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Local author brings Florida’s 20’s land boom to life with glamour and grace By: Joanie Cox-Henry Contributing Writer It was standing room only at Patricia Yost’s recent lecture at The Delray Beach Historical Society. Dozens of people packed into the 1926 bungalow to witness the former Vogue editor’s lecture on the famous Florida real estate boom on the 1920s.

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Cece Teneal leads the group, Soul Kamotion, in an R&B-laced musical set to entertain the energetic crowd at this year’s Soul Party Gala to benefit Delray’s Arts Garage. Photo by Dale King.

Arts Garage rocks on for nearly 200 friends at ‘Soul Party’ gala By: Dale King Contributing Writer Who loves the Arts Garage, baby?

Grove is likely to be found on the list.

The Delray Beach community, for one, and just about every-

In fact, Cece Teneal, lead singer of the group, Soul Kamotion, says she’s a big fan.

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Local author Patricia Yost recently gave two sold-out lectures at the Delray Beach Historical Society. Photo by Joanie Cox-Henry.

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Arts Garage rocks on for nearly 200 friends at ‘Soul Party’ gala

by Theatre at Arts Garage to kick off the musical segment of the entertainment spot’s 10th annual fundraising gala, “Soul Party,” the night of Jan. 25.

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Cece and Soul Kamotion were featured performers at a fun, food and music-filled evening last month that’s considered Arts Garage’s most important money-raising event of the year.

The mistress of soul created a show just for the special event, one that included such songs as “Groove me,” Aretha’s “(You Make me Feel Like a) Natural Woman,” “I’m Easy like Sunday Morning,” “Ain’t too Proud to Beg” and, of course, “My Girl.”

“Soul Party was an amazing success,” said Marjorie Waldo, president and CEO of Arts Garage. “Our donors believe that art and music matter. They give generously to support Arts Garage’s effort to provide access to the arts to our community. We danced the night away to some terrific soul music, and among our special guests were bandleader Tito Puente Jr. and world famous digital artist Laurence Gartel.”

Arts Garage President and CEO Marjorie Waldo is joined by Tito Pam and Chuck Halberg attend the 10th annual Arts Garage Gala. Photo by Puente Jr. at 10th annual Arts Garage Gala. Photo by Studio B Studio B Squared.

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Waldo said the mission of Arts Garage is to “connect our community to the world through the arts. This vision drives all decision-making which brings local, emerging artists and established global performers into the local multi-cultural community.”

“Diversity is a hallmark of Arts Garage,” she pointed out,

“which provides multicultural programming that promotes inclusion in the arts. #DiscoverDiversity isn’t just a tagline—it is the cornerstone of our outreach programs, staffing and marketing.”

For more information about the venue, call 561-4506357 or visit www.artsgarage.org.

“Appropriately scheduled on the Lunar New Year, this truly was a magical, memorable, musical celebration,” she added, giving special praise to steering committee members Ronnie Dunayer, Lynn Ferguson, Louise Kornfeld and Susan Paulus.

The celebration opened with a silent auction in the Robert and Linda Schmier Theatre where cerebral bidders were entertained by guitarist Julius Sanna. A threecourse, plated dinner followed, then the singers took command of the stage.

When the soul train pulled out after its first set, wellknown auctioneer Neil Saffer and his wife, Trisha, took their place and stirred the crowd to bid on a variety of luxury gifts, from cruises to a VIP dinner for 20 with Tito Puente Jr., a cozy stay at a mountain home in North Carolina and a seven-day, six-night visit to the Thulani House in South Africa, among others.

“The Arts Garage is a very special place, and Marjorie Waldo has been a friend of mine for a long time,” said Neil, commenting that he had asked her “not to make me follow Cece Teneal.”

Artist and pioneer of digital art Laurence Gartel, left, holds a piece he created that was purchased at the Arts Garage Gala by Ethel Gittlin and Al Trenk. Photo by Dale King.

Local author brings Florida’s 20’s land boom to life with glamour and grace State into the booming tourism destination it is today.

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“This lecture is local history and I find it resonates because it’s personal,” said Yost, who lives in West Palm Beach and volunteers at the Historical Society of Palm Beach County.

After self-publishing the book first just for family, Yost was delighted when it was serendipitously picked up by a publisher.

“My husband spent years digging into this writing project, researching his family’s own move from New York City to South Florida and the land his father had purchased from Coral Gables to West

Palm Beach,” she said. “After he died in 2010, I was going through boxes of old photos he had and it intrigued me.”

Yost decided to make her husband’s words the heart of the story and pepper the rest of the book with Florida’s unique history.

“If you don’t remember history, you’re bound to repeat it again,” Yost said. “By 1923, the great Florida land boom was in full sway. These people were full of wild dreams and high hopes. My husband’s family was in on the action, but then the economic collapse came from so many aspects. There were two hurricanes and human nature and mother nature affect-

ed it. It was a perfect storm.”

From Henry Morrison Flagler, Addison Mizner and Carl Fisher to John Styles Collins, George Edgar Merrick and Julia Tuttle, Yost’s lecture took listeners into a time machine back to the 20s when Delray’s charming cottages and bungalows were popping up and a room at the Breakers was just $4 a night and included lavish meals.

“The 1920’s land speculation brought hopes of prosperity to Delray,” Yost said.

“The Seacrest Hotel opened in 1923 and Delray became a creative winter enclave for cartoonists such as H.T. Webster and Fontaine Fox. And American novelist,

screenwriter and playwrightNina Wilcox Putnam was also a seasonal resident here alongside hat designer Lilly Daché.”

Following her lecture, Yost signed copies of her book, which is also available online at amazon.com.

“This lecture was in such high demand, we decided to offer it in January and again on Feb. 5,” said Delray Beach Historical Society President John Miller. “It’s part nostalgia-part learning from the past. Delray is very proud of its history and very protective of the history here.

We’re always looking for new members.

These lectures a great way to get people interested in our local history.”

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City Commissioner Bill Bathurst Standing with Residents ...

...and Holding Developers Accountable.

Here Are the Facts: Holding Developers Accountable

Standing Up for Residents

Bill was the only CRA Board Member to vote for the smaller-village-scale project on West Atlantic Ave. that was by far the number one choice by the selection committee.

Bill successfully fought for two of the most comprehensive historic preservation ordinances in Delray Beach.

Bill said NO to allowing another IPIC mistake; he crafted a $4 Million claw-back clause in the CRA West Atlantic Ave. contract to protect the city’s interests.

Bill saved a historic home from demolition by relocating it behind the CRA.

Bill said NO when developers wanted to build an unreasonable large-scale development on Barwick Road; instead Bill presented a smaller, more responsible plan for Banyan Cove.

Bill said YES to planting 10,000 trees in Delray Beach.

Bill voted NO to extend the deadline for a developer attempting a larger site plan revision on West Atlantic Ave. Bill said NO to a property owner who was suing the city to gain approval to build a 4-story structure on an Atlantic Ave. property.

Bill said NO to midtown three times, only to have a previous commission rush it through before he was sworn-in as Commissioner.

Bill said NO to developers who wanted to build a townhome project on North Swinton Ave. in the Lake Ida neighborhood.

IN FACT, Bill has NEVER VOTED for a large-scale project in Delray Beach while on the City Commission. Bill was not on the Commission when these projects were approved. (Atlantic Crossing, Aloft Hotel, Courtyard Marriott, Ray Hotel, Midtown/Sundy House Block development, and IPIC)

Bill said YES to a smaller, more responsible plan for Banyan Cove.

Bill spent two terms on the historic preservation board fighting to maintain the integrity of our historic districts and historic homes.

Bill supports thoughtful, sustainable, and responsible development.

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things you need to know this March in Delray Beach

1 Head to the polls on March 17 to vote

for Seat 2 and Seat 4 city commissioners.

Seat 2 candidates include incumbent Bill Bathurst and challengers Juli Casale, Jennifer Jones and Debra Tendrich. Seat 4 candidates include incumbent Shirley Johnson and challengers Angela Burns and Chris Davey.

2 Catch Daughter of a Garbageman at the Delray Beach Playhouse March 4-5.

The show is a tale of Maureen Langan’s 1970s upbringing in New Jersey, in which her Irish mother and Bronx-born father, a New York City sanitation worker, told her to work hard, get educated and life would reward her. But is that true? Catch a matinee at 12:30 on March 4 or evening performance at 8 p.m. on March 5.

3 Get ready to get funky at the Milagro Center’s “Let’s Groove Tonight at the Delray Disco” fundraising party on March 28 at the Delray Beach Golf Club. The dance party begins at 7 p.m. with cocktails, dinner and dancing all raising money for at-risk students in the after-school and summer camp programs at Milagro Center.

4 Delray Beach Senior Games continue

March 1-6 at various locations throughout Delray Beach, Boca Raton, and West Palm Beach. Adults 50 years and up get

the chance to enter any of the competitive events.

Custom medals will be awarded to first, second, and third place winners in each age division per event. All participants will receive a t-shirt. Sports include pickleball, archery, golf, bowling, basketball, swimming and croquet.

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Spady Museum will debut a new photo exhibit this month, “UNSUNG No More: Celebrating Black Women Leaders.” Curated

by Anshantia Oso, the new photo exhibition will feature selections from the Spady Museum archives, original photo works of contemporary photographers with an emphasis on showcasing the African-, Haitian- and Caribbean-American cultural contributions to the artistic landscape of Florida. The exhibition will explore and celebrate the courage, spirit and leadership of black women in shaping the black community, historically and in present day.

6 Actor, director and educator André De Shields will perform at Old School Square at 8 p.m. on March 9-10.

He replaces Tommy Tune, who was scheduled to take the stage.

De Shields is the triple crown winner of the 2019 Awards Season, having won the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Tony Awards in the category of Best Actor in a Featured Role for his performance as Hermes in Hadestown, which won Best Musical. Photo

by Lia Chang.

7 Boys & Girls Club of Delray Beach will host its eighth annual Be Great Celebration Dinner on March 10 at the Quail Ridge Country Club. An outdoor cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. kicks off

the evening overlooking the golf course, where guests will have a chance to experience the programs offered to youth daily. Afterward, dinner will feature a special performance

by Club members that participate in The Symphonia strings program and an auction. Each year, the Be Great Celebration Dinner recognizes the most accomplished member of the Delray Beach Club, the Youth of the Year and honors an important member of the community with the Forrest and Frances Lattner Community Impact Award. This year the Club is proud to celebrate Widnie Marcelin, 2020 Delray Beach Club’s Youth of the Year and Dr. Craig Spodak with the Community Impact Award.

Tickets $225.

8 Beatles on the Beach returns to Delray on March 26-29. The four-day festival will include acts by Micky Dolenz of the Monkees, McCartney Mania, Patti Russo and more across 20 venues in downtown Delray Beach. The Old School Square Pavilion will serve as the main stage. Highlights: March 27, 7 p.m.: Micky Dolenz of the Monkees, March 28, 7 p.m.: McCartney Mania Accompanied by The Academy Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Sir Thomas Servinsky, which will perform selections from Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road and the White Album and a Beatles Bar Crawl starting at Boston’s on the Beach.

All inclusive day passes start at $29.50 with a two-day VIP pass for $152.20.

9 Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens will hold Kokoro: Synchronizing Heart and Mind on March 13 at 7 p.m. Performers from Japan and Florida unite in an evening of dance and musical revelry to join our kokoro. Kokoro in Japanese is used interchangeably to mean

the “heart” and “mind.” In Japan there is no separation of the two, compared to the Western notion where the heart and mind act independently of each other.

The evening will showcase beats of the taiko drums, melodies of the koto, the Japanese zither, movements of Japanese dance, and strumming of the shamisen, the Japanese banjo. Tickets $35.

10 Music at St. Paul’s will host two performances this month. On March 8 at 3 p.m., enjoy a concert of songs from The Great American Songbook with vocalist Anita Smith and The Prime Time Music Orchestra, an 18-piece Big Band.

The concert will begin with early popular standards of the 1920s and take the audience on a historical musical journey to the 1950s. Selections will include music by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Sammy Fain, Vernon Duke, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Rodgers and Hart, and others. Along with vocals, the concert will feature standard Big Band charts with instrumental soloists. On March 29 at 3 p.m., travel to Vienna with “Delray String Quartet goes to Vienna.” The program features music by prominent composers affiliated with the city of Vienna, including Joseph Haydn’s String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1; Hugo Wolf ’s Intermezzo in E-flat Major; and Johannes Brahms’ String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1. Suggested donation $20 for each show.

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Delray Beach voters to elect two commissioners March 17 Staff report

nancial report dated Feb. 10.

If you are registered to vote in the city of Delray Beach, you can cast your vote to fill two seats on the Delray Beach City Commission on March 17.

Several candidates have loaned themselves money or donated their own money to their campaign. Davey put in the most of his own money, $8,200. Bathurst and Casale both ponied up $5,000 to support their own campaigns. Johnson loaned herself $400 and Tendrich $100.

Seats 2 and 4 are both up for grabs this municipal election cycle. Both seats have incumbent candidates seeking to retain their seats on the dais. Both incumbents face several challengers.

The commission seats are elected at large, which means commissioners represent the city as a whole and not in districts. So voters can vote for both seats.

Seat 2 is currently held by Bill Bathurst. He is seeking re-election and has several opponents, Juli Casale, Jennifer Jones and Debra Tendrich.

Bathurst was elected without any opposition when he ran in 2018. He served the rest of a two-year term previously held

by Jim Chard, who gave up the seat to run for mayor against Shelly Petrolia.

Of the challengers, Casale has raised the most amount of money in the Seat 2 race, just over $23,000, according to her Feb. 10 financial report. In Seat 4 race, Davey has $18,575 in his account.

When it comes to campaign platforms, candidates shared their top three priorities with the Delray Newspaper in our election questionnaire. Seat 4 candidates are featured in this month’s edition. Seat 2 responses can be found in our February edition.

For Seat 2 incumbent Bathurst, he said his focus is on historic preservation, public safety and fiscal responsibility.

Seat 4 is currently held by Shirley Johnson. She is seeking re-election and has two opponents, Angela Burns and Chris Davey.

Seat 2 Challenger Casale said the city needs to continue to replace and repair aging infrastructure, explore solutions to flooding due to sea-level rise and carefully monitor future development.

When it comes to campaign coffers, the incumbents lead in fundraising. Bathurst has raised the most money of any candidate. As of a Feb. 10 financial report, he raised just over $75,000. Johnson brought in $43,734, according to her fi-

Challenger Jones is focused on creating jobs for small businesses and contractors, implementing policies that create opportunities for local businesses to bid more on city contracts and expand on affordable housing plans.

Slices Delray Chamber chair Bill Branning passes gavel to new chair Noreen Payne

Outgoing chamber chairman Bill Branning passes the gavel to chairwoman Noreen Payne. Photo courtesy of SB2.

The annual tradition of passing the gavel from the outgoing chamber chair to the incoming chair took place during the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce’s membership luncheon and installation of officers event.

Chairman Bill Branning reflected on the past year and what the chamber achieved before he handed off the job to Noreen Payne.

“It was a great experience for me personally and professionally,” he said. “We had a great year and a lot of successes.”

Branning discussed the restructuring of the chamber’s staff and shared that the chamber now has the right people in the right positions and the chamber finished the year financially in the black.

Dr. John Conde named board president of CROS Ministries Delray’s Dr. John Conde of The Conde Center

of Delray Beach was recently named president of the board of directors of CROS Ministries.

The new Executive Committee slate includes Dr. John Conde as President, Ken Treadwell as Vice President, Patti Alexander as Treasurer, and Tim Pallesen as Secretary. Other Directors of the Board are Denise Bleau; Rev. Dionne Hammond, Ex-Officio; Nancy Hurd; Rev. Dr. Aaron Janklow; James Lawrence; Deana McCrea; Felicia Slappy; and Christine Stiller.

Dr. Conde, is a native Floridian, born in Miami and raised in Delray Beach. He is a Board Certified Chiropractic Neurologist and a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Neurology Board. Dr. John Conde founded his chiropractic practice Delray Beach’s Conde Center for Chiropractic Neurology in 2006. Dr. Conde’s first introduction to CROS Ministries (CROS) was when he and his Conde Center staff began volunteering at its Caring Kitchen, CROS’ hot meal program located in Delray Beach. He joined the Board of Directors in 2015 and became the Board Vice President in 2016. The Conde Center has held in-office fundraisers for CROS’ summer camp program and hosted local high school students participating in CROS Camp’s Counselor-in-Training Leadership Program, providing them an opportunity to see, experience, and learn about chiropractic medicine firsthand. The Conde Center is also a major sponsor of CROS’ annual fundraising events, Raise Your Glass in April and Hustle to End Hunger in October.

Challenger Tendrich wants to work on redeveloping the West Atlantic Avenue corridor and the Congress Avenue corridor and partner with the school district to help make all Delray Beach schools “A” rated schools.

Seat 4 incumbent Johnson said her top priorities if she were re-elected would be stabilizing city hall personnel and working on adding more affordable and workforce housing as well as increasing public safety.

Seat 4 Challenger Burns would spend her time focusing on supporting small local businesses, promoting equitable growth and accountable government.

Seat 4 Challenger Davey would focus on traffic and traffic flow throughout the city especially when it comes to new developments, make sure the CRA focuses on infrastructure and economic improvement in the NW/SW neighborhoods and look into taking out bonds to address infrastructure needs while interest rates are low.

Quarterly volunteer initiative Love Delray returns Love Delray, a quarterly, community-wide day of service returns on March 21.

Looking to spend the morning giving back?

Meet at the Achievement Centers for Centers for Children & Families Delray Beach, Resource Center (Cafeteria & Gym) 345 N.W. 5th Ave. at 8 a.m.

A light breakfast will be provided before volunteer break off to visit different nonprofits.

The opportunities include pressure washing the Achievement Centers campus, a house project at 4KidsofSoFla, painting and cleaning at CROS Ministries- Painting & Cleaning, gardening at Orchard View Elementary

School, kids can make cards for police, fire fighters and EMTs, beach and park clean up at Veterans Park and various projects at City House.

Delray to participate in Let’s Move challenge Palm Beach County is asking people to get physical in March.

The Let’s Move Physical Activity Challenge is a county-wide competition from March 1-31. Track the total amount of minutes of physical activity taking place in Delray Beach with a minimum of 30 minutes per day.

Send your total to Andrea Bruton, the Let’s Move Coordinator for Delray Beach at sky703@att.net

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former Delray teacher, author Barbara Jackson 1 Tell us a little bit about

yourself, how you became interested in teaching and then writing a children’s book series.

Since high school, I wanted to be a teacher, but I wasn’t immediately able to make this dream a reality. Once my two daughters started school, so did I. I became a preschool teacher and taught at St. Paul’s Day School for 20 years. I dabbled with writing children’s books a long time ago, but never pursued it. When my first grand-daughter was born, my older daughter, Andrea, was struck with an idea to start this children’s book series, and she wanted me to author the books. Reading to my children, then my students, and now my grandchildren is something I have always cherished, and now I get to share my stories with everyone.

2 Tell us about your book series, “The Adventures of Lucky.” How long did the process of writing the series take and what was the inspiration?

Writing the books was the easy part! I wrote most of them when we first came up with the idea. It’s taken over four years to bring the rest of the project to life, including concept development, design, illustrations, earning our official Trademark, prototypes,

manufacturing, and production.

The inspiration for The Adventures of Lucky® originated in our family many years ago. When Jamie, my youngest daughter, was little Lucky was her favorite stuffed animal. He joined us on a family vacation one summer, and went missing from the hotel room. Jamie was devasted, and we frantically searched for him, which is a scenario many parents can relate to. Thankfully he was found! Turns out, he had gotten twisted in the bedsheets and was washed with the hotel’s laundry. A few years later, Andrea retold this story of Lucky for a 6th grade school project. Quite a few years after that, we were brainstorming ideas for this exciting new project, and Andrea and I instantly knew Lucky would be the perfect character to tie it all together. We have worked hard to bring Lucky’s story to life once more. The whole concept for the series was founded

Delray Fire Chief named next president of Florida Fire Chiefs Association Staff report Delray Beach Fire Chief Neal de Jesus has been elected to serve as the Florida Fire Chiefs Association’s next president.

He will begin his term in August when he is sworn in at the FFCA Executive Development conference in Panama City Beach.

The chief has served in the capacity of the FFCA’s Southeast Region Director, 2nd vice president and 1st vice president.

“After nearly 38 years of active involvement in the fire service, this is definitely one of the high points of my career,” de Jesus said. “It is a true honor and privilege to be blessed with the opportunity to lead such a prestigious and respected association.

My involvement in the FFCA brings invaluable experience and access to resources that will transcend beneficially to the city of Delray Beach, Delray Beach Fire Rescue and those we serve. I look forward to working with the board of directors, staff and our partners as we continue to lead our members and the Florida fire service forward.”

The FFCA exists to advance the profession of fire and emergency services through proactive leadership, education and advocacy.

A board of directors composed of six regional directors and a five-member executive committee governs the association. Headquartered in Tallahassee, the FFCA has a staff of five people, as well as two contracted lobbyists, and represents more than 5,200 members. For more information, visit www. ffca.org

with the intention of making it more interactive for the child. Each set comes with a board book and 3 plush toys, including Lucky (dressed ready for his adventure), his mode of transportation, and another character or item from the story. The plush toys can be played with as the child follows along with the book, and some even feature noisemakers to add another sensory level to the reading experience. Lucky is a fun and slightly mischievous character, and each book has a flap page featuring where he gets stuck on his adventure (the first one being in the washing machine). Some of the other special details in this series are the star footprints Lucky leaves behind and the removable luggage tag on each set, which can be used on the child’s own adventures.

3 You co-authored the books with your daughters. What was it like working on the series with them?

We have each taken on our own individual roles, which suit our different talents and personalities just right. Andrea came up with the concept and is involved with many of the details and planning, working closely with our illustrator, I have written the stories, and Jamie manages the business and marketing side of things. Working on this together has allowed our dream to become a reality. Every step of the way, both challenges and successes, has brought us closer together. It’s a mom’s dream come true!

4 What is one of your favorite mem-

ories from working at St. Paul’s Day School?

Being with the children every day, watching them learn and grow throughout the year, was the best part of my job! It was truly an honor to be guiding their first experiences in a school setting.

5 If you could take Lucky on any adventure, what would it be?

The true story of Lucky, which the first book, Lucky’s Island Adventure, is based on, is hard to compete with! Still, we have many fun ideas for his future adventures. I am really looking forward to taking Lucky on a winter trip!

The Pap Corps presents ‘Footloose & Cancer Free 2020’ dance competition luncheon Staff report

Amateur dance couples representing over a dozen Pap Corps chapters will lace up their dancing shoes and compete while raising money for cancer research during the Footloose & Cancer Free 2020 luncheon.

The dance contest will take place at 1 p.m. on March 22 at the Opal Grand Resort in Delray Beach.

The event will feature a 3-course luncheon with champagne toast, followed by open dancing after the competition.

“This event is a wonderful opportunity for people everywhere to support ground-breaking cancer research though a dazzling celebration of dance,” said Beverly Berkowitz, Vice Chair of The Pap Corps. “We are very proud that our theme is Support the Next Survivor as it truly encapsulates The Pap Corps’ mission.”

The funds from this event, and all The Pap Corps’ events, support research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer

Center leading to new and better treatments for all types of cancers.

Inspiring more people to donate to this worthy cause is the reason Footloose and Cancer Free was created.

Each dance couple is featured in their own video, where they showcase a few signature dance moves while sharing their often poignant and very personal reasons for supporting cancer research.

Voting is open to everyone, everywhere with a minimum of $5 per vote. During the event, an award will be presented to the best fundraising couple, in addition to honoring the best dance couple.

To prepare for dance competition, the amateur couples took dance lessons at The Delray Ballroom to perfect routines to their favorite songs. All the couples will also be featured in a group dance lead by the ballroom’s owners, Kris and Amanda Whitney.

“We are so grateful to our dance couples who have volunteered to

Esther Peretz and Winston McGill were last year’s Pap Corps competition dance winners. Photo courtesy of Amy Pasquantonio.

participate in this event,” said Linda Moses, Chair of The Pap Corps. “We are inspired by their dedication and their stories, and we look forward to having people visiting our website to learn about our wonderful members and vote, vote, vote!”

Tickets for the event cost $75 per person. Online voting is currently underway at www.thepapcorps.org

Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival brings variety of films from documentaries to short films to local big screens this month Staff report Movie buffs will be able to catch 55 different films during the Levis JCC Sandler Center’s 4th annual Judy Levis Markhoff Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival.

The line-up includes 55 films from 22 countries that will be screened at the Cinemark Palace 20 Theaters in Boca Raton, Movies of Delray and in the Beifield Auditorium at the Levis JCC Sandler Center.

The festival runs March 8-March 29 and is considered one of the top 10 Jewish Film Festivals in the country. Films, shorts and even television series cover topics including the Jewish experience, culture, history, identity and topics relevant to Jewish life.

Festival artistic director Wendy Honig said there are options for everyone.

“The Festival has become one of the most-anticipated events of the year in the Boca Raton community and we could not be prouder,” she said.

Opening night will kick off at 7 p.m. on March 8 with the Florida premiere of “I’ll Find You.” The film takes audiences back to 1939 during the German invasion of Poland. Two young lovers, Robert, a Catholic opera singer and Rachel, a Jewish violin virtuoso, dream of one day performing together at legendary Carnegie Hall. When they are torn apart, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what the war may bring. His search leads him on a life-threatening journey through the heart of Nazi Germany.

Director Martha Coolidge (former President of the Directors Guild) and Producer Fred Roos (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) will be making special guest appearances, and will host a post-screening discussion.

Films scheduled for the first two weeks will be screened at Cinemark Palace 20 Theaters in Boca Raton and then at Movies of Delray the third week. Some films will be shown at the JCC.

Since the festival is spread out over three weeks, you could catch all 55 films, “If you’re really ambitious,” said Lesley Rich, festival program and production director.

Honig and Rich estimate about 15,000 people will attend the films while the festival is going on.

“We started with 21 films in this festival and it has grown to be 55 films,” Honig said. “We have grown the number of places where we show films. Our audience has grown and our patrons have grown.

The festival is so popular that our phone is ringing off the wall before we open up for ticket sales.”

And while the festival is only around for a few weeks, Rich said putting it on is a year-round commitment.

“We really enjoy film,” he said. “We are constantly seeking out films and we try to stay on the cutting edge.”

The goal is to create a destination film festival.

Some highlights of the festival:

Stand! – East Coast Premiere of a musical inspired by a true story.

1919 Stefan and his father Mike fled Ukraine for the New World, where they struggle to earn enough to reunite the family. Stefan is instantly smitten with the Jewish suffragette neighbor, Rebecca – but Rebecca’s brother Moishe and Mike oppose the would-be Romeo and Juliet. Returned soldiers, angry at the lack of jobs after the war, violently threaten the city’s immigrants, including Emma, the refugee from racial persecution in Oklahoma. When a movement develops for workers to leave their jobs in protest, AJ Anderson, a wealthy lawyer, pits all against each other in a dramatic and inspirational final stand.

Incitement - This rigorous psycho-

logical thriller by American-Israeli director Yaron Zilberman depicts the lead-up to the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin through the worldview of his assassin, Yigal Amir.

Photo by Yael Ilan.

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Golden Voices - Southeast U.S. premiere - Victor and Raya Frenkel were the golden voices of the Soviet film dubbing. In 1990, with the collapse of USSR, they decide to immigrate to Israel, just like hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews.

Victor and Raya’s attempts to use their distinctive talent in a country that doesn’t need it, will turn the beginning of the new chapter of their life into an amusing, painful, and absurd experience.

Radical Obsession – U.S. premiere - A documentary about the unholy truth about Iran and terrorism.

The closing day will take place at 2 p.m. on March 29 at Zinman Hall where “The Automat” will be shown. The film transports movie-goers to a time when Americans once sipped coffee and ate pie around communal tables, sharing their struggles and dreams with strangers at Horn & Hardart’s iconic Automat. More than just entertainment, The Automat is a parable of how Americans once dined happily together before turning to the isolated experience offered by fast food.

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The documentary is directed by Lisa Hurwitz and stars Mel Brooks, Elliott Gould, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Colin Powell, Carl Reiner, Bruce Vilanch, Ed Rendell, Wilson Goode, Stephen Tobolowsky and Howard Schultz. The screening will be preceded by an Automat-themed party commencing at noon.

For a full schedule and ticket information, visit http://bocajff.org/ the-festival/2020-films/

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Don’t miss events 1 Dress for Success Palm

Beaches will honor Lilly Pulitzer with its Style Icon award at its seventh annual Style for Hope fundraising luncheon on March 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kravis Center. A highlight of the luncheon will be a “Conversation With…”, when emcee Kelley Dunn, the WPTV-Ch. 5 news anchor, interviews onstage Pulitzer’s granddaughter Lilly Leas Ferreria and Mira Fain, executive vice president of design and development at Lilly Pulitzer. Making a special appearance will be Emmy Award winning TV personality and style expert Carson Kressley. Tickets start at $150.

2 Kidnapping activist Elizabeth Smart will be the keynote speaker for the Angel Moms Brunch and Benefit at 10:30 a.m. on March 31 at Royal Palm Beach Yacht and Country Club. The event raises funds for the Place of Hope Rinker campus, which is home to survivors of human trafficking and foster children.

3 Christine Pedi is bringing Broadway legends to the Wick Theatre stage in “Forbidden Dames” at 8 p.m. on March 24. Christine is better known as the lady of 1,000 voices. She will bring songs and uncanny impressions that will leave you laughing all night. Tickets start at $65.

4 Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters will host the sixth annual Palm Beach Book Festival with a group of New York Times bestselling authors, several of whom have books featured on the New York Times list of books to watch in 2020. The festival will take place on March 21 from

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in FAU’s University Theatre. Tickets for the full day are $75, and individual panel tickets are $20-$25, and can be purchased at fauevents.com or by calling 561297-6124. Free parking is included with admission, and lunch will be for sale at the event.

5 The 18th annual Boca Bac-

chanal will return on March 6 with Vintner Dinners held at elegant private homes and historic venues at 7 p.m. Guests will feast on five-course meals, created by chefs working in tandem with acclaimed vintners, for the ultimate dinner party experience. $350, per person. Featured vintners, for the five Vintner Dinners, are Katie Griesbeck from Cakebread Cellars in Sonoma, CA; Anthony Truchard of Truchard Vineyards in Napa, CA; Anita Correas of Montes Alpha in Santa Cruz, Chile; Tim Duncan of Silver Oak Cellars & Twomey Cellars in Napa, CA; and John Schultz of Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards in Napa, CA. The Grand Tasting, dinner-bythe-bite from 25 local restaurants with 130 different wine samples, will return to the Boca Raton Resort’s Great Hall on March 7 at 7 p.m. Tickets $125. All funds raised from the events benefit the Boca Raton Historical Society & Museum. Photo courtesy of Michele Sandberg.

6 Tovah is Leona! will return to Boca’s Mizner Park Cultural Center on March 28-29. Six-time Tony and Emmy nominee Tovah Feldshuh is back by popular demand for a limited engagement with her Broadway-bound musical Tovah is LEONA! The show, in which Feldshuh assumes the persona of real estate mogul and hotelier Leona Helmsley, played to sold-out houses

in January. Tickets $39-$59. Shows at 3 and 8 p.m. on March 28 and 2 and 7 p.m. on March 29.

7 Get ready to run while helping Boca Helping Hands. MobileHelp is hosting “Bridging the Distance” 5K to benefit the nonprofit at 7 a.m. on March 14 at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus. Race entry is $30 until March 10 and then $35. Kids 10 and under run for free at 8 a.m. Registered runners will receive an AccuChip to record their net times. First, second and third place awards will be presented in five age groups, including under 10 and over 80. T-shirts and participation medals will be given to the first 300 runners.

8 YMCA of South Palm Beach County’s 18th Annual Inspiration Breakfast will feature Super Bowl winning Washington Redskins quarterback, entrepreneur and Emmy award-winning NFL Analyst for ESPN and NFL Network, Joe Theismann. Theismann was awarded NFL’s Man of the Year in 1982 and MVP in 1983. The breakfast will take place at 7:30 a.m. on March 4 at Office Depot Global Headquarters. Funds raised from the event will go toward supporting scholarships for youth development programs which provides everyone, regardless of income, the ability to participate in YMCA programs.

9 Celebrate International Women’s Day from 10 a.m. to noon on March 8 at Mizner Park. Lululemon at Mizner Park will host a Super Woman Sunday. The free event will include an hour-long collaborative workout starting at 10 a.m., followed by browsing booths sponsored by Mizner Park merchants, restaurants and local vendors. The morning will start with a yoga warm-up by Mary Ann Morgan Fried, followed by HITT tabata by Sara at Sweat 561; shadow boxing with Stephanie of intensityX3; and barre cool-down with Rachel of Barre3. Optional cash donations and gently used women’s business attire will be accepted the day of the event to benefit The Women’s Circle.

10 Spanish River Library will host Touch a Truck from 9 a.m. to noon on March 21. In partnership with the City of Boca Raton’s Municipal Services, Utility Services, Recreation Services, and Police and Fire Departments, the Spanish River Library will bring the event to its parking lot for the third year. Truck operators will be on hand to demonstrate how their vehicles work and explain what they do. Check out a fire engine, sanitation truck, aerial bucket truck, dump truck, beach tractor, rescue boat and much more! Find out why they are such an important part of our community. Visitors are also invited inside the library for special story times and coloring pages featuring the trucks on display. The free program will take place rain or shine! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Food will be available for purchase.

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Tickets $39 (includes lunch catered by Too Jays)

Levis JCC West Boca Theatre

Three celebrated actors from Words…

Alive present a reading of THE BRIDGE GAME, an original play written by Carole Geshlider. Based on her years of competition bridge, friendships, and bridge club, the play is a wacky comedy about friendship, survival and forgiveness.

The Marvelous Wonderettes March 5 - 8 Thursday, March 5, 2 pm & 7:30 pm; Saturday, March 7, 7:30 pm; Sunday, March 8, 2 pm.

Tickets: $30 - $40 At the 1958 Springfield High School prom, the audience meets Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy, four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts. This musical trip down memory lane features classic ‘50’s and ‘60’s hits.

Barefoot in the Park March 12 – March 25 Thursday, March 12, 2 pm & 7:30 pm; Thursday, March 19, 7:30 pm; Saturdays, March 14 & 21, 7:30 pm; Sundays, March 15 & 22, 2 pm; Wednesday, March 25, 7:30 pm.

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Michael D’Amore – Lead Singer of the Capris: The Very Best of the 50’s & 60’s Hits March 11 12:30 p.m.

Tickets $39 (includes lunch catered by Too Jays) Veteran New York entertainer, Michael D’Amore performs his one-man show, celebrating the best of the 50’s and 60’s. As a member of The Capris, D’Amore sings lead on the their hits “There’s A Moon Out Tonight” and “Morse Code Of Love” for music fans around the world.

Live & Let Die The Music of Paul McCartney March 4, 2020 Crest Theatre

Ticket to the Moon, A trip through the music of Electric Light Orchestra March 11, 2020 Crest Theatre

Tickets: $30 - $40 Neil Simon’s romantic comedy focuses on newlyweds Corie and Paul as they begin married life in a tiny, 5th-floor walkup apartment in a Manhattan brownstone.

Delray Beach Playhouse Daughter of a Garbageman

Florida’s Funniest Comedians: James Yon and Juanita Lolita March 13 8 p.m.

March 5

Tickets $20

8 p.m.

James Yon is a Florida native and one of America’s hottest up and coming comedians. He can be seen every Sunday at 11 p.m. hosting his own show, “Viral Breakdown,” on the Afrotainment Channel. Juanita Lolita was voted Tampa’s funniest female with her Latin flair and hillbilly background. She takes pride in the fact that she can make you laugh hysterically without profanity.

Tickets: $29 Maureen Langan’s one-woman show is a tale of her 1970’s upbringing in New Jersey, in which her Irish mother and Bronx-born father, a New York City sanitation worker, told her to work hard, get educated and life would reward her. But is that true? Langan lambasts today’s “reality show culture,” while revealing her parents’ strengths, struggles and secrets, as well as her own, and how that made her who she is today.

March 14

Tickets $37/$45

March 10 12:30 p.m.

Space Oddity: The David Bowie Music Experience March 25, 2020 Crest Theatre

Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat and Betty

8 p.m.

The Bridge Game

Pink Floyd: The Wall March 20, 2020 Pavilion

Emmy award-winning actress, Elaine Bromka collaborated with playwright Eric H. Weinberger to create this one-woman show that reveals life and love in the White House. TEA FOR THREE humanizes the political scene with a whimsical and deeply moving story – a behind-the-scenes look at Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Betty Ford.

Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits April 11, 2020 Pavilion

Peter Asher April 8, 2020 Crest Theatre

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STAGE STRUCK: A Play by Simon Gray March 20-April 5

Put on a Happy Face: Gower Champion on Broadway March 30-April 9

Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.; Wednesday (3/25 only), 8 p.m.; Thursday, 8 p.m.

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

Tickets $35 (adults); $15 (students); $25 (groups)

Tickets $35 (adults); $15 (students); $25 (groups)

Night at the Movies – with Svetlana and the New York Swing Collective March 6 8-10 p.m.

$5 for patrons | Free for performers

Voices of Women of the 60s: Joan, Joni, Judy, Janis, Carly and Carole

Arts Garage

March 24-25

Elaine Dame presents the Lady Lyricists: Queens of Tin Pan Alley

Singing duo Bill Bowen and Joan Friedenberg retrace the steps of six female music legends and bring you with them. Slides illustrate as the inspiring presentation wends its way through the lives of Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Janis Ian, Carly Simon and Carole King with commentary that recalls both their challenges and stunning achievements.

Comedy Night

8-10 p.m.

When the philandering husband of a successful London stage actress is advised by her psychiatrist to leave him, he realizes he only has two alternatives: to be thrown abruptly onto the street...or to become a wealthy widower.

Tickets $25

emerging artists Eliza Singerman, Katrina Stautihar and Marcia Bukowski. The event is free!

March 3

Gower Champion first rose to stardom as half of the most celebrated dancing team since Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Marge and Gower Champion appeared in a popular series of MGM musicals and eventually became household names when they were given their own television show.

2 p.m.

American popular song, paving the way for future female artists and making their mark in a male-dominated field.

Try your hand at stand-up, sing a comedic tune, or tap into your literary side with a funny poem during an hour of open mic.

Two regional stand-up comedians take the stage in the second hour to close the night with gut-busting laughs.

March 7 8-10 p.m.

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We Can Do It! Art Exhibit Opening Reception

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Though not as famous as their male counterparts, women lyricists like Dorothy Fields, Carolyn Leigh, and Betty Comden made vast and varied contributions to

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8-10 p.m.

On the Radio: A Tribute to Donna Summer March 8 7-8:30 p.m.

General Admission $35 | Reserved $40 | Premium $45 A vibrant, explosive, exciting eruption of music and talent is awaiting your arrival as ”ON THE RADIO” opens their hearts and souls to show you the best of The Queen of Disco Donna Summer. This is the show for everyone who feels the rhythm and wants to take part in the sights and sounds of the music that made us all get on our feet.

Arts Garage All Arts Open Mic Night March 10

$5 for patrons | Free for performers Arts Garage presents our ALL ARTS OPEN MIC NIGHT. If you’ve been working on a song, a poem, a rap, or a riff that you want to show off, this is the place for you.

Premium $45

General Admission $25 Victoria Vox is an award-winning, ukulele-toting songwriter and performer. She performs mostly as a one-woman-band, incorporating a loop pedal and bass effect on her ukulele, while taking her own solos (on mouth-trumpet), and cutting through it all with her genuine lyrics and pure voice.

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Today Hotel California continues to tour internationally, and their stage show has evolved into one of the most impressive and popular productions on the North American soft-seat and festival circuits.

The Manny Echazabal Quintet

Kristina Koller

March 21

March 13

8-10 p.m.

8-10 p.m.

General Admission $35 | Reserved $40 | Premium $45

General Admission $35 | Reserved $40 |

Always innovative and pushing the limit, Kristina Koller is making her mark in the music world. With such a diverse artistic foundation, it is no surprise that her innovation for new sounds drives Kristina’s creative flow, melding jazz, funk, R&B & alternative genres into her music.

Tas Cru and his Band of Tortured Souls March 15 7-8:30 p.m.

General Admission $30 | Reserved $35 | Premium $40 Tas Cru’s show is an eclectic mix of songs across the wide spectrum of blues styles.

He’ll swing you with a traditional shuffle, swoon you with a sultry ballad, lull you into a trance with deep Hill-country blues and then rock your knobs off. The performance features stellar vocals with rich layers of harmony. Solos are shared between Tas and his other guitarist and saxophone.

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A celebration of the auspicious debut CD, Short Notice, by Miami-born saxophonist Manny Echazabal, is a fun post-bop ride that reveals compositional ingeniousness and an adventurous side that draws from Wayne Shorter and Michael Brecker, but still brandishes a valid signature.

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Pineapple Grove ART & MUSIC FEST Roaring into the 20s with Art & all that Jazz

Thursday, April 16th 6-10pm Step back into the 20s on NE 2nd Avenue in Downtown Delray Beach.

Stroll this closed street event in the Pineapple Grove district and enjoy live big band music, photo booths, fabulous food, art exhibits, and meet the merchants throughout the 4 blocks.

Twenties Attire Suggested!

March 22 7-8:30 p.m.

General Admission $30 | Reserved $35 | Premium $40 This Miami based group began in 2017 and all the women of this ensemble are professional musicians that happen to all be from Cuba with similar musical backgrounds.

They come together to play their own kind of Afro-Cuban, World Latin music, powerfully virtuosic yet elegant and contemporary music. These seven women all with formal musical training in their respective instruments have assumed the task of rescuing the traditional dance music of Cuba.

Produced by: The Downtown Development Authority Event Information: www.downtowndelraybeach.com/pgfest 561.243.1077

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Spend spring break in South Florida By: Heather McMechan Special to the Boca and Delray newspapers Not every family has the opportunity to travel during spring break. But if you live in South Florida, then there is a vacation right in your back yard.

The palm trees, the ocean breeze and so many things to do.

Here are a few of our favorite things to do when we stay local for spring break.

Visit The Local Greenmarkets The West Palm Beach GreenMarket takes place every Saturday from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. and is free to the public.

The GreenMarket will take place weekly on Saturdays now through April 18, except for March 28, due to the Palm Beach International Boat Show. The West Palm Beach GreenMarket is located at 100 Clematis Street.

The 23rd Annual Boca Raton GreenMarket happens Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Boca Raton City Hall north parking lot, 201 W. Palmetto Park Road. You can find over 40 vendors with fresh foods, plants, flowers, and produce as well.

The Boca Raton GreenMarket is a great place to bring along the family, the pups and enjoy music as you shop! The Boca Raton GreenMarket will be open until May 9.

to Downtown Miami. Over the top shipping containers have landed in Downtown Miami to create an immersive “selfie” experience with 20 interactive art installations like never before. Enter Euphoric Emporium, your ultimate Instagram backdrop of the Venetian Causeway on Bayshore Drive and 15th Street this month. The Euphoric Emporium is located at 511 NE 15th St., Miami, FL 33132, and open Monday – Friday from 4 p.m. – 1 a.m., and Saturday – Sunday from noon-1a.m. Beginning at 7 p.m. you must be 18 or older to enter. For more information visit euphoricemporium.com.

Take family surf, paddleboard lessons

There is also the Delray Beach GreenMarket on Saturdays at Old School Square Park and a new Sunday Fresh Market at Mizner Park.

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Magazine publishers turn tribute concert promoters Nostalgic Magazine to bring trio of tribute concerts to Mizner Park fun, it’s never serious. We aren’t political and we aren’t religious.”

A few years ago, Berns had the idea to get some of the readers together with a tribute band concert.

“People loved it and it fit into what we were doing,” he said. “We said, ‘This is a great way to get people together.’”

Staff report Bruce Berns and his wife Marcia have an affinity for all things nostalgic.

It’s the basis of their magazine Nostalgic Magazine, which highlights photos from decades ago.

“The magazine used to be Elizabeth Taylor and Frank Sinatra,” he said. “Now, it is Bruce Springsteen and Linda Ronstadt.”

The Baby Boomer generation flocks to the publication, which has been around for the past decade. It is free and can be found at delis, diners and markets around Palm Beach County and North Broward County.

“People love it,” Berns said. “We make it

Last year, he brought a Beatles night to Mizner Park paired with an expo for local businesses to participate in.

The first event will also feature a community networking event geared to Baby Boomer and active adult attendees. It is free and open from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Food trucks with offerings such as lob-

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Absolute Queen Absolute Queen is a realistic Queen show that replicates the songs and effects and music note for note live. Lead singer and Welshman Martyn Jenkins fronted the European Touring Queen show “Night at the Opera” for years in Europe, playing for The Queen Fan Club and performing for Brian May and Roger Taylor.

About the bands:

This year, he is bringing three tribute bands to Mizner Park Amphitheater.

“While our tribute concerts reflect the tastes and times of our readership base, this ‘tribute trio’ promises to appeal to fans of all ages,” Berns said.

with percussion, horns and backing vocals, The U.S. Stones delivers a high energy show.

ster rolls, Greek food, wood fire pizza, vegan fare and Good Humor ice cream will be on-site for each show, along with several cash bars.

The expo and show attracted about 3,500 people, he said.

The trio of tributes starts March 12 at 7 p.m. with The U.S. Stones, followed by Absolute Queen at 7:30 p.m. on March 20 and Almost ABBA at 7:30 p.m. on March 28.

Almost ABBA U.S. Stones The U.S. Stones is the ultimate American Rolling Stones tribute band, featuring Doug Baird and Eric Anderson both portraying the classic “Glimmer Twins” Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The U.S. Stones not only captures the looks, moves and styles of The Rolling Stones, but also fully recreates the Stones concert experience. A six-piece band augmented

Almost ABBA is widely known as the No. 1 tribute to ABBA, and has been touring for 18 years. This costumed, choreographed sound-a-like show recreates the nostalgia of ABBA like no other. South Florida-based Almost ABBA has performed for the PGA, NBC, Universal Studios, The Grand Prix, the U.S. military troops and also at the release of the movie, Mama Mia! Tickets start at $40 per show.

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Sick Puppies Comedy troupe to perform in Delray, Boca Staff report Looking to laugh? You can now catch a Sick Puppies Comedy performance in Delray Beach.

The longtime Boca improv and comedy group is now putting on shows at the Doghouse Theater, 105 NW Fifth Ave.

Sick Puppies Comedy will be performing improv Catch a Sick Puppies Comedy improv show at the Looking to laugh? Boca’s Sick Puppies Comedy has shows in Delray Beach at Doghouse Theater. Photo Delray Beach Doghouse Theater. Photo courtesy of performances in Boca and Delray. Photo courtesy of courtesy of Sick Puppies Comedy.

Sick Puppies Comedy.

Sick Puppies Comedy.

“We have been homeless for the last year

in Boca, one in east Boca for a few years

and a half,” Sick Puppies founder and di-

before moving to a space in West Boca.

rector Casey Casperson said. “We are su-

Sick Puppies Comedy.

Currently, Sick Puppies Comedy’s pro-

to those numbers and has about 17 active cast members and 30 students.

When their space in West Boca went

fessional cast consists of seasoned im-

They will have improv shows every Sat-

out of business, they bounced around to

provizationists and comedians who have

urday and in the coming months every

Casperson started Sick Puppies in 2012

various venues including Organic Move-

been working together for over 5 years.

Friday and Saturday night. Classes will

after a group he was performing with in

ments, a dance studio in Boca.

per excited to have a home.”

Miami Lakes called Laughing Gas went out of business.

He invited 13 people he knew to audition for a new troupe and they began Sick Puppies Comedy in Boca Raton. Since then, they were located in two theaters

They also offer classes to people who

be offered monthly.

They have also added Delray’s Doghouse

want to learn more about improv or

“If you’ve never seen an improv show it’s

Theater as a performance venue and plan

stand up comedy.

a must to try it because they make every-

to put on shows in several locations.

In its height, the group had 60 students

thing up on the spot,” he said.

Doghouse Theater is owned and operat-

and 30 active cast members. Casperson

For more information, visit sickpuppi-

ed by Tom Neile, an original member of

said the group is working its way back up

escomedy.com

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Marcus Foundation gifts Boca Regional $15 million for fundraising campaign Staff report The Marcus Foundation has made its second multi-million dollar donation to Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

In 2012, the foundation donated $25 million to create the Marcus Neuroscience Institute. Last month, philanthropists Billi and Bernie Marcus made an additional gift for $15 million toward the hospital’s $250 million fundraising effort “Keeping the Promise…The Campaign for Boca Raton Regional Hospital.”

“No matter how big or small, giving back is critically important,” said Bernie Marcus, Chairman of the Marcus Foundation and co-founder and former CEO of The Home Depot. “At some point in your life, you or your family are going to need Boca Regional and you can play a role in making it better. You can be part of the game. You can be involved.”

Keeping the Promise has already raised $153 million toward its goal. The grant will help renovate and expand the Marcus Neuroscience Institute.

“There are few who understand the value of ensuring the next generation of healthcare better than Bernie and Billi Marcus,” said Lincoln Mendez, President and CEO of BRRH. “We are forever grateful to them for their foresight, relentless spirit, selfless generosity, and commitment to their passion - the Marcus Neuroscience Institute (MNI). They are responsible for enhancing neurological care that ultimately saves lives, as well as supporting the many patients and their families at MNI. There is no greater legacy than that.”

The Marcus Neuroscience Institute includes a comprehensive Stroke Center, a Center for Memory Disorders and Alzheimer’s disease, the Center for Movement Disorders – Parkinson’s Disease, Epilepsy and Multiple Sclerosis, and the Center for Neuro-Oncology. The Institute boasts some of the world’s most advanced technology. These state-of-the-art advanced capabilities are housed in the Schmidt Family Pavilion, a two-story facility, adjacent to the main hospital with a spacious lobby, connecting garage, an art gallery, and outdoor courtyards.

Upon its launch in 2012, the Institute transformed the landscape of clinical capabilities at Boca Regional and quickly became one of South Florida’s preeminent neuroscience centers and the provider of choice for patients, physicians, employees. Recent data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reveal that with an aging population, one of the largest anticipated needs in healthcare will be in the neurosciences. The type of care needed will include the treatment of vascular diseases of the brain such as stroke and transient ischemic attack, Alzheimer’s disease and other memory disorders, Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and malignant and benign brain tumors.

Over the last several years, the demand, and Institute distinction has combined for a utilization explosion…from 360 surgeries in 2015 to 930 surgeries in 2019 and from 2,506 encounters in the MNI outpatient clinic in 2015 to

Philanthropists Bernie and Billi Marcus donated $15 million to Boca Regional’s “Keeping the Promise…The Campaign for Boca Raton Regional Hospital.” Submitted photo.

nearly 32,000 encounters in 2019. In order to meet these demands and better serve the patients in the region, the Marcuses gift enabled a Phase I expansion of MNI clinic space and the creation of a new MNI Interventional Radiology room. The new space will elevate and streamline neurological and neurosurgical care at MNI. The renovations will increase capabilities including a MNI controlled Interventional Radiology room adjacent to the Emergency Department. Construction of the second Biplane Angiography Suite is already underway in the Marcus Neuroscience Institute and is expected to be operational this summer. Beyond Phase I is a vision for the development of a Stem Cell program, an enhanced outpatient interventional pain program; and an increase in the number of step down/critical care patient rooms.

The Marcuses are ardent philanthropists who have donated around $2 billion to more than 300 organizations worldwide. Their intention is to give away billions more, accounting for most of their remaining wealth. Bernie Marcus was an early signer of the Giving Pledge, started in 2010 by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett, in which billionaires commit to giving away at least half their fortunes during their lifetime.

Their philanthropy and giving spirit has not gone unacknowledged. Bernie and Billi have received The Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service, which is given to individuals who have served with distinction in public life. Mr. Marcus was named the inaugural recipient of Inc. 500’s Bernard A. Goldhirsh Award, was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame, and has received the USO Patriot Award, the SeaKeeper Award for promoting the restoration and protection of the world’s oceans, and the Anti-Defamation League’s Democratic Legacy Award.

“Bernie and Billi Marcus are among our most vital family members at Boca Raton Regional Hospital,” said Mendez.

“There are no accolades that measure their value to our healthcare future.”

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Maria Shriver speaks to crowd at Lynn University

a voice to inspire others. Now is the time to have your voice heard – the world needs that.”

By: Diane Feen Contributing Writer

Shriver also spoke about redefining the notion of success. “Success is having friends who have your back to go through the ups and downs of life with. It is not about having a fancy extraordinary life. I feel successful when I have dinner with friends or go for a bike ride.”

When you think of Maria Shriver the words Kennedy, celebrity, TV reporter and former wife of a bodybuilder turned governor come to mind.

But when Shriver showed up at Lynn University in Boca Raton she was just Maria - mother, meditator, healthcare advocate, friend and single woman.

And that was a good thing.

She didn’t talk about her great life or about the celebrities she knows. Instead she spoke about her life, her loves and the sage-like lessons she’s learned on her earthly journey.

But unlike the public persona of a Kennedy, it was anything but an easy charmed life.

“My parents said that everyone should start changing the world at the age of five or six. As kids we were drafted to work for the special Olympics because my parents saw it as an extension of Jesus’s work in the world.”

Her parents – Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver – did not consider peacefulness and mindfulness to be sacrosanct.

Instead they were always in a hurry. But not to shop at the mall or have parties. They were in a hurry to create programs like The Special Olympics, the Peace Corps, Head start and others.

Their daughter Maria was also in a hurry. She followed the success driven superhighway her parents paved in front of her eyes. “About eight or nine years ago someone said to me, ‘where are you going?’”

That’s when Shriver began to relish a slower more deliberate pace. She was looking for inspiration online when she came across Barb Schmidt’s Peaceful Mind Peaceful Life website and began to read about mediation and spirituality.

Though Schmidt has a platform that many subscribe to, Shriver wanted everyone to know that they too can make a difference.

“Everyone in this room has a platform and

Part of her success included learning to meditate. Shriver talked about how she couldn’t sit still after her divorce. But with her TM teacher’s patience she learned to meditate and now does it twice a day – 20 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes at night.

“Meditation helped me like myself better and come from a better place. We all have mental health issues. Everyone has a mind and it drives everyone crazy.”

Say what? This statuesque Goddess of good karma has problems? The woman with a Peabody Award, two Emmy Awards, the former first lady of California, TV anchor, bestselling author and Alzheimer’s advocate has thoughts that get in her way of a sunny day?

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She is concerned about the loneliness epidemic and goes to senior centers to visit the elderly. Though Shriver seems to walk with a golden aura wrapped around her, she seemed well aware of key spiritual values. “Kindness is an underrated value. It really takes inner strength to be kind in a mean world.”

Shriver is also contemplating the bigger issues of the new age. One being the concept of love.

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The 700 people (mostly women) who came to hear Shriver seemed to love what they were hearing. “It’s OK to say, ‘I need help.’ Everyone goes to an exercise coach, but people are afraid to talk about their marital or mental health coach - and that’s more important.”

The woman who has worked in the field of journalism for 42 years confessed she loves her career so much she’s never worked a day in her life. “It’s my passion and it brings me joy. Journalism can be a force for good but it’s an incredible responsibility. Good journalism informs and inspires you.”

Good people do too. When asked what she wants in the coming year, Shriver said: “I hope to go on a date and be part of a more caring, kind and compassionate world. If you have a vision of it, you can go there.”

For information on upcoming events go to: peacefulmindpeacefullife.org or call 561955-7227. The evening was sponsored by Barb Schmidt, Elaine Wold and Christine E. Lynn.

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Traumatic brain injury: Modern technology is game changer in diagnosis treatment By: Dr. John Conde DC, DACNB Special to the Boca and Delray Newspapers Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are usually caused by a bump, blow, penetrating injury or jolt to the head. The jolt can be described as an acceleration/deceleration force put upon the head where the brain “shakes violently” within the skull. In many instances, the trauma does not have to be overwhelmingly violent to affect the function of the brain. Everyone’s nervous system is different therefore not all individuals respond the same to injury. A trivial blow can induce lifelong handicaps for some individuals.

The major concerns immediately following a head injury are making sure that there is adequate oxygen supply, maintaining blood flow to the brain, and controlling raised intracranial pressure. Axonal injury is typically a direct result of the accident as well as blood supply compromise which can lead to intracranial hemorrhaging (brain-bleed) or ischemia which robs the brain of oxygen. This is termed the acute stage of injury and is the most critical for sustaining life and may last for a couple of weeks. The chronic stage, however, describes the significant impairments left in the wake of the injury which can have a detrimental impact on activities of daily living such that it can

leave an individual in a vegetative state.

In regard to the chronic state some of the main signs and symptoms are the following: motor signs such as spasticity or hemiplegia/ quadriplegia, mood impairments such as docility or aggresivity, emotional impairments such as anxiety or depression, impairments of executive function such as difficulty with planning and problem solving and short term memory, and lastly difficulty with cognition such as visuo-spatial awareness and focus and attention. The chronic state is where technology can truly change lives through the physiological phenomenon of plasticity, the ability for the brain to change and re-organize according to the environmental stimulus applied.

The most essential component in the management and treatment of a chronic brain injury is the examination. Isolating the injury to a generalized area is of upmost importance in setting up the correct treatment regimen. The following technological advances set the stage for proper targeted treatment; video-oculography (VOG) evaluates the precision of eye movements and the correlation to brain dysfunction, computerized dy-

namic posturography (CAPS) essentially looks at balance as this is most often affected with TBI, pupillometry investigates the relationship with pupillary diameter and responses to light and compares it to norms in identifying dysfunction in brain, Dynavision D2 is a visuo-motor-spatial assessment LED computerized board that measures processing speeds, and EQ Active Brain Tracking software is able to quantify cognitive impairment from the comfort of your own home. These are just some of the new tools available for creating a precise treatment plan.

Brain-based rehabilitation is truly where technology shines for TBI patients. Current treatments are highly objective and

usually can generate statistically significant, real-time numbers for patient progress.

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Three YEA students take top honors at Boca Chamber’s ‘Pitch’ competition By: Dale King Contributing Writer

A high school junior from Davie notched first place in the Boca Raton Chamber’s Elevator Pitch Contest last month, coming up with a proposal for a business that provides roadside assistance for electric cars that run out of juice.

Jacob Wise, an 11th grader from the David Posnack Jewish Day School, impressed a three-judge panel with “Get Amped,” a company he created while participating in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy at the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce.

During his one-minute “pitch” to judges, Wise described his firm as “a mobile electric car servicing company.”

Two other students placed among the top three finishers. Christian Frenette, a sixth grader at Franklin Academy in Boynton Beach, came in second with his plan to create “Teen Chess,” a company offering teen-agers chess lessons, costing $20 per lesson.

Taking third place was Cole Fendelman, a 10th grader at St. Andrew’s School, who came up with “Toe Guard,” a protective piece that athletes can wear to prevent their toes from being bruised during sports competition.

YEA students will be back before a panel of local business people in April to elaborate on their plans and request funding for their business proposals in a “Shark Tank”-style presentation.

The Boca Chamber’s Golden Bell Education Foundation sponsors the Young Entrepreneurs Academy which conducts a CEO Round Table and Elevator Pitch Contest each February. This year’s event, held Feb. 12 at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus, allowed students to hear about the journeys of actual CEOs. Then, they pitched their business ideas to the public as they began their own journey into entrepreneurship.

The YEA class meets after school one day a week from September through May. Classes are held at Saint Andrew’s School in Boca Raton. Through the class, students develop business ideas, write business plans, conduct market research, pitch their plans to a panel of investors, and actually launch and run their own real, legal, fully formed companies.

Part 1 of last month’s session included five of Palm Beach County’s top CEOs as part of a

Winners of this year’s Young Entrepreneur’s Academy Elevator Pitch Contest are, from left, Cole Fendelman, third place; Christian Frenette, second place and Jacob Wise, first place. Photo courtesy of Mariana Griswold.

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Chuck Stout, chairman of the Boca Chamber’s Golden Bell Education Foundation, addresses the audience last month at the CEO Round Table and Elevator Pitch Contest. Photo by Dale King.

moderated panel. Participating business leaders included Robert Finizio, CEO of TherapeuticsMD; Jennifer Jager, CEO of Plum Productions; Randy Nobles, CEO of Habitat for Humanity South Palm Beach County and Sam Zietz, CEO of TouchSuite.

“The CEO Round Table is an integral part of the YEA! Program,” said Troy McLellan, president & CEO of the Boca Chamber. “It gives students participating in the YEA program an opportunity to hear first-hand from business owners and industry leaders about their success and what it takes to get there.”

“Since the fall, students have been working with mentors and program instructors developing their business plans and acquiring the tools they need to turn their ideas into successful products or services that can be introduced into the marketplace. Their ability to interact with this panel is an important step in the young entrepreneur experience.”

As part of the Elevator Pitch contest, 18 students between the ages of 11-17 gave voice to their business ideas. They have been working for more than four months in cooperation with local leaders of industry, community members, educators and entrepreneurs, who use their personal experiences to walk students through the steps of creating their own businesses from the ground up.

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Members of a CEO Round Table field questions about their drive to become business leaders. From left are Robert Finizio, Casey Hill, Jennifer Jager, Randy Nobles and Sam Zietz. Photo by Dale King.

YEA students are taught skills through in-class lessons, guest speakers and business mentors.

“I am extremely proud of how hard this YEA class has worked to understand concepts, work on business plans, and practice public speaking so far this year,” said Sherese James-Grow, foundation manager for Golden Bell and YEA. Other “pitch” participants were: Amelie Bertrand de Balanda and Jasminesoye Thomas, “Tenn Ace”; Harlan Burnstad and Justinsoye Thomas, “Project Flight Photography”; Ethan Faust, “LugXury Rentals”; Imaara Koreth and Val Sylvain, “At the Spot”; Joah Levine; Joshua Maizes, “Build-A-Botics”; Ben Rosenthal, “Opportunas”; Sarang Shravan, “Stat Analytics” and Maya Stagman, “Enhancing Dancing.”

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West Delray businessman promoted to president of global consulting company OZ Staff report

The newly named president of global consultants OZ Ric Cavieres said companies like Uber and Apple have conditioned consumers on what great service looks like.

A recent project included building a suite of apps for a major cruise company to enhance the vacationer’s experience.

One function of the app streamlines the immigration process. Another allows a guest to order a drink from the pool deck on the app and a waiter knows exactly where to bring that drink when it’s ready. The app can unlock that guest’s cabin door and be used to turn on the television, open or close the curtains and adjust the thermostat. The app can be used to look up and book excursions once in port.

Now, it is his job to make sure clients that OZ is serving are offering those same expectations that customers are accustomed to.

OZ works with clients in the hospitality, health care and financial service industries.

The company uses technology to create ways to make the end user of their clients have an enjoyable experience.

The company is based in Fort Lauderdale and employs about 350 people in three locations, Florida, Argentina and Asia. It has been around since 1997 and recently went through a rebranding.

Overall, OZ is all about enhancing the customer’s experience through innovation.

Cavieres joined the team just 15 months ago and has already been promoted to president.

He started as EVP, Markets and Consulting. He came from Cognizant, a $16 billion global consulting and digital ser-

vices company, where he was the Global Consulting and Digital Leader for Life Sciences. Previously, he was a Partner at the big 4 firms EY, PwC/IBM and Capgemini where he drove digital innovation, consulting and solutions.

He helped the company rebrand and shift its focus. Now, he said, OZ is poised to grow 50 percent in the next year.

“We are delighted that Ric has stepped into the role of President,” said Amjad Shamim, CEO of OZ. “He has been instrumental in the rebrand of OZ, this past year, and is a proven leader in driving digital innovation and CX consulting services across industries. Since leading the shift in focus, Ric has grown our client base, developed new strategic partnerships and helped expand our leadership team.”

And Cavieres has his eye on the future.

“It is really growing the company and doing impactful work,” he said. “We want to be on the edge of innovation and help our clients make an impact.”

2nd Annual Bresky Bash brings out lawyers, community to support Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County By: Jan Engoren Contributing Writer

The show must go on and despite the rain, the second annual Bresky Bash 2020 – “A Concert for Community,” valiantly forged ahead bringing out a decent crowd

on Jan. 23 at the Mizner Park Amphitheater in support of the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County.

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Robin Bresky and Executive Director of the Legal Aid Robin Bresky and Bob Bertisch in center of photo Society Bob Bertisch at the 2nd Annual Bresky Bash. at the Bresky Bash. Submitted photo.

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education to the county’s underserved populations and this year is expanding their outreach and advocacy to veterans and their families.

“We’re happy people came out tonight for our concert and our efforts to raise funds and awareness for the Legal Aid Society, especially in the South County area,” said Robin Bresky, whose firm, the Law Offices of Robin Bresky sponsors the event.

Featuring live music from the 60s and 80s, by Decades Rewind, the show featured 60 songs, 100 costume changes and favorites from Queen, Billy Joel, Whitney Houston and Earth Wind & Fire, among others.

Bob Bertisch, the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Society for more than 30 years says, “Robin is a big supporter of our Legal Aid Society and this fundraiser will help us expand our veterans’ advocacy project.”

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“It’s great to see so many in the legal profession turn out to support Robin’s efforts on behalf of the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County,” Patel said. “People come from all counties and it’s a well-respected event, with all the proceeds benefitting Legal Aid.” Food trucks lined the perimeter of the amphitheater, and people were mixing, mingling and sipping cocktails under a large tent.

Tequisha Myles, supervising attorney with the elder law and fair housing departments of the Legal Aid Society came out despite the threat of rain.

“We’re excited to increase our presence in the South County area, especially Boca Raton, Delray and Boynton Beach,” said Myles, who notes that the Legal Aid office is based in West Palm Beach. “Robin does a great job in getting the word out.

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Eight local Delray, Boca students named to 2020 Philanthropy Tank Class Students to pitch their projects to philanthropy investors this month

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Out of the dozen students selected to pitch their philanthropic ideas to investors this month in a Shark Tank style presentation, eight attend local Boca and Delray schools.

The Philanthropy Tank Finalists applied to participate in the program that grants them mentorship from leading philanthropists and local business leaders and a chance to present their charity program ideas live in front of philanthropist investors and an audience.

Each pitch can receive up to $15,000 in funding during the live pitch event, which will take place on March 19 at the Kravis Center.

Here are the local students and their projects: Empower Your Hour - Cameron Newman, 10th grade, Saint Andrews Teens can visit the Empower Your Hour online marketplace, where they can filter their interests and preferences, and find

meaningful service opportunities listed by nonprofit organizations.

Hello Hygienics Nishah Jaferi and Jonathan Beres 11th grade, Spanish River High School (Boca Raton) In Palm Beach County, the is- Cameron Newman is a 10th grader at Saint Ansue of homeless- drews who started Emness is marked power Your Hour. Submitted photo. by limited access to basic needs such as dental care, skin care, feminine products, and more. Hello Hygienics strives to combat this barrier to proper sanitation by providing handy, on-the-go, wellness kits to prioritize health for the less fortunate.

Idea Lab - Angel Rojas, Pierce Dono, and Oliver Charles-Pierre - 8th grade, St.

11th graders at Spanish River Nishah Jaferi and Jonathan Beres are behind Hello Hygienics. Submitted photo

Vincent Ferrer School These students aim to start an Idea lab in the library of the Glades based Hope Rural School based on the principles they have learned in Design Thinking class.

Students will have a setup where they can gather tools and materials to create, invent, tinker, and fabricate as a community through hands on design and construction.

MoneyBuddies - Gabriel Sun and Brendan Detamore - 11th Grade, American Heritage MoneyBuddies is a program that in-

Eighth graders at St. Vincent Ferrer School Angel Rojas, Pierce Dono, and Oliver Charles-Pierre created Idea Lab. Submitted photo.

tends to inspire the youth of Palm Beach County by providing them with fun, free lessons in basic principles of financial literacy and proper money management.

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Biz Briefs Applications open for Jim Moran Institute for small business, nonprofit exec programs The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, in the Florida State University College of Business, is accepting applications for its Small Business Executive Program (SBEP) and Nonprofit Executive Program (NPEP) held in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Offered at no cost to participants, the programs are funded by The Jim Moran Foundation and Jim and Jan Moran. The deadline to apply is March 31.

The programs consist of nine sessions, each focusing on a specific aspect of growing and managing a business or nonprofit organization. Starting in July and running through November, the sessions will be held once every other week from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Applicants must be actively involved in running a business, be a key decision-maker and their company must have been established for at least three years and have five or more employees (or volunteers if the company is a nonprofit). The SBEP will be offered in both Broward and Palm Beach counties, while the NPEP will be offered in Palm Beach County.

The executive programs are designed for CEOs, entrepreneurs, business owners, presidents and executive directors of small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Graduates emerge with the skills and training needed to capitalize on business opportunities, implement best practice management and turn challenges into strategic advantage. Participants represent a variety of industries, including construction, technology, healthcare, fashion and law.

“Last year we celebrated our tenth anniversary in South Florida, and we are

honored to have been a part of the leadership journeys of so many wonderful leaders,” said Jennifer Kovach, director of the Jim Moran Institute’s South Florida Operations. “We are thrilled to continue working with local entrepreneurs and nonprofit executives to enhance South Florida’s vibrant business community.”

Program graduates receive a certificate and have the opportunity to be a part of an ongoing peer roundtable. They are also encouraged to participate in workshops, conferences and other Jim Moran Institute events. Since 2009, the South Florida team graduated 26 classes through its programs. To apply, visit jimmoraninstitute.fsu.edu/programs

Jeff Dash named Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce 2019 Ambassador of the Year Jeff Dash, Vice Presdient of Marketing & Promotion for the Pineapple Grove Arts District (PGAD) and President of Dash Travel, was selected as Ambassador of the Year 2019 for the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce.

“The Pineapple Grove Arts Distict wants to congratulate Jeff on this great honor,” said David Beale, attorney and President of the PGAD. “He has worked tirelessly to promote Delray as the place to come for work and play. His enthusiasm is infectious.”

Chamber Ambassadors are members who volunteer their time to provide a crucial link between the Chamber and its members. They ensure all members receive the maximum benefit from their membership. The mission of the Ambassadors is to represent the Chamber by exhibiting the highest degree of professionalism, knowledge and integrity to their members and the business community.

Ambassadors serve as the greeting arm of the Chamber to promote new member participation and retention.

“I joined the Delray Chamber because it is an amazing organization whose main purpose is to support local businesses and bring out the best that Delray Beach has to offer,” Dash said. “There is a lot of enthusiasm and devotion in the local business community because of what the Chamber does.”

Florida Democratic Party names Joy Howell as Communications Director The Florida Democratic Party recently announced that political campaign veteran Joy Howell is the new communications director for the party.

Howell comes to the party after serving as communications director and senior strategist for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She has a long history in Democratic campaigns including as a communications director for the Gore/Lieberman Presidential Campaign and the 2000 Democratic National Convention.

More recently, Howell served as founder of a national consulting firm and has had senior strategy roles on dozens of US Senate, Congressional and issue-based campaigns in Florida and across the nation.

Howell holds an MPA from Harvard and an MBA from the University of Redlands.

She is a Delray Beach resident.

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Strax Intelligence Group adds additional advisors to team Boca-based STRAX Intelligence Group, a software development firm that brings cutting edge technology with real-time information and data to public safety and commercial security by unifying video, sensors and alerts during an emergency has added two additional advisors to its team of experts.

“Our new advisors bring a unique understanding of how technology is rapidly evolving the public safety landscape and the need for advanced solutions that allow law enforcement to stay ahead of crime and enhance community safety,” Scott Adams STRAX

CEO and Co-Founder said. “Together, our advisors’ collective experience brings unparalleled direction to the STRAX Intelligence Group’s road map and future products.”

Joseph Courtesis is a 26-year veteran of the New York Police Department and finished his career as the Commanding Officer of the NYPD’s Real Time Crime Center. He is a graduate of the Police Management Institute at Columbia University and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. In addition, he is an active member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) committee on Crime Prevention.

Paul Loucas is the Managing Partner at SME Partners, Inc. As a former Law Enforcement Officer and subject matter expert in the Public Safety technology arena, Loucas brings over 30 years of State & Local Government Security Systems and Public Safety Software Solutions expertise to this new role with the company. His expertise will be used to develop strategic partnerships and sales opportunities as well as advise on future technology critical to the industry and our customers.

Launch Potato promotes Rich Fatigate to Vice President, Sales Delray-based Launch Potato, a leading connector of advertisers and customers through digital brands and technologies, announced Rich Fatigate has been promoted from Senior Director, Sales to Vice President, Sales.

“We could not be more thrilled to have an incredible team that has flourished together as a unified company. As Launch Potato grows it is important to empower our staff to lead the direction of our future,” said Greg Van Horn, CEO of Launch Potato. “Rich has spearheaded our most expansive growth period since joining the team last June and I am confident he will push us to new boundaries in this new role.”

As Vice President, Fatigate will assist in executing the company’s overall vision and release of Launch Potato’s newest technology platform that focuses on helping clients meet their customer acquisition needs.

He joined Launch Potato in June 2019 to build the company’s sales organization into a high-performing unit aligned under a single goal. This included leading and ensuring the client’s needs are met to the highest standard of excellence. He quickly showed his expertise in sales growth strategy and overall leadership.

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Boca Raton mom makes waves in local art scene By: Joanie Cox-Henry Contributing Writer There’s a story deeper than the ocean behind Karim Aboud’s mermaid tail jewelry holders and seashell serving trays. After her second daughter, Alaia, died in a car accident, she found herself escaping to the ocean on a constant basis.

“I was working with resin at the time and I was inspired by how the resin could be molded into waves,” Aboud said. “It was my therapy that got me through the hardest time of my life. Even though she was so little, Alaia loved the ocean and when I design the waves in my art, I feel her here with me.”

Wanting to bring that peace into people’s homes, Aboud has found healing through her line, Aria Marli Art, which is named after her older daughter.

“I’ve always been creative, but I never knew I could actually paint until I was pregnant with Aria,” Aboud said. “I was going

to design my daughter’s nursery and I hated all the art work I was seeing. I decided to start creating my own.”

Inspired by a photo of an online blogger’s daughter, Aboud painted a portrait, tagged the blogger in it and essentially went viral on social media over night.

“My art career really just took off from there,” Aboud said. “I was immediately asked to start painting portraits through online orders.”

Specializing in portraits, Aboud still accepts orders for custom paintings and portraits and has expanded her line to include everything from resin art ceramic containers and cutting boards to key chains, clutches and coasters.

“I really wanted everything to be ocean-related in my line,” Aboud said. “So that’s exactly what I did.”

Originally from Miami, Aboud, 34, is happy to be raising Aria

Boca mom and artist Karim Aboud paints outside with her children, Aria and Jackson. Submitted photo.

and her six-month-old son Jackson in Boca Raton.

“Working as a full time artist from home has really allowed me to be there for every moment with my kids and that’s everything to me,” Aboud said. “But working from home, you’re essentially always working. There’s no life balance. I’ve even Googled ‘Time Management!’ But my business is doing great and so what if the laundry is piling up?”

Aboud is also always eager to include her children in the process of creating new art.

“One day, Aria was slamming a mermaid tail on a plate and I soon realized that the concept of what she was doing could make a great ring holder,” Aboud said. “And so I decided to make one using resin. It’s now one of my bestsellers.”

When she’s not taking her daughter to preschool or children to the park or YMCA, Aboud is kickboxing or binge-watching reality TV. Her latest indulgence is “90 Day Fiance” on TLC.

Boca mom and artist Karim Aboud works with resin and creates pieces inspired by the ocean. A ring dish created by Boca artist Karim An ocean inspired coaster created by Boca artAboud. Submitted photo. ist Karim Aboud. Submitted photo.

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But most nights, after her children are in bed, she’s working until 1 a.m. on her art work. “When I’m making my art, I listen to music or sometimes audio books,” Aboud said. “Right now I’m listening to Super Attractor. It’s all about the laws of attraction.”

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Chef Eric Baker takes over kitchen, ownership of Boca’s The Rebel House By: Shaina Wizov Contributing Writer

huge part of their history together.

The Rebel House has been exciting guests with its progressive menu of food and drinks since it opened in East Boca Raton in 2012. Then, it was one the only restaurants in the area serving out-of-the-ordinary cuisine, and it certainly was the only place in town with such a unique atmosphere and vibe.

But it’s no longer alone, and that means it’s time for a little change to spruce things up and breathe new life into The Rebel House.

Baker continued his relationship with the owners, so when they decided they wanted to devote their time to other endeavors, it was obvious Baker was the right person to continue The Rebel House’s legacy. As fate would have it, Baker was also in the process of moving on from Mazie’s, and wanted to pursue something in his own community of Boca Raton. He wanted to work in the city he calls home — where he and his family live, where his children go to school, and where his friends and family reside as well.

That’s exactly what Chef Eric Baker has done since taking over ownership of this popular “renegade” restaurant and bar a few months back.

“We were seeking a restaurant of our own, one where we could make an impact in our community,” Baker said. “We could not possibly have found a better fit.”

Baker is most well known as most recently opening Mazie’s in West Palm Beach, and before that, serving as executive chef at Max’s Harvest in Downtown Delray for four years.

His cooking is inspired by sheer passion for his craft.

Although Baker has almost completely revamped the menu, those familiar with The Rebel House will be happy to know that yes, you can still get the flavored popcorn-of-the-day upon arrival, and no, the decor has not been changed in the least. A few dishes have been kept on the menu due to popular demand, but otherwise, Baker has put his heart into creating new dishes that will impress and keep guests coming back for more.

“[I’m driven by] my desire to create a truly unique experience for my guests every day,” Baker said.

So what brought Baker to The Rebel House? Turns out, back when the former owners were in the planning stages, they had approached him about partnering and being the executive chef. Although this did not happen, The Rebel House still became a special place for Baker. About a year later, on a random night when he came in, he met his future wife at the bar. The Rebel House became their go-to spot, and is a

His favorite new entree is the horseradish crusted salmon, served with red wine-braised cabbage and root vegetable puree.

“Salmon is a fish with broad appeal, but could be monotonous on many local menus,” Baker said. “I feel that this dish

Thai crispy duck with red curry is one of Chef Eric Baker’s new menu items at The Rebel House. Photo courtesy of Craft Collective.

takes salmon to new levels, while still reaching those looking for a safe option.”

Other new additions to the menu include Thai crispy duck with red curry, butternut squash and farro, lobster meatballs in a vodka sauce with house-made naan bread, and the cauliflower Caesar with crispy quinoa, anchovy and peppadews. There is also now a daily late night happy hour from 10 p.m. until midnight, in addition to the regular happy hour, daily from 4-7 p.m, and live music every Thursday night starting at 8:30 p.m.

The Rebel House is located at 297 E. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton. The restaurant is open for dinner daily from 4 p.m. to midnight. Brunch is served on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Florida Prepaid lowers plan prices, open enrollment going on now Staff report

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Florida Prepaid just announced it is lowering plan prices by $1.3 billion, which will impact current plan holders who purchased plans in 2008 or later and new customers.

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First, for our readers who might not know, what is Florida Prepaid?

We sat down with Meredith Westheimer, Florida Prepaid College Plans Spokesperson, and Boca resident, to give us the scoop on the plans and what the lower prices mean for your wallet. She can also speak from personal experience as someone who had a plan in college and as a mom who has

Florida Prepaid is a state-backed college savings program where families can lock in future college tuition rates now for less. Essentially, you are pre-paying for college on a monthly basis to ensure your child’s tuition is covered.

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What does it mean that Prepaid Plan Prices are being reduced by $1.3 billion?

The Florida Prepaid Board closely monitors tuition inflation and its long-term obligations to pay for college. Due to successive years of lower than anticipated tuition and fee increases the Board determined it could go back and lower plan prices, without jeopardizing their ability to cover future college costs. The price reductions apply to plans purchased since 2008 and impact a total of 224,000 families by lowering their monthly payments, paying off plans earlier than expected, or providing refunds. Additionally, families who sign up this year will see the lowest plan prices in five years.

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Can this plan be used at other colleges and universities outside of Florida?

While Florida Prepaid Plans are designed to be used at Florida Colleges or State University, plans can be used at in-state, out-of-state, public or private colleges and universities around the country – or even the world.

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Delray’s Shamrock Restoration partners with local nonprofits to give back Staff report

When Johnny Mackey isn’t helping someone remove mold from their home or repairing water damage, you can find the CEO of Delray-based Shamrock Restoration lending a hand at local community events.

Mackey and his partners at Shamrock Restoration are all about giving back.

Since they founded their business in 2017, they have partnered with several nonprofits to raise money and awareness for their causes.

This past Thanksgiving, Shamrock Restoration raised enough money, over $2,000, to provide 100 turkey meals to 100 families with the HATT Foundation.

Mackey and his team then helped distribute the meals the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Last year, the group also paired up with the Miracle League through Shamrock Restoration’s referral program. The company donated $100 to the nonprofit, which gives kids of all abilities a place to play baseball, for all referrals that mentioned Miracle League.

This year, the company is working with Delray’s Roots and Wings, a nonprofit that gives back to teachers with awards

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Mackey said the referral program will be in effect as well as fundraising efforts at events. Last month, Shamrock Restoration manned a 15 by 15 foot inflatable fast pitch area at Garlic Fest with help from The Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office Explorers. The fast pitch was free to play with all donations directly benefiting Roots and Wings.

This month, the fast pitch will make an appearance at Wellington’s Bacon and Bourbon Fest on March 21-22.

Mackey said combining the efforts of a local business, local law enforcement and a local charity help build up the community.

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He said attending events is the best way to spread the word about what Shamrock Restoration does so if someone needs their services, they know who is showing up at their door.

Mackey values customer service and wants customers to know Shamrock Restoration will help them get through what can often be a stressful time.

To put a personal touch on the experience, Shamrock Restoration sends out bios and photos of the technicians servicing a person’s home before they arrive so the homeowner knows who to expect at their home.

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La Boulangerie Boul’Mich expands brand to Boca Raton Staff report

Escape throngs of shoppers and grab a pastry, lunch or coffee inside a European-inspired bistro at Boca’s Town Center Mall.

Miami-based La Boulangerie Boul’Mich has opened its sixth location at the mall near Saks Fifth Avenue.

The French artisanal deli, bakery and café with a Latin American twist is inspired by the Bohemian and informal ambience along the Boul’Mich, the nickname given to the Boulevard St. Michel in the Latin Quarter of Paris known for its cafés, coffee shops, bookstores and boutiques.

This is the sixth location of La Boulangerie Boul’Mich. Villa Sota Holding LLC restaurant group, established in 2014, has locations in Key Biscayne, Aventura, Coral Way, Pinecrest and Fort Lauderdale.

Now, they have expanded into Palm Beach County with the mall location.

“La Boulangerie Boul’Mich guests look for a new experience while discovering delicious flavors,” said Villa Sota Holding LLC Partner Avy Cohen. “They want to taste something different where food quality is excellent and always fresh, and enjoy international artisanal and homemade style cuisine with the best local ingredients.”

the products you find in Europe, you will find with a twist in Latin America.”

All menu items are made fresh daily, in house and from scratch. Prep work is done from a state-of-the-art 3,000-square-foot commissary in Miami. The group has its own distribution systems that delivers all the ingredients and supplies daily to all the stores.

They use their own proprietary recipes for its artisan breads, pastries, pastas, juices, soups, omelets, quiches, gourmet sandwiches, fresh salads, entrees and desserts.

Many recipes have been passed down from the partners’ grandmothers.

Desserts do not use preservatives, gelatins, or additives and are served in recyclable glass jar containers that guests can take home.

Using recycled and reclaimed items is important to the restaurateurs, which is evident in the decor. Vintage antiques line the

walls from baking tools to old cameras.

Booth seating uses old coffee bags to create back rests. The industrial era vibe meets cozy cafe provides a meeting spot that is ideal for both a business meeting and a get together with friends.

The restaurant can be accessed from inside the mall or outside. It opens for breakfast at 8 a.m. before the mall is open.

Breakfast options, which come with freshly squeezed orange juice and American coffee with free refills, are served all day— and night.

Menu items fuse Europe and Latin American flavors.

“We believe the European and Latin American cultures are a perfectly natural fit at the table at family gatherings, business meetings and more,” Cohen said. “So many of

For example, Cohen shares that there is a variety of influences served up for breakfast. There are omelets, quiches, the Perico (scrambled eggs typical from Venezuela and other Latin American countries) and Huevos Rancheros (from Mexico).

An example of “a mix” is the La Boulangerie Boul’Mich Chocolate Croissant. It is deliberately not called a “Pain au Chocolat” as is the name of the traditional French chocolate version of a croissant because the La Boulangerie Boul’Mich recipe uses chocolate chips and is baked in a half-moon croissant shape, not the traditional French shape.

Other menu offerings include dessert in jars, empanadas, sandwiches, vegetarian soups and salads.

There are plenty of coffee options including a Nutccino, a cappuccino made with Nutella.

East Side Café: Fun, flavorful, filling By: Natalya Jones Contributing Writer Want a restaurant that offers fresh food when you’re sticking to a diet but savory “fun” food when you’re not?

East Side Café has both.

The restaurant opened this past November is owned by veteran restaurateur Todd Weiss. It’s apparent looking at the menu items what his intent at the Café is: he wants to provide fresh, healthy food that doesn’t deplete taste (along with some not-so-healthy favorites, of course).

All cold subs and breakfast sandwiches are made with Boar’s Head meats and

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cheeses. Both the chicken salad and tuna salad don’t come from a can, but are homemade with solely all white meat chicken and albacore tuna. Vegan items, salads, acai bowls and more healthy items can also be found on the menu. A variety of shaved ribeye Philly cheese steaks, burgers and subs can also be ordered, a commonality that’s rare in the diet culture nowadays.

East Side Café isn’t Weiss’s first restaurant venture. For about 14 years, Weiss has owned the four Draft House restaurants in Boca, West Palm, and Lake Worth as well as a catering company called Affordable Catering.

As if that wasn’t enough, he was awarded the food and beverage contracts for Sugar Sand Park, Osprey Point Golf Course, Spanish River Library and Pompano Pier concessions. His contract is presently at the Boca Raton Municipal Golf Course and has been there for over 10 years.

Hosting a party or need lunch for the office? Catering menus for meetings, large groups and events are an option. Netflix and chilling? Online ordering as well as delivery service through local delivery companies (Grub Hub, Doordash, Uber Eats, Postmates and Delivery Dudes) is also an option.

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Boca’s economic development report New York. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this picture could be worth thousands of dollars.

By: Jessica Del Vecchio Special to the Boca and Delray newspaper Boca. Business. Briefs.

We had so much fun guest hosting a recent episode on the Shrimp Tank’s podcast. Shrimp Tank interviews some of the most successful business owners and entrepreneurs in the region. We were lucky to guest host the interview with Ceebz Gerard, the founder of DNC Media.

The 175,715 square-foot building at 700 Banyan Trail sold for $32 million, equating to $178 per square foot. The building includes a warehouse and an office and sits on 11 acres. The property sold for nearly double its last sales price in 2017.

The 47,585 square-foot Class A office building at 950 Peninsula Corporate Circle sold for $13 million, equating to $273 per square foot.

Women owned True Green Enterprises’ bamboo recyclable and compostable beverage cups and bamboo straws were used by PepsiCo, the official soft drink of Super Bowl LIV on Sunday Feb. 2 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

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ALINA Residences celebrated its topping off last month. The views from this downtown project are incredible. Alina is a nine-story building featuring 121 residences. The property has amenities ranging from an elite performance fitness center and private yoga room, his and her spa with treatment rooms, relaxation room, steam rooms, saunas and private lockers, a sculpture garden and dog park.

The expected occupancy is slated for late 2020.

Royal Palm Residences celebrated the grand opening of its sales center in Downtown Boca Raton. The ultra-luxury boutique condominium will be comprised of three towers, with residences ranging from 2,425 square feet to over 7,100 square feet, including six penthouses and 4 villas. The property will combine a state-of-the-art fitness center, tranquility pool & relaxation spa, lounge & wine cellar and a fully equipped lobby with quiet meeting areas. Each of the 48 boutique residences will have 270 degrees of natural light.

Have corporate news to share or looking to relocate/expand your company to Boca Raton? Contact the city’s economic development office at economicdevelopment@ myboca.us or 561-393-7761. Want to see what we are up to? Follow us on Facebook @BocaEconomicDevelopment.

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Get a glance inside some of Delray’s Lake Ida homes during the 19th Annual Delray Home Tour benefiting Achievement Centers for Children & Families.

The event returns from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 18 with a focus on nine properties in the Lake Ida neighborhood.

Guests will visit eight homes and one garden and enjoy a lunch and trolley service.

“Each year we select a different Delray Beach neighborhood where homeowners can showcase different interior designs and architectural styles,” said Kari Shipley, the co-chair of this year’s organizing committee. “The Home Tour, will feature a variety of homes that range from elegant Florida bungalows, lakeside estates and lush tropical gardens providing home and garden decorating enthusiasts with an inside look into the world of distinctive Delray living.”

All Home Tour ticket sales and sponsorships benefit

Proceeds from the 19th Annual Delray Home Tour will benefit Delray’s Achievement Centers for Children & Families.

Achievement Centers for Children & Families. The event typically draws about 600 guests.

Tickets are $125. Call 561-822-6248 or visit www.delrayhometour.com

Establishing your Domicile in Florida By: Jennifer L. Fulton, Esq., The Law Offices of Robin Bresky Special to Boca and Delray newspapers There’s no place like home . . . and from an estate and tax planning perspective, there is no place to call home like Florida. In addition to all that sunshine, Florida has no state income, fiduciary, estate or inheritance tax, and offers strong constitutional homestead creditor protection, making it a great place to retire.

But you must take proactive steps to establish yourself as a resident of Florida. Some states are reluctant to accept that you have abandoned your domicile with them, and require substantial proof. Some people meet the criteria required in Florida to be a resident, but fail to satisfy another state that they have transferred their domicile to Florida. Each state is different, but New York and New Jersey are two of the most aggressive. There is no such thing as a “complete list” of what one must do persuade your former state that you have established your domicile in Florida, but the more you do, the better. Here are some general guidelines: • Obtain a Florida Driver’s license or State ID card, and surrender your license from your former state.

• Register your automobiles and boats in Florida.

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• Obtain a new passport with your Florida address.

• Register to vote—and vote—in Florida.

• File your taxes using your Florida address, and file a final return of any pro-rated state taxes from your former state. If you continue to earn income in another state, file as a non-resident using your Florida address. Notify the Social Security Administration and all former state taxing authorities of your Florida domicile.

• Create a Florida will and living trust, and in some cases name a Florida resident as trustee.

• See Florida physicians, and have Florida health care directives and powers of attorney.

• Change your membership in clubs outside of Florida to non-resident status, or withdraw from membership if residency in that state is required.

• Transfer your financial accounts to Florida, and change your statement address. Establish a relationship with Florida professionals, such as bankers, financial planners, accountants and attor-

neys.

• Spend more than half the year here, and keep a log of which days.

• File a Declaration of Florida Domicile in your county official records, indicating you intend to be a Florida resident.

• Establish homestead. If you own and occupy your home as your permanent residence on Jan. 1, you can timely file your application with the county tax assessor through March 1. Once approved, you will continue to benefit from the homestead tax exemption and cap on increases in real property taxes annually, for as long as you continue to qualify for the exemption.

• If you travel (somewhere other than the state from which you are relocating), come and go from your Florida residence, and keep a log of where you are each day.

Jennifer L. Fulton, Esq. is an attorney, of counsel, at The Law Offices of Robin Bresky (www.breskylegal. com) focusing on Estate Planning, Probate, and Estate and Trust Administration. A member of the Florida Bar since 1996 with a Juris Doctor degree from Nova Southeastern University, Fulton works with clients to plan for the milestones of life (college, “adulting”, marriage, children, grandchildren, aging parents, preand post-divorce, loss of a spouse, aging, diminished mental capacity) and administration upon death.

She can be reached at 561-994-6273 or EstatePlanning@BreskyLegal. com.

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What’s up in the real estate market…

Christel Silver Named 2019 Broker of the Year by RAPB/GFLR Christel Silver, Broker/ Owner of Silver International Realty in Delray Beach was named 2019 Broker of the Year by the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches and Greater Fort Lauderdale Realtors (RAPB/GFLR) now renamed as Broward, Palm Beaches, and St. Lucie Realtors®.

She also serves on the Board of Directors of the organization for South Palm Beach.

The Broker of the Year award selection criteria includes production volume, real estate related involvement, national association recognized designations, community service involvement, and number of years in the real estate industry.

Silver said she was drawn to the human element of real estate from day one, and nearly three decades later, developing relationships with her clients is still the most rewarding part of her job.

“I’ve forged new friendships with so many interesting and charismatic people,” she said. “My clients come from all walks of life

and I love to collaborate with them.”

the Delray Housing Group and Jeff Graeve, Project Manager. We thank Colome & Associates for their design and Bespoke Construction who served as the General Contractor for this project.”

ALINA Residences developers celebrate topping off of project’s phase one Mizner Country Club’s COO Larry Savvides with Laura Ferrara, Mizner Country Club’s Employee of the Year 2019.

Delray Beach Housing Authority rehabs, leases public housing units

Mizner Country Club’s Employee of the Year 2019.

The Delray Beach Housing Authority recently completed rehabbing and leasing four 2-bedroom public housing units located at 702 SW 2nd Court.

The announcement was made by the club’s General Manager & COO Larry Savvides last month.

The total renovation cost $302,602. The project added to the public housing inventory and increased it from 9 to 13 units.

One unit is reserved for the on-Site maintenance person.

“Public housing programs provide decent and safe affordable housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities,” said Shirley Erazo, President and CEO of the DBHA. “We commend the staff especially Jakeleen Fernandez, Vice President of Operations for

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Jessica Del Vecchio, Noam Ziv, Yoel Shargian, Robert Weinroth, Pamela Weinroth, Andrea Levine O’Rourke, Andy Thomson attend ALINA Residences topping off ceremony. Photo courtesy of David Sutta Photography.

Phase one of Boca’s ALINA Residences is nearly completed.

The topping off of the nine story luxury condo project was completed late January and celebrated with brunch.

The first phase of the project is slated for total completion in quarter four of this year.

“Topping off phase one of ALINA is a major milestone for us,” said Noam Ziv, Executive Director of Development of El-Ad National Properties. “We are very proud of the incredible work done by our contractor, Moss Construction, and our entire construction team. We are moving forward rapidly to complete this luxury residential development, and we are looking forward to delivering ALINA to our future residents. Downtown Boca Raton is currently undergoing a development economic boom, and we are excited to be developing one of the projects leading the charge.”

Designed by acclaimed architectural firm Garcia Stromberg/GS4 Studios, ALINA offers one to four-bedroom residences that showcase sweeping golf course and city views through floor-to-ceiling glass doors, which open to expansive terraces.

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Attending the event from New York, Yoel Shargian, CEO of Elad Group said, “While our company is known for luxury developments, this project was our first step into the Boca market. The recent announcement of the upcoming Boca Raton Brightline Station further expands the area’s appeal. We are excited to offer our residents a walkable lifestyle close to a number of nearby entertainment and cultural options including Mizner Park and the Boca Raton Museum of Art.” Mizner Country Club names Tennis Pro Shop coordinator employee of year Laura Ferrara, Mizner Country Club’s Tennis Pro Shop Coordinator, was named

“Laura is the role model of an outstanding employee,” Savvides said. “During her 18-month tenure with the Club, we have marveled at her incredibly outgoing, friendly and compassionate personality.

She is creative, kind, thoughtful, intuitive, and an inspiration to all of us. She is truly the ultimate team player and a joy to everyone who interacts with her. Laura not only makes the tennis experience at Mizner great but sets the standard for excellence of which Mizner Country Club has built its reputation. We are so fortunate to have Laura on the team and wish her many more years of success at Mizner.”

Vernon Gettone, Mizner’s Director of Tennis, notes, “Laura has received the Employee of the Month and now she is the Employee of the Year! It’s an honor to be working with her as she exemplifies the selflessness and dedication of our work culture. Laura continually goes above and beyond member expectations. To be here for over 18 months and receive this award is remarkable. Thank you, Laura, for not only making tennis great but setting the standard for taking Mizner Country Club to the next level.”

Kaufman Lynn Construction promotes two employees to leadership positions Kaufman Lynn Construction, has promoted two executives into leadership roles.

Tim Bonczek was promoted to Vice President of Operational Excellence and Innovation and Elaine Hinsdale has been promoted to Vice President of Integrated Marketing.

In this newly created position, Bonczek, the former Operations Vice President, will be responsible for the construction company’s quality control, safety, training, technology research and the implementation of operational and interdepartmental efficiencies across the company. Bonczek has been with Kaufman Lynn for more than 12 years.

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Spring home design tips with Laetitia Laurent of Boca’s Laure Nell Interiors

Akoya Boca West opens doors to first residents Staff report

Want to wake up in a luxury building with golf course views from every unit? That is what Akoya Boca West offers its residents.

A former golf maintenance area and dog park on the grounds of Boca West Country Club was transformed by Siemens Group into a 113unit high-end condo building.

On move in day on Feb. 12, the building had already sold 65 percent of the units.

ishes are modern and elegant.

There are about 10 units that are move-in ready including furniture. There is an on-site card room with poker tables, social room that opens to an outdoor patio with a catering kitchen, gym and swimming pool. Each owner receives two parking spaces in a private, enclosed garage. There is complimentary valet for guests. Each unit is accessed by a privacy-controlled elevator system that opens to the homeowners private foyer.

If you are looking to do some sprucing up this spring, we have all the latest trends thanks to Laetitia Laurent and her Boca interior design company Laure Nell.

Laurent is the principal and lead designer of the company and we were able to get her to share some of the latest spring tips when it comes to home decor.

1 Tell us about yourself and how you got into interior design.

I studied art and history at the Sorbonne in Paris, where I grew up. I moved to South Florida 15 years ago and I started my business. It grew very organically through word of mouth from helping friends rearrange their furnishings to full remodels and large constructions.

2 Where is Laure Nell located

Akoya offers two-to-four bedroom residences plus den options that are priced from $1 million to over $4 million.

Units feature floor to ceiling windows with sweeping golf course views. Designed by architecture firm Garcia Stromberg/GS4 Studios with interiors by Steven G, the fin-

Residents also have access to Boca West’s amenities including golf, a 29-court tennis complex, a European inspired spa, dining, and year-round private club activities. Membership at the social level is the minimum requirement for the country club.

and what kind of work do you offer clients?

We are located in east Boca Raton. We offer the full gamut of residential interior design services from breathing fresh air into spaces with new furnishings all the way to big remodels or new build.

3 How would you describe

your design style?

I grew up in France surrounded by the work of the masters. Architecture and scale are paramount there, so you could say I’m more structured, and process driven, but then I moved to South Florida, where things tend to be more relaxed, and I’ve learned to really enjoy that. Today my style marries European principles with a coastal relaxed vibe.

4 Where do you get your design inspiration from?

Travel. Nothing inspires me more than jumping on a plane and discovering a new place, a new culture, a new way of living.

From the colors to the rituals I always try and bring that inspiration back with me and infuse my client’s home with something aesthetically unique. I’m not a cookie-cutter type designer.

5 What is your favorite room

in a home to design?

I love designing kitchens because they are often the hub of the house, and kids’ rooms are always so fun, very freeing.

6 What are the newest trends

for spring that you are seeing/ implementing?

I would have to say clean lines with warmth. Call it the California Modern trend where spaces that are clean but still feel lived in with character. I love mixing wood floors with clean cabinets and surfaces for example. Twotone cabinetry is also very ontrend for that same reason: mixing clean and warm.

7 What is the easiest change someone can make in their home?

Spring is a great time to revamp your accessories: from pillows and throws to artwork. Those small touches can go a very long way in setting the tone and breathing in a totally new design vibe.

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Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County looking for women builders for annual WOMEN’s Build Staff report Ladies, ever want to help build a home?

Get ready to pick up power tools and put on a hard hat during the Habitat for Humanity South Palm Beach County’s WOMEN Build 2020.

This year, the annual women build will deliver two homes for two working moms and their families just in time for Mother’s Day. The build will take place on May 7-9.

“Because Habitat for Humanity recognizes that women are uniquely positioned to nurture families and build communities, the South Palm Beach County annual build event is purposely timed during the three days leading up to Mother’s Day,” said HFHSPBC President & CEO Randy Nobles.

The event is part of the Habitat for Humanity National “Women Build” — founded in 1991 — that enlists and encourages women across the country, with or without any construction skills, to fundraise and build homes for families in their local communities.

In the months leading up to the on-site build days, each registered WOMEN Builder commits to “give or get” a minimum of $1,000 each through their personal fundraising efforts or making the donation to help underwrite construction materials for the two homes they will build. Once an individual meets or surpasses her personal $1,000 fund commitment, she will be eligible to pick from five on-site build sessions.

“There is no other fundraiser like this… gala gowns are replaced with jeans, WOMEN Build T-shirts and pink hard hats and the participants get to see, meet and be a part of what they are fundraising for,” said Co-Chair Raphael-Dynan. “Being able to see and feel the impact of your investment goes well beyond the physical construction to authentic humanitarianism.”

Because no construction experience is required, WOMEN Builders span business, civic, community and philanthropic

sectors. The volunteer builders work under the guidance of construction professionals.

“Those who have stepped out of their comfort zone at previous WOMEN Builds to help change the lives of others, have shared that the rare build experience changed their lives forever as well,” said Co-Chair Beverly Raphael Altman.

“Robyn and I are honored and propelled to ‘up the game’ this year as WOMEN Build Co-Chairs as we welcome the return of our Women Builders for their third or fourth consecutive year and recruit new women to grow our WOMEN Build sisterhood and fundraising dollars.”

This year’s WOMEN Builders get to celebrate their commitments together during a private mix-and-mingle launch reception on March 19 at 6 p.m. at Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club.

To learn more about the HFHSPBC 2020

WOMEN Build Co-Chairs Robyn Raphael-Dynan and Beverly Raphael Altman don their pink construction hats as they recruit more women builders. Submitted photo.

WOMEN Build sponsorships, register as a builder or team captain, contact HFHSPBC Manager, Donor Engagement & Special Projects Marta Knowles at mknowles@habitatsouthpalmbeach.org or 561.819.6070, Ext. 208 or visit www.habitatsouthpalmbeach.org.

Returning as mother/daughter WOMEN Build Co-Chairs are Beverly Raphael Altman and Robyn Raphael-Dynan, who are women builders every day as the CEO and Vice President of Operations of RCC Associates.

Supported by a committee of community-driven women leaders, Altman and Raphael-Dynan are recruiting 250 builders.

Habitat for Humanity South Palm Beach County’s WOMEN Build 2020 will take place in May. Submitted photo.

Sign ups to participate in Habitat for Humanity South Palm Beach County’s WOMEN Build 2020 are underway. Submitted photo.

Ask an expert: Your HOA, condo questions By: Harris B. Katz, Esq. Special to the Boca and Delray newspapers

Q: The roofs in our condominium are over twenty years old and leaking. The board recently commissioned a reserve study and the engineer opined that the roof has exceeded its useful life. The board is refusing the replace the roofs. What can we do to force the board to replace the roofs?

H.H., Boca Raton A: The board has the fiduciary duty to maintain, repair and replace the common elements. The roof is arguably the most important common element and roof leaks can range from minor to disastrous – but often expensive. This is a very fact specific analysis, but if the board

has a professional opinion that the roofs have zero years remaining, the board could be breaching its duty to the members with every passing day.

Often, the decision to forego replacements is because of cost and the desire to avoid special assessments or reserve contributions. Although this is understandable, it is also a necessary part of owning property. The board needs to consider multiple funding issues such as whether loans are available, whether membership approval is required for certain options like special assessments, and the current balance of the reserve accounts.

My recommendation is to write a letter to the board to remind the board that the roof ’s useful life has expired and remind the board of its fiduciary obligations. The simple fact is that if the condominium experiences catastrophic damage that could have been avoided by following the recommendations of the engineer and timely replacing a common element component, the association could be responsible for damages caused by the roof leak.

Absent a change in board composition through election or recall, there is no direct mechanism to compel roof replacement, but you can take actions to protect your interests in the event the board continues to ignore the roof condition.

Harris B. Katz, Esq., is Partner of the Law Firm Goede, Adamczyk, DeBoest & Cross, PLLC. Visit www.gadclaw. com or to ask questions about your issues for future columns, send your inquiry to: question@gadclaw.com. The information provided herein is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. The publication of this article does not create an attorney-client relationship between the reader and Goede, Adamczyk, DeBoest & Cross, PLLC. or any of our attorneys. Readers should not act or refrain from acting based upon the information contained in this article without first contacting an attorney, if you have questions about any of the issues raised herein. The hiring of an attorney is a decision that should not be based solely on advertisements or this column.

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Jewish author speaks at annual Lion of Judah Luncheon

Her father left when she was young and told the kids to think of him as the favorite uncle. Her mother raised Weiner and her three siblings on her own.

By: Jan Engoren Contributing Writer Jennifer Weiner, author of “Good in Bed,” “In Her Shoes,” and her latest, “Mrs. Everything,” was the guest speaker Jan. 30 at the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s annual Lion of Judah Luncheon, held at the Polo Club.

Always the outsider, Weiner said she learned to observe and this became the catalyst for her writing life.

After college she took a job as a reporter for a small paper in Pennsylvania, then moved on to a medium-sized paper in Kentucky, before eventually landing at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Lions of Judah, comprised of philanthropic Jewish women, contribute a minimum $5,000 per year to the 2019 UJA/Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Annual Campaign.

Hosted by co-chairs Shelly Snyder and Jeanne Fibus, the Boca Raton chapter boasts more than 700 Lions of Judah, one of the largest Lions of Judah memberships in the country, and is a leader in the number of endowments greater than $100,000.

“This luncheon is every season’s premier event in local women’s philanthropy,” Fibus said. “We invite women of all ages to join our powerful, caring and fulfilling sisterhood, and be part of the vital difference our Lions make in countless lives.”

In fact, Snyder noted that since last year’s luncheon 55 new lions have joined their philanthropic group and highlighted their efforts around the globe, including working to resettle Russian Jewish refugees into Palm Beach County during the 1970s and continuing the fight against anti-Semitism.

More than anything, Weiner, a New York Times best-selling novelist, is a storyteller and she launched into a number of stories in front of approximately 400 attendees who came to hear her speak about her creative process, her personal experiences and writing for and about Jewish women.

“I’m happy to be here, although it’s bittersweet,” said Weiner, who would come to Florida to visit her “Nana,” who lived in Century Village in Deerfield before relocating to an assisted living facility in her native city of Detroit.

Gail Lichtman, Jill Rose, Jeanne Fibus, Jennifer Weiner, Karen Dern, Shelly Snyder at the annual Lion of Judah Luncheon featuring guest speaker author Jennifer Weiner. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Tholl.

“Come speak at my assisted living,” she said and Weiner did.

“It felt good to finally make her happy,” she remembered.

She recalled the fact that her grandmother only had an eighth grade education and worked in a candy store before eventually marrying and running a furniture business with her husband.

One day her brother called to tell her, “There’s a woman living in the house with Mom.” It turned out Weiner’s mom had entered into a relationship with her JCC swim coach, Karen – becoming more fodder for Weiner’s fiction.

During that time Weiner had broken up with a long-time boyfriend and wasn’t sure she was going to get the happy ending she’d longed for.

She decided to write a book and give her protagonist the happy ending she wanted.

Some of these real-life people and events are fictionalized in Weiner’s latest book, “Mrs. Everything,” which follows the lives of two sisters as they navigate a changing America over the course of their lives.

That book became her first bestseller, “Good in Bed.” (It’s interesting to note that on her website Weiner states, “I did not quit my day job until Book One was published, Book Two was written, and Books Three and Four were under contract.”)

“What would Nana’s life have been like if she had more opportunities?” Weiner wondered. “I wanted to look at the life of women and their choices.”

When she revealed the title of the book to her mother, her mother responded, “How much research did you have to do?”

She quoted poet Muriel Rukeyser, “‘What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.”

Her second book “In Her Shoes” was made into a 2005 film starring Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine and Toni Collette.

She set out to analyze some of those pieces and tackle some of these issues in her novel.

Nana had a role as an extra in the film.

A large presence and influence in Weiner’s life, Nana was at once doting, but critical.

Her Jewishness infuses her novels; most of her characters are Jewish with a Jewish sensibility of fairness and freedom. She’s inspired by Tikkun Olam, the Jewish concept of healing the world.

For her 100th birthday Weiner begged her to know what she could give her, as she usually declined Weiner’s efforts at gift-giving.

She recalls growing up in mostly non-Jewish Connecticut, one of only 9 Jewish kids in her high school graduating class of 400.

“I always knew I wanted to tell her story,” noted Weiner.

“I wanted to tell the stories of the women I knew and the lives they led.”

We can all see a piece of ourselves in the characters Weiner has brought to life in-between the covers of her books.

For information on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, visit jewishboca.org.

All People’s Day Diversity Kapow takes home best bite at Junior Festival returns to Delray Beach League of Boca Raton’s Annual Culinary Festival Flavors 2020 Staff report

The 11th annual All People’s Day® Diversity Festival will return to Pompey Park on March 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All People’s Day®, Inc, and Delray Parks & Recreation present the free, family friendly festival with food, entertainment and activities.

Enjoy food from different ethnic restaurants and 15 performances from different nationalities. Music will be provided by the Spotlighters, Milagro Center kids, Drum Circle, PinkSlip, Angele,

Staff report The best dish of the Junior League of Boca Raton’s Annual Culinary Festival Flavors 2020 was awarded to Kapow.

Cecelia St. King, S. Fl Taiko Dojo’s huge Japanese Drums, and the Raging Grannies, as well as dance by Chinese Performing Arts, Mexican Folklore Dance, African American Step dancing from the Delray Divas, and Zionic Dance and Fitness with audience participation.

Guests enjoyed food from a number of top South Florida restaurants, including The Addison, Poke Jay, Touch of Spain, Kapow, Lemongrass, Ramen Lab Eatery, Harvest Seasonal Grill, M.E.A.T Eatery, Loch Bar, Just Salad, Bolay, Benihana’s, Burton’s, Lionfish, The Melting Pot, Crazy Uncle Mike’s, Raw Juce, Haute Tea Party and Gourmet Phile. Guests in the VIP area enjoyed desserts from Two Fat Cookies.

Funds raised by the event will support the Junior League’s focus areas of Hunger, Child Welfare and Nonprofit Support.

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Recognize your favorite doctor when Rotary Club Downtown Boca Raton’s 22nd Annual ‘Honor Your Doctor’ luncheon returns scholarship fundraiser continues to grow in nominations and attendees, and thus funds available for deserving students who want to attend our local universities.

By engaging these students from the very beginning in the community through generous and meaningful local support, we hope to encourage them to launch their careers and remain in practice here in Boca Raton.”

Staff report Like your doctor? Show them some love while supporting scholarships for future doctors and nurses.

The 22nd Annual “Honor Your Doctor” luncheon will take place on National Doctors Day, March 18 at Boca West Country Club.

While recognizing favorite physicians from Palm Beach and Broward counties, the event raises funds for the Helen M. Babione Medical Scholarship that benefits medical and nursing school students attending four local universities: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at FAU, Lynn University and Palm Beach State College.

Rotary Club of Downtown Boca puts on the luncheon and it will be chaired by Alan Kaye and Janice Williams and the Honorary Co-Chairs Debbie and Steve Schmidt and Honorary Physician Advisor Dr. Jeffrey Stein, who was named the

You can cast a vote for your favorite physician online now at www.rotarydowntownbocaraton.org

Honor Your Doctor co-chair Alan Kaye, co-chair Janice Williams, Honor Your Doctor Founder Helen Babione and Honorary Co-Chair-Debbie Schmidt. Submitted photo.

2019 “Doctor of Distinction.”

Speakers include Dr. James Galvin, a board certified neurology specialist, and students who have benefitted from the scholarships.

“The Honor Your Doctor Luncheon has

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become a heartwarming annual tradition for many of Boca Raton’s community leaders, medical community and philanthropists,” said HYD Luncheon Co-Chair Alan Kaye.

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It costs $50 per nomination or $125 for three nominations. There is no limit to how many doctors a patient can nominate or how many times they nominate each of them.

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Meet your Delray Beach City Commission candidates: Seat 4 Delray Beach’s registered voters will be able to cast their vote for who they want to see fill two seats on the city commission.

have lived in Delray, where you live, your profession, your family.

In anticipation of the March 17 election, we have reached out to every candidate who has qualified to run for election or re-election.

ences qualify you to be a commissioner?

This year there are two seats up for election and both are contested. We reached out to every candidate who filed and asked them to complete our questionnaire. Each candidate was asked the same set of questions:

1 Tell us a little bit about yourself. How long you

2 Why are you running for office and what experi3 What are the top three issues you want to address in the city if elected or re-elected?

5 City Hall has had a lot of turnover with city staff.

Why do you think that is and how would you work to re-establish stability?

6 How do you approach the relationship you will have as a commissioner with city staff?

We have printed their answers as provided. This month

4 Delray is known as the “Village by the Sea” but it

we will feature candidates running for Seat 4 responses.

is also a popular city. How would you balance “keeping the charm” with the need to grow the tax base as the city attracts more people?

tion. We will list responses incumbent first followed by

If you missed it, we featured Seat 2 in our February edithe challengers in alphabetical order.

Meet your Seat 4 incumbent: Commissioner Shirley Johnson 1 Tell us a little bit about yourself.

helping others achieve their goals, Com-

neighborhood? Such questions MUST

How long you have lived in Delray,

munity Improvement Activist, Mother-

be asked with each request presented to

where you live, your profession, your

hood, Spouse for over 50 years, church

the City Commission and the CRA.

family.

membership, resident for 35 years (entire time as a NW resident), worked full

Married for 50 years with two children

time as City Commissioner for 3 years

and three granddaughters. Howard Uni-

and Community Redevelopment Agency

versity graduate and IBM retiree. Worked

Commissioner for one and a half years.

for IBM over 30 years. Howard University graduate. Born in and currently reside

3 What are the top three issues you

in NW Delray and have lived in this area

want to address in the city if elected or

of the City for over 35 years. Community

re-elected?

activist and independent thinker.

• Sensible development I95 to A1A ben-

Have served on the City Commission

efitting all residents of our City.;

for the past three years and am seeking

• Seek economic opportunities/bene-

re-election.

Have also served as a CRA Commissioner for past one and a half years. I am experienced, dedicated and strongly believe in inclusiveness, diversity and civility.

cate of home rule. Our cities are better equipped to decide certain issues for themselves rather than being told what to do by the state.

fits, affordable/workforce housing and public safety; • Stabilize the City’s Management/Personnel.

4) Advocate for a complete commitment

4 Delray is known as the “Village

benefit all residents.

to our role in the “Green Implementation

by the Sea” but it is also a popular city.

My major accomplishments include:

Plan” and strongly support the effort of coastal cities in our County working to-

How would you balance “keeping the

I have voted consistently for issues that

1) Support of the Comprehensive Plan, which deals with improved transportation, mobility, historic preservation, and

gether to combat rising tides and climate change.

2 Why are you running for office and

a heathier community.

what experiences qualify you to be a

2) Worked to further development West

commissioner?

of Swinton Avenue and to improve side-

charm” with the need to grow the tax base as the city attracts more people?

In order to maintain balance, every vote

working with the new City Manager to ensure success. He will work with the Commission and residents to present a unified path forward.

6 How do you approach the relationship you will have as a commissioner with city staff?

Our City has a direct City Manager system of accountability and reporting. The Commission directs the City Manager, City Attorney and the Internal Auditor.

Those three employees manage the City’s personnel.

I respect this divide and, with permission, met with many of the staff and per-

approval of my findings, I then sought to

out displacement.

with the thought of “how will it benefit

Qualifying experiences – lifetime of

I’m committed to

With management’s full awareness and

without political calculation but always

lative Committee. I am a strong advo-

Commission level.

seeking suggestions for improvements.

term of service. I have consistently voted

LOC Municipal Administration Legis-

lack of leadership at the City Manager/

of their work and their successes while

fordable housing and development with-

a better place for all residents

The instability of personnel is due to a

zens must be allowed to dictate decisions City.

Delray Beach” in an effort to make Delray

stability?

sonnel to inquire about the requirements

As the incumbent, I’m asking for another

County League of Cities and on the State

and how would you work to re-establish

pose. No one developer or group of citi-

walks and alleyways and to promote af-

the whole City and preserve the charm of

with city staff. Why do you think that is

cast must be with a seriousness of pur-

that are not for the benefit of the entire

3) Served on the Board of the Palm Beach

5 City Hall has had a lot of turnover

Example, while a project could potentially bring millions, it must be designed, built, and have traffic studied with the

implement whatever changes were mandated and appropriate at the Commission level.

“charm of our Village by the Sea” in mind.

I have always worked with, supported

The same should be true of our private

and represented all City residents and

home builders. Does the project “fit” the

will continue to be their advocate.

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Meet your Seat 4 challenger: Angela Burns 1 Tell us a little bit about yourself.

How long you have lived in Delray, where you live, your profession, your family.

I grew up in Delray Beach and have a deep-rooted love for our city. I received my bachelor’s degree in Education from Bethune-Cookman University and my Master’s from Nova Southeastern University, and after college I returned to Delray Beach to work as a teacher at S.D. Spady Elementary. I then ventured into the private sector where I was the only black and only female manager at a large bank. After 13 very successful years in the Savings & Loans industry focused on helping people of modest means, I decided to return to my first love, education, and have since served as a public school teacher for the last 32 years here in Palm Beach County. I am a widow, a mother of three, grandmother of three, and a dog mom to Diesel and Bermuda.

2 Why are you running for office and what experiences qualify you to be a commissioner?

I decided to run for city commissioner to continue my public service, as I have grown tired of witnessing the concerns of the residents being ignored. I believe in working in collaboration with residents to improve accountability and transparency, closing disparity gaps, increasing inclusive community engagement, and building a stronger Delray Beach that is well-managed, corruption-free, and responsive to the needs of the people living

their own personal political ambitions.

3 What are the top three issues you want to address in the city if elected or re-elected?

Accountable governance, supporting small, local businesses and entrepreneurship, and promoting equitable growth.

4 Delray is known as the “Village

by the Sea” but it is also a popular city.

How would you balance “keeping the charm” with the need to grow the tax base as the city attracts more people?

here.

I have decades of successful experience in both the public and the private sectors here in Delray, and years of local service on the Education Board of the City of Delray, as Chair of the School Advisory Council for Village Academy, and Treasurer for my local chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. As a teacher, a mother of three and grandmother of three, I know that it takes a village to raise a child, and I believe that the same philosophy should be applied to government; it will take great leadership and all of us to govern our community effectively. I am a first-time candidate, and not a career politician, as we need someone who will fight for our local community’s interests, instead of leaders who only use the office to further

Coordinated efforts over several years between residents and stakeholders to create a plan and policy to meet the needs of all residents and help maintain this balance was made, and thousands of dollars were spent to develop it with this in mind, but that plan has since been ignored.

Smart and equitable development is vital to the long-term health of our community. My goal is to prioritize development without displacement, invest in and implement an affordable and dignified housing policy with new developments, and centralize affordable housing closer to the workforce. Supporting a constructive relationship with small businesses within Delray Beach has also led to the growth of the local economy and Delray’s recognition as a top city for small business entrepreneurship, and I intend to continue to support and expand these efforts. Small business owners are stewards who invest in our neighborhoods

and our neighbors, and I will be a voice and a champion for small, local business owners, implementing policies to reduce permitting and licensing approval times, simplify zoning, and improve operational and business practices, creating a pathway for local businesses to bid on city contracts.

5 City Hall has had a lot of turnover with city staff. Why do you think that is and how would you work to re-establish stability?

In my experience in both the public and private sector, micro management, a lack of respect and a lack of trust contributes to high turnover. You must empower people to do their jobs and support them as needed. When hostility, intimidation, and ‘power plays’ are a part of the culture, it is terrible for morale. I would respect the expertise of the new city manager, allow them to do the job without interference, and leave lines of communications open.

6 How do you approach the relationship you will have as a commissioner with city staff?

To be objective and remain focused on issues and not personalities. Throughout my career in the public and private sector I have a reputation for being respectful and treating others the way I would want to be treated. I believe all of the priorities I have mentioned here will require civility between the City Commissioners, and accountable governance and transparency with residents.

Meet your Seat 4 challenger: Chris Davey 1 Tell us a little bit about yourself. How long you have lived in Delray, where you live, your profession, your family.

and quality of life. (2). The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has been in existence for 35 years. For the most part, the CRA’s work East of Swinton Avenue is done. The CRA must now redouble its efforts to improve conditions in our NW/SW neighborhoods and from I-95 east to Swinton on Atlantic Avenue. Residents in this part of the City have waited too long for infrastructure and economic improvement. (3). Delray Beach is rated AAA by the bond rating companies. The City should move forward on addressing our infrastructure needs while interest rates are at multi-generational lows.

I purchased a home and moved to Delray Beach full-time in 2007. From the late-1990’s to 2007 I was spending between one and two months of the year in Delray Beach and Boca Raton. When I first moved to Delray I purchased in Mallory Square, on Federal Highway, 3 blocks south of Atlantic Avenue. I now reside west of I-95 in a single-family home with my fiancé. I am a real estate broker and consultant. My mother and aunt also live in Delray Beach and my father lives in Boca Raton.

2 Why are you running for office and what experiences qualify you to be a commissioner?

I have served as Member and President of the Mallory Square Homeowner’s Association, Vice Chair of the Delray Beach Planning and Zoning Board, and as a member of the “Always Delray” Comprehensive Plan Update Committee. Presently, I am Chair of the Delray Beach Board of Adjustment. I am running for City Commission because I want to be able to make a greater contri-

bution to our City and improve the quality of life of our residents.

3 What are the top three issues you want to address

in the city if elected or re-elected?

(1).The City must put more of a focus on addressing traffic and traffic flow throughout the City and new development must must be a reasonable scale and mass that does not negatively impact our residential neighborhoods

4 Delray is known as the “Village by the Sea” but it is also a popular city. How would you balance “keeping the charm” with the need to grow the tax base as the city attracts more people?

“Keeping the charm” in our “Village by the Sea” is getting more and more difficult. At a minimum, development MUST be of a proper scale and mass, and provide adequate parking. In addition, the traffic a project will generate, and where that traffic will go, must become a part of the approval process.

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Meet your Seat 4 challenger: Chris Davey [FROM PG 45]

5 City Hall has had a lot of

turnover with city staff. Why do you think that is and how would you work to re-establish stability?

I believe we have had 8 or more City Managers and Interim-City Managers in the past 9 years.

That rate of turnover must stop as it is very destabilizing to city staff. I am very, very optimistic about our new City Manager, George Gretsas, who started on January 6th. Mr. Gretsas has a wealth of experience and I believe he is a great fit for Delray Beach, especially with the issues we face going forward - older, decaying infrastructure, the impact of rising sea levels, etc. Having a City Manager with the record Mr. Gretsas has should result in a lower turnover of city staff and re-establish stability. As I write this Mr. Gretsas has been on the job 7 days and I am already hear-

ing very positive things from city staff about him.

6 How do you approach the relationship you will have as a commissioner with city staff?

I will have a respectful and professional relationship with city staff. I hope to learn from them as I am sure they have a wealth of information to share. I will always keep in mind that staff does not report to me, for the most part they report to the City Manager. In fact, I expect that most of my interactions with staff will be through the City Manager. In our form of government (Council-Manager) the City Commission has three (3) people who they can hire and fire - the City Manager, the City Attorney, and the City Internal Auditor. All city employees report directly to one of these three, not the Mayor and Commissioners, and I will always remember and respect that.

Former Delray CRA attorney joins Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman firm Staff report A former Delray Community Redevelopment Agency attorney David Tolces has joined Boca’s Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L. firm as partner.

Tolces has more than 30 years of experience and focuses his practice on counseling local government entities by providing guidance on redevelopment matters, drafting land development regulations, assisting with real estate transactions, and other legal services. He served as the first Town Attorney for the Town of Loxahatchee Groves after working over a three-year period with community groups and legislators to obtain approval of the Town Charter and the incorporation of the Town. Tolces also provides real estate transactional and landlord/tenant services to his private clients.

As counsel for the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority, Tolces provided legal services to the organization and its development partner for the financing and rehabilitation of the 100-unit Palms of Deerfield Apartments. The apartment community, which was previously HUD funded public housing, will now provide newly renovated affordable housing for elderly and disabled residents.

“We are thrilled to expand our Boca Raton office and local government practice with the addition of David Tolces,” said Brett Schneider, Managing Director of the firm’s Palm Beach office. “David’s experience working with both local governments and private clients will increase the depth of our bench in both the private and public sectors and be a valuable resource to our clients.”

Tolces earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida and bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Broward County Bar Association and Palm Beach County Bar Association.

Old School Square happenings MusicWorks presents Live & Let Die- The Music of Paul McCartney March 4 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Singer and Recording artist, Tony Kishman is the creator and bandleader of Live & Let Die; a full multi-media experience celebrating the music of Paul McCartney and featuring four multi-talented musicians. Tickets start at $42 Absolutely ous March 7

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Crest Theatre With an all-star cast of superstar female impersonators, you won’t believe your eyes that these gals are really guys! Tickets start at $55 MusicWorks presents Ticket to the Moon - An ELO Tribute March 11 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Tickets start at $42.

The Duprees

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Delray Staff report

The annual Delray Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival will return on March 14.

Presented by the city of Delray Beach, the parade is a tradition that began in 1968 with a local Irishmen and pub owner named Maury Power. Maury took what would later be regarded as a legendary stroll down Atlantic Avenue with his Shillelagh and a green pig; he declared it his “own parade.”

Now, the parade features local nonprofit organizations, businesses, schools, civic organizations, veterans, police, firefighters, and EMS. The parade will take place from 2-4 p.m. along Atlantic Avenue from the Intracoastal bridge to NW 5th Avenue.

There will also be an all day festival from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Admission to the parade and festival is free. For more information, visit www.stpatsdelray.com

Here’s what we think…

Recently, author and marketing guru Seth Godin wrote about “choosing” to be a citizen.

It was a short piece, but impactful.

Check it out: “Citizens aren’t profit-seeking agents who are simply constrained by rules. Citizens behave even if there isn’t a rule about it.

Citizens aren’t craven partisans, voting for party over fact. Citizens do the right thing because they can, even if the short-term cost is high.

Citizens live by the rule of community: If everyone did what I’m about to do, would it lead to a useful outcome?

Sometimes we call citizens heroes, which is a shame, because their actions should be commonplace, not rare. The myth of success based on short-term self-interest has been disproven again and again. It seems obvious that leaving things better than you found them is a powerful step forward, because you’ll probably be back this way again one day soon.

Every successful community, every organization, every family has citizens. It’s the citizens who define the future, because their commitment to the long-term matters.”

We loved this piece, because in recent weeks we lost two amazing “citizens” who embodied that word and were devoted long term

players who made a tremendous positive difference over a long period of time.

Armand Mouw was a city commissioner in the 90s, a critical time in Delray’s history. He brought gravitas and business acumen to the dais. He was a military veteran, a construction executive who founded Mouw Associates, a terrific local firm and spoke with a no nonsense common sense rationality that seems so rare today. He passed recently and although I hadn’t seen him around town lately, he was a fixture for decades and left a lasting impact. He was a really good citizen.

Same for our friend Ernie Simon.

Ernie was a pillar of the community for decades, a member of a pioneer family, a judge, an attorney, a devoted Rotarian and someone who deeply loved the Delray Playhouse, which is an unsung jewel in our community.

Ernie always wore a smile. He loved Delray Beach and the people in his community loved him back. He was very special.

Mr. Simon was a citizen who was rooted here, dedicated to this place and someone who made a lasting impact as a result of that dedication.

A frequent topic of this space is this concept of what it really means to be a village; what it takes to build a community, to put down roots, make friends, give something back, invest yourself in a place.

There are many ways to describe this con-

Delray’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade will return on March 14. Photo courtesy of city of Delray.

cept but it can be boiled down to a single word. And that word is love.

Making a decision to serve, truly serve is an act of love. Giving your heart to a place for decades is a labor of love. Mr. Mouw did it. Mr. Simon did it and thankfully we have many examples to guide us, inspire us and if we choose— inform us too.

We’ve been thinking a lot these days about the concept of statesmanship which is defined as “skill in managing public affairs.”

It seems so rare these days.

To paraphrase a song: Where have all the lions and lionesses gone?

March 15

8 p.m.

Crest Theatre Tickets start at $57.

Killer Queen- Presented by Frank J. Russo March 19 8 p.m.

Pavilion

Two years after Mercury’s death, a group of talented rockers united in London to form a Queen tribute band, and thus Killer Queen was born. This tribute act aimed to relive the greatest Queen concert moments of the ‘70s and ‘80s, and they proved that they could accomplish this goal every single time they took the stage. General admission starts at $20.

Jake Ehrenreich’s A Jew Grows in Brooklyn 2.0

Please don’t be offended if you weren’t mentioned on this list---we’re far from finished telling local stories at the Delray Newspaper.

We see more than a few bright young leaders coming up who are making some noise on a grassroots level. So we have hope for our future.

The great ones know how to lead, serve, compromise, take the long term view and commit to a cause. They don’t take their ball and go home if things don’t go their way.

They understand that in life we win some and we lose some. They are good at building consensus and very good at explaining why sometimes tough decisions—not necessarily popular in the moment—need to be made.

We need more citizens and it is something we choose to be; because it is the Armand Mouw’s and Ernie Simon’s who have made this a special place—unlike any other place.

Progress is not accidental—sometimes you get lucky but it never lasts. Real, sustainable progress requires citizens—check that Citizens—with a capital C. It’s the Citizens who move the needle and change the game.

They are grounded. They are future focused willing to build for a tomorrow they may not see. They are the adults in the room.

We should embrace them, celebrate them and build around them. We have so much more to do.

We’ve had a slew of those types of people in our community: Libby Wesley, H. Ruth and C. Spencer Pompey, Nancy Hurd, Frances Bourque, Barbara Smith, Bob Costin, Bob Currie, Bob Victorin, Kerry Koen, Bob Barcinski, Rick Overman, Vera Farrington, Chip Stokes, Bump Mitchell, Dorothy Ellington, Lula Butler, Joe Gillie, Susan Ruby, Bill Wood and a woman I have gotten to

Thanks Armand and thanks Ernie for a job well done.

Old School Square happenings [FROM PG 46]

know and love with all my heart Diane Colonna. This list can go on and on and on—mayors, commissioners, police officers, firefighters, city staff, volunteers, business leaders, religious leaders and non-profit directors, etc.

March 20-21 8 p.m.

Crest Theatre A Jew Grows in Brooklyn 2.0 is the critically acclaimed new generation of the “dazzling” (NY Times) comedy musical that shattered box office records in the heart of Broadway.

From the stoops of Brooklyn to the warmth of Catskills summers, award-winning performer Jake Ehrenreich combines real-life comedy, pathos, and music – from Classic rock to Yiddish – in this unique multi-media production. Ticket start at $57.

Meet the team Reach us at: DelrayNewspaper.com 561-819-1109 info@delraynewspaper.com

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