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Municipal News Overturned vehicle on I-95 sends driver to hospital See page 4

Grand Osprey Golf Course Award

By Commissioner Burt Aaronson

Municipal News Lynn University gets federal scrutiny as site for presidential election debate

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Municipal News County Commission declares May as Cancer Research Month

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Community News Cruisin’ Boca Style!

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I am pleased to inform you that South County’s own Osprey Point Golf Course was recently designated as a Certified Audubon International Classic Sanctuary; the first of its kind in Florida, second of its kind in the United States, and fifth of its kind in the entire World!

“This certification recognizes our successful effort to integrate an ecosystem approach into the redesign and long term management of the property by enhancing the natural habitat, conserving water, reducing chemical use and saving energy,” said Eric Call, Director of Parks and Recreation, in an email announcing this achievement.

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Emilio Capaldi, manager of Giovanni’s Table Restaurant on the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship, reads Boca Raton Tribune

Community News Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing prof receives two grants from NIH

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Community News Celebrities honored at Boy’s Towns of Italy “Gran Ballo”

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Road closings begin for final phase of Palmetto Promenade work Nearly 400,000 readers!

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Briefs

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of the Week “Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.” Prov. 16:8

Paul Triviabits

By Paul Paquet Robert Schumann had himself a pretty miserable life. He fell for his piano teacher’s teenage daughter, Clara Wieck, who ended up falling for one of Schumann’s own students, namely Johannes Brahms.

Schumann also wrecked his piano playing when he accidentally paralyzed his ring finger while developing odd contraptions to exercise it. And on top of all that, he was a manic depressive who named his moods Florestan and Eusebius.

In 1981, Japanese factory worker Kenji Urada became the first casualty in what technology’s someday uprising against humanity?

A) Lasers B) Nanotechnology C) Robots D) Smartphones Previous answer: The conductor, the symmetry and the string are all super.

INDEX Briefs

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Municipal News Page 04 Community News Page 08 Section B Business

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Columnists

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Games

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Pet Society

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Sports

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Safety tip from Boca Raton Police Q: Do adults need to wear a seatbelt when sitting in the front seat of the car.

A: Yes! Florida law requires all front-seat occupants of a motor vehicle to wear a seat belt. Passengers under age 18 must be secured with a safety belt or child restraint system, regardless of their seating position.

Crime and safety questions are answered by officers from the Crime Prevention Unit. For more information, visit www.BocaPolice.com.

Boca Raton Police blotter AUTO THEFT 05/08/2011 1890 S CONFERENCE DRIVE Unknown suspect(s) took a locked 2005 GMC Yukon XL from the driveway at 1890 S. Conference Drive overnight.

BURGLARY TO BUSINESS 05/08/2011 200 S FEDERAL HIGHWAY Unknown suspect(s) entered Lodge Restaurant through a rear bathroom window and took money from the drawer.

BURGLARY/ THEFT FROM AUTO 05/07/2011 1459 W YAMATO ROAD Victim reported that unknown suspect(s) stole her purse from the passenger side seat of her gray 2007 Toyota Camry while she was pumping gas. The victim realized her purse was missing when she was going to put debit card back in it. Incident occurred between 1451 and 1454 hours. Victim observed a black newer model Chevy sedan (unknown model) leaving the area quickly.

VANDALISM TO VEHICLE 05/07/2011 1616 N FEDERAL HIGHWAY An unknown male was seen bending down next to several cars in the parking lot of 1616 N. Federal Highway. The vehicle now has all flat tires. The male was last seen riding off on a black mountain bike. He was last seen riding north of 20th Street on Federal Highway.

PBSO needs two additional Jewish chaplains The Chaplaincy Unit is looking for one or two additional chaplains of the Jewish faith to join the volunteer chaplaincy of the Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office.

A rabbinical candidate would have to be a graduate of a recognized rabbinical program and have received ordination. A candidate who is a cantor would have to be a graduate of a recognized cantorial school and have taken either in that school or elsewhere courses in counseling similar to those taught at a rabbinical seminary.

The job requires a monthly commitment of 8 contact hours with sheriff ’s deputies and/or sheriff ’s office civilians. These contact hours are mostly gained by “ride-along(s)” with deputies and visits to a chaplain’s assigned district where he/she would attend roll-calls, sergeants meetings and otherwise become a familiar face around the “house.”

In addition every chaplain takes several shifts a year of being “on-call” Applications are available by calling Chaplaincy Unit Manager Bill Gralnick at 561-681-4523.

EVENTS

Events at Sugar Sand Park

WILLOW THEATRE AT SUGAR SAND PARK Box Office Hours: T-F, 10a-1p and 5p-8p; Sat. 1-5p; and 1 hour prior to all shows. - Box Office (561) 347-3948 SCIENCE STORIES Ages 5+ Join us for your favorite science inspired stories.

Dates: Each Saturday - Time: 11:30am - Cost: Free SCIENCE DEMONSTRATIONS - Ages 5+ Dates: Each Sat. and Sun. Time: 3:30pm - Cost: Free

Upcoming Boca Raton-sponsored events THURSDAY, MAY 12, POLICE MEMORIAL CEREMONY. Annual Police Week ceremonies to honor those law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.

(In conjunction with National Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony), 5:30 p.m., Police Department Parking Lot, located 100 NW Boca Raton Blvd Free. Contact (561) 338-1269.

Marketing Director Chris Catoggio chris@bocaratontribune.com Account Executive Ben Frazier, Marguax Vickers, Gilda Schneider Art Director Maheli Jardim Graphic Design: Marcos Gemal Photographers: Nicole Vickers, Gabriela Heizer Barbara McCormick Video Production Director Klaiton Silva

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Summer Camp Special Part 3 Summer’s coming, and camps are beckoning of the art facilities including; an 8-lane track & field complex, weight room, aquatic center, and 5K cross country course.

• Evert Tennis Academy

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Run Fast Summer Camp at FAU Session: I. June 13th17th, Session 2 - July 1115th, Session 3 - August 8-12th. 7-11:30 a.m. daily at Florida Atlantic University. Our programs are designed to accommodate middle school and college runners looking to learn more about distance running from beginners to advanced levels. Coach/athlete ratio will be less than 10 to 1.

Sample topics are: Day 1: Training philosophy/ schedules Day 2: Biomechanics / footwear Day 3: Nutrition, psychology. Day 4: Cross-training, injuries.

Day 5: Racing tips/strategies. Mile-marathon distance. * Coolmax team top and t-shirt. * Breakfast for week camps. * Personalized schedule for summer. * Special discounts to Runner’s Edge Call for brochure or more info. 561479-8428 Athletes train on the 850 acre campus of Florida Atlantic University. Run Fast athletes will spend the summer training in state

Summer Camp 10334 Diego Drive South Boca Raton, Florida 33428 Phone: 561-488-2001, Camp Type: Day Camp or Sleepaway Camp Campers can come for one week, however, to maximize the skills taught campers average 3 weeks of summer camp who want to play competitively.

The residential summer camps offers optional, organized and supervised activities like mid-week beach afternoons and off campus field trips to theme parks, movies, concerts, and many other outdoor activities.

Camp Dates: The Evert Tennis Academy weekly summer camps are available June 5 – August 20, 2011. Overnight campers arrive Sunday and depart on Saturdays. Day campers arrive Monday and depart on Friday.

Age Range: Ages 8 to 18 years old.

Activities: Tennis

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Whole Foods Market Cooking School Children ages 4 through 12,will learn basic kitchen skills and cook through a number of recipes with a trained chef in a fun,

hands-on environment using natural and organic products from Whole Foods Market. The classes will be held at Whole Foods in Boca Raton, FL. Chef Ursula Rafer of Divine Diving is the instructor, so you know the kids are going to be cooking gourmet healthy bites.

Classes consist of a 3-day series per week. Parents may drop children off at start time, but are welcome to join us at the end of each class at 4:30 pm to taste their child’s creations.

On Friday, August 19th there will be a knife skills certificate awarded to every participant as well as a Graduation Certificate showing completion of the Whole Foods Market Summer Cooking Camp.

WEEK 1: Currently Full WEEK 2:Tuesday June 14th: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Picnic Lunch, Menu: Pizza in a Cup, Havana Grillwiches, No Bake Almond Mulberry Cookies Thursday June 16th: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Movie and a Meal, Menu: Veggie Stir Fry, Sushi Rolls & Chocolate Fortune Cookies Saturday June 18th: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Lil Italy, Menu: Meatballs & Quinoa Pasta Primavera & Mini Chocolate Cheese Cakes Mini Graduation WEEK 3: Monday August 15th: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

My Trip to Thailand, Menu: Thai Slaw, Chicken Wontons and Banana Apple Wontons Wednesday August 17th: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Summa Sandwiches, Menu: Shrimp Po Boy, Black Bean Burgers, Sweet Potato Fries Friday August 19th: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Take a Dip this Summer, Menu: Spinach Dip, Fruit Salsa, Red Bell Pepper & White Bean Hummus Mini Graduation: Final Knife Skills Certificate Location: Whole Foods Market 1400 Glades Road Boca Raton, Florida 33431 Please Pre-Register with Abigail Nagorski at 561447-2615, or by e-mail at abigail.nagorski@wholefoods.com

• Summer Surf

Camp Presented by Living Water Surf School and the city of Boca Raton. It consists of 11 one-week sessions starting June 6.

Living Water Surf School offers the only Quiksilver/Roxy surf camps in Florida. The staff of experienced surf camp counselors provide fun, safe and educational introduction to the sport of surfing. No surfing experience is necessary.

Dates: June 6-Aug. 19 Time: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Ages: 6-13, boys and girls.

Enrollment: 40 surfers per week, first come, first served.

Location: Red Reef Park.

Register in person at Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Boulevard,

Boca Raton, MondayFriday, 9 a.m. to 9 pm.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

By mail or fax, visit www. livingwatersurfschoolcom and download all four forms. Mail to: Boca Raton Community Center, 150 Crawford Boulevard, Boca Raton, FL 33432 ATTN; SURF CAMP. Fax number 561-367-7054.

• Art Summer Camp

Boca Raton Museum of Art is holding its annual Youth Summer Camp, Exploring the World through Art, from June 6-July 29, 2011 for children ages 5-12. The program offered in eight 1-week sessions is designed to develop students appreciate and understand the visual arts.

Camp Type: Day Camp Individual level of achievement is the focus with low teacher to student ratio

and three levels of learning built into this exciting program.

Choose from the following themed weeks: Mixed Media, nature inspired painting and drawing, Animal Studies, Three Dimensional ArtRecycling, Drawing and Painting Self-Portraits, Watercolor Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture Art, Acting and Puppet Making Show.

Camp Dates: June 6- July 29 from Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

How to Register: Walk-in or call-in. Tuition is $265 per week, early and after care available. Discounts available to museum members. Discounts for siblings and multi-week registrations.

Camp Location: Art School, 801 W. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton.

Call 561-392-2500.

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Municipal News The Boca Raton Tribune

Overturned vehicle on I-95 sends driver to hospital

From left, Fire Captain Aaron Oatley and Special Operations Chief Scott Johnston inspect damage

BOCA RATON - Boca Raton fire crews responded to a report of pick up truck that had overturned on I-95 northbound at the Palmetto Park Road overpass at 2:13 p.m. May 3. It came to rest against the wall.

Fire crews arrived to find the vehicle on its roof with fuel leaking from the fuel tank, the report said. Firefighters found the driver, the only occupant, inside his vehicle.

Crews crawled into the cab area, made contact with the driver and were able to release his seatbelt. With the aid of rescue crews, the driver, who was reported to be in serious but stable condition, was taken to Delray Medical Center for further evaluation.

The accident is under investigation by Florida Highway Patrol.

Credit: Photo by Frank Correggio

Gunman robs Sunoco station in north Boca Raton

BOCA RATON - An armed robber held up the Sunoco station at 899 Clint Moore Road just before 11:15 p.m.

Monday, police said.

Public Information Officer Sandra Boonenberg said the station attendant told officers he was behind the counter when a male entered the station, walked up to him, pointed a black and silver handgun at him, handed him a bag and said, “Give me the money, give me the money, and give it all to me.”

The attendant took all the money from the register and put it in the bag, then handed it to the suspect.

Boonenberg said the clerk was not injured. The suspect ran east through the parking lot with an undetermined amount of cash. He may have gotten into an older model vehicle and headed west on Clint Moore Road, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Chris Suarez at (561) 620-6146 or Palm Beach County Crime Stoppers at (800) 458-TIPS.

Road closings begin for final phase of Palmetto Promenade work BOCA RATON - The city was scheduled to begin the road closings needed to complete work on the Palmetto Park Road Pedestrian Promenade this week.

In an email to local citizens and downtown merchants, officials said the reconstruction work was slated to kick back into gear on May 10.

“The city, at the request of the downtown businesses, postponed this portion of the project until after “The Season,” the email said.”

The final phase of construction consists of removing the existing asphalt roadway, raising the elevation of the road and installing brick pavers.

The intersections being completed are NE 5th Avenue, NE 4th Avenue, SE 3rd Avenue, Mizner Boulevard and Plaza Real South, all on Palmetto Park Road.

There are also two crosswalk areas to be constructed. One is located between NE 5th Avenue & SE 4th Avenue and the other is located between SE 3rd Avenue and Mizner Boulevard.

The city says traffic will be maintained with two types of detours. First, there will be a local detour for destinations within the downtown district. Secondly, a regional detour will be incorporated to provide access to the area between State Road A1A & Interstate 95.

Assistant City Manager Mike Woika said that in an effort to minimize the disruption to traffic through-

Construction work is scheduled to begin again for the Palmetto Pedestrian Promenade.

out the year, the city negotiated with other agencies having projects planned in the downtown area to schedule their work in coordination with the construction on Palmetto Park Road.

He said the Florida East Coast Railway will be reconstructing the railroad crossing at Dixie Highway and Palmetto Park Road from May 15 through May 18.

Also, Palm Beach County will be performing bridge maintenance work on the Intracoastal Waterway Bridge east of 5th Avenue on Palmetto Park Road.

The railroad and bridge work should be constructed simultaneously.

Apart from the railroad and bridge work, there will be four separate closings on Palmetto Park Road,

each lasting about seven days. Traffic will always be maintained to all downtown businesses via the local detour routes.

Pedestrian traffic will not be affected as all work will be performed in the roadway. To expedite the work to the maximum extent practical, each area we will have multiple crews working days, nights and weekends.

Coordination with city departments such as sanitation, police, and fire will also take place. The traffic signal timing along the detour routes will also be adjusted for each detour.

Notifications and updates will be posted in the local newspaper along with postings on both the city and the downtown websites (http://www.ci.boca-raton.

fl.us/DTPromenade/or http://www.downtownboca.org/).

The anticipated sequence of construction for this final phase of major construction is: First Closure: NE 5th Avenue at Palmetto Park Road-FEC Railroad Crossing at Palmetto Park Road (May 15) Second Closure: SE 4th Avenue & crosswalk between Mizner Boulevard and SE 3rd Avenue, all on Palmetto Park Road.

Third Closure: SE 3rd Avenue & crosswalk between SE 4th Avenue and SE 3rd Avenue, all on Palmetto Park Road Fourth and Final Closure: Mizner Boulevard and Plaza Real South at Palmetto Park Road

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The Boca Raton Tribune MUNICIPAL NEWS East/West Boca Raton, FL

County Commission declares May as Cancer Lynn University gets federal scrutiny as site for Research Month presidential election debate

From left are Joel Balizer, Ann Brown Stern, JoAnne Goldberg, Commissioner Steven Abrams (who presented the proclamation on behalf of the Palm Beach County Commission), Naomi Prever, Lillian Harstein

The Palm Beach, Broward and Dade county commissioners have proclaimed the month of May as Cancer Research Month in honor of The Pap Corps.

This all-volunteer organization has more than 21,000 South Florida members who are dedicated to funding research for all types of cancer. The Pap Corps has raised and donated more than $36 million dollars since its inception in 1952, with over $26 million do-

nated in the past nine years alone.

These funds support research programs at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine, South Florida’s only university-based cancer center. These donations have provided seed money for substantial scientific breakthroughs.

“During the month of May, we are requesting that everyone please visit our web-

site, www.papcorps.org, to learn how to help support our efforts,” said President Naomi Prever. “Either through donations or by becoming a volunteer, your support will help us achieve our goal of a world without cancer.”

While The Pap Corps is named in honor of Dr. George Papanicolaou, who developed the Pap test for cervical cancer, the organization is dedicated to funding research for all types of cancers that affect men, women and children.

Every May, the presidents of the organization’s chapters unite for either a breakfast or luncheon ceremony where they present their yearly donation to representatives of Sylvester and the University of Miami.

Last year’s check was for $3.2 million. This year’s presentation will take place May 12 at the Boca West Country Club.

BOCA RATON - Several members of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) and United States Secret Service (USSS) visited Lynn University’s campus May 4 to review the facilities, amenities and local support services the university highlighted in its application to host a 2012 presidential debate.

School officials said the site visit is an important part of the review process that determines which of the 12 schools being considered will become a debate location.

Commission staff said the final decision will be announced in late October or early November of 2011.

This is when they will make public the four primary and two alternate sites for the three planned presidential debates and one planned vice-presidential debate.

“Lynn University was honored to show the commission staff our beautiful campus and facilities,” said university President Kevin M. Ross. “We’ve already hosted a 2010 mid-term

debate and our campus f a c i l i t i e s, i n cl u d i n g the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center, would be an ideal location for a 2012 presidential election debate. We have the space, the local support infrastructure and services, and the support of the community. I know we would make an excellent choice.”

A debate would attract an estimated 5,000 to 8,000 people (including several thousand members of the domestic and international media) to the Boca Raton area. These people could stay in the area up to a week, generating a sizable economic impact.

The CPD and USSS members were greeted by 16 local dignitaries who came to show their support and excitement for Lynn Uni-

versity’s efforts to host a debate.

“We are so grateful for the energetic support from our local leaders and organizations,” President Ross said. “Their partnership with us in this effort will be important to ensure that South Florida shines on the international stage as we show the world the greatest event in American democracy.”

The Commission on Presidential Debates was established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners.

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The Boca Raton Tribune EDITORIALS/LETTERS East/West Boca Raton, FL

The Boca Raton Tribune Founded January 15, 2010

DOUGLAS HEIZER, Publisher Our Writers/Reporters and Columnists Editorial DALE M. KING: Managing Editor PEDRO HEIZER: Associate Editor

SKIP SHEFFIELD, MATT BLUESTEIN,

SANDY HUNTSMAN, SYNESIO LYRA,

CHRIS J. NELSON, DONOVAN ORTEGA,

GERALD SHERMAN, MARC KENT, KAY RENZ,

LINDA GOVE,

MATT PINEDA

Business DOUGLAS HEIZER: C.E.O NELSON ALVARENGA: Ass. Accounting DINI HEIZER: C.O.O. CHRIS CATAGGIO: C.M.0

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EDITORIAL

By Dale King

Getting your just desserts My wife and I are not dessert people. At home, we rarely have sweets after a meal - unless we’re having guests or it’s a special occasion.

It’s particularly difficult to avoid dessert at a restaurant. Many places plunk down the dessert menu just as you are finishing the meal. Frankly, enjoying a good dinner out, and maybe a cup of coffee after, will normally fill the bill.

With that in mind, we found it intriguing that during a trip with friends to a conference in another part of Florida, we were bombarded with desserts not just at one restaurant, but at two, on consecutive nights.

Actually, the desserts were intended to be recompense for less than satisfactory service. It seemed a little strange that two entirely different restaurants would use the very same tactic to please us.

I must admit that the first culinary indiscretion was, at least in part, our fault.

We spent a long time poring over the menu while the waiter kept asking for our orders. We put him off

by ordering just an appetizer.

Anyway, the entrees apparently arrived later than they should have, and one in our party complained to the manager. He promised to do a mea culpa with a large tray of sweet delicacies. I remember seeing a large piece of chocolate layer cake at the bow of what appeared to be a freighter filled with sweet delights.

I kind of concentrated on the chocolate cake and didn’t really get to the rest of the confectionary cargo, but we did polish it off pretty well, even though the meal had filled us sufficiently.

At the second restaurant, the desserts were deserved.

A young and possibly lessthan-experienced waiter seemed a bit overwhelmed dealing with a table of six on a busy evening.

The young man seemed intent on providing one in the party with beer. In the meantime, he forgot to give all of us plates. So, when he came out with the appetizer, one in our party said: “You’ve asked me three times about a beer,

but I don’t have a plate to put this on.”

He quickly ran for plates.

But, apparently, he grabbed a stack that hadn’t been washed. That was too much.

The manager was summoned, and he arrived with two other waiters.

The young man who had attended to us was dispatched to another part of the restaurant.

Again, at the end of the meal, a waiter arrived with a large platter of desserts - again headed by a large chunk of chocolate cake.

But I have to commend this manager. Not only did he appease us with sweets, but also reduced the bill.

This was a guy who knows his stuff.

We returned home without further mishap, content with the trip, but somewhat heavier than when we left. But in the future, I would be satisfied with a sincere apology. Skip the sweets, please.

Gathering at the Gallery If you weren’t at Yaacov Heller’s Gallery 22 in Royal Palm Place this

past Sunday evening, you missed a wonderful event that helped a cause and attracted a number of wellknown residents.

The occasion was a booksigning for Merry Lynn Ross, a former television and film star who was signing her new book about anti-bullying. Proceeds will aid that cause.

Yaacov also unveiled a portrait of Elizabeth Taylor that he just completed.

Also on hand was Brett Loewenstern, a finalist on “American Idol” who has gained national notice for his own situation of being bullied.

Singer-songwriter Carol Connors was in town from Beverly Hills. She sang a bit from “To Know Him is to Love Him,” a song that dates back to when she was the teen lead singer of The Teddy Bears (a group that included a very young Phil Spector).

Singer Margo Joy performed a spectacular rendition of “Time to Say Goodbye,” a song she has sung with the man who made it famous, Andrea Bocelli.

It was a great event. Plaudits to Yaacov and Sue Heller.

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Letters to the Editor Dear Dale, Thanks for the great article in today’s paper (about Brett Loewenstern visiting Home Safe campus in Boca Raton). More important, congratulations on the Boca Raton Tribune’s one-year anniversary. It’s an amazing feat, especially given the ever-changing landscape in the media industry. Here’s to many more years of success!

Joe Maltese Marketing Manager Home Safe Inc. Dear Dale, Thanks for including my picture in the centerfold photo collage of the first anniversary publication!

Congrats to all, and best wishes for many more issues featuring the local happenings in Boca Raton.

Barbara McCormick

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The Boca Raton Tribune EDITORIALS & LETTERS East/West Boca Raton, FL

THOUGHTS FROM THE PUBLISHER

POSITIVE LIVING

By Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr.

By Douglas Heizer

Real estate section to make its debut in Seize good thoughts that come to you! the Boca Raton Tribune Any person desirous of us- or professional activity. the importance of thinkThe staff and I have had a number of meetings lately about improvements to the Boca Raton Tribune.

One idea keeps rising to the top of the list, and we’re going to launch it shortly.

The Tribune will soon have a real estate section.

And why not, we asked ourselves. Nearly every newspaper we’ve seen has a section for real estate.

We have already begun contacting Realtors and real estate agents about this exciting concept.

We want as many people to come on board as possible, and we encourage any real estate agent who wants to be part of this new effort to come on down.

Placing this new section into the paper will require a little adjustment, but it won’t change the paper much. Currently, the Tribune has a B-section for life and arts, en-

tertainment, style stories and fashion, among other things. That section now runs every week.

Shortly, the B-section will alternate with an R-section – R for real estate. That part of the paper will contain real estate ads, photos and occasional stories about the real estate market.

Hopefully, we are beginning to see light at the end of the tough economy tunnel. It has been a difficult time for the real estate market, but almost every sector of the economy – retail, restaurants and shopping centers in general – have struggled to survive.

We want to help the market improve. We want to give real estate sales persons exposure to assist them with their portfolios.

Boca Raton has such a great mix of homes. Renowned architect Addison Mizner set the style when he built the Boca

Raton Resort & Club back in the mid-1920s.

Now, Mediterranean architecture is a way of life. And it shows in many Boca homes.

With its many amenities, Boca Raton has long been a vacation destination for people of all ages. But the community is also known for having family friendly neighborhoods, top ranked schools, eclectic shops, and exciting sport attractions. Boca Raton is the perfect South Florida community to set down roots and buy a home.

That’s what those in the real estate field will tell you. The Boca Raton Tribune wants to give them a place to say it. And our new section will also be a place where people in the market for a home can find just what to look for.

Stay tuned for more information, and watch for the R-section in the next Boca Raton Tribune.

ing the mind will readily acknowledge that, in the course of any day, several good thoughts will knock at your mind’s door, seeking interaction with your mental tools. This is significant because thinking often leads to action!

You may be reading something, you may be listening to someone speak, you may be in conversation with a person, or you may be part of a group engaged in some discussion. In any of these activities, as in many others, your mind may entertain a wide variety of good thoughts which can, and should, be promptly recorded for further expansion and beneficial use.

Through the years I have developed the habit of jotting down, as fast as I can, sudden thoughts which rush through my mind.

As a result, these get to be recorded on a napkin at a restaurant, on the back of an used envelope, or on any piece of paper within my reach at the moment I sense the idea to be worth writing. This good habit is possible for anyone regardless of one’s station in life

Through the years these have been springboards for an article, for a lecture, a sermon, any other type of public talk. I’ve also used some in counseling sessions, or as a helpful comment to someone with whom I may be engaged in dialogue.

I’m glad that I discovered long ago that thoughts are fugitive; they must be arrested, captured, and imprisoned on paper or tape as quickly as they come.

When such action is ignored or delayed, precious ideas will be lost and the mind won’t be capable of restoring or reconstructing its central point again.

The human mind repeatedly gets pregnant with good insights which should not be aborted but, rather, stimulated, and allowed to be born by natural delivery. In the seventeenth century, Blaise Pascal recognized that “Man is obviously made in order to think. This is the whole of his dignity and merit, and it is his whole duty to think as he ought.”

Not too many are those who pay any attention to

ing; fewer still are those who ever recognize the urgency of capturing good thoughts that unexpectedly pass through one’s mind at varied intervals. Yet, it is from seed thoughts that great inventions and discoveries stem; major enterprises are planned and developed; impacting speeches are given; immortal poetry and moving songs are composed; significant books on any subject are written!

One’s mind is never altogether empty; it simply needs to welcome and promote creative, positive, impacting thoughts. You can saturate your mind with sound thoughts which, in turn, will stimulate new ones whose consequences can be for your personal benefit, for the good of countless others. Read often, seek the company of intelligent people, and keep your curiosity alive by engaging your mind with every new experience you encounter in your daily operation.

Dr. Synesio Lyra, Jr. is a Florida resident who, for many years, was a professor at the post-graduate level.

He is a writer, a sought-after conference speaker, a man who lived in five continents of the world, having received his education in four of them. When he resided in southern California, he wrote a weekly column for the daily “Anaheim Bulletin,” which was carried for about six years, until he moved to south Florida.

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Boca Raton jeweler’s event raises $2,000 for nonprofit Children’s Aid Club BOCA RATON - Raymond Lee Jewelers in Boca Raton recently held a night of “sipping and shopping” that raised $2,000 for the Children’s Aid Club, a South Florida-based nonprofit organization.

CAC is an all-volunteer 501(c) 3 organization founded in 1955 by local women who recognized a need in the community.

Their purpose is to help children in South Florida whose needs are not always met by existing social service programs. Members intervene to assist children and their families suffering from medical, financial and social hardships.

The organization’s programs are funded through special events, membership dues, and grants. With no paid staff or administrative costs, 100 percent of fundraising proceeds go directly back into the com-

munity.

“We were thrilled with the turnout of the night’s event and are very grateful to our customers who graciously opened their wallets and shopped to benefit the CAC” said Julia Josephson, director of Special Events at Raymond Lee Jewelers. “We chose to host an event on behalf of the CAC because we have gotten to know the organization on a personal level and knew that any funds raised for them would directly impact the community.”

She added: “I have been to their functions and met their members, and can say firsthand that the CAC is an outstanding bar raising bunch. The families and children this organization helps, and the difference they make, literally brings tears of joy because what they do is so necessary.”

Cruisin’ Boca Style!

Fabulous cars, beautiful people, sunshine and blue skies, and even money raised to benefit TriCounty Humane Society…this was the scene at Cruz-N-America’s Open Car Show, held at Royal Palm Place in downtown Boca Raton, FL on Sunday, May 1st. Hundreds of spectators admired the showstopping collectible cars, featuring exquisite engineering, gleaming chrome, and meticulous attention to detail…just think of every-

thing from convertibles to dragsters, hot rods to low riders, stocks to customs and all of them hot!

There were so many gorgeous cars, and some of our favorites included a 1974 Silver Pantera, chromed out to the max, a 2007 Black Roush Mustang (actually signed by Jack Roush and one of only 7 black ones produced that year), the famous red and white Starsky & Hutch car, and a blue and orange Mosler that looked

positively wicked.

The winner of “Best In Show” was a magnificent 1939 Orange Lincoln Zephyr Coupe. Talk about finely polished, glamorous and low to the ground! When it was introduced in 1939, the engine was known to be 267 cubic inches V12 and delivered 110hp power. The altered grills and prominent lights, along with the fog lighting, made it attractive to the customers; the rear end of the car was slanting

downwards, and also possessed a huge trunk along with the flowing lines… check out how the rear wheels are enclosed in the skirts.

Watch for more news, as word has it that they are going to be having other car events at Royal Palm Place the second Sunday of each month…in the meantime, we hope you enjoy these photos from the show!

From left are Mike and Mary Ellen Coen standing.

Seated are Sandy Noonan and Kelle Enriquez, all supporters of the Children’s Aid Club Shown from left are Marilyn Markus (Children’s Aid Club member), Patty Caliendo (Children’s Aid Club member) and Ann Powell (Children’s Aid Club president) Support your community newspaper - Patronize The Boca Raton Tribune Advertisers. Let them know you saw their Ads in the Boca Tribune.

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Design excellence. The work of Boca’s Christine E. Lynn College of Lynn Henchman Nursing prof receives two servants. “All the rooms grants from NIH had to be different, much

Lynn Henchman

By Diane Feen BOCA RATON - Sometimes, greatness appears in our midst and we just don’t know where to look for it.

Such is the case with Lynn Henchman.

Henchman was a superstar designer in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia and is now residing and working in Boca Raton.

Although her talent is indisputable, her history is even more fascinating. She grew up in London. Her father was a diplomat with the British Embassy, her grandparents lived in Bolivia and she went to boarding school in both England and Switzerland.

Henchman has designed hotel suites for the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong, Macau and China as well as Intercontinental Spa Resort China, Hyatt Sanctuary Cove Australia, Banyan Tree Resort Thailand and a host of other resorts, hotels, yachts and private residences.

But the one project that put her in the artistic stratosphere was a 27-story home in Mumbai, India. As the principal designer, she helped to carve out one of the most luxurious dwellings in the world.

The house that is worth $1 billion, is 270,000 square feet, has 50 bathrooms, 168 parking spaces and 600

the same as a hotel. We had custom-made fabric and silk carpets that were out of this world,” said Henchman, who often flew in her client’s private jet to scout out furnishings.

Although her resume defies gravity (literally) Henchman is very happy in her new digs in Boca Raton.

“I’ve traveled to some of the most beautiful places on earth, enabling me to hone my craft and absorb a variety of different cultures in the world. But I am thrilled to relocate to South Florida that is bursting with rich diversity, influential people and gorgeous weather all year round.”

When her parents (Ronald and Elizabeth) sent her to boarding school in Switzerland, they hoped their daughter would someday become an interpreter at the UN. But Henchman’s wanderlust for travel and adventuresome spirit dissolved that static plan. Instead, she moved to Hong

Photo from the 27-room house she designed in Mumbai, India

Kong with her husband and set upon decorating

Some of Lynn Henchman’s designs

their home with élan. Her efforts paid off, not only in domestic elegance, but in her future destiny.

“One day, a friend of ours came over to our house in Hong Kong and he loved it so much he offered me a job with a design firm.

After three years I started my own design firm (called Lynn Henchman Design) doing high-end residential projects,” said Henchman, who went to the Inchbald School of Design in London.

From there, her talent soared. And others continued to take note of her design ability. “The general manager of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel was impressed with a job I had done for one of my clients.

So he asked me to design a themed suite at the hotel called The Macau Suite.”

Not only was the general manager thrilled with the results, but others were quite smitten as well. “Princess Diana’s favorite suite at the Mandarin Oriental was The Pine Suite (that I designed) and Luciano Pavarotti’s favorite suite was my Macau Suite,” added Henchman, who met Princess Diana at a charity fundraiser in Hong Kong

in 1996.

Henchman knows that not everyone can hire a designer to create marvelous digs, but she has some words of wisdom for all of us. “You have to decide what mood you want when you design your home. You can incorporate either modern design, contemporary, classical or transitional. Once you decide, then you know what style furniture to buy, but you have to keep in mind the size and proportion of the rooms.”

You do this, Henchman said, by drawing the pieces of furniture on a piece of paper and making a small scale of your room. Then, you can see how the pieces of furniture will fit in the room. To scale down the paper you take a ruler and make a half inch equal one foot of your room.

Right now, Henchman is gearing up (not scaling down) to design homes, spas, hotels and other spaces in our South Florida landscape. And if her past is any indication of the future for Lynn Henchman, then we’re all in for some grand decor in our midst.

Contact Lynn Henchman Design at: 561-393-3289 or www.LynnHenchmanDesign.com.

Professor John Lowe

BOCA RATON - Professor John Lowe, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N of the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University has received two grants from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Lowe is one of only 15 Native American nurses with a doctoral degree in the United States.

The first grant to Lowe was as principal investigator on a two-year study titled “Testing a Substance Abuse Prevention for Cherokee Early Adolescents.” This study will examine the feasibility of using innovative, culturally appropriate schoolbased substance use prevention for Cherokee sixth graders as they transition to middle school, a period of high vulnerability. The total amount awarded for this study is $616,892.

The second grant was awarded to Dr. Lowe and coprincipal investigator Eric

Wagner, Ph.D. from Florida International University, for a study titled “Brief Intervention for Substance Using Native Youth.” This is a five-year research project designed to develop and test a school-based, brief motivational intervention for substance using Native American high school students. The total amount awarded was $3,190,385, and the FAU contract totals $476,394.

“What we do know is that Native American youth, compared to youth from other racial/ethnic backgrounds, are at especially high risk for drug use and drinking, which makes them particularly susceptible to the development of substance use problems,” said Lowe. “Dr. Wagner and I believe our proposed study is significant and innovative, and represents an important next step in the development of cross-culturally effective, brief and school-based interventions for drug use and drinking among teenagers.”

“We commend John on these awards and for his contributions,” said Patricia Liehr, Ph.D., R.N., associate dean for research and scholarship. “Our faculty and students are honored to work side-by-side and study with him to continually advance the discipline of nursing.”

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West Boca Toastmasters Club celebrates Boca Raton Fire Explorers win again at 15th anniversary Challenge in Coral Springs BOCA RATON - The West Boca Toastmasters celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Club members attend weekly meetings to improve their public speaking ability.

Research has shown that 75 percent of people experience anxiety in public speaking situations that reduces their effectiveness.

And 30 percent of Americans rate public speaking anxiety as their strongest fear next to spiders, snakes and death. While most speech-anxious individuals feel embarrassed, believing they alone suffer such fears, in fact the majority of people share their experience.

Speech anxious people may fear that if speaking before a group, they will not know what to say or will say foolish things. As a result, they expect that the audience will make fun of them or think badly of them, leaving them feeling embar-

Members of West Boca Toastmasters Club.

rassed and humiliated.

Avoiding speaking in public can seem like a sensible solution. The outcomes we fear, such as people laughing at us, rarely happen.

However, our strong belief that bad things will happen is enough to control our emotions and behavior.

Research has shown that the vast majority of people with public speaking anxiety have the ability to speak coherently and effectively. Most speech anxious individuals can communicate quite well with close friends and family, suggesting that their problem is the anxiety they feel inter-

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feres with their being able to show their ability. Once the anxiety is gone, most individuals communicate much more effectively.

It is no coincidence that the “best” treatment for public speaking anxiety sounds a lot like Toastmasters.

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BOCA RATON - Boca Raton Fire Rescue Explorers again took top honors in the 11th Annual Explorer Challenge hosted by Margate, Lauderhill and Coral Springs Fire Rescue, held at the Coral Springs Fire Academy.

Boca Raton won five first place honors and two second-place trophies. They also won first place for overall points scored. This is the second year that Explorer Post 315 has won first place overall at the Coral Springs event. Their name will be placed on a travel trophy which the post is entitled to keep for a year.

The firematic competition brought together teams from Broward to Estero to compete in nine different events that help to promote

Boca Raton Fire Explorer Post 15 includes, from left, Advisor Frank Correggio, Advisor Jesus Barrera and Explorers Sean Hallman, Casey Gugliotta, Williams Hidalgo, Chris Hope, Chad Watler, Vincent Palermo.

teamwork and test the team’s skill in hose deployment, search and rescue, ladder raise, combat challenge, trauma, first aid and CPR and other events.

Members of Post 315 are currently training for another competition in Port St. Lucie in May. Competition Events

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just last year as the recipient of the National Association of County Park and Recreation Officials’ (NACPRO) Park and Recreation Facility Award.

This award program recognizes and honors excellence in recreation and park facilities and is designed to focus national attention on the very best of facility design. The award is designed to showcase and encourage outstanding efforts in planning, design, construction, and benefits to the community.

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Tammy needs surgery to regain her sight BOCA RATON - “She is so sweet, all she wants to do is give you kisses... she needs a home and someone to love her, she has had a terrible life and deserves a new one,” said Jeannette Christos, founder and CEO of Tri County Humane Society.

She was describing “Tammy,” a 2-year-old toy mini poodle who was found tied to the shelter gate in the middle of the night last week. “No owner has come forward to

claim her and we suspect she was tied there because no one wanted her,” Christos said.

The mini poodle was flea infested, matts covered her eyes and she had a severe ear infection. “After cleaning her up with a good groom and shave down, we realized she had juvenile cataracts in both eyes.

Not only does she need a loving home, but she needs eye surgery so she can see.

The surgery will cost approximately $2,000 for both eyes. There is a 99.9 percent chance of success.”

If anyone would like to donate to Tammy, please Tri County at call 561482-8110.

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Celebrities honored at Boy’s Three-way tie in Zavee Cause Challenge aids a trio of charities BOCA RATON - The Boy Towns of Italy “Gran Ballo” Scouts of America-Cub Scout Story, photos by Barbara McCormick The Boy’s Towns of Italy Florida Committee recently celebrated 66 years of helping homeless and needy children from five continents by giving them a “chance in life.”

Nick Di Tempora, general chairman, welcomed everyone, and thanked them for their support. He then introduced the Honorable Marco Rocca, Consul General of Italy, who spoke of the special mission of Boy’s Towns, and the deep appreciation for being honored 2010 “Man of the Year.”

Brother Patrick Sean Moffett, president emeritus of Boy’s Towns of Italy, gave a brief history of the charity.

Highlight of the evening were presentations to the honorees. Popular vocalist Connie Francis received the “2011 Celebrity of the Year” award. Perhaps best know for singing the theme to “Where the Boys Are,”

From left are the Honorable Marco Rocca, Consul General of Italy; Connie Francis, “Celebrity of the Year” and Nicholas Di Tempora, General Chairman of the Committee

From left to right are AnnMarie Napolitano, Nicholas Di Tempora, Janet Sguera and Brother Patrick Moffett

she recorded the song in five languages, and it was the number one hit in 15 countries before the movie was released.

Sharing the spotlight was Frank Congemi, Boy’s Towns of Italy “Man of the Year.” Congemi is an independent broker dealer, and his company, LPL Financial, has access to companies around the world. He is also the chairman of the board of the Deerfield Beach Chamber of Commerce, and serves on the advisory committee of the Financial Services Institute in Washington, D.C. Special acknowledgement was given to Janet Sguera (in the form of a diamond bracelet) for 50 years of working with Boy’s Towns of Italy. Special thanks were also given to benefactor Richard Parrillo, Sr. and the donation of fine wine by Mario Ferrando; Tony Albino, journal chairman and AnnMarie Napolitano, gifts chairman.

From left, Ray Filorimo, Alan Pleskow, Ron Stack, Shown from left are Scott Heide, Tara Ebert, Justin Vassi, Stephen Etzi, The Etzi children Katherine Schull, Chris Dunac

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Ron Stack, left, with Kristin Pease, Alan Pleskow

Ruth Quiles and Kim Russo, with Marlene Goldberg standing

Pack 309, The Vete-rans Support Organization and JARC were competing for the top donation in the Zavee Cause Challenge, but in a dramatic, down-to-the wire voting session at the Oceans 234 Award Party, it ended up as a threeway tie!

Surprised by the results, Zavee’s executive team decided to divide the $1,500 donation equally among the three Causes.

Zavee is a free communitybased website that offers cash back rewards from hundreds of Zavee merchants every time you shop and dine and contributes a portion of its fee income to local charities and non-profit causes.

“Each charity was encou-raged to have its suppor-ters register for Zavee and vote for their cause. However, none of us anticipated a three-way tie,” said Ron Stack, COO of Zavee.

“But that just reinforced our belief that all of our Causes are winners!”

Zavee supports local causes through their Charity Challenges and with their Care Shares™ Program which allows Zavee shoppers to guide the company’s charitable donations.

Shown from left are Man of the Year Frank Congemi; Brother Patrick Moffett and Nicholas Di Tempora, General Chairman

The Honorable Marco Rocca, Consul General of Italy; John J. Brunetti and Connie Francis, “Celebrity of the Year.”

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Illusion art display may fool your eyes at Levis JCC’s Rosen Gallery

Artist Stanford Slutsky BOCA RATON - Stanford Slutsky’s mind thinks geometrically.

And it shows up in his artwork.

The Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery is about to present, “The Shape of Things,” a solo exhibition featuring the work of Delray Beach resident Slutsky.

The display begins with an

opening reception Sunday, May 15 and runs through Friday, Oct. 7. As part of the 1 to 4 p.m. reception, Slutsky will give a presentation detailing a piece of his artwork from conception to completion.

“When I was a child,” he said, “there was something about the illusions magicians created that captured

my imagination. I want that same vivid sense of illusions to be central in my artwork.”

Today, he said, all his work creates the illusion of movement and threedimensionality. “I achieve these effects by juxtaposing hard-edged color patterns that disrupt the normal process of vision.

Some shapes of color may seem to advance and then recede and others appear to pulsate in waves.”

Slutsky, nominated to the Arts Hall of Fame in 1989, has exhibited in numerous venues across South Florida, lectured, and has participated (both as an artist and a judge) in many art competitions including the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s 54th and 57th Annual All Florida Juried

Competition and Exhibition.

Out of more than 1,100 submissions by nearly 400 artists, he was one of fewer than 100 artists chosen to represent the best in Florida.

He has also participated in Art in Public Places at the Palm Beach International Airport and Hortt 45 the Best of South Florida, a three month exhibit at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. Slutsky has also had several solo exhibits at venues that include The Art Institute Fort Lauderdale, Young At Art Children’s Museum and Broward College south campus.

Slutsky has won many awards and has been a prominent member and promoter of the South

Florida art scene for close to 29 years.

“My art is a passion of painstaking, semi-scientific approach to painting based on the manipulation of optical devices. It depends on subtle color gradations and systematic chromatic harmonic lines and shapes,” added Slutsky.

“I hope my work will stimulate and provoke a positive emotional response in the viewer’s mind just like the magicians did when I was a child.”

The Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery is open Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is located at the Levis JCC Sandler Center, 21050 95th Ave. S., Boca Raton. Admission is free. For information, call Kathy B. Slutsky (561) 558-2504 .

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BOCA RATON – The city will mark the grand opening of its new Palmetto Pedestrian Promenade with a vast assortment of special events Oct. 21 and 22.

Bonnie Kaye of Kaye Communications, the city’s marketing agency, outlined the grand plans before an audience of nearly 90 people Wednesday at Max’s Grille in Mizner Park.

She said the event, “Meet Me on the Promenade” will coincide with the American Cancer Society’s annual Making Strides for Breast Cancer walk at the Mizner Park Amphitheater.

“We want to draw visitors from Boca and from outside Boca,” Kaye told the standing-room only crowd.

The Promenade celebration begins the night of Oct. 21 with a variety of community events, all free, in the area of Sanborn Square. The cancer walk is the next day.

Also on the agenda is a Cruz-N America auto show. Walking tours of the

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new pedestrian walkway are scheduled. Kaye said visitors will be shown how to navigate the new downtown path.

A number of businesses are pitching in with products or funding to help out.

Kaye said the Boca Raton Tribune will be publishing a “Downtown Boca” quarterly listing events taking place downtown and in the area near the city’s center.

Kaye said an official downtown Boca guide called “Discover” will be created along with a pocket guide and map.

During the October celebration, BocaParent will set up a family zone for children’s amusements, and specifically designed artwork will be placed in the windows of vacant stores.

A “Count Me In” reception and workshop will be held May 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. at III Forks Restaurant on Palmetto Park Road to further elaborate on plans for the special event. Committees will be formed to help

plan and coordinate the overall fete.

Kaye used Wednesday’s get-together to update guests on progress to market the downtown, to make it “eclectic and electric” combining “cosmopolitan vibrancy with small-town charm.”

Visitors to the downtown are being encouraged to “come early and stay late.”

She noted that some $5 million has been invested in the downtown by organizations such as the city, the owners of Royal Palm Place, the Boca Museum of Art and the Boca Children’s Museum, among others.

Kaye told the group she’s already conducting media tours for out-of-town journalists and the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau.

She also cited the downtown website which, to date, has gotten more than 19,000 visitors, more than 42,000 page views and 78 percent new visitors. She said the average amount of time a person stays on the page is 1.48 minutes.

Bonnie Kaye from Kaye Communications Crowd of nearly 90 attended Bonnie Kaye’s points to items listed on a slide talk on progress of downtown Boca Raton

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Did I just see Rod Stewart? Hot legs, it was really Rick St. James!

BOCA RATON - You might see rocker Rod Stewart walking the streets of Boca Raton. After all, he does have a mansion in Palm Beach.

But if you see a shaggy haired, gravely-voice guy

humming “Maggie May” or “Tonight’s the Night,’ it’s more likely to be Rick St. James.

Tribute bands and performers paying homage to the rock legends of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s have given rise

to a new type of concert live entertainment without ticket prices in the hundreds of dollars. Florida resident Rick St. James’ performs what he calls “The World’s Best Rod Stewart Tribute Show,” which he will pre-

sent at B.B. King’s in West Palm Beach May 19. Other shows are planned for Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and a number of other Florida cities.

“My influences include the great pop singers like Elvis, Sinatra, right to the great blues and soul singers like Wilson Pickett, Muddy Waters to rock n roll and hard rock and Rod of course”, said St. James.

Actually, the Rod Stewart sing-alike has a connection to the original. When Carmine Appice, Rod Stewart’s legendary drummer and co-writer, met Rick in Las Vegas in 2009 he said, “This is the one…the voice, the look, the sound, amazing. His Rod Stewart is the best I’ve heard. If I could re-form the Rod Stewart

band now, Rick would be my front guy!”

With Stewart-style energy in his voice and manner, Rick St. James appeals to boomers, seniors and now, many from the younger generation with his remarkable resemblance to Rod Stewart and his rocking rendition of “Maggie May,” “Tonight’s The Night,” “Hot Legs,” “Forever Young,” “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” and other Stewart favorites He also performs Stewart’s tunes from “The American Songbook,” “Classic Rock Album” and “Soulbook Album” and the latest classic rock songs. Rick’s Rod Stewart has been a headliner of “Rockspolosion” and the original Rockstar Tribute Show featuring multi-

tribute artists in concert.

Showing his versatility, Rick not only does solo performances, but also a rock show featuring a 6 to 8 piece band. Rick has appeared at Carnegie Hall, BB Kings N.Y.C., Hard Rock Café and Casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas. He has made guest appearances at the Boca Raton Resort & Club and also at Grammy Award Parties in California.

In addition to his May 19 gig at BB King’s, St. James will also appear June19 at the Meyer Amphitheater in West Palm Beach. As of this writing, Rick just signed a contract to appear with the legendary Electric Light Orchestra, the popular musical group of the 70’s.

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ENTERTAINMENT

By Skip Sheffield

Uma Thurman a femme fatale in ‘Ceremony’

Scene from “Ceremony”

Ever since she played the bad girl in “Kill Bill,” I’ve thought of Uma Thurman more of an action figure than a sensitive, beautiful woman.

“Ceremony” corrects that misconception. Thurman plays a femme fatale named Zoe pursued by two men.

One is her fiancé, a famous filmmaker named Whit Coutell (Lee Pace).The other is Sam Davis (Michael Angarano), a younger guy with whom Zoe had a brief fling.

Sam, a not-very-successful writer of children’s books, still secretly carries the torch for Zoe. Sam hatches a crazy plot in which he convinces his friend Marshall (Reece Thompson) to join him in a beach getaway for the weekend. Unbeknownst to Marshall, Sam plans to infiltrate Zoe’s wedding and head it off at the pass.

Anyone who has tried to rekindle a love affair from the past knows it is difficult, if not impossible.

On one hand Sam is a quixotic, romantic idealist. On the other he is a pathetic, laughable loser.

Michael Angarano is such

a skilled young actor that he makes his Sam appealing to both the “older woman” and to us. We laugh at his absurdity, yet we feel sympathy for Sam. Much of the credit must go to writer-director Max Winkler, who must have inherited some of his dad Henry’s comedy instincts.

“Ceremony” is a wry and somewhat raunchy R-rated romance that jokes about delusions without heaping scorn. Oh, and Uma Thurman has never looked lovelier. The film is playing at FAU’s Living Room Theaters. Three stars

places and music in “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” playing at Shadowood and Regal Delray Theaters.

Chauvet Cave in France was sealed by a landslide for 20,000 years. In 1994 scientists discovered the entryway to a cavern as large as a football field. As extraordinary as that is, what makes Chauvet Cave unique in the world is its collection of cave paintings, some more than 30,000-years-old, as determined by carbon dating. This is more than twice as old as any previous archeological find.

Furthermore, there are petrified remains of Ice Age animals. Finally there are incredibly beautiful stalactites and stalagmites that glisten like jewels.

Thanks to his solid reputation, German filmmaker Herzog was given permission to film in the priceless, fragile treasure trove which will never be seen by masses of people, and to film in 3-D to appear more real.

For all this, Herzog has made an incredible gift of beauty, love and knowledge to the people of the world.

Four Stars

Astounding “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” As a filmmaker, Werner Herzog is no wimp. He searched for El Doraldo in “Aguirre, Wrath of God.” He built an opera house in the middle of a jungle in “Fitcarraldo.” He documented the wrath of wild animals in “Grizzly Man.” N o w Herzog combines his love of art, h i s t o r y, naturally beautiful The Chauvet Cave in scene from “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”

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THE WEALTH ADVISOR

By Barry Siegel

Choosing The Best Trustee In 2005 a trust beneficiary filed a law suit against her trustee (her father) claiming that her father illegally transferred $2 billion of her money to a trust for another beneficiary.

The case was settled for just under $1 billion.

Fact or Fiction?

In this case, fact.

The father and daughter in this story are members of the Pritzker family (Hyatt Hotels, etc.) and while the story involves famous people, it highlights the need for care in choosing trustees for yourself and your loved ones.

For those readers who already have a living trust, it is likely that you are serving as your own trustee and will continue in that role as long as you are willing and able to do so.

But what if you are not serving or can’t serve?

Before we talk about how to choose the right trustee, let’s talk about what a trustee does.

A trustee is the legal owner of assets held in trust.

When you establish a trust, you could choose to be the trustee of your own trust while you are alive and able to take care of your own finances.

Upon your death or in the event of your incapacity, a “successor” trustee that you have previously chosen would step in to take over

control of the assets held in your trust.

The trustee is required to use the assets only for the benefit of the trust beneficiaries, who are determined by you. In the event you are incapacitated and still living, you would more than likely be the beneficiary of the trust. If you are no longer living, the beneficiaries receive your assets as described in the trust.

The chosen trustee will have control over how the assets are invested. They may also be responsible for making distributions to the beneficiaries and ensuring that tax returns and other filings are done correctly.

With that in mind, what should you look for in a trustee?

Trust-Ability This is probably the most important consideration of all. Your trustee must be trustworthy. If you pick someone who can be trusted, you are at least half way home. Keep in mind, not all trustees need to be related to you.

Ability to cooperate In many cases you will choose to have more than one trustee serving at a time. It is important that trustees are willing and able to cooperate with each other in order to fulfill the purpose of the trust. Someone who is unwilling to listen and discuss issues honestly and openly may be a bad choice for trustee.

Willingness to seek advice In today’s world, a trustee needs to make decisions involving accounting, investments, law, tax and other areas. Being an expert in each of these areas is just not possible. So a good trustee will seek advice from other experts. Look for a person with a history of seeking competent advice and making good decisions based on that advice.

Administration skills A good trustee will have (or hire) good administration skills. They should either be good with details and organization or have

someone in their life that takes care of the details for them. Finding someone that crosses every “t” and dots every “i” is important.

Financial experience A good trustee will have some financial experience.

They do not need to be expert investment managers, as that skill can be purchased.

What is important is for a trustee to be able to listen to investment advice and be able to determine when that advice is sound or not.

The fiduciary obligations required are a legal commitment to you and your family.

Understanding of family history and culture Depending on whether the trust is designed to be in existence for a long period of time, this ability to know the family, know how the matriarch and the patriarch made their money and how they used it to raise their children can be very important in carrying on that family culture to future generations.

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BUSINESS BITS • BOCA RATON - Office Depot announced that sales for the first quarter of 2011 were down. Total company sales were $3 billion, a decrease of 3 percent compared to the first quarter of 2010. Excluding sales related to asset dispositions and deconsolidation in the fourth quarter of 2010 and an acquisition in the first quarter of 2011, total company sales decreased 2 percent vs. prior year.

The company reported a net loss, after preferred stock dividends, of $15 million or $.05 per share in the first quarter of 2011, compared to net earnings of $20 million or $0.07 per share in the first quarter of 2010.

• WEST PALM BEACH - The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County invites you to attend “Money to Grow: Finding Funds to Expand your Business” Friday, May 13 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Marriott West Palm Beach, 1001 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.; $25 per person (includes continental breakfast). To register, call Sarah Marcadis at 561-8351008 X4101 or email: smarcadis@bdb.org • WEST PALM BEACH - Palm Beach Opera received a grant of $5,000 from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation April 29 at the Flagler Drive Banking Center in West Palm Beach. Opera General Director Daniel Biaggi accepted the check. Since 1961, Palm Beach Opera has been dedicated to producing world-class opera and diverse educational programs which play an integral role in the artistic and overall enrichment of the communities it serves.

• BOCA RATON - Tickets are still available for the 2011 Business Awards Luncheon to be held Thursday, May 19 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club and sponsored by the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce. The organization will honor Small Business Leader of the Year Marsha Rimokh, founder and managing director of Mathnasium; 2011 Business Leader of the Year Jerry Fedele, president & chief executive officer of Boca Raton Regional Hospital and 2011 Business of the Year U.S. Foodservice South Florida Tickets are $75 a person Contact Chasity at cnavarro@bocaratonchamber.com for more information.

• WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced $2 billion in high-speed rail awards providing an unprecedented investment to speed up trains in the Northeast Corridor, expand service in the Midwest and provide new, state-of-the-art locomotives and rail cars as part of the administration’s plan to transform travel in America.

The money was to have gone to Florida for a high-speed rail line, but was rejected by Gov. Rick Scott. Twenty-four states, the District of Columbia and Amtrak submitted nearly 100 applications, competing to be part of an historic investment that will create tens of thousands of jobs, improve mobility and stimulate American manufacturing.

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FAITH

By Pr. Sandy Huntsman

DIVORCE FLORIDA STYLE

By Mike Gora

Communication: The Art Of Listening We are in a communication revolution. Never has there been more devices to help us communicate better. One would think that with all the gadgetry and electronic media available, the problem of communication or miscommunication between people would cease, or at least diminish. In fact, it appears just the opposite is happening. We are all learning (or maybe not learning) that communication is more than just talking: it is the exchange and understanding of ideas.

Stephen R. Covey relates this story in the chapter about “Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood” in his book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: “A father once told me, ‘I can’t understand my kid. He just won’t listen to me at all.’ “’Let me restate what you just said,’ I replied. ‘You don’t understand your son because he won’t listen to you?’ “’That’s right,’ he replied. ‘Let me try again,’ I said. ‘You don’t understand your son because he won’t listen to you?’ “’That’s what I said,’ he impatiently replied. “’I thought that to understand another person, you needed to listen to him,’ I suggested. “’Oh!’ he said.

There was a long pause. ‘Oh!’ he said again, as the light began to dawn. ‘Oh, yeah! But I do understand him. I know what he’s going through. I went through the same thing myself. I guess what I don’t understand is why he won’t listen to me.’

“This man didn’t have the vaguest idea of what was really going on inside his boy’s head. He looked into his own head and thought he saw the world, including his boy” (1989, pp. 239-240).

Someone has listed some of the following barriers to communication: close-minded attitude; making judgments; acting bored or uninterested; limited amount of time to talk; physical discomfort; lack of concentration; distractions; “I know better than you” attitude; feeling threatened or intimidated; misdirected emotions; straying too far from main talking points; not listening or trying to understand others; no goal or plans for the conversation, to mention just a few. Virtually every couple I have counseled maritally admitted poor communication was one of the contributing causes of their problems.

Because God values relationships, He stresses communication. The tongue has tremendous power, “for the tongue can kill or nourish life.” (Proverbs 18.21) Communication either builds or undermines relationships.

Consequently, God speaks often about good communication and warns of the effects of bad communication.

Of course, the Bible, doesn’t only talk about communication. From Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21 the Bible is communication. It is a revelation of the mind of God, conveyed using a multitude of different styles – stories,

poetry, law, letters, history, prophecy, apocalyptic material, songs, etc. In some ways even the Bible by itself is “multimedia”.

Communication is a battleground. Proverbs 21:23 says, “If you keep your mouth shut, you will stay out of trouble”.

Learning to choose our words carefully and sometimes even keeping our mouths shut is a sure way of not saying something we will later regret. In fact, Proverbs 10:19 clarifies that it is a “multitude of words” that generally causes the problem. We should avoid being overly talkative and garrulous.

Stephen Covey addresses our society’s lack of emphasis on listening skills: “Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You’ve spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. But what about listening? What training or education have you had that enables you to listen so that you really, deeply understand another human being from that individual’s own frame of reference?” (ibid., pp. 237-238).

May we all remember that the most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said. “Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.” Sue Patton Thoele

Question: My husband and I were divorced in Jacksonville a few years ago. We have two children, and there is a parenting plan in place which gives him the right to have the two children with him for half of the summer.

I would like to have the agreement modified as the children would like to go to camp for a month during the summer, and if he has the other month I will have no summer with the children.

I moved into Boca Raton after the divorce, and he moved to Tampa. Do I have to go back to the court in Jacksonville to make this change, or can I file for the change in Palm Beach

County, or can he insist that the case takes place in Hillsborough County where he lives?

Answer: Because of our current court docket situation, it is very unlikely that you could have a court address this issue for the summer of 2011 in any of the three counties that you talk about. Without an agreement on the part of your “Ex.” to enter a modification judgment, you would not be able to get such a matter for trial for about a year.

As to the location of the litigation, which we call “venue,” you are in luck.

Under a Florida Statute and appellate decisions,

there are two circuit courts which could become the venue of your action, the circuit court in Palm Beach County, where you and the children reside, or in Jacksonville-Duval County where the case originally took place. Your Ex would be unsuccessful if he attempted to have the case heard in Hillsborough County.

As a reminder, in order to have a modification judgment entered on your parenting plan your papers must allege and you must prove that there have been material changes of circumstances which make the change you desire in the best interests of the children, and not in your best interest alone.

Michael H. Gora has been certified by the Board of Specialization of The Florida Bar as a specialist in family and matrimonial law.

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OLEDA TALKS

CARTER’S CORNER

Oleda Baker

By Carter Helschien

Know much about World War I? Yep. Know much about Bin Laden? Nope.

George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Fortunately, school systems in the United States focus on teaching students events in the past in the hopes that they will be able to recognize similar events happening in their lifetime and be able to prevent them. The problem with this logic, however, is that a vast majority of students in the United States do not have the slightest clue of the events that are occurring now.

Though I believe that studying the past is essential to understanding the future, I also believe that students today cannot possibly recognize the patterns that have occurred throughout history that may be happening right now if they are not studying current events.

Consequently, I believe that it is vital that current events be taught more

in schools in the United States.

Moreover, if students begin discussing current events in school, they will be able to provide their unique perspectives on current issues. For example, a student’s unique perspective might help him or her to come up with a unique solution to a current problem that a politician might not have even bothered to consider.

If current events are studied more in schools, there is a greater probability that someone will come up with a unique solution to an issue, thanks in part to the larger number of individuals considering the issue.

Furthermore, the point that teaching current events in school will provide a wider range for solutions on current issues is supported by the fact that some recent scientific breakthroughs have been made by students themselves. For example,

in 2008 middle-school student William Yuan’s scientific prowess and creativity helped him to design a new solar cell. Had William Yuan not been given the opportunity to study solar-energy in middle-school, the world may have had to wait a number of years before anyone was able to design more efficient solar cells.

If schools are still reluctant to include the teaching of current events in the curriculum, however, due to time constraints, they can at least offer a class of current events as an elective. Consequently, students who are interested in making connections between the past and the present will be able study current issues if they so choose. As a result, students will develop new thinking patterns that will help them to analyze current events and immediately make connections to similar events and trends in the past.

Assembly-Line-Style Medical Practice…don’t put up with it…

I feel compelled to share my assembly line story so you won’t feel alone…bet you have experienced it too.

Don’t get me wrong – there are plenty of sensitive doctors around who see you as a person and not a number.

How sweet it is to visit such a doctor.

With assembly-line medical practice you wait “too long” in the waiting room, your name is finally called and you’re taken to another room to wait some more.

The doctor finally comes into the room but you quickly begin to feel he/she is in a hurry and feel pressure to “get it all out” before he has heard “enough”… he has hardly asked a question… (that would take up more of his/her time). You may be given a prescription and told to come back in a month.

Sometimes it takes a couple of visits before you realize this is the doctors’ permanent style – this is the way he practices. So what do you do? How do you take charge of this part of your life?

The following is my story.

I developed what I thought could have been sinus infection. The first ENT doctor I went to asked a few questions, took notes and sent me around for various tests.

On my second visit, I sensed aloofness on his part. On a third visit, he came into the examining room without my file or chart. I immediately said, “doctor don’t you need my chart?” (After all he must have hundreds of patients, how can he remember what my chart indicated?)

He brushed the question aside and continued without my chart for reference or to write new notes on. I knew I would not return.

Next I visited another ENT doctor who had a room full of patients waiting. I was concerned, but then saw patients going in and quickly coming out. I thought perhaps they only need a prescription or something. It was quickly my turn and I was escorted to a room where the doctor arrived promptly. He asked me one question…and only one the entire short visit…”why are you here?” I explained in a hurry…he stuck something up my nose and said, “You look fine; I don’t see anything wrong.” I argued the point and he said…”You’ll just have to live with it.” I left, went home and wrote a full page letter to him that started with, “My appointment with you was very disappointing…. indeed it was

insulting,” and ended with, “Dr. so-and-so, you should be ashamed!”

Still not willing to give up, I tried still a third Specialist. On the second visit he came in the room holding my chart with his left hand and, with the other hand he bent the outside of my nose in order to put a periscope or something in it and took hardly a split second to look.

We exchanged a few words and, as he was heading for the door…I said “Doctor I’m not finished with you yet…I have two questions.” His head turned back toward me – then his whole body. Bottom line is he gave me a new nasal prescription and said come back in a month. I told him my problem was deeper than a nose spray…he said, “I’m not very deep.”

During that month I looked for a new doctor…I asked my (caring) dentist (Dr. Ronald Hawk) whom he would consult if he had a sinus problem…he told me.

Not one to give up, I went to see his recommendation, Dr. Brian Mitchell. When I called his office the voice was more than pleasant and helpful…that’s always a good sign, since a doctor’s “caring personal style” is usually instilled in his staff.

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Oleda Baker, now 76, began her career as a high fashion model with the prestigious Wilhelmina Model Agency, based in New York City and doing print and TV assignments in New York and Europe. She has written ten books on beauty, diet and health.

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Rocky’s gonna fly now - right into your arms Story, photo by Pam D’Addio

BOCA RATON - Just look into my eyes! I’m ready to adore you and be your best buddy.

I’m Rocky, a Pug mix, 2 and a half years old, neutered male weighing 20 pounds.

I’m a housebroken little cutie who’s great with other dogs, older children and ‘some’ cats. I’m very smart and I know how to sit when you ask nicely.

Shelter dogs are the BEST, so check me out....we can meet and then I can adopt you!

I’m available for adoption at Tri-County Humane Society, a no-kill animal shelter located at 21287 Boca Rio Road in Boca Raton. The shelter is open for adoptions Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Adoption fees are $110 and up. Animals are heartworm-tested and up-to-date on vaccinations.

Included in the adoption fee is one year of free office visits to Regency Veterinary Clinic.

Please visit us to find a lost pet or to consider adding a shelter dog or cat to your family. We have puppies and kittens, too! Call (561) 482-8110 or view many of our available animals and volunteer opportunities at www.tricountyhumane.org.

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How Udonis Haslem’s Return Will Help Miami Leadership Udonis is the co-captain alongside Dwyane Wade.

He brings leadership to this team, and to the front line where Chris Bosh sometimes lacks. He is willing to get into guys’ faces, and tell his teammates to play harder. He is the defensive leader.

By: Matt Pineda Udonis Haslem has been working his way back from an ankle injury suffered back in November.

Haslem has been working tirelessly to get back onto the court. He was expected back in early April, but he just hasn’t gotten there yet. It’s only been in the last week that Udonis has been able to go to practice day after day. Previously he had to sit out the day after from soreness and swelling. It’s seems those days are over and Udonis is extremely close to a return.

In fact Haslem has said he is ready and is only waiting on the trainers and coaches to let him suit up.

During this week he has been working in his timing and rhythm, which are the hardest things to retain when coming back from an injury. And as of today (May 9), Pat Riley had a brief conversation

with Udonis after shootaround that consisted of, “You ready?” Of course, this could have been meant in general terms, or very specifically tonight.

Either way, Udonis is close to a return, and it could likely be this series, tonight or Game 5. So, as you may have forgotten, here’s what Udonis brings to this HEAT team, and why he sacrificed money to be here, and others sacrificed for him to stay here.

Stay Big Lineup Udonis is able to come in in that 4-6 minute stretch that Bosh is rested at the end of the first and third quarters. Recently, Miami has chosen to go small and move LeBron to the Power Forward position while playing James Jones and sometimes Mike Mil-ler.

This enables the HEAT to do a lot of things offensively, but also hurts them some as well. Spoel-

stra has been hesitant to go with 37-year old Juwan Howard. Using Udonis Haslem in this stretch enables Miami to keep an effective big, or regular lineup on the floor. Haslem is much more capable and willing to set screens and get rebounds than LeBron James currently is. Haslem lives for that, and thus having him in there enable LeBron to do what he likes, and is more effective at, scoring.

Energy Haslem flat out brings energy. He doesn’t take plays off. He lives for the intangibles. He loves to get rebounds and take charges.

Those are things every championship team needs, and when he’s on the floor, that kind of energy sparks the team, and the crowd.

Haslem was always the most consistent player for Miami when he plays. He does what he is supposed to, and he’s good at it.

Toughness The best part about Udonis’ game is that he loves to mix it up. He wants to play “chippy” and throw some elbows. Haslem doesn’t stand for anyone messing with his teammates. He plays tough, he is tough, and he acts tough. Nobody messes with Udonis. His toughness is something that Bosh doesn’t bring. It’s only matched by Magloire and Juwan Howard in a very friendly way, and they very rarely see the floor.

Haslem has been called the heart and soul of this team. What he brings, you don’t always find in the box score. You don’t always see it on the highlights, but it’s there. He has it. He brings it. And if Haslem is anywhere close to contributing to this team, it will be a huge lift.

He should be back soon.

And he will bring it!

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Bowling Green, Ky. - A ninth inning rally by the Florida Atlantic University baseball team fell short as it dropped a 5-4 decision in Sunday’s series finale to Western Kentucky University at Nick Denes Field in Bowling Green, Ky. The Owls scored one run and stranded the game-tying run on the base paths in the final at-bat.

FAU falls to 27-19 on the season and 14-10 in Sun Belt Conference play.

Western Kentucky improves to 29-19 overall and also stands 14-10 in league action. The Owls return to the diamond on Tuesday, May 10, when they travel to Florida Gulf Coast University, beginning at 6 p.m.

Despite the loss the Owls have qualified for the Sun Belt Conference tournament, set for May 25-28 in Monroe, La. The host Hilltoppers broke a 3-3 deadlock on a twoout two-run single by Ivan Hartle in the seventh inning.

FAU scored its run in the ninth inning on a sacrifice fly by senior outfielder Andy Mee that plated

freshman Geoff Jimenez.

Jimenez entered as a pinchrunner after sophomore pinch-hitter Mike Spano reached on an infield single. Junior catcher Mike Albaladejo lined a single to left-center field to move Jimenez to third base with one out. However, sophomore outfielderNathan Pittman struck out to end the game as WKU reliever Brian Edelen tossed the last five innings to preserve the win.

The Owls battled back after trailing 3-1 in the third inning when senior first baseman Dan Scheffler connected on his third home run of the season to left field in the fourth inning. FAU evened the game at three apiece after junior outfielder Alex Hudak also hit his third home run on the season with a leadoff blast in the sixth inning.

FAU scored first in a game for the third time of the weekend on a single by Pittman to left field to plate Albaladejo in the third inning.

WKU answered with a three-run third inning to

grab a 3-1 lead. Matt Rice lined a bases loaded single to plate Jordan Cessna.

Jared Andreoli scored on a wild pitch while Kes Carter had an RBI groundout to plate Hartle.

Edelen improved to 5-1 on the season with the strong relief pitching performance. The right hander struck out seven batters and scattered two hits.

FAU starting pitcher R.J. Alvarez received a no-decision, allowing three runs in 3.2 innings. Junior reliever Ahmed Garcia allowed one base hit in his 1.1 innings.

Mee suffered the loss to drop to 0-2 on the season allowing the Hartle tworun single in the sixth inning.

Albaladejo paced the 10-hit offensive attack with two hits. Senior second baseman Raymond Church, senior third baseman Sean Bukovich, senior outfielder Colby Gratton, Hudak, Pittman, Spano and Scheffler each had one hit apiece.

The Owls out-hit the Hilltoppers 10-7 in the rubber match of the series.

Seven players tallied a base hit for WKU, led by Hartle’s two RBIs.

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Football Stadium to Generate Estimated Lynn Women’s Tennis Battles Unbeaten $1.8 Million in Revenue on Game Day BYU-Hawaii in NCAA Round of 16 Florida Atlantic University’s new 30,000-seat oncampus football stadium could generate an estimated $1.8 million to FAU and the local economy on each game day, according to the Palm Beach County Sports Commission, a private, not-for-profit organization contracted by Palm Beach County to promote and market the County as a sports and sports tourism destination.

The FAU stadium project has already made an important impact, as it contributed to the creation of 2,000 jobs, including all work done onsite and off-

site since the official planning stages began in 2008.

“Florida Atlantic University’s stadium has already begun to positively impact the University and local community as a whole,” said Tom Donaudy, vice president for facilities at FAU. “Once it opens, it will positively impact the economic portfolio of South Florida.”

The stadium is the centerpiece of FAU’s Innovation Village, located in the north central area of campus. Home of the Owl football team, the openair stadium, a $70 million project funded through a

direct bank loan and private donations, is slated to feature 6,000 premium seats, including 24 suites, 26 loge boxes, 1,000 premier club seats and 4,000 priority club seats, and the latest, state-of-the-art amenities. FAU will play all home football games in the new stadium in fall 2011.

The stadium project is a design joint-venture between architects HKS Architects and INC/Schenkel Schultz, as well as a construction joint-venture by Cummings General Contractors and Balfour Beatty Construction.

By Steve Kramer BOCA RATON - All eyes will be on Lynn University’s third-ranked women’s team on Wednesday, May 11, as it takes on No. 1 BYU-Hawaii in the Round of 16 of the NCAA Division II National Tournament in Altamonte Springs, Fla. The Fighting Knights enter the National Tournament with a 24-2 overall record while the Seasiders are an unblemished 27-0.

Match time is scheduled for 4 pm at Sanlando Park The contest with BYUHawaii is the only matchup in the Round of 16 that features a pair of top-ten teams and one of just three with two teams in the top20. Lynn and BYU-Hawaii are also two of the most successful women’s tennis programs in Division II history. The Seasiders have won seven NCAA Division II national championships and a 54-5 (.915) record in NCAA Tournament play to lead all squads. LU has six National Championships (3 NCAA Division II) to rank fourth in the nation while its 58-13 (.817) mark in Tournament play ranks third behind BYUHawaii and fourth-ranked Armstrong Atlantic. The Fighting Knights are tied

with the Pirates with an NCAA-best 13 Final Four appearances.

LU is 2-9 all-time against the Seasiders and dropped a 5-4 decision to BYU-Hawaii in the 2010 National Semifinals. Both of Lynn’s victories against the Seasiders have come in NCAA Tournament play with its last coming in the 2009 National Quarterfinals. The Fighting Knights also defeated BYU-Hawaii in the 2001 National Championship Match.

Lynn is led up top by First Team All-Sunshine State Conference selections Magdalena Ekert and Eleonora Iannozzi. A native of Gdansk, Poland, Ekert has gone 16-6 from the No. 1 position this year with eight victories coming against nationally-ranked players. Iannozzi has dominated at the second slot, going 21-1 overall and is in the midst of a ten-match winning streak.

Newcomers with the Blue & White this year, Isabell Raich and Ioana Ivan have also been consistent in the middle of the order. Earning honorable mention in singles as a senior, Raich has posted a 15-3 record while Ivan, a second team honoree, is 18-2 from the fourth position.

Rounding out one of the deepest teams in the country at singles, the Fighting Knights will go with Jessica Yanoff (Delray Beach, Fla.) at five and Andrea Berkova at six. A second team singles recipient, Yanoff went 18-1 in her MVP season and Berkova is 16-3.

After going undefeated in doubles during SSC competition, Lynn will utilize Iannozzi/Ivan (18-2) at No. 1, Ekert/Raich (22-2) in the second slot and Yanoff/Berkova (16-1) at No. 3.

BYU-Hawaii is strong up top with their top-three players ranking Nos. 1, 2 and 4th in the nation and are a combined 60-0. Annie Hwang (21-0) heads the NCAA rankings while Yuan Jia (20-0) is second and Elwin Li (19-0) is fourth. Jia lost one match in the fall, which came to Armstrong Atlantic’s Alida Muller-Wehlau in straight sets. The bottom half of the order is no joke either, as Salina Arandra (18-1), Shawni Porter (83) and Sasha Ulbrichtova (20-2) have combined for a 46-6 record.

The Seasiders have also dominated in doubles having lost just one match all season. That loss came to Armstrong’s No. 1 duo of Barbara Kritckova and Muller-Wehlau at the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships in October. In dual matches this year, BYU-Hawaii’s tandems have gone 54-0.

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Grading John Buck and All the Florida Marlins’ Additions After April By: Tony Capobianco Like most teams, the Florida Marlins have made multiple moves to better their team for this ongoing season.

Like most winters, the Marlins would bring in multiple imports and then send out a major export to keep things in balance.

Most media pundits then assume, like clockwork, that the Marlins are throwing their season or are in some sort of rebuilding period.

That, of course, is never the case when it comes to the Marlins, except for 2006, when the team did in fact improve their run production from 717 runs in 2005 to 758 in 2006.

April is the month that most people scrutinize their newest additions because it is, of course, their first look at them.

Second Baseman Omar Infante: B To me, no one looked more perfect in a Marlins uniform than Omar Infan-

te. After watching the first two weeks of the season, I honestly thought he’d been a Marlin his whole career.

After April, Omar Infante has hit a disappointing .229 with 10 RBI and two stolen bases along with a walk off.

However, the most important stat is that he has zero errors. In a position in which the predecessor was known as a defensive liability, that’s important.

Catcher John Buck: A With three home runs, 14 RBI and a .227 batting average, John Buck is providing as much offensive production as Omar Infante, but his most important aspect is handling the pitching staff.

So far, the Marlins have three starting pitchers who have performed better than the Phillies’ big three. Leo Nunez gets his old catcher from Kansas City and goes nine for nine for saves with more strikeouts than innings.

Greg Dobbs: A Greg Dobbs was supposed

to just be a pinch hitter, coming off the bench.

Instead, he got some starts at third base and is now sporting.327 with two home runs and eight RBI. With Matt Dominguez going through rehab in the minors, Dobbs can run away with the third base job if he continues his play.

Javier Vazquez: C+ Javy Vazquez has an ERA over six and a .500 record in the month of April.

However, he has provided the proper amount of innings to help the club out.

The positive stats need to start coming, though.

Entire bullpen: A Going into the beginning of last week, this is what the numbers looked liked for the Marlins’ bullpen.

Opposing hitters are batting.180 against them and have an OPS of.517.

They have only issued just 18 walks in 55 1/3 innings. Dunn allowed one hit and no runs in seven appearances, generating nine strikeouts in five 2/3 innings.

Sanchez allowed one hit and no runs in 10 2/3 innings. Leo Nunez had a 2.00 ERA, while converting all of Florida’s save chances. Webb had pitched 11 innings, with a 1.18 WHIP. The numbers haven’t changed drastically going into May.

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How Udonis Haslem’s Return Will Help Miami See page 28

Lynn Women’s Tennis Battles Unbeaten BYU-Hawaii in NCAA Round of 16 See page 30

Grading John Buck and All the Florida Marlins’ Additions After April

See page 31