Rescuers pull ashore Capt. Jimmy Stevens from the
wreckage of the Two Georges. RIGHT: The Boynton Beach
Star printed an extra edition the afternoon of the sinking.
Images courtesy of the Boynton Beach City Library
Survivor remembers ‘total confusion’ when
the Two Georges capsized, killing five
By Willie Howard
Ship’s mate Don Lash knew
it would be unwise to panic.
The 60-foot drift fishing
boat Two Georges had just
capsized outside the rough
waters of the Boynton Inlet and
Lash was trapped under water,
his legs ensnared in rope.
“I reached for my fishing
pliers,” Lash, then 19, recalled,
“but they were gone. I realized
that if I was unable to free my
feet from this tangle I would
die. A calm came over me. I
took my pocket knife out and
bent over and cut myself free.”
It was 50 years ago this
March when the Two Georges
went over, killing five
passengers in one of the worst
pleasure-boating disasters in
South Florida.
On March 25, 1964, the
Two Georges was headed into
Boynton Inlet after a morning
trip with 17 passengers and
The 60-foot Two Georges, seen in a postcard image from
happier times. Courtesy of Janet DeVries
three crewmen aboard when
the boat suddenly was lifted
from the stern by a cresting
wave and capsized.
Several captains from the
Boynton Inlet fishing fleet
rushed to their boats and
headed out into rough water
See INLET on page 18
Ocean Ridge
Patience, humor and a system
add up to ‘200 years of love’
By Ron Hayes
Fifty years ago, the Beatles invaded
America, the first ZIP code appeared,
the first lung was transplanted and
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
were married, for the first time.
Also married in 1964 were many
less-celebrated but far more stable
Inside
Around Town
Sweets abound
in downtown
Delray Beach,
from cupcakes to
candies to frozen
confections.
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couples.
Bob and Jeri Bové, 72 and 70, were
married in the Bronx, N.Y., that year.
Jack and Bea Fearon, 83 and 73,
were married in Ozone Park, N.Y.
David and Marie Vladyka, both
71, were married in Passaic, N.J.
See LOVE on page 25
Jack and Bea Fearon, left, Steve and Mary Lou
Cousley, David and Marie Vladyka and Jeri and Bob
Bové renew vows. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Clothing
with a
conscience
More companies
are making ecofriendly tropical
wear and beach
accessories. We
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Construction on
downtown rental projects
made cranes the high points
of Boca Raton’s skyline this
tourist season.
Work continues on the
261-unit Camden Boca Raton
complex, at 131 S. Federal
Highway, and on The Mark at
CityScape, just behind 120 E.
Palmetto Park Road, which
will have 208 units. Billboards
proclaim Camden will be
ready to lease this summer,
while the 12-story Mark
anticipates opening early next
year.
But the construction cranes
will remain a part of the
downtown scene. The 350unit Via Mizner, at Federal
Highway and Camino Real,
should be ready for renters by
the end of next year or early
2016, architect Derek Vander
Ploeg said.
And Tower One Fifty Five,
a condominium project he
designed for young adults,
should open at the northwest
corner of Mizner Boulevard
and Boca Raton Road before
the 2015 tourist season
begins, he said. The building
will have 192 mostly one- and
two-bedroom units and be
100 feet high.
Via Mizner, the first
building to be approved under
the city’s interim design
guidelines, will rise 140 feet.
Vander Ploeg said demand
for apartments at the Heritage
complex across from City
Hall is proof that renters want
to live in Boca Raton. The
complex, which developed
from a failed condominium
project known as the Eden,
now has a waiting list to get
in.
“It’s doing quite well,”
Vander Ploeg said.
See DOWNTOWN on page 28
Summer
Camp Guide
Special section
highlights fun
places for kids.
PLUS: New Tots
& Teens column,
calendar showcase
activities.
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Editor’s Note
Arrivals and departures
are keeping us busy
The first sea turtles
are arriving and the first
snowbirds are departing.
It’s been a record-breaking
tourist season, and most locals
have long ago surrendered to
the sunburned hoards and
no longer try to dine out on
weekends or venture anywhere
near a public beach.
Even so, we’re pleased
our friends in the hospitality
industry are doing well. That
reflects on our bottom-line
and we aren’t complaining.
Still … once the last car
carrier is loaded and pointed
north, we know it will be
time to get down to the heavy
lifting that happens during the
off-season. So, no more lingering on
the patio, it’s time to get to
work.
If you are a seasonal
resident, that means letting
your newly elected officials
know the issues that matter
the most to you before you
leave town.
And stay in touch with
what is happening while you
are away. You can do that by
having a Coastal Star mailed
to you at your northern
address: It costs only $20
per year and you can find a
subscription form on page
AT19. We hope you decide to
join the more than 400 people
who keep up-to-date from
their northern home.
A few things to note in the
April edition:
Arts Paper: April is the last
month we publish our Arts
Paper insert before it takes a
summer vacation. In May, you
will find, instead, a monthly
“Summer Arts” column.
Summer Camp Guide: Our
annual guide is inserted in
this edition to help you find
activities to keep the kids and
grandkids busy during the
summer months. We will be
updating this online as more
camps set their schedules.
Tots & Teens: We have
started separate calendar
listings for local classes and
events for families, children
and teenagers. You will find
this each month at the end
of our regular Community
Calendar.
Whether you’re leaving or
staying for the summer, by
all means check in with our
members-only website (www.
thecoastalstar.ning.com).
Please stay in touch.
We’ll be here.
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Dawn Toimil started a multiple myeloma support group. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Resident turns own her misfortune
into support for others
By Linda Haase
When Dawn Toimil’s doctor
sent her for pre-op clearance
for foot surgery, she figured it
was a routine test. Instead, he
discovered an abnormality in
her blood work and sent her for
more tests, including a bone
marrow biopsy.
The results were shocking:
smoldering multiple myeloma
(the presence of abnormal
plasma cells in the bone
marrow). Toimil was floored.
“I was sad when I was told
the diagnosis, but have learned
that cancer is not necessarily a
death sentence, and that many
scientific inroads have been
made. The future is hopeful
that this can be a chronic
disease,” the mother of two
says about her February 2010
diagnosis. “Thankfully, the
disease has not progressed to
the point requiring aggressive
treatment.”
The St. Andrews and
University of Florida grad is
no stranger to misfortune: She
underwent surgery, chemo and
radiation for breast cancer in
1999.
So this time around, she
was even more determined
to get healthy. She discovered
everything she could about
multiple myeloma — and in
the process helped start a local
support group.
The Boca Raton Multiple
Myeloma Support Group,
which held its first meeting in
November 2010, began with
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and now has 74 people on its
email list.
“The group is a forum
for patients, their friends
and caregivers to exchange
information and form a
community with others
experiencing similar
circumstances,” says the
Boca Raton resident, noting
the group has something in
common with newsman Tom
Brokaw, who recently divulged
he has the disease.
“People often confuse
myeloma with melanoma, but
they are two entirely different
diseases. Myeloma is still
considered incurable, but
researchers are aiming to make
it a chronic disease, much like
diabetes,” she said.
“It is important to get the
word out so those affected
could get diagnosed at an
earlier stage of the disease.
We are also attempting
to familiarize medical
practitioners with myeloma
awareness, so it can be tested
for whenever someone presents
with bone pain, especially in
the back, anemia or abnormal
calcium/creatine/renal levels.”
Last month, the group got
proclamations from several
local cities — including Ocean
Ridge — declaring March
Multiple Myeloma Month.
While Toimil is doing her
part to spread the word, she’s
also busy helping her husband,
Al, in their business, Jet Parts
Inc., and renovating a house
they bought in Ocean Ridge.
“With an empty nest
looming, we wanted to try
living closer to the water and
purchased our home in Ocean
Ridge in November. We love
the quaintness and solitude of
Ocean Ridge and old A1A,”
says Toimil, who worked as a
marketing analyst at Southern
Bell, AT&T and WorldCom/
MCI.
She has another milestone
to mark this year: She and her
husband will be celebrating
their 30th anniversary. Son
Brett is in Georgetown Medical
School while Ryan attends
Dartmouth College and is on
the baseball team.
“I feel blessed to have
seen my boys reach young
adulthood. My goal then, as it
is now, is to see their children
reach young adulthood,” she
emphasizes. “I hope others
facing health obstacles can
make the most of every day,
after the normal phase of anger
and grief, and find joy and
happiness with their lives.” Ú
The Boca Raton Multiple
Myeloma Support Group meets
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first
Monday of each month at the
community center of Patch Reef
Park in Boca Raton.
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Depot Square apartments are
occupied, Safety as Floridians
Expect estimates that there will
be 448 more bicycles and more
than 2,000 new downtown
residents bicycling and walking
on Atlantic Avenue.
A few years later, Tri-Rail
Coastal Link will bring 3,000 to
5,000 visitors per week directly
to Atlantic Avenue. And, when
they get off the train, they will
either be walking or bicycling.
Obviously, we need to be ready
for them.
And that means we should
have a network of sidewalks
stretching six blocks in all
directions from the passenger
rail station, at least one bicycle
lane nearby connecting the
beach with Military Trail, a
shared-use pathway along the
FEC right of way, and shared
lanes on Atlantic Avenue
because we need to encourage
bicyclists to get off the
sidewalks.
In all our neighborhoods
today, pedestrians are walking
on poorly lit streets with few
sidewalks.
It’s unsafe.
We need to accelerate
LED replacement lighting
and build pedestrian/bike
facilities throughout all our
neighborhoods.
For the past four years, the
city of Delray has not invested
in building sidewalks or bike
lanes.
SAFE suggests that we
begin investing 1 percent of
our operating budget each year
toward the construction of new
ped/bike facilities.
Also, SAFE asks the
Community Redevelopment
Agency to join the city’s effort
by providing safe paths to all
schools and parks within its
district.
Delray has a choice: It may
continue making no investment
in ped/bike facilities and
become a gas-guzzling, trafficcongested, unsafe city; or it can
make the investment required
and build a human-powered
transportation system that is
people-friendly and preserves
the quality of life we all cherish.
It’s up to us to choose the
right path.
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the Town of Ocean Ridge is
exposed to an aerosolized
airborne anthrax attack,
volunteers will be needed to
distribute antibiotics.
Ocean Ridge has signed an
agreement with the Palm Beach
County Department of Health
who will provide the needed
antibiotics at no cost, as a part
of a program under the auspices
of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. This
will allow our own trained and
credentialed resident-volunteers
to perform dispensing duties
locally — whereas others may
be required to line up at large
public dispersal centers in the
case of a bioterrorist attack.
All that is required of
volunteers is that they attend
about two hours of meetings
per year.
To volunteer, please request a
sign-up form from Terri Vinas
at [email protected] or contact
Ocean Ridge Town Hall.
Letter to the Editor
All deserve peaceful access to beach
I am a homesteaded
resident of Ocean Ridge living
on Old Ocean Boulevard.
In the summer I live in the
resort community of Ogunquit,
Maine. On an average weekend
in our 10-week summer season,
60,000 people come to town to
enjoy the baby-powder-sand
beach that runs from Ogunquit
through Wells almost to
Kennebunk.
There are houses along many
sections of the beach, and one
community sued the state to
have its beachfront designated
private. The community lost
and the result was the high tide
line.
I don’t think we ought to lie
to residents of surrounding
communities that the beach
is private. It is public and
everyone knows it.
The high tide line could be
noted as the end of public space
and the rules of the beach put
on a clear, well-written sign; i.e. dogs — none; noise — not too
loud; sexual activity — none in
public; no drugs, etc. Certainly
police officers could pass by
hourly during hot beach days
and weekend or daily nights as
part of their routines. It saddens me that Ocean
Ridge townspeople seem fearful
or negative about outsiders
of other cultures whom they
see as dangerous or adding an
unwanted element. This only
creates animosity and leads to
more friction than necessary.
There is nothing wrong with
welcoming our less affluent
neighbors to the west and north
and encourage them to enjoy
the beauty and peacefulness
of the ocean without making
them feel like interlopers in
their own county.
The next Haitian you see ask
him/her Sa passe? — Creole
for “how is it passing, how are
you.” He’ll say: Na bullee. I’m
not burning. He’s not on fire
while being chased by a mob, or
the Tontons Macoutes, so he’s
OK. Let’s not add to the struggle.
Rachel Walker
Ocean Ridge
All success to new OR commission
Congratulations to both
James Bonfiglio and Richard
Lucibella, my esteemed
opponents in the March 11
election for town commissioner
of Ocean Ridge.
I wish the entire commission
success and amenable
achievement in issues brought
forth for consideration and
action on behalf of us all. May
they hear our voices spoken
through our votes and render
fair and good decisions.
I thoroughly enjoyed
canvassing our neighborhood
and meeting so many kind
and gracious citizens. It was
an amazing experience and if
approached again, I would be
honored to serve.
Thank you for the inspiring
confidence I received from
100 voters of the recorded 422.
May God continue to bless our
“old Florida” town and all who
reside in Ocean Ridge.
Roberta Wehr
Ocean Ridge
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News 5
Boca Raton
We kid you not: Rescued goat makes guest appearance
By Rich Pollack
It took a while, but Dylan
Kosten finally got his goat.
After work early last
month, Kosten, a part-time
lifeguard for Boca Raton
Ocean Rescue, was heading
to a beachfront party near
Spanish River Park with
other lifeguards when an
elusive goat — yes, goat —
that had been in the area for
several weeks, made a guest
appearance.
Fearing for the animal’s
safety, Kosten and two other
lifeguards decided it was time
to do what they do best. They
sprung to the rescue — only
to discover that corralling
a frightened goat had the
potential to be as challenging
as saving a struggling
swimmer.
When a makeshift lasso
didn’t work, Kosten, who
grew up on a farm, decided
to take a direct approach and
lunged at the goat.
“I grabbed him by
the horns and lifted him
off the ground,” Kosten
recalls, adding that the goat
immediately calmed down. “It
was like holding a cat.”
After an hourlong chase,
Kosten and his roundup
partners, lifeguards Johnny
Santosuosso and Greg Ryan,
grabbed the goat and brought
it back to the festivities.
“We walked it to the
barbecue like it was a dog,”
Kosten said.
At the party, the goat got a
lot of attention and he seemed
to enjoy every minute of it.
“The goat was a special
guest,” said Ocean Rescue
Capt. Clint Tracy.
After the barbecue, the
goat got a lift to the home of
another lifeguard, who made
a place for him in his yard.
But the goat with a fancy
for freedom soon figured
out a way to escape and was
discovered early the next
morning by a neighbor, who
tied him to a tree and called
police.
Officers, somewhat
surprised to find a goat in
the northeast Boca Raton
neighborhood, came and took
it into custody.
For now the little fellow is
enjoying living on the farm of
a Boca Raton detective who
has temporarily adopted him.
“It’s got a good life now,”
Kosten said.
Where the goat came
from and how he ended up
in Spanish River Park, where
lifeguards speculate he made
himself a home, remains a
mystery. But a tag on his ear
that read “meat” may have
been an indication of what
could have be in store for him
down the road.
For the lifeguards, who
have seen foxes, skunks and
iguanas in the park and on
the beach, rescuing a goat is a
first.
“It’s the most absurd
thing,” says Kosten. “Who
would have thought I’d be
chasing a goat in the dunes,
especially in Boca Raton.” Ú
Lifeguard Dylan Kosten with the wandering goat.
Photo provided
Lighting improvements save money, help wildlife
By Cheryl Blackerby
The Palm Beach County
chapter of the nonprofit
International Dark-Sky
Association gave 23 Boca
Raton condominium
associations awards for
making their lighting more
efficient and turtle-friendly.
The awards were presented
at the Gumbo Limbo Nature
Center’s Sea Turtle Day
Festival on March 1 in Boca
Raton.
“We’ve noticed an increase
in people asking us what they
should do about lighting,”
said Kirt Rusenko, marine
conservationist at Gumbo
Limbo. “We tell them to use
full-cutoff light fixtures,
which put the light on the
ground where you need it, not
shining up into the sky.”
The associations and
homeowners who change
lighting notice immediate
benefits, he said.
“You usually save roughly
60 percent on the electric bill
when you use these fixtures.
And condo members say they
notice the decks and pools are
brighter, making them safer,
even though the buildings are
darker,” he said.
With full-cutoff lighting,
nesting sea turtles and
Condo kudos
Turtle-friendly lighting
won these condos awards
San Remo
Yacht and Racquet Club
Villa Oceana
Ocean Club
Ocean Reef Towers
Brighton
Marbella
Boca Mar
Beresford
Excelsior
Sabal Shores
Sabal Point
Presidential Place
Boca Beach Club and
Condo
Cloister del Mar
Cloister Beach Towers
Addison
Placide
Whitehall
Luxuria
Stratford Arms
Whitehall South
3000 South
their hatchlings safely find
their way back to the ocean,
guided by reflected star
and moonlight instead of
the bright lights of condo
buildings.
Rusenko and IDA are
encouraging cities and
inland residents, as well as
coastal homeowners, to use
full-cutoff lights to stop “sky
glow,” the light that looks like
an orange smog at night over
cities.
In Florida, excessive
lighting disrupts the
biological cycles of wildlife.
“Light pollution” can drive sea
turtles from nesting on the
beaches, chase fish away from
the shoreline and interfere
with the mating habits of
frogs.
The Council of Science and
Public Health reports studies
that show nighttime artificial
lighting adversely affects
humans, too. It disrupts
circadian biological rhythms
that can increase cancer risks
and some chronic diseases,
and even contribute to
obesity.
If homeowners would
cut down on the amount
of light used at night, less
money would be wasted by
governments, businesses
and homeowners, and more
nocturnal animals would
be able to live their lives
as nature intended, said
Rusenko.
He tells Florida residents to
look for Dark-Sky approved
lighting at all Lowe’s and most
Home Depot stores. Ú
For more information about
the South Florida chapter
of International Dark-Sky
Association: idasouthflorida.
org
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The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Gulf Stream
New commission seeks way
forward amid legal tangle
By Dan Moffett
Gulf Stream voters turned
out in large numbers last
month for the town’s first
contested commission election
in 21 years.
Though four incumbents
and a newcomer who supported
them won by wide margins over
the town’s harshest critic, the
election appears to have done
little to ease the rancor or
resolve the courtroom fights
that have plagued Gulf Stream
for the past two years.
Twenty minutes into the first
commission meeting after the
election — and shortly before
newcomer Scott Morgan was to
be sworn in as a commissioner
— Martin O’Boyle had Morgan
served with a subpoena for a
deposition in one of O’Boyle’s
lawsuits against the town.
O’Boyle may have lost his
bid for a commission seat but
he has left little doubt that he
is carrying on his campaign in
the courts.
“I’m still hoping that things
will settle down,” said Morgan,
an attorney and businessman
who is the former chairman of
the town’s architectural board.
“I hope we can get back to
doing things in a calm, civil,
less divisive way.”
Morgan said he took
the election results and the
standing-room-only turnout
for the swearing-in ceremonies
as support for the new
commission and the return to
the quieter times that many in
the town seek.
Gulf Stream had the highest
turnout of any municipality in
Palm Beach County on March
11, with 58.49 percent, 417
of the 713 registered voters,
casting ballots. Morgan and
Robert Ganger led the votegetters with 325 each, 18.87
percent; Donna White had 320,
18.58 percent; Thomas Stanley
317, 18.41 percent; and Mayor
Joan Orthwein 313, 18.18
percent; O’Boyle had 122 votes,
7.08 percent.
O’Boyle sent an email to his
supporters giving credit to his
opponents for their victory and
crediting his own campaign
Pete and Alice Dye honored
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Notable golf course deigners and Gulf Stream residents Pete
and Alice Dye were inducted into the Palm Beach County
Sports Hall of Fame by Guy Quattlebaum President of the
Palm Beach County Sports Commission Board of Directors
(left) and Richard Ellington Vice Chair of the Hall of Fame
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with bringing about changes
that the town needs, most
notably energizing the electoral
process.
“I entered this election to
win and effect change,” O’Boyle
wrote, “and with the help of
the people, I accomplished all
goals. 1) I entered the election
(although I was not elected) but
I feel that the people, through
our joint efforts, clearly won;
and 2) the beating of the drums
of change can already be
heard.”
O’Boyle said he intends
to take his complaints to the
newly seated commission.
“Gulf Stream has many
complex issues that must be
dealt with,” he wrote. “As
applies to them, I can say
that I and my supporters are
committed to working with the
Commissioners to resolve those
issues.”
The town’s first election
since 1993 went off with only
a minor incident, according to
Town Clerk Rita Taylor. Palm
Beach County Supervisor of
Elections Susan Bucher checked
out Town Hall on election
day and found that O’Boyle’s
campaign truck was parked too
close to the poll entrance.
“His truck with the
campaign signs was within the
100-foot no-no zone,” Taylor
said, “so he had to move it.
Otherwise, there weren’t any
problems.”
Issues going forward
One of the most pressing
issues that the new commission
must face is the rising legal fees
caused by O’Boyle’s numerous
lawsuits, and those of one
of his most vocal campaign
supporters, Chris O’Hare. The
legal fight between O’Boyle and
the town began with a dispute
over a home remodeling
project and has expanded
into allegations of violations
of public-records laws and
infringement of constitutional
rights.
In a hastily called special
meeting on March 28 — a
Friday afternoon — the Town
Commission unanimously
approved hiring Boca Raton
lawyer Robert Sweetapple as
special counsel for defending
the town against its many
lawsuits.
Morgan nominated
Sweetapple and praised him
as an attorney experienced
in public-records cases and
municipal litigation.
“I believe a special counsel
will lead to an expeditious
resolution and ultimately be
less expensive,” said Morgan,
noting that Sweetapple usually
charges $500 an hour but
was willing to represent Gulf
Stream for $350.
Defending a municipality
is a bit of a role reversal for
Sweetapple, who has earned
a reputation as a tenacious
litigator in bringing several
high-profile cases against
the cities of Boca Raton and
Boynton Beach. In 2005, he
charged Boca police with
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Last year, Gulf Stream
wound up paying $395,000
in legal expenses, most of it
because of O’Boyle. Town
Manager William Thrasher
warned commissioners that
the town has already burned
through nearly all of the
$93,500 earmarked for legal
expenses in the current
budget year. O’Boyle’s latest
suit against the town was a
complaint filed in federal
court over the town’s code
restrictions of his campaign
signs.
“We are behind on legal fees,
and the escalating costs are
now starting to hit our budget,”
Thrasher said. “If you project
that out, we’re going to be over
budget by somewhere around
$150,000.”
White said it will be
challenging for the commission
to find the money to cover the
rising costs of legal defenses.
“The fees are awfully high,”
said White. “Attorneys are just
expensive, and to be at that part
of the budget this early in the
year is really disturbing.”
Morgan said that, talking to
residents during the campaign,
he was confident that most
townspeople “were willing to
contribute” to fighting off the
lawsuits against the town.
“I don’t see any sign that
those two (O’Boyle and O’Hare)
are going to back off, so I really
think a very strong, aggressive
defense needs to be taken,” said
Morgan. “The vast majority
of people, on both sides of the
Intracoastal, want to defend the
cases aggressively.”
The last act of business
for the old commission,
which included the outgoing
Garrett Dering, was to pass
unanimously new decorum
guidelines for commission
meetings.
Under the new provisions,
people who launch personal
attacks at commissioners,
use profanity or disrupt the
meetings face expulsion or
arrest. The new rules came in
response to the tumultuous
February meeting in which
O’Hare and town officials had
several heated exchanges after
his mother had difficulty using
the Town Hall restroom.
Thrasher said the town
“is making progress” with
restroom design changes
and repairs that will make
the facilities more compliant
with federal Americans with
Disabilities Act requirements.
He said engineering plans for a
larger restroom renovation will
be coming to the commission
later this year. Ú
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An 18 percent annual
increase in your floodinsurance premium is a hefty
hike, but it beats the 25 percent
that many coastal homeowners
were facing.
A new federal law caps
increases at 18 percent for
primary residences. Owners
of second homes and business,
though, still could pay 25
percent increases.
The big jumps were intended
to make the National Flood
Insurance Program solvent after
huge payouts from hurricanes
Katrina in 2005 and Sandy in
2012 put it $24 billion in debt.
Premiums for everyone
would have jumped 25 percent
each year until they were high
enough to support the program.
The federal flood-insurance
program serves 5.6 million
homes nationally, with nearly
40 percent in Florida. About
four out of five policies pay
what the Federal Emergency
Management Agency calls full
rates, but nearly 5,000 Palm
Beach County policies have
premiums “inadequate for risk,”
according to FEMA.
“I’ve seen some astronomical
rate increases” under the
previous plan, said Ken
Schenck, Ocean Ridge town
manager.
The new law caps floodinsurance premiums at 1
percent of a policy’s coverage.
For example: a $5,000 yearly
premium for $500,000 coverage.
Most of the coastal areas of
Highland Beach, Lantana and
South Palm Beach are in flood
zones.
Condos dominate Highland
Beach and South Palm Beach,
and residents technically live
above flood zones, South Palm
Beach Town Manager Rex
Taylor explained. But flood
insurance is included in their
association fees.
Higher premiums for second
homes troubles Schenk, since
the populations in Ocean Ridge
and other coastal communities
usually double in season. “We
have no idea how many are
using Ocean Ridge as their
primary residence,” he said. The
town has about 1,300 registered
voters and a 2013 population
estimate of nearly 1,800.
Many of those barrier-island
homes are subject to storm
surge and are evacuated as
hurricanes approach. Sections
of A1A often flood during
strong storms and some
neighborhood streets flood
during peak high tide times in
the spring and fall.
FEMA creates maps that
identify flood risk, and
continually revises them,
creating some flood zones
for new construction and
mortgaged property.
Ocean Ridge is appealing
proposed changes in the
maps, that excluded only 140
properties from the flood zone,
since the town spent $10 million
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to improve drainage in its south
end. Schenck hopes to get 50100 more properties removed
from the flood zone.
Richard Radcliffe, executive
director of the Palm Beach
County League of Cities,
said his group also submitted
information about why certain
areas should be excluded from
flood zones.
Delray Beach has appealed
some of its coastal properties
placed in flood zones, building
official Steve Tobias said, but
Gulf Stream is waiting before it
considers an appeal, according
to Town Manager William
Thrasher.
Boca Raton will appeal
proposed changes to flood
maps along its canals, but not
its coastal areas, Dan Grippo,
municipal services director,
said. “It’s a given along the coast
that the (homes) are subject to
storm surge.”
FEMA is expected to issue
new maps by about June,
followed by 30 days for public
review and another 90 days
for community officials and
property owners to submit
more technical and/or scientific
data.
Still, the new maps may not
go into effect until August 2015,
FEMA said.
For more information on the
process, visit fema.gov/nationalflood-insurance-programflood-hazard-mapping/lettermap-change. Ú.
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Delray Beach
Election upset could
shift commission balance
By Tim Pallesen
Newcomer Jordana
Jarjura upset incumbent
Angeleta Gray in the
March 11 city election,
possibly shifting the
balance of power on
the Delray Beach City
Commission.
Jarjura became the
fourth attorney on the
commission by capturing
51 percent of the vote
compared to 41 percent for
Gray, who had been a city
commissioner since 2009.
Newly elected Jordana Jarjura and
Another incumbent,
reelected Al Jacquet. Kurtis Boggs/
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challenge from Chris Davey The Coastal Star
in the second commission
race on the ballot. Jacquet got
project in January.
Gray, a beauty shop owner,
50 percent of the vote compared
suffered a blow when several
to 46 percent for Davey.
Jarjura could become the
west Delray citizen groups
swing vote with Mayor Cary
and the Sun-Sentinel endorsed
Glickstein and Commissioner
Jarjura.
News that the state attorney
Shelly Petrolia on issues such
was examining Gray’s role
as ending developer incentives
in awarding a $50,000 city
to build downtown, police
contract to a firm tied to
and fire pension reform and
seeking bids for the city garbage her campaign manager was
reported less than two weeks
contract.
Petrolia financially
before the election.
supported Jarjura and Davey
The election turnout was
15.8 percent, with 6,584 of the
for election. Glickstein asked
city’s 41,584 registered voters
residents by mass email on
going to the polls.
election day to vote for Davey.
Support for Jarjura and
Voters also approved a
Davey was strong in east
charter revision to clarify
Delray, partly because Jacquet
the voting procedure by
and Gray didn’t join Glickstein
commissioners at meetings,
and Petrolia to fight the
with 56 percent in favor of the
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Plans to rebuild the Seagate
Yacht Club are drawing positive
response from coastal residents
south of Atlantic Avenue.
The owners of the nearby
Seagate Hotel and Spa want
to build 10 luxury townhouses
and a three-story clubhouse at
the existing 44-slip marina on
MacFarlane Drive.
The clubhouse got scrutiny
at a March 17 meeting of the
Planning and Zoning Board,
where the developer agreed
to a neighborhood request to
close the clubhouse at 10 p.m.
on weeknights and midnight
on weekends. No music on the
rooftop sunbathing terrace will
be another restriction.
But the developer submitted
favorable comments from 200
neighbors who say the new
yacht club with its distinctive
contemporary design will
benefit their neighborhood.
City commissioners must
approve a conditional-use
request for the clubhouse. The
design goes to the Site Plan
Review and Appearance Board
for approval.
Dockage for luxury yachts
is important for Seagate’s effort
to create a full-service resort
destination, said E. Anthony
Wilson, chairman of the
Seagate Hospitality Group.
In addition to the 162-room
hotel at 1000 E. Atlantic Ave.,
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Delray Beach
City: Positive spin resulted
in improved parade day
By Tim Pallesen
More children and less
alcohol made a better St.
Patrick’s Day Parade this year,
city officials say.
“The parade went much
better since we did away
with open alcohol,” Assistant
City Manager Bob Barcinski
concluded after the March 15
parade.
Unlike last year, the city
banned drinking from open
containers of alcohol on the
sidewalks along the Atlantic
Avenue parade route.
Police documented 1,159
violations of the open-container
law. Drinkers were simply
asked to empty their drink
glasses and nobody received a
citation.
Bars and restaurants were
allowed to serve alcohol
inside their businesses. But
Police Lt. Scott Privitera said
four businesses failed to stop
patrons from carrying alcohol
when they left the bars and
restaurants.
An employee on loan
from the Boca Raton Police
Department recorded a video
of patrons leaving with alcohol
from the businesses, Privitera
wrote in a March 21 report.
But city officials were pleased
overall by the first year when
open drinking was banned
during a parade that’s become
a national attraction on St.
Patrick’s Day.
“Our police felt it went
better,” Barcinski said. “More
positive than in the past.
“We still have a couple little
issues,” he added. “I don’t
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understand why people bring
animals.”
A police officer was bitten
on the hand trying to stop a
pit bull attack on a guinea pig,
Privitera said.
Police and parade organizer
John Fischer agreed that more
children and families attended
this year’s parade.
“More children are coming
because we’ve been marketing
the parade to the School
Board,” Fischer said.
Police officers joined
firefighters and paramedics for
the first time this year as the
parade was expanded to include
all emergency responders.
School children, civic groups
and charities also began
marching in the annual event.
“We’ve steered the parade to
the positive stuff,” Fischer said,
“and that’s where it’s going to
stay.” Ú
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turtle rescued on Lantana
Beach on Christmas Day is
on the road to recovery at
Loggerhead Marinelife Center.
“She was moved into a
bigger tank because she had
been bumping her head against
the sides of the smaller tank
she was in,” said Kat Rumbley,
Loggerhead communications
coordinator. “This tank just
gives her more room to swim.”
Meghan is the only
documented olive ridley found
stranded in Palm Beach County
and the first this far north.
The turtle, whose condition
was listed as critical when she
arrived at Loggerhead, was
treated for external wounds,
given a glucose IV, antibiotics
to prevent infection, and iron to
treat anemia.
When she was rescued, she
weighed only 65 pounds; the
ideal weight for an adult olive
ridley is about 100. She now
weighs 79 pounds. In the days
after she was found, she had to
be fed intravenously, then was
tube-fed a slurry of fish and
vitamins. Now she is eating fish
on her own.
Meghan arrived with a
constriction injury to the
front left flipper, which caused
extensive tissue damage. X-rays
showed no bone damage.
Her flipper wounds are all
healing well.
Meghan started her journey
around Central and South
America, and at some point was
swept along in the Gulf Stream
— all four flippers tangled in
fishing net — before landing
on Lantana Beach, thrashing in
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April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
News 11
Along the Coast
Police Officer Robert McAllister of the Ocean Ridge Police
Department wrote up four different bicyclists who ran a red
light on A1A. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
Bicyclists and drivers
warned about safety
By Rich Pollack
Law enforcement officers
along the coast of Palm Beach
County – from Boca Raton to
Manalapan – were out in force
earlier this month as part of
a continuing effort to educate
bicyclists and motorists about
laws designed to make roads
safer for both.
In a joint effort coordinated
by the South Florida Safe Roads
Task Force, police officers
from several cities and towns
patrolled State Road A1A on
Tuesday April 1 as part of a
weeklong initiative aimed at
reducing accidents involving
bicycles, pedestrians and motor
vehicles.
“All of the agencies involved
in the South Florida Safe Roads
Task Force are looking to create
awareness of the major issues
that are causing serious injuries
and fatalities,” said task force
spokesperson Tara Kirschner,
executive director of the Dori
Slosberg Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to
traffic safety. “There are many
safety concerns that need to be
addressed and resolved.”
During the April 1
coordinated effort, police
officers and Palm Beach
County sheriff’s deputies kept
a close eye on the often-narrow
stretches of A1A from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m., stopping bicyclists and
motorists and reminding them
of the need to share the road
with one another.
In Ocean Ridge, police
officers stopped five bicyclists
and one motorist during the
enforcement effort, with three
of the violators receiving
warnings and three receiving
citations.
“We had three violations in
just the first 15 minutes,” said
Ocean Ridge Police Chief Chris
Yannuzzi. “These violations
are happening all the time. We
should be thankful there aren’t
more accidents.”
At the Boynton Inlet, sheriff
deputies focused on educating
pedestrians, writing several
warnings to those crossing
A1A and not using the marked
crosswalk.
“Our whole aim is voluntary
compliance from pedestrians,
bicyclists and motorists,” says
Highland Beach police Lt. Eric
Lundberg, who helped get the
task force started.
Two priorities for the task
force are making sure bicyclists
are aware of the law requiring
them to ride no more than two
abreast and not impede the
flow of traffic when doing so,
and that motorists are aware
of the law requiring them to
give bicycles at least 3 feet of
clearance.
“Through education, we
hope to change the attitudes
of motorists toward cyclists
and cyclists toward motorists,”
Kirschner said.
As part of its effort, the
task force and the Florida
Department of Transportation
late last month placed six
electronic message boards along
A1A that read “Vehicle Bicycle
Safety Campaign in Effect.”
The boards are giving
travelers an indication of
stepped-up enforcement efforts
and also serve as a reminder
of the need to keep roads safe
for pedestrians, bicyclists and
drivers.
Task force members will
review the result of the initial
weeklong effort and are
expected to continue with the
initiative later in the year.
“The majority of bicyclists
and motorists follow the rules of
the road,” says Highland Beach
Police Chief Craig Hartmann.
“What we want to do is educate
that small percentage who don’t
or who may not be aware of the
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South Palm Beach
By Dan Moffett
After a spate of hiring in
recent weeks, the South Palm
Beach Police Department is at
full strength for the first time
since last summer.
During a period of rare
turnover, the department lost
its chief last fall when Roger
Crane retired after 28 years on
the job, and then lost a senior
officer when Lt. Nick Alvaro
called it quits in February. All
told, four positions turned over
on the eight-officer staff in the
last nine months.
Acting Police Chief Carl
Webb, who was promoted
from captain to replace
Crane in November, has been
busy juggling schedules and
screening candidates.
“We’re very happy about
the new officers we’ve added,”
Webb said. “We feel good about
Police department now at full staff
our department right now.”
The town’s new officers are:
• Robert Rizzotto, who
comes to South Palm Beach
after serving two years as an
officer in Juno Beach. Rizzotto
was a member of the New
York Police Department and
was working with the street
crimes division during the 9/11
terrorist attacks.
• Carol Johnson, who has
served with the Fort Pierce
Police Department. “I took a
look at her application and with
her experience and education,
she’s definitely going to be an
asset to our department,” Webb
said.
• Michael Ladda, who comes
to the town after working
for the Lake Clarke Shores
department.
• Steve Kirkpatrick, a recent
graduate of the police academy
with experience in combating
drunken driving.
“Even though we were
hiring officers as people left, it
became a bit more acute with
the retirement of Chief Crane
and Lt. Alvaro,” said Town
Manager Rex Taylor. “All new
officers require a period of field
training before they operate on
their own.”
Councilman Robert Gottlieb
said now that the department
has caught up on its hiring, it
needs to examine how it patrols
the beachfront.
“Whether we walk the
beaches, whether the buildings
report, we need to start to
take a look at beach security,”
Gottlieb said.
In other business:
• Nothing’s been rescheduled
since the developer of the Palm
Beach Oceanfront Inn, Paragon
Acquisition Group, abruptly
canceled a workshop for
Council remembers former Mayor Millar
stronger.”
Flagello said one of Millar’s
enduring legacies was a method
for distributing the Town
Council members’ duties.
“He was the first guy who
assigned each council member
an area of the town,” Flagello
said. “Somebody would get the
beach, somebody the sewers,
somebody something else.”
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Mayor Donald Clayman said
he spoke with Cohen after the
cancellation and the developer
was interested in meeting with
the town again. “But there’s
nothing to schedule yet,”
Clayman said. “We’ll see.” Ú
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“His term here certainly
was tumultuous, especially his
last term,” Vice Mayor Joseph
Flagello said. “It’s always a
sad and tragic thing. He was
obviously not well. One of the
positive things he brought
to this town through that
tumultuous term was that he
brought it together. He made
the town tougher. He made it
residents on a proposed project
for the site.
Taylor said the town has no
plans to take another look at
the proposal until Paragon and
CEO Gary Cohen make the
next move.
“At this point in time, it’s all
in the court of the developer,”
Taylor said. “We have nothing
for consideration. I don’t
Lantana
Council members reflected
on the career and life of former
Mayor Marty Millar, after word
came from Lantana police that
he had died of a self-inflicted
gunshot wound on March 23.
Millar, 67, served four years
as a town councilman and two
years as mayor until resigning
in 2010 after admitting
violating state ethics laws
during a 2009 visit to a West
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Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
Two distinctive arches that
Boca Raton officials hope will
become downtown landmarks
now greet visitors to Sanborn
Square Park.
The steel arches, mounted
on stone-and-tile columns, arc
over Northeast First Avenue
at Northeast Second Street
and Palmetto Park Road. The
section of First Avenue was
renamed Sanborn Promenade
as part of the festivities.
All five City Council
members attended a dedication
and ribbon-cutting ceremony
Feb. 28.
Money for the arches came
from cash left over from the
Downtown Promenade Project,
which saw pavers replace
asphalt and sidewalks on First
Avenue and Second Street as
well as sidewalks on Boca Raton
Road. Benches, bollard lighting
and new trees also were part of
the streetscape improvements
designed to make downtown
more pedestrian friendly.
The steel for the arches was
fabricated in Alabama and
shaped in North Carolina. It
is painted the same dark green
as the streetlights along the
promenade.
The center of each arch is
16 feet high. The original 1955
Sanborn Square dedication
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Arches marked as downtown landmarks
plaque will eventually be
featured on one base.
The Downtown Boca
Raton Advisory Committee
recommended First Avenue’s
renaming and helped guide the
project through Community
Redevelopment Agency
approvals.
Assistant City Manager
Mike Woika said residents and
businesses downtown like the
new arches. “I think they’re
well on their way to becoming
landmarks,” he said. Ú
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Manalapan
Engineer describes Audubon bridge decline, says collapse unlikely
By Dan Moffett
Manalapan town
commissioners got a face-toface report from the engineer
who evaluated their crumbling
Audubon Causeway bridge.
What Jeff Bergmann told
them was that there are no
quick or easy fixes for the 20foot span, but something will
have to be done relatively soon.
“As you drive over it, it looks
like a perfectly healthy bridge,”
said Bergmann, a consultant
with Bridge Design Associates.
“But when you go underneath
— we were concerned.”
Bergmann told the
commission at its March 25
meeting that the bridge’s
pilings are decaying, with steel
reinforcements showing the
signs of decades of corrosion.
He said, however, that the
chances are slim that the
structure will collapse.
“Prior to any collapse,
you’re going to see some
large movements of the
bridge that will visually warn
somebody,” Bergmann said.
“So it’s not going to fail in an
instantaneous mode, but will
continue to degrade over time.”
The consultants recommend
repairing or replacing the
bridge within a two- to threeyear period. The price tag for
repair is about $528,000, with
an estimate of at least 10 years
of service; the cost to replace it
is about $760,000, for 50-plus
years of use. The estimated
construction time is between a
year and 18 months, with oneway traffic maintained during
the project.
“The sense of the
commission is we have a
decision that’s going to impact
the town for quite a long
time to come,” Mayor David
Cheifetz said. “We just simply
need more information.”
Bergmann told
commissioners it wasn’t feasible
to use a prefabricated truss
bridge — a World War II-type
Bailey bridge — to reroute
traffic temporarily because
there isn’t enough land to
install it around the span. He
Manalapan Town Clerk Lisa Petersen administers the oath of office to Commissioner-Elect Clark
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said using a culvert design
could work but also would
require federal permitting that
would consider the potential
environmental impact to sea
grass and fish. That process
could take two years with no
guarantees of approval.
Bergmann said it might
be possible to reduce the
number of pilings with a “clear
span” design, cutting some
cost and construction time.
He told commissioners he
would give them estimates on
that alternative and also on
wrapping the existing pilings
with jackets to extend their
lives.
The commission
unanimously approved a
provision to restrict truck
traffic on the bridge, under
which companies with heavy
utility vehicles will have to
assume liability for crossing the
span.
Town Manager Linda
Stumpf said federal and state
agencies won’t allow the
town to stop the boat traffic
underneath.
Bergmann said he is
comfortable with the load
restrictions the town has placed
on the bridge.
“I’ve been conservative
because one of my jobs is to
protect the public,” he said. “So
we made our best estimate.”
In other business:
• Commissioner Peter
Isaac’s proposal to limit public
comments to three minutes
won unanimous approval.
The change brings Manalapan
in line with neighboring
communities and includes a
“mayoral override” provision
that allows the mayor to grant
speakers more time when
warranted.
Isaac noted that Abraham
Lincoln only needed two
minutes for the Gettysburg
address and the current fiveminute limit is too long and
fosters pontification. “You
don’t build a church for Easter
Sunday,” he said.
• Stumpf said a 14-page
consultant’s report has found
that the town will need
to spend about $21,500 to
make parking and access to
the 33-year-old Town Hall
building compliant with federal
Americans with Disabilities Act
requirements.
The report comes in
response to a complaint by
resident Kersen De Jong. The
commission decided to take
up the proposed changes and
how to pay for them at its April
meeting.
• Two new members were
sworn in to the commission
after going unopposed in
the March 11 election: Clark
Appleby, who has served on the
town’s zoning board, claimed
the at-large seat vacated by John
Murphy; and Ronald Barsanti,
a member of the architectural
board who took the point seat
vacated by Howard Roder. Vice
Mayor Louis De Stefano also
was sworn in to another term
representing the ocean district.
Appleby, an investment
manager, is the grandson
of former Manalapan
Commissioner John Manfuso.
Barsanti got his first
assignment in his first meeting:
Mayor Cheifetz asked him to
sit in on the town’s screening of
engineering consultants. Ú
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The last of four beach
renourishment projects is
underway, and it’s up against
an April 30th deadline that
may not be met if rough seas
continue.
Work on the project at Boca
Raton’s north beach started
March 23. The dredge was
forced to stop pumping sand
March 25 because of strong
winds.
“We had to pull off because
of the weather. We hope to
start back as soon as the winds
calm down,” said Jennifer
Bistyga, engineer with the City
of Boca Raton.
Boca’s north beach as well
as beaches in Ocean Ridge and
Delray Beach are U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers beach
renourishment projects. The
Army Corps deadline for those
projects is April 30, and if the
project is not done by that time
the city of Boca will have to
apply for a new permit. (The
fourth project was south Boca
Raton beach, which is not an
Army Corps project, but the
city used the same contractor
to save money.)
“If we don’t meet the
deadline, we would have
to go for a formal permit
extension because the Florida
Department of Environmental
Protection doesn’t allow us to
dredge beyond April 30,” she
said.
The city would probably
only be able to get an extension
into mid-May because of turtle
nesting season, she said.
But the dredge has already
placed about 40,000 cubic
yards of sand on the beach
in its first two days, a good
head start, she said. “We feel
confident we have more than
enough days to get the job
done before the deadline.”
Meanwhile, winds and
surf have carved out high
escarpments on Ocean Ridge’s
beach, a renourishment project
that was finished Feb. 9.
“At the southern end of
Oceanfront Park, there’s an
escarpment about 1,550 feet
long and 4 feet high, and
places that are 6 feet high. It’s
the biggest escarpment I’ve
seen in Palm Beach County,”
said Tom Warnke, a member
of the executive committee
of the Palm Beach chapter of
Surfrider Foundation, a nonprofit environmental group
that works to protect oceans
and beaches.
The county is aware of
the escarpments, said Tracy
Logue, coastal geologist
for Palm Beach County
Environmental Resources
Management.
“We’ve been monitoring
the escarpments and updating
the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission on
the conditions,” she said. “If
necessary, a knock-down will
be conducted as late as possible
to minimize additional
scarping during the peak
(turtle) nesting period.”
The county sea turtle
experts will make the decisions
on whether or not to relocate
any newly deposited nests near
an escarpment, she said. The county has a small
window of opportunity to
move a nest. “According to
state permit conditions, nests
requiring relocation must
be moved no later than 9
a.m. the morning following
deposition,” she said.
The non-profit Reef Rescue
group has been researching
the turbidity produced by
the sand pumping at all four
beaches, and saw few problems
with Delray Beach but a big
problem at Boca’s north beach.
“They were able to keep the
silt plumes under control in
Delray Beach. This company
has a smaller piece of
equipment than the big dredge
used last year, and they could
control the amount of of silt
generated. I don’t think we
have any impacts to reefs,” said
Ed Tichenor, director of Palm
Beach County Reef Rescue.
Boca’s north beach is a
different story, he said.
“With just one day of
pumping, we saw a massive
amount of turbidity. We could
see turbidity coming off the
beach and going all the way to
Boca Inlet,” he said. “Unlike
the other projects, this is a
critical habitat for endangered
staghorn coral. I’m very
concerned about this project.”
On March 25, U.S. Rep.
Lois Frankel came to Ocean
Ridge to make a ceremonial
check presentation for the
$12 million in federal money
that Congress is contributing
through the Army Corps to
the county’s beach projects,
including Delray Beach,
Ocean Ridge and north Boca
Raton beach — enough to
cover about 60 percent of the
work. The rest is coming from
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April 2014 Along the Coast
By Rich Pollack
It is a Palm Beach County
tourist season best defined by
storms.
Snowstorms in the rest of
the country, no storms to speak
of in South Florida and the
perfect storm of an improving
economy plus pent-up demand
and strong promotions all
having come together to help
break tourism records.
“At both our restaurants,
this is the best season we’ve
ever seen,” says Luke Therien,
whose family has owned and
operated the Banana Boat in
Boynton Beach for 35 years and
the nearby Prime Catch for 10
years. “We’re seeing a much
higher traffic count.”
At local hotels, occupancy
rates are booming, with guests
booking earlier and staying
longer.
In February for example,
hotel occupancy in Palm Beach
County reached 90 percent
and at Crane’s Beachhouse, a
boutique hotel in Delray Beach,
February was as close to being
sold out as you can get with a
98 percent occupancy rate, up
from 87 percent last February.
“February occupancy was
a record,” said Jorge Pesquera,
president and CEO of Discover
the Palm Beaches, which is
responsible for promoting
tourism throughout the county.
Many of those visitors
came by air, with Palm
Beach International Airport
seeing more than 1.1 million
passengers flowing through its
corridors, a 6.7 percent increase
over the same period last year.
All of this translates to
good news for local businesses,
which depend on tourists to
help bolster their winter sales.
The Boca Raton Resort and
Club is having an outstanding
season, according to Troy
McLellan, president and CEO
of the Greater Boca Raton
Chamber of Commerce.
“The success of the hotel
in its group and leisure stays
equates to success for our local
retailers and restaurants,” he
said. “And the hotel is having a
phenomenal year.”
In Delray Beach, tourismrelated businesses such as
Delray Yacht Cruises, which
offers Intracoastal sightseeing
tours, have also benefited from
the influx of visitors.
“It’s been a very busy
season,” said Vice President
Meghan Christian. “It’s been
busier than last season.”
Much of the credit for the
increase in visitors to South
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Florida can be given to Mother
Nature. Just about everyone in
the local hospitality industry
points to the miserable winter
in the Northeast and much
of the rest of the county as
the main reason tourists are
flocking to the area.
But Peter Ricci, director of
the hospitality management
program at Florida Atlantic
University, says other factors
have also played a key role,
including the rebounding
economy, pent-up demand and
a significant increase in tourism
promotion at the state, county
and local level.
“It’s like a perfect storm
of several factors coming
together,” he said.
R icci says a commitment
by the state and strong
promotional efforts by county
organizations such as Discover
the Palm Beaches and the
Delray Beach Marketing
Cooperative have also helped
drive numbers up.
“There are people who used
to come to Florida regularly
but who might have been lured
away to other places,” he said.
“Now Florida [marketing] is in
their face.”
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promoted the area in the
Northeast and the Washington
D.C. area through its “Winter
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Rescuers perform first aid on victims of the Two Georges that
sank outside the Boynton Inlet.
INLET
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outside the inlet to rescue many
of the Two Georges passengers
and crew.
Some passengers swam
to the beach. Bodies were
recovered by rescuers near the
inlet. Others washed up on the
shore. A fifth passenger was
never found and was presumed
to be lost.
Lash, now 69, was working
as a mate on the boat that
day and was standing behind
Two Georges Capt. Jimmy
Stevens when the wooden boat
capsized.
During a recent interview
at his home in Boynton Beach,
Lash said the fishing boat was
surfing down a wave when it
veered, began taking on water
on its port side and then rolled
over.
“I remember Capt. Jim
crying out, ‘Oh my God.
She’s gone,’” Lash wrote in
a summary of the accident,
written for his family.
“I was thrown against
the back windows of the
wheelhouse as she rolled over,”
Lash wrote. “Total confusion
ensued. I was under water
with my feet tangled in some
unknown line, preventing me
from coming to the surface.”
He reached for his fishing
pliers, but they were gone.
That’s when he calmly reached
for his pocketknife and cut his
way to freedom.
Lash said he remembered
taking the time to fold his
pocketknife and slip it back
into his pocket before he shot to
the surface to for air.
Lash swam over to help a
man who was trying to cling
to a cooler. Then Capt. Angelo
Phillips and the crew of the
Pepper pulled them both out
of the water. The man who had
been clinging to the cooler died
of heart failure, Lash said.
Stevens told the Palm Beach
Daily News after the accident
that he waited for three swells
to pass over the sand bar
before heading into the inlet.
Everything seemed fine, he
said, until a 20-foot wave lifted
the stern of the Two Georges.
One of the crewmen told
the newspaper that one wave
broached the fishing boat, and
another wave capsized it.
A 1965 Coast Guard report
about the accident said the
wave raised the stern of
the Two Georges until the
propellers and rudder were out
of the water. Loss of control
caused the boat to veer and roll
over.
Dr. Charles Moore, also
known as Capt. Buddy Moore,
was standing on the State Road
A1A bridge, watching the boats
come in Boynton Inlet that day
because he was trying to decide
whether the inlet was too rough
to head out for an afternoon of
fishing.
Firefighters administer oxygen to one of the survivors of the Two Georges capsizing. Photos
by Stan Sheets/Boynton Beach Star, Courtesy of the Boynton Beach City Library
From witness to rescuer
After the Two Georges rolled
over, Moore, today an 89-yearold retired surgeon, jumped
on a boat with Capt. Homer
Adams and Red Waggner and
headed out to the stricken
vessel. That was lucky for
Two Georges passenger James
Renc, who had been slashed by
one of the overturned boat’s
propellers.
Moore recalled taking off
his shirt and stuffing it into
the open wound in Renc’s
chest, then riding with him
in an ambulance to Bethesda
Hospital and performing
surgery.
“If you’re going to be in a
boat that’s flipped over and
get popped and have a sucking
chest wound, how lucky can
you be to have a surgeon right
there?” asked Moore, who lives
in Lake Worth.
Renc later thanked Moore
for saving his life. Renc’s two
sons, one of whom had polio,
also survived the Two Georges
accident.
Members of the Gold Coast
Aquanauts scuba diving club
volunteered to attach a tow
cable to the sunken fishing
boat, said Tom Warnke, whose
father served as president of the
dive club at the time.
The Two Georges, owned
by George Culver, was towed
north to Lake Worth Inlet and
repaired near the Port of Palm
Beach, Warnke said.
“The next day (the divers)
went to see Culver, and he gave
them each a free pass to go drift
fishing. It should have been a
lifetime pass,” Warnke said.
Culver had the Two Georges
back on the water taking
passengers fishing later that
summer.
Veteran Boynton Beach
Pumps drain the hull of the Two Georges as it sits at its home dock in Boynton Beach, just
north of Ocean Avenue in this photograph from the Boynton Beach Star.
Don Lash was ship’s mate on the Two Georges when it sank in
1964. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
fishing captains said the
wooden fishing boat continued
to take passengers fishing off
Boynton Inlet for another 30
years or so.
The Two Georges, named for
Culver and his father, was taken
out of service in the early 1990s
after it failed a Coast Guard
inspection.
Culver died in 1996. The
restaurant bearing the Two
Georges name was sold
following his death.
Difficult conditions
After investigating the Two
Georges accident, the Coast
Guard charged Capt. Stevens
with “inattention to duty.”
Lash blamed the fatal
accident on rough sea
conditions outside a difficult
inlet that acted on an outdated
boat.
“There wasn’t a fault other
than the design of the inlet
and the boat,” said Lash, who
went on to captain the Sea Mist
III for a few years and own a
fleet of fishing boats in South
Carolina.
“It was very upsetting to our
family and a sad time in the
fishing community,” said Cindy
Jamison, daughter of renowned
Boynton Beach captain Kenny
Lyman, who moored his boat
next to the Two Georges.
The capsizing of the Two
Georges underscored the
hazards of the narrow ocean
passage at Boynton Inlet,
which was more susceptible to
dangerous sea conditions then
because the north jetty was not
extended and curved until 1967.
“It’s still a dangerous inlet,
but it was more dangerous
at that time,” said Bill Beck,
owner of the former Boynton
Beach Star newspaper, which
published an extra edition
showing photos of the rescue
after the Two Georges tragedy.
The relatively narrow inlet,
130 feet wide, was opened
in 1927 to improve water
quality in the Lake Worth
Lagoon. It was not designed for
navigation.
The inlet’s strong tidal flow
can clash with ocean waves to
produce rough conditions for
boaters. Winter swells stand up
on a sand bar that forms from
time to time outside the mouth
of the inlet.
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Association, the
agency that produces nautical
charts, notes that the Boynton
Inlet is “dangerous and
particularly hazardous to small
boats not designed for open
seas.” NOAA’s chart notes say
boaters using the Boynton Inlet
“should be experienced and
have local knowledge.”
Larry Madden, who was
a 10-year-old paper delivery
boy for the Boynton Beach
Star on the day of the 1964
accident, remembers selling
the extra edition on the streets
of Boynton Beach on the
afternoon of the accident.
“It’s still fresh in my mind
because it was such a traumatic
experience,” said Madden, who
now lives in Arkansas. “People
were standing two to three deep
waiting for the paper.” Ú
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Human-rights activists protest at Royal Palm Yacht Club
By Dan Moffett
About a dozen human-rights
activists protested outside the
entrance to the Royal Palm
Yacht & Country Club in
Boca Raton on March 24 and
voiced support for hundreds
of unauthorized immigrants
on hunger strikes at several
privately run detention centers.
Why choose the yacht club
for the demonstration? Because
one of the residents there is
George Zoley, president of GEO
Group of Boca Raton, which
operates eight detention centers
for federal immigration officials
in a half-dozen states.
“We want Zoley to stop
retaliating against the hunger
strikers and recognize this
as a human-rights issue,”
said Britni Hiatt, a Florida
Atlantic University graduate
student and one of the protest’s
organizers. “We’re here to
vocalize the injustice and stand
with people who are being
punished for no reason.”
The hunger strikes began
in early March with about
700 detainees at the GEO-run
Northwest Detention Center
in Tacoma, Wash., and have
provoked similar strikes and
protests at facilities in at least
two other states. The detainees
want better conditions — better
food, medical care and higher
pay for work inside the centers
— and also are calling on the
government to change a federal
deportation policy which
they say breaks up immigrant
families.
“These inhumane conditions
have to improve,” Hiatt said.
“The detainees deserve just
treatment.”
On March 13, President
Obama ordered the
Department of Homeland
Security to review the
government’s deportation laws
and see if immigration officials
can enforce them “more
humanely.”
Immigrant activists have
complained that authorities and
prison managers have retaliated
against the hunger strikes by
putting participants in solitary
confinement and threatening
to disrupt their immigration
cases.
“We want to bring the
demands of the hunger strikers
to Zoley’s doorstep,” says Cici
Claar, one of the organizers at
the yacht club demonstration.
“The whistle has been blown.
It’s time for GEO to address
these offenses and stop
engaging in retaliation and
suppression.”
Zoley also is the former
chairman of the Florida
Atlantic University Board of
Trustees who last year helped
kindle a firestorm on campus
when he proposed naming the
school’s athletic stadium after
his prison company.
Neither GEO nor Zoley
responded immediately to
requests for comment on prison
conditions and the protests. Ú
Protesters
chanted in the
fountain area
between Royal
Palm Yacht &
Country Club
and the Boca
Raton Resort to
protest George
Zoley, president
of the GEO
Group. Jerry
Lower/The
Coastal Star
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The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Along the Coast
Proposed bill would bring HOAs under more state oversight
By Thomas R. Collins
A Senate bill that would
give the state more oversight
of homeowner associations,
and impose a $4-per-year fee
on every parcel to pay for it,
has drawn opposition from an
area alliance of property owner
associations, which says the
measure is unnecessary.
The bill (SB 1348) proposed
by Sen. Alan Hays, a
Republican from Umatilla in
north central Florida, says “it is
necessary to provide regulatory
oversight of such associations
to ensure compliance with
federal and state laws and local
ordinances.”
So far, the measure hasn’t
gained steam in Tallahassee.
Under the bill, a division
of the state Department of
Business and Professional
Regulation could investigate
complaints and enforce
compliance in homeowner
associations that are still under
control of the developer. And
after the homeowners take
control of the association,
the state only would be able
to investigate complaints on
financial issues, elections and
homeowner access to records.
An ombudsman’s office
would be created, along with an
800 number for complaints that
would be available to residents
in homeowner associations.
Condominium associations
already have such an
ombudsman dedicated to their
communities, and already pay
the $4 fee.
Hays has said that the
proposed law was prompted by
complaints from homeowners
within his home county as well
as from around the state.
But Lori Vinikoor,
executive vice president of the
Alliance of Delray Residential
Associations, says the current
system of mediation is already
sufficient state oversight. In
that system, differences over
homeowner association bylaws
can be settled by a stateappointed mediator after both
sides pay a fee.
That system works, Vinikoor
says.
“You have recourse if
somebody doesn’t perform,” she
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But with such ease of
access as an ombudsman,
homeowners would be inclined
to make frivolous claims, which
will cost associations time and
attorney fees, Vinikoor said.
“It’s like putting up a quarter
or dollar into a soda machine
and getting a soda,” she said.
“If it’s as easy as that, wouldn’t
it be easier for there to be more
frivolous things?”
In condos, she said, most
of the complaints come from
a “very small percentage”
of condo owners, who have
been dubbed “recreational
complainers.” She says the same
could happen in homeowner
associations.
Vinikoor said she is unaware
of any homeowner associations
in southern coastal Palm
Beach County who have been
following the legislation closely.
Highland Beach Vice
Mayor Ron Brown, who also
is president of the Bel Lido
Home Owners Association
in Highland Beach, said he
was unaware of the bill. He
said complaints within his
community typically can be
resolved locally.
“My opinion is that it’s
not needed at the level our
association functions,” he said.
Bel Lido likely would not
be affected by the bill, since
membership in the association
is voluntary.
The prospects for the bill
might be dim.
A similar bill was proposed
last year, and did not go
anywhere. This year, there is
no House companion bill for
it and hasn’t been heard in
any committees, said Yeline
Goin, a community association
attorney.
“It doesn’t have a good
chance of passing, in my
opinion.” Ú
April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
News 21
Highland Beach
Close vote returns incumbent
By Rich Pollack
Incumbent Highland Beach
Town Commissioner Dennis
Sheridan narrowly defeated
political newcomer Rhoda
Zelniker, winning by just 18
votes in an election in which
close to 1,000 ballots were cast.
Of the 3,404 registered
voters in Highland Beach, 975
ballots were cast — a 29 percent
voter turnout.
“This was a well-fought
election on both sides,” said
Sheridan, who garnered 495
votes to Zelniker’s 477.
Now entering his second
three-year term, Sheridan has
been a strong supporter of the
$850,000 renovation of Town
Hall as well as the purchase or
lease of a new ladder truck to
replace the town’s existing fire
truck, which he says is 18 years
old and functionally obsolete.
“I am very appreciative
of the voters who had the
faith and trust to elect me
for another three-year term,”
Sheridan said. “Although
Rhoda is new to town
government, she has a great
interest in protecting our
beaches and shores and our
environment and I commend
her for that.”
Also sworn in last month for
another three-year term was
Mayor Bernard Featherman,
who was unopposed. Ú
Highland Beach Town Clerk Beverly Brown swears in
Commissioner Dennis J. Sheridan during a special commission
meeting March 12. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
Accommodations will help visitors get through Town Hall renovations
By Rich Pollack
The long-awaited $850,000
renovation of Highland Beach’s
Town Hall is finally underway.
Construction crews began
demolition late last month.
Expected to continue
through the fall, the project
is designed to unite the Police
Department, which is now in
separate building, and will
include upgrades to the Town
Commission chambers and
other facilities.
As the construction
continues, the Highland
Beach Police Department will
be working out of a trailer
behind Town Hall, while most
meetings usually held in the
commission chambers have
been moved to the library.
The majority of other town
functions will not be directly
impacted by the renovations.
“Despite the construction,
we expect the level of
disruption to be minimal,”
Town Manager Kathleen
Weiser said.
As a part of the project, a
hallway that made it possible
to access the town’s small post
office by walking through Town
Hall has been temporarily
blocked. Visitors still can
get there, however, by either
driving or walking around the
construction area.
In addition, the public will
not have access to temporary
police facilities, but visitors
can go to the front desk of
Town Hall during regular
business hours and request
that an officer or department
representative meet them there.
To minimize parking problems
during the construction,
the town has arranged for
construction crews and some
town employees to park at
nearby St. Lucy Catholic
Church.
“The church has been really
good about helping us and
we’re very appreciative,” Weiser
said.
Town officials say that once
completed, the renovations will
improve efficiency and provide
much-needed additional space
for the Police Department.
Previously, commission
chambers and part of the Police
Department were housed in
an older building to the south,
while administrative offices
and the rest of the Police
Department were housed is a
building to the north.
The idea of renovating
buildings and making more
room for the Police Department
first surfaced in the 20052006 budget, according to
town officials, but it was
later withdrawn. The project
continued to be discussed over
the years and was placed in
the budget in 2010, but again
funding never was made
available.
Book celebrating Flossy Keesely’s
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reaching skyward for a star.
The Rotary Club of Boca
Raton will be selling the book
for $25 from 1 to 6 p.m. on
April 18.
Proceeds will be donated
to Flossy’s Dream Foundation
scholarships.
Keesely has been a member
of the Rotary Club since 2011.
The book is called “Thru
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in Philadelphia through her
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New life was breathed into
the project in 2012 when the
town hired an architect to draw
up plans. Town commissioners,
however, delayed the project
again that year during the
budgeting process.
The current commission, in
passing the 2013-2014 budget,
agreed to take the estimated
$850,000 for the project from
reserve funds.
“These renovations will
really make a big difference and
make it possible for us to better
serve the residents of Highland
Beach,” Police Chief Craig
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Guidelines for Helping
a Grieving Friend or Family Member
Of the many types of loss, the most difficult loss is the death of a loved one.
Supporting a Grieving Friend or Family Member can be challenging.
Here are some helpful hints.
What Grief is NOT…
• Grief is NOT a Problem. Most of us want to assuage grief – to “remedy”
the problem of grief. Grief is not a problem to be fixed, – it is an important
journey of adjustment and acceptance.
• Grief is NOT a sign of weakness. Grief is a sign of courage and a
commitment to healing when life changes forever. It is not for sissies.
• Grief is NOT something to avoid or ignore. Help the grieving person to
find outlets for expression no matter how repetitive or silly they might seem.
When grief is not expressed, people often become physically ill. Most often,
the grief that was stuffed down- comes back at an unexpected time.
• Grief is NOT predictable. No one grieves in the same way as another and
no one knows how long grief takes. Grief is as unique to an individual as
their fingerprint.
What Grief IS…
• Grief IS the result of a strong relationship and deserves the honor of
strong emotion.
• Grief IS a teacher. When grief is expressed and faced courageously – it
makes us wiser, stronger and more understanding.
• Grief IS an opportunity to lean on our faith and to rely on our set of
values. Grief is an opportunity to create new ways to express your memories
and love.
• Grief IS a journey - a necessary journey that each of us will experience.
It is important that we share that journey. Be committed to supporting the
grieving person until they begin to heal.
• Grief IS more difficult to face alone. Spend time with the grieving person.
Quiet time. Allow them to talk if they wish or just sit near them and be
available. The mourner may need time to be alone but will appreciate the
effort you made to visit.
• Grief IS the time to offer acts of kindness. Run errands, answer the phone,
prepare meals, mow the lawn, care for the children, shop for groceries, meet
incoming planes or provide lodging for out of town relatives. There are
always ways to help.
• Grief IS an outlet for expressions of pain, loneliness, confusion. Do not
attempt to soothe or stifle the emotions of the griever. Tears and anger are
an important part of the healing process. Expressions of logic are lost on the
griever so don’t try to fix them or logic with them. Just support them and
show kindness.
• Grief IS a time of healing & renewal. Supported and accepted, survivors
find their way to healing, but they need a helping hand, an assurance that
they are not entirely alone on their journey.
• Grief expressed IS grief diminished. The greatest gift you can give is your
time. Time set aside to listen quietly, to accept unconditionally. Try offering
your presence, your warmth and an understanding nod or soft touch.
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Cyndi Savage Rice
Certified Cemetery Executive, Grief Counselor
Boca Raton Cemetery & Mausoleum
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The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Lantana/Hypoluxo Island
Council approves gas line, but straw poll still draws complaints
By Mary Thurwachter
A poll of Hypoluxo Island
property owners by the town
of Lantana showed 60 percent
favored extending a natural
gas line to the island. But not
everyone was happy with the
result or the voting process.
Many islanders appeared at
the March 10 Lantana Town
Council meeting to express their
concerns. The town, anticipating
a big turnout, brought in extra
chairs and even set up bleachers
outside. The bleachers weren’t
necessary, but most seats inside
were occupied and individual
speakers were asked to limit
comments to three minutes.
The town sent letters to
all 309 property owners in
October asking for a yes or no
vote on the issue. By the Feb. 15
deadline, 197 yes votes came in,
11 more than the 186 required
for passage.
At a February meeting,
several residents who opposed
the gas line complained about
being “strong-armed” by
proponents to change their
votes. A look at the town’s
spreadsheet with tabulated
results revealed that 22 no votes
were indeed later changed to yes
votes.
How could that happen?
The poll was a straw vote,
Mayor Dave Stewart explained.
And once the votes arrived at
Town Hall they became public
record and anyone could look at
them. Proponents of the gas line
did just that and then went back
to some of the no voters to try to
get them to change their minds.
Town attorney Max Lohmans
said the poll was basically a
straw vote to gauge public
opinion. The only votes that
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really mattered, he said, were
those from the five council
members.
All council members save
Malcolm Balfour, a Hypoluxo
resident, voted in favor of the
gas line extension. Balfour said
that he had, as a resident, voted
yes, but after talking to some
voters who said they didn’t want
and couldn’t afford the gas line,
he changed his mind for the
council vote.
“It just doesn’t seem fair,”
he said, that some on a limited
budget are having the expense
forced on them.
Property owners will owe
about $260 annually for 10 years
to pay for the line. The estimated
construction cost for the line is
$534,396. The town agreed to
create a special assessment to
provide financing of running
the lines to the property
boundaries. Once in place,
Florida Public Utilities will
assume ownership, operation
and maintenance.
Property owners will pay
additional costs to complete
the gas line connection to their
properties. If money is coming back to
the town from Florida Public
Utilities, the annual fee to
residents could be reduced after
five years.
The drive for natural gas was
led by Rod Tennyson and Robert
Barfknecht, who put together a
team who went door-to-door.
They said that natural gas would
be a good enhancement to the
island, saving residents energy
and money. But at the March 10 meeting,
one by one residents got up to
speak for or against the gas line.
A few wanted to change their
vote back to no after having
been encouraged to vote yes. But
the voting deadline had closed
on Feb. 15.
Daniel Hiatt, who said he
walks the island regularly and
spoke to several residents who
opposed the gas line, said he
examined the votes and found
several irregularities. He said
it appeared that “a dead man
voted” as did a woman who
lived in a foreclosed home.
He questioned the validity of
several votes and said he was
certain he could find more
irregularities if given more time.
A widow who said she lived
on a fixed income was moved
to tears as she told the council
she simply couldn’t afford the
annual fee.
Tennyson defended the
voting and said there were
“island angels” poised to help
the few residents who could not
afford the yearly fees.
Town Manager Deborah
Manzo said a few votes were
sent to Special District Services
for examination. But even if
those votes were tossed out,
there would still be 60 percent
in favor of the gas line.
Stewart, who also lives on
the island, said people were
“strong-armed.” He said he’ll
never use natural gas, but knows
that when he wants to sell his
property, it’ll be good to have it.
“I’m concerned about the
cost and that some residents will
never live to see the benefit of
it,” he said. Ú
Delray Beach
Judge rules
for city in
trash dispute
The city has won the right
to force Waste Management
Inc., to competitively bid for
the right to serve the city after
a judge ruled the city broke its
own rules when it approved a
10-year, $65 million, no-bid
contract with the waste hauler
in 2012.
That means the city can seek
bids from other waste haulers
in an effort to get a better deal
for taxpayers.
Mayor Cary Glickstein and
Commissioner Shelly Petrolia
campaigned in 2013 promising
that if elected, they would work
to get the contract rescinded
and allow the city to seek
competitive bids.
The city hired outside legal
counsel to pursue the case to
Palm Beach County Circuit
Court, where Circuit Court
Judge Meenu Sasser ruled in
favor of the city late last month.
Waste Management
spokeswoman Dawn
McCormick said the hauler was
“disappointed with the ruling”
but added that the company
will “continue to do the right
thing and service the residents
and not let garbage pile up in
the streets.”
Glickstein said he was
pleased with the judge’s
ruling. “It confirms the Waste
Management deal was contrary
to state law, our local rules, and
was a bad deal for taxpayers.”
— Staff Report
April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
News 23
Lantana
Commerce
and residences
planned
for former
hospital site
By Mary Thurwachter
During the first week in
March, Gov. Rick Scott signed
off on the sale of A.G. Holley
State Hospital in Lantana to a
Boca Raton developer for more
than $15 million.
“Now it is in the private
sector and the devil is in the
details,” said Mayor Dave
Stewart at the town’s March 10
City Council meeting.
Developer Ken Endelson, of
Southeast Legacy Investments,
and urban planners are drawing
up plans to develop the 80-acre
property with commercial and
residential space.
Just east of I-95 at Lantana
Road, the property housed
a hospital for tuberculosis
patients until state legislators
closed it in 2012 following
complaints about the $10
million yearly operating cost
and the age of the building.
Expecting the sale for
several years, Lantana officials
have made revisions to its
comprehensive plan so they
would have some control of
what happens on the property.
One concern for the town
is what will become of the
23-acres Lantana leases in
the front of the property on
Lantana Road for its baseball
fields. Lantana has said it would
move the fields if Endelson
will pay for the construction
and development of the fields
at a new location. The town’s
current lease for the ball fields
extends to 2024.
The town, Stewart has said,
would like to have residences
and commercial development
that will increase the town’s tax
base.
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April 2014
MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR: Chris Carter Davies
uccessful fundraisers are
persistent and dedicated,
and that seems to describe
Chris Davies to a “T.” She’s been
writing letters, making phone
calls, and otherwise shaking the
bushes for charitable donations
for 20 years.
Beneficiary organizations
include the Lupus Foundation
of America, Southeast Florida
chapter; the Delray Beach
Historical Society; and the
Sandoway House Nature Center
in Delray Beach.
Davies, of Gulf Stream, is
co-president of the Sandoway
House board along with Ann
Heilakka, and the two also are
co-chairing this year’s annual
fundraising gala on April 11.
“Doing a fundraiser is a lot
of work,” Davies says, “and you
think it’s just impossible, but
the night of the event when it
all comes together, it’s great. We
raised about $50,000 last year,
which was the highest ever. We
want to top that this year.”
A native of coastal New
Jersey, Davies travels home
frequently to see family. She
says her hometown on the
Jersey Shore was “ground zero”
when Hurricane Sandy swept
through in 2012.
“My aunt lived in her house
for 65 years and it was totally
destroyed. And more than 100
of my friends were displaced by
Sandy,” Davies says.
She met her husband, Jay,
in Florida — even though he’d
been a summer resident of her
hometown.
“I didn’t know him, but I
knew all his friends who went
to my high school,” she says.
“We met the first night he
arrived in Florida — and that
was that!”
A retired chef, Jay once
worked at Maurice’s Italian
Restaurant in Palm Beach. Jay’s
shrimp scampi was a favorite
of many a well-heeled diner,
including the late Ted Kennedy.
The Davies will celebrate
their 30th wedding anniversary
this year.
Chris Carter Davies grew up on the Jersey shore watching her mom be an active community member and volunteer. Now she does
the same thing as a Gulf Stream resident of the South Florida shore. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
IF YOU GO
Where the Wild Things Are
What: A fundraising gala
to benefit the Sandoway
House Nature Center.
When: 6:30 p.m. April 11
Where: Benvenuto
Restaurant, Boynton Beach
Includes: hors d’oeuvres,
open bar, 3-course meal,
live music, dancing and
silent auction.
Tickets: $160
For more information or to
purchase tickets:
274-7263
many years, and my mother
was involved with every
organization in town. I went to
Brick Township High School.
As a senior, I was president of
the Keyette Club, which was all
about volunteering. I attended
Ocean County College for two
years before transferring down
to University of Florida in
1976 to get my degree in early— Paula Detwiller childhood education.
Q. Where did you grow up
and go to school? How do you
think that has influenced you?
A. I grew up in Brick, a
small town on the Jersey shore.
My dad was the mayor for
Q. What professions
have you worked in? What
professional accomplishments
are you most proud of?
A. I always wanted to teach
underprivileged children. After
I got my teaching degree, I saw
a job opening at the Alyce D.
McPherson School for Girls in
Ocala. My mother thought it
was a ritzy boarding school.
I went to apply and got hired
on the spot, and when the
principal gave me a tour of
the campus, I realized it was
actually a reform school! And it
was co-ed. My job was to teach
juvenile delinquents how to
swim, and also be their swim
coach.
After a year there, I got a
teaching job at Pine Grove
Elementary School in Delray
Beach. I taught at Pine Grove
for eight years.
Today I have a little side
business arranging orchids. I
do them for my close friends’
special occasions, but mostly I
donate them to silent auctions.
I’m really good at symmetry, so
I incorporate shells, air plants
and other things, and make
them seashore-ish. So that’s
what I’m most proud of these
days.
Q. As co-president of
Sandoway House Nature
Center, what do you see as the
toughest challenges the center
will face this coming year?
A. Transportation to bring
schoolchildren to the Nature
Center is one of our biggest
challenges. The school district
doesn’t have the funding to
provide buses. We’d love to
have more school kids come
here on class trips, but we’d
need our own bus to bring
them. Our goal is to get a
large grant, hopefully from
the Impact 100 organization,
so that we can provide that
transportation.
Q. Tell us a little about your
involvement with Sandoway
House Nature Center. Why is it
important to you?
A. I helped start the Center
17 years ago. I met Laura
McCormick and Mary Lou
Schillinger in a “Mommy and
Me” class when our kids were
little, and Laura introduced me
to Carolyn Patton, whose idea
it was to turn this old house
into a nature center. I also met
other people who were helping
out: Tom Lynch, Nilsa and
Frank McKinney, Lisa Tiernan,
and Alieda Riley, Carolyn’s
mother. In those days we spent
most of our time in a trailer
out front. I’ve been working to
raise money for the center all
these years. It’s important to
me because of my experience in
teaching underprivileged kids
in Delray. I know the need for
young local kids to learn about
their own beach, which some
have never seen.
Q. How did you choose
to make your home in Gulf
Stream?
A. We moved here 19
years ago when my son was
small, mainly to be close
to Gulf Stream school. Our
neighborhood had lots of
young families, which was
great because my son was an
only child. After school, three
or four kids would come home
with him to play.
Q. What is your favorite part
about living in Gulf Stream?
A. I love the fact that it’s so
close to Delray Beach and the
excitement, but I can come
home to peace and quiet. And
all my neighbors are so nice and
friendly.
Q. What music do you listen
to when you need inspiration?
When you want to relax?
A. I have very eclectic tastes
in music. I like to keep current,
so I listen to the latest music on
Pandora or iHeartRadio. But I
also love classical piano music.
In fact, my mom almost became
a professional classical pianist,
but then she married my dad
and had three boys and me.
Q. Have you had mentors in
your life? Individuals who have
inspired your life decisions?
A. My mother was my
mentor. She just did it all.
She was a volunteer for every
committee in town, so I got my
philanthropic side from her. She
could play the piano, she could
play tennis — she played until
she was 86! She was a golfer, a
painter and a cook who could
make a cake without a recipe.
I didn’t inherit her hand-eye
coordination, so I can’t play
tennis … but I like to ski and
scuba dive.
Q. Who/what makes you
laugh?
A. My friends. When we get
together, we just laugh and have
fun. Also, I’ve been really close
to my cousin Virginia. She’s 10
years younger than me, but as
we’ve grown older, we’ve gotten
really close, almost like sisters.
That’s why I go up to New
Jersey so much, to spend time
and laugh.
Q. If your life story were
made into a movie, who would
you want to play you?
A. Jennifer Lawrence, if she
could make herself 40 years
older! I just love her spunk. And
she’s never forgotten where she
came from. Ú
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Marie and David
Vladyka
Jeri and Bob Bové
Bea and Jack Fearon
Mary Lou and Steve
Cousley
LOVE
Continued from page 1
Steve and Mary Lou Cousley,
both 73, were married in East
St. Louis, Ill.
Alas, the Burton-Taylor
marriage did not fare well. The
movie stars were divorced in
1974, remarried in 1975 and redivorced in 1976.
But a half-century later, the
Bovés, Fearons, Vladykas and
Cousleys are still happily wed,
and on March 9, a perfectly
sunny Sunday afternoon, about
100 friends and neighbors
in the Colonial Ridge Club
gathered by the condo’s gazebo
atop the dunes to celebrate “200
Years Of Love.”
To be honest, the Cousleys
were married on June 8, 1963,
but let’s not be picky. It’s still
their 50th year.
“201 Years Of Love!”
The renewal of their vows
was more celebration than
sacrament.
As Chapel of Love (The
Dixie Cups, 1964) played on
a laptop computer, the four
couples ascended the dunes
to cheers and applause while
smartphones, iPads and even
an old-fashioned camera or two
recorded the event.
Jack Fearon wore a Hawaiian
shirt and shorts.
Mary Lou Cousley wore her
original wedding dress. (“It
has a little expansion panel in
the back now,” she confessed.)
Her husband, Steve, sported a
big, black, bogus mustache to
add a touch of silliness to the
occasion.
Marie Vladyka was
accompanied by Denise Palino
and Kathy Shinn, the same
bridesmaids who saw her down
the aisle all those years ago.
Atop the dunes, they
were greeted by their chosen
clergyman, Norman Provost,
who added to the dignity of
the occasion by dressing all in
white, including the ball cap.
“Many years ago, I sent off $3
to the Universal Church of Life
in Modesto, Calif., and received
a certificate making me a
minister in the church,” Provost
began. “So what we have here
today is a $3 wedding.”
Pastor Provost was a master
at mixing satire and sentiment.
“You’re all still together, and
all above ground,” he pointed
out. “You’ve gone from being
young and restless to old and
cranky.”
And then he got down to
business.
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10 years, but you’re people who
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“Amen,” someone in the
crowd murmured.
“Amen,” several others
agreed.
“Now take each other’s hand
for a moment and think back to
when you first took that hand
and knew ‘This is the person.’ ”
The couples clasped hands.
“You’ve kept your vows
for 50 years,” Provost said.
“Do they really need to be
renewed?”
They exchanged some
souvenir rings, and then they
exchanged kisses. The service
ended with laughter as the
laptop sang Who’s Sorry Now?
followed by a champagne
toast. The whole affair was
coordinated by the pastor’s
wife, Laura Provost.
Then the crowd ambled back
to the condo clubhouse, where
a roast pig with an apple in its
mouth awaited.
This was not a 1964
reception.
“Back then we had cake
and punch and homemade
mints in the Methodist church
basement,” Mary Louis Cousley
remembered.
“We had roast beef and a
bottle of Scotch and it cost us
$5.95 per person,” Bob Bové
recalled.
“Prime rib,” Jack Fearon
said. “Her father paid.”
And then, over chicken and
pig, beer and soft drinks, they
revealed the secret of a 50-year
marriage.
Patience was an essential
ingredient, they agreed, and
laughter; but Jack Fearon
offered the most candid
formula.“We have a system,”
he explained. “She assigns
the blame, and I accept
the responsibility. But I’m
negotiating a change.” Ú
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April 2014
Boynton Beach
88-year-old high school
remains on local historic list
By Steve Plunkett
The old Boynton Beach
high school will be a part of
the city’s future at least a little
longer.
City commissioners
decided to keep the school’s
local historic designation
April 1 but restored its landuse designation to public
and private governmental/
institutional.
The commission in 2013
changed the parcel’s land use
to mixed use to accommodate
architect Juan Contin’s plan to
turn the school into an event
and destination venue.
City Attorney James Cherof,
who met with commissioners
in a private attorney-client
session to discuss the breachof-contract lawsuit Contin filed
against the city, urged that the
land use be changed.
“I think that restoring the
land use puts the property back
into the configuration that it
was,” Cherof said. “I think it
benefits the city’s position in
the litigation.”
The change passed on a
3-2 vote with Commissioners
David Merker and Mack
McCray dissenting.
But a proposed ordinance
to cancel the school’s historic
designation failed on a 4-1 vote
with Mayor Jerry Taylor on the
losing side.
Because it was the first
reading of the ordinance, the
public was not allowed to
speak.
On March 18, when the
measures were first discussed
but tabled, residents spoke
primarily about restoring the
high school.
“I believe it would be a
tremendous mistake to destroy
that building, and these couple
of resolutions which are on
the agenda certainly point it
in that direction,” resident
Charles Gaulkin said.
History teacher Susan Oyer,
of the pioneering Boynton
Beach family, said residents
cannot go forward as a city
if they do not maintain their
past. She had her students send
letters to the commissioners
opposing the measures, she
said.
“I haven’t met a single
person who wants to see
something bad happen to this
building,” Oyer said.
But Taylor called the school,
which opened for classes
in 1926, a health and safety
hazard.
“That building is loaded
with asbestos. Anybody going
into that building needs to be
wearing a hazmat suit,” he said
at the March 18 meeting.
Taylor said the school would
collapse if a hurricane struck
and that another developer or
the city would need $8 million
to recondition it. That, he said,
is $8 million the city doesn’t
have. Ú
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She’s 11, which means she
likes miniature golf and ocean
waves, dance parties and spring
break.
“She also loves to eat,” says
John McManus, the father of
fifth-grader Martina, a spit of a
thing with her cute, short hair
and happy smile.
Other stuff Martina
McManus loves? iPads, iPods,
iPhones. “Especially iPods,”
says Martina, who recently won
a photography contest after a
school trip to the Everglades. Of course, these days,
everyone’s a photographer,
right? Pink-and-blue sunsets
and birds floating away on air.
It’s easier than ever to capture
the world around us, and share
it with others.
But Martina — who placed
third in the photo contest
sponsored by the Arthur R.
Marshall Foundation for
The Everglades — has been
doing it (at least part of the
time) the old-fashioned way.
With a digital camera and no
Instagram filters.
“I like that everything looks
closer,” said Martina, who
said she loves flowers in bright
colors such like purple, blue,
yellow and pink.
The daughter of John and
Kathleen McManus of South
Palm Beach, Martina has an
almost uncanny way of seeing
the world, and here’s why: She
was diagnosed with profound
deafness at age 2½. For a few
years, she wore hearing aids,
with limited success. “You can’t
speak until you hear,” said her
dad.
Then, before Martina’s fifth
birthday, she was equipped
with a cochlear implant — a
device embedded behind the
ear that delivers electrical
stimulation to the auditory
nerves. In Martina’s case, the
cochlear implant brought
sound and speech into daily
life.
She’s still hearing impaired
— a cochlear implant can only
do so much. But today, she
attends regular classes with
her younger brother, John,
9, at Sacred Heart School in
Lake Worth — a small, private
school with a strong technology
and environment-focused
curriculum.
“It’s a godsend,” said her
dad, about the cochlear devise.
“Whenever we lose a sense,
the other senses take over,”
says her father. “Her eyesight
is absolutely phenomenal. Her
powers of observations are just
tremendous.”
And so it was that Martina
traipsed off for the contest —
called “The Everglades Through
the Eyes of Children” — which
gave students at Sacred Heart a
chance to explore the Arthur R.
Marshall Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge.
The McManus family didn’t
realize it was a contest, said
John, until they got a letter “out
of the blue” that Martina had
won.
Her third-place photo — a
time-elapsed image that looks
more like an impressionistic
painting than a photograph
snapped by a kid — was on
display at the Worth Avenue
Wally Findlay Galleries, where
the winners and their families
were honored with a reception
in January.
Her prize? “A very nice
digital camera,” said her father
— so their little girl can go out
there and capture the world,
listening as she goes. Ú
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Boca Raton
The Haynie era begins in Boca
By Steve Plunkett
Boca Raton’s coastal voters
turned out for the March ballot
and embraced winning Mayor
Susan Haynie in even stronger
proportions than citizens
farther inland.
Turnout citywide was a
healthy 18.9 percent for the
election of a mayor and two
City Council members. That
compares to 7.8 percent in
2011, the previous mayor’s race
featuring political novice Linda
Gruneisen and incumbent
Susan Whelchel.
At the council’s March 31
organizational meeting, Haynie
said she had received numerous
well wishes from optimistic
residents.
“I sense the excitement, that
there is a new beginning in our
city today,” she said.
Voters chose Haynie over
council member Anthony
Majhess by 57 percent to 43
percent. Her margins of victory
were higher still on the barrier
island.
Haynie commanded 59
percent in Precinct 4172, the
north beach area now home
to the city’s pilot dog-beach
program that she championed.
She won 67 percent of the vote
in Precinct 4226, the part of
the island from Palmetto Park
Road to the Boca Inlet; 63
percent in Precinct 4228 from
the inlet to Seminole Drive;
and 57 percent in Precinct 4230
from Seminole Drive south to
the city limits.
Majhess won 75 percent
of the vote in Precinct 4190,
which goes from Gumbo
Limbo Nature Center south
to Palmetto Park Road, but
also includes the Golden
Triangle neighborhood west
of the Intracoastal Waterway,
Majhess’ stronghold.
Haynie scored big in
Precinct 4224, which covers
Royal Palm Yacht and
Country Club and its environs,
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Council Member Michael Mullaugh and CRA Chairman Scott
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Whelchel’s neighborhood. The
former mayor endorsed thenDeputy Mayor Haynie, who
took the precinct by a 71-29
margin.
Haynie said at the
organizational meeting
that firefighter and police
pensions, growth and economic
development are challenges the
city still has to solve.
“We need … to maintain our
quality of life that makes Boca
Boca,” Haynie said.
Voters re-elected council
member Michael Mullaugh
to a second full term with
52 percent over corporate
treasurer Craig Ehrnst (31
percent), Lynn University
student Eric Gooden (11
percent) and Lynn University
admissions counselor
Mohamed Abdalla (5 percent).
Elected to the remaining
year on Majhess’ term was
Robert Weinroth, the biggest
vote-getter of all the candidates
with 6,868 ballots (67 percent).
Political activist Rosetta Bailey
drew 16 percent and mortgage
broker Yaniv Alcalay got 17
percent.
Majhess, a county firefighter,
had to resign his council seat
early to run for mayor.
Lawyer and real estate
investor Scott Singer won
Haynie’s former seat in January
when no one filed to campaign
against him.
Council members chose
Scott as deputy mayor and
Singer to chair the Boca Raton
Community Redevelopment
Agency. Weinroth will be the
CRA vice chair.
County Commissioner
Steven Abrams, who
preceded Whelchel as mayor,
remembered the first time
he met her 20 years ago as a
potential candidate making a
public comment at a council
meeting.
“She’s wearing like
some tennis togs, some like
dark sunglasses, she starts
yammering on. I’m thinking,
‘This is who they’re sending
me?’ ” Abrams recalled.
Abrams, who spoke at the
council’s March 25 meeting,
congratulated the winners and
praised Whelchel’s years of
public service.
“I think it’s a legacy that is
going to serve the community
well,” he said. “It’s a record of
accomplishment that certainly
the new council will be able to
build on.”
Majhess, who made his
farewell comments March 25,
said he hoped the new council
will protect Boca Raton from
overdevelopment but fretted
about the lack of articulation
and Mizner-esque spires and
towers on some buildings
under construction downtown.
“They’re sheer walls still on
their way up,” Majhess said. Ú
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Continued from page 1
Also on the drawing
board to punctuate the city’s
skyline is a proposed 13-story
Hyatt Place Hotel for the
southeast corner of Federal
and Palmetto Park Road.
Planners call the corner the
main location in Boca Raton
for a landmark building of
architectural significance.
Meanwhile, construction
crews at 855 S. Federal
Highway are busy building
the city’s new Trader Joe’s.
The California-based grocery
chain has said it hopes to
open by May. Its website says
only that the Boca Raton store
is “coming soon.”
All quiet on the
construction front is the
controversial Archstone
site on East Palmetto Park
between Third and Fifth
avenues, which originally
planned to be built and open
by now.
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attorney for the developer,
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LLC, said this project was
in the midst of being sold
with an early April closing
anticipated.
The nine-story, 378-unit
structure was also approved
under the interim design
guidelines at 100 feet high,
but with balconies 13½ feet
from the right of way instead
of 20 feet.
Archstone Palmetto Park
LLC, the developer, got the
legal go-ahead to proceed
Jan. 29 but has not filed any
construction drawings with
the city yet, Development
Services Director John
Hixenbaugh said.
The project won City
Council permission in 2012
but was mired in court
when residents upset by the
high density and potential
traffic petitioned to have a
referendum on the approval.
The city first said voters
have no right to review a
development order, a circuit
judge ruled the citizens could
put the issue on the ballot,
the city appealed, and the
4th District Court of Appeal
finally overturned the lower
court Jan. 29.
In the meantime,
Archstone asked for an extra
year to begin construction.
The extended approval expires
Feb. 27, 2015.
“I feel they will move
quickly to finish the
construction plans,”
Siemon said of the new
owners, estimating the
groundbreaking to be six
months away.
Michael Marshall, attorney
for the developer, did not
return a call by press time.
As planned, Archstone
Palmetto Park will be one
building that appears to be
three towers, with 13,448
square feet of retail on the
ground floor, mostly for
restaurants. The site is nearly
5.8 acres. Amenities will
include a pool, clubroom,
fitness room and landscaped
courtyard. Ú
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Business Spotlight 29
Business Spotlight
The Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa strives to maintain the same great service and amenities from its days as a Ritz-Carlton.
Eau brand hopes to charm with unexpected delights
By Steve Pike
The Palm Beach estate-style
lobby basically is the same.
The restaurants have the same
names — Angle and Temple
Orange — and Eau Spa remains
one of the world’s great luxury
spas. But dig a little deeper
at Eau Palm Beach Resort &
Spa in Manalapan and you’ll
find a greater wealth of guest
experiences and awareness than
when the 309-guest-room hotel
operated as The Ritz-Carlton,
Palm Beach.
At least that’s what John
Bradway, Eau Palm Beach
director of marketing, hopes
guests will find. Bradway came
to the beachfront property in
August and has been hard at
work ever since, building the
Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa
brand.
The hotel ownership group
— RC/PB Inc. — de-flagged the
hotel as a Ritz-Carlton property
in July after a long dispute with
Ritz-Carlton parent Marriott
International.
The hotel was renamed
Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa
— the name coming from its
42,000-square-foot Eau Spa,
which is recognized as one of
the top spa brands in the world.
“The spa did build some
credibility in the property,
but ultimately my job is to
get (guests) loyal to the Eau
brand,’’ Bradway said. “We’ve
put together a comprehensive
sales-and-marketing program
and we’re advertising
throughout the Northeast in
newspapers, on TV and in
lifestyle publications. And
we’ve launched a new website.’’
That’s all great, but in the
world of luxury hotels and
resorts, brand loyalty plays a
major role. Guests often are
loyal to one hotel brand — for
example, the Ritz-Carlton, Four
Seasons or St. Regis. Taking
away a favorite hotel brand
is akin to taking away their
favorite flavor of ice cream and
replacing it with another.
“We’ve converted so many
people’’ who were concerned
about the management change,
Bradway said. “All we say is,
‘Come give us a try.’ It’s about
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LEFT: Guests relax in the
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getting people through the
front door. Once they see the
improvements we’ve made
and the place hasn’t (visually)
changed
dramatically,
they like it.
“A big part,
too, is that
92 percent of
the staff stayed
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loyal to brands,
but they’re also
loyal to service
and loyal to people.’’
It also helped that Bradway
knows the Palm Beach luxury
market, having spent 14 years
at The Breakers
Palm Beach,
where his
roles included
assistant club
operations
manager,
director of
reservations,
director of
strategic
marketing and, ultimately,
director of innovation. Bradway
also served as director of
marketing at Round Hill
Hotel & Villas in Montego
Bay, Jamaica, and most
recently was senior director
of brand management at
Denihan Hospitality Group in
Manhattan, a family-owned
hotel company with a portfolio
of 14 hotels.
“The opportunity to
come back to Palm Beach,
where I started my career
and launch a new brand
was something I couldn’t
resist,’’ Bradway said. “We’re
building all new marketing
programs from scratch. The
previous marketing (under
the Ritz-Carlton flag) was all
outsourced. Now, being an
independent hotel, everything
is done internally.’’
That’s where the deeper
guest experiences come in. For
example, each guests received
a beach bag with flip-flops; a
Keurig coffee maker in each
room and an Illy espresso
maker in the suites and a new
Mediterranean breakfast buffet.
Each guest receives a wetbathing-suit pouch the night
before departure for swimming
the day of departure; and
the lobby “turndown’’ at 5:30
p.m. daily features more than
100 candles and a toast to
what Bradway calls “the newfashioned” Palm Beach.
“It’s a new way of
positioning Palm Beach so it’s
not the old, traditional kind
people expect,” Bradway said.
“We put the emphasis on the
unexpected.’’ Ú
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the site’s owners, sisters Laura
Gawne of Boca Raton and
Susan Bain of Weston with
their mother, Roxie Radford,
who lived in Boca Raton for
many years before she passed
away in August.
Deadline is 11 p.m. May 13.
Here’s how it works: After
planning a design, contestants
must put together a wedding
dress with tape, glue or needle
and thread, using Charmin
Ultra Strong, Ultra Soft or
Basic as the “fabric” (there is
a strength and texture to suit
all needs, the sisters say). To
help offset the cost of designing
these creations (which can use
up to 50 rolls of toilet paper),
Charmin is providing coupons
via the Cheap Chic Weddings
website.
Contestants must make the
dress and headpiece on their
model or dress form and take
digital photos (front, back and
side), and submit the photos
to Cheap Chic Weddings at
[email protected].
There is no entry fee.
A panel at Cheap Chic
Weddings will judge the digital
photo entries, and the top 10
will be showcased at a live event
June 12 at The Sanctuary Hotel
in New York City.
The contest was created to
bring readers to their website,
www.Cheap-Chic-Weddings.
com, Bain explained, and it has
turned out to be a real winner.
“Our contest’s sponsorships
go from $25,000 to $125,000,
and our top sponsor pays over
$100,000.”
Some of that money, of
course, goes for prizes: $100,000
for the grand prize, $5,000 for
second place and $2,500 for
third place.
The first year, a few hundred
people entered the contest.This
year, Bain said, she expects
more than 1,500 entries.
“I’m still enamored by our
first winner,” bain said. “She
made colored-toilet-paper
flowers all over the dress
and working buttons out of
toilet paper, too. She set the
precedent.
The bottom side of this
contest is all the potty jokes.
“We do say, ‘No yellow. No
brown.’ No pun intended, but
we don’t want to become the
butt of a joke,” Bain said. “It
really does, though, start flying
at morning talk shows when
the bathroom jokes get out of
control.”
One last tidbit: It’s probably
not a good idea to actually
get married in one of these
creations.
“We did a promotion in
2007, where one of our previous
winners made a dress for one of
our readers, and that couple got
ABOVE: Susan Bain and Laura
Gawne, owners of www.
Cheap-Chic-Weddings.com.
LEFT: 2013 third place-winning
wedding dress designed by
Carol Touchstone.
Photos provided
of their competitor’s menu. In
the end, Feingold’s rendition
and execution won him the title
once again.
married at the Charmin public
restrooms in Times Square.
However, they are getting
divorced.”
The 52nd annual Delray
Affair, April 25 through 27, will
be bigger and better than ever,
with more than 700 arts-andcrafts vendors, fine art, food
and entertainment.
The event will stretch 12 city
blocks, from the Intracoastal
to Northwest Second Avenue.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, and 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
New this year are mobile
“Art of the Automobile at
Delray Affair” collections,
featuring different cars each
day; and “Rendezvous at the
Affair Media – Entertainment
Lounge & Broadcast Center,”
sponsored by PeterMark
Salon Foundation, a VIP area
with food tastings by local
restaurants, hair and fashion
show, chair massages, tanning
salon, giveaways, music,
dancing and an after party at
Delux Nightclub, at the VIP
Block on Northeast Fourth
Avenue and Atlantic. Price is
$20 Friday and Saturday, and
$10 on Sunday.
Garlic Fest champ Bruce
Feingold, executive chef of
Dada, and AJ Benacquisto,
sous chef of 32 East, went head
to head in February to battle
it out in Delray Beach’s 2014
Garlic Chef Finals. They were
presented with a mystery item,
tofu, and given 15 minutes to
create a vegan menu. Then they
were instructed to switch sides,
and cook up an interpretation
Following the recent State
of the Union Address where
President Obama championed
raising the minimum wage
to $10.10 an hour, a number
of businesses have publicly
endorsed the higher rate and
have already started to raise pay
of their lowest-paid employees.
“Caffe Luna Rosa of Delray
Beach is proudly joining their
parade, and we are doing so
because we believe it is in
the best, long-term financial
interests of both the restaurant
and our loyal, hard-working
staff,” founder/partner Fran
Marincola said. Approximately
20 employees will get raises.
Over the years, Caffe Luna
Rosa has helped employees set
up bank accounts with direct
deposit, navigate the process of
obtaining their first mortgages
and buying a car, and helped
employees become American
citizens, Marincola said.
“As a direct result, most of
our workers embrace Caffe
Luna Rosa as more than just
a job. We are part of their
family, and this almost always
translates into their providing
our guests with superior
customer service.”
Luna Rosa is at 34 S. Ocean
Blvd., Delray Beach. Hours are
7 a.m. to 11 p.m. A rare Mickey Mantle
watch, signed and worn by the
Yankees slugger, is the latest
addition to the Delray Beach
Public Library’s baseball
memorabilia collection, thanks
to a donation by Caffe Luna
Rosa’s founder/partner Fran
Marincola, who wanted to
share his artifacts of baseball
history with other aficionados.
Other items in the collection
include a contract that shows
that Mantle was paid $21,000 in
1954, and autographed photos
of Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax,
Warren Spahn, Carl Hubbell
April 2014 and Don Larsen.
Marincola said he bought
the bulk of the items at a
discounted price from Delray
Beach residents Jim and
Jodi Murray, who knew the
memorabilia would be donated
to the library.
No matter what the
thermometer reads, it’s always
cool in Delray Beach. That’s
the message the Delray Beach
Marketing Cooperative sends
out with its new “Hot Here: It’s
Always Cool in Delray Beach”
summer marketing campaign.
Created by executive
director Stephanie Immelman
and associate director Stephen
Chrisanthus, the campaign
targets in-state travelers as
well as residents of cities with
nonstop flights to Palm Beach
International Airport. It is
designed to drive customers to
visit www.VisitDelrayBeach.
org/hot, where they will find
local hotel specials and other
useful information. The Delray
Beach Marketing Cooperative
is a partnership among the
city of Delray Beach, the
Community Redevelopment
Agency and the Greater Delray
Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Cole Leavitt of Coldwell
Banker, Delray Beach, was
presented with the Office
Deal of the Year award by
the Realtors Commercial
Alliance for the sale of the
former National Enquirer site
in Lantana. Leavitt brokered
the $3.55 million deal last
summer to Palm Beach
Maritime Academy. The sevenacre property, at 600 E. Coast
Ave., was owned by a Louis J.
Appignani trust and had been
vacant for three years.
Crane’s BeachHouse
Hotel & Tiki Bar in Delray
Beach takes the Stay and Play
concept to a whole new level by
offering guests The Bucket List
Experience, a whole array of
fun activities, so take your pick.
Bucket List Experience 1:
Get Your Feet Wet. Among the
many possibilities: Visit the
world famous Morikami
Museum and Japanese
Gardens or Lion Country
Safari. Take a cruise along
the Intracoastal Waterway.
Luxuriate at an exotic spa, take
a class in gourmet cooking,
learn how to meditate or do
yoga, enjoy an incredible dining
experience, or gamble the night
away in a flashy casino.
Bucket List Experience 2:
Take the Plunge. Among the
many possibilities: Go jetskiing or paddle-boarding,
ride a mechanical bull, driftfish the day away, explore the
Everglades, ride a motorcycle or
a horse, go nose-to-nose with a
dolphin, play paintball or learn
how to surf.
Bucket List Experience
3: Ultimate Thrill Seeker.
Among the possibilities: Deepsea fishing, parasailing, scuba
diving, take a helicopter ride,
run a marathon or get a tattoo.
To book The Bucket List
Experience call (561) 278-1700
or visit www.cranesbeachhouse.
com.
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This past year was busy for
the Greater Boynton Beach
Chamber of Commerce,
which announced new vision
and mission statements.
The chamber aims to be
“recognized as the premier
organization of choice
representing and promoting the
business community; and to
connect business to everything
that creates success.” In line
with these intentions, the
chamber announced three
affiliation programs: • The Lynn University
Tuition Discount Program,
which entitles chamber
members to a 20 percent
discount toward graduate
degrees and evening or online
bachelor’s degree programs. A
10 percent discount is
available for immediate
families of chamber members.
• Seaview Radio affiliation,
which gives new and
renewing chamber members
the opportunity for 20 free
30-second radio commercials
aired on 95.9, 106.9FM and
960AM. • Brooks Brothers
Corporate Membership
Program, which
entitles chamber members
to a 15 percent discount on
merchandise.
Thanks to its recent
expansion at its Plaza del Mar
location, the Plaza Theatre will
present an additional lineup of
cabaret and comedy:
“Close to You — An Evening
of Karen Carpenter” on selected
dates in April; “Broadway’s
Second Bananas” in May;
“Follow The Yellow Brick Road:
The Music of Yip Harburg” in
June; “Moon River: The Songs
of Johnny Mercer” in July;
and in August, “Oy Vey … It’s
Broadway!” Pricing for the new
series is $30 for each cabaret
show, and $125 for all five
shows.
Open-mike comedy nights
are scheduled at 8 p.m. April
26, May 31, June 28, Aug. 2 and
30. Tickets are $15. The theater
also announced some new
shows to its main stage lineup:
Exceptions to Gravity, Forever
Plaid, She Loves Me, The
Assembled Parties, Phantom
and That’s Ballroom. For
information, visit the box office,
262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan,
call (561) 588-1820, or visit
www.plazatheatre.net.
Rick and Pat Howard,
owners of Sklar Furnishings,
will be named Small Business
Leaders of the Year by
the Greater Boca Raton
Chamber of Commerce at
its annual Business Awards
Luncheon in May. And here’s
some more news about the
Howards: They’ve just opened
two innovative galleries in
their contemporary furniture
showroom and design center.
The Stressless Gallery features
a seating line with recliners
endorsed by the American
Chiropractic Association, and Il
Loft Gallery offers a collection
of custom-designed furniture
by Giorgio Saporiti.
Sklar Furnishings works
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Estate Holdings for the
4,084-square-foot office
building at 610 West Glades
Road. The property, on 1.27
acres near the hospital’s
parking lot, was last bought for
$871,827 in 2003.
The property became
available after Tristate Imaging
Group acquired 11 imaging
centers from Signet Diagnostic
Imaging and an additional five
from Elite Imaging in October.
Since the deal included two
centers in Boca Raton, one of
them was closed and sold.
Rick and Pat Howard, owners of Sklar Furnishings, will be
named Small Business Leaders of the Year by the Greater Boca
Raton Chamber of Commerce at its annual Business Awards
Luncheon in May. Photo provided
with selected high-end
furniture, accessory and
lighting suppliers from North
America, Italy, Scandinavia and
the Far East to offer customers
the opportunity to express
their personal style. Customers
can create their own designs
by specifying the exact color,
fabric, wood finish, shape and
size of their furnishings, from
sofas available in increments of
one inch to dining tables, chairs
and wall units.
A report released February
by Healthgrades named Boca
Raton Regional Hospital one
of America’s 50 Best Hospitals
for 2014, the fourth year in a
row for the recognition.
In order to earn a place on
the list, a facility had to have
mortality and complication
rates low enough to place them
in the top 5 percent of hospitals
in the nation for the last seven
consecutive years.
The organization, which
considered nearly 4,500
hospitals, used seven years of
Medicare data and looked at
the 27 most common diagnoses
and procedures in the Medicare
population to do its analysis.
Boca Regional has also been
named as a Healthgrades 2014
Distinguished Hospital for
Clinical Excellence for the
10th year in a row, placing
the hospital among the top 5
percent of hospitals nationwide
for clinical performance.
Also in February, officials at
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
announced that Fitch Ratings
has affirmed the hospital’s
investment-grade credit rating
of BBB, while concurrently
upgrading the organization’s
rating outlook from stable to
positive.
Recently, Boca Raton
Regional Hospital paid
$1.65 million to Signet Real
In March, the Central Palm
Beach County Community
Foundation held its fourth
annual Women of Worth
Stiletto Awards Luncheon at
the Four Seasons Resort Palm
Beach. Speakers included
Scripps associate professor
Courtney Miller and Dena
Sisk Foman, a partner at
McLaughlin & Stern, LLP.
The event is held annually
to recognize and celebrate
women in leadership who have
made a valuable contribution
in Palm Beach County. The
2014 winners were: Corporate:
Aleida Socarras, Florida Public
Utilities; Entrepreneur: Deana
Pizzo, IT Solutions of South
Florida; Young Professionals:
Caitlin Mertzlufft,
NextEra Energy Resources;
and Nonprofit: Diana Stanley,
The Lord’s Place, Inc.
Christine
Davis is a
freelance writer.
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Delray residents must be
suffering from a serious sweet
tooth — the number of shops
that slake a sugar craving are
mushrooming in downtown.
From sexy, fashion-themed
cupcakes to delicate French
macarons, towering Tiffany box
cakes, giant gummy worms, and
big, fat cookies, it’s all here.
Cupcake Couture
Those fashion cupcakes make
a statement at Cupcake Couture,
where Pam Joyner and her team
turn out decadent cupcakes
Shops do a brisk
confectionary commerce
along Delray Beach’s
Atlantic Avenue corridor
with punny names tied to the
fashion industry. Bestseller? Red
Valentino — a variation on the
traditional red velvet with cream
cheese-buttercream icing. Dolce &
Banana, Cocoa Chanel, Donatella
Vanilla and Caramel Lagerfeld are
on the racks; Limey Pulitzer pays
tribute to the tropical fruit and
Palm Beach’s own fashion maven.
They are presented in two sizes
— Petite and Vogue, with a box
of four petites of mixed flavors
the crowd pleaser, according to
Michelle Howell, a manager and
Joyner’s daughter. Whoopie pie
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TOP: Berry Wang, Jean Paul Peanutier and Red
Valentino cupcakes from Cupcake Couture.
BOTTOM: Rose Crème & Basil and White Chocolate macarons from Le Macaron.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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Sweet spots
Continued from page AT1
Where to find sweet treats mentioned, as well as others in
downtown Delray Beach:
lovers will find those handsized cakes here, and glutenfree, sugar-free and vegan
versions of the cupcakes are
available.
Candy:
It’Sugar, 250 E. Atlantic Ave.; 278-6772; www.Itsugar.com
Baked goods:
Cupcake Couture, 328 E. Atlantic Ave.; 276-2334; www.
cupcakecoutureusa.com
Couture Cakes, 142 SE Sixth Ave.; 279-1828; www.
couturecakeshop.com
Le Macaron, 520 E. Atlantic Ave.; 266-3860; www.facebook.
com/LeMacaron.DelrayBeach
Shea’s Bakery, 255 NE Sixth Ave.; 275-9591; www.sheasbakery.
com
Two Fat Cookies, 245 NE Second Ave.; 265-5350; www.
twofatcookies.com
Couture Cakes
Couture Cakes takes fashion
to the bakery where Esmerelda
Pinilla whips out stunners
for special occasions. The
Colombian baker has been
in Delray Beach for nearly a
decade, baking from her home,
but for the last three years,
she’s baked from her shop on
Southeast Sixth Avenue.
“My signature cake is a
cream cheese cake — not a
cheesecake,” she said. Her cakes
are custom designed and for
whatever occasion — birthdays,
weddings, anniversaries,
showers and favorite team
parties.
The trend in cakes today?
Big ruffles around the cake, or
huge fondant bows atop them
— she calls it the “wow” bow.
Le Macaron
It’s all pastels at Le Macaron.
Hervé Rouge, owner of Le
Macaron, isn’t shy about eating
his shop’s specialty. “I like the
basil and white chocolate,” he
says.
The macarons, wafer-sized
delicate meringue cookies that
sandwich a rich filling, are
France’s hottest sweet bite. The
rainbow colors of macarons
arrayed on trays in the shop
may cause the most devout
dieter to break down.
The cookies, all gluten-free,
are delivered fresh every week
from the store’s partner shop in
Sarasota.
Flavors like Crème de Rose,
and lavender from Provence,
and salted caramel are popular,
especially with brides and at
baby showers, Rouge said. He
is partial to the herb flavors,
he said, though chocolate
with ganache still wins over
Americans.
Along with the macarons,
gelato imported from France
It’Sugar offers candies and novelties ranging from old-fashioned wax bottles to gummy bears and Candy Crush confections. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
also is sold here.
It’Sugar
At It’Sugar, a chain candy
and novelty store spreading
throughout South Florida, it’s a
saccharine wonderland for kids
of all ages.
Store manager Mike McNary
says, “There’s something for
everyone, from 2-year-olds
to 70-year-olds. We have
old-fashioned candy they
remember, like wax bottles,
and we have gummy bears and
Candy Crush candy for the
kids.”
Along with nostalgic candies
like Fruit-Striped gum, oversize
candy is a trademark of the
chain, and McNary’s store
carries a 3-foot-long gummy
worm as well as a 5-pound
gummy bear. The scarier
27-pound, 8-foot gummy
python can be ordered online.
Giant Hershey bars, and
Shrek-sized boxes of Jolly
Ranchers and Good & Plenty
also have their fans.
But another audience has
found the R- and X-rated
candies stocked in an area
higher than toddlers’ views.
Phallic-shaped lollipops and
things like the gummy bra have
drawn an adult crowd.
“We sell a lot of those,”
McNary said. They’re popular
for party favors at bridal
showers or as a gag gift.”
Shea’s Bakery
Pop culture figures in to the
cakes at Shea’s Bakery as well,
said manager Kate Townsend.
She’s managing the bakery
started by high school whiz
kid Shea Gouldd, who is away
at college in Missouri. Gouldd
made news by winning business
entrepreneurship awards while
still studying for her SAT’s.
Townsend carries on for
Frozen treats:
Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt, 418 E. Atlantic Ave.; www.8948230
Sloan’s Ice Cream, 111 E. Atlantic Ave.; 303 3912; www.
sloansicecream.com
Mootz Homemade Italian Ice, 504 E. Atlantic Ave.; 330-8280;
www.mootzitalianice.com
Nonna’s Café-Gelato, 1136 E. Atlantic Ave.; 279-9328
My Yogurt Café, 524 E. Atlantic Ave.; 278-1810; www.
myyogurtcafe.com
Ben & Jerry’s Scoop Shop, 1155 E. Atlantic Ave.; 272-3112;
www.facebook.com/BenJerrysDelrayBeach
FY&I Frozen Yogurt, Nine NE Second Ave.; 450-4702; www.
fyidelray.com
Kilwins, 402 E. Atlantic Ave.; 278-0808; www.kilwins.com/
delraybeach
Doc’s All American, 10 N. Swinton Ave.; 278-3627
Gouldd while she’s away,
baking cakes to order. “Because
we’re so close to Orlando,
we get a lot of Disney theme
cakes,” she said. “We’ve done
a lot of Frozen cakes from the
movie in the last month.”
Fancy wedding cakes with
themes and other special
occasion cakes are made to
order from customer designs,
or their own.
Bestseller is the replica of a
Tiffany box, completely edible.
“It’s the blue box with a big
white bow.”
Two Fat Cookies
New in town is Two Fat
Cookies in Pineapple Grove.
Debbie Wexler moved her
commercial bakery from Boca
Raton in February, and offers
a wide variety of cookies and
bars, cake pops, cupcakes,
specialty cakes and pies in a
storefront.
“Originally I was only going
to do cookies, but the product
line keeps expanding,” she said. “People just kept asking for
all different things. We do
whatever our customers
request.”
This is her first retail
shop with displays, a nod to
customers who wanted to shop
for ready-made treats and see
the staff at work. It proves
vexing for some, she said. “They
get to the counter and there
are so many choices, they can’t
decide.”
But, she said, the local
shoppers come in for the
signature item. “The Delray
people really go for the jumbo
cookies — all flavors.” Ú
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Chris’ Taverna’s original location
on Lantana Road has been a favorite for
several years, but the restaurant has added
an outpost to the lineup
at Hypoluxo Road and
Congress Avenue.
The food is amazingly
fresh and flavorful. The
chicken wrap we ordered
was filled with tender
marinated chicken and
accompanied by lettuce, tomato and onion.
The restaurant offered a nice side of mellow
tzatziki sauce.
We very nearly could have made meals
of the Greek salads selected as sides, which
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tomatoes, onion and feta cheese served with a
Greek dressing and refreshing pepperoncini.
The pork souvlaki also was a winner, tender
and cooked through, but not overdone.
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Signature Aviation,
Boca Raton – March 22
ABOVE: Members of the crowd
enjoying the show include (l-r)
Samathana Kent, Mary Raggazino,
Marta Motz, Dan Funch, Sheree La
Dove Funch, Denise Zimmerman,
Rosa Feeney, Stacey Packer and
Peggy Henry.
RIGHT: Designer Zac Posen is
honored by the models at the
end of the fashion show. The
event, which took place in a
hanger at Signature Aviation,
raised $175,000 to provide shoes
for poor children around the
world. Photos by Jerry Lower/
The Coastal Star
Around Town
D
Roddick’s fiery determination evident early to his tennis coach
rool over this list:
Venus and Serena
Williams, Jennifer
Capriati, Andy Roddick,
Maria Sharapova. All No. 1
players. All guided in their
formative years by Rick Macci.
Capriati’s ascent was
meteoric, her fall possibly even
more dramatic. The Williams
sisters continue to win, as does
Sharapova.
Roddick now 31, retired
from big-time tennis 18 months
ago, after barely a decade as
a pro, but it
seems like
only yesterday
the gangly kid
from Nebraska
was a student
at Boca Prep,
winning the
Roddick
U.S. Open
and dating
a budding Hollywood star,
Mandy Moore.
At 21, he was ranked No.
1 in world, but when he had
to wear a necktie during a
promotional stop at Saks at
Town Center, he didn’t know a
Windsor from a four-in-hand.
But Macci, who now runs his
academy at Boca Lago, still
remembers the kid.
In Macci Magic: Extracting
Greatness From Yourself and
Others, written with former
Miami Herald tennis writer
Jim Martz, Macci devotes one
chapter to Roddick, whose
competitive nature was evident
at an early age. On Sunday
afternoons academy residents
— some of whom were already
on the tour and newbies like
10-year-old Roddick — played
touch football. That is, most of
them played “touch,” as Macci
explained:
“The ball was kicked off
and we ran down there to get
the guy and here’s Andy and
guys who are seeded players
… some of best tennis players
in the country … And he goes
down there and tackles the
guy. He doesn’t pull the flag,
he tackles the guy. Gets him on
the ground and then pulls his
flag and he’s got a pretty good
bloody nose from doing this.
And he looked up at me and he
goes, ‘I got the flag!’
“I said, ‘Listen, we’re not
playing tackle. You’ve got to
pull the flag out.’ I knew then
and there … he was just a fiery
competitor that had a lot of
potential.”
The new bridge is open and
the mood on Ocean Avenue on
both sides of the Intracoastal is
upbeat. For most Lantana and
Manalapan merchants who
held on for 18 months while
the bridge was replaced, the
struggle was worthwhile.
Of course, some things
remain mysterious. Tapas 210
has never reopened, though
the tables are set as if dinner
is about to be served. Nor has
anything happened across
the street at the site formerly
occupied by Suite 225.
But at Pizzeria Oceano,
a block east of Federal, Dak
Kerprich, who never stopped
rolling out his gourmet pies,
pastas and salads, “couldn’t
be busier,” until he runs out of
fresh ingredients.
The constantly changing
menu might offer kielbasa
pizza with smoked cheddar,
mozzarella, mustard greens and
onion or a spicy shrimp salad
with green papaya, basil, pole
beans, shallots, peanuts and
garum. When they’re gone, he
closes for the evening.
“I wish I had more space,
but for now this is fine. My
customers stayed loyal and we
made it through.”
Closer to the bridge, the Old
Key Lime House is having an
impact as traffic regularly backs
up and valet parkers struggle to
keep pace. Apparently pushing
the right buttons, owner Ryan
Cordero reported his best
January ever. Best way to get in
without a wait: Go by boat.
That big hotel on the ocean
with the new name now has a
new sign: the old Ritz-Carlton
is now visibly Eau Palm
Beach. The new name may
lack international caché, but
Ritz or Eau, AAA says it’s still
worthy of five diamonds. (So
are The Breakers and The Four
Seasons. Boca Resort and
Club gets four — and don’t be
surprised if Blackstone Group
puts it on the market next year.)
Across the street at John G’s,
good food at a fair price still
draws crowds.
“It was a risk for us. We
move over here and five months
later the bridge closes. There
were some tough times, but
we made it,” confesses Wendy
Yarbrough, a co-owner with
brothers Jay and Keith.
Customers loyal to John
G’s, which was a staple on
Lake Worth Beach for decades,
continued to take the long away
around. “The night they had
the big parade, I was heading
home and I could see the crowd
waiting to cross,” she said.
“That night I slept very well.
Next morning at 7, we had a
line waiting to get in, just like
the old days.”
For snowbirds and locals
who can’t get enough of the
flavors scooped out at the Ice
Cream Club around the corner,
take heart: The Ice Cream Club
will now come to you!
For $79, the club will pack
six 14-percent butterfat pints,
any flavors, in dry ice and ship
them direct to your door. Baja
Chocolate to Purple Daze, and
some that co-founders Rich
Draper and Tom Jackson
owners have yet to dream up.
Reduced fat, yogurts, sugar-free
and sorbets are also available.
The first kettle fired up in
Boynton two years ago at Due
South. Then around New Year’s
in Delray, Salt Water Brewery
kicked in with its amazing bar
on Atlantic Avenue just west
of the tracks along I-95. Not
to be left out, Boca is getting a
microbrewery. The Boca City
Council said yes to a Barrel
of Monks, a 9,100-square-
foot space in the South
Congress Industrial Park on
Rodgers Circle. It’ll include an
867-square-foot tasting room
and a 15-foot bar. Tours will be
offered.
Head “monk” Bill McFee
is a veteran homebrewer who
maintains a double life as a
radiologist. Loads of work
remains before the first pint is
poured.
Due South, incidentally, was
named Best Large Brewery in
the state at the Florida Brewers
Guild Festival’s Beer Brewer’s
Ball in Tampa March 2. That’s a
mouthful, but so is the beer.
Brewmaster Mike Halker
claimed gold medals for his
Mariana Trench Imperial
Stout, Asylum Harbor Red
Ale and Category 5 Double
IPA, silver for the Cafe Ole
Espresso Porter, and bronze for
the Apple Brandy Aged Pico
Duarte Imperial Stout.
Irvin Lippman, who ran
the Fort Lauderdale Museum
of Art from 2003 until his
retirement in
2012, has been
named interim
director at the
Boca Raton
Museum of
Art. Lippman
will run the
museum
Lippman
and the
search committee that will
find a replacement for Steven
Maklansky, who left Jan. 31
after only 2½ years on the job.
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Before Lauderdale, Lippman
ran the Columbus (Ohio)
Museum of Art and was
assistant director at the Amon
Carter Museum in Fort Worth,
Texas from 1983 to 1994. His
first museum job: staff lecturer
at the National Gallery of Art
in Washington.
Jewelry makes any woman
a princess, but as a mentor
once told Donna Schneier,
special pieces make you a
contessa. For nearly half a
century, Schneier, a Manalapan
resident, has been assembling
a royal collection. And slowly
but surely, she’s been giving it
away … to museums. Her goal
is to encourage the scholarship
that will give art jewelry the
legitimacy it deserves.
However, Schneier, who
chairs the Bijoux! Art Jewelry
sale, a yearly fundraiser at
the Norton Museum of Art,
doesn’t give it to just anyone. In
2008, she donated 200 pieces
from her personal collection to
the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York. The exhibit is
finally ready and will open May
12.
Lights, camera … and lots
of action, as the 19th Palm
Beach International Film
Festival kicked off April 3 at
Cinemark Palace 20 in Boca
with a screening of Belle. It’s
about the daughter of a Royal
Navy admiral who isn’t allowed
to fully participate in society
because she’s of mixed race but
ultimately helps bring an end to
slavery in England.
The opening night party
followed the screening at
Bogart’s Bar & Grille in
Cinemark.
Robert Morse, who has
succeeded in show business by
really trying, will be honored
with the festival’s Lifetime
Achievement Award at the
April 7 screening of Broadway:
Beyond the Golden Age.
Director Rick McKay will
receive the Visionary Award
for his work documenting the
Broadway stage. Another party
will follow in Bogart’s.
The festival will present 14
world, eight North American
and eight U.S. premieres, a
spotlight on Canadian films
in conjunction with the
Toronto festival and a salute
to Hollywood classics at Eau
Palm Beach (April 5). “The
Jewish Experience,” a series at
several venues includes four
world premieres and three best
picture nominees for Israel’s
equivalent to the Academy
Awards.
Screenings, music and
parties are also set at South
Shores Tavern in Lake Worth
Thymes
Vitabath
Seiko
Roger & Gallet
Crabtree & Evelyn
Eye • bobs
Maui Jim
Lampe Berger
Elizabeth Arden
Douglas Paquette
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Boca’s Mizner Park (April 9).
The festival closes April
10 at Cinemark Palace with a
screening of Cas & Dylan and
wrap party at Bogart’s with
a special appearance by the
director, Jason Priestley. A
long way from 90210, Priestley
claims 21 directing credits,
although Cas & Dylan, which
stars Richard Dreyfuss, is
his first theatrical film. For
information, go to www.
pbifilmfest.org.
Speaking of awards, Lake
Worth and Delray Beach
claimed two Muse Awards
from the Cultural Council of
Palm Beach County March
13 at the Kravis Center. Lake
Worth’s artistic attempt at road
improvement, the annual Street
Painting Festival, won the
Council’s Choice Award, while
the Chairs’ Choice Award went
to the Spady Cultural Heritage
Museum in Delray.
Other winners included:
Bill Hayes, producing
artistic director at Palm
Beach Dramaworks received
the Clyde Fyfe Award for
Performing Artists.
Two new awards were
presented to Sharon Koskoff
and Roe Green. The Ellen
Liman
Excellence in
Arts Education
Award went to
Koskoff, who
creates murals,
conceptual
installations,
giant
Koskoff
puppets and
environmental designs. She also
produces children’s programs
and teaches at Delray Beach
Center for the Arts at Old
School Square. For her support
of the arts community in time
and money, Green, of Jupiter,
was presented The Thalia
Award.
Also recognized: The Flagler
Museum, Historical and
Cultural Heritage; SunFest,
Outstanding Festival; Norton
Museum, Outstanding
Collaboration; Ann Norton
Sculpture Gardens, Excellence
in Arts and Cultural Outreach;
and Kravis Center, Excellence
in Arts Integrated Education.
FAU’s new president, John
Kelly, is a man of the soil. His
degrees are in agriculture and
horticulture. He spent most of
his academic career at Clemson
University, which initially was
South Carolina’s ag school
before he helped it blossom into
one of the nation’s top public
universities. He likes to make
things grow … and with FAU,
he’ll have quite a row to hoe.
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J.D. Nichols home, Manalapan – March 15
LEFT: Coach Howard Schnellenberger was
honored on his 80th birthday by hundreds
of supporters, including football legend Joe
Namath.
ABOVE: Schnellenberger and his wife,
Beverlee, share a kiss to celebrate the end
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Kelly clocked in March 1,
and even before he arrived
in Boca he showed just how
grounded he is. Since his wife
and children will remain in
Carolina until school lets out,
he rented a truck, loaded it
with essentials and his favorite
plants and drove to Boca.
As soon as he arrived, he
jumped on
a plane for
Tallahassee:
time to
meet state
education
officials and
legislators,
who are
Kelly
threatening
to cut millions from FAU’s
budget, in part because too few
students graduate on time. He’s
already had a small meet-andgreet with about 600 students,
and the Making Waves Gala at
the stadium March 29 provided
the first opportunity to meet
with deep-pocket supporters.
Coming from Clemson,
Kelly is by choice and education
a sports fan. He’s already
made it clear that he wants
competitive teams. That’s good
news to new football coach
Charlie Partridge, who took
time out from spring practice
to join 200 guests at an 80th
birthday celebration for former
FAU head coach Howard
Schnellenberger at the Point
Manalapan home of his old
Louisville buddy, J.D. Nichols.
Kelly didn’t make it. FAU’s
former acting President
Dennis Crudele did, as well
as athletic director Pat Chun
and retired Miami Dolphins
safety Dick Anderson and
receiver Nat Moore, former
University of Miami team
chaplain Father Leo Armbrust,
Sports Illustrated writer John
Underwood and retired Miami
sportscaster Tony Segreto.
Also in the throng, an old
quarterback Howard recruited
when he was an assistant
to Bear Bryant at Alabama.
But Joe Namath was so busy
autographing footballs, he
never even made it to Nichols’
pool deck.
“I’m breathless,” Howard
said. “What a beautiful evening
for the Schnellenberger family,
and the family is all of you here
tonight.”
When a woman in sequined
gown serenaded him, a la
Marilyn and JFK with “Happy
Birthday, Mr. Schnellenberger,”
the coach took it all in stride
— but wife Beverlee required
a little sweet talk. … No one
comes between her and her
man!
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YMCA Inspiration Breakfast committee members: Jennifer Siesel, Alberto Echevarria,
Chris Echevarria, Mary Workman, Megan Keenan, Gloria Hosh, Kery Knutson, Carl Foster,
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By Amy Woods
The man who put the first
shovel in the ground at 6631
Palmetto Circle South in Boca
Raton will receive special
honors during this month’s
YMCA Inspiration Breakfast.
Peter Blum, whose name
is both
eponymous
and
synonymous
with the
nonprofit,
familyoriented
fitness
Blum
facility, said
the 42-year-old YMCA has
more than surpassed its goals.
“It’s mind-boggling how
beautiful and great it is,” Blum
said. “It has a tremendous
membership.”
The former Manalapan
mayor, now Delray Beach
resident whose name also
graces the DeVos-Blum Family
YMCA of Boynton Beach
said he is humbled by the
recognition.
IF YOU GO
What: YMCA Inspiration
Breakfast
When: 8 to 10 a.m. April 8
Where: Boca Raton Resort
& Club
Cost: $80
Information: Call 237-0944
or visit www.ymcaspbc.org
“I feel that you get these
honors if you live long enough
and work hard,” Blum said.
“I still love the YMCA and all
the people at the Y — and the
leaders.”
The breakfast will take
place April 8 with a new
name — it used to be called
the YMCA Prayer Breakfast
— and a new theme, “A
Celebration of the Spirit and
Mission of the Y.”
“Twelve years ago … it was
basically a gathering to shine
a light on the YMCA’s mission
as a Christian organization,”
said YMCA of South Palm
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CEO Richard Pollock. “As
it’s evolved, it has become
more inspirational each time.
It’s not necessarily about
prayer. It’s about mission and
motivation.”
The YMCA of South Palm
Beach County serves 20,000
members and 40,000 residents
annually with a focus on
personal wellness and youth
development. It is open even to
those who can’t afford to pay
for programs.
Funds raised at the
breakfast, the organization’s
largest event, will support the
YMCA’s financial-assistance
efforts.
“When there are children
in need and families in need,
then we’re able to help,” event
co-chairwoman Gloria Hosh
said. “Palm Beach County
does have poverty.”
The keynote speaker this
year: former Miami Dolphins
player and current Offerdahl’s
Café Grill owner John
Offerdahl.
Past speakers have included
Robert and Pamela Tebow,
Tim Tebow’s parents; Wally
Amos, of the Famous Amos
brand; and former Florida
State University football coach
Bobby Bowden.
“His vision is where the
YMCA is today,” Hosh said
of Offerdahl. “He’s got all
the right attributes to be our
speaker. What a great, downto-earth, humble man.” Ú
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April 7: Caridad Center will honor all 400 of its volunteers
and recognize those who have reached their five-, 10-,
15- and 20-year anniversaries during a dinner celebrating
the agency’s silver anniversary. Time is 6 to 9 pm. Cost is
$250. Call 853-1638 or visit www.caridad.org. ABOVE: CoChairpersons Robert Souaid, Caroline Moran and Sanjiv
Sharma. Photo provided
April 5: JDRF, formerly known as Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, is planning its
annual south Palm Beach County event that helps raise community awareness about the
nonprofit and its mission to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes. Time is 8:30 am. The event is free.
For information, call 686-7701 or visit www.walk.jdrf.org. ABOVE: Nicola Pinkerton, Martha
Storey, Mariela Montgomery, Kyle Kantor, Diane Heard, John Maloney, Rhoda Rubin, Carole
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Pay it Forward is a calendar designed to
celebrate the many philanthropic events
in the community. Events are current as of
3/30. Please check with organizers for any
changes.
APRIL
Monday - 4/7 - A Salute to the Heroes
of Caridad at International Polo Club, 3667
120th Ave. South, Wellington. Honor all 400
of Caridad Center’s volunteers and recognize
those who have reached their five-, 10-, 15and 20-year anniversaries at a celebration
of the agency’s silver anniversary. 6-9 pm.
$250. 853-1638 or www.caridad.org.
Tuesday - 4/8 - YMCA Inspiration
Breakfast at Boca Raton Resort & Club,
501 E. Camino Real. Listen to former
professional football player John Offerdahl,
keynote speaker at the YMCA of South Palm
Beach County’s largest annual fundraising
event, to raise funds for financial-assistance
programs form the community. 8-10 am.
$80. 237-1943 or www.ymcaspbc.org.
Wednesday - 4/9 - “The Super STAR
Spectacular” at Mercedes Benz of Delray
Beach, 1001 Linton Blvd. Support Milagro
Center’s annual showcase gala that shines
a light on the nonprofit’s “stars.” 6 pm. $75
in advance; $85 at the door. 279-2970 or
www.milagrocenter.org.
Thursday - 4/10 - The Proper Affair
at St. Andrews Country Club, 17557 W.
Claridge Oval, Boca Raton. Celebrate
with a cocktail party and “style” event
featuring a silent auction and fashion
show of the season’s hottest looks to
benefit Achievement Centers for Children
& Families. 6:30- 9 pm. $160. 266-0003 or
www.properaffair.com.
4/10 - Impact 100 Palm Beach County
Grand Awards Celebration at Lynn
University’s Wold Performing Arts Center,
3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Watch
as the organizations awards grants of
$100,000 each to local nonprofits in
the areas of arts and culture, education,
environment, family, and health and
wellness. 6:30-9 pm. Free. 336-4623 or
www.impact100pbc.org.
Saturday - 4/12 - American Girl Fashion
Show at Boca Raton Marriott, 5150
Town Center Circle. Celebrate the spirit of
American Girl style at a fun-filled event for
girls, their families, friends and favorite
dolls – all to benefit Literacy Coalition of
Palm Beach County. 10 am, 1 and 4 pm.
$40. 279-9103 or www.literacypbc.org.
4/12 - Masquerade Ball at West Palm
Beach Marriott, 1001 Okeechobee Blvd.
Watch as today’s environmental leaders are
revealed during a fun event that celebrates
the ongoing accomplishments of Pine Jog
Environmental Education Center. 6 pm.
$150. 686-6600 or www.pinejog.fau.edu.
4/14 - Women’s “Tee” Party and
Fashion Show/19th Hole Club at The
Breakers, One South County Road, Palm
Beach. Join CBS Sports’ Peter Kostis, guest
of honor, at the 46th-annual benefit for
American Cancer Society’s Palm Beach
unit. 3:30 pm, Women’s “Tee” Party and
Fashion Show, $100. 5 pm, 19th Hole Club,
$500-$750 per couple. 655-3449 or www.
cancer.org.
Friday - 4/25 - Men with Caring Hearts
at Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca
West Drive, Boca Raton. Join Florence
Fuller Child Development Centers at the
13th-annual awards luncheon that gives
nonprofits an opportunity to provide
recognition and thanks to outstanding
male volunteers. 11:30 am-1:30 pm. $100.
391-7274, Ext. 128 or www.ffcdc.org.
April 12: Guests are invited to celebrate the sparkle and spirit of American Girl style at a funfilled event for girls, their families, friends and favorite dolls – all to benefit the Literacy Coalition
of Palm Beach County. Times are 10 am, 1 pm and 4 pm. Cost is $40. Call 279-9103 or visit www.
literacypbc.org. ABOVE: Katie Vassallo, Emma Warren, Sophia Dickenson, Aubrey Waldman,
Caroline Calder, Gabrielle Kiminyo, Riley Hersh, Grace Vera and Danielle Kiminyo. Photo
provided
Impact 100 Grand Palm Beach County Awards Celebration
Lynn University – Boca Raton
April 10: The women of Impact
100 Palm Beach County will gather
in the Wold Performing Arts Center
to award grants of $100,000 each
to local nonprofits in the areas
of arts and culture, education,
environment, family, and health
and wellness. The five grant
finalists are: The Achievement
Centers for Children and Families,
Coastal Conservation Association,
Creative City Collaborative D/B/A
The Arts Garage, Florence Fuller
Child Development Center and
United Cerebral Palsy of Palm
Beach and Mid Coastal Counties.
Time is 6:30-9 pm. Cost is free.
Call 336-4623 or visit www.
impact100pbc.org.
LEFT: Kim Nutter, with Sherry
Ferrante and Debbie Schmidt.
Photo provided
by Sherry Ferrante
Photography
MAY
Thursday - 5/1 - Women in Leadership
Awards at Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee
Blvd., West Palm Beach. Honor the 23 local
women who have been nominated for their
work in the private, public and volunteer
sectors while listening to keynote speaker
Valerie Plame. 11:30 am. $110-$130. 8687070 or www.ewpb.org.
Saturday - 5/3 - Kentucky Derby in
Delray at Spodak Dental, 3911 W. Atlantic
Ave., Delray Beach. Ladies: Don’t forget
your hats. Gents: Grab your bowties to
commemorate the 140th “Run for the
Roses” at this benefit for the Community
Caring Center of Greater Boynton Beach,
featuring cocktails, Southern fare, music
and games. 4-7 pm. $20. 364-9501, E xt. 25
or www.cccgbb-org.webs.com.
5/3 - Kentucky Derby Party at Boca
Greens Country Club, 19642 Trophy Drive,
Boca Raton. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, open
wine-and-beer bar, buffet dinner, raffles
and auctions to benefit Aid to Victims of
Domestic Abuse, Dolores Taylor Scholarship
Fund and Forgotten Soldiers Outreach. 4-8
pm. $65. 927-7179 or www.orgsites.com/fl/
quotabocadelray.
Wednesday - 5/14 - Brunch with
Tiffany & Co. at The Sonoma House, 220
N.E. 11th St., Boca Raton. Join local “angel
moms” and foster children for a brunch
that will raise funds and awareness for the
Place of Hope’s new Haven Campus cottage
that houses youths who have aged out of
state care. 10:30 am. $100. 483-0962 or
www.hopeatthehaven.org.
Monday - 5/19 - Wine Dinner Party
at New York Prime Steakhouse, 2350
Executive Center Drive, Boca Raton. Reserve
tickets now for the inaugural silent-auction
event and delicious dinner benefiting
Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship
Program. 6:30 pm. $125. 305-371-3330 or
www.womenoftomorrow.org.
Thursday - 5/22 - Business Awards
Luncheon at Boca Raton Resort & Club,
501 E. Camino Real. Be one of 300 guests
expected to attend and honor Small
Business Leader of the Year, Business
Leader of the Year and Business of the Year.
11:45 am-1 pm. $75. 395-4433, Ext. 233 or
www.bocachamber.com.
Friday - 4/25 - Men with Caring Hearts
at Boca West Country Club, 20583 Boca
West Drive, Boca Raton. Join Florence
Fuller Child Development Centers at the
13th-annual awards luncheon that gives
nonprofits an opportunity to provide
recognition and thanks to outstanding
male volunteers. 11:30 am-1:30 pm. $100.
391-7274, Ext. 128 or www.ffcdc.org.
Monday - 5/26 - Memorial Day
Ceremony at South Florida National
Cemetery, 6501 State Road 7, Lake Worth.
Remember those who lost their lives in
service to the country during the Palm
Beach County Veterans Committee
commemoration. 10 am. Free. 844-2004 or
pbcveteranscommittee.org.
Saturday - 5/31 - All-American Tailgate
Party at Delray Beach Center for the Arts
at Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave.
Get ready for a day of family fun with
other sport fanatics that will feature
food, craft beer and live entertainment to
benefit Achievement Centers for Children
& Families. 5-9 pm. $25 for adults; $10 for
children; ages 12 and younger get in free.
266-0003, Ext. 16 or
delraytailgate.com.
To submit your event,
contact Amy Woods
at flamywoods@
bellsouth.net.
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Celebrations
The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Celebrations
Kravis Center Gala
Director’s last call
St. Andrew’s School, Boca Raton – March 8
Kravis Center, West Palm Beach – Feb. 24
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater swept guests off
their feet at the annual affair, which started with a performance in Dreyfoos Hall and ended with dinner in the Cohen
Pavilion — all to raise money for the center’s education and
outreach programs. The show marked the troupe’s first appearance in the area in more than 15 years. PHOTO: Aggie
and Jeffrey Stoops, of Boca Raton.
Photo provided by Corby Kaye’s Studio Palm Beach
Caribbean Cowboy Ball
Senior cast member Andy Yao (left) shares a heartfelt story about how Theater Director
Teresa Vignau (center) impacted his life in a positive way as senior castmates Alyssa Moeller
and Caitrin Assaf and junior castmate Caroline Manera try to hold back tears during a
tribute to Vignau after her final production, Once on This Island, in the Roberts Theatre at St.
Andrew’s School. Vignau is retiring after more than 20 years of directing. Kurtis Boggs/The
Coastal Star
Red Reef Park, Boca Raton – Feb. 22
Doggie Ball
Boca West Country Club, Boca Raton – March 24
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The George Snow Scholarship Fund’s 21st-annual auction fundraiser attracted more than 450 ‘cowpokes’ for a
foot-stompin’ good time. The event, which honored Robert
Rollins with the Community Service Award and Lynn University with the Corporate Community Service Award, raised
in excess of $100,000. PHOTO: Danielle Williams (left), with
ball Chairwoman Jo Anne Williams. Photo provided by Alex
Wells, of Unveiled Events
Before a crowd of more than 550 board members, donors, employees and volunteers — all
sporting their finest Western wear at the 12th-annual fundraiser for the Tri County Humane Society — leaders of the Boca Raton nonprofit announced a new name and logo,
plus plans for campus expansion. The new name, Tri County Animal Rescue, reflects the
important mission and wide reach of the shelter. ‘Our new name now accurately defines
our organization’s brand promise of rescuing animals and preserving lives,’ Doggie Ball CoChairwoman Harriet Lewis-Mooney said. PHOTO: Dr. Anthony and Jennifer Dardano, with
Terry and Jerry Fedele. Photo provided
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AT10 Celebrations The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Celebrations
HMS Gladan Day
Muse Awards
Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale – Feb. 21
Kravis Center, West Palm Beach – March 13
The Royal Swedish Navy vessel welcomed aboard dozens of U.S. and Swedish dignitaries for
an official visit attended by local business leaders who enjoyed a luncheon and a dinner with
Honorary Consul of Sweden Per-Olof Loof. ABOVE: Albin Jacobsson, Kathy Dickenson, Jerker
Schyllert, Asa Lena Loof and Jacob Eriksson. Photo provided by Janis Bucher
The Event
Boca West Country Club, Boca Raton – Feb. 4
The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County honored its best
and brightest during an Academy Awards-style evening of
performances staged by Andrew Kato, producing artistic
director of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. A record-breaking
number of tickets were sold, and the event raised nearly
$200,000 to help fund arts-education programs for local
students that their schools otherwise could not afford.
ABOVE: Peg Greenspon, with Boca Museum of Art Interim
Director Irvin Lippman and Norton Museum of Art CEO Hope
Alswang. Photo provided by Jacek Photo
Heart of a Woman Luncheon
Boca Raton Resort & Club Beach Golf Club – Feb. 24
More than 750 members of the local community came out to celebrate the good things the
Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County does in the area — and to hear special guest
speaker Mandy Patinkin. Patinkin, an actor and singer, talked about his Jewish journey amid
anecdotes from his varied career. ABOVE: Bryan Drowos, Doug Horn and Gary Lesser and David
Baer. Photo provided by Jeffrey Tholl Photography
Circle of Hope
Delray Dunes Golf and Country Club, Boynton Beach – March 10
The 10th-annual fundraiser for Women’s
Circle raised more than
$200,000 and featured
dinner, dancing and a
silent auction attended
and enjoyed by 200-plus
guests. Pastor Julien
Harris, of Saint Thomas
More Catholic Church,
was one of the inspirational speakers. LEFT: Gay
Vela and Phyllis Spinner,
with event sponsor Peter
Blum. Photo provided by
Barbara McCormick
More than 400 attended Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse’s
Heart of a Woman Luncheon featuring keynote speaker
and Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis and
honoring Jan Savarick, president of the Boca Raton Regional
Hospital Foundation, as well as the Christine E. Lynn College
of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University and First Presbyterian
Church of Delray Beach. Proceeds from the seventh-annual
event will benefit the crisis hotline, emergency shelter, transitional housing facility and outreach programs. ABOVE: Gloria
Pierson, Dukakis, Barbara Schmidt and Carolyn Cunningham.
Photo provided
Sunset in the Gardens
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach – Feb. 4
Guild Musical
Luncheon
Sailfish Club, Palm Beach –
March 10
The Alexander W. Dreyfoos
School of the Arts Foundation
Guild has raised $1 million
through its musical lunches
during the last decade, and
the 2014 series concluded
with a presentation by guild
President Dorothy Lappin to
foundation board Chairman
Simon Benson Offit of a check
in that amount. ‘We never
dreamed when we started
the luncheons 10 years ago
that we would be able to raise
$1 million for these talented
students, but with your help,
we’ve done it, and we will
keep going,’ Lappin said. ABOVE: Charla Bernstein, Barbara Cohen and Pearl Hazan. Photo
provided by Lucien Capehart Photography
More than 50 guests attended a special luncheon in honor
of the recently launched Gardens Conservancy. Gardens
Conservancy Founding Chairwoman Frances Fisher served as
hostess of the event that took place amid the rare palm trees
and lush landscaping in the 1.7-acre sanctuary. Paul Milsom,
director of horticulture for the gardens, was introduced for
the first time after taking on the newly created position made
possible by the conservancy. ABOVE: Gardens Conservancy
member Sally Soter, with Jack Staub. Photo provided by Lucien Capehart Photography
April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
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representation as to the accuracy thereof. All property information is presented subject to errors, omissions, price changes, changed property conditions, and withdrawal of the property from
the market, without notice. All dimensions provided are approximate. To obtain exact dimensions, Corcoran advises you to hire a qualified architect or engineer.
AT12 Celebrations
The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Celebrations
Engagement Announcement
iDELRAY
DO
APRIL 13
2014
Thomas and Barbara Murphy of Gulf Stream and Daniel Casey
Shedrick of East Hampton, N.Y., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Hannah Holbrook Shedrick, to Peter
John Polidoro, son of Roger J. and Gwynne Polidoro of Floyd, Va.
A late summer wedding is planned.
Hannah is a Gulf Stream School alum and a graduate of the
University of Vermont with a master’s degree from American
University. She teaches in Washington, D.C.
Dan Shedrick was the founder of Score Baseball and Pinnacle
Sports Cards and is a New York City-based investor.
The prospective bridegroom is a graduate of Cornell University and received a master’s in Robotics Engineering from Stanford
University. Peter is with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Photo provided
Annual High Tea
Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club, Boca Raton – Feb. 24
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Members of the National Society of Arts
& Letters’ Florida East
Coast Chapter celebrated the Annual
High Tea at the home
of Jay and Marilyn
Nelson. Chapter President Shari Upbin welcomed patrons and
performers to enjoy
artisan breads, fresh
fruit, sandwiches and
scones. A musical
program followed. On
Feb. 16, the chapter
sponsored its Career
Awards Competition
for woodwinds-flute,
clarinet and oboe.
The competition took
place at Lynn University in Boca Raton.
Winners included
Anna Maria Brumbaugh, John Hong, Jessica Esposito and
Kelsey Page Maiorano. TOP: Cellist Doniyor Zuparov, pianist
Feruza Dadabaeva, Alyce Erickson and Jon Robertson at the
Annual High Tea. BOTTOM: Robin Johnson (seated), with
Judi Asselta at the Annual High Tea. Photos provided by
Lucien Capehart Photography
April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
Community Calendar
Note: Events for Tots & Teens are now in a
separate listing. Please see page AT18.
All events are current as of 3/28. Please check with
organizers for any changes.
APRIL 5
Saturday - 4/5- Golf Course Shoreline
Clean-up at Lake Worth Municipal Golf Course
at 7th Ave. N. and the Intracoastal. Hosted by
Kiwanis Club of Lake Worth. Help clean up the
shoreline of the Lake Worth Lagoon and Snook
Island areas as part of Great American Cleanup.
8 am. Free. [email protected].
4/5 - Walk to Cure Diabetes at Mizner Park
Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Help
the JDRF reach its fundraising goal of $312,000.
Live entertainment, vendors, children’s
activities and refreshments. Registration: 7:45
am, Walk: 8:30 am. No registration fee; walkers
collect donations in honor of their participation.
686-7701.
4/5 - Great American Cleanup 2014 official
events are held throughout Palm Beach County
including events at: Sandoway House Nature
Center (142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach, 2747263), Harvey Oyer Park (2010 N. Federal Hwy.,
Boynton Beach, 707-5660), and Lake Worth
Municipal Golf Course (One 7th Ave. N., Lake
Worth, 585-2958). Pre-register (required) by
contacting the phone listed for each site. 8-10
am. Free. For details, times or sites call 6866646 or visit www.keepPBCbeautiful.org.
4/5 - Sand Sifters Beach Cleanup at
Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean
Ridge. Meet at the pavilion in the lower parking
lot. 8-10:15 am. Free. Contact JeffLev02@gmail.
com or www.sandsifters.us.
4/5 - Zonta Club of Greater Deerfield
Beach District 11 Area 3 Workshop at
the Doubletree Hilton Deerfield Beach, 100
Fairway Drive, Deerfield Beach. Zontians from
the Palm Beaches, Miami Lakes, Boca Raton,
Greater Miami, Key West, Marathon, The
Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Tortola’s will
be gathering to learn, reconnect and share
their enthusiasm for making the world a better
place for women. 8 am-3:45 pm. $68/members.
RSVP to Sandy Manning at 392-2223 or www.
zontadeerfieldbeach.org.
4/5 - MoneySmart Program – Learn how to
save 50 percent or more on groceries. 10-11:30
am. Free. Boca Raton Downtown Library, 400
NW 2nd Ave. 393-7852 or www.bocalibrary.org.
4/5 - MoneySmart Week @ Your Library for
adults is presented at the Boca Raton Public
Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave. Adult lecture series on
all matters personal finance. 9 am-5 pm. Free.
Registration: 544-8578.
4/5 - VITA TAX Program at Pompey Park, 1101
NW2nd St., Delray Beach. Free tax preparation
service provided by the United Way. Runs
through 4/15. M, T & Sat.: 9 am-1 pm; M&W:
5:30-8:30 pm. Free. Call 211.
4/5 - The Writer’s Studio at the Delray Beach
Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again
4/12, 19 & 26. 10 am-noon. Free. 638-7251 or
www.delraylibrary.org.
• Green Cay Farms
• Thomas Produce
• Alderman Organic Farms
• Volker Farms
• Farriss Farm
• Hornbuckle Family Farms
• Gourmet Pestos
• Thai-fusion Cooking
• Independent Seafood
• L'Autret French Bakery
• The Orchid Doctor
• Hot Sauces
• Anita's Guacamole
Municipal Meetings
4/5 - Get to Know your Nikon DSLR at Palm
Beach Photographic Center, 415 Clematis
St., West Palm Beach. Taught by National
Geographic’s Raymond Gehman. 10 am-5 pm.
$225. Registration: 253.2600.
4/5 - Buy/Sell/Trade Arts & Crafts Supplies
at Art-Sea Living & Art-Sea Studio, 1628 S.
Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. Bring your old/
new supplies and whatever you wish to sell or
trade with other artisans. Bring cash. Noon-4
pm. $5/person. 737-2600.
4/5 - Art Exhibit Opening Reception at
Sugar Sand Park Community Center, 300 S.
Military Trail, Boca Raton. Includes works by
Jack Bloom, Boca Raton retiree who creates
multi-media phographs of fellow musicians;
Nannette Notestein, a photographer, anrtist
and children’s book author intrigued by Florida’s
natural beauty and wildlife; and paintings by
Trina Weisman. Exhibit on display through 4/28.
1 p.m. Free. 347-3900.
4/5 - Inventors Society of South Florida
Meeting at Ligi Tool & Engineering Inc., 3220
SW 15th St., Deerfield Beach. First meeting is
free. Held the first Saturday of each month. 1
pm. Free. Call Leo Mazur at 676-5677 or www.
inventorssociety.net.
4/5 - Restyling Vintage Furniture
Workshop at Delray Design, 777 E. Atlantic
Ave. Plaza, Suite 5, Delray Beach, Delray Beach.
Learn beautiful painting techniques that make
the personality of each piece stand out. 1-3:30
pm. $120 w/$25 deposit. 303-1456.
4/5 - USA Netball Association at Pompey
Park Recreation Center, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray
Beach. Netball is a fast, skillful, team game
based on running, jumping, throwing, and
catching. For females ages 6 and up. Ongoing
activity held Saturdays. 2-5 pm. $5/person per
day. 243-7356 or www.mydelraybeach.com.
4/5 - Master Works from Around the
Globe at FAU’s Boca Raton campus, University
Theatre, 777 Glades Rd. Enjoy an evening of
classical, romantic and modern masterworks
from Europe and America. Krisztina Kover, FAU
Instructor of Music, will be the feature piano
soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A
major. Other works include Papillon, based on
themes from Jerry Goldsmith’s music for the
film, arranged by FAU’s Alejandro SanchezSamper; works by Brahms, Verdi and J. Strauss,
Jr. 7 pm. $10. 877-311-7469.
4/5 - Garland! Club Plaza Cabaret at The
Plaza Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan.
Held again 4/10-12. Th.-Sat.: 8 pm. $30-$40.
588-1820 or www.theplazatheatre.net.
4/5 - Polo Presents Tommy Mitchell at The
Colony, 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach. Singer
and piano player Tommy Mitchell may be best
known for his distinguished credit as lead singer
of the rock group Blood Sweat and Tears. Held
T-Th. & Sat. 9 pm. Free. 659-8100.
4/5-6 - Lake Worth Art League Outdoor
Show - View and purchase works by local
artists at Cultural Plaza, 414 Lake Ave., Lake
Worth. Held again 4/5-6. 10 am-4 pm. Free.
586-8666 or www.lwartleague.org.
• Organic Juice Booth
• Nischa's Indian Food
• Amazing Creations Florist
• Kaler's Orchids
• Serenity Flow Soaps
• Italian Cheeses
• Cottage Garden Teas
• A Touch of Spain
• Pasta Amore Raviolis
• Paellas de Espana
• LipSMAKin Good Honey
• Tweedle Organic
Dog Treats
Community Calendar AT13
4/7 - Ocean Ridge - First Monday at Ocean Ridge Town Hall, 6450 N. Ocean Blvd. 6 pm.
Agenda: www.oceanridgeflorida.com.
4/8 & 4/22 - Boca Raton - Second & fourth Tuesday at Boca Raton City Hall, 201 W. Palmetto
Park Road. 6 pm. Agenda: www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
4/11 - Gulf Stream - Second Friday at Gulf Stream Town Hall, 100 Sea Road. 9 am. Agenda:
www.gulf-stream.org.
4/14 & 4/28 - Lantana - Second & fourth Mondays at Lantana Town Hall, 500 Greynolds
Circle. 4/14 meeting starts at 5 pm. 4/28 begins at 7 pm. Agenda: www.lantana.org.
4/15 - Delray Beach - First & third Tuesdays at Delray Beach City Hall, 100 NW 1st Ave. 6 pm.
Agenda: www.mydelraybeach.com.
4/22 - Manalapan - Fourth Tuesday at Manalapan Town Hall, 600 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan.
9:30 am. Agenda: www.manalapan.org.
4/22 - South Palm Beach - Fourth Tuesday at South Palm Beach Town Hall, 3577 S. Ocean
Blvd. 7:15 pm. Agenda: www.southpalmbeach.com.
4/24 - Briny Breezes - Fourth Thursday at Briny Breezes Town Hall, 4802 N. Ocean Blvd. 4
pm. Agenda: www.townofbrinybreezes-fl.com.
4/5-6 - Steel Magnolias at The Wick Theatre,
7901 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. Show runs
W-Sun. through 4/20. W-Th. & Sat.-Sun.: 2 pm;
Th.-Sat.: 7:30 pm. $58. 995-2333.
4/5-6 - South Florida Open Wheelchair
Tennis Championships at Patch Reef Tennis
Center, Patch Reef Park, 2000 Yamato Rd.,
Boca Raton. Approximately 40 local wheelchair
tennis players from Palm Beach County will
compete. Free. 367-7090.
4/5-6 - Gypsy - Presented by Curtain Call
Playhouse at the Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand
Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. A musical
based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee. Rated
PG-13. Runs through 4/13. Th.-Sat.: 8 pm; Sat. &
Sun.: 2 pm. $15-$25. 347-3900.
4/5-6 - The Pajama Game at The Delray Beach
Playhouse, 950 NW 9th St. Runs through 4/13.
(4/10-13) Th.-Sat.: 8 pm; Sat. & Sun.: 2 pm. $30.
272-1281, Ext. 4.
4/5-6 - Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco
- Presented by Florida Atlantic University’s
department of theater at Studio One on the FAU
Boca Raton Campus, 777 Glades Rd. Held again
4/11-13. F & Sat.: 7 pm; Sun.: 1 pm; 4/12-13: 1
pm. $20. 877-311-7469.
4 /5-12-19-26 - Beauty and the Beast at
Showtime Performing Arts Theatre, 503 SE
Mizner Boulevard, Boca Raton. 2 pm. $14/
adults. $10/children 12 & under. 394-2626.
4 /5-6 - The Taffetas: A Tribute to the Silky
Sounds of the Fifties at Bob Carter’s Actor’s
Workshop & Repertory Co., 1009 N. Dixie Hwy.,
West Palm Beach. 4 /5: 8 pm, 4/6: 2 pm. $20/
adults, $10/students. 800-494-8497.
4/5-6-11-12 - Till Beth Do Us Part: A Comedy
by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie
Wooten at Stage Left Theatre, 145 SE 2nd Ave.,
Boynton Beach. Held again 4/4-6, 11-12. F&Sat.:
8:05 pm; Sun.: 2:30 pm. Opening night: $20;
Regular shows: $18. 301-5404.
4/5-6 - Mr. Marmalade by Noah Haidle at
Outre Theatre Company, Mizner Park Cultural
Arts Center, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Held
again 4/11-13. F&Sat.: 8 pm; Sun.: 2 pm. $30/
adults, $25/seniors, $20/students. 954-3002149 or www.outretheatrecompany.com.
4/5-6 - Dirty Blonde at The Plaza Theatre, 262
• Finn-Atic Fish Company
• Stone Crabs
• Little Chunks of Love
• Old School Bread Co.
• Juice King
• Empanadas
• La Petite Pain Bakery
• Katie Kakes – Gluten Free
• Inika Vegan Foods
• Sassy Palate
• Delray Beach
Jam Company
• Pickle Peddler
S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan in the Plaza del Mar
Shopping Center. Held again 4/9-13. Th.-Sat.:
7:30 pm; W, Sat.&Sun.: 2 pm. $45. 588-1820.
4/5-12 - ‘Til Beth Do Us Part: A comedy
by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope &
Jamie Wooten - Presented by Palm Beach
Dramaworks, 201 Clematis St., West Palm
Beach. 8:05 pm, 4/6 2:30 pm. $18. 514-4042.
4/5-27 - Dividing the Estate by Horton
Foote - Presented by Palm Beach Dramaworks,
201 Clematis St, West Palm Beach. Play runs
through 4/27. 2 pm Wed/Sat/Sun, 8 pm WedSat, 7 pm Sun. $60. 514-4042.
APRIL 6-12
Sunday - 4/6 - Sunday Breakfast is held
each week at VFW Post 5335, 500 NE 21st St.,
Boynton Beach. 8-11:30 am. $2.50-$5. All are
welcome. 732-1989.
4/6 - Kabbalah & Coffee: The Secret of
Simplicity at Chabad of East Boca Raton, 120
NE 1st Ave., Boca Raton. Includes weekly Living
Torah Video Presentation. Held every Sunday
morning. 10-11:30 am. Free. 417-7797.
4/6 - Passport to the Past at Gumbo Limbo
Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton.
Presented by Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
and the Florida Public Archaeology Network.
Featuring presentations, kids’ activities, and
interactive exhibits. For all ages. Noon-4 pm.
Free. 544-8615 or www.gumbolimbo.org.
4/6 - Duplicate Bridge at the James A.
Rutherford Community Center, Patch Reef
Park, 2000 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton. Sanctioned
A.C.B.L. duplicate bridge game for the
experienced player. A light lunch is served.
Partners available for singles. On-going Sunday
sessions year round. 12:30-4 pm. $10/person,
payable at the door. Reservations or partners:
338-2995 or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
4/6 - PJ Library 1st Birthday Party at South
County Regional Park, 11200 Park Access Rd.,
Boca Raton. Children of all ages treated to
Petting Zoo, Singing with Miss Susan, sports,
crafts and activities, balloon artist, face
painting and PJ Library stories. Kosher food
available for purchase. 2-5 pm. Free/bring a
new pair of PJ’s (pajamas) to be donated to Ruth
and Norman Rales Jewish Family Services for
those in need. 852.6080.
4/6 - Over The Bridge: Daily Bridge Games
at Temple Sinai, 2475 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray
Beach. Instruction available, all are welcome.
Afternoon sessions include lunch; Thursday
evening session includes coffee, tea and cake.
Sun.: 1 pm; M-T-W: 12:30 pm; Th.: 2:30 & 7 pm;
F: 12:15 pm. $10. 276-8071.
4/6 - Barefoot by the Sea at Delray Beach
Historical Society, 5 NE 1st St. Presented in
conjunction with The Historical Society of Palm
Beach County. Family event with arts & crafts,
history presentations, turtle races, sno-cones,
popcorn and more. 1-4 pm. $10, Free/children
under three. 832-4164 or 274-9578.
4/6 – Sunday Musical Matinee Series:
Wayne Hosford at the Delray Beach Public
Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Featuring a vast
repertoire of Boardway and American popular
music from the ’60s to today. 2 pm. $15. 2669490 or www.delraylibrary.org.
4/6 - Classical Guitar Society at University
Theatre, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton. Guitar
solos and chamber music by FAU students and
faculty. 3 pm. $10. 297-3820.
4/6 - Concert: Amernet String Quartet Part of Music At St. Paul’s series at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray
Beach. Virtuosity and passion in a varied and
innovative program. 3 pm. $20/preferred
seating, $15/requested donation, $5/students.
278-6003 or www.stpaulsdelray.org.
4/6 - “Steps of Promise”: Family Promise
Walk A Thon & Fun Day at South County
Regional Park, 11200 Park Access Rd., Boca
Raton. Join a 2.5 walk with music, games and
food available. 3 pm (registration begins at 2:30
pm) $10/walker. 265-3370, Ext. 103.
4/6 - Soloist Jan Manasse with the Boca
Raton Symphonia at St. Andrew’s School,
3900 Jog Rd., Boca Raton. Guest Conductor
Gerard Schwarz featuring works by Mozart. 3
pm. Tickets $42.75-$71.25. 866-687-4201 or
www.bocasymphonia.org.
4/6 - Banff Mountain Film Festival World
Tour at the Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave.,
Delray Beach. Hot on the heels of the festival
held every fall in Banff, Alberta, the Banff
Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the
road. Florida Atlantic University is happy to
host the ONLY Florida location for the second
year in a row. The show lasts approximately 2½
hours and includes a prize raffle at intermission
(included in ticket price). 6 pm. $11. 243-7922.
4/6 - Jazz Community Dance Night at
Lake Worth Casino Building, 10 S. Ocean Blvd.
Charleston and Swing the night away with the
Frank Hubbell Jazz Trio. Includes food bites and
dancing. Cash bar. $20/includes 3-hour parking.
6-9 pm. 733-7395 or www.lakeworth.org.
4/6 - 4th Annual Real Men Bake at Arts
Garage, 180 NE First St., Delray Beach. All-youcan-eat feast of baked goods, sweet & savory
to benefit charities supported by the Woman’s
Club of Delray Beach. Vote for best of two dozen
“male bakers”, with music, dancing and cash
bar. 6-9 pm. $20/advance, $25/door (cash) 8436821 or [email protected].
4/6 - Free At Last: Redefining Freedom in
the 21st Century - Presented as part of the
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• Organic Raw Nut Butters
• Fun with Food-Gluten Free
• Dr. Pickle
• Taste of Africa
• Kettle Corn
• Thoroughly Modern
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• Budding Artists kids booth
• Live Music
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AT14 Community Calendar
Rosh Chodesh Society Course at Chabad of East
Boca Raton, 120 NE 1st Ave., Boca Raton. 7-8:30
pm. $20/class. 417-7797.
Monday -4/7 - Coaching the Mature Driver
at South County Civic Center, 16700 Jog Rd.,
Delray Beach. Designed for senior drivers (age
55 and older) to review the effects of aging and
driving and how to compensate for the physical
and mental changes to promote defensive
driving. State of Florida-approved course for
insurance discounts. 9 am-4 pm. $12. 854-8233
or www.safetycouncilpbc.org.
4/7 - Advanced Beginner’s Bridge: “The
Competitive Auction - What to do when
everyone is bidding” with Dr. Laura
Frost at The Society of the Four Arts, 2 Four
Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Series of four courses
introduces the negative double, the cue bid
as a limit raise, the Law of Total Tricks and
preemptive bidding. 10 am-noon. $120.
Reservations: 805-8562 or www.fourarts.org.
4/7 - Watercolour Painting Workshop for
adults at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray
Beach. The instructor will provide a class lesson,
and lecture with emphasis on composition and
drawing, then a painting demo. The remainder
of the class time is one on one instruction and
finishing with a class critique. Held again 4/14
& 21. 10 am-1 pm. $33/residents, $38/nonresidents. 243-7350.
4/7 - Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family
Services Annual Golf Tournament at
Delaire Country Club, 4645 White Cedar Lane,
Delray Beach. Registration and lunch at 11:00
am. Shotgun Tee-Off at 12:30 pm. Community
members are invited to attend the reception
and award dinner for $100, whether or not they
attend the tournament. 852-5013.
4/7 - Line Dancing at the Boynton Beach Civic
Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. All ages and levels
are welcome. Ongoing class held Mondays. 11
am-12:30 pm. $5/at the door. 742-6240.
4/7 - Senior Bingo at Pompey Park, 1101 NW
2nd St., Delray Beach. Ongoing class held for
adults ages 60 years young and up. Class held
every M&W. 11 am-noon. Free. 243-7356.
4/7 – Mah-jongg & Bridge – Mondays at
12:30 pm at the Highland Beach Library, 3618
S. Ocean Blvd. 278-5455.
4/7 - Mah-Jongg at the Highland Beach
Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Held every Monday.
Intermediate: 1-4 pm; Advanced: 12:30-3:30
pm. Free. 278-5455.
4/7 - “Wine, Cheese and Conversation “Our
Jewish Community” at Sea Ranch, 4301 N.
Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Join an evening of
mingling and food for thought when the Gold
Coast Division offers an insightful look into
the engaging programs, agencies and events
offered by the Federation of South Palm Beach
County and how the federation is making a
difference in the Jewish community locally, in
Israel and around the world. 4 pm. Free. 8526084.
4/7 - Cultural Entrepreneur: A
Conversation with Milton Maltz - Presented
by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County
as part of the Culture & Cocktails Series at
The Colony, 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach.
Milton Maltz founded Malrite Communications
Group Inc. in 1956 and served as its chairman
and CEO until the company was sold in 1998.
Interviewed by Beth Neuhoff, president and CEO
of Neuhoff Communications. Proceeds benefit
the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. 5-7
pm. $50. 472-3330.
4/7 - A Taste of America: A Culinary Road
Trip at the Society of The Four Arts Fitz Eugene
Dixon Education Building, 2 Four Arts Plaza,
Palm Beach. Chef Shawn Patrick Brett takes
patrons on a taste of America, using four
distinct regions of the country. A complete meal
with wines will be served. This four-session
demonstration-based class held again 4/14, 21
& 28. 6-8 pm. $375. Reservations: 805-8562.
4/7 - “Sounding the Alarm”: Documentary
Screening at Wold Performing Art Center, Lynn
University, Boca Raton. Documentary takes us
inside the lives of those affected by autism.
7-7:30 pm: screening, 7:30 - 8 pm: Q&A session.
Free. Reservations: 237-7900.
4/7 - Sophisticated Discussions: A Singles
Group - Join over-50 peers in a supportive,
singles group discussion at the Boca Raton
Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd. Held
Mondays. Refreshments served. 7-8:30 pm.
Free. 393-7807 or www.myboca.us.
4/7 - Happy Squares Dance Club at the
Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave.
All ages and levels welcome. Mondays, 7:309:30 pm. $5. 865-2611.
4/7 - U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 54
meets the first Monday of each month at Harvey
Oyer Park, 2010 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton
Beach. Boaters and non-boaters welcome. 8
pm. 966-2158.
4/7-8 - Aaron Lazar - Presented as part of the
Broadway Cabaret Series at The Crest Theatre,
51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. M&T: 8 pm.
$45. 243-7922, Ext. 1.
4/7-9 - Good News! The Songs of DeSylva,
Henderson and Brown at The Delray Beach
Playhouse, 950 NW 9th St. Held again 4/14-16.
The COASTAL STAR
Green Markets
Boca Raton GreenMarket - Saturdays at Royal Palm Place Southwest Parking Lot,
intersection of South Federal Highway and South Mizner Boulevard. 299-8684. 8 am-1 pm.
Free. 368-6875 or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
Delray GreenMarket - Saturdays at Old School Square Park, NE 2nd Ave., one block north
of Atlantic Ave. Outdoor venue offers fresh local produce, baked goods, gourmet food items,
plants, live music and children’s activities. 9 am - 2 pm. 276-7511 or www.delraycra.org.
Lake Worth Farmer’s Market - Saturdays at Old Bridge Park, A1A and Lake Avenue,
northeast corner in Lake Worth. 9 am-1 pm. Free. 547-3100 or www.lakeworthfarmersmarket.
com.
Boynton Beach Boutique Market - Sundays at Dewey Park, Northeast corner of Ocean
Avenue and Northeast Fourth Street. Unique “Green Market” offers more than just fresh local
organic produce and gourmet fares, it offeres unique handmade finds by local artists. 10 am-2
pm. Free. 714-2745 or www.catchboynton.com.
Green Market @ FAU - Thursdays at the FAU Stadium Plaza, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. A
variety of local vendors, including FAU alumni-owned businesses, selling items such as fresh
produce, prepared foods, artisan crafts and jewelry, organic products and entertainment
from students and other local artists. 10 am-2 pm. Free parking. 297-0197 or www.fau.edu/
missiongreen.
All dates: 2 & 8 pm. $30. 272-1281, Ext. 4.
Tuesday - 4/8 - Multi Media Class for adults
at Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal
Hwy., Boynton Beach. Two sessions: T (through
5/13) or F (4/11 through 5/16). 9:30 am-noon.
$60/residents, $75/non-residents. 742-6221.
4/8 - From A Woman’s Perspective Book
Group - Presented by Karen Kurzer at the
Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave.
10 am. Free. 266-9490.
4/8 - Socrates Café at the Highland Beach
Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Philosophical
discussions of themes selected by the members.
Held every Tuesday. 10:30 am. Free. 278-5455 or
www.ci.highland-beach.fl.us.
4/8 - Adult Folk Dance Class at Pompey Park,
1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. Ongoing class
held for adults ages 18 years old and up. Learn
new dances from around the world for physical
fitness, exercise, and fun. Class held every T.
10:30 am-12:30 pm. $7/class. 243-7356.
4/8 - Couples Round Dance at the Boynton
Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Learn
figures and routines to various rhythms such
as the Waltz, Swing & Foxtrot. Held Tuesdays.
Two sessions: Beginners: 11 am-12:30 pm;
Intermediate dancers: 1-2:30 pm. $12/couple.
352-455-5759 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/8 - Guided Tour of the Historic Boca
Raton Resort & Club at Boca Raton Resort
& Club, 501 E. Camino Real. Follow the resort’s
evolution when it began as the Cloister Inn
in the 1920s. Presented by the Boca Raton
Historical Society & Museum. Held every 2nd
and 4th Tuesday of the month through May
2014. Not recommended for children under 12.
This is a walking tour - wear comfortable shoes.
2-3:30 pm. $10/BRHS members, $15/nonmembers, $11 valet fee per car. Reservations:
395-6766 ext. 100 or www.bocahistory.org.
4/8 - Granada’s Poet: Federico Garcia
Lorca concludes the Palm Beach Dramaworks
Dramalogue Series at The Don & ann Brown
Theatre, 201 Clematis St., West Palm Beach.
Lorca rebelled against Spanish society and
was captured and killed by Franco’s brigade.
His works were completely banned in his
homeland until decades after his death. He
would ultimately become known as one of the
greatest Spanish dramatists. 2 pm & 7 pm. $20.
514-4042.
4/8 - Tahitian Dance Workshop at the James
A. Rutherford Community Center, Patch Reef
Park, 2000 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton. Tahitian
dance is a strenuous-hypnotic dance, good for
the figure and a great deal of fun. Four-week
course held Tuesdays through 4/29. 2:15-3 pm.
$40/residents, $50/non-residents. 367-7035.
4/8 - Love is Good Medicine with Nubby
Shober - Presented by the Campus on the
Lake at the Society of The Four Arts, The Fitz
Eugene Dixon Education Building, 2 Four Arts
Plaza, Palm Beach. An insightful discussion on
the emerging revolutionary science of psychoneuro-immunology and how we can use it to
help ourselves and those we love live longer,
healthier lives. Lecture followed by a reception.
2:30 pm. $10-$15. Reservations: 805-8562.
4/8 - “Sounding the Alarm”: Documentary
Screening at The Society of Four Arts, 2 Four
Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Documentary takes
us inside the lives of those affected by autism.
5 pm: reception, 6 pm: screening followed by
discussion. Free. Reservations: 805-8562 .
4/8 - Dance Etc. Concert at Pine Crest School,
2700 St. Andrew’s Blvd., Boca Raton. Upper
and middle school dancers present a concert
featuring student choreographed works. 5:30
pm. Free. 852-2800, Ext. 2851.
4/8 - Palm Beach County “Read Together
Book” - Presented as part of the Evening Book
Group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W.
Atlantic Ave. 6 pm. Free. 266-9490.
4/8 – Socrates Café – A thoughtful
exchange of opinions from people of different
backgrounds. 2:15-3:15 pm. Free. Boca Raton
Downtown Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave. 393-7852.
4/8 - Student Recital: Kevin Karabell
(Trumpet) at Lynn University’s ArmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 5:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/8 - Ukulele Workshop for Beginners &
Players - Presented as part of the Travel, Music
& Art - Natural Together Series at the Delray
Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave.
Beginners and new learners are welcome. Held
again 4/22. 6 pm. Free. Registration: 665-1718
or www.delraylibrary.org.
4/8 - The Passionate Kitchen with Roberta
Sabban: Treasures of America: A Taste of
History - Presented as part of the Campus on
the Lake workshops at the Society of The Four
Arts, The Fitz Eugene Dixon Education Building,
2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Featuring
delicious culinary creations in a fun and
informal environment - while giving students
the tools to go home and create something new
in their own kitchen. This is a demonstrationbased class; a complete meal with wines will
be served. Four-class session held Tuesdays
through 4/29. 6-8 pm. $375/per four-class
session. Reservations: 805-8562.
4/8 - A Separation directed by Asghar
Farhadi - Presented as part of the Foreign
Film Series for adults by the Friends of the Boca
Raton Public Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave. 6:30-9
pm. Free. 393-7968 or www.bocalibrary.org.
4/8 - Soul Line Dance at the Ezell Hester, Jr.
Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd. Have
fun, get some exercise and learn the latest line
dancing slides. Dress is casual and comfortable.
Ongoing classes held T. 7-8:30 pm. $5/at the
door. 742-6550 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/8 - Student Recital: Cassidy Moore
(Violin) at Lynn University’s ArmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 5:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/8 - Film Series: A Separation at Boca Raton
Downtown Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave. 6:30-8:30
pm. Free. 393-7852.
Wednesday - 4/9 - Adult Oil & Acrylic
Painting at the Art Center, 125 SE 2nd
Ave., Boynton Beach. Adults enhance their
creativity and reduce stress. W through 5/14.
Two sessions: 9-11:30 am or 6:30-9 pm. $60/
residents, $75/non-residents. Registration:
742-6221 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/9 - Shuffle Board/Disc Knockout at
Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. A
fun game involving skill and strategy. For all
ages, minors accompanied by an adult. W & F.
9-11 am. Annual fee: $15/residents, $20/nonresidents. 243-7350.
4/9 - Senses of Cinema - Screenings and
discussions of award-winning films. 10
a.m.-12:45 pm. Continues 4/16, 4/23/4/30.
Community Center, Sugar Sand Park, 300 S.
Military Trail, Boca Raton. $12 per week for
residents, $15 for non-residents. 347-3900.
4/9 - Lawn Bowling at Veterans Park, 802
NE 1st St., Delray Beach. For ages 18 years and
up. Enjoy a sport that takes skill and practice.
Everyone is welcome. W & F. 9 am-11 am.
Annual fee: $40/residents, $45/non-resident.
243-7350 or www.mydelraybeach.com.
4/9 - Socrates Café - Weekly discussion group
at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W.
Atlantic Ave. Held again 4/16, 24 & 30. 11:30 am.
Free. 266-0194 or www.delraylibrary.org.
4/9 - Scrabble at the Highland Beach
Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Held every
Wednesday. 1-4 pm. Free. 278-5455 or www.
highlandbeachlibrary.org.
4/9 - Silver Science Days at the South Florida
Science Center and Aquarium, 4801 Dreher Trail
N., West Palm Beach. Every second Wednesday
of each month guests age 62 and over can
experience the museum, learn from engaging
guest speakers, view a planetarium show and
enjoy refreshments for $7. 2-5 pm. 832-1988.
4/9 - Modern Line Dance Class for ages 50
& up at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray
Beach. Designed to enhance the quality of life
through modern music and dance. Wednesdays,
2:30-4 pm. Per class: $4/residents, $5/nonresidents. 243-7350.
4/9 - Jazz Dance Class for ages 15 & up at Lake
Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave. Each session
includes a progressive warm-up movement
across the floor, and a routine or combination
April 2014
with which to “dance it all out.” Loose
comfortable clothing or dance attire and Jazz
dance shoes are recommended. W, 4-5 pm. $15/
class or $60/5 classes. 586-6410.
4/9 - Wednesday Dinner is held each week at
VFW Post 5335, 500 NE 21st St., Boynton Beach.
4:30-7 pm. $8. All are welcome. 732-1989.
4/9 - Read Together Palm Beach County
Finale at Harriet Himmel Theater, CityPlace,
West Palm Beach. “The Language of Flowers”
author Vanessa Diffenbaugh will discuss her
book via Skype. Light hors d’oeuvres served.
5:30 pm. Free. 279-9103.
4/9 - Caroline Seebohm: Book Signing and
Lecture Reception at Ann Norton Sculpture
Gardens, 2051 S. Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach.
Spotlight on Seebohm’s “Monumental Dreams:
The Life and Sculpture of Ann Norton.” Open
to the public and made possible by the newly
formed Gardens Conservancy. 6 pm. $50/person
or $75/couple. $35/member single or $50/
member couple. Reservation includes copy of
book. 832-5328 or www.ansg.org.
4/9 - Cooking With Sustainable Seafood
- Presented by Whole Foods Market Boca
Raton at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N.
Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Chef Abigail Nagorski,
Lifestyle Center Culinary Instructor, and Shawn
McClain, Seafood Department Team Leader,
teach how to create delicious dishes utilizing
sustainable sourced fish and seafood. For
adults only. 6-7:30 pm. $7/members, $10/nonmembers. Reservations: 544-8615.
4/9 - CEO Robin Ranzal at the de Hoernle
Lecture Hall, Lynn University, 3601 N. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Robin Ranzal, CEO, Edgewater
Ranzal Inc., speaks about her experiences. 6 pm.
Free. 237-9000 or www.lynn.edu/tickets.
4/9 - Zonta Club of Boca Raton Monthly
Meeting at the Delray Sands Resort (the former
Holiday Inn), 2809 S. Ocean Blvd., Highland
Beach. Zonta, a worldwide organization of
women in business and the professionals
who work together to advance the status of
woman through volunteer work, donations and
scholarships, meets monthly year round on the
second Wednesday of the month for dinner. 6
pm. $30. 482-1013 or www.zontabocaraton.org.
4/9 - Adult Pottery at the Boynton Beach
Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Learn to use a slab
roller, coil maker and an electric wheel while
creating pottery. W through 5/14. 6:30-9 pm.
$60/residents, $75/non-residents. Registration:
742-6650 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/9 - A History of the Florida State Hospital
at Chattahoochee and Mental Health Care
in Florida - Presented by author Sally Ling as
part of the Town Hall Talks Lecture Series at the
Boca Raton Historical Society, Old Town Hall,
71 N. Federal Hwy. 7 pm. $5/non-members;
free/Boca Raton Historical Society members.
Reservations: 395-6766 ext. 101.
4/9 - A World of Dreams at University Theatre,
777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton. The FAU Wind
Ensemble opens with a new work: “Above and
Beyond.” The jazz-influenced “Le Creation
du Monde” paves the way for the epic and
emotional “A Child’s Garden of Dreams.” 7 pm.
$10. 297-3820 or www.fau.edu/arts.
4/9 - Charlie Pierce Series and Florida
History by Mr. Harvey E. Oyer III - Presented
as part of the Historical Society of Palm Beach
County’s Distinguished Lecture Series at the
1916 Palm Beach County Courthouse, 3rd Floor
Courtroom, 300 N. Dixie Hwy., West Palm
Beach. A reception follows the presentation. 7
pm. $20. Reservations: 832-4164, Ext. 101.
Thursday - 4/10 - DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man
Class at the Art Center, 125 S.E. 2nd Ave.,
Boynton Beach. Learn to draw the human
body based on ideal proportions by exploring
Leonardo DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man. Th. through
5/15. 9-11:30 am. $60/residents, $75/nonresidents. Registration: 742-6221.
4/10 - Quilters meet every Thursday at the
Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest.
Share quilting information and perpetuate
quilting as a cultural and artistic form. 9-11:30
am. Free. 742-6886.
4/10 - The Origins of Rome: Myths and
Realities of the Eternal City with Dr.
Giuliana Castellani Koch - Presented as part
of the Treasures of America series at the Society
of The Four Arts, The Walter S. Gubelmann
Auditorium, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Two
times: 11 am & 2:30 pm. $25/non-members or
$40/both lectures; free/members. Reservations:
805-8562 or www.fourarts.org.
4/10 - Lunch with Liz @ the Library: There’s
Nothing New Under the Sun at the Delray
Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave.
Brown-bag lunchtime program. 11:30 am-1 pm.
Free. 266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org
4/10 - Adult Acrylics Art Class at Veterans
Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. Local
instructor will teach basic acrylic painting
techniques to beginners and available for
instruction to advanced painters as well. Call for
list of supplies. Held every Thursday. For ages
18 & up. Noon-2 pm. Fee for six- classes: $55/
residents, $60/non-residents. 243-7350.
4/10 - Senior Bridge at Veterans Park, 802 NE
1st St., Delray Beach. All experienced players
welcome. Partners not needed. Ongoing event
held every Thursday. For ages 18 and up. 1-4
pm. Annual fee: $15/residents +$1/game, $20/
non-residents + $2/game. 243-7350.
4/10 - Linda Evans speaks as part of the
Robert D. Chapin Lecture Series at the Crest
Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. 2
pm. $30-$45. 243-7922, Ext. 1.
4/10 - Orange Peels & Cobblestones Presented by Rose Marie Dunphy as part of
the Author’s Series at the Delray Beach Public
Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 7368044 or www.delraylibrary.org.
4/10 - Knitting Club for ages 7 and up at the
Boca Raton Children’s Museum, 498 Crawford
Blvd. Children may knit a project for themselves
or to be donated to a local hospital. Held Th.,
3:30-4:30 pm. Free with museum admission.
368-6875 or www.cmboca.org.
4/10 - Performance: Lawvawn the
Saxman: Jazz Duo at the Highland Beach
Library Community Room, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. 5
pm. Free. 278-5455.
4/10 - After Dark & Curator’s Conversations
- Industrial Sublime: Modernism and the
Transformation of New York’s Rivers,
1900-1940 at the Norton Museum of Art,
1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Featuring
changing special exhibitions, live music, films,
tours, cash bar and menu options. All ages are
welcome. 5-9 pm. $12/adults, $5/ages 13-21,
free/under age 13 and for museum members.
832-5196 or www.norton.org.
4/10 - Art Outside the Walls: En Plein Air
Exhibition Preview Party at The Cultural
Council of Palm Beach County, 601 Lake Ave.,
Lake Worth. $10/includes exhibit and artist
trunk show. Artwork results of a series of
“paint-outs” of the Plein Air Palm Beach artist
group at 10 locations from Boca Raton to
Jupiter. 5:30 pm. Exhibit open to public 4/116/7. Artist lectures held 4/29 & 5/6 at 3 pm.
472-3341 or www.palmbeachculture.com.
4/10 - Free Open Readings - Presented by
The Writers’ Colony at Delray Beach Center
for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. Writers and
poets share their original works in a literary
gathering. All levels welcome. 6:30-8:30 pm.
Free. 364-4157 or www.delrayarts.org.
4/10 - Writers’ Corner Workshop at the
Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest
Blvd. Published authors provide free manuscript
critiquing to writers who bring examples of
their work. All levels of writers welcome. Meets
second Thursday of each month. 6:30-8 pm.
Free. 742-6380.
4/10 - Palm Beach Watercolor Society
General Meeting: Marilyn Johansen
Demo at the Boca Raton Community Center,
150 Crawford Blvd. Held the 2nd Thursday of
the month, October thru May. 6:30 pm. $2/
suggested donation. 416-9600.
4/10 - Dr. Christos Papatheodorou speaks
as part of the lecture series at the Ocean
Ridge Town Hall, 6450 N. Ocean Blvd. Mr.
Papatheodorou tells an engaging story about
the Macedonian King, Alexander the Great. 7
pm. Free. 732-2635.
4/10 - Dean’s Showcase No. 4 - Presented
by the Conservatory of Music at Lynn
University, Amarnick-Goldstein Concert
Hall in the de Hoernle International Center,
Lynn University, 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca
Raton. Program features students that have
distinguished themselves throughout the
term in the Lynn University Conservatory of
Music. Chamber ensembles are chosen by
faculty recommendations and are guaranteed
to impress and inspire with their orchestral
talents. 7:30 pm. $10. 237-9000.
4/10 - Wine Tasting at The Wine Wave, 900
E. Atlantic Ave., #3, Delray Beach. 6-8 pm. $10/
person, catered gourmet appetizers included.
Buy any 4 bottles and tasting fee is waived.
RSVP: 276-2076.
4/10 - C.R.O.S. Ministries Raise Your Glass
to End Hunger at Delray Beach Center for the
Arts/Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave.
Wine and champagne tasting with offerings
from five Delray Beach restaurants. Event
includes raffle and live auction. 6-9 pm. $40/
advance, $50/door. 233-9009, Ext. 106.
4/10-13 - Monty Python’s Spamalot at
Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave. Evening
Performances: 4/10-12, 17-19, 24-26, 8 pm;
Matinee Performances: 4/12-13, 19-20, 26-27, 2
pm; Dinner & Show Night: 4/10, 6 pm pre-show
dinner prior to 8 pm show. Tickets: $26-$30 for
individual and regular performances, $23-$27
preview performance and $35 opening night
gala. $50-$65 for dinner and show. 586-6410.
Friday - 4/11 - Visit to Vizcaya leaves from
The Society of the Four Arts, 2 Four Arts
Plaza, Palm Beach. Tour historic home and
surrounding gardens with knowledgeable
guides. 8:30 am-4:30 pm. $90/includes
transportation, tours and lunch. 655-7227.
4/11 - Pompey Park Senior Club at Pompey
Park, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. Activities
include field trips, breakfasts, games and
events, fitness and health activities and social
gatherings. Meets every F. 10 am-1 pm. Free
(fees will be associated with trips). 243-7356.
April 2014 4/11 - Current Events Discussion Group at
the Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd.
Held every Friday. 10:30 am. Free. 278-5455.
4/11 - Chess Club for ages 18 & up at Veterans
Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. Knowledge
of the game is necessary. All levels welcome.
Ongoing event held F. Noon-4 pm. Annual fee:
$20/residents, $25/non-residents. 243-7350.
4/11 - Social Dance for Beginners at the
Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave.
Participants learn the basic steps to popular
dances such as the Fox Trot and Merengue.
Fridays,12-1 pm. $5. 742-6240.
4/11 - Student Recital: Peter Smith
(Trumpet) & Sheng-Yuan Kuan (Piano) at
Lynn University’s Armarnick-Goldstein Concert
Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton. 12:30
pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/11 - Bob Roberts Society Orchestra at the
Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave.
Full 16-piece big band plays a variety of tunes to
entertain lovers of music and dance in a social
setting. Every Friday. 1:30-3:30 pm. $4. 7426240 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/11 - Hula and Tahitian Dance by Lei
Pasifika Ohana for ages 7 to adult at the Boca
Raton Children’s Museum, 498 Crawford Blvd.
Held F. 4-5 pm. $55/six classes; $10/one class.
Registration: 368-6875 or www.cmboca.org.
4/11 – MoneySmart Program: The Boca
Pointe Acting Troupe with help from the
Boca Raton Police Department present skits
on dangerous financial scams seniors might
face. 1-2 p.m. Free. Boca Raton Downtown
Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave., Boca Raton. 393-7852
or http://www.bocalibrary.org.
4/11 - Trampled Under Foot - Presented at
The Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray
Beach. Featuring siblings Danielle Schnebelen
(lead vocals and bass), Nick Schnebelen (guitars
and vocals) and Kris Schnebelen (drums). 8 pm.
$30-$55. 243-7922, Ext. 1.
4/11 - Eyes to the Skies with the professionalgrade 16-inch Meade LX Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope at the Children’s Science Explorium,
300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. This informal
event is held in the parking lot (weather
permitting). All children under age 18 must be
accompanied by an adult. 8:15 pm. Free. 3473912 or www.scienceexplorium.org.
4/11 - Polo Presents Motown Friday
Nights with Memory Lane at The Colony, 155
Hammon Ave., Palm Beach. Music from the
Temptations, the Supremes, Gladys Knight &
the Pips, Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye.
Held every Friday. 9:30 pm. $20 cover includes
free drink coupon. 659-8100.
4/11 - Sick Puppies Comedy at Showtime
Performing Arts Theatre, 503 SE Mizner Blvd.,
Ste. 73, Boca Raton. South Florida’s newest
improvisational comedy troupe. Each week’s
90-minute show is unique. For adults. 9:30 pm.
$20. 394-2626 or www.ShowtimeBoca.com.
4/11-13 - 16th Annual Reggae Fest at Bryant
Park, Lake Ave. & S. Golfview Rd., Lake Worth.
F: 5-10 pm; Sat.: Noon-10 pm; Sun.: 12:30-7 pm.
$10/day; $25/weekend pass. 790-6200 or www.
lwreggaefest.com.
Saturday -4/12 - Great American Cleanup
2014 as part of a national effort to beautify the
nation. held throughout Palm Beach County
including events at: Spanish River Park (1301
N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton, 544-8606); South
Inlet Park (1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton,
667-2166); Cason Community Garden at Cason
United Methodist Church (342 N. Swinton Ave.,
Delray Beach, 374-2434); Atlantic Dunes Park
(1 block north of Linton Blvd. on A1A, Delray
Beach, 954-553-4811); Arthur R. Marshall
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (10216
Lee Rd., Boynton Beach); Lake Worth Beach
(315-1956) and Phipps Ocean Beach Park (2185
S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, 627-5506). Start
times between 8-9 am, depending on location.
All ages. Pre-register (required) by contacting
the phone listed for each site.. Space is limited.
Free. For further details, times or sites, call 6866646 or visit www.keepPBCbeautiful.org.
4/12 - Friends of the Library Book Sale at
Cultural Plaza, 414 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. 10
am-3 pm. Free. Gently used books, DVDs, music
Cds, and audio book CDs. Proceeds support the
Lake Worth Public Library. 533-7354 or www.
lakeworth.org/residents/library.
4/12 - Book Talk at Highland Beach Library,
3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Meet Fedora Horowitz,
author of Jaffa Beach. 11 am. Free. 278-5455 or
www.highlandbeachlibrary.org .
The COASTAL STAR
4/12 - 10th Annual Bluegrass in the
Pavilion Concert at Flagler Kenan Pavilion,
Flagler Museum, One Whitehall Way, Palm
Beach. Proceeds benefit the South Arts’ Arts
Ready program. Featuring Russell Moore & IIIrd
Tyme Out and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. 3
pm. $35. 655-2833.
4/12 - Hillsboro Lighthouse Tour - Meet
at the Sands Harbor Resort and Marina, North
side, 125 N. Riverside Drive, Pompano Beach.
Park in the Pompano Beach City Parking (fee
required) across from the Sands Harbor Hotel
& Marina. Look for the HLPS Lighthouse tour
table beginning at 8:45 am. Transportation to
and from the Lighthouse is only by tour boat via
the Intracoastal Waterway. First boat departs
at approximately 9 am. The last boat leaves
the Sands Harbor Hotel at 2:30 pm, and the
last boat from the Lighthouse returns to the
Sands Harbor Hotel at approximately 4 pm.
No sandals, flip-flops, or shoes with heels are
allowed inside the lighthouse. Children must
be accompanied by an adult and must be a
minimum of 48” tall to climb. No pets. 9 am2:30 pm. $15 transportation fee. 954-942-2102.
4/12 - King Library Book Sale at The Society
of the Four Arts King Library, 3 Four Arts Plaza,
Palm Beach. Features refreshments, gift
drawings and gently used fiction and nonfiction
books as well as DVDs and CDs. 10 am-3 pm.
Free. 655-2766 or www.fourarts.org.
4/12 - Ride & Remember Trolley Tour
departs from the Spady Cultural Heritage
Museum, 170 N. 5th Ave., Delray Beach. 2-hour
tour focuses on 5 historic districts. Held the
second Saturday of each month. 10 am-noon.
$20. Reservations: 279-8883.
4/12 - Living with Flowers with John
Klingel: Waterfall at the Society of The Four
Arts, The Fitz Eugene Dixon Education Building,
2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Explore your
creativity with a seasonal variety of mixed,
colorful flowers utilizing strong vertical and
horizontal lines. 10:30 am-noon. $65/materials
included. 805-8562 or www.fourarts.org.
4/12 - Taste History Culinary Tours of
Historic Lake Worth and Lantana –
Conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle &
Fashion History departs at 11 am from Macy’s
(outside East Entrance) Boynton Beach Mall, 801
N Congress Ave, Ste. 483, Boynton Beach. This is
a four hour tour and includes a combination of
both bus and walking tour and food sampling,
along with visits to historical and cultural sites.
Taste History is narrated by live guide. Held the
second Saturday of each month, year-round,
rain or shine. Reservations required - check
website for available dates. $40/adult &
senior citizen, Free/children under 18 (max 5
children free per family.) 243-2662 or www.
tastehistoryculinarytours.org.
4/12 - Illustrated Lecture Contemplative
Life with Tony O’Brien, Photographer at
The Society of the Four Arts, 2 Four Arts Plaza,
Palm Beach. Lecture compliments exhibit:
“Light in the Desert: Photographs from the
Monastery of Christ in the Desert.” 11 am. Free.
655-7227 or www.fourarts.org.
4/12 - FAU Choral Ensembles at University
Theatre, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton. FAU’s
Chamber Singers, Women’s Chorus and
Cantemos present a variety of choral works. 7
pm. $10. 297-3820 or www.fau.edu/arts.
4/12 - Cirque du CJ Foundation 5th Annual
Gala to benefit CJ Foundation for Children in
Need, at Gleneagles Country Club, 7667 Victory
Lane, Delray Beach. 6-10 pm. $250. 364-2100 or
www.cjfoundation.net.
4/12 - Magic and Comedy at Puppetry Arts
Center, 94 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach. 4-time
Florida State Magic Champion, the Amazing
Mr. A, along with guest magicians, present
an evening of comedy and magic for adults
only. 8:00 - 9:30 pm. $15. 243-4330.
4/12-13 - Artists in the Park - Presented
by the Delray Beach Art League at Veterans
Park, 802 NE First St., Delray Beach. Fine art
exhibition and sales. 10 am-4:30 pm. Free. 8432311 or www.delrayartleague.com/dal.
APRIL 13 - 19
Sunday - 4/13 - Photographing Butterflies
at Mounts Botanical Gardens Pavilion, 531
N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Get
Butterfly Fest at Mounts off to a great start
by photographing some of nature’s winged
wonders. Begin with tips on how to capture
great butterfly images and then venture out
in the garden to take compelling images. Net
proceeds are donated to the garden. 7-9:30 am.
$30. Registration: 233-1757.
4/13 - Green Turtle Gallop & Turtle Trot
begins at Spanish River Park, 3001 N. Ocean
Blvd., Boca Raton. A timed 10K run/walk,
which travels along A1A and the Intracoastal
neighborhoods, finishing inside Spanish River
Park. For those who just want to have fun,
come and participate in the Turtle Trot, a onemile event that is untimed and can be either
walked or run. All race proceeds support Gumbo
Limbo’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Facility. 7:15
am. 10K: $30/adults, $20/students 19 and
under; 1-Mile: $15/adults, $10/youths 10 and
under. 544-8615 or register at www.active.com.
4/13 - Sado Omote Senke Tea Ceremony
Class at The Morikami Japanese Museum and
Gardens, Seishin-an Teahouse, 4000 Morikami
Park Rd., Delray Beach. Study the traditional
art of Sado, The Way of Tea. Attending a Tea
Ceremony Workshop (offered in November,
January and March) is required for those who
have never taken a Tea Ceremony Class but wish
to start studying Sado. Two lessons per month
(4/13 & 27). Individual appointments begin
at 10:15 am. $50/member, $55/non-member.
Registration: 495-0233, Ext. 210.
4/13 - Weekend Movie Madness: Rio (PG)
at Sugar Sand Park Community Center, 300 S.
Military Trail, Boca Raton. Children under 12
must be accompanied by an adult. 11 am. $1
admission includes popcorn and a beverage.
347-3948 or www.sugarsandpark.org.
4/13 - Concert: Dailey & Vincent
(Bluegrass) at The Society of the Four Arts, 2
Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Part of the Palm
Beach Blue Grass Weekend. 3 pm. $20. 655-7227
or www.fourarts.org.
4/13 - Exhibition Lecture: Industrial
Sublime at the Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S.
Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. 3 pm. Free with
museum admission. 832-5196.
4/13 - Concert: Classical Guitarist Howard
Greenblatt - Presented as part of the Sunday
Matinee Music Series at the Boca Raton Public
Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave. For adults. 3-4 pm.
Free. Reservations: 299-8684.
4/13 - Ebony Choral at Unity of Delray Beach,
101 NW 22nd St. Features songs about Palm
Sunday and Easter director by Dr. Orville
Lawton. 4 pm. Love offering. 601-6925.
4-13 - Boca Delray Council Navy League
United States and Deerfield Beach Orchid
Society’s Dinner Dance at Deer Creek Country
Club, 2801 DC Country Club Boulevard, Deerfield
Beach. 6:30 pm cash bar, 7:30 pm dinner. $50/
person. www.bocadelraynavyleague.org Monday - 4/14 - Passover begins at
sundown
4/14 - Quilting Bee - Twice monthly quilting
class presented at the Delray Beach Public
Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 4/28. 10
am. Free. 266-0194 or www.delraylibrary.org.
4/14 - Adult Dance Class: Hula - The
Graceful Dance of Hawaii at the James A.
Rutherford Community Center, Patch Reef Park,
2000 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton. Come learn the
basic steps such as Vamps, Arnis (hip circle), and
hand movements. M through 5/19. 10:30-11:30
am. $45/residents, $56/non-residents. 367-7035
or or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
Tuesday - 4/15 - Student Recital: Fabiola
Porras-Montes (Clarinet) & Sheng-Yuan
Kuan (Piano) at Lynn University’s ArmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 5:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/8 - Student Recital: Jordan Robison
(Trombone) at Lynn University’s ArmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 7:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/15 - Gary Farr & His All Star Band at the
Pine Crest School Theater, 2700 St. Andrews
Blvd., Boca Raton. Presented by the Swing and
Jazz Preservation Society. 7:30-10 pm. $18/
members; $26/non-members. 470-0095.
Wednesday - 4/16 - Shell Chic Lucite Boxes
with Robin Grubman at The Society of the
Four Arts, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. Create
your own fabulous design using high-quality,
beautiful shells for the perfect gift or keepsake.
10 am-noon. $100. Reservations: 805-8562.
4/16 - A Closer Look: George Bellows’
Winter Afternoon (1909) at the Norton
Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm
Beach. Talks begin in a gallery and focus on an
individual artwork, then move to the Museum
Theater to explore the work’s cultural contest.
Community Calendar AT15
1-2:15 pm. Free with admission. 832-5196.
4/16 - Finding the Dragon Lady, The Mystery
of Vietnam’s Madame Nhu - Presented by
Monique Brinson Demery as part of the Author’s
Series at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W.
Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 736-8044.
4/16 - CEO Brett Cramer at the de Hoernle
Lecture Hall, Lynn University, 3601 N. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Brett Cramer, CEO, The Spice
Lab Inc., speaks about his experiences. 6 pm.
Free. 237-9000 or www.lynn.edu/tickets.
4/16 - Celebrating Jazz Appreciation
Month: Monk, Mingus & More - Presented
at The Willow Theatre, 300 S. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. Sit back, relax and enjoy the
performance by the Boca Raton Community
High School Jazz Ensemble. Program features
music from jazz legends Thelonius Monk
and Charles Mingus. Special guest artist Kiki
Sanchez will perform solo as well as with other
members of the band. Rated G. 6:30 pm. $5.
347-3948 or www.willowtheatre.org.
4/16 - Belly Dance Class at the James A.
Rutherford Community Center, Patch Reef Park,
2000 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton. All ages and
abilities are welcome to learn this ancient form
of dance. Wednesdays through 5/21. 6:30-7:30
pm. $65/residents, $81/non-residents. 367-7035
or or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
4/16 - Meet the Wine Expert at the Boca
Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd.
Join Bob Burchill, the wine expert, in a fast
moving discussion on how to navigate through
the sometimes overwhelming world of wine.
Participants learn how to choose, serve, taste,
and enjoy wine in a fun and lively format. No
wine will actually be served during class. 6:30-8
pm. $16/residents, $20/non-residents. 3937807 or www.myboca.us.
4/16 - Dog Obedience Classes at the Train
Depot, 747 S. Dixie Hwy., Boca Raton. Six-week
session runs through 5/21. Two sessions: puppy
Kindergarten: dogs 10 weeks-5 months old,
6:30-7:30 pm; beginner dog class, 7:30-8:30 pm.
$90/residents, $112.50/non-residents. 393-7807
or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
4/16 - Greater Delray Beach Chamber of
Commerce “Focus on Women” Networking
Luncheon at Delray Beach Golf Club and
Restaurant, 2200 Highland Ave. Guest Speaker
Deborah Bacarella, co-author of “7F Words for
Living a Balanced Life.” 11:30 am-1 pm. $25/
member, $35/future member. Reservations:
278-0424, Ext. 105.
Thursday - 4/17 – Publix Apron’s Cooking
School Demonstration: Grilling Favorites
- Presented by Chef Rey De La Osa at the Delray
Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 10:30
am. Free. 266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.
4/17 - American Pen Women Luncheon/
Lecture at Delray Beach Golf Club, 2200
Highland Ave. Charles Sheikowitz and Cirque
du Soleil dancer Jennifer Wilson present a
collaborative treat of music, art, letters and
choreography of Sheila Firestone’s The Pandora’s
Triptych. 11:30 am. $28. 243-7385.
4/17 - Last Train From Key West - Presented
by Suzanne Tripp as part of the Author’s Series at
the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic
Ave. 2 pm. Free. 736-8044.
4/17 - Manalapan Library Lecture Series Presents Dr. Eliot Engel at the J. Turner Moore
Memorial Library, 1330 Lands End Rd. Engel will
speak on “The Vanderbilts - All of Them.” 6 pm.
Free. 588-7577 or www.manalapan.org.
4/17 - Music on the Rocks - Free Concert:
Funkabilly Playboys at Ocean Avenue
Amphitheater, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton
Beach. Happy Hour cocktails and food available.
Free. 6-8 pm. 737-3256 ext. 204.
4/17 - Urban Scrawl Exhibit Opening
Reception and Boynton Beach Art District
Art Walk at Boynton Beach Art District, 422
W. Industrial Ave. Features solo exhibition by
Jonathon Ortiz-Smykla. 6-11 pm. Free. 768521-1199.
4/17 - Cinema of the ‘60s: Warhol at the
Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave.,
West Palm Beach. Join author Scott Eyman for
fascinating films and stimulating conversation
about New York’s most daring filmmakers of the
1960s. 6:30 pm. $12/adults, $5/ages 13-21, free/
under age 12. 832-5196 or www.norton.org.
4/17 - DocNights at Willow: The Lion of
Judah - Presented as part of the DocMiami
International Film Festival at the Willow
Theatre at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Watch international films
and meet special guest presenters which may
include: globally recognized artists, authors and
international as well as local filmmakers. All
films presented by docmiami.org.
Films are not yet rated. All children must be
accompanied by an adult. 7 pm. Admission: $5.
347-3900 or www.willowtheatre.org.
4/17 - Boynton Beach Art District Open Mic
Night at 422 W. Industrial Ave., Boynton Beach.
Held third Thursday of each month. 7-10 pm.
Free. 786-521-1199.
4/17 - Exhibition: The Shining Prince on
Stage: Inaka Genji in Kabuki Plays and
Prints - Presented as part of the Morikami
Speaker Series by Sarah E. Thompson at The
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000
Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach. The greatest
bestseller of 19th-century Japanese popular
fiction was the False Murasaki’s Rustic Genji
(Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji) by Ryutei Tanehiko.
Published in installments from 1829 until the
author’s mysterious death in 1842, the story of
a young samurai searching for a missing sword
combined adventure, romance, and a clever
parody of Japan’s greatest work of classical
literature, the real Tale of Genji by the genuine
Lady Murasaki, written in about 1000 A.D.
Pictures of the hero and the many ladies in his
life soon became a popular subject for color
woodblock prints, as shown in this exhibition.
This talk explores the complex interaction
between books, plays, and prints. 7:15-8:30 pm.
$7/members, $10/non-members. Registration:
495-0233 or www.morikami.org.
4/17 - Wine Tasting at The Wine Wave, 900
E Atlantic Ave., #3, Delray Beach. 6-8 pm. $50/
person, catered gourmet appetizers included.
RSVP: 276-2076 or www.thewinewave.com.
4/17-19 & 24-26 - Shakespeare at The
Pavilion at Delray Beach Center for the Arts/
Outdoor Pavilion. Th, F & Sat.: 8 pm; Free. Take
Heed Theater Company returns with another
Shakespeare classic as only they can do! Join
us under the stars as five actors take on all the
roles in a highly entertaining experience. 2437922 www.delrayarts.org.
Friday - 4/18 - Inner Chord Fundraiser at
Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery, 15 S. J St., Lake
Worth. Benefits Focus on Literacy Program
with live music, wine and cheese. 6-9 pm. 215205-9441.
4/18 - Evenings on the Avenue at Cultural
Plaza, 414 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Featuring live
music, food vendors, crafts and artists selling
their artwork. Held the first & third Friday of
each month. 6-10 pm. Free. 588-8344.
4/18 - Student Recital: Ricardo Chinchilla
(Trumpet) at Lynn University’s ArmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 7:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
Saturday - 4/19 - Spring Fling Community
Yard Sale at Boca Raton Children’s Museum,
498 Crawford Blvd. Come for photos with the
big bunny, egg hunt, sand art, good humor
truck, DJ music and games. Rent table for $25.
8 am-noon. Free to attend. 368-6875.
4/19 - 13th Annual Easter Bonnet Pet
Parade - Hosted by the Delray GreenMarket.
Registration held on front lawn of Old School
Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave, Delray Beach. 9 am/
registration, 10 am/parade to GreenMarket
for judging and prizes. Categories include:
traditional, funniest hats, original, most
tropical, owner-doggie look-a-like and best of
show. $2/entry fee. 276-7511 or www.delraycra.
org .
4/19 - Shred Event at Lantana Recreational
Center Parking Lot, 418 S. Dixie Hwy. Get rid
of documents that may have confidential
information while helping support Palm
Beach Food Bank. 9 am-noon. $5/box (box size
limit=recycle box). 585-8664.
4/19 - Exhibit: Favorite Places, Europe &
Delray by Sue Lynch at the Delray Beach
Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Runs
through 6/14. Library hours. Free. 266-9490.
4/19 - Earth Day Celebration: “Green and
Thriving” at Old School Square Park, 95 NE
1st Ave., Delray Beach. Family and friends
participate in fun, green-themed activities in
collaboration with the Delray GreenMarket.
10 am-12 noon. Free. 243-7190 or www.
mydelraybeach.com. 4/19 - Demonstrations of Sado, The Way of
Tea at the Seishin-an Teahouse, The Morikami
Japanese Museum and Gardens, 4000 Morikami
Park Rd., Delray Beach. Observe Japanese
sado by the Omote Senke tea group, an ever-
Saturday in the Studios
Every Saturday Afternoon – Year-Round – Noon to 5
Cacace Fine Art
Linda White Gallery
Cloud House Pottery
AR Gallery
Amanda Johnson Studio
A. Funk Studio
Stacy Balmuth Studio
Ona Steele Studio
Joni Sarah White Studio
Pat Kaufman Studio
Magnus & Gordon Fine Art
Steve Blackwood Studio
Jeff Whyman Studio
Schmidt Stained Glass
Laszlo’s Painting Studio
Artists Alley • 340-358 NE 4th St. • 3 blocks north of Atlantic Avenue in the Pineapple Grove Arts District • Delray Beach • www.ArtistsAlleyDelray.com
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changing tea ceremony demonstration rich in
sensational subtleties. Four sessions, offered
at noon, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm. $5 with paid
museum admission. 495-0233.
4/19 - Tao Lin & Catherine Lan, Pianists Presented in concert by the Brandies National
Committee at Steinway Piano Gallery, 7940
N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. Doors open 3:30
pm, Concert: 4 pm. $20/members, $25/nonmembers & at the door. 998-7784.
APRIL 20-26
Sunday - 4/20 - Easter Sunday
4/20 - 3rd Annual KeroWacked: Homage
to Jack at Boynton Beach Art District, 422 W.
Industrial Dr. Outdoor festival incorporates
all mediums of art from local artists to local
musicians, dance performances, interactive
workshops, live painting and more. 2-8 pm.
Free. 786-521-1199.
4/20 - Downtown Open Market - 10 am-4
pm at Royal Palm Place, 101 Plaza Real S., Boca
Raton. 362-2984. or www.downtownboca.org.
Monday - 4/21 - Documentary: History of
Boynton Beach at the Boynton Beach City
Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Restored film
The COASTAL STAR
orginally narrated by Lowell Thomas. Tom
Warnke talks about the Roving Photographers.
Sponsored by the Boynton Beach Historical
Society. 6:30 pm. Free. 742-6390.
Tuesday - 4/22 - Book Club Discussion Presented by the Friends of the Boca Raton
Public Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave. Held 4th
Tuesday of each month. 10:30 am-noon. Free.
393-7968 or www.bocalibrary.org.
4/22 - Student Recital: Ruth Santos
(Bassoon) at Lynn University’s ArmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 5:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/22 - Boynton Beach Fishing Club meets
the 4th Tuesday of the month at Harvey E. Oyer,
Jr. Park, 2010 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach.
Join other fishermen to discuss hot topics and
learn new tricks of the trade. 7-9 pm. Free. 7035638 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/22 - Student Recital: Miguel Sonnak
(Viola) at Lynn University’s ArmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 7:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
Wednesday - 4/23 - Coaching the Mature
Driver at Temple Emeth 5780 W. Atlantic Ave.,
Delray Beach. Designed for senior drivers (age
55 and older) to review the effects of aging and
driving and how to compensate for the physical
and mental changes to promote defensive
driving. State of Florida-approved course for
insurance discounts. 9 am-4 pm. $12. 854-8233
or www.safetycouncilpbc.org.
4/23 - What Happens To Children In Family
Court? - Presented by Caren Ragan as part of
the Author’s Series at the Delray Beach Public
Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 7368044 or www.delraylibrary.org .
4/23 - Blinkers: Scientific Ignorance and
Evasion, The Case For Science, by Charles
A. Pasternak - Presented at the Society of
The Four Arts, The Fitz Eugene Dixon Education
Building, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. 2:30
pm. $10/non-members. Reservations: 805-8562
or www.fourarts.org.
4/23 - The Husband’s Secret by Liane
Moriarty is discussed at the J. Turner Moore
Memorial Library Monthly Book Club, 1330
Lands End Rd., Manalapan. 3 pm. Please join
us even if you haven’t read the book. Free.
588-7577.
4/23 - Performance: Lyric String Quartet at
the Highland Beach Library Community Room,
April 2014
3618 S. Ocean Blvd. 5 pm. Free. 278-5455.
4/23 - CEO Tom Prakas at the de Hoernle
Lecture Hall, Lynn University, 3601 N. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Tom Prakas, CEO, The Prakas
Group Inc., speaks about his experiences. 6 pm.
Free. 237-9000 or www.lynn.edu/tickets.
4/23 - Eco-Watch: Renourished Beaches
and Sky Glow - Presented as part of the
Lecture Series at Gumbo Limbo Nature
Center Classroom, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca
Raton. Presented by Kirt Rusenko, Marine
Conservationist, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center/
City of Boca Raton. Recommended for ages
14 and up, children under age 18 must be
accompanied by an adult. 7-8:30 pm. $5
suggested donation. 544-8615.
4/23-25 - Directors Showcase - Presented
at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold
Performing Arts Center, Lynn University, 3601 N.
Military Trail, Boca Raton. Held again 4/24-25,
7:30 pm. Noon & 7:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/23-27 - Discover the Natural Treasures
of Central Florida - Spring trip presented by
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean
Blvd., Boca Raton. The Savannas and forests
stretching north of Orlando define a Florida
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that retains some of the spacious wilderness
and beauty which welcomed early pioneers
and lured naturalists. Today’s pioneers include
researchers and preservationists, writers and
artists. Gumbo Limbo Nature Center invites you
to tag along as we roam the back roads. $500/
double occupancy, $725/single room occupancy.
Cost covers all fees for lodging, tours and most
meals. The cost does not include transportation
- participants will travel in their own cars.
Walking trails in some areas will be moderately
challenging. Adults only. Reservations: 3380890 or 392-6438.
Thursday - 4/24 – Film Series: Handsome
Devil, The Films of Alain Delon: Le Samourai
– A film series of Alain Delon’s work. 7- 8:30 pm.
Free. Boca Raton Downtown Library, 400 NW
2nd Ave. 544-8591.
4/24 - Step By Step Painting Party Class for
ages 18 & up at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Thursdays through 5/29.
1:30-3:30 pm. Individual classes: Per week:
$30/resident, $37.50/non-resident; Complete
six-week session: $150/resident, $187.50/nonresident. 347-3900 or www.sugarsandpark.org.
4/24 - American Economic Exceptionalism:
Get Ready for Second American Century,
with Steve Cortes at the Society of The Four
Arts, The Fitz Eugene Dixon Education Building,
2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach. 6 pm. $10.
Reservations: 805-8562 or www.fourarts.org.
4/24 - Donald Shoup - Presented as part
of the City of Delray Beach Town Hall Lecture
Series at The Crest Theatre, 51 N. Swinton Ave.,
Delray Beach. Hosted by Mayor Cary Glickstein,
featuring conversation with guest speaker
Donald Shoup, a distinguished professor of
urban planning at UCLA. 6-8 pm. Free. 243-7922
or www.delraycenterforthearts.org .
4/24 - James E. Buffan Gold Coast Band
Concert at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128
E. Ocean Ave. 7:30 pm. $7 at the door. 742-6240.
4/24 - Craft Beer and Craft Spirit Tasting at
The Wine Wave, 9000 E. Atlantic Ave. #3, Delray
Beach. 6-8 pm. $15/person, catered gourmet
appetizers included. RSVP: 276-2076.
4/24-27 - The Music of the Night at The Plaza
Theatre, 262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan. Held
again 4/30-5/4, 5/7-11. Th.-Sat.: 7:30 pm; W,
Sat.&Sun.: 2 pm. $35. 588-1820.
Friday - 4/25 - Palm Beach County Speaks
and Breakfast at Embassy Suites, 1601
Belvedere Rd., West Palm Beach. Findings
of all #OK2TALKPBC Town Hall meetings will
be discussed. Breakfast 8 am $25/person,
Conference 9 am free. 832-3755.
Friday - 4/25 - Student Recital: Mateusz
Jagiello (French Horn) at Lynn University’s
Armarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N.
Military Trail, Boca Raton. 12:30 pm. Free.
237-9000.
4/25 - Sol’s Got Talent at Sol Theatre, 3333 N.
Federal Highway, Boca Raton. Family-fun night
talent show. 6-9 pm. $15 for performers and
$10 to watch and cheer on your favorites. Price
includes refreshments. 447-8829.
4/25-26 - Dances We Dance Spring
Showcase at FAU’s University Theatre,
777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton. A variety show
featuring FAU students performing a wide array
of dance genres. F&Sat.: 7 pm; Sat.: 1 pm. $10.
877-311-7469 or www.fauevents.com.
4/25-27 - 52nd Annual Delray Affair at
Old School Square grounds and along Atlantic
Ave. from NW 1st Ave. to Veteran’s Park at the
Intracoastal bridge. One of Florida’s largest
art and craft festivals with over 700 artisans,
crafters, and business exhibitors spanning
10 city blocks of downtown Delray Beach.
Presented by the Greater Delray Beach Chamber
of Commerce. F & Sat.: 10 am-6 pm; Sun.: 10
am-5 pm. Free. A $5 fee for public parking and
handicap parking is available at the Delray
Beach City Hall parking lot, NW 1st Ave., and at
both City parking garages. 278-0424.
4/25-5/11 - Everyday Rapture - Presented
by The Boca Raton Theatre Guild at Mizner
Park Cultural Arts Center, Studio Theatre, 2nd
Floor, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Tony Awardnominated musical featuring songs made
famous by Harry Nilssson, The Band, David
Byrne, Roberta Flack and more. 8 pm: Th-Sat., 2
pm: Sat. & Sun. $28. 866-811-4111.
Saturday - 4/26 - Sea Angels Beach
Cleanup at Ocean Inlet Park, 6990 N. Ocean
Blvd., Ocean Ridge. Held every last Saturday of
the month. 8-10:30 am. 369-5501.
4/26 - U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Florilla
54 Safe Boating Class - Held last Saturday
of each month at Harvey Oyer Park, 2010 N.
Federal Highway, Boynton Beach. Program
provides instruction to boaters at all levels; will
satisfy Florida Department of Natural Resources
Boating Operation Requirements. 8:00 am. $36
includes materials. Reservations: 736-8821.
4/26 - 2nd Semi-Annual Zombie Crawl
in downtown Lake Worth. A dedicated,
costumed bevy of fun-loving folks invade
Lake Worth’s downtown for an afternoon and
evening of contests, prizes and adventure. 4
pm: Registration at South Shores Tavern, 502
Lucerne Ave. $15. Benefits Big Dog Ranch. 215205-9441 or www.gothirdeyeadventures.com.
April 2014 4/26 - A Benefit for Cruise Bogle at Delray
Beach Playhouse, 950 NW 9th St. Proceeds
benefit Cruise Bogle and his family to support
physical therapy at a specialized gym which
is not covered by insurance. Enjoy food, drink,
auction items, raffles and live music by No
Strings Attached, Funkabilly Playboys, The
People Upstairs and Bushwood. $35. 306-7667
or www.cruisebogle.com.
4/26-27 - The LONGINES CUP hosted by the
City of Delray Beach, presented by The Venetian
at Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center, 201 W.
Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. The event consists
of eight of the best girls 12 and under amateurs
in the United States, competing in a roundrobin event with the finals being televised on
Comast Sports Southeast. For times, contact
330-6003 or www.yellowtennisball.com
APRIL 27-MAY 3
Sunday - 4/27 - Downtown Open Market
at Monument Piazza, Royal Palm Place,
308 S. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. Held once
a month on Sundays through May 2014.
Features food, art galleries, jewelers and a
variety of boutiques. 10 am-4 pm. Free. www.
downtownopenmarket.com.
4/27 - Argentine Folk and Tango Show
- Presented by Tango Times Corporation at
The Willow Theatre, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton. A suite of Argentine Folk Dance and
Argentine Tap with Tango dances in group and
solo couples. This show will tell, through dance,
the story of the “Gaucho” becoming a Tango
Dancer. Well-known tango songs and solos will
be performed by Tango musicians and singers.
Rated G. 2 pm. $20. 347-3948.
4/27 - Live! At the Norton - From Bach to
Piazzolla: Tango and Classics at the Norton
Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm
Beach. Doors open: 2 pm; show: 3 pm. $3/
members, $5/non-members. 832-5196.
4/27 - Chauncey Mabe - Presented as part of
the Sunday Speaker Series at the Boca Raton
Public Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave. For adults. 3-4
pm. Free. Reservations: 299-8684.
4/27 - Sunset History Cruise aboard the
Mariner III departs from Palm Beach Yacht
Club, 800 N. Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach.
Benefits The Historical Society of Palm Beach
County with presentations by Debi Murray
and Jane Day. 4:30 pm/boarding, 5 pm/boat
leaves, 8:30 pm/boat returns. $150. Reservation
required by 4/21. 832-4164, Ext. 100.
4/27 - Movie & Mouthpiece: The Eichmann
Trial - Presented as part of The Brotherhood
Film Series at Temple Beth El of Boca Raton,
333 SW 4th Ave., Boca Raton. The 1961 trial of
Adolf Eichmann held in an Israeli courtroom and
broadcast around the globe was a benchmark
event in the historiography of the Holocaust,
especially in Israel where the trial proved a
watershed experience for survivors and citizens
of the new Jewish state. This new documentary
features detailed accounts of Eichmann’s
capture, the drama in the courtroom and
behind the scenes, and reactions to the trial
from around the world. Includes a speaker
following the movie plus coffee and cake. 7 pm.
$10 donation. 391-8900 or www.tbeboca.org.
Monday - 4/28 - Coffee with the Mayor at
Highland Beach Library Community Room, 3616
S. Ocean Blvd. Residents are invited to meet
with Mayor Bernard Featherman and express
concerns or offer suggestions concerning things
being done in the town. Coffee and donuts
served. 9:30 am. Free. 278-4548.
4/28 - Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by
Therese Anne Fowler - Presented as part of
the Afternoon Book Group at the Delray Beach
Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 1 pm. Free.
266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.
4/28 - Cercle Francais: French Conversation
Group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100
W. Atlantic Ave. 2 pm. Free. 266-9490 or www.
delraylibrary.org.
4/28 - Lessons from Nuremberg: How We
Must Never Forget - Presented as part of the
Dialogues of Learning Lecture Series at AmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, Lynn University, 3601 N.
Military Trail, Boca Raton. 7 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/28 - Verdun, One Day - Presented as part
of the Play Reading Series at the at the Keith
C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts
Center at Lynn University, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 7:30 pm. $10. 237-9000.
4/28 - Dog Obedience Classes at the Boca
Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd.,
Boca Raton. M through 6/9 (no class 5/26).
Beginner: 6-7 pm; Intermediate/Games: 7-8 pm.
$90/residents, $112.50/non-residents. 393-7807
or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
4/28-5/5 - Fleet Week 2014 - Broward Navy
Days Inc. hosts the 24th Annual Humana
Military Fleet Week Port Everglades. 949-6494777.
4/28-5/19 - “Hollywood Films of the Great
Depression” presented by Chris Robe at
FAU Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium,
777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton. Presented as Part
of the Spring Lecture Series at FAU Lifelong
Learning Society. Mondays 4/28, 5 /5-12-19.
7-9:30 pm. $34 member, $54 nonmember. 297-
The COASTAL STAR
3171 or www.fau.edu/divdept/lifelong/
4/28-5/19 - The Old Testament: A hisorian’s
View of Indiana Jones’ Digs for Ancient
Israel presented by Arthur Garcia at FAU
Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium, 777
Glades Rd., Boca Raton. Presented as Part of the
Spring Lecture Series at FAU Lifelong Learning
Society. Mondays 4/28, 5 /5-12-19. 4-5:45 pm.
$34 member, $54 nonmember. 297-3171 or
www.fau.edu/divdept/lifelong/
4/28-5/19 - Explore Your Future: Re-Engage
for Good presented by Lorraine D. Cross at
FAU Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium,
777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton. Presented as Part
of the Spring Lecture Series at FAU Lifelong
Learning Society. Mondays 4/28, 5 /5-12-19.
3-4:45 pm. $34 member, $54 nonmember. 2973171 or www.fau.edu/divdept/lifelong/
4/28-5/19 - 19th Century American
Romanticism presented by Jeff Morgan at
FAU Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium,
777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton. Presented as Part
of the Spring Lecture Series at FAU Lifelong
Learning Society. Mondays 4/28, 5 /5-12-19.
1-2:45 pm. $34 member, $54 nonmember. 2973171 or www.fau.edu/divdept/lifelong/
Tuesday - 4/29- Fashion Documentary Film
Series: Notebook on Cities and Clothes –
Iconic fashion films from the library’s collection.
7-8:30 pm. Free. Boca Raton Downtown Library,
400 NW 2nd Ave. 544-8591.
4/29 - Student Recital: Joseph McCargar
(Double Bass) at Lynn University’s ArmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 5:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/29 - Student Recital: Olesya Rusina
(Violin) at Lynn University’s ArmarnickGoldstein Concert Hall, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 7:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/29 - Musical Presentation by Third Row
Center at The Kravis Center for the Performing
Arts, Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. Concert Hall
Lobby, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach.
7:15 pm. Free. 832-7469 or 800-572-8471 or
www.kravis.org.
4/29-5/4 - Million Dollar Quartet at the
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Alexander
W. Dreyfoos Jr. Concert Hall, 701 Okeechobee
Blvd., West Palm Beach. 8 pm Tue-Sun. 2 pm
Wed/Sat/Sun.Tickets $25-$69. 832-7469 or 800572-8471 or www.kravis.org.
4/29-5/20 - The Devices of Our Familiar
World and How They Work presented by
Maurice Bluestein at FAU Barry and Florence
Friedberg Auditorium, 777 Glades Rd., Boca
Raton. Presented as Part of the Spring Lecture
Series at FAU Lifelong Learning Society.
Tuesdays 4/29, 5 /6-13-20. 1-2:45 pm. $34
member, $54 nonmember. 297-3171.
4/29-5/20 - Glorious Cathedrals of the
Middle Ages: The Architecture, Artworks,
and History of European Churches
presented by Marion Dolan at FAU Barry
and Florence Friedberg Auditorium, 777 Glades
Rd., Boca Raton. Presented as Part of the Spring
Lecture Series at FAU Lifelong Learning Society.
Tuesdays 4/29, 5 /6-13-20. 4-5:45 pm. $34
member, $54 nonmember. 297-3171.
Wednesday - 4/30 - Unity of Delray Beach
Book Club meets to discuss I Knew Their Hearts,
The Amazing True Story of a Journey Beyond the
Veil to Learn the Silent Language of the Heart
by Jeff Olson at Unity of Delray Beach, 101 NW
22nd St. 10 am. Love offering. 276-5796.
4/30 - Senses of Cinema Presents Film
for Thought Class at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S.
Military Trail, Boca Raton. For ages 18+. This
series held Wednesdays through 5/21. 10 am12:45 pm. Individual classes: Per week: $12/
resident, $15/non-resident; Complete fourweek session: $40/resident, $50/non-resident.
347-3900 or www.sugarsandpark.org.
4/30 - Desdemona, A Play about a
Handkerchief at Wold Performing Arts Center,
Lynn University, Boca Raton. Enjoy performers
from American College Dublin. 12:30 pm. Held
again at 7:30 pm. Free. 237-9000.
4/30 - CEO Derek Kreunen at the de Hoernle
Lecture Hall, Lynn University, 3601 N. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Derek Kreunen, CEO,
JustEnough Inc., speaks about his experiences. 6
pm. Free. 237-9000 or www.lynn.edu/tickets.
4/30 - 5/21 - Fateful Neighbors: America
and Brazil in the 20th Century presented
by Helen Wainer at FAU Barry and Florence
Friedberg Auditorium, 777 Glades Rd., Boca
Raton. Presented as Part of the Spring Lecture
Series at FAU Lifelong Learning Society.
Wednesdays 4/30, 5/7-14-21. 4-6 pm. $34
member, $54 nonmember. 297-3171.
4/30 - 5/21 - Yiddish Language and Culture:
Its Joys and Simchas presented by Riva
Ginsberg at FAU Barry and Florence Friedberg
Auditorium, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton.
Presented as Part of the Spring Lecture Series
at FAU Lifelong Learning Society. Wednesdays
4/30, 5/7-14-21. 1-2:45 pm. $34 member, $54
nonmember. 297-3171.
Thursday -5/1 - Sumi-e Ink Painting
Floral & Landscape Classes at The Morikami
Community Calendar AT17
Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami
Park Rd., Delray Beach. Four-week courses
begin with a review of basic techniques and
then students are guided as they create
paintings of floral subjects or landscapes. Class
meets again 5/8, 15 & 22. Floral class: 10:30
am-12:30 pm; Landscape class: 1:30-3:30. $55/
members, $60/non-members. Registration:
495-0233 ext. 237 or www.morikami.org.
5/1 - Step by Step Painting Party at Sugar
Sand Park Community Center, 300 S. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Paint a 16x20 masterpiece
in 2 hours. Complete one painting each week.
Ages 18 & up. Held again 5/8, 15, 22 & 29.
1:30pm-3:30pm. Per Week: Residents: $30;
Non-residents: $37.50 (Materials included).
347-3900 or www.SugarSandPark.org.
5/1 - Class of 2014 In Concert at the
Amarnick-Goldstein Concert Hall in the de
Hoernle International Center, Lynn University,
3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton. 7:30 pm.
Free. 237-9000 or www.lynn.edu/tickets.
5/1 - School of Creative Arts Showcase at
Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School
Square, 51 N Swnton Ave. A multimedia exhibit
showcasing drwings, paintings, collage, mixed
media and photography by adult and youth
students and instructors. M-F 9:30 am-4:30
pm, Sat 10 am-3 pm. Free. 243-7922 or www.
DelrayArts.org.
Friday - 5/2 - 2nd Annual Parkland Buddy
Sports “No Limits” Golf Classic Fundraiser
at Heron Bay Golf Club, 11801 Heron Bay Blvd.,
Coral Springs. 11:30 am: Registration, 1:15 pm:
Shotgun start, 5:30 pm: Dinner and awards.
$150/single players, $600/foursome. 954-2030442.
5/2 - YMCA Golf Tournament at Indian
Spring Country Club, 11501 El Clair Ranch Rd.,
Boynton Beach. Benefit YMCA of South Palm
Beach County by participating in the 15thannual shotgun-start event to raise money for
the Y’s financial-assistance programs. Noon,
registration; 1 pm, golf. $150 per player. 5361396 or www.ymcaspbc.org/golf-tournament.
5/2 - Art Exhibit Opening Reception at
Sugar Sand Park Community Center, 300 S.
Military Trail, Boca Raton. Works by Mary Appell
and Barrington Webster. 7:00 pm. Exhibit runs
through 5/28 during Community Center hours.
Free. 347-3900 or www.SugarSandPark.org
5/2 - Celebration of the Arts at Wold
Performing Arts Center, Lynn University, Boca
Raton. Festival showcases the talents of the
Lynn University faculty, students and staff.
The celebration begins at 5:30 pm with an
outdoor festival featuring live music and street
performers. Food and beverage available
for purchase at street fair. At 7:30 p.m., the
headline production “Celebration of the Arts”
takes the stage. The show is a cabaret-style
performance of musical theatre, dance, poetry
and short plays, and includes a performance
by Lynn’s Conservatory of Music. Free. RSVP:
237-9000.
5/2 - Movies in the Park at Dewey Park, 100
NE 4th St., Boynton Beach. Bring lawn chairs or
blankets to watch first-run movies. Food and
beverages available. Free. 8 pm. 742-6246 or
www.catchboynton.com.
Saturday -5/3 - Preparatory School of
Music Recital at the Amarnick-Goldstein
Concert Hall in the de Hoernle International
Center, Lynn University, 3601 N. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. 10 am. Free. 237-9000 or www.
lynn.edu/tickets.
5/3 - Palm Beach Shop & Stroll on Palm
Beach is organized by Mary Gushee at Mildred
Hoit, 265 Sunrise Ave., Palm Beach. Evelyn
& Arthur in Palm Beach and Manalapan will
donate 10% of all shopping proceeds to the
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network. Optional
3-mile walk begins at Sunrise Ave. shop.
Walkers donate $1,000. 572-0900 or www.
shopandstroll.kintera.org.
5/3 - Cinco de Mayo Fiesta - Presented by
the Hispanic-Latino Cultural Alliance at Delray
Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square
Pavilion, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach.
Featuring live musical performances, children’s
activities and food and merchandise vendors. 11
am-midnight. $2, children under 12 free. 2763396 or www.delraycenterforthearts.org.
5/3-4 - Dance Fest - Presented by the Boca
Ballet Theatre at Olympic Heights Performing
Arts Theatre, 20101 Lyons Rd., Boca Raton. Sat.:
8 pm; Sun.: 2 pm. $35/adults; $25/seniors &
children. 995-0709 or www.bocaballet.org.
5/3-4 - Return to Broadway! - Presented
by Showtime Performing Arts Theatre at
The Willow Theatre, 300 S. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. A musical revue featuring
the “Showstoppers Performance Troupe”
performing selections from the favorite
Broadway musical revivals of How to Succeed
in Business Without Really Trying, Oklahoma!,
Sweeney Todd, Pippin, Godspell and Sweet
Charity. Rated G. 2 pm. $15/adults, $10/age 11 &
under. 347-3948 or www.willowtheatre.org.
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AT18 Tots & Teens Calendar Tots & Teens
Note: A monthly events calendar for parents,
kids and teens. Please send your events to
[email protected]
APRIL 5
Saturday -4/5 - Musikgarten for Toddlers for
ages 15 mos. to 3 years at the Boca Raton Children’s
Museum, 498 Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton. Held Sat.
9-9:45 am. $10/family. 368-6875.
4/5 - Little Wonders - Introduce children to plants
and animals around them with a hike for little
feet, crafts for tiny fingers, and stories for growing
minds at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N.
Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. For children ages 3 & 4,
accompanied by an adult. 10-11 am. $5/members,
$8/non-members. Reservations and pre-payment
required: 544-8615 or www.gumbolimbo.org.
4/5 - Young Kings and Queens: Chess Class for
children ages 6-12 at the Ezell Hester, Jr. Community
Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd. Chess will help your
child make smart choices and pave their way to
success! It’s been proven that chess can boost
cognitive ability and is a great decision-making
tool. All that’s needed is a little patience and
concentration to learn how to become an effective
player. Held Saturdays through 4/26. 10 am-noon.
$20/residents, $25/non-residents. Registration:
742-6550 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/5 – Bookworm Story Time – For ages 1-5. 10:30
am Saturdays at the Highland Beach Library, 3618 S.
Ocean Blvd. Free. 278-5455.
4/5 - Outdoor Sea Tank Feedings at the Gumbo
Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca
Raton. For all ages, children must be accompanied by
an adult. Held daily. Mangrove and Nearshore Reef
tanks: 10:30 am; Tropical Coral Reef and Shipwreck
Tanks: 12:30 pm. Free with suggested $5 donation/
person. 544-8605 or www.gumbolimbo.org.
4/5 - Bookworm Story Time for ages 1-5 at the
Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Held
every Saturday. 10:30 am. Free. 278-5455.
4/5 - Coral Reef Shark Feedings held daily,
Tuesday through Sunday, at Sandoway House Nature
Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Feeding
begins at 10:30 am T-Sat. and 1:30 pm Sunday.
Discover what Atlantic Ocean reef fish, nurse sharks,
and spiny lobsters eat for breakfast. Free with $4
admission to the nature center. 274-7263.
4/5 - Boca Symphonia Meet The Orchestra at the
Roberts Theatre, St. Andrew’s School, 3900 Jog Rd.,
Boca Raton. Families can attend a dress rehearsal,
and then meet the Conductor and musicians at
intermission to learn about the instruments and
discover how music inspires creativity. 10:30 amnoon. $5/adults, free/children. Reservations: 866687-3848.
4/5 - Family Studio: Proud as a Peacock! at the
Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West
Palm Beach. View Chinese textiles highlighting real
or imaginary animals. Later, fashion an iridescent
peacock using foil, paper mosaics and more to
present a bird worthy of an Emperor! Ages 5-12
with parents. 10:30 am-12:30 pm. $8 materials fee
payable at the door. 832-5196, Ext. 1196 .
4/5 - Musikgarten for Babies for newborns to age
15 mos. at the Boca Raton Children’s Museum, 498
Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton. Held Sat. 11 am-noon.
$10/family. 368-6875 or www.cmboca.org .
4/5 - Science Stories at the Children’s Science
Explorium, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Hear
your favorite science inspired stories. For ages 5 and
up. Held weekly on Saturday. 11:30 am. Free. 3473912 or www.scienceexplorium.org.
4/5 - Art Goes Green for ages 8-14 at the
Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy.,
Boynton Beach. Students’ imaginations are stretched
as they create amazing artwork from recycled
materials. Session runs Saturdays through 5/17.
12:15-1:45 pm. $45/residents, $57/non-residents.
Pre-registration required. 742-6221.
4/5 - Sleeping Beauty at Showtime Performing Arts
Theatre, 503 SE Mizner Blvd., Ste. 73, Boca Raton.
The COASTAL STAR
Held Saturdays through 4/26. 2 pm. $14/adults, $10/
children 12 & under. 394-2626.
4/5 - Indoor Aquarium Feedings at the Gumbo
Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca
Raton. Held daily. For all ages, children must be
accompanied by an adult. 2:30 pm. Free with
suggested $5 dontation/person. 544-8605.
4/5 - Alligator Feedings at Daggerwing Nature
Center, 11200 Park Access Rd., Boca Raton. Gather
around the alligator tank in the exhibit hall and listen
to a short talk about the baby alligator while it is
being fed. Held every W & Sat. 3:15 pm. Free. 6298760 or www.pbcgov.com/parks/nature.
APRIL 6-12
Sunday - 4/6 - COBRA Minis Basketball for ages
3-5 at Sugar Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. This class will teach children the
basic motor skills to play organized basketball.
Seven-week sessions held Sundays through 6/1.
10-10:45 am. $80/resident, $100/non-resident. 3473908 or www.sugarsandpark.org.
4/6 - COBRA Minis Soccer for ages 3-5 at Sugar
Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton. This class will teach children the basic motor
skills to play organized soccer while they work oneon-one and spend quality time with their parents.
This program focuses on teaching children and their
parent’s basic sports mechanics without the threat of
competition or the fear of getting hurt. Seven-week
sessions held Sundays through 6/1. 11-11:45 am. $80/
resident, $100/non-resident. 347-3908.
4/6 - Egg-A-Palooza Family Festival - Presented
by South Florida Parenting at Mizner Park
Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Egg hunt,
food, crafts, activities. Rain or shine. 11 am-3pm. $6/
person, babies under 18 mos Free. 544-8600.
4/6 - Science Make & Take at the Children’s Science
Explorium, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Drop in
for a make and take every month. No registration
necessary. 11:30 am. $5/project. 347-3912.
4/6 - Girls Volleyball Clinics at Sugar Sand Field
House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. The Lynn
University Volleyball program has teamed up with
the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District and the
City of Boca Raton Recreation Services Department
to offer clinics for girls ages 10-15. Noon-2 pm. Held
again 4/27. $30/residents, $37.50/non-residents. 347-3950.
Monday - 4/7 – Baby Bookworm – Storytime for
babies ages 3 months and up. 9-10:30 am. Free. Boca
Raton Downtown Library, 400 NW 2nd Ave., Boca
Raton. 393-7852 or www.bocalibrary.org
4/7 - Mommy and Me Yoga Class at the Boca
Raton Children’s Museum, 498 Crawford Blvd. Babies,
toddlers and their parents enjoy theme-based
classes filled with motor and sensory activities. Circle
Time includes singing, movement and story time.
Discussion time helps parents discover new ways to
interact with and stimulate their children. Held every
M. 10-10:30 am. Per session: $10/per family. 3686875 or www.cmboca.org.
4/7 - Singing Away Tears & Tantrums for ages
2-10 months at the Boca Raton Children’s Museum,
498 Crawford Blvd. Held M. 12:30-1 pm. $5/family or
free with Museum admission. 368-6875.
4/7 - School-Age Programs, Floral Design:
Goodbye School, Hello Summer at The Society
of the Four Arts, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach.
Students learn basics of floral design, proper use of
tools, art of flower placement and care of various
plants. 3:40-4:30 pm. Reservations: 655-2776 or
www.fourarts.org.
4/7 - Musical Theater & Drama Class for ages 6-11
at the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford
Blvd. Students will be singing, acting and dancing to
popular Broadway songs and scripts. Theater games
to overcome shyness and improve public speaking
will be played along with improvisation and team
building activities. Parents will be asked to wait
outside the classroom during class, however, some
time at the end of each session will be given for
observance. This four-week session held Mondays
through 4/28. 4:45-5:40 pm. $60/residents, $75/nonresidents. 393-7807 or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
4/7 - Got Gaming? at the Delray Beach Public
Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. Held
again 4/14, 21 & 28. 5:15-6:30 pm. Free. 266-9490.
4/7 - Delray Divas Step Teams at Pompey Park,
1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. An organized and
structured step team that performs at local events
and statewide competitions. The program reinforces
the role of youth as positive members of the
community. For grades K-12. Class held every M & W.
6-8 pm. Monthly: $30/residents; $40/non-residents.
243-7356 or www.mydelraybeach.com.
4/7 - Ju-Jutsu / Self Defense Class at the Boca
Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd. Step
by step instruction in self defense and Ju-Jutsu
techniques that will help you defend yourself from
life-threatening situations. Give yourself or your
child (ages 10+) the gift of inner strength, courage,
concentration, tenacity, and determination. A
complete cirriculum for beginner to advanced
students is offered. Monthly ongoing class held
Mondays. 7-8:30 pm. 8-classes: $50/resident, $62.50/
non-resident. 393-7807 or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
4/7 - Intermediate/Advanced Fencing/Epee
Class at Sugar Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. A fun and exciting introduction
to the sport of fencing, kids will learn fencing skills,
forge new friendships and have a blast. Held every
M-W-F, 7-10 pm. $135/residents, $168.75/nonresidents.
Tuesday - 4/8 - Little Sprouts for children 2
1/2-3 1/2 is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center,
125 SE 2nd Ave. Children will learn to be more
independent as they meet new friends and learn
through crafts, stories and songs. Children must be
potty trained. Held T&Th through 5/15. 9:30-11:30
am. $54/residents, $68/non-residents. Registration:
742-6221.
4/8 - Baby Bookworm Story Time for ages 1-2 at
the Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Held
every Tuesday. 11 am. Free. 278-5455.
4/8 - Interactive Story: A Story ‘N More at
Schoolhouse Children’s Museum & Learning Center,
129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Children’s books
come to life through interactive performance,
singing, movement and props. Held Tuesdays. Two
sessions: 11:15 am & 2 pm. Free with paid museum
admission: $4/ages 1-17; $4.50/seniors; $5/adults.
742-6782 or www.schoolhousemuseum.org.
4/8 - Superhero Madness for ages 8-14 at the
Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy.,
Boynton Beach. Kids learn to draw their favorite
animated characters. Students will be guided in
creating a wide variety of characters, beginning with
drawing basic heads and faces, while learning figures
and proportions. Session runs Tuesdays through
5/13. 3-4:30 pm. $49/residents, $62/non-residents.
Registration: 742-6221 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/8 - COBRA Minis Basketball for ages 3-5 at Sugar
Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton. This class will teach children the basic motor
skills to play organized basketball. Seven-week
sessions held Tuesdays through 5/27. 3:30-4:15 pm.
$80/resident, $100/non-resident. 347-3916.
4/8 - Happy Sunshine Yoga for ages 7-12. A playful
yoga class for kids of all levels including speciallyabled.Repeats 4/15. 4/22. 4/29. 3:30-4:30 pm.
Cost per week: $18 for residents, $22.50 for nonresidents. Sugar Sand Park, 300 S Military Trail, Boca
Raton. 347-3900. www.sugarsandpark.org.
4/8 - Small Fry Storytime for ages 3 and up at the
Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Features
songs and a craft project. Held every Tuesday.
Register one week in advance for each program. 4
pm. Free. 278-5455.
4/8 - Group Swim Lessons at the John Denson Pool,
225 NW 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. For kids ages 3
and older. Young children must be potty trained.
Session are T & Th through 5/1. Level 1, II & III classes:
4:30 & 5 pm. Cost per session is $40/resident, $50/
non-residents. 742-6645.
4/8 - Teen Advisory Board at the Delray Beach
Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. For grades 6-12.
Held the 2nd Tuesday of the month. 4:30-5:30 pm.
Free. 266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.
4/8 - Karate/Martial Arts Classes at Pompey
Park, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. Students ages
9 to adults will learn Karate along with a blend of
other combat martial arts. In addition, attendees
will have the opportunity to learn moral values and
self control. Class held every T & Th. 6-7:30 pm. $35/
quarterly plus a one-time $25 uniform fee. 243-7356
or www.mydelraybeach.com.
4/8 - Diamonds & Pearls Dance Team at Pompey
Park, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. A community
dance team program that prides itself on passion,
dedication, excellence and respect that participates
in local and collegiate homecoming parades and
statewide special events. For middle, high school and
college students. Class held every T & Th. 6:30-8:30
pm. Monthly: $30/residents; $40/non-residents.
243-7356 or www.mydelraybeach.com.
Wednesday - 4/9 - Toddler Dance Time at the
Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. This
beginning dance class is for children 18-30 months
and a caregiver. Children will be introduced to basic
dance movements with lots of music and moms
will be able to meet others and socialize in this high
energy class. Wednesdays through 5/14. 9:15-10 am.
$66/residents, $83/non-residents. 742-6240.
4/9 - Kindermusik with Ms. Cathy at Sugar
Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. For
ages 0 mo.-4 yrs. Through interactive classes,
children explore rhythm, melody and other musical
building blocks. Children learn by singing, playing
instruments, and dancing. Classes feature a variety
of musical styles for a fun and positive experience
for both parents and children. Materials fee paid
to the instructor. Six-week session runs W through
5/14 and 12-week session runs W through 6/25. Ages
0-16 mos.: 9:30-10:15 am; 17 mos-2.5 yrs.: 10:3011:15 am; 16 mos.-4 yrs.: 11:30-12:15 pm. Six-week
session: $120/residents, $150/non-residents. 12week session: $204/resident, $225/non-resident.
347-3900.
4/9 - Gentle Growers for all ages at the Boca Raton
April 2014
Children’s Museum, 498 Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton.
W, 10-11:30 am. $15/family (includes healthy snack).
368-6875 or www.cmboca.org.
4/9 - Gymnastics Pre-School/Open Gym at Sugar
Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton. Come and have fun with your child using
our equipment in a supervised, non-instructional
setting. Pay by the day. All children who participate
must be registered. No instructional classes. W,
11:15 am-12:40 pm. Per day: $8/residents, $10/nonresidents. 347-3950.
4/9 - Amazing Art for ages 2-4 at the Schoolhouse
Children’s Museum & Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean
Ave., Boynton Beach. Students will be introduced
to various art mediums through fun and engaging
activities. Wednesday, 11:30 am. $2.50/members,
$3.50/non-members plus paid museum admission:
$4/ages 1-17; $4.50/seniors; $5/adults. Registration:
742-6780.
4/9 - Playball Class for ages 3-5 at the James A.
Rutherford Community Center, Patch Reef Park,
2000 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton. Playball is a unique
original sports and life-skill development program
taught all over the world for both boys and girls.
Classes are educational, fun, age appropriate, limited
in size, and non-competitive in nature. Sports skills
taught include soccer, basketball, hockey, tennis and
baseball. This eight-week session runs W through
5/28. 4-4:45 pm. $110/residents, $138/non-residents.
367-7035 or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
4/9 - Musikgarten for Toddlers for ages 15 mos.
to 3 years at the Boca Raton Children’s Museum,
498 Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton. W, 4-4:45 pm. $10/
family. 368-6875 or www.cmboca.org.
4/9 - Group Swim Lessons at the John Denson Pool,
225 NW 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. For kids ages 3
and older. Young children must be potty trained.
Session are W & F through 5/2. Level 1, II & III classes:
4:30 & 5 pm. Cost per session is $40/resident, $50/
non-residents. 742-6645.
Thursday - 4/10 - Kindermusik with Ms. Cathy
at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton.
For ages 0 mo.-4 yrs. Through interactive classes,
children explore rhythm, melody, and other musical
building blocks. Children learn by singing, playing
instruments, and dancing. Classes feature a variety
of musical styles for a fun and positive experience
for both parents and children. Materials fee paid to
the instructor. Six-week session runs Th. through
5/15 and 12-week session runs Th. through 6/26.
Ages 0-16 mos.: 9:30-10:15 am; 17 mos-2.5 yrs.:
10:30-11:15 am; 16 mos.-4 yrs.: 11:30-12:15 pm. Sixweek session: $120/residents, $150/non-residents;
12-week session: $204/resident, $225/non-resident.
347-3900 or www.SugarSandPark.org.
4/10 - Preschool Story Time, Featured Event:
Garden Day with the Garden Club of Palm
Beach at The Society of the Four Arts, 2 Four Arts
Plaza, Palm Beach. Story time in nature followed by
a garden tour with arts & crafts for ages birth to four
years. 10:30 am. Free. 655-2776.
4/10 - Musikgarten for Babies for newborns to
age 15 mos. at the Boca Raton Children’s Museum,
498 Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton. Th, 12:30-1:30 pm.
$10/family. 368-6875 or www.cmboca.org.
4/10 - Snake Feedings at Daggerwing Nature
Center, 11200 Park Access Road, Boca Raton. Gather
in the exhibit hall and listen to a short talk about the
animal and watch while it is being fed. Thursday, 3:15
pm. Free. 629-8760.
4/10 - COBRA Minis Soccer for ages 3-5 at Sugar
Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton. This class will teach children the basic motor
skills to play organized soccer while they work oneon-one and spend quality time with their parents.
This program focuses on teaching children and their
parent’s basic sports mechanics without the threat of
competition or the fear of getting hurt. Seven-week
sessions held Thursdays through 5/22. 3:30-4:15 pm.
$80/resident, $100/non-resident. 347-3908.
Friday - 4/11 - Kindermusik for newborn through
age 2 1/2 at the James A. Rutherford Community
Center, Patch Reef Park, 2000 Yamato Rd., Boca
Raton. Kintermusik International offers quality
musical experiences. Children and parents alike
delight in singing, echoing back tones, chants
and rhythm. Come explore dance movements,
instrument and cultures from all over the world. This
12-week session is held Fridays through 6/27. Age
12-24 months: 9:30-10:15 am; age 16-30 months:
10:30-11:15 am; age 0-14 months: 11:30 am-12:15
pm; age birth-16 months: 12:30-1:15 pm. $204/
residents, $255/non-residents. 367-7035.
4/11 - Mom’s Morning Out for ages 3-5 at the
Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Children
will have fun playing, creating super-cool crafts
and meeting new friends. Fridays through 5/16.
9:30 am-noon. $48/residents, $60/non-residents.
Registration: 742-6221.
4/11 - Kindermusik Classes at Intracoastal Park
Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach.
This six-week session is held on Fridays through 5/23
(no class 4/18) according to age group. Ages 1-18
months: 10-10:45 am; 18-36 months: 11-11:45 am.
$48/residents, $60/non-residents. 742-6221.
4/11 - Stories In The Garden at Mounts Botanical
Garden, Garden Pavilion, 531 N. Military Trail,
West Palm Beach. In partnership with the Palm
Beach County Library System this program features
storytime, garden activity and craft project. For
ages 2-6; children must be accompanied by an adult.
Seating is limited, reservations are suggested. 10-11
am. Free. 233-1757 or www.mounts.org.
4/11 - Tot Time at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. For ages 2-5. Children will enjoy
crafts, snacks, and indoor play stations. Drop in
anytime during the program. 10 am-noon. $5/child.
347-3900 or www.sugarsandpark.org.
4/11 - Creative Corner at the Boca Raton Children’s
Museum, 498 Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton. Join artist
Francis Litner for extra fun and special art projects. F,
10:30 am-12:30 pm. Free with $5 museum admission.
368-6875 or www.cmboca.org.
4/11 - Sensory Art for Tots for ages 1-4 at the
Boca Raton Children’s Museum, 498 Crawford Blvd.,
Boca Raton. Children will learn, play, explore and fill
their senses with fun and kid-safe art experiences. F,
12:30-1 pm. $10/family, $5/members. 368-6875 or
www.cmboca.org.
4/11 - Skunk Feedings at Daggerwing Nature
Center, 11200 Park Access Road, Boca Raton. Gather
in the exhibit hall and listen to a short talk about the
animal and watch while it is being fed. Friday, 3:15
pm. Free. 629-8760.
4/11 - Teddybears In Pajamas Class for ages 2-3
at the James A. Rutherford Community Center, Patch
Reef Park, 2000 Yamato Road, Boca Raton. Children
come in your pajamas and bring your Teddy Bears.
Featuring dancing, jumping, crawling, singing, and
popping bubbles with Teddies. Activities followed
by a cookie with Teddy. This four-week session runs
Fridays through 5/2. 4:30-5:10 pm. $50/residents,
$63/non-residents. 367-7035s.
4/11 - Hip Hop Dance Party Class for ages 5-9 at
the James A. Rutherford Community Center, Patch
Reef Park, 2000 Yamato Road, Boca Raton. Class will
allow students to learn choreographed warmups and
dances to their favorite songs. This four-week session
runs Fridays through 5/2. 5:15-6 pm. $50/residents,
$63/non-residents. 367-7035.
4/11 - Volleyball for Teens at the Ezell Hester, Jr.
Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd. F, 6:308:30 pm. $5/at the door. 742-6550.
4/11-13 - The Commedia Pied Piper of Hamlin
at Sol Children Theatre, 3333 N. Federal Hwy., Boca
Raton. F&Sat.: 7 pm; Sat. & Sun.: 2 pm. $10-$15. 4478829 or www.solchildren.org .
Saturday - 4/12 - Drop It, Build It, Fly It,
Launch It, Thrill It - 28th Annual Engineering
Competition at the South Florida Science Center
and Aquarium, 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm
Beach. Students in elementary, middle and high
school will compete for prize money. Registration
deadline 4/4. Registration: 7 am; Competition: 9
am-4 pm. Free entry & admission for the engineering
competition for participants. 832-1988.
4/12 - Claying Around for ages 8-14 at the Boynton
Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Kids learn the
basic techniques of pottery including wedging and
centering clay. Session runs Saturdays through
5/17. 9-11 am. $49/residents, $62/non-residents.
Registration: 742-6650 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/12 - Connect the Tots for children 3-4 at the
Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Includes
group projects, team games and social skills building
activities. Runs Sat. through 5/17. 9-11 am. $49/
residents, $62/non-residents. Registration: 7426221.
4/12 - Mini Monets for ages 5-12 at the Boynton
Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Kids learn to
achieve a variety of effects in pencil, watercolor,
charcoal and paint. Saturdays through 5/17. 9-11 am.
$49/residents, $62/non-residents. Pre-registration
required. 742-6650.
4/12 - Pieces to Perfection: Model Workshop for
children ages 9-13 at the Boynton Beach Art Center,
125 SE 2nd Ave. Children will learn the fundamentals
of toy modeling while making models to display
themselves or give as gifts. With a brief history of
model making included, students will learn skills
in craftsmanship and perhaps even discover a new
hobby. Saturdays through 5/17. 9-11 am. $49/
residents, $62/non-residents plus additional $10
materials fee. Registration: 742-6221.
4/12 - Mommy and Me Yoga Class at the Boca
Raton Children’s Museum, 498 Crawford Blvd., Boca
Raton. Babies, toddlers and their parents enjoy
theme-based classes filled with motor and sensory
activities. Circle Time includes singing, movement
and story time. Discussion time helps parents
discover new ways to interact with and stimulate
their children. Held again 4/26 10-10:30 am. Per
session: $10/per family. 368-6875.
4/12 - Group Swim Lessons at the John Denson
Pool, 225 NW 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. For kids ages
3 and older. Young children must be potty trained.
Session are Sat. through 5/3. Level 1, II & III classes:
10:30 & 11:15 am. Cost per session is $40/resident,
$50/non-residents. 742-6645 or www.boyntonbeach.org.
4/12 - Piano Classes at the Boynton Beach Civic
Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave on Wednesdays. Participants
will learn the basics of keyboard and piano without
the high cost of private lessons while still enjoying
individualized attention. For ages 6-12. All students
should bring a keyboard to class. Saturdays through
5/17. Beginner-Intermediate: 10:30-11:30 am;
Intermediate-Advanced: 11:30am-12:30 pm. $48/
residents, $60/non-residents. Registration: 742-6240
or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/12 - Mini Monets for ages 5-12 at Intracoastal
Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton
Beach. Kids learn to achieve a variety of effects in
pencil, watercolor, charcoal and paint. Saturdays
through 5/17. Noon-2 pm. $49/residents, $62/nonresidents. Pre-registration required. 742-6650.
4/12 - Director’s Cut: Film Workshops for Scouts
at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton. For ages 10-14. Unleash your inner Spielberg
to 2write, cout locations, shoot, act, edit & add
effects to film and earn your Scout badges (fulfills
requirements for Screenwriter & Digital Movie Maker
badges for girls and Cinematography for boys). 1-5
pm. $24/resident; $30/non-resident. 347-3900.
4/12 - Pawsitive Reading Program with Bootsie
the Therapy Dog at the Delray Beach Public Library,
100 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. Program allows
children who may need extra help in reading and
interpersonal communication to read to Bootsie in a
comfortable, non-judgmental environment. 2 pm.
Free. Registration: 266-0197.
4/12-13 - Science Demonstrations at the
Children’s Science Explorium, 300 S. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. Hear your favorite science inspired
stories. For ages 5 and up. Once a month on Sat. &
Sun. 3:30 pm. Free. 347-3912.
4/12,13 & 19 - Breakfast with the Bunny at The
Palm Beach Zoo, 1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm
Beach. Age-appropriate egg hunts begin 45 minutes
after scheduled breakfast. 8:30 and 10:30 am each
April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
Tots & Teens Calendar AT19
Tots & Teens
Princesses and superheroes to converge on kids museum
By Shelley Gilken
The Schoolhouse Children’s
Museum in Boynton Beach
offers children a glimpse of
South Florida history from a
time when water was pumped
into a basin and milk was
delivered in a bottle. But on
one upcoming Saturday, the
museum is transforming into
a party reminiscent of Central
Florida attractions.
We’re talking princesses and
superheroes.
The museum, which has
hosted many princess and
superheroes at private birthday
parties, is hosting its first
official Princess and Superhero
Party on April 12.
“We’re calling all
superheroes and princesses
to put on your capes and
tiaras and come out and have
fun,” said Suzanne Ross,
development officer for the
museum. ”The primary focus is
day. $32.95/adults, $24.95/ages 3-12, $4.95/ages 0-2.
Includes zoo admission. 547-WILD.
APRIL 13-19
Sunday - 4/13 - Easter Egg Hunt at First
Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach, 33 Gleason
St. Featuring Easter egg hunt, bounce house, face
painting and Easter craft project. Following 11 am
worship service. Free. Reservations: 276-6338 or
www.firstdelray.com.
Monday - 4/14 - Moms & Tots Class at the Boynton
Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Caregiver and child
will enjoy creative play together. Ages 18-36 months.
M through 5/19. 9:30-10:30 am. $30/residents, $38/
non-residents. 742-6221.
4/14 - Young Explorers for ages 2 1/2-3 1/2 years at
the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Story
time, creative movement and crafts are incorporated
to strengthen children’s physical and social
development. This six-week class held M through
5/19. 11 am-noon. $30/residents, $38/non-residents.
Registration: 742-6650.
4/14 - Early Afternoon Explorers: Getting
Buggy With It at the Children’s Science Explorium,
300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Ages 6-9: 1-2 pm;
ages 10-12: 2-3 pm. $10/residents; $12.50/nonresidents. 347-3912 or www.scienceexplorium.org.
4/14 - Tae Kwon Do for ages 5-15 at Sugar Sand
Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton.
Tae Kwon Do is an eclectic martial arts program that
includes art, sport and self-defence. Components of
this program also include Aikido and extensive mat
work. This ten-class session runs through 5/16. M,
6-7:30 pm, and F 5:30-7 pm. $55/residents, $68.75/
non-residents. 347-3950 or www.sugarsandpark.org.
Thursday - 4/17 - Preschool Story Time,
Featured Event: Peter Cottontail Day and Egg
Hunt at The Society of the Four Arts, 2 Four Arts
Plaza, Palm Beach. Gather in the sculpture garden
for poetry reading followed by egg hunt for ages 4
and younger. Book signing follows. 10:30 am. Free.
655-2776 or www.fourarts.org.
4/17 - Craft Time for ages 4 and up at the Highland
Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. 1st & 3rd Thursday
of each month. Please register one week in advance
for each program. 4 pm. Free. 278-5455 or www.
highlandbeachlibrary.org.
Friday - 4/18 - School’s Out: Fun & Fitness
Activities Program for ages 5-11 at Sugar Sand
Park Community Center, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca
Raton. This versatile program for girls and boys is
all about fun. Activities begin at 9 am. Please wear
sneakers. 8 am-5:30 pm. $45/residents, $56.25/nonresidents. 347-3948 or www.sugarsandpark.org .
4/18 - School’s Out: Bright & Smart Robotics
Workshop for ages 7-12 at Sugar Sand Park, 300 S.
Military Trail, Boca Raton. Working in teams, children
learn to build and program robots using a special
edition of Lego bricks and a specially developed
curriculum. Each team of three is grouped according
to their abilities, skills and/or age. Bring a brown
bag lunch. 9 am-3 pm. $50/residents, $62.50/nonresidents. 347-3900 or www.SugarSandPark.org.
4/18 - School’s Out: Lego Stop Motion
Animation for ages 6-10 at Sugar Sand Park, 300
S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Construct your own
characters & scenes. Using stop motion technology,
video cameras, laptop computers and your
imagination, you will bring things to life in your very
own Hollywood blockbuster stop motion film. 9 am-3
pm. $36/residents, $45/non-residents. 347-3900.
4/18 - One Day Skate Camp at 505 Teen Center &
Hobbit Skate Park, 505 SE 5th Ave., Delray Beach.
Board set-up, safety tips and technique. Must provide
skateboard, helmet and knee/elbow pads. 5-15 years
of age. 9 am-4 pm. $25/residents, $30/non-residents.
243-7158 or www.mydelraybeach.com.
4/18 - Story and Play with Miss Mij at Sugar Sand
If you go
A little princess, Rosavita
Gilken, 4. Photo provided
to have fun.”
The party is geared toward
children ages 2 through 6, but
older siblings are welcome,
Ross said. In keeping with
the current craze among the
preschool set, she said the party
will include a sing-along to Let
It Go, the Oscar-winning song
from the Disney movie Frozen.
It is almost assured that little
Park, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. For ages 18
mo.-4 yrs. Miss Mij uses stories, fingerplays, poems,
songs, props and puppets. Caregives and children
learn and play together, using key components
of repetition, rhythm and rhyme to enhance their
child’s pre-literacy skills and imagination. Ages 18
mo.-2 yrs.: 10-10:45 am; 3-4 yrs.: 11:15 am-noon. $5/
drop in (includes one carousel token per paid child).
347-3900 or www.SugarSandPark.org
4/18 - Mommy, Mother Nature & Me: Butterflies
& Honey Bees at Daggerwing Nature Center, 11200
Park Access Road., Boca Raton. Parents, bring your
little ones to experience exciting nature topics.
Programs may include activities such as: stories,
puppets, games, role play, nature walks, and crafts.
Ages 2-5. 10:30-11:15 am. $4/child. Reservations:
629-8760.
4/18 - Playground Playdate at Sugar Sand Park,
300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Get info about
upcoming programs and enjoy free kid’s activities. 11
am-1 pm. Free. 347-3900.
Saturday - 4/19 – 22nd Annual Egg Hunt at the
Seacrest Soccer Complex, 2505 N. Seacrest Blvd., Delray
Beach. Visit with the Easter Bunny and then hunt for
eggs. For ages 1-8. 8 am. Free. 243-7277.
4/19 - Easter Egg Hunt and Egg Roll at the Henry
Flagler Museum, One Whitehall Way, Palm Beach.
Children participate in art activities and have their
picture taken with the Easter Bunny. There will also
be special games, including egg rolling. Children
encouraged to bring their own baskets. Egg rolling
spoons provided. Gates open 9 am, egg hunt begins at
10 am. $18/adults; $10/children. 655-2833.
4/19 - 10 and Under Tennis: Junior
Development Clinics for ages 5-15 at the Tennis
Center, 3111 S. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach.
Four-week session held Saturdays through 5/10.
Age 5-6: 9-9:45 am; age 7-10: 10-11 am; age 10-15:
11 am-noon. For ages 5-6, $40/residents, $50/
non-residents; for ages 7-15, $48/residents, $60/
non-residents. Registration: 742-6575.
4/19 - Spring Egg-Stravaganza! at the Congress
Avenue Community Park, 3111 S. Congress Ave.,
Boynton Beach. Kids 1-12 will have an “egg-stra”
special day of hunting for colorful eggs, games, face
painting and a visit from Peter Cottontail. 10 am-1
pm. Free. 742-6550.
4/19 - Easter Egg Hunt Celebration at Bryant
Park, Lake Avenue and Golfview on the Intracoastal,
Lake Worth. 10 am-2 pm. Easter Bonnet & Tie Parade
begins at 9:30 am. Ages 2-12. Raffles/bounce house/
family fun. 586-1600 or www.lakeworth.org/events/ 4/19 – 2nd Annual Delray Marketplace Easter Egg
Hunt at Delray Marketplace, 14851 Lyons Road (corner
of West Atlantic Avenue & Lyons Road), Delray Beach.
Egg Hunt - 1 pm ages 4 and under, 1:30 pm ages 5-12.
Meet the Easter Bunny 1:30-3 pm all ages. Mother
Goose Face Painting 1-3 pm all ages. Free. Breakfast
Buffet & Photo with the Easter Bunny available at $6/
person (buffet), $6/photo. Book breakfast & photo in
advance. 865-4613 or www.delraymarket.com.
4/19 - Professor O and the Dinosaur Chase at
Puppetry Arts Center, 94 NE 2nd Ave, Delray Beach.
Duck in the Truck Puppets will be here with a story
of Speaker the Wonder Dog and his encounter with
a young dinosaur. Good show for the younger child.
2:00 - 3:00 pm. $6.50. 243-4330.
APRIL 20-26
Monday - 4/21 - Cooking Fun Class for ages 5-9
at the James A. Rutherford Community Center, Patch
Reef Park, 2000 Yamato Road, Boca Raton. Children
will have fun learning basic cooking from scratch.
Instruction includes kitchen safety, measurements,
napkin folding, and table setting. Disclose any food
allergies at registration. 3:30-5 pm. $12/residents,
$15/non-residents plus a supply fee of $6/class. 3677035 or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us .
What: Princess and
Superhero Party
Where: Schoolhouse
Children’s Museum
129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton
Beach
Date: Sat., April 12
When: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $3
for members. For nonmembers, $5 at door or $4
in advance
princesses and superheroes
alike will be belting out the
now-familiar refrain: “Let it
go, let it go. Can’t hold it back
anymore. Let it go, let it go.”
An estimated 300 children
are expected at the museum for
the event. There will be photo
opportunities with five princess
guests and two superhero
guests, as well as a DJ, activities
and crafts.
The party caps off a typical
Tuesday - 4/22 - Create a Succulent Wreath at
Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West
Palm Beach. This fun-filled workshop for children
will teach youngsters how to create handmade gifts
from the garden. Activities include painting pots and
birdhouses, creating pinecone treasures, planting
seedlings and more. Cost of materials is extra. 1-4
pm. $65/members, $70/non-members. Registration:
233-1757 or www.mounts.org .
4/22 - Happy Sunshine Yoga Class for ages 7-12
at Sugar Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Yoga provides a sanctuary from
the pressures of school, friends, growing up, and
challenging obstacles. Participate in a playful yoga
class for kids of all levels including “specially-ABLED”.
Six-week session held Tuesdays through 5/27.
3:30-4:30 pm. Full session: $90/residents, $112.50/
non-residents; Per class: $18/residents, $22.50/nonresidents. 347-3950.
4/22 - Kidokinetics for ages 2-5 at Sugar Sand Park,
300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. The “Fun Way to
Fitness” - children will learn a new sport each week.
Children will be introduced to the basics of each sport
in a fun and non-competitive atmosphere. Activities
include soccer, hockey, tennis, basketball, volleyball,
golf, hula hoops, obstacle courses, T-ball and more.
Seven-week course held T through 6/3. Age 3-5:
3:45-4:30 pm; age 2-4: 4:30-5:15 pm. $77/resident;
$96.25/non-resident. 954-385-8511.
Thursday - 4/24 - Miss Sara’s Dance Class for ages
2-5 at the James A. Rutherford Community Center,
Patch Reef Park, 2000 Yamato Rd., Boca Raton. This
class introduces preschoolers to the basics of ballet,
tap, gymnastics, fitness, and creative movement.
Adults wait outside the classroom. This six-week
course runs Thursdays through 5/29. Age 2: 10:1510:45 am, $60/residents, $75/non-residents; age 3-5:
11 am-noon, $84/residents, $105/non-residents.
367-7035 or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
Saturday - 4/26 - Earth Day at Boca Raton
Children’s Museum, 498 Crawford Blvd. Events
include opening of new nature trail, book reading/
signing of ‘Rosie’s Song’, art demonstrations, nature
presentations and refreshments. 10 am-noon. Free
(museum entrance is $5.) 368-6875.
4/26 - Annual Earth Day Celebration at
Daggerwing Nature Center, 11200 Park Access
Road, Boca Raton. Parents, bring your little ones to
experience exciting nature topics. Programs may
include activities such asgames, nature tours, crafts
and more. For all ages. 10 am-3 pm. Free. 629-8760
or www.pbcparks.com/nature.
4/26 - Start Smart Baseball at Catherine Strong
Park, 1500 SW 6th St., Delray Beach. Geared to
ages 3-5. Created by the National Alliance for Youth
Sports, helps children prepare for sports.... and
succeed in life. A variety of innovative products will
be utilized to enhance child development. Satudays,
10:30-11:30 am. Runs through 5/17. $30/Resident,
$40/Non-resident. 243-7194.
4/26 - Family Fun Workshop: Calligraphy at
The Morikami Japanese Museum and Gardens, 4000
Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach. Learn how to write
your name and some Japanese words with sumi-e
ink and a brush, two traditional writing implements.
$10/one parent and child with paid museum
admission; $5/additional child/parent. Advance
registration required, children, age 3rd grade & up,
must register with a parent/guardian. Two sessions
available: Children & Parent, 11 am-noon, $10/one
parent & child, $5/each additional child/parent;
and Adults only, 12:30-1:30 pm, $10/person. Price
is in addition to paid admission: $14/adults; $13/
seniors; $11/students with ID; $9/children 6-17; free/
members and children 5 & under. 495-0233 ext. 237.
4/26 - Kindermusik: Just Dad & Me Party at
Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy.,
Boynton Beach. For ages 1-6 years. Sponsored by City
of Boynton Beach Recreation and Parks Department.
week full of activities at the
museum. Classes continuing
in April include A Story ’N
More, Amazing Art, Alphabet
Adventure and Discovering our
World.
“Pretty much every day
there’s something going on,”
Ross said. The museum is
a nonprofit based in a 1913
former schoolhouse. The
museum is two floors and the
exhibits are interactive. They
are designed to teach children
about aspects of South Florida’s
history and culture such as the
railway, agriculture and post
office. The activity centers allow
little ones to explore life in early
20th century for early settlers,
which includes visiting a replica
general store and doctor’s office.
There is also a display on the
legendary “Barefoot Mailman”
dropping off mail from Lake
Worth to Miami without
wearing shoes.
The most popular exhibits,
Ross said, are the life-sized cow
that produces “milk” in the
form of white ping pong balls,
as well as the full-size train car
the children can sit in.
“Between ‘milking the cow’
and the number of times we
hear ‘All aboard’ tooting the
train horn, we know the kids
love those,” she said.
And for the year-round
princesses, there is always time
for a tea party at the Boynton
Hotel station.
“There are a lot of great tea
parties in Boynton Hotel,” Ross
said. “For little people, it’s great
fun.”
She said that from her
vantage point, she gets to see
wonderful bonding moments
as parents and other caregivers
engage their child in a tea party.
“It is joyful to watch dads
and granddads having tea
parties,” she said.
Parties fit for a princess — or
a superhero. Ú
11 am-noon. $7/child. 742-6221.
742-6221.
5/1 - Small World class for ages 3-4 begins at
Intracoastal Park, 2240 N. Federal Highway, Boynton
Beach. Children will enjoy structured play and
educational activities in a safe and entertaining
environment. Sessions run through 5/30. 9 am-noon.
Two sessions: M/W/F, $64/residents, $80/nonresidents; M-F, $95/residents, $119/non-residents.
742-6650.
Saturday - 5/3 - Gymnastics for ages 4-16 begins
at the Ezell Hester, Jr. Community Center, 1901 N.
Seacrest Blvd. Kids will develop strength, flexibility
and coordination and have fun doing it. These
classes are especially designed for introductory skill
development on the vault, bars, beams and floor.
Session runs Saturdays through 5/31. Age 4-7: 10-11
am; age 8-16: 11 am-noon. $55/residents, $69/nonresidents. Registration: 742-6550.
5/3 - Young Kings and Queens: Chess Class for
ages 6-12 begins at the Ezell Hester, Jr. Community
Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd. Chess will help your
child make smart choices and pave their way to
success! It’s been proven that chess can boost
cognitive ability and is a great decision-making
tool. All that’s needed is a little patience and
concentration to learn how to become an effective
player. Saturdays through 5/31. 10 am-noon. $25/
residents, $31/non-residents. Registration: 742-6550
or www.boynton-beach.org.
5/3 - Family Studio: Go With the Flow at the
Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm
Beach. View the works of artists who captured life
along New York’s rivers. Later, share a poem from
the book A River of Words, and assemble a personal
“river of words” and memories using tag board,
objects from nature, and other mementos. Ages 5-12
with parents. 10:30 am-12:30 pm. $8 materials fee
payable at the door. 832-5196, Ext. 1196.
APRIL 27-MAY 3
Monday- 4/28 - Kangaroo Kids Programs
for ages 15 mos. to 5 at the James A. Rutherford
Community Center, Patch Reef Park, 2000 Yamato
Rd., Boca Raton. Kangaroo Babies (ages 15 mos.-2
years): Participants will enhance their relationship
with their tiny tot by sharing songs, parenting
discussions, story time, and motor skills development
activities. Kangaroo Kids (ages 2-3): In this
educationally developmental class, participants will
hop from one activity to the next while preparing
children for preschool with age appropriate art
projects, songs, dramatics and story time. Kangaroo
Kids II (ages 3-5): Share some fun time together
with your child by creating art projects, singing and
participating in imaginative play. Four-week session
held M through 5/19. Age 15 mos.-2 years, 9:15-9:45
am; age 2-3 years: 10-10:45 am; age 3-5 years:
11-11:45 am. $48/residents, $60/non-residents.
Additional $10 materials fee per session. 367-7035.
Tuesday - 4/29 - Youth Archery for ages 8-15 at
the Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford
Blvd., Boca Raton. This program will introduce your
child to the Olympic sport of archery through skill
development and paper target practice. Six-week
session held Tuesdays through 6/3. 5:30-6:45 pm.
$60/resident, $75/non-resident. 393-7807.
Wednesday - 4/30 - Rumpelstiltskin at The Lake
Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave. Two shows: 11 am &
3:30 pm. $8/adult, $6/children. 586-6410.
Thursday - 5/1 - Imagination Station at the
Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 3
1/2-5 will exercise their imaginations while learning
shapes, colors, numbers and the A-B-C’s through
creative art. Session runs through 5/30. 9 am-noon.
Two sessions: M/W/F, $64/residents, $80/nonresidents; M-F, $95/residents, $119/non-residents.
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AT20 The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Your Window
Into
Palm Beach Real Estate
1 spoonbill road
100 CHUrCHill WaY
Beautifully renovated 3BR/3.5BA waterfront home with great water Exquisite Mediterranean revival overlooking the waters of Manatee Cove,
views and Ocean access within minutes. Gratis beach club membership with this home offers 6BR/6.5BA and 8,300 SF of total living area. Gratis
EAU Palm Beach Resort & Spa. $2.15M
memberships to the EAU Palm Beach Resort & Spa. $3.45M
nEW lisTing
sold
bill Quigley
561.346.3434
[email protected]
dUnEs of oCEan ridgE
Boutique style 3BR/2.5BA Oceanfront enclave with over 3,000
total SF. Wonderful amenities including large pool, gym, lush grounds
and wide sandy beaches of the Ocean. $904,500
4 liTTlE pond road
Superb, designer renovated 2BR/2BA Manalapan villa with the
very finest of finishes. Gratis beach club membership with EAU Palm
Beach Resort & Spa. $659,500
purchase both properties and have the best of both worlds - 1 oceanfront Estate & 1 intracoastal Estate!
1550 soUTH oCEan boUlEVard
1555 soUTH oCEan boUlEVard
Spectacular 4BR/4.2BA 9,810 SF estate home extensively Picturesque parcel that reaches from the Ocean to Intracoastal
renovated 5 years ago. Ocean to Intracoastal with 220’ direct Ocean Waterway, sunrises and sunsets are part of the package at this
frontage with availability to create a dock. $12.495M
5BR/7.3BA estate in Manalapan. $10.5M
1690 lands End road
Beautiful 4BR/5BA Waterfront home with large covered patio,
lap pool and private dock. 110’ feet of beautiful view of Intracoastal
Waterway. $2.95M
priCE rEdUCTion
1026 n aTlanTiC driVE
Gorgeous 4BR/4BA 4,485 SF estate on large waterfront lot, offers
rare opportunity to enjoy the sought-after casual lifestyle on Hypoluxo
Island. $1.895M
1430 lands End road
Luxurious 6BR/6.5BA waterfront estate with wide water
views overlooking a large pool/spa and deck adjacent to new
dock/boat lift. $2.295M
Jack Elkins
561.373.2198
[email protected]
www.FITESHAVELL.com
bunny Hiatt
561.818.6044
[email protected]
1200 sE aTlanTiC driVE
5BR/6BA 9,754 SF European custom waterfront estate. Old
world charm with modern luxuries. Heated pool/spa and dock.
offered fully furnished. $5.299M
920 sE aTlanTiC driVE
Charming Hypoluxo Island water front home. 3,650 SF, one level
4BR/4BA updated home with French doors leading to the backyard
with expansive water views. $1,999,500
sold
964 sE aTlanTiC driVE
4BR/3.5BA plus den/office Mediterranean home on very private
waterfront lot. Outside is a covered patio with large heated pool and spa.
Panoramic view of Intracoastal Waterway. $3.295M
561.655.6570
101 n. CoUnTY road, palM bEaCH
April 2014
Inside
Religion
St. Gregory’s deacon leads
effort to open elementary
school in Haiti. Page H10
Fire Wire
surf boards
have decks of
sustainably
grown wood.
Companies combine style and
sustainability in gear you will flip for
By Teresa Bono
Pets
Boca Raton boy develops
organic shampoos for his
adopted dog. Page H20
Eco chic is what’s new for spring, and surf and
swimwear companies are leading the way with hot new
lines that show their love for the planet.
This season’s fashion-forward bikinis and board
shorts made from reclaimed and repurposed fabrics,
sleek-looking surfboards constructed from sustainably
grown wood and funky-colored recycled glass water bottles
were light years away from the Birkenstocks that once
defined earthiness. See SURF on page H5
Secret Gardens
Serene spot at The Breakers
is fragrant with various herbs
used by the chef. Page H14
LEFT: Patagonia’s Men’s
Special Edition Front-Zip Full
Wetsuit has a micro-grid recycled polyester thermal lining
and high-stretch recycled
polyester jersey.
Health & Harmony
Shockwave therapy makes an
impact on pain. Page H6
Synergy offers sustainable, organic and
fair trade beach-to-dinner fashions.
RIGHT: Lifefactory sells BPA/
BPS-free and phthalate-free
polypropylene-safe glass
bottles covered with BPA/
BPS-free silicone sleeves.
Photos provided
Tim Stepien/2011 Coastal Star file photo
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The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
FEATURED LISTING
NEWLY PRICED
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DIRECT OCEANFRONT TOWNHOME
Boynton Beach. Rare opportunity to own one of three Pelican Beach
townhomes built. It’s a beautiful 2,500-SF luxury 3 BR, 3.5 bath home w/
magnificent ocean views. $1.195M. Also available for lease.
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
NEW CONSTRUCTION IN OCEAN RIDGE
Ocean Ridge. NEW CONSTRUCTION TO BE FINISHED BY MAY 1. Beautiful
2 story Bermuda 4 bedroom + study home with clean interior lines and great
curb appeal. It features an open floor-plan with a first floor master suite and
finished in the finest materials and details including marble floors. Lovely
Pool area. Built by Varga Homes, Inc. Priced at $1.495M.
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
WHOPPING 315’ OF INTRACOASTAL FRONTAGE
Point Manalapan. If waterfront living with easy ocean access in the exclusive
Point Manalapan, is what you’ve been looking for, this exquisite property is
perfect for immediate living or if you prefer, custom renovation to suit the
vision of your dream home.
LOFT STYLE LIVING ON THE WATER IN OCEAN RIDGE
From its exclusive, private location at the tip of Manalapan Point, this 7,700
SF home with a private dock and 315’ of Intracoastal frontage has nearby
ocean access at Boynton Beach Inlet. Last property on Lands End. $3.995M
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
Ocean Ridge. You will love this custom designed 2-story loft style home. Soaring 24’ ceilings, beautiful oak floors, granite/stainless kitchen, impact windows,
new 40’ dock and boat lift. Many more extra’s. Move right in. Only $1.495M
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
NEW LISTING
EXTRAORDINARY STOFFT HOME
BEST VIEWS ANYWHERE
Ocean Ridge. One story Mediterranean style waterfront 5,000+ SF home on a
meandering over-sized waterfront lot. 170’ on the water. 3-car garage. $2.35M
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
Boynton Beach. Magnificent Custom 4 BR + study Home with own white sandy beach overlooking Manalapan Oceanfront Homes. Priced to Sell $1.495M.
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL:
“Dear Steven. Thanks so much for representing the sale of our home in
Ocean Ridge last year. It’s easy to see after working with you why you are so
successful in your business. You are a true gentleman and very easy to work
with. We always felt we were in the best of hands with you and appreciate all
that you do.” Sincerely, Ocean Ridge Seller 2013.
Steven Presson
Integrity. Persistence. Results.
561.843.6057
[email protected]
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April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
Corcoran + Presson = SOLD
NEW LISTING
JUST SOLD
“DEAL” IN OCEAN RIDGE
MAGNIFICENT WATERFRONT
Ocean Ridge. Absolute best value in Ocean Ridge. Completely remodeled
2-story 3 BR home situated on estate sized 18,000 SF lot between Intracoastal
& Ocean. Priced for immediate sale $779,000. Seller wants offers.
Ocean Ridge. Exquisite 2-story waterfront home just closed March 20 on
Sabal Island.
Price $1.595M.
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
JUST SOLD
UNDER CONTRACT
SABAL ISLAND WATERFRONT SALE
KEY WEST LIVING IN WPB
Ocean Ridge. Represented the buyer for the sale of this waterfront home
situated on the wide water on Sabal Island. Another positive sign for the real
estate market as this home had been listed for sale for several years. $2.09M
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
West Palm Beach. Enjoy your very own private Sandy Beach on this direct
intracoastal California Contemporary 4 BR style home. Features wood beam
ceilings, private dock & magnificent wide water views. $1.995M
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
OFF SEASON LEASE
JUST SOLD
OCEANFRONT RENTAL AVAILABLE
A MUST SEE TROPHY HOME
Ocean Ridge. Rare opportunity to lease a completely remodeled Authentic
Mizner 3 BR direct Oceanfront home starting April 1 on Old Ocean. House is
true perfection. $11,000/Month
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
Point Manalapan. Gorgeous 5 BR/5.5 bath home with spectacular views, high
ceilings, hurricane impact windows/doors, gourmet kitchen, deep water dock,
full house generator, and lush landscaping designed by Mario Nievera. $3.95M
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
JUST SOLD
JUST SOLD IN 60 DAYS
OCEANFRONT VALUE
GREAT WATERFRONT LISTING UNDER $1M
Ocean Ridge. Sensational Key West Style Home backed up to Old Ocean Blvd.
Top of the line everything. Sold $3.5M.
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
Ocean Ridge. If you’re looking for a waterfront home that makes investment
and economic sense, this property is a winner. Priced to Sell $995K.
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
DEEP WATER ESTATE HOME
NEW CUSTOM HOME
Ocean Ridge. You can’t find a home with better finishes & details than this
Magnificent deep water estate 4 BR 5,700 SF+ home found on Inlet Cay. Full
house generator and 85 ft dock.
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
Manalapan. This custom built luxury 5 BR, 6.5 bath two-story home in a
quiet, private neighborhood is perfect for Florida living in prestigious Point
Manalapan. Offered at $2.495M
Steven Presson 561.843.6057
Real estate agents affiliated with The Corcoran Group are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of The Corcoran Group.
Equal Housing Opportunity. The Corcoran Group is a licensed real estate broker. All information furnished regarding property for sale or rent or regarding
financing is from sources deemed reliable, but Corcoran makes no warranty or representation as to the accuracy thereof. All property information is
presented subject to errors, omissions, price changes, changed property conditions, and withdrawal of the property from the market, without notice. All
dimensions provided are approximate. To obtain exact dimensions, Corcoran advises you to hire a qualified architect or engineer.
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H4 Health & Harmony
The COASTAL STAR
1
April 2014
Top 10 Green Surf Products
Hendrick
Boards
(www.
hendrickboards.
com) Soft,
fashionable tees
with rescue slogans.
Maple and bamboo
skateboards
with handmade,
water-based paints
and stains derived
from coffee grains. Every purchase gives back
20 percent to 40 percent to animal charities. 6
Patagonia
(www.
patagonia.com)
Men’s Special
Edition FrontZip Full Wetsuit
has micro-grid
recycled polyester
thermal lining
and high-stretch
recycled polyester
jersey. Employees clean
up parks in The
Backyard Collective
and raise money for
bike advocacy during
Bike-to-Work Week.
2
Sun Bum Pro (www.
trustthebum.com)
Vegan and crueltyfree sunscreen with
high SPF. Among its
numerous charity
affiliations are “Surfers
for Autism,” “Boarding
for Breast Cancer”
and “The Skin Care
Foundation.”
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Cruise the calm waters of the Intracoastal Waterway
with Palm Beach County’s most experienced crew.
Cruise the calm waters of the Intracoastal Waterway
Lady Atlantic and Lady Delray cruise year round from
with Palm Beach County’s most experienced crew.
Veterans Park in Delray Beach. Both yachts feature
Lady Atlantic and Lady Delray cruise year round from
climate-controlled decks. Full galley service with cash
Veterans Park in Delray Beach. Both yachts feature
bar is available on all cruises. Two-Hour Narrated
climate-controlled decks. Full galley service with cash
Sightseeing Cruises departing daily at 10:30am and
bar is available on all cruises. Two-Hour Narrated
1:30pm.
Sightseeing Cruises departing daily at 10:30am and
1:30pm.
7
Billabong (www.
billabong.com)
Platinum X Recycler
Board Shorts Series
are made from a fabric
created out of recycled
bottles. More than 40
million bottles have
been saved from the
landfill.
3
Fire Wire
(www.firewire
surfboards.com)
Lightweight boards
with sustainably
grown wood
decks. One of
the least toxic of
all commercial
surfboards.
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Eco Swim
(www.ecoswim.
com) Swimwear
made of sustainable
materials. Company
“Green Team” bans
Styrofoam, recycles
all paper, light bulbs,
color cartridges and
plastic. Partners
with Ocean Blue to
do beach cleanups.
4
Synergy
(www.synergy
clothing.com)
Sustainable,
organic and fair
trade beach-todinner fashions.
Provides
employment for
women in Nepal.
Call for schedule
Departing at 10:30am
on Sunday Mornings
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Ipanema
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com). Made with melflex plastic, Ipanema
flip flops are easier to recycle than traditional
rubber flip flops. Nearly 100 percent of the
company’s waste is recycled.
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10
5
Lifefactory (www.lifefactory.com) BPA/
BPS-free and phthalate-free polypropylenesafe glass bottles covered with colorful BPA/
BPS-free silicone sleeves. Reduces slipping and
breakage.
Surf Nano Products (www.
surfnanoproducts.com). Alternative
surface sealant that reduces friction and
increases board speed without dissolving or
flaking into the ocean. Owned by local surf
enthusiast Tom Warnke, who volunteers
at the Eastern Surfing Association, the
Surfrider Foundation and the Palm Beach
County Surfing History Project. April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
Health & Harmony H5
SURF
Continued from page H1
By minimizing
consumption, using Earthfriendly materials and
practicing responsible
sourcing, these companies
are significantly reducing
the release of toxins into
the air, water supply and
soil.
And while it’s
impressive that they’re all
becoming increasingly
eco-sensitive, with highquality products and style
that can keep up with the
Kardashians, it’s their
community advocacy
and outreach that’s really
creating a buzz.
Surfers can be proud
that there are companies
representing their culture
like Hendrick Boards,
which donates 20 percent
to 40 percent of every
purchase of their products
to 300 animal rescue
organizations nationwide;
Sun Bum, which runs
a program that teaches
kids with autism how
to surf; and Synergy
Organic Clothing, which
provides employment for
Nepalese women.
But for folks who have
never strolled through a
surf shop or who aren’t
well-versed in e-lingo, a
good place to start is to
find out how and where
your clothes, food and
cosmetics are created and
how and where they’ll go
when you’re ready to toss
them.
Don’t despair if it all
seems too labor intensive
or idealistic. Many of the
companies on The Coastal
Star’s “Top 10 List” do
double duty.
Shopping for a new
tankini? Check out Eco
Swim. Not only is Eco
Swim a company with
a very small carbon
footprint, but it also
supports beach cleanup
initiatives, too.
Along with its beach
cleanup partner, United
By Blue, Eco Swim has
cleaned up four tons of
trash in three years.
Even household
names like Billabong and
Patagonia are doing their
part.
Patagonia, whose
employees regularly roll up
their sleeves for the community, uses alternative
fibers such as recycled
polyester to make wetsuits.
And Billabong’s
recycled boardies are
made out of good ol’
plastic bottles.
Going green has never
been easier. Someone call
Kermit! Ú
2014 SEASON IS OFF TO GREAT START
SOLD
SOLD
Sold Full Asking Price $2.495M - Palm Trail
Intracoastal Delray
SOLD
Sold $2.150M - Record Waterfront Sale in Delray
SOLD
Sold Over $3M - North Beach - Delray
Sold in 35 days - Top Dollar, Downtown Delray
As a Certified Luxury Home Specialist, Jennifer has earned a luxury
designation earned by very few, based on her knowledge and ability
to deliver excellent results for buyers & sellers alike.
If you are thinking of listing or buying a home, call today
or visit www.jenkilpatrick.com to find out more.
• Member of the Institute for Luxury
Home Marketing
Jennifer Kilpatrick
•
Million Dollar Guild designation
561.573.2573
• Top 1000 Agents NRT 2011,2013
Real estate agents affiliated with The Corcoran Group are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of The Corcoran Group.
Equal Housing Opportunity. The Corcoran Group is a licensed real estate broker. All information furnished regarding property for sale or rent or regarding
financing is from sources deemed reliable, but Corcoran makes no warranty or representation as to the accuracy thereof. All property information is
presented subject to errors, omissions, price changes, changed property conditions, and withdrawal of the property from the market, without notice. All
dimensions provided are approximate. To obtain exact dimensions, Corcoran advises you to hire a qualified architect or engineer.
H6 Health
The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Health & Harmony
L
‘Shocking’ new therapy beats pain, speeds healing
ike many retired
professional athletes,
champion LPGA golfer
Meg Mallon of Ocean Ridge is
no stranger to orthopedic pain.
“A golf swing is an
unnatural movement, so you
get a lot of wear and tear on
your body,” she says.
Mallon, 50, still has
numbness in her left leg from
2012, when she completely
herniated two lumbar discs
during a golf event in Phoenix.
She has sporadic soreness in
her neck and shoulders, too,
which limits movement.
But she has a new
ally these days: a type of
therapy administered by her
chiropractor that delivers lowenergy sound waves directly
to the source, or trigger point,
of her pain. The result is a
focused and precise deeptissue “massage” that removes
soreness, increases blood
circulation and restores range
of motion.
Mallon’s Delray Beach
chiropractor, Dr. Erich Menge,
uses an Extracorporeal
Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)
device called the PiezoWave2.
The machine — which was
invented by the same German
company that pioneered the use
of acoustic shockwaves to break
up kidney stones — creates
lower-energy shockwaves that
pulse rhythmically through a
handheld applicator and into a
patient’s body.
The machine makes a
metallic click, click, click as the
pulses are created.
When the shockwaves make
contact with the trigger point
in the muscle, biochemical
changes are thought to occur
at the cellular level that can
stimulate healing and relieve
chronic pain.
A standard course of
treatment is seven to 10
sessions over a period of three
weeks. Each 20- to 30-minute
Former LPGA golfer Meg Mallon, who suffers from back, neck and shoulder pain, receives shockwave therapy from Dr. Erich
Menge at Boca Delray Pain & Rehabilitation. Mallon says the therapy has helped her feel better. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
session costs $75. The
procedure is covered by some,
but not all, insurance plans.
“We’re treating shoulders,
hips, knees, necks, elbows —
any kind of musculoskeletal
injury,” says Menge, who owns
one of only a few PiezoWave
devices being used in Palm
Beach County today. Patients
who have benefited from his
therapy include well-known
professional golfers, people
with plantar fasciitis, carpal
tunnel sufferers and plenty of
weekend warriors who just
want to keep active.
ESWT therapies have been
used successfully in Europe
since the 1990s to manage
Since 1984
chronic pain. With advances
in technology, the method
is now believed to be not
only rehabilitative, but also
regenerative: studies suggest
that ESWT can “jump start”
the healing process in chronic,
non-healing injuries and
reintroduce the acute phase of
healing.
“A retired gentleman
came to me with a swollen
Achilles tendon that looked
like a pin cushion on the back
of his ankle,” Menge says.
“He couldn’t walk. His MRI
indicates the tendon is frayed.
But since he’s been receiving
treatment, the swelling is 75
percent gone and he’s walking
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After a recent PiezoWave
treatment on her lower neck
and upper back muscles,
Mallon breathed a (literal) sigh
of relief. She could rotate her
shoulder again without pain.
“It’s not a medication, which
can have so many side effects,”
she said. “My feeling is, why not
try this first before you throw a
bunch of pills in your body?”
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Menge is particularly
excited about the PiezoWave’s
prospects for treating
fibromyalgia, a stubbornly
painful autoimmune condition
that can flare up and get worse
after a regular, hands-on
massage.
“I’ve had fibromyalgia
patients come through, and this
is changing their lives,” he says.
“We’re finding that the lowlevel, focused shockwaves do
not trigger the inflammatory
reaction that leads to more
pain.”
Success rates for treating
orthopedic injuries with ESWT
range from about 50 percent to
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H8 Health & Harmony
Health & Harmony Calendar
Note: Events are current as of 3/28. Please check
with organizers for any changes.
APRIL 5
Saturday - Saturdays @ Sanborn: Yoga
Class at Sanborn Square, 72 N. Federal Hwy.,
Boca Raton. Ongoing classes held every Sat.
Registration: 8:45 am; class: 9 am. Free. 3937703 or www.downtownboca.org.
4/5 - Jazzercise at the Boynton Beach Civic
Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. All ages and levels
welcome. Class runs T (5:30-6:30 pm) and
M-Sat. 9-10 am. Fees start at $38/month. 7426240 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/5 - Saturdays @ Sanborn: Yoga Class
at Sanborn Square, 72 N. Federal Hwy., Boca
Raton. Held every Sat. Registration: 8:45 am;
class: 9 am. Free. 393-7703.
4/5 - Jazzercise at the Boynton Beach Civic
Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. All ages and levels
are welcome. Class runs T (5:30-6:30 pm) and
M-Sat. 9-10 am. Fees start at $38/month. 7426240 or www.boynton-beach.org.
4/5 - Yoga Class at the Train Depot, 747 S. Dixie
Hwy., Boca Raton. Held T, Th. & Sat: 9:30-11
am & T: 6:30-8 pm. 5 classes: $65/residents,
$81.25/non-residents; 10 classes: $110/
residents, $137.50/non-residents; 20 classes:
$200/residents, $250/non-residents. 477-8727
or www.ci.boca-raton.fl.us.
4/5 - Cardio Kettlebell Class for ages 14 and
up at Veterans Park, 802 NE First St., Delray
Beach. Held every W (6-7pm) and Sat. (9:3010:30 am). 8 classes: $60/residents; $65/nonresidents. 243-7350.
4/5 - Judo Class at the Boca Raton Community
Center, 150 Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton.
Warm-up exercises, instruction, practice
and tournament training. Two sessions:
Wednesdays - Mixed ages & ranks: 6:30-8
pm; Advanced: 8-9 pm; Saturdays - all groups:
10am-noon. Per month: $21.50/resident, $27/
non-resident. 393-7807.
4/5 - Zumba Class at the South Beach Park
Pavilion, 400 N. State Road A1A, Boca Raton.
Held every Sat. 10:30 am. Free. 393-7703 or
www.downtownboca.org.
4/5 - Capoeira Fitness for ages 12 & up at
Sanborn Square, 72 N. Federal Hwy., Boca
Raton. Held every Sat. 10:30 am. Free. 3937703.
4/5-7 - Yoga Workout at the Beach at Red
Reef Park West, 1221 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca
Raton. Build strength and flexibility, improve
postural alignment and stabilize the core.
Registration can be done at the Boca Raton
Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd., or
on-site before class begins. Parking passes
can only be obtained through the Community
Center. Classes held on the grass overlooking
the Intracoastal Waterway. Cash not accepted
on-site. Sat. & Sun.: 10-11 am; M: 6:30-7:30 pm.
$15/residents, $19/non-residents per class, or
60 day membership (unlimited classes) for $65/
residents, $81.25/non-residents. 393-7807.
APRIL 6-12
Sunday - 4/6 - Yoga with Live Music every
Sunday at the Colony Hotel, 525 E. Atlantic Ave.,
Delray Beach. 9:30-11 am. $20. 703-1236.
Monday - 4/7 - Jazzercise/Body Sculpting
at Sugar Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Sculpted arms, a strong core,
tight glutes, and firm legs are the focus of this
50-minute muscle toning workouts that feature
a creative combination of weight training and
stretching. Held every M-W-F. 8:45-9:35 am.
First class is free. 8 classes: $56/residents, $70/
non-residents. 16 classes: $96/residents, $120/
non-residents. 347-3950.
4/7 - Yoga with Rassika Sabine Bourgi
at the Society of The Four Arts, Philip Hulitar
Sculpture Garden, 2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm
Beach. Held every M-W-F through 5/30. 9-10
am. $15 per session. Participants are asked to
bring their own mat. Reservations: 805-8562.
4/7 - Pickleball at the Ezell Hester, Jr.
Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd.
Adults enjoy this fast-paced sport which
combines badminton and tennis. Held M-W-F.
9 am-1 pm. $5/at the door. 742-6550.
4/7 - Yoga Class at the Boca Raton Community
Center, 150 Crawford Blvd. Held M-W-F 9:30-11
am & Th. 6:30-8 pm. 5 classes: $65/residents,
$81.25/non-residents; 10 classes: $110/
residents, $137.50/non-residents; 20 classes:
$200/residents, $250/non-residents. 393-7807.
4/7 - Jazzercise/Light at Sugar Sand Park
Field House, 300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton.
50-minute class pairs moderate aerobics
with exercises designed to improve strength,
balance, and flexibility. Held M-W-F. 9:40-10:30
am. First class is free. 8 classes: $56/residents,
$70/non-residents. 16 classes: $96/residents,
$120/non-residents. 347-3950.
4/7 – Chair Massage with John Sampson at
the Highland Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd.
10 am every Monday. 278-5455.
4/7 - Tai Chi for Beginners of all ages at
Veterans Park, 802 NE First St., Delray Beach.
Learn natural ways to relieve tension, stress and
pains. Certified instruction. Held every Monday.
11 am-noon. Per class: $15/residents; $20/nonresidents. 243-7350.
4/7 - Parkinson’s Exercise Class at Sugar
Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. Program designed for people
with Parkinson’s. Components of this program
provide exercises that work to improve one’s
balance, flexibility and muscle strength.
Held every Monday. First class is free. 11:30
am-12:30 pm. 8 classes: $32/residents, $40/
non-residents. 16 classes: $60/residents, $75/
non-residents. 347-3950.
4/7 - Boca Raton Multiple Myeloma
Support Group meets 1st Monday of each
month at James A. Rutherford Community
Center, 2000 Yamato Road. Meet and interact
with fellow myeloma patients, their family
members and friends. Learn new aspects of
treatment and management of myeloma. 6:30
pm. Free. 901-5938 or 637-4682.
4/7 - Men’s Issues Support Group meets
every Monday at the Faulk Center for
Counseling, 22455 Boca Rio Road, Boca Raton.
6:30-8 pm. First session free, $5 thereafter.
483-5300.
4/7 - Meditation Mondays at the Highland
Beach Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Meditate to
enhance overall health and well-being. Held
every Monday. 7 pm. Free. 278-5455.
4/7 - Tuck Jazzie Jam Aerobics at the Ezell
Hester, Jr. Community Center, 1901 N. Seacrest
Blvd. Have fun and shed a few pounds as you
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groove to the music. Bring a towel and workout
mat. Held M&W. 7-8 pm. $3/at the door. 7426550 or www.boynton-beach.org.
Tuesday - 4/8 - Circuit Training at Sugar
Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. Circuit-based workout targets
multiple muscle groups to build lean muscle.
Modifications are given to accommodate
pregnant moms as well as beginner to
advanced fitness levels. Held every T&Th.
8:45-9:30. 4 classes: $36/residents, $45/nonresidents; 8 classes: $66/residents, $82.50/nonresidents; 16 classes: $118/residents, $147.50/
non-residents. 347-3950.
4/8 - Yoga Class at Lake Worth Playhouse, 713
Lake Ave. A slow intuitive vinyasa flow class.
Routine will focus around sun salutations,
balancing poses and deep relaxation. Held
T&Th. 9-10:15 am. $10/class or $40/5 classes.
586-6410.
Tuesday - 4/8 - Fit Mom’s Boot Camp at
Sugar Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military
Trail, Boca Raton. Circuit-based workout
incorporates cardio exercises, strength training,
running drills, body weight resistance training,
agility drills and core strengthening. Perfect for
new moms looking to get back in shape as well
as moms to-be looking to stay active and fit
during their pregnancy. Modifications are given
to accommodate all levels of fitness. Held T&Th.
9:30-10:20. 4 classes: $36/residents, $45/nonresidents; 8 classes: $66/residents, $82.50/nonresidents; 16 classes: $118/residents, $147.50/
non-residents. 347-3950.
4/8 - Women’s Issues Support Group
meets every Tuesday at the Faulk Center for
Counseling, 22455 Boca Rio Road, Boca Raton.
Two times available: 10-11:30 am or 7-8:30 pm.
First session free, $5 thereafter. 483-5300.
4/8 - Yoga at the Highland Beach Library, 3618
S. Ocean Blvd. Participants should bring their
own yoga mat. Held every T&R, 10:15 am. $10.
278-5455 or www.highlandbeachlibrary.org.
4/8 – Breastfeeding Support Group at
Dawson Theater, Boca Raton Regional Hospital,
800 Meadows Road. Noon -1:30 pm, Free. 9555415 or www.brrh.com/classes_events.
4/8 - Chair Yoga at the Highland Beach
Library, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. Participants should
bring their own yoga mat. Held T, 11:30 am.
$10. 278-5455.
4/8 - Zumba Gold Class at the James A.
Rutherford Community Center, Patch Reef Park,
2000 Yamato Road, Boca Raton. Latin-inspired
dance-fitness program is brought to the active
older adult and the beginner participant in an
easy and effective way to exercise and learn
basic steps from different rhythms such as
Merengue, Salsa, Cha Cha, Cumbia, Tango,
among others. T&Th through 5/1. 1-1:45 pm.
$60/residents, $75/non-residents. 367-7035.
4/8 - Senior Challenges: Hoping with
Emotions in Later Life Support Group
meets every Tuesday at the Faulk Center for
Counseling, 22455 Boca Rio Road, Boca Raton.
Issues involving finances, aging, health,
housing, relationships, adult children, care
giving, intimate relations and more. 2-3:30 pm.
$5 donation requested. 483-5300.
4/8 – Yoga at the Highland Beach Library, 3618
S. Ocean Blvd. 10:15 am every T&Th. $10. 2785455. www.highlandbeachlibrary.org.
4/8 - Zumba Gold Fitness Class for ages 55
& up at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray
Beach. Fitness program designed to enhance
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the quality of life through music and dance.
Tuesdays, 3-4 pm. Per class: $5/residents, $6/
non-residents. 243-7350.
4/8 - Boot Camp In Your Neighborhood at
Hester Center, 1901 N. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton
Beach. Military style exercises, stretching,
running, sprints, lunges, push-ups, abdominal
work and group fitness for all fitness levels. T/
Th. 6-7 pm. $10 at the door. 742-6550.
Wednesday - 4/9 - Yoga for ages 18 and up
at Veterans Park, 802 NE First St., Delray Beach.
Held every W. 9-10:30 am. Per class: $10/
residents; $15/non-residents. 243-7350.
4/9 - Belly Dancing at Veterans Park, 802 NE
1st St., Delray Beach. A fun, safe, low-impact
dance class for ages 14 and up. Wednesdays, 1-2
pm. $5/residents, $6/non residents per class.
243-7352 or www.mydelraybeach.com.
4/9 - Moving Foward: Support and
Discussion Group meets every Wednesday at
the Faulk Center for Counseling, 22455 Boca Rio
Road, Boca Raton. 1-2:30 pm. $5. 483-5300.
4/9 - Parkinson’s Exercise Class at Sugar
Sand Park Field House, 300 S. Military Trail,
Boca Raton. Program designed for people of all
ages with Parkinson’s. Held every Wednesday.
First class is free. 2-3 pm. 8 classes: $32/
residents, $40/non-residents. 16 classes: $60/
residents, $75/non-residents. 347-3950.
4/9 - Acid Reflux: What You Need to
Know - Presented by Lianne K. Cavell, M.D.,
gastroenterologist, at Bethesda Hospital East,
Clayton Conference Center, 2815 S. Seacrest
Blvd., Boynton Beach. 4:30 pm. Free. 731-2273.
4/9 - Understanding Pelvic Pain - Presented
as part of the Women in the Know Lecture Series
at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Lynn Women’s
Health & Wellness Institute, 690 Meadows
Road. Lecture series designed to address a
variety of important health topics and issues
for women of all ages. Registration: 5:30 pm;
lecture: 6-7 pm. Free. Registration: 955-2131.
4/9 - Divorced and Separated Support
Group meets every Wednesday at the Faulk
Center for Counseling, 22455 Boca Rio Road,
Boca Raton. 6-7:30 pm. First session free, $5
thereafter. 483-5300.
4/9 - Tai Chi Class - Wednesdays at the Boca
Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Blvd.,
Boca Raton. Emphasizes moving meditation
for focus, concentration, release of stress
and attention skills. Two sessions offered:
beginners, 6:10-7:10 pm; intermediate,
7:10-8:10 pm. 8 classes: $48/residents, $60/
non-residents; 12 classes: $66/residents, $82/
non-residents. 393-7807.
4/9 - Childbirth Education Prenatal Class at
Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Parent Education
Center, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach.
Provides an overview of the signs of labor,
breathing techniques and more. Bring two
pillows and a blanket. Wear comfortable
stretchy clothes; no dresses or skirts. Held
again 4/16, 23 & 28. 6:30 pm. $75/couple.
Registration: 369-2229.
Thursday - 4/10 - SuperPATH: The Latest in
Hip Replacement - Presented by Elvis Grandic,
M.D., Orthopaedic Surgeon, as part of the
Ask the Physician Lecture Series at Bethesda
Hospital East, Clayton Conference Center, 2815
S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. 4:30 pm. Free.
731-2273.
4/10 - Zumba Class at Lake Worth Playhouse,
713 Lake Ave. Ongoing class held Th. 5:30-6:30
pm. $15/class or $60/5 classes. 586-6410.
4/10 - Qigong Class at Sugar Sand Park, 300
S. Military Trail, Boca Raton. Qigong is the
cultivation and/or practice of energy. Practicing
Qigong burns more calories standing still than
if you were running. Bring a yoga mat or towel
and wear comfortable clothing and athletic
shoes. Thursdays through 5/29. For ages 16 &
up. 7-8 pm. Per session: $18/resident; $22.50/
non-resident. Full eight-week session: $150/
residents, $187.50/non-residents. 347-3900.
Friday - 4/11 - Zumba Gold Fitness Class
for ages 55 & up at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st
St., Delray Beach. Fitness program designed to
enhance the quality of life through music and
dance. Every Friday. 9:30-10:30 am. Per class:
$5/residents, $6/non-residents. 243-7350.
APRIL 13-19
Wednesday - 4/16 – CPR for Family and
Friends Class - Learn the basics of infant,
child and adult CPR. 6-8 pm. $25. Boca Raton
Regional Hospital, 800 Meadows Road, Boca
Raton, Classroom B, Education Center. 9554468 or www.brrh.com/classes_events.
Thursday - 4/17 - Zumba Toning Class at the
James A. Rutherford Community Center, Patch
Reef Park, 2000 Yamato Road, Boca Raton. Take
the original Zumba dance-fitness class to the
next level thru muscle training protocol and
the addition of lightweight toning sticks or
dumb bells. Students must bring a pair of light
weights (no more than 2.5 lbs.) or purchase
1 lb. toning sticks from instructor first day of
the session ($20/pair). Th. through 5/29. 8:309:30 am. $60/residents, $75/non-residents.
367-7035.
Friday - 4/18 - Alzheimer’s Cafe at the
Shirley & Barton Weisman Delray Community
Center (of Ruth Rales Jewish Family Service),
7091 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. The
Alzheimer’s Cafe is a unique gathering for
people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and
related memory loss, along with their families,
friends, caregivers and professionals. They
share laughter and each other’s good company
in a relaxed setting, listen and sing to old
time music, dance, make art, play games
and munch on snacks. The gatherings also
create an opportunity to share feelings and
explore constructive solutions for caregivers
in interaction with others in similar situations.
Held the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month. 2-4
pm. Free. RSVP: 866-7086.
APRIL 20-26
Tuesday - 4/22 - SuperPATH: The Latest in
Hip Replacement - Presented by Elvis Grandic,
M.D., Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bethesda Hospital
East, at the West Boynton Branch Library,
9451 S. Jog Road, Boynton Beach. 2 pm. Free.
734-5556 .
4/22 - Healthy Living Series - Presented
by Delray Medical Center at the Delray Beach
Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 3 pm. Free.
266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org .
Wednesday - 4/23 - Breast Health Presented as part of the Women in the Know
Lecture Series at Boca Raton Regional Hospital,
Lynn Women’s Health & Wellness Institute,
690 Meadows Road, Boca Raton. Lecture series
designed to address a variety of important
health topics and issues for women of all ages.
Registration: 5:30 pm; lecture: 6-7 pm. Free.
Registration: 955-2131 or www.brrh.com .
APRIL 27-MAY 3
Tuesday - 4/29 - Adult Swim Fit for skilled
swimmers at the John Denson Pool, 225 NW 12th
Ave., Boynton Beach. Cass is for those who wish
to have a swim team workout without having to
compete in meets. Participants must be able to swim
25 yards freestyle and 25 yards backstroke. Runs
through 5/23. T-F. 12:30-1:30 pm. $50/resident, $62/
non-residents. 742-6645.
Wednesday - 4/30 - Laughter - The Best
Medicine For Stress - Presented as part of
the Women in the know Lecture Series at Boca
Raton Regional Hospital, Lynn Women’s Health
& Wellness Institute, 690 Meadows Road, Boca
Raton. Lecture series designed to address a
variety of important health topics and issues
for women of all ages. Registration: 5:30 pm;
lecture: 6-7 pm. Free. Registration required.
955-2131 or www.brrh.com.
Thursday - 5/1 - Surgical Weight Reduction
Symposium - Presented by Miguel A. LopezViego, M.D., at Bethesda Hospital East, Clayton
Conference Center, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd.,
Boynton Beach. Learn how laproscopic gastric
bypass and Lap-Band surgery can change lives.
Held the first Thursday of each month. 6:30 pm.
Free. 737-7733 ext. 84688.
5/1 - Qi Gong at Sugar Sand Park Community
Center, 300 South Military Trail, Boca Raton.
For Ages 16 & up. Ancient practice to help
relieve stress & more. All levels. 7-8 pm. Held
again 15,22 & 29. Per Week: Residents: $18;
Non-residents: $22.50. 347-3900 or www.
SugarSandPark.org.
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H10 Religion
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April 2014
Finding Faith
Churches’ Haiti outreach
changing lives, opening eyes
T
he South Florida Haiti
Project began 10 years
ago when a then-interior
decorator from Boca Raton
went on a mission trip. Anita
Thorstad — stunned by the
poverty and need for education
— alerted the Episcopalians
back home.
Today, their school in
Bondeau, Haiti, has 275
students.
St. Gregory’s Episcopal
Church in Boca Raton and St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church in
Delray Beach together pay for
the teachers and for the food to
nourish the students.
Children being on the
brink of starvation is hard for
most Americans to imagine.
Thorstad found families living
in one-room shacks with dirt
floors and no running water.
“I thought it would be
great for St. Gregory’s to
have an overseas outreach to
connect spiritually and learn
about poverty in third-world
countries,” she said. “Your
spirituality grows if you can
relate to the very, very poor.”
Thorstad quit her interior
decorating job, became a
deacon and inspired other
Episcopalians to open their
hearts, too.
Members of St. Gregory’s
responded first by purchasing a
truck so a Haitian priest could
travel to Bondeau.
Thorstad saw 100 children
squeezed into a one-room
school there and asked how
they could learn when they
were sleeping. The teacher
explained that the children had
no energy because they hadn’t
eaten.
St. Gregory’s contributed
$50,000 to build a K-6 school
with eight classrooms in 2009.
“We’re there to help the
children rise above the poverty
of their parents,” Thorstad
explained. “They needed to
have a decent school, and kids
need nutrition or else they can’t
study.”
St. Paul ’s Episcopal Church
responded the next year by
pledging to provide a nutritious
meal every day for the
schoolchildren.
Word about Thorstad’s
mission to save the children
spread and a donor built a
guest house for mission trips.
Students at St. Andrew’s
School donated used shoes.
Donors responded even
more after an earthquake killed
100,000 and left 1.5 million
homeless in Haiti four years
ago.
“After the earthquake,
people wanted to give
generously,” said the Rev.
Andrew Sherman, the pastor
at St. Gregory’s. “But we see
ourselves as a continuing
partner whether there is an
earthquake or not.”
So the miracles in Bondeau
continue. An anonymous donor
has given $100,000 to build a
church plus another $100,000
to start a village of new homes.
Anita Thorstad, a deacon at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton, has led the church’s
joint efforts with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Delray Beach to open and operate a K-6 school
in Bondeau, Haiti, which now serves 275 students. Photo provided
Thorstad built a home for
herself that she quickly filled
with 13 children whose parents
couldn’t support them.
“Her work is truly a calling
from God,” Sherman said.
“It’s a beautiful and inspiring
thing.”
Roughton
The Rev.
Ken Roughton
is retiring
after 20 years
as senior
pastor at First
Methodist
Church in
Boca Raton.
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“The thought of leaving
this community is terrifying,”
Roughton said. “This is a
wonderful church filled with
wonderful people.”
Two decades is an unusually
long stay for a Methodist
pastor. Roughton’s tenure began
with First Methodist turning
down a Mizner Park developer’s
offer to buy the church property
on Mizner Boulevard.
“We decided that God placed
us in the heart of the city for a
reason,” Roughton said.
The congregation built a
$4 million fellowship hall in
2000 that generated a surge of
new members. An architect
then designed plans for a new
$10 million sanctuary.
But church members decided
against the expenditure after
their pastor led them in six
weeks of prayer. That was right
before the housing market
collapsed and the nation went
into recession.
“We really believe God was
in that. We could have been
crippled,” their pastor reflected.
Roughton, who leaves in
June, will deliver his 12th and
final Easter sermon at the
Mizner Park Amphitheatre
at 9 a.m. on April 20. First
Methodist has sponsored the
community worship service
since 2003.
Also retiring after a long
ministry is the Rev. Randall
Gill, the
pastor at First
Presbyterian
Church in
Boynton Beach
for 25 years.
“It’s so
unique to
Gill
be a pastor
for 25 years in the same
congregation,” said the Rev.
Sam Rutland, his longtime
friend and colleague. “He was
an example of a pastor who was
faithful.”
Gill was the leader of
Boynton Beach ’s community
Easter sunrise service on the
beach during that time. He also
has been active in the Boynton
Beach Historical Society, coauthoring the book Images of
America: Boynton Beach.
He oversaw 150 pastors in
47 churches from Fort Pierce to
Key West as moderator of the
Presbytery of Tropical Florida
this past year.
The Chabad of East Boca
plans to build a synagogue and
Jewish history museum at 770
E. Palmetto Park Road.
The 18,000-square-foot
Boca Beach Jewish CenterChabad will include 7,000
square feet for the museum,
which will focus on Israel
from an historical and
spiritual perspective with
interactive exhibits and a
three-dimensional model of the
Jewish nation.
The orthodox congregation
has been renting space on
Northeast First Avenue for the
past 12 years.
A permanent synagogue
in downtown Boca Raton is
expected to attract observant
Jews who prefer to live close to
their synagogues so they can
walk to services on the Sabbath.
Rabbi Ruvi New and his
congregants hope the museum
will attract Jews and non-Jews
from throughout the country.
Tim Pallesen writes about
people of
faith, their
congregations,
causes and
community
events.
Email him at
tcpallesen@
aol.com.
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Religion H11
Sunrise & Easter Services
Sunday - 4/20 - Easter Sunday Masses at St.
Mark Catholic Church, 643 St. Mark Place, Boynton
Beach. 6 am Sunrise Mass on the lawn. 7:30, 9:15,
11 am, 12:30 pm in the Church. Holy Saturday Vigil
Mass 7:45 pm. 734-9330 or www.stmarkboynton.
4/20 - Briny Breeze’s Easter Sunrise Service:
The Briny Breeze’s Community Church service
begins at 6:30 am at the beach clubhouse, Old
Ocean Ave., Briny Breezes. Event hosted for
residents, but public is welcome. 276-7405.
4/20 - Easter Sunrise Community Worship
Service - Presented by the Boynton Beach
Ministerial Association at Oceanfront Park, 6415
N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge. 6:30 am. Bring a
folding chair. A free-will offering will be taken
to benefit the Boynton Beach Community Caring
Center. Open to the public. A pancake breakfast on
a donation basis served after the sunrise service
from 7:30-9:30 am at First Presbyterian Church
of Boynton Beach, 235 SW Sixth Ave., followed
by a 10 am Easter Egg Hunt and an 11 am Easter
Worship Service. Free parking. 732-3774.
4/20 - Easter Sunrise Service at the Beach
Pavilion located at Atlantic Avenue and A1A, Delray
Beach. Presented by the Delray Beach Interfaith
Clergy Association. Rev. Linda Mobley from Cason
United Methodist Church with music by the St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church Jazz Ensemble. All are
welcome. 6:30 am. 276-4541 4/20 - Our Savior Lutheran Easter Sunrise
Service is held at 6:30 am at R.G. Kruesler Park
at the Lake Worth Beach, 10 S. Ocean Blvd.,
Lake Worth. All are welcome. Following sunrise
service, public is invited to the traditional Easter
Breakfast at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1615
Lake Ave., Lake Worth. 8:15 am. Free-will offering.
Easter worship service at the church at 9:30 am.
582-4430.
4/20 - St. Jude Easter Sunrise Service at
Spanish River Park on A1A, Boca Raton. Each
year Father Michael Driscoll celebrates an Easter
Sunrise Mass on the beach. People of all faiths and
parishes gather for this event. 6:30 am. 392-8172
or www.stjudeboca.org.
4/20 - Easter Sunday Masses at St. Vincent
Ferrer Catholic Church, 840 George Bush Blvd.,
Delray Beach. 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30 am in the Church;
10:10, 11:40 am in the Family Life Center. Holy
Saturday Vigil Mass 7 pm. 276-6892 or www.
stvincentferrer.com.
4/20 - Easter Sunday Masses at Ascension
Catholic Church, 7250 N Federal Highway, Boca
Raton. 7:30, 9, 10:30 am, 12 noon, 7 pm in the
Church; 9:15, 10:45 am in the Family Center. Holy
Saturday Vigil Mass 7:30 pm. 997-5486 or www.
ascencioncatholicchurch.net.
4/20 – Festival Eucharist at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. With
St. Paul’s choir. 7:30 and 9:30 am. Free. 276-4541
or www. stpaulsdelray.org.
4/20 - 12th Annual Easter in the Park
Worship Celebration at Mizner Park
Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Family
event featuring music, an uplifting Easter message
and a live butterfly release for children. Free
parking at both First United Methodist Church lots
on Mizner Blvd. across from the Amphitheater, as
well as in parking lots and garages in Mizner Park.
9 am. Free. 395-1244. www.fumcbocaraton.org.
4/20 - Easter Sunday Services at First
Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach, 33 Gleason
St., Delray Beach. Open to the public. 9 & 11 am.
276-6338 or www.firstdelray.com.
4/20 - Easter Sunday Services and Annual
Easter Egg Hunt at Unity of Delray Beach, 101
NW 22nd St. The Rev. Nancy Norman will conduct
the Easter services. Special music and singing
for the season with Karl Van Richards and Daniel
Cochran. Services: 9:25 & 11 am. Easter Egg Hunt
follows 9:25 am Sunday School. All ages welcome
to watch the merriment, with the highlight being
the arrival of the Easter Bunny. Free will offering.
276-5796 or www.unityofdelraybeach.org.
4/20 – Easter Service & Butterfly Release
at Church of The Palms Friendship Center, 960 N
Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. 10:00 am. Service is
followed by a Butterfly Release in the beautiful
gardens outside the Sanctuary. All are welcome.
276-6347 or www.churchofthepalms.net.
OTHER RELIGION
EVENTS
Wednesday – 4/9 - Lenten Journey Supper
at Church of the Palms Friendship Center, 1960
N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Dinners on
Wednesday nights until 4/17. Simple soup and
salad followed by a Creative Workshop Service.
6 pm. All are welcome. Reservations: 276-6347
or www.churchofthepalms.net.
Sunday - 4/13 – Palm Sunday at Unity of Delray
Beach, 101 NW 22nd St. Karl Van Richards and
the Ebony Chorale with Dr. Orville Lawton. 11 am.
276-5796 or www.unityofdelraybeach.org.
Monday - 4/14 - Annual Passover Banquet
Seder at L’Chaim Messianic Congregation at
New Life Alliance Church, 1815 Forest Hill Blvd.,
West Palm Beach. 6:30 pm. $20, $10/children
12 and under. Reservations 350-6964 or email
[email protected] .
4/14 - Traditional Passover Seder at Temple
Sinai, 2475 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. Full
dinner with service conducted by Rabbi Greg
Kanter and Cantorial Soloist Margaret Schmitt.
6 pm. $70, $30/children age 10 and under.
Reservations by 4/7. 276-6161.
Thursday - 4/17 – Maundy Thursday at
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton,
Delray Beach. Holy Eucharist with footwashing,
Agape Supper, stripping of the altar and youth
night watch. 7 pm. Free. 276-4541 or www.
stpaulsdelray.org.
Friday - 4/18 – Good Friday Prayer Vigil
and Tenebrae Service at Unity of Delray
Beach, 101 NW 22nd St. Prayer Vigil: Noon-3
pm, Tenebrae Service 7 pm. 276-5796 or www.
unityofdelraybeach.org.
4/18 – St. Paul’s and St. Matthew’s Stations
of the Cross begins at St. Matthew’s, 404 SW
3rd St., Delray Beach. 5:30 pm. Free. 276-4541 or
www.stpaulsdelray.org.
Sunday - 4/27 - Guest Speaker: The Rev.
Denise DeSimone at Unity of Delray Beach,
101 NW 22nd St. DeSimone will speak during
the 9:25 and 11 am services and present a
workshop from 1:30-3:30 pm. DeSimone is an
author, motivational and inspirational public
speaker and workshop leader with an extensive
background in interfaith ministry and a wide
range of holistic healing practices. Free. 2765796 or www.unityofdelraybeach.org.
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H12 Religion/Business
The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Religion/Business
Local student’s award-winning
business plan is a win-win
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When you’re a college kid,
getting a text message from
your mom isn’t always a big
thrill.
But the message 19-year-old
Benjamin Arsali of Hypoluxo
Island received from his mom
on Feb. 3 made his day — and
probably his year, he says.
“Congratulations!” it read.
“You’ve won the $15,000!”
The news meant that
Arsali, a business major at
FAU Jupiter’s Wilkes Honors
College, won the top prize
in a scholarship competition
among his fellow classmates:
$15,000 in seed money to start
a new business.
But not just any business.
Students competing for the
Kenan Social Engagement
Scholarship wrote business
plans for a “social enterprise”
— a business that addresses
a pressing social need —
as part of a class in social
entrepreneurship.
Their assignment was to
design a viable business that
could be implemented at The
Lord’s Place, a West Palm
Beach organization that
provides supportive housing,
job training and other services
to homeless individuals and
families.
“When I visited The Lord’s
Place and sat in the cafeteria
with volunteers, staff and
homeless clients, I could not
tell who was who,” Arsali says.
“Homeless people are just like
you and me. I asked them,
what are your needs? They all
said, ‘We want jobs.’ ”
He went home and thought
about it. What kind of lowstartup-cost business could
provide steady employment
for formerly homeless people?
He did some research and hit
upon an idea.
“Currently in Palm
Beach County alone, there
are thousands of foreclosed
and bank-owned homes,”
Arsali says. “Banks hire out
companies to paint, pressurewash, cut the grass at these
vacant homes — simple tasks.
FAU Honors student Ben Arsali, center, with Diana Stanley,
CEO of The Lord’s Place, left, and Jeremy Morse, vice president of social enterprise at The Lord’s Place. Photo provided
“Meanwhile, you have 3,200
people sleeping on our streets
any given night in Palm Beach
County. They’ve lost their jobs
or become unable to work, so
they’ve got no employment
history, and some have
criminal records.
Now they can’t find a job.
This is where my company,
Maintenance Magicians, will
come in,” he says.
Under the guidance of
Jeremy Morse, vice president
of social enterprise at The
Lord’s Place, Arsali is starting
to set up the business.
First, he says, he will
purchase equipment and
train a small “starter group”
of Lord’s Place clients; they’ll
learn the ropes by doing
basic maintenance on the
organization’s own buildings.
Next, Arsali will appeal to
local banks’ sense of corporate
responsibility, pitching
them on the merits of hiring
Maintenance Magicians to
keep up appearances at their
foreclosed properties.
Morse, who participated
in the judging, says he chose
Arsali’s plan because it could
be implemented right away,
and replicated in other areas if
successful.
One of Arsali’s FAU
professors, Dr. Christopher
Strain, says the best social
entrepreneurs are the ones
who don’t allow their dreams
to become crushed.
“That’s Ben,” Strain says. “If
he wants to, he certainly has
the skills and energy to further
this project and take it in new
directions.” Ú
April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
H13
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Tastefully renovated 3 BR, plus den, 2 BA pool home
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A boaters dream location right across from the
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H14 Gardening
The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Secret Gardens
A fragrant, peaceful and
edible spot at The Breakers
A
t The Breakers in Palm
Beach, you can expect
towering royal palms,
gently falling fountains and
blankets of colorful flowers
virtually everywhere. But if
you head to an area between
the resort’s croquet court and
the 13th hole of its Ocean Golf
Course, you can expect the
unexpected.
This is the resort’s organic
herb and vegetable garden.
Outlined by hedges of
podocarpus, trinette and
rosemary, this 40-by-60-foot
plot is just as carefully designed
and maintained as the rest of
the property; there’s not a weed
in sight. But it’s the plantings
that are different.
In 14 raised beds fashioned
from wood, you’ll find small
bouquets of tender fresh basil;
red-veined leaves of blood
sorrel; purple-edged “scarlet
frills” mustard greens; tiny
leaf oregano; spikes of garlic
chives; and gaillardia or Indian
blanket, a wildflower with rust
blooms that make unusual plate
garnishes.
Although the landscaping
crew maintains it, executive
chef Anthony Sicignano and
the other resort chefs use the
harvest for garnishes and
seasonings in their restaurants.
When there’s a gentle breeze,
it makes a pleasant place for
visitors to sit peacefully on one
of the two wooden benches. If
the timing is right, you may
even be serenaded by the bells
from a nearby church tower.
“When I have a really hectic
day ahead of me, I stop out here
for five minutes just to have
some peace,” says Sicignano,
who was the impetus behind
the garden planted in this
location about a decade ago.
Nearby, clay pots hold three
small trees with aromatic
leaves. Smell them and you
Royal Poinciana Way
Cocoanut Walk
Pine Walk
The Breakers
Herb Garden
Royal Palm Way
If You Go
The Breakers, 1 S. County
Road, Palm Beach; thebreakers.com; 655-6611.
The garden is open to the
public when visiting The
Breakers.
may recognize the spicy bite of
allspice, the herbaceous scent
of bay leaf and the aroma of
lemon bay rum reminiscent of
aftershave.
There also are concrete
flower boxes filled with fresh
mint.
Although there are both
spearmint and wintergreen
varieties, a staff tasting
determined the wintergreen to
be too antiseptic for use in the
resort kitchens.
In this garden, Sicignano
likes to experiment. He is
trying to sprout agretti from
seeds that were imported
from Italy, where he traveled
and discovered this annual
succulent. He describes it as
tasting like a cross between a
chive and a pine needle. “But it
really is delicious,” he adds.
Now stroll down the path
that leads west from the garden.
It used to be blacktop, but last
fall the resort decided to redo
it “Breakers’ style,” explains
Sicignano. They replaced the
TOP: The herb garden at The Breakers in Palm Beach is tucked between the croquet court
and the 13th hole. LEFT: Chef Joey Tuazon gathers nasturium blooms to dress a salad. RIGHT:
June plum is one of the many fruit trees. Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
macadam with a pattern of red
bricks. Along it they planted
tropical fruit trees as a test to
see if they do well. If so, you
may find them being planted all
over the property.
Although there hasn’t
been any fruit harvested yet,
Sicignano is looking forward to
variegated pink lemons that are
already forming their striped
Mounts Botanical Garden
2014 Connoisseurs
Garden Tour
A Mother’s Day Tradition
Saturday, May 10
Sunday, May 11
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
green fruit on the tree.
There also will be avocado,
loquat, lychee, breadfruit,
Barbados cherry and two types
of mangoes plus others.
Of course, The Breakers
does millions of dollars in food
and beverage revenue each
year. And to supply that food
they’d have to have a farm.
“But to grow and share a little
of what we use is kind of neat,”
Sicignano says.
Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley is a
certified master
gardener who
can be reached
at debhartz@
att.net when
she’s not in her
garden.
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April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
Gardening H15
Pavilion Dedication
Beachfront, Delray Beach – March 26
LEFT: Beach-goers admire the new Delray Beach Pavilion before its official ribbon cutting on March 26 at Atlantic Avenue and A1A. Tim Stepien/The Coastal
Star. RIGHT: The Grass River Garden Club donated native landscaping for the beach pavilion in Delray. Pictured are Grass River Garden Club Pavilion
Chairwomen Tina Smith, left, and Christina Benisch with landscaper Carl Terwilliger. Photo provided
Our Beautiful Cities Flower Show
Garden Club, Boca Raton – March 22
Rita Golder, left, and
her daughter Beth
Monarch, center, of
Boca Raton look at
the flower arrangment
by their friend and
Boca Raton Garden
Club member Marie
Young, right, who
won a third place
award of excellence
ribbon in Division II,
Class 4, during the
‘Our Beautiful Cities’
Standard Flower Show
at the Boca Raton
Garden Club.
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The Coastal Star
Gardening Calendar
Note: Events are current as of 3/28. Please
check with organizers for any changes.
APRIL 5
Saturday - 4/5- Attracting Wildlife: If
You Plant It, They Will Come at Mounts
Botanical Garden Auditorium, 531 N.
Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Discover
how to bring birds, butterflies and nature
home. Participants learn the secrets of
creating a welcoming habitat for colorful
winged residents and migrating visitors.
9 am-12:30 pm. $35/members, $40/nonmembers. Reservations required. 233-1757
or www.mounts.org.
4 /5 - Wellington Garden Club - A
Garden Tour “The Secret Gardens of
Wellington.”Purchase tickets at First
Baptist Church, 12700 W. Forest Hill
Blvd., Wellington 9:30 am-2:30 pm. $30/
person. www.wellingtongardenclub.org
APRIL 6-12
Wednesday - 4/9 - Delray Beach Orchid
Society meets at Veterans Park Recreation
Center, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach.
Meetings held the 2nd Wednesday of the
month. 7:30 pm. Free. 412-6752 or www.
delraybeachorchidsociety.com.
Saturday - 4/12 - Creating a Butterfly
Garden for Children at Mounts Botanical
Garden, Exhibit Hall A, 559 N. Military Trail,
West Palm Beach. Enthrall your littlest
gardeners by creating a butterfly garden
in your backyard or in containers. It’s a
beautiful, Florida Friendly way for them
to discover more about the natural world.
Instructor covers the best host and nectar
plants and explains how to design,
plant and care for the garden. Children
must be accompanied by an adult. 11 amnoon. $10/members, $15/non-members.
233-1757 or www.mounts.org.
4/12-13 - Palm Beach Palm and Cycad
Society Sale at Mounts Botanical Garden,
531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach.
Over 500 species of Palms & Cycads. Sat. &
Sun.: 8 am-5 pm. Free. 233-1757 or www.
mounts.org.
4/26-27 - More than a... Spring Plant Sale,
Hibiscus & Rose Show at Mounts Botanical
Garden, 559 N. Military Trail, West Palm
Beach. Annual plant sale features more than
80 vendors with an amazing assortment of
quality plants and good. The American Hibiscus
Sunrise-Conrad Chapter & Greater Palm Beach
Rose Society will have their annual show. Palm
Beach County Woodturners will be selling a
large selection of woodturnings. Sat.: 9 am-5
pm, Sun.: 9 am-4 pm. $10/non-members, free/
members. 233-1757 or www.mounts.org.
APRIL 27- MAY 3
Saturday - 5/3 - Lawn Care 101: The
Florida-Friendly Lawn at Mounts Botanical
Garden Auditorium, 531 N. Military Trail, West
Palm Beach. Discover how to have a healthier
lawn while protecting South Florida’s natural
resources. 9 am-1 2:30 pm. $35/members, $45/
non-members. 233-1757 or www.mounts.org.
5/3 - Tropical Fruit & Vegetable
Garden Workshop at City Hall Annex, 414
Lake Ave., Lake Worth.
Conversation with Florida Master
Gardeners, Dick and Mary Pase. 2 pm-3 pm.
Free. 533-7354.
The next edition of The Coastal Star
will come out on May 3
H16 On the Water
The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
On the Water
Fishing tournaments will target kingfish, dolphin and wahoo
T
he warming weather of
spring usually improves
fishing for three popular
ocean fish off the coast of
South Florida: kingfish,
dolphin and wahoo.
With the fish come a flurry
of ocean fishing tournaments
along the coast of Palm
Beach County — known as
“KDW” tournaments because
competing anglers target
kingfish, dolphin and wahoo.
Some tournament organizers
add snapper, cobia or other
ocean fish to their events.
The KDW tournament
season usually begins in April
and continues well into the
heart of the hurricane season
in September.
Most of the spring and
summer KDW tournaments
benefit charitable causes such
as scholarship funds, animal
rescue operations, services
for children or programs that
teach fishing skills to kids.
Teams of anglers who catch
the largest fish, or combined
weight of fish, win cash prizes
in KDW tournaments.
Most tournaments offer
discounts for early registration,
so it pays to dust off your
calendar and plan ahead for
the spring and summer fishing
Jason Bagwell and Jason Maret hold the 36.4-pound kingfish
caught by Bagwell on Craigg Maret’s boat Get Sum that won
top overall boat and heaviest kingfish honors in the 19th
annual Mark Gerretson Memorial Fishing Tournament out of
Boynton Beach Inlet in August 2013. File photo/The Coastal
Star
tournaments.
Here is a partial list of
upcoming fishing tournaments
in Palm Beach County.
(Details of other tournaments
will be released in the weeks
ahead. Check area tackle shops
for tournament brochures.)
APRIL 12: Jupiter vs.
Dwyer Fishing Tournament.
Open to everyone. Benefits
schools’ baseball programs.
Your source for
Weigh-in at Burt Reynolds
Waterway Pavilion, Jupiter.
Captain’s meeting 6 p.m. April
10 at Corners Ocean Bar &
Grill, 71 E. Indiantown Road,
Jupiter. Details: 339-1282.
APRIL 19: Boynton
Beach Firefighters Fishing
Tournament & Firehouse
Chili Cookoff. Based at
Harvey E. Oyer Park, 2010 N.
Federal Highway. Captain’s
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APRIL 26: The 34th
Annual Offshore Challenge
presented by the West Palm
Beach Kiwanis Club and
the Boys and Girls Clubs of
Palm Beach County. Based
at Sailfish Marina, 98 Lake
Drive, Palm Beach Shores.
Captain’s meeting 6 p.m. April
25 at the Buccaneer, 142 Lake
Drive, Palm Beach Shores.
Details: 683-3287 or www.
pboffshorechallenge.com.
MAY 3: 20th Annual
Lantana Fishing Derby.
Captain’s meeting 5:30 p.m.
May 1 at Benny’s Lantana
Grill, 224 N. 3rd St., Lantana.
(Free kids tournament
under Lantana Bridge, 9
a.m. to noon.) Discount for
registration before April 17.
Details: 585-8664 or www.
lantanafishingderby.com.
MAY 17: Boynton Beach
Kiwanis 33rd Annual Fishing
Tournament. Based at Palm
Beach Yacht Center, 7848
S. Federal Hwy., Hypoluxo.
Captain’s meeting 5-7 p.m.
May 16 at Palm Beach Yacht
Center. Details: 736-0568 or
www.boyntonbeachkiwanis.
webs.com.
MAY 31: Palm Beach
County KDW Classic. Based
at Riviera Beach Marina, 200
E. 13th St. Captain’s meeting
6 p.m. May 30 at Bicentennial
Park (north side of Riviera
Beach Marina). Benefits
Palm Beach County Fishing
Foundation. Details: 832-6780
or www.kdwclassic.com.
MAY 31: Sail Inn Tavern
KDW. Based at Veterans
Park, Delray Beach. Captain’s
meeting 5 p.m. May 29 at the
Sail Inn Tavern, 657 George
Bush Blvd., Delray Beach.
Details: 276-5147.
MAY 31-JUNE 1: Greater
Palm Beach Offshore 440.
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Based at Lake Park Harbor
Marina, 105 Lake Shore
Drive. Two-day tournament.
Captain’s meeting 4-8 p.m.
May 30 at Lake Park Harbor
Marina. Details: www.fishska.
com or (904) 819-0360.
JUNE 21: 15th Annual
Horizons Fishing
Tournament organized
by Hospice of Palm Beach
County Foundation. Based
at North Palm Beach Marina.
Captain’s meeting June 19.
Details: 273-2242 or www.
hpbcf.org.
JUNE 28: Sixth Annual
Lake Worth Fishing
Tournament based at
Palm Beach Yacht Center,
7848 S. Federal Highway,
Hypoluxo. Captain’s meeting
6 p.m. at Tuppen’s Marine
& Tackle, 1006 N. Dixie
Hwy., Lake Worth. Awards
party June 29 in downtown
Lake Worth. Details: www.
lakeworthfishingtournament.
com. Email: LWFT@earthlink.
net
JULY 12: Big Dog & Fat
Cat KDW Shootout. Based at
Sailfish Marina, 98 Lake Drive,
Palm Beach Shores. Captain’s
meeting 7 p.m. July 11 at
Sailfish Marina. Details: www.
bigdogfatcat.org or 315-3722.
AUG. 9: Mark Gerretson
20th Anniversary Fishing
Tournament. Based at
Veterans Park, Delray Beach.
Captain’s meeting 6 p.m. Aug.
8 at the Delray Beach Elks
Lodge, 265 NE Fourth Ave.
Details: www.mgmft.net or
859-2771.
SEPTEMBER:
X-Generation KDW
Challenge. Date and location
to be announced. Details: 2967637.
Rare catch: Anglers Michael
Sanchez and Mike Ashberry
caught and released two rare
longbill spearfish Feb. 22 while
trolling in 850 feet off Boynton
Inlet with Captain Geno Pratt
on the Geno IV. Pratt first
thought the fish were similarlooking white marlin, also
a relatively rare catch in our
waters. The full-day charter
on Geno IV, based at Boynton
Harbor Marina, also produced
three wahoo and a dolphin.
Fishing yard sale: The West
Palm Beach Fishing Club’s
annual marine yard sale is set
for 7 a.m. until noon April
12 at the club’s headquarters,
Fifth Street at Flagler Drive,
downtown West Palm Beach.
Used fishing rods and reels,
boating and diving gear,
clothing, lures, coolers and
related gear will be for sale.
(Regulars often arrive well
before 7 a.m.)
Proceeds benefit the
Palm Beach County
Fishing Foundation, which
supports the club’s annual
Kids Fishing Day in August.
Donations of used gear are
accepted before the sale.
Call 832-6780 or go to www.
westpalmbeachfishingclub.org.
April 2014 Fishing TV host to speak to
Boynton Beach Fishing Club:
George Poveromo,
editor at large for Salt Water
Sportsman magazine and host
of the television show George
Poveromo’s World of Saltwater
Fishing, will speak to the
Boynton Beach Fishing Club
April 22. The meeting begins
at 7 p.m. in the Coast Guard
Auxiliary building (near the
boat ramps) at Harvey E.
Oyer Park, 2210 N. Federal
Highway.
Tip of the month: Look for
spring kingfish to show up in
the waters north and south of
Boynton Inlet. Sloan’s Curve,
north of the Lake Worth pier,
has been a kingfish hotspot in
years past. Fishing for kings
tends to be best in low-light
conditions (early morning or
dusk). Try fishing in 80 to 120
feet.
Fish with a dead sardine
on triple hooks tied to
50-pound monofilament (or
Outdoors
APRIL 5
Saturday - 4/5 - Boat Safety Equipment
Examinations at Harvey E. Oyer Jr. Park,
Boynton Beach. Presented by U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary Flotilla 54. 9 am-noon. Free. 18-7905.
4/5 - Boardwalk Tours at Green Cay Nature
Center, 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton
Beach. Join a docent for a guided tour of Green
Cay’s wetlands. All ages. Wed., 3 pm and Sat., 9
& 11 am. Free. 966-7000.
4/5 - Seining the Lagoon at Gumbo Limbo
Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton.
Explore the grasses and flats of the Intracoastal
Waterway behind Gumbo Limbo. Hand-held dip
nets and large seine nets allow participants to
catch and release a variety of fish, shrimp, crabs
and marine life. Ages 10 to adult, children must
be accompanied by an adult. Held again 4/15
(3-4:30 pm). 9-10:30 am. $5/members, $8/nonmembers. Reservations: 544-8615.
APRIL 6-12
Tuesday - 4/8 - Hammock Trails - Go on a
guided walk of a quarter-mile boardwalk at
Gumbo Limbo nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean
Blvd., Boca Raton. Open to all ages, children
must be accompanied by an adult. Held
every T 10-11:30 am, W 10 am-noon, & Sat.
11:15 am-12:15 pm. Free. 544-8605 or www.
gumbolimbo.org .
The COASTAL STAR
fluorocarbon) leader. Or try
a variety of live baits such
as sardines, greenies, blue
runners or goggle-eyes. With
live baits, use a No. 4 or No.
5 wire leader with a trailing
treble (stinger) hook. Scale
down to lighter leader in
exceptionally clear water. Use
a big bait such as a blue runner
for a big tournament kingfish.
If you plan to take a kingfish
home for dinner, use smaller
baits to target smaller kings.
The state places
consumption warnings on
kingfish for pregnant women
and young children because of
mercury, especially the larger
fish. Minimum size: 24 inches
to the fork of the tail. Bag
limit: two kingfish.
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writer and
licensed boat
captain.
Reach him
at tiowillie@
bellsouth.net.
APRIL 13-19
Thursday - 4/17 - Mangrove Paddle - Enjoy
a naturalist guided tour from the boardwalk at
James A. Rutherford Park, 600 NE 24th St., Boca
Raton. Presented by the Gumbo Limbo Nature
Center. Following the tour, paddle through the
mangrove trails and back along the shoreline of
the Intracoastal. Experience is necessary. Wear
clothes and shoes that can get wet and dirty.
Ages 7-adult, an adult must participate with
each child under age 18. 11:30 am-1:30 pm.
$15/member, $22/non-member. Reservations:
544-8615 or www.gumbolimbo.org.
4/17 - Beach Treasures at Gumbo Limbo
Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton.
Meet at the center to learn about seashells and
the animals that make them. Caravan to Red
Reef Park, 1400 N. State Road A1A, and search
for ocean treasures. For all ages, children must
be accompanied by an adult. 3-4:30 pm. $5/
members, $8/non-members. Reservations:
544-8615 or www.gumbolimbo.org.
Friday - 4/18 - Wetlands & Wildlife at
Wakodahatchee Wetlands, 13026 Jog Road,
Delray Beach. Meet a Gumbo Limbo Naturalist
at the Wakodahatchee Wetland’s boardwalk
entrance. Bring your camera and binoculars
for this 3/4 mile guided boardwalk tour to
learn more about Florida’s wetland birds
and ecosystems. Ages 7-adult, children must
be accompanied by an adult. 3-5 pm. Free.
Reservations: 544-8615 or www.gumbolimbo.
org.
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H18 Golf
The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Meet the Pro
Palm Beach Par 3 pro matches lessons with students’ style
By Steve Pike
It’s unusual for a par
3 golf course to have five
highly respected teaching
professionals. It’s even more
unusual when that facility’s
director of instruction is a
member of Golf magazine’s
Top 100 Teachers in America,
Golf for Women magazine’s Top
50 Teachers and Golf Digest
magazine’s 50 Greatest Women
Teachers.
Such is the partial résumé
of Kellie Stenzel, director of
instruction at the Palm Beach
Par 3 Golf Course, which isn’t
your usual par 3 course. Its
18 holes sit along the Atlantic
Ocean and Intracoastal
Waterway; and its new
clubhouse features a secondfloor restaurant (Al Fresco) that
offers some of the better ocean
views in Palm Beach County.
“This place has really
changed in the 12 or 13 years
I‘ve been here,’’ said Stenzel,
who splits her time between
the Palm Beach Par 3 and Palm
Beach Country Club. “The
community has really been
behind the entire project, from
the re-design of the golf course
(by World Golf Hall of Famer
Raymond Floyd) and now with
the clubhouse. It’s a totally
different place.
“The golf course always has
been good, but since we opened
the restaurant and pro shop, it’s
just become a destination. A lot
of people are getting introduced
to the facility for the first time
Kellie Stenzel, director of instruction at the Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course. Kurtis Boggs/The Coastal Star
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and realize we have something
special something.’’
A native of Geneva, N.Y.,
and a graduate of Furman
University, where she played
on the women’s golf team,
Stenzel has been around golf
her entire life. Her grandfather,
Robert Stenzel Sr., was head
professional at Churchville Golf
Club near Rochester, N.Y., and
her father, Robert Jr., played
briefly on the PGA Tour and
was coach of the University of
North Carolina men’s golf team.
Stenzel, 48, played
professionally, mostly in
Europe, Asia, South Africa and
Australia, before she turned to
teaching more than 20 years
ago, guided by such well-known
instructors as Mike Adams
(former director of instruction
at PGA National Resort & Spa
in Palm Beach Gardens), Todd
Anderson (former director of
instruction at The Breakers
Palm Beach) and legendary
teacher Bob Toski.
“I’ve been lucky to work
with my dad and some great
teachers and learn a lot about
the golf swing,’’ Stenzel said.
“My teaching philosophy is
that everybody has different
strengths and different body
types. I kind of a build a swing
around each individual and
change as few things as possible.
I allow the students to make the
changes they want.’’
To match her teaching
philosophy, Stenzel hires
teaching professionals with
different strengths and methods
of instruction.
“I don’t want cookie cutter
teachers who do the same
things,’’ she said. “We have
some great teachers here at
the Par 3 with excellent people
skills. Everybody has a different
personality. One teacher
is going to mesh with one
personality and another teacher
with another personality.’’
Stenzel has authored three
books: The Women’s Guide
to Golf: A Handbook for
Beginners; The Women’s Guide
to Consistent Golf; and The
Women’s Guide to Lower Scores.
“I’m in the process of getting
the ‘Beginner’ book re-done,’’
she said. “Surprisingly, it’s still
doing pretty well, but is hard to
find right now, so it’s time to get
it re-done.’’ Ú
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April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
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H20 Pets
The COASTAL STAR
April 2014
Paws Up for Pets
A
Entrepreneurial young dog owner pitches shampoo to the stars
ll it took was connecting
with a pair of large,
sad eyes inside a cage
at an animal shelter to inspire
an 11-year-old Boca Raton
boy to not only adopt this
senior dog but also to become
one of America’s youngest
entrepreneurs.
Meet the very likeable
and very determined Simon
Goldman, president of Simon’s
Happy Pet Shampoo Company.
His endeavor has already been
pitched to Hollywood’s petloving A-list stars.
This home-schooled sixthgrader has had a lifelong love
of animals. His persistence
to adopt a dog finally paid off
a couple years ago when he
convinced his mom, Diane,
that he was ready to handle
the responsibilities of caring
for a dog. That day, he walked
into the Peggy Adams Animal
Rescue League in West Palm
Beach in search of the right dog.
He resisted the adorable
antics of available puppies and
chatty Chihuahuas.
“I saw a little ball of fluff
in the back of a cage,” recalls
Simon. “The minute he raised
his head and looked up at me
with his big eyes, I fell for him.
I knew instantly that he was the
dog for me.”
He dubbed this dog, now
estimated to be about 12,
Calypso after the boat used by
Jacques Cousteau in his nautical
adventures. At the time of
adoption, Calypso sported bald
spots and itchy skin because of
allergic reactions to fleas on his
poodle-Maltese coat.
“I tried every kind of
shampoo and nothing worked
— he was still itching and he
was miserable,” says Simon. “I
realized that the chemicals in
these products were doing more
harm than good.”
Determined to help his
new four-legged friend, Simon
reached out to a chemist friend
and researched the Internet for
a viable solution. He concocted
organic shampoo blends
containing key ingredients,
such as organic coconut oil,
olive oil, neem oil, rosemary
extract, Shea butter and
Simon Goldman and Calypso, whose flea allergy led to Simon’s creation of a line of pet shampoos. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
lavender to restore Calypso’s
coat.
“In school and through
my research, I’ve learned that
coconut oil is very good for
doggy odors, cuts and sores. I
have also learned that neem oil
repels mosquitos and fleas and
that lavender is very good for
calming dogs,” says Simon.
He knew other dogs with
skin and coat issues could
benefit as well, so he calmly
informed his mom that he was
ready to launch a pet shampoo
business. With a couple of
shampoos created (retailing
each for $14.99), he boldly
entered the Paw Depot in Boca
Raton and made his sales pitch
to the owner, Matt Aschendorf.
“I simply told him that I have
a product that he needs for his
store — a product that doesn’t
contain any artificial dyes or
perfumes or chemicals that
strip the oils from a dog’s skin,”
recalls Simon. “He said, ‘I’ll
take three and try it out.’ Then I
was interviewed on WPBF-TV,
and since then, so many people
are calling and placing orders
for my shampoos.”
He then pitched the person
in charge of filling swag bags
for stars attending the Academy
Awards and persuaded her to
include his shampoo, which
sports an image of him and
Calypso wearing aviator
sunglasses.
“She liked my shampoos,
and so celebrities like Sandra
Bullock, Julia Roberts, Jennifer
Lawrence, Meryl Streep
and Leonard DiCaprio left
the Oscars with swag bags
containing my shampoos,”
he says. These days, Simon
maximizes every minute of
every day, juggling the need
to fulfill product orders and
expand his product line with
doing school work and finding
time to play games and work
out at the Fun Spot Fitness
center in Boca Raton — and of
course, chilling with Calypso.
“He is very smart and he
likes to get things done quickly,”
notes Julie Sobeck, his teacher.
“His brain is always running
and he enjoys doing science
experiments.”
Adds mom Diane, “I’m from
Switzerland and Simon’s first
language is French. He is very
interested in dogs, science and
business and he is following
these passions. He reminds us
every day of the importance to
follow your passion no matter
your age.”
After speaking with Simon,
I’m betting you will walk away
motivated and inspired by his
ageless can-do approach to life.
He also stays focused on his
objective.
“If I can help one dog and
stop his suffering and feel
better, my job is done,” he says.
“When I went to the shelter that
day, I wanted a dog who was
calm and would hang out with
me like a best friend. I found
those qualities in Calypso. I like
that he is like a little old guy
who can still be fun.”
Learn more about Simon and
his pet shampoo company at
www.simonshappypet.com.
Arden Moore, founder of
FourLeggedLife.com, is an
animal behavior consultant,
editor, author, professional
speaker and master certified
pet first aid instructor. Each
week, she hosts the popular
Oh Behave!
show on
PetLifeRadio.
com. Learn
more by
visiting www.
fourleggedlife.
com.
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a secluded backyard oasis. 3800 sq. ft. with
oversize bedrooms, library, den, working
fireplace, pantry and more. $946,000.
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[email protected]
(561) 704-8783
April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
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PALM BEACH HOT
(BARRON’S • March 3, 2014 • page 34)
INVENTORY SCARCE SNOW STORMS ENCROACHING
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FEATURES:
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165 x 800 ft lot
5 BR/5.5 BA
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Private Beach, heated pool, hot tub,
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Sheltered Lagoon adjacent to Audubon Society
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PR I C E R E DUC E D
h y P o LU Xo I S L a n D WaTe R F Ro nT – L a nTa n a
This home has bragging rights for its wide, West Intracoastal water views and gorgeous sunsets. Light and bright throughout, the foyer entry opens to a spacious living room
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J U S T SO LD – R ENTA L N OW AVA I L A B LE
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PR I C E R E DUC E D
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Tucked away on the ultra-private Pelican Lane on the South side of this exclusive barrier island, this tropical gem has been totally designer renovated and expanded (4,900 SF)
to include 4 bedrooms and 2 baths + Loft and Den/Office in the Main house and an attached 1 Bd/1Ba Guest House with new, full kitchen and private screened balcony space.
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o C e a n R I D G e – Wa LK To B e aC h
This 5,400 SF custom-built home is sited on a .40 acre parcel
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one-oF-a-KInD In LaKeShoRe,
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This totally renovated and expanded villa with 2-car garage is
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| LangRealty.com
April 2014 The COASTAL STAR
House of the Month H23
House of the Month
LEFT: The
spacious dining
room has
cherry wood
floors and great
garden views.
RIGHT:
Master bath
has open
Islander
shower, separate Jacuzzi tub
and his and
hers sinks.
Each month,
The Coastal Star
features a house
for sale in our
community. The
House of the Month
is presented as
a service to our
advertisers and
provides readers
with a peek inside
one of our very
special houses.
The oversized family room has vaulted barn rafter ceiling details and some of the home’s best views of the ocean.
D
Ocean Ridge
oceanfront
family retreat
etailed moldings and Brazilian cherry wood floors
complement the sophisticated, understated décor of this
stunning residence. With 12,000 total square feet, this home
features enough space for a growing family or can serve as a vacation
destination for an extended family. There are abounding ocean and
beach views from this eight bedroom, eight full and one half-bath
home.
As you enter, a marble staircase takes you to an open foyer and
landing with sweeping views of the ocean and the pool and deck. On
this level, there are three bedrooms with en suite baths as well as the
spacious master suite, which also overlooks the ocean, pool and deck.
The family/Florida room is fitted well for entertaining large groups
with its fireplace, wet bar, wine cabinet and built-in bookcases.
Back on the lower level, there are four more bedrooms, four plus
more baths, a living room, a second kitchen, a second laundry, a wine
cellar, a workout room and access to the two two-bay garages.
$7,995,000. Warren
Heeg, Realtor, 561441-1599 and Michael
Mullin, Realtor, 561441-0635. Lang Realty.
LangRealty.com
ABOVE: Follow the
seagrapes along the
private path with stairs
to your own beach.
LEFT: The gourmet
kitchen has a large
center island with
granite counters
and top of the line
appliances including
high-end gas range.
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Your Window
Into
Palm Beach Real Estate
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New Construction by
1238 VisTA DEL MAR
Extraordinary transformation just steps to direct beach
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Glorious Intracoastal views! Newly redesigned interior
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PRiCE REDUCTiON
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561.702.4898
[email protected]
PALM TRAiL NEigHBORHOOD
THE EsTUARY
Beautifully transformed 3BR/3BA home with Palm Beach Immaculate, sunny and spacious 3BR/3BA townhome
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WATERFRONT TOWNHOME
Fabulous waterfront opportunity in a gated, pet friendly
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with large deck overlooking water. Private dock for your boat
with Ocean access. $425K
Laura gallagher
561.441.6111
Rare opportunity to own a premiere waterfront residence. Beautiful 4BR/3.5BA pool home has
100 FT of waterfront with a boat lift. Only 1 lot off the Intracoastal waterway. Spectacular direct
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561.655.6570
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