The Coastal Star August 2011

August 2011

Volume 4 Issue 8

Serving Hypoluxo Island, South Palm Beach, Manalapan, Ocean Ridge, Briny Breezes, Gulf Stream and Coastal Delray Beach

Manalapan

Along the Coast

Inside

Does what’s flowing from your tap

PASS THE TASTE TEST?

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Storm readiness

Old and new technologies can help you safely ride out a hurricane. Page 19

Meet Your Neighbor

Jerry Pagano keeps the county’s Trauma Hawk system running smoothly. Page 14

Officer says farewell

Sgt. Daniel Tinfana is set to retire after 22 years with Ocean Ridge police.

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Along the Avenues

Whose water tastes best?

A Coastal Star tasting ranked tap water of area towns, from best to worst: 1. Boca Raton 2. Highland Beach 3. South Palm Beach/ West Palm Beach 4. Lantana 5. Manalapan 6. Ocean Ridge/ Boynton Beach 7. Gulf Stream/Delray Beach

By Jan Norris

erms like “undertones,” “balance” and “finish” are typical of wine tastings — but they also apply to any beverage. Last month, three tasters used them to help describe … water.

Not just any water, but water drawn from taps at various city and town halls along the coast. Spurred by a Manalapan commissioner who raised questions about the drinkability of his town’s water, The Coastal Star conducted a See WATER TEST on page 17

Delray’s Pop Up about to become Spoonfed. Page 6

Remembering a ‘pirate’ James W. Guckert, a colorful resident of the county pocket, dies. Obituaries, Pages 25-26

Ritz owner tries to reassure town

Lawsuit against hotel’s operator is pending. Page 5

Summer Arts

Morikami exhibition highlights the contributions of women artists to ceramics. Page 18

House of the Month

Hypoluxo Island home offers sweeping views. Page 30

Photo by Tim Stepien

Public water treatments can be a matter of taste

By Steve Plunkett Town Commissioner Louis DeStefano has a one-word opinion of the water Manalapan’s advanced reverse-osmosis plant produces: “undrinkable.’’

“If you care about your health, you can’t drink this water,’’ DeStefano said, noting he has a personal reverseosmosis device in his home to re-treat the municipal water and make it more palatable.

Vice Mayor Robert Evans offered a totally opposite review at the commission’s late June workshop.

“I notice a difference between 20 years ago and now,’’ Evans said. “I think our water’s better.’’

Mayor Pro Tem Donald Brennan wondered if the town’s aging pipes contributed to the taste of the water reaching DeStefano’s house, one of the farthest from the water plant on the See WATER TREATMENTS on page 16

Inlet crowds expanding and intruding

By Steve Plunkett The summer sun is hot, and so are neighbors of the Boynton Inlet.

A weekend horde of boaters has invaded their backyards, transforming the once-serene cove off Bird Island into a jumble of booze, bikinis and blaring stereos.

“If I want to take a phone call and sit outside on my back deck, I can’t talk.

It’s that loud,’’ said Manalapan Town Commissioner Louis DeStefano, who lives three doors north of the inlet.

Ken Brown, who lives next to the inlet, gets the brunt of the unwelcome intrusion.

“They swim, snorkel, come under the dock,’’ Brown told town commissioners at their July 26 meeting. “They actually climb the fence that I put up and jump off the pilings and do back flips and dives.’’

Palm Beach County’s recent improvements to Ocean Beach Park’s jetties and the end of construction of a seawall on Bird Island have made the inlet “the place to go to party,’’ said Andy Klinginsmith, who represents the Ziff family property at the north end of the cove as well as the Bird Island environmental sanctuary.

“We had three or four large boats in there Sunday that just partied up,’’ Klinginsmith said. “The noise was incredible.’’

Brown said he saw a floating bar.

“It goes on sometimes until 6 o’clock in the morning across the waterway,’’ he said. “I haven’t made any real complaints or anything yet. I guess I’ve been a more sound sleeper lately.’’

Crowds are swelling on the ocean side, too.

“The beach at the front of my house right now has become quite an attractive area for a great deal of the high school, college girls, and they’re attracting the college boys,’’ Brown said. “I don’t even want to go to the beach because it’s just heavily populated.’’

See INLET on page 4

Along the Coast

Associations challenge pets as emotional support

By Arden Moore There’s a new “breed” of dog unleashing plenty of debate and controversy. Identified as “emotional support animals” or ESA, these dogs are making their way into housing developments in South Florida, even those with no-pets-allowed policies.

Depending on whom you ask, these ESA dogs are regarded as healthy godsends or reviled as

unruly rule breakers. But they have the law on their side. And that is making some property managers and condo association board members bark in protest.

Kay Valente created a legal firestorm in the West Lakes Community in Boca Raton when she obtained a “pet prescription” from her neurologist to authorize her dog, Boots, as an ESA dog to help her contend with her seizure

disorder for which she wears a medical bracelet. Although the rules of development permit dogs less than 30 pounds, Boots, a Labrador retriever-shepherd mix, weighs 47 pounds.

Despite spending $800 on professional dog training, Valente says she went through a “living hell” David Shapiro and Lexi II sit on the balcony of their South Palm Beach condo. Lexi has been deemed to from some neighbors and board be an Emotional Support Animal by Shapiro’s doctor.

See PETS on page 23 Photo by Tim Stepien

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Editorial

Coastal Star staffers earn high honors

Where did I put my keys?

In a busy world it’s easy to be overwhelmed with the minutiae of life. But once you’ve been exposed to the stages of dementia, fear that this instance of displacement may foreshadow future stages of memory loss hovers behind the question.

I watched both my mother and an elderly aunt struggle with fading memories and fears. In both instances I watched the disease progress until the end.

Thomas R. Collins’ chronicling of his mother’s early slide into dementia has brought pathos and humor into our Collins understanding of how we watch a loved one fade away. For this he was awarded the Sally Latham Memorial Award given for serious column writing at the Florida Press Association Awards last month. This is the highest honor awarded in the category for all newspapers in the Better Weekly Newspaper Contest.

Congratulations to Tom and sincere thanks for sharing his story with Coastal Star readers.

Other Coastal Star staff winning first-place awards at the St. Petersburg ceremony, and the categories, were: Mary Thurwachter, community history; Hap Erstein, criticism (Palm Beach ArtsPaper); Ron Hayes, feature story and Scott Simmons and Jerry Lower for front-page design.

Also winning awards were: Greg Stepanich, criticism (Palm Beach ArtsPaper); Mary Kate Leming and Jerry Lower, editorial; Emily J. Minor, feature story; Scott Simmons, Jerry Lower, Bonnie LallkySeibert and Margot Snyder, overall graphic design; Jerry Lower, photo series in one issue and portfolio photography.

My hope is that by bringing Coastal Star readers the work of these (and other) talented journalists, you will continue to recognize and support our efforts to create and sustain a quality local newspaper.

Thanks to the overwhelmingly positive feedback we’ve received over the past three years, I believe that we have found a welcome place in the community.

That is our true award.

— Mary Kate Leming, Editor

Nature fan Lucy Brown in her backyard native plant garden in Ocean Ridge. Photo by Jerry Lower

Judge honored to receive award from its namesake

By Linda Haase Three little words piqued Judge Lucy Chernow Brown’s interest.

“Nature all around,” the advertisement boasted, describing a house for sale in Ocean Ridge. Brown and her husband, Terry, both nature lovers, were hooked before they even saw the house. And, 20 years later, it’s still home sweet home. They’ve put in a native plant garden and it — like Brown’s career — has blossomed.

Despite a hectic, demanding job as a Palm Beach County Circuit Court judge, she has always carved out time for volunteer work, including early dawn and late night monitoring of sea turtle nests, working on native plant restoration projects with the Ocean Ridge Garden Club, serving on the Supreme Court jury instruction committee and designing the turtle logo for the new stone signs to Ocean Ridge’s entrances.

Recently, the 65-year-old mother of two was honored with the prestigious Justice Barbara Pariente Award by the Palm Beach County chapter of the Florida Association for

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Women Lawyers. The award, which recognizes an individual or organization who has demonstrated a commitment to advancing women in the legal profession through their effort, innovation and leadership, was presented by Florida Supreme Court Justice Pariente, which made it even more special, said Brown, who has been a circuit court judge since 1991.

“I didn’t expect it. I was overwhelmed and very honored to get it and even more so because it is an award in her name. I really admire her,” said Brown, who has mentored young lawyers and students in many ways, including serving as judge and mentor in the Youth Court Program and participating in the Justice Teaching Program in schools.

“I wasn’t expecting an award, I just do what I do. I try to spend time mentoring young women and helping them advance in the legal profession. You really have to turn around and help other people climb up,” Brown, a Nova Law School graduate

and former teacher, explained.

“I want to help them develop, and so to speak, get a seat at the table, which is very tough.”

In November, Brown will join a Women’s Learning Journey, which will travel to South Africa to explore women’s roles in transforming communities there. They will meet women who are legislators, corporate executives and leaders in other areas, along with women who have started fishing groups, knitting groups and other organizations to help their communities.

Brown’s time off the bench also includes riding her bike, enjoying the butterflies in her yard (which was given a Native Garden of Excellence award from the Ocean Ridge Garden Club) and visiting her first grandchild, 1-year-old Josephine. She also spends time relaxing at the beach, one of the reasons she moved to Ocean Ridge.

“It is a great community. It is small and most people are here because they like the beach and they are environmentally oriented. People here walk and talk to each other. It is a great place to live,” she said.

And of course, there’s “nature all around.” Ú

Letter to the Editor Beach cleanup example might be followed I, too, share your concern for litter on our beaches and waters. Litterbugs obviously feel no shame about trashing our beautiful coastal region, so I doubt lecturing their irresponsible behavior will have any effect.

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walk the beaches and sidewalks can easily remedy the litter issues in Delray Beach. There are trashcans placed at every beach-access path, one on the A1A-side shower area, and at least one on the beachside.

As we walk from trashcan to trashcan, we can consciously

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look for trash to pick up. Come armed with a bag/bucket and a long “grabbing” tool, and you can have significant impact.

I have seen good volunteer citizens doing this occasionally, but not enough to keep the beaches and accesses clean.

If all residents who walk the beaches regularly would do this — and the litterbugs see us — maybe we can positively influence bad behavior and keep our coastal areas cleaner.

Jim Vockel, Delray Beach

August 2011

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ABOVE: Recreational boaters and snorkelers gather along the north side of Bird Island, where Manalapan residents say their presence can be a nuisance. BELOW LEFT: Gang graffiti painted on the wall along Ken Brown’s property. BELOW RIGHT: A Bird Island visitor jumps from a private fence. Photos by Jerry Lower kept up to four boats at Ocean Inlet, but budget cuts dissolved the park unit and only one boat is still stationed there, Walker said.

Town commissioners encouraged Brown to post no-trespassing notices on his fence, dock and walls. Brown said he had hoped Manalapan would install official-looking signs, “maybe make it not so convenient to walk up and down the beach,’’ but Town Attorney Trela White said she would have to investigate what could be done. Town Manager Linda Stumpf said she would contact the county Parks Department to have it enforce closing inlet parking at sunset.

INLET

Continued from page 1 Adding to concerns is graffiti spray-painted on the walls of Brown’s property. Police Chief Clay Walker said it was verified to be gang “tagging.’’

“We’re starting to see an element of people come in there to make this their turf. And some of the graffiti that’s there is actually an alternate gang,’’ Walker said.

Even before talk of gangs in Manalapan, Mayor Pro Tem Donald Brennan said the problem was the community’s, not just Brown’s, and should be resolved sooner rather than later.

“Left un-dealt-with and kind of fiddled around the edges, this could lead to a migration of the issue that involves more work,’’ Brennan said.

Beach-goers already have come at least as far north as Dennis Hammond’s home — a recent $10 million purchase — about a half-mile from the park, and left beer bottles and cigarette butts around his teak beach chairs.

Hammond, who just moved to Manalapan, took friends across State Road A1A for a

beach stroll and found the inlet area “just filled with people.’’

“The first thing we saw was three kind of rough-looking guys running their pit bulls in and out of the water,’’ Hammond said. “So my first note-to-self was, I can’t bring my dogs over here like I expected or they’ll be eaten alive. I’m just hoping my wife’s not.’’

Brown said he has not seen the beach and inlet this crowded in the 11 years he has lived in Manalapan.

Klinginsmith said visitors on the Bird Island side used to be primarily families and snorkelers.

Besides noise and crowds, the issue is public access vs.

private property rights.

Walker said on both the ocean and the Intracoastal sides the public is entitled to be below the mean high water mark, or the “wet sand’’ portion of the beach, but not the “dry sand’’ side.

“I don’t have a private beach anymore,’’ Brown said.

Budget cuts sank park patrol A mutual-aid agreement with the Sheriff’s Office allows Walker’s officers to respond to trouble on the north side of the inlet, but not having a boat is a problem, he said.

“We can sit there and shake a fist … but they shake something else back,’’ Walker said.

The Sheriff’s Office used to have a park patrol and once

Cooperative effort needed Ocean Ridge Mayor Ken Kaleel, in the audience to lobby for a client on beach house dimensions, said his town had also noticed the increase in beach traffic and might help control it.

“Unless we have a beach patrol, unless we have a marine patrol, it’s not going to go away,’’ Kaleel said.

The solution could be a combination of a citizen patrol and police patrol, he said, and funded by both towns, Homeland Security grants, county grants and maybe a contribution from Gulf Stream.

“Since the county has kind of pulled back, we need to fill that gap,’’ Kaleel said.

Stumpf thanked him for the offer.

“Dealing with it jointly with another community will help us with the cost of it,’’ she said. “We looked into a marine patrol also. It was costprohibitive for us to do it.’’

Meanwhile the forecast for the weekend was more crowds, more trash and more noise.

“They’re actually coming up on top of the dock. It’s even gotten to the point where they’re aggressive enough to clean their fish on my fish platform,’’ Brown said.

Added Hammond: “We can hear these guys from where I am, and I’m way the heck up the beach. We always think, ‘Gosh, I feel sorry for that poor guy down there at the end.’ Ú Now I know who he is.’’

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Manalapan

Ritz owner writes to assure town

By Steve Plunkett The owner of the RitzCarlton Palm Beach has written the town trying to dispel any gloom from its $30 million suit against the hotel’s operator.

“I want to assure you that the lawsuit will have no effect on the operation of the hotel, Eau Spa, the La Coquille Club or any related facilities,’’ Eva Hill, president of hotel owner RC/PB Inc., wrote Mayor Basil Diamond, town commissioners and La Coquille members on July 11.

The RC/PB group sued Marriott International, its RitzCarlton subsidiary and Avendra affiliate to get the companies to reduce their fees to levels specified in their contract and to document any additional charges, Hill wrote.

“They continue to, as the lawsuit puts it, treat our hotel as a cash machine that they can use to withdraw money whenever they see fit to do so,’’ Hill continued.

The amount in dispute is substantial.

“As the lawsuit states, we

believe the companies have overcharged us by $30 million over the past five years,’’ Hill wrote.

Hill noted the ownership group has invested $120 million since buying the Ritz-Carlton in 2003 “to make sure that everything about the hotel is world-class.’’

Diamond said it was too early to predict the outcome of the legal dispute.

“Will it affect the RitzCarlton being in Manalapan? I don’t know,’’ Diamond said.

The mayor said he does not think the lawsuit will affect the annual party the Ritz-Carlton hosts for town residents.

“It’s an expense on the hotel, but it’s a minimal expense,’’ he said.

In her letter, Hill seemed to indicate that was the case.

“While we work out our dispute with Marriott about its corporate practices, our guests will, as I’ve said, find that the mood is ‘business as usual’ at the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach,’’ she wrote. “The hotel is simply too special a place to allow any sort of cloud to hang over it.’’Ú

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The proposal includes a 2 percent raise for town employees, who have been under a salary freeze for three years. It also eliminates one employee, the police support services manager. Dan Koenig, who held that position, will take a vacant police dispatch job, Stumpf said.

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August 2011

Along the Avenues

Expect to be Spoonfed at new downtown Delray eatery

He’s ba-a-a-ck on Atlantic Avenue, and Glen Manfra can’t wait for the birth of his new baby — that will be Spoonfed.

Actually, he’s already in the nursery with a foster child …

Pop Up …, a moderately priced mixed bill of popular dishes with Italian overtones. The Pop Up baby itself is a fill-in for the failed Atlantic Ocean Club, and sometime in mid-August, it will go out with the bathwater.

Manfra will shed no tears.

Spoonfed has an early September due date, and Manfra, who’s nurtured more than a few culinary offspring in the last 25 years, wants it to be his pride and joy.

Some history: Last winter, Larry Lipnick, a Washington, D.C., real estate investor, acquired the three-story space on the northwest side of the FEC tracks at Atlantic Avenue and opened Atlantic Ocean Club on the ground floor and Buddha Sky Bar upstairs.

After four months and lots of staff turmoil, he shuttered the Ocean Club, although the Sky Bar, with its sushi-fusion menu, seems to be holding its own through the slower summer.

Rather than leave a dark space on the ground floor, Lipnick hooked up with Manfra, who’d been working in Anguilla but yearned to return to Florida. The Long Island native, who trained in Manhattan, first came to Palm Beach in 1989 to open Bice. Then he and some of the Bice gang hooked up with the heavy-hitting investment team of Revlon boss Ron Perelman and Howard Gittis first to open Amici and then Galaxy Grille in Palm Beach, Lido Mare on Singer Island and Savannahs on Long Island.

Manfra made his first stop in Delray in 2001, cheffing at Sopra, David Manero’s first venture on Atlantic. Manero went on to open Vic & Angelo’s

Flash with four-time world player of the year Marta and Satellite Beach’s own Ashlyn Harris. Expect the largest crowd ever to watch a soccer game in Palm Beach County. magicJack will close out the regular season Aug. 14 against league-leading Philadelphia Independence. For ticket info, go to www.ticketmaster.com.

Glen Manfra with surprise diners Burt and Robin Rapoport, who stopped by Pop Up for dinner.

Rapoport owns Deck 84 a few blocks east on Atlantic Avenue in downtown Delray Beach. Photo by Thom Smith and The Office, both a meatball toss away from Pop Up/ Spoonfed, but he and Manfra parted ways.

Prior to the Anguilla gig, Manfra had done some personal cheffing in Palm Beach and on some yachts.

Lipnick’s offer couldn’t have been better timed.

“It was beautiful,” Manfra said of Anguilla,” but it’s a long way off and I’ve got a family up here. I love Delray. It’s much younger than Palm Beach, much more fashion oriented; definitely a lot of style going on and it’s very eclectic. There’s not a lot of Atlantic Avenues around.”

Pop Up has allowed Manfra a trial run for new menu items and products from new purveyors.

“The summer is when I can experiment,” he said. “Then when we open Spoonfed, I know what I’m playing with.”

One of his toys has ties to childhood: his grandmother’s croissant soufflé cooked in a cast iron skillet and soaked in a crème brûlée, with fresh fruit on the side. He’ll keep

his favorite Italian recipes and the homemade pasta, and he’ll add some dishes he discovered in the islands and even toss in a few favorites from Miami Beach delis such as The Rascal House.

His playground will break new ground — open 365 days a year, not only for lunch and dinner but also breakfast.

“I can’t wait to do breakfast on the avenue,” he said. “Just like John G’s. Four-egg omelets, almond-crusted French toast, carafes of coffee on the table.

German puffed pancakes. Fresh fruit on side of the plate.

“Hash browns, blintzes, old Yiddish dishes — I’m trying to pull every breakfast I know, from everywhere I’ve been.

“I just wish Delray would let me stay open 24 hours, “but the city has a shutdown at 2 a.m.

“Maybe down the road. I’d love to be the first.”

Now that the women’s World Cup is over, soccer fans are turning their attention to Boca Raton for a few games, at least.

magicJack, Boca’s surprise, lastminute franchise in Women’s Professional Soccer, features seven members of the women’s national team, including player and newly named head coach Abby Wambach and goalkeeper Hope Solo (no relation to Han Solo). magicJack’s new owner is as controversial as his players are talented. Palm Beacher Dan Borislow bought the Washington Freedom, moved to Boca and renamed it magicJack for the internet telephone device that made him millions. He’s often seen tooling around Palm Beach on his $30,000 Can-Am Spyder RT, a three-wheeled motorcycle.

He’s also a fan, and even played the game.

Only three regular season home games remain, all of which will be played at FAU’s soccer stadium.

New Jersey’s Sky Blue Soccer comes to town Aug. 6, led by U.S. National Team player Heather O’Reilly and Swedish player of the year Therese Sjögran. Four days later, it’s the Western New York

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While soccer is packing in the crowds at FAU, football season isn’t far away, which raises some questions: No. 1: How will the Owls do this year? A: Could be dicey. Head coach and Ocean Ridge resident Howard Schnellenberger says the quarterback is key and hopes to pick one no later than 10 days before the Sept. 3 opener at University of Florida. If they survive the Swamp, they get Michigan State a week later and Auburn two weeks after that.

No. 2: Asked if he had the energy for his 11th season at age 77, Schnellenberger, FAU’s first and only head coach, said, “If I didn’t, I’d already be gone.” Athletic Director Craig Angelos says he won’t make a decision until the season is over.

No. 3: How’s the stadium doing? Still ahead of schedule and under budget, school officials boast.

As for specs, it seats 30,000 in the grandstand, 24 suites, 26 loge boxes, more than 1,000 open-air premier club seats and more than 4,000 priority club seats. Suite, loge and premier club seat holders can relax in an air-conditioned, 8,000-squarefoot premier club or a covered, 16,000-square-foot outdoor priority club. By the way, premium seats (not just for fatcat boosters) are wider.

The student-and-band-only section is in the south end zone.

Student tickets are free.

Elsewhere, most season tickets are $135 and $150. That covers the entire east stands, north end zone and the west stands to the 5-yard-line at the north end. A seat on the 50 can be had for $385.A seat in Section 205 Row Z will set a die-hard Owl fan back $1,480 while one in Loge 306 C will go for $9,560.

But then, this is Boca.

First home game is Oct. 15 against Western Kentucky.

The stadium also will play a big role in FAU’s 50th anniversary celebration Oct. 29. Meanwhile, Fanfest on Aug. 20 should offer more answers.

See AVENUES on page 7

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AVENUES:

Continued from page 6

Frying the knot. RitzCarlton Chef Ryan Artim has handled a few weddings in his day, but none more significant than his own in mid-July.

Artim and Jill Klein, a music director, Artim actually let the gang at Breakers West handle the wedding feast, but for the rehearsal dinner he relied on home cooking, literally.

The menu: Gulf shrimp cocktail with tomato horseradish sauce; Romaine lettuce salad with avocados, tomatoes, cucumbers and balsamic basil vinaigrette; steamed middleneck clams with drawn butter; papaya marinated skirt steak with horseradish cream and chimichurri; roasted chicken with homemade barbecue glaze, herb roasted potatoes, green beans with applewoodsmoked bacon; seasonal fruit; warm chocolate chip and macadamia nut cookies, peach and blueberry cobbler.

For wines, they chose home state productions: Clover Hill Winery from Pennsylvania and Firelands Winery from Ohio, including a toast with Firelands’ Raspberry Riesling Champagne.

Not surprisingly, Artim ran short of time, but help was close by — his dad, Edward Artim Sr., his groomsman, Georg Hoehn, executive chef at RitzCarlton, Pentagon City, Jill’s family friend Cindy Rich and her aunt Jean Ross, who sliced the peaches.

“Thanks to the help of our family and friends, we were able to prepare a delicious and memorable rehearsal dinner,” Artim said before heading somewhere to the south for the honeymoon.

Since Nick Morfogen arrived 15 years ago, 32 East has ranked as one of the best restaurants in the Southeast.

But he’s not the only family member in the business.

This month brother Stratis, a veteran of the New York and more recently Miami restaurant scene with partner Philippe Chow, will open Philippe in Boca Raton. The casual version of Chow’s Manhattan showcase will take over the former III Forks site on East Palmetto Park Road.

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Chow is one of two dozen chefs from Boca to Palm Beach participating in the March of Dimes’ Sixth Annual Signature Chefs Auction, Sept.

9 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Exquisite wines and spirits, sumptuous samplings from Signature Chefs, and auction dining packages. Call 684-0102.

Heading north. As we reported earlier, Angelo Elia, owner of Casas d’Angelo in Fort Lauderdale, Nassau and Boca, had been looking for months for the right spot to bring the Angelo name to Delray. He finally found it just south of Atlantic on Seventh Avenue — the old Carolina’s Coal Fired Pizza space. He hopes to have D’Angelo Trattoria open by summer’s end, with a gelato shop to follow soon after.

As of Monday, Aug. 1, Boston’s on the Beach is closed. That means Red Sox fans will have to watch the pennant race elsewhere, but if all goes according to plans, Boston sports fans should be able to resume their routine in early November.

Owner Ocean Properties

has seized the opportunity offered by the late summer doldrums to make major renovations to the popular beachside watering hole.

“The whole place is already gutted,” Manager Mark DeAtley said two days into the project. “Downstairs will still be like the Boston’s of old, but upstairs will be completely redone, similar to our restaurant in Sunset Key.” Gone is the Bermuda Inn immediately to the south, but it will be replaced by a new tiki bar and lots more parking, DeAtley said. The company also is using the time to give Boston’s extensive collection of sports memorabilia “some much-needed TLC.” “We’re just preparing for the next 30 years,” DeAtley said.

When John G’s announced that the restaurant would move to the space formerly occupied

by Callaro’s in Manalapan’s Plaza del Mar, Callaro’s kept its name alive by offering a limited takeout menu from its sibling Riggins Crabhouse in Lantana. Owners are looking for a new space in Lake Worth.

They found three, but one has already sold. The only hold up for the other two is bank approval, so we could see a new Callaro’s by New Year’s.

Thom Smith is a freelance writer. Email him at thomsmith@ ymail.com.

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Manalapan

John G’s bringing familiar favorites to Plaza del Mar

By Jan Norris

John G’s restaurant, the landmark eatery torn down in the Lake Worth Casino reconstruction project, is only weeks away from its reopening in its new Manalapan locale.

Wendy Yarbrough, one of the original Giragos family owners, said they’re “really getting into it now. We had a couple of setbacks. We’re having to do a little more than we planned. This is an older building, so we found broken pipes and water in the walls.

All that has to be repaired before we can get move forward,” she said.

“We’re projecting a midAugust opening. That’s our target, anyway,” she said.

The former Callaro’s in the Plaza del Mar is being refitted to serve “like we do instead of a steakhouse with more leisurely dining,” she said.

Yarbrough said the new place will be brighter, but some décor has been brought from the old beachside place.

“Our customers are going to like it, I’m pretty sure,” she said. “We got rid of the orange upholstery. Time for that to go! But I kept one of the big round tables and put it in a kind of alcove off the main dining room. It’s in honor of my dad. I left eight orange chairs only for that table. My

brothers think I’m crazy, but I had to do something to honor Dad.” “The menu’s the same, though: the same gazpacho, seafood chowder and, of course, the fish and chips.”

She’s in the process of calling all her former servers and staff; she thinks the customers want to see familiar faces. “I’m hoping they’ll all come back, but we’ll see.”

While her brothers have talked about serving dinner at the new spot, Yarbrough said they’ll wait to see how breakfast and lunch goes first, then ease into it. “My dad thought it was important to close early enough to have time with the family. But we’re looking into it for a few nights a week, maybe.”

She’s looking forward to finally opening and satisfying all the customers she says call or come by in person to check the progress. “It’s really heartwarming the support we have in the community.”

She doesn’t want to let them down.

“I’m a little nervous, sure,” she said. “It was such a big tradition on the beach. We’re used to handling crowds, of course. But this is a new place, and we’ll have to settle in to get back to our pace, and I hope the customers understand that.” Ú

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August 2011

Ocean Ridge

Residents’ generosity acknowledged

By Margie Plunkett and Mary Kate Leming What a jolt to Ocean Ridge commissioners, who found a defibrillator at each of their chairs on the dais at the start of last month’s town meeting.

The brand-new machines weren’t intended as commentary on the liveliness of Ocean Ridge monthly meetings, however. They symbolized the town’s good fortune in receiving not one, but two generous gifts that made possible an abundance of the emergency medical devices used to restart a lifeless heart.

The town presented a certificate of appreciation to residents Albert Naar and Judith Kelly at the July meeting for their $9,065 contribution to purchase seven Automated External Defibrillators for the Police Department.

The two had discovered the need to replace aging defibrillators in the department’s annual report.

As it turns out, while awaiting delivery of its new AEDs, the town learned it had also been awarded a $9,065 grant from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation to purchase seven defibrillators, and was only one of two police agencies to win

the award in Florida.

With the two donations, the town would have had 14 AEDs — one per police officer, more than one per police car and about one for about every 120 residents.

To prevent the loss of the grant money, however, Naar and Kelly allowed their contribution to be used for other Police Department needs, Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi said in a monthly newsletter. “It was a pleasure recognizing them at the Town Commission meeting and, coincidentally, the new AEDs arrived the same day.”

The 2011-12 budget notes the residents’ donation as being used to help pay for a Computer Aided Dispatch system for the Police Department from USA Software with a total price of $100,386.

Commissioners at their Aug. 1 meeting approved using $72,000 in 2010/11 budget funds to buy the CAD. The balance is from donations, including Naar’s and Kelly’s.

“We have a very generous citizenship that contributes” to police equipment, Yanuzzi said. Most contribute through the fundraising efforts of the Public Safety Support Group.

It’s more rare for a large donation be made outside that effort, Yannuzzi said.

The support group raises in the vicinity of $30,000 or $40,000 a year for the Police Department, the police chief said.

When Naar and Kelly heard that their donation duplicated the grant, they said, “You’d be nuts to turn down the Fire House Subs grant” and put their money toward other police equipment instead, according to Yannuzzi.

Other police items authorized by commissioners to be purchased with the 2010/11 budget at the August meeting were an advanced authentication system, two security cameras, upgraded security system hard drive and a police vehicle.

While still operating in the 2010/11 budget, commissioners have been working on next year’s budget.

They’ve approved a tentative tax rate of $5.30 per $1,000 of a home’s taxable value at their July meeting, with the intent to lower it, if possible, before final approval.

The rate can be decreased at this stage, but cannot be raised.

The current tax rate is $5.15 per $1,000. Ú

South Palm Beach

Cuts to music program may help budget

By Tim O’Meilia

South Palm Beach music lovers will no longer have a choice of two nights to watch their favorite performers, as the town’s cultural committee decided to cut the traditional back-to-back performances to a single night for each artist in its winter music series.

The committee also will concentrate on local talent for both the music and lecture series to cut travel expenses and help put the cultural program in the black.

“Tickets for the music series have been down, so we decided to go to one night instead of two,” said Jeff Stein, co-chair with his wife, Ruth, of the town-sponsored cultural series held in the Town Hall council chambers.

“Perhaps this will get the demand up and we can go back to two nights,” Ruth Stein told the Town Council at the July 26 meeting.

The Steins are adding a musical comedy act and a doo-wop band playing oldies from the ’50s through the ’70s to the five-artist program. Pianist Robert Sharon and his chorale will return, as will soprano Reyna Cargill.

“We tried to think outside of the box and hopefully get a little more interest in the

program,” she said.

The lecture series will continue its two-night per speaker format but concentrate less on world affairs. This year’s sixspeaker program includes a one-person Eleanor Roosevelt play as well as talks on the upcoming presidential campaign.

The cultural series was calculated to lose $7,000 this year after factoring in honoraria, travel expenses and ticket sales in a $44,900 budget. The proposed 2012 ledger forecasts a $1,000 profit on a $19,500 budget.

The savings would help reduce the 2012 budget proposed by Town Manager Rex Taylor by 9.3 percent to $1.7 million.

Council members voted unanimously to hold the tax rate at the same level as this year: $4.32 for each $1,000 of taxable property value.

But because property values have dropped again, a typical condominium owner will be paying less in town taxes.

The owner of a $100,000 home with a $50,000 homestead exemption would pay about $215 in town taxes. The rate does not include fire-rescue, school, Palm Beach County or other property taxes.

For the fourth year in a row, town employees will not receive raises. In fact,

the town’s bottom line will benefit by more than $63,000 as a result of the Florida Legislature’s decision to require public employees to pay 3 percent of their salaries toward their pensions.

Previously, the town paid for 100 percent of the pension contribution.

The budget was reduced another $22,000 because the maintenance employee works part-time only.

The town anticipates spending $15,000 more in legal fees for negotiations with the police union, the Police Benevolent Association. The town and the newly formed police bargaining unit have had two meetings but no contract has been proposed yet.

If no changes are made in September, the town will dip into its $2.4 million in reserves for $58,000 to balance the budget. This year the town anticipated spending $175,000 in reserves.

In other business, the Town Council: • Set public hearings for the budget for Sept. 6 and Sept. 20 at 6:45 p.m., with adoption of the budget and final tax rate on Sept. 20.

• Changed the council meeting dates in November and December to Nov. 15 and Dec. 19, a Monday. Ú

Sgt. Daniel Tinfina is retiring Sept. 1 after 22 years with the Ocean Ridge Police Department.

Photo by Jerry Lower

Department veteran says goodbye to island police work

By Emily J. Minor After 34 years as a cop, 22 of them with Ocean Ridge, Sgt. Daniel Tinfina is saying goodbye to law enforcement — and he’s doing it with a tear in his eye.

Sure, he’s a tough guy. Chief Chris Yannuzzi says Tinfina is his officer-training specialist, his “by-the-book” guy.

But even tough guys get misty when they leave something they love.

“It’s a tough decision,” says Tinfina, 56, whose last day is scheduled for Sept. 1.

“You develop such personal relationships, so when you make that decision and you know you’re not going to continue your career.

“My retirement from law enforcement is final,” he said.

Nothing’s wrong. Everyone’s healthy, and he’s leaving on a nice note. Tinfina says it’s time to put family first, finally. He and his wife, Rosemary, have two sons, ages 13 and 16.

“It will be nice,” says Tinfina, who is taking a private security job that will allow him to have his summers off. “Law enforcement is one of the worst jobs there is as far as the quality of family time goes.”

A native of Ohio — born in Cleveland and raised in the small town of Macedonia, near Akron — Tinfina attended the police academy in 1977, when he was a young man in his early 20s. He and Rosemary moved to Florida, and Tinfina worked for Greenacres from 1980 to 1984. When his wife grew homesick for family, they returned to Ohio. Moving home, they found, is a sure way to cure homesickness.

The family returned to Florida and, again, Tinfina worked for Greenacres — a city of 35,000 with real urban issues. It was a metro police job, where he reacted to almost constant calls, Tinfina said.

“When you’re young and you’re just out of the academy, you want to go from fight call

to fight call,” he says.

But age changes everything.

In 1989, as Ocean Ridge was redesigning its public safety department amid a bit of a controversy, Tinfina got hired as part of Chief Bruce Schroeder’s new team.

Immediately, Tinfina, a small town boy himself, fell in love with community policing.

For 19 of his 22 years, Tinfina was also an officer in Briny Breezes; the town has long hired Ocean Ridge for its police protection, except for a small three-year respite.

And it was on a seemingly quiet Sunday morning in January 1990 that Tinfina and Officer Ronald Inman came upon the most horrific crime of their careers.

Horrific, even by big-city standards.

On that quiet winter morning, in a town where even a car burglary is big news, John Raymond Wall attacked three residents with a sledgehammer, bludgeoning one of them so badly she never fully recovered.

Inman and Tinfina would later receive broad accolades for how they handled the crime.

It was a morning Tinfina never forgot. “It’s not something you expect,” he says, simply.

What he did come to expect, through the years, was this comforting nature of island police work. Sure, he carries a gun. Sure, there could be a John Raymond Wall around any corner. But being a cop along this stretch of coastline requires more grins than gruffness.

You know most of the guys carry biscuits for the dogs, right?

Tinfina knows when the Smiths are gone for the summer, and when they’re scheduled to get back. He knows all their kids’ names, what their cars look like, where they park. “You’re dealing with the same people on a daily basis,” Tinfina says.

And that makes the goodbyes even harder. Ú

August 2011

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Gulf Stream/Delray Beach

Delray votes to raise Gulf Stream fire fees

By Steve Plunkett

Delray Beach will charge the Town of Gulf Stream about $38,000 a year extra for fire-rescue service to Ballantrae condominiums, the 4001 North Ocean project and other recently annexed parcels.

Delray Beach city commissioners voted 3-1 to raise Gulf Stream’s annual fee almost 12 percent to $353,321 from the previously agreedupon $315,580 which already was $15,035 more than the town paid this year. They also decided to make the increase effective March 15, the date of the annexation.

“I think we’re being as equitable as we can possibly be,’’ Delray Beach Mayor Woodie McDuffie said at the Aug. 2 meeting.

Gulf Stream annexed the

unincorporated county pocket in March, bringing 16.6 acres and at least 90 registered voters into the town. The area also has a sizable contingent of snowbirds.

Gulf Stream’s population was 786 in the 2010 Census, taken before the annexation.

The first year’s and the first full year’s fire-rescue increase will not be due until Dec. 2012, after Gulf Stream collects its first property taxes directly from the annexed area. The properties are part of the county’s tax base until Jan. 1.

Gulf Stream commissioners still have to accept the increase.

Delray Beach funds three-fourths of its $20 million fire-rescue budget with taxes from its 64,000 residents.

The rest comes from Gulf Stream; Highland Beach, which will pay the

city $2.96 million to protect its 4,300 residents; and ambulance fees.

Also Aug. 2, Delray Beach commissioners accepted a $595,982 Homeland Security grant to pay the salaries of four firefighter/ paramedics for two years at Station 2, which also serves Gulf Stream.

That station’s fire engine has not been fully staffed like the city’s other engines, meaning it had to wait for backup when first on the scene.

According to Assistant Delray Beach Fire-Rescue Chief, Russ Accardi, the ambulance is currently staffed from 8 a.m.- 8 p.m., MondayFriday. With the new grant, “the ambulance will be staffed 24-hours, seven days a week,” he said. The grant stipulates that Delray Beach must pay at least the third year of the four salaries. Ú

County retains tax revenues from ‘pocket’ until 2012

By Steve Plunkett

Town police have patrolled Gulf Stream’s newest 16.6 acres ever since annexation of the onceunincorporated pocket took effect March 15. Delray Beach, which contracts out fire-rescue service to the town, has answered calls for help.

But Gulf Stream has not received a penny of property taxes to pay for the additional workload. Town Manager William Thrasher has been negotiating with Palm Beach County — without success — for part of the taxes that pocket residents have paid.

“They are not very cooperative at this time point,’’ Thrasher said.

And he will have to keep asking the county to share the tax revenues in the coming budget year.

Pocket residents are still on the county’s tax roll and won’t be placed

on Gulf Stream’s roll until Jan. 1.

Thrasher has estimated the pocket will generate about $200,000 in property taxes for the town, but he could not include that sum in the budget he proposed for fiscal 2012.

He recommended that commissioners adopt a tax rate of $2.93 for each $1,000 of taxable value, which would raise the same total dollars as the previous year.

“I want to clearly state, I do not believe that number is high,’’ Thrasher said.

The 2011 rate was $2.87 per $1,000 of taxable value. Gulf Stream’s total taxable value dropped 2 percent, from $666.7 million to $652.8 million, Thrasher said.

The annexed pocket, bordered by Sea Road on the south, County Road on the west, St. Andrews Club on the north and the ocean, will add about

$69 million to the town’s tax base.

Even though the consumer price index rose 3.9 percent, Thrasher proposed raising salaries of town workers only 2.5 percent. His proposal also includes an additional $15,035, or 5 percent, for a scheduled increase in the fire contract with Delray Beach.

Commissioners rescheduled their next meetings for 9 a.m. Aug. 16 and 4 p.m. Sept. 15. They will hold public hearings on the budget at 5:01 p.m.

Sept. 15 and Sept. 22.

In other action, commissioners voted to spend up to $5,000 on a study with neighboring towns of how to share services to reduce costs.

“I think that the smaller communities, we should get together,’’ Mayor William Koch Jr. said. “We’ve got to move ahead and look for other ways to survive.’’ Ú

Assessment plan for utilities’ burial set

By Steve Plunkett Surveyors began measuring the south part of Gulf Stream in mid-July after town commissioners voted unanimously to levy special assessments to put electric, phone and cable TV lines underground.

Sitting June 30 as the Board of Equalization, town commissioners ruled the non-ad valorem assessment plan developed by consultant Willdan Financial Services was fair.

“I think the proposal is reasonable and we should make the decision,’’ Mayor William Koch Jr. said.

“It is difficult to divorce your opinion from your pocketbook,’’ Commissioner Chris Wheeler said. “The whole reason we relied on these experts is to provide that objectivity.’’

Habib Isaac, senior project manager for Willdan, said the amounts his company proposed were based on actual observation of each parcel.

“We went through all the streets in town,’’ Isaac said.

He presented a chart showing, for instance, that parcel size was considered in calculating the added safety and aesthetics benefits, but not reliability, while having a guest quarters added to reliability benefits but not aesthetics or safety.

That led to sizable differences between different types of dwellings, Isaac said.

“On average a condo is being assessed roughly 60 percent of a single-family home,’’ he said, or $7,057 vs. $11,907.

Resident John Caldwell of the Gulf View Club again asked why units in his condo building were being assessed $2,000 more than units in Gulfstream Shores.

Isaac told him it was because Gulfstream Shores already has underground electric lines from the street to the building and that their meters are already updated.

After other condo residents complained that they were paying almost as much as some multimillion-dollar estates, Isaac said his analysis did not use property values at all.

“If you do that you’re really doing a tax in the clothing of an assessment,’’ he said.

He also pointed out how impartial Willdan was in devising the assessment plan.

“We’re not contingent on whether this moves forward or not from this point on,’’ he said. “Our involvement is in providing you the report that you have in front of you, and that’s the end of our services.’’

Some homeowners wrote letters

of support for the project, while other condo residents mailed objections.

“Is there anything that you heard today in any of the comments that would cause you to want to reconsider your assessment methodology?’’ Town Attorney John Randolph asked Isaac.

“My answer to that would be no,’’ Isaac said.

“Today is not the first time you have heard the objections that have been raised today, particularly some of the objections that were made by [Gulfstream Shores condo president] Candy Gouwens and by Mr. Caldwell.

“You’ve heard those before and you’ve given consideration to those kinds of comments in your methodology?’’ Randolph asked.

“Yes, I have,’’ Isaac replied. “The only one I didn’t give consideration to was the value of the home in relation to the assessment amount.’’

Town commissioners also voted unanimously to borrow up to $5.5 million to finance the project.

The first phase of work is from roughly Golfview Road south to Pelican. Danny Brannon, the town’s consulting engineer, said shovels won’t hit the ground until next spring, following the survey phase and putting the project out to bid. Ú

News 9

Study requested before changing restaurant incentives

By Margie Plunkett

The restaurant sector has retained its place on Delray Beach’s most-wanted list.

The commission unanimously turned down an ordinance to remove parking incentives from some Atlantic Avenue restaurants that would have doubled the parking they’re required to supply as well as boosted costs. The panel called for study of the issue, noting that it was moving far too fast for one that impacted such an important segment of the city’s business.

The ordinance was not intended to eliminate restaurants but to encourage retail and diversity of use on Atlantic Avenue, Planning and Zoning Director Paul Dorling said, “This incentive has been extremely successful.”

A targeted business once wooed by the city, restaurants have multiplied to the point of saturation in downtown, according to some estimates. The proliferation of restaurants led Delray Beach leaders and staff to consider withdrawing the parking incentives used as lures to help attract restaurants since 1993.

But Steve Cohen, among the voices of investors, restauranteurs and residents at the public hearing Aug. 2, thought otherwise. “It punishes restaurants,” said the lawyer and investor. If the city passed the ordinance, it would lose the project that he and a tenant together will have sunk more than $2 million in — as well as the 75 jobs it would have created.

Proponents said removing incentives would not stop restaurants from moving to Delray Beach. “They might not go to Cluster 4, but they will go somewhere,” said Fran Marincola.

Restaurants on Atlantic Avenue from Swinton to Northeast and Southeast Fifth avenues would have been required to have twice the number of parking spaces as previously, bringing them in line with regulations throughout the city.

The ordinance was intended to discourage conversions of retail space to restaurant uses, Dorling said, adding that the city would follow-up with incentives for retail retention and expansion to encourage a mix of businesses dowtown.

Eateries smaller than 6,000 square feet would have been required to have 12 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet — up from six previously.

Restaurants larger than 6,000 square feet would have been required to have 15 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet.

Cost would effectively rise for restaurants because if they can’t furnish the required parking, they pay in-lieu parking, which costs $15,600 per space on Atlantic west of the Intracoastal Waterway, $18,200 per space east of the ICW; $7,800 for areas including within the Pineapple Grove Main Street area and $4,000 in the West Atlantic Neighborhood.

Mayor Woodie McDuffie, who called for study of the restaurant parking move, said “I haven’t heard of one person who hasn’t gone downtown because there are too many restaurants.”

He argued that while the restaurant business was flourishing in Delray Beach, retail was suffering everywhere. He pointed to areas like Boca Raton and CityPlace and Clematis Street in West Palm Beach, where dead downtowns, large retailer turnover and even a contest to give away retail space, pointed to the current environment for that sector.

The mayor, however, said he was willing to suport even the same ordinance after the issue had been studied and if it was well-planned.

In other Delray Beach news: • Commissioners are interviewing candidates to fill the unexpired seat of Commissioner Fred Fetzer, who resigned effective Aug. 1 for personal and health reasons. Fetzer served the commission for 5½ years. The commission selected to call a special meeting prior to their regular Aug. 9 workshop to

Fetzer

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August 2011

Boynton Beach

Users of old Boynton high school building will encounter big cost

By Ron Hayes How do you persuade someone to spend about $5 million?

Commissioners pondered the question at their July 5 meeting as they heard a staff report on the future of the historic 1927 Boynton Beach High School building.

The city has made clear its interest in seeing the 28,000-square-foot landmark on Ocean Avenue preserved and renovated. Now they must prepare a “request for proposals,” in essence a statement to potential buyers that details just what’s being offered.

At the meeting, interim City Manager Lori LaVerriere brought commissioners

the results of a monthlong analysis of the school’s potential uses.

First, she said, the city staff recommends limiting the building’s use to either an educational or banqueting theme; a multi-tenant model with a single landlord leasing space for individual offices; or a multi-based use with arts and culture as the common theme.

Staff also recommends that the school be offered either for sale or lease, with the vacant lot to the west of the building, along Seacrest Boulevard, included as potential parking space.

But it was the money that got commissioners talking.

Anyone who buys or leases the building would have to

spend $4 million to $5 million for renovations.

To entice prospective parties, staff suggested that the city might begin “immediate” engineering and architectural design services to stabilize the building’s core and shell.

“By doing so,” the staff wrote, “the city shows commitment to the project.”

Estimated cost: $250,000.

Furthermore, the staff recommends that the city offer to waive and pay up to $100,000 in fees, such as building permits.

Commissioners pounced.

Pay to stabilize the building, or waive the fees, they seemed to agree, but not both.

“The question,” said Mayor Jose Rodriguez, “is how do we

incentivize them to spend four to five million.”

“What price do we ask to sell it out and out?” wondered Commissioner Woodrow Hay. “Have them submit an offer,” LaVerriere responded.

“I wouldn’t want to put a number out there.”

At one point, Hay expressed support for the $250,000 expenditure for architectural services.

“We’d get half back,” LaVerriere noted, presumably if the permit fees were not waived.

“Let’s get it all back,” Commissioner Steven Holzman countered.

After Commissioner Bill Orlove made a motion to spend the $250,000 in lieu of waiving the fees, LaVerriere

pointed out that securing that money could take as much as five months.

“Well,” said Holzman, “why not just waive the fees? That’s an incentive.”

And then there was the vacant lot to be dealt with.

“Do you want to offer that?”

LaVerriere asked.

The vacant lot, it was noted, is not really vacant. A lush and venerable tree stands smack in the middle.

“The community wants the tree to stay,” Orlove said.

“Our goal is to save the building and the tree,” Rodriguez agreed.

“Our goal is to save the building,” Orlove concluded, “and the tree is up for discussion.” Ú

Family-owned gas station giving way to a new PNC branch bank

By Angie Francalancia Woolbright U-Gas, one of the rare gas stations that still offers auto service, is closing, soon to be replaced by a PNC Financial Services branch.

PNC has signed a 20year lease for the land with Anagnostakis Inc., the family-owned corporation that has owned and operated Woolbright U-Gas, on the corner of South Federal Highway and Southeast 15th Avenue, since 1991. PNC will build a 3,300-square-foot branch with three drivethrough lanes on the property.

The Planning and Development Board of Boynton Beach recommended approval for the bank’s site plan late last month. It goes before the Boynton Beach City Commission on Aug. 16.

The change doesn’t mean the Anagnostakis family won’t be servicing the community’s cars, though. It just means George Anagnostakis, who grew up in the gas station business alongside his father, won’t have to run between two business locations. George Anagnostakis is down the street from the U-Gas location at Chuck’s Auto Repair at 520 Industrial Ave. “We bought Chuck’s Auto Repair because we knew in the future what this property would be worth,” he said. “For my father, now he can retire,” George Anagnostakis said.

Mihail “Michael” Anagnostakis, his wife, Angeliki, and three children, moved to South Florida in 1973. He opened his first service station in Broward County. A machinist by

trade, Michael Anagnostakis always offered auto service at his stations, even after business trends eliminated most mechanics from modern gas stations. The senior Anagnostakis stopped working on cars in 1998, but by that time, son George could repair anything.

“I grew up in the gas station business,” George Anagnostakis said. “I worked from the age of 7 years old.

Every Saturday I was washing windows for tips. Everything I learned as a mechanic, I learned from him,” he says of his father. George’s sister, Katina, has been the one greeting customers behind the counter for the past couple years.

The date of the station’s closing is not set, as PNC has about 12 months to

George Anagnostakis stands with his father, Michael, in one of the family’s auto shops when George was a boy. Family photo decide when it will raze the old station and begin construction.

The new branch will be built to LEED, or Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design, standards — a bit of an irony considering the property

was once contaminated. The Anagnostakis family had to clean the property after they purchased it from Shell in 2003, George Anagnostakis said.

“It’s come full-circle now,” George Anagnostakis says. I have the new shop, and we’re building up the business. My father can retire. I’m sure he’s going to be coming around here,” he said of Chuck’s, where there are five bays for bodywork as well as auto repairs.

“With the craziness in the oil market, you know we survived because of the garage,” George Anagnostakis said.

George went to school for training as the auto industry instituted more and more computer technology. And he invested in the necessary diagnostic machinery, he said.

“I went to school, but there’s nothing like learning handson,” he says.

Michael and Angeliki, who return to their native Greece annually, will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in Crete, surrounded by family this summer, George said.

“Thank God he has peace of mind now,” he said. Ú

August 2011

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News 11

Lantana

Town wants old bridge to have future under water

By Tim O’Meilia

From bridge to rubble … to reef? Maybe, if financing can be found.

The town of Lantana is trying to persuade county officials to spend an additional $300,000 and use the crumbled parts of the soon-to-be demolished Ocean Avenue Bridge as an artificial reef.

Lantana doesn’t have the cash, but Town Manager Michael Bornstein wants Palm Beach County to take on the extra expense.

“We are going to encourage the County Commission to keep the old bridge in Lantana,” Bornstein said, to encourage a thriving fishing habitat.

The extra cost may be possible since bids for the bridge came in lower than expected July 12 — the highest just above $29 million, below the previously estimated $32 million cost.

The contract is on schedule to be awarded Sept. 13.

The cost of the two-year project to replace the 61-yearold bridge includes a $500,000 fishing pier that will run beneath the west end of the bridge and protrude into the waterway.

Preliminary work is scheduled to begin Dec. 1, but the bridge will not be closed for demolition until midMarch. The new bridge, 11 feet higher than the current structure, is scheduled to Ú open in October 2013.

DELRAY:

Continued from page 9 make a selection, The panel must appoint a new commissioner by Aug. 16 or, if not successful, hold a special election.

The following submitted applications for the vacant seat by the July 29 filing deadline: Jay Alperin, Patricia Langley Archer, Jason Dollard, Kelli Freeman, Al Jacquet, George Kallai, Jayne King, Kurt Lehmann, Christina Morrison Pearce, David Stein and Shelly Weil.

• The city approved a proposed tax rate of $7.19 per $1,000 of taxable property value, the same as last year. The city can still lower the rate, but can’t increase it as it works to finalize its budget.

In recommending the rate, City Manager David Harden said his objective is to reduce the rate to $7.15 and make up the balance with a fire services assessment. Negotiations were authorized July 12 with Burton & Associates to study a fire services assessment in Delray Beach. Burton bid $35,000. Ú

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14 Meet Your Neighbor

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10 Questions

MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR: Gerry Pagano is the kind of guy you’d like to meet at a party when the conversation turns to “What do you do for a living?” His career has taken him from the cockpit of an Army helicopter in Vietnam to the controls of Palm Beach County’s air ambulance program. In between, Pagano spent several years directing commercial jets through the crowded air space above South Florida’s three major airports.

In other words, he’s got some great stories to tell.

These days, Pagano helps save the lives of accident victims and others who need an airlift to the hospital. As the director of medical transport and aeromedical facilities for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County, he keeps the county’s Trauma Hawk medical transport program running safely and efficiently.

He also regularly pilots the helicopters.

Pagano played a key role in setting up the nonprofit medical transport program in the early 1990s. He helped obtain its air carrier operating certificate, purchase its two Sikorsky S76-C+ air ambulances, and spearhead construction of the Trauma Hawk hangar facility at Palm Beach International Airport.

Under his leadership, the aeromedical program has provided care and air transport services for an estimated 12,000 traumatically injured or ill patients.

“It is very moving when someone who was severely injured and transported by Trauma Hawk visits our facility later to thank us for the care they received,” says Pagano.

Each Trauma Hawk flight crew includes at least one commercial instrumentrated pilot, a Florida-licensed registered nurse who is also a state-certified paramedic, and an additional state-certified paramedic.

Critically injured patients are flown to one of Palm Beach County’s two trauma centers: St. Mary’s Medical Center or Delray Medical Center.

Now in his 21st year with the Trauma Hawk program, Pagano is proud of the team he has hired and trained.

“This is definitely a team effort,” he says. “We have respect for one another and for the risks inherent in our jobs.

That’s why our motto is Safety First.”

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Gerry Pagano The pride I felt from delivering a clothing product that was the best in the business was what I most enjoyed. I also worked as an air traffic controller for the FAA’s Air Route Traffic Control Center in Miami. I enjoyed the action and excitement of controlling fastmoving aircraft in a relatively small area and holding a conversation with 20 airlines captains at the same time.

Q. Have you had mentors in your life? Individuals who have inspired your life decisions?

A. Unfortunately, my dad passed away when I was fairly young, 38, but he had a tremendous effect on me. Although he was tough at times, he had a way to get things done and make everyone feel great about the smallest accomplishments.

He was also an extraordinary problem-solver in his field, and I watched him resolve problems often that I would never have thought possible.

This has always inspired me to never give up no matter how daunting the task.

Q. Do you have a favorite quote that inspires your decisions?

A. Earl Nightingale’s quote, “We become what we think about.” When it comes to setting and reaching goals, I don’t know of a more powerful statement.

Gary Pagano sits with his dog Jake and a model of a Trauma Hawk helicopter. Photo by Tim Stepien Pagano, 61, lives in coastal Delray Beach with his wife of three years, Karen Pagano (owner of Glimpse Eyewear in the city’s Pineapple Grove district) and their little dog, a Maltese named Jake.

— Paula Detwiller Q. Where did you grow up and go to school? How do you think that has influenced you?

A. I attended Durham High School in Durham, Conn., and after graduating went on to the University of New Haven until leaving for military service.

Durham is a typical small friendly town where family, friends and community are most important. Growing up

in the small town environment is certainly one of the factors affecting my decision to live here in Delray Beach.

Q. How did you become involved in the Health Care District’s Trauma Hawk program?

A. I was employed with Fire Rescue when the Health Care District’s Trauma Hawk program was getting started.

My experience and background qualified me for a pilot position and of course I accepted this opportunity with enthusiasm.

Q. What’s your favorite part of the work you do?

A. Flying, and in particular,

helicopters, is a wonderful occupation.

When combined with life-saving air medicine, the personal feeling of accomplishment is tremendous.

I couldn’t think of a more rewarding career. And while all the responsibilities of the job are extremely fulfilling, the lifesaving aspect takes priority in my heart.

Q. What other careers have you had, and what were the highlights?

A. I did military service in the U.S. Army as a helicopter pilot with a tour in Vietnam.

I later helped my father set up and operate a sewing factory in Connecticut.

Q. How did you choose to make your home in Delray Beach?

A. I had the desire to move to Florida and after visiting Delray, I decided this was where I wanted to be. I moved here in 1988.

Q. What is your favorite part about living and working in this area?

A. Each day when I come home from work, I truly feel like I’m on vacation.

Q. Who or what makes you laugh?

A. My wife, Karen! I also get a kick out of Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers on the Saturday morning Car Talk radio program.

Q. If your life story were made into a movie, who would you want to play you?

A. Harrison Ford, who’s not only a good actor but also a helicopter pilot.

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News 15

Lantana

Budget direction aims to reward employees, restore fireworks

By Margie Plunkett Fireworks may return to Lantana next year and, after three years of flat salaries, Lantana employees could get extra money — both expenses the town is trying to shoehorn into a tight budget without raising the tax rate.

Council members set the preliminary tax rate at $3.24 per $1,000 of a home’s assessed value at their July 25 meeting, which if finally approved will have been unchanged for 10 years. Council can still lower the rate at this juncture, but cannot raise it.

The fireworks debate pitted those who view the July Fourth accoutrement as needlessly “burning money” against supporters who say the display will strengthen morale and community cohesion eroded by the prolonged economic downturn.

“A lot of people turned out for the fireworks display we did not have,” said council member Cindy Austino. “We need a celebration for everyone.”

Father David Kennedy of Church of the Guardian Angels argued that the fireworks is a display of caring that helps residents come together and shake off the depressing economy. It is depressing and embarrassing that Lantana didn’t have a fireworks display when other towns did. Kennedy did, however, agree to suggestions that the town could find other ways to pay for it than the town coffers — for instance, through contributions.

Cognizant that an employee raise would add to budget expenses for years to come, Town Council is exploring giving all employees a onetime payment — the amount of $1,000 was discussed — to bolster salaries this year.

Employee cost of living increases of 3 percent would cost about $135,000.

“We get tremendous

value out of the work of our employees,” said Town Manager Michael Bornstein.

A 3 percent salary increase for employees in the lower wage scale was important, Austino said. “That could be the difference between paying a bill, buying things for their children. The higher-paid employees are not in the same circumstances as the lowerpaid employees.”

Austino, like others, cautioned that before council decided to increase wages, it would have to take into consideration how it would pay for them next year.

One-time payments of $1,000 each to employees would result in a cost to the town of $72,000, according to council member Tom Deringer.

“That’s my proposal. It helps every employee.”

Whether employee raises are on a sliding scale of percentages based on income level or they are a one-time payment, Mayor David Stewart said, “They do deserve something. They’ve been working very hard.”

The fireworks and employee cost of living allowance were two of several items Bornstein and Finance Director Stephen Kaplan presented to council for guidance as their work progresses on paring down the budget. “We came to you early in the process to say we’ve hit the wall. Raise taxes, make budget cuts or dip into reserves,” Bornstein said. “I need that direction.”

Among items council favored were three police cars ($101,000), road-paving projects ($195,000), computer equipment/software ($51,050) and fireworks ($35,000).

Spending hopefuls that didn’t gain council support were $14,000 for a bridge-closing party and $17,000 for fencing at the police station.

Some residents and council members questioned the wisdom of holding the tax rate

Younger Stewart arrested Mayor David Stewart’s son was arrested July 22 on charges of battery and resisting an officer after the two wrestled over a set of car keys in the driveway of the mayor’s home.

Stewart said he didn’t want his son, David Stewart II, to

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— Staff report

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steady for so long. “Not raising the tax rate for nine years — I don’t know if we should be proud of that number,” said council member Lynn Moorhouse. “Everything else went up and we had to take from reserves. I want to invest in this town so that we’re remembered as a little fishing village” rather than allow the town to deteriorate.

As always, there’s another side of the coin: Those who champion minimal spending until economic growth is certain. “I would put everything on hold for a year, do only the emergency jobs.

Give money to the lower-paid, they deserve it,” said resident Bob Little. “I wouldn’t spend anything out of reserves.”

The finalized draft budget will be presented to council for consideration in August. Public hearings on that budget were set at 6 p.m. Sept. 12 and 26.

The town says its valuation of taxable property fell 3 percent to $700.5 million this year, which translated into decreased revenue of about Ú $71,625.

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16 Along the Coast

The cost of water, by municipality What coastal residents pay each month for 7,000 gallons of water: Manalapan: $48.92 South Palm Beach: $40.06 from West Palm Beach Highland Beach: $30.05 Hypoluxo Island/ Lantana: $27.15 Briny Breezes: $26.05 from Boynton Beach Gulf Stream annexed pocket: $26.05 from Boynton Beach Delray Beach: $24.47 Ocean Ridge: $20.84 from Boynton Beach Boca Raton: $17.12 Gulf Stream: * Town has more than 30 customer types based on lot size and impervious area, each type has four tiers based on gallons used.

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WATER

Continued from page 1 mainland.

DeStefano tempered his remarks the following day, saying Manalapan’s water is “safe,’’ but not to his liking.

Commissioners routinely drink bottled water at their meetings.

Manalapan and Highland Beach are two coastal communities with their own water plants.

Coastal Boca Raton and Delray Beach draw from large municipal plants on the mainland. Smaller towns rely on contracts with nearby municipalities.

Boynton Beach, for instance, charges Ocean Ridge the same as in-city customers under a 1931 agreement that separated the coastal town from what was then the town of Boynton.

The city also provides water, at a 25 percent outside-thecity surcharge, to Briny Breezes and the county pocket that Gulf Stream annexed this

Photo by Tim Stepien

year. The rest of Gulf Stream gets its water from Delray Beach, redistributed under a complicated fee structure with more than 30 categories, each with four rate tiers.

South Palm Beach pays a 25 percent nonresidential

surcharge as well for service from West Palm Beach.

The town must also obey once-a-week lawn-watering restrictions West Palm Beach ordered in June to save dwindling water reserves and ward off saltwater intrusion.

Manalapan gives Hypoluxo, on the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway, a relative nonresidential bargain, imposing only a 20 percent surcharge.

Hypoluxo customers outnumber town water customers almost 2-to-1.

Highland Beach water is all the product of reverse osmosis, in which brackish water from the 1,200-footdeep Floridan Aquifer is forced through membranes to remove the salt.

Because the town uses no water from the shallower and more drought-sensitive Biscayne Aquifer, it is not subject to lawn-watering restrictions.

Manalapan, on the other hand, gives its customers a blend of roughly 60 percent reverse-osmosis water and 40 percent “fresh water’’ from its Biscayne Aquifer plant, partly to reduce corrosion of water pipes and also to cut the high electric bills of reverse osmosis.

A town having its own water supply is no guarantee of taste or reliability. Highland Beach, for example, had a pipe burst inside its plant on July 5, causing the town to shut its system and connect to Delray Beach’s for 12 hours of repairs.

A leaking pipe flange caused a similar disruption for a couple hours July 22.

“We were getting quite a few calls,’’ Public Works Director Jack Lee told Highland Beach commissioners when the pipe burst. “The water that we get from Delray is perfectly safe, it’s potable water. It does have a little yellow tint to it, and that’s because they don’t have a reverse-osmosis water plant like we do.’’

Earlier in that day’s commission meeting, resident Lou Stern also commented on Highland Beach’s water.

“Even though the water and the reports on the water are totally wonderful, most people that I know drink bottled water. They do not like the taste [of municipal water], they do not like the smell,’’ Ú Stern said.

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NEWLY LISTED

Asher White, one of the owners of Dolce Vita wine shop in Lake Worth, checks out water samples during a recent tasting. Photo by Tim Stepien

WATER TEST

Continued from page 1 blind taste-test to determine whether he was all wet.

Waters were judged on appearance, aroma and taste.

The testers’ consensus?

Manalapan’s water is pretty bad, but not the worst around.

Gulf Stream, which gets its water from the Delray Beach water supply, took that prize.

Boca Raton’s won by only a few drops.

Asher White and Jay Simpson, co-owners of Dolce Vita wine shop in Lake Worth, and Anne Marie Jeffrey, a Boynton Beach environmental science student specializing in water, judged the water.

Eight samples — one a “control” sample entered twice — were collected from each town hall in glass jars, labeled with a random threedigit code, and poured for the tasters into identical plastic cups.

Tasters sniffed, swirled, held the glasses up to the light and then tasted — swishing the water in their mouths before swallowing.

The results?

Boca Raton’s water was deemed most “easy to drink” with the highest score of 83 on a 100-point scale.

Deemed the worst, Delray Beach’s water scored only 46.

Our water-collector was told to “let the water run” from the tap at Gulf Stream Town Hall, because it could be stale in the pipes. No one at Town Hall drinks the stuff; bottled water is their preference.

Taster Simpson said it had a “rusty flavor” and smelled “musty” as well. White found the flavor “almost muddy,” but with a “nice minerality.”

The aroma had “dirty undertones” that were offputting, he said. Compared to all the others, Jeffrey called this water “horrible.” A “lot of chlorine” is used in it, she thought. “You can smell the chlorine,” too, she said.

Ocean Ridge’s water (which is purchased from Boynton Beach) “tastes of chlorine and plastic,”

How we tested the waters

Samples were collected four hours before the tasting in clean glass jars from unfiltered taps at each town or city hall. Eight samples were collected.

With the exception of Boca Raton Town Hall, all water was collected on the barrier island.

The first water tasted was entered again under a different number, poured from a different jar. Tasters were given identical cups and were not permitted to discuss their scores.

The sampled towns were not revealed until the tasting was concluded.

— Jan Norris Simpson said. Scoring it only 57, tasters also noted the “cloudy” appearance. “It tastes like filtered water on a boat,” White said. Jeffrey guessed the city maybe used a “chemical” filtering process.

Manalapan’s water, given a 63 by the group, also was “not perfectly clear,” Simpson said, and it had a “mineral back finish.” White didn’t like it, and described it as “tastes like sand, but not dirty.” It had “more of a earthy smell — almost iron-like.” Jeffrey called it a “hard minerals smell.”

Lantana landed in the middle, with 69. All the judges detected a high chlorine smell in this water, and an “aftertaste of chlorine,” according to Simpson. White also noted a “little salty” taste.

Jeffrey deemed it had “the worst smell” of all the waters.

The northernmost town, South Palm Beach, gets its water from West Palm Beach. It scored a 73, with the appearance weighing in heavy. Tasters liked the crystal clarity — White called it “nice, in the light.” The flavor, however had a “disinfected” taste, Jeffrey said. White called

it “metallic,” and Simpson found it had “a hint of plastic on the back end.”

Highland Beach, with a score of 82, was only one point away from tying with the winner. It was Simpson’s favorite; he said it had a “very clear appearance, with no smell. Maybe a tiny bit of plastic taste at the end. All in all, quite good.” White noted some “sediment, but clarity” in the glass. He found this sample’s taste “very salty” with a “kind of manufactured aroma.” Jeffrey thought the clarity “good,” but the taste “mediocre.”

Boca Raton’s water, at 83, was Simpson’s favorite, though he noted “some particles” in the sample. “It has a bit of salt and savory flavor, and some minerality” and he found that pleasant.

White noted the clarity, but also the “dull” finish, “no sparkle,” he said. This one is “easy to drink,” and “fresh” tasting, he said. He sniffed and said the nose had some “limestone; mild minerals” in it. He called it the “most balanced of all the waters.” Jeffrey called the clarity “pretty good,” with a “disinfected, acidic smell — almost like reverse osmosis.”

She noted a slight “aftertaste.”

While the test was purely subjective, the tasters took their jobs seriously, giving time and thought to the samples before scoring. All commented on the differences that were, to them, easily discernable.

“You can definitely taste differences,” Simpson said.

He was a student of cooking teacher Peter Kump at the James Beard Cooking School and co-owns Dolce Vita.

White, a wine aficionado, frequently conducts wine tastings at Dolce Vita, following the same format as the water test.

Jeffrey has tasted hundreds of waters and continues to learn about it as part of her studies of the environment.

All said they drink filtered or bottled water — nothing directly from a municipal Ú tap.

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18 Summer Arts

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August 2011

Summer Arts

Morikami exhibition highlights contributions of women to Japanese ceramics

The ArtsPaper returns in October Enjoy the Summer Arts column all summer long in The Coastal Star

and online year-round at www.palmbeachartspaper.com

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is one of Palm Beach County’s most interesting cultural outposts, and it’s playing host through October to an exhibit that tells us something exceptional about that country’s skill in artistic creation.

More importantly, it tells us something about who is doing the creating.

“Japanese contemporary ceramics are the best and most advanced in the world, at least in my opinion,” said Veljko Dujin, the Morikami’s curator of collections. “The state of ceramics in Japan is really spectacular. You have thousands of really good potters, and among them are hundreds of women who are doing as good a job as the men, if not better.”

Through Oct. 2, the Morikami is hosting Soaring Voices: Recent Ceramics

by Women From Japan, a traveling show of 87 works by 25 women, running the gamut from practical to pure flights of imagination.

“It’s all over the map. The exhibit is divided into five sections, and in the first one, you actually see functional objects that you could possibly use,” Dujin said.

“And then there are sheer sculptures.”

Dujin said many of the artists featured in the exhibit are well-known at home, and production by female ceramicists is highly soughtafter by collectors. Much of this upsurge in work by women artists came starting in the 1950s, after Japan’s economy had finally begun to recover from the devastation of World War II. Help from the Japanese government, which was interested in preserving the nation’s living cultural heritage, was crucial, he said.

So was foreign interest, which had revived as well in the years after the war’s end. And although women had been part of family pottery-making concerns for generations, it wasn’t until the 1950s that women began to step out on their own as artists in clay.

“Several of these artists use very innovative techniques,” Dujin said, which only adds to the breadth of what he called a “first-class exhibit.”

Soaring Voices has been on an American tour since August 2009, and travels next to the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Soaring Voices is showing at the Morikami along with Catching Air: Kites of Japan, a collection of varied kites from the Morikami’s permanent collection (also through Oct. 2), as well as an exhibit of

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rabbit-related artwork for 2011, the Year of the Rabbit in the Japanese calendar, which uses the Chinese zodiac.

The museum in Delray Beach is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is $12 for adults, $11 for seniors and $7 for students. Call 495-0233 or visit www.morikami.org.

The Caldwell Theatre has been exploring the first half of the 20th century this summer, with the world premiere in July of Michael McKeever’s play Stuff, the true story of the Collyer brothers, privileged New Yorkers who became recluses in the 1920s and died in 1947 in their Harlem mansion, which was filled with more than 100 tons of junk the two men had hoarded over the decades.

This month, the Boca Raton playhouse moves to the next 25 years with a production of Six Years, a play by Sharr White whose five scenes take a look at American history through the device of a marriage, seen first in 1949, and continuing in six-year intervals through 1973. Six Years premiered in March 2006 at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Ky. Six Years opens with the return of Phil Granger, a World War II veteran, to his Missouri hometown, six years after he left for the war. His wife, Meredith, and family have not heard from him since 1944, but she has waited for him, and they try to pick up where they left off. The following scenes explore the rise of suburbia, the Kennedy years, the turmoil of the late 1960s, and the return of POWs from the Vietnam War.

Cast in the show are Margery Lowe as Meredith and Todd Allen Durkin as Phil. Durkin, a Carbonnell Award winner in 2010 for GableStage’s Blasted, is making his debut at the Caldwell. Also in the show, directed by Clive Cholerton, are familiar South Florida acting faces Gregg Weiner, Natasha Sherritt and David Perez-Ribada.

Six Years opens Aug. 10 and runs through Sept. 4 at the Caldwell at 7901 N. Federal Highway in Boca Raton. Shows are 8 p.m.

Wednesday through Saturday, with 2 p.m. matinees Wednesday and Sunday.

Tickets range from $38-$50, or just $10 for students with ID. Call 241-7432 or visit www.caldwelltheatre.com.

Also this month: Keith Paulson-Thorp’s music series at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Delray Beach wraps its 2010-11 season on Aug. 21, with a concert by Camerata del Re, the church’s resident Baroque music ensemble.

It’s an all-German program featuring 17th- and 18th-century music by J.C.F. Fischer, Ernst Eichner, Heinrich Schütz, Samuel Scheidt, Karl Toeschi, Johann Adolf Hasse, Friedrich Wilhelm Rust and Johann Rosenmüller. Tickets for the 4 p.m. concert are $18 and $15. Call 278-6003 or visit www.stpaulsdelray.org.

Greg Stepanich is the editor/ founder of the Palm Beach ArtsPaper, available online www. palmbeach artspaper.com.

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Hurricane Season 19

Along the Coast

New and old technologies contribute to storm readiness

By Steve Pike

The saying “Technology is great as long as it works,” couldn’t be more true than in the aftermath of a devastating storm or hurricane.

How do you spell relief? T-E-X-T. Indeed, texting might seem the bane of Western civilization to some people, but it could provide valuable information and even save lives in a posthurricane environment.

The reason is as simple as stocking up on extra supplies during Florida hurricane season. That is, according to Kelly Layne Starling, spokesperson for AT&T’s south and west Florida markets, text messages go through faster than regular phone calls because they don’t take up as many network resources as a regular phone call.

“Texting has become such an important part of people’s lives, this is just one more example,” Starling said.

That includes citizens and emergency workers.

The Ocean Ridge Police Department, for example, recently acquired cell phones that use text messaging.

“With text messaging you have a better chance of getting through the storm,” said Ocean Ridge Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi, who has worked through Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne in 2004 and Wilma in 2005. “I wouldn’t endorse any one product (his department uses Verizon), because a lot of it depends on how quickly the towers can be repaired, even temporarily.”

While texting certainly is nothing new to most people, it ranks down on the list of post-storm communications alternatives. According to a Sachs/Mason Dixon poll released this past June, only 8 percent of Americans said they would rely on text messaging in a disaster.

The poll, commissioned by Tallahassee-based National Hurricane Survival Initiative, reported more than half of Americans would rely on a cell phone or landline phone to communicate during and after a disaster.

The poll also said that 45 percent of Americans who currently belong to some kind of social network, such as Facebook or Twitter, would use it to communicate post-disaster. That sounds good, but again, one must remember that the electricity and cell towers needed to use the social networks might not be operational for days after a storm.

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Satellite phones, such as InmarSat’s handheld IsatPhone Pro, can be found for as low as $549. Globalstar’s GSP-1700 satellite phone sells for around $499, but the company says its network currently is operating at only 40 percent capacity.

The satellite phone of the future could be AT&T’s TerreStar Genus smartphone — touted as the world’s first integrated satellite and cellular smartphone. Selling for as low as $799, service is available in the continental United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Hawaii and Alaska.

That’s the good news. The bad news is the TerreStar Genus smartphone currently is available only to government and business accounts.

The most interesting form of post-storm communication, however, might be among the oldest.

That is, amateur radio — or ham radio, as it is best known.

Actually, when it comes to local ham radio operators and emergencies, there is nothing amateur about them.

Members of the Boca Raton Amateur Radio Association (www.goldcoastrc.com/brara home.htm) help at Red Cross shelters and hospitals.

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trained in Amateur Radio Emergency Service by the Amateur Radio Relay League.

ARES members also take courses taught by the Federal Emergency Management Administration, which teaches each one where he or she fits into the federal management system.

“What we do is coordinate with Palm Beach County,” Winter said. “The county is divided into four regions: North, Central, South and West. We have a coordinator who assigns people to various positions within the district.

“Our role is to be the link of communication of last resort. So when the telephones stop working and communications systems aren’t working, they [shelters and hospitals] can still communicate using an assigned amateur field operator.”

The field operator, Winter said, communicates directly to the county’s Emergency Operations Center. People who have radio scanners can listen in on the communications, but can’t communicate directly with the operator.

“When we get notice, we have all of our equipment ready to go,” Winter said. “We know what we’re supposed to do when we arrive and we know where we’re supposed to fit into the paradigm of the emergency management Ú system.”

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Celebrations Bethesda Next’s Lite Bites Event

Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Boynton Beach Tandy Robinson, Sean and Michelle Donahue and Stacey Hallberg were guests at Bethesda Next’s Lite Bites Event held July 13 at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach. More than 100 guests enjoyed the evening with ‘dinner by the bite’ from area restaurants. The event raised $5,000 for the Bethesda Hospital Foundation. Winner of the “Lite Bites” award went to Slainte Irish Pub in Boynton Beach.

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Gulf Stream Mayor William Koch Jr. meets Rep. Bill Hager.

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Mayor Koch surprised with commendaton

Music Building Dedication

St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, Boynton Beach

The Rev. Martin W. Zlatic leads the groundbreaking for the new music building at St. Joseph’s Episcopal church in Boynton Beach. A Champagne toast and ceremony was held directly after the July 10 dedication.

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Seacrest High School Sports Reunion Delray Beach

Jennifer Sullivan and Ann Margo Peart attend the fifth annual PR Yak-Yak held July 21 at Crane’s BeachHouse in Delray Beach. Co-hosted by the Gold Coast PR Council and PRSA-Palm Beach, the event drew more than 80 local marketing, media and public relations professionals and netted about $1,400, which was split evenly by both nonprofit organizations.

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Enjoying the Atlantic

On the beach in Gulf Stream

Connor Kenney caught and released this shark off the coast of Gulf Stream near Jamaica Square while visiting his grandparents, Samuel and Elise Sherer. The angler spent three weeks visiting from Massachusetts. Family photo

More than 200 former Seacrest High School (19491970) athletes, coaches, faculty, cheerleaders and others attended a July 8-10 reunion.

ABOVE: Delray Beach Mayor Woodie McDuffie, jokes with event organizer Dr. Carey J. Snyder (center), and Mary Ann Price Jensen.

LEFT: Rick Rhoden (class of ’71), professional golfer and former MLB All-Star pitcher, speaks during festivities.

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By Steve Plunkett

A surprise addition to the Town Commission’s July agenda made the mayor’s day.

“I’m here this morning not seeking a variance, not seeking an appeal, not seeking an exception,’’ state Rep. Bill Hager said after commissioners ended a lengthy public hearing on exactly those topics. “I bring only positive greetings from the Florida House of Representatives.’’

Hager then read into the record a tribute to Mayor William Koch Jr. he had prepared for the Florida House celebrating the mayor’s being “selflessly dedicated’’ to the residents of Gulf Stream.

The proclamation noted Koch was appointed commissioner in 1956, elected as mayor in 1966 and will mark his 45th continuous year as the town’s leader later this year.

It also said Koch, 90, was an Air Force pilot-bombardier during World War II, a mosquito commissioner and one of the first paid lifeguards for Delray Beach.

“Well, they had some goodlooking girls back then,’’ Koch recalled of his lifeguard days, adding afterward that besides being paid $75 a month he got to leave school at noon to head for the beach.

The tribute noted Koch was one of the founding members and still a director of Bethesda Memorial Hospital, as well as a business owner, opening his real estate firm in 1956.

Koch, the tribute concluded, has served the community “with integrity, respect, and honor and has proven himself to be a true public servant.’’

“Thanks for all your services,’’ Hager said as he handed Koch the document.

Hager originally planned to surprise the mayor at the June meeting when he updated commissioners on what the House achieved this year. But a family emergency made Koch miss the meeting without enough time to reroute Hager.

At least one other Florida mayor has served longer than Koch but not continuously.

John Land, also 90, became mayor of Apopka in 1949 until a 1968 defeat. In 1970 he was elected again and has stayed in the mayor’s office ever since. In January he celebrated his 59th year as mayor. Ú

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InterFaith21 Sisters Joan Carusillo (left) and Lorraine Ryan star in a WXEL documentary about Women’s Circles.

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WXEL documentary focuses on Women’s Circles Our own Women’s Circle’s sisters are about to become TV celebrities.

Yes, in living color. Sister Lorraine Ryan and Sister Joan Carusillo, co-founders of the Boynton Beach nonprofit that serves low-income women, are “starring” in a new documentary with imminent WXEL public-TV air dates.

There are possibilities too for Miami-based WPBT public television and the global Catholic Television Network EWTN. Women’s Circle — A Spiritual Life of Giving, is succinctly described at the Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission website: “30-minute documentary on Women’s Circle, a group of nuns who provide help to the unemployed, uneducated and often underfed of Boynton Beach.”

The feature kicks off with a compelling look at the host city’s history, and “its new vibrancy after years of dormancy.” Soon it segues to a fascinating interview of the sisters by Father John D’Mello, the distinguished parochial vicar of St. Ann’s Church in West Palm Beach.

With him the ladies share their amazing personal and professional stories, such as Sister Lorraine’s 15-year ministry with the poor in India. “We have a very big goal,” she says of her Medical Mission Sisters, “of trying in fact to be the presence of Christ the Healer wherever we are, as well as to bring joy into this world, as Mary did by birthing Jesus.”

The sisters tell of their journey from the duplex shared with the Community Caring Center, to the Women’s Circle’s own 912 SE Fourth St. duplex, thanks largely to farsighted city leaders’ interest-free mortgage. Contrasted with the students gathered around the sole computer in an early computer class is the current roomful of donated computers.

Sister Joan, of the Sisters of Holy Cross, shares success stories such as HaitianAmerican Marie Desir, who got her start at Women’s Circle, and who despite limited English skills and many trials along the way, is realizing her desire to

become a licensed practical nurse, evidenced by her recent scholarship from the Soroptimist Club of Boca Raton. To help impoverished women “help not only themselves and their families, but to raise the level of the community while doing that,” is one of the Women’s Circle’s goals, the Holy Cross sister says.

Filmed in WXEL’s Boynton Beach studios, Women’s Circle — A Spiritual Life of Giving is the kind of local programming of which the station and its viewers would like to see more. It’s also the kind of story that appeals to the Catholic network’s international following, suggesting to others worldwide: “We, too, can do that!”

Masterfully guiding it all is Paul Gionfriddo, a veteran public TV documentary producer who has worked in Hollywood and New York City. His latest project is a musical with students at nearby Toussaint L’Overture High School.

The sisters’ dedication is legend, along with that of the staff and other volunteers.

Thus the 2011 Circle of Hope Gala benefit drew 250 to Benvenuto’s Restaurant last February and raised $104,790 for the Women’s Circle.

As volunteers look forward to another season-highlight gala, Feb. 20, 2012, it’s great to see the good work get broader recognition. Seeing the sisters in the bright studio lights will be more than a big treat for the Women’s Circle beneficiaries and fans. It also will introduce the program to an even bigger audience.

Already, a local newscast of the Women’s Circle’s move to its new digs has become a popular YouTube video. Women’s Circle — A Spiritual Life of Giving not only is must-see TV. It’s a fitting tribute to two ladies, and a ton of volunteers, who avoid the spotlight except to champion the women the Women’s Circle serves.

C.B. Hanif is a writer and inter-religious affairs consultant.

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Doggie DNA files will help curb owners’ bad behavior

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Yes, I can arm you with medical and behavior facts and strategies to keep your pet’s body functions humming harmoniously.

But I remain baffled by why some people choose to ignore, overlook and even justify why they do not dutifully bag their dog’s doo-doo on walks. Well, pet poop perpetrators, your days are numbered. In what seems to be a spinoff of those popular CSI TV shows in which forensic investigators nab the bad guy (or gal) thanks to DNA evidence, multi-dwelling developments are also fighting back against those who refuse to bend down and pick up their dog’s “deposits” on walks.

Permit me to introduce you to Jim Simpson. He is president of Bio Pet Vet Labs in Knoxville, Tenn. Until recently, his lab gathered blood work for veterinary clinics and confirmed DNA on dogs for professional breeders. But due to the growing incidents of people’s refusing to scoop the poop, his company has unleashed a thriving new division — called PooPrints (www.pooprints.com) — and established an international dog poop DNA database.

Since every dog has unique DNA, here’s the new scoop on poop: Enforcers now can match the feces with the right Fido.

You can’t argue with doggy DNA. That’s good news for pet-welcoming condo and apartment property managers who have been waging a losing battle with poop piling up on lawns, sidewalks and even

Many communities are taking action against owners who do not clean up after their dogs. inside elevators.

A pioneer in this poop war is Debbie Logan, property manager at Twin Ponds in Nashua, N.H. A pet lover who brings her dog, Saphia, to work, Logan spent a year seeking a strategy to nab violators at her complex, which has 330 units and 250 dogs ranging from chihuahuas to Great Danes.

“We are one of the few places that do not have a breed restriction or a weight limit on dogs and we don’t require a pet deposit,” says Logan. “But in the past couple of years, the poop on our property has been piling up. It was becoming a health hazard.”

According to Simpson, a medium-sized dog compiles up to 276 pounds of poop per year.

Logan estimated about 5 percent of her residents with dogs were habitual violators. If you do the math, that equates to more than 3,300 pounds of unclaimed poop in one year.

In addition, poop left lingering packs a health risk. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dog poop can easily become infected with parasites (such as hookworms, ringworms, tape worms and salmonella), causing kidney

disorders, intestinal illness, cramps and diarrhea in people who come in contact with it.

So, her association revised its rules for residents, requiring dog owners to pay a one-time $50 fee to cover the cost of having their dogs’ DNA on file.

Surprisingly, only two residents “barked” in protest.

According to Logan, she has had to contend with only two repeat offenders who tried to blame their children who failed to bag the doo-doo. Each paid $100 fines per offense.

“Our place is now clean and our residents are happy,” proclaims Logan. “We enjoy 100-percent occupancy and even have a waiting list. It’s a shame we had to resort to this, but we had no other choice.”

Matthew Brickman, president of the Village of Abacoa Condo Association in Jupiter, heard about Logan’s success in curbing the poop problem. Starting in August, all residents with dogs at this 450-unit development must pay a one-time fee of $200 to cover the cost of having their dogs’ DNA analyzed and on file.

Come Sept. 1, violators of this policy will be subjected to fines of $100 a day up to $1,000.

Brickman, who works as a professional court mediator, said his condo board was running out of viable options.

“We were spending $15,000 to $18,000 a year cleaning up dog messes on our sidewalks, lawns and even in hallways, inside elevators and stairwells,” he said. “We considered banning all pets or spending $1 million on surveillance cameras, but then we heard about this doggy DNA program.”

Brickman is bracing for a vocal protest, but says the policy will keep homeowners’ dues from rising and will stave off a health threat to residents.

“We’re not condo dictators.

We don’t want to have to make these types of rules,” he said. “But when you don’t be responsible for your actions, we do have to step in.”

In this case, I guess it is far better to step in and take action, than to step in it and be forced to rid your shoes of the mess and smell. Your thoughts? Share them with me by emailing Arden@ fourleggedlife.com.

Arden Moore, Founder of Four Legged Life.com, is an animal behavior consultant, editor, author, speaker and certified pet first aid instructor. She shares her home with two dogs, two cats and one overworked vacuum cleaner.

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Continued from page 1 members, who yelled and even cursed at her. She says she twice found dead rats left on her driveway. She and her husband, John, who requires kidney dialysis, no longer use the community’s clubhouse, pool or other amenities because of backlash by some, but she feels grateful to have Boots.

“Boots is so sweet. When I walk into the house, she greets me, runs to her basket to bring me a stuffed toy and sits beside me,” says Valente. “I could be having the worst day and Boots will come over, lean into me and I become relaxed.”

Advocates sue condos In 2010, Valente won a lawsuit filed against her by the condo association, which was ordered to pay court costs, according to her attorney, Marcy LaHart of Gainesville, who operates a website called www.floridaanimallawyer.com.

When The Coastal Star phoned West Lakes’ property management for comment, an office employee said, “Because of the legal ramifications, I’m not allowed to respond. I have no comment.” She then hung up the phone.

“In South Florida in particular, it seems that some condo boards have nothing better to worry about than determining if someone is faking an emotional or mental disability,” says LaHart. “So far, I’ve won every case and my clients have been able to keep their animals in their homes.

As lawyers like me are winning cases all over the country,

Kay Valente rides with Boots through Boca’s West Lakes Community. Photo by Lauren Loricchio homeowner associations are realizing that they need to be more understanding and accepting of people who have disabilities.”

Attorney Cara Thomas represents condo associations in legal disputes with residents.

Under the Florida and federal fair housing acts, Thomas says a person is entitled to an ESA dog to “ameliorate a physical or mental impairment,” provided the need is stated in writing by the individual’s physician.

“The difficulty we have is that we are not physicians and thus, cannot diagnose any owner,” says Thomas. “If they can provide evidence to support that they do suffer from a disability and need that dog, we will work with the owner and the board.

But a board will file a lawsuit if it feels it is not a legitimate claim and that the resident is abusing the situation.”

Training not required Confusion about a dog’s designation is on the rise.

And misidentifying ESA dogs as service dogs angers Carol Roquemore, founder of Canine Support Teams, a nonprofit

group based in Menifee, Calif., that trains and provides service dogs to people will all kinds of disabilities except blindness.

Roquemore, who was diagnosed with polio as a child, works to match service dogs with people with physical and emotional disabilities. She estimates that it takes about $20,000 and 18 months of intensive training to prepare each service dog.

“These ESA dogs are untrained and some haven’t even had basic obedience training,” says Roquemore.

“They are hurting those of us who provide genuine service dogs who perform remarkable things for individuals and help them have a quality of life. Unfortunately, people get confused and think these ESA dogs are service dogs, but there is no policing of these ESA dogs and the law is very loosely written. All someone needs is a prescription from their doctor.

Yes, that does upset me very much. Physicians need to be educated and ESA dogs need to be properly trained.”

Under the law, an emotional support animal does not require any training, but also under the law, is not allowed in supermarkets, restaurants, other places of businesses that do not permit pets. Only service dogs are able to accompany owners to businesses and on buses, trains and planes.

Shay Maimoni, a professional dog trainer and owner of Woof Dogs (www.woofdogs.com), who lives in Boca Raton, is happy that people with ESAdesignated dogs are enrolling them in his training classes.

“I would like to see a

News 23 standardized form of training for these types of dogs to make sure these dogs are trained at the highest level,” says Maimoni. “To me, an ESA dog, temperament-wise, must be confident and calm, good with all kinds of people, all kinds of dogs and able to adapt to different environments. I can tell you that some of these ESA pets are regarded as real treasures by their owners who are coping with some form of emotional disability.”

Dog fights can be expensive When it comes to being able to live with a beloved pet, money isn’t an obstacle for people like David Shapiro, who lives in the Palmsea condominium in South Palm Beach. Shapiro initially purchased a condo in 1992, when he was a full-time teacher in New York City. When he retired in 2005, he headed to Palmsea to live permanently — with his dog, Lexi. At that time, the HOA rules enforced the nopet policy and Shapiro said he spent $20,000 in boarding and legal fees to keep his dog.

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“I invested about $3,000 in her for training and she has definitely helped me deal with loneliness, sleeplessness and anxiety,” says Shapiro.

Palmsea board member Harvey Brown said his condo still enforces the no-dog policy at the 121-unit property, but recognizes the exceptions in ESA dogs like Lexi II. “What can we do? We don’t have a choice but to allow these dogs — the law requires us,” says Brown. “I will say that David’s dog is very wellbehaved and we don’t have any problems with him or his dog.”

Shapiro was so inspired by the benefits of ESA dogs that he became an activist.

“I am not an activist or an advocate by nature, but this so took hold of me that I was willing to do anything and go anywhere to talk about the benefits of these emotional support animals,” says Shapiro.

“At one time, I even became vice president of a group called Citizens for Pets in Condos.

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Town and board work to ease strain

By Tim O’Meilia The Briny Breezes Town Council and the corporation that owns most of the town took steps during July town budget meetings to ease the tensions between them.

The council and the president of Briny Breezes Inc. discussed signing a contract that would guarantee the corporation pays 30 percent of the fire-rescue and police services for the 2012 budget year.

While the corporation traditionally has contributed a similar percentage, the board members withheld $30,000 this year in a dispute over legal fees the town was paying. Later the corporation agreed to pay $10,000.

Corporation board president Mike Gut and park manager Steven Best attended budget hearings and asked questions so Gut could better explain the council’s reasoning to his board in the fall.

“I want to thank you for being very upfront with regard to sharing your information with us,” Gut told the council at the July 14 budget workshop.

Town residents will again pay a tax rate of $10 per $1,000 of taxable property value, the maximum allowed by state law.

The council approved the rate July 28. The council depends on the corporation to supplement town income, since property taxes — the town’s main source of revenue — don’t cover the town’s operating costs.

“We were hoping we could reduce the rate, but I see that it’s nearly impossible,” said Alderman Pete Fingerhut.

The council tentatively agreed on a $601,176 budget for next year, about $13,000 more than this year’s. Property tax revenue is forecast to be up about $9,000 because Briny is one of the few Palm Beach County municipalities that saw its property values increase.

The town will pay Boynton Beach $293,202 next year for fire and rescue service, a 4 percent increase under their contract. Water and sewer charges, also from Boynton Beach, are expected to go up 5 percent.

The town’s contract with neighboring Ocean Ridge for police service will remain at $185,000 for the next two years.

The automatic fire-rescue increase prompted council members to begin serious consideration of joining other coastal communities in forming a joint fire department.

Discussions have just begun among the towns.

The council will begin charging a $50 fee to contractors who work in the town, a move that will net about $1,500. A fee for reinspections of permitted work may be instituted as well to offset administrative costs.

The council will hold public hearings on the budget at 5:01 p.m. on Sept. 9 and Sept. 22, with final approval on Sept. 22.

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In 1925, the famed society architect Addison Mizner agreed to design a building for the Boynton Beach Woman’s Club, provided the construction cost did not exceed $50,000.

Today, that wouldn’t keep his beautiful landmark open a year.

“Our annual operating budget is about $80,000,” says Patti Owens, president of the 102-year-old club. “Last year, our insurance alone was $30,000.”

And while the structure’s historical significance appreciates with each passing year, its market value has dropped from $772,000 in 2008 to $549,000 last year.

Now the stately Mediterranean Revival building at 1010 S. Federal Highway waits uncertainly between a group of dedicated women who love but cannot afford to support it, and a City Commission that must decide if, and how, to adopt it.

In May, Owens approached Mayor Jose Rodriguez with a tentative offer to sell the building to the city. That would be impossible in today’s tight economy, Rodriguez said, but perhaps the club might deed the building to the city while retaining the right to rent it out for social events, the club’s sole source of income.

At its July meeting, commissioners got an overview from Jeff Livergood, the city’s director of public works, who had met with club members on June 21.

“We all came away with a true recognition of the architectural value of the building,” he began. “It’s a cool old building, and we share a goal of preserving and protecting that building. That’s the sentimental part.”

It is, indeed, a cool old

building, the first in the city to be placed on the National Register of Historical Places, and one of the last that can make you feel like Old Florida is still young. It has a barrel tile roof and a cloister, a cypress ceiling and Dade pine floors, a stately stone fireplace downstairs and an airy ballroom up.

“A building manifests the history of a community,” says Bonnie Dearborn, a former administrator Dearborn with the state Division of Historical Resources who lectures on Mizner’s designs. “Nobody else has your history, and once it’s gone, it’s gone.”

On that, no one disagrees.

But after acknowledging the club’s historical and architectural importance, Livergood gave the commission a reality check.

Three, in fact.

First, he said, before agreeing to a deed transfer, the city should spend $15,000 to $25,000 to have a local architect assess the building’s structural integrity, wiring, plumbing and accessibility.

Secondly, with discussions already under way to revive the 1927 high school, the city must investigate how the club’s private rentals might compete with existing city facilities.

Livergood praised the club members’ volunteer efforts to rent the building, but said staff believes a private marketing or management firm may be necessary, regardless of who holds the deed.

Finally — and most critically — Livergood voiced serious doubts about the club’s insufficient parking space, which he estimated at about 16 spots.

“For a large-scale building,

parking is essential,” he said, and while the nearby senior center might accommodate shared parking, it is across Federal Highway from the club, necessitating installation of a traffic signal costing about $300,000.”

“What would be the cost of a pedestrian bridge?” wondered District 1 Commissioner Bill Orlove.

“Between $1 million and $1.5 million,” Livergood replied.

Owens, the club president, had asked that the discussion be tabled and was not present at the meeting. But the mayor, in noting her request, concluded that commissioners should hear the staff report since no action would be taken.

Contacted after the meeting, Owens emphasized that her approach to the city had been only preliminary, and no decision could be made without a vote by the 103-member club.

“I don’t want the city to be spending money until we find out if two-thirds of the membership is on board,” she said.

Regarding parking, she estimated the site has about 25 spaces, and said it had never been a problem.

“People park behind each other,” she said.

Owens emphasized that no decisions have been made, all existing rental contracts will be honored and the club is still very much available for weddings, birthday and bar mitzvahs.

Meanwhile, the City Commission was equally cautious.

“We need to be mindful that this is a building of historical significance to our city,” Orlove said as the inconclusive discussion wound down.

“We all agree,” the mayor said. “But to what extent, and to what cost?” Ú

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Sea turtles earned government attention last month, when the county accepted state grants to perform a sea turtle population study in the Lake Worth Lagoon and to publicize the need to douse artificial beach lighting during the spring turtle nesting season.

The Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resource Management will spend $4,810 to print educational materials and erect signs noting the danger of lighting to turtle hatchlings.

The glow of urban lights contributed to 68 percent

of the instances in which hatchlings became disoriented, according to county officials.

The county also will use a $9,460 grant to hire InWater Research Group of Jensen Beach to count sea turtles in the Lake Worth Lagoon this summer. The figures will be compared to earlier counts to assess how the turtles are surviving.

Both grants will be administered through the Sea Turtle Conservancy, based in Gainesville, and the grants are paid by proceeds from sea turtle-themed vehicle license plates.

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August 2011

Obituaries

By Ron Hayes

The COASTAL STAR

Obituaries 25

Robert Hudson Neff

DELRAY BEACH — Some men are blessed with long lives, and some are blessed with full lives.

Robert Hudson Neff had both.

He was born on Jan. 24, 1916, in Canfield, Ohio, and died here on July 24, at exactly 95½ years of age.

In between, Mr. Neff filled his days with personal accomplishments and a devotion to public service that, in later life, became a passionate resolve to see the city’s history honored.

As a boy in Ohio, he was one of Mahoning County’s earliest Eagle Scouts. At Ohio State University in the 1930s, he was president of the freshman class.

At 80, he won the Florida State Shuffleboard Championship.

He visited every continent except Antarctica, fished for rainbow trout in New Zealand, salmon in Alaska, and hunted elk in Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado.

Graduating from OSU with a degree in business, Mr. Neff began work as a salesman for the Sheaffer Pen Company, then went on to head five land development corporations in both Ohio and Florida.

On Dec. 21, 1940, he married Maxine Alice Dwiggins, and shortly after

Dec. 7, 1941, joined the U.S. Navy, serving as an officer during World War II. Mr. Neff first visited Florida in 1921, when he was 5 and his parents drove a Model T Ford to Miami.

In 1974, he came to Delray Beach.

“Maxine and I had been wintering at our apartment in North Miami when the area became too congested,” he once recalled. “We traveled north along the coast, exploring different locations to make a new home. Once we found Delray … we knew that we had found our new home.

We really liked Delray’s small town atmosphere.”

And he came to love its history.

On Oct. 29, 2008, a marker was dedicated on South Ocean Boulevard honoring Sarah Gleason, Belle G. Dimick Reese and Ella M. Dimick Potter, whose 1899 donation of beachfront property is now the city’s municipal beach. Mr. Neff donated the money to purchase that marker.

In March 2009, he paid for a second marker outside the First Presbyterian Church’s Fellowship Hall.

He donated a marker at the renovated 1916 courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach.

In October, two more markers will be dedicated — at Delray’s Cason Cottage and Veterans Park, near the spot where pioneers once crossed the Intracoastal Waterway by barge — at a ceremony also honoring Mr. Neff.

An application for an

additional marker at Bethesda Memorial Hospital is pending before the state Division of Historical Resources.

“Some people, when they retire, kind of cut things off, but he didn’t do that,” said Dorothy Patterson, archivist at the Delray Beach Historical Society, who worked with Mr. Neff to secure state certification for the markers.

“He was still interested and creative, and he reached out to people.” She laughed. “He didn’t mind sort of driving you, either. He used his age to get things done.”

Even at 95, Mr. Neff kept planting the seeds for projects he would never see blossom.

His final effort was an arboretum of native trees on the grounds of the Abbey Delray retirement community.

The first tree, an avocado, was planted in April.

“He was vibrant, exciting, full of life and jovial,” said his daughter, Jennifer Neff, of Canfield. “And he never lost his sense of wonder.”

In addition to Jennifer Neff, he is survived by Maxine, his wife of 70 years; daughters Holly Broom of Edwardsville,Ill., and Candace Neff of Lantana; seven grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren.

He was buried July 29 in Canfield.

Donations in his memory may be made to the Delray Beach Historical Society, 3 NE First St., Delray Beach, FL 33444, or Hospice-By-The-Sea, 1531 W. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton, FL 33486.

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Mr. Coleman was a graduate of Dartmouth College. He joined his father

in the real estate business in Providence and expanded W. Henry Coleman Realtors to five locations throughout Rhode Island.

Mr. Coleman was a member of the Agawam Hunt Club in East Providence, R.I., Hope Club in Providence, R.I., and the Misquamicut Club in Watch Hill, R.I. Also the Gulf Stream Golf Club, the Gulf Stream Bath and Tennis Club, The Little Club in Gulf Stream, Fla., and the U.S. Seniors Golf Association.

Mr. Coleman served on numerous boards and committees in both Florida and Rhode Island all of his life. He is survived by his wife, Marion Coleman; two sons, Hank Coleman of Rehoboth, Mass., and David Coleman of Barrington, R.I., five grandsons and two great grandsons. Family services will be private. Lorne & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Howard E. Hassler MANALAPAN — Howard E. Hassler, a former president of Allied Stores Corp., died July 7. He was 82 and had been a local resident since 2001.

Born June 9, 1929, in New York City, Mr. Hassler was a graduate of Long Island University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

“He worked his way through college on a basketball scholarship,”

recalled his wife, Joanne. “He had wanted to be an architect, but they told him it would require too many hours from basketball. He asked, ‘What’s the next hardest thing?’ and they said accounting. He was very good at it.”

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COUNTY POCKET — The American flag at 12 Surf Road in the county pocket flew at half-staff last month, to mark the passing of a pirate.

Here in the pocket, this cozy warren of beachside bohemia, pirates are granted the same respect as presidents, and 12 Surf Road was not the only yard with a flag in mourning that week.

James W. Guckert died on the Fourth of July, at home, of bladder cancer. He was 69.

“We always joked that in a past life he was a pirate,” says Brad Gallagher, a friend and neighbor since 1984. “He really thought of himself as a pirate.”

Pause in front of the house he lived in for nearly 40 years, and you can’t help feeling you’ve met the man.

Beneath the flagpole, a driftwood sculpture stands by the road where those of less imagination are satisfied with a picket fence. Pirates Only, the sign says, draped in green fishing nets and lobster floats.

J.G.’s Fish Camp. Conch Sound Point, No Name Shoals, Elbow Cay. All over the yard, on trees and fence posts, rustic signs evoke a man who loved the sea, the boats that sail it and the fish beneath it.

On the front door, Welcome, Sail On In. Around back, beside the sailboat masts on the patio, is the ancient pingpong table.

“I used to play pingpong with him all the time,” remembers Jody Carr, a friend

‘Pirates Only’ reads one of the many signs at James W. Guckert’s Surf Road home. Photo by Jerry Lower of 15 years. “He was definitely eccentric, and that’s why I got along with him. He was an old salt who loved the ocean, loved the pocket, fished off the beach and liked his beer. He was an odd duck.”

Donna Slebodnik met him in the early ’70s, when he worked as a lifeguard.

“He was a crusty old fisherman,” she said. “He could be cranky at times, and he could be a sweetheart. But if he considered you a friend, he had your back.”

And like all crusty old fishermen, he could be sentimental. Inside the house, on the fireplace mantel, the ashes of his beloved dog, Wesser, have rested for more than 20 years.

Some called him Jim, some Jimmy. To most he was simply, “J.G.,” “Buck Dorsal” or “the commodore.”

On his birth certificate, he was James Woodrow Guckert Jr., born Nov. 19, 1941, in Pittsburgh, Pa., raised in Delray Beach.

He ran his family mattress company on Federal Highway, worked as an electrician, married twice, had no children.

He sailed, he fished, he played pingpong, and when the cancer had progressed,

he checked himself out of Bethesda Memorial Hospital and came home.

For five weeks, Hospice of Palm Beach County came, and so did friends.

Mike Cannon put an air mattress on the living room floor and moved in to make sure J.G. got his morphine.

Mike’s wife, Natasha, came by.

Brad and Sandy Gallagher from Bel Air Drive checked on him, and Brett Wise from across the road. Ron Heavyside from the Nomad Surf Shop came by, as did Vinnie and Gemma Dinanath from the Texaco station on A1A. “During the last couple of weeks, he said to me, ‘I had no idea I had so many friends,’ ” Mike Cannon remembered.

And now you’ve reached that part of an obituary where newspapers list “survivors.”

Jim Guckert didn’t have any.

He left no parents, no spouse, no children. No brothers or sisters, uncles or aunts.

But he left a pocketful of friends.

On Aug. 6, a small group of them will board his 24foot fishing boat, the Salty Intrusion, sail east to a depth of 600 feet and scatter his ashes on the ocean he loved, along with those of his dog, Wesser.

Mary Wattles

By Emily J. Minor BRINY BREEZES — Mary Wattles, who discovered the magic of Briny Breezes back in 1985 and loved it from that first moment on, died June 20 in the Florida home she so loved. She was 85.

Her daughter, Beth, who lived with her for years in their Briny mobile home, gave her mother the ultimate compliment, calling her “one of those fun moms” who could turn everyday doldrums into something happy and memorable.

“She was just a wonderful mother,” she said.

A native of Kalamazoo, Mich., Mrs. Wattles never abandoned her love for her

home state, spending summers in Michigan with the northern contingent of the Wattles family and winters in Briny Breezes. Beth Wattles said her mother had stayed behind this year, in failing health.

“She died in my arms right here in Briny,” said her daughter.

Clever and creative, Mrs. Wattles was an interior designer who loved art. An avid painter, she was also president of the Briny Hobby Club for many years.

Beth Wattles laughed when she remembered Christmases while growing up. “We’d come home from school one day, and the whole house would be transformed,” she said.

Mrs. Wattles found Briny after her husband died and a son-in-law’s grandfather suggested this special place in Florida. Beth Wattles was living in the Virgin Islands

at the time, but mother and daughter wanted some place to live together in the states, Beth Wattles said. It was the perfect match.

Besides her daughter, Beth, survivors include three other daughters, Lucy, who lives in Kentucky; and Kay and Suzie, who live in Michigan. Six grandchildren and one greatgrandchild also survive her.

A funeral service was held in June at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, but there will be a memorial service this fall or winter when Briny begins to fill up again, Beth said. That date has not been set. But she knows residents and friends will want to remember her mother.

“She was a major beach bum,” Beth said. “She walked to the Intracoastal every day and everybody remembers my mother for her pretty smile.

“She was a happy gal.”

August 2011

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Community Calendar Note: Events are current as of 7/29. Please check with organizers for any changes.

AUGUST 6 Saturday - 8/6 - Sand Sifters Beach Cleanup and Turtle Talk at Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge.

Fun and educational. 8-10:15 am. Free.

734-9128 or www.sandsifters.us.

8/6 - Quick Start Tennis is held at the City of Boynton Beach Tennis Center, 3111 S. Congress Ave. Saturday class runs through 8/20. Ages 5-6/9-9:45 am, Ages 7-15/10-11 am. $25-30/residents, $32-37/ non-residents. 742-6575.

8/6 - Tiny Turtles - Learn about sea turtles at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. For ages 3-4. 9:30-10:15 am. $4/members, $6/nonmembers. Reservations: 391-8110.

8/6 - Fossil Dig at the Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. See fossils from sharks, rays, mastadons, mammoths, turtles, tortoises and more. T-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Sun. Noon-4 pm. $2 in addition to general admission.

274-7263.

8/6 - Tooth For Thought at the Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Make a shark tooth necklace while learning fun and interesting facts about our oceans top predators. T-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Sun. Noon-4 pm. $3 in addition to general admission. 274-7263.

8/6 - Take a Bite Out of Summer at the Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Exhibit showcases over 80 different varities of shark and ray jaws. T-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Sun. Noon-4 pm. $4/Ages 3 and up. 274-7263.

8/6 – Child Safety Prenatal Class is offered at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach.

Learn infant CPR for children up to eight years old and how you can assist in an emergency. 10 am–noon. $40 per couple or $25 per person. Registration: 369-2229.

8/6 - The Writer’s Studio is held at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 8/13, 20, 27 & 9/3. 10 am.

Free. 736-8044 or www.delraylibrary.org.

8/6 - Coloring Outside the Lines: Crayon Art, History and Innovations is held at Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Exhibit runs through 10/23. T-Sat.: 10:30 am-4:30 pm, Sun.: 1-4:30 pm. $6/general, $4/seniors & students, $2/ages 5-12, Free/under 5. 2439722 or www.oldschool.org.

8/6 - Group Swim Lessons at the John Denson Pool, 225 NW 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. For kids ages 3 and older. Young children must be potty trained. Classes are held Saturdays throughout the summer.

Four one-hour classes per session. Session 3: 8/6-27. Level 1, II & III: 11 am-noon.

Cost per session is $30/resident, $38/nonresidents. 742-6645.

AUGUST 7-13 Sunday - 8/7 - Yoga Wake-up at the Beach is held every Sunday at Spanish River Park, 3001 N. State Road A1A, Boca Raton. Build strength and flexibility, improve postural alignment and stabilize the core. Classes held next to Lifeguard stand 18. Cash not accepted on-site. 8-9 am. $15/residents, $19/non-residents per class, or 60-day membership (unlimited classes) for $65/residents, $81.25/nonresidents. 393-7807.

8/7 - Sunday Breakfast is held each Sunday at VFW Post 5335, 500 NE 21st St., Boynton Beach. 8-11:30 am. $2.50-$5. All are welcome. 732-1989.

8/7 - Yoga with Live Music is held every Sunday at the Colony Hotel, 525 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 9:30-11 am. $20. 7031236 or www.yogafox.com.

8/7 - “Putty’s First Birthday” Celebration at Putt’n Around Delray Beach, 350 NE 5th Ave. 10 am-11 pm. $5 (plus tax) mini golf all day and night

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Municipal Meetings 8/8 & 8/22 - Lantana - Second & fourth Mondays of each month at Lantana Town Hall, 500 Greynolds Circle. 7 pm. Agenda available at www.lantana.org.

8/12 - Gulf Stream - Second Friday of the month at the Gulf Stream Town Hall, 100 Sea Road. 9 am. Agenda available in clerk’s office.

8/16 & 9/6 - Delray Beach - First & third Tuesdays of each month at Delray Beach City Hall, 100 NW 1st Ave. 6 pm. Agenda available at www.mydelraybeach.com.

8/23 - Manalapan - Fourth Tuesday of each month at Manalapan Town Hall, 600 S. Ocean Blvd. 9:30 am. Agenda available at www.manalapan.org.

8/23 - South Palm Beach - Fourth Tuesday of each month at South Palm Beach Town Hall, 3577 S. Ocean Blvd. 7:15 pm. Agenda available at www.southpalmbeach.com.

8/25 - Briny Breezes - Fourth Thursday of each month at Briny Breezes Town Hall, 4802 N. Ocean Blvd. 4 pm. Agenda available at www.townofbrinybreezes-fl.com.

9/12 - Ocean Ridge - First Monday of each month (September meeting changed for holiday) at Ocean Ridge Town Hall, 6450 N. Ocean Blvd. 6 pm. Agenda available at www.oceanridgeflorida.com. including face painting for kids (noon-4 pm), hot dogs and pizza, birthday cake and prizes. 450-6162 or www.puttnaround.net.

8/7 - Museum Madness: Color Me Crazy! at the Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. 1-3 pm. $5/family admission; free/members. 2439722.

Monday - 8/8 - SPIN Classes at Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge. Get yourself in top shape this summer by taking your fitness routine to a gorgeous location with plenty of sea breezes and fresh air. Class meets Monday through Friday: 6-8 am and 4:30-8:30 pm. $1. 287-0953.

8/8 - Summer Junior Lifeguard Aquatic Camp at the John Denson Pool, 225 N.W. 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. Junior Lifeguard Training, water safety skills, open swim and a junior lifeguard t-shirt and completion certificate. M-F, 9 am-2 pm. $50/resident, $62/non-resident per week.

742-6645 or www.boynton-beach.org.

8/8 - Boca Beachcombing - Meet for a talk about seashells at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton, then caravan over to Red Reef

Park to walk the beach in search of ocean treasures. Open to all ages. 9:30-11 am.

Held again 8/29. $5/members, $8/nonmembers. Reservations: 391-8110.

8/8 - Quilting Bee - Twice monthly quilting class presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 8/22. 10 am. Free. 266-0194.

8/8 - The Playboy of the Western World is discussed as part of the Great Books group at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Meets the second and fourth Monday of each month. 10-11:45 am. Free. 742-6886.

8/8 - Caffeine for the Soul - Presented by the Palm Beach Jewish Center at Starbucks, 150 Worth Ave., Palm Beach.

Join other women every Monday in an hour of Torah study and discussion. 10:15-11:15 am. Free. 659-3884.

8/8 - Got Gaming? is presented at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 8/15, 22 & 29. 5:15-6:30 pm. Free. 266-9490.

8/8 - Martinis & Manicures charity event at Tipsy Nail Salon and Spa, Royal Palm Place, 100 Plaza Real South, Suite J, Boca Raton. This event benefits the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against

Breast Cancer. Enjoy martinis, delectable bites and a manicure. 6-9 pm. $25/person covers martinis, food and manicures; $15/ without manicure. Reservations: 338-1095.

8/8 - Yoga Sunset at the Beach is held every Monday at Spanish River Park, 3001 N. State Road A1A, Boca Raton. Build strength and flexibility, improve postural alignment and stabilize the core. Classes held next to Lifeguard stand 18. Cash not accepted on-site. 6:30-7:30 pm. $15/ residents, $19/non-residents, or 60-day membership (unlimited classes) for $65/ residents, $81.25/non-residents. 393-7807.

8/8 - U.S. Coast Guard Auxillary Flotilla 54 meets the first Monday of each month at Boynton Beach Boat Park, 2010 N. Federal Hwy. Boaters and non-boaters welcome. 8 pm. 966-2158.

8/8-12 - Fab Five Days of Summer is held at the Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave., Boynton Beach. “Pay by the day” program for ages 6-12 offers field trips, arts and crafts, movies, sports and active games.

7:30 am-5:30 pm. Pack snacks and lunch. $20/day residents, $25/day non-residents.

742-6221.

8/8-12 - Princess Dance Camp is held at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. One week camp for dancers ages 4-10. Ballet and tap shoes required.

Bring packed lunch. $175/resident, $220/ non-resident. Registration: 742-6240.

Tuesday - 8/9 - Seining the Lagoon at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Explore the grasses and flats of the Intracoastal Waterway behind Gumbo Limbo. Ages 10 to adult. Held again 8/30. 9:30-11 am. $5/ members, $8/non-members. Reservations: 391-8110 or www.gumbolimbo.org.

8/6 - Coral Reef Shark Feedings are held Tuesday through Sunday, at Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd.

Delray Beach. Feeding begins at 10:30 am T-Sat. and 1:30 pm Sunday. Discover what Atlantic Ocean reef fish, nurse sharks and spiny lobsters eat for breakfast. Free with $4 nature center admission. 274-7263.

28 Community Calendar 8/9 - Book Look: An Interactive Performance Story for Kids at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. “The Library Lady of South Florida” performs wellknown children’s stories. Held every Tuesday. 11:15-11:45 am. Free with paid museum admission: $5/adults, $4/seniors, $3/children 2-17, free/children under 2.

742-6782.

8/9 - Turtle Talk Tuesdays at the Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Learn about turtles and tortoises. 2 pm. $4/ages 3 and up. 274-7263.

8/9 - Cloudstreet by Tim Winton is presented as part of the Evening Book Group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 6 pm. Free. 266-9490.

8/9 - Karate/Martial Arts Classes at Pompey Park, 1101 N.W. 2nd St., Delray Beach. Ages 9 to adults learn Karate and other combat martial arts. Class held every T & Th. 6-7 pm. Free. 243-7356.

Wednesday - 8/10 - Socrates Café Weekly discussion group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 8/17, 24 & 31. 11:30 am. Free.

266-0194 or www.delraylibrary.org.

8/10 - Garden Walk Wednesdays at the Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Learn what types of plants butterflies like. 2 pm. $4/ ages 3 and up. 274-7263.

8/10 - Art Film: The Battleship Potemkin (1925 - NR) at The Boca Raton

The COASTAL STAR Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real. 8th annual series celebrates silent film from the early 20th century. Held again 8/13. 2 pm. Free with paid Museum admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors, free for children 12 and under.

392-2500.

8/10 - VFW Post 5335 Weekly Dinner is held at 500 NE 21st St., Boynton Beach each Wednesday. Diverse menu. 4:30-7 pm. $8.

All welcome. 732-1989.

8/10 - Tony Vino & Company perform as part of the Jazz Bossa & Blues Live series at Carmen’s Restaurant At the Top of the Bridge, 999 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton.

7-10:30 pm. $10/person. 886-4570.

8/10-14 - Six Years at the Caldwell Theatre, Count de Hoernle Theatre, 7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton. Show runs through 9/4. W-Sat. 8 pm; W & Sun. 2 pm.

Tickets $38-$50, depending on seating and date of performance; Students $10.

241-7432.

Thursday - 8/11 - Quilters meet every Thursday at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest. 9-11:30 am. Free.

742-6886.

8/11 – Knit ‘N Purl - Twice monthly class at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. Held again 8/25. 10:30 am.

Free. 266-9490 or www.delraylibrary.org.

8/11 - Inside and Outside of Shells at the Sandoway House Nature Center, 142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Investigate shells from one of the largest collections in Florida. 2 pm. $4/ages 3 and up. 274-7263.

8/11 - Dine Out For A Cause benefits the

Delray Beach Public Library. Join celebrity chef/Commissioner Adam Frankel at Tryst, 4 E. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. 6-9 pm.

Reservations: 921-0201. Information: 2660775 or www.delraylibrary.org.

8/11 - Curator’s Conversation: The Art of War in East Asia at the Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Special guest Martin Barnes Lorber, former Director of the Japanese Department, Sotheby’s New York and U.S. correspondent for the Asia! Art Newspaper London. 6:30 pm. Free with museum admission: $12/adults, $5/ages 13-21, free/ children under 13. 832-5196.

8/11 - Kate White speaks and signs her new book, The Sixes at Murder on the Beach Bookstore, 273 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach.

7 pm. Free. 279-7790.

8/11 - Bryan Adams - Bare Bones Tour at the Kravis Center, Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Legendary rocker performs solo acoustic renditions of his classic hits. 8 pm. Tickets start at $25. 8327469 or www.kravis.org.

8/11-12 - Tastemakers at Delray Beach - Two nights of food, wine, cocktails & entertainment at restaurants in downtown Delray Beach. 5-10 pm. Passport tickets $25 cash only. 243-1077. Complete list of participating restaurants available at www.downtowndelraybeach.com.

Friday - 8/12 - Sand Casting at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Collect shells and make

August 2011 a wall hanging. Meet at Gumbo Limbo and caravan to Red Reef Park. Ages 7-14 with an adult. 10-11 am. $7/members, $10/nonmembers. Reservations: 391-8110.

8/12 - Art Activity: Family Fun Friday at the Schoolhouse Children’s Museum, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. Held every Friday. 12:30-2:30 pm. $2/members, $2.50/ non-members plus museum admission: $5/ adults, $4/seniors, $3/children 2-17, free/ children under age 2. 742-6782.

8/12 - Zumba at the Carolyn Sims Center, 225 NW 12th Ave., Boynton Beach. Enjoy high-energy music while sculpting your body through resistance training and Latin dance. Ages 16 and up. Held every Friday.

6:45-7:45 pm. $7/class. 742-6641.

8/12-14 - ROOTS Cultural Festival Adult Basketball Tournament at Pompey Park Gymnasium, 1101 NW 2nd St., Delray Beach. F: 7 pm; Sat. 9am-11 pm, Sun.: 9 am-7 pm. Team fee: $500/team of up to 15 players. Spectators: one day pass $10/ adults & children over 5 years, $5/seniors; two-day pass, $15/adults & children over 5 years, $10/seniors; three-day pass $20/ adults & children over 5 years, $15/seniors; kids under 5 free. 243-7356.

8/12 - Blue Hawaii - A Tribute to Elvis - Part of the “Summer in the City” Music Series at Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. 7 pm. Free. 3937827 or www.myboca.us.

8/12-13 - Royal Room Cabaret Performance: Daryl Sherman & Jay Leonhart at The Colony, 155 Hammon

Ave., Palm Beach. Dinner 6:30 pm, show 8 pm. $70/show only, $110/dinner and show.

659-8100.

Saturday - 8/13 - Mark Gerretson Memorial 17th Annual Fishing Tournament - Event benefits Delray Citizens for Delray Beach Police Holiday Toy Drive and Kids & Cops Program. Boaters depart at 6:30 am from Boynton Beach or Boca Raton inlets. Weigh-in at Veteran’s Park, 802 N.E. 1st St., 10 am-4pm. Raffle drawings, barbecue, awards ceremony follow final weigh-in. Entry fees from $175; final entry registration date 8/12. $20,000 in prizes and raffles. 243-7138.

8/13 - Kindermusik at Veterans Park, 802 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. Ages newborn to 4 years. Session runs through 9/24. Times vary according to age. $90/residents, $101/ non-residents. 243-7350.

8/13 - Little Wonders at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, 1801 N. Ocean Blvd., Boca Raton. Introduce children to plants and animals with a hike, crafts and stories. For ages 3 & 4. 9:30-10:15 am. $5/ members, $8/non-members. Reservations: 391-8110.

8/13 - Mounting Orchids & Orchids in the Landscape lecture is held at the American Orchid Society, 16700 AOS Lane, Delray Beach. 11 am-1 pm. $10/members, $15/non-members. 404-2063.

8/13 - Guided Tour of the Historic Boca Raton Resort & Club - Explore the world famous resort’s history with a 1.5 hour walking tour at Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 E. Camino Real. Held every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month. 2 pm. $10/BRHS members, $15/non-members, $10 valet fee. Reservations: 395-6766 ext. 100.

8/13 - 2011 Bon Festival at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Inspired

by Obon, Japan’s traditional three-day holiday honoring ancestors, the evening features taiko drums, Japanese folk dancing and a street fair with games and vendors. Purchase hand-crafted lanterns to write a special message to passed loved ones. Fireworks cap the evening. Purchase discount tickets online before 8/12. 4-9 pm.

Admission: $15/adults, $6/children 4-17, free/children 3 and under. 495-0233.

8/13 - Jazz Saxophonist Turk Mauro performs at Arts Garage, 180 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. $20/advance, $25/door.

BYOW. 8-10 pm. 243-7129.

AUGUST 14-20 Sunday - 8/14 - Orchid Repotting lecture at American Orchid Society, 16700 AOS Lane, Delray Beach. 11 am-1 pm. $10/ members, $15/non-members. 404-2063.

8/14 - Cruz-N-America Car Show at Royal Palm Place, 101 Plaza Real South, Boca Raton. View muscle cars, exotics, classics and even a boat. Held every second Sunday of the month. 11 am-3 pm. Free.

392-8920 or www.royalpalmplace.com.

Monday - 8/15 - Dance Trends Youth Dance Program is held at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Children learn the discipline and art of dance in a fun and loving atmosphere. Runs through 10/8. Class times and prices vary by age/style. 742-6240.

8/15 - Soul Enchilada by David Macinnis Gill is presented as part of the Teen Book Discussion Group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 4:30 pm. Free.

266-9490.

8/15 - Adult Tap Dance is held at the Boynton Beach Civic Center, 128 E. Ocean Ave. Tap your way to fitness. Learn to tap or improve your skills. All levels welcome.

Runs through 10/13. 7-8 pm. $88/resident, $110/non-resident. 742-6240.

8/15 - Prudence Foster speaks and signs her new book, Devil Eyes at Murder on the Beach Bookstore, 273 NE 2nd Ave., Delray Beach. 7 pm. Free. 279-7790.

Tuesday - 8/16 - FAU Astronomical Observatory - Public viewing day observations at FAU’s Boca Raton Campus, Science & Engineering Building, #43, 4th floor, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton. Night viewings will be held on the 1st Friday (8 pm) and 3rd Tuesday (11 am-1 pm) of each month. 11 am. Free. 297-STAR. Wednesday - 8/17 - Treasure Talks at the Norton Museum of Art, 1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach. Curator of

August 2011 Education discusses Great Prints from the Museum Collection. 1 pm. Free with museum admission: $12/adults, $5/ages 13-21, free/children under 13. 832-5196.

8/17 - Art Film - Speedy (1928 - NR) at The Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real. Eighth annual series celebrating silent film from the early twentieth century cinema. Held again 8/20. 2 pm. Free with paid Museum admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors, free for children 12 and under and museum members. 392-2500.

8/17 - Randi Fishenfeld - “Tornado on the Violin” - Concert at the Highland Beach Library Community Room, 3618 S. Ocean Blvd. 5 pm. Free. 278-5455.

8/17 - Readers’ Theatre: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at The Four Arts King Library, 3 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach.

Participants read directly from the scripts, telling the story without props, costumes or sets. 5:30-7 pm. Free. 655-2766.

8/17 - Evening Walk with the Director is held at Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Garden director shares information about the Garden’s history and future vision, plus stories of folklore and ethnobotanical uses of South Florida plants. Experience evening frangrances of exotic flowers. 6-7:30 pm. $5. 233-1757 or www.mounts.org.

8/17 - Davis & Dow perform as part of the Jazz Bossa & Blues Live series at Carmen’s Restaurant At the Top of the Bridge, 999 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton. 7-10:30 pm. $10/ person. 886-4570.

Thursday - 8/18 - Stroke Prevention is presented by Pedro Tirado, M.D., Neurologist, as part of the Community Lecture Series at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, Clayton Conference Center, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. 4:30 pm.

Free. 731-2273.

8/18 - Celebrity Shake Up at Morton’s The Steakhouse, 5050 Town Center Circle, Suite 219, Boca Raton. Event features drinks, hors d’oeuvres, music and mingling.

All proceeds benefit the youth in foster care working in the Best Food Forward program. Celebrity bartenders include: Frank Barbieri, Troy McLellan, Marie Speed, and Neil Saffer. 5-7 pm. $25/advance registration (by 8/17), $40/at the door.

470-8300 or www.bestfoot.org.

8/18 - Arts, Beats & Eats “International Promenade” along Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Delray Beach. Displays of art, bands and tasting bars at every block. $20. 6-10 pm. 2431077.

8/18 - Culture Crush Party is held on behalf of Arts Radio Network at Crane’s BeachHouse Hotel & Tiki Bar, 82 Gleason St., Delray Beach as part of their summer series of Third Thursday Fun-raisers to benefit local non-profit organizations.

6-8:30 pm. $25 includes hors d’ oevres and one free drink ticket. 278-1700.

8/18 - Ladies Night: Exploring Science at the South Florida Science Museum, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach.

Treat yourself to a special cocktail, pamper yourself with a lotion potion, and learn what new and exciting activities and educational programs the Museum has to offer. 6-9 pm. $5/advance, $7/at the door.

832-1988 or www.sfsm.org.

Friday - 8/19 - Sushi and Stroll Summer Walk is held at The Morikami Japanese Museum and Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road, Delray Beach. Experience the gardens, taiko drumming, a cold drink and a breathtaking sunset. Performances at 6:30 & 7:30 ($2 with admission). 5:308:30 pm. Free/members, $7/non-member adults, $5/kids, free/members and children 3 and under. 495-0233.

8/19 - Boca’s Ballroom Battle - A local spinoff of the popular Dancing with the Stars TV show will be held at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, 501 E. Camino Real. All proceeds benefit the George Snow Scholarship Fund. Eight prominent community leaders compete in a ballroom dance competition. 6-10 pm. $150/ members, $200/non-members. 347-6799.

8/19-20 - Royal Room Cabaret Performance: Ariana Savalas at The Colony, 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach.

Held again 8/26-27, 9/2-3. Dinner 6:30 pm, show 8 pm. $70/show only, $110/dinner and show. 659-8100.

The COASTAL STAR

Lillie Silirie (right) helps customers at the third annual ‘garage meets estate sale’ fundraiser on Bauhinia Road in coastal Delray Beach. The July 10 event, organized by Sandra Dezelan Axelband, benefited local animal rescue. Photo by Lauren Loricchio Saturday - 8/20 - Sand Sifters Beach Cleanup at Gulfstream Park, 4489 N. Ocean Blvd., Gulf Stream. 8-10:15 am. Free.

734-9128 or www.SandSifters.us.

8/20 - Go Native: Florida Natives for Your Yard is presented at Mounts Botantical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach. Learn about selecting native plants for the yard. A guided walk to the native plant demonstration garden gives attendees a a view of natives in a landscape setting. 9 am-noon. $30/ members, $40/non-members. 233-1757.

8/20 - Breastfeeding Prenatal Class is taught by lactation consultants at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. Expectant parents learn the benefits of breastfeeding, keys to success, supply and demand, positioning, breast pumps, returning to work and weaning. Both parents are encouraged to attend. 10 am–noon. $25. Payment must be made before class date. 369-2229.

8/20 - Kindermusik Back to School Party at Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. For ages 1-6 years. 11 am-noon. $5/resident; $7/ non-resident. 742-6221.

8/20 - Island Flair on the Ave at West Atlantic Plaza, Atlantic Ave. & NW/SW 5th Ave., Delray Beach. This is an open aired Caribbean style market that includes live Caribbean music, various craft vendors and delicious Caribbean food. Held every 3rd Saturday of the month. Noon-7 pm. Free.

531-4046 or www.upscalebymosaic.com.

8/20 - Spady Living Heritage Day Festival at the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW 5th Ave., Delray Beach.

Family fun event with live performances, storytelling, music, children‘s activities, Tradition Bearers of Renaissance Park, demonstrations and more. Held rain or shine - bring your lawn chairs. Noon to 10pm. Free. 279-8883.

8/20 - Let It Be - A Tribute to the Beatles - Concert presented as part of the Music @ Mizner: A Summer Tribute to the Legends Series at Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton.

8 pm. Free. 393-7703.

AUGUST 21-27 Sunday - 8/21 - Childbirth Education Prenatal Class at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. Provides an overview of the signs of labor, breathing techniques and more.

Bring two pillows and a blanket. Wear comfortable stretchy clothes. 9 am-4 pm. $75. Registration: 369-2229.

8/21 - Camerata del Ré: The German Concert - Presented as part of Music At St. Paul’s, 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach.

Includes works by Schutz, Buxtehude, Telemann, Bach and Hasse. 4 pm. Doors open 30 minutes before concert time. $18/ preferred seating, $15/requested donation, $5/students. 276-4541.

Monday - 8/22 - Imagination Station at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 3-4 exercise their imaginations while learning shapes, colors, numbers and the A-B-C’s. Six-week session runs M/W/F through 9/30. 9-11:30 am. $64/residents, $80/non-residents. 742-6221.

8/22 - Creative Kids is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave.

Ages 3-4. Crafts, stories, songs and creative play. Six-week session runs Mondays and Wednesdays through 9/28. 9-11 am. $48/ residents, $60/non-residents. 742-6221.

8/22 - Colorful Creations is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 4-5 learn about letters and numbers through cooking, science, crafts, stories and songs. Six-week session runs M-F through 9/30. 9 am-noon. $135/residents, $169/non-residents. 742-6221.

8/22 - Planning and Democracy is discussed as part of the Great Books group at the Boynton Beach City Library, 208 S. Seacrest Blvd. Meets the second and fourth Monday of each month. 10-11:45 am. Free.

742-6886 or www.boyntonlibrary.org.

8/22 - Russian Winter: A Novel by Daphne Kalotay is presented as part of the Afternoon Book Group at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 1 pm. Free. 266-9490.

Tuesday - 8/23 - Little Hands is held at the Boynton Beach Arts Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 12-24 months enjoy creative play with caregiver. Six-week session runs Tuesdays through 9/27. 9:15-10:15 am. $30/ residents, $38/non-residents. 742-6221.

8/23 - Young Explorers is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 2-4 improve eye-hand coordination through creative movement and music.

Six-week session runs Tuesdays through 9/27. 10:30-11:30 am. $30/residents, $38/ non-residents. 742-6221.

8/23 - National Treasure (PG) is shown as part of Teen Movie Night at the Delray Beach Public Library, 100 W. Atlantic Ave. 5:30-7:45 pm. Free. 266-9490.

Wednesday - 8/24 - Art Film - Cyrano de Bergerac (1925 - NR) at The Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real. 8th annual series celebrating silent film from the early twentieth century. Held again 8/27.

2 pm. Free with paid Museum admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors, free for children 12.

392-2500 or www.bocamuseum.org.

8/24 - Adult Pottery Class is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Learn to use a slab roller, coil maker and electric wheels. Six-week session runs through 9/28. 6:30-9 pm. $60/residents, $75/non-residents. 742-6221.

8/24 - The Steve Ahern Band performs as part of the Jazz Bossa & Blues Live series at Carmen’s Restaurant At the Top of the Bridge, 999 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton.

7-10:30 pm. $10/person. 886-4570.

Thursday - 8/25 - Family JAM (formerly JAMbooda) is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 2-5 jump, sing and twirl in this musical class. Sixweek session runs Thursdays through 9/29.

9:30-10:30 am. $30/residents, $38/nonresidents. 742-6221.

8/25 - Wine Tasting is held at Old Vines, Wine & Spirits, 900 E. Atlantic Ave. #3, Delray Beach. 5:30-7:30 pm. Free. 2762076.

8/25 - Habitat for Humanity 20th Birthday Celebration at Ovenella Pizza, 499 S. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. Drinks, appetizers, music, games and more. 5:30-8 pm. $20/advance, $25/at the door. 8196070 ext. 203 or www.hfhboca.org.

Friday - 8/26 - Water Media Class for adults begins at Intracoastal Park, 2240 N. Federal Highway, Boynton Beach. Learn

Community Calendar 29 proper brush and stroke techniques with an emphasis in water color painting.

9:30 am-noon. $60/residents, $75/nonresidents. 742-6221.

8/26 - Kindermusik at Intracoastal Park Clubhouse, 2240 N. Federal Hwy., Boynton Beach. Ages 1 month-4 years, with four different age groups. Start times for each 45-minute class are on the hour from 9:30 am-12:30pm. $95/resident; $119/nonresident. 742-6221.

8/26 - Sports Night at the Museum is held at the South Florida Science Museum, 4801 Dreher Trail North, West Palm Beach.

Learn the science behind sports, explore different sporting activities, and dress up in your favorite sports uniform. 6-10 pm.

Members: $5/adults, free/children; Nonmembers: $10/adults, $6/children, Free/ ages under 3. 832-1988 or www.sfsm.org.

8/26 - An Unforgettable Evening for the Red Cross at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, 225 NE Mizner Blvd., Suite 100, Boca Raton.

An evening of exceptional food and wine to benefit the Red Cross Chapter in Boca Raton. 7-9 pm. $130/person (not including tax & gratuity). 392-6746.

Saturday - 8/27 - Sea Angels Beach Cleanup at Ocean Inlet Park, 6990 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge. Ocean cleanup in a greener way. Held last Saturday of each month. 8-10:30 am. Free. 846-1351.

8/27 - End of Summer Yard Sale is held at McMow Art Glass, 701 N. Dixie Hwy., Lake Worth. Sale items include glass, tools, Florida and Folk Art, office supplies, and more. 8 am-noon. 585-9011.

8/27 - Claying Around is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 8-14 learn basic techniques of pottery with emphasis on cylinders, bowls, saucers and flowerpots. Six-week session runs through 10/1. 9-11 am. $48/residents, $60/ non-residents. 742-6221.

8/27 - Mini Monets is held at the Boynton Beach Art Center, 125 SE 2nd Ave. Ages 5-12 learn techniques of pencil, watercolor, charcoal and paint. Six-week session runs Saturdays through 10/1. 9-11 am. $48/ residents, $60/non-residents. 742-6221.

8/27 - Narrated Bus Tour of Historic Delray Beach is a 1 hour and 45 minute tour of 10 historic sites. Departs at 11 am from the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History inside Boynton Beach Mall, 801 N Congress Ave, Ste. 483. $15/adult & senior citizen, Free/children under 18. 243-2662.

8/27 - Art Class Open House at the Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture, Old School Square, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. Meet the instructors and learn about art and photography classes for adults and kids. 1:30-4:30 pm. Free. 2439722 or www.oldschool.org.

8/27 - UV - A Tribute to U2 - Concert presented as part of the Music @ Mizner: A Summer Tribute to the Legends Series at Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. 8 pm. Free. 393-7703.

8/27 - Brazilian singer Rose Max performs at Arts Garage, 180 NE 1st St., Delray Beach. $20/advance, $25/door.

BYOW. 8-10 pm. 243-7129.

AUGUST 28-SEPTEMBER 3 Sunday - 8/28 - Imagining Argentina is held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church at the corner of North Palmway and Lucerne Avenue in downtown Lake Worth. An evening of Argentine wine, cuisine and tango is sponsored by Dolce Vita wine shop. 5-7 pm. $25. 582-0603.

Wednesday - 8/31 - Art Film - City Lights (1931 - NR) at The Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real. 8th annual series celebrating silent film from the early 20th century. Held again 9/3. 2 pm. Free with paid Museum admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors, free for children 12 and under.

392-2500.

8/31 - Everything Karate class is held at Veterans Park, 802 NE First St., Delray Beach. Develop self-confidence, coordination, reflexes and balance. Ages 4-11. Six-week session runs through 10/5.

3-3:45 pm. $100/residents, $110/nonresidents. 243-7350.

8/31 - Pinkalicious Women’s Networking Event is held at Hamlet Country Club, 3600 Hamlet Drive, Delray Beach. Networking, pink drinks, culinary delights, raffles and prizes, vendors.

Hosted by the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Balshi Derma-Ceuticals. $15-25. 5:30-7 pm.

279-1380, Ext. 16.

Thursday - 9/1 - Surgical Weight Reduction Symposium is presented

by Miguel A. Lopez-Viego, M.C. in the Clayton Conference Center of Bethesda Memorial Hospital, 2815 S. Seacrest Blvd., Boynton Beach. Learn how laproscopic gastric bypass and Lap-Band surgery can change lives. Held the first Thursday of each month. Held again 8/4. 6:30 pm. Free.

737-7733 ext. 84688.

9/1 - Greater Tuna is performed at Lake Worth Playhouse, 713 Lake Ave. Preview Night: 9/1, 8 pm; Opening Night: 9/2, 8 pm; Evening Performances: 9/3, 9/9-11, 8 pm; Matinee Performances: 9/3-4, & 9/10, 2 pm; Dinner & Show Night: 9/1, 6 pm preshow dinner at Paradiso Italian Restaurant prior to 8 pm show. Tickets: $26-$30 for individual and regular performances, $23$27 preview performance and $28-$32 opening night gala. $50 for dinner and show. 586-6410.

Friday - 9/2 - Labor Day-The Art of Revolution exhibit opening at Clay, Glass, Metal, Stone Gallery, 605 Lake Ave., Lake Worth. Wine and cheese. 6-9 pm. Free.

588-8344.

Saturday - 9/3 - Sand Sifters Beach Cleanup at Oceanfront Park, 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge. 8-10:15 am.

Free. 734-9128 or www.SandSifters.us.

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House of the Month

The COASTAL STAR

August 2011

House of the Month Each month, The Coastal Star features a home for sale in our community. The House of the Month is presented as a service to our advertisers and provides readers with a peek inside one of our very special homes.

This Hypoluxo Island home offers Intracoastal views and an eco-friendly swimming pool, complete with screened-in lanai.

A long dock leads from the house into the Intracoastal Waterway.

Privacy abounds at Hypoluxo Island home Hypoluxo Island is a natural barrier island community located just west of A1A between Palm Beach and Delray Beach. This traditional four-bedroom (split design), three-bath, two-car garage home was built in 1993 on .70 acre with Intracoastal frontage of 90 feet. The private dock with services has a 16,000-pound lift and offers direct ocean access along with sparkling waterviews to the East. These beautiful water views greet you from the moment you enter the home.

Inside, the home features vaulted ceilings and access to a covered lanai and the pool area from nearly every room. There is a spacious family room for comfy lounging or casual entertaining off the entirely new kitchen with custom cabinetry, granite countertops and JennAire and KitchenAid appliances.

Offered at $1,400,000.

For a private tour, contact Diane Duffy, Illustrated Properties; 561-767-0860 mobile.

ABOVE: The exterior of the house offers lots of privacy, with a large lot and a two-car garage.

LEFT: The living room has plenty of space for entertaining and is adjacent to a formal dining room.

The newly renovated kitchen boasts custom cabinets, granite countertops and high-end appliances.

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NEW LISTING

MANALAPAN OCEANFRONT

August 2011

SOLD

SOLD

CASA DI MARE

DIRECT OCEANFRONT DELRAY BEACH

INTRACOASTAL ELEGANCE

compound with fabulous direct ocean views and white sandy beaches just steps away. Private gated enclave of only four homes. Beautiful courtyard pool and spa. Large rooms and high ceilings. Least expensive direct ocean home in the area.

Bill Quigley, 561-346-3434 Offered at $6,000,000

Old World charm meets modern luxury. Stunning waterfront estate, 6 bedrooms/6.5 baths, deep water dockage, minutes from the ocean. Custom built with the highest level of finishes. Hewn wood and stone floors, gourmet kitchen, paneled library/club room and solid wood cabinetry. Separate guest suite, 4 car garage, impact windows and doors and full house generator.

Waterfalls, pool and koi pond.

Bill Quigley, 561-346-3434 Offered now at $5,175,000

Lowest price direct oceanfront single family home on the beach in Delray. 6000+ sq feet of living space, 6 bedroom home with endless ocean views and 100 ft of beachfront all within walking distance to Atlantic Ave restaurants and shopping.

Val Coz, 561-386-8011 Offered at $3,900,000

One of the best waterfront buys out there. Directly on the widest portion of Lake Worth this custom built 9,000+ luxury estate home lives like a five star resort. From the magnificent cook’s kitchen, to the enormous master suite, 6 bedrooms ensuite, guest house, game room, 4 car garage, your own sandy beach all on a 3/4 acre gated lot with views from every major room.

Val Coz, 561-386-8011 Offered at $2,400,000

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MANALAPAN

MANALAPAN Stately Manalapan Estate located on 238 feet of water with sensational views. A short distance from ocean access, the home features marble floors, high ceilings, spacious rooms, Viking appliances & impact windows. Huge lot with beautiful pool/spa.

Free membership to the Ritz Carlton LaCoquille Beach club with purchase.

Bill Quigley, 561-346-3434 Reduced to $2,900,000

Exquisite waterfront home located on a huge lot with lush landscaping, pool, dock with ocean access.

Renovation of this 4 Bedroom, 4.2 Bath home incl. tumbled limestone floors, imported glass tile baths, granite and onyx counters, impact resistant french doors, plus 2 fireplaces. Separate guest suite. Free membership to the Beach Club located at the Ritz Carlton. Major price reduction!

Bill Quigley, 561-346-3434 Offered at $2,900,000

BEACHSIDE LUXURY ESTATE Ocean Ridge traditional 2-story Key West style home built in '02 and features 7 bedrooms, 7.5 baths and a gourmet cook's kitchen with marble countertops and center island. Butler's pantry. Dumb waiter.

Outdoor entertainment area with heated pool, spa and pergola. Three car garage and Chicago brick drive and patios.

Val Coz, 561-386-8011 Offered at $1,995,000

OCEAN RIDGE 7000+ square feet of custom built luxury on an enormous lot, all within walking distance to the beach. 7 bedrooms, 7.5 baths, resort style pool, 3 car garage, hurricane impact windows and doors, covered loggias, gourmet cook's kitchen, incredible millwork, meticulously built from the soaring ceilings to the hardwood floors.

Val Coz, 561-386-8011 Reduced to $1,100,000

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MANALAPAN

Enjoy this view every evening! Least priced waterfront home on the point with 135 ft on the water.This 3 Bedroom, 3 bath jewel features a new kitchen, renovated baths, impact doors and a huge covered patio with pool for outdoor entertaining.

Gratis LaCoquille Beach Club membership At the Ritz with home purchase.

Bill Quigley, 561-346-3434 Offered at $1,975,000

OLD FLORIDA AT ITS BEST! Key West style 3 bedroom / 2 bath home with great Intracoastal views. Dock with ocean access.

Bill Quigley, 561-346-3434 Offered at $895,000

BILL QUIGLEY Manager

Specializing in Coastal Properties in Manalapan, Hypoluxo Island, Gulf Stream

OCEAN RIDGE INTRACOASTAL

Amazing Intracoastal and sanctuary views from this super private waterfront 3/3/2 pool home with $250,000 in recent upgrades.

Val Coz, 561-386-8011 Offered at $995,000

OCEAN RIDGE COTTAGE Just steps to deeded beach this 1950’s cottage is ready for a re-do, or teardown and build your dream house.

Val Coz, 561-386-8011 Offered now at $795,000

VAL COZ

Ocean Ridge Resident since 1985 Specializing in Coastal Properties from Palm Beach to Delray

561.346.3434

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