The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
Number 378 • Year IX COMMUNITY see page 4
Manuel Oliver To Speak At FAU’s Student Activism Program
COMMUNITY see page 5
FAU Receives Endowment to Name LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy
SPORTS
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FAU Volleyball Opens Season at Sunshine State Challenge
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL
August 31 - September 6, 2018
Singer Elected Mayor, Thomson Defeats Cottrell After Hand Count There is a new Mayor and Council Member taking their spot at the Council Chambers. Scott Singer and Andy Thomson both won their races after a special election was held on Tuesday, August 28 to fill the Mayoral spot left by Susan Haynie who is still suspended by Governor Rick Scott. Deputy Mayor Scott Singer took over as mayor and decided to run for the seat in the special election, leaving his Seat A open for the taking. Kathy Cottrell, Tamara McKee, and Andy Thomson all filled to earn the votes for Seat A, and after 72 hours since poll closed, Thomson was declared the winner after a manual count. Story on Page 3
No. 1-Ranked Bascom Palmer Fills Jobs with PBSC Grads Palm Beach State College has become a hiring pipeline for the nation’s No. 1 eye hospital. Twelve graduates of the Ophthalmic Medical Technology program currently work at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Palm Beach Gardens as ophthalmic technicians, comprising almost one-half of the facility’s technician staff of about 25. “The Palm Beach State College program is very critical to our continued success,” said Anthony R. Garand, executive director of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Palm Beach Gardens and Naples. “I find that those who come through the program have a very sound foundation and practical skill set. All of them have been successful in putting what they’ve learned into practice. They are some of my best technicians.”
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